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* Case 30 has a very sobering vibe throughout the main investigation. [[spoiler:Arthur is found dead after going missing in the previous case, leaving the team distraught and unprotected in the depths of the Underworld. We also discover that Arthur had been dealing with a lot even when working with the Hunters-there was a bounty on his head, he had been trying to evade capture from the Queen's faithful and since he was trying to protect the hunters, [[StoicWoobie he didn't tell them about any of this and ''had been very much alone'' in all of it.]]]]
** The discovery that [[spoiler:Mathison, our friend from the FBI was a Queen's faithful demon in disguise the entire time, tasked to keep an eye on them after they had made contact with Arthur all the way back in Case 2]] was quite upsetting for both the team and players.
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* The Additional Investigation of Case 31 has [[spoiler:Nebet start fading out of existence after confessing she learned during her time of exile how cruel her family had become after she altered history and her happiest moments were working for T.I.M.E. She went back [[HeroicSacrifice to stop her past self and Ammon from altering the course of history in the first place]]. ]] Also, much like the finale of ''The Conspiracy'', there's an extra tearjerker, the ending to this case has you saying goodbye to your old friends Jack, Marina and Amy for the second time before going back to the present.


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* The Additional Investigation of Case 31 has [[spoiler:Nebet start fading out of existence after confessing she learned during her time of exile how cruel her family had become after she altered history and her happiest moments were working for T.I.M.E. She went back [[HeroicSacrifice to stop her past self and Ammon from altering the course of history in the first place]]. ]] Also, much like the finale of ''The Conspiracy'', there's an extra tearjerker, and it's the ending to this case since has you saying goodbye having to leave your old friends Jack, Marina and Amy for the second time before going back to the present.

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* The Additional Investigation of Case 31 has [[spoiler:Nebet start fading out of existence after confessing she learned during her time of exile how cruel her family had become after she altered history and her happiest moments were working for T.I.M.E. She went back [[HeroicSacrifice to stop her past self and Ammon from altering the course of history in the first place]]. ]]


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* The Additional Investigation of Case 31 has [[spoiler:Nebet start fading out of existence after confessing she learned during her time of exile how cruel her family had become after she altered history and her happiest moments were working for T.I.M.E. She went back [[HeroicSacrifice to stop her past self and Ammon from altering the course of history in the first place]]. ]]

]] Also, much like the finale of ''The Conspiracy'', there's an extra tearjerker, the ending to this case has you saying goodbye to your old friends Jack, Marina and Amy for the second time before going back to the present.

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* In Case 13, [[spoiler:Ruby Rees (really [[NatureSpirit Rubaera]]) had fallen for Rex Logan in the hopes of conceiving a heir before she passes on. Instead, he had freaked out upon seeing her and vowed to kill her, resulting in her murdering him in retaliation.]] Luckily, [[spoiler:[[PetTheDog Felix gives her an enchanted necklace allowing conception]].]]

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* In Case 13, [[spoiler:Ruby Rees (really [[NatureSpirit Rubaera]]) had fallen for Rex Logan in the hopes of conceiving a heir before she passes on.away. Instead, he had freaked out upon seeing her and vowed to kill her, resulting in her murdering him in retaliation.]] Luckily, [[spoiler:[[PetTheDog Felix gives her an enchanted necklace allowing conception]].]]



* Gwen going to confort Danny Burnett after hearing thst his younger brother was taken by a supernatural being. When she asks him the story, he explains up to a point before breaking down and not wanting to talk about it anymore.

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* Despite Gwen having such a bad relationship with her mother, she is truly heartbroken to see her deceased.

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* Despite Gwen having such a Gwen's bad relationship with her mother, mother Dolores, she is truly heartbroken when the latter becomes the victim of Case 28. During the investigation, its discovered that Dolores had attempted to see extend an olive branch to her deceased.daughters. Even Ben admits that despite her nature, she died a rather cruel death.
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* Despite Gwen having such a bad relationship with her mother, she is truly heartbroken to see her deceased.

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* In a meta sense. Having to leave David Jones again, as this was the second time we got to partner up with him, it can feel like your leaving behind a close friend.

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* In a meta sense. Having to leave David Jones again, as this was the second time we got to partner up with him, it can feel like your you're leaving behind a close friend.
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** Later, Jacob finds out why [[spoiler:the Demon Queen had possessed his wife's body: in order to seal away the Queen, Falcon had helped Rathimael mastermind Lily's murder to create an appropriate vessel for her. Jacob does ''not'' take this revelation well at all, and feels betrayed by his old mentor. This is enough for him to drive away from the team to the last place he and Lily vacationed before her death.]]
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* [[spoiler:Bucky Johnson's]] death in Case 27 is this for many players, [[spoiler:who remembered him from ''Travel In Time'' as someone who helped the team achieve many of their goals in the 60s and even helped them stop WWIII. The worst part is, he manages to avert AssholeVictim and didn't deserve his fate.]]
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* In Case 26, Jacob is an inconsolable wreck after the events of the previous case, where [[spoiler:the Demon Queen had taken the form of his thought-dead wife and Hope was left in a coma, which he blames himself for.]] He later sees a woman who looked like Lily from the back, and when he realizes his mistake, breaks down in tears.
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* In Case 10, we see Justine Bankston again [[spoiler:after making peace with Abigail Riley's ghost. It is heavily implied that as the five years went by after she and her five friends sacrificed Abigail to a demon in a ritual, Justine matured into a TokenGoodTeamate and has been living with her guilt about it ever since. However, Gwen still breaks up with her, and the two part in tears.]]
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* Case 20's killer's arrest, where it's revealed that [[spoiler:Morgana Blackhawk took advantage of Heather Night and her desire to be accepted somewhere to coax her into killing Belinda. Although Heather feels guilty over what she's done, she is turned over to the authorities.]]
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* Gwen going to confort Danny Burnett after hearing thst his younger brother was taken by a supernatural being. When shr asks him the story, he explains up to a point before breaking down and not wanting to talk about it anymore.

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* In a meta sense. Having to leave David Jones again, as this was the second time we got to partner up with him, it can feel like your leaving behind a close friend.
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* Gwen going to confort Danny Burnett after hearing thst his younger brother was taken by a supernatural being. When shr asks him the story, he explains up to a point before breaking down and not wanting to talk about it anymore.
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* The Additional Investigation of Case 31 has [[spoiler:Nebet start fading out of existence after confessing she learned during her time of exile how cruel her family had become after she altered history and her happiest moments were working for T.I.M.E. She went back to stop her past self and Ammon from altering the course of history in the first place. ]]


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* Everything that Alice Kelly goes through in Case 16 is heartbreaking. The team sees her being abused by the victim, her controlling husband, on camera, and Luke remarks that there's something off about her cheery attitude towards everything. [[spoiler:She turns out to be her husband's killer, and reveals that she's actually a golem created by Dan Kelly to replace his wife, who he had murdered after she disobeyed him. When she confronted him after finding photos of her and Dan that she didn't remember, he threatened to kill her as well, which prompted the murder. She then asks the team to deactivate her since she had taken a life, and thanks the team for helping her before she turns back into inanimate clay.]]
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* Priya doesn't take it well when she is banished from the pack after they discovered she joined them as a spy. She works to make amends to earn Zander's forgiveness during the Additional Investigation.
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* In Case 13, [[spoiler:Ruby Rees (really [[NatureSpirit Rubaera]]) had fallen for Rex Logan in the hopes of conceiving a heir before she passes on. Instead, he had freaked out upon seeing her and vowed to kill her, resulting in her murdering him in retaliation.]] Luckily, [[spoiler:[[PetTheDog Felix gives her an enchanted necklace allowing conception]].]]

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* Case 11 has several sad moments:
** Priya goes missing just before the player discovers [[AssholeVictim Ruth Wu's]] body, and throughout the case, she insists that she had killed Ruth while transformed, and isn't having it when Gwen vows to prove her innocence.
** When it comes time to arrest the killer, [[spoiler:werewolf Sam Ellis, he reveals that he held a grudge against Ruth for killing his son years ago, when he was just a pup and too young to harm anyone. When the alpha of his pack finds out what he'd done, he is banished from the pack.]]
** In the Additional Investigation, Hope and the player help the real Santa fix his GPS so he can deliver toys to children. However, when they return it to him, Hope suddenly asks if Santa knows who her real parents are, since she'd been raised by a guardian all her life. Santa admits that even he isn't sure, causing Hope to be dejected until Gwen gives her her Christmas present.
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* In Case 4, Priya does not handle things well after she recovers from being a werewolf, only to find a dead werewolf on Ben's autopsy table. To make things worse, she is help at gunpoint by Ruth Wu later on.

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* In Case 4, Priya does not handle things well after she recovers from being a werewolf, only to find a dead werewolf on Ben's autopsy table. To make things worse, she is help held at gunpoint by Ruth Wu later on.
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** The revelation of what happened to them is also sad. They were once a HappilyMarried couple and even had a child together [[spoiler: but their son was premature and ended up dying. The grief tore them apart as they didn't know how to deal with it. Ingrid withdrew herself and her husband started drinking and sleeping around. And yet he still mourned their son every year and hoped they would do it together someday.]]


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** Felix and the player find a tape of the chief and his wife. It can be saddening to see a young and happy Chief Arrow confidently saying that nothing will happen to them.
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* In Case 9, shortly after the killer [[spoiler:Adam Enstrom]] is caught, [[spoiler:he commits suicide due to his guilt over taking a human life.]] The circumstances behind this makes it even sadder, [[spoiler:since in spite of Adam having been an ArtificialHuman, he had far more empathy than his creator did and cared for the other patients, and had never intended to murder Dr. Stein, only fix her sense of empathy. The team feels sorry for Adam and hold a proper funeral with him, fulfilling his eulogy wish.]]
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* The backstory of Jacob having his wife killed by a vampire which led to the creation of the Supernatural Hunters.
* In case 4, Priya does not handle things well when she recovers from being a werewolf, only to find a dead werewolf on Ben's Autopsy Table. The investigation left her emotionally unstable.
* Gwen's sadness as whe announces her official breakup with Pierce in case 5. Luckily the team supports and agrees with her decision (especially Luke)

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* The backstory of Jacob Arrow having his wife Lily killed by a vampire which led to the creation of the Supernatural Hunters.
Hunters. When the team visits the town in Saguaro National Park they honeymooned in, he becomes noticeably upset, [[CassandraTruth especially since one of the suspects predicted Lily would die]].
* In case Case 4, Priya does not handle things well when after she recovers from being a werewolf, only to find a dead werewolf on Ben's Autopsy Table. The investigation left her emotionally unstable.
autopsy table. To make things worse, she is help at gunpoint by Ruth Wu later on.
* Gwen's sadness as whe she announces her official breakup with Pierce in case 5. Luckily Case 5, especially due to the team supports and agrees with her decision (especially Luke)
two being on good terms despite Pierce being a vampire.
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* Three words. The Final Countdown. The victim was [[spoiler: Frank Knight, who at the ends, realized his mistakes and gives his life for Pacific Bay. More so, we found a recording of him addressed to us, where he said he tried very hard to fix his mistakes. Amy remarked that it was as worse as seeing Frank being murdered in the camera. Also, one of the clues was Frank's police badge. He kept it all the time with him, Amy remarked that he was a cop at heart all that time.]]

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* Three words. The Final Countdown. The victim was [[spoiler: Frank Knight, who at the ends, end, realized his mistakes and gives his life for Pacific Bay. More so, we found a recording of him addressed to us, where he said he tried very hard to fix his mistakes. Amy remarked that it was as worse as seeing Frank being murdered in the camera. Also, one of the clues was Frank's police badge. He kept it all the time with him, Amy remarked that he was a cop at heart all that time.]]
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* In the finale of White Peaks, Amy remarks that the killer couldn't be her mother, because she loves her and Duncan. Then she revises it, and says she only loves Duncan.
** In the climax of that very same case, during the confrontation with the killer, Amy was so deep in denial that she almost concedes when the killer tried to convince her that this is a false arrest, until Hannah arrives with a video footage of the murder itself. Note that when her high school sweetheart tried to pull the same trick two Cases before, she angrily rebuffs ''his'' attempts to lie by saying that the [Player Character] is never wrong.

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* In the finale of White Peaks, Amy remarks that the killer couldn't be her mother, because she loves her and Duncan. Then she revises it, it and says she her mother only loves Duncan.
** In the climax of that very same case, during the confrontation with the killer, Amy was so deep in denial that she almost concedes when the killer tried to convince her that this is a false arrest, arrest until Hannah arrives with a video footage of the murder itself. Note that when her high school sweetheart tried to pull the same trick two Cases before, she angrily rebuffs ''his'' attempts to lie by saying that the [Player Character] is never wrong.



* Case 56 of Pacific Bay is entitled "A Killer Among Us". As the case name implies, there's an unrest in the PBPD as someone from the team is hinted to be a traitor. 4 team members are flagged as suspects for Danny Moto's murder and [[spoiler: Frank Knight]] was ultimately revealed as the killer.

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* Case 56 of Pacific Bay is entitled "A Killer Among Us". As the case name implies, there's an unrest in the PBPD as someone from the team is hinted to be a traitor. 4 team members are flagged as suspects for Danny Moto's murder and [[spoiler: Frank Knight]] was ultimately revealed as the killer.
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* The revelation of One-tooth Sam's back-story in Case 11, especially [[TheLostLenore the death of his wife]] [[spoiler: which led him to renounce his former wealth]].

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* The revelation of One-tooth One-Tooth Sam's back-story in Case 11, especially [[TheLostLenore the death of his wife]] [[spoiler: which led him to renounce his former wealth]].
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--> '''One-tooth Sam:''' My wife got sick, and even all the money in the world couldn't save her.

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--> '''One-tooth '''One-Tooth Sam:''' My wife got sick, and even all the money in the world couldn't save her.
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* Gwen's sadness as whe announces her official breakup with Pierce in case 5. Luckily the team supports and agrees with her decision (especially Luke)
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* In case 4, Priya does not handle things well when she recovers from being a werewolf, only to find a dead werewolf on Ben's Autopsy Table. The investigation left her emotionally unstable.

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