Trapped Like a Rat/Dialogues

Warren Winter: Good morning, ! I just wanted to say congratulations again on solving your very first murder investigation with Gale. You did a really good job.

Warren Winter: Gale says that you were awesome in dealing with that homicide so it seems that you two must have gotten along very well...

Warren Winter: ...But I'm sure that's because you did all the work, correct? That's Gale for you. Hungry and lethargic.

Gale Pearson: Did you forget that I eavesdrop on you when I'm bored, Chief?

Warren Winter: Yes, I'm aware unlike you when you do your job.

Gale Pearson: Easy there, Chief. Morning, . Don't mind me, guys. I'm just eating my breakfast.

Warren Winter: Your breakfast consists of chocolate chip cookies and red velvet cupcakes?

Gale Pearson: Not always! I sometimes have carrot cake or blueberry muffins... hey don't you hide vanilla pudding in your desk?

Warren Winter: That's beside the point, Gale. I know we all just got up and arrived to work but I just received a call from Mayor Legstrong.

Gale Pearson: Hey, . Have you ever ever heard of the famous Deil Legstrong? He was the astronaut who was on Apollo 31 and landed on the Moon in '69!

Gale Pearson: He quit being an astronaut and turned to politics. It eventually led him to being our city mayor! How cool is that?

Warren Winter: Well, Mayor Legstrong told me that he took notice of 's previous investigation and he would like to give you two tickets to visit Pagoda Peak for solving that murder so quickly!

Gale Pearson: Shut the front door, are you serious?! Those tickets cost a fortune! There have been so many tourists in Vocation City lately that they upped the price to reduce mass tourism.

Gale Pearson: And we get tickets to see this historical, natural, and beautiful Chinese tourist attraction?! I'm not even going to finish my breakfast, let's go, ! I'm driving!

At Pagoda Peak...

Gale Pearson: Ah, Pagoda Peak. This mountain is 4,000 yars old! You can just smell the history. Look at that really tall mountain. Don't ask me to climb all those stairs to the temple at the top!

Gale Pearson: We need to thank Mayor Legstrong later. For now, let's take the time to explore this beautiful and old mountain.

Gale Pearson: What's that, ? You see something strange ahead? Huh, I think I see it too. What the heck is that?

Gale Pearson: Oh, no... , are you thinking what I'm thinking? Okay, let's go investigate then.

Chapter 1
Investigate Pagoda Peak.

Gale Pearson: First a man gets feasted on by insects and now a woman gets disemboweled by a rat? This is absolutely disgusting!

Gale Pearson: Uh... ? Am I paranoid from yesterday's case or is that rat coming towards us?

Gale Pearson: Oh, my God, it is! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

Gale Pearson: DON'T LET IT CRAWL UP YOUR LEG! AH, YOU DIRTY LITTLE RODENT!

Kate Current (taking photos animation): Hahaha! Keep yelling your head off, Detective!

Gale Pearson: WHY DID YOU GRAB THE RAT, ?! IT'S GOING TO BITE YOU!

Kate Current: This will make a GREAT news story! I can see the headlines now: "Petrified Detective Scared of Rat"!

Gale Pearson: Oh, you've got it under control, ? Sigh... my heart can rest for a bit now.

Kate Current: Ooh, I've got some good shots here... now I have to get to working on how to incorporate this into my next news broadcast.

Gale Pearson: HEY! Give me that camera! What the hell are you doing on a murder scene?! Better yet, why were you taking pictures of me?

Kate Current: Come on! It's not often you see a grown man being scared of something so stupid. Once I televise this event, no one will think I'm boring!

Gale Pearson: You're NOT going to publish this story, got it?! We'll interrogate you after we initiate our murder investigation. In the meantime, we'll be keeping your camera.

Gale Pearson: Let's ship the body off to Evelyn for autopsy. , can you hold two secrets for me now? First a cockroach, now a rat? This will be more embarrassing if the team found out... especially Spencer.

Gale Pearson: What's you find on the scene, ? A rat cage? Hmm, since our victim was killed with a rat, the killer must have carried the rat in this cage for easier transportation!

Gale Pearson: There's some sort of green... stuff on it. Oh, there's just one more thing I we haven't used yet, ! The vacuum! Use it to extract some of that stuff off of the rat cage. It's really easy.

Gale Pearson: I'm not surprised to see a torn paper. With your skills, this paper will be repaired in no time!

Gale Pearson: We still need to talk to that woman, too! I swear, she better not make a news story out of this!

Autopsy Victim's Body.

Evelyn Corbett: Top of the morning to you, guys. I had a good time autopsying your victim here. She was disemboweled by that rat you found. I guess you could say your victim didn't have any guts.

Gale Pearson: Please, Evelyn. I don't know what's more appalling: how the victim was murdered or your joke.

Evelyn Corbett: I think it's funny. What's more is that I decided to keep the rat  caught as a pet! I put him in a cage and fed him just now. Meet Stonewall Jackson!

Gale Pearson: Deep breaths... deep breaths... there's not a huge rat in a cage in front of me... wait, "Stonewall Jackson"?

Evelyn Corbett: It was the first thing that popped into my head. Sue me. Back to your victim! If you didn't notice already, your victim was killed by rat torture.

Gale Pearson: Rat torture? Didn't we just solve a case yesterday where that guy got murdered by scaphism, an ancient Persian torture method?

Evelyn Corbett: Indeed. Rat torture is when someone ties their victim down and places a bucket or cage around their abdomen. The executioner places a rat inside this bucket or cage.

Evelyn Corbett: They then heat the bucket or cage up. The rat will eventually be unable to withstand the heat so they dig, dig, and dig inside the victim's abdomen which slowly kills them!

Gale Pearson: Remind me again why I decided to become a detective...

Evelyn Corbett: I took a closer look at where your victim was disemboweled and noticed that her large intestine is missing.

Evelyn Corbett: I highly doubt that Stonewall Jackson ate it so your killer must have taken it out after your victim died. In the spot where the large intestine goes, I found traces of the Camellia sinensis.

Gale Pearson: Someone named Camellia has sinuses? Sorry, you lost me.

Evelyn Corbett: No, Gale! The Camellia sinensis! It's an evergreen shrub native to Asia which people use to make tea. Therefore, it's obvious that your killer drinks tea!

Gale Pearson: Time to write this down. While I'm at it, I'll write down where to get some medication for my stomach triggered by this gross murder.

Evelyn Corbett: What you need to write down is a dictionary.

Gale Pearson: A diction-what?

Evelyn Corbett (facepalm): Never mind.