Eva heads back to the railway station to follow up on the messenger’s clues but it ends up costing her a life. She manages to find another clue. What does the mysterious message mean? Eva gladly accepts help from a railway station attendant so she can decipher the meaning of the code. But it’s a bad move and Eva loses a life. She only has three more tries. After the player re-starts, Eva finds a locker in aisle a, row 2 and opens it using the code 1-8-5-2. Inside the locker, there’s a book with the riddle: “La statue domine le mort, mais la fertilité est retrouvée.” (The statue prevails over the dead man but fertility is regained.) This phrase is her ticket to more danger. Less
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Despite the player’s warnings, Eva, in disguise, pursues Yvan, the elderly bookseller and the Man in the Black Hat into the metro. But she’s too late. There has been murder in one of the trains. Is Yvan the victim? Mayhem has broken out at the metro station Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau. The ground is full of blood and a woman is screaming, “Murder!” Yvan is lying on the ground as the Man in the Black Hat takes off. Eva follows him out on to the Champs-Elysées but falls into his trap. Another life down, only two left. Yvan, mortally wounded, gives Eva a CD and tells her to escape. Less
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Eva finally finds out what the mysterious message means. But the riddle of the code 1-8-5-2 hasn’t been solved. Time is running out and she’s still at the cemetery. Will she take the code to the grave with her? Eva asks the guide about the phrase, “La statue domine le mort, mais la fertilité est retrouvée.” She asks Eva if she wants children. The guide explains that the phrase could refer to the tomb of Victor Noir, said to have the power to restore fertility. Eva and Adrien leave the tour to visit Noir’s tomb. One riddle has been solved. That’s good, but not enough. Less
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A paramedic takes care of Eva and leads her to an ambulance. Is she in danger? Eva flees but the police follow her. She hides in a courtyard where she gets the next lead in her mission. An overly eager paramedic wants to take Eva away from the station in an ambulance. While he is escorting her to the vehicle, Eva escapes. The police are in hot pursuit so Eva takes refuge in the courtyard of an apartment block. The concierge asks her to get off the property but a little boy playing in the courtyard pretends she’s a friend. He sees her book and tells her about the second-hand book shop at Notre Dame — a useful lead. Less
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Adrien, the paramedic, appears again to deal with the wounded Yvan but Eva doesn’t recognize him. She takes Yvan’s CD to an Internet cafe to listen to it and is told to follow the mysterious message. Once out of the metro, Eva goes to an Internet cafe to read the CD. In the commotion, she fails to recognize Adrien, the paramedic from the explosion at the station. The message on the CD tells Eva to find “allée a, rangée 2.” The player wants her to go back to the station, but Eva suspects that she’s looking for something different. Her only lead is, “La statue domine le mort, mais la fertilité est retrouvée.” Less
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Adrien, the paramedic, appears again to deal with the wounded Yvan but Eva doesn’t recognize him. She takes Yvan’s CD to an Internet cafe to listen to it and is told to follow the mysterious message. Once out of the metro, Eva goes to an Internet cafe to read the CD. In the commotion, she fails to recognize Adrien, the paramedic from the explosion at the station. The message on the CD tells Eva to find “allée a, rangée 2.” The player wants her to go back to the station, but Eva suspects that she’s looking for something different. Her only lead is, “La statue domine le mort, mais la fertilité est retrouvée.” Less
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Adrien, the paramedic, appears again to deal with the wounded Yvan but Eva doesn’t recognize him. She takes Yvan’s CD to an Internet cafe to listen to it and is told to follow the mysterious message. Once out of the metro, Eva goes to an Internet cafe to read the CD. In the commotion, she fails to recognize Adrien, the paramedic from the explosion at the station. The message on the CD tells Eva to find “allée a, rangée 2.” The player wants her to go back to the station, but Eva suspects that she’s looking for something different. Her only lead is, “La statue domine le mort, mais la fertilité est retrouvée.” Less
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Eva gets inside the tomb using the mysterious phrase. Once inside the crypt, she comes across the letters RATAVA. She steps up to level five but will she discover the meaning of the letters in time? As night falls, Eva summarizes her findings. She gets inside the tomb using the phrase “La statue domine le mort, mais la fertilité est retrouvée.” Then she goes down some steps and, after completing level four, she wins a tool allowing her to cancel a game over. While looking around in the crypt she notices the letters RATAVA. Another riddle has to be solved. Less
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On her way to Notre Dame, Eva loses time as she gets caught up in a demonstration of teachers. Since there’s no chance of advancing, the player sacrifices points to buy a tool. Voilà Edmond, Eva’s personal chauffeur. En route to the second hand booksellers at Notre-Dame, Eva gets held up by a demonstration of teachers. The sinister Man in the Black Hat follows her. To get Eva out of the crowd and away from the man, the player buys a remote control and Edmond the taxi driver, who will always be at Eva’s service, appears. Less
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Frustrated by her lack of progress, Eva calls Edmond to see if he can help with the puzzle but Adrien the paramedic reappears and asks her out to lunch. Should she go? Eva is going nowhere in her mission. Her sudden lunch date with Adrien, the paramedic makes Edmond suspicious. But Eva goes out with the paramedic and, in the end, the risky move earns her a 3000-point bonus. After taking a few moments out to record events, she steps up to level three. Will the paramedic be useful to her? Less
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