Hiveswap Act 2 — Walkthrough Part 2

9 min readJul 19, 2022

BLUEBLOOD CARS

Speak to everyone in the cerulean car.

Catfished

Here, you can get yourself a nice shiny achievement. Go all the way to the right of the car (don’t go on the elevator yet) and speak to Ardata. She’s going to be creepy and invite you into her room. Accept!

Once you’ve spoken to everyone, there’s no reason to stick around. Take the elevator up to the indigo car. Go ahead and speak to everyone there.

First Class

Depending on how you got your tickets, Zebruh may or may not be there. If he is there, you get a shiny achievement for speaking to everyone in both the cerulean and indigo cars!

Proceed to the clown car! There you’ll be able to- Oh wait, no. Of course, you can’t just go to the next car. What do you think this is? Because it sure ain’t the fucking circus (yet).

Galekh decides he needs some from-the-soul literature. This calls for… running through the previous carts! If you’re in the mood for some achievement hunting…

Catfished 2

Speak to Ardata and accept her invitation to her room once more… What could possibly go wrong?

Now, there are two different routes you could take. Each route has a different achievement attached to it.

Note: The Soldier Purrbeast route is only available if you achieved Best Possible Scenario (Wanshi guilty verdict).

Manifesto

The first option.

Speak with Mallek. He will agree to procure some literature for you on one condition: take his electronics and get them charged.

This is super simple to do. All you have to do is go all the way back to the gold cart and head to our favorite moirails, Kuprum and Folykl! They’ll agree to help out. Just drag and drop the electronics onto them.

After this, return the charged devices to Mallek by dragging and dropping it onto his sprite. He’ll send his work to your tablet and presto! You’ll be good to go.

Soldier Purrbeasts

The second option. Must have achieved Best Possible Scenario.

Go all the way back to the jade/teal car. Speak to Wanshi and she will offer you her Soldier Purrbeasts book.

After procuring The Literature, head back to the indigo car and present it to Galekh. You’ll pass his culture test and should be good to go now! Wait, no, of course. Amisia pitches in — now she wants you to get her Real Art.

Catfished Forever

Sooooo… here we are again. Speak to Ardata once more and accept her gracious invite into her abode! It’s definitely not a trap.

(Spoiler: It is.)

Once again, you have two routes and two achievements!

Arte

Option 1

Speak to Remele once you reach the cerulean cart. She will agree to do a piece for you, but needs… RAW material. You can obtain this in one of two ways:

Head to the goldblood cart and speak to Cirava. They will take a picture of you on your tablet. Present this to Remele and she will create a painting of an “ugly creature.” Present this to Amisia and you will pass her test.
Head to the redblood cart and speak to Marsti. She will give you her trash. Present it to Remele and she will create a cool little figurine. Present this to Amisia and you will pass her test.

Thinkpiece

Option 2

Do NOT speak to Remele. This will mess things up.

Go straight to the redblood car and procure the garbage from Marsti. Bring it to Tegora and speak with him about it before presenting it to Amisia. Galekh will helpfully pitch in and you will pass her test.

Side Note: I love using the items on every single character. One of my favorite reactions to the garbage is Lanque’s.

Finally, you can head to the clown car n- Oh. Nope. Wow. Now you have to fight Nihkee. Guess you better get a costume!

Feel free to speak to everyone, although the only person you really need to speak to is Elwurd. Get some flirt on with her ;) but she’s not going to just bend and give you whatever you’re asking for.

After exhausting all dialogue options with Elwurd, it’s time to… ask for Ardata’s help. She offers everything you need in her room once again and just like a sucker, you’re going to accept.

>all right. sounds legit.

Elwurd is going to come over because honestly what do you think you’re doing? She’ll just give you the costume if you’re that serious about it.

Return to Nihkee and get ready for the quickest fight of your life.

Knockout 2.0

Achievement get! Joey gets knocked out!

NOW…. hold on I’m making sure nobody else wants to say something……….Okay. NOW you may proceed to the clown car.

On second thought… maybe you don’t want to?

Clown Car

You reached the clown car!

Speak to everyone, if you wish. Once you’re done gazing in abject horror, head to the right of the map and speak to Marvus.

Xefros gets snatched up and Joey gets to play a fun little murder game with Marvus! Nothing like a little murder to get the night going, huh?

Head to the gold car so you can scope out who your first kill will be… Oh, hey, Cirava is like. Dead asleep. Just take a picture of them.

Third Most Popular Chittr User

ACHIEVEMENT TIME!

Assuming you’ve followed Part 1’s instructions and added Chixie, Cirava, Elwurd, Marvus, and Zebruh on Chittr, this is where you can add Remele (and spruce up the picture of Cirava!)

Speak to Elwurd after snapping a picture of Cirava. She’ll get Remele to fix it up to look gorier and you’ll get Remele’s Chittr added to your conticks.

Take the bloody Cirava picture straight back to Marvus and get his opinion on it. After some highblood debate, your proof is accepted and the WHEEL OF CLOWNFORTUNE (clown misfortune) is once again spun. This time it lands on….. teal!

Head on down to the teal car and speak to Tegiri. He’ll give you his tanto. Then proceed to the cerulean car and speak to Elwurd again. She’ll haggle Remele into “painting” it teal and you’ll receive a teal-covered tanto sword. Bring it on back to the clown gang for inspection.

After you pass inspection, Marvus gives the good ol’ WHEEL OF CLOWNFORTUNE (clown misfortune) another spin. Now it lands on… purple! That means… you’re going to have to kill one of these clowns 😳.

But not before you go on a soda run! Head back aaaaaall the way to the rustblood car. Feel free to chat with everyone on your way back, if you’re in the mood. Walk all the way to the left of the car, near Skylla. When you get there, Joey will realize that there’s no soda in the car. Now you get to make your way all the way back up to the clown car. Yippie!

As you reach the bridge between the indigo and purple cars and walk toward the right door, Baizli will come out and attempt to murder you. No big deal. Except Xefros shoves him off the bridge like a boss! And then… clown murder.

After Joey and Xefros’ dialogue, go back into the clown car. A short little wonderful cutscene plays, then the clowns congratulate Joey on her epic kill. The two of you get to enter the giant clown mouth and exit through to the bridge.

The Final Car

Click on the door to the right. Xefros and Joey talk back and forth for a little bit. After the dialogue finishes, a STRIFE scene begins.

In order to obtain the Born to Die achievement, there are a few game-overs you much trigger in this scene. I’ll put the specific triggers in parenthesis.

(One game-over you can get immediately is to use Xefros’ bat on the window. This immediately gets the guard’s attention and ends the game.)

To get through this sequence, you must:

Use Xefros’ telekinesis on the righthand switch. This unlocks the trapdoor.

2. Use Xefros’ telekinesis on the trapdoor to slide it open.

3. Use Joey’s tap dance action on the dashboard figurine. This will cause it to start moving.

4. After the figure begins dancing, use Joey’s flashlight on it. This will distract the drone from the controls as it lifts its head to stare at the figurine.

5. Dispatch Byers through the trapdoor. He will help decapitate the guard.

6. At this point, switch back to Xefros. It is safe to break the window with Xefros’ bat.

7. Using Xefros’ telekinesis, click on the glass shards. This will send them flying and disconnect the drone from the car cables.

(There is a game-over possible here. Use Xefros’ telekinesis on the main lever that the drone had been holding. No cutscene plays, it just goes straight to the game-over screen.)

8. Now switch to Joey. Use the pet treats on the main lever. Byers will be more interested in the drone and start pecking at its organs. This fully disables the system.