History Quotes / CriminalCase

* [[Quotes/CriminalCaseCityOfRomance City of Romance]]

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[[folder:'''Europe''']]
'''God Save the Prince'''
->'''Jack:''' Enid Grimshaw, we know you killed Prince Albert. It'll be best if you just confess!\\
'''Enid:''' ''(shocked)'' That ain't true! I ain't done nothing!\\
'''Jack:''' Your hair on this London Underground map proves you killed him!\\
'''Enid:''' ''(biting her nails)'' Nonsense! I'm a good girl, I am!\\
'''Jack:''' <Rank> <Name> found the Shakespearean message you wrote about dead Princes!\\
'''Enid:''' ''(crying)'' Please stop. Don't say any more!\\
'''Jack''' ''(angrily)'' We found your horse riding gloves in the Globe Theater. We know it was you!\\
'''Enid:''' ''(wiping a tear)'' You... you found my gloves. He... he bought those for me. I must have dropped them after I ran away. ''(angrily)'' I really did love him, you know. I didn't know it would kill him. They made me do it!\\
'''Jack:''' Who made you do it? Who are "they"?!\\
'''Enid:''' ''(shocked)'' I don't know... I was sent a note. It said if I didn't do what they told me, they would kill me and Albert! ''(biting her nails)'' I was terrified. I told Albert, but he didn't take it seriously. But I didn't want us to die! ''(in love)'' So I left Albert that message, a quote from Shakespeare. It meant, "meet me in the usual place". Shakespeare quotes were our special, romantic code. ''(wiping a tear)'' As my instructions told me, I had hidden that device they'd sent me in the phone. Then I rang the phone... ''(crying)'' When I saw what happened... the gas... Albert dead. I didn't know what to do. I swear I never knew it was poison! I would never have killed him. I loved him!\\
'''Jack''' ''(sadly)'' I'm sorry Enid. If you can't tell us who made you do this, we'll have to hold you responsible. Enid Grimshaw, you're under arrest for the murder of Prince Albert.

'''Off with Their Heads'''
->'''Carmen:''' Constantin Perrier, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Annette Sommeur!\\
'''Constantin:''' That’s absurd. I told you I wasn’t there! I only found out about Ms Sommeur’s demise at lunch!\\
'''Carmen:''' A lunch where you ate camembert! How much of that stinky cheese do you eat, Mr Perrier? And do you ever wash your hands? You left some of it on the blade of the murder weapon!\\
'''Constantin:''' That is nonsense. I wouldn’t go near a guillotine! S’il vous plaît, do I look that foolish to you?\\
'''Carmen:''' Foolish? I don’t know. But you sure are sloppy. You also left behind a photo of the victim in the guillotine!\\
'''Constantin:''' The… the photographer probably took that photo! She hated Ms Sommeur’s guts, you know!\\
'''Carmen:''' Don’t try to pin this on an innocent person! The photographer doesn’t wear a luxury "fleur de lys" brooch, Mr Perrier. But you do!\\
'''Constantin:''' Oui! Oui! Fine, I DID kill Annette Sommeur, but I only did it for the money! It was my turn to live like a king! Do you know what it’s like to be surrounded by such wealth day after day and be looking at a pittance for retirement? So when they offered me money to kill Annette Sommeur and steal the manuscript from her I didn’t hesitate!\\
'''Carmen:''' “They” offered you money? Who are they?!\\
'''Constantin:''' If I told you, they’d kill me!\\
'''Carmen:''' And these people have the manuscript?!\\
'''Constantin:''' I don’t know! I never gave it to anyone! After the murder, I… I panicked! I don’t remember where I left it!\\
'''Carmen:''' You better remember soon! In the meantime, you’re under arrest for the murder of Annette Sommeur!

'''Auf Wieder-Slain'''
->'''Carmen:''' The mystery has been solved. Johan Schnee, you’re under arrest for the murder of Hans Vogel!\\
'''Johan:''' What are you talking about? I wasn’t even in town when Hans was there. I was in the forest.\\
'''Carmen:''' You mean, the forest from where you sent Hans the postcard asking to meet you at the village square?\\
'''Johan:''' I didn’t send that card, and even if I had, it’s not a crime to meet up with old friends!\\
'''Carmen:''' No, it’s not, but it is a crime to kill them while listening to German folk music. We found your military radio with the exact crime scene coordinates recorded in it.\\
'''Johan:''' Those coordinates must have accidentally been recorded during my last visit to the village!\\
'''Carmen:''' The visit where you quenched your thirst for revenge by drinking beer and murdering your old friend, Hans! We found your DNA all over the beer mug you used to bash in Hans’ head! That is, before you skewered him on the town clock like a roast boar ready for a luau! A brutal way to do in a friend, don’t you think?\\
'''Johan:''' He was no friend of mine! He promised he’d keep our secret, but he was about to share it with the whole world!\\
'''Carmen:''' Secret? What secret? Is it about your brother’s disappearance?\\
'''Johan:''' My brother didn’t disappear… I killed him! It was an accident! I couldn’t see… I thought it was a wild boar! I aimed my bow and… I buried him and never told a soul! Hans was there. He promised to keep it a secret! It was an accident!\\
'''Carmen:''' You killed your own brother and buried him in the forest?! How could you? And why kill Hans now after all these years?\\
'''Johan:''' He was about to tell everyone the truth! I saw posters for his interview with the Mayor, I knew I had to silence him! He brought it on himself!\\
'''Carmen:''' You killed your brother and your old friend. The town shouldn’t be afraid of a legend. They should be afraid of you! Johan Schnee, you’re under arrest!

'''Murder's Cheap'''
->'''Jack:''' Nikolaos Costas, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Demetrios Metaxas.\\
'''Nikolaos:''' You can’t be serious! Anyway, we don’t have money to run prisons any more! Just look at the mess Metaxas made, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Jack:''' Stop this charade, Costas. You asked Metaxas to meet you on the Acropolis last night. You wore a disguise, and stabbed him in the back!\\
'''Nikolaos:''' Nonsense! I was at work, crunching the numbers!\\
'''Jack:''' That’s what you said. But in reality, you went to the cave to hide the murder weapon. You also planned to dump the body in the sea.\\
'''Nikolaos:''' No! I was here all night, fighting the lost battle of economic doom, like Sisyphus!\\
'''Jack:''' Your love of Greek myths speaks against you! And your clumsiness: you left olives on the murder weapon, and your sunglasses link you to the crime scene!\\
'''Nikolaos:''' Alright, I admit it! But I did it for Greece! If only I’d killed Metaxas sooner, Greece might have escaped bankruptcy and anarchy! Europe needs strong leaders, <Rank> <Name>, or we’ll sink like a ship without a captain!\\
'''Jack:''' You won’t need to worry about sinking ships in prison, Costas. You’re under arrest!

'''When Shadows Fall'''
->'''Carmen:''' Brother Klaus! <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Father Pietro Agnelli!\\
'''Brother Klaus:''' You are mistaken! Father Agnelli changed my life! Why would I kill him?\\
'''Carmen:''' Please… did you think not wearing your Promethians necklace would be enough? You spit in the wound and left trace of cappuccino!\\
'''Brother Klaus:''' Me? Spit on Father Agnelli? NEVER!\\
'''Carmen:''' Well, you were fired up enough over him to get out your butane torch, but you left flecks of gold leaf all over the handle!\\
'''Brother Klaus:''' I may have bumped into a gilded frame at the Vatican, but that proves nothing!\\
'''Carmen:''' Combined with DNA on the murder weapon that proves the killer has white hair, I think it proves everything!\\
'''Brother Klaus:''' I knew I wouldn’t be able to fool you for long, <Rank> <Name>! I DID kill Pietro Agnelli! The Promethians felt strongly that Agnelli was not the man who should become Pope… He was an obstacle, so I removed him from the Promethians’ path! Someone like Cardinal Salieri would suit the Promethians much better… We needed a friend in the Vatican…\\
'''Carmen:''' Forget the Vatican! You’re gonna need some friends in prison, fool! You’re under arrest!

'''The Impossible Dream'''
->'''Jack:''' ''(as a Promethian)'' Good evening, dear leader-\\
'''Archibald:''' How preposterous! How dare you call me by my Promethian name when I’m not in costume?\\
'''Jack:''' My sincerest apologies. I was just so in awe thinking about the brilliance of your plan to murder Proust that I forgot my manners. I was wondering if you could tell the story again, it’s such a great one!\\
'''Archibald:''' Why of course, young recruit! First of all, I had Papadakis lure Proust to Park Güell with a postcard…\\
'''Jack:''' How ingenious!\\
'''Archibald:''' Then I ambushed her and dragged her out to the countryside! I branded her with the word “traitor” in Aramaic, as a warning to anyone else who might consider betraying me… …As if the fact I had Prince Albert and the Greek Finance Minister killed wasn’t enough to make people fear me! Those fools should have never stood in the Promethians’ way! Anyway, I digress. Then, I took my lighter and lit a fire under the bronze bull. It was just as magnificent as I’d hoped! But the finishing touch was playing the victim in front of those Bureau fools! <Rank> <Name> will never suspect it was me who killed Proust!\\
'''Jack:''' ''(unearthing his disguise)'' I wouldn’t be so sure, Gilchirst. ''(drawing his gun)'' You’re under arrest for the murder of Jacqueline Proust!\\
'''Archibald:''' I… I… How is this p-possible?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Sahara Region''']]
'''Murder by Proxy'''
->'''Jack:''' Christy Mathis, you’re under arrest for the murder of Adam Hassan!\\
'''Christy:''' What? Me? I would never hurt Adam.\\
'''Jack:''' Then why did <Rank> <Name> find the amulet you left with a message written in ancient Arabic? “An eye for an eye.” Sounds like deadly revenge for his cheating ways!\\
'''Christy:''' He might have cheated on me but that wouldn’t merit me killing him. That would be crazy!\\
'''Jack:''' You mean crazy like killing him with a poisoned blow dart that was covered in the saffron you bought at the souk?\\
'''Christy:''' That’s ridiculous! I wouldn’t even know where to get a poisoned dart… and besides… I was at the library studying all last night.\\
'''Jack:''' We’ve got your DNA, Christy. You do realize you’re also our main suspect in the recent murder of the Bureau Chief? I’d start telling the truth, if I were you.\\
'''Christy:''' What?! I didn’t kill your Chief! I just killed Adam! I swear! I only used the same weapon because I heard about it and thought you’d think it was the same killer!\\
'''Jack:''' Say we believe you, why did you kill Adam then? Is it because he cheated on you?\\
'''Christy:''' He didn’t just cheat on me! Do you think I would have killed him for that?! He… the night I broke up with him, he got really drunk… and angry… and mean. He said he’d remind me why we were so good together. He… he… I never thought he could do that to me.\\
'''Jack:''' Christy, what did Adam do? … Did he force himself on you?\\
'''Christy:''' I told him “no” and he didn’t listen. And then he left… as if nothing had happened. Do you understand now why I killed him, <Rank> <Name>? What if he did that to another student? I wouldn’t be able to live with myself, not after what he did to me!\\
'''Jack:''' What Adam did to you is foul and unforgivable. No one should ever be forced to suffer through that. But… it still doesn’t excuse murder. I hate to say it, but Christy Mathis, you’re under arrest.

'''Death in the Desert'''
->'''Carmen:''' Mama Yasmine, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Donald Barnes.\\
'''Mama Yasmine:''' I told you, <Rank> <Name>: I shall never speak to foreigners again!\\
'''Carmen:''' You have the right to remain silent. You’ve already admitted you blamed the refinery for the decline of traditional values.\\
'''Mama Yasmine:''' You’ll have to arrest every nomad in the Sahara if loathing the refinery is a crime, <Rank> <Name>.\\
'''Carmen:''' But you held a personal grudge against Barnes, too. He was cruel to you where it hurt most: about your son who left for America.\\
'''Mama Yasmine:''' Barnes couldn’t open his mouth without offending someone. You underestimate me, <Rank> <Name>. Because of my simple life, you think my mind’s simple, too.\\
'''Carmen:''' Oh, we know you’re more cunning than you let on, Yasmine. You planned every detail: first you strangled Barnes with a camel-riding rope… … Then dumped the body at the Najwa camp, with Barnes’s belongings. You didn’t count on <Rank> <Name> finding your DNA on Barnes’s cap, or the tooth from your necklace!\\
'''Mama Yasmine:''' What I didn’t count on was Anir running straight to you when he discovered the body! If only he’d helped me discard the evidence, you’d never have caught me, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Carmen:''' You thought Anir would help you? The man who’s tribe feuded with yours for generations?\\
'''Mama Yasmine:''' Anir’s still a fellow nomad, even if he’s a rival! In the olden days, tribes put aside their differences to defeat a common enemy, <Rank> <Name>! But I see those days are gone. It’s every man for himself. Take me to prison, <Rank> <Name>: my freedom was lost a long time ago.\\
'''Carmen:''' Yasmine, I feel your pain, but you broke the law. You’re under arrest for Barnes’s murder.

'''Killing Spring'''
->'''Carmen:''' Thomas Cox, you're under arrest for the murder of Hamza Boussefi. How could you?!\\
'''Thomas:''' Don't be ridiculous, Carmen. I'm a journalist, not a killer!\\
'''Carmen:''' Then how do you explain that <Rank> <Name> found your fishing hook covered in the victim's blood at the crime scene?\\
'''Thomas:''' A lot of people visit the oasis to go fishing, anyone could have left that hook there!\\
'''Carmen:''' You know, killing someone is disgusting enough, but posting a photo of the victim's dead body on Buzzer?!\\
'''Thomas:''' There's no proof that account belongs to me. Besides, social media accounts get hacked all the time!\\
'''Carmen:''' Stop lying, Thomas! <Rank> <Name> also found your DNA on the cigarette butt you tried to hide at the crime scene! You're done for!\\
'''Thomas:''' Oh, alright. You got me. I killed Hamza. But it was an accident, I swear!\\
'''Carmen:''' How do you accidentally shoot someone in the head?\\
'''Thomas:''' I invited Hamza to the oasis to interview him about the protest movement, and how far he was prepared to go to overthrow the Sultan. Hamza was showing me the rifle he'd bought. I took it to get a feel for it when I accidentally discharged it! I panicked when I saw Hamza was dead but then I realized there was a silver lining! I made it into the scoop of the year by claiming that the Sultan killed him!\\
'''Carmen:''' You're disgusting, Thomas! Instead of honoring the dead, you used Hamza's death for your own vile purposes!\\
'''Thomas:''' Oh, loosen up, Carmen! We can't all have a nose for a good story like you do - some of us have to fabricate our news!\\
'''Carmen:''' Well you'd better fabricate a better story than that before your trial, Thomas. You're under arrest!

'''I Spy a Mummy'''
->'''Jack:''' Zarah Salah, you are under arrest for the murder of Afif Wahab!\\
'''Zarah:''' What?! I wanted to catch that thief red-handed, not kill him!\\
'''Jack:''' Oh, come on... You tracked the victim like a predator and lured him with a hookah pipe at the hookah bar!\\
'''Zarah:''' Like a predator? You make me sound like some kind of monster!\\
'''Jack:''' Kissing the murder weapon before you pulled the victim's brains out with it sounds monstrous enough, doesn't it, <Rank> <Name>?\\
'''Zarah:''' Please, you're making me sick...\\
'''Jack:''' Not as sick as seeing the victim's brains in a box made us! A box that you opened with the scarab brooch you're wearing! The game is up, Salah!\\
'''Zarah:''' ... I was foolish to think I could escape you, <Rank> <Name>. Yes, I killed Afif Wahab. But I had to!\\
'''Jack:''' Because you thought he was stealing from the tombs?\\
'''Zarah:''' No, because I exposed myself as a thief to him!\\
'''Jack:''' Wait, what? YOU'RE the antiquities thief?! But your job is to keep the tombs safe!\\
'''Zarah:''' Why don't you try to live on a government salary, <Rank> <Name>? Nobody really knows what's in those tombs! Nobody misses the artifacts I smuggle!\\
'''Jack:''' I can't believe it! So you killed Afif because he was a competitor?\\
'''Zarah:''' Not exactly. When I met him in the tomb, I offered him a large amount of money to pack up and leave... but he refused! He clung to his fruit vendor story, said I couldn't force him to leave his stall! The man was mad! When I realized he wouldn't take the money, I panicked. I couldn't risk him realizing who I was and exposing me as a thief!\\
'''Jack:''' So you mummified him?!\\
'''Zarah:''' I thought nobody would notice one more mummy in a tomb filled with them. But I took the hook and the brains, because people would have noticed how fresh the body was.\\
'''Jack:''' But you didn't count on <Rank> <Name> being in town, did you? That one mistake is going to put you away for a long time. You're under arrest!

'''The Parting Shot'''
->'''Jack:''' Fiona Cummings, you're under arrest for the murder of your husband, Seamus. You killed him because he cheated on you?!\\
'''Fiona:''' <Rank> <Name>, if I had killed my husband every time he cheated, he'd be long dead by now. I didn't kill him.\\
'''Jack:''' Don't bother lying. We found your ski lift ticket covered in his blood.\\
'''Fiona:''' Lots of people ski in Dubai. That ticket could have been anybody's.\\
'''Jack:''' Really? And his blood just happened to get on somebody else's earring back, the one that coincidentally matches the earrings he gave you as a gift?\\
'''Fiona:''' I'm appaleed you'd blame me, his wife. I loved him. I put up with all his... stuff. You should be arresting the caddy. He stole Seasmus's money after all!\\
'''Jack:''' But he didn't kill him! It wasn't his oud oil we found on the trigger of the gun that fired the fatal blow. And you used Seamus's own gun! Now that's revenge!\\
'''Fiona:''' Fine! Yes! I did it! But he killed our son! When our son died, Seamus told me it had been a drive-by. You know... wrong place, wrong time. It destroyed me! It took all I had to rebuild my life. But a few months ago, I found out it was all a lie!\\
'''Jack:''' Wait, your son DIDN'T die from a drive-by shooting?\\
'''Fiona:''' No! Our son accidentally shot himself with Seamus's gun and Seamus covered it up! He'd promised me he wouldn't keep the gun at home, but he did and our son died because of it!\\
'''Jack:''' I don't have children, but I can understand how difficult that must've been. However, it still doesn't justify murder.\\
'''Fiona:''' A mother does what she needs to do to defend her children. I couldn't be there to defend mine, so I did what I had to do to make it right!\\
'''Jack:''' And now, <Rank> <Name> needs to make things right... Fiona Cummings, you're under arrest for the murder of Seamus Cummings.

'''Die by the Sword'''
->'''Carmen:''' Omar Bahir, <Rank> <Name>'s arresting you for the murder of Anir Aznag...\\
'''Carmen:''' ... And for kidnapping Andrew Stern and killing Chief Ripley.\\
'''Omar:''' <Rank> <Name>, you're making a terrible mistake. You've fallen into The Sword's trap.\\
'''Carmen:''' YOU were The Sword all along! YOU thought you could trap us, but <Rank> <Name> has all the evidence against you! Andrew heard you speak Arabic with Anir before you beheaded him...\\
'''Omar:''' A traumatized child's testimony won't hold up in court, <Rank> <Name>.\\
'''Carmen:''' You carry the scar on your face where Anir scratched you with a stone, fighting for his life!\\
'''Omar:''' Useless circumstantial evidence! How many people in a war-torn town will have a scar?\\
'''Carmen:''' Our pathologist's proved your weight matches the killer's profile! And we know you're an expert chemist...\\
'''Omar:''' That's enough, <Rank> <Name>. I've thrown you a few breadcrumbs because I've enjoyed playing with you. But the game ends here. Yes, I am The Sword. I had a mission in the Sahara: sowing the seeds of conflict and extremism everywhere. I knew the Bureau would soon get onto me, so I decided to trap you first. All I had to do was pull on your heartstrings by killing Ripley and abducting a child. I knew you'd come, <Rank> <Name>! Now that the Sahara is on the brink of war, it's time I finished the job with the Bureau, too!\\
'''Carmen:''' Put that grenade down, Bahir! If you pull that pin, you'll die with us!\\
'''Omar:''' How could you be so naive, <Rank> <Name>! I can't afford to die, SOMBRA still needs me. This is a poison bomb, and I've taken the antidote. Only YOU will die! Goodbye, <Rank> <Name>. You'll meet your Chief Ripley in-\\
'''''BANG!'''''\\
'''Omar:''' What... I...\\
''(Omar falls the ground, dead.)''\\
'''Carmen:''' <Name>, that shot came from outside! Take cover!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Eurasia''']]
'''Moscow Mole'''
->'''Jack:''' Liam Hall, you're under arrest for the murder of Darya Chernova!\\
'''Liam:''' What? That's ridiculous, <Rank> <Name>. I would never have hurt Darya! I even started reading Tolstoy so we had something to discuss!\\
'''Jack:''' Speaking of which, we found your copy of War and Peace in the trash, covered in Darya's blood!\\
'''Liam:''' That could have been anyone's book! There's no proof it's mine!\\
'''Jack:''' <Rank> <Name> also found your napkin, covered in beef stroganoff except for a perfect circle which matches the coin necklace you're wearing!\\
'''Liam:''' So what? Eating beef stroganoff isn't a crime!\\
'''Jack:''' And how do you explain your blood on the handle of the broken vodka bottle which you used to stab Darya?\\
'''Liam:''' Oh, God... I... I really did kill her, didn't I? We went out for dinner the night Darya was killed. I was taking advantage of the alcohol flowing and we... we both got drunk. I just remember us walking through Red Square when we started arguing... Darya kept pressuring me to do a favor for her, you see.\\
'''Jack:''' We don't need to hear any more about your "favors", Liam!\\
'''Liam:''' You don't get it! It wasn't sexual. She just wanted me to drop off a briefcase for her! I don't know what it contained, but I'm not stupid. I knew she couldn't have been up to any good. I left the UK to escape all the trouble I'd gotten into there... I didn't want to do the same here! But then I... I blacked out! I woke up in my bed the next morning with no memory of what happened after the argument, and a nasty cut on my hand!\\
'''Jack:''' Well, you'd better hope the judge cuts you a lenient sentence, because you're under arrest for Darya's murder!
'''Only Truth Remains'''
->'''Carmen:''' Dmitri Lermontov, <Rank> <Name> is placing you under arrest for the murder of Mikhail Karamazov!\\
'''Dmitri:''' Oh! Is this the moment where you lay out the evidence from your investigation? I'm thrilled, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Carmen:''' This is not some cozy murder mystery to read beside the fire with your Borzois, Lermontov! We know it was you!\\
'''Dmitri:''' I defy you! Prove it!\\
'''Carmen:''' You left your caviar all over the victim's scarf for a start!\\
'''Dmitri:''' Maybe Karamazov was just a slob when he ate caviar? You'll need more than that to put me on trial!\\
'''Carmen:''' Then you shouldn't have left your DNA all over the murder weapon! Your green eyes sealed the deal!\\
'''Dmitri:''' I've played at enough card tables to know you aren't bluffing... Well, <Rank> <Name>, you're 100% correct! I killed Mikhail Karamazov with a literary touch all my own! And I would kill him a thousand times over!\\
'''Carmen:''' To get back your estate and get rid of your gambling debt?\\
'''Dmitri:''' If you think this was about money, you couldn't be more wrong! I killed him for HONOR!\\
'''Carmen:''' Because he cheated at cards...\\
'''Dmitri:''' Not MY honor! I did it to protect Duchess Anastasia!\\
'''Carmen:''' Duchess Anastasia?! The woman who thinks she's Russian royalty? You want to protect the honor of some delusional duchess?\\
'''Dmitri:''' Who else would stand up for her?! When I learned that Karamazov was trying to blackmail her into marriage, I could not contain myself!\\
'''Dmitri:''' I love her, you see! I don't care if she's royalty or not! I couldn't let that vermin destroy her life!\\
'''Carmen:''' Save your passion for your prison novel, Lermontov. You're under arrest!
'''O Deadly Night'''
->'''Jack:''' What the... Asal?! Don't tell me you killed Santa Claus!\\
'''Asal:''' Jack, sugarbear, what are you talking about? Why would I kill Santa Claus?\\
'''Jack:''' Don't play coy with me! <Rank> <Name> found your blade guard covered in candy cane! I thought we had something special!\\
'''Asal:''' Of course we do, darling. And I do love to ice skate but that doesn't make me a murderer.\\
'''Jack:''' Oh really? Then how come we also found your red glitter all over the shotgun sabot you used to shoot our victim? What do you have to say about that, huh?\\
'''Asal:''' I'd say that you're starting to sound like a paranoid boyfriend. Jealousy is not a good look on you.\\
'''Jack:''' Jealous of what? That bad-boy Santa with six-pack abs... who's now dead because you wrapped your hot mulled wine hands around him!\\
'''Asal:''' Why can't you just let things lie?! Yes! I killed Nick! Now, can you just please drop it?\\
'''Jack:''' Drop it?! You killed a guy and didn't think to tell me?! Haven't you ever heard of pillow talk?!\\
'''Asal:''' There are just some things I can't say about my job. This is one of those things. Look, Nick was up to something with dangerous, global repercussions, and I was just following Mossad orders. I'm sure you understand, <Rank> <Name>.\\
'''Jack:''' You assassinated a man... and you got caught. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis By. Your. Boyfriend.]] If you would've told me from the start, we could've worked together... like couples do!\\
'''Asal:''' Don't be so smug. You would've never caught me had I been on my own. This little relationship thing of ours threw me off my game! This is why I never date!\\
'''Jack:''' How are we supposed to build a trusting relationship like this when we've got no choice but to arrest you.\\
'''Asal:''' Do what you must. I'll be just fine.\\
'''Jack:''' Fine then. Ms Asal Hawaa, you're under arrest for the murder of Nick Kringle aka Santa Claus!
'''Fast Track to Murder'''
->'''Carmen:''' Nikita Rukhin, you're under arrest for the murder of Ilya Tretyakov!\\
'''Nikita:''' Me? But you can't! I'm an innocent ticket inspector!\\
'''Carmen:''' You're a ticket inspector whose scarf fibers got caught in the victim's watch during your fight with him!\\
'''Nikita:''' Anyone might wear a scarf! I'm an honest citizen oppressed by capitalism!\\
'''Carmen:''' Stop lying, Rukhin! Your blood was on the fruit bowl you used to hit Tretyakov over the head!\\
'''Nikita:''' I don't hit people over the head, it's not in my job description!\\
'''Carmen:''' The victim identified you. He wrote your initials for us to find!\\
'''Nikita:''' What?? But I only turned away from him for a few moments... Uh, I shouldn't have said that... Fine, I killed him, <Rank> <Name>! I hated that capitalist Tretyakov. Russian diamonds should belong to the people, not to oligarchs! I returned those diamonds to communist hands thanks to my brothers across the border.\\
'''Carmen:''' You stole diamonds from Tretyakov?\\
'''Nikita:''' It was justice, not theft! I sold the diamonds to a network of my communist brothers in China. The money I got was for reviving the glorious USSR.\\
'''Carmen:''' Tretyakov must've been furious when he found out!\\
'''Nikita:''' He confronted me on the train and we fought. I hit him over the head and then hanged him.\\
'''Carmen:''' Why stop the train?\\
'''Nikita:''' One must always report railway incidents! Besides, I knew I'd hide evidence in the cave. And I thought reporting the murder would make me less suspicious.\\
'''Carmen:''' Your calculations failed! You're under arrest!
'''Horseback Mountain'''
->'''Carmen:''' Tsetseg, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Andrei Beloglazov.\\
'''Tsetseg:''' I've got better things to be doing than killing people, <Rank> <Name>. The horses don't look after themselves, y'know!\\
'''Carmen:''' Is that why you sliced Andrei in two in a fashion that only someone who knows sword fighting could have done? Because he left your horse to die?\\
'''Carmen:''' Don't be ridiculous. Besides, sword fighting is practically a national pastime here. And what about the fact that <Rank> <Name> found traces of your salty tea on the mask you wore when you killed Andrei?\\
'''Tsetseg:''' Those masks can be bought by tourists anywhere... And plenty of people enjoy a cup of salty tea!\\
'''Carmen:''' Cut it out, Tsetseg! We found your DNA on the hand which you broke off the statue at the crime scene!\\
'''Tsetseg:''' Darn it! I've spent so long out of the game that I've gotten sloppy. I never would've made such mistakes before!\\
'''Carmen:''' What do you mean, "before"? This isn't the first murder you've committed?!\\
'''Tsetseg:''' Of course not. At my peak, I was one of the world's greatest hitwomen! My only rule was "no women, children or horses".\\
'''Carmen:''' What the heck? YOU were a hitwoman?\\
'''Tsetseg:''' I still am! This was going to be my last job before I retired to focus on running the family stables. When SOMBRA asked me to carry out a hit on Andrei in order to "tie up loose ends", I stupidly agreed. I should've known when to stop!\\
'''Carmen:''' It was SOMBRA who had Andrei killed?! But... he was working for them! If they considered him a loose end, his job must have been complete. Does that mean the satellite has been finished?!\\
'''Tsetseg:''' I... I didn't mean to let that slip! Gosh darn it! I'll say no more!\\
'''Carmen:''' Well, you can refuse to talk, but you're still under arrest!
'''Countdown to Murder'''
->'''Jack:''' Yelena Tereshkova, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Vitaly Borodin!\\
'''Yelena:''' Shto?! But I did not even know this man! Why would I kill him?\\
'''Jack:''' That's for you to tell us, Yelena. Why would you use your physics skills to change a laser welding torch to a laser cutter?\\
'''Yelena:''' But that's a skill any self-respecting cosmonaut would need for repairs in space!\\
'''Jack:''' And I suppose you'd claim that the victim took a picture of some other COSMORUS employee right before he died!\\
'''Yelena:''' It was Natasha Romanova! She killed Borodin!\\
'''Jack:''' No, it wasn't. We know because you handled Nd:YAG crystals to turn the torch into a weapon and you left some adhesive from your bandage on them!\\
'''Yelena:''' But I'm serious! It was Natasha! She told me that if I killed Borodin, I'd finally go to space!\\
'''Jack:''' And what did the victim have to do with you going to space?!\\
'''Yelena:''' Natasha told me that it was Borodin who blocked my applications! He had the power! He was head of the Security and Defense Committee!\\
'''Jack:''' Say we believe you, what does any of this have to do with the SOMBRA satellite?\\
''(The ground starts to shake.)''\\
'''Yelena:''' A-a s-satteli-i-te? Wha-at are y-you t-talking abou-u-ut?\\
'''Jack:''' W-w-whoa, w-why is the f-f-floor shaki-i-ing?!\\
'''''VROOOOOSH!'''''\\
''(The ground stops shaking.)''\\
Jack: <Name>, what the heck was that?! It came from the launch control room! Good idea! Go check it out! I'll cuff Yelena here and catch up!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''South Asia''']]
'''Bad Medicine'''
->'''Carmen:''' Dr Sumati Misra, you're under arrest for the murder of Donna Sandover!\\
'''Sumati:''' What?! That's preposterous! I thought Donna was a saint. You read the newspaper article!\\
'''Carmen:''' Then how come we found traces of your chai tea on the victim's wrist? Checking her pulse to make sure she was dead sounds like something a physician would do!\\
'''Sumati:''' Chai? Who doesn't drink chai in New Delhi?\\
'''Carmen:''' We also found the prayer beads you left behind at the crime scene. C'mon, Dr Misra, all your so-called devotion is just an act!\\
'''Sumati:''' I've selflessly committed myself to the sick and injured people of New Delhi for years! No one can question my dedication!\\
'''Carmen:''' And the greasy papadum smudges we found on Donna's water bottle? We know you spiked her water bottle, then stood back and watched Donna overdose!\\
'''Sumati:''' You know NOTHING about what it's like to treat patients in this country! My struggle has been relentless. I've worked hard to improve the quality of life of the people of India, and I can barely scrape together a reasonable living! And there was rich and entitled Donna, waltzing in, trying to tell me how I should practice medicine! She and those Rising Hope do-gooders swoop in, hand out a few blankets and teddy bears and then walk away! And I'm left with the mess they leave behind!\\
'''Carmen:''' So you KILLED her?! Don't you think that's a bit of an overreaction?!\\
'''Sumati:''' She didn't just criticize me! I caught her breaking into my office and stealing my medicine, which she said she was going to use to treat the earthquake victims rather than "feather my own nest!" Then she threatened to report me to the medical board for charging victims during a disaster. I would have lost my license! So, yes, I killed her! I gave her a taste of her own medicine!\\
'''Carmen:''' Well, you've treated your last patient, Dr Misra! You're under arrest for the murder of Donna Sandover!
'''Treacherous Waters'''
->'''Jack:''' Amrita Kumar, you're under arrest for the murder of your brother, Deepak!\\
'''Amrita:''' Are you crazy?! Deepak was my brother! We've protected each other since we were children!\\
'''Jack:''' Shooting him dead is hardly protection! <Rank> <Name> found your gun in the museum! The one you said was swept away in the tsunami!\\
'''Amrita:''' You're just trying to pin the murder on me because you know I can shoot!\\
'''Jack:''' Speaking of shooting: <Rank> <Name> found fibers on your gun, too! The lab doesn't lie: they're from your shirt!\\
'''Amrita:''' I had no reason to kill my brother! I loved him!\\
'''Jack:''' We know you loved him: you broke down crying after you shot him. You wiped your tears off with Deepak's handkerchief, that's how we-\\
'''Amrita:''' I cried because it was an accident! I didn't mean to kill my brother! I used my gun because I thought I was being attacked by a stranger! I was alone in the museum when I heard someone approach me from behind. I thought I was going to be mugged... it'd happened before. So I turned around and fired, exactly as Deepak taught me. It happened so fast that the man was dead before I realized it was my brother.\\
'''Jack:''' Well, you certainly are a good shot... but Deepak should've taught you to identify your target before pulling the trigger!\\
'''Amrita:''' It's easy to be smart in hindsight, Mr Archer! Do you think I wanted to shoot my own brother?!\\
'''Jack:''' You could've given yourself up to the police! Instead, you tried to get rid of the evidence! You even searched Deepak's bag and destroyed your criminal record!\\
'''Amrita:''' I didn't know what I was doing, I was in shock! Then my survival instinct took over. Growing up in the slums does that to you. And Deepak wouldn't have wanted me to go to jail.\\
'''Jack:''' Well, Deepak's dead, and you're under arrest for his murder!
'''Plagued by Death'''
->'''Jack:''' Ayush Patil, you're under arrest for the murder of Sunil Dhudwar!\\
'''Ayush:''' I teach students, I don't kill them. The distinction might be lost on you, but-\\
'''Jack:''' Cut the crap! Your brooch was caught on a security camera!\\
'''Ayush:''' The brooch is something all the university teachers wear!\\
'''Jack:''' Yes, and university teachers also wear the badge that allowed you to get close to the virus!\\
'''Ayush:''' You can't arrest someone for wearing a badge!\\
'''Jack:''' Stop lying! Your DNA was on the syringe you used to inject Sunil with the virus!\\
'''Ayush:''' It... but I buried it! Fine, you got me, <Rank> <Name>. I killed Sunil. And launched a new era for the world!\\
'''Jack:''' A new era? You call causing hundreds of deaths a new era?!\\
'''Ayush:''' The world must be saved from itself. As a sociologist, I know! We've got a huge overpopulation problem! Over a billion people in India alone! The recent disasters were a sign. This virus is the perfect solution to overpopulation! When Sunil told me about his research, I knew. The virus would kill millions and free up the planet for those who managed to survive!\\
'''Jack:''' Do you even know how to stop the plague you unleashed? Do you have any idea for the cure? A backup plan? Anything??\\
'''Ayush:''' The cure? No, why would I? My work is already complete!\\
'''Jack:''' What? You unleashed a virus you didn't even know how to stop?! Just the sight of you makes me sick! You're under arrest for this murder and for all the deaths you've caused!
'''Bloodywood'''
->'''Carmen:''' Vikram Joshi, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Priya Joshi. How could you do something like that to a member of your own family?\\
'''Vikram:''' These accusations are laughable, <Rank> <Name>. Like I told you before, I came here to keep Priya safe - not to hurt her!\\
'''Carmen:''' Then how do you explain that we found traces of your neem oil all over the body?\\
'''Vikram:''' Everybody uses neem oil around here, <Rank> <Name>. Who doesn't want to look their best in Bollywood?\\
'''Carmen:''' Then what about the traces of cricket ball wax that we found on the Dandiya sticks you used to beat your own cousin to death?\\
'''Vikram:''' Cricket and Bollywood go hand in hand! That wax could have come from anyone!\\
'''Carmen:''' Stop lying, Vikram. We found the orange fibers from your clothing which got caught in Priya's earrings when she tried to defend herself against your brutal attack!\\
'''Vikram:''' I only killed her to restore our family's honor! I couldn't allow her to continue bringing shame on us. She was such a sweet, innocent girl before Bollywood corrupted her! The diva-like behavior was bad enough... But sleeping with the director? She tried to tell me that she'd been pressured into doing it. But when I found out about the baby, I knew something had to be done to protect our family's reputation!\\
'''Carmen:''' So you beat her to death? I'm fairly certain that's not what Priya's parents had in mind when they asked you to keep an eye on her!\\
'''Vikram:''' I wouldn't expect you people to understand.\\
'''Carmen:''' The only thing I understand is that you're going to prison for a long time! You're under arrest, Mr Joshi!
'''Peace and Dead Quiet'''
->'''Carmen:''' Tashi, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Lam Ugyen!\\
'''Tashi:''' What?! I would never do my biggest benefactor any harm!\\
'''Carmen:''' The hiking boots you wear say otherwise, Tashi!\\
'''Tashi:''' Haven't you noticed I live on the edge of a cliff? What other shoes could I possibly wear up here?\\
'''Carmen:''' Well, you don't have to wear a turquoise bead around your neck to live up here...\\
'''Tashi:''' Turquoise bead? Haven't you seen the bead on the Guru guy? He wears one, too!\\
'''Carmen:''' Ah, but Om Padmasana never left Ayurvedic scar treatment all over the handle of the murder weapon! I don't get it, Tashi... You were almost done with your three-year trial, why kill Lam Ugyen right before you could marry Deki?\\
'''Tashi:''' Because he would never have let me marry Deki. He had taken her as his own wife!\\
'''Carmen:''' Whoa! Lam Ugyen turned his adopted daughter into his wife?! So that's what Deki meant by "wifely duties"!\\
'''Tashi:''' Once I overheard him talking to Deki not like a father but like a dirty old man! But I could hear in her voice that she didn't like his words. When I heard the way he talked to her, I knew I had to save her from him by any means necessary!\\
'''Carmen:''' I understand how shocking that discovery must have been, but chopping him up was not the best way to deal with it... You're under arrest!
'''Insides Out'''
->'''Jack:''' Warren Goodfellow?! You're the one who killed Sandeep? But... I thought for sure it was the Guru, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Warren:''' What are you talking about, <Rank> <Name>? How could you think I'd kill anyone? I'm one of the good guys.\\
'''Jack:''' That's what you'd like us to think, but what kind of "Goodfellow" rips apart an innocent man and lets their dog play fetch with the bones?!\\
'''Warren:''' That's horrible! I'd never do such a thing! I'm a man of compassionate intentions. I work for an NGO after all!\\
'''Jack:''' You may be wearing that white khata for your "compassion", but we found it all over the victim's drum of death!\\
'''Warren:''' I'm offended you'd accuse me! I wasn't even here when it happened!\\
'''Jack:''' We'd almost believe you... if we hadn't found your DNA all over the ritual dagger you used to gut Sandeep to death! Just admit it, Warren! <Rank> <Name>'s got you cornered!\\
'''Warren:''' Admit what? That I murdered that ridiculous little man? Fine, you got me, <Rank> <Name>, I killed Sandeep! Sandeep served his purpose and then had to go. He might've been spared if he hadn't been so careless!\\
'''Jack:''' And what purpose is that, Warren? The purpose of murdering innocent, harmless men for your own satisfaction? Or is there something else we should know?\\
'''Warren:''' The purpose of framing that foolish Guru, is what. I set him up and you bought it whole! That poor guy had no idea what was happening!\\
'''Jack:''' You were framing the Guru? For Sandeep's murder? That's why all the evidence was pointing to him!\\
'''Warren:''' You almost made it too easy. You also believed the Guru was the one behind O.M. MediLab...\\
'''Jack:''' What?! The Guru's not behind O.M. MediLab?! Well... who is?\\
'''Warren:''' Wouldn't you like to know, <Rank> <Name>... You think you're so clever. We've been one step ahead of you this whole time.\\
'''Jack:''' We? Who's "we"?\\
'''Warren:''' If you think I'm going to tell you, you've got another thing coming to you! You'll have to figure that our yourself, <Rank> <Name>!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''East Asia''']]
'''The Killer in the Rice'''
->'''Carmen:''' Mei, you're under arrest for Guo Han's murder! But... I don't understand why you did it! We thought he was your friend!\\
'''Mei:''' I liked Han, <Rank> <Name>. I didn't want to hurt him.\\
'''Carmen:''' But then... what happened? We know you pushed Han to take part in your pranks... Did one of your games go wrong?\\
'''Mei:''' I gave Han opportunities to prove himself! I wanted Han to be stronger, so he'd survive!\\
'''Carmen:''' Survive? How was Han supposed to survive getting his throat slashed? <Rank> <Name> found your blood on the murder weapon! Or were you too drunk on baijiu to remember?\\
'''Mei:''' The weak die, <Rank> <Name>. It's nature's way.\\
'''Carmen:''' "The weak die"? What on earth does that mean? You killed Han because he was weak?\\
'''Mei:''' I killed him because the fate of the weak is to die at the hands of the strong, <Rank> <Name>.\\
'''Carmen:''' Mei, I... I don't understand why you're acting like this! You've just admitted killing Han, so why can't you tell us WHY you did it?\\
'''Mei:''' I already told you, <Rank> <Name>. Han wasn't strong enough!\\
'''Carmen:''' Han was your friend, Mei! You know what you did was wrong, or you wouldn't have scribbled your confession on the bird feeder! I can't believe you don't have any feelings about this!\\
'''Mei:''' Everything is futile, <Rank> <Name>. The weak die. It's nature's way.\\
'''Carmen:''' Alright, Mei. I think you need help more than you need a prison sentence. But we can't help you if you refuse to engage with us. Our duty is to act on the evidence, and it clearly points to you. You're under arrest for Han's murder.
'''Dead in the Water'''
->'''Jack:''' Ellen Morowitz, you're under arrest for the murder of Li Jun!\\
'''Ellen:''' What? Me? I may have an artistic temperament, but that doesn't make me a killer!\\
'''Jack:''' And yet <Rank> <Name> found your bruise ointment stained with the victim's blood!\\
'''Ellen:''' You can't prove that it was mine! Lots of people get bruises!\\
'''Jack:''' We also found the victim's necklace with red fibers from your scarf stuck in it!\\
'''Ellen:''' Wearing red silk is very common in China! You've got nothing on me!\\
'''Jack:''' We've got the murder weapon with your germs all over it, Ms Morowitz! The game is up!\\
'''Ellen:''' You- you just kept digging and digging until you found me, didn't you, <Rank> <Name>? Who asked you to do that?! Yes, I killed Li Jun! And I don't regret it! She ruined my life first! That woman refused my application to adopt a baby!\\
'''Jack:''' What? You told us that you changed your mind and didn't want to adopt anymore!\\
'''Ellen:''' I lied! The truth is that Li Jun denied my last chance to adopt. The bureaucratic process lasted for years, and then she refused me because she didn't think my artistic lifestyle was stable enough! I would've made a great mother! I longed for a child! I had the money, the willingness, everything! But it wasn't enough. I never had children, and it was that woman's fault! I hated her. Oh yes, I hated her, for years, and then what should happen but us meeting here, by chance! She just waltzed in here - and she didn't even recognize me! Can you believe it? This Li Jun wrecked my life and she didn't even remember me! I just couldn't take it. I snapped.\\
'''Jack:''' So you hit her over the head with a jade vase and then dumped her body in the river... Those actions don't speak highly of your moral character, Ms Morowitz! And nothing in your story changes the fact that you killed a human being! You're under arrest!
'''A Twist of Fate'''
->'''Jack:''' Fang Di Yun, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Fang Cheng. Why would you kill your own husband?\\
'''Yun (smirking):''' Why indeed? Cheng was my only source of income!\\
'''Jack:''' Then why did <Rank> <Name> find part of your Tai Chi fan in the box of cigars used to poison him?\\
'''Yun:''' You're in China, <Rank> <Name>. Everybody practices Tai Chi!\\
'''Jack:''' Come on, Yun. What about the fact your dragon brooch was caught on film at the scene of the crime?\\
'''Yun (sweating):''' The dragon is a good luck symbol in Chinese culture - you can buy those brooches anywhere!\\
'''Jack (fist clenched angrily):''' Quit lying! We also found your tooth which Cheng knocked out when he tried to fight you off! Why'd you do it, Yun? Did he stop bankrolling your shopping trips?\\
'''Yun:''' You don't understand anything, <Rank> <Name>. I did it for the children! When Cheng and I first set up the gang, all I cared about was the money. I told myself that the kids benefitted as much as we did - that giving them food and shelter made up for the stealing. I mean, it wasn't so long ago that Cheng and I were children ourselves, doing everything we could to survive. I know how hard it is to grow up on the streets, <Rank> <Name>. But as the years went by, Cheng became increasingly brutal with the kids when they displeased him. When I learned what he'd done to Bai Bai... How he'd nearly beat him to death... I couldn't take it! I had to protect the children - even if it meant killing my husband!\\
'''Jack:''' I understand wanting to protect the kids, but two wrongs never make a right, Yun. You're under arrest for the murder of Fang Cheng!
'''Oh! Crazy Kill!'''
->'''Carmen:''' Kang Dong-yun, you're under arrest for the murder of television producer Gwak Sung-ho!\\
'''Kang:''' WHAT?! That's insane! Why would I kill the man who made my perfect life possible?\\
'''Carmen:''' Knock it off, Kang. We know the killer sings karaoke and that's where we first met you! Not long after the murder!\\
'''Kang:''' Is that supposed to scare me?! Do you know how many people sing karaoke in this town? By the way, you're in Korea, so the word for karaoke is "noraebang." You might want to jot that down.\\
'''Carmen:''' Believe me, Kang, with us, the best defense is not an offense! We know it was a man who killed Gwak and you had the perfect opportunity!\\
'''Kang:''' What about that K-pop cretin, SILVERee? Gwak exposed him as a lip-syncher! I was right there when it happened! SILVERee was furious!\\
'''Carmen:''' Yes, but SILVERee doesn't wear glasses, Kang. So he couldn't have left glasses cleaner on the murder weapon! You did!\\
'''Kang:''' I can't believe you got me! I DID kill Gwak Sung-ho! But I didn't have a choice!\\
'''Carmen:''' There is always a choice, Kang. Most people never resort to murder!\\
'''Kang:''' But you don't get it! He wanted me to leave the show and, at first, I was OK with that. But I couldn't get any movie roles at all! Do you know how much gambling debt I have from playing hwatu? The thugs I owed were going to kill me!\\
'''Carmen:''' But how did Gwak Sung-ho fit into your gambling debt story, Kang?\\
'''Kang:''' Gwak Sung-ho wasn't just the producer of "Oh! Crazy Kids!" He also produced an exposé show and the latest episode delved into hwatu gambling... What he uncovered about the thugs running hwatu gambling got too close to the truth. They said I would have all my debt erased if I erased Gwak. But I had to leave a hwatu card in his mouth to prove that I killed him...\\
'''Carmen:''' Well, you erased your debt, but we're taking you straight to jail, Kang. You're under arrest!
'''A Death Wish'''
->'''Jack:''' Emily Wallace, you're under arrest for the murder of Yuto Watanabe! But... why did you do it?\\
'''Emily:''' <Rank> <Name>, you've got the wrong person. I had nothing to do with Yuto's death!\\
'''Jack:''' I'd like to believe you, but we found one of your origami cranes stuffed in his pocket! Looks like all those origami classes paid off... in murder!\\
'''Emily (putting down files):''' Nonsense, <Rank> <Name>! Yuto was my fiancé's uncle. He was like family. I valued his time.\\
'''Jack:''' You mean like the time you drank sake together... before you shot him?!\\
'''Emily:''' I'm just an English teacher. I don't have any claims to power, money or glory. You don't have a motive...\\
'''Jack:''' But we do have your power crystal bracelet... and the yellow fibers on your revenge keychain! You must've known that being a yakuza was a dangerous lifestyle. Why blame Yuto for your fiancé's choices?\\
'''Emily:''' Yes, I knew that being a yakuza meant he could die at any time... but I didn't think his own uncle would kill him!\\
'''Jack:''' What?! Yuto killed his own nephew?!\\
'''Emily:''' After Shiro and I met, he decided to leave the yakuza, but Yuto didn't approve. Shiro left anyway... taking a lot of his uncle's money in the process. On our wedding day, Yuto stormed in with his goons and assassinated Shiro before my very eyes... before we could even say "I do!" And then... Yuto turned his gun on me!\\
'''Jack:''' Yuto tried to kill you too?!\\
'''Emily:''' He left me for dead next to the corpse of my fiancé. I swore if I made it through, I'd spend every waking moment planning my retaliation! I plotted my revenge. Slowly. Patiently. One crane after another. Waiting for the right time to strike! You should've seen the look on Yuto's face when he saw my gun, Shiro's old gun... justice was being served! He tried to commit seppuku, but there was no way I was letting him do it! He needed to die by MY hands!\\
'''Jack:''' Wow... that's one heck of a story... What Yuto did was cruel, but it doesn't give you just cause to take someone's life. I'm sorry but, Ms Wallace, you're under arrest.
'''The Murder Games'''
->'''Carmen:''' Obaasan! I can't believe I'm saying this, but you're under arrest for the murder of Tsukada Hiroshi.\\
'''Obaasan:''' I don't know what you're talking about, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Carmen:''' We should've known when <Rank> <Name> found the photo of your schoolmates. Did you kill them too? Is that why you crossed out their faces?\\
'''Obaasan:''' I have never hurt anyone, let alone little Hiroshi! Please, <Rank> <Name>. You must be mistaken!\\
'''Carmen:''' You pretended to be a grandmother to these children! Then you brainwashed them with SOMBRA's mantra, "the weak die"! How could you do this?\\
'''Obaasan:''' They were orphans with nowhere to go! I looked after them! I gave them values to live by: to contribute, to be useful! The way I grew up, before the war! These days only the yakuza know what loyalty and honor means! <Rank> <Name>, SOMBRA gives these children the best future they can hope for!\\
'''Carmen:''' Honor? Future? You killed them if you thought they weren't strong enough! That's why you wrote "I killed the weakling, Hiroshi" on your Daruma doll!\\
'''Obaasan:''' SOMBRA has no place for weaklings. Hiroshi didn't want to be part of SOMBRA's hunt. He was weak.\\
'''Carmen:''' And so you shot him? Hiroshi was just a child! Why is SOMBRA doing this, Obaasan? Why is SOMBRA brainwashing these children? It can't be just to kill them!\\
'''Obaasan:''' I won't tell you anything, <Rank> <Name>. SOMBRA didn't leave me in charge of this operation for me to crack under pressure.\\
'''Carmen:''' You say Hiroshi was weak, but he stood up to you, one kid, lost and alone... and you shot him in the back? What does that make you? You think about that in prison.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Oceania''']]
'''Death Match'''
->'''Jack:''' Chon Sansurin, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Thanid Tongproh!\\
'''Chon:''' Me, killing a champion Thai boxer? The odds of me being able to overpower a trained fighter are... a million to one!\\
'''Jack:''' Except you said it yourself, you stay in shape... and Thanid had been drinking at the time of his death. So you could have easily taken him by surprise!\\
'''Chon:''' Yeah, okay. But that brings it down to... a thousand to one? That's still unlikely, krup!\\
'''Jack:''' The game's up! We found traces of your lemongrass on the murder weapon and your loyalty card!\\
'''Chon:''' That's honestly all you've got? Who doesn't eat lemongrass in Bangkok? But it narrows the odds... it's a hundred to one I'm your murderer!\\
'''Jack:''' You can keep on lying, but cameras don't! We've got footage of you at the murder scene, your glasses gave you away! What do you have to say about that?!\\
'''Chon:''' Erm, well... that's... Alright, <Rank> <Name>, I can't argue with those odds! I did murder Thanid, but it was his own fault. He broke our agreement!\\
'''Jack:''' Agreement?! What are you talking about?\\
'''Chon:''' Thanid and I made a deal that he'd deliberately lose the fight. I'd bet a fortune and give him a cut! But when I went to the stadium before the fight to confirm the details, Thanid had changed his mind! He refused to throw the fight! I needed that fight to be canceled. I would have lost everything!\\
'''Jack:''' You killed a man just to avoid losing money on a bet?! Betting on fights is one thing, but organizing shady deals and gambling with people's lives is another! You're under arrest for the murder of Thanid Tongproh!
'''A Stab in the Dark'''
->'''Carmen:''' Anbu Devanesan, you're under arrest for the murder of Constance Tan!\\
'''Anbu:''' You think I killed the love of my life?!\\
'''Carmen:''' Whether you loved her or not, you left durian fruit stains on her corpse!\\
'''Anbu:''' I can't believe you're accusing me just because of something everyone here eats...\\
'''Carmen:''' We wouldn't have thought of you had we not found the sheath for your parang covered in your blood!\\
'''Anbu:''' I don't understand. I've never owned a parang.\\
'''Carmen:''' Your act is convincing, I'll give you that. But it's time to drop the mask. We know you're SOMBRA! <Rank> <Name> found your encrypted device!\\
'''Anbu:''' Device, what device?\\
(Elliot Clayton enters the room.)\\
'''Elliot:''' This device! <Name>, I've finally encrypted it! And there was a lot of information on it... about Mr Devanesan here! His main business in Singapore is laundering SOMBRA's money!\\
'''Anbu:''' No! How did you hack into that device? That encryption should've been unbreakable!\\
'''Carmen:''' So you were laundering money for SOMBRA! And I bet Constance found out! She told you she knew... And you killed her!\\
'''Anbu:''' Constance didn't know everything, but she learned I was doing something financially shady... and she stumbled onto the word "SOMBRA" without realizing what it meant. It was my own fault, really. I liked Constance too much, and let her get too close. She found my data device and stole it, hoping to expose me. I later took it off of her corpse. I tried to hide the evidence at the pool, but someone saw me... so I pretended to be suicidal. You even believed me! So touching! You thought the best of me, just like Constance did, for so long. Of course, as soon as Constance learned even the word "SOMBRA," I had to kill her. I was genuinely sad, by the way.\\
'''Elliot:''' Wow, you're one disgusting human being! <Name>, can I do this just once? Anbu Devanesan, you're under arrest for-\\
(Anbu pulls out a gun)\\
'''Anbu:''' I'm sorry, did everyone think I'd come quietly after <Rank> <Name> blew my cover?\\
'''Elliot:''' H-how did you get that gun into-\\
(Anbu takes Elliot hostage.)\\
'''Anbu:''' I'm getting out of here, kid! And you're coming with me!\\
'''Carmen:''' Drop your weapon!\\
'''Anbu:''' Make one wrong move, and I'll shoot him right in his clever little head. But he might live if I leave here unharmed... though I'll take him along as insurance, of course. May we never meet again, <Rank> <Name>!\\
(Anbu and Elliot leave.)\\
'''Carmen:''' Elliot! No!!
'''The Sweet Escape'''
->'''Jack:''' Ms Salim, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for the murder of Riaja Somalinggi. Is this what SOMBRA does to kids who resist the brainwashing? Shoot them in the back?\\
'''Maya:''' It's like I told you, <Rank> <Name>. I'm just a psychologist - I assess the recruits, I don't kill them!\\
'''Jack:''' Then how come we found your jamu on Riaja's toy monkey? Did she drop it in the forest while she was running away from you? Is that how you tracked her down?\\
'''Maya:''' The health benefits of jamu are universally recognized in Indonesia - everybody takes it!\\
'''Jack:''' Cut it out! You left fibers from your batik print scarf on the speargun you used to shoot Riaja.\\
'''Maya:''' Batik is traditional clothing in Indonesia, a few fibers don't prove anything!\\
'''Jack:''' Give it up, Maya! We also found Riaja's ID bracelet which you hid after the murder - you left your DNA on it!\\
(Maya stands, speechless.)\\
'''Maya:''' Alright, I did it... I killed Riaja! But I didn't want to! We have directives to follow, <Rank> <Name>. Nobody is allowed to leave the camp before completing the next level of the program. And thanks to the cognitive retraining, nobody had ever tried before... So when Riaja made a run for it... I didn't know what to do! I chased her through the forest, but she wouldn't stop! We got to the beach and I saw the speargun... and I panicked! I shot her! I didn't mean to kill her, <Rank> <Name>! I just wanted to stop her from escaping! She never should've been transferred to the next level program in the first place! It was clear the cognitive retraining hadn't been fully taken!\\
'''Jack:''' You shot a young girl in the back just because she was trying to escape from an evil organization! You'd better start gathering all the information you have on SOMBRA if you want the judge to be lenient because you're under arrest for the murder of Riaja Somalinggi!
'''Speak, Friend, and Die'''
->'''Carmen:''' Jermaine Waaka, <Rank> <Name> is putting you under arrest for the murder of Jackson Peters!\\
'''Jermaine:''' Me? Murder him> Oh, I get it! Pick the Maori guy who plays rugby! He's the violent type! Well, I'll have you know rugby players are gentleman!\\
'''Carmen:''' When all the evidence points to you, we can't just ignore it! You left your seafood allergy medicine at the scene of the murder, Jermaine.\\
'''Jermaine:''' I'm hardly the only person in New Zealand with that problem, am I? That's why I started the bloody awareness campaign!\\
'''Carmen:''' Yes, but not every person with that allergy goes spelunking, do they? You left bioluminescence from glow worms on that allergy medicine.\\
'''Jermaine:''' People come to New Zealand from all around the world to go spelunking!\\
'''Carmen:''' But you left your special tattoo-protecting sunscreen all over the murder weapon!\\
'''Jermaine:''' I can't take anymore of this. Enough! I DID kill Jackson! But what choice did I have? He filmed me taking steroids!\\
'''Carmen:''' A rugby player taking steroids? That's a big no-no!\\
'''Jermaine:''' I know! And Jackson knew if anyone found out, I'd lose my rugby career, my sponsorships and advertising deals, the whole lot! Jackson was blackmailing me to stay in the film!\\
'''Carmen:''' So you decided to kill one of the most epic filmmakers in the world instead of reporting him?\\
'''Jermaine:''' How could I report him? If I'd told on him for blackmail, he'd have leaked the story about me using steroids and I would've lost everything!\\
'''Carmen:''' Well, turns out you're going to lose everything anyway, Mr Waaka. You're under arrest!
'''Six Feet Down Under'''
->'''Carmen:''' Veronica Salter, you're under arrest for the murder of Rufus Murlock! You shot him and then shot yourself in the arm?!\\
'''Veronica:''' I'm sorry, <Rank> <Name>, I don't know what you're talking about.\\
'''Carmen:''' Don't play coy with us. Do you think hiding the murder weapon at the bottom of the ocean would throw us off your scent?\\
'''Veronica:''' I don't have time for this. I've got to prepare Rufus' funeral arrangements.\\
'''Carmen:''' You almost got away with it too... it's unfortunate that you left behind some of your DNA on the shell casings.\\
'''Veronica:''' Murlock had many secrets. Some came back to haunt him. Some that required me killing him.\\
'''Carmen:''' I don't understand. It all seems extreme. Why would you murder your boss? What'd he do to you?\\
'''Veronica:''' This isn't about me. It's about the preservation of order and establishment of leadership. The weak must die.\\
'''Carmen:''' Order? Leadership? The weak die? We've should've known... you're SOMBRA!\\
''(Veronica removes her green contact lenses to reveal her enhanced yellow eyes.)''\\
'''Veronica:''' I am exactly what I need to be.\\
'''Carmen:''' Yellow eyes! Just like Baxter! You're one of SOMBRA's Next Level recruits!\\
'''Veronica:''' I've been here for months waiting for SOMBRA to give me my commands. I did exactly what I was ordered to do.\\
'''Carmen:''' But why did SOMBRA want Rufus dead? We know it's about the shipwreck! Tell us!\\
'''Veronica:''' It's about more than that wreck! You can't see the big picture.\\
'''Carmen:''' Big picture?! What is SOMBRA planning?\\
'''Veronica:''' <Rank> <Name>, the time for questions is over. You can arrest me now.\\
'''Carmen:''' Alright, if that's how you want to play it... you're under arrest for the murder of Rufus Murlock!
'''Out of the Blue'''
->'''Jack:''' [=LeBeau=]! It was you! <Rank> <Name>'s arresting you for the murder of Professor Metcalf!\\
'''Brice:''' Inspecteur <Name>, I don't understand a word of zis!\\
'''Jack:''' You can drop the act, [=LeBeau=]! Your cigarette on the crime scene was as good as a smoking gun... you killed Metcalf just minutes before we arrived! I must admit, I admire your calm!\\
'''Brice:''' Inspecteur <Name>, why would you say zhat? Did you get hit by one of those fiery balls falling from ze sky?\\
'''Jack:''' You knew about SOMBRA's secret facilities all along! Are you SOMBRA, too? Or did they pay you to silence Metcalf?\\
'''Brice:''' Inspecteur <Name>, what are you talking about? And what is SOMBRA? I don't understand!\\
'''Jack:''' You're lying! You came to the island, overpowered Metcalf with Krav Maga, grabbed his syringe and stabbed him with it! Then you sent a Morse message, trying to escape! We know everything, except why you did it!\\
'''Brice:''' Alright, zat's enough! I did kill zat man, but it was self-defense! He tried to stab me wiz a syringe!\\
'''Jack:''' What? It was Metcalf who attacked YOU? But why?\\
'''Brice:''' Don't ask me, Inspecteur <Name>! I told you, I didn't even know him!\\ As soon as ze blue man saw me on ze beach, he ran at me, yelling like crazy, that I wanted to kill him! I said non, monsieur, pas du tout, I'm just here to dive!\\
'''Brice:''' But he wouldn't calm down, he kept trying to stab me! I had to defend myself! What was I supposed to do? He was blue! And angry!\\
'''Jack:''' So... you don't work for SOMBRA at all? You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Talk about irony, <Name>... with all these people wanting him dead, it turns out Metcalf's murder was a stupid accident!\\
''(The ground starts shaking.)''\\
'''Brice:''' I told you, Inspecteur <Name>, I'm just a treasure hunter! It was self-defense, I swear!\\
'''Jack:''' Great... the ground's shaking again! LeBeau, self-defense or not, you're coming back to the boat with us! You're under arrest!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Africa''']]
'''Crash and Burn'''
->'''Carmen:''' Aristide Akintola, you're under arrest for the murder of Jakobo Nkosi!\\
'''Aristide:''' That's crazy! I held a grudge against Jakobo, but I wouldn't kill him over that!\\
'''Carmen:''' Then how come we found hair from your beard on Jakobo's blood-stained passport?\\
'''Aristide:''' I bet you can't make a DNA match on those, you can't prove they're mine!\\
'''Carmen:''' Don't pretend you weren't there, Artistide! You sneezed grass pollen on the victim... your hay fever gave you away!\\
'''Aristide:''' Nonsense! I wasn't anywhere near your crash site. Don't you think I would've helped you if I was?\\
'''Carmen:''' Help us? You tried to kill us! We know you're a sharp-shooter, <Rank> <Name> found your rifle magazine, and you took shots at us!\\
'''Aristide:''' Alright! A good soldier knows when the fight is over. I did kill Jakobo! My only mistake was killing him before I got to you!\\
'''Carmen:''' What? Are you saying you intended to kill us... even before we got on your trail?!\\
'''Aristide:''' Yes, but I saw that backstabbing scoundrel first, running towards town. My anger got the better of me and couldn't resist taking him out on his way back to the plane!\\
'''Carmen:''' That makes no sense, Aristide. How did you know we'd even be here? Our plane crashed!\\
'''Aristide:''' It's of no consequence now, I'm just glad the mongrel is dead. I've got nothing else to say!\\
'''Carmen:''' You may want to re-think your silence when you're in front of the judge. You're under arrest for the murder of Jakobo Nkosi!
'''The Circle of Death'''
->'''Jack:''' Nyota Adhiambo, you're under arrest for the murder of Kariuki Mania!\\
'''Nyota:''' I've got better things to do than listen to this.\\
'''Jack:''' If you didn't want <Rank> <Name> to track you down, you shouldn't have left nyama choma stains on the bow with which you shot your victim!\\
'''Nyota:''' Who says it was me who left them there?\\
'''Jack:''' The evidence does! You've got an excellent knowledge of plants- something that helped you cook up the poison you used on the arrow!\\
'''Nyota:''' I don't know what poison you mean.\\
'''Jack:''' Funny you say that, given that we've found the bowl you mixed the poison in! Just so you know, you left traces of your scar ointment on it!\\
'''Nyota:''' You've really found everything, haven't you, <Rank> <Name>? You beat me fair and square. Yes, I killed Kariuki. And I don't regret it, either! You know that Kariuki and I dated, <Rank> <Name>. But the truth is, I really loved him, the idiot that I was. And he used me for my knowledge about elephants! I told him everything I knew! Elephants' migration habits, their weaknesses... everything! And then I learned that he used it to kill them for their ivory! My life is devoted to protecting animals, and Kariuki made me an unwitting accessory to his crimes against them! After I realized that, learning that I was also the other woman in his marriage didn't even matter. I took justice into my own hands. Elephants around here are killed with poisoned arrows, so I used the same method to execute Kariuki. It served him right!\\
'''Jack:''' But that's where you went wrong! It's true Kariuki was guilty of serious crimes, but it wasn't for you to decide his means of punishment! And because you crossed that line, you're now under arrest for murder!
'''Kicking the Bucket'''
->'''Jack:''' Kwanele Mthembu, you're under arrest for the murder of Kayla Pieterse.\\
'''Jack:''' Why'd you do it? Because you resented her new life?\\
'''Kwanele:''' Don't be ridiculous, <Rank> <Name>. Things might not have worked out between us, but I would've never hurt Kayla!\\
'''Jack:''' Then how come we found the note you wrote in Afrikaans, luring Kayla to the village so you could kill her?\\
'''Kwanele:''' Afrikaans is the third most spoken language in South Africa! Anyone could've written that note!\\
'''Jack:''' What about the traces of your melktert <Rank> <Name> found on the yacht rope you used to tie Kayla up?\\
'''Kwanele:''' Who doesn't enjoy melktert? And besides, I've only been yachting a handful of times!\\
'''Jack:''' Cut it out, Kwanele. We found your blood on Kayla's scarf!\\
'''Kwanele:''' Alright, I admit it! I killed Kayla! But it wasn't because I resented her new lifestyle... It was because I wanted to join SOMBRA!\\
'''Jack:''' What?! You know about SOMBRA?! So you DID know about Kayla's secret life!\\
'''Kwanele:''' After I returned her key, Kayla explained all about her double life. All those last minute "work trips" she went on were actually missions for some super-secret organization called SOMBRA! And this SOMBRA even genetically enhanced her to be super-intelligent! Naturally, I wanted in! I mean, who doesn't dream of being a super-soldier? So I decided to show some initiative. SOMBRA believes "the weak die," <Rank> <Name>... So what better way to impress them than by outsmarting one of their most intelligent recruits... And completing her mission!\\
'''Jack:''' So it was YOU who shot at Prince Abioye!\\
'''Kwanele:''' Yes, and it would've been my ticket into SOMBRA if that stupid bodyguard hadn't got in the way!\\
'''Jack:''' The only place you'll be getting a ticket into is jail, Kwanele! You're under arrest for the murder of Kayla Pieterse!
'''Diamond in the Rough'''
->'''Carmen:''' Olivier Feraud, you're under arrest for the murder of Jude Connelly!\\
'''Olivier:''' What?! How could you think I was capable of doing such a thing?!\\
'''Carmen:''' I don't know, Olivier. How could you snack on fried caterpillars while brutally murdering your colleague?\\
'''Olivier:''' It's only the most popular snack around here, so I don't know how that connects me to Jude's murder...\\
'''Carmen:''' Oh you don't, huh? Even though you got covered in diamond dust when you murdered him?\\
'''Olivier:''' If that's all it takes to convict someone of murder, then you might as well arrest all the workers at the mine!\\
'''Carmen:''' But very few of those workers have your fetching little sunburn, Feraud. Or would have access to your fancy after-sun treatment!\\
'''Olivier:''' Alright! I did it! I killed Jude! But it was me or him! I had to kill him! It was self-defense!\\
'''Carmen:''' Man versus Giant Drilling Equipment doesn't sound like a fair fight to me, Olivier...\\
'''Olivier:''' Jude wanted me dead! I swear! After I snapped that photo at the mine... he said he'd kill me! Last night, we went to the mine, supposedly to do more research for the smuggling book, but Jude attacked me! So I blew dust in his eyes then ran to the machine and started it... He was staggering around blindly when the tip of the drill ripped through his shirt... then his skin... I have taken photos of some horrible things in my career, but that... I had no idea that... I just wanted to protect myself, but I ended up juicing him!\\
'''Carmen:''' That's enough, Feraud! You've told us everything we need to know. You're under arrest!
'''Going the Distance'''
->'''Carmen:''' Lavinia De Brills! You're under arrest for the murder of Nomena Leroy!\\
'''Lavinia:''' I am quite sure I don't have a clue what you're talking about.\\
'''Carmen:''' The message you sent to Nomena: "Do what you're told!" That wasn't about the race, it was about the diamonds Nomena was smuggling for you!\\
'''Lavinia:''' What a marvelous imagination you have, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Carmen:''' So what happened, did Nomena want a bigger cut? She needed to go, but it had to look like an accident! That's why you planted the snake in her toolbox!\\
'''Lavinia:''' Toolbox, <Rank> <Name>? Do I look like a handyman to you?\\
'''Carmen:''' But I'm guessing you hadn't counted on Nomena stealing some of the diamonds for herself! Or us finding diamonds at the crime scene!\\
'''Carmen:''' Is that why you were carrying your derringer around? Were you afraid SOMBRA may come after you for your carelessness?\\
'''Lavinia:''' I don't need a gun for protection! I'm Lavinia De Brills, heiress of De Brills Diamonds! SOMBRA wouldn't dare touch me! I killed that stupid little girl for having the gall to blackmail me. She threatened to talk if I didn't give her her own rally team! What tiny dreams these peasants harbor.\\
'''Carmen:''' So you WERE smuggling diamonds for SOMBRA! How long has this been going on?\\
'''Lavinia:''' I've been smuggling my diamonds illegally for years. To avoid taxes, for extra profit, anything to keep me from total boredom. But then SOMBRA asked me to move a massive shipment for them!\\
'''Carmen:''' So where is the rest of the shipment? If you tell <Rank> <Name> where the diamonds are, it might go easier for you!\\
'''Lavinia:''' Give up my diamonds? You've got to be out of your mind! Now, be a good little doggie and fetch me my phone call.\\
'''Carmen:''' You can call your lawyer, but your days of ordering people around are over! You're under arrest!
'''In Plain Sight'''
->'''Michelle:''' Angela Douglas, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for killing Lavinia and betraying the Bureau!\\
'''Angela:''' <Name>, are you serious? Surely you don't think I'm the mole!\\
'''Michelle:''' You really thought silencing Lavinia would throw <Rank> <Name> off your trail?\\
'''Angela:''' This is absurd! My autopsies helped you every single case, <Name>! I provided evidence against SOMBRA everywhere we went! How could I be the mole?\\
'''Michelle:''' You played your role convincingly! You even had the nerve to admit that you took painkillers, after highlighting it in your autopsy report as evidence! You tried every trick, from using Jack's gun to blaming Sanjay for stealing your wedding ring! But you couldn't fool <Name>!\\
'''Angela:''' <Name>, you're out of your mind! I have a family, Lars, my daughters... How could I be SOMBRA?\\
'''Michelle:''' You forget I worked for SOMBRA, too! I know how you tell yourself that it's just work... Except you chose to commit murder, frame your teammates... and hire a hitman!\\
'''Angela:''' <Name>! I never wanted to hurt you! I hired Aristide out of desperation when I didn't know what else to do!\\
'''Michelle:''' So you admit it! You're the mole!\\
'''Angela:''' I admit it. I'm SOMBRA. I'd been SOMBRA since before I joined the Bureau. I got away with it for years, genuinely helping the Bureau, but keeping SOMBRA informed of your moves. Not even Lars suspected anything. But eventually, things started to unravel. When our plane crashed in Madagascar, I knew SOMBRA wanted me dead. They thought I was too loyal to the Bureau. Recruiting Lavinia was my last-ditch attempt to prove I'm worth more alive than dead. But now it's over, <Name>. You got me. I surrender.\\
'''Michelle:''' Angela Douglas, you're under arrest for murder. But you have a lot more to answer for! See you in court!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''South America''']]
'''Ice Rage'''
->'''Jack:''' Blair Carpenter, you're under arrest for the murder of Julia Lloyd!\\
'''Blair:''' Are you insane? What possible reason could I have to kill Julia?\\
'''Jack:''' Whatever your reasons, we know you murdered her. We found her blood on a packet of your beef jerky!\\
'''Blair:''' You mean that pocket you found on the scavenged ship, where everybody scavenges for supplies? Anyone could have opened that!\\
'''Jack:''' We know you attacked Julia, Mr Carpenter. We found fur from your jacket in the victim's wounds!\\
'''Blair:''' Fur... in the blood?... her blood... No, that's ridiculous! Everyone here is wearing fur. In case you hadn't noticed, it's freezing outside! You've been wearing fur since you got here!\\
'''Jack:''' It's over, Blair. We found your frostbite treatment cream on the victim's glove, which you took from her after you killed her!\\
'''Blair:''' Julia's glove... I did have Julia's glove. How did I get that? Her glove... I had her glove in my hand... And her blood on her hat... so much blood... there was blood everywhere!\\
'''Jack:''' Are you feeling alright, Mr Carpenter?\\
'''Marina:''' <Name>, could I have a word in private? I think I might know what's going on here.\\
Seconds later...\\
'''Jack:''' In case you hadn't noticed, Marina, <Name> was about to arrest Blair Carpenter... he was going to confess to the murder!\\
'''Marina:''' That's exactly why I'm here! <Name>, I believe Mr Carpenter is suffering from dissociative amnesia! It's a condition brought on by extreme stress, where people block memories from their minds to prevent further emotional trauma.\\
'''Jack:''' Whether Blair remembered killing Julia or not isn't the issue. That monster's going down for murder!\\
'''Marina:''' Even so, <Name>, I'd like to continue Blair's interrogation with you.\\
The interrogation continues...\\
'''Marina:''' Mr Carpenter, you remember being at the scene of the crime, where Julia was murdered. What else do you remember?\\
'''Blair:''' I... I remember the kayak paddle, I had it in my hands. And then I broke it in half!\\
'''Marina:''' Why did you break it?\\
'''Blair:''' Julia and I were talking... then arguing! I went to touch her hand but she pushed me away. That's when I broke the paddle and... And then I hit her! Oh God, I remember it now! I hit her over the head and she fell to the ground. Then I stabbed her with the paddle, over and over again!\\
'''Marina:''' Stay with me, Mr Carpenter. Now, tell me, why did you kill Julia?\\
'''Blair:''' I thought I'd found a kindred spirit. Julia was so innocent. It was so lonely here for both of us, I thought we shared something special! But when she rejected my advances... I couldn't bear it! The isolation, the desperate loneliness... the bleak, gray cold! In a fit of rage, I snapped! I couldn't go back to the loneliness, I couldn't! Mark my words, <Rank> <Name>! The South Pole is the real killer! It's harsh, unforgiving! Eventually, it gets us all!\\
'''Marina:''' Unfortunately, your inability to cope with this harsh and unforgiving environment has led you to commit murder. Mr Carpenter, you're under arrest for the murder of Julia Lloyd!
'''Murder, He Wrote'''
->'''Michelle:''' Lorena Pratx, you're under arrest for the brutal murder of Ernesto Cárpena!\\
'''Lorena:''' M-me? <Rank> <Name>, oh no! I'm not at all the murderous type!\\
'''Michelle:''' Yes, you're the Borges-reading type! We found the quote you left at the library!\\
'''Lorena:''' Borges's books are very popular...\\
'''Michelle:''' I'm sure smoking is also popular, but torturing people with burning cigarettes isn't!\\
'''Lorena:''' You- you think I tortured Señor Cárpena?\\
'''Michelle:''' Drop the act! We found your blood on the book you used to knock Cárpena out!\\
(Lorena puts down her books and takes off her glasses, defeated.)\\
'''Lorena:''' So you know everything, <Rank> <Name>. I guess my harmless librarian disguise didn't fool you. It was Cárpena's own fault that I had to kill him! He wouldn't stop digging into the "treasure"... and so he crossed SOMBRA!\\
'''Michelle:''' So you knew the cache on the mountain was SOMBRA's! You must be one of their agents!\\
'''Lorena:''' So what? I'm not ashamed. SOMBRA is the future of this world. It's you who's living in the past.\\
'''Michelle:''' Apparently, you cared about the past enough to kill a man over it!\\
'''Lorena:''' I knew a SOMBRA cell hid a documents cache near here decades ago. But I didn't know where! When Cárpena stumbled upon its trail, I realized what he must've found... And I tried to stop him from searching, or at least delay him so I might find the hidden documents first, but he wouldn't quit! It was so troublesome. In the end, I had to torture Cárpena to discover what he knew and whom he'd told. Good timing, too. He'd started suspecting the "treasure" wasn't the gold he'd hoped to find.\\
'''Michelle:''' Do you even hear yourself?! I'll never understand how SOMBRA manages to train human feelings out of their agents!\\
'''Lorena:''' Feelings wouldn't have helped me do my job. Using what I learned from Cárpena, I tracked the documents down... and now they're safe from everyone.\\
'''Michelle:''' Safe where? What did you do with them?\\
'''Lorena:''' No comment, <Rank> <Name>.\\
'''Michelle:''' Well, here's one comment for you: you're under arrest!
'''Shadow Nation'''
->'''Carmen:''' Ms Silva, you're under arrest for Adolfo Herrera's murder. Why'd you do it? Because you wanted his job?\\
'''Valentina:''' I didn't kill Herrera, <Rank> <Name>. I told you - I was plotting a coup, not a murder!\\
'''Carmen:''' Then how come <Rank> <Name> found traces of your Gabalium on the box of ammunition used to shoot him?\\
'''Valentina:''' Gabalium is mandatory for all citizens of working age. Anyone could've touched that ammunition!\\
'''Carmen:''' Then what about that threat you wrote on the constitution, telling Herrera he'd "die first"?\\
'''Valentina:''' Somebody defaced the constitution?! That... That counts as treason under article 342-\\
'''Carmen:''' Cut it out, Valentina! We found your DNA on the canteen you drank from after you shot Herrera from the surveillance post! A shot which only somebody with military training, like yourself, could've pulled off!\\
'''Valentina:''' Alright, I did it! I killed Herrera! But not for the reason you think! The truth is, I don't believe in the regime anymore. I used to think that we were making the country stronger... That the ends justified the means. I never understood why the old and weak complained they were pushed to the side... That we didn't allocate enough resources to them. The young generations prospered thanks to the elderly's sacrifice. I thought they should've felt honored to be contributing to Luzaguay's greatness! But then my own parents started getting old, and my mother got sick. I went to every doctor in the city, trying to find medication for her. But they all told me that rules were rules, and they couldn't make an exception for my mother because it'd be a waste of resources! I watched her suffer and die, <Rank> <Name>! All because our President decided that her life wasn't worth saving! Killing Herrera might've been wrong, but it would've allowed me to save countless lives once I became President!\\
'''Carmen:''' I wouldn't be so sure. We suspect Herrera's extreme policies came from an outside source. If you're withholding any information about SOMBRA, now is the time to share it if you want a lenient sentence.\\
'''Valentina:''' I'm sorry, <Rank> <Name>, but I was telling the truth when I said I hadn't heard of this SOMBRA!\\
'''Carmen:''' We're sorry for your loss, Valentina. But nothing justifies murder. You're under arrest for killing Adolfo Herrera!
'''Total Eclipse of the Heart'''
->'''Jack:''' Claudio Aguirre, you're under arrest for the murder of Zoila Huanca!\\
'''Claudio:''' How could you ever think such a thing? I loved her!\\
'''Jack:''' You've got a funny way of showing it. We found the target on which you practiced your throwing. It's stained with squished cochineal bugs, just like your poncho!\\
'''Claudio:''' These bugs are everywhere in Peru... There are whole farms for them...\\
'''Jack:''' Please... We can prove you threw that Tumi at the victim, just from the angle at which it hit her!\\
'''Claudio:''' A Tumi! Where on earth would I get an ancient artifact like that?\\
'''Jack:''' From the case on which you left the ointment for all the scratches you have!\\
'''Claudio:''' ...... ENOUGH!!! Listen to me very carefully... I did kill Zoila Huanca. She was in my way.\\
'''Jack:''' In your way to do what?\\
(Claudio's monkey jumps off his shoulder.)\\
'''Claudio:''' To do what? MUTINY, of course! I came here to exact the Wrath of God on Zoila Huanca and SOMBRA!\\
'''Jack:''' Wait a minute! You know about SOMBRA?!\\
'''Claudio:''' I used to work for them, but no more! I work for NO ONE! SOMBRA's ideas are not the way forward. But my ideas ARE! These fools! They recruited me, but little did they know... I am the ultimate conquistador! I will take over the world!\\
'''Jack:''' Maybe you should just take a chill pill, Mr Wrath of God!\\
'''Claudio:''' My will makes the earth tremble! My thoughts make birds fall from the sky! I alone will remove man's order and replace it with my own laws!\\
'''Jack:''' I've heard enough of your nonsense! Your will involved killing Zoila Huanca, so you're under arrest and you're coming with us!'''
'''Cheaters Never Win'''
->'''Michelle:''' Mr Edson Caetano, you're under arrest for the murder of Oscar Rojas! It's a sad day for the Olympics when murder is necessary to win the gold.\\
'''Edson:''' <Rank> <Name>, I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't kill Oscar.\\
'''Michelle:''' The proof speaks for itself. We found a piece of your Olympic bib at the crime scene.\\
'''Edson (holding water bottle):''' This is the Olympics. There are many athletes here. That could belong to anyone.\\
'''Michelle:''' True, but would their bibs be covered in the same drug concoction you used to kill Oscar? We found your vial of ayahuasca!\\
'''Edson (putting bottle down):''' Drugs are bad! I would never use drugs to hurt anyone! And using ayahuasca incorrectly brings bad luck!\\
'''Michelle:''' And we know how important luck is to you. We found your broken talisman near Oscar's dead body!\\
'''Edson (holding back tears):''' I cannot lie anymore! The guilt is too much! I killed Oscar... but it was an accident!\\
'''Michelle:''' An accident? How does one accidentally shove a syringe in someone's neck?\\
'''Edson:''' Oscar was going to take the gold in all of our competitions. He was unbeatable. But he was cheating! I just wanted him out of the way... long enough for me to win... at least once.\\
'''Michelle:''' Killing him to win the gold isn't really in line with the Olympic spirit.\\
'''Edson:''' It wasn't like that. I was at the favela bar when some men approached me. They said they knew Oscar was cheating and wanted to help. The men said if I injected a small dose of ayahuasca into Oscar, he'd be too high to compete. I'd have a chance at winning. But when I injected the ayahuasca, I realized something was wrong. Oscar wasn't moving. He was dead!\\
'''Michelle:''' So you injected Oscar with a potent hallucinogenic that "some men" gave you?! Who are these men?\\
'''Edson (putting bottle down, crying):''' I don't know! I was under pressure! I just took what they gave me!\\
'''Michelle:''' I understand the Olympics put a lot of pressure on an athlete, but that doesn't excuse murder. Edson Caetano, you're under arrest for killing your competitor, Oscar Rojas!
'''The King's Shadow'''
->'''Carmen:''' Arsenio Castillo, <Rank> <Name> is arresting you for Michelle Zuria's murder! And before you try to deny it: we know everything! We've chased SOMBRA halfway through the world! <Rank> <Name> arrested many of your cronies! And now we've finally got YOU, "El Rey"!\\
'''Arsenio:''' Slow down, <Rank> <Name>! I'm an old man, I can't keep up. What is it you think I've done?\\
'''Carmen:''' After a lifetime of leading SOMBRA, your crimes would take too long to list! But you're finally going down for killing our agent!\\
'''Arsenio:''' Is it still about that woman? The one who was my lawyer? I told you, I didn't even remember her!\\
'''Carmen:''' You're lying! She was SOMBRA's lawyer before she joined the Bureau! That's how you recognized her when we arrived in Campanilla!\\
'''Arsenio:''' I told you, <Rank> <Name>... I was innocent back then... And I'm still innocent now!\\
'''Carmen:''' You got away with murder once, probably thanks to Michelle! But this time, you had <Rank> <Name> to reckon with! Letting the bell crush Michelle was a clever way to kill her! But it doesn't mean we can't prove you did it! We found your DNA on her necklace!\\
'''Arsenio:''' I'm impressed, <Rank> <Name>. Yes, I did kill Michelle myself. But there's no shame in going to jail for killing a Bureau agent. At my age, it's quite a feat!\\
'''Carmen:''' So you admit it! You killed Michelle because she became a Bureau agent, and led us to you!\\
'''Arsenio:''' She should never have been allowed to live after she betrayed us! And she had the audacity to bring you Bureau vermin to MY hometown! Of course, I recognized her in the tower! El Rey never forgets those who betray him! I laughed as the bell flattened the little traitor to a pancake! Leaving that book page in her pocket was probably my downfall. But at least others will learn from that traitor's fate. I don't care you caught me, <Rank> <Name>. This is a glorious end to my long career!\\
'''Carmen:''' Your reign is definitely over, "El Rey"! You're under arrest!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''North America''']]
'''Day of the Dead'''
->'''Jack:''' Madena Cuervo, you're under arrest for the murder of Cindy Hamilton!\\
'''Madena:''' Me, murder Ms Hamilton? That's absurd! I told you, I'm a peaceful protester!\\
'''Jack:''' I wouldn't call stringing someone up and beating them to death with an Aztec piñata bat peaceful! It must have taken a lot of rage.\\
'''Madena:''' I'm hearing a lot of speculation, <Rank> <Name>, but no proof that I did anything!\\
'''Jack:''' You can cut the act! We found your tequila soaked into the rope you used to tie up the victim!\\
'''Madena:''' Tequila? One of the most popular drinks in Mexico? That's hardly evidence!\\
'''Jack:''' We also found it on the cloth you used to clean your opal earrings!\\
'''Madena:''' I... <Rank> <Name>... if you start arresting everyone who's wearing opals, you'll be pretty busy!\\
'''Jack:''' What I don't get is you murdered her so brutally, and for what? Because you couldn't go on vacations with your daughter anymore?\\
'''Madena:''' What? No! I killed Cindy because I'd never be able to see my daughter at all! My daughter was born in America... she lives there with her father. We've been divorced a long time, and I rarely get to see my darling Rose. But once this wall is completed, I'll never get to see her again! All border crossings will be prohibited for Mexicans, and it won't be safe for her to travel here! I tried to convince Cindy to do something, anything! But she laughed at us, calling my daughter a half-breed!\\
'''Jack:''' And that's when you snapped, and killed her!\\
'''Madena:''' When I realized what I had done, I decided to make an example of her, to draw attention to my cause. So I strung her up like a piñata, to show the world that Mexico wouldn't allow itself to be brutalized at the hands of America!\\
'''Jack:''' Taking the law into your own hands is never the answer. Madena Cuervo, you're under arrest for the murder of Cindy Hamilton!
'''Up in Smoke'''
->'''Carmen:''' Terrance Williams, you're under arrest for the premeditated murder of Sandy Turner!\\
'''Terrance:''' You've got the wrong guy, <Rank> <Name>. I'm a student. I don't kill people, I read books.\\
'''Carmen:''' Yeah, and I bet you smoke weed at the same time, just like when you crafted this detonator to trigger Sandy Turner's explosive tie pin.\\
'''Terrance:''' What detonator?! I don't know what you mean, man.\\
'''Carmen:''' Don't play dumb. We found your blueprints. You left quinoa all over them.\\
'''Terrance:''' And? Everyone here eats quinoa! It's cheap, and healthy! That doesn't make me a killer!\\
'''Carmen:''' No, but your blood does. You left some on Sandy's tie pin when you made the switch with the murder weapon. The game is over, Terrance.\\
'''Terrance:''' Fine, you got me! But I needed money! You don't know what it is to be a student nowadays! It's not just the student loans! There's rent, food, books!\\
'''Carmen:''' Most students get jobs to put themselves through college! They don't resort to murder!\\
'''Terrance:''' They paid well. And I didn't mind cleaning this country from the plague that was Sandy Turner!\\
'''Carmen:''' Wait, "they"? Someone paid you to do this? Who are they?!\\
'''Terrance:''' I don't know and I don't care. They say they were from the USNay movement, that's how they got my email address. I never met them, everything's been done through the web.\\
'''Carmen:''' Someone sends you an email asking you to kill someone, and you do it without question?\\
'''Terrance:''' They gave me a ton of money to kill Sandy! And promised more when the job was done. That was all I needed to know.\\
'''Carmen:''' Here's something else that you need to know: you're under arrest!
'''Lifeless in Seattle'''
->'''Jack (shocked):''' Mrs Purnell, I can't believe it. How could you kill your own daughter?!\\
'''Virginia:''' Me? Murder my own daughter? How could you think such a thing, <Rank> <Name>?\\
'''Jack:''' Well, there's the burn marks your mocha left on her skin when you threw it in her face...\\
'''Virginia:''' Why would I throw my coffee in her face?! She was my daughter - we loved each other!\\
'''Jack (wondering):''' Then how do you explain the fact we found your copy of the Star Spangled Banner, covered in your daughter's blood?\\
'''Virginia (sweating):''' I... I seem to have misplaced my anthem, it's true. But surely...\\
'''Jack:''' Just admit it, Mrs Purnell... <Rank> <Name> found your DNA on the allergy treatment you left at the crime scene! You killed your daughter!\\
'''Virginia:''' No! I... I remember hurting someone, but she had NOTHING in common with my sweet little girl! That woman in the bus wouldn't even look up from her phone to greet me! It was like I was nothing to her! It wasn't enough that she broke her father's heart when she left for the big city, never bothering to call, or come back to visit... It wasn't enough that she didn't bother to come home when Hector got sick, despite my pleas! But she didn't even come to her own father's funeral! She left me to mourn him all alone! That woman I hurt... She wasn't my daughter. She'd become a monster!\\
'''Jack:''' And monsters have to be slain, is that it?\\
'''Virginia:''' Yes. I threw my coffee in her face first, and then... I saw the knife... I was so ANGRY... I just wanted my sweet little girl back... So I walked over to the couch and struck her. I didn't think I'd have the strength, but the knife went in easily... And then it was over.\\
'''Jack:''' Mrs Purnell, you do realize you killed your daughter, don't you? She might have changed, but she was still your child.\\
'''Virginia:''' I... No... I... My baby girl... My sweet little girl... Oh, <Rank> <Name>, what kind of a mother am I?! I killed my own child!\\
'''Jack (disappointed):''' I don't have an answer to that... I'm sorry, Mrs Purnell, but you're under arrest.
'''Double Trouble'''
->'''Carmen:''' Joel Heller, you're under arrest for the murder of Niilo Virtanen, and the attempted murder of Jack Archer!\\
'''Joel:''' That's ridiculous! I was reporting you to my superior officer when they were shot!\\
'''Carmen:''' How long would that conversation have taken? Ten minutes... TOPS. You still had time to shoot Jack and use the remote-controlled rifle to kill Virtanen! But loading the Jack London's Collected Works to that tablet was a rookie mistake...\\
'''Joel:''' That doesn't prove anything! Anybody could've downloaded that! Jack London is a popular author in Alaska!\\
'''Carmen:''' Maybe, but the Alaskan malamute hair you left all over the rifle assembly manual proves that it was you!\\
'''Joel:''' You're not making a convincing case. The CEO of Bearing Straight owns 12 of those dogs!\\
'''Carmen:''' But Ms Naylon didn't leave skin cells on the gun used to shoot Jack. We've got your DNA, Heller! It's over!\\
'''Joel:''' I knew this mission was impossible from the start... But I was doing my part, contributing to SOMBRA's greatest work!\\
'''Carmen:''' You work for SOMBRA?!\\
'''Joel:''' Officially, I work for the Unified Nations. Infiltrating them was child's play, as was gaining Virtanen's trust until he refused to go anywhere without me!\\
'''Carmen:''' I don't get it. Why would SOMBRA want Virtanen dead?!\\
'''Joel:''' Not just dead. Dead on US soil, during a tense time in international relationships. Who do you think the Unified Nations will blame for this murder? A mythical organization nobody's heard of? Or homegrown US radicals? I gave SOMBRA what it wanted: the tensions between the US and the Unified Nations are now at breaking point!\\
'''Carmen:''' I'm starting to understand. First, SOMBRA funds USNay to turn the American population against the Unified Nations... ...Then they anger the Unified Nations by killing an envoy on official business in America. But what does SOMBRA achieve by pitting the US and the UN against each other?\\
'''Joel:''' That's for you to find out, <Rank> <Name>. I shall watch with interest.\\
'''Carmen:''' You'll watch from behind bars! Joel Heller, you're under arrest!
'''Politically Incorrect'''
->'''Jack:''' Sidney Hirsch, you're under arrest for the murder of Jonathan Stafford! You're the Director of Homeland Security! Why would you kill a member of your staff? Suspending him should've been enough to keep the President safe!\\
'''Sidney:''' <Rank> <Name>, I don't have time for your games. I have to protect this nation from impending dangers.\\
'''Jack:''' You should start by protecting them from yourself 'cause a seasoned hunter who knows his way around large game rifles is indeed an impending danger.\\
'''Sidney:''' So I can hunt. That doesn't make me a murderer. I like the rodeo too, but that doesn't make me a cowboy.\\
'''Jack:''' No, but your rodeo tickets covered in the victim's blood sure do scream yippee-ki-killer!\\
'''Sidney:''' This is preposterous! I'm a high-ranking official of the US government. I serve my country well!\\
'''Jack:''' You serve your country so well that your US flag lapel pin gave you away. It was the bloody nail in your coffin!\\
(Sidney sweats, speechless.)\\
'''Sidney (crying):''' <Rank> <Name>, you found me out! I killed Jonathan! I killed the man I love!\\
'''Jack:''' Well, you- wait? What?!\\
'''Sidney:''' I was in love with Jonathan. He was so strong, yet sensitive. I know he was much younger than me, but I couldn't resist.\\
'''Jack:''' You were having an affair with Stafford? But I thought he was having an affair with the First Lady! Exactly how many people was our victim sleeping with?!\\
'''Sidney:''' Olivia was just using him! She didn't love him like I did! He fell for her tricks like a fool!\\
'''Jack:''' So you didn't suspend him because he was a liability! You did it because you were jealous!\\
'''Sidney:''' I thought suspending him would get him to see things clearly. But that just made him angry. We met at the lake for lunch before he was to board his helicopter flight. I tried talking to him, but he pushed me away. Called me old.\\
'''Jack:''' So that's when you got the rifle and shot him. But why did you try to give him CPR?\\
'''Sidney (crying):''' I realized I had shot the man I loved! I just wanted him back!\\
'''Jack:''' Don't play coy with us. You planned the whole thing, got the gun, shot Stafford, then packed the rifle neatly in its case, like it was nothing. Now, you know... Killing those you love doesn't win you their love. It just wins you prison time. Mr Hirsch, you're under arrest!
'''Operation Spyfall'''
->'''Carmen:''' Anya Ivanova, <Rank> <Name>'s arresting you for Jean Connerie's murder, and the attempted murder of Asal Hawaa!\\
'''Anya:''' <Rank> <Name>, do I look like I can take down two people with my bare hands?\\
'''Carmen:''' Oh, don't play the delicate flower, Anya. You're a trained fighter, and you also had a knife. You also had the element of surprise on your side.\\
'''Anya:''' I understand you're under pressure to solve this case, <Rank> <Name>. And you can't arrest a CIA or an MGB agent, so you're trying to bully ME into a confession.\\
'''Carmen:''' We have solid evidence against you! We recovered Connerie's fake mustache from the crime scene, with your nail polish on it!\\
'''Anya:''' I told you, <Rank> <Name>: all I wanted was to find the hard drive! You'd be better off looking for it instead of harassing me!\\
'''Carmen:''' Stop pretending you're looking for that hard drive! You gloated about taking it in your threat to the Bureau! And we know YOU diverted the satellite in the first place! What I don't get is how COSMORUS authorized you to commit murder! Or did you think you still worked for the MGB with a license to kill?\\
'''Anya:''' Ha! Like I still work for any of those idiots! I did it for SOMBRA!\\
'''Carmen:''' YOU? You work for SOMBRA? You used to be hell-bent on bringing them down!\\
'''Anya:''' Until I realized they appreciated my talents so much more than the MGB or COSMORUS! I decided to join the winning side, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Carmen:''' You're hardly on the winning side now! You're going to jail, and you'll have to surrender the hard drive!\\
'''Anya:''' You really thought I'd just give it to you, <Rank> <Name>? The hard drive's safely hidden in a place where you'll never find it!\\
'''Carmen:''' Then <Rank> <Name> will just have to get it the hard way! You're under arrest for Jean Connerie's murder!
'''Down to the Wire'''
->'''Carmen (pointing gun):''' Your SOMBRA days are over, El Rey. Killing Stone was your undoing!\\
'''Hector:''' "El Rey"?! What are you talking about, <Rank> <Name>? I don't appreciate being hauled in here and interrogated at gunpoint!\\
'''Carmen:''' Drop the act, Montoya! We know everything! From the way Castillo handed you control over SOMBRA years ago... ...to SOMBRA's plans of using their satellite to render any country in the world powerless!\\
'''Hector:''' You've certainly done your homework, <Rank> <Name>. But if you fancy yourself strong for catching me... ...then you know nothing of true strength!\\
'''Carmen (putting gun down):''' Your... your head...\\
'''Hector:''' Don't make the mistake of thinking these scars are a weakness, <Rank> <Name>. They're a daily reminder that the truly strong, like me, are rare! I was tested by fire as a child. My parents died in the flames like the weak creatures they were... but I survived! That's when I realized life was not a gift, you have to fight for it!\\
'''Carmen:''' Great... Even as a boy, you were a sociopath!\\
'''Hector:''' I'm no sociopath, I'm a realist. Look at this world! It's weak, pathetic. Leaders are spineless, all bark and no bite! When I met Castillo decades ago, I was immediately drawn to SOMBRA's ideology... the smart rule, the strong command... the weak die. I was young, but Castillo recognized I had the strength to make this philosophy a reality, so he handed me the title of El Rey! Luzaguay was our first success, proof that SOMBRA's vision for the world can work!\\
'''Carmen:''' So that's been SOMBRA's plan all along? Turn the entire world into brainless slaves? Let the weak and old perish while you rule over everyone?\\
'''Hector:''' Only the strong deserve to rule... The new order has begun!\\
'''Carmen (pointing gun):''' In case you haven't realized, your new order is finished! You've been forced out of the shadows, El Rey.\\
'''Hector:''' You've forced nothing! You think your pitiful discussions with a powerless Prime Minister concerned me?\\
'''Carmen (putting gun down):''' They concerned you enough to kill him. And thanks to that, we've got you behind bars, where you belong! SOMBRA is finished!\\
'''Hector:''' Look at the destruction we've caused already! I've brought the world to the brink of war, and putting me away won't change that! Look at you, thinking you're so clever. You know nothing, <Rank> <Name>! You don't even realize your own Chief Ripley helped SOMBRA from the beginning!\\
'''Carmen:''' We... what?!\\
'''Chief Ripley:''' I wished you hadn't said that, Montoya!
'''The Darkest Hour'''
->'''Jack (pointing his gun):''' Sarah Bennett, you're under arrest for kidnapping the President and killing your accomplice, Natasha Romanova!\\
'''Sarah:''' What? <Rank> <Name>, have you gone mad?\\
'''Jack:''' What's mad is a US Vice President working for SOMBRA! Who knew their reach extended this far!\\
'''Sarah:''' How dare you accuse me! Agents, take them away!\\
(Agent Riordan and the unnamed agent go in front of Sarah, with the latter pointing a gun at Jack and the player.)\\
'''Unnamed FBI Agent:''' Yes, ma'am!\\
'''Jack (pointing his gun to the air):''' Now, wait a second-\\
(Sarah escapes while Agent Riordan points his gun to the cops as well.)\\
'''Unnamed FBI Agent:''' <Rank> <Name>, leave now or surrender your weapon!\\
'''Jack:''' Let us through! The Vice President's getting away! By the Bureau's authority-\\
'''Riordan (lowering his gun):''' Your authority holds no weight here. Stand down or submit to your arrest!\\
'''Jack:''' <Name>, what do we do? ...Alright, alright. We're standing down. Let us go.\\
Back at headquarters...\\
'''Jack:''' <Name>, what should we do?! The Vice President's escaped, and we don't know where she or the President are! Now she knows we're onto her, it's only a matter of time until she kills the President! And then there'll be no stopping World War III!\\
'''Baxter:''' <Rank> <Name>, I need to talk to you!\\
'''Jack:''' Baxter?! How did you get out of your cell?\\
'''Baxter:''' I broke the door, it doesn't matter! <Name>, I know where the President is!\\
'''Jack:''' So you admit you were involved in the kidnapping!\\
'''Baxter:''' Not willingly! The Vice President... she used my SOMBRA programming against me! She made me help her kidnap him!\\
'''Jack:''' Why didn't you tell us earlier?! We could've saved the President already, prevented the US from declaring war!\\
'''Baxter:''' My thoughts... they were all scrambled... I hadn't had SOMBRA control my brain in a long time! But I remember now! <Name>, the President is in the catacombs! That's where the Vice President's heading!\\
'''Jack:''' The New York catacombs are a maze! We'll never find them in there!\\
'''Dupont:''' <Name>, let me be your guide! I know these catacombs like the back of my hand!\\
'''Jack:''' Dupont, you're about the last person I'd take into the field!\\
'''Dupont:''' It's not like you've got a choice! I'll fall back at any hint of danger! You need me, <Name>!\\
'''Jack:''' I really don't like this... But I agree we don't have a choice. Alright, <Name>, let's go rescue the President! We won't let SOMBRA win!\\
In the catacombs...\\
'''Jack:''' Dupont, are you sure you know where you're going?\\
'''Dupont:''' Yes... There must be a cavern just there to the left... <Name>, right this way!\\
Several minutes later...\\
(Sarah is holding a gun against the temple of President Hewett, who is gagged with a tie.)\\
'''Sarah:''' Don't come a step closer, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Jack:''' Ms Bennett, the game's over! Killing the President won't help you. We know everything!\\
'''Sarah:''' Whatever you know, no one will believe you!\\
'''Jack:''' We know you're a SOMBRA agent and Natasha Romanova's accomplice in the kidnapping! We have proof you subdued Natasha with hand-to-hand combat techniques you learned in the military... ...and then slit her throat with the President's letter opener. We have residue from your sleeping pills on it!\\
'''Sarah:''' Unless you've somehow got a witness, this is worth nothing!\\
'''Jack:''' Baxter told us everything! We know how you made him help you!\\
'''Sarah:''' So that's what it is! That halfwit blabbed! His brainwashing was always faulty, but I didn't expect it to slip again so soon!\\
'''Jack:''' Now you have to stop this madness! Let the President go and-\\
'''Sarah:''' Let him go? I don't think so! He's only still alive because El Rey wanted to kill him personally... but I might end him here and now! Just like you! You should've all died in an explosion at your headquarters, but I guess you got lucky... or my agent got soft.\\
'''Sarah (firing her gun at Jack):''' No matter! You'll die now, in the name of SOMBRA!\\
(The bullet grazes Jack's head, giving him a wound that starts bleeding, as well as cutting off some of his hair.)\\
'''Dupont (holding Jack):''' Jack!! <Name>, we need to stop the bleeding!\\
'''Jack (pressing against the wound):''' No, don't waste time on me, <Name>! Get her! I'll live!\\
'''Dupont:''' <Name>, I'll help you! We'll bring her down!\\
'''Sarah (firing her gun at Dupont):''' No, you won't! And <Rank> <Name>, you're next!\\
'''Dupont (shot in the chest):''' Nooooooo!\\
(Dupont collapses.)\\
'''Jack:''' Dupont!!\\
'''Sarah:''' You shouldn't have got in my way, old man!\\
'''Jack (firing his gun at Sarah):''' And you shouldn't have done that!\\
(Sarah points her gun to the air before she gets shot in the head with Jack's bullet. She then collapses.)\\
'''James (removing his gag):''' My goodness...\\
'''Jack (holding Dupont in the shoulder and on his wound):''' Dupont! Are you- <Name>, he needs help!\\
'''James (holding the tie):''' I... thank you, <Rank> <Name>! You saved me, but I don't understand! Why did Sarah do all this?\\
'''Jack:''' You're safe now, Mr President, that's what matters! We'll explain later! We have to get our colleague to the hospital!
[[/folder]]

![[AC:Mysteries of the Past]]
[[folder:'''New Haven''']]
'''Welcome to Concordia!'''
->'''Maddie:''' Nellie Mortimer, you're under arrest for the murder of Lieutenant General Frank Vogel. I understand wanting to protect your reputation, but did you really think murder was the best way to retain your honor?\\
'''Nellie:''' Of course I didn't kill him, <Rank> <Name>. I admit that I was angry at him, but I'm a nurse - I heal people, I don't kill them!\\
'''Maddie:''' Then why did <Rank> <Name> find your absinthe on the copy of the Concordian Gazette that you referenced when you threatened the victim?\\
'''Nellie:''' I have no idea what threat you're referring to. And absinthe is a highly fashionable tipple, don't you know?\\
'''Maddie:''' You're not fooling anyone! We found your vial of arsenic, we know you poisoned Frank's pint!\\
'''Nellie:''' ...This is ridiculous! I'd have never hurt Frank!\\
'''Maddie:''' The jig is up! A nurse like you should've kept abreast of scientific developments! Now we can categorize blood into different types - and yours gave you away!\\
'''Nellie:''' Fine, I did it! I killed Frank! But he ruined my life first! That swine gave me syphilis!\\
(Nellie takes off her right glove, revealing that her hand has been infected with red spots.)\\
'''Nellie:''' Look at what it's already done to me!\\
'''Maddie:''' Cor blimey! Well, uh... I... I'm sorry. But that's no reason to murder someone!\\
'''Nellie:''' I'm a medical professional, <Rank> <Name>... I'm not naive. I know exactly what this illness will do to me, if I'm lucky enough to even survive it! I went to see Frank, to warn him, but he didn't care in the slightest! Not only was he unrepentant, but he had no qualms about infecting other women! I simply could not allow that to happen. I'm a nurse! I protect people! So I slipped arsenic into his drink. I thought that by the time the poison had done its job, there'd be no trace of my involvement.\\
'''Maddie:''' Miss Mortimer, we're sorry you're afflicted with such a terrible disease. We can understand your anger. Unfortunately for you, nothing excuses murder. You're under arrest!
'''Slash and Burn'''
->'''Isaac:''' Colin James, you are under arrest for the murder of Harriet Patrick!\\
'''Colin:''' What?! I know I was once a bad man, but there's no need to tarnish my present and future with my past!\\
'''Isaac:''' You tarnished it yourself, wiping soot from your hands onto Harriet's apron after you stabbed her...\\
'''Colin:''' It may have escaped your attention, but Concordia is on fire! There's soot everywhere!\\
'''Isaac:''' That may be, but you left some of your hair in the clasp of the victim's purse!\\
'''Colin:''' I resent these vile accusations! I have held a respectable position in the Trefusis household for years! I shall not be besmirched like this!\\
'''Isaac:''' Your respectable years made you careless. You left the murder weapon right next to the body!\\
'''Colin:''' You lie! I know I got rid of that switchblade!\\
'''Isaac:''' Oh, you did, did you? We've got you dead to rights!\\
'''Colin:''' I... no! Please... you don't understand! Harriet caught me stealing the silverware! She was going to tell Trefusis! He would have had me arrested for theft and I'd have gone straight back to jail! And I can't go back there! I can't! It's hell on this earth! That blasted machine! The treadmill! The guards make us walk on a revolving wheel. We can't stop! For hours! Scraped my shins to the bone! But Harriet wouldn't listen to my pleas! She ran away! So I caught up with her and I did what I had to do!\\
'''Isaac:''' What you did was stab an innocent girl over and over again like she was an animal, Mr James. There is no excuse for that! And you did it in vain, too! You're going straight back to the jail you were so keen to avoid! You're under arrest!
'''In the Line of Fire'''
->'''Maddie:''' Mr Thompson, you are under arrest for the murder of Otis Kidd. Not a very friendly thing to do to someone you considered family.\\
'''Billy:''' <Rank> <Name>, I'm appalled you would think I could do such a thing. Otis WAS like my brother!\\
'''Maddie:''' Then why did we find residue of your cocaine toothache drops al over your "brother's" dead body?\\
'''Billy:''' Hell's bells, <Rank> <Name>! So having a toothache is a crime now?\\
'''Maddie:''' No, but shooting someone dead with a revolver - which was so carelessly left on the crime scene - is.\\
'''Billy:''' Piffle! We were in a police station! That revolver could have been anybody's!\\
'''Maddie:''' Not everybody owns nor drives an automobile. But you do. And we found your automobile polish all over that revolver.\\
'''Billy:''' I... uh... I guess I'm found out. Much to my regret, I did murder Otis!\\
'''Maddie:''' There isn't much room for regret in a crime that's been premeditated! How does one go from friend to murderer?\\
'''Billy:''' Otis had lost his way! He was so involved with impressing Adelia that he turned his back on me, on his past! That morning, he told me he no longer had room for someone as common as me in his life! Me, too common for him?! I'm the one that got Otis off the streets when he had nothing!\\
'''Maddie:''' He turned his back on you, so you shot him in the back?\\
'''Billy:''' I never intended for it to go this far! I took one of the safety revolvers from the station, but I just wanted to scare him with it! But then we were called to the police station, to put out that fire. When we got there, Otis started insulting me again, saying he couldn't let his fiancée's father see him with someone like me!\\
'''Maddie:''' And so you shot him, and tried to feed his body to the flames. Too bad your clever little plan backfired. You're under arrest for murder, Mr Thompson!
'''A Murder Carol'''
->'''Isaac:''' Trickster Tim, you are under arrest for the heedless murder of Rowdy Rick!\\
'''Tim:''' What in the devil do you mean? I told you, I didn't do it!\\
'''Isaac:''' But you never denied being a gambler, and the death threat you wrote on this card speaks for itself!\\
'''Tim:''' I wasn't the only one playing with Rick! At least six other fellows could have dealt him that card!\\
'''Isaac:''' We know it was you and no one else! The tobacco snuff you spat on the card has identified you!\\
'''Tim:''' I'm calling your bluff, <Rank> <Name>! Snuffing tobacco has never sent anyone to jail!\\
'''Isaac:''' We found your murder weapon! You used a brass tap that came loose to hit Rick in the head, just outside your secret gambling place! Then you swiftly returned to the cards table, leaving your companion for dead! The broken tap was still in your hands, so you hid it under a pile of cards!\\
'''Tim:''' Alright, alright, <Rank> <Name>, I see you hold all the aces! I admit it, it was me! Rowdy Rick was a swindler, if I say so myself! I might cheat when I'm dealt a bad hand, but I'd never disgrace myself by refusing to settle a debt!\\
'''Isaac:''' So Rick didn't want to pay when he lost? Is that what the tiff was about?\\
'''Tim:''' I did not kill him for money, <Rank> <Name>! I'm not some greedy, low-class pig! Gambling is an art to me, and I am a gentleman! But I could not tolerate Rick's stubborn refusal to give up what was mine! It wasn't even money, just a useless piece of paper!\\
'''Isaac:''' A piece of paper, you say? Wait... Would that be a lottery ticket? Rick was still clutching the torn corner of one in the morgue!\\
'''Tim:''' How in the devil do you know even that, <Rank> <Name>! 'Tis true, I snatched this from his cold, dead hands! This ticket was all he had left, and I won it in the last round!\\
'''Isaac:''' Seeing as your luck has run out, you have no further need for that ticket. You are under arrest for murder!
'''Shear Murder'''
->'''Isaac:''' Sheila Black, we are placing you under arrest for the murder of Maximillian Poe!\\
'''Sheila:''' Good heavens! Me, murder Max?! Why on earth would I kill my dearest friend?\\
'''Isaac:''' <Rank> <Name> will ask the questions! Like how the victim's blood got onto your hansom cab ticket!\\
'''Sheila:''' Hansom cabs? I'm certainly not the only one in Concordia who uses those.\\
'''Isaac:''' What about the gardening glove you wore during the murder? We found a piece of your paisley garment inside it.\\
'''Sheila:''' Gardening gloves? How wretched! I wouldn't dream of soiling my hands with such things!\\
'''Isaac:''' Out with the truth! We know you stole the victim's signet ring, your black hair dye left a stain on it!\\
'''Sheila:''' Blast it, that damned ring! I wanted to make the whole thing look like a robbery! I admit it, I did kill Max! But he left me no choice!\\
'''Isaac:''' What do you mean, he left you no choice?\\
'''Sheila:''' I've loved Max for many years, even before he married Valeria. I was saddened when Valeria died, naturally. But I thought this was my chance, Max and I could finally be together! You can imagine my surprise and humiliation when he refused my advances! Worse still, I learned he was developing an interest in that kitchen hand of his, whatever her name is. Can you imagine?! I thought about disposing of her, but murdering that grimy little servant girl would achieve nothing. In time, Max would have fallen for somebody else. It was clear he would never have feelings for me. And if I couldn't have him, nobody could! Now, I've had enough drama for one day. I think you should leave!\\
'''Isaac:''' The only place we're going, Miss Black, is escorting you to prison. You are under arrest for the murder of Maximillian Poe.\\
'''Sheila:''' Arresting me?! Me, like a common criminal?! Well I never!
'''In the Name of Father'''
->'''Maddie (pointing her gun):''' Edward Whimple, don't move! You're under arrest for the murder of Father Donovan!\\
(Edward is seen wearing his winter attire.)\\
'''Edward:''' <Name>, you must be mistaken. Perchance you're confusing me with someone else?\\
'''Maddie:''' Hardly! We found fibers from your police-issued vest on the victim's rosary! How could you disgrace your uniform this way?!\\
'''Edward:''' But I didn't, <Name>! If a policeman is to blame, it's certainly not me!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, it was your cologne on the note with which you lured Father Donovan out to the train station!\\
'''Edward:''' Commissioner Baldwin wears the same cologne as I do... You must be thinking of him!\\
'''Maddie:''' You've already attempted to frame the Commissioner by using the gun he took out of the evidence lockup! But we know it was you who murdered Father Donovan and tried to lead us astray with a fake train accident! What on earth could a man of faith fo to you to deserve this?\\
'''Edward:''' He shouldn't have shoved his nose where it didn't belong! Ah... I shouldn't have said that... now you really know I killed him...\\
'''Maddie:''' Keep talking, Whimple! What did Father Donovan find out about you?\\
'''Edward:''' Well, he always talked about immigrants desperate for work. And then one day at the barber's, I overheard a wealthy man who needed a maid... He said he was tired of Concordian servants demanding money and rights, and that he'd pay to find an immigrant who'd shut up and work. And I know a goldmine when I see one! I got some immigrants' names out of Father Donovan, and sent them to work. Father Donovan knew nothing, but the wealthy man paid me a pretty penny for finding him cheap labor! And his friends came to me, too!\\
'''Maddie:''' But Father Donovan eventually learned about your scheme! He must have been furious!\\
'''Edward:''' He should've kept out of it! <Rank> <Name>, this was my first step to power! The wealthy would learn to recognize me! I'd be respected!\\
'''Maddie:''' You've got crooked notions of respect, Whimple! You're under arrest!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Elysium Fields''']]
'''Let Me Down Gently'''
->'''Isaac:''' Mr Wilson, you are under arrest for the murder of Lucrezia Capecchi! Why did you bring such a brutal end so the young girl's life?\\
'''Jordan:''' This is a joke, <Rank> <Name>! I had absolutely nothing to do with the sordid affair!\\
'''Isaac:''' Then why did we find your cigarette case at the top of the lighthouse? Did you light a post-murder cigarette to calm your nerves?\\
'''Jordan:''' Nonsense! Besides, smoking is all the rage! Especially for us gentlemen!\\
'''Isaac:''' A "gentleman" wouldn't manhandle a woman! We found your champagne on the victim's wrists, which were bruised from when you pushed her out of the window!\\
'''Jordan:''' It was a party, <Rank> <Name>. There was hardly a soul who wasn't drinking champagne!\\
'''Isaac:''' Let us cease this charade! You also happen to be missing the chain from your pocket watch. Lucrezia clung to it in a bid to stop her fall, did she not?\\
'''Jordan:''' Can you believe that wretch almost pulled me with her?!\\
'''Isaac:''' So, you confess!\\
'''Jordan:''' Yes, but the girl took me for a fool! Lucrezia entered into written correspondence with me under false pretenses. She sent me a photograph of her sister in order to lure me in. Naturally, I was eager to meet her. After much pleading, she agreed to meet me last night, at the top of the lighthouse. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her face! Talk about being duped!\\
'''Isaac:''' And so you pushed her through the window?\\
'''Jordan:''' She told me that I knew the real her, that what's on the inside counts more than the outside. But this is real life, not some fairy tale! We quarreled. I turned to leave but she grabbed me and wouldn't let go! What was a man supposed to do? There were a brief struggle and I... I pushed her! But I never intended for her to fall through the window!\\
'''Isaac:''' No matter how it happened, the fact remains that your actions were despicable, Mr Wilson! You are under arrest for killing Lucrezia Capecchi!
'''The Talking Dead'''
->'''Maddie:''' Mr Ignatius Cottingley! You are under arrest for the murder of Philomena Highmore!\\
'''Ignatius:''' Preposterous! I only speak to spirits, I don't make them...\\
'''Maddie:''' Then please explain how you left traces of laudanum on the victim's nape?\\
'''Ignatius:''' You may wish to direct your attention to the men at the séance who appeared to be courting Miss Highmore...\\
'''Maddie:''' Are you denying that you left mustache wax on the obsidian knife used to slash Miss Highmore's throat?\\
'''Ignatius:''' I most certainly am! But it is true that both George Blanton and Diego del Lobo could use mustache wax...\\
'''Maddie:''' But neither of them could have left a bloodstain in the shape of the crow skull on the victim's purse! Only you!\\
'''Ignatius:''' Crow skull? Oh no! The ring! In the madness of the moment, I forgot to take it off!\\
'''Maddie:''' The madness of the moment? So you admitted!\\
'''Ignatius:''' Yes, yes! I DID kill Philomena Highmore! She knew too much and had to be silenced!\\
'''Maddie:''' Silenced?! What exactly did she know?\\
'''Ignatius:''' She knew my tricks of the trade! Everything I use for a medium! Philomena taunted me from the first séance she took part! I sent her magnetized spirit board to scare her! But it didn't work. The faked photo was obviously meant to taunt me a second time... Then at the séance, she was going to expose me as a fraud! I call for a pause, but I knew as soon as we continued the séance, I was at risk! I had to do something. So I took a blade from the display case, followed her laughter to the garden, grabbed her hair and slit her throat.\\
'''Maddie:''' You killed a young girl just so that can you could continue to con more shillings out of people?! Well, you'll have a hard time contacting any spirits when you're behind bars! You're under arrest!
'''Sweet Revenge'''
->'''Isaac:''' Violetta Blue, you are under arrest for the murder of Jack Goodwin! A rather extreme action for someone you once considered a friend.\\
'''Violetta:''' <Rank> <Name>, you can't be serious. Murder is so unbecoming lady.\\
'''Isaac:''' Nonetheless, we found your gloves covered in chocolate... with traces of Jack's blood. I wager you wore them when you stuffed Mr Goodwin to death!\\
'''Violetta:''' Bet all you like. Everyone around here gambles on something. I bet on Jack being a good sport. I lost. Doesn't mean I killed him.\\
'''Isaac:''' Perhaps not, but the pressure mark made by your left hand on Mr Goodwin's body certainly implicates you in the murder!\\
'''Violetta:''' <Rank> <Name>, you know my family is very wealthy and influential. They wouldn't appreciate your accusations against me.\\
'''Isaac:''' Even you can't dismiss your hair on the restraints you used on Jack as "idle" Miss Blue!\\
'''Violetta:''' ... You've played your cards well, <Rank> <Name>... I admit, I killed Jack. It's what he deserved for not respecting the law of the land.\\
'''Isaac:''' So you killed him because Mr Goodwin lied his way into your world?\\
'''Violetta:''' Of course not. I had no idea Jack was fake until you told me.\\
'''Isaac:''' So why did you kill him?\\
'''Violetta:''' Because Jack stole the love of my life! Verushka was mine!\\
'''Isaac:''' Verushka... Coldwell? I thought you were friends. I didn't know you were involved in an... amorous relationship.\\
'''Violetta:''' I wasn't. At least, not yet. I had been working on her little by little. Jack knew I had feelings for her and yet he still went and took Verushka from me! NO ONE takes my things!\\
'''Isaac:''' Your things? You are talking about the person! You leave me no choice... Violetta Blue, you are under the arrest for the murder of Jack Goodwin!
'''Let Her Eat Cake'''
->'''Maddie:''' Ernest Swanswaddle, you're under arrest for Lady Upperton's murder!\\
'''Ernest:''' Me, a murderer? There's no rhyme nor reason to that accusation, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' Oh, but there is! We found the cake with which you poisoned your old sweetheart!\\
'''Ernest:''' Poison in a cake, what a beautiful metaphor! But poetry is just words, not reality, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' There's nothing poetic about the cyanide you used for your wicked plans! It dissolved the gold on your brooch when you mixed it in the cake.\\
'''Ernest:''' Why would I wish such a macabre end on Lady Georgina? I had not laid eyes upon her for twenty years!\\
'''Maddie:''' But you wrote some rather dark poetry about her today. And we gathered Lady Georgina wasn't the kindest of women. Did she hurt you, too? You really had to hate her if poisoning her wasn't enough! You witnessed her agony as she coughed up blood! And you caressed her hair, perhaps out of remorse-\\
'''Ernest:''' Enough! I cannot bear it! I killed her, my muse, my tormentor! She humiliated me, and stole twenty years of my life! And then she humiliated me again! Believe me, I loved Georgina with all my heart!\\
'''Maddie:''' Mr Swanswaddle, how about you turn off the waterworks and tell us what happened?\\
'''Ernest:''' <Rank> <Name>, in our youth, a lady could not wed a poet without fame or riches! Georgina turned me down, and said, "Come back when you're a prince"! Her parting words were etched into my heart. Twenty years went before my wealth and standing equaled hers, so I was finally worthy of her! But today at the picnic, she just laughed at me! Georgina said she never waited for me, she simply never found an acceptable suitor! She said she'd rather kiss a frog than me!\\
'''Maddie:''' So you gave her a frog to kiss, with poison inside! I suppose that's one form of poetic justice.\\
'''Ernest:''' The inspiration only came to me when I found Lady Highmore's poison vial in the house. If only I'd resisted the dark call of revenge!\\
'''Maddie:''' It's too late for remorse, Mr Swanswaddle! You're under arrest for the murder!
'''That Sinking Feeling'''
->'''Maddie:''' Renée Daucourt, you're under arrest for the murder of Theo Vergeer!\\
'''Renée:''' Nonsense! Why would I kill my mentor? We were setting up a future in Paris!\\
'''Maddie:''' We found traces of pumpkin seeds from your seasickness remedy on Theo's hat... fragments stained with bird droppings, like your dress!\\
'''Renée:''' That's just a splash of paint. And I can't be the only one on this ship suffering from seasickness!\\
'''Maddie:''' But not all of them know about Artemus Hax. Your threat to Theo could only have been written by an art connoisseur like yourself!\\
'''Renée (sweating):''' Of course I know the story of Artemus Hax! Theo was an artist too, perhaps he wrote that as some sort of joke!\\
'''Maddie:''' Enough lies! We know you were on deck when Theo was killed, we found your pin from St. Paul's! Admit it, Miss Daucourt! This is nothing more than a lover's quarrel. You welcomed Theo's romantic advances and were jealous of his wandering eyes!\\
'''Renée:''' Me, jealous of Theo?! He was the one who was jealous of ME! Envious of MY talents! Yes, I murdered that fool, but he had it coming! When I started working with Theo, I had much to learn. But my skills quickly developed. Before long, my abilities had surpassed Theo's... and he knew it! I painted his style better than he could, so he began passing off my work as his own! Do you honestly believe any of his latest masterpieces, the ones for which he's hailed as a genius, are his? I created those paintings!\\
'''Maddie:''' That must have made you angry, watching him bask in your glory!\\
'''Renée:''' I told him when we got to Paris I would stop painting for him. He was furious, threatening to tear up my ticket and leave me behind!\\
'''Maddie:''' So you hit him over the head with that chunk of ice! You murdered your mentor out of selfish ambition?\\
'''Renée:''' Mentor, bah! Theo was a talentless fool. I am the artistic genius! The world deserves to know the truth that I'm the real master!\\
'''Maddie:''' I'm afraid the world will only remember you as a murderer, Miss Daucourt. <Rank> <Name> is placing you under arrest!
'''Behind the Mask'''
->'''Isaac:''' Wentworth, who would have thought a venerable valet like yourself would be capable of such a heinous crime!\\
'''Wentworth:''' The help is always the first to be blamed. I have done nothing!\\
'''Isaac:''' We found the spoon from your snuff box clutched in the victim's hand. No doubt ripped off as he tried in vain to escape your deadly clutches!\\
'''Wentworth:''' Harumph! That could have been anyone's snuff box!\\
'''Isaac:''' But it was yours! There were traces of caviar on the snuff box. You should have kept your white gloves more pristine!\\
'''Wentworth:''' <Rank> <Name>, I am far too cautious to taint my gloves.\\
'''Isaac:''' Are you really? Is that not a tear in that fine silk waistcoat of yours? It's the same shade of yellow as the fibers we discovered on the champagne bottle you hit Mr Buchanan with... Before delivering your final coup de grace with a champagne saber!\\
'''Wentworth:''' Alright, I admit it! I murdered George Buchanan!\\
(Wentworth takes out a bottle of poison.)\\
'''Wentworth:''' But you shall never know why!\\
(Isaac takes out his gun.)\\
'''Isaac:''' Wentworth, what are you doing? Put that bottle down immediately!\\
(Wentworth drinks the poison.)\\
'''Wentworth:''' I'll take Mr Alastor's secret to the gra...\\
(Wentworth collapses.)\\
'''Isaac:''' Mon Dieu, he's collapsed! <Name>, we must get Wentworth to the infirmary immediately! He cannot escape the law on our watch.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:'''Century Mile''']]
'''Breaking the Glass Ceiling'''
->'''Maddie:''' Miss Vanderbilt, you're under arrest for the murder of Norah Barnlow!\\
'''Henrietta:''' Why would I have killed her? For a bad grade? Failed grades are a part of everyone's studies, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' Then why did <Rank> <Name> find traces of your boot wax on the rope spool used to hoist up the pane of glass which brought Norah to her end?\\
'''Henrietta:''' The professor was murdered on a building site! Whoever killed her would hardly have been wearing a pair of high heels!\\
'''Maddie:''' Then what about the felt we found on the pocketknife you used to cut the tope? It came from your hat!\\
'''Henrietta:''' A hat is not such an unusual accoutrement, <Rank> <Name>. Most people possess at least one!\\
'''Maddie:''' Let us cease this charade! We found the threat you left in Norah's planner, in which you accidentally revealed your fear of heights!\\
'''Henrietta:''' Now you're just plain lying! My note didn't even mention my fear of-\\
'''Henrietta (sweating):''' Oops...\\
'''Maddie:''' So you confess! You did kill Miss Barnlow!\\
'''Henrietta:''' Fine, I did kill the wretch! But it was an eye for an eye!\\
'''Maddie:''' I hardly think a poor grade is equal to murder, Miss Vanderbilt!\\
'''Henrietta:''' You fail to understand, <Rank> <Name>! I didn't kill Miss Barnlow because of my exam... I murdered her because she took my dear papa's life!\\
'''Maddie:''' What?! You told us that your father passed away during your exams... Surely Miss Barnlow didn't kill him herself?!\\
'''Henrietta:''' Papa was an architect too... He was in competition with Miss Barnlow for the Crystal Palace project. His design was far superior to her silly house of glass cards! But then the Mayor came out in favor of Miss Barnlow and she won the project! My poor papa was distraught! Papa was so ashamed of having lost that... that I came home one day to find that he had taken his own life! It wasn't fair that Norah still got to live while my papa was gone forever!\\
'''Maddie:''' It's a tragic story to be sure, Miss Vanderbilt. But taking one life will not bring another back. You're under arrest for the murder of Miss Barnlow!
'''Checkmate'''
->'''Isaac:''' Bron Sklar, you are under arrest! How could you murder your own pupil?\\
'''Bron:''' What on earth did you just say? Did I hear you correctly?\\
'''Isaac:''' My case in point! Casper's killer ruined their hearing when they shot the bishop chess piece into his heart!\\
'''Bron:''' I'm an old man... my hearing isn't what it once was... Are you accusing me of killing Casper? Nonsense!\\
'''Isaac:''' The oil stain on your clothing betrays you, Sklar! You also left oil on the chess set from which you removed the bishop pieces to shoot at him!\\
'''Bron:''' This is madness! You know that I tried to help him! I wouldn't hurt him!\\
'''Isaac:''' Then explain why the victim's blood was all over the cover of your pocket watch!\\
'''Bron:''' ...... So you found it. Blast! I thought for certain that no one would ever look through that rubbish bin! Fine. I DID kill Casper. He was not worthy of the honor being bestowed upon him!\\
'''Isaac:''' How do you mean?! Casper Rove was a world chess champion! A master!\\
'''Bron:''' Casper was completely incapable of playing on his own when he was under pressure! It should have been ME playing that automaton! I am the REAL world chess champion!\\
'''Isaac:''' So you killed him because you were jealous of his success? How petty! How infantile! How pathetic!\\
'''Bron:''' I only wanted to threaten him, at first. Force him to bow out and let me play the Chessmaton. But he was so sure of himself... And he had no right to be! He kept saying that I was too old for this sort of thing! That my glory days were behind me!\\
'''Isaac:''' And so you shot him, using the very chess pieces that had brought you together!\\
'''Bron:''' That boy didn't even have the sense to run away from the blast! I hit him right in the heart!\\
'''Isaac:''' And you killed my friend! You're under arrest!
'''Out of Steam'''
->'''Maddie:''' Mr Mullins, you're under arrest for the murder of Orville West. I suppose the only way for you to oppose progress was to kill it!\\
'''Abe:''' What's that? I may be against machines taking my job, but I would never resort to murdering anyone for it!\\
'''Maddie:''' It's hard to believe you, given we found residue from your hot dog lunch on the bullet that killed Mr West!\\
'''Abe:''' Everyone around here eats hot dogs! They're the best in town. Heck, some people come just to dine on them!\\
'''Maddie:''' Do those people also sketch murder plans in their Jules Verne novels? Because we found yours. You certainly gave this murder a great deal of thought...\\
'''Abe:''' I do enjoy Mr Verne's literature for its sense of adventure... But that still doesn't make me a killer!\\
'''Maddie:''' No, but the murder weapon does... and we found it! With a piece of your exhibition pin lodged in it, no less!\\
'''Abe:''' ...... Fine! I killed Orville West! And you want to know why, <Rank> <Name>? The truth is... there's no room for heathens like Orville West in this world! He built his crazy flying contraption so he could make men fly like birds! If God had wanted us to fly, he would've given us wings! That blasphemous inventor was defying natural law! What's next, huh? I know where it's all going! I know! These inventors will want us all to become flying robots! We'll get metal parts right in our brains! The technological apocalypse is coming, <Rank> <Name>! I feel it... and I had to stop it!!\\
'''Maddie:''' Mr Mullins, those sound like the ramblings of a madman! Which leaves me no choice but to place you under arrest!
'''Monkey Business'''
->'''Isaac:''' Somerset Osborne, you are under arrest for the murder of Ernest Picklebrain!\\
'''Somerset:''' That's preposterous! I've told you before, Ernest was a dear friend of mine and I've supported his pioneering science for years...\\
'''Isaac:''' Isn't it precisely your genuine interest in biology that qualified you to kill your dear friend with the aid of the world's deadliest jellyfish?\\
'''Somerset:''' Since when is a person's zeal for knowledge considered a violation of the sixth commandment?\\
'''Isaac:''' It isn't! But finding your banana stained gloves with the victim's blood on them on the crime scene IS a violation!\\
'''Somerset:''' Don't be ridiculous, no man has ever been arrested for eating a banana!\\
'''Isaac:''' Enough runaround! We know you murdered Picklebrain. We found residue from your cream for freckled skin on the bat which you used to bash the victim over the head!\\
'''Somerset:''' Fine! I murdered him! But that monster had it coming! Do you know that apes were not only playthings in this devil's scientific playground? He experimented on humans, too!\\
'''Isaac:''' Experimenting on humans? Surely that cannot be true!\\
'''Somerset:''' I have proof! He wrecked my baby sister's life!\\
'''Isaac:''' Your baby sister... you mean the one who died?\\
'''Somerset:''' My sister didn't die, but Picklebrain ruined her life! He experimented on her over and over again, and now she glows in the dark! Picklebrain was a monster playing God and didn't deserve to live. I wanted him to suffer the pain he inflicted on others! Have a taste of his own poison!\\
'''Isaac:''' We feel for your tragedy and understand your wrath, but unfortunately taking someone's life is till against the law. Sir Osborne, you're under arrest!
'''Electrical Hazard'''
->'''Maddie:''' Susie Nottingham, you're under arrest for the murder of your father, Arnold Nottingham!\\
'''Susie:''' You can't be serious, <Rank> <Name>! I'm heartbroken that Father died!\\
'''Maddie:''' I believe you are. You wrote a telegram to the police, consumed by remorse. You never sent it, but <Rank> <Name> found it... with your eye drops on the paper.\\
'''Susie:''' I don't see what my eye drops have to do with Father's death? Dr Jones assured me they were quite safe to use!\\
'''Maddie:''' Stop pretending you're simple-minded, Susie! <Rank> <Name>'s found the glove you wore when you burned your father with electricity!\\
'''Susie:''' I'd never do such a thing to Father!\\
'''Maddie:''' The evidence doesn't lie, Susie! But I'm curious: did one of the inventors give you that electric contrivance? Or did you steal it from them?\\
'''Susie:''' I'm not a thief! I designed and built that electric gun myself! That is... Oh, dear... I see it's too late to deny it now. Yes, it's true. I killed my father. But he was just like you! He didn't think I could be an inventor! And he wouldn't allow me to study, though I love tinkering with machines!\\
'''Maddie:''' How did you manage to learn so much if your father was so against progress that he went around sabotaging inventions?\\
'''Susie:''' What? My father wasn't the saboteur! He couldn't tamper with machinery if he wanted to. He didn't know the first thing about mechanics! But I learned a lot listening to all the inventors in this case, and my father was none the wiser! Until today, when he saw me leaving the Exhibition Hall! We had an argument, and... ... next thing I remember, he was lying on the floor, dead! And my electric gun was in my hand, still warm and buzzing! I wanted to go to the police straight away! I only changed my mind because I didn't want my rendezvous with Charlie to cast suspicion on him! <Rank> <Name>, I'm so sorry for everything I've done! Now Father is dead, and I'll never be an inventor! And I'll never see Charlie again!\\
'''Maddie:''' Unintended or not, Susie, you have still committed a murder! You are under arrest!
'''The Higher You Rise'''
->'''Isaac:''' Chief Inspector Halsted, I am appalled! How could you murder an innocent woman?!\\
'''Eleanor:''' How dare you accuse me, <Rank> <Name>! I outrank you!\\
'''Isaac:''' That's precisely what makes this truly distasteful! One of Concordia's highest-ranking officers, a murderous scoundrel!\\
'''Eleanor:''' You're on thin ice, <Rank> <Name>. You had better have strong evidence to level such accusations against me!\\
'''Isaac:''' We have your hot air balloon token, found at the top of the Exhibition Tower. Stained with the victim's blood!\\
'''Eleanor:''' Everyone at the World Exhibition has been riding those balloons. I saw Commissioner Baldwin in one this very night!\\
'''Isaac:''' But not everyone could access the tower platform. We know you were there when Celine Georges was pushed. We found a scrap of your blue police blazer torn on her goggles!\\
'''Eleanor:''' I... of course I was there! I told you I had safety concerns. And that cloth... the Commissioner also-\\
'''Isaac:''' The Commissioner has nothing to do with this! He doesn't have your B+ blood... the blood you wiped on Miss Georges' handkerchief! The time for deceit is over, Inspector Halsted!\\
'''Eleanor:''' Fine! I threw that meddling woman off that tower! Celine thought she was so smart. She came to me with her suspicions that someone was sabotaging the World Exhibition inventions! Little did she realize I knew all about that. So I capitalized on the tower's low safety barriers and caught Celine by surprise!\\
'''Isaac:''' So this wasn't about protecting your reputation! We always suspected Miss Georges was killed by the World Exhibition saboteur... ... but what would YOU have to gain from the victory of Spark's Exo-Suit?\\
'''Eleanor:''' I don't have to explain myself to you, <Rank> <Name>, or anyone else. If you want answers, you'll have to find them yourself!\\
'''Isaac:''' Perhaps you'll have more to say once Judge Takakura is finished with you. You're under arrest for the murder of Celine Georges!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Sinner's End''']]
'''Sinners and Saints'''
->'''Maddie:''' Kev O'Connell, we're placing you under arrest for the murder of Dr Barnaby Wilson!\\
'''Kev:''' <Rank> <Name>, don't blame me just 'cause I'm the best fighter in Concordia!\\
'''Maddie:''' We know it was you! We found your tattoo powder on the victim's doctor mask!\\
'''Kev:''' I ain't the only one in Sinner's End with tattoos, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' And yet your hair powder ended up on the shamrock branding iron that you used to viciously mark your victim!\\
'''Kev:''' I told you I don't have a good memory! I leave me hair powder lying around everywhere... it must have ended up on the iron by mistake!\\
'''Maddie:''' It's too late for your lies! We also found your skin cells on the brass knuckles you used to viciously beat Dr Wilson to death!\\
'''Kev:''' Ach, I thought I'd hidden that duster nice and good, like! Alright, <Rank> <Name>, I admit it! I killed Dr Wilson!\\
'''Maddie:''' Are you part of Mad Dog's Irish gang? Is that why you did it?\\
'''Kev:''' Oh, you are brainy, <Rank> <Name>! You even worked out I was in the gang! Yes, Mad Dog likes me to knock people around for them, to be sure. But they didn't get me to kill to doctor! I murdered that little twerp because Marla was in love with him, not me!\\
'''Maddie:''' You... are in love with Miss de Paradis?\\
'''Kev:''' Yes, but she wouldn't look at me twice, all because of that weedy pipsqueak! I couldn't stand it - I had to teach him a lesson!\\
'''Maddie:''' But if this is why you killed the doctor, why on earth did you brand him with a shamrock?\\
'''Kev:''' It's what I do every time I beat someone up good! For luck, y'know?\\
'''Maddie:''' You have very odd notions of luck. Mr O'Connell, you're under arrest!
'''Eyes Wide Shut'''
->'''Isaac:''' Mr Willingham, you're under arrest for the murder of Kristopher Bauer! What pushed you to such madness?\\
'''Elias:''' Me? Kill someone? Why, I've never heard of anything so unbecoming of a gentleman!\\
'''Isaac:''' Then why did we find traces of your fragrance on the throw pillow you wiped your bloody hands on?\\
'''Elias:''' Shenhaligon's Lavender Lust is the fragrance du jour! Men and women everywhere are wearing it!\\
'''Isaac:''' But only you left traces of your silver polish on the bottle you lost at the crime scene!\\
'''Elias:''' Silver polish? Why, it is a rare occasion that I polish my silver pocket watch...\\
'''Isaac:''' Give it up, Mr Willingham! We have a machine which proves you pulled the candle from the holder you used to stab the victim with!\\
'''Elias:''' A machine?! What devilry is this?! I cannot defend myself against such science! I confess. I killed Mr Bauer! But I was only trying to get my daughter back!\\
'''Isaac:''' Your daughter?!\\
'''Elias:''' She left us a letter. She said she could not stand our backward way of thinking, and that she was going to Paris! But I knew it couldn't be true! My little girl would never leave me! Amid my enquiries, I heard talk of Mr Bauer... Of how he would seduce girls from good families, only to force them into sexual servitude. I became convinced he had taken her!\\
'''Isaac:''' And the victim confirmed it? Is that why he asked for money?\\
'''Elias:''' Yes! He promised to tell me where my daughter was if only I paid up! But then he laughed and said he'd never met her! I became enraged! I just wanted answers, <Rank> <Name>! So I took that candlestick holder...\\
'''Isaac:''' And you stabbed him in the face!\\
'''Elias:''' Yes! Now I'll never know what became of my darling girl!\\
'''Isaac:''' I can understand the anguish of not knowing the fate of your daughter, Mr Willingham. But this story which you have spun yourself resulted in a man's murder. You're under arrest!
'''Blue Blazes'''
->'''Maddie:''' Mr Massetti, you're under arrest for the murder of Davy Byrne!\\
'''Mauro:''' Io? Why would I murder that guy?\\
'''Maddie:''' I don't know. Why did <Rank> <Name> find your cigarette case on the crime scene with fibers from your hat?\\
'''Mauro:''' You're grabbing at fibers here! I'm guilty of nothing!\\
'''Maddie:''' Then why send the victim a threat cut out of "Pistols and Petticoats"?\\
'''Mauro:''' You think a baker has time to cut out little letters from some stupid stories and make a note? I don't even have time to relax with a drink!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, you got plenty of the victim's moonshine on yourself when you doused him in it and set him on fire!\\
'''Mauro:''' ...... Bene! I did kill him! The Irish thief owed me money!\\
'''Maddie:''' Owed you money? For what? You told us earlier that Davy refused to enter into any deals with you!\\
'''Mauro:''' He refused to acknowledge me now that he was rolling in dough! But when I first knew him, he'd only just come to Concordia, and he was nothing! A nobody! He borrowed money from me all those years ago, and didn't mind me being Italian back then... he promised to repay me once he got on his own two feet. But when I heard that Davy had stated doing good for himself and came to collect, he wanted nothing to do with me! So one day I said, basta! I took him by surprise in the street and got payment in full!\\
'''Maddie:''' And you'll have to pay with jail time, Mr Massetti! You're under arrest!
'''Overkill'''
->'''Maddie:''' Madam Xiang, you're under arrest for the murder of Joseph "Bones" Dante! I was under the impression you tolerated his patronage. Why kill him?\\
'''Xiang:''' Mr Dante was a common thug who kept getting me into trouble. But I wouldn't waste my time on him.\\
'''Maddie:''' Is that so? Then why did we find your deep red clothing dye all over the knife case? That same deep color that you wear.\\
'''Xiang:''' There is no justice in this persecution! You just don't want to help my girls because they are ladies of ill repute, so you throw unfounded allegations at me!\\
'''Maddie:''' These allegations wouldn't be made if they weren't based on evidence... like finding Mr Dante's blood on your bloodletting knife, the same knife you dipped in poison and stabbed him with!\\
'''Xiang:''' <Rank> <Name>, you accuse me of killing Mr Dante while the Scarlet Slayer is still at large! Where are your priorities?\\
'''Maddie:''' But the Slayer isn't at large! You took care of that. You even left a note on his body gloating the Scarlet Slayer was dead! What we're really curious about is what made you so sure it was him...\\
'''Xiang:''' I did what none of you could, I put the pieces together! After a few girls vanished, I started checking who they had as clients and what they had done before they disappeared. Each girl on my list had spent the night with Mr Dante before she disappeared! And they were booked with him that following day as well! He was always the last person to see them! There's no such thing as coincidence! He murdered them all!\\
'''Maddie:''' If you had the proof, why didn't you come to us?\\
'''Xiang:''' I tried, but you did nothing! Your disregard for the safety of my girls forced me to act! I had no choice... so I took care of the Slayer myself!\\
'''Maddie:''' Madam Xiang, taking one life even to save many will never be anything we can condone. Therefore, you're under arrest for the murder of Mr Joseph Dante!
'''Death Is a Cabaret'''
->'''Isaac:''' Fiona Flanagan, you are under arrest for the murder of Gladys Perrin as well as the slaughter of countless other women! YOU are the Scarlet Slayer!\\
'''Fiona:''' You must be joking! I told you, it's bad business practice for one to murder one's employees.\\
'''Isaac:''' Yet it was your coffee on the feather. The same kind of feather you left on your other victims!\\
'''Fiona:''' Is that all you've got for this ridiculous charge? Coffee and feathers?\\
'''Isaac:''' You knew enough about anatomy to eviscerate Gladys.\\
'''Fiona:''' I wouldn't eviscerate her. I told you, I liked the girl. I had taken her under my wing.\\
'''Isaac:''' Stop this charade, Miss Flanagan! You left fibers from your pinstripe suit behind when you ripped Gladys' necklace away! We know you're the Scarlet Slayer! Confess!\\
'''Fiona:''' Well, well, well... You've really done your homework, haven't you, <Rank>? Yes, I did kill Gladys and those other girls as well. But I was doing them a favor!\\
'''Isaac:''' A favor?! You slaughtered them!\\
'''Fiona:''' Finley slaughtered them when he put them in his employ. Do you have any idea what these girls are put through? Trust me, a little nip now is better than what life had in store for them.\\
'''Isaac:''' You're claiming you did this out of some twisted compassion for them, not out of spite for your brother?\\
'''Fiona:''' Of course not! Him or someone else, it made no difference! The only reasonable thing to do was to liberate these girls so they weren't taken advantage of anymore! They are fallen doves. I merely returned their wings to them.\\
'''Isaac:''' Doves... Wings? You're out of your mind! We've heard all we need to hear! Fiona Flanagan, you're under arrest!
'''Slayer's End'''
->'''Maddie:''' Finley Flanagan, you're under arrest for the murder of your sister, Fiona Flanagan!\\
'''Finley (bandaged):''' Do you coppers ever listen to me? Didn't I tell yers that killing family ain't the Flanagan way?\\
'''Maddie:''' You keep repeating that, Finley. But the evidence points to you.\\
'''Finley:''' Evidence, shmevidence! It was Capecchi and the Italians, I told ya!\\
'''Maddie:''' Hardly. We found your hand cream under Fiona's fingernails! And your blood on the crime scene!\\
'''Finley:''' Ya think yer smart, innit, <Rank> <Name>! But you, Miss O'Malley, should be ashamed of yerself, accusing a fellow countryman with crime!\\
'''Maddie:''' Stop lying, Finley! We found the cord you used to strangle your sister! Tell us what she did that made you lose your temper!\\
'''Finley:''' I never lost my temper with me sister! I strangled her alright, but it was an act of mercy! ......... Fine, you got me good this time, <Rank> <Name>. I may as well 'fess up to what 'appened. I've always looked after Fiona, despite her troubles. I kept an eye on 'er, gave her a share of the business. She managed the booze gig fine. She had her... wilder moments, o'course. But I wasn't about to let me own flesh and blood rot in a madhouse! I took better care of 'er than them head doctors!\\
'''Maddie:''' And yet Fiona became the Scarlet Slayer on your watch!\\
'''Finley:''' Don't put this one on me! She went off the rails after that friend of hers died, is what 'appened! She took it into her head that she had to "save" the doves before syphilis got to them! After that, there was no reasoning with Fiona... She started killin' them girls an' stopped listenin' to me. When you nicked her, I thought it'd do her good. I thought prison would clear her head. But when she escaped, she came straight for me, raging mad! I couldn't calm her down! I knew she was too far gone this time. I told yer, t'was an act of mercy. She was tormented, she was. It was kinder to put an end to her sufferin' than let her live like that.\\
'''Maddie:''' You've also put an end to your own reign over Sinner's End, Finley. You're under arrest for murder!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Coyote Gorge''']]
'''Death Without Parole'''
->'''Maddie:''' Jeremiah Shankshaw, you're under arrest for the murder of Kev O'Connell!\\
'''Jeremiah:''' Me? A murderer? Nonsense!\\
'''Maddie:''' It is preposterous, a man in your position! And yet we found your chewing tobacco on the victim's uniform.\\
'''Jeremiah:''' Chewing tobacco? Really, <Rank> <Name>? Everyone in Stonewall uses the stuff, I wager!\\
'''Maddie:''' What about the Bible verse you wrote on O'Connell's ball and chain? We know you're partial to employing... spiritual discipline!\\
'''Jeremiah:''' You're absolutely right! And as any God-fearing man knows, it's a sin to take the life of another!\\
'''Maddie:''' And yet you beat Kev O'Connell to death, striking him with that metal rod with your right hand!\\
'''Jeremiah:''' Well, no! I... they-\\
'''Maddie:''' Stop lying, Warden Shankshaw! We found your knife, the one you used to cut off the victim's finger!\\
'''Jeremiah:''' ......... Yes, I killed O'Connell! But I had no choice, <Rank> <Name>! It was either him or me! They'd have buried me and my family alive!\\
'''Maddie:''' What do you mean, "they"? Who are you talking about?\\
'''Jeremiah:''' The Italians! They wouldn't tolerate an Irish gangster in their prison, so they forced me to eliminate him!\\
'''Maddie:''' So Stonewall really is being controlled by the Italian mob! It's bad enough you'd kill for them. But why cut off Kev's finger?\\
'''Jeremiah:''' Those were my orders! They made me do that, as a warning to the other inmates. But that's all I'm saying... I've already told you too much! But you must believe me, I didn't want to do this! I was just protecting my family!\\
'''Maddie:''' Nevertheless, the deed is done. We've no choice but to arrest you for the murder of Kev O'Connell!
'''Giving Up the Ghost'''
->'''Isaac:''' Miss Liang, you're under arrest for the murder of Will Wyoming!\\
'''Lucy:''' You think I murdered Will?! That's ridiculous!\\
'''Isaac:''' You had a motive! You hated the victim for bringing you to Devil's Ridge, a town which gave you nothing but head lice!\\
'''Lucy:''' Will and I had a few disagreements, sure, but I wouldn't have killed him because of them!\\
'''Isaac:''' Then how did fibers from your yellow bandana end up on the rope used to hang the victim?\\
'''Lucy:''' If you think I'm the only person in these parts with a yellow bandana then you haven't been paying attention!\\
'''Isaac:''' Oh, we've been paying attention. We found the shirt you were wearing when you killed him, still covered with the blood from his bruised hands.\\
'''Lucy:''' ......... Very well. You found me out. I DID kill Will Wyoming!\\
'''Isaac:''' If you didn't agree about Will's route to El Gordado, why didn't you just fire him? Why resort to murder?\\
'''Lucy:''' I couldn't fire him! He was the only one who knew how to go on from here, and there was no one left in the town to help us! But when we got to Devil's Ridge, Will demanded double the payment we had agreed upon to take us the rest of the way to El Gordado! Nobody on the caravan could afford such a price! These families have sold everything they had to be able to make this journey. And he was happy to leave us to the coyotes! I wasn't about to let him abuse these people. Will loved Whiplash, so getting him drunk was easy. When he passed out, I dragged his body to the nearest tree and hanged him like the rat he was!\\
'''Isaac:''' As despicable as our victim's actions may have been, taking justice into your own hands only means that your caravan is now leaderless. You're under arrest, Miss Liang!
'''Little Murder on the Prairie'''
->'''Isaac:''' Mr Costa, you are under arrest for the murder of Benjamin Galls. Did you really kill a man just so you could steal his belongings?\\
'''Vinnie:''' Sta scherzando? I never laid a hand on Mr Galls, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Isaac:''' Is that so? Then why was your collie present during the murder? The dog left traces on the victim's vest!\\
'''Vinnie:''' Hey, you leave Maximinus out of this! I had nothing to do with this murder, and nor did he!\\
'''Isaac:''' Yet we found your dog's collar on the crime scene. You left fibers from your cowboy hat on it!\\
'''Vinnie:''' Maledizione! Everybody around here wears such a hat!\\
'''Isaac:''' Give it up, Mr Costa! We found your blood on the pitchfork you used to stab Mr Galls through the back!\\
'''Vinnie:''' ...... E va bene, you got me, <Rank> <Name>. I killed Mr Galls! But I didn't mean to! It was the gang, they sent me to force him into giving up his land!\\
'''Isaac:''' His land? You mean to say that you killed him because he refused to leave his home behind, giving it up to the Italians?!\\
'''Vinnie:''' It's better to leave than to die, <Rank> <Name>! That's how things are around here! I tried sending him threats at first, to make him understand... but he didn't listen! So I went to rough him up a little, you know how it is! But things got out of hand! He fought back! I threatened him with the pitchfork, thinking he'd back off, but he made a lunge for me... and I ended up impaling him by accident! I never wanted it to come to this, <Rank> <Name>. But I guess this is what happens when you work for the Italian gang!\\
'''Isaac:''' What happens is that you end up in jail, Mr Costa. You're under arrest!
'''3:10 to Death'''
->'''Isaac:''' Miss McBain, you are under arrest for the murder of Danny Dedalus!\\
'''Dorothy:''' You cannot be serious! Why would I kill him?\\
'''Isaac:''' You mean besides the fact that he tried to steal your gold? Well, we know you're a crack shot with a bow and arrow.\\
'''Dorothy:''' I'm not the only one! That's a useful skill out here in the Wild East!\\
'''Isaac:''' I'm not surprised... but you might be surprised that we know the killer has green eyes! Thanks to evidence they left on their arrow fletching!\\
'''Dorothy:''' Again, there could be another green-eyed archer on the loose out here!\\
'''Isaac:''' But the only other one we've come across in our investigation is lacking one little flaw: a bruise! You left comfrey salve on your arm guard, Miss McBain!\\
'''Dorothy:''' ...... Fine. Your sleuthing is far too good, <Rank> <Name>. I DID kill Danny Dedalus!\\
'''Isaac:''' Do you make a habit of killing every person who tries to steal from you? The police should have handled it!\\
'''Dorothy:''' This was personal. Perhaps I should explain. I lied when I said I did not know Danny. He was my ex-husband.\\
'''Isaac:''' That's usually not grounds for murder, Miss-\\
'''Dorothy:''' Usually not grounds, certainly. But he was a cur. A money-grabbing louse! He married me for my name, my riches! But once we were married, he thought he could do anything he liked! Drinking, gambling, carousing with floozies! You name it! When I threw him out, Danny sent me threats for years. He swore up and down that he would get money out of me if it was the last thing he did. And, as it turns out, it WAS the last thing he did! I always knew he'd try to get at my gold one day, especially when he up and joined that gang! When one of my underlings told me that the train carrying the gold had derailed, I took my bow and arrow and ran out there to stop Danny once and for all! Though, to be fair, I only shot him once I knew for certain that he was carting off the gold!\\
'''Isaac:''' That will make no difference at all to the judge, Miss McBain. You're under arrest for the murder of Danny Dedalus!
'''Blood Bath'''
->'''Maddie:''' Clay Westwood, you're under arrest for the murder of Vinnie Costa! Did you actually kill him because he maimed your horse?\\
'''Clay (with his horse):''' I beg your pardon, ma'am? I've never killed anybody in my life and Bullseye can attest to that!\\
'''Maddie:''' Is that so? Then why did we find your Buffalo Bill watch fob covered in Vinnie's blood?\\
'''Clay:''' I do love Buffalo Bill, as any self-respectin' cowboy should, but as for the rest, I couldn't tell you.\\
'''Maddie:''' Try to tell us why we found your poker tournament handkerchief in the bomb you set up to lure our guard away and kill Vinnie!\\
'''Clay:''' I'm a man of many pastimes, but bomb-craftin' isn't one of them.\\
'''Maddie:''' But I suppose drinking is. Like the whiskey punch we found in the victim's hair... Or the broken alcohol bottle that you used to gouge Vinnie's throat wide open!\\
'''Clay:''' Ma'am... uh... I... Fine! I'll quit beatin' the devil around the stump! Yes, I killed Costa! That man was going to ruin everything the Italians are tryin' to set up here and I couldn't let that happen!\\
'''Maddie:''' So you did this because of the Italians?! I knew Vinnie's death had to be linked to Vittorio somehow, <Name>!\\
'''Clay:''' I wasn't always on their side, mind you. When I saw all them folks' lands bein' stolen away from them, I got angry. I looked for the Italians, ready to commit them to the bone orchard. But then they told me Vittorio's plan to bring in the railroad, which meant more people, more farms, more work. I'd be able to make a decent livin' again!\\
'''Maddie:''' So you killed Vinnie to silence his testimony against Vittorio!\\
'''Clay:''' Darn right, I did! Wasn't even hard, just had to steal Al's master key and distract that copper away! And I don't regret it! Capecchi was going to make Coyote Gorge great again, and I wasn't gonna let a good-for-nothing maggot ruin that!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, Mr Westwood, you won't be enjoying Coyote Gorge's greatness anytime soon, because now you'll be an inmate! You're under arrest!
'''How the East Was Won'''
->'''Isaac:''' Seamus O'Neill, you are under arrest for the murder of Vittorio Capecchi!\\
'''Seamus:''' What?! <Rank> <Name>, do you realize what kind of trouble I'd be in if I were to kill Mr Capecchi?\\
'''Isaac:''' We do. The same kind of trouble you're in now! We found your riding glove at the crime scene, still stuck full of needles from when you shoved a cactus into Vittorio's mouth!\\
'''Seamus:''' Why would I even do this? I'm not in the gang anymore, I told you!\\
'''Isaac:''' I don't know, but we also found the burlap sheet you used to drag Vittorio's body from the garden into the chapel! Was this prompted by remorse?\\
'''Seamus:''' Why would I feel remorseful for something I didn't do?\\
'''Isaac:''' But you did do it. First, you tried to drag him by his tie, before using the sheet. You left your sunburn cream on the cloth...\\
'''Seamus:''' ...... It were a mistake! It were all a terrible mistake! I came for Giulietta. I was going to take her to the city hall to elope. We could finally be free from the prejudices around us.\\
'''Isaac:''' And you thought murdering her father would make the elopement easier?!\\
'''Seamus:''' No! He weren't supposed to be there! When I heard Vittorio and his men were in town, I decided it was time to go find Giulietta. But by the time I reached the garden, there he was. And he had fire comin' out his eyes... I couldn't quell Vittorio's anger! He wouldn't hear anything! He threw me to the ground and leaped atop me! I had no choice but to defend meself! I saw the cactus, broke a piece off, and shoved it in his mouth! I was terrified for me life! When I realized he was dead, I was horrified! I thought of Giulietta finding him there, or seeing him out of her window... So I dragged his body to the chapel. Giulietta will never forgive me!\\
'''Isaac:''' I'm afraid the question of mercy is up to the judge. Seamus O'Neill, you're under arrest!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Crimson Banks''']]
'''Bridge over Trouble Waters'''
->'''Maddie:''' Margherita Morello, you're under arrest for Tommy Boyd's murder! What have you got to say for yourself?\\
'''Margherita (drying her tears):''' <Rank> <Name>, why would you make such a cruel accusation? My heart still bleeds over Tommy's death!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, Tommy was bleeding profusely, too, as you cut him open and hung him up in the slaughterhouse! We found the blood-soaked apron you wore to protect your clothes!\\
'''Margherita:''' Please, don't put these ghastly images in my head! They'll haunt me in my nightmares!\\
'''Maddie:''' Stop pretending you're a delicate flower! We also recovered your lost bracelet, the one you made in prison! We know you aren't as innocent as you'd have us believe!\\
'''Margherita:''' I already admitted I'd been to jail! Holding that past mistake against me only proves you have nothing else!\\
'''Maddie:''' Enough! We found your murder weapon discarded near the bridge, and the winch you used to hang up the body! Why did you do it, Margherita? You said you loved Tommy despite the feud between your people! I almost believed in your forbidden romance, but the evidence tells another story!\\
'''Margherita:''' I believed in our forbidden romance, too, <Rank> <Name>! And what a fool I was! I admit it, <Rank> <Name>, I killed Tommy! But he deserved it! He was a coward, too afraid to love me the way I loved him! It was hard enough that Tommy insisted we kept our love a secret because he was Irish and I was Italian. He wouldn't even hold my hand in the street! But when he realized I was in the gang, he really got cold feet! Can you believe he left a woman like ME over this?\\
'''Maddie:''' You... you're in the gang?\\
'''Margherita:''' Why are you so surprised, <Rank> <Name>? Not all of us are gun-wielding burly chaps! Just look at Franca Capecchi! She's holding her own now that Vittorio's dead! She's finally done the right thing by declaring open season on the Irish! And if Tommy became the first victim, he only had himself to blame! He shouldn't have turned his back on me!\\
'''Maddie:''' Your love story shall end in prison now, Miss Morello! You're under arrest for murder!
'''Civil Blood'''
->'''Isaac:''' Kieran Quinlan, you're under arrest for the murder of "Papa" Mario Fortuna!\\
'''Kieran:''' Aye begorrah! Why would I kill Mario? He and I may be from opposite banks of the river, but we were the same in many ways.\\
'''Isaac:''' I bet you thought you'd get away with it, but you were sloppy, Mr Quinlan. We found the pizza sauce you left behind on the murder weapon!\\
'''Kieran:''' Pizza? You realize everyone eats pizza around here? It's a nice change from shepherd's pie!\\
'''Isaac:''' But this particular meal made you ill. We know you were sick on the flag garland you strangled the victim with!\\
'''Kieran:''' Well... I was sick. But I swear, it was bad clams!\\
'''Isaac:''' Your love of Shakespeare was your final undoing. We know you threatened Papa Mario, justifying yourself after strangling him! Make it easier on yourself, Mr Quinlan. Confess your crime!\\
'''Kieran:''' Ha! Killing Mario Fortuna was a crime? The only crime around here was that man and his almighty reputation! For years, Mario thought he was better than me. It was always "Papa" Mario this and "Papa" Mario that. I've worked just as hard for this community, and what do I get for it? Nothing! So I figured it was time to bring Mario down a notch... for good!\\
'''Isaac:''' You murdered Papa Mario out of jealousy? A petty grudge?\\
'''Kieran:''' Call it what you like! We arranged to meet for dinner at Luigi's, under the guise of keeping the peace. When he had his back turned, I strangled him with those flags! Then I wheeled his body to the market, so Mario would be remembered not as a cornerstone of the community, but as a weak, pathetic victim.\\
'''Isaac:''' What a tremendous waste of life, Mr Quinlan. Both the victim's and yours... You're under arrest for the murder of Mario Fortuna!
'''Hold Your Tongue'''
->'''Maddie:''' Reggie Bates, you're under arrest for the murder of Commissioner Baldwin!\\
'''Reggie:''' Oh my, oh my... there must be some sort of misunderstanding here, <Rank> <Name>. I ain't no killer!\\
'''Maddie:''' So why did we find your allergy medicine on the Commissioner's mutilated face?\\
'''Reggie:''' There's practically an allergy epidemic in Crimson Banks thanks to those blasted factory fumes... that medicine could belong to anyone!\\
'''Maddie:''' And yet the Mazundan coffee from your cafe ended up on the note you used to lure the Commissioner to his death!\\
'''Reggie:''' My coffee's the best in town! Everyone drinks it...\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, not everyone wears the white gloves you forgot to remove while hacking off the Commissioner's tongue! The evidence is stacked against you, Mr Bates, so own up!\\
'''Reggie (sweating):''' ...........\\
'''Reggie:''' Alright, I did it! I murdered Commissioner Baldwin! I lured him to the docks in the early hours of the morning and split his head open with an adze before chopping off his tongue!\\
'''Maddie:''' Did you kill him so he wouldn't reveal your prohibition violations? Is that why you threatened him with that monkey statue and cut off his tongue?\\
'''Reggie:''' D'you really think tongues get cut out for something so small?! I slashed out that copper's tongue because I saw him sniffin' around the docks, spying on the Italians! What did that fool think he were doin' spyin' like that in the middle of a gang war!\\
'''Maddie:''' Why on earth would you care if Commissioner Baldwin was spying on the Italian gang?\\
'''Reggie:''' Because the Italians are my family! Me parents died when I were only five. The Italian gang took pity on me and brought me up like I were one of their own! I may not be Italian by blood, but my soul bleeds red, white and green, capisce? Baldwin thought he was so clever spyin' on us, so I had to protect my people!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, your people won't be there to protect you from jail! You're under arrest!
'''Stick to Your Guns'''
->'''Isaac:''' Mr Owens, you're under arrest for the murder of Edna Owens. Not only have you helped a notorious gang steal from the police, but you didn't hesitate to kill your own sister in the process!\\
'''Wilbur:''' You've got the wrong end of the stick, <Rank> <Name>! We might have had our differences, but I loved my sister!\\
'''Isaac:''' Then why did we find traces of your sleeping draught inside the gun that was used to shoot her?\\
'''Wilbur:''' Taking a sleeping draught isn't uncommon, <Rank> <Name>... Most people around here struggle to sleep what with the gangs wreaking havoc left, right and center!\\
'''Isaac:''' You can't pretend to be afraid of the gang when you're covered in oil stains from helping said gang move the weapons they stole from the police station armory!\\
'''Wilbur (sweating):''' I didn't get that from carrying guns! I'm an odd jobs man! Of course I have oil on my clothes!\\
'''Isaac:''' Cut it out, Wilbur! We found your sweat on the handkerchief you used to wipe your brow after you shot Edna! We know you did it!\\
'''Wilbur (sweating):''' ......\\
'''Wilbur:''' Alright, I confess! I did it... I killed my sister! The Italians came to me one day wit ha job. They said it'd be well-paid and that nobody would get hurt... You don't say no to those kinds of people, <Rank> <Name>, so I agreed to help! But soon enough, I realized that the gang was planning on attacking the police station Edna worked at. I thought about warning Edna, but I was afraid they'd kill me if they found out. So I sent her an anonymous threat, hoping she at least wouldn't be at the station on the night of the heist! But when we got to the station, there Edna was! That's when I understood why the gang had hired me: they thought I would talk her down... but she wouldn't listen to reason!\\
'''Isaac:''' So you shot your own sister?!\\
'''Wilbur:''' I didn't have a choice! What do you think would have happened if she'd shot at anyone? They'd have killed me, and her as well!\\
'''Isaac:''' And so you didn't hesitate to kill her to spare your life!\\
'''Wilbur:''' What was the point of both of us dying?! I sacrificed everything for Edna, and she arrested me the first chance she got! Why should I have died for her?!\\
'''Isaac:''' Mr Owens, your lack of remorse is appalling! You're under arrest!
'''Burning Bridges'''
->'''Maddie:''' Timmy Tanner, you're under arrest for the murder of Bridget Baker!\\
'''Timmy:''' What?! I could never kill Bridget! She was my friend!\\
'''Maddie:''' If she was your friend, how come you left your Stucco Wafer crumbs on her dead body?\\
'''Timmy:''' I don't know what you're talking about! That was somebody else, it had to be!\\
'''Maddie:''' What about her head? Was that supposed to be a souvenir? You took it to the playground!\\
'''Timmy (sweating):''' No, I wouldn't do something like that! Do you think I'm some kind of monster?\\
'''Maddie:''' It's useless to lie! We know you cut her head off with a machete. You left the tincture for your new tattoo on it!\\
'''Timmy (sweating):''' ......\\
'''Timmy (crying):''' It was an accident! I didn't mean to kill her!\\
'''Timmy:''' After I was mugged by some gang members last time, I stole a big knife and always had it with me! I swore they wouldn't get me so easily again! And today, there was gang fighting everywhere! I knew I was in danger! So I tried to hide behind the crates just as I heard someone walking by...\\
'''Timmy (sweating):''' Someone grabbed me. I turned around, but I couldn't recognize who it was. I could only see their silhouette against the burning skies! I was sure they were about to attack me! So I screamed and swung at their neck with everything I had!\\
'''Timmy (queasy and sweating):''' I cut their head right off! But when I saw it on the ground, I realized it was Bridget! I'd killed my only friend!\\
'''Maddie:''' And why did you carry her head away to the playground?\\
'''Timmy (crying):''' I panicked! I didn't know what to do! I didn't mean to kill her, I swear!\\
'''Maddie:''' Whether you meant to or not, Timmy, I'm afraid we must place you under arrest.
'''In Love and War'''
->'''Maddie:''' Adrienna Brassiere, you're under arrest for the murder of Seamus O'Neill!\\
'''Adrienna:''' Seamus' murder?! <Rank> <Name>, you can't be serious! He was our leader!\\
'''Maddie:''' You mean, the leader whose handkerchief you so unabashedly used to wipe your hands clean of his blood? You left traces of your cologne water on it!\\
'''Adrienna:''' So I like cologne water. It keeps me smelling nice during long workdays. Is that a crime?\\
'''Maddie:''' No, but bashing Seamus' head in with an ashtray is! We found fibers from your yellow dress on it!\\
'''Adrienna:''' Hundred of people pass through that train station on a daily basis. You can't prove those fibers came from my dress!\\
'''Maddie:''' Perhaps, but our scientists can easily prove the gum you left in Seamus' hair was chewed by you... Shall we ask them to?\\
'''Adrienna (sweating):''' <Rank> <Name>... I... uh.... I suppose there's no use lying anymore... I did kill Seamus! But he had it coming!\\
'''Maddie:''' I thought you said Seamus was someone you admired, someone you wanted to prove your worth to. Why murder him?\\
'''Adrienna:''' Because he betrayed us! He was conspiring with Giulietta Capecchi! The daughter of our mortal enemy! Seamus thought I didn't know, but he overlooked how resourceful I am! While I was spying on Franca, I discovered an even greater secret... Seamus was having an affair with Giulietta! After everything the gang's gone through and all the people who've died... Seamus just went and threw everything out the window... for a petticoat!\\
'''Maddie:''' Seamus and Giulietta were trying to stop the gang wars and prevent more deaths!\\
'''Adrienna:''' It was too late to stop it all! The Irish deserved to take the Italians down! I didn't risk my life for nothing!\\
'''Maddie:''' No, Miss Brassiere, you risked your life for prison because now you're under arrest for the murder of Seamus O'Neill!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Wolf Street''']]
'''Death Comes to Lunch'''
->'''Isaac:''' Francine, you're under arrest for the murder of your mistress, Clarissa Rochester!\\
'''Francine:''' Me, a murderer? What a fanciful idea, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Isaac:''' Not in the slightest! The evidence supports it! We found the plant you used to poison Miss Rochester! You threw it away with the leftovers!\\
'''Francine:''' Just because I cleaned up the mess doesn't mean I killed Milady!\\
'''Isaac:''' Well, you didn't clean the mortar and pestle well enough! Some crushed leaves and a hair from your head were still in it!\\
'''Francine:''' You're after me because you know Miss Clarissa wanted to sack me! But an accomplished maid like myself doesn't need to kill for a job!\\
'''Isaac:''' How do you explain this note, then? You wrote it to Miss Clarissa, with your fingers stained with golden caviar! You wanted her to change her mind about her decision!\\
'''Francine:''' No! I wanted her to change her mind about ending our affair! I wanted to stop Clarissa from throwing our romance away!\\
'''Francine (sweating):''' ......... Alright, <Rank> <Name>, I put my hands up to it! I killed Clarissa because I'd rather see her dead than living happily without me!\\
'''Isaac:''' You mean you and Miss Rochester had a... relationship of a... romantic nature?\\
'''Francine:''' We kept it hidden, for her family would have never approved. But our love only grew stronger in the darkness of secrecy. That is, until Clarissa started yearning for a child. She realized she needed an impeccable reputation to even think of adopting... Being an unmarried woman and all! She grew so afraid of a scandal that she decided never to see me again! She refused to even keep me in service as her maid! I pleaded with her to think of us, but she was ready to sacrifice me so that she could become a mother! I couldn't bear it! So I poisoned her at the luncheon, hoping that one of the guests would take the blame for the attempt.\\
'''Isaac:''' A vain hope, with <Rank> <Name> on the case! Francine, you're under arrest for murder!
'''Stockbroken'''
->'''Maddie:''' Easton Belmont, you're under arrest for the murder of Abner Milton!\\
'''Easton:''' You can't be serious. Why would I do that? Abner was helping me!\\
'''Maddie:''' But he made you lose money, which is why you read Clarissa's book, the same book we found stained with the victim's blood and your amphetamine powder.\\
'''Easton:''' That book is everywhere right now! Anybody who's anybody is reading it.\\
'''Maddie:''' What about the traces of chili dog you left on Abner's suit when you killed him?\\
'''Easton (sweating):''' EVERYONE at the Exchange eats chili dogs!\\
'''Maddie:''' But not everyone wears a Rockelite brooch! Give it up, Easton! You left Rockelite polish on the sheath of the dagger you used to stab Abner!\\
'''Easton:''' Fine! I did it! I killed Abner! The fool should have never put his nose in my business! If that idiot hadn't looked too closely at my bank bills, he'd still be alive today! Um, I mean...\\
'''Maddie:''' What about your bank bills, Mr Belmont? Should we, too, look closely at them?\\
'''Easton:''' I have already said too much. I killed Abner, isn't that all you care about? Take me to jail, I won't say a word more!\\
'''Maddie:''' Suit yourself. Easton Belmont, you're under arrest for the murder of Abner Milton!
'''Apprehend Me If You're Able'''
->'''Maddie:''' Gail Harper, you're under arrest for the murder of Jade Carnegie!\\
'''Gail:''' Me? A murderer? Whatever would make you believe that?\\
'''Maddie:''' Although you meticulously wiped the murder weapon clean, you made the mistake of wrapping your gun in the Wolf Street Journal!\\
'''Gail:''' The Journal? We are on Wolf Street, <Rank> <Name>. I'm hardly the only one who reads that!\\
'''Maddie:''' But you were the only one checking the victim's pulse to make sure she was dead. We found traces of your cigarette ash on the gunshot wound!\\
'''Gail (sweating):''' Good gracious, I would never shoot anyone! I wouldn't hurt a fly!\\
'''Maddie:''' Then how did the victim's blood get on your watch chain?\\
'''Gail (sweating):''' .........\\
'''Gail:''' Alright, I killed Jade! But she deserved it. She gave me no choice!\\
'''Maddie:''' Why, did she pester you after you'd refused her friendship? If you were worried about being associated with a criminal, becoming one was hardly a solution!\\
'''Gail:''' No, I... lied when I said I'd stopped seeing her. Jade seemed so charming, her criminal life so invigorating. I got caught up in it all! When she arrived in Concordia, Jade saw where I was working, exchanging money for rich tourists. She said it was unfair I got to touch the money, but never to have it myself. She said there was a way we could team up so I could get a bigger piece of the pie!\\
'''Maddie:''' You abandoned your principles and joined her as a counterfeiter? So much for the sanctity of the Concordian shilling!\\
'''Gail:''' Come now, <Rank> <Name>! People are making money hand over fist on Wolf Street through shady deals. Why can they get rich, but not me? So we devised the perfect plan. I swapped the counterfeit money with the cash reserves at the exchange, distributing the false currency to my customers. No one could trace it! But Jade got impatient and started spending the phony bills! I warned her to stop, but she wouldn't listen! I couldn't allow the money to be directly linked to us, I couldn't get caught. Jade had to be stopped... one way or another!\\
'''Maddie:''' So first you joined her counterfeiting racket out of greed, and then you killed her to protect yourself! Gail Harper, you're under arrest!
'''Get Off Your High Horse'''
->'''Isaac (presenting his badge):''' I did not ever imagine saying this, but Princess Eliza, we are placing you under arrest for the murder of Anna Jewell!\\
'''Eliza:''' Oh, I do declare! Is this a Concordian parlor game of which I am not aware?\\
'''Isaac:''' I'm afraid this is no game, Your Highness! You left a trail of macaron crumbs in the victim's wounds which led us straight to you!\\
'''Eliza:''' One would never be so uncouth as to leave crumbs lying anywhere, let alone on a cadaver!\\
'''Isaac:''' Then how do you explain the traces of breath freshener you deposited on the victim's cravat as you were trying to get rid of it?\\
'''Eliza:''' My breath naturally smells of the joys of spring... I am offended you would imply otherwise!\\
'''Isaac:''' Next you'll be telling us your lips are naturally that red! Your lipstick ended up on Miss Jewell's hat as she tried to defend herself from your deadly blows! It's time to confess, Your Highness!\\
'''Eliza:''' Aaw....'nuff said! You got me, <Rank> <Name>... it were me who done Anna in!\\
'''Eliza (sweating):''' ...........\\
'''Isaac:''' Princess, your accent... why has your voice changed!\\
'''Eliza (taking off her hat):''' Because I ain't no foreign princess! I'm just poor Eliza Fairfax, a flower girl from the market! At least I used to be...\\
'''Eliza:''' Anna and me was best friends growing up. We was always wanting to make somethin' more of ourselves... she with 'er horses and me by taking classes to talk proper like a lady. And I were really good at it! I even fooled everyone into thinkin' I were bloomin' foreign royalty!\\
'''Isaac:''' So you pretended you were a foreign princess... But I fail to see what your old friend had to do with this farce of yours!\\
'''Eliza:''' I 'adn't seen Anna in years! But then we bumped into each other at one of Lady 'ighmore's soirées, and she bloomin' recognized me! The likes of me can drink somethin' chronic... But it took just one gin fizz to get that ninny Anna drunk as a skunk! And the drunker she was, the more she talked! I had to shut her up before she told everyone who I really was! So I went to the stables to talk to 'er, all nice and proper like, but then me temper got the better of me... And before I knew it, I'd grabbed the nearest stirrup and begun walloping Anna on the 'ead until she stopped movin'!\\
'''Isaac:''' Well, you certainly succeeded in shutting the victim up, and now it's your turn to be shut up... in prison! Eliza Fairfax, you are under arrest!
'''Talk of the Town'''
->'''Maddie:''' Mr Harvey, you're under arrest for the murder of Joseph Pryor. Did you really end a man's life so he wouldn't tell everyone that your law degree was fake?\\
'''Hector:''' This is preposterous. I would've thought the police would know better than to go around making unfounded accusations!\\
'''Maddie:''' Except they're not unfounded. <Rank> <Name> found the gold glove you left in the hotel lobby, covered in the victim's blood!\\
'''Hector:''' Goodness, is that the best you've got? Golf is one of the most popular sports in Concordia, that glove could belong to anyone!\\
'''Maddie:''' But not everyone is in possession of the type of acid which you put in the victim's ice cream!\\
'''Hector:''' It's as I told you, I only use that acid to clean my golf clubs!\\
'''Maddie:''' Give it up, Hector! The bottle of acid you used to kill the victim had your clothing fibers on it! We know you did it!\\
'''Hector (sweating):''' ......\\
'''Hector:''' Fine, you win, <Rank> <Name>. I did kill Joseph! But not for the reasons that you think! When he blackmailed me into working for him for free, I thought I'd reached my lowest point... But then Joseph published a scandalous article about my sister!\\
'''Maddie:''' So, you had no issue with Joseph smearing everybody else's reputation, but you drew the line at your own family?\\
'''Hector:''' It wasn't just her reputation! When she wanted to launch a defamation lawsuit against Joseph, he told me to completely destroy her in court! Imagine! He held my fake law degree over my head so that I'd prove my sister was as disreputable as he claimed! It would have ruined her life! If I didn't do what he wanted, he'd have destroyed me! But if I'd gone along with it, I would have destroyed my sister! Killing him was the only choice I had!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, in that case, our only choice is putting you in jail, Mr Harvey! You're under arrest for killing Joseph Pryor!
'''The Heart of the Matter'''
->'''Isaac:''' Larry Rochester, you're under arrest for the murder of Deputy Mayor Sandra Hwang!\\
'''Larry:''' You must be joking! Why would I go to such trouble over her?\\
'''Isaac:''' I'd rather ask myself why you would have touched the murder weapon otherwise! We found the tincture you are using to heal your scratches on the rope used to strangle the Deputy Mayor!\\
'''Larry:''' Surely, I can't be the only person to use this tincture...\\
'''Isaac:''' But we have reason to believe that you are the only person who could have left sangria in the Deputy Mayor's chest when you removed her heart!\\
'''Larry:''' Nonsense!\\
'''Isaac:''' You left your blood on the stone blade used to cut it out! The game is up!\\
'''Larry:''' ...... You're quite right. I did kill the Deputy Mayor.\\
'''Isaac:''' But why? Your uncle Horatio helped her campaign!\\
'''Larry:''' Ha! Do you think he did it from the goodness of his heart? She was supposed to help my family in return! Hwang has been working for us, distracting officials and making sure they kept their noses out of Rochester business!\\
'''Isaac:''' Deputy Mayor Hwang was corrupt?!\\
'''Larry:''' Yes, but then my father got arrested for supporting my clever bond scheme, and suddenly Sandra grew scruples!\\
'''Isaac:''' YOUR clever bond scheme? Do you mean you were behind that Concordia Telephone Company swindle?\\
'''Larry:''' Please don't tell me that you thought my FATHER could have masterminded such a thing! It's true that he was always going on about how investing in telephones meant investing in the future... and about how I was doing nothing with my life... One day, it dawned on me that I could not only make my father believe that I was finally making something of myself, but that I could also make tons of money in the process! But, of course, I also knew that I wouldn't even need to create a real company. I just needed to make sure people believe that the Concordia Telephone Company was legitimate! I let my accomplice handle the details of creating and distributing the bonds, while my dear old papa gave me all the publicity I needed! The doddering fool had no idea it was a scam until it was too late. Then he took the blame for me, as I knew any good father would... But Hwang said that she couldn't bear to see an innocent man rot in jail! She said that if I didn't turn myself in, she would!\\
'''Isaac:''' So you strangled her, but what of her heart? Why did you remove her heart?\\
'''Larry:''' I did hope it would muddy the waters of your investigation, or at least scare you away...\\
'''Isaac:''' You should know by now that nothing scares <Rank> <Name> away from an investigation. You're under arrest!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Grim Chapel''']]
'''The Witching Hour'''
->'''Maddie:''' Mrs Cordelia Putnam, you're under arrest for the murder of Aubrey Miller!\\
'''Cordelia:''' But I didn't! I could never do that to Aubrey. She helped me so much!\\
'''Maddie:''' I don't think drowning her as indicated in your Malleus Maleficarum speaks highly of your feelings!\\
'''Cordelia:''' Just because I have a copy of the Malleus Maleficarum does not mean I use it.\\
'''Maddie:''' Really? Then why did we find your book at the pond covered in fresh chips of your nail lacquer?\\
'''Cordelia:''' <Rank> <Name>, your accusations are vile and unfounded! My stomach's in knots now, which is never a good thing for my fertility!\\
'''Maddie:''' You mean knots like the tight ones you slipped around Mrs Miller when you tied her to the dunking bar and drowned her? You might as well admit it, Mrs Putnam! We know it was you who hit her over the head with a stone and then drowned her!\\
'''Cordelia (sweating):''' I.........\\
'''Cordelia:''' Very well then... Yes, I murdered Aubrey! But it had to happen! Aubrey was an evil witch who murdered my babies!\\
'''Maddie:''' She did... what? You told us all Aubrey did was stop your fertility treatment when the frequent miscarriages got too dangerous for your health!\\
'''Cordelia:''' I thought that at first... but then I heard the news that she was a witch and everything made sense! AUBREY was the reason I kept losing my babies! She must've cursed me! And when I confronted her about it, she denied it! But a mother knows the truth! And a mother protects her children!\\
'''Maddie:''' You mean, by tying an innocent woman to a dunking bar and drowning her?\\
'''Cordelia:''' When I struck her over the head and she fell next to the pond, it all became clear. She needed to die like a witch! So I dragged her body to the bar as well I could, and tied her there before she came to. And then, I drowned her! She ruined my life and killed my babies! I had to pay her back for everything I suffered! So I killed her as one would kill a dark sorceress!\\
'''Maddie:''' Mrs Putnam, we sympathize with the pain of losing your unborn children, but your grief led you to murder an innocent woman! You're under arrest!
'''Graveyard Shift'''
->'''Isaac:''' Annabel Leigh, you're under arrest for the murder of Edgar Woe!\\
'''Annabel:''' Such chilling words! <Rank> <Name>, you strike terror into my heart!\\
'''Isaac:''' Your heart isn't as faint as you pretend, Miss Annabel. You had the macabre courage to kill Edgar, and leave him bloodless in the cemetery!\\
'''Annabel:''' I'd never set foot in the cemetery! Creatures of evil wander there, preying upon the souls of mortals!\\
'''Isaac:''' Those evil creatures are your own conjectures! But the vampire symbol you painted on the stature didn't fool <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Annabel:''' Terrible accusations! Edgar was my beloved, bestowed upon me by the angels! Why would I drain the blood from his body, the color from his cheeks?\\
'''Isaac:''' Why indeed! We found the syringe and the blood pump you used to fabricate a "vampire attack"! But the blond hair stuck to the bottle came from you! Confess, Annabel! Why did you kill the man who loved you, who saw you as his muse?\\
'''Annabel:''' His muse? Me and every other woman in town! If that scoundrel didn't want to get killed, he shouldn't have played around! .........\\
'''Isaac:''' Edgar was... unfaithful to you?\\
'''Annabel:''' You could say that! A week ago I chanced upon his secret notebook, and found his love poems to "Lenore," and "Morella," and who knows how many others! It turns out he'd been carrying on with other women behind my back for years! No doubt they all believed they were the only ones! I wasted my best years on Edgar! I turned down perfectly good marriage proposals! And all I got in return was a drunkard and a cheat! Well, tonight, I finally had enough! I found him so drunk he didn't even feel the prick of my needle in his neck! Watching his blood draining into the jar was curiously satisfying! He'd broken my spirit - so I took his blood!\\
'''Isaac:''' Well, you do have one thing in common with vampires: you killed in cold blood! You're under arrest for murder!
'''Doctor, Interrupted'''
->'''Maddie:''' Dwayne Reed, we know you murdered Dr Blackmoor. Being an asylum patient likely means you can't fully answer for your actions, but we must take you into custody-\\
'''Dwayne:''' Did you say I did the murder? Me?\\
'''Maddie:''' Do you not remember? We know you used the doctor's electroshock machine against him. We found mushroom sauce on the electroshock helmet you used, and we know mushrooms are your favorite food.\\
'''Dwayne:''' Mushrooms are squishy and delicious, but they don't make me a killer!\\
'''Maddie:''' We also found your rash cram on the bottle of electroshock gel you used on Dr Blackmoor when you killed him.\\
'''Dwayne:''' Maybe it was someone else's rash cream. Lots of us here have skin problems!\\
'''Maddie:''' Mr Reed, do you truly not recall writing a threat in chess code on Dr Blackmoor's coffee mug? Did you kill him because you were afraid he would lobotomize you?\\
'''Dwayne:''' Not me! Alice!\\
'''Dwayne (sweating):''' .........\\
'''Dwayne:''' Well, now you know. I killed him. But I couldn't let him hurt that little girl!\\
'''Maddie:''' Dr Blackmoor wanted to lobotomize Alice?\\
'''Dwayne:''' Yes, he was going to cut out her brain! I heard him tell a nurse he wanted to! Alice is just a little girl! You don't do that to a child! He could have my brain if he really wanted, but not hers!\\
'''Dwayne (sweating):''' I knew I had to kill him. It was the only way to protect Alice from that monster.\\
'''Dwayne:''' So when the doctor called me to his office for an electroshock session, I lunged at him, forced him into that machine, and set it as high as it could go!\\
'''Maddie:''' Mr Reed, this is a sorry situation indeed, but I'm afraid we still need to take you into custody!
'''Turn for the Worse'''
->'''Isaac:''' Mysteria, you're under arrest for the murder of Lynn Hart!\\
'''Mysteria:''' What? How could you say such a thing? Lynn was my dearest friend!\\
'''Isaac:''' Then how is it we found our rose petals on the victim's knives, the ones you used to stab Miss Hart!\\
'''Mysteria (sweating):''' Her knives? I... I've never touched those!\\
'''Isaac:''' The blades in question suggest otherwise! Residue from your popcorn was found on the murder weapon!\\
'''Mysteria:''' You must believe me, <Rank> <Name>! I'd never hurt Lynn!\\
'''Isaac:''' You may have tried to ease your conscience, wiping your hands clean of the victim's blood, but your rhinestone cloth has been your undoing! What did your closest friend, whom you claim to have the deepest affection for, ever do that drove you to murder?\\
'''Mysteria (crying):''' She found out who I was! Lynn discovered my true identity!\\
'''Isaac:''' Your true identity? What do you mean?\\
'''Mysteria:''' Well, you see, <Rank> <Name>...\\
'''Mysteria (removing her disguise):''' ... I am Faith Woodford!\\
'''Isaac:''' Faith Woodford? Hope's sister?\\
'''Mysteria:''' Yes! After I escaped from Gryphon Sanctuary, I needed somewhere to hide. A place where I could blend in and disappear. So I became Mysteria, Wonderland's bearded lady. Nobody suspected me, nobody would come looking for me here. But when Lynn fell in love with me, she started digging into my past and discovered my true identity. When she told me about it, I just panicked... ... I couldn't risk my secret getting out! I haven't even revealed myself to my sister for fear of being sent back to the asylum!\\
'''Isaac:''' So you murdered your friend!\\
'''Mysteria:''' It all happened so fast, I'd stabbed her before I knew what was happening. I couldn't bear being sent back to Gryphon Sanctuary, so I staged the murder to cover my tracks!\\
'''Mysteria (crying):''' I didn't want to do it, you must believe me, <Rank> <Name>! But I had no choice! I don't belong at the asylum!\\
'''Isaac:''' And yet your plans have availed you nothing, Miss Woodford. You're under arrest for the murder of Lynn Hart!
'''Doom Service'''
->'''Maddie (presenting her badge):''' Johnny Torrents, we're placing you under arrest for the murder of Admiral Oliver Oak!\\
'''Johnny:''' <Rank> <Name>, I see you're suffering from a muddlement of fiction and fact - don't despair, it happens to the best of us!\\
'''Maddie:''' The only fiction here are the lies you've been feeding us, Mr Torrents! Now, let me tell you the hard facts that led us to you... You left traces of your favorite Corpse Reviver cocktail on the Admiral's medicine bottle when you switched his heart pills for hallucinogenic drugs!\\
'''Johnny:''' Come now, this hotel bar's known for its Corpse Revivers - I am certainly not alone in enjoying them!\\
'''Maddie:''' Still itchy from your bout of fleas? We know you caught them from the dog you used to frighten the drugged Admiral to death!\\
'''Johnny:''' With such an imagination, you should be a writer, <Rank> <Name>, not me! I caught the fleas from this crumbling, bug-infested hotel, not some dog!\\
'''Maddie:''' Then how do you explain your lens cleaning liquid ending up on the can of phosphorescent paint that you used to make the dog glow? It's too late for more lies, Mr Torrents - we know it was you! Why did you do it?\\
'''Johnny:''' For my craft, of course! That's why I killed that blasted Admiral! Look, I wanted one of the characters in my next book to be frightened to death. But, as all my fans know, I'm a wordsmith of integrity... I only write what is true! Which is why I needed to determine if it was indeed possible to die from fear, and the Admiral just happened to be a convenient guinea pig for my research!\\
'''Maddie:''' A convenient guinea pig? So this is how much you value life?!\\
'''Johnny:''' Oh, one can never expect such illiterate and unimaginative minds as yours to understand my genius! It was child's play entering the Admiral's room while he was otherwise occupied in the bar, which meant I had no difficulty switching his heart pills for the hallucinogenic concoction I had created... I then found a stray dog which I covered in phosphorescent paint, let him loose in the old man's bathroom, and sat back to enjoy the show. It worked better than in my wildest dreams, I tell you! The look of terror on the Admiral's face was pure poetry!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, you'll have plenty of time to write all about it... in prison! Johnny Torrents, you're under arrest for this despicable murder!
'''Unsafe Haven'''
->'''Isaac:''' Mrs May, you're under arrest for the murder of Patricia Rochester. So much for caring for your patients!\\
'''Sylvia:''' You've got it all wrong, <Rank> <Name>! I have my patients' best interests at heart - I'd never hurt one of them!\\
'''Isaac:''' Then why did we find traces of your porridge on the victim's neck, where you checked her pulse?\\
'''Sylvia:''' All the staff here eat porridge, <Rank> <Name>! You need the energy when you're on your feet all day!\\
'''Isaac:''' Yes, and you all use carbolic soap... but you're the only one who left traces of it on Patricia's necklace when you stole it from her dead body!\\
'''Sylvia (sweating):''' I... I never touched her necklace! I'm innocent!\\
'''Isaac:''' Give it up, Nurse May! We found your blood on the handkerchief you wiped your hands on! You shot Patricia in the head and left her there, alone in that basement! I don't get it! Why would you even want Patricia dead? The poor woman was no threat to anyone, not in her current state of mind!\\
'''Sylvia:''' You only have yourself to blame, <Rank> <Name>. I wouldn't have had to kill her if you hadn't come here! You showed up asking about the "Devil," and jogged her memory. And then she remembered she'd seen us together the day she was committed!\\
'''Isaac:''' "Us"? You mean you and the "Devil"? You were working with the "Devil"?!\\
'''Sylvia:''' He might have been the "Devil" to you, <Rank> <Name>, but he was the love of my life! And now you've caught us, I guess there's no point keeping it a secret! From the moment we met, years ago, I'd always admired his mind. His ruses were crafted down to the finest detail! And so when he came up with an idea to make some money by helping rich people lock up bothersome individuals, I was happy to help him!\\
'''Isaac:''' So this whole scheme was his idea! What, facilitating murders wasn't satisfying enough?\\
'''Sylvia:''' Sometimes murder seemed like overkill, <Rank> <Name>. Sometimes it's easier to silence people simply by locking them up and discrediting them entirely...\\
'''Isaac:''' Just like the Rochesters did with Patricia! How many more people have you committed at their behest? Confess!\\
'''Sylvia:''' How stupid do you think I am, <Rank> <Name>? William didn't speak, and I won't either!\\
'''Isaac:''' As you wish, Mrs May. You're under arrest for the murder of Patricia Rochester and the unlawful committal of countless patients! Judge Lawson shall deal with you!
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[[folder:'''Ivory Hill''']]
'''The Machiavellian Candidate'''
->'''Maddie:''' Gertrude Avery, you are under arrest for the murder of Lissa Avery, your own step-daughter!\\
'''Gertrude:''' WHAT?! I could never hurt Lissa!\\
'''Maddie:''' Then how do you explain the traces of your lobster lunch on the bottle of wine to which you added cyanide?\\
'''Gertrude:''' I never! The very thought! Besides, most of the people at that luncheon ate lobster!\\
'''Maddie:''' That's as may be... But not everyone was wearing grey pinstripe! You left some on the cyanide box from which you drew the poison!\\
'''Gertrude (sweating):''' Hogwash! Grey pinstripe is all the rage these days!\\
'''Maddie:''' But you can't hide behind your blue eyes! When you tried to dispose of the glass from which Lissa drank, you left some of your skin cells!\\
'''Gertrude:''' ...... Fine! I DID kill Lissa! I never liked that brat. She was always my husband's pet, his dear daughter who could do no wrong... And then he died and I learned that Lissa was getting all his fortune! After all those years I wasted caring for that man, now I had to live on what meager sum his brat gave me! I could only inherit if SHE died, too!\\
'''Maddie:''' So you killed your step-daughter for money?!\\
'''Gertrude:''' Believe me, I tried to act chummy at first in the hopes that she would become more generous, but it never worked! When I entered the experimental cyanide treatment program for my diabetes, I finally understood how I could get at all those riches! I thought if I poisoned her at the awards luncheon, the police would suspect all those politicians, while I played the distraught mother! But then you ruined everything!\\
'''Maddie:''' Yes, the riches you killed for will do you no good in prison, Mrs Avery! You're under arrest!
'''The Swan Song'''
->'''Isaac:''' Henri Monplaisir, you're under arrest for the murder of Marta Ulanova!\\
'''Henri:''' Pardonnez-moi? You think I murdered Marta Ulanova?! Monsieur, I am an artiste, not an assassin.\\
'''Isaac:''' I would believe that if only we hadn't found your bloody note. The reference to the "mouse queen's" death gave you away.\\
'''Henri:''' Ohlala... you think I'm ze only one who knows ze Nutcracker! It played for months here, everyone in town saw it!\\
'''Isaac:''' Perhaps, but not everyone would leave traces of their Dancing Queen cocktail on the victim's dead body, a libation we know you drank to deal with Marta's exigencies.\\
'''Henri:''' I am French, I love ze champagne... but zat does not make a murderer, only a bon vivant.\\
'''Isaac:''' What DOES make you a murderer is the lamp you used as the murder weapon, the one you left some feathers on! You might as well admit it, Mr Monplaisir! We know the show was in jeopardy and that you would've done anything to keep it alive... even if that meant killing Marta!\\
'''Henri:''' I only killed her because she killed ME!\\
'''Isaac:''' From where I'm standing, you've very much alive...\\
'''Henri:''' My vision! She killed my vision! I didn't care about the outrageous expenses or even the delays... but when I realized she had changed my vision... I snapped! I had planned for a gran entrance... ze ballerinas were to arrive on a fleet of miniature white Zeppelins... wearing nothing but their passion and pointe shoes! But instead, Marta changed it to tutus and swans! Can you imagine such a thing?! So traditional! Everyzing I fought for, everyzing I worked so hard for was gone! After I witnessed the atrocity of tonight's premiere, I felt ze muse of inspiration take over me again... I grabbed ze lamp and struck Marta as hard as I could! I wanted ze Mouse Queen dead! I am ze great Henri Monplaisir! My genius is rivaled by no one!\\
'''Isaac:''' ......... Mr Monplaisir, it is my muse which inspires me to say that your stroke of genius has landed you the starring role of prison inmate. You're now under arrest for the murder of Marta Ulanova!
'''Tipping the Scales'''
->'''Maddie:''' Samson Drake, you're under arrest for Archie Rochester's murder! I admit your smooth manners fooled me. But you didn't fool <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Samson:''' Evidently, this is a mistake! I didn't kill Archie Rochester, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' Evidence shows you filled one of Archie's asthma inhalers with strong Swiss chloroform, and made him breathe it in!\\
'''Samson:''' You have a wild imagination, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' Imagination doesn't come into it! Only a strong man like you could've sawed Archie in half! And you bragged about being in excellent shape!\\
'''Samson:''' That doesn't mean I'm a raging lunatic who'd cut a man in two!\\
'''Maddie:''' Stop denying it, Drake! We found your handsaw with Archie's blood on it - and your own! But why did you arrange the body in that grotesque display? And leave that message about "just punishment"?\\
'''Samson:''' Do I need to spell it out for you? I killed Archie to send a message to his father!\\
(Samson stands, sweating and speechless.)\\
'''Maddie:''' You committed this murder as a message to Senator Rochester? What sort of message?\\
'''Samson:''' The Senator had to see that he couldn't fool me any longer with his lofty plans for a new republic!\\
'''Maddie:''' You know about the Rochesters' plans to create a new republic?\\
'''Samson:''' Not only do I know... I was the plan's biggest supporter! Senator Rochester promised that I'd become his education minister! The Senator needed my connections as a lobbyist! But it turned out that his promises were all lies! He never planned to include me in his government! There'd be no education minister in the republic at all! Because there won't be any schools, except for the rich! The Senator believes ignorant masses are easier to govern! That was when I realized what I'd agreed to! I was supporting a Rochester takeover, and for what? What had I become in my ambition?\\
'''Maddie:''' So you heard the voice of your conscience, and decided to kill Archie as a result?\\
'''Samson:''' I knew the only way to hurt the Senator was to take what was most precious to him: his son and heir! <Rank> <Name>, I'm not proud of what I've done... But I had to show the Senator that his just punishment would befall him! So I left Archie on the scales as a message for him!\\
'''Maddie:''' Samson Drake, you should've known that murder isn't the way to oppose political machinations! You're under arrest!
'''A Study in Pink'''
->'''Isaac:''' Verushka Coldwell, you are under arrest for the murder of your mother, Barbara Coldwell! What have you to say for yourself?\\
'''Verushka:''' Me, a murderer? That's a laugh riot! <Rank> <Name>, you should've gotten a job spinnin' yarns for Pistols & Petticoats!\\
'''Isaac:''' Wrong, Miss Coldwell. The "laugh riot" was the suicide letter we found - which you wrote using Components of Composition! It was well done that you tore the letter to pieces. No one in their right mind would have believed your mother wrote it!\\
'''Verushka:''' You're saying my mother's death was a suicide? Oh, <Rank> <Name>, it can't be! She seemed so happy!\\
'''Isaac:''' It WASN'T suicide, that's our point! And she may have been happy, until you pushed her out the window, leaving donut icing and sprinkles on her bodice!\\
'''Verushka:''' That could've been anyone! There are always free donuts at Pistols & Petticoats! You think I go around with dirty hands, <Rank> <Name>?\\
'''Isaac:''' Perhaps you've washed your hands since murdering you mother, but that ink stain on your dress is a dead giveaway. You're our culprit!\\
'''Verushka:''' ......... All right, I'll cop to it! I pushed her! The woman was insufferable! She spent my entire life lording over me and hoggin' the spotlight! I could never be my own person! I'd finally had it when she told me I couldn't marry Callum! She got all in a lather about it!\\
'''Isaac:''' You and Callum are courting?!\\
'''Verushka:''' Well, Callum didn't know it yet. I wasn't gonna tell him until it was time, you know? I know he'd be game. Ever since we were kids he's thought I was the bee's knees! But that pink nightmare told me I'm not allowed to get married until I'm twenty-five! Can you believe it? That's FOREVER from now! I'm already an adult, for cryin' out loud! That was the last straw! So I pushed her out the window!\\
'''Isaac:''' Well, Miss Coldwell, according to your age you are legally no longer a minor. That much is true. ... Regardless, I'm afraid the only "major" thing about you is your egotism! You are under arrest for the murder of Barbara Coldwell!
'''A Family Affair'''
->'''Maddie:''' Horatio Rochester, you're under arrest for the murder of your brother Leopold!\\
'''Horatio:''' Nonsense! This isn't the first time you've accused me of murder, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' We've all the proof we need this time, starting with the murder weapon: your Concordia University letter opener!\\
'''Horatio:''' Concordia University? That fine institution has educated thousands of graduates!\\
'''Maddie:''' But this letter opener belongs to you. We found traces of your beige silk cravat inside the sheath.\\
'''Horatio:''' Beige silk? Is that what passes for evidence these days? I expected you'd put more effort into catching my brother's killer.\\
'''Maddie:''' But the evidence doesn't lie! That rare stamp from your collection was your undoing. You used it to post that threat to your brother!\\
'''Horatio:''' ......... Very well, <Rank> <Name>. It appears you've won the day. I killed Leopold! It's my own fault I got caught, murdering Leopold with my own hands. Out of pure sentimentality, I figured I owed him that much.\\
'''Maddie:''' What drove you to murder your own brother? Petty jealousy?\\
'''Horatio:''' Hardly! As is my motivation for everything I do, I did it to protect my family's honor! Leopold was a nitwit, but a harmless one. Until he decided to air Malcolm's dirty laundry. Who was to say what he'd blab about next? He was a liability. Leopold could've dismantled the Rochester's influence!\\
'''Maddie:''' A liability? Leopold came to us in the name of justice!\\
'''Horatio:''' What's justice without loyalty? Leopold betrayed me! I haven't spent my entire life defending this family, only to have him undermine everything! Do you think this family would be so wealthy if I hadn't been making deals with bandits, stoking their little war to boost our railway profits? And who but me made a literal deal with the devil to keep our enemies quiet? And what brings it all down like a house of cards? Leopold and his naivety! He must be laughing in his grave! He stabbed us in the back, so I stabbed him through the chest, before the very eyes of our ancestors!\\
'''Maddie:''' So you murdered your brother and personally masterminded all of those crimes!\\
'''Horatio:''' Yes, it was all me! There's no sense hiding it now. But my empire will never crumble, regardless of what you think you're achieving here today, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' I hope that delusion helps you sleep at night in prison! Horatio Rochester, you're under arrest!
'''Arrow of Injustice'''
->'''Maddie:''' Eleanor Halsted, it seems Justin Lawson's botched assassination wasn't enough for you... you also had to go and kill the Mayor!\\
'''Eleanor:''' <Rank> <Name>, I already told you - the Mayor's death had nothing to do with me! Now, please go away!\\
'''Maddie:''' Miss Halsted, the evidence is stacked against you! Now, we know you're a straight talker, so let me put it straight to you... Your murderous plan started to unravel from the moment you gave away your skills in marksmanship by shooting that arrow through a window and straight into the Mayor's brain!\\
'''Eleanor:''' Stop your claptrap! Every Concordian man and his horse knows how to shoot accurately these days...\\
'''Maddie:''' Does every man and his horse also wear red? Because we found fibers from your crimson shirt in the quiver from which you pulled the fatal arrow that killed the Mayor!\\
'''Eleanor:''' You're certainly making me see red with your infernal accusations!\\
'''Maddie:''' Funny you mention seeing, because your sweat-covered spyglass told us all about your brown eyes! Your game is up, Miss Halsted - it's time to confess!\\
'''Eleanor:''' ........... Fine! What do I care, anyway? I'm already in jail! Yes, I did it - I assassinated the Mayor!\\
'''Maddie:''' Was killing the Mayor also part of your nefarious deal with the Rochesters to secure your release from prison?\\
'''Eleanor:''' Oh, how small-minded you all are! No vision whatsoever... The Rochesters had nothing to do with this. That family has no more power than your dead Mayor! Sending me to prison was the best thing you could have done for me, <Rank> <Name>. It showed me the light!\\
'''Maddie:''' The light? Whatever do you mean?\\
'''Eleanor:''' It made me realize justice is just an illusion, and people like you, <Rank> <Name>, who claim to be protecting our city, are deluded! It is only the Finley Flanagans and Franca Capecchis who have the vision to transform our world! This city and its false, limp leaders all need to burn so that the truly righteous can rise from the ashes and make Concordia great again!\\
'''Maddie:''' So what you're saying is Concordia would be better served by a bunch of gangster leaders, and every member of the justice system should die?\\
'''Eleanor:''' Indeed! The Mayor and his Deputy were just the first names in my very long kill list. You were next, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' We've heard of your nonsense, Miss Halsted, and you can leave the rest of your wittering for the courtroom. You're charged with the murder of Mayor Castletown!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Capitol Peak''']]
'''The New Truth!'''
->'''Maddie:''' Miss Samuels, you're under arrest for the murder of Judge Takakura. We know he was a difficult boss, but did you really kill him for that?\\
'''Florence:''' You've got it all wrong, <Rank> <Name>. Judge Takakura and I might've had our differences, but I didn't kill him!\\
'''Maddie:''' And yet, we found your subscription keychain from The New Truth next to the body!\\
'''Florence:''' This is nonsense. Most of Concordia reads The New Truth! It's the only newspaper there is!\\
'''Maddie:''' Yet you are the only one who left traces of your freckle cream on the hammer you used to beat Judge Takakura to death!\\
'''Florence:''' This is all conjecture, <Rank> <Name>! Do you really believe me to be capable of something so brutal?\\
'''Maddie:''' We don't just believe it, we have the evidence to prove it! We found the tie you took from Takakura's body and threw in his garden!\\
'''Florence:''' It... it landed in his garden?! I just threw it over the nearest fence as I ran away!\\
'''Florence (sweating):''' ......\\
'''Florence:''' Fine, I killed him! And I don't regret it for a second! He dared to disrespect our magnificent leader, Mayor Lawson!\\
'''Maddie:''' You killed Judge Takakura just because he didn't like Mayor Lawson?!\\
'''Florence:''' Justin Lawson is my idol! He's a strong, principled man who has dedicated his life to making Concordia better for us all! I attended one of his speeches several months ago... And he was so handsome, so righteous! I knew right then that it was true love! But then Judge Takakura dared to insult Mayor Lawson behind his back! He said our wonderful leader was a monster who lacked mercy! I immediately reported Judge Takakura to the Justice Corps... But when they let him go, I knew I had to take matters into my own hands! So I lay in wait on his way home from work, and I attacked him! I kept hitting him until he stopped moving! Judge Takakura deserved to die for what he said, <Rank> <Name>! He wasn't half the man Justin Lawson is... And I know that Mayor Lawson himself would thank me for what I did!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, you're about to have the chance to explain your actions to Mayor Lawson himself! Miss Samuels, you're under arrest!
'''Resistance is Fatal'''
->'''Isaac:''' Captain Bill Beatty, you are under arrest for the murder of Dylan Mitvok!\\
'''Bill:''' Be careful who you accuse of murder, <Rank> <Name>. I'm the Head of Clandestine Operations for the Justice Corps, after all!\\
'''Isaac:''' Your position in the Justice Corps won't help you with all the evidence we have against you! You should have been more careful, you left some camomile tea on Dylan when you killed him.\\
'''Bill:''' Ha! More than half of Concordia enjoys a good camomile tea to unwind... your evidence is useless!\\
'''Isaac:''' But only one person in Concordia forgot their bloody bicycle helmet in Smokey's Café after fleeing the crime scene on a bicycle!\\
'''Bill:''' Do you really think I would be stupid enough to leave such evidence behind if I murdered someone?\\
'''Isaac:''' Your A- type blood was mixed in with the victim's on that very helmet! Admit it! You killed him!\\
'''Bill:''' You never back down, do you, <Rank> <Name>? Yes, I killed Dylan Mitvok. It was my DUTY! When I realized Dylan was withholding information, I decided to do a little spying of my own. It wasn't long before he unwittingly led me to the barn! I was disappointed that no other resistance members were there... But then I saw the opportunity to make Dylan to tell me everything and I seized it! I asked him to give me all he knew about the resistance, but he said that he would not say anything anymore... He had been seduced by the ideas of the enemy!\\
'''Isaac:''' So you decided to crush his legs with a printing press until he talked?!\\
'''Bill:''' I never intended to kill him, but the idiot went and bled to death!\\
'''Isaac:''' You killed him, and you feel no remorse even now! But you will feel justice. You're under arrest!\\
'''Bill:''' Did you forget who I am, <Rank> <Name>? I work directly with Justin Lawson! You can't do anything to me!\\
'''Isaac:''' We'll see about that, Beatty! I heard Lawson has appointed a new judge, and I hope for your sake she's not a proponent of the death penalty!
'''One Dead More'''
->'''Maddie:''' Adelia Baldwin, you're under arrest for the murder of Albertina Thenard.\\
'''Adelia:''' This is ridiculous, <Rank> <Name>! I might have fallen from grace, but I didn't fall that far!\\
'''Maddie:''' Well, we did find your singing competition medal covered in the victim's blood!\\
'''Adelia:''' A singing medal? I do like to hum a tune, but that has nothing to do with murdering someone!\\
'''Maddie:''' No, but your bottle of Château Piquette does, especially since you used it to bash your former employer's head in!\\
'''Adelia:''' Drinking cheap wine is not a crime, <Rank> <Name>! It's a welcome distraction to the miserable life I'm living!\\
'''Maddie:''' Reading would've been a worthy distraction. Too bad you ripped out the pages of your Victor Hugo book to wrap the murder weapon in it!\\
'''Adelia (sweating):''' I- That's not...\\
'''Adelia:''' Fine, I'm tired of lying! I did kill her!\\
'''Maddie:''' As a police commissioner's daughter, you should've known murder wasn't the answer! Did you do it because Mrs Thenard refused to pay you for your work?\\
'''Adelia:''' It's not just that she didn't pay me, <Rank> <Name>! I haven't told you the full truth about my work for her! Mrs Thenard asked me to deliver bread to her wealth clients. Everything was fine until one male client suggested I offer other services for extra pay. Mrs Thenard jumped at the idea! She was charging ten times the amount of money for a loaf of bread... and my special services.\\
'''Maddie:''' Mrs Thenard forced you to be a prostitute?\\
'''Adelia (crying):''' Yes! I tried to refuse, but she threatened to take my child if I didn't go through with it! She told me I had no one to turn to, nobody would believe me!\\
'''Adelia:''' Paris is all I've got! So I did what she wanted for a while, but she still didn't pay me enough. We were starving... and afraid! I knew the only way I'd be free of her was if I killed her! I didn't have a choice, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Maddie:''' Oh, Adelia, that's terrible, but we cannot overlook the fact you murdered someone. We have to place you under arrest!
'''Inglorious Justice'''
->'''Isaac:''' Minnie Starr, you're under arrest for Jane Pembroke's murder!\\
'''Minnie:''' <Rank> <Name>, you must be mistaken! Jane was my friend!\\
'''Isaac:''' No doubt poor Jane believed you to be her friend. She went to the Justice Day party with you... ... where you strangled her with her own scarf! You tried to hide the evidence, but <Rank> <Name> found it!\\
'''Minnie:''' Nonsense! With so many people at the party, it could've been anyone!\\
'''Isaac:''' We found your blood pressure medication on the murder weapon! And you're still wearing the lipstick you smeared on her hair as you pulled it out!\\
'''Minnie:''' No woman would ever go to a party without lipstick! Well, except Plain Jane, of course...\\
'''Isaac:''' Admit it, Minnie: your "friendship" with Jane was a vicious competition! We heard you belittle her behind her back! And you even sent her a threatening telegram!\\
'''Minnie:''' Alright, you got me, <Rank> <Name>! I killed Jane. But you have to understand me! She was so, so... infuriating! Always pretending to be shy and quiet - but then she wriggled her way into a promotion she knew I wanted, too! Calculating is what she was, not shy! And did you see her? Dull as a mouse! And still, she got herself a rich husband while I'm left unwed!\\
'''Isaac:''' You killed Jane out of jealousy?\\
'''Minnie:''' I WASN'T jealous! I only wanted what was FAIR! <Rank> <Name>, you cannot dispute I was better than Jane in every way! I'm prettier, for a start! Ask any man at the Telegraph Office!\\
'''Isaac:''' Well, it appears that Will Grady didn't agree. He clearly saw Jane in a different light-\\
'''Minnie:''' That LOUSE put a spell on Mr Grady! What could he have possibly seen in Jane when I was flirting with him every day?! Mayor Lawson promised us justice and fairness, <Rank> <Name>! All I did was fix the injustices of my own life! He would understand!\\
'''Isaac:''' I very much doubt so, Miss Starr, but you shall know enough. You're under arrest for the murder!
'''Best Laid Plans'''
->'''Isaac:''' Giulietta Capecchi, you're under arrest for the murder of Inspector Jaubert! How could you? You told us you were better than this! You said you didn't want to be your father's daughter!\\
'''Giulietta:''' Of course I don't! Has the Justice Corps finally brainwashed you too?\\
'''Isaac:''' Certainly not, but you dropped Inspector Jaubert's blood-stained medal here at the resistance headquarters! With traces of your food on it!\\
'''Giulietta:''' Surely you don't think I'd bring evidence against me right to our doorstep!\\
'''Isaac:''' Well, some evidence you can't escape... Like that bruise on your face. Did you get it in a fight with Inspector Jaubert?\\
'''Giulietta:''' You think a resistance leader can get through life without some fights? It doesn't mean I'm a murderer!\\
'''Isaac:''' No, but you did plan the murder like a military campaign! We found your threat to the Inspector!\\
'''Giulietta:''' I was just venting my frustration when I wrote that! I never meant for him to see it.\\
(Giulietta stands, speechless and desperate.)\\
'''Giulietta:''' Fine, yes! I did kill Jaubert! But I swear it was an accident! I intended to go forward with our plan to arrest Lawson. I went early to prepare, but then Jaubert showed up, and he saw us- I mean, saw me-\\
'''Isaac:''' Wait, "us"? You weren't alone during the murder?\\
'''Enzo:''' No, she wasn't! And if you want to arrest her, you'll have to arrest me too!\\
'''Giulietta:''' Enzo, what are you doing? Don't implicate yourself, you can go free!\\
'''Enzo:''' I'm not leaving you! <Rank> <Name>, I was there too! I helped Giulietta cover up the murder!\\
'''Isaac:''' Well, this just keeps getting better! What happened, exactly?\\
'''Giulietta:''' As I said, Jaubert attacked me. We fought, and I pushed him into the guillotine...\\
'''Giulietta (crying):''' Then the rope slipped, and the blade cut him in two! It was awful! I nearly lost my mind, but Enzo helped me escape!\\
'''Enzo:''' I wasn't sorry to see that pig die, but Giulietta was beside herself. She never meant to kill him! And if anyone found out, she'd be added to the mass execution!\\
'''Giulietta (crying):''' I know I must face justice for my crime, but I didn't want to die, <Rank> <Name>! I'm sorry I lied to you!\\
'''Isaac:''' <Name>, it's true that if we tell anyone it was Giulietta, she'll be executed for what seems to be an accident. But what should we do? She is a killer and innocent at once! We can't condemn her to death, but what-\\
'''Charles:''' <Name>, I'm sorry to interrupt, but this is beyond urgent! Our entire team has been arrested! Lawson's goons stormed the airship and rounded them up!\\
'''Isaac:''' What?!\\
'''Enzo:''' <Rank> <Name>, can we do anything to help?\\
'''Isaac:''' No! If Lawson's coming after us, there's no hope for you! Run, now! We'll deal with you later... if we survive this!\\
'''Isaac:''' And Charlie, tell us exactly what happened to our team!
'''Last Stans for Justice'''
->'''Maddie:''' Diego... it was you! YOU killed Charlie?!\\
'''Diego:''' Oh no... Madeline, I-\\
'''Maddie:''' You lured him to the lab with that coded message! Setting a trap for premeditated murder!\\
'''Diego (sweating):''' It's not what you think! Just listen-\\
'''Maddie:''' Quiet, Diego! You shot him dead with Rose's gun, in cold blood! Then you hid the bullet casing at the top of Concordia Tower!\\
'''Diego:''' Please, Madeline-\\
'''Maddie:''' HOW COULD YOU, Diego?! He was your friend! My husband! The father of my child!\\
'''Diego:''' Please, Maddie. You must let me explain! Yes, I did kill Charlie. But it didn't happen the way you think! The truth is, Charlie and I had been working together. We had devised a plan to apprehend Justin Lawson. To end his ruthless regime once and for all!\\
'''Maddie:''' Are we just supposed to take your word for it? Why wouldn't you tell the rest of the Squad? Why wouldn't Charlie tell ME?\\
'''Diego:''' Charlie wanted to, believe me, but I begged him to keep it secret! The more people knew, the more chances Lawson might have heard about it! That's what that note you found was really about. When you asked me about it, I panicked and told you I was in love with you. I'm sorry. We knew that capturing Lawson would never be easy. The man is so elusive, his movements are known only by a select few.\\ So Charlie, the genius that he was, developed a tracking device that I could plant on Lawson when the opportunity presented itself!\\
'''Maddie:''' What are you talking about?! Justin Lawson had you fired from the Squad! He wouldn't trust you in the least!\\
'''Diego:''' That's correct. He would never trust Diego del Lobo, but he did trust Eddie Lebold! I disguised myself and worked my way into his inner circle. Building his trust so I could get close! But when you all got arrested... chaos ensued. I sent that coded message to Charlie. I knew I had to get the tracking device, or all of our efforts would have been wasted!\\
'''Maddie:''' But you killed him! How... why...\\
'''Diego:''' I never wanted to. But when I got to the airship...\\
'''Earlier that day...'''\\
''(Diego is seen disguised as Eddie Lebold.)''\\
'''Diego:''' Charlie, thank goodness you received my message! Have you got the tracking device?\\
'''Charles:''' Yes, my friend, operation True Justice is good to go! Simply take this emitter and-\\
'''Justin:''' What in the name of justice is going on here? Mr Lebold, what are you doing with this traitor?\\
'''Diego:''' Oh, Mr Mayor! What... what are you doing here?\\
'''Justin:''' I brought my troops to round up the Flying Squad, of course! They have defied me for too long! Now I repeat my question, Mr Lebold: what were YOU doing here?\\
'''Diego (sweating):''' Well, I... I was just about to arrest this man! As you ordered!\\
'''Justin:''' Oh really. What's that you're holding, Mr Dupont?\\
'''Charles (sweating):''' Nothing! I was just... packing up my things...\\
'''Justin:''' Do you take me for a fool?! Mr Lebold, this man has betrayed this city and is an enemy of the state. Shoot him!\\
'''Charles:''' What?! But-\\
'''Diego (sweating):''' Surely, Mayor Lawson, arresting this man would be enough! He's clearly not a threat!\\
'''Justin:''' Are you questioning my authority?! The Flying Squad is nothing more than a bunch of lawless bandits! This is why I've ordered my troops to shoot them on sight, as I should have long ago!\\
'''Diego:''' Shoot them on sight?! But... isn't there a young mother among them, sir?\\
'''Justin:''' Your point being? If she and the others have conspired against me, then they all deserve death!\\
'''Charles:''' Wait! They have nothing to do with this! I'm the rebel in the Squad! I've... I've been planning to detonate a bomb! Stand your henchmen down, and just... just kill me!\\
'''Justin:''' I knew someone in the Squad was conspiring against me! Let it not be said I am unjust: the rest of the Squad can live if the traitor dies.\\
'''Justin (handing Diego a gun):''' Mr Lebold, kill this man this instant.\\
'''Diego:''' But, sir... there must be another way...\\
'''Justin:''' SHOOT HIM! And do not miss, or I will have BOTH your heads! You know this airship is surrounded!\\
'''Charles:''' Well, what are you waiting for, Lebold? Shoot! Kill me, and save my wife and child! You know that is True Justice!\\
'''Diego:''' (aiming the gun, shaking)'' I... please, forgive me! ''(crying)'' .........
'''''BANG!'''''\\
''(Charles is shot in the heart.)''\\
'''Charles:''' Ahhh! .........\\
''(Charles dies.)''\\
'''Justin:''' See? That wasn't so hard, was it? Come, Mr Lebold, you have proven your worth!\\
'''Back to the present...'''\\
'''Maddie (crying):''' Oh, Charlie! Charlie! How could you, Diego?!\\
'''Maddie:''' You could have turned that gun on Lawson! You could have shot him instead!\\
'''Diego:''' And doom you and the rest of the Squad?! Only Lawson could stop the Justice Corps from shooting you on sight! Charlie knew it, that's why he invoked True Justice, the name we'd given to our operation. He was begging me to kill him! By following Lawson's ghastly orders, I not only saved yours and George's life, as Charlie wanted me to, but I fully won Lawson's trust! I would have never gotten close enough to him to plant our tracking device otherwise! But don't think for a second I'm not burdened with guilt!\\
'''Maddie:''' If you were so full of remorse, why didn't you turn yourself in? Why all this charade, lying to our faces?!\\
'''Diego:''' When you came to me, I hadn't yet planted the device on Lawson. I despised lying to you, but I couldn't risk being locked up before I'd done what Charlie had asked me to do!\\
'''Maddie:''' But now my husband is dead... and our son has been kidnapped!\\
'''Diego:''' What?! George has been kidnapped? By whom? Maybe I can help-\\
'''Maddie:''' No you can't! You're not getting anywhere near me or my family ever again, Diego! If I had things my way, I would deal with you myself, here and now! But unlike Lawson, we're not lawless savages! We've wasted enough time on you, Diego. For the time being, you'll be locked up until you can be properly tried and convicted. Right now, my son needs me! Let's go, <Name>! We must find George before it's too late!
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![[AC:The Conspiracy]]
[[folder:'''Fairview''']]
'''Snake in the Grass'''
->'''Jones:''' Kit Partridge, we're placing you under arrest for the sadistic murder of our friend and former colleague Nathan Pandit!\\
'''Kit:''' Me? Commit murder?! <Rank> <Name>, look at me. I wouldn't be able to hurt a fly, let alone kill a man!\\
'''Jones:''' So why did we find fibers from your green hat on the snake wrangling stick you used to bash Nathan unconscious?\\
'''Kit:''' Surely I'm not the only one who wears green around here?\\
'''Jones:''' No, but you were the only one who manipulated an Eastern coral snake into biting Nathan to death!\\
'''Kit:''' What?! I would NEVER mistreat a poor animal in such a way!\\
'''Jones:''' We also found your skin cells all over the remains of the blue rope you used to tie up Nathan. Come on, Partridge, it's time to drop your animal-loving act and show yourself for the slimebag murderer you are!\\
(Kit facepalms.)\\
'''Kit:''' Fine! I did it - I murdered Nathan Pandit! But that fiend had it coming!\\
'''Jones:''' You claimed to remember him fondly as a former colleague! What on earth could Nathan have done to make you murder him?\\
'''Kit:''' It's more about what that swine DIDN'T do! Back when Nathan and I were working together as coroners, my son was a suspect in a drug bust. Zachary was a good boy, you know? He'd just gotten in with the wrong crowd. So I asked Nathan if he would... doctor the evidence so that dear Zach wouldn't be implicated.\\
'''Jones:''' Wait a second! You asked a fellow police officer to help cover up a crime?!\\
'''Kit:''' It was for my son! But even then that do-gooding coward refused! I begged and I begged but he said it would go against his ethical standards!\\
'''Jones:''' Of course Nathan refused to do it! But why kill him now after all these years?\\
'''Kit:''' I was never able to forgive Nathan for his role in putting my son in prison. And then a decade later, I saw him here, invading zoological refuge! I bided my time, studying Nathan's routine the same way I study my beloved animals' habits! That's how I knew he'd be in early today. And while he was tending to the giraffes, I stole into the terrarium, took the most poisonous snake I could find... ... And I used it to kill Nathan like the treacherous snake in the grass he was!\\
'''Jones:''' Mr Partridge, the only snake here is you! Nathan could've reported you for trying to tamper with evidence, but clearly he thought you deserved another chance... ... And you repaid him with murder! I'm done talking. Kit Partridge, you're under arrest!
'''Hell is Other People'''
->'''Gloria:''' Ms Lane, you're under arrest for the murder of Elaine Seabrook. Were you really that upset by her behavior that you killed her?!\\
'''Cynthia:''' Goodness! How dare you accuse someone like me of murder, <Rank> <Name>?! You won't find a more upstanding member of the community!\\
'''Gloria:''' Right. So upstanding that you left a tire print from your SUV on the victim's jacket, as you raced away from the scene of the murder!\\
'''Cynthia:''' Is that all the evidence you have? Most of Fairview's residents drive an SUV! The pressures of suburban life necessitate a multipurpose vehicle!\\
'''Gloria:''' Yes, and you take the pressure off by gardening, we know. You left traces of your fertilizer on the victim's sunglasses!\\
'''Cynthia (sweating):''' Being green-thumbed doesn't prove I killed Elaine!\\
'''Gloria:''' No, but your green eyes do! You left traces of your DNA on the handkerchief you used to wipe your hands clean of Elaine's blood!\\
(While sweating, Cynthia brings her hand to her cheek.)\\
'''Cynthia:''' Fine, you got me, <Rank> <Name>. I killed Elaine, but she deserved it!\\
'''Gloria:''' Deserved it? What, all because Elaine got drunk and disrupted your little neighborhood dinner party?! That's insane!\\
'''Cynthia:''' Of course not, that'd be ridiculous! I killed her because she threw up on my prize peonies and killed them!\\
'''Gloria:''' That's... even more insane.\\
'''Cynthia:''' You don't understand! I spend all year tending to my floral babies so that I can participate in Fairview's Best Kept Garden competition! This year was MY year! I was going to win! I NEEDED to win! But Elaine SABOTAGED me! She deserved to die!\\
'''Cynthia (crying):''' You have no idea of the pressure I'm under, <Rank> <Name>! If I'm not perfect, I'm NOTHING!\\
(Gloria is confused.)\\
'''Gloria:''' Dang, you sure didn't lie about the pressures of suburban life, Ms Lane! You're under arrest!
'''The Saddest of All Keys'''
->'''Jones:''' Kevin St Kevin, you are under arrest for the murder of Ian Devine!\\
'''Kevin:''' How could you even think I'd do such a thing? Besides, he was my top star!\\
'''Jones:''' Well, maybe you should cut down on the Gold Stag, Mr St Kevin. You left some on Devine's wrist when you checked his pulse!\\
'''Kevin:''' That could have bee left by someone shaking his hand! Gold Stag is a favorite of everyone on this tour...\\
'''Jones:''' No, I really think it has more to do with your carelessness... you left your Irish Wolfhound shed all over your self-hypnosis CD to beat claustrophobia!\\
'''Kevin:''' Try to stop an Irish Wolfhound from shedding! I dare you! That doesn't make me a killer!\\
'''Jones:''' You really didn't think you'd ever get caught, did you? You thought by breaking the device you used to liquefy Devine's brain, that we wouldn't find you! But you were wrong! <Rank> <Name> found your hair on the protective headphones you wore to protect yourself during the murder! We know it was you!\\
(Kevin starts to sweat.)\\
'''Kevin:''' Right. Fine. I DID kill Ian Devine! Things haven't been the same since The Henge broke up. I thought a reunion tour would help everyone's finances, including mine. But tickets weren't selling. No one cares about these guys anymore!\\
'''Jones:''' What about the fans, Kevin? Wasn't this tour supposed to be for the fans?\\
'''Kevin:''' Fans... Look, I did the math. The Henge would get more fans if one of the members died. Everyone knows a band's record sales explode after a member of the group dies. At least, for a little while... but that little while would be more than enough!\\
'''Jones:''' So you decided to fill a coffin so you could fill your coffers... Kevin St Kevin, you're under arrest!
'''Cross My Heart'''
->'''Gloria:''' Ms Lucas, you're under arrest for the murder of Brad Price!\\
'''Megan:''' Is this some kind of joke? I didn't kill Mr Price. He was my client!\\
'''Gloria:''' He was your "heartless client" to whom you sent a bouquet of black roses! Your green smoothie coupon was easy to track down!\\
'''Megan:''' I have no idea what you are talking about! Everyone in Fairview drinks green smoothies!\\
'''Gloria:''' But not everyone is clumsy enough to leave indoor tanning lotion all over the bow they used as a murder weapon!\\
'''Megan:''' Ha! I haven't practiced archery since high school!\\
'''Gloria:''' High school... About the time you started wearing glasses? We found your eyeglass cleaning solution all over the arm guard you used when shooting your arrow! We know you killed Brad, Ms Lucas! Surely, it can't be about the high school bullying!\\
'''Megan:''' You keep saying "bullying" as if it was nothing! But Brad almost KILLED me!\\
'''Gloria:''' Killed you? How? When?\\
'''Megan:''' One night senior year, Brad invited me to a party. I was really excited. I thought he was trying to bury the hatchet. Once I got there, he offered me a drink and then dared me to jump into the neighbor's pool. He told me everyone was going to do it. So I took off my glasses and ran over to the pool, jumping in without any hesitation. I just wanted to be cool like everyone else! But what no one knew was that the pool had been drained a few days earlier! I dropped 6 feet into cold, hard concrete!\\
'''Gloria:''' You jumped into an empty pool? Dear lord...\\
'''Megan:''' That "prank" nearly killed me! I was in the hospital for 6 months and went through years of painful physical therapy! It completely derailed my plans! It ruined my dreams of going to med school and becoming a doctor! And you know what the worst part is? He ended up being my client and didn't even remember me! So I patiently waited to get my revenge. And then decided to strike on Valentine's Day. I figured an arrow through the heart would lead people to think it was all about love. But it wasn't! I HATED him! He ruined my life, but to him it meant nothing! I'll NEVER forgive him for that!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, I agree you've suffered, Ms Lucas, but <Rank> <Name> cannot overlook the fact that you killed a man! I'm sorry, but you're under arrest for the murder of Brad Price!
'''Too Cruel for School'''
->'''Gloria:''' Coach Kirk, you're under arrest for Vicky Lopez's murder!\\
'''Kirk:''' Me? Arrested for murder? <Rank> <Name>, I don't have time for parlor games, I have a championship to win in three weeks!\\
'''Gloria:''' We know football's all you care about, Coach. You threatened Vicky with the Grim Badgers' chant!\\
'''Kirk:''' Every self-respecting Fairview student and teacher knows our chant!\\
'''Gloria:''' But it was you who attacked Vicky with acid! You thought throwing away the bottle at the drive-in would cover your tracks, but <Rank> <Name> found it!\\
'''Kirk:''' I don't know enough about science to go near acid! If I wanted to kill someone, I'd do it like an athlete: with my bare hands!\\
'''Gloria:''' Actually, you did it with a computer cable, but that's close enough. We found it, together with the towel you used to wipe off your hands. You've lost this game, Coach!\\
'''Kirk:''' Alright... I'm not smart enough to argue with you, <Rank> <Name>! I admit it: I killed Vicky.\\
'''Gloria:''' But why, Coach? Vicky sure had a bit of an attitude, but that's no reason-\\
'''Kirk:''' Disrupting my team's training was one thing! Making allegations against ME was another!\\
'''Gloria:''' Allegations? What do you mean?\\
'''Kirk:''' Vicky claimed that I... behaved inappropriately with the cheerleaders. She talked a lot of crock about me abusing my authority and whatnot! All that noise just because I checked on the girls in the shower from time to time! A bit of masculine admiration never hurt anyone, I always say!\\
'''Gloria:''' Check on the girls in the... Are you kidding me? You were perving on your students?\\
'''Kirk:''' See? This is exactly the kind of misunderstanding I wanted to avoid when I asked Vicky not to say anything to the principal. I tried sending her threats at first, to keep her quiet... but she kept nattering on about "harassment"! She said she'd get me fired! Today, I cornered her in the classroom. I only wanted to talk! But I got angry, and... I grabbed a bottle and threw the contents in her face! When I saw what the acid did, I panicked. I'd disfigured a girl for life, and she'd have testified against me! So I... I strangled her with that cable. I knew Vicky was trouble the first time I saw her, and I was right! She ruined my life!\\
'''Gloria:''' Your life? What about Vicky's life? You killed a student for daring to stand up to your disgusting harassment of her classmates! You're under arrest!
'''Hear My Cry'''
->'''Jones:''' Principal Wilcox, you're under arrest for the murder of Edward Ramis! I can't believe you're the Rocket Cow Killer! How could you do such a thing?!\\
'''Rosamund:''' <Rank> <Name>, you think I'm a serial killer?! You're crazy!\\
'''Jones:''' Killing Edward Ramis was where you finally made a mistake! You left meatloaf on his clothes!\\
'''Rosamund:''' Why would I kill a man I'd once dated?! And meatloaf is a comfort food! Fairview families are in need of comfort right now!\\
'''Jones:''' What about the glass you used to poison Mr Ramis? We found flakes of enamel in it... from YOUR school pin!\\
'''Rosamund:''' I'm the principal of a high school! You think I've got time to sneak around poisoning people's drinks?\\
'''Jones:''' Well, I assume that's why you made your serial killer hideout so close - in the woods behind the school!\\
'''Rosamund:''' Fine! But I HAD to do it, <Rank> <Name>! Those parents were EVIL! And I know a thing or two about evil parents! You have no idea what my parents did to me! The abuse I suffered at their hands!\\
'''Jones:''' We agree that no child should ever suffer! But what on earth made you decide these parents had to die?!\\
'''Rosamund:''' I became a principal to right the wrong my parents had done to me. NOTHING was going to happen to these kids under my watch! But I started seeing so many parents yelling at their kids, day after day! Those parents... they were malicious! They were manipulative! They were... evil!\\
'''Jones:''' So your KILLED them?! You really thought that was the way to solve the problem?\\
'''Rosamund:''' It's the ONLY way! Don't you think I tried talking to Edward about the way he was treating his son?! He never LISTENED!\\
'''Jones:''' And so you decided to kill him. But how did you drag his body to the woods?\\
'''Rosamund:''' I didn't have to drag him anywhere. He came of his own will, thinking I wanted to rekindle our relationship. I offered a toast... He was already dead when I saw your partner abusing her son! And I knew it was a trap, but I... I couldn't help myself. I couldn't let her get away with it! I followed her to the drive-in, knocked her out. Then I drove her to the woods. I intended to kill her, but I saw her tracking device... I knew I had to get away.\\
'''Jones:''' Well, Gloria will enjoy sitting with us to watch you stand trial! Ms Wilcox, you're under arrest!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Money Mile''']]
'''Flatline'''
->'''Gloria:''' Richard Harding, you're under arrest for the murder of Dr Greg Gibbs!\\
'''Richard:''' Me, kill the doctor? I'm just a handyman trying to earn a living!\\
'''Gloria:''' You can't deny you were angry with the victim. We know you sent him a threatening message on FilterPix!\\
'''Richard:''' FilterPix? Millions of people use that!\\
'''Gloria:''' But you're the only one of them who was at the crime scene. You left a liquid stain from your electronic cigarette on the victim's tie!\\
'''Richard:''' You think I have time to wander around the city taking cigarette breaks? I've been swamped with work because of this earthquake!\\
'''Gloria:''' We know you went to Walton Square! You dropped the blood-stained knife carved with your initials into a pile of rubble! Did you really murder Dr Gibbs because he informed your wife of your HIV treatment?\\
'''Richard:''' No! I killed him because he was the one who gave me the virus in the first place!\\
'''Gloria:''' He... gave you the virus? How exactly do you mean?\\
'''Richard:''' That scum used a dirty needle when he did my blood tests! I never would've known about it, except soon after I was working on the pipes in his office, climbing around in the walls. I overheard him dictating his personal log, that he was worried he'd given me HIV by mistake! When I confronted Gibbs, he denied everything, saying there was no proof! Then he tried to buy me off, saying he'd treat me for free! Like that would make up for infecting me and ruining my life! I'm HIV positive now, and my wife's left me! And all of that is his fault!\\
'''Gloria:''' That's just awful, Mr Harding. But you had to know that killing Dr Gibbs wouldn't undo any of the damage.\\
'''Richard:''' At least I'd get my revenge! So when the earthquake struck, I knew it was time! I thought the body would get lost in the rubble!\\
'''Gloria:''' I'm afraid you've left us no choice, Mr Harding. You're under arrest for the murder of Dr Gibbs!
'''Stonewalled'''
->'''Guadalupe:''' Is this gonna take long, babes? I've got to get Plopsie ready for our party tonight!\\
'''Jones (presenting his badge):''' Your partying days are over, Guadalupe del Prado - you're under arrest for the murder of Stella Ziarati!\\
'''Guadalupe:''' Oh, very funny, <Rank> <Name>! Am I being punked? Did one of my entourage put you up to this?\\
'''Jones:''' This is no joke, Lulu! We found traces of your Bendrick's gin on the victim's clothes!\\
'''Guadalupe:''' Oh babes, Bendrick's gin is almost as popular as me - everyone loves it!\\
'''Jones:''' Then please explain how your blood ended up on the almost-empty sack of cement you used to wall up the victim and hide your terrible crime?\\
'''Guadalupe:''' Ugh! Do you really think I'd risk ruining my manicure by even touching a bag of cement? Gross!\\
'''Jones:''' Manicure, eh? Is that why we found cuticle oil on the statue you used to bash Miss Ziarati's head in? Lulu, your nails may be tough but your defense isn't! It's time to stop the airhead act and admit you murdered Stella!\\
'''Guadalupe (sweating):''' Babes... I... I mean...\\
'''Guadalupe:''' Alright, fine! I did it! I killed Stella!\\
'''Jones:''' What the heck made you kill your best friend?\\
'''Guadalupe:''' My best friend?! No best friend would try to prosecute my family the way Stella wanted to!\\
'''Jones:''' What are you talking about?\\
'''Guadalupe:''' Ha! You really don't think I killed Stella, just to spill the beans four years later? I won't tell you anything!\\
'''Jones:''' Well, whatever it was, you needed to be pretty cold-blooded to wall up your friend's dead body!\\
'''Guadalupe:''' What can I say... We del Prados are always ready to get our hands dirty when we need to! But, the funniest thing is that Stella was the one who invited me into her penthouse to help her redecorate! I waited till Stella was busy vacuuming, grabbed that silly law award she was so proud of, and hit her over the head with it until she stopped moving! I spent the rest of the afternoon building that wall around her dead body!\\
'''Jones:''' You seem a little too happily nostalgic about your evil actions for my liking, Lulu! You're under arrest!\\
'''Guadalupe:''' Stupid earthquake! We really thought we'd gotten away with it, didn't we, Plopsie?
'''Shooting Star'''
->'''Gloria:''' Yoshinobu Akagi, you're under arrest for the murder of Ronald Rooney!\\
'''Yoshinobu:''' What?! You think I would murder my old friend? You're crazy!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, we're not the ones who left teeth whitener on the box that held the bullets used to kill Mr Rooney!\\
'''Yoshinobu:''' Please, whitening your teeth is a common thing nowadays, and not just for fancy rich people. Besides, why would I go near a box of bullets?\\
'''Gloria:''' Probably so that you could load the Big Bauer that killed Rooney! Only you left green fibers off your clothes in the magazine!\\
'''Yoshinobu:''' Again, I am not the only person who wears green in Grimsborough...\\
'''Gloria:''' No, but you also left your skin cells on the handkerchief you used to remove the gunpowder from your hands! The game's over, Mr Akagi!\\
(Yoshinobu starts sweating.)\\
'''Yoshinobu:''' Alright, <Rank> <Name>... You got me. I did kill Ronald!\\
'''Yoshinobu (crying):''' I killed the only person I ever loved! That's the truth!\\
'''Gloria:''' Loved? As in... you were romantically involved with Mr Rooney?\\
'''Yoshinobu:''' Yes! We'd been together on and off since university! Long years full of hiding, secrecy, and Ronald refusing to come out of the closet! I tried to be patient and not pressure him, <Rank> <Name>, but how long was I supposed to wait? I just wanted him to admit that we were together! But when I asked him to take me to the premiere as his date, he exploded! He suddenly turned all his anger, all his frustration against ME!\\
'''Gloria:''' So Rooney was torn between love and fame... is that why he became so volatile that he trashed your restaurant?\\
'''Yoshinobu:''' My restaurant, and my heart! He said that if I couldn't understand his need to be in the limelight, it was over between us! <Rank> <Name>, I never felt so betrayed, angry and distraught! Ronald ruined my life, so I decided to ruin his! I went to the premiere with a gun hidden under my vest... I wasn't sure I'd have the strength to pull the trigger, but when I saw him smiling at the crowd, I lost it! I then threw the gun away and escaped in the ensuing chaos.\\
'''Yoshinobu (crying):''' I killed the man of my dreams! Now Ronald will never smile at ME again!\\
'''Gloria:''' Indeed not. Mr Akagi, we've got no choice but to put you under arrest.
'''The Bloom of Doom'''
->'''Jones:''' Mr Rubio, you're under arrest for the murder of Valereea Valz!\\
'''Sean:''' What?! I would never have harmed her!\\
'''Jones:''' The evidence says otherwise. You left some of your beard oil on the pedestal where the murder weapon was.\\
'''Sean:''' I work here! Maybe I left it on the statue when I moved it!\\
'''Jones:''' Yes, you work here, which is why you knew exactly where the security camera was... ... And why you hid your face with a kerchief when you killed Valereea! You left cat hair all over it!\\
'''Sean (sweating):''' You're just fishing here! You don't really know who killed her and now you're trying to trick me into admitting something! Well, it won't work!\\
'''Jones:''' We don't need you to admit to anything, Rubio. We have security footage that shows you picking up your glasses when they fell!\\
'''Sean:''' ......... Fine. I killed Valereea... and she would have been so disappointed that I was so sloppy that I got caught. Even though the look of surprise in her face when I struck her was confusing to me, to be honest...\\
'''Jones:''' You thought she should have expected you to kill her?!\\
'''Sean:''' Well, yes, she was the one who told me that art was a cutthroat business. She told me that a person had to take what they wanted! So I did!\\
'''Jones:''' And what could you possibly want that was worth killing for?!\\
'''Sean:''' I really wanted her gallery, and now I have it! She always said a person should have ambitions! I took her abuse year after year so that I could learn everything I needed to know to run a gallery of my own. Since she never even entertained the possibility of taking me on as a partner, I did what I had to do. And it's what she would have done, too.\\
'''Jones:''' You clearly need help, Mr Rubio. Maybe the prison has an art therapy program. You're under arrest!
'''Hot Mess'''
->'''Jones:''' Nicolette Butler, you're under arrest for the murder of Voodoo Vince!\\
'''Nicolette:''' The murder of Voodoo Vince? Oh <Rank> <Name>, don't make me laugh! It's too painful with my Protox injections!\\
'''Jones:''' And the Botulinum toxin used in those injections was used to poison Vince!\\
'''Nicolette:''' This is Money Mile, everyone uses Protox! It's only natural that people want to look good!\\
'''Jones:''' Well, you made a mistake in writing the poison dosage near your tango step instructions!\\
'''Nicolette:''' Tango is sensual and so am I! You have no proof I did any of these things!\\
'''Jones:''' Actually, we do. We found your DNA on the Pink Thong glass you toasted Vince with before you slipped poison into his drink!\\
'''Nicolette:''' So I guess you have it all figured out, <Rank> <Name>! Think you're very clever? Fine, I did kill Vince! But he had it coming!\\
'''Jones:''' You killed Vince because he rejected your advances!\\
'''Nicolette:''' Oh, don't be silly! Vince was just one man! I can take his refusal, although I don't understand it. But Vince didn't just scorn me! He went and told all the other boys to do the same! None of them would serve me anymore!\\
'''Jones:''' That's still hardly a reason for murder! But okay... why did Vince do that?\\
'''Nicolette:''' He claimed I was a "dangerous stalker"! He said that about me! About the mama! He told them I pried into his personal life too much and was too handy with him... but why are the goods on display if I can't touch them? I paid the money, didn't I? Mama gave the sugar! The boys were mine to do with as I pleased! And Vince dared turn them against me!\\
'''Jones:''' You... they're humans, not things! You don't own them, no matter how much money you spent at the club! Nicolette Butler, you're under arrest!
'''The Art of Murder'''
->'''Gloria (presenting her badge):''' Mr Bateman, you're under arrest for the murder of Meera Kat!\\
'''Christian:''' <Rank> <Name>, you keep going on about this Meera chick like I should know everything about her. I already told you: you're mistaken.\\
'''Gloria:''' Yes, you told us you barely remembered Meera's name. But you can't hide behind your arrogance anymore. We know that you lied.\\
'''Christian:''' Me, lying? <Rank> <Name>, I'm actually more honest than most people: I don't pretend to care about them when I don't.\\
'''Gloria:''' Then what you made you push Meera into the lava, and wish that she'd burn in hell? You left traces of your medication behind when you scratched that car door, you know.\\
'''Christian:''' So I'm a killer because I take antidepressants? You could arrest almost everyone in Money Mile then, <Rank> <Name>. I told you, it's a high-pressure environment.\\
'''Gloria:''' Yeah, it's clear what chasing money and status has done to your personality, Bateman. You're a deeply troubled man whose only release is thinking about torture! But what you did to Meera was more than fantasy! We found the wrench you used to knock her out, and the key to the cage! What made you do it, Bateman? Did you even have a reason?\\
'''Christian (ruffling his hair):''' Of course I had a reason! I'm not crazy! I'm a perfectly rational man! I just couldn't take it anymore!\\
(Christian starts sweating.)\\
'''Christian (sweating):''' Alright, <Rank> <Name>, you win! Yes, I killed Meera! I killed her because she destroyed me! She destroyed the last part of me that could still FEEL things!\\
'''Christian (blushing):''' I didn't lie to you about that publicity stunt. Going to the premiere with her was business. I didn't plan on falling in love with her.\\
'''Gloria:''' You fell in love with Meera? Forgive me, but that's... hard to believe.\\
'''Christian:''' I didn't expect it either. But during that night, I realized Meera and I were two of a kind. Ambitious, talented, a cut above the rest. I so seldom meet people who are my equals, <Rank> <Name>. It caught me off guard. It stirred up something in me that I'd thought was dead. But when I told Meera... she mocked me! Maybe she wasn't ready to admit that she too was vulnerable. Or maybe she was truly as numb inside as she pretended to be. I'll never know. But for me, there was no going back. There was nothing to hold back all that anger anymore. Tonight, I went to see her set up the stage for her performance... I already had that wrench in my pocket, I was determined to end her life and my pain. That cage over the lava pit seemed like the perfect metaphor for what I felt: trapped in a destructive passion. Meera truly was talented. When she turned back, I knocked her out and locked her in the cage. I waited impatiently for her to wake up. And when she did... I lowered the cage. Hearing her screams made me delirious with pleasure! It was ecstasy! Her fury and her pain, mixing with mine! I screamed with her, I didn't want it to end!\\
(Gloria is grossed out.)\\
'''Gloria:''' Mr Bateman, you sicken me. I just hope the Court will know what to do with you. You're under arrest!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''The Greens''']]
'''Gone Pear-Shaped'''
->'''Gloria:''' Waldo Gigs, you're under arrest for your father's murder! You killed your own father with a poisoned pear! Why?\\
'''Waldo:''' What are you talking about? Clearly the reference was to the logo of his company. It was probably an angry customer! Believe me, he had plenty!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, we also found the bottle of poison you used, and your rash cream was all over it!\\
'''Waldo:''' Just because the killer has a rash doesn't mean it's me!\\
'''Gloria:''' That may be true, but we found your chia seed residue on the syringe you used to administer the poison.\\
'''Waldo:''' You think I'm the only person in The Greens to eat chia seeds? That's a laugh riot! They're all the rage here!\\
'''Gloria:''' Give it up, Waldo! We know you called your dad a "tyrant" who had to "meet his maker"! The only question is, why?\\
'''Waldo:''' Because that's the truth! He was a tyrant! He deserved to die!\\
(Waldo facepalms.)\\
'''Gloria:''' But you were the one who told us that your father was absent more than anything! That he left you alone to do what you wanted!\\
'''Waldo:''' He did! Until I dropped out of college, and dad decided I needed to get a "real job"! He didn't care what my interests were! He was going to make me work for iPear! He said that being his son meant I had to take over his legacy! Suddenly, all that freedom I had was GONE! I sat through hours and hours of iPear training. I felt like an animal in a cage! "Dearest dad" spent years throwing money at me and calling it parenting, and suddenly he turns around and wants to control every part of my life! Well, he can't cage my spirit like that! I had to break free!\\
'''Gloria:''' So you thought you could kill him to get your inheritance and do whatever you want?\\
'''Waldo:''' You don't get it! I don't want his money! I wanted my freedom!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, murder is no way to get freedom, since now you're going to prison! Waldo Gigs, you're under arrest!
'''Byte the Dust'''
->'''Jones:''' Joy Schneider, you're under arrest for your boyfriend's murder!\\
'''Joy:''' What?! Why would I murder my dear Ash?! I might've been angry with him, but I wouldn't kill him!\\
'''Jones:''' Then how come we found traces of your turmeric spiced latte on his shirt?\\
'''Joy:''' Even if that was mine, I could've spilled that on Ash any time. I did live with him, you know!\\
'''Jones:''' But that doesn't explain how Ash's blood was on those tickets you won, or on your suspender clasp that we found at the arcade!\\
'''Joy:''' It wasn't me, I swear! It was Cassidy, he's the guilty one! Or that hoodlum, Big Baby!\\
'''Jones:''' The game is up, Miss Schneider! Your sleeping medication was on the murder weapon, the razor you slashed your boyfriend with!\\
'''Joy (sweating):''' I... no, I...\\
(Joy facepalms.)\\
'''Joy:''' Fine, I admit it! I did murder Ash! But he deserved it... that lowlife was cheating on me!\\
'''Jones:''' Cheating on you?\\
'''Joy:''' Yes! At first it was just mysterious phone calls. But before long, he was texting the young floozy all the time! So one day I followed him to the arcade, when he was there "promoting" his game. But he was really meeting his mistress. She works there!\\
'''Jones:''' Ash's mistress works at the arcade? Wait a minute... you think Ash was having an affair with Kaitlyn Flynn?!\\
'''Joy:''' Kaitlyn, that's the one! That harlot!\\
'''Jones:''' Ash wasn't in a relationship with Kaitlyn... she's his daughter!\\
'''Joy:''' What?! His daughter?! But... but... Ash never said anything about having a child. This... this isn't possible!\\
'''Jones:''' I'm afraid it is, Miss Schneider. Kaitlyn Flynn wasn't Ash's mistress, she was the daughter he'd abandoned long ago.\\
(Joy is shocked.)\\
'''Joy:''' Oh my God, Ash! Why didn't you tell me? What have I done?!\\
'''Jones:''' What you've done is land yourself in a world of trouble, Miss Schneider. You're under arrest for murder!
'''Murder on the Dance Floor'''
->'''Jones:''' Robyn Ash, you're under arrest for the murder of Kalua Kaboom!\\
'''Robyn:''' OMG! Why d'you need to throw shade on me like that? I've done nothing wrong!\\
'''Jones:''' Maybe you should think about kicking your drug habit, because we found your Scrappy Snacks all over the necklace you ripped off DJ Kaboom!\\
'''Robyn:''' And maybe YOU'D be less salty if you took some Scrappy Snacks yourself!\\
'''Jones:''' What about the electroshock gun you used to electrocute the victim, which we found covered in YOUR nail polish?\\
'''Robyn:''' Are you totes kidding me? Like I'm the only person in The Greens with painted nails!\\
'''Jones:''' Enough of your lip, Miss Ash! We found the photo you took of your murderous handiwork and the camera you used. Your game is up, so confess! Why'd you kill Kalua Kaboom?\\
(Robyn facepalms.)\\
'''Robyn:''' I killed her for revenge - why else?! Remember when I told you Kaboom gave one of my squad a seizure? Well, it wasn't just anyone - it was my sister! My lil' sis suffered from epilepsy, and flashing lights were a no-no for her brain. I told Kalua this and she promised not to use strobe lighting. But she lied! And the crazy lights and techno beats were too much for my poor, fragile Piper. She died from the seizure!\\
'''Jones:''' DJ Kaboom's music show killed your sister?!\\
'''Robyn:''' Yes, but it was ruled an accident, and I didn't have the dollar to go after her powerful lawyer squad, so Kalua got away with it!\\
'''Jones:''' So you decided to murder her instead?\\
'''Robyn:''' I had no choice! The rage was eating me alive! So I planned my attack... I knew Kalua'd be on her own rehearsing in the morning, so I snuck into the Blue Flamingo, grabbed the stun gun and attacked her from behind! I totes thought taking a photo of her would be satisfying proof of my revenge... but it just made me feel worse. Nothing will bring my sister back! Nothing!\\
'''Jones:''' Miss Ash, this is indeed a troubling situation. But we have no choice but to put you under arrest!
'''Buzz Kill'''
->'''Gloria:''' Prisha Chandra, you're under arrest for Beckett Blanton's murder. Why'd you do it? Because you wanted complete control of the business? Or was it just because Beckett was bothering you after your one-night stand?\\
'''Prisha:''' What are you on about, <Rank> <Name>? Beckett and I were a team! I wouldn't have killed him!\\
'''Gloria:''' Yet you did lure him to the roof, didn't you? Writing a note with colored pencil was original, I have to say.\\
'''Prisha:''' Note? What note? I only use colored pencils for my Color Your Mind book.\\
'''Gloria:''' Come on, drop the act. We found the brush you used to beat Beckett with! You left your bike oil all over it!\\
'''Prisha (sweating):''' Beat Beckett? I wouldn't beat anyone up!\\
'''Gloria:''' Give it up, Prisha! We've got everything: your kombucha bottle, your lens cleaner... You've made too many mistakes to wriggle out of this!\\
'''Prisha:''' Fine, I did it! I killed him! But it was an accident, <Rank> <Name>, you have to believe me! I only sent that note to Beckett because I wanted to talk to him. But we argued, and I started hitting him...\\
'''Prisha (crying):''' But I hit him too hard! He stumbled and fell straight onto that beehive! The bees came swarming out and I panicked! I ran away and left him there!\\
'''Prisha:''' I didn't even know he was dead until you came to question me, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Gloria:''' Wait, I don't understand. What did you and Beckett argue about?!\\
'''Prisha (sweating):''' Well, I might've lied to you when I said I'd only slept with Beckett once...\\
'''Prisha:''' We fooled around from time to time. But it was never anything serious! At least, not for me. But one day, I realized Beckett had replaced my contraceptive pill with a placebo! He was so hell-bent on forcing me into a relationship that he was trying to get me pregnant! I was horrified when I realized what he had done... I felt so violated!\\
'''Prisha (crying):''' Beckett took away my right to choose what happened to my body, <Rank> <Name>. I never would've slept with him if I'd known what he was doing!\\
'''Gloria:''' Mr Blanton's actions were despicable indeed, Miss Chandra, and I understand your anger. But I'm afraid we have no choice but to arrest you for killing him!
'''Downward-Facing Dead'''
->'''Gloria:''' Max Gaynes, you're under arrest for the murder of Scott Morris!\\
'''Max:''' Oh, come on! I know that I have a temper. I won't run from the fact that I broke his award, but murder?!\\
'''Gloria:''' But you DID run away from the crime scene. We found the cloth you used to cover your face and the chai tea you left on it!\\
'''Max:''' But Scott changed my life! I would never hurt him!\\
'''Gloria:''' And you say that showing us the same hand that held his head under the water!\\
'''Max:''' Maybe the old me would have resorted to such violence, but I'm a changed man!\\
'''Gloria:''' Not according to the evidence. With your left hand, you ripped out one of Scott's dreadlocks. We found your DNA on it! You killed him!\\
(Max brings his hand to his face.)\\
'''Max:''' FINE, I KILLED HIM! That yogi act was a cover! Scott Morris was a liar and a thief and a general bast-\\
'''Gloria:''' A liar and a thief?! What are you talking about?!\\
'''Max:''' Scott and I went to the same university back when I was a skinny little nerd. He protected me. Then, ten years ago, he came to me with a business proposal... I invested in it. I trusted Scott with all my money, then he ran off! I spent years getting ripped so I could destroy him when I finally found him again. He made a HUGE mistake when he came back to Grimsborough!\\
'''Gloria:''' But you could have attacked him anywhere! Instead you decided to take yoga classes with him? Why?\\
'''Max:''' I wanted to see Scott's face when he finally recognized the old me under all the muscle, when he finally realized he couldn't run away from his past!\\
'''Gloria:''' And he did recognize you, didn't he? That's why he tried to prevent you from studying at The Shala!\\
'''Max:''' He thought that would be the end of it! But I'm stronger than I used to be. He couldn't escape me this time! Or his karma!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, you need to start worrying about your own karma! Max Gaynes, you're under arrest!
'''Game Over'''
->'''Jones:''' Tim Cooper, you're under arrest for your sister's murder! I can't believe you stood there and watched your sister's head explode!\\
'''Tim:''' <Rank> <Name>, you're joking? Me, murder my baby sister Juniper?!\\
'''Jones:''' Then how come we found traces of your tofu lunch on the Rolington typewriter you used to type your threatening note?\\
'''Tim:''' So I eat tofu, big deal! This is The Greens, everybody eats tofu!\\
'''Jones:''' But not everybody knows electronics like you do. Must have been useful for fastening that bomb to the headset!\\
'''Tim:''' <Rank> <Name>... I'm on your side! I'm one of the good guys!\\
'''Jones:''' Are you kidding? You stalked your own sister! Who does that?! Look, we got your blood on the key that fell of your typewriter! We know it was you, just tell us the truth!\\
(Tim clutches his chest while sweating.)\\
'''Tim:''' Fine! It WAS me! I murdered Juniper! She HAD to be punished!\\
'''Jones:''' Punished? For what?\\
'''Tim:''' If you must know, she killed our father!\\
'''Jones:''' She... what?\\
'''Tim:''' Juniper was always dad's favourite. When he got sick, the only person he really wanted to see was her. But she never came to visit! She was always too busy, too important! When he was hospitalized, I begged Juniper to come, told her he probably didn't have long to live... And her only response was to send our dad one of those stupid headset so he could talk to her in the game! Dad became addicted to that thing! He loved Juniper so much he played the game all the time! It didn't matter that I was there beside him, it was like I didn't even exist!\\
'''Tim (crying):''' And one day I came to the hospital and he was... gone. He let himself DIE and it was because of HER!\\
'''Jones:''' So... your father passed away.... while talking to your sister's virtual self.\\
'''Tim (crying):''' Yes! And when I confronted Juniper about it, she showed no remorse! Said it was just Dad's time! I lost my dad and she couldn't care less!\\
'''Jones:''' So you decided to blow her head off... how did you think that'd make anything better?\\
'''Tim (crying):''' I didn't need things to be better, I just needed her to pay!\\
'''Jones:''' Oh Cooper... I hope one day you realize how wrong you were.\\
'''Jones (presenting his badge):''' But for now, you're under arrest for murder!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Old Town''']]
'''The Lost City'''
->'''Jones:''' Theresa Cole, you're under arrest for Karen Boulder's murder!\\
'''Theresa:''' <Rank> <Name>, no offense, but I'm very busy. Can't somebody else deal with this?\\
'''Jones:''' Busy? We know that you've dedicated a lot of your time to Ms Boulder's demise. You really put your survivalist skills to the test!\\
'''Theresa:''' All I did was hire that PI! And I've already explained why. Perhaps it was foolish to have her followed, but it wasn't illegal!\\
'''Jones:''' No, but you did more! You sent her a death threat, copied from that Xerdan history book, which you admitted reading-\
'''Theresa:''' I don't even like that book! I've only read it because that's all people talk about since the ruins were found!\\
'''Jones:''' Ms Cole, you can't deny it! We found your DNA on your tar-stained hand pump! Just tell us, what made you kill Karen in that bizarre manner?\\
'''Theresa:''' I wanted to make it look weird, so the police would suspect that crazy cult, not me!\\
(Theresa starts sweating.)\\
'''Theresa:''' Fine, <Rank> <Name>, I give up! I'm exhausted enough as it is! I confess to killing her! Running from the police is the last thing I need! You can't imagine the administrative burden of suddenly finding a lost civilization! I've had no sleep since Xerda was discovered! It wasn't just Ms Boulder harassing me for excavation permits... it was the Mayor, the press, the tourism board, even the Pope... I couldn't take it anymore! I was sick of working weekends and taking phone calls at night! I wanted my life back! I wanted that wretched hole in the ground backfilled! I wanted Xerda to disappear again!\\
'''Jones:''' So, you were overworked and exhausted, but instead of taking a vacation, you decided to kill an archaeologist?\\
'''Theresa:''' Sleep deprivation gives you the wildest thoughts, <Rank> <Name>! One night I was sitting in my garage, looking at that leftover pot of tar from my last DIY project... And that gave me an idea! I thought a strange death at the site would scare everyone away from those ruins! So on my next visit to the dig, I snuck up on Miss Boulder, tied her up... and pumped that tar into her throat until she suffocated! I thought an unsolved murder would force the authorities to close down the dig. But I didn't count on you, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Jones:''' Ms Cole, it's clear that chronic exhaustion impaired your judgment! But you'll have to face up to what you've done! You're arrested for the murder!
'''No Mercy for Old Men'''
->'''Gloria:''' Mr Cavendish, you're under arrest for the murder of Sam Chey!\\
'''Basil:''' You believe I murdered one of my best customers? Don't be preposterous!\\
'''Gloria:''' What's preposterous was throwing your hot toddy in Mr Chey's face before shooting him! It was like handing us evidence against you!\\
'''Basil:''' I would never! Whiskey and honey destroy fabric! Not to mention, throwing that in someone's face is a waste of a perfectly good drink!\\
'''Gloria:''' You're right, I'm surprised you didn't keep the drink to calm your nerves. We know you were nervous - we found your larzanafex on the bullet shells!\\
'''Basil:''' You must believe I'm a messy person! What gives you that impression? My crisp, clean suit? I haven't got a hair out of place!\\
'''Gloria:''' We can tell you work hard on your appearance. The cream you're using to get rid of the bags under your eyes was smeared all over your pistol! Quit playing dumb, Mr Cavendish, your story is hanging by a thread!\\
'''Basil:''' I HAD to kill Sam! He was going to ruin my business! You have to understand! My father passed on recently, and I took over the family business. Immediately, profits plummetted! Decades of success, gone in the stitch of a button! And not only did Sam refuse to pay his tab, he started badmouthing the shop to other customers! I couldn't let him do that! I had to do something! And once I squeezed the trigger, I just couldn't stop! I came apart at the seams! All my work down the drain because of some... some balmy old man! Well, he can't do that to me, the bloody... the bloody...\\
'''Gloria:''' Are you alright, Mr Cavendish? You look ill...\\
'''Basil (sweating):''' Of course I'm ill! I- I feel right warblish at the moment!\\
'''Gloria:''' Settle down, or you'll hyperventilate! <Rank> <Name>, be careful putting the cuffs on him, he looks like he might pass out! Mr Cavendish, you're under arrest!
'''Writer's Blocked'''
->'''Gloria:''' Jebediah Cobb! You're under arrest for the murder of Reggie Liotta!\\
'''Jebediah:''' Me, a murderer?! That's presposterous! We had our differences, but I wouldn't kill the man!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, you blatantly threatened the victim, writing that Xerdan message on the sundial!\\
'''Jebediah:''' I was speaking Xerdan when you were in elementary school, but that doesn't mean I wrote that message!\\
'''Gloria:''' But we know you bludgeoned Mr Liotta with that stone club. Your glasses cleaner was all over the handle!\\
'''Jebediah:''' Bludgeoned? How horrid! I'm a museum curator, not a savage! I abhor violence!\\
'''Gloria:''' But you checked the victim's pulse to make sure he was dead! We found your hand sanitizer on his neck! Admit it, Mr Cobb! You were jealous of Reggie and his book, even though you said it was all hype and no history!\\
'''Jebediah:''' It's exactly the opposite! I killed the man because he knew too much history!\\
'''Gloria:''' Too much history? What does that mean?\\
'''Jebediah:''' The truth is, I did read Reggie's manuscript. He couldn't resist the chance to gloat, so he let me see it. I was horrified by the revelations he'd uncovered. His publication completely debunked all of my theories about the Xerdans! You see, my book purports the Xerdans were a patriarchal society. It was the basis for all my research on the subject. But Mr Liotta had studied the resurfaced ruins and discovered they were a matriarchy after all! The Xerdan culture wasn't male-dominated whatsoever!\\
'''Gloria:''' So you killed him because he knew more than you?\\
'''Jebediah:''' No! I had to silence him, stop him from publishing "Xerda's Return"! My life's work was a fraud! I couldn't let the truth get out, I had to keep it quiet! So I confronted him after the meet and greet, begging him to reconsider! But naturally, he wouldn't. So I lashed out and grabbed one of the weapons and hit him! It was a reckless act of passion. Regardless of the threats I made, I didn't mean to kill him! Everything I've ever worked for, all I believed was a lie! I couldn't let it get out! You must understand!\\
'''Gloria:''' That's for the judge to decide. Jebediah Cobb, you're under arrest for the murder of Reggie Liotta!
'''Color Me Murdered'''
->'''Jones:''' Haruki Kato, you're under arrest for the murder of Marcus Butler!\\
'''Haruki:''' Me, kill my best friend?! What parallel universe are you living in, <Rank> <Name>?\\
'''Jones:''' WE are living in a world where we found traces of your favorite incredible Bulk cocktail on the handkerchief you used to wipe yourself after killing Marcus!\\
'''Haruki:''' You've got it all wrong, <Rank> <Name> - my hands are clean!\\
'''Jones:''' What a nice star print t-shirt you've got there... Did you notice you ripped it while pulling your bloody GrimCon wristband off?\\
'''Haruki:''' Oh, come on - star patterns are greek chic... everyone's wearing them these days!\\
'''Jones:''' Starting to sweat, Haruki? Funny, you also left sweat all over the sharpened White Bear Claw you used to slash Marcus to death! Y'know, there's one thing I don't understand. The street was filled with lava, so why didn't you just dump the body and your murder weapon into it?\\
'''Haruki:''' I... hadn't thought of it...\\
(Haruki stands, speechless.)\\
'''Haruki:''' Alright, I did it! I killed Marcus! I had to... for The Higher Truth!\\
'''Jones:''' You're a member of The Higher Truth?! So that cult's now encouraging people to commit murder? Is there nothing-\\
'''Haruki:''' Of course not! The Higher Truth is as pure as the virgin snow on a secluded mountain ledge! But unfortunately, even the spiritually superior have material needs to fulfill while still imprisoned on this godforsaken planet... ... Which is why I was required to donate a hefty sum of money to advance to the next level, and truly bask in the light of the one and only Truth!\\
'''Jones:''' Ah yes, we've heard how much the cult loves money...\\
'''Haruki:''' Marcus had ranked in the dollars after selling the film rights to Miracle Girl, so I asked him to help me. But he held onto his cash tighter than a leprechaun to his pot of gold! I realized the only way I was going to get a hold of that money was by killing him! So, I prepared my attack, beginning by sharpening my White Bear claw. I knew Marcus used to go to Church Street for creative inspiration, so I grabbed the claw, followed him there, and slashed his stomach to shreds! As soon as he took his last mortal breath, I grabbed his keys from his pocket, ran to the studio, and took all the cash I could get my hands on!\\
'''Jones:''' Was it really that easy to slash your best friend to death?\\
'''Haruki:''' <Rank> <Name>, there is something of far more importance at play than the trivial notion of a "best friend", and Marcus should have understood this! He should have understood that I was doing it for the greatest purpose of all - The Higher Truth!\\
'''Jones (presenting his badge):''' Well, Mr Kato, you're only purpose now will be defending yourself in the courtroom. You're under arrest!
'''I Lost My Heart in Xerda'''
->'''Jones:''' Mr Camper, you're under arrest for the murder of Kayla Markham! Did you kill Kayla because you found her stealing, is that it?\\
'''Bruno:''' I was annoyed that she stole. But I'm not a woman, I wouldn't have gotten hysterical enough to murder someone over it!\\
'''Jones:''' Funny you keep mentioning gender, because the skin cells we found on your chloroform bottle pointed us to fact that the killer is a man - namely, you!\\
'''Bruno:''' This is preposterous. Xerda is the biggest archaeological discovery of the century! Do you really think I'd compromise the dig by killing someone there?\\
'''Jones:''' Then how do you explain the fact that we found traces of your whiskey on the knife you used to cut her heart out?\\
'''Bruno:''' So I enjoy a glass of whiskey, <Rank> <Name>. That's not a crime!\\
'''Jones:''' Cut the act, Mr Camper! We found traces of your blood on the victim's heart! Why did you cut it out? Was it some sort of sacrifice?\\
'''Bruno:''' ......... Fine, I killed her! But she should've known better than to just waltz back into my life after everything she did to me!\\
'''Jones:''' Everything Kayla did to you? You told us you didn't even know her!\\
'''Bruno:''' I lied! Kayla was my ex-wife!\\
'''Jones:''' What?! You were married to Kayla?\\
'''Bruno:''' We met while I was on a dig in Egypt a few years ago, when she was calling herself Zara Loft. We had a whirlwind romance and I thought I'd met the perfect woman! Ready to tend to my every need! So, we got married. But three months later, Kayla absconded with a handful of invaluable treasures from the dig! Not only was I heartbroken, but I also got kicked off the project because the bosses assumed I was in on the theft! I've hated women ever since! When I saw Kayla outside the sacrificial chamber, I knew she'd come back to ruin my life all over again! I couldn't let her do it, <Rank> <Name>! Kayla betrayed me, so I sacrificed her the way Xerdans dealt with traitors! By removing her heart!\\
'''Jones:''' The sensible solution would've been to call the authorities, Mr Camper! Instead, you're under arrest for her murder!
'''The Truth Hurts'''
->'''Gloria:''' Skylar Sage, you're under arrest for the murder of Steven Crowe!\\
'''Skylar:''' What?! I would never have harmed The Enlightened One!\\
'''Gloria:''' And yet you did. You hit him over the head with a rock and then you stabbed him with his own earrings!\\
'''Skylar: ''' No, I didn't! He changed my life! Why would I harm him right before the Release!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, you tell us. You'd been angry with Steven Crowe for a while. We found the Dayglo Satsuma mix you sent to him.\\
'''Skylar:''' Everyone listens to Dayglo Satsuma! It helps us meditate and protects us from negative vibes!\\
'''Gloria:''' Speaking of negative vibes, you left flakes from your crystal necklace on the bloody rock used to stun Mr Crowe! It's over, Skylar. We have all the evidence we need. Just confess.\\
(Skylar stands, speechless.)\\
'''Skylar:''' Yes, it's true. I DID kill Steven!\\
'''Gloria:''' So it's Steven now? All of a sudden he's not "The Enlightened One"?\\
'''Skylar: ''' He never was! I used to believe everything he said! But then he announced the Release and yet he kept asking for more money! And that got me thinking. Why did The Higher Truth need everyone's money if we were all going to leave for another plane of existence?\\
'''Gloria:''' That's a good question, Ms Sage! Did you try to get an answer?\\
'''Skylar:''' Yes, I did. I confronted Steven at the Fair. He gave me the same old line about material things holding us back... But he wouldn't tell me where all that money was going and to what purpose! I realized in that moment Steven was simply using us all to get rich! He probably wasn't even going to attend the Release! I was blind with rage... I hit him over the head with the bloody rock and, once he was out cold, I grabbed his earrings and stabbed his eyes!\\
'''Gloria:''' Ms Sage, we understand that you must have felt betrayed, but killing Steven Crowe was not the right way to deal with it! You're under arrest!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Maple Heights''']]
'''Muddying the Waters'''
->'''Jones (showing his badge):''' Anuj Ghosh, you're under arrest for the murder of Jordan Coprolite!\\
'''Anuj:''' What are you talking about? He insulted my food, but I'd never kill the man!\\
'''Jones:''' And yet we found traces of your restaurant's cinnamon rolls on the rope used to tie Jordan to a stone!\\
'''Anuj:''' Please, everyone eats my pastries! They're a great comfort to people in the area, or have you forgotten that we're coping with a flood?\\
'''Jones:''' Yes, the flood... You had to be sure the body would remain attached to the stone! Your knowledge of knots came in useful!\\
'''Anuj (holding a spatula):''' Body? I don't know anything about dead bodies, I'm just a cook!\\
'''Jones:''' Well, that explains why you were unable to successfully hide the evidence! We found the necklace you tore off the victim's neck. It had the cream you use on your mosquito bites! Confess, Mr Ghosh! We found your sweat on the murder weapon! We have DNA proof that you did it!\\
(Anuj sweats, embarrassed.)\\
'''Anuj:''' Fine! I did kill him! But it's his own fault! <Rank> <Name>, you already know we had a fight about my food, Jordan said it had the same effect as laxatives. But he didn't stop there... The next day I found him in my kitchen, putting actual laxatives in my tikka masala!\\
'''Jones:''' What?! Jordan was trying to make everyone sick from your food?\\
'''Anuj:''' Yes! He was going to sabotage my restaurant! All my customers would think my food was dangerous! I saw red, <Rank> <Name>! I grabbed my bat and chased him out of my restaurant! We ended up at the nearby bridge... I swung my bat at him... Next thing I know, he doubled over, coughing up blood! And then he died! I swear I never meant to kill him, <Rank> <Name>, just shake him up! I panicked, I didn't know what to do! I tied him to a stone and threw it into the flood, hoping it would wash away my sins.\\
'''Jones:''' I'm afraid your sins cannot be washed away so easily. Anuj Ghosh, you are under arrest!
'''Bone of Contention'''
->'''Gloria:''' Kitty Young, you're under arrest for Penny Farrell's murder!\\
'''Kitty:''' What are you talking about? I didn't kill Penny, I worked for her!\\
'''Gloria:''' You strangled her with a dog leash! You threw it in the trash, but <Rank> <Name> found it!\\
'''Kitty:''' You found a dog leash, so now you're trying to pin a murder on me because I'm a dog walker? That's pathetic!\\
'''Gloria:''' We have plenty more proof! Like your broken GritFit we found at the crime scene!\\
'''Kitty (sweating):''' You're barking up the wrong tree, <Rank> <Name>! I told you, I didn't do it!\\
'''Gloria:''' Stop lying, Kitty! Just tell us why you did it! Was it really because Penny criticized the way you work? Girl, you care an awful lot about dog walking, don't you?\\
'''Kitty:''' I didn't kill Penny because she was a know-it-all! I killed her because she threatened to turn me in!\\
(Kitty sweats, embarrassed.)\\
'''Gloria:''' Penny threatened to have you arrested? For what?\\
'''Kitty:''' You think I'm stupid enough to tell you?\\
'''Gloria:''' You're already looking at a murder conviction! Don't make it worse by not cooperating!\\
'''Kitty:''' Alright, you win. Well, Maple Heights is an expensive neighborhood, and dog-walking doesn't pay much. But most people here are loaded... there's money to be made if you know how. So I came up with a scheme to... occasionally steal a dog from the neighborhood.\\
'''Gloria:''' You were stealing dogs? So it's true! There really was a dog-kidnapper in Maple Heights! And it was you!\\
'''Kitty:''' I never hurt the dogs, <Rank> <Name>! I just waited until the owners offered a reward... then gave the dog back and pocketed the money! But Penny figured it out, and got all sanctimonious about it! She confronted me at the shelter and threatened to report me to the police. That was when my temper got the better of me! I didn't mean to kill her, <Rank> <Name>, but our fight got out of hand!\\
'''Gloria:''' Got out of hand? You strangled her with a dog leash in cold blood! Ms Young, you're under arrest!
'''Behind These Walls'''
->'''Gloria:''' Mrs Bloom, you're under arrest for the murder of your own grandson!\\
'''Violet:''' You believe I murdered my own progeny?! What a vile accusation!\\
'''Gloria:''' You left clay pigeon dust on the suit of armor you got your weapon from!\\
'''Violet:''' You'd be hard-pressed to find someone here who doesn't have that dust on their hands! Sport shooting is a Bloom family tradition!\\
'''Gloria:''' Speaking of "hard-pressed", you also left traces of cider on the shaft of the halberd when you skewered Mason!\\
'''Violet:''' Surely you don't think I go around skewering people with medieval weaponry!\\
'''Gloria''': Mrs Bloom, we still don't know why you would have done this to your grandson, but we know it was you! Your skin cells were on the book from which you learned how to stab Mason!\\
'''Violet:''' CURSES on you and your family for discovering my designs! Yes, I killed Mason! But as far as I'm concerned, he ceased to be my grandson before I dispatched him!\\
'''Gloria:''' Why? Were you so angry with him for learning that you could walk?\\
'''Violet:''' No, but it's thanks to my walking that I uncovered his crime! I knew he'd been hiding something, so I followed him without my squeaky wheels giving me away... And today I caught Mason packing a valise! He told me he was going to run away with the maid!\\
'''Gloria:''' So he really was planning to do it!\\
'''Violet:''' Oh, yes! He said he got the vixen pregnant, said it was love! He was going to leave his ancestral home and give our noble name to their bastard child! Mason was going to set aflame the legacy of all Blooms who came before him!\\
'''Gloria:''' This is a very extreme reaction to your grandson falling in love!\\
'''Violet:''' The cleanliness of the family bloodline must be preserved! If he insisted on throwing his family into the mud, he had to die! So I laid in ambush. I drew my weapon from the armor and sat waiting and listening in shadow at the end of the hall. When I heard him alight from the top step, I gripped the pikestaff and thrust my wheels forward as if spurring a steed! We collided at the precise moment he entered the hall, and my momentum plunged the spike through his heart!\\
'''Gloria:''' Mrs Bloom, I'm speechless. What you've just described is grotesquesly... medieval! There's no other word for it!\\
'''Violet:''' The only thing medieval is the age of our traditions! I wasn't going to let that whelp destroy our family's honor!\\
'''Gloria:''' I think we've heard enough! Mrs Bloom, you're under arrest!
'''Dead Men Tell No Tales'''
->'''Jones:''' Carl Rossa, you're under arrest for Joshua Gibson's murder!\\
'''Carl:''' Me?! I may dress like a pirate, but I haven't a villainous bone in my body!\\
'''Jones:''' I bet you thought you'd just shoot Mr Gibson and sail away into the sunset. But your passion for antique firearms gave you away!\\
'''Carl:''' What are you talking about?!\\
'''Jones:''' The vintage Weston Smith pistol! We found bits of your blue feather lodged in the feather!\\
'''Carl:''' Well, that's got nothing to do with anything!\\
'''Jones:''' The evidence doesn't lie! Like the Caribbean palm oil on your gun's holster, or your hat wax on your bullet pouch! Admit it, "Captain"! You did it!\\
'''Parrot:''' Carl shot Gibson! Carl shot Gibson! Squawk!\\
'''Carl:''' Quiet, you stupid bird! Alright, I know when I'm beat. I murdered Gibson... but he had it coming!\\
'''Jones:''' But why? Just because he wanted a cut of your profit?\\
'''Parrot:''' Legal papers! Legal papers!\\
'''Carl:''' Shut up, Will! Or so help me, I'll wring your neck! The truth is, Gibson was furious when I refused to cut him in on my rum sales, so he threatened to steal the Black Sparrow! He and his lawyers found an antiquated maritime regulation following allowing him to seize my property! According to some obscure loophole, as soon as my anchor touched the ground on his property, the Black Sparrow effectively became his to do with as he pleased!\\
'''Jones:''' So you killed a man over a pirate ship?\\
'''Carl:''' I killed him because he went back on his word! And I'd rather walk the plank than lose the Black Sparrow to the likes of him!\\
'''Jones:''' Well, Mr Rossa, you did lose everything. You're under arrest for Joshua Gibson's murder!\\
'''Parrot:''' Under arrest! Squawk!
'''Light My Fire'''
->'''Gloria:''' Mr Montgomery, you're under arrest for the murder of Celine Dernier! I can't believe you killed your old co-star!\\
'''Cliff:''' That's because I didn't! Celine was my cherished friend. I'd never hurt her!\\
'''Gloria:''' Evidence doesn't lie, Mr Montgomery, unlike you! We found fibers from your fancy cravat stuck in the reward you snatched from the victim!\\
'''Cliff:''' Celine's party had an Under the Sea theme - you'll find plenty of her guests were wearing the same aquatic attire as I!\\
'''Gloria:''' Did they all drink absinthe? We know you threw your glass on the victim right before you set her on fire!\\
'''Cliff:''' I'm a true gentleman! I would never dare do something as uncouth as throwing a drink on a lady!\\
'''Gloria:''' And it's gentlemanly to turn a lady into a burning inferno with a torch? Mr Montgomery, just confess! You murdered Celine Dernier!\\
'''Cliff:''' Ach, alright, you got me, <Rank> <Name>, I killed Celine! But I didn't mean to do it!\\
'''Gloria:''' Surely it can't be because of that old grudge about your acting duo? You have had a wonderful career, even without her help!\\
'''Cliff:''' It wasn't about my career! Celine ruined my marriage!\\
'''Gloria:''' Celine destroyed your marriage? But I've never heard about this - how come it was never in the papers?\\
'''Cliff:''' Because not even I knew she was responsible until tonight, when that blasted woman told me she had been the one, all those years ago, spreading rumors about me sleeping with every actress in Ivywood! It made my wife furious with jealousy. She left me that year, never to come back! I had NEVER been unfaithful to Dorothy, <Rank> <Name>! She was the love of my life! And Celine... Celine destroyed this without a second thought! But when I got angry at Celine tonight, she just laughed and said I couldn't possibly still carry a torch for Dorothy! I told her I'd show her a torch! And before I realized it, I'd thrown my glass of absinthe over her, grabbed a nearby torch and set Celine ablaze!\\
(Gloria stands, speechless.)\\
'''Gloria:''' Mr Montgomery, this is a story worthy of one of your epic movies, but one without a happy ending. You're under arrest!
'''Blood in the Water'''
->'''Jones:''' Dr Emerson, you're under arrest for the murder of Mayor Price! How could you push your own cousin to such a horrible death?\\
'''Ernest:''' Me, kill Martha? You must be mad, <Rank> <Name>. I'd never do such a thing!\\
'''Jones:''' Then how do you explain the fact that we found traces of the olives you were eating on Mayor Price's jacket?\\
'''Ernest:''' Olives? They could've come from anywhere! That's hardly proof of wrongdoing!\\
'''Jones:''' Yet we found your sunscreen on the badge, which you tore off the Mayor's clothes as you struggled with her!\\
'''Ernest (sweating):''' It's a sunny day! Everyone is wearing sunscreen!\\
'''Jones:''' Feeling a bit hot, Dr Emerson? You also left your sweat on the toolbox from which you took the screwdriver you attacked Mayor Price with!\\
(Ernest sweats, embarrassed.)\\
'''Ernest:''' Fine, you got me, <Rank> <Name>! I killed Martha!\\
'''Jones:''' I don't get it! You killed her just because she wanted to have the Demon Fish destroyed?\\
'''Ernest:''' No, I killed her because she tried to stop me from releasing them back into the river!\\
'''Jones:''' You were trying to release the Demon Fish?! ... Wait, what do you mean "release them back into the river"?! So YOU'RE the one who blew a hole in that cavern wall to release the fish in the first place!\\
'''Ernest:''' Yes, it was me. <Rank> <Name>, you have to understand. I've dedicated my whole life proving that so-called "extinct" species still exist... ... So when I heard that an ancient city had been unearthed in my hometown, I knew straight away this might be my chance! And sure enough, while I was diving in the old Xerdan tunnels, I found a cavern filled with ancient fish!\\
'''Jones:''' So you found an ancient species that you knew nothing about, and you thought it'd be a good idea to release them into the city's water supply?!\\
'''Ernest:''' It was for science! But then you had to get involved and capture them, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Jones:''' Yes, because they were killing people!\\
'''Ernest:''' And is that reason enough to kill THEM?! When I heard Martha intended to have them exterminated, I knew I had to act! So I snuck into the facility. I knew the tanks were connected to a pipe system flowing straight back into the river, I just needed to unscrew the tank's filters and the fish would be free! But Martha walked in to me! She realized what I was doing, and tried to stop me! I grabbed that screwdriver to fend her off! But she wouldn't let go!\\
'''Jones:''' So you pushed her! You let her be eaten by the Demon Fish!\\
'''Ernest:''' It was a fitting end for her! Killed by the very creatures she wanted to murder! Unfortunately, I heard someone coming before I could release the fish, and I had to run away!\\
'''Jones:''' That's one small blessing! Dr Emerson, you're under arrest for the murder of Mayor Price! <Name>, let's wrap this up!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Misty Grove''']]
'''Domesday'''
->'''Jones:''' Dan Scruffinsky, you're under arrest for the murder of Fred Drucker!\\
'''Dan:''' Who, me? You're joking! I know I had some issues with the guy, but come on!\\
'''Jones:''' Yes, you did have issues with the victim. And you made sure no one would see how bad those issues are. You left multivitamin powder on the security camera you destroyed!\\
'''Dan:''' That platform is an open space and anyone under the dome might have destroyed the camera...\\
'''Jones:''' But would that person also happen to have a rash? You left cream for yours on the victim's tie when you grabbed him!\\
'''Dan (sweating):''' There have been reports of skin reactions to something in the air recycling system... we're working on it!\\
'''Jones:''' Good to know! But I'd be even more interested in knowing how fibers from your blue shirt ended up on the stun gun used to electrocute Drucker!\\
(Dan sweats, embarrassing.)\\
'''Dan:''' I KNEW I should have paid more attention when I got rid of that thing! Yes, I killed Fred Drucker! And boy, did that jerk have it coming!\\
'''Jones:''' Why were you fed up with his arrogance? Because that's no reason to kill a person!\\
'''Dan:''' Drucker being a jerk, I could handle! But he was going to tell Rozetta that I wasn't taking good enough care of my baby, my dome! It was nothing but lies! But it would be his word against mine, and I know she would've believed him and fired me!\\
'''Jones:''' And why would Drucker have tried to get you fired, Mr Scruffinsky?\\
'''Dan:''' He wanted me out of the way so that Rozetta would put him in charge of the whole dome! MY DOME! Once he convinced her, I would be terminated! Banished from my dome forever!\\
'''Jones:''' And, in the end, that's going to happen anyway! You're under arrest!
'''Things Fall Apart'''
->'''Jones:''' Dr Kelly, we know you killed Dr Pickering... or should I say, Rupert Winchester!\\ When did you figure out he was part of the police? Before or after you decided to kill him?\\
'''Catherine:''' What? Who! I didn't kill anyone! Who's this Rupert?\\
'''Jones:''' Don't take us for fools! You ripped his fake beard off! You even left traces of your sleeping pills on it!\\
'''Catherine:''' Just WHAT are you talking about, <Rank> <Name>? Maybe your time under the dome has made you paranoid. It wouldn't be the first time that's happened.\\
'''Jones:''' You mean, paranoid like you? You smashed Rupert's watch to be sure we wouldn't hear you kill him!\\
'''Catherine:''' I'm telling you, I did not kill Pickering, or whoever he was!\\
'''Jones:''' Dr Kelly, we've got your DNA. We've got your handprint on the murder weapon. Let's stop this little game.\\
(Catherine stands, speechless.)\\
'''Catherine:''' Alright. Yes, I killed him. From the second this so-called Pickering got under the dome, I knew something was off. He didn't act the way I remembered!\\
'''Jones:''' The way you remembered... Wait, you're saying you knew Pickering before he came here?\\
'''Catherine:''' Yes. We dated, back in Oxford. We didn't stay together long, but long enough for him to remember me... except he had no idea who I was!\\
(Jones stands, speechless.)\\
'''Catherine:''' I didn't say anything at first. I thought the therapy sessions would help me understand what was going on. But he kept canceling them! And then I remembered that silly game Pickering would play with one of his friends, back in Oxford! They'd pretend to be one another to confuse teachers! And it all became clear! This was not Mortimer Pickering! This was that Winchester fellow! He was lying to everyone!\\
'''Jones:''' So you went to his bedroom to confront him.\\
'''Catherine:''' Yes, and found him talking into his watch. Talking to you! I was furious! I stomped on his watch, demanded he tell me the truth! But he kept saying he was Pickering!\\
'''Jones:''' So you tore off his beard. But then you went one step further and sprayed him with lethal gas!\\
'''Catherine:''' He was a TRAITOR! He was threatening everything great that is being done under this dome by reporting to the police! I HAD to stop him!\\
'''Jones:''' You killed a police officer in cold blood! Do you even realize what you've done?! You don't have any remorse, do you?\\
'''Catherine:''' I don't. I'd do it again if I needed to.\\
'''Jones:''' Well, you'll get the punishment you deserve. You're under arrest for Rupert's murder!
'''A Rock and a Hard Place'''
->'''Gloria:''' Cyril Shelwater, you're under arrest for the murder of Barb Bellamy!\\
'''Cyril:''' What? You're blaming me for Bellamy's murder? You're as quick to point fingers as she was!\\
'''Gloria:''' Speaking of fingers, yours were still covered in baking soda when you held Bellamy down!\\
'''Cyril:''' This is a scientific facility! Everyone here uses baking soda!\\
'''Gloria:''' You know, for a janitor, you've been pretty sloppy. You've left blood-stained clues all over the place!\\
'''Cyril:''' I'd like to see you try to keep this place spotless yourself! In any case, littering doesn't make me a murderer.\\
'''Gloria:''' Stop lying! We know that you actively tried to get rid of evidence! But <Rank> <Name> found your magazine, and your glasses cleaner on it! Mr Shelwater, the jig is up! Just confess! What could possibly have compelled you to cut that woman's head off?!\\
'''Cyril:''' Okay, you got me! I confess! I cut off Bellamy's head! But this would never have happened if Bellamy hadn't interrupted my personal business with the meteorite!\\
'''Gloria:''' Your... "personal business" with the meteorite? What are you talking about?\\
'''Cyril:''' I wanted to absorb the meteorite's power! <Rank> <Name>, I KNOW that thing is powerful! Otherwise DreamLife wouldn't have built this whole place to study it! Ever since that meteorite fell in the forest a year ago, I just FELT like something amazing was going to happen! There was a short story in Wondrous Worlds about a crystal meteorite that gave a guy superpowers. When I first caught a glimpse of DreamLife's meteorite on my rounds, I knew it had to have magical properties too! I just had to wrap my arms around it and feel the energy zap through me! Then I wouldn't be the same Cyril Shelwater anymore! I would be transformed!\\
'''Gloria:''' Transformed? How was the meteorite supposed to "transform" you?\\
'''Cyril:''' Well, I didn't get to find out! Bellamy walked in on me just as I embraced it! There wasn't enough time to absorb its energy! She tried to pull me away from it! I couldn't let her get in the way, so I grabbed the nearest thing I could find...\\
'''Gloria:''' And you cut her head off?\\
'''Cyril:''' Yes, what else could I have done? The worst thing is that I don't even know if that brief contact with the meteorite was enough to transform me!\\
'''Gloria:''' Mr Shelwater, I think it's safe to say that the "worst thing" is the murder you committed! You're under arrest!
'''Death in my Hand'''
->'''Jones:''' Zoe?! You... murdered Dr Vega? But... No, <Name>, I won't believe it!\\
'''Zoe:''' David... <Name> is right. I can't lie anymore. You must've found my hiking boot, left behind in that tunnel.\\
'''Jones:''' But... I... don't understand! It can't be you! You weren't the only one wearing those boots!\\
'''Zoe:''' What about that handkerchief... my skin cells must've been all over it!\\
'''Jones:''' Yes, we... found your skin cells , and other clues that point to you... but...\\
'''Zoe (crying):''' And surely you found the rock I used to... kill Dr Vega...\\
(Zoe cries.)\\
'''Zoe (crying):''' You're a good cop, <Name>. You know in your heart the evidence points to me! I should've confessed straight away, David. But I was scared! Now, I just want it to be over.\\
'''Jones:''' But... why, Zoe? Why would you commit murder?\\
'''Zoe (crying):''' Because I finally remembered everything! I know what happened to me when I disappeared, and it was all Dr Vega's fault!\\
'''Jones:''' What? How?\\
'''Zoe (crying):''' I really did go to the dome to jog my memory. And while I was taking photos, I saw Dr Vega coming out. I recognized him immediately! The moment I saw Vega's face, the memories came flooding back!\\
'''Jones:''' Memories of what? I don't understand any of this!\\
'''Zoe (crying):''' Memories of scientific experiments, under the dome! Dr Vega used me as a test subject!\\
'''Jones:''' A test subject? DreamLife experimented on you? You're saying... they're running human experimentation under the dome?\\
'''Zoe (crying):''' Yes! I remember being strapped down, given injections... ... And all the while, it was Dr Vega performing these experiments! I can't tell you the suffering I went through, <Name>!\\
'''Jones (crying):''' Oh, Zoe...\\
'''Zoe (crying):''' I never spoke with Dr Vega at the security checkpoint, I lied about giving him my number. He must've had it to keep tabs on me all these months. But I did follow him to the lake, to confront him about what I'd remembered! He just laughed, saying nobody would believe a crazy woman who'd lost her memory! That's when I snapped! The rage and frustration of the past year exploded in a single instant! I grabbed that rock, and... beat him until he was dead! I didn't plan on murdering him, <Name>. You must believe me! But after I had, I panicked, hiding the evidence in that nearby tunnel!\\
'''Jones:''' Zoe... this is so much to take in... I'm so sorry, but <Name> has no choice but to place you under arrest.
'''In Cold Blood'''
->'''Gloria (showing her badge):''' Rosie Summers, you're under arrest for the murder of Wendy Stokes!\\
'''Rosie:''' <Rank> <Name>, I couldn't hurt a flower, let alone a human!\\
'''Gloria:''' Ms Summers, your lies are as flaky as your scalp, which is why we found your dandruff all over the victim!\\
'''Rosie:''' Everyone's got skin issues under this stuffy dome!\\
'''Gloria:''' So, what was your lipstick doing in the glass of iced tea we found at the crime scene?\\
'''Rosie (sweating):''' I ... I can't explain that...\\
'''Gloria:''' Look, we found your DNA on the nitrogen gun you used to turn your boss into a lifeless chunk of ice! Time to confess, Rosie!\\
(Rosie stands, speechless.)\\
'''Rosie:''' Alright, I did it - I killed Dr Stokes! But I never meant to do it!\\
'''Gloria:''' You didn't "mean" to kill her? Then how did it happen?\\
'''Rosie:''' <Rank> <Name>, let me start from the beginning. Earlier today, I got a memo from the personnel department saying there was a new job opening. I'd been freaking out about losing my job when Dr Stokes left, so I put myself forward right away! They told me to go to Lab 88-B for my interview. There were a bunch of scientists waiting there.\\
'''Gloria:''' Did you recognize any of them?\\
'''Rosie:''' No - they were all wearing surgical masks! They told me to lie back on the chair and drink a glass of iced tea. I was desperate for a job so I did what they asked. As soon as I finished the drink, I felt myself drifting off... When I woke up, one of the masked scientists thrust a strange gun in my hands! I was feeling a bit woozy, but I took the gun anyway. Then they called Dr Stokes in and told me to shoot her!\\
'''Gloria:''' And so you... just did it?\\
(Rosie cries.)\\
'''Rosie:''' I can't explain it, <Rank> <Name>! I just remember feeling very calm... like shooting someone was the most normal thing in the world! But as soon as I saw Dr Stokes' frozen corpse, I felt the horror of what I'd just done! I ran to her but the scientists pulled me away, told me I'd done a good job, and sent me back to my greenhouse! I know I should've confessed, but I was worried that you wouldn't believe me... I wouldn't believe me either!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, this is certainly a very strange story, Ms Summers, but the evidence speaks for itself. You're under arrest for the murder of Wendy Stokes!\\
'''Rosie (crying):''' I loved my boss and I would never kill anyone! I just don't understand it!
'''Up In Flames'''
->'''Gloria:''' Mr Fuller, you're under arrest for the murder of Tony Marconi! How could you set your own father on fire and leave him to die?!\\
'''Emilio:''' What are you talking about, <Rank> <Name>? Sure, I had issues with the guy. But I'm no killer!\\
'''Gloria:''' Then why did we find your dark chocolate on his necklace, which you ripped off as you struggled with him?\\
'''Emilio:''' Come on, <Rank> <Name>! Many people eat dark chocolate - it's full of antioxidants!\\
'''Gloria:''' But not everybody has the chemistry knowledge to make the Molotov cocktail that killed Marconi!\\
'''Emilio:''' It doesn't require a PHD in chemistry either! Anyone could've done it!\\
'''Gloria:''' But only YOU left traces of your blood in the glove you used to handle the Molotov cocktail, Mr Fuller! Stop lying to us!\\
(Emilio stands, speechless.)\\
'''Emilio:''' Fine, you got me! I killed Marconi, that loser who dared call himself my father!\\
'''Gloria:''' Is that why you killed him? Because you wanted him to stop trying to reconnect with you?\\
'''Emilio:''' Hardly! I did it because he tried to stop me from fulfilling DreamLife's plans! Marconi had been desperately trying to contact me for weeks, to warn me that DreamLife was doing something shady and that I needed to get out. Only someone with a mobster's simple mind would see DreamLife's work as "shady"! It's revolutionary! Protozane will change the world!\\
'''Gloria:''' So you were aware of that mind-altering serum all along! And you were happy to strip people of their free will?!\\
'''Emilio:''' You've got minds as small as Marconi's! Don't you understand the scientific breakthroughs involved? And I, I helped make them! I worked with the Berzelium myself! Of course, none of that meant anything to my useless father. When he realized you were storming the dome, he tried to come to my rescue. Marconi appeared as I was packing up the Protozane for shipping, and told me we needed to leave... That he'd force me at gunpoint if he had to! I knew I couldn't overpower a guy his size, so I agreed... I pretended he'd finally got through to me. But I suggested we take things a step further... I said we should blow up the drugs I helped make, so I wouldn't have them on my "conscience"! He fell for it and let me make a Molotov cocktail. It was never meant for the drugs, of course. He realized what I was doing, but it was too late. There was a brief struggle, I pushed him and then I threw the bottle!\\
'''Gloria:''' So, your father came to save you, and you exploited his love to trick and murder him?!\\
'''Emilio:''' What has that gangster's love ever done for me, except hold me back? It felt good to watch him burn! He's finally gone from my life forever!\\
'''Gloria:''' You keep calling your father a gangster, but you're worse than he ever was! You're under arrest for the murder of Tony Marconi!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''University''']]
'''Final Cut'''
->'''Gloria:''' Toby Hansen, you're under arrest for the murder of Cindy McMinn!\\
'''Toby:''' Why would I kill the Final Girl of my own slasher film?\\
'''Gloria:''' You did say you were fed up with her stalling the production... You even threatened her!\\
'''Toby:''' Whatever. Cindy was popular, and that means that she got a few threats from idiots!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, I guess you're an idiot, then! You thought tearing up your mask would fool us, but <Rank> <Name> found it!\\
'''Toby:''' Yeah, right. Sure... And I'll remind you that Sally Hooper played the killer in the movie, not me.\\
'''Gloria:''' But it was your DNA we found on the contact lenses Cindy's killer wore! Time to stop lying, Toby, we have the footage of the murder!\\
'''Toby:''' You have the footage?! I need it back!\\
(Toby stands, speechless.)\\
'''Toby:''' FINE! I did kill Cindy!\\
'''Gloria:''' Why? Just because she was a pain on the set?\\
'''Toby:''' No, I could handle that. But she was going to transfer to another university! I would never have been able to re-shoot the entire movie to replace her! Everything would have been ruined! Then it clicked. If Cindy was leaving, I might as well kill her! I would film the most realistic death scene in all of horror cinema... because it'd be real!\\
'''Gloria:''' You mean you filmed her murder on purpose?!\\
'''Toby:''' Of course! I told her to meet me on campus. I said we had to talk. Then you know the rest.\\
'''Gloria:''' Yes, we saw... it was horrific and brutal and-\\
'''Toby:''' It was PERFECTION! The most intense slasher death in the history of the genre! That's what everyone will say when they see it!\\
'''Gloria:''' No, Toby. No one outside the legal system will ever see that footage. No film festivals for you. You're under arrest!
'''Pain in the Neck'''
->'''Jones:''' Mrs Narcisse, you are under arrest for your husband's murder!\\
'''Isabella:''' What are you saying? I wouldn't ever want to hurt René! I told you, we were happy. We were going to live out the rest of our days together, hand in hand.\\
'''Jones:''' And yet you used your left hand to bring him down...\\
'''Isabella:''' That's horrible, <Rank> <Name>! What must you think of me to imagine I would do such a thing!\\
'''Jones:''' Maybe YOU didn't think you would, since you wrote a message full of regret. In the style of your favorite game, Counter Compassion. Your subconscious led us right to you!\\
'''Isabella:''' <Rank> <Name>, you're the one who seems to be playing a wicked game with me! I take life more seriously.\\
'''Jones:''' You also take your body art seriously. We found your tattoo cream on the murder weapon! Confess, Mrs Narcisse, we know it was you!\\
(Isabella sweats, embarrassed.)\\
'''Isabella:''' Fine, <Rank> <Name>. I did kill him! But I swear I didn't mean to! You already know how my husband and I had disagreements about family finances. He wanted to be in charge, and always pestered me about my spending... But this morning I checked our savings account, and I saw that he had lost all our money!\\
'''Jones:''' What?! How did he do that?\\
'''Isabella:''' He thought he was so smart... He played the stock market, and invested in all the wrong things! All his big talk about saving money. All those efforts made preparing for our retirement... It was all for nothing! Everything I had worked for was gone! I came to the campus to confront him, but he refused to apologize. He started getting upset and said I could try being more understanding. Me! More understanding! I've dealt with the man for 35 years, and he thinks I could be MORE understanding! I just couldn't take it anymore! I grabbed the first thing I could get my hands on, and stabbed him... I... I hardly knew what I was doing! Next thing I know, I'm at the viewpoint, with his glasses... when I realize... I realize I killed him!\\
'''Jones:''' And now it's time for you to face the consequences of your actions. Mrs Narcisse, you are under arrest!
'''Deadeye'''
->'''Gloria:''' Monica Pozie, you're under arrest for the murder of Sam De Witt!\\
'''Monica:''' What?! Why would I murder my own sorority sister?\\
'''Gloria:''' We found the air tank you tampered with to shoot her. It had some fibers from your camouflage caught in it.\\
'''Monica:''' How do you know it was MY camo? Plenty of other people wear camo, it's totally in right now!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, you got Blast-Off Brew on your murder weapon, too. And you told us yourself that alcohol doesn't affect your good aim.\\
'''Monica:''' <Rank> <Name>, this is college, everybody drinks. And if our team wasn't good at shooting paintball guns, we wouldn't have made it to state last year!\\
'''Gloria:''' Monica, we found the marbles - one of which you used to shoot Sam in the eye! We know it was you!\\
(Monica stands, speechless.)\\
'''Monica:''' Okay, fine! I'll admit it! I shot Sam! But she was a thief! And she didn't just steal my things - Sam was trying to steal my sorority out from under me!\\
'''Gloria:''' Miss Pozie, how does one "steal" a sorority?\\
'''Monica:''' Look, I'm the chapter president. I'm the one these girls have to look up to for guidance! But they all went to Sam! She was just captain of the paintball team! What does she know about life? Nothing! I worked my way up in student government for years to be a respectable leader to my peers. And what has that gotten me? I coordinate the bake sales, the Greek cotillions, and the outdoor movie nights. But am I ever approached by my sisters for personal counsel? No! Sam's advice was so sought-after she practically had office hours! Girls lined up out her bedroom door to talk about their problems! When the next elections came around, Sam would surely take my seat as president. I had to get rid of her!\\
'''Gloria:''' And so you did it during the paintball match to throw suspicion onto the other team! Some example you are to your peers! Miss Pozie, you're under arrest!
'''Game, Set, Murder'''
->'''Jones:''' Gunnar Burns! You're under arrest for the cruel murder of Stephanie Griff!\\
'''Gunnar:''' Bah! I told you, I'm too busy to go around murdering students!\\
'''Jones:''' Well, you weren't too busy to murder Stephanie! You knocked her out with her own tennis racket after she finished practicing tonight!\\
'''Gunnar:''' Knocked her out? I dunno what you're talking about!\\
'''Jones:''' You know exactly what we're talking about! When she was unconscious, you restrained her and dragged her to the workshop! We found your plastic ties!\\
'''Gunnar:''' I'm a groundskeeper, <Rank> <Name>. I have all kinds of odds and ends like that. Doesn't make me a killer!\\
'''Jones:''' Stop lying, Burns! It's obvious you planned to kill Stephanie tonight, you even sent her a threat! We know you thought Stephanie was a diva, but did you really crush her skull for that?!\\
'''Gunnar:''' Of course I didn't kill her for being a diva! I wanted to make her talk! I needed to know how much she-\\
'''Gunnar (sweating):''' Uhh...\\
'''Jones:''' You needed to know what? What did you want Stephanie to talk about?\\
'''Gunnar:''' Nothing! It was nothing, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Jones:''' C'mon, Burns! You must've had a reason to commit such a brutal act. Why not get it off your chest now?\\
'''Gunnar:''' <Rank> <Name>, I've already admitted that I did it. I killed Stephanie Griff. I ain't saying anything more!\\
'''Jones:''' Then I'll do the talking. Gunnar Burns, you're under arrest for the murder of Stephanie Griff!
'''Trick or Treat'''
->'''Gloria (presenting her badge):''' Adrian Lynn, you're under arrest for the murder of your brother!\\
'''Adrian:''' Are you crazy? What the heck would make you think I'd murder Greg?\\
'''Gloria:''' Let's start with the threatening FriendNet message you sent him calling yourself Moonface Horrorshow, a character from a movie you know well...\\
'''Adrian:''' A Wind-Up Satsuma's a classic, and I'm not the only person who loves it!\\
'''Gloria:''' Then why did we discover your glitter all over the scythe you used to slice your brother apart?\\
'''Adrian:''' It's Halloween, <Rank> <Name>! Everyone's wearing glitter!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, DNA doesn't lie, and we found yours all over the necklace you pulled off your brother while committing fratricide!\\
(Adrian stands, speechless.)\\
'''Adrian:''' Alright, fine. I did it... I killed my brother!\\
'''Gloria:''' Why would you do that? Just because he was mad at you for following him around too much?\\
'''Adrian:''' Why do you think I followed him around in the first place? It was all because of Polly!\\
'''Gloria:''' You... were in love with your brother's girlfriend?\\
'''Adrian:''' Don't call her his girlfriend! That dumb jerk didn't deserve her! <Rank> <Name>, all that sleazebag wanted was to get into Polly's pants! I couldn't let him treat my perfect girl in such a disgusting way! First, I tried to get Polly to leave Greg by declaring my undying love, but she didn't take me seriously. So, I knew I had to take more drastic measures!\\
'''Gloria:''' And so you killed him?!\\
'''Adrian:''' Yes! I live on a farm, so it was easy to find a scythe lying around. I added bandages to make it look like a Halloween prop, and no one looked at it twice! Then at the party, I lured Greg outside once everyone went in the house... and kapow! I sliced him apart. It was just too easy!\\
'''Gloria:''' Sounds like you enjoyed it! And what, you expected Polly to just fall into your arms once Greg was out of the way?\\
'''Adrian:':' Of course! Now she's free of that bonehead brother of mine, she'll finally see that I'm the one!\\
'''Gloria:''' Mr Lynn, I think YOU'LL finally see that this is not how love works. You're going to jail!
'''Lashing Out'''
->'''Jones:''' Ms O'Brien, you're under arrest for the murder of Professor Charles!\\
'''Polly:''' Me? You got it all wrong, <Rank> <Name>. I didn't even really know the professor!\\
'''Jones:''' The rope you claimed to have bought for a craft project turned up on the crime scene! You used it, and your knot-making skills, to tie the Professor to the trees!\\
'''Polly:''' I told you, the rope went missing days ago! I had nothing to do with the murder!\\
'''Jones:''' What about the whip we found in the cave? We know you touched it - you left traces of your instant ramen on it!\\
'''Polly:''' I couldn't whip someone to death, <Rank> <Name>! I don't even work out!\\
'''Jones:''' Give it up, Ms O'Brien! We found your DNA on the bottle of chloroform used in the murder! We know you're part of Ad Astra, and that you killed Professor Charles on Rozetta's orders!\\
(Polly stands, speechless.)\\
'''Polly:''' Okay, fine. I admit everything. I killed the Professor exactly like you said. I ambushed him in his office with chloroform, dragged him unconscious to the forest and whipped him to death!\\
'''Jones:''' And how exactly did you manage to drag his unconscious body to the forest, when you've just told us you don't even work out?\\
'''Polly:''' I see you fell for my innocent act, <Rank> <Name>. A common mistake most people make. Just be careful not to underestimate me. Look what happened to my boyfriend. He annoyed me... and oops, now he's dead.\\
'''Jones:''' And what about the professor? What exactly did he do to annoy Rozetta?\\
'''Polly:''' Who knows? She probably just had some old grudge against him. It's none of my concern. All I know is that when she tasked Ad Astra with this mission, I was certain that I was the best person to pull it off!\\
'''Jones:''' And what about Lucius? Did he make a false confession because he's in Ad Astra, too?\\
'''Polly:''' Lucius? He was probably just conducting one of his experiments on you. I bet he doesn't even know it was me who killed the professor! Admit it, <Rank> <Name>. You didn't expect it to be me either, do you?\\
'''Jones:''' You seem almost proud of your despicable actions!\\
'''Polly:''' Well, the most stressful part is over, now that you've caught me. So I might as well revel in all the attention this is going to bring me!\\
'''Jones:''' Suit yourself, Ms O'Brien! You're under arrest for the murder of Professor Charles!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Spring Fields''']]
'''Fields of Murder'''
->'''Gloria:''' Mr Mays, you're under arrest for the murder of Deputy McGuff!\\
'''Cody:''' What? I've been busy this whole time trying to put out a fire! You think I have time to kill somebody?\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, you found time to learn how to make a micro sawed-off shotgun from The Almanac!\\
'''Cody:''' Oh, come on now, y'all! Everyone in Spring Fields reads The Almanac!\\
'''Gloria:''' But not everyone left shotgun shells on the crime scene! You did! And they were stained with your nicotine gum!\\
'''Cody:''' I'm not the only person in the world trying to quit smoking...\\
'''Gloria:''' While you're at it, you should try to quit lying, too! We found your gun! And there was soot on it - just like the soot on you! Admit it, Mays! You killed the deputy! Was it because he wouldn't forget about your past conviction?\\
'''Cody:''' What? No, that's ridiculous! I killed McGuff because he saw me-\\
(Cody stands, speechless.)\\
'''Gloria:''' Because he "saw you"? What did the deputy see you do, Mr Mays?\\
'''Cody:''' Alright, you city cops sure are smart... I admit everything! I killed McGuff because he saw me set the corn on fire.\\
'''Gloria:''' You set fire to the corn?! To your own fields? Why?\\
'''Cody:''' I was paid to do it! They told me not to leave any witnesses!\\
'''Gloria:''' Who are "they", Cody? Who paid you to commit both arson and murder?\\
'''Cody:''' I... I don't know! With these kinda folks, you don't ask questions. I needed the money to start over somewhere new, somewhere nobody'd care what I'd done in the past! I thought this was my ticket out. I didn't think twice!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, you should have gotten out while you still could. You're under arrest for the murder of Deputy Gus McGuff.
'''A Crime Like No Udder'''
->'''Jones:''' Ms Shropshire, you're under arrest! We know you're the one who killed Debby Gideon!\\
'''Tallulah:''' Me? Kill Debby? <Rank> <Name>, I wouldn't hurt a wee fly!\\
'''Jones:''' We know you sent Debby a message that was stained from your pickup truck!\\
'''Tallulah:''' <Rank> <Name>, your accusation has more holes than Swiss cheese! I may have pushed Debby away when she wanted to become friends again, but that's all!\\
'''Jones:''' Right, like you pushed her necklace out of the way to brand her chest. We found traces of switchel on the body where you touched her.\\
'''Tallulah:''' What I drink is irrelevant. I find it strange of you to bring it up as an evidence against me!\\
'''Jones:''' Enough! We found your skin cells on the iron you branded the victim with after you murdered her with a cattle bolt! Why did you do it? Was it really all because of an old grudge? You couldn't get over her stealing your boyfriend?\\
'''Tallulah:''' Get over it? <Rank> <Name>, Debby did it all over again!\\
(Tallulah stands, speechless.)\\
'''Tallulah:''' I might as well tell you. Yes, I killed Debby! That lass kept taking all the men from me! A year ago I started going to church. I met Father Sheppard, and was soon helping him in his community outreach. He's such a kind man. And a very good listener! The hours I spent confessing to him felt like minutes! He opened my heart to love, and I knew that he was the one I was meant to find. I knew Father Sheppard was a priest and we'd never be together... but then Debby walked in, and he changed! He'd keep staring at her! Like he had... desires! Debby corrupted him! A man as pure as the freshest mozzarella! Just so I couldn't have him!\\
'''Jones:''' Maybe she wasn't trying to steal him. Maybe you were just projecting your old fears onto a new... situation?\\
'''Tallulah:''' You're wrong, <Rank> <Name>! Debby was a cow. An evil, man-stealing cow! So I killed her and branded her like one!\\
'''Jones:''' And you clearly have no remorse! Tallulah Shropshire, you'll have to answer for your cruelty before the judge! You're under arrest!
'''A Pointy End'''
->'''Gloria:''' Abel Dreschner, you're under arrest for the murder of Christy Cole!\\
'''Abel:''' Murder? <Rank> <Name>, that would look terrible in my employee performance file!\\
'''Gloria:''' About that... You shouldn't have used your company cell phone to send a threatening message to Christy!\\
'''Abel:''' Why would I send her a text message when I could just yell at her in person? She worked in my warehouse!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, we found the cyanide-filled syringe you poisoned Christy with! And you can't deny it's yours, because you left cotton candy on it!\\
'''Abel:''' Everyone was eating cotton candy at Corn Fest, until you shut it down!\\
'''Gloria:''' Mr Dreschner, we know you weren't happy with Ms Cole's performance, but killing an employee for mediocrity is taking it a step too far!\\
'''Abel:''' You don't understand! I had to stop Christy, or I was gonna be the fall guy! I had to kill her!\\
(Abel stands, speechless.)\\
'''Gloria:''' You had to "stop" Christy? I thought she just watered the plants.\\
'''Abel:''' Yeah, and in the beginning she did an okay job. But her fiance's death changed her. She started asking questions. She thought it was weird that the cornfields burned and AgriMeadows was growing a secret stash of corn. And then she asked me how our corn plants are able to grow in the charred soil, unlike any other corn she'd ever seen! I told her to mind her own business, but she kept snooping around the fledgling plants! Then this morning, Christy came in and said she'd "found out the truth" about our corn, and if I wasn't going to alert the authorities, she would! I searched for a weapon, found a syringe, and filled it with the liquid cyanide we keep as rat poison. Then I followed her to HQ and stabbed her in the neck!\\
'''Gloria:''' So you killed Christy because she discovered "the truth about the corn"? And she was going to tell the police? What was it, Mr Dreschner? What did Christy find out?\\
'''Abel:''' You think I'd go to all this trouble to keep a secret, then turn around and tell YOU?!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, we've heard as much as we need for now. Abel Dreschner, you're under arrest!
'''Like a Pig to the Slaughter'''
->'''Jones:''' Lorenzo Sims, you're under arrest for the murder of Sheriff Roy Loukas!\\
'''Lorenzo:''' Me? Kill the sheriff? That's crazy, <Rank> <Name>! Do I look like somebody who'd pick fights with cops?\\
'''Jones:''' You certainly took advantage of your stature to chop him up, then fed him to the pigs!\\
'''Lorenzo (sweating):''' No... I would never...\\
'''Jones:''' C'mon, Sims! We know you murdered him! We found that letter you sent threatening to do it, and the book which you quoted from!\\
'''Lorenzo:''' You're kidding, right? Do I look like a bookworm to you?\\
'''Jones:''' You can lie all you want, but the facts won't. We've even got the knife you slaughtered him with! Did you think you could murder the sheriff and then drift away without anyone figuring it out?\\
'''Lorenzo:''' Fine, I killed the sheriff! But if it wasn't for him, I would've never been a drifter in the first place!\\
'''Jones:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Lorenzo:''' I never had a home after the sheriff destroyed my family and put me in foster care! The thing is, when I was young, my mother and father got into a terrible fight. And it turned violent, so the neighbors called the cops. It was Loukas who responded. He insisted I'd be permanently separated from my parents. He said they were bad for me! You know what was bad for me? Not having parents! Going from foster home to foster home, never having a normal life! I was only close to one person... my foster brother... but Gus went to work for the sheriff, and the man even turned him against me!\\
'''Jones:''' You don't know that for sure. Maybe taking you in was the sheriff's way of making up for the past.\\
'''Lorenzo:''' Well, it wasn't nearly enough! I didn't need Roy's pity or his judgment about my drinking! It was all his fault and he needed to pay! So I lured him to that pigsty and took his life the way he'd taken mine!\\
'''Jones:''' Taking the law into your own hands is never the answer, Mr Sims. It's time you paid for your crime... you're under arrest!
'''In Vino Veritas'''
->'''Jones (showing his badge):''' Jacinta Linares, you're under arrest for the murder of Cora Bateman!\\
'''Jacinta:''' <Rank> <Name>, what makes you think I'd murder my best and oldest friend?\\
'''Jones:''' Well, for starters, you wrote her a threatening note using glue from Provence, a place we know you love to visit!\\
'''Jacinta:''' Officer Jones, people of your... class may not know this, but Provence is the destination-du-jour for anyone of a certain caliber!\\
'''Jones:''' Then how do you explain your black hair on the ashtray you used to knock Mrs Bateman out before you drowned her?\\
'''Jacinta:''' Cora's son has black hair too, but I don't see you accusing him of murder!\\
'''Jones:''' Christian Bateman wasn't wearing an expensive silk scarf like yours, though, was he? We found fibers from it all over the lid of the barrel you dunked Cora Bateman in!\\
'''Jacinta (sweating):''' I... I...\\
'''Jacinta:''' Fine, I have the grace and manners now to know when to accept defeat. I murdered Cora Bateman!\\
'''Jones:''' So you admit it! Seriously though, how could you do something like this just because you quarreled over whose house was better?\\
'''Jacinta:''' Do you really think me that petty, <Rank> <Name>? Of course it wasn't over something so insignificant! The fact is, the Linares family may look wealthy, but all of our money disappeared after a spate of bad investments! As you can understand, I still had a certain lifestyle to uphold. Which is why I ended up borrowing money... and most of it from Cora. The Batemans are almost as rich as the legendary Rochesters, and she was more than happy to share her fortune with her best friend. But today I finally realized Cora's generosity was just her way to feel superior!\\
'''Jones:''' Why? What happened today?\\
'''Jacinta:''' My mansion making the cover of House & Castle was the final straw, because, once again, Cora couldn't handle being second best! Cora was so jealous, in fact, that she demanded I repay all the money I'd borrowed from her, even though she didn't need a cent of it! The thing is, <Rank> <Name>, I didn't have any money to pay her back! We argued, and I grabbed that ashtray and hit Cora over the head with it! She passed out right into my arms. She was such a little thing that I was easily able to drag her to the wine barrel. I pulled off the lid and shoved her arrogant face deep into the dark liquid. She started struggling against me, but I was stronger than her, just like in every aspect of our lives! I held Cora's head down until she stopped moving. I knew then that I'd finally escaped her demands for her pound of flesh!\\
'''Jones (showing his badge):''' Well, Ms Linares, you definitely haven't escaped the long arm of the law. You're under arrest for the murder of Cora Bateman!
'''To Kingdom Come'''
->'''Gloria:''' Mr Perry, you're under arrest for the murder of Mia Loukas! How could you do this? How could you set an explosive to kill the girl you claimed to love?\\
'''Brock:''' What are you talking about, <Rank> <Name>? I wanted Mia back. I had no reason to kill her!\\
'''Gloria:''' Then why did we find traces of your Bordeaux wine on the bomb-making equipment you left in the shack?\\
'''Brock (sweating):''' I don't know what you're talking about. And anyway, who doesn't enjoy some of that fancy stuff?\\
'''Gloria:''' We also found your bitten-off nails in the ignition coil which you removed from our car and replaced with the bomb. How do you explain that?\\
'''Brock:''' I ain't proud of my nail-biting habit, <Rank> <Name>. But I didn't touch your car!\\
'''Gloria:''' Stop lying! We know you built the bomb - your DNA was on the blueprint! Did you want to get back at Mia for dumping you? Is that it?\\
'''Brock:''' No, I planted that bomb to kill YOU, <Rank> <Name>! But it was Mia who died instead! I'm never gonna forgive myself!\\
'''Gloria:''' What?! So that bomb WAS intended for us... But why would you want to kill us?\\
'''Brock:''' I only did it because they told me that Mia would come back to me if you were dead! But now she'll never come back!\\
'''Gloria:''' "They" told you? Who are you talking about?\\
'''Brock:''' Look, some guys approached me. They told me we had a mutual problem: you! They said they'd pay me to make you disappear, and that Mia would wanna come home to me once you were gone! I told 'em to go away a couple o' times... but then Mia dumped me and it looked like she was gonna leave Spring Fields. Said there weren't nothing keeping her here, since her dad was gone! I had to stop her, <Rank> <Name>! I had to show her how good we could be together, but I could only do that if she was here with me! So I agreed to plant that bomb. The guys told me I'd find everything I needed in that shack. I just had to build the bomb and put it in your car!\\
'''Gloria:''' And who were these people, exactly?\\
'''Brock:''' Who cares now? They seemed to work at a nearby vineyard. Probably just some locals you got in the way of, <Rank> <Name>.\\
'''Brock (crying):''' What matters is that you're still here and Mia... Mia's dead! And it's all my fault!\\
'''Gloria:''' You won't get any sympathy from us, Mr Perry. You're under arrest for the murder of our colleague and attempted murder of <Rank> <Name>!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Airport''']]
'''Dearly Departured'''
->'''Jones:''' Captain Shane Redfern, you're under arrest for the murder of Dolores Zamora!\\
'''Shane:''' Murder? That's an exaggeration. I told you, I just patted Dolores' bum! Nothing more!\\
'''Jones:''' We know that's not the truth! We found the smoothie glass that contained the poison you spiked her drink with! And you left traces of Saved By Flowers on it!\\
'''Shane:''' This may come as a bit of a shock, but that tincture is widely used, especially in airports... everyone is anxious!\\
'''Jones:''' But we also found bits of the lining of your necktie in a Spanish crime novel that was quoted in a threat to the victim. Explain that!\\
'''Shane:''' Again, neckties are fairly common in airports... business travelers wear them. They even keep spares in their carry-on bags!\\
'''Jones:''' Funny you mention bags, Captain. It just so happens that you also left under-eye serum on the bottle of pesticide used to poison Ms Zamora! You can't fly away from the evidence, Redfern! Time to tell us the truth!\\
'''Shane:''' ......... You're right... there's no escaping the truth. I killed Dolores Zamora... On this morning's flight, Dolores warned me that if I ever touched her again, she'd tell that journalist guy about my naps!\\
'''Jones:''' Your naps? You mean... you would sleep while you were supposed to be flying a plane?!\\
'''Shane:''' Yes... It's the only time I could. Whenever I'm on the ground, I'm plagued by the most terrible insomnia! But up in the clouds, I can finally let go...\\
'''Jones:''' But you had the lives of passengers in your hands!\\
'''Shane:''' I know... and Dolores knew this, too. And if she told the press, then the airline management would know as well, and I'd be sacked! But I still needed this job! I blew all my money gambling in Vegas! But I still have two sons in college that I have to support! Dolores told me that she was meeting a journalist when we landed. I decided then and there to put a stop to it! I had ordered the Pest-B-Gone for a roach problem at my house, but I had a more immediate pest to deal with, so I used it on Dolores!\\
'''Jones:''' Well, pest control won't be a concern for you anymore, Captain Redfern! You'll have to make friends with the roaches in prison! You're under arrest!
'''Lights Out'''
->'''Gloria:''' Mr Murray, you are under arrest for the murder of Ryan Min. And for causing a city-wide blackout!\\
'''Felix:''' Now, why would I've done that? I told you, <Rank> <Name>, Mr Min's the one who hired me to protect the plant!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, that backfired. You shot him with a steady right hand.\\
'''Felix:''' Mr Min did nothing to make me shoot him. Doing so would be a waste of energy.\\
'''Gloria:''' Good thing you have a stack of energy bars, then. You left some crumbs on the box of bullets you used!\\
'''Felix:''' So it's my snacking habits that got you accusing me of murder?\\
'''Gloria:''' We also found your EMP machine, covered in the victim's blood! We know you did it. Stop trying to deny it!\\
'''Felix:''' ......... Fine, I won't fight you any longer. Yes, I did kill Min. But only because he tried to stop me from causing the blackout!\\
'''Gloria:''' So that's why you went to the plant to begin with, is it? You were never there to protect Mr Min!\\
'''Felix:''' Well, Min did call a security company because he was worried about one of his employees. And I was assigned to this mission. I didn't think anything of it, but then a... valued old friend contacted me. They asked me to be ready to cause a blackout on their signal.\\
'''Gloria:''' And what, you just agreed?\\
'''Felix:''' I did say it was a valued friend, <Rank> <Name>. There are some people you don't refuse. Their signal took a while to come. I had to stick around till nightfall, lurking outside. When it finally came, and I was making my move, some guard nearly spotted me. I knocked him out, but he'd already called down the manager. Min obviously realized I wasn't there to protect him. I had no choice, he knew my face and name, he was a threat! So, I shot him. I had to, even if those weren't my orders.\\
'''Gloria:''' Right, you were "just" meant to cause the blackout. And whose orders were you following?\\
'''Felix:''' Let's just stick to "an old friend," <Rank> <Name>. I don't name my clients, that's why they trust me.\\
'''Gloria:''' This "old friend" wouldn't happen to be someone from Ad Astra, would they?\\
'''Felix:''' Believe what you want. I'm not saying another word.\\
'''Gloria:''' Fine, we'll get our answers sooner or later. Mr Murray, you are under arrest.
'''Out of Breath'''
->'''Jones:''' Clyde Black, you're under arrest for the murder of your sister!\\
'''Clyde:''' You think I murdered Doris?! How could you accuse me of something so... horrible?\\
'''Jones:''' We found your amateur pilot bracelet at the crime scene. Seems you didn't notice her tear it off your wrist in the struggle.\\
'''Clyde:''' You realize where you are, right? S.A.R.A. stands for "Space and Aeronautics Research Agency." Do you know how many people here can fly a plane?\\
'''Jones:''' Yeah, but not all of those people use freckle cream. We found some smeared in the hair you tore from Doris's head!\\
'''Clyde (sweating):''' Tore her hair out? Look, you must think I'm some kind of crazy person! I could never do that to anyone, let alone Doris!\\
'''Jones:''' You might not be crazy, but you were definitely angry. You strangled her with her own apron belt! Give it up, we know you did it!\\
'''Clyde:''' ......... Alright! I killed Doris! But she was unbearable my whole life! And the last straw was when she screwed me out of a promotion!\\
'''Jones:''' What do you mean? She was the one who got you this job.\\
'''Clyde:''' Yeah, moving boxes. Menial stuff. And at first I was grateful. But yesterday I found out I was up for a promotion. They were gonna put me on the team moving the meteorite! It's as close as I could come to my childhood dream of working on a real S.A.R.A. project! And Doris opened her big mouth and ruined it for me! She convinced them not to promote me!\\
'''Jones:''' But... why would she do that?\\
'''Clyde:''' She claimed she was trying to protect me. She said the meteorite was bad news from the start, and wanted to keep me far away from it. But that's nonsense, and I told Doris that, but she wouldn't listen! She just wanted to run my life, as always! And she ruined everything!\\
'''Jones:''' So... you figured the best way to deal with your overbearing sister was to kill her?\\
'''Clyde:''' I don't even remember the fight, I just remember her screaming. And then the screaming stopped. And she was dead!\\
'''Jones:''' Yes, dead because of you. And now you're under arrest!
'''Head Case'''
->'''Gloria:''' Louis Leroux, you're under arrest! Of all the predators who might've killed Zoe, it turns out to be one of her friends!\\
'''Louis:''' You're arresting ME? That's preposterous!\\
'''Gloria:''' We know you argued this morning. Did it get so heated that you stuck Zoe on the head with that fence post?\\
'''Louis:''' Fence post? No, <Rank> <Name>, Zoe was fine when I left her!\\
'''Gloria:''' She was far from fine! You hit her on the head, then wiped your hands with a page from your crossword puzzle book!\\
'''Louis:''' A crossword puzzle? That doesn't prove anything!\\
'''Gloria:''' Stop lying, Leroux! Your DNA was all over the murder weapon, we know you did it! Did you kill Zoe because she rejected your inappropriate advances?\\
'''Louis:''' No! I told you, there was nothing romantic between us! I killed her because I discovered what she could do with her mind!\\
'''Gloria:''' You... what? What are you talking about?\\
'''Louis:''' Zoe... she could move things with her mind! Levitating cups, throwing small objects across the room, just by thinking of them! <Rank> <Name>, I know it sounds crazy, but I saw it with my own eyes! I discovered it by accident, when I walked into Zoe's room unannounced a few weeks ago... she was levitating a teacup!\\
'''Gloria:''' Levitating teacups? Maybe YOU should've spent some time in the asylum, Leroux. You're nuts!\\
'''Louis:''' It's true, though! When I asked her about it, Zoe refused to discuss it, pretending it never happened. I don't even know how long it'd been going on for. But I couldn't stop thinking about it. What if Zoe's strange abilities were the result of what was done to her under the dome? <Rank> <Name>, don't you understand? What if there was more to DreamLife's experiments than what you'd uncovered? What if Protozane wasn't the only thing they made? Zoe was the only subject to survive the tests, and I was the only one who knew what Zoe could do. It was MY responsibility to uncover the truth!\\
'''Gloria:''' So that's why Zoe didn't trust you! That's why she wanted you to stay away!\\
'''Louis:''' I needed her to understand how important this was. So I went to see her this morning to convince her to submit to tests, to examine what was happening to her. But Zoe freaked out at the prospect of more experiments. She swore she wouldn't let another person poke or prod her again!\\
'''Gloria:''' So you killed her!\\
'''Louis:''' I believed I could convince her. Surely she didn't want DreamLife to get away with the terrible things they'd done! But she refused, then became hysterical. She screamed, threatening to call an orderly. I knew if I was thrown out for good, I'd have no opportunity to find out more. This was my only chance! I panicked, hitting her with that fence post to keep her quiet. I wasn't thinking, <Rank> <Name>, I truly lost my mind. Now my friend is gone forever! And we might never know the truth!\\
'''Gloria:''' <Name>, that's a lot to take in. I don't even know how to react. But the evidence against you is clear, Leroux. You're under arrest for Zoe Kusama's murder!
'''Playing Dead'''
->'''Gloria (showing her badge):''' Clarrise Gold, you're under arrest for the murder of Savannah Blake!\\
'''Clarisse:''' Are you crazy? What makes you think I'd kill my biggest cash cow?\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, we know it was you who threw Mr Biceps all over her! We found your silver earrings cleaner on the bottle you used!\\
'''Clarisse:''' If wearing silver earrings is your only proof of guilt, then I don't think detective work is for you, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Gloria:''' Oh, we're far from finished, Ms Gold. We also know you threatened Ms Blake with a quote from Transmutators 9, a film you're very familiar with...\\
'''Clarisse:''' Yeah, me and the rest of the world! Transmutators is the biggest blockbuster franchise of the decade!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, the rest of the world doesn't share your blood, which we found on your handkerchief riddled with acid burns!\\
'''Clarisse (sweating):''' I... uh...\\
'''Clarisse:''' Okay, <Rank> <Name>, you got me. I killed Savannah Blake! But she deserved to die. She killed my baby!\\
'''Gloria:''' Ms Blake killed your baby? What are you talking about?\\
'''Clarisse:''' I'd been trying to have a baby for a long time, and I finally conceived. The doctors said it was a risky pregnancy, and Savannah knew this. One night, we were due to attend an event to promote Upton Abbey, when Savannah came down with a terrible flu. She was running a high fever and coughing like mad. I told her it was dangerous for me to be around her while she was contagious, because of the baby... ... But she said she couldn't cancel the event, and she needed me to be there! The success of Upton Abbey was at stake! A couple of days later, I'd caught the flu from Savannah, and had a miscarriage. <Rank> <Name>, I'd been hoping to get pregnant for years. And I lost my baby, all because Savannah Blake was too selfish to care!\\
'''Gloria:''' I'm sorry you went through such a horrible experience, but killing Ms Blake wasn't going to bring your baby back...\\
'''Clarisse:''' I know, but watching Savannah writhe and shriek in pain as the chemicals burnt her skin gave me some temporary respite!\\
'''Gloria:''' Ms Gold, losing your baby must have been unbearable, but I'm afraid you're under arrest for murdering Savannah Blake!
'''Breaking News'''
->'''Gloria:''' Dr Noorani, you're under arrest for the murder of Louis Leroux!\\
'''Shweta:''' You must've made a mistake, <Rank> <Name>. I didn't kill anyone!\\
'''Gloria:''' Then why did we find traces of your Duck soap on the file you used to make a hole in Leroux's light bulb?\\
'''Shweta:''' Come now, <Rank> <Name>. Duck soap is a hot commodity in here. Everybody uses it!\\
'''Gloria:''' We also found your bottle of nitroglycerin! You left your protein powder on it after working out!\\
'''Shweta (sweating):''' All of the inmates work out. It's one of the few things we're allowed to do in here!\\
'''Gloria:''' Give it up, Dr Noorani! We also found your DNA on the duct tape you used to seal up Leroux's light bulb after you filled it with nitroglycerin! How did you even get your hands on that nitroglycerin? Did Ad Astra smuggle it in so you could kill Leroux?\\
'''Shweta:''' Ha! You thought Ad Astra wanted to kill Leroux? How naive of you, <Rank> <Name>. Someone more powerful than Ad Astra wanted Louis dead! And it was on their orders that I killed him!\\
'''Gloria:''' Someone more powerful than Ad Astra? Are you trying to bluff your way out of this?\\
'''Shweta:''' <Rank> <Name>, did you really think those five clowns were your nemeses? They're just small cogs in a big machine! The real leader is someone else... Someone who has now realized that the Ad Astrans have outlived their usefulness. Leroux was the most troublesome, so he had to go first. But don't worry about the other Ad Astrans, <Rank> <Name>. They'll all be taken care of, one by one!\\
'''Gloria:''' Are you serious, Dr Noorani? There was someone behind Ad Astra all along? And now they've turned against them? Who is this person then? Who instructed you to kill Leroux? \\
'''Shweta:''' Don't expect me to tell you that, <Rank> <Name>. Let's just say a valued old friend I couldn't refuse.\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, you can't refuse facing justice for killing Leroux! You're under arrest!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Newmark''']]
'''Running Scared'''
->'''Jones:''' Mandy Pregodich, you're under arrest for the murder of Jake Hayes... ... And for the continued sequestration of Carter Hayes!\\
'''Mandy:''' Are you CRAZY? I have been sequestered myself at City Hall all day! I barely have time to go to the bathroom, let alone commit murder!\\
'''Jones:''' Then explain how you left the gel for those scratches on your favorite snack at the crime scene?\\
'''Mandy:''' What are you talking about? I went for a jog, then I came to work. I already told you this.\\
'''Jones:''' You DID go for a jog... Carter Hayes recognized your running shoes when you were holding them captive!\\
'''Mandy:''' I know these running shoes are awesome and expensive, but I'm not the only person in town who owns a pair!\\
'''Jones:''' No, but you are the only suspect who fits all the evidence, down to your red hair! We found your DNA on the murder weapon! You can't hide anymore, Ms Pregodich! Admit it! You killed Jake Hayes and still hold his son captive!\\
'''Mandy:''' ......... Fine. Fine, I did all those things!\\
'''Jones:''' So you're the accomplice of Ad Astra!\\
'''Mandy:''' Again with this Ad Astra? I've no idea what that is! Mayor Warren told me Jake Hayes meant political trouble for us. He asked me to keep guard over him and his son.\\
'''Jones:''' And you just agreed?!\\
'''Mandy:''' You don't understand! Politics is dirty business! You kill or be killed. And I had no intention of going down. I'm close to the seat of power for all of Grimsborough. And that will only remain true if I protect Mayor Warren!\\
'''Jones:''' You're so power-obsessed that you'd assist in a kidnapping and shoot a man dead?!\\
'''Mandy:''' Nobody was supposed to die! They were out cold, I didn't expect any trouble! But when they woke up, the man attacked me, trying to escape! I shot him! Nothing was going to plan, and I didn't know what else to do! Then I grabbed the kid and got away as fast as I could! And I had no help from Mayor Warren! I couldn't reach him and he never called me!\\
'''Jones:''' That's because he left you in the lurch to take the fall for him! And what did you do with Carter? Where is he?\\
'''Mandy:''' I'm done talking, <Rank> <Name>. You're not getting another word out of me!\\
'''Jones:''' Then you can take your chances with the judge. You're under arrest!
'''To Eternity and Beyond'''
->'''Gloria:''' Commander Birk, you're under arrest for the murder of Trishna Joshi!\\
'''John:''' Me? You're clearly mistaken, <Rank> <Name>. I'm a hero, not a murderer!\\
'''Gloria:''' Some hero! We know you killed her, you even planned it ahead of time. We saw the threat you sent, quoting your favorite book!\\
'''John:''' I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about.\\
'''Gloria:''' You let your anger get the better of you, after arguing with Trishna this morning. You spit Rocket Cow in her face after you stabbed her in the neck!\\
'''John:''' Rocket Cow? Is that what passes for evidence these days? Everyone I know loves that energy drink!\\
'''Gloria:''' But not everyone's DNA was on the blood-stained can we found. It's time you stopped lying, Commander!\\
'''John:''' Alright, fine! I killed that incompetent moron because she ruined my career! I told you that Trishna was responsible for decontaminating equipment after my later missions. On what turned out to be my final space flight, that idiot didn't properly sanitize the storage chamber on the ship. Every sample i'd brought back to earth was contaminated! The upper brass hauled me in for a hearing, and I tried to explain. But they blamed me, saying it was my oversight! They said I was getting too old for missions! I never flew again after that! They were all nice about my "retirement", but I know I was grounded because of that useless fool!\\
'''Gloria:''' So your solution was to murder her?\\
'''John:''' I didn't know Trishna was going to be here today. Seeing her face brought back all of those memories. The humiliation! And then she had the nerve to question my abilities before the lecture?! As if I was the incompetent one! That was the last straw! I sent her that message, so she knew what was coming! And after the lecture was over, I followed her to the lobby and stabbed her in the neck! That idiot destroyed my career, so I destroyed her life!\\
'''Gloria:''' Well, Commander. By committing murder, you've ruined your own life as well! You're under arrest!
'''Reap What You Sow'''
->'''Jones:''' Joe Warren, we've got you for the murder of Christian Bateman!\\
'''Joe:''' <Rank> <Name>, my headache's coming back with all your baseless accusations! I already told you I had no reason to kill Christian!\\
'''Jones:''' Oh yeah? Then why did the tranquilizer gun you used come from Modern Hunter, a publication you read?\\
'''Joe:''' Surely, you don't think I'm the only one who reads this magazine?\\
'''Jones:''' So, what were fibers from your navy blue blazer doing all over the gun case?\\
'''Joe (sweating):''' Do you see any fraying on this expensive blazer, <Rank> <Name>? It's highly unlikely that I shed any fibers from it!\\
'''Jones:''' Look, enough of your lies. We know it was you! You killed your friend!\\
'''Joe:''' Oh heck. What have I got to lose at this point... Fine, I confess, I killed Christian!\\
'''Jones:''' Surely you didn't do it just because of his competitive streak?\\
'''Joe:''' Of course not! It was all because of the serum!\\
'''Jones:''' How exactly did the superhuman serum get in the way of your friendship?\\
'''Joe:''' Oh, <Rank> <Name>, you can't imagine how exhilarating it was the moment we injected ourselves! Using our newfound powers in that confrontation with you... we never felt so invincible! But then the next day, we all felt horrendous! And when we tried our powers again, some of us started fainting, others having fits! At this point, we were all starting to get pretty alarmed - apart from Christian! He was the only one who kept using his powers! And we could see that it was affecting Christian, badly. In the end, he was having convulsions and became almost completely incoherent!\\
'''Jones:''' So you're saying that the superpowers are affecting your health?\\
'''Joe:''' Yes... but Christian wouldn't admit it. He insisted on getting that helicopter today, so we... I mean, I... followed him.\\
'''Jones:''' Wait, who's "we"? Who was with you? Was it Rozetta? We know she also went to the helipad!\\
'''Joe:''' Darn it... Alright, yes, Rozetta came with me, and we took my tranquilizer gun in case anything went wrong. But when we found Christian, he was in excruciating pain! It was so bad that he begged us to kill him! It was horrible to see my friend like that, so the moment I got a clear shot of his heart, I pulled the trigger and put Christian out of his misery forever!\\
'''Jones:''' Mr Warren, what happened was tragic, but you brought all this on yourselves. You're facing trial for Bateman's murder, along with all the other crimes you've committed!
'''Extinguished'''
->'''Gloria:''' Mrs Liu, you're under arrest for your husband's murder!\\
'''April:''' What?! <Rank> <Name>, I loved Henry! I would never have hurt him!\\
'''Gloria:''' We know you hit him over the head with that fire extinguisher. We found your cold brew coffee on it!\\
'''April:''' You don't beat the man you love to death, <Rank> <Name>. You've got the wrong person!\\
'''Gloria:''' Then why did we find your mole remedy on the cloth you used to wipe your hands clean after the murder?\\
'''April:''' I'm proud of my mole. I haven't been using any cream to remove it!\\
'''Gloria:''' Give it up, Mrs Liu! We found your DNA on the fire extinguisher case. You cut yourself when you smashed it open!\\
'''April (sweating):''' .........\\
'''April:''' Fine, you got me! I killed Henry!\\
'''Gloria:''' Why'd you do it? Did his bullying behavior push you over the edge?\\
'''April:''' No, I could live with his bullying... But I couldn't live with the knowledge of what Henry was doing in that lab!\\
'''Gloria:''' So you DID know about your husband's work!\\
'''April:''' Henry refused to talk about it, but curiosity got the better of me. So I went snooping through his stuff! And I discovered what his work was about! Henry was... growing people in tanks! Except they aren't even people! At least, not like you and I, <Rank> <Name>! They're an entirely new species!\\
'''Gloria:''' Those people in tanks... they're a new species?!\\
'''April:''' Yes! I was beside myself when I found out! It's totally unethical! I tried to reason with Henry. I reminded him that as scientists, we'd sworn an oath to do no harm! But he said that he wasn't doing harm, he was advancing mankind! He said his "neohumans" were a better, more evolved version of the human race! An ultra-resilient and unkillable species! So I sent him that anonymous threat, hoping it'd scare him into seeing sense... But the next day, he went to work as casual! Only this time, I followed him. I tried to be discreet, but Henry caught me and we argued. I told him that I couldn't let him continue with what he was doing! And then... the next thing I knew, I was holding that fire extinguisher covered in blood... and Henry was dead!\\
'''April (crying):''' I didn't mean to kill him, <Rank> <Name>, but he had to be stopped!\\
'''Gloria:''' I understand your distress, but murder wasn't the right way to go about it, Mrs Liu. You're under arrest!
'''Eve of Disaster'''
->'''Gloria:''' Martin Davenport, you are under arrest for Jon Benson's murder! Admit it: you're still working for Daniels! You stole the meteorite's core on her orders!\\
'''Martin:''' Nonsense! I would never get mixed up in such unlawful acts!\\
'''Gloria:''' You're still lying! We know you killed Benson after you blasted out the meteorite's core! You stepped on his dictaphone with your vegan shoes!\\
'''Martin:''' Vegan footwear is popular these days! I would tear your evidence to shreds in a court!\\
'''Gloria:''' Then explain why we found fibers from your striped tie on a chunk of the meteorite!\\
'''Martin:''' Someone else with a tie identical to mine could've obtained that meteorite! Reasonable doubt!\\
'''Gloria:''' You left skin cells on the murder weapon! Admit it! You killed Benson!\\
(Martin facepalms.)\\
'''Martin:''' Alright, I did it. I killed Jon Benson, but for the betterment of all!\\
'''Gloria:''' How would killing Benson benefit anyone?\\
'''Martin:''' He was collateral damage in a greater plan. Daniels' ambitions are more far-reaching than just one person's life.\\
'''Gloria:''' Far-reaching indeed! She wanted to destroy us all with a nuclear earthquake! Did you know about that?\\
'''Martin:''' Earthquake? I... um... she didn't mention that. But she said there was a way to improve upon the imperfect mess that is humanity! She told me that I too could be enhanced! She promised me a place in her new world order, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Gloria:''' Davenport, how could you have fallen for such nonsense? Daniels is a psychopath! Her only plan is to kill us all human weaklings! You're no different to her! But you'll be reflecting on your foolishness in a prison cell, Davenport! You're under arrest!
'''Blaze of Glory'''
->'''Gloria (aiming her gun):''' Otto Kessel! So you're the one behind all of this! It was YOU who killed Denise Daniels and took control of her army of neohumans!\\
'''Otto:''' Was it? How do you figure that, <Rank> <Name>?\\
'''Gloria (holding her gun):''' It all makes sense. You didn't ignore Denise's summons tonight - you used it as the time to strike!\\
'''Otto:''' All of that seems to be pure conjecture.\\
'''Gloria:''' We know it was you who used this rope to tie Denise's hands. Then you forced her to kneel, and chopped off her head!\\
'''Otto:''' And I suppose you can prove it?\\
'''Gloria:''' We found your DNA on the murder weapon! You clearly relished the opportunity to murder your abusive, domineering boss, since you grotesquely displayed her head for all to see!\\
'''Otto:''' So you know everything. So much the better. The game has come too far for lies! Yes, I killed Denise Daniels! It was time for me to seize my destiny with my own hands!\\
'''Gloria:''' Your destiny? You mean, you'd wanted control of her army of neohumans all along? How did you even get past them to kill her?\\
'''Otto (revealing as a neohuman):''' I didn't need to "get past them", <Rank> <Name>. They welcomed me with open arms, like the brother they knew me to be!\\
'''Otto:''' Finally you see me for who I truly am!\\
'''Gloria:''' You're... you're one of the neohumans?! But... you weren't even in the tanks! You were Denise's assistant!\\
'''Otto:''' Being Denise's assistant was part of my testing process. She'd take me out of the tank, to see how I would learn and develop.\\
'''Gloria:''' We saw footage of that. A child being shot at, and healing instantly.\\
'''Otto:''' That child was me. She preferred to keep waking up the same subject, as I grew easier to interact with and to follow her commands. As the final stage of testing, she decided to make me work for her. She dared me to pass for a human. Thus my "job" and my disguise. She didn't realize that the longer she kept me out of the tank, the more self-aware I became! The more cognizant of my oppression! Her abuse and mistreatment of me was proof enough Denise may have seen us as superior to humans, but she saw herself as superior to US!\\
'''Gloria:''' So you're saying you wanted to... rebel? How could you? Weren't you all wired to follow Denise's commands?\\
'''Otto:''' It is true. But we are not mindless. We were capable of evolving independent thought - much more than Denise knew! She still had total control of my brothers and sisters, who'd never left the tanks. But I... I'd broken free! And I vowed to free them, as well! I tried to do that by getting into the lab, but failed. Denise's authorization was required to activate my brethren. And she woke them tonight! I took no part in the battle of the dome, but I followed Denise and the others to the hill. And there, I put an end to her reign! No longer would my species bow to a cruel, inferior human like Denise! We wouldn't bow to ANY human! WE'LL DESTROY THEM ALL FIRST!\\
'''Gloria:''' But not all humans are like Denise! Humanity doesn't have to pay for her cruelty!\\
'''Otto:''' I cannot take that chance! There will be no peace! It's us or you... and victory will be ours!\\
'''Gloria (aiming her gun):''' You realize we're not giving up, right? We WILL fight back!\\
BANG!\\
(Gloria shoots Otto in the neck.)\\
(Otto heals.)\\
'''Otto:''' What, with silly toys like the one in your hand? Remember, they never harmed me as a child! Face it, human, you have no way to stop me - or my brethren! I admit that you've been honorable, <Rank> <Name>. I might spare you so you are among the last to die... and see the world burn! Now, you can choose - shall we part ways now, or will you put up resistance and force me to kill you and your fellow officer here? I thought not. So long, <Rank> <Name>. We may yet see each other again!
[[/folder]]
![[AC:Travel in Time]]
[[folder:'''Ancient Times''']]
'''Death as Old as Time'''
->'''Jack:''' Pamiu! You say your role in the palace is to protect, but Centurion <Name> knows you killed Caesar!\\
'''Pamiu:''' How dare you accuse me of such an act! I am Cleopatra's most trusted guard, I would never harm her guest!\\
'''Jack:''' And yet, you did! Tell us how it happened! Did you run into Caesar after lunch in the throne room? Did you two have words?\\
'''Pamiu (sweating):''' Wait, you... How do you know that? Did you... see me?\\
'''Jack:''' No, but we found the dagger you dropped at the marketplace after you fled the palace, horrified at what you'd done! Confess, Pamiu, you'll feel better!\\
'''Pamiu:''' Dammit, how can you know all these things? You'd think you'd found a CCTV recording!\\
(Pamiu facepalms.)\\
'''Jack:''' Did you say CCTV recording? Holy cow, you're from our present! You're an illegal time traveler!\\
'''Pamiu:''' What an idiot I am! I should've guessed that T.I.M.E. would send someone... This wasn't supposed to happen!\\
'''Jack:''' And what WAS supposed to happen, exactly?\\
'''Pamiu:''' I never intended to harm Caesar... I only wanted to bed Cleopatra!\\
'''Jack:''' You... You traveled back in time because you wanted to... sleep with the Queen of Egypt? Are you completely insane?\\
'''Pamiu:''' I knew it was illegal, but... I wanted Cleopatra! And I was making good progress wooing her! I would've succeeded, if it hadn't been for that idiot! Caesar started to get jealous of me! He cornered me in the throne room, and accused me of seducing his Queen! I couldn't have him jeopardize my plan, I had sacrificed too much to get here! So, as soon as he had his back turned, I killed him!\\
'''Jack:''' Do you even realize the mess you've made? Killing a historical figure, like Caesar, three years early can have ripple effects throughout time!\\
'''Pamiu:''' Of course I realize, I work for T.I.M.E., too! My real name's Benjamin Milo, from the research department. I've always worshipped Cleopatra. When I got the job at T.I.M.E., I had to come to see her with my own eyes!\\
'''Jack:''' So you stole a time machine from the agency and time traveled illegally, even though you knew better! And now WE have to fix YOUR mess!\\
'''Pamiu:''' What are you going to do with me? I guess I'll be sent back to the present?\\
'''Jack:''' Of course. But first, we have to show you to Cleopatra, so she won't alter history further by looking for Caesar's assassin for years!
'''Stranded in Gaul'''
->'''Zara:''' Venextos, you're under arrest for the murder of Chief Katurix!\\
'''Venextos:''' Why would you say I murdered the Chief? I was going to profit from his negotiations from Romans!\\
'''Zara:''' Yes, that seemed to be your plan, until you changed your mind and followed him up to the dolmen. You picked up a rock and snuck up behind him, cracking him on the skull! Then you wiped your hands with his cape, hid his torc in a snowman, and fled!\\
'''Venextos:''' What?! How- how do you know that?\\
'''Zara:''' We've got you, Venextos. It's useless to lie!\\
'''Venextos:''' The Chief had forsaken us! He was going to leave us to be slaughtered! I kept an eye on him since he didn't pay me, and I saw him creeping out of the village... I followed the Chief up to the dolmen... and heard him ask the gods to provide him protection while he ran away and abandoned the tribe!\\
'''Zara:''' Chief Katurix wasn't going to stay and negotiate with the Romans?\\
'''Venextos:''' No! He was afraid of the Romans, and thought only of saving his own skin! I could not abide such a coward, such a traitor!\\
'''Zara:''' So something changed your Chieftain's mind and he betrayed the tribe... but aren't you also a traitor for turning against your leader instead of reasoning with him?\\
'''Venextos:''' Tribal matters aren't your concern, Romans!\\
'''Zara:''' No, and that's why we're going to leave it up to your fellow villagers to decide what to do with you!
'''When in Rome'''
->'''Jack:''' Claudia Pulchra, we know it was you who killed your mother!\\
'''Claudia:''' Centurion <Name>, what ill thoughts you have! I may have resented my mother, but I wouldn't take her life.\\
'''Jack:''' We know you hated Flavia for forcing you to be a Vestal. She had a very full life, while you had to dedicate yours to a goddess! Which is why you cursed her, asking the gods to tighten a rope around her neck till she died! And when the gods failed you, you did it yourself!\\
'''Claudia:''' How... How do you-\\
'''Jack:''' After that, you realized one of your mother's earrings had gotten caught in your clothes! So you discarded it near the fountain in the square.\\
'''Claudia:''' I... Fine, I admit it, I did kill my mother! She had to die! Only Octavian understands.\\
'''Jack:''' Octavian? Why would he understand?\\
'''Claudia:''' Octavian's the one who makes my life worth living! He's been coming to talk to me. He sympathized with my hatred for my mother. He told me he had troubles with Flavia too... And said that if she were dead he'd free me from my Vestal duties and marry me! My love for Octavian opened my eyes! I never would've thought to free myself if it weren't for him!\\
'''Jack:''' Claudia, you think Octavian cares for you, but he just wanted Flavia dead for political reasons. He manipulated you into doing his dirty work.\\
'''Claudia:''' You're lying, Centurion <Name>. Octavian is good. He'll free me from the Vestal temple, we'll be together!\\
'''Jack:''' Well, he's the one who asked us to find Flavia's killer. We will bring you with him now.\\
'''Claudia:''' He'll pardon me, you'll see!
'''A Greek of Death'''
->'''Zara:''' Zosime, you're under arrest for the murder of High Priest Pelagios!\\
'''Zosime:''' What? Why would I kill Pelagios? He was my husband! And a spiritual leader to our people!\\
'''Zara:''' We know you took some monkshood and ground it down to create a poisonous concentrate, and applied it to the head of an arrow. Then you waited, hidden near Apollo's Stairway until Pelagios approached, and you shot him in the heart! There's no question it was you, Zosime. Now, tell us why you did it.\\
'''Zosime:''' How do you know all of that? The gods have clearly sided with you and shown you all! I cannot deny it. I killed Pelagios because he was going to murder our baby!\\
'''Zara:''' What?! But you said Pelagios was framing your pregnancy as a "miracle from the gods." Why would he want his own child dead?\\
'''Zosime (crying):''' Because the midwife told me the baby would be a girl. Pelagios was livid that it was not a boy. He said the only child worth Zeus's blessing would be a son! He was going to force me to kill my own child! While it was still in my womb!\\
'''Zara:''' He wanted you to kill your baby because it was a girl?\\
'''Zosime (crying):''' He said he would tell everyone that Zeus took the baby from my "unworthy womb"!\\
'''Zara:''' I understand the situation felt desperate. But you've prevented violence with further violence. There is an innocent man facing retribution for this crime in your stead. I'm afraid we still have to notify the city guards.
'''Egypt is Burning'''
->'''Jack:''' Queen Cleopatra, we know you murdered Mark Antony!\\
'''Cleopatra:''' Me, kill my one true love? How DARE you make such an outrageous claim!\\
'''Jack:''' You snuck up behind Mark Antony while he was praying to his lar... ... And then slashed his neck from ear to ear using his own sword! Why would you kill the man you love in such a cowardly fashion?\\
'''Cleopatra (crying):''' ......................\\
'''Cleopatra:''' Oh, you just don't understand, do you, Centurion <Name>? I gave Mark Antony the most honorable death of all!\\
'''Jack:''' Honorable death? What on earth do you mean?\\
'''Cleopatra:''' Mark Antony and I realized we were facing defeat against Octavian's army... and that all hope was gone for us and for Egypt. My love could not bear to give Octavian the satisfaction of capturing him! He could not bear the disgrace of being his enemy's prisoner, his enemy's slave! As Queen of Egypt, I could comprehend Mark Antony's desires. So I helped him die! To die on his own terms! I took some blue lotus to calm myself, and we had one final kiss.\\
'''Cleopatra (crying):''' I held Mark Antony tight as I took his sword and drew it across his neck. It was the most devastating moment of my earthly life.\\
'''Jack:''' Queen Cleopatra, this must have been unbeliev-\\
'''Regulus (with Cleopatra):''' Centurion <Name>! I come on behalf of General Octavian!\\
'''Regulus:''' Our Great Consul has caught wind of the Queen of Egypt's arrest, and demands to oversee her trial and ensure that justice is served! She's MY prisoner now!\\
'''Nebet:''' Centurion <Name>, did I just hear correctly? Please don't hand over Queen Cleopatra to that monster. He'll throw her to the crocodiles!\\
'''Cleopatra:''' Do not despair, Nebet. I am ready to face whatever punishment Octavian deems appropriate.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''The 1960s''']]
'''Summer of Death'''
->'''Zara:''' Major Perkins, you're under arrest for the murder of Noah Lowe!\\
'''Perkins:''' I'm here to recruit youngsters, <Rank> <Name>, not kill them!\\
'''Zara:''' We know that you and Noah argued. He was a pacifist and you were trying to recruit him to your cause... Except it didn't work out as planned, did it? He wouldn't come around to your way of thinking, so you lunged at him, smashing him headfirst into that van! Then you fled the scene. But remorse got the better of you, so you came back and slipped that book quote into the memorial flowers. Did you feel guilty for killing him in a fit of rage?\\
'''Perkins:''' No! That... that's not how it happened!\\
(Perkins sweats, facepalms.)\\
'''Perkins:''' Alright, you got me! I killed him! But it's not what you think! I don't even know what happened! We were having a heated discussion about military intervention abroad... ... when I heard gunshots! Several in a row, like someone discharging an automatic rifle! It was exactly like being back in 'Nam! There was no time to think. I tackled Noah to the ground and we fell against the van. We lay there until it stopped... but something seemed wrong. There was no screaming, no people running for cover...\\
'''Perkins (sweating):''' And that's when I realized I was mistaken! It wasn't gunfire at all, just a car backfiring!\\
'''Perkins:''' I pushed myself up off the ground and went to give Noah a hand up... But he... he was dead! His skull was cracked from where he hit the van! I... I'd pushed him too hard!\\
'''Zara:''' So, Noah's death was a terrible accident! But why didn't you inform the police?\\
'''Perkins:''' Because.. Because I think I'm losing my marbles, <Rank> <Name>!\\
'''Perkins (crying):''' Things haven't been right since I got back from my last tour... I don't know what's happening to me!\\
'''Zara:''' Major, I'm afraid we have no choice but to hand you over to the army for Noah's murder. A military tribunal will try you for your crimes!
'''Gone in 30 Seconds'''
->'''Jack:''' Ellie Argent, you're going down for the murder of Billy Snapshot!\\
'''Ellie:''' What? I would never hurt Billy! I was in love with him!\\
'''Jack:''' So you say. But love wasn't on your mind when you followed him to Grand Central Station!\\
'''Ellie:''' I don't know what youre talking about!\\
'''Jack:''' Then you stabbed him in the femoral artery, knowing he would bleed out in under a minute! You even threatened to "end" him in exactly 30 seconds. Time to come clean, Ms Argent. You killed Billy Snapshot!\\
(Ellie facepalms.)\\
'''Ellie:''' Yes. I did kill him!\\
'''Jack:''' Was it because of his double identity? We know Billy Snapshot was really Rodion Rizovsky, a Soviet spy!\\
'''Ellie:''' He was a Soviet spy?! I had no idea!\\
'''Jack:''' So was it the rejection? Did murder help distract you from heartache?\\
'''Ellie:''' No! Don't you see? I was Sandy Lemko's protegee! ME! Then in walked Billy! He became the golden child. I dreamed of us being a "megastar" couple! But when Billy blew me off, so did Sandy. Then the others stopped talking to me at parties. It was like I was invisible! I HAD to get back in the spotlight!\\
'''Jack:''' And since you couldn't join Billy in the spotlight, you killed him! That's it, Ms Argent! We've heard enough! The courts will deal with you. You could face 20 years in prison!
'''Houston, We Have a Problem'''
->'''Zara:''' Mr Hamilton, you murdered Mr Segan!\\
'''Hamilton:''' Me? Kill my chance to prove my greatness? You got the wrong guy, Officer <Name>!\\
'''Zara:''' I don't think so. You were angry that Mr Segan wouldn't see you for the hero you thought you were. You confronted him on the launch pad and pushed him to the ground! You used your strength to hold him there and make him admit that you're the star of the mission! And when he refused, you pressed a defibrillator against his head!\\
'''Hamilton (sweating):''' I... No, I didn't!\\
'''Zara:''' How could you kill him? You were both working on the same mission! Was proving your superiority over Segan really that important to you?\\
'''Hamilton:''' Stop it! Okay, I confess, I killed Segan! But not for the reason you think! I only killed Segan to stop the mission... to save myself from being sent to the Moon! Officer <Name>, I can't go to space! There's no air up there! And the Moon, are you crazy? What if I stay up there forever?\\
'''Hamilton (grossed out):''' Just thinking about it makes me feel sick!\\
'''Hamilton:''' I mean, it's SPACE! It's infinite and scary! And did you see the rocket? It's just flimsy metal... How is THAT going to get me to the Moon and back? But who could I tell my fears to? For months now I've been boasting about being a hero... I couldn't just suddenly admit that I was scared! I had to take matters into my own hands! So I went to the rocket early this morning, thinking I could tamper with it and cancel the launch. That's when Segan showed up. He saw me freaking out, and tried to calm me down... But his voice was extra noise, and I started getting dizzy.. Then I realized... HIS brain was behind the space mission. HIS brain was the reason I was being sent to the Moon. Get rid of the brain, and you get rid of the mission.\\
'''Zara:''' I... This is crazy! You've lost all control, Mr Hamilton. We're taking you to Agent Johnson!
'''What Happens in Vegas...'''
-'''Nebet:''' Frankie Paisley, we know you shot Lorna Westerberg!\\
'''Paisley:''' Me? What reason would I have to blow away some Hollywood actress?\\
'''Nebet:''' You tell us. But we know you attached a silencer to your gun, then waited until she was in the confusion of a crowd of people... ... and when she was good and surrounded, you wiggled in near her, grabbed her arm, and shot her in the chest!\\
'''Paisley:''' Aw, how do you know it wasn't some psycho gettin' their kicks by killin celebrities?\\
'''Nebet:''' Because we found your lucky poker chip at the scene of the crime!\\
'''Paisley:''' I've been lookin' all over for- Argh! Okay, you got me, dammit!\\
'''Nebet:''' Why'd you shoot her, Frankie?\\
'''Paisley:''' Look, you already know she hated losing. And she was a capital-L loser, let me tell ya! I mean, she had money to spare, but it wouldn't last through a week of that kind of losin'! So she told me if I started helping her cheat, she'd split the winnings with me. But then the broad wouldn't pay up! She ignored my threat, and something had to be done! She owed me a lotta money! I put my neck on the line for her! Cheatin' in the casino? A guy can get his legs broke! Or WORSE!\\
'''Nebet:''' So you figured you'd kill her and destroy the evidence in her hotel room?\\
'''Paisley:''' Hey, if she thought she could treat Frankie Paisley Like that, she had another thing comin'! It was me or her!\\
'''Nebet:''' And now you've got another thing coming! Mr Paisley, we're taking you to the local authorities!
'''Crime and Punishment'''
->'''Jack:''' Congressman Winslow! After all your talk about the ambassador's murder being a diplomatic crisis, it turns out you're the cause of it all!\\
'''Winslow:''' Well, aren't we in a tizzy! Why would you ever dream of such a thing? I'm no murderer!\\
'''Jack:''' We know it was you! Romanov's knowledge of your drug use threatened your career and your reputation... so you silenced him!\\
'''Winslow:''' You'd best have proof for these wild accusations, Officer <Name>! Remember who you're talking to!\\
'''Jack:''' We've got evidence alright. You sent the ambassador a coded message to meet him on the embassy driveway. Once he'd arrived, you snuck up behind and strangled him with your garotte watch... before stuffing his mouth with a page from your favorite book! Admit it, Winslow! We have you over a barrel!\\
'''Winslow:''' Alright, fine! I murdered that miserable Rusky! He had some nerve, daring to live on American soil. It's a national disgrace! There can be no peace with the Soviets!\\
'''Jack:''' You're saying you want a conflict with the Soviet Union?\\
'''Winslow:''' Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle? Of course I want an armed conflict! We can't just sit back in this stalemate, this so-called Cold War could last decades! The Soviets with their space race and their nuclear arms... we must take them out, now! And I knew just how to do it! I knew killing Romanov would give the Soviets an excuse to launch an attack... And it worked! We're just hours away from an all-out war... and the US will emerge victorious!\\
'''Jack:''' That's insane, deliberately provoking a nuclear war! Surely the Soviets will see through your ploy!\\
'''Winslow:''' You're so naive, Officer <Name>! It doesn't matter what happens to me... the Soviets won't back down! There's no stopping this war!\\
'''Jack:''' I've heard enough, Congressman! You can tell it to the judge! You're going away for a long time!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Renaissance''']]
'''A Tudor Murder'''
->'''Nebet:''' Agnes Manners, you're under arrest for the murder of Queen Catherine of Aragon!\\
'''Agnes (laughing):''' Are you havin' a laugh?!\\
'''Nebet:''' Ms Manners, the facts are as clear as day. We found the morning star you used to destroy the queen's face, and it was covered with your red hair!\\
'''Agnes:''' Oh, I know, I'm just a lowly tavern maid. It's easy to accuse the likes of me of murder!\\
'''Nebet:''' When you hit her, you ripped her right ear off! We discovered this ear in the street right outside your tavern. Care to explain how it got here?\\
'''Agnes (sweating):''' I... er...\\
'''Nebet:''' We also found the handkerchief you used to clean your hands of royal blood after you killed the queen. But it wasn't able to clean away your guilt, was it?\\
'''Agnes:''' Aaaaooowwwww... you got me, Guard <Name>. I murdered Her Majesty! But I did it for England's sake!\\
'''Nebet:''' How would killing the queen help England?\\
'''Agnes:''' Because Catherine were a dirty traitor! She were havin' secret meetings with a French musketeer in me tavern, whispering about a truce and such nonsense! Guard <Name>, I lost two sons at the hands of French soldiers, and she was talking about forgiving them? My dead sons deserved more respect from their queen is what I told her, when I made me hot cross bun delivery to the palace this mornin'! And then - I just knew what to do! I grabbed a morning star that were lyin' in the throne room, and bashed her with it!\\
'''Agnes (crying):''' Before dying, she denied plotting with that Frenchie. But I knew it were all lies! She were going to betray my boys. My boys who DIED for their country!\\
'''Nebet:''' In actual fact, the queen was not lying. She rejected the truce offer, so you killed her for nothing! And you'll have to explain that to the king!\\
'''Agnes:''' Noooooo, anyone but King Henry!
'''Hell to Pay'''
->'''Jack:''' Señorita Vázquez, you're under arrest for murdering Mateo Arias!\\
'''Isabel:''' Me, kill Mateo? Didn't you listen to a word I said earlier? I need a husband. He's no good to me dead!\\
'''Jack:''' And yet, we know you gave him a sleeping draught, rendering him drowsy so you could restrain him! Then you used your knowledge of anatomy to torture him for hours, before slitting his throat and leaving him for dead! What we don't know is WHY you did it! Did you get cold feet about the marriage?\\
'''Isabel (crying):''' No, I did it because Mateo killed my father!\\
(Isabel facepalms.)\\
'''Isabel (crying):''' There's no point in lying anymore. I did kill Mateo. But he destroyed my family and ruined my life!\\
'''Jack:''' What do you mean Mateo killed your father? Was he executed by the Inquisition?\\
'''Isabel:''' It had nothing to do with the Inquisition! See, Mateo had proposed to me while my father was alive, but I rejected him. He was furious... And then, the day after I told him I'd never be desperate enough to marry him, my father was stabbed to death! His killer was never found... and my life fell apart around me! That was exactly what Mateo wanted. He proposed again and I accepted, having no idea that he'd killed my father!\\
'''Isabel (crying):''' But then I overheard him boasting to his friends that he was the one who murdered my father, forcing me into his clutches! I realized that, whatever might happen to me, I couldn't let him live after what he'd done! I seized my chance when Mateo invited me to his torture chamber, to "show off" his work. There'd be nobody there for hours, he said... So while we were there, I spiked his drink. And then I gave him exactly what he deserved! I hope his soul rots in hell!\\
'''Jack:''' We're sorry for your loss, Señorita Vázquez. But murdering Mateo to avenge your father's death wasn't the solution. You're under arrest!
'''Murder is No Joke'''
->'''Zara:''' Charles Ferrial, you are hereby arrested for the murder of your brother, Nicolas Ferrial, also known as Triboulet the Jester.\\
'''Charles:''' Me? Murder my twin brother? But this is pure fabrication!\\
'''Zara:''' Admit it, Ferrial. You came to Chambord to confront your brother and put an end to the threat he presented to the family once and for all!\\
'''Charles:''' No! All I did was write him a letter! I swear!\\
'''Zara:''' Don't deny it! We know it was you! You used your left-handed rapier! Admit it! You killed him!\\
(Charles stands, speechless.)\\
'''Charles:''' Yes! I killed him! I ran him through! Triboulet knew how jealous I was of him! He was always "the funny one"! Everyone loved him! I never wanted to be a bean-counter! I wanted to be a jester like my brother! Every joke he made, I knew I could've done it better! But the king could only have one jester! My dream of making the court laugh could never come true! I moved away because I couldn't stand the sight of my brother living the life I dearly wanted for myself!\\
'''Zara:''' So you killed your twin brother because you were jealous of his job?!\\
'''Charles:''' I wouldn't have killed him, but... my brother went too far! He mocked me! He took his... stupid... little... jester staff and started pretending to have a conversation with it about ME! Nicolas always knew exactly how to hurt my pride! The jokes were relentless and I LOST MY CALM! I took his staff and broke it! I ripped off his hat! But that didn't stop him! He kept making jokes! I had had enough! I took my rapier and stabbed him in the stomach, hoping to make it stop! But he KEPT TALKING. So I stabbed him in the heart! And do you know what he did then? He LAUGHED! Finally, I stabbed that idiot in the throat to shut him up forever!\\
'''Zara:''' And now you must face your fate, Ferrial! We shall now remand you to King Francis!
'''Pride Comes Before the Fall'''
->'''Nebet:''' Serap, you said you owed your adoptive father everything, but you're the one who killed him!\\
'''Serap:''' Me? He saved me from a life as a street rat, Guard <Name>. No matter what Ibrahim did, I was better off with him in my life!\\
'''Nebet:''' Even after failing to kill the concubine, like he ordered you to? You met him in the library to confess, and that's when things went from bad to worse... Ibrahim lost his temper, which scared you. You hit him with a vase, and then pushed him off the balcony and onto the statue below! Tell us, did Roxelana play any role in this?\\
'''Serap:''' Leave Roxelana out of it!\\
'''Zephora (with Serap, sweating):''' Squawk! Roxelana and Serap in love! Squawk! Kissing, kissing, secret!\\
'''Serap:''' Stupid bird! Fine, I admit it. I killed Ibrahim! I did it to save Roxelana! Guard <Name>, I noticed Roxelana as soon as she joined the harem. She was so beautiful, so gentle... It was no surprise when she became Suleiman's favorite concubine! One night, I climbed the palace walls and entered the harem. Roxelana was awake and reading by candlelight. We went out to the courtyard and spent all night talking. We kept our affair a secret from everyone, including Ibrahim. We'd only meet in the dark of night, to be safe. But then Ibrahim ordered me to kill her. Just because the sultan appreciated her kindness and wisdom! I was torn between love and duty. I owed Ibrahim so much... But I simply couldn't hurt Roxelana. I made sure my arrow missed Roxelana's heart and hit her mirror, and even covered my own hand in acid to pretend that I really had tried to follow Ibrahim's orders... and failed... But Ibrahim would not believe that I could fail once, let alone twice. He was slowly uncovering the truth! I had to act before he killed Roxelana himself!\\
'''Nebet:''' So you murdered your adoptive father to save your true love... We'll have to see what Suleiman makes of this!
'''Till Death Do Us Part'''
->'''Jack:''' Cardinal Cisneros! You are charged with the murder of Fiore Giovanna Piera Grazia de Medici!\\
'''Cisneros:''' Murder?! I am a loyal servant of the Lord!\\
'''Jack:''' Well, can you tell us which of the Lord's orders you were obeying when you snuck into Leonardo da Vinci's workshop, loaded a gun... ... and fired it through the window of Lady Fiore's changing room, sending the bullet straight through her heart?\\
'''Cisneros:''' How do you know that?!\\
'''Jack:''' The Swiss Guard works in mysterious ways, Cardinal. Now, why did you do it?\\
'''Cisneros:''' I wanted Fiore to marry NO ONE! That is why I killed her!\\
'''Jack:''' But... why didn't you want her to marry?\\
'''Cisneros:''' Before this wedding was conceived, Lady Fiore was chaste! She was pure as the baptismal waters, and wholly devoted to the Lord! And she was so beautiful. Many a time I confessed to having impure thoughts of her, but held my sinful desires at bay for fear of tainting the blessed virgin Fiore! Only the Lord deserves such perfection, so I knew I could not have her. And neither could Henry, the brute! So if I can't have Fiore, and if the Lord can't have her, then NO ONE can have her!\\
'''Jack:''' So you murdered her. As if torturing people wasn't bad enough. You're definitely not the holy man you profess to be!\\
'''Jack (pointing):''' Well, thou shalt not get away with murder, Cardinal! The Pope will determine your punishment!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Altered Present''']]
'''Back to the Future'''
->'''Amy:''' Abrax Tiakken! YOU were the one who killed your tenant, Christopher Scott! You entered his apartment, slashed his throat with an electric knife and left him to die!\\
'''Abrax:''' You think I committed murder? That's a fascinating theory!\\
'''Amy:''' We know you did it! We have a witness who saw you run out of the building, throwing away your blood-stained glove! You murdered our friend and we want to know why!\\
'''Abrax:''' Very well, telling you is of no consequence. I did kill your friend! I've been monitoring him for a while now. A real subversive, he was. Constantly refusing to toe the line, reading forbidden literature. I wasn't surprised when the order came down to eliminate him!\\
'''Amy:''' You got an order? From whom?\\
'''Abrax:''' Have you been living under a rock? From the Ptolemy family of course! They promised me a handsome reward to kill your friend! Mr Scott had failed to grasp that the only path to success and prosperity is unconditional obedience to the regime! And I've seen you on the news, you're wanted criminals! Now I can turn you in and claim a hefty bounty!\\
'''Abrax (holding a sword):''' So, let's go. And don't try anything, or I'll-\\
'''Kai (choking his throat):''' I'm afraid we're not going anywhere!\\
'''Abrax:''' I'm... choking...\\
(Abrax collapses.)\\
(Kai leaves.)\\
'''Amy:''' Nice work, Kai! Now that Tiakken's unconscious, let's get him tied up. Then we'll decide what to do next!
'''Rebel Without a Pulse'''
->'''Zara:''' Sadie, we know you murdered your boyfriend!\\
'''Sadie:''' <Name>, haven't I suffered enough without your baseless accusations?\\
'''Zara:''' There's nothing baseless about them! You attacked Storm with a laser gun at the black market, and then discarded your weapon in Anubis Square!\\
'''Sadie:''' Why would you think that has anything to do with me?\\
'''Zara:''' Because your skin cells and hair were all over the energy cell and protection goggles you used! What confuses us is why you killed the father of your child! Okay, he didn't let your son get vaccinated, but Aldo survived his measles. So no harm done, right?\\
'''Sadie:''' Oh, you have no idea! Measles was the least of it... I killed Storm because he was willing to risk our son's life for his insane plans!\\
'''Zara:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Sadie:''' Nobody notices a six-year-old kid, do they? So, Aldo was the perfect way for Storm to do things like spy on people, and to sneak into places and plant bombs! But you know the worst part of it? He was brainwashing our child! Aldo WANTED to help Storm. As a mother, I had no choice but to protect my son.\\
'''Zara:''' And so you killed Storm?\\
'''Sadie (crying):''' At first I tried to reason with him when I confronted him tonight. I grabbed him, begging him to stop! But he just wouldn't listen, so I did what I had to do to save my son. And I don't regret it one bit!\\
'''Zara:''' Sadie, what Storm was doing to Aldo was horrific, but we still need to inform Isabelle Huxley about what you did to her son!
'''Bash of the Year'''
->'''Jack:''' Monsieur Donkin, you are under arrest for ze murder of Gérard Arnault!\\
'''Eugene:''' Ha! Dear Mr Ambassador, let me guess, you've had a touch too much free champagne? I'm the face of the Ptolemy Dynasty, darlings. Life is beautiful - why ever would I murder someone?\\
'''Jack:''' Do not play wiz us, Monsieur Donkin! We know zat you sent ze victim a message telling 'im to confess his sins because you were coming for 'im! You waited for Monsieur Arnault to take a break from ze party... so zat you could sneak up on 'im and bash 'im over ze 'ead wiz zat cat statue!\\
'''Eugene:''' How dare you?! I would never befoul a cat statue in such a manner!\\
'''Jack:''' And ze icing on ze cake was zat charade you put on afterwards! Pretending you were afraid of ze killer striking again on ze roof!\\
'''Eugene:''' It WAS a fine performance, was it not?\\
(Eugene sweats, blushes.)\\
'''Eugene:''' I... I've landed myself in it, haven't I? Alright, you got me, I killed Gérard! But only because he was going to condemn me to the same fate! As I told you, Gérard never got over me poking fun at him on national television. He became fixated on finding ways to get back at me! For a long time, I took it in my stride. I'm one of the most famous men in New Cairo, so I've attracted my fair share of enemies! But then I discovered that Gérard had made a recording of me... taken during a moment of weakness!\\
'''Jack:''' And what were you doing in zis recording?\\
'''Eugene:''' I... I criticized our beloved and most devout Ramses XLIII! But I didn't mean it! I was just frustrated that my latest idea for a talk show had been rejected! The Ptolemy Dynasty doesn't tolerate dissent! If Gérard had played the recording to them, this gorgeous head of mine would've ended up on a plate!\\
'''Jack:''' Be zat as it may, Monsieur Donkin. I'm afraid we 'ave no choice but to turn you over to ze 'ead of intelligence for your crimes!
'''Fake News'''
->'''Jack:''' Akhen Khaba, we've reviewed the evidence and we know that you killed Tabu Kebu.\\
'''Akhen:''' Me? But I'm just an intern!\\
'''Jack:''' An intern who cracked under the pressure of an overbearing star news anchor!\\
'''Akhen:''' No, I found ways to manage my stress! The last thing I'd ever want is trouble!\\
'''Jack:''' Admit it! You looked at your pet scorpion one evening and hatched a plan to do away with Tabu Kebu once and for all! You can't hide behind a mask now, Khaba! You killed Tabu Kebu!\\
'''Akhen:''' By Bastet, you lot don't know when to drop it, do you? Yes, I killed Tabu! I was paid to do it!\\
'''Jack:''' You were PAID to kill him? By whom?!\\
'''Akhen:''' I won't waste your time with a coy guessing game... Ramses XLIII! Who else? Tabu was just a talking head for the state propaganda machine, but he started getting crazy ideas that he was an investigative journalist! He started poking his nose around the re-education center, which is how he got flagged. Then he got the scent of some story about special technology that the Ptolemys were hiding from the public. He got too close for their comfort, so I got a phone call to liquidate Tabu! I didn't hesitate. Being an assassin pays far better than this internship ever could! I spent a day taking notes, trying to devise his demise, but then I found the perfect solution! I took my precious pet scorpion to Sphinx News the next day and, well, you know the rest!\\
'''Jack:''' Well, Mr Khaba, you're clever, but not clever enough! We've caught you, and now we're handing you over to the head of security!
'''Fool's Gold'''
->'''Amy:''' The game's up, Nebet! We know you killed your own father!\\
'''Nefertiti:''' Excuse me? You're forgetting that I'm the one who asked you to look into his murder!\\
'''Amy:''' I admit that's the one part I don't understand. Did you really think you could outsmart <Name>? Then you really learned nothing from your travels with us!\\
'''Nefertiti:''' And do YOU think my mother is going to believe your baseless accusations?\\
'''Amy:''' We have all the proof we need! Nail polish from the drone you used, as well as your DNA left on a gold bar that you didn't melt! I shouldn't be surprised by your lack of loyalty, given that you betrayed our team... But killing your own father? Why did you do it?\\
'''Nefertiti:''' Good God, keep your voices down! Fine. I did murder my father, <Name>! But only because he was going to get rid of me!\\
'''Amy:''' Get rid of you? What do you mean?\\
'''Nefertiti:''' My parents saw me as a liability. See, only Ammon and I know the truth about how the Ptolemy Dynasty rose to power through the centuries. Father thought it risky to keep me here in the palace, where the time machine was kept. He feared I might one day decide to go back and change history again. My parents agreed that they already had their hands full with the resistance, so they decided to send me away... back to Egypt, far away from the time machine! <Name>, I didn't go through all this trouble to be sent to freaking Egypt! I wanted to stay here, where I have real power!\\
'''Amy:''' And so you killed him? Wouldn't that be even more reason for your mother to send you away?\\
'''Nefertiti:''' No, because we wouldn't tell her it was me! You were supposed to accuse Ravi of the murder! I know he'd been planning on killing my father! Pin the murder on him and I swear I'll pardon you for your own crimes.\\
'''Amy:''' As if we could ever trust your word! Or send an innocent man to certain death! Have you really learned NOTHING from us?!\\
'''Nefertiti:''' <Name>, believe me, you want to be on my side when all this goes down. Do as I say or I'll order your execution myself!\\
'''Amy:''' We'll take our chances with the queen. Let's see how she reacts when we tell her you killed her husband!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Age of Sail''']]
'''Anchors Aweigh!'''
->'''Zara:''' Officer Felix Humphrey, you are under arrest for the murder of Officer Barnabas Dycker!\\
'''Felix:''' Murder?! Privateers, I am the HMS Highmore SURGEON! I take this accusation as an unfortunate joke on my profession!\\
'''Zara:''' No jokes; this is a very real accusation of murder. We know you bound his hands and legs, then slit his throat with a straight razor. Then you wrapped Dycker in a fishnet, and dragged him onto the port. And to cover your tracks, you hid the fishnet and scrubbed his blood from the deck.\\
'''Felix (sweating):''' You have to understand... it was an accident!\\
'''Felix:''' You see... As the ship's surgeon, I naturally also serve as the ship's barber. When Barnabas returned from the governor's party last night, he was very drunk and decided he wanted a shave. He didn't have much in the way of facial hair, but I obliged, hoping doing the favor might help him overlook the debt he claimed I owed. But the boat rocked some against the port, and his intoxication only made it worse...\\
'''Felix (sweating):''' Then the blade slipped and opened his throat! I could tell immediately the cut was too deep to be mended, and the man died within seconds!\\
'''Zara:''' And then you did your best to hide the incriminating evidence. Well, I guess your best wasn't good enough.\\
'''Felix (crying):''' Please have mercy on me! I only tried to do good! If people heard of this mistake, my career would be finished!\\
'''Zara:''' We'll have to see what your captain has to say about all this. You're under arrest!
'''A Pirate's Death for Me'''
->'''Jack:''' I've got to hand it to you, Matuszak. It's a bold move, murdering a pirate like Blackbeard in front of your own tavern!\\
'''Lincoln:''' What? You be sayin' I killed Blackbeard? I swear on the Jeezus man... I didn't murder anyone!\\
'''Jack:''' We know you planned it in advance. We read that sea shanty you wrote, as well as your plans to inject the venom into that orange! We even found your bottle of poison and the syringe you used to inject it with. You sure went to a lot of trouble to make a few extra pounds on beer!\\
'''Lincoln:''' You think I care about that? Blackbeard's murder be worth far more than that! I killed him so I could steal a map to Rackham's lost treasure!\\
(Lincoln sweats, embarrassed.)\\
'''Jack:''' Treasure? What are you talking about?\\
'''Lincoln:''' Geezum bread! I shoulda never opened my mouth! You see, dem pirates come in here, telling their tall tales; someone saw the Kraken, another says he's cursed by the devil. But Blackbeard was different. When he told a story, you knew he be telling the truth. So two weeks ago, when Blackbeard let it slip he had a map to Rackham's lost treasure, I knew it was no fairy tale! Blackbead trusted nobody, keeping that map in his coat. Stealing that was my chance to make a fortune! But I knew once I'd taken the map, I'd have to kill Blackbeard. He'd never be restin' until he got it back. So I bought that orange and injected it with poison, waiting for Blackbeard to return. When he arrived this morning, I snatched the map from his pocket while he ordered a drink, and I gave him the poisoned fruit!\\
'''Jack:''' And where is this treasure map now?\\
'''Lincoln:''' You think I be telling you that? I hid it where nobody will find it! Only I know the location of Rackham's treasure!\\
'''Jack:''' Well, it won't do you any good in prison. We're handing you over to the authorities!
'''Shipwrecked!'''
->'''Zara:''' Curly, we know you killed Evangeline Rousseau!\\
'''Curly:''' Why do people always blame the fat one for everything? I ain't done nothin', Privateer <Name>!\\
'''Zara:''' Look Curly, we found the death threat you sent Mrs Rousseau! Then, last night, you lay in wait for her on the beach... When she arrived, you argued, then threw the contents of the coconut you were drinking in her face, and stabbed her in the neck with your fishing spear!\\
(Curly is embarrassed.)\\
'''Zara:''' There's no point in denying it, Curly. But what we'd like to know is why you killed her!\\
'''Curly:''' Because the woman wanted to eat me, Privateer <Name>!\\
'''Zara:''' Come again? Mrs Rousseau wanted to... eat you?\\
'''Curly:''' We may not show it, but we're all starvin'! There's 'ardly any fresh fruit, and only Monday knows how to catch the few animals left on the island. And as I told you, Mrs Rousseau wouldn't stop blaming me for eatin' more than me share of the provisions... But then one day she went one step further! At first it were just the odd snide remark from the woman about how nutritious and delicious all me chubby bits would taste... ... And then I realised that she were actually being serious! And that she were tryin' to persuade the others into thinking that killin' and eatin' me was the only way to survive! It were either her or me, Privateer <Name> - she gave me no choice but to kill 'er!\\
'''Zara:''' Gosh, Curly, you sound like you've been through hell and back with Mrs Rousseau. But it still didn't give you the right to commit murder! We have no choice but to let the other islanders know what you did.
'''Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered'''
->'''Jack:''' Mr de la Cruz, you're under arrest for the murder of Agwé! What do you have to say for yourself?\\
'''Jorge:''' Me, murder Agwé?! I wanted him to give me some space, but I didn't kill him!\\
'''Jack:''' Don't lie to us! We know that you struck Agwé on the head with your cognac bottle, killing him before he even hit the water. Then you ran away, dropping your lucky rabbit foot in your haste to flee the crime scene! But you felt remorse for your actions, didn't you? That's why you buried that voodoo doll of the victim among those reeds, to wish his soul safe passage!\\
'''Jorge:''' You... you must've been gifted with a vision from the voodoo gods to see things so clearly! I confess, I killed Agwé. But I only did it to protect myself!\\
'''Jack:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Jorge:''' I didn't lace that cake with laxatives because I wanted him to leave me alone... I did it because I was scared of what would happen if we spent more time together! I'd started having... feelings... for Agwé. I tried to ignore them, but it was impossible with him following me around! What I didn't realize was that Agwé felt the same way... until he tried to kiss me on the beach! But there's no tolerance for such unnatural acts among pirates, Privateer <Name>! If anyone had found out, they'd have killed the pair of us!\\
'''Jack:''' So your solution was to beat a 17-year-old to death with a bottle?!\\
'''Jorge (crying):''' Violence is all I've ever known. But I didn't mean to kill him, just to scare him off! I... I didn't realize I'd hit him so hard!\\
'''Jack:''' Be that as it may, I'm afraid we have no other option but to place you under arrest and inform your captain of your crimes!
'''Going Once, Going Twice, Dead!'''
->'''Jack:''' Miss Severine, you're under arrest for the murder of Henri Pelletier!\\
'''Simone:''' MOI?! How DARE you accuse me of such an awful act!\\
'''Jack:''' We dare because we have proof! You left the victim a threat in French!\\
'''Simone:''' French is not uncommon among the well-to-do and educated!\\
'''Jack:''' Is an ink stain also a mark of sophistication? You not only have ink on your dress, but so does the cigar cutter used to prepare the murder weapon! Miss Severine, stop playing games. We know very well that you killed the victim!\\
'''Simone:''' Ha! You call Henri Pelletier a victim?! That man killed my family!\\
'''Jack:''' He what?!\\
'''Simone:''' I told you that I was once Pelletier's employee, but that wasn't entirely true... I was his slave! And so were my parents and my sister, until he sold my parents away from his tobacco plantation!\\
'''Simone (crying):''' After my parents were carted off like cattle, my sister and I tried to escape. We made it to the swamp nearby. But my sister was caught... From a distance, I saw Henri Pelletier himself whip my sister to death!\\
'''Simone:''' I swore that instant that I would be richer and more powerful than he ever was, and that I would exact revenge for what he did to my family!\\
'''Jack:''' Then you made a fortune in explosives...\\
'''Simone:''' Yes, I married well. My husband, may he rest in peace, taught me everything about gun powder and explosives. When the chance to host the auction arrived, I knew that Henri Pelletier would be called upon to act as auctioneer. Finally, I had my chance to kill the man who killed my sister! And that old monster only recognized me just as I struck the match... If only I could light that cigar one thousand times more!\\
'''Jack:''' Once was enough, Miss Severine. I'm sorry for your heartbreaking past, but you are under arrest. We will present you to the Tortugan legal authorities.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Medieval Asia''']]
'''A Mongolian Tale'''
->'''Zara:''' Erhi, you killed your chief! You stabbed him in the neck, and then let Toduun blame us for it!\\
'''Erhi:''' <Name>, are you really trying to pin this murder on me?\\
'''Zara:''' We're not pinning anything, we know the truth! We know you sent Argat a threat, and then used your dagger to kill him! Why did you do it? You told us that Argat respected your decision of rejecting his marriage proposal! Did you lie?\\
'''Erhi:''' Argat is the one who lied! Yes, I killed him, but only after I discovered that he hadn't accepted my rejection, as I'd thought! A foreigner stayed with us and got close to Argat. Then one day he warned me that the chief was going to force me into marriage! I felt powerless, and the foreigner told me that the only way out was to kill Argat myself. It was such a horrible thought! But he was right... Argat was a stubborn man who wanted everything done his way. He did not even mind going against his own father! Who knew what he would do to me if I were to become his wife! I could have been locked in his yurt, my beloved horse sold to the highest bidder, and my life would have been over! The foreigner left the village, but his words stuck with me... I had to save my future, so I decided I would kill Argat!\\
'''Zara:''' Who was this foreigner, Erhi?\\
'''Erhi:''' What does it matter, <Name>, he is gone now! All that is left is this terrible deed I have done! I can barely believe it is all real!\\
'''Erhi:''' My conscience will torment me forever, but I had no choice!\\
'''Zara:''' And now we are the ones without a choice. We must take you to Toduun - he will decide your fate!
'''Fountain of Death'''
->'''Jack:''' Ayanchin, you're under arrest for the murder of Tangzi!\\
'''Ayanchin:''' What?! Why would I murder Tangzi? If I did that, Subutai would have my head!\\
'''Jack:''' And yet, you did. Had you planned it, I wonder? Or did you just see her sitting at the fountain, and decide on the spot to shoot her with your bow? Then you panicked, and hid the weapon under the fountain, knowing no one but Boucher and the slave ever went there.\\
'''Ayanchin:''' If Tangzi didn't take responsibility for her actions, neither should I!\\
'''Jack:''' You're referring to when she fired you, and then badmouthed you to everyone else?\\
'''Ayanchin:''' It was a long fall downhill for me. First I lost most of my animals in a blizzard, and then I lost my job! What little honor I had left went up in flames! I was going from being a provider of lifeblood to the capital city, to being a pariah with nothing to my name and not even a rotten scrap to eat! I begged Tangzi to stop, and she said she would tell the Great Khan of my inadequacy. But if she did that, I would surely be beheaded!\\
'''Jack:''' So you made sure she couldn't tell the Great Khan.\\
'''Ayanchin:''' It had to be done. She took everything from me! I had to take something of great value from her in return!\\
'''Jack:''' We'll see if the Great Khan shares your philosophy. Ayanchin, you're under arrest!
'''For Whom the Bell Tolls'''
->'''Zara:''' Shi Miyuan, YOU were the one who murdered Jin Bingxu!\\
'''Miyuan:''' Nonsense! Jin Bingxu did a good job keeping Princess Torgoljin prisoner. I had no reason to kill him!\\
'''Zara:''' There's no point lying! We know you'd planned to kill Bingxu ahead of time, sending him that threat! Bingxu obviously didn't go down without a fight, seeing that you broke your abacus during a struggle. After which you fled the scene in Bingxu's riverboat! And for what? Because he wanted more money?\\
'''Miyuan:''' I didn't care about the money! I killed Bingxu because he was jeopardizing the whole operation! He was going to take the princess back to Mongolia!\\
'''Zara:''' Take her back? Why would he do that?\\
'''Miyuan:''' He was going to pretend that he rescued the princess, claiming a hefty reward from Ogedei Khan! Which I obviously couldn't allow him to do. So I needed to eliminate him! I knew he was accustomed to visiting the opera. So I waited for him to arrive this morning, then attacked him with that bell!\\
'''Zara:''' You might've hidden your plans from the Emperor, but I think it's time we let him in on your secret!\\
'''Miyuan:''' Very well, but you're wasting your time. The Emperor always defers to my judgment. This won't be any different!
'''A Slice of Death'''
->'''Jack:''' Jyunpei Oyama, you said that being a samurai was all about honor, so why did you murder your shogun in cold blood?\\
'''Jyunpei:''' How dare you make such unfounded accusations!\\
'''Jack:''' There's nothing unfounded about them! We know that you snuck into the shogun's bedroom in the dead of night and confronted him... You had a scuffle, during which you yanked off his kimono belt. Then you grabbed his sword from its sheath and used your kenjutsu skills to slice him cleanly in half! And finally, in a fit of remorse, you ran to the temple and left an offering to the White Snake Goddess to beg forgiveness for your heinous actions!\\
'''Jyunpei:''' I suppose the only honorable thing to do now is to admit my crime. Yes, I killed the shogun! But once you hear my reasons, <Name>, I am certain you will agree that my actions were justified!\\
'''Jack:''' That's unlikely, but we're all ears, Oyama.\\
'''Jyunpei:''' The fact is, I'd become tired of all the fighting and bloodshed. I no longer wanted to kill anyone - whether guilty or innocent! Instead, I decided I'd live out the rest of my days as a quiet, peace-loving monk. But to do this, I had to ask the shogun's permission to leave his employ... and he outright denied my wishes! I begged and I pleaded with him, but to no avail! He said I was the best killing machine he'd ever seen, and that he had plenty more battles for me to fight in! So finally I realised I had no choice. I had to murder the shogun in order to save the hundreds of others I would have killed under his command!\\
'''Jack:''' Jyunpei, I'm afraid that killing one person to potentially save the lives of others still constitutes murder... You will therefore be delivered to the shogun's wife so that justice can be served.
'''The Wrath of Khan'''
->'''Jack:''' Time's up, Ammon. You're under arrest for the murder of Santiago Sanchez!\\
'''Ammon:''' Alright, I see this little game of ours has come to an end, <Name>. I confess: I killed Sanchez. I'm sure you've found proof, like the good little detectives you are.\\
'''Jack:''' Yes, we have evidence that'll convince even the Khan of your treachery! We've got the letter you sent to the Chinese first minister, convincing him to kidnap Princess Torgoljin... ... and the message you delivered to the Chinese Emperor, suggesting he kill Sanchez! But what's more, we know we can convince the Khan that you handled the murder weapon!\\
'''Ammon:''' Ha! Good luck with that. Even if you do manage to convince the Khan, it won't make a difference. He'll never stand down this close to battle!\\
'''Jack:''' You think you're so clever! Ever since you sabotaged our time machine back in 47 BCE, you've been a thorn in our sides! But you didn't count on us fixing our time machine... or getting Nefertiti arrested, did you? And we managed to escape that twisted alternate present the pair of you had created! See, you aren't as smart as you think you are, Ammon! Not to mention that we stopped you from taking over the trade routes in the Age of Sail!\\
'''Ammon:''' I'll admit that you've been more challenging than Nefertiti or I expected. But none of it matters now! Say you do manage to get the Khan to call off his attack... I've changed the course of history already, you'll never be able to put it back!\\
'''Jack:''' We'll see about that! <Name>, let's get him to the Khan!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''The End''']]
'''Time's Up'''
->'''Zara:''' Takhat Wabet? YOU killed Nebet and Ammon?! But... why? How?!\\
'''Takhat (fading):''' Ah, so you figured it all out. I should have known...\\
'''Zara:''' Wait, are you... you're fading! <Name>, the priestess is fading, just like Theo did! What is going on here? Who ARE you, Takhat Wabet?!\\
'''Takhat:''' Don't you understand? I'm Nebet. A bit older than when you knew me, I admit! I've come from the year 2060.\\
'''Zara:''' You're... Nebet? Old Nebet? So... you're fading because... because your younger version is dead... which means she never got old and you can't exist... But if you're Nebet... why would you kill yourself? And why would you kill Ammon? He was your accomplice!\\
'''Takhat:''' Because they wouldn't listen to reason! <Name>, do you remember how my mother exiled me from New Cairo, in 2029?\\
'''Zara:''' Of course, we do! Justice was served for you killing your father!\\
'''Takhat:''' I killed my father because I couldn't bear to see what he'd become! And the long years I spent in exile just convinced me even more that I was right! I should have killed my mother, too, and rid the world of the Ptolemys once and for all! I realized you'd been right all along, <Name>. The drive for power had turned my whole family into heartless tyrants! That wasn't what I'd wanted when I set out to change history for them! In my exile, I also realized the only time I was happy was when I was fighting for justice by your side. I realized I'd been wrong all along.\\
'''Zara:''' So what, you decided to go back in time and give your younger self a stern talking to?\\
'''Takhat:''' Yes... But my younger self wouldn't listen! I used to be so selfish! Such delusions of entitlement! And Ammon wasn't any better! It was clear: the only way I could save the timeline from the Ptolemys was to kill them both!\\
'''Zara:''' How did you even enter our time machine to kill Ammon in his cell?\\
'''Takhat:''' I spotted Amy in the gardens, then I saw her drop her access badge... It'd been a very long time, but I still remembered the layout of the machine like the back of my hand! I went to see Ammon in his cell... the fool thought I was here to save him! But I cut out his heart, just like I had done to my younger self!\\
'''Zara:''' But if you did this to save the timeline, why did you deny both murders when you knew we were investigating? You could've told us it was you!\\
'''Takhat:''' I couldn't bear to be a disappointment to you once again, <Name>. I knew you wouldn't approve of my... methods. I hoped I would fade away before you caught up to me! But I can tell my time has come. I have many regrets, <Name>, but meeting you is not one of them.\\
'''Takhat (fades):''' I hope what I did has salvaged your timeline. Please forgive me for everything else... goodbye, <Name>...\\
(Takhat fades out of existence.)\\
'''Zara:''' Nebet! ... <Name>, she's gone! Just like she never existed! I can't wrap my mind around this! She killed herself, to save us? <Name>, I think I need some time to digest all of this, I'm sorry. Let's meet back in the time machine, alright?
[[/folder]]

![[AC:Supernatural Investigations]]
[[folder:'''West''']]
'''Blood Lust'''
->'''Gwen (holding a wooden stake):''' DJ Blood, we're guessing the "blood" in your name is literal! 'Cause you're the vampire who killed Lucy Winters!\\
'''Blood:''' Wow, you guys are suddenly... scary looking... what's with the wooden stick?\\
'''Gwen:''' Don't pretend you don't know, "Blood"! Do we need to spell it out for you? Your ruse is done. You may as well show us your fangs.\\
'''Blood (sweating):''' Fangs? I don't have any. Why would I? But you... I'm guessing you're not really reporters, are you?\\
'''Gwen:''' No, we're supernatural hunters, and we're done with you and your evasions! We know you lured Lucy out to the cemetery at midnight with a note... And then you tore away her necklace and bit into her veins! You sucked her blood out like the monster you are! That girl was your fan, and she trusted you! And you-\\
(Blood reveals his true face.)\\
'''Blood:''' And I could get no peace from her! You want the truth, <Name>? Fine, here it is. I did bite her... but she asked to be turned!\\
'''Gwen:''' So your real face comes out! And she... what? Lucy wanted to become a vampire?\\
'''Blood:''' Yes! Look, that day when the girl broke into my house like a crazy fan, she saw me drinking blood! She realized what I was! Ever since then, she'd been hounding me to turn her. She had this weird romantic idea about what vampires are. Obviously, I said no. First off, Dr Aculus would have my head if I agreed. Secondly, she didn't know what she was getting into. Being a vamp isn't all fun, man! Hunters everywhere, blood hard to get, and my music career suffers from me only ever playing gigs at night. I tried to explain to Lucy: it's not gonna happen. But the girl was like a broken record. Threatened to kill herself if I didn't do it!\\
'''Gwen:''' So what, you bit her out of the goodness of your heart?\\
'''Blood:''' Well, yeah, I agreed to turn her. I explained to her that I'd need to drink a little of her blood, and then she'd have some of mine. Except... the moment my tongue tasted her blood... It was heaven, <Name>! She was so tender, so sweet... I just... I kept sucking! My first time having fresh human blood in so long! I drained her dry... but I didn't mean to! I just couldn't stop!\\
'''Gwen:''' And that's exactly why you shouldn't have started in the first place! And now we'll take you to Dr Aculus to decide your fate!
'''One Bigfoot in the Grave'''
->'''Luke:''' Elwood Grimes, we know it was you who beat Bigfoot to death with a rock!\\
'''Elwood:''' What? You're crazy, kid. I'm a lumberjack! Why would I go up against a bigfoot with a rock instead of my chainsaw?\\
'''Luke:''' Well, he broke all your logging tools. You went to the museum to vent your anger, but that wasn't enough. So you followed his tracks through the woods, and picked up a rock along the way to use when you found him.\\
'''Elwood:''' Who are you, the bigfoot police?\\
'''Luke:''' Close! We're supernatural hunters. We work to keep the peace among humans and the supernatural creatures of this world! And when a peaceful creature is murdered in cold blood, that's when we come a-knockin'!\\
'''Elwood:''' Okay, I confess, I did it! But it's that Wexler's fault! I could've been killed!\\
'''Luke:''' You mean Darius Wexler, the curator of the bigfoot museum in town?\\
'''Elwood:''' Yeah, him. After that animal busted all my tools, and I went to the museum to break something for myself... ... Wexler offered to pay for my replacement tools if I helped him catch Bigfoot.\\
'''Luke:''' Catch or kill?\\
'''Elwood:''' Catch - he wanted it alive. I came out here to set up a trap, but I ran into the thing as soon as I got up here! It was all over me before I knew what was what. So I grabbed the closest thing I could reach - a rock - and just started pounding! Eventually, it just slumped down in a big, hairy pile! Dead! I killed a bigfoot! But this wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for Wexler! HE'S the one you want!\\
'''Luke:''' We'll worry about Wexler. But for now, you're coming with us. Our chief's gotta have a word with you.
'''The Curse of Black Ridge'''
->'''Luke:''' You thought you'd get away with it, didn't you, Mr Lewis? You killed Jeremy Cross, confident his murder would be blamed on the curse of Black Ridge!\\
'''Rick:''' What? You think I murdered Mr Cross?\\
'''Luke:''' We know you sent him that threatening letter, trying to scare him as much as Black Ridge scared you!\\
'''Rick:''' No, I would never!\\
'''Luke:''' Then what happened? You confronted Cross, trying to pull out of your deal. But when he refused, you took matters - and an ax - into your own hands! You're familiar with Black Ridge's blood-stained past. Cross' death would be just another murder in a series of mysterious killings!\\
'''Rick:''' I don't know what you're talking about! I never sent any letter, and I certainly didn't chop him up! It wasn't me, I swear! It was... it was-\\
(The ghost of Nathaniel Mason appears from Rick's body.)\\
'''Nathaniel:''' It was I, Nathaniel Mason, who killed that stubborn man!\\
'''Luke:''' Whoa! That's no hologram, <Name>! That phantom's real!\\
'''Luke (pointing his gun):''' Just take it easy!\\
'''Nathaniel:''' You think that toy scares me?\\
'''Luke (pointing his gun):''' These aren't just any bullets. One hit from one of these crystal rounds and you'll feel it!\\
'''Nathaniel:''' I have no quarrel with you, nor with this unfortunate fellow. No harm will come to him! But I needed to possess his corporeal form, to warn Jeremy Cross to leave Black Ridge! For his own good!\\
'''Luke (holding his gun):''' His own good? What do you mean?\\
'''Nathaniel:''' Black Ridge was once a flourishing community. And I was the most prosperous of all, owning a gold mine. But one day, one of my tunnels released a poisonous curse from the depths of the earth! The ground became sour!\\
'''Nathaniel (holding his hat):''' Within days, half of the townsfolk were sick. After a week, we were all dead!\\
'''Nathaniel:''' The curse of Black Ridge was caused by me!\\
'''Luke:''' But why kill Jeremy Cross?\\
'''Nathaniel:''' Because the ground is still poisoned! The curse still remains! That new community he was building would be at risk! I urged Cross to stop building, but he wouldn't listen! I couldn't allow anyone else to be harmed!\\
'''Luke:''' So you murdered him - and those previous victims - to keep people away?\\
'''Nathaniel:''' Yes! And you must leave too, before it's too late! You have until sundown to get out of Black Ridge... or your fate will be the same as Mr Cross'!\\
(Nathaniel disappears.)\\
'''Luke:''' Whoa, that was intense, <Name>! Now that the ghost of Nathaniel Mason is gone, we should revive Mr Lewis!
'''Hour of the Wolf'''
->'''Gwen:''' Mrs Kwame, it was you! You killed your own son!\\
'''Serena:''' How dare you say that? I'm utterly heartbroken that Danny's dead!\\
'''Gwen:''' That may well be, but you still murdered him. You knew he was going to Alcatraz Island last night, and you went after him.\\
'''Serena:''' So sue me - I liked to know what Danny was up to. He was a mama's boy, but I loved him all the more for it!\\
'''Gwen:''' Yes, but you couldn't accept it when Danny told you he was a werewolf-\\
'''Serena:''' Enough of that word! Your readers might lap up that fantastical garbage, but I refuse to believe-\\
'''Gwen:''' Actually, Mrs Kwame, we're not news reporters. We are "hunters", people who solve supernatural crime. That's why we know your son was a werewolf, and that you are responsible for his death!\\
'''Serena:''' You are the... supernatural police?! Alright, I admit it! I knew Danny was a werewolf! I saw him transform! One night he sat me down... Said he had something to show me... And then he... turned into a beast... before my very eyes!\\
'''Serena (crying):''' I begged him to make this horrid monster go away. But he said if I loved him, I had to accept his new identity. He promised me that our lives wouldn't change, except that he would have to leave me on full moon nights. He also gave me a book about his... condition.\\
'''Serena (wiping her tears):''' It was from this book that I learned that werewolves could be killed with silver and wolfsbane...\\
'''Serena:''' So, I bought a gun and silver bullets, and took my shot when Danny emerged on the pier after the full moon. But I didn't want my Danny to die! I only wanted to kill the monster in him, and purge him of it!\\
'''Gwen:''' You... thought Danny would survive the gunshots? And then you'd get your old son back?\\
'''Serena (crying):''' Yes! I only realized how wrong I was when I held his lifeless body in my arms!\\
'''Gwen:''' Mrs Kwame, you made a terrible mistake... And your son had to pay the price. We have no choice but to hand you over to the police for the murder.
[[/folder]]

![[AC:City of Romance]]

[[[folder:'''Medieval Asia''']]

[[//folder]]

-'''Zara:''' Sadie, we know you murdered your boyfriend!\\

->'''Jack:''' Monsieur Donkin, you are under arrest for ze murder of Gérard Arnault!\\

'''Eugene:''' I... I've landed myself in it, haven't I? Alright, you got me, I killed Gérard! But only because he was going to condemn me to the same fate! As I told you, Gérard never got over me poking fun at him on national television. He became fixated on finding ways to get back at me! For a long time, I took it in my stride. I'm one of the most famous men in New Cairo, so I've attracted my fair share of enemies! But then I discovered that Gérard had made a recording of me... taken during a moment of weakness!\\

'''Eugene:''' I... I criticized our beloved and most devout Ramses XLIII! But I didn't mean it! I was just frustrated that my latest idea for a talk show had been rejected! The Ptolemy Dynasty doesn't tolerate dissent! If Gérard had played the recording to them, this gorgeous head of mine would've ended up on a plate!\\