Rule of Rose Mysteries

In the corner by the window there is a non-functioning (at this point in the game) Rubbish Bin. Pressing “x” by it, we get the subtitle:

There’s a rubbish bin tied tightly with rope…

We encountered the same thing in the small hallway downstairs near the Reception Room.

As I said when discussing the downstairs Rubbish Bin, I don’t think that the tied aspect of the rubbish bin has any significance in terms of Jennifer’s forgotten past. I think that this is just an issue of gameplay. I think that the author(s) of the Rule of Rose game want us to wait until Rubbish Bin is introduced in the “Unlucky Clover Field” chapter before we use the Rubbish Bin feature, and this is a way to block the function while still showing us where we will find a Rubbish Bin later.

But I DO think that the location of this Rubbish Bin is significant in terms of Jennifer’s forgotten past.  By symmetry of location, we might expect that the Rubbish Bin that we find inside of the Filth Room should be out in the small hallway, as is the case with the Rubbish Bin downstairs.

Also, it seems odd that the smelly laundry baskets and rack have apparently been moved out of the Filth Room into the hallway, but a potentially smelly rubbish bin (Jennifer tells us, in the “Once Upon A Time” chapter, that the rubbish bin is “detested”) is NOT out in the hallway.  The rubbish bin easily could be placed in the hallway, and it would be a much more natural place for it if its purpose is, as I suspect, to service the rubbish disposal needs of the entire floor.

So why is the Rubbish Bin located in the Filth Room (despite the Filth Room having been converted to a nice bedroom)?

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