Frustration

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Roxy, Lucas, and Simon go to see Elizabeth Hudson's exhibit at the Eutropian Museum of Art. Simon drops one of the knives he'd forgotten to return to Roxy, and a little girl runs off with it. Security goes after the girl, and the trio head off to see the manager, Simon having wanted to see him about being hired regarding the unusual goings-on in the exhibit lately. He gets hired and the manager runs off, Lucas commenting on how crazy everyone is. They nearly catch the kid from before, but she runs off and a chandelier falls. They stay in the museum overnight and talk.

In the early hours, Simon, Roxy, and Lucas continue to look around the museum and hear a woman scream in the Hudson exhibit. Lucas finds himself drawn into the exhibit by mysterious messages, and the paintings appear to become real. Roxy and Simon are nearly trapped inside one, and find messages targeting Roxy. They locate Lucas, and a painting of a woman becomes distorted and alive, attacking them. They run and find their way around the place and discover that it seems to be a look into Elizabeth Hudson's subconscious. They discover Lucy, the girl who took the knife, and then have to find a key to escape. Lucas passes out, and they hide in a theater room, where Roxy and Simon argue. It becomes a full-blown fight, and Simon knocks Roxy out. When Roxy wakes later, they play a film they found, showing a memory of the Hudsons where Elizabeth tried to poison herself out of guilt over her art and killed her unborn child. The group tries to find the exit and comes across a gravely injured Anthony Hudson, who gives them a decorated Keystone that he'd worked to buy as an anniversary gift, and tells them to give it to Elizabeth as he falls to his injuries. Lucy tries to take Lucas away and blames Simon, claiming he is trying to take Lucas and Roxy from her. She attacks Lucas with the knife and he runs. Roxy and Simon come across Lucy, who attacks Simon with the knife. Roxy finds Elizabeth, who sets the place on fire. Lucy burns away, and the group escapes the painting with Elizabeth. They give her Anthony's gift and leave her to the medics.