Unmasking the Master - spoiler -

[Snicker]

When Ouma Rezzia is revealed and throws you in the cell, they should disappear from the game at that point. It makes no sense for them to still be hanging around, especially when you have to walk right past her to get the evidence and key.

[Fern]

She must have one hell of a poker face to still be standing there tending the cooking pot like nothing happened!

In my playthroughs so far, I've chosen to lie/bluff her and pretend I couldn't remember anything about what happened and I just so happened to pass out and find myself in the far tower, to let her think she's got away with it. I don't actually know how the dialogue goes if I confront her, but on the next run I think I'll find out!

If she were to disappear at that point, she's pretty smart and would disappear the evidence, too... or "out" you to the guards. If you have NPCs act with too much common sense in games, they can quickly become too complicated and unbeatable, so in my own (possibly wrong) opinion, they all need a weakness or moment of stupidity so you can actually progress! :D

[Snicker]

It just feels like a bad moment in an otherwise excellent game.

[Fern]

Originally posted by Snicker:

It just feels like a bad moment in an otherwise excellent game.

I agree in principle that it is a little bit clumsy, but I can't think of a way to improve it that wouldn't break the game or require a major re-write! Or at least, be required to put her lights out with a bottle to retrieve the evidence :P Because knowing what we know about her, there's no way she ought to let you take it without a fuss.

[Snicker]

It would require a rewrite, true, but not a complex one. Just have the knockout potion leave you in the kitchen with no sign of the mouse, and the guard in the commisary commenting that she'd left in an awful hurry. Since she doesn't do it until after she's given you the key and the hangover potion, this wouldn't break any existing storyline that I know of. The only hanging thread would be how to get you into the Master's secret lair, and that could be done via dialog and a minor adjustment to the way you get in to the lair.