Finally finding Pipsqueak (Laura) in a previously-locked section of Brookhaven Hospital, Neosekken and James learn that Pipsqueak was apparently friends with Wife-fu (Mary) at one point, and both had met each other at the hospital last year. James a…
Finally finding Pipsqueak (Laura) in a previously-locked section of Brookhaven Hospital, Neosekken and James learn that Pipsqueak was apparently friends with Wife-fu (Mary) at one point, and both had met each other at the hospital last year. James angrily accuses Pipsqueak of lying to him, before quickly calming down and attempting (but ultimately failing) to explain to Pipsqueak that what she tells him contradicts his own account of his wife having already been dead by the point that Pipsqueak claims to have met Wife-fu. James doesn't dwell on this for long though, moving the conversation towards encouraging Pipsqueak to come with him, but before the two can make their way back through the hospital Pipsqueak tricks James into entering and locking him in a room with some nasty monsters that hang from the ceiling that want to kill him before leaving him for dead (although Neo doesn't think Pipsqueak was aware of anything dangerous being in said room and probably just thought that she was leaving James in an empty room and that James was merely annoyed with her rather than being annoyed AND deperately wanting to get out to safety.). This leads to a boss fight, and after killing all the monsters Neo witnesses James enter an altered version of the hospital - one that looks rotten, hellish even - with no clue as to how he got there. To make matters worse, there are stronger variants of the nurse monsters running around as well.
Seeing that he's found himself in a more dangerous situation than before, Neo tries to guide James back to where he left Maria, only to find the room she was staying in empty save for some empty pill bottles. However, exploring the transformed hospital Neo eventually finds Maria again, and after this reunion Neo continues his exploration, gathering key items which he needs to open a pathway out of the hospital along with any additional supplies he can find along the way. After enough time passes, Neo finally opens a stairway that leads into the deepest reaches of the hospital, but it is here that Neo encounters an obviously pissed-off Triangle Man, who seems to be focusing his aggression on Maria instead of James. And since Neo is playing Silent Hill 2 on hard mode, this means that Triangle Man is at PEAK FURY, with the speed and power to show for it, and it is this peak fury that allows Triangle Man to repeatedly kill Maria and set Neo back time and time again before Neo can help James and Maria escape to safety. Neo tries to keep his cool with this latest obstacle, but eventually Triangle Man's constant inconveniencing of Neo eventually makes Neo's temper flare up too, until he starts ranting angrily about Triangle Man while Triangle Man... just does what he does best, much to Neo's ever-growing frustration.
Thankfully, Neo manages to eventually escape from Triangle Man, but at great cost to James...
