The Message is one of the Collectibles found in Alan Wake 2. It is one of the pages of the Return manuscript. It is the first page found by Saga Anderson.

Transcript

The victim was one of their own. FBI Special Agent Robert Nightingale. Gone missing 13 years ago. Now he had suddenly turned up, only to be murdered in a brutal ritual on the day of their arrival.

And then there was the page. This page. The first page they had found. Not the last. The first step down into terrifying depths. Secret truths trembling beyond the threshold.

Reading the words, these words, felt like a message. Was a message. Someone knew they were here. What they were doing. Someone was playing a game with them. Leading them on. An invitation. How could they not accept? The sheer audacity of this impossible mystery presented to them. Even if they knew it would end up hurting them.

Location

The page is found on Witch's Laddle.

Notes

• This page is story related and therefore impossible to miss.

Manuscript Pages (Alan Wake 2)
Note: The pages marked with a "*" can only be found in The Final Draft
Return 1: Invitation	Title Page of Return • 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 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	Rose Receives A Message • Sheriff's Station Attacked • Dark Poem 3*
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 9: Come Home	Door Traverses The Dark Place
Return Addendum: The Lake House	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