All Chapter 3: Small Seconds Crossroad Choices in As Dusk Falls

Chapter 3: Small Seconds in As Dusk Falls decides the ultimate outcome of the motel hostage situation. Much will be decided between who lives and dies and the relationships between the various characters in the last chapter of the first book. Here are all the crossroads choices you can make in As Dusk Falls Chapter 3: Small Seconds.

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All As Dusk Falls choices in Chapter 3: Small Seconds

who else is here

Your choices in the second chapter will determine who else is at the motel. Dale can be alive or dead, as can Joyce, and either Michelle, Jim, or Zoe could have been released.

Make up with Michelle?

If Michelle was shot and is still here, she will die at the beginning of this chapter. At this point, you have a choice to make up with her after she cheats on Vince or not. Regardless of how you deal with it, she will die since she didn’t go to the hospital.

Tell Sharon about the pager?

The Holts’ mother, Sharon, will appear after a while and give you the option to tell her about Dante’s pager or not. If you tell her about it, she will send both Vince and Jay to look for the black book in the truck.

If you don’t tell her, Jay and Vince will sneak out to find the book themselves. Regardless of what happens, Sharon will find out about the book and use it to get money when she later escapes as a fugitive.

This decision will decide who Vince gets into a fight with towards the end of the chapter.

bus fight

If the cops ram the bus into the motel, Dale, if he’s still alive, will be shot here. If Michelle is still here, she will be trapped under rubble. If Joyce is still alive, she will help you save her or you will have to go it alone. If you don’t save her, she will die.

The motel will then catch fire and you will have to escape either alone or with Zoe if she is still here.

Is Thorne alive or dead?

In a flashback, Bear will wake up Jay to help him bury Thorne’s body, with whom he got into an argument and was allegedly killed. However, after covering his body, he will wake up. If you successfully help him escape, he will be alive later in the story, so Jay will not be wanted for his murder. If you bury him alive or Bear kills him, the FBI will try to get you to confess to killing him.

Save Bear or Leave?

After the situation with Thorne, Bear will try to hang himself in the barn. If Jay knocks him out, he will stay in a hospital for the rest of the game and end up laying flowers on Dale’s grave. If you let him die, he’ll be buried next to Dale. Aside from the ending screens, neither option has a significant impact on the story.

Fight with Dante or Tyler

If you told Sharon about the pager, Dante will attack Vince in the pool area. You can either fend him off and make him electrocute himself in the bathroom, or have him electrocute Vince.

If you haven’t told Sharon about the pager, you’re going to fight Tyler. If you win, Jay will hold a gun out to you and you’ll have a chance to convince him whether or not he’s going to shoot Vince and kill him. If you lose, either Tyler will drown Vince or Jay will save him.

Who the Holts are taking hostage

If Vince is still alive, you have a chance to convince the Holts to hold him hostage instead of Zoe if they leave. This decision leads to the next chapter of the game.