The Nancy Drew Times

how did I not know that a billionaire funded all of the nancy drew games because they wanted games that were mind-stimulating and not just violence-centered and because of their funds, that’s the only reason the company stayed afloat and were able to make the wonderful game series that exists that I replay every year to escape adult responsibilities

*exhale*

either way,

I *HAVE* to share this dialogue I’ve never heard before while I was playing DAN yesterday 🫢

So I’m at the part where Nancy just finished making the cookies and returns to the Moulin to find that Heather is gone and needs a stuffed parrot. Minette is busy pinning JJ in the studio with a DND sign on the door.

When the phone rings, a “Guy with German Accent” answers the phone. He wants to speak to Minette and you can choose 2 options: “She’s unavailable right now” OR “May I ask whose calling?”

I’ve always picked the unavailable line, but yesterday picked the other. This gave me, as Nancy, the option to put the man on hold and go speak with Minette.

So I go to the door, knock, and Minette yells, “What do you want?” And Nancy replies, “There’s someone on the phone who wants to speak to you. He sounds kind of angry.” To which Minette gets really fed up, “Go away or you’re fired! I am busy!” Lol. (Oh also, JJ will shout and say something about being poked with a pin. And Minette says something like, “Oh cmon on, it doesn’t hurt. It’s just a pin.”

You can go back to the desk and see that the phone has a blinking red light because we left him on hold. But my brain thought: I wonder how long we can leave him on hold?

Sooo I went to go open the Dodo box instead. HE WAS STILL ON HOLD AFTER I DID THAT WHOLE PUZZLE.

I wanted to keep testing the waters, so I tried to leave. Nancy then says out loud: “Oh shoot, I left that guy on hold. I can’t just leave yet.” I tried again and she gave another dialogue of “That guy is still on hold! I can’t leave yet.”

I go back to the phone and try to answer it, but he hung up. Nancy says “Hello? Hello? Hm, I guess he hung up.”

AND BECAUSE OF THIS ONE DECISION—BUTTERFLY EFFECT. Because every conversation was different after this. I talked with Bess and George, they ask me about the guy, Nancy admits to leaving him on hold too long so she doesn’t know. I talk with Frank and Joe and same deal. They ask about this guy, but Nancy doesn’t know. I even talked to Minette about it, and she asked Nancy, “Well what’d he want?” And Nancy replied similarly, “Well he hung up.” And Minette says, “It must not have been that important then.”

Never. Ever. Have I experienced such a gold mine of dialogue. 🫨

**OH AND TO ADD: Also when I called F&J at JJ’s instead of the studio, Joe had a whole freak out that Nancy is staying with THE JJ Ling and even asked to put her on the phone. She actually wasn’t in the apartment at the time I called, but that didn’t stop Joe from asking AGAIN when I called him from the apartment later in the game. And this time, she was present, and even interjected in the convo and said, “Are you talking about me on the phone?” 🫠 I was shook.

The season 1 finale was scheduled for today, but it totally conflicted with Sonny’s schedule! So we had to make some adjustments, so he can watch with Patricie while he sips on some coffee ☕️😜

Our finale premieres TOMORROW!! 8am cst. YouTube or Spotify. Thank you all for a wonderful first season; Tori and I have truly enjoyed ourselves. 🎙️

@tori_nd_piano + l's next episode is

🎠 ND QUIRKS EPISODE 3: Okay but that Easter egg phone call from past Nancy saying to future Nancy “Say hi to Charlie for me!” IS PROOF THAT CHARLIE AND NED ARE REALLY THE SAME PERSON… I’m just saying 😂😂🤯

Shoutouts:

@djtwingamers for their playthrough footage of the tissue paper!

@hafanforever for their play through footage of the Easter egg scene!

@goobaandjetpack for their toilet paper hack (we had this in the quirks document, but I learned it from them first 😊)

Wooo the podcast launches today!!! My friend Tori and I are launching a Nancy Drew Game podcast called “Stay Tuned for Deep Dives!” Season 1 starts today and a new episode comes every Wednesday!

Video + audio: https://youtu.be/qZm88sIo-Qw?si=Lg9d0B2ws9Uxh_qk

Audio only: https://open.spotify.com/show/2VhlvC9wWVgMSZsK9xGAz0

😂😂😂😂 MY FAVORITE IG SERIES!!! I love the wackiness that is the ND games! This was supposed to be a part of @emullinsstreams fundraiser goal prizes, but the goals were achieved so quickly, we didn’t have time to get it out to everyone 😂❤️ (which is honestly a rad problem to have)! But she reminded me of it the other week, and I just HAD to finish it!!

(Not a spoiler) — So I’m THREE MINUTES into the Alex Hill game on livestream, and at the very beginning, the main character’s boss talks about how we screwed up the Miliken case and need to be more careful

YALL 😭😭😭 straight up talking about Penny Miliken and all that failed with Midnight in Salem. When I tell you, I DIED. The chat died. We were all dead.

QUIRKS EPISODE 1: My favorite game! 🐋