The Calling, part 6

The Calling, part 6
Reveals the fate of	Second Mate Edward Nichols
Location	Off the port side
Earlier	The Calling, part 5
Next	Unholy Captives, part 1
All parts
Loose Cargo 1, 2 A Bitter Cold 1, 2, 3 Murder 1, 2, 3 The Calling 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Unholy Captives 1, 2, 3, 4 Soldiers of the Sea 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 The Doom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Bargain Escape 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 The End 1, 2, 3, 4

The Calling, part 6 is the final part of chapter IV in the plot of Return of the Obra Dinn. It reveals the fate of Second Mate Edward Nichols.

As the only survivor of the mermaid attack, Nichols is on a lifeboat and catches sight of the Obra Dinn heading his way and hails it. While some of the crewmen call for the lifeboats to be recovered, Nichols catches sight of passenger Chioh Tan, at this point the last Formosan onboard, aiming at him. He begs Tan not to shoot, but Tan shoots him anyway and kills him.

When playing a new game, the pocketwatch starts shaking after viewing this diorama, allowing access to The Calling, part 5.

Things of interest

• Fourth Mate John Davies can be definitively identified as he is seen looking out of the window of his cabin. He instructs Tan to hold his fire, but Tan does not, possibly because Tan could not understand English.
  • However, the other mates can be identified earlier (their identities are made clear in The End, part 4; Murder, part 1; and The Doom, part 8, respectively). Since he is the final remaining person in the Justice at Sea sketch to wear a high-ranking officer's uniform and hat, the player could have already inferred him to be the last of the mates even without this scene.
  • Through this, his steward, Davey James, can also be identified since James is often at his side in various dioramas and in the sketch.
• This is the first memory the player experiences not on any part of the Obra Dinn itself, and chronologically the last.

Present

Aside from Edward Nichols, there are 3 others present.

• Fourth Mate John Davies
• Passenger Chioh Tan
• Captain's steward Fillip Dahl

Also present are some corpses.

• Passenger It-Beng Sia (accessed next)
• Passenger Bun-Lan Lim

A shell, the chest, and three living mermaids are also present.

Where

This memory is accessible through Nichols' corpse on the main deck, port of the capstan.

Areas

Only the water off the port side of the ship, towards the stern of the ship, is accessible. The ship cannot be boarded.

Transcript Media:Calling_pt6.ogg

• [Nichols] X "Ahoy!"

• [Dahl] "They're back!"

• [Naples] "Get the captain!"

• [Nichols] X "Ahoy!"

• [Klestil] "Recover the boats!"

• [Nichols] X "Wait! Don't shoot! I have treasure! I yield!"

• [Davies] "Hold your fire!"