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Chapter One: Old Silent Hill
Silent Hill: The Short Message

Chapter One: Old Silent Hill

Follow Harry's search for his daughter Cheryl in Silent Hill: The Short Message, starting in Chapter One and the Part One Cafe.

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Follow Harry's search for his daughter Cheryl in Silent Hill: The Short Message, starting in Chapter One and the Part One Cafe.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After waking up from a car crash, step out of your wrecked jeep to search for your daughter Cheryl.
  2. 2
    Chase after a figure resembling Cheryl, who runs up the street, turns left, and enters an alleyway.
  3. 3
    Follow her into the alleyway, go through a squeaky gate, and continue as the environment becomes darker.
  4. 4
    As Harry lights a match, the surroundings transform with broken wheelchairs and a bloodstained hospital stretcher.
  5. 5
    Proceed past the stretcher and witness a mutilated body on a fence before two figures with knives approach.
  6. 6
    Allow the figures to attack and kill Harry.
  7. 7
    Harry awakens in the Part One Café, where he meets police officer Cybil.
  8. 8
    Ask Cybil about a little girl with short black hair, turned 7 last month; she hasn't seen anyone.
  9. 9
    Cybil warns Harry it's dangerous outside and offers him her gun, instructing him to be careful with his aim.
  10. 10
    Cybil leaves to call for reinforcements, leaving Harry to search for Cheryl.
  11. 11
    Equip the gun Cybil gave you.
  12. 12
    Pick up the following items from the counter in the Café: Flashlight, Map of Silent Hill, Health Drink [x2], and Knife.
  13. 13
    Save your game at the counter.
  14. 14
    As you prepare to leave, a radio emits a strange noise (white noise).
  15. 15
    Investigate the radio, and a creature will fly through the window.
  16. 16
    Shoot the creature three to four times with the handgun.
  17. 17
    Save your game again before leaving the Café.
  18. 18
    To reach the alleyway where you last saw Cheryl, take Bachman Street and turn left onto Finney Street.
  19. 19
    Beware of demon dogs on Bachman Street and Finney Street.
  20. 20
    In the alleyway, find a Steel Pipe weapon and two pieces of paper: a picture and a note saying "To School."
  21. 21
    The Midwich Elementary School will be circled on your map, but the direct road is destroyed.
  22. 22
    Notice a hole large enough for a child to pass through and a road on the other side.
  23. 23
    Consult your map and head to Matheson Street, on the opposite side of the alley.
  24. 24
    Walk south on Matheson Street and find more drawings on the ground: "Doghouse" and "Levin St."
  25. 25
    Go to Levin Street and locate a doghouse to find a key.
  26. 26
    Use the key to unlock the Victorian house on the west side of Levin Street.
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    Inside the house, find two boxes of bullets for your handgun and a Health Drink.
  28. 28
    At the back door near the kitchen, you'll find a lock requiring three keys.
  29. 29
    Examine the billboard near the door with three locks; it displays a map of Silent Hill with three circles. These circles will be automatically copied onto your map.
  30. 30
    Head to Finney Street to find the Key of Lion.
  31. 31
    On your way to Finney Street, stop by your wrecked car to pick up a Health Drink.
  32. 32
    Visit the convenience store to get three more Health Drinks and a First Aid Kit.
  33. 33
    Find the "Key of Lion" at the wrecked police car on Finney Street.
Tips
  • Be prepared for the environment to change drastically in the alleyway.
  • Save your game frequently, especially before leaving the Part One Café.
  • The demon dogs are aggressive; be ready to fight or evade them.
  • The map will update automatically with the locations of the three keys.

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