I don't really know what is good to investigate right now. From what I understand there's been a wire-based fire trap that launches pyrite. Let's uh... investigate the ceiling above where the trap was set for now.

You investigate the ceiling above the pile of wood. It consists of a wood-rafter ceiling; upon careful inspection, there's a thin, shallow cut in one of the beams directly above where the pile of wood is.

Well, well... Now it looks like we're getting somewhere.

Where in the room is Pohatu's body situated? Is he on his front or back? How about the wire, which door is that closest to?

While we're lookin' at that, what's the status of that camera in the Blacksmith? Where in the room is it? Could it reasonably capture someone heading in from that graveyard outside?

Pohatu is lying on his back, with his feet towards the pile of wood and his head towards the Mining Equipment door.

The CCTV looks like it's pointed at the Carpentry door, and from the angle you're looking at the south door is slightly visible. It wouldn't be impossible to catch someone coming in, but it wouldn't be impossible to miss them. The camera would 100% capture anyone using the door to Carpentry.

Alright, I'll give a pat down to our highly suspicious crying cat youkai.

You pat down Jessica. She has a medicine kit, the key to the Medicine Cabinet in the Doctor's Office, a kitchen knife, a carbine gun, a pistol, a bag of jerky, the aforementioned riot shield, and a photograph of Cascabela's face.

The pyrite is all in his front. You turn Pohatu over and his back is unmarked.

The wire is at full length.

You try to run the wire down to the bottom of the mine shaft. It looks like it could juuuust reach the base of the mine, if hung on the ceiling.

I am busy with things right now so I can't give my account. However I offer up the cameras I set up in case they captured anything useful towards the case.

I am busy with things right now so I can't give my account. However I offer up the cameras I set up in case they captured anything useful towards the case.

You inspect Reginald's cameras. There are five of them, each wired with a proximity sensor. They have each taken one photograph.

They depict the following people:

-Akira Kogami in the Post Office
-Jessica in the Breakroom
-Lynne in the Train Platform
-Mizzlebip in the Gun Shop
-Ace Ventura in the Saloon

I am busy with things right now so I can't give my account. However I offer up the cameras I set up in case they captured anything useful towards the case.

You inspect Reginald's cameras. There are five of them, each wired with a proximity sensor. They have each taken one photograph.

They depict the following people:

-Akira Kogami in the Post Office
-Jessica in the Breakroom
-Lynne in the Train Platform
-Mizzlebip in the Gun Shop
-Ace Ventura in the Saloon

What do the pictures depict them doing?

I am busy with things right now so I can't give my account. However I offer up the cameras I set up in case they captured anything useful towards the case.

You inspect Reginald's cameras. There are five of them, each wired with a proximity sensor. They have each taken one photograph.

They depict the following people:

-Akira Kogami in the Post Office
-Jessica in the Breakroom
-Lynne in the Train Platform
-Mizzlebip in the Gun Shop
-Ace Ventura in the Saloon

What do the pictures depict them doing?

In all cases, the person is looking in at the camera. However, you can tell that they were interrupted by noticing the camera before it went off. Akira has an envelope in each hand, Jessica is just turning her head to look, Lynne is walking up to the camera. Mizzlebip is holding a bandolier of ammo, and Ace Ventura is opening a bottle of beer.

Huh, those gloves... They have any marks in them? Somethin' like rope burn... or wire burn, I guess.

Huh, those gloves... They have any marks in them? Somethin' like rope burn... or wire burn, I guess.

They're really sturdy and thick. They don't have marks, but you're not sure they'd be getting marks in the first place.

Hm. That didn't go as planned. Just to be safe, how about the area around the doors?

Any marks that coulda' been left by a wire scraping against the wall, or maybe some kind of marking in the ground that would look like someone put down stakes to help set up a tripwire?

Hm. That didn't go as planned. Just to be safe, how about the area around the doors?

Any marks that coulda' been left by a wire scraping against the wall, or maybe some kind of marking in the ground that would look like someone put down stakes to help set up a tripwire?

You check out the area around the doors. For clarity's sake, the nature of the Ruined Mine means that there's support beams dotted throughout the room in order to avoid any cave-ins, both on the upper and lower areas.

You find nothing of note around the door to the Outside.

At the entrance to the Mining Equipment room, you notice a support beam on each side of the door. Looking closely, both beams have shallow cuts of the same kind that you found when investigating the ceiling rafter; both cuts are horizontal and close to the ground.

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See? What'd I tell you?

I may be just a washed-up, grade 9 fixer - but I know a death trap when I see one.

look at trap door in general store.

look at trap door in general store.

You look at the trap door in the General Store. It's made of the same thick wood as the rest of the General Store's floorboards, and contains a sturdy lock. The lock is built into the trapdoor itself rather than being a padlock or anything.

look for marks on trap door

look for marks on trap door

There's a bunch of cuts of varying sizes scattered across the trap door.

You want to know what I did last night, yesss? This is no problem, I have nothing to hide. Only an amateur would risk baring their fangs so sssoon.

I ssstarted my night with my most important endeavor: taking picturesss of my face, for making business cards. I went to Recording Equipment for this, passing Jessica as she left the Breakroom. That girl has a cute face, but she spoils it with tears...sssuch a shame, it makes me want to bully her more. As I set up my camera, Nico came in and grabbed a flashlight. Nngghh...my brilliance, it has too many rivals here.

I printed many pictures and worked on my cards for a while, hearing a gunshot downstairs at some point...Nico returned and crossed to the Soundstage, then North Star came in and looked through sssome boxes for something. Lucky for him, because he was the very first recipient to be graced with my face. No need for thanksss mi amor, I know you'll keep me in mind.



When I finished up and went downstairs, Neil Marshall was speaking with our lovely director Señor Bowl in the Lobby. I handed them each a card and made my way sssouth to the old train ssstation. I wanted to check the Post Office for any mail of interessst, and el hombre que no es Shane apparently had the sssame idea. It is a federal crime to be ssstealing mail, but we have bigger problems here, no? Regardlessss, if anything interesting was there, it was gone by the time I arrived...feh.

I gave up my sssearch and moved on to the Cemetery, where I noticed something odd...many people here perished in 1873, and none afterward. Sssomething must have happened to the population of this town back then, yes? I wonder, then, who was left to bury them...

After that, it was time to grace your little party with my presence. I slithered to the Saloon, passing LSTR on my way. I believe the timeline of the party is well-established, but I shall corroborate. Señora Zalsarona, Roland, and Lynne were ssserving food, Marisa and Momoyo were talking, the King of Clubs was pouring Neil a drink, Evangeline and Derek were there...Jessica entered after me...did I missss anyone?

I mingled with the crowd and passed out my business cards, meeting a few more people in the process: Partitio, Kroos, Hifumi, Deathborn, and finally...that thing. La creatura.



We shall not ssspeak of what happened next. I have debasssed myself by engaging in this game of cat and mouse...or is it cat and sssnake? Regardless, I had enough of the merrymaking, and returned to my room for my beauty sssleep.

Lock and unlock the jail cell with my jail cell key

Lock and unlock the jail cell with my jail cell key

You do this. Look at you go.

Have you no respect for the animal that has laid down its life to become your flesh and nurture!?!

Pa-Pardon, Ma'am! Didn't mean any disrespect to anyone. Shucks... hat over my heart, apologies to the hog which nourished us. Won't happen again.

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This is pretty uhhhhh "well, it can't hurt", but are there any sort of hoofprints - like a horse - in Mineral Storage or the Blacksmith's room?

Have you no respect for the animal that has laid down its life to become your flesh and nurture!?!

Pa-Pardon, Ma'am! Didn't mean any disrespect to anyone. Shucks... hat over my heart, apologies to the hog which nourished us. Won't happen again.

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This is pretty uhhhhh "well, it can't hurt", but are there any sort of hoofprints - like a horse - in Mineral Storage or the Blacksmith's room?

There is a distinct and clear lack of hoofprints in either room.