Checkmate/Transcript

chapter 1
Jackson: well team we are here at the chess tournament

franklin: why are we here again

simon: well assuming what Sally said is true- I still dislike you took my weed and threw it away- we are here to relieve ourselves from the stress of investigating murders. which is crazy since I have only analyzed one thing since murders returned

Jackson: that is correct

Sally: well I threw your weed away because Delaney told me too

Simon: fine i'll just settle for marijuana next time.

Jackson: please don't I want marijuana to be illegal

Delaney: hey there seems to be someone sleeping on the stands let's wake him up!

'''new crime scene! Chess Tornament '''

Delaney: holy cow udders! this man isn't asleep he's dead!

Delaney: and according to his name tag he's named janah grims isn't he a businessman or something? well we need to inform the chief we have another murder

Delaney: and you want to check that chessboard? oh yeah it has a tag that says 'property of' the name is gone could you reveal it and there's a bag here I guess we should look through it

examine bag 

well it seems we have found a bloody....chess piece? that's interesting. let's send it to sally

examine chess tag 

Delaney: so this chessboard belongs to George Wolf. didn't you meet him in your last investigation? well let's talk to George!

'''new suspect! George wolf.'''

George: hello officers I see you like chess as well?

Delaney: yes, but our fun got ruined by janah grim's murder

George: great scott! janah is dead? that's terrible!

Delaney: you knew him?

George: aye. he was looking into going into business and I showed him the ropes he was so enthusiastic we kept in touch as he got better. he helped me, I helped him I still can't believe he's really gone..

Delaney: my condolences mr Wolf, but since you knew him do you know who wished him harm?

George: he was hated by many people, so I can't give you a list as it'd take too darn long however I know that Janah went to the blue lobster before he was killed perhaps you'll find clues there?

Delaney: well we're off to the blue lobster and George stay nearby we may need to speak with you again

'''new crime scene! The Blue Lobster'''

Delaney: ah seafood! gotta love it

Delaney: sorry ! anyway what'd you find? a newspaper clipping? it has our victim on it and there's a man standing by him let's look him up in the database! oh and there's a check from our victim let's send this to govis he will find the person who our victim sent money to.

examine: newspaper clipping 

Delaney: so the person standing with Janah here is a certain Zane Zauber.

Delaney: you recognize the name, ? you say matt said this name when you interrogated him with the chief? then let's go!

New Suspect!: Zane Zauber 

zane: oh hello officers! how do you do let me put down this blue lobster so we can talk

Delaney: you're pretty nice considering your friends with matt barry

Zane: friends? no matt is just a acquaintance of mine. anyway surely you can't be here to ask me about matt.

Delaney: you're right we're here to talk with you about Janah Grims murder

zane: oh, Janah got killed?

Delaney: you don't seem shocked by it.

Zane: well he's a business man there are a lot of people who'd shoot a business man

Delaney: so, why'd you stand with him in this newspaper

Zane: oh, he was just curious about what the brancast was nothing too serious now I gotta go I promised a friend of mine that i'd bring some pineapples to him.

Delaney: that was a interesting conversation

govis: Delaney, do you ever invest money in chess?

Delaney: no, why would I?

govis: ask that question to your victim. he invested thirty-thousand dollars in chess and npt just any chess player it's for Thomas Jordan!

Delaney: Thomas Jordan? you mean the undefeated chess player? we need to question him ASAP

'''New Suspect! Thomas Jordan'''

Delaney: Mr Jordan we saw you got large sums of money from Janah

Thomas: you mean the guy that supposedly got killed here? that's a laugh!

Delaney: there is no supposedly about it he got killed here!

Thomas: what my main source of income is dead! how? why? it must be all his fault!

Delaney: all whose fault?

Thomas: that Eugene metz- or was it merz? he hated Janah he must've killed him! I mean he escaped here as soon as y'all arrived!

Delaney: wait you say Eugene Merz hated Janah? and he's gone! this is the second investigation his name has cropped up in! we need to find him ASAP

Thomas: well I don't know where he went!

grayson: sis, back in the day you had bodies following you all over the place I guess some things never change!

Delaney: don't you be saying that i'm a curse again. or you'll end up on the autopsy table

grayson: I crave the day that happens but right now let me tell you about your victim well he got killed in the most baffling way!

Delaney: baffling?

Grayson: yes, baffling! I can't ascertain the cause of death there are chess marks where the wounds are however while I couldn't find the cause of death I noticed something the marks are all organized like chess boards

Delaney: so our killer plays chess! well it'll be checkmate for them soon!

the killer plays chess

Sally: are bodies following you?

Delaney: why ask them that?

Sally: because this is the third murder in less than a week

Delaney: huh. anyway about the chess piec-

Sally: it's the murder weapon without a doubt! it matched the wounds found on Janah's body and what's more the top of the knight was loose and I found a blade in it! and it had blood on it ladies and gentlemen we have our murder weapon!

Delaney: exciting did you find anything on it?

Sally: I found traces of pineapple on not only the chess piece but the blade so I think it's obvious your killer eats pineapples

Delaney: I may approve of the killer's choice in food but they're going down for murder!

the killer eats pineapples 

Delaney: forget janah's murder the real mystery is who is the crime magnet? Grayson says it's me, but Sally thinks it's you.

Delaney: but you're right we need to talk about our victim's murder George speaks nothing but praise for our victim zane isn't shocked at Janah's death and Thomas is sad at his murder and gave us a suspect we simply must find! Eugene apparently hated Janah and he escaped the building once we got there we have to find him!

commissioner Jean Richardson: I haven't found mr merz, but I have found your victim's favorite place to go!