The Pride Beneath the Mask/Transcript

Case	Case Script

Daisy: We're back! That young boy wasn't happy to hear of his father's passing, but we were able to cheer him up.
Josiah: Actually Daisy took care of most of that, I'm not really as good as her.
Annabel: Well we've been trying to find info on the black market's drug trade, and thanks to <Rank> <Name>, we've intercepted one shipment so far.
Annabel: Officers at the port are double checking all shipments, so hopefully they won't be importing any more into Warrenville.
Isabel: But aside from that, we'll need more leads. We don't have much to go on right now, so we need to keep looking.
Kenny: Um yeah, about that...
Kenny: Officers reported a murder by High-Top Academy, they need you guys to investigate it.
Josiah: There's always something, isn't there?
Josiah: Okay, me, Daisy and <Name> got this one. Let's go!

Chapter 1

Investigate School Entrance
Josiah: Sheesh, this person certainly didn't have a pleasant end. Looks like his neck got snapped.
Daisy: His?
Josiah: Well it looks like a male from the facial features, but what's with the feminine clothing?
Daisy: Um, Josiah. I got an ID, this is one Amy Preston.
Josiah: A female? Wait, is this person...
Daisy: Yep, transgender. How horrible, they were trying to find their place in the world, but now her only place is the morgue.
Josiah: From what I hear, this place is pretty progressive, and supportive of the LGBT community. I don't think they'll take kindly to hearing about this.
Daisy: We better send her to autopsy. And it looks like her phone got dropped during the murder, let's unlock it and see if there's anything useful on it.
Daisy: But this backpack seems out of place, what's it doing out here?
Josiah: Well whether or not this is our victim's, we'll need to look through it. Open it up and let's dig in, this murder won't solve itself.

Autopsy the Victim's Body
Daphne: Ouch, this murder certainly ended in a snap, but too bad her head couldn't stay straight.
Josiah: Daph, now's not the time for that.
Daphne: Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Daisy: So the neck snap was the cause of death?
Daphne: Yep, death was instantaneous, and whatever they used was flat, but very heavy and hard.
Daphne: But I found traces of boba tea along your victim's neck, I'm guessing your killer was checking to see if the victim was dead.
Daisy: Was there any in the victim's stomach?
Daphne: Not a drop, so its without a doubt your killer's.
Josiah: They can spill their tea all they want, but when they spill blood, they've gone too far!

Examine Victim's Phone
Josiah: Nice work, now let's see if Marco can find anything useful on here.

Analyze Victim's Phone
Marco: I gotta admit, this girl really had quite the social life, she nearly filled out her data with selfies.
Josiah: Interesting, but not helpful, anything on there that could point to her killer?
Marco: Actually, that was the point, the most recent selfie was actually just before the murder. Its hard to see, but you can see the killer behind her.
Daisy: You're right, but I can't make out any features.
Marco: True, but take a look at the textbook they're carrying.
Marco: I did some enhancements, and it looks like they were carrying a US History textbook.
Marco: I checked your victim's schedule, and US History wasn't one of their classes. That was just to be on the safe side.
Josiah: So our killer takes US history then? Well, time to enroll them in our school of hard knocks.

Examine Backpack
Daisy: Well, it looks like it wasn't the victim's given the school schedule you brought out.
Josiah: This apparently belongs to a certain Ayan Osborne. Wait, Osborne as in the founding family?
Daisy: Yeah, I did some looking up on the Osbornes. Ayan is Raiden Osborne's adoptive son. Though why he adopted is the question, he isn't married from what I checked.
Josiah: Well we better see if Mr. Osborne knows anything about our victim.

Talk to Ayan about the victim
Josiah: Ayan Osborne, we're with the Warrenville Police Department, we need to ask you a few questions.
Ayan: The police? Why are you here?
Daisy: Reports of a murder, a girl named Amy Preston was found dead.
Ayan: *gasp* Amy? She's dead?
Josiah: You knew her?
Ayan: Yes actually, she and I were part of the same club, Pride Club.
Daisy: Pride Club?
Ayan: Its basically a club we organized for members of our school who are part of the growing LGBT community. We want them to feel comfortable for who they are...
Ayan: But if they're jerks, then their butts are outta our house!
Josiah: And was Amy one of those jerks?
Ayan: Not to us, but to plenty of others. But for good reason, so I can imagine it won't be hard looking for anyone who'd want her dead.
Ayan: She and I were just at the last meeting about 2 hours ago, if you want you can check the room we hold the club in.
Daisy: Why that's very nice of you. Alright <Rank> <Name>, lead the way!

Investigate Pride Club
Josiah: Wow, this place looks pretty nice. Glad to see that they're being treated fairly.
Daisy: Agreed, but we need to focus. We'll need to speak with a few other members to learn more about our victim.
Josiah: Alright, we can start with this flyer and this faded paper, maybe we can get some more insight into our victim and this club's activities.

Examine Flyer
Daisy: Nice work, looks like this is an advertisement for the club.
Josiah: Huh, says here its run by Alexandra Harper. We better check with her on what happened here before the victim died.

Ask Alexandra about the club's recent activities
Alexandra: Hello officers, please tell me its not another bigot trying to report us.
Daisy: Worse I'm afraid. We found one of your members, Amy Preston, murdered outside the school.
Alexandra: Murdered? Oh no, that's way worse!
Alexandra: I hope this wasn't a hate crime, I've really had it up to here with all the senseless hate from those simple-minded idiots!
Josiah: That aside, we were informed she was here a few hours before her death?
Alexandra: Amy really didn't take club activites too seriously, but still, she was sure better than some other people we have around the school.
Alexandra: But still, she had a bit of an ego about her. Though I've learned to deal with it, as have the others.
Daisy: I see, well we'll let you know if we have any other questions.

Examine Faded Paper
Josiah: Well, out of all the things I expected, a music sheet isn't one of them.
Daisy: It doesn't look like there's any indication of who this belongs to, guess we've hit a dead end-
Anabel: Hey, my music sheet! Thank you, I've been trying to fix this for a while now!
Josiah: Oh, hello, who are you?
Anabel: I'm Anabel Wright, my hobby is mostly music, who are you?
Daisy: We're with the Warrenville PD, we need to ask you a few questions.

Ask Anabel what she knows about the victim
Anabel: I heard all the commotion outside, there was a murder?
Daisy: There was, it was one Amy Preston, do you know her?
Anabel: Yeah I know her, she's dead? That's horrible!
Anabel: Though aside from the various stories she's told about her transition, I never really got to know her.
Josiah: Really?
Anabel: She um, had this kind of edge to her, it kinda... scared me. I just kept my distance from her.
Josiah: So you don't really know if anyone would've wanted her dead?
Anabel: Well even from not knowing her, she was known around the school for causing trouble. I don't think it'll be that hard to find people who hated her, but I preferred to stay away.

Back at the station...
Josiah: Well, the last thing I expected to do was investigate the murder of a transgender student, but I've heard worse.
Daisy: Still, this girl was going through a tough period in her life, she didn't deserve to have it cut so short.
Daisy: We know she was at least tolerated from what we heard from Ayan Osborne and Alexandra Harper.
Josiah: But we know she was known for causing trouble even by people who didn't really speak with her, like Anabel Wright.
Josiah: We'll need to know the extent of her troublemaking, but where do we start?
Kenny: I think I can help with that one guys.
Daisy: You can, how so?
Kenny: There's some guy here to see you, says he knows something about the murder.

Chapter 2

Josiah: Wait, someone came forward? Who is it?
Kenny: Hang on, I'll get the guy for you.
Daisy: Well hurry up, the sooner we bring this killer to justice, the better!
Art: So you're the officers trying to solve Amy's murder, right?
Josiah: Why yes we are. Who would you be?
Art: My name's Art, Art Rat; and yes you heard right my last name IS Rat.
Art: But that aside, I got some info you might be interested in hearing.
Daisy: Well then Mr. Rat, please step into the interrogation room, we'll talk to you there.

See what info Art has about the victim
Art: Sorry I didn't come earlier, I had to catch up on my courses. We're studying the Louisiana Purchase in US History I, and I'm already behind.
Josiah: No worries Mr. Rat, just tell us what you know about our victim and we'll let you go.
Art: Right right, anyways as I'm sure you've already heard, Amy wasn't exactly the princess she deemed herself to be.
Daisy: We certainly heard about her over-inflated ego a bit.
Art: Yeah well rumor was, she was trying to shut the Pride Club down for good.
Josiah: What? Why would she do that?
Art: Beats me, but I think you better check out the rooftop. She always liked hanging around there, said she got the best cell phone reception there on snowy days.
Daisy: Alright, we'll check it out. And if you happen to come across anything else-
Art: Don't worry, I don't intend to keep any secrets. If you want me to cooperate, I'll cooperate.

Josiah: Well, that guy certainly seemed to have his ear to the ground.
Daisy: If he's as credible as he says, we better see why the victim wanted the Pride Club shut down. Let's check out the rooftop.

Investigate Rooftop
Josiah: Well, looks like our victim wasn't the only one to frequent this place, looks like plenty of students come up here given all these footprints.
Daisy: Hopefully we can find something related to our victim, maybe these torn pieces that <Name> picked up can help.
Josiah: Alright, but is it just me, or does that pile of snow seem too out of place, like-
Daisy: Like someone was trying to hide something?
Josiah: Well, it seems we're all in agreement, let's dig through and see who was hiding what.

Examine Snow Pile
Josiah: Nice catch, that looks to be a textbook... covered in blood?
Daisy: Chances are this is the same book in that photo, looks to be a US History textbook.
Daisy: We'll need to be sure this is the murder weapon, let's see if Celeste can compare the wounds.

Analyze Bloody Textbook
Celeste: Frankly I'm glad you sent me this book to analyze and not to read, I was never really into these dime store books worth hundreds.
Daisy: Well, glad to see you took your studying seriously.
Celeste: Only when they got my interest. Anyways, Victor confirmed the blood was your victim's, and the wound matches with the book.
Josiah: So this is our murder weapon then. It must've been spontaneous since this isn't exactly a proper weapon.
Celeste: While the book itself had no traces, I did find a little something inside of it.
Daisy: What's that?
Celeste: Its a rainbow flag pin, Kenny did some looking around, and he said those were for members of the school's Pride Club.
Celeste: And although your victim was a part of it, her pin was found on her body. So this has to be your killer's!
Josiah: We were informed the club was for members of the LGBT community, so we better keep an eye out for members of that club.
Daisy: And since we know Alexandra is in charge of the club, then that's another black mark against her.

Examine Torn Pieces
Daisy: So those torn pieces look to be a receipt from this academy's book store.
Josiah: Why the heck would this even be torn up in the first place? Well, looks like there's a card number on here, so let's see if Marco can turn anything up with this.

Analyze Receipt
Marco: And its like I told them, if you can't expect a guy to relax every now and then, then-
Josiah: Marco! Are you chatting online again?
Marco: Yeah, what's up?
Daisy: Can you put it on hold please, we need to know about that receipt we gave you.
Marco: Okay, hang on. I'll chat with you guys in a bit. Esperas por un momento, gracias.
Marco: Alrighty then, so that receipt was for a purchase on some philosophy book, nothing I'd read.
Marco: I checked the card number, and it belonged to one Dean Russo.
Josiah: Well, maybe he knows about our victim? Can't hurt to check since he was at the roof too, let's go see this Mr. Russo.

See if Dean knows anything about the murder
Dean: Oh hey, you're the officers investigating Amy's murder, right?
Josiah: Yes actually, did you know her?
Dean: Kinda, mostly by reputation, she was certainly a spoiled princess.
Dean: Personally though, not so much. Frankly, I'd rather keep away from her and keep to a nice book and some boba tea.
Daisy: So you haven't really had any personal interactions with the victim at all?
Dean: Nope, well almost nope...
Dean: I saw her a lot on the rooftop, I usually go there to study when its quiet. US History isn't exactly an easy subject.
Dean: She'd try to pick on me, but I don't really bother with her.
Josiah: Alright then, we'll leave you to your studying then.

Josiah: Well, nothing much on that lead.
Daisy: I say we check out the crime scene again, maybe we missed something on our first run.

Examine Bike Rack
Daisy: Well what do you know, looks like our victim left her handbag here after all.
Josiah: We better have a look through it, and while we're at it we can check out these plastic pieces. Whoever's been littering really needs to stop.
Daisy: Agreed, but a lead's a lead so let's put them back together again.

Examine Victim's Handbag

Analyze Diary

Examine Plastic Bits

Ask Anabel about her broken CD

Chapter 3

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Expedition Impossible (2/8)

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