Search for the Truth - collect question

[Zinthos]

Hi PJON,
I am strongly in favor having Mr Goddard be able to fulfill the fire item requirement of this task. Most things requiring fire use the little flame symbol to mean fire item, and Mr Goddard has that. Perhaps more importantly, this scenario pre-dates Mr Goddard, so it can write "fire item" and mean "item with flame symbol", because the two were previously the same thing.
The only time I would distinguish MrGoddard from being an item is for making ranged attacks with fire, such as to light a distant gas marker. IMO, MrGoddard does not have that ability, because he can't "discard" the item in question.

But, I disagree with your other play.
You don't need to place the letter "B" on the board. If you killed Jake, then that Records item gets lost like all his other items. Items need a special waiver to survive Hero death. Generally only quest tokens get dropped, and the Scenario/Records here don't say anything about quest tokens or surviving hero death.
What they do say is that you need to get "any 2 Records" to the relevant place. Obviously this means other Records will do, and thus first two Records found that established the scenario parameters can be lost like regular items without making the mission impossible.
Taking out one of the existing records is a prime strategy for the Zombie player, as finding a third "Records" card in time can be a challenge.