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For the first itiration of Return, see Return (Night Springs)
The cover of the book.
"A shift in reality. Heavy with hidden meanings." - ― Return
Return is a manuscript Saga Anderson finds pages for within Alan Wake 2, which tells the story of residents around Bright Falls as well as finding her own life becoming entangled within it.
About[]
After Alan Wake had begun writing "Return" as a means of escape, after the attempt did not work, he realised he had to create Initiation before he could finally write the real Return manuscript. However upon believing Scratch had written Return as a means for him to escape, Alan scribbled out sections of the manuscript to change the story. It wasn't until he shot a version of himself editing the manuscript that he realised he was the one who had actually written the manuscript.
Blurb[]
The following is the blurb found on the back of the copy Alan finds:
- A genius writer, trapped in a prison of shadows. His struggles to escape only push him deeper in this ocean of darkness. But when a peaceful small town is invaded by the forces of supernatural darkness, the writer breaks free to come to its defence. Living shadows, murderous cultists, and reckless government agents all await him in this maze of blood and horror...
- ― Blurb
Manuscript Pages[]
Manuscript Pages can be accessed in the Mind Place at any time. Pages available only in the "Final Draft" mode are denoted with an "*".
Return 1: The Invitation[]
- The Message
- Saga Fights Nightingale With Light
- Saga Pursues Nightingale
- Saga At The General Store
- Saga Anderson's Deja Vu*
Return 2: The Heart[]
- Nightingale Enters The Lake
- Nightingale In The Dark Place
- Saga Finds A Safe Haven
- Saga Opens The Cauldron Lake Overlap
- Saga Burns Away The Dark Substance
- The Overlap
- The Murder Sites
- Ed Returns To Cauldron Lake
- Tammy Rides The Ferry
- Cauldron Lake
- The Cult Of The Tree
- Dark Poem 1*
Return 3: Local Girl[]
- The Trailer
- Scratch On The Hunt
- The Koskela's Parade Float
- Deputies Make A Grave Mistake
- Deputies Corrupted
- Deputies In The Morgue
- Mocha's Funeral
- The Cult Finds The Clicker
- Koskelas Break Into The FBC Lab
- The Dark Presence Attacks
- Saga In The Watery Woods
- Saga Fights Taken At The Workshop
- Watery
- Coffee World Attacked
- Breakthrough in the Lake House*
Return 4: No Chance[]
No pages are found within this chapter.
Return 5: Old Gods[]
- Saga At The Nursing Home
- Tor Is Bewitched
- Odin Stuck In Bed
- Saga Opens The Valhalla Nursing Home Overlap
- The History Of The Valhalla Nursing Home
- Barry's Struggles With Artists
- Building The Valhalla Nursing Home
- Cynthia Corrupted
- Cynthia And Tom
- Cynthia's Lamp
- Gail Taken
- Bright Falls
- Rose At Bingo Night
- Emmett Taken
- Dark Poem 2*
Return 6: Scratch[]
Return 7: Summoning[]
- The Cult Of The Tree Is Born
- The Cult Storms The Lodge
- Ilmo Resists The Dark Presence
- Odin Loses An Eye
- It's Not a Lake*
Return 8: Deerfest[]
No pages are found within this chapter.
Return 9: Come Home[]
Return Addendum: The Lake House[]
Note: the names of these pages cannot be viewed in-game due to the pages not being collectible.
- Rudolf Paints
- The Last Painting
- The Lake House
- Diana Works Late
- Jules Loses Patience
- The History of the Marmonts
- The Marmonts Taken
- Diana's End
Trivia[]
- On transcripts, typed words are unaltered while written edits are italicized.
- After Initiation 8: Zane's Film, it's revelated that Scratch typed out the pages, while Alan Wake made the pen edits.
- As of Update 1.15, Saga's Mind Place lists Return 1: Invitation as containing 6 pages, rather than 5. The extra page has yet to be found, and is not mentioned in the patch notes.
- In the game files, the "Title Page of Return" (similarly to The Title Page of the Manuscript from Alan Wake) is set up as a collectible manuscript but does not appear to be used in-game. It is possible, but not confirmed, that this page is considered part of the Return 1: Invitation pages despite being unused.
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