Cynthia Velasquez
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| “ | This is my dream, and you don't even know my name? It's Cynthia.
-Cynthia teases Henry for not knowing who she is. | ” |
Cynthia Velasquez is a fictional character in Silent Hill 4: The Room. A flirtatious Spanish-American woman, Cynthia becomes trapped in Walter Sullivan's unconscious world. She is later murdered with the 16th Sacrament, "Temptation".
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Biography
The player is formally introduced to Cynthia in the Subway world, South Ashfield Station, early in the game (she can be seen earlier through the window in Room 302, standing near the subway entrance). She is convinced that she had become trapped in a 'terrible dream'. After admitting her fear of the place, she asks Henry Townshend to help her find a way out of the station, indicating that she will repay him with a "special favor". The two separate when she becomes ill and rushes into the women's restroom.
After Henry returns he discovers her locked in a subway car screaming "Hurry! Help me! Someone's coming! Get me out of here!" Later on in the same level, Cynthia manages to find a way to the exit of the station, and calls Henry over the public address system, telling him of her discovery and where to go, but she suddenly screams as Walter Sullivan attacks her. By the time Henry reaches her, Cynthia is already helpless as Walter stabbed her multiple times. She is covered in blood with the numbers '16/21' carved into her left breast. Cynthia then apologizes to Henry for not being able to give him his special favor. Though she is dying, Cynthia is still trying to convince herself that it was all a bad dream. Once Cynthia dies, Henry gently closes her eyes and wakes up in his bedroom. She was killed with the 'Temptation' theme of murder.
When Henry returns to the subway station later in the game, Cynthia has become victim 16 of the 21 Sacraments. She now comes after Henry as the other victims do. She slithers on the ground when being attacked and impales Henry with her bare hands. As a ghost, Cynthia closely resembles an onryo, a malevolent spirit in Japanese folklore, particularly the manner in which onryos are portrayed in kabuki theater and contemporary Japanese horror films such as Ringu and Ju-on.
Another Crimson Tome
As a teenager, Cynthia had a subway run-in with the future mass murderer Walter Sullivan. She assumed he was a stalker and decided to humiliate him when she called him "handsome, yet filthy" in front of her friends.
- About 16 years ago...
- Cynthia Velasquez was a woman of Spanish-American heritage. She met "him" in the South Ashfield Station, near South Ashfield Heights. At that time she was 13 years old and a junior-high school student. She was so beautiful.
- She had seen him, "the man," in the subway station before. He was often seen hanging around. Sometimes he stayed there all night, with his worn out clothes and sleeping bag. Cynthia was always with her friends and, he in his shabby appearance often watched her from a distance.
- But one day, he suddenly approached her, saying, "E..excuse...me..."
- She was suprised by him.
- He continued, saying... "W..which s..school a..re you going..?"
- She was at loss but answered, "North Ashfield Junior-High School...what do you want from me?"
- He continued, "Well, that apartment there... room 302..."
- Her friends interrupted, saying to Cynthia, "Who the hell is this piece of crap?"
- "Leave him alone, let's go!"
- "Don't be bothered by him," and they tried to pull her away from him.
- But Cynthia said, "Well, you look handsome. Though...where are you from?"
- He replied, "I came from Silent Hill..."
- But her friends were still trying to distance themselves from him, "Don't talk to him. Leave him alone, OK?"
- Her friends took her hands again and began pulling Cynthia away, but she stopped when he said, "Wait! Cynthia".
- Surprised to hear her name, Cynthia turned back and came closer to him again. She put her right hand gently on his cheek and said, "Hey...you misunderstood me... you look handsome, but it doesn't mean I think you're attractive."
- "Your clothes are filthy, and smell so bad...Do you think that's the kind of thing a girl like me is into? No way...and just how is it you know my name?" she asked.
- He replied, "Ah...we..ll, it has been about 10 years since I heard your name..."
- After hearing that, Cynthia quickly removed her hand from his cheek, "10 years?... You've been eavesdropping on us for 10 years? You're disgusting!!!"
- Cynthia and her friends walked quickly down the stairway to the subway platform.
- "It's not my day. Just my luck to meet a creep like that. Oh well... I've got to do something for fun. I'm going to a night club," Cynthia declared to her friends.
- "Not again, Cynthia... You'll get in trouble if they know about your age," said her friends.
- "Don't worry, they won't notice if it's me," said Cynthia.
Other appearances
Cynthia makes an appearance in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (another popular Konami title) in the song "Your Rain (RAGE MIX)". She is seen walking through an alley and sitting on a sofa while singing to Your Rain. After a few scenes from Silent Hill 4: The Room, she is seen dancing with two other women and then leaving the alley.
Note
Cynthia must be pinned in the Subway World, otherwise she'll appear in the Building World later on (in one of the alleyways and in the stairs leading to the World's exit).
Gallery
 Cynthia in the Subway World |
 Cynthia's death |
 Official wallpaper |
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