Divided and Conquered/Dialogues

Previously on Criminal Case...

Linda: The good news is that you've managed to recapture two of the escaped prisioners. Others, unfortunately, went to a coffin instead of back to a prison...

Linda: But our top prirority is finding Dayiu, but we still have no idea where that monster is hiding! She's caused enough chaos for this once peaceful city so we have to find her before she can take anymore innocent lives with her!

Isaac: It's a disaster !

Linda: What's happened, Isaac?!

Isaac: I've just recieved word that City Hall has been taken hostage!

Malcolm: What!? My mom's there now! Along with Alice and the Mayor!

Linda: Not to mention the countless amount of innocent people now in the face of danger! Right , we need to get to City Hall right away and get these people to safety, no matter the cost!

Outside City Hall...

Linda: The Orient Walkers are refusing to negotiate and they've sealed off all the entrances!

Malcolm: Not all the entrances...

Linda: Malcolm? What do you mean?

Malcolm: To cut a long story short, I remember Alice was studying the old blueprints for City Hall and before she told me to get out of her lab, I noticed an old entrance through the sewers leading into one of the closets of the building!

Linda: This is great news. Isaac and , I need you to go through those sewers and see if there is a hidden entrance. If so, get Alice and the rest of those people out...

Linda: We're counting on you!

In The Old Sewers...

Isaac: This sewer stinks, please tell me you've found someting!

Isaac: Oh my, you're right! That floor grate will hopefully lead up into City Hall but that padlock is blocking us!

Isaac: The padlock must've been placed when they closed this section of the sewers.

Isaac: You think you can find the key to that padlock? It's a long shot but we can't not try!

Investigate Old Sewers...

Isaac: I can't believe my eyes! You found a key amongst all this mess.

Isaac: Let's stay hopeful this key is what we need to unlock that padlock! Well, there is only one way to find out!

Examine Padlock

Isaac: Victory, it works! Now, we need to find Roy. If he wasn't captured by the Orient Walkers, he's probably hiding in his panic room. I say we start searching for him there!

Before investigating Panic Room...

Isaac: Hmm, the door to his panic room is open? Why? We need to make sure Roy is safe, now!

Investigate Panic Room

Isaac: Oh no! We're too late, Roy's dead?!

Isaac: This is a living nightmare, the mayor is dead and the Orient Walkers are destroying the city! What are we to do now?!

Isaac: You're right, as per usual. If we're to stop the Orient Walkers we need to solve this murder! It seems Roy has two stab wounds in his back.

Isaac: You picked out a weapons crate? Makes sense as Roy would want to defend himself in his panic room and if we're lucky our killer may be hiding something in there! Let's search it.

Isaac: You're right, this looks like Roy's gun! Perhaps he used it to defend himself from his attacker!

Isaac: And look at these torn pieces of paper, if we're to solve this murder we need to leave no stone unturned.

Isaac: One second, it's Linda. I better take this call, .

Isaac: (holding his phone) Linda, it's Roy. We found him...

Linda: (on her phone) That's great news!

Isaac: (on his phone) No! You don't understand, he's been murdered!

Linda: (on her phone) WHAT!? That's horrendous!

Linda: (on her phone) Well, I'm calling you to tell you that we succesfully took back City Hall, most of the Orient Walkers fled, however, including Dayiu. Anyway, I need you to get back to solving Roy's murder.

Isaac: (ends call) This may well be the biggest case of our career! We have to solve this murder, the city is depending on us!

Autopsy Victim's Body

Malcolm: Hey, . Roy's death is truly tragic, he was such a nice chap! You can imagine my surprise when his body ended up in my morgue.

Isaac: Tell us, Malcolm, did you find anything noteworthy?

Malcolm: I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't! Well, Roy died from a stab wound to the back. Malcolm: And on Roy's neck I found traces of substances that make up caesar salad, meaning when they checked Roy's pulse they left behind incriminating evidence!

Isaac: Great, so know we know our killer eats salad! We'll catch them soon, that I'm sure of!

Examine Crate

Isaac: Look, it's Roy's tie. This blood surely belongs to Roy, which means this is a vital clue in this case!

Isaac: Let's get this to Naomi stat!

Analyse Bloody Tie

Naomi: This city is truly in the middle of it's darkest hour! Roy was such a kind soul, he wasn't the sharpest tool in shed but who would want to harm him?!

Isaac: That's what we're trying to work out, so anything you could tell us would be a great help.

Naomi: Well, the blood on the tie is definetly Roy's. But I also found another substance on the tie, anti-aging cream residue!

Naomi: And seeing as Roy was known to not use anti-aging cream, this must have left by the killer!

Isaac: So our killer uses anti-aging cream? Well, they'll...No we don't have time for puns. We have a murder to solve!

Examine Gun

Isaac: You recovered some fingerprints on Roy's gun?

Isaac: Let's put these through our database and see who had their hands on our victim's gun!

Examine Fingerprints

Isaac: So our fingerprints belong to Vanessa Appleton, the Deputy Mayor. She's that lady who's as cold as ice!

Isaac: I've always thought that we'd arrest that woman one day! Perhaps today is that day, let's go grill our stone cold Deputy Mayor!

Question Vanessa about her fingerprints on Roy's gun

Vanessa: What do you two want? After the hostage situation there's tons of paperwork to deal with and I'd rather do it alone!

Isaac: Not so fast Vanessa! We found your fingerprints on the late Mayor's gun he had on his possesion when he died. Suspicious much?

Vanessa: Fine! If you must know, Roy told the the trigger on his gun had stopped working and showed me. While I was looking at it, the blasted thing fired and nearly put someone in hospital!

Vanessa: Typical Roy if you ask me.

Isaac: What do you mean?

Vanessa: Well, Roy was an idiot. All that halfwit ever did was drink, make bad decisions and drink more! We all know it is I who should've been Mayor, not some brain-dead neanderthal like Roy!

Isaac: And now Roy's dead you're the Mayor! That's a pretty huge motive if I do say so myself!

Vanessa: Well yes, perhaps Roy's death was for the better of this city and the people in it! Now, they have a proper Mayor!

Isaac: Well, if we find out you killed Roy, we'll be more than happy to throw you into a jail cell, "Mayor"!

Examine Torn Pieces

Isaac: It seems those torn pieces were the remains of a photostrip...showing Roy with Alice!

Isaac: In the shock of finding Roy's body, I completly forgot he was dating Alice! But I wonder why this photostrip was torn up? You're right, we need to inform her of Roy's death. Let's go tell her.

Inform Alice of Roy's death

Alice: Isaac! ! I'm glad to see you! When those Orient Walkers came through pointing guns around I went and hid in the janitors closet.

Alice: Unfortunately though, my phone had died, which is my worst nightmare. Anyway, have you seen Roy?

Isaac: Alice, we're sorry....Roy's dead.

Alice: ....

Alice: What? He can't be dead! He just can't be! I only saw him earlier!

Isaac: We're truly sorry, Alice. Our condolences. But I have one question: why was was this photostrip of you and Roy torn up?

Alice: We'd...we'd had a fight. And now I'll never be able to apologise to him! If you don't mind, I'd like some time...alone.

At the end of Chapter 1

Linda: This is a dark day for Starlight Shores, . The Mayor is dead and the Orient Walkers will not stop until the city is destroyed!

Isaac: We cannot let that happen, we won't let that happen!

Linda: Poor Alice, I tried offering my condolences but she gave me the cold shoulder. She's even more antisocial than usual.

Isaac: Hmm, my phone's buzzing.

Isaac: (on his phone) Hello?

Malcolm: (on his phone) Isaac! I'm at the pier, something has just happened! A man's been pushed into the water...

Malcolm: (on his phone) ....and he looks dead!