- I was killed in the shower
- I was eaten by an alligator
- I was DONGED on the head with the falling bell
- I took a tumble off the stairs (not a pretty sight!); and
- I fell down the secret trapdoor (because I didn't have a light).
Are there other ways to die in LB1?
To be honest, I thought LB2 had more complicated characters -- and a much more complicated plot -- than LB1. (Sure, the plot in LB1 is scarier, but Laura in LB1 seems almost indestructible. I hardly ever died, even -- unlike LB2, where I died quite often).
Sure, the names were fun (though a bit cliche -- Gloria Swansong, W. C. Feels, Clarence Sparrow -- all right, puns. But Fifi the French Maid, who speaks like zis? And Jeeves the butler, who hardly says anything?)
Celie reminds me of Mammy from "Gone With the Wind". Rudy Dijon reminds me of ... someone, but I can't recall who. Rudolph Valentino? I don't know. Does anyone know if he's a reference to someone?
On the other hand, Col. Dijon's history (fought in the Spanish-American War, brought home his army clothes, decorated war hero) is fun.
But there's one thing I found unbelievable: apparently he took not one, but several bullets in the pelvic region and the shoulders ... and he's still alive. 
Wouldn't the shock and the blood loss mean he'd die very quickly, especially since he was carrying a wounded soldier off the battlefield? The standards of battlefield medicine were improving by the Spanish-American War of 1898, but were quite low by today's standards.Just for fun, I'll try to reconstruct Col. Henri Dijon's life story.
Here we go:- Game starts in 1925, and Dijon is an old man (late 60s, if I remember).
- Dijon fought in the Spanish-American War (which was 1898).
- There are Civil War artefacts in the vaults.
So:
- Col. Dijon was probably born between 1856 and 1858 (so he'd be between 67 and 69 years old).
- Therefore, he was between 40 and 42 years old when he was wounded.
- The Civil War treasures you find in the vault probably belonged to his parents. So it's nice that Laura gets to enjoy them.
Anyway, I finally beat the game (and saw both endings). Yay!
