the mirrors are never in the hallways

No, that was definitely one of your friends... one of the goals is to rescue your five friends.

I do recommend doing the tutorial real quick.

the mirrors and compasses have random spawns, so a walkthrough isn't going to be very helpful. You have to just keep track of which rooms you've already searched.

Yeah... he wants the main character alive for icky reasons.

Jimmy has an office on the 1st floor (not the ground floor) where he places the spirit reader when he takes it from you.

The scrying mirror gives you hints on the objects you need to find to resolve the current ghost.

Just getting to know MotW, but your description of Casey sounds closer to the Professional (gone rogue) than The Flake. Am I off the mark here?

I tend not to view the stats as objective levels as much as personality. So like -1 Sharp a person could still be very smart... but just not the sort of detail oriented person that's good at the investigation moves.

YESSSSSS!! Thank you for posting this jammm!! These lyrics give me life