The Arrival is the first half of the eighth chapter of Slender: The Arrival.
Overview[]
After watching both VHS tapes, Lauren continues on the path to the Radio Tower. She enters a cave with several enigmatic writings on its walls. Suddenly, Lauren begins to smell smoke and everything turns red. Upon exiting the cave, she finds herself in the middle of a forest fire. Reluctantly, the radio tower is within range. She races to the tower, simultaneously avoiding being burned by the flames and capture by a very aggressive Slender Man.
At long last, Lauren finally reaches the radio tower. Once inside, she searches for a key to unlock the door to the rest of the building. Once found, she uses it to unlock the door. After getting the key to open the door leading to the radio tower's hallway, Lauren is now being chased by Charlie Matheson Jr. Getting caught many times while in the hallway will kill her. Her flashlight also dies while navigating the hallway.
Lauren then proceeds to a room where Carl Ross' burnt body resides. She turns on the camera, and listens to Carl and Kate's horrific last moments. When the tape ends, the other side of the room turns completely dark. Charlie Matheson Jr. comes running out of the dark and attacks Lauren, causing her to pass out.
Trivia[]
The original ending to Slender: The Arrival, as shown on developer Alex Tintor's Twitter.
- According to Alex Tintor, the original forest fire scene was supposed to be a snow-capped mountain.
- A looping ambience sound file associated with this level is accordingly named
polarwind.wavin the game files.- Unused text found in the game scripts imply that the very first iteration of the level's objective would have been to set signal fires alight; possibly to contrast with the snow-related themes of the original level.
- A looping ambience sound file associated with this level is accordingly named
- After obtaining the key in the radio tower, strange noises will be heard where the player is now being chased by Charlie where the blue image of him can be seen. Being attacked by Charlie along the hallway multiple times will kill the player, causing the screen to cut into black and display the options to retry and return to main menu. Upon retrying, they will respawn outside the radio tower.
- However, in v2.0, the door will open after the tape ends. Returning to the hallway will make Charlie kill the player instead of waking up in the basement of the Matheson household.
- The camera next to Carl Ross' corpse is a PENTAX Optio MX4.