Chapter 2/Mystery Points

Camera Feed
''A video feed of the trap room. What can we learn from this?''

Inference Difficulty: 18

Solving allows Techie Detective to become intervenable.

Dialogue
"Incompetent"

- The culprit seemed invisible because the door shut on its own. Exposing the trick behind it and the doorstop will prove this crime isn't supernatural!

"Gourmet"

- Phantom or no, there's something odd about how the door closes in the recording. Can't we assume the doorstop was altered to make it shut on its own?

"Workaholic"

- Based on my expertise, the culprit chose to record the unnatural way the door closed so as to confuse us. The doorstop is the key to demystifying this.

"Downtown"

- Sooo, to wrap up everyone's theories, the door closed on its own cuz someone, like, messed with the doorstop? Is that even possible...?

"Armor"

- Having heard the others' theories, meseems the doorstep was surely befouled, causing the door to close of its own accord! The question is: how?

Inaccessible - see Notes for details. "Renegade"

- Gehehe... The key is how the culprit shut the room without being caught on film. Forget the doorstop; we need to figure out what happened with the door.

"Posh"

- There IS no phantom! The culprit mucked about with the camera and doorstop, causing the door to close on its own! We need only uncover the method!

"???"

- The key here isn't the murder method, but how the door was shut. Uncovering the trick behind it and the doorstop should get us closer to the truth.

"???"

- The door closed at a steady rate, so I doubt it was done by a person... Maybe if you tampered with the doorstop, it would close on its own?

"Rowdy"

- I don't get how, but that jerkass phantom messed with the stopper so's the door would shut itself, see? We're dealing with one crafty sonuvagun!

Ransacked Fridge
''Could something have been left near the fridge? We should try checking the area.''

Inference Difficulty: 14

Solving contributes to unlocking the Suspicious Door MP.

Dialogue
"Incompetent"

- According to the info Workaholic shared via dPad, the ice-cube tray was oddly dry... So the reason the culprit hit the fridge was for the ice!

"Gourmet"

- *sniff* *sniff* ...That smell--seems someone took the ice out of the tray. What use could they have had for it?

"Workaholic"

- Phew... Done examining everything. All that was taken from the fridge was the ice from the tray. Seems it was ransacked to hide that fact.

"Downtown"

- Huh? Workaholic says the ice-cube tray is dry. Weird. That, like, makes me think they took the ice, but is that true? I don't even know anymore.

"Armor"

- Sir Workaholic proclaims the ice tray to be oddly barren and dry. Even I can see what is afoot! The culprit burnt their mouth and made haste for ice!

Inaccessible - see notes for details. "Renegade"

- Gehehe, Workaholic's inspecting the fridge on the sly, but I don't need to do that to know why it was ransacked. Obviously, it was to take the ice♪

"Posh"

- Workaholic says the ice-cube tray is empty, with only a few drops of water left. In other words, the reason the culprit attacked the fridge was…

"Doleful"

- Ah!? Why is the ice tray on the floor? Wait, it's dry inside. Was the culprit actually after the ice when they ransacked the fridge...?

"Techie"

- As the data Workaholic shared indicates, no trace of water's left in the tray. Did they ransack the the fridge for ice? Why? Think, think, think…

"Rowdy"

- I see... Workaholic is right, the ice tray ain't wet at all. Weird. Maybe the crook made off with the ice before it melted?

Suspicious Door
''A door on the second floor. Something about it feels off. But what?''

Inference Difficulty: 12

Dialogue
"Doleful"

- Using the camera's blind spot, switching ice in as a doorstop... Anyone in the trap room could have done it. But how would they get the door to shut?

"Techie"

- Scientifically, we know the doors up here are made a certain way. But still, someone would've noticed a doorstop made of ice. We're missing something…

"Rowdy"

- I thought the doors up here didn't open right cuz they were built shoddy, but I guess not. If they shut themselves, that could be part'a the crime.

Inaccessible - see notes for details. "Incompetent"

- I get it. If the second floor doors move how I think they do, then you could close them on a delay using ice from the refrigerator!

"Renegade"

- I see... How trivial. From the start, one could use ice to close the second-floor doors on a delay. Our phantom is quite a trickster♪

"Posh"

- Were the door made to close by itself, one could use ice to delay it! But the doors up here should all be off-kilter... None of this makes any sense!

"Gourmet"

- I see. If that's how the doors up here are made, one could utilize ice to mimic a phantom. So the culprit is... I was put off the scent completely.

"Workaholic"

- The ice being taken, the camera's blind spot… Our info suggests the doors up here are made to close on their own. How did no one notice?

"Downtown"

- Aha. The doors up here are self-closing. Swap the doorstop with ice, and you could delay them, yeah? Not that we can check, now that the door's busted.

"Armor"

- I cannot fathom how, but the doors on the upper floor close of their own volition!? I'd assumed them poorly crafted, as Lady Downtown said!

Camera Blind Spot
''It seems the security camera has a blind spot. We should start by finding out where it is.''

Inference Difficulty: 9

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Dialogue
"Posh"

- A phantom criminal? Preposterous! All they did was set the door to close beforehand by using a trick of some sort! How sly!

"Techie"

- To sum it up: the culprit didn't avoid the cameras during the crime, they weren't even in the room. The door was rigged in advance.

"Rowdy"

- I don't get how, but they did somethin' to the doorstop to close the door without them gettin' filmed...right? That's a doozy. I'm floored.

Inaccessible - see notes for details. "Incompetent"

- Due to the blind spot, the doorstop isn't visibly recorded... We couldn't see the culprit because the door was set to close in advance!

"Renegade"

- If we didn't see the culprit, they weren't there. They made an invisible trick by to make it look like they were invisible♪

"Gourmet"

- Even without sight, you can tell food by its scent. Our phantom arranged the door to close beforehand; that's how they avoided the camera.

"Workaholic"

- I get it. This wasn't the work of a phantom, but a stage magician. They weren't visible because they rigged the door ahead of time to close by itself.

"Doleful"

- If you rigged the door to close by itself and set up Mystic's death in advance, you wouldn't be at the crime scene! This makes our alibis useless!

"Downtown"

- Ohh, I get it. Rig the door to shut by itself, and you can do the crime without getting busted, no phantoms required. It's a pretty legit plan.

"Armor"

- I-I see! The culprit arranged for the door to close beforehand, such that they could avoid being caught on film! A bold crime, indeed!

Unseen Weapon
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Inference Difficulty: 20

Dialogue
"Incompetent"

- The poisoned murder weapon was flushed away, is sharp, and looks normal on film. That one thing a certain somebody took off might fit the bill!

"Gourmet"

- Batrachotoxin--an arrow poison. There's only one person with something sharp, small, and discreet enough to wear and flush away... What a shame.

"Workaholic"

- The poisoned murder weapon was small enough to flush, and would need to be sharp... Was it her? She was in the trap room, and she has the means…

"Downtown"

- The poisoned murder weapon got flushed away in this bathroom? But I was just in here... I even dropped a nail in the toilet. It was a disaster.

"Armor"

- The lavatory was used to dispose of the poisoned murder weapon. Thus, it must have been as small as a fingertip. Or a fingernail, perhaps...?

Inaccessible - see notes for details. "Renegade"

- Flushable, laced with batrachotoxin, and natural on film... I couldn't pull this off, but I know who could... The weapon would always be at hand.

"Posh"

- A poisoned weapon, small enough to flush… What could it be!? As we cannot leave the manor, the septic tank remains unchecked... How vexing!

"Doleful"

- The culprit discarded the weapon here? If it was flushable, how did it poison Mystic? It must have been sharp, yet natural to carry. Could it be...?

"Techie"

- The culprit used the bathroom to hide the murder weapon, but you can't flush a knife. It could on be as big as a nail... Wait? A nail? No, it can't be…

"Rowdy"

- Small 'nuff to hide in the john, sharp 'nuff to break skin...like a needle or fingernail. How'd they get the drop on ol' Mystic anyhow?