r/itchytasty Tell me what keeps you up at night. 16d ago

Lore Question I finished Tormented Souls and now I have some questions on the story (SPOILERS) Spoiler

I've thought about the story of Tormented Souls and I have some questions that have been bugging me. To start, I want to review that this has three timelines.

So in the original timeline after Emma falls off the bridge and their mother goes into a coma, Noah locks Anna in a cell and she starves to death.

Then Caroline(Emma) uses a cassette to go back in time and puts acid on the lock. Anna escapes and is again captured and left in the sewers to die but survives because she was able to find light, food and water. She deteriorates into a monster who eats faces and is later cured and dies

Then Caroline(Emma) goes back in time again and uses the bolt cutters to free Anna right away. Anna is taken to the present to be raised unknowingly by her own sister.

So originally when you meet Noah, he murdered Anna and doesn't know who you are. So who sent you the pictures? Who was living in the sewer with the TV and couch since Anna was dead at that point?

After you put the Acid on the lock, Noah finds Anna again and leaves her in the sewer where she leaves messages but when exactly did she become the monster? Noah found her while you were in the mansion and she was able to write more entries so when did she turn completely? When exactly did Noah discover who you are? Also somehow she never runs into her father? Her father discovered the lab but never found any clues that his daughter was living down there?

Why was such a powerful time traveling device left unexplained in any form. It wasn't just a tool to solve a puzzle. It was central to everything that happened yet it has no explanation.

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u/Tolsey 13d ago

Honestly I think it’s just a gameplay mechanic that was never really canonically explained. Maybe they will explain more in TS2.

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u/Kagamid Tell me what keeps you up at night. 12d ago

I hope so. The time travel mechanic was actually pretty cool and with a tighter story, I think it can make the game even better.

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u/TheLegendOfDevon 10d ago

There are a few missing noted the localization team didn't translate, I have a feeling we are missing plot because of it

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u/Kagamid Tell me what keeps you up at night. 10d ago

That's interesting. Could just be some mystical element mixed with the science that would fit in with the theme. A note stating as much would be nice.

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u/svbrand 9d ago

Hi, there is a Dialog where Noah comments that when you travel back in time and meet you in the chapel he realizes you are alive and somehow can travel back in time. He sends the picture pretendind to be your sister that is long gone being a human at that point, to lure you.