(set: $Time to 30)
8:00 pm 4/3/2027. You, a detective named Lyons Winsworth, arrive at the Boden Manor, assigned to investigate the murder of Moe Boden. Due to the influx of cases at this time, you only have 30 minutes to investigate the case. But these 30 minutes are important considering the reknown of Moe Boden. You better spend those 30 minutes wisely.
CW: Blood, gore, death, mentions of suicide
[[Time]] What part of the body do you want to look at specifically?
(5 minutes)
[[Inspect Chest]]
[[Inspect Arms]]
[[Inspect Legs]]
[[Inspect Head]]Of course, checking the crime scene would help you solve the case. Looking at the environment will tell you about how the murderer did the crime and the possibly who the murderer is.
(5 minutes)
(if:(history: where its name contains "Inspect murder weapon")'s length is 0)[[Inspect murder weapon]]
[[Inspect bloody footprints]]The cops should know about the victim, after the witnesses explained to them what happened. Perhaps you should ask them for information?
(10 minutes)
[[Ask about Moe]]
[[Ask about possible motives]]You have 3 suspects:
Ms. Trimp the person who found and reported the body to the police
Mr. Ri a servant of the Boden Manor
Ms. Boden, Moe Boden's wife.
Interrogate (10 minutes)
[[Ms. Boden]]
[[Ms. Trimp]]
(if:(history: where its name contains "Mr. Ri")'s length is 0)[[Mr. Ri]]You ask Mr. Ri what he was doing at the time of the murder.
"I was working in the kitchen preparing food, you see the Bodens like to eat their dinner late"
"Do you mind working this late in the night?" You ask
"I don't mind that much, I don't really have any friends or familly I could spend my time with anyways. I just wish that I'd get paid more"
You start to wonder... could this be a possible motive for the murder?
You ask "What do you know about the case"
Mr. Ri says "Even though he didn't always treat me the best I still feel sad that he'd get so brutally murdered. I mean, the way the knife was stuck in his chest, it's like the killer wanted him to suffer"
You ask "Who do you think murdered him?"
"It's hard to say, he seemed like a people pleaser, not the type to have enemies, you know?"
"Ok, thanks for your time."
But suddenly you hear a large bang outside!
[[Investigate the sound]]Ms. Boden looks distraught, but you need to find out who the murderer is. And in order to do that you have to interrogate her. Who knows, what if she knows something important?
"Hello Ms. Boden, I'm detective Winsworth, and I'm working on the case of the death of your husband"
"It's not me!"
"huh?"
"I said it's not me"
You are puzzled, why is she acting so nervouse about the investigation?
"It's Ms. Trimp! She's trying to frame me!"
"Ma'am I just want to ask y-"
She shouts over you, not caring about what you're saying "She's framing me! I know I'm the last one seen with my husband but it's not me!"
You stare in silence.
"Ma'am don't worry I understand how you feel and I will take what you have said into consideration."
Why the sudden defensiveness? Perhaps she wanted Moe's money and killed him?
(set:$Time to $Time -10)
[[Time]]You have $Time minutes
(if:$Time is 0)[[Accuse someone]]
(if:$Time is > 5)[[Ask cops]]
(if:$Time is not 0) [[Inspect Body]]
(if:$Time is not 0) [[Inspect Crime Scene]]
(if:$Time is > 5) [[Interrogate suspects]](if:(history: where its name contains "Look for the source of the sound")'s length is 1)[You immediately interrogate Ms. Trimp. She is a plump woman with small feet and hands to contrast.
"Do you know what the murder weapon is?"
She looks puzzled and says "no?"
"That's funny, when I looked it was a very ornate knife with a name engraved on it. Your name."
Ms. Trimp stares at you in shock.
"Listen, I know this looks awfully suspicious, and the knife does belong to me, but, I didn't murder him! It was stolen I swear it was stolen from me."
You sarcastically reply "Likely story"
Ms. Trimp looks panicked and exclaims "It's a family treasure, passed down from the day we used to be blacksmiths, creating blades. But now I'm simply a servant, serving the Boden family."
"Look I live in the servants quarters of this place, I stored that knife in a frame on the wall. But this morning it just disapeared!"
"Then why didn't you tell anyone about this disapearance?"
"Look, I didn't think any one else would care, after all I'm just a lowly servant of the Boden family. Why would they care about my knife? Listen to me I'm innocent I swear by that! Just trust me on this!"
She pleads and pleads but all you say is "We'll find that out"]
(if:(history: where its name contains "Look for the source of the sound")'s length is )[You approach Ms. Trimp, a maid of the Boden familly. She is rather plump with small hands and feet to contrast.
You ask her what she saw.
"I was sweeping the house as usual, and Ms. Boden and Mr. Boden were both in an arguement in the bedroom. I didn't want to interrupt so I decided to clean the bedroom the last. I saw Ms. Boden storm out of the bedroom angerly about 10 minutes later"
"And when was this?"
"6:00 pm"
"And when did you find the body?"
"7:50 pm"
"Is there anything else you'd like to tell me?"
"Listen, I didn't kill him, I have no reason to!"
She seems innocent, but, is there any evidence that proves that?]
(set: $Time to $Time -10)
[[Time]]You run outside only to see nothing. As you head back in the manor you see it...
Mr. Ri is dead! Stabbed in the chest the same way that Moe Boden was killed!
(set: $Time to $Time - 10)
[[Time]]The murder weapon is a gold plated knife, with intricate designs on its blade. Looking closer at the hilt of the weapon appears a name engraved in it. "Trimp". Wait, wasn't that the name of one of the suspects? This knife must've belonged to them. You set the knife down intending to send it to get tested for finger prints later.
You head outside for a quick cig break. When suddenly, you hear the sound of running footsteps!
[[Look for the source of the sound]]
(set: $Time to $Time -5)The murderer is clearly
[[Ms.Trimp.]]
[[Mr. Ri.]]
[[Ms. Boden.]]
[[The cop.]]
[[Moe Boden.]]
The footprints lead out of the bedroom, far apart from eachother indicating that the murderer ran out of the bedroom. Perhaps this murder was not planned carefully. The killer must have not had a lot of time because they did not bother to clean up the footprints. The footprints look to be about average size. There's nothing else that you can gleam from the footprints.
[[Time]]
(set: $Time to $Time -5)When you head back, the knife is gone! Now you can't find out who's finger prints are on it. Atleast it has the Trimp name engraved on it, leading to an obvious suspect. Better talk to her next...
[[Time]]The knife must have entered right in the middle of his chest, only able to braise his rib bones, the blood's main source appears to be from a wound in between the ribs. The blood is pretty bright red, looks like the wound is fresh. Maybe he was stabbed in the last hour?
Other than that there are no obvious injuries.
[[Time]]
(set: $Time to $Time -5)You look at his arms.
He was of average build, looks like if he got into a fight he probably wouldn't be able to stop the attacker.
There appear to be no bruises on his arms though. There must've not been a struggle.
[[Time]]
(set: $Time to $Time -5)His legs look weak, as you'd expect from a man of his age. There are no injuries on his legs.
[[Time]]
(set: $Time to $Time -5)He has a calm look on his face. Perhaps he died peacefully, maybe he wasn't surprised about the murder? There appears to be no head injuries.
[[Time]]
(set: $Time to $Time -5)
You approach the cop and ask him about Moe Boden.
"Let's see... he's Male, 46, and works as a governor for the public office"
You thank the officer and think to yourself
"Hmm.... a governor. Wasn't there a recent scandal were one of the governors anonymously revealed that the mafia had huge tie ins with the government. I wonder if this has anything to do with the case?"
[[Time]]
(set: $Time to $Time -10)You ask the cop about possible motives. The cop looks side to side and gets closer to you.
"Well, I heard that Mr. Boden had tie ins with the mafia. Apparently he betrayed them, so they murdered him."
"What?"
"So I guess you didn't know huh.
Well anyways, the mafia funds the police station so what would be best for us is if you accuse someone random and make up a motive so no one finds out"
You are surprised. You didn't know any of this.
As you head out
[[You feel something around your neck]]You're dragged into another room and feel a cool metal close to your neck.
[[Fight back]]
[[Ask what they want]]You try to push against the blade, but you are quickly overpowered and,
[[You die]]"What do you want!" You exclaim loudly.
"You know too much, knowing you, you'd likely spill everything like that poor excuse for a man Moe Boden."
"Wait-"
but before you can do anything you feel an intense and searing pain against your neck and
[[You die]]Well, rip.And the motive is
[[Revenge]]
[[Money]]
[[Suicide]]
[[Justice]]
[[Sadism]]And the motive is
[[Revenge]]
[[Money]]
[[Suicide]]
[[Justice]]
[[Sadism]]And the motive is
[[Revenge]]
[[Money]]
[[Suicide]]
[[Justice]]
[[Sadism]]And the motive is
[[Revenge]]
[[Money]]
[[Suicide]]
[[Justice]]
[[Sadism]]And the motive is
[[Revenge]]
[[Money]]
[[Suicide]]
[[Justice]]
[[Sadism]](if:(history: where its name contains "Mr. Ri.")'s length is 1)[[True End]]
(if:(history: where its name contains "Mr. Ri.")'s length is 0)[[The End]][[The End]][[The End]][[The End]][[The End]]You feel you did a good job and enjoy a nice meal of sushi to treat yourself! :)
Thanks for playing!You feel like you got something wrong. It's too bad because the person you accused got arrested/died.