Vesti and Lauren's Interdimensional Investigations (A CYOA)

I don't really feel too good right now, so this update might be shorter than normal. But at the same time, it might not, so I don't really know.

Almost forgot the quotes oh no


Examine: Toad Guards

Vesti decides to take a closer look at one of the Toad Guards. The guard has a purple cap thing, is holding a spear, and possesses a large bushy mustache, which honestly makes him look extremely silly. The confused guard asks, "Um... Sir? Do you have some kind of question or something?" Vesti asks, "Of course! Were you guarding the castle at the time of the murder? He replies, "Well, yeah. Most of us were. In fact, I happened to be stationed on the very floor that the murder occured on!" Lauren replies, "You were? Did you actually see Luigi enter the victim's room." The guard continues, "Why yes, I di- Wait, why am I telling you people this stuff! The prosecution told me to keep information like that a secret! Wait, who even are you people! I wasn't aware that more humans had managed to find their way into our kingdom... Hmm... something fishy is happening here..." Vesti replies, "Oh no! It's fine! Don't worry about it! In fact, we'll just be going now, so just get back to your investigation or whatever. The group quickly moves away from the Toad Guard.

Examine: Skylight

Vesti stands on the floor pattern and attempts to gaze up into the skylight. Toadette shouts, "WAIT! Don't look up there!" Vesti looks back down quickly, and Lauren asks, "Why can't we look up there? It's just a skylight." Toadette explains, "Actually, that skylight is really some kind of portal that leads up to the roof. If you look into it, you'll get sent straight up! And there's really no reason for us to go up there anyway." Lauren replies, "Really? That seems extremely far-fetched. Why aren't there any warning signs here?" Toadette responds, "I don't know... I think the princess just expected people to figure it out themselves." Vesti asks, "Uh... Is this princess insane or something." Toadette shouts, "NO! Of course not! Or... well, maybe. I mean she did build that huge hidden slide..." Vesti interjects, "Wait! There's a hidden slide! That's awesome!" He turns to Lauren, "We should totally go down the hidden slide!" Lauren sighs, "Can we focus on solving this case first. Besides, I seriously doubt that this hidden slide really exists." Suddenly, the mustachiod Toad Guard from earlier accidentally looks up into the skylight, resulting in his entire mushroomy body zooming up into the roof. The group stands in silence, before Lauren says, "Let's just get out of here."

Move: Mario's Room

Vesti does an extremely dramatic fist pump and shouts, "Alright! Let's go to Mario's Room! This is going to be awesome!" He suddenly starts running up the stairs. Toadette says, "Oh no! He doesn't know where he's even going! He could get lost! Wait a minute, Mr. Detective! I'm coming!!" Toadette dashes up the stairs as well. Lauren simply sighs, and then begins climbing the stairwell herself.

Date: ??? Time: 1 hour until trial. Location: Mushroom Kingdom Castle, Mario's Room

The group stumbles into Mario's room, probably knocking over some kind of decoration at the same time. Another Toad, previously gazing out the window, turns toward the commotion and shouts, "What are you doing! You can't just barge into a- Oh, hi Toadette! Are these... uh... people with you?" Toadette hapilly replies, "Yeah! These two are detectives! They're trying to clear Luigi's name!" The toad replies, "Really? Well, good luck to them, I guess. But I hate to say it, but I'm really not seeing anyone else who could have done it... And the trial's only an hour away..." Lauren interjects, "May we have permission to investigate this crime scene? We'd like to take a look around for ourselves?" "Sure you can," the Toad replies, "We're pretty much done here! I can stay and help you though! My name is Detective Captain Toad! Or is it Captain Detective Toad? Whatever, you can just call me Captain Toad for short! Feel free to take a look around!" {{Captain Toad added to Profiles}}

Investigation: Mario's Room
Examine:
Window, Table and Meal, Picnic Basket, Yellow Block, Weird Pictures, Unnecessarilly Large Painting of Mario's Face.
Talk:
Captain Toad
The Victim
The Crime
Why Arrest Luigi?
Move:
Castle Lobby
Princess's Room
Present:
To Captain Toad
What will you do?

Wiki Page on the Detective

Evidence: kun.boards.net/post/10213/thread

I couldn't decide what to put here, so here's Andy Griffith's retelling of Romeo and Juliet www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7cNratdek


Present: Police Badge

You take out your Police Badge and show it to the detective. Captain Toad looks at it and says, "Wow! That's a really fancy looking trinket you've got there! Where'd you find it!" Vesti explains, "Um... uh... it was just on the ground somewhere." Toad continues, "Could you be more specific! I love going treasure hunting in my free time, and that would be a really cool thing to add to my collection!" Vesti continues, "Oh... uh... It was towards the north somewhere. I think." Lauren sighs and places her hand on her forehead. Captain Toad shouts, "Awesome! This is so exciting! I'm gonna go find it right now!" Captain Toad tries to exit the room, but Toadette stops him. "How about waiting until after you solve this mystery! Cause, you know, that's kind of important, and stuff!" Captain Toad replies, "Hmm... I guess you're right... Alright then! Let's solve this mystery!"

Examine: Window

Vesti takes a look outside the window. The view features many green plaisna nd mountains strething outwards. Vesti directly below him, and sees multiple Toads milling about the field beneath. He looks really closely, and can just barely see white tape marking out the area where Mario's body landed. He takes a step back, and notices the window's curtains. They are dark red, with white stripes going down it. There seems to be a large M at the point where the two sides meet. Vesti remarks, "Wow, this guy must have been kind of vain to put his initials on his curtains like that." Captain Toad explains, "Well, after he rescued the princess, the fame did kind of go to his head. Luigi's room is a lot more tame." Vesti asks, "Did he make these himself or something?" Toadette answers, "No, he had them custom made. As far as I know, no other cutains like this exist." Hearing this, Lauren says, "Hmm... That could be important. I think I'll make a note of that." {{Mario's Curtain added to Evidence}}

Examine: Unnecessarilly Large Painting of Mario's Face

Vesti looks at the left wall, half of which is taken up by an extremely large painting of Mario. Calling it a painting is a little too nice though, as in any other circumstance Vesti would have assumed it was something his nephew had made. The contents of the painting looked something like this.

Unnecessarilly Large Painting of Mario's Face


Vesti asks, "Why would someone do this?" Lauren Tehra says, "...I think for once I am at a loss for words..." Captain Toad explains, "Oh right. That. Yeah, I have no explanation. I just wish the murder had happened in someone else's room instead. Like, I don't know the lobby. It has some pretty flowers, and stuff. Toadette says, "I believe he commissioned that from a landscape artist, with no experience in body proportions... I remember Luigi telling him to reconsider, but he said something like, 'No, Luigi, I-a insist! This-a guy makes many outstanding-a artwork! I'm sure he can-a fill the gaping hole on my wall!" Vesti remarks, "Wow. You do a pretty good Mario impression." Captain Toad says, "I don't know. I'm not really sure what was up with that weird accent." Vesti says, "So, after this murder, how about the four of us take this painting outside and burn it?" Lauren remarks, "I would normally not partake in such violent exercises, but in this case I have to agree with you, Vesti."

Table and Meal

Vesti looks down at the table. He notices two plates, each with some food on them. The plate closest to the window is untouched, but the opposite one is partially eaten. Vesti asks, "What's all this stuff here." Toad explains, "That is the meal Mario and Luigi were eating. Mario ate at the table closest to the wall, so he didn't eat anything. Luigi sat by the door. That's what Luigi says, at least, and I don't see any reason for him to lie about that." Lauren, who has been contemplating the meal for a while, suddenly says, "Do you know what Mario and Luigi's dominant hands were?" Captain Toad replies, "Their dominant hands? I'm not sure what that has to do with the case, but... Mario was right-handed, and Luigi was left-handed." Lauren continues, "That's what I thought. See, the fork on Mario's plate was left on the right side of his plate, so he was probably eating from that side. Luigi's fork is on the left side of his plate, though." Toadette replies, "Really! That's awesome! Who knew you could figure all that out just from a pair of plates?!" Vesti continues, "Yeah, Lauren does stuff like that a lot. When I first met her, she figured out my age just by looking at me!" Lauren replies, "Vesti, you told me my age about five seconds after I met you." Vesti says, "Oh... right... heh heh." "Anyway," Lauren continues, "This information could be important, so I'm making a note of it." {{Unfinished Meal added to Evidence}}

Talk: The Victim

Lauren asks, "Is there anything else you can tell us about Mario?" Captain Toad begins, "Mario and Luigi have been here for about a year, perhaps. They just sort of showed up, actually. They said they were from some placed called 'Brooklyn' and then looked around for a place to stay. The princess offered to let them stay at her castle, and they did some plumbing work there." Toadette continues, "Then, the king of the Koopa Kingdom, Bowser, came and kidnapped the princess. Mario quickly left to save him, while Luigi looked after things back here. When the princess was saved, Mario became pretty famous. And... that's pretty much it." Captain continues, "People say that Luigi was jealous of him. They say that he got tired of living in his shadow, and that's why he killed him... But he's never said anything about this jealousy to us..."

Talk: The Crime

Vesti asks, "So, we know most about how this crime happened... but do you think you could tell us any other details?" Captain Toad explains, "I guess so... Basically Mario's body was found out there in the field, but the crime took place in this room. It is obvious that he was killed with the fire flower. He had two burns marks on his clothes when we found him. One was found on his right hand, and the other one was on his chest. A blow like that probably would have killed him instantly. Afterwards, he was thrown out of the window. To be honest, I have no clue why the killer would have done this, but it must have happened somehow. That's something the prosecutor hopes to clear up in court." Lauren asks, "What about the Fire Flower that he was killed with? Do you have proof that it was even fired?" Captain Toad says, "Ah... yes... That's where things get kind of complicated..." {{Mario's Body Notes added to Evidence}} {{A new talk option has appeared!}}

Investigation: Mario's Room
Examine:
Picnic Basket, Yellow Block, Weird Pictures.
Talk:
Captain Toad
The Victim
The Crime
Why Arrest Luigi?
Fire Flowers
Move:
Castle Lobby
Princess's Room
Present:
To Captain Toad
What will you do?

Evidence: kun.boards.net/post/10213

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Examine: Yellow Block

Vesti looks at the large yellow block in the corner closest to the window. It features a sideways question mark on it. It was probably tipped over at some point. Vesti tries kicking it or something in order to remove the contents, but that doesn't appear to work. Vesti asks, "What even is this block?" Captain Toad quickly answers, "That's what we call a ? Block! We usually use them to store dangerous objects like those Fire Flowers. We're pretty sure that the murder weapon came from that block." Lauren asks, "How easy would it have been to get one of those blocks?" Toadette explains, "The Toad Guards try to keep those blocks and their contents away from civilians, so they usually only give them to specific people." Captain Toad sadly continues, "Of course, because Luigi was Mario's brother, he probably would have been able to get one of those blocks. But, I suppose a lot of people in this case could have gotten one easily too..." Vesti asks, "How do you open these things, anyway?" Captain Toad explains, "You simply have to hit the bottom of it, and if there's an item inside it will come out the top! That's one empty though, so you can't get anyone from it!" Vesti continues, "How do you put an item in?" Captain Toad replies, "Weellll... Uhhh... I have absolutely no idea." "That figures," Vesti responds. {{? Block added to Evidence}}

Picnic Basket

Vesti looks near the door, and notices a picnic basket. He leans down and opens it. Inside is a package of meat, two forks, and two spoons. These items are resting upon a large white sheet. Oddly, the picnic basket lacks a handle, and has nothing to cover the food. Vesti asks, "Was the food on the plates brought here in this picnic basket?" Captain Toad explains, "Yes! That's what Luigi says, at least. He said that Mario invited him to his room for a meal, so he brought food to eat in the picnic basket. However, we don't have anyone to confirm the story, but I don't see why he would lie about something like that..." Vesti then looks at the food on the plates. Mario's plate appears to contain a single slice of the meat, a few strawberries, and some lettuce. Luigi's plate contains the same foods, but some of it has been eaten. {{Picnic Basket added to Evidence}}

Talk: Why Arrest Luigi?

Lauren asks, "Why did you actually arrest Luigi." Captain Toad explains, "Well... as much as I hate to say it... he's really the only one who could have done it." Toadette shouts, "Don't be ridiculous! This is Luigi we're talking about! There's no way he would do this!" Captain Toad continues, "But he was in the room when Mario was murdered. Not only that, but the princess witnessed most of the event, and a few Toad Guards can testify that he was the only one who came up here. I'm working as hard as I can to prove it was someone else, but I'm just not finding anything!" Vesti interrupts, "Alright, why don't we discuss something else now."



Talk: Fire Flower

Vesti asks, "So, what is so special about the fire flower?" Captain Toad explains, "Well, there are multiple things. A fire flower can only be fired three times. When it reaches that limit, the flower shrivels up and becomes unusable. Fire flowers also leaves a burn mark on the hand of people who weild them, simply because of ashes or whatever coming back after it is fired." Lauren asks, "Ashes or whatever?" "Exactly," Captain Toad continues, missing the point, "It's also pretty obvious when someone is shot by them, because they leave burn marks. Fire flowers are extremely powerful, so it's no surprise that Mario died from only two hits from one." Lauren asks, "About this fire flower. Can we see it?" Captain Toad answers, "Sure, I'd be happy to show it you! Unfortunately, the fire flower has been missing since the day of the murder." Vesti replies, "Oh. I guess that would be a problem." Toadette replies, "Yeah... That's a pretty major problem. Do ou have any idea where it could be?" Captain Toad answers, "Not really. I guess the killer took it with them... Though Luigi wouldn't have had a chance to get rid of it... so if he really is the killer, it must be somewhere in this castle..." {{Fire Flower added to Evidence}}

Lauren remarks, "I think that we probably have all the evidence we could get here. Perhaps we should head somewhere else?"

Investigation: Mario's Room
Examine:
Weird Pictures.
Talk:
Captain Toad
The Victim
The Crime
Why Arrest Luigi?
Fire Flowers
Move:
Castle Lobby
Princess's Room
Present:
To Captain Toad
What will you do?

Evidence: kun.boards.net/post/10213

So lemme get this straight, Fire Flowers leave a burn mark on the hands of whoever fires them, and while Luigi seems to be clean from what we've heard, Mario had a burn mark on his right hand. You'd think this would be the sort of thing that would end up being brought up, wouldn't you?

But yes, I think a visit to the Princess' quarters is well in order.

Present the Toad Problems.

Kirby: Planet Rabbyboot is finally released today!


Present: Police Badge

Due to an unfortunate user disagreement, Vesti is unsure if it would be considered polite to present his police badge to a Princess. But eventually, he decides that he doesn't really care that much, and shows it to her anyway. Princess Peach glances at it, and says, "Why are you showing me that trinket?" Vesti replies, "This isn't a trinket! It's my police badge! It represents the dedication I have to my job as a police detective. It represents the authority vested in me as one who carries out the law! It represents-" "Alright," the princess interjects, "That's pretty cool, but I simply don't have time to continue this discussion. However, I will answer anything you ask me, if it relates to the crime itself." Peach checks the time in a relatively ostentatous manner. The message is not lost to Vesti Gates.

Examine: Window

Vesti decides to briefly leave the princess alone in order to examine her window. The window is an rather ornate stained glass window. Specifically, it is the one you could see from outside the castle. It depicts a profile of the princess in a pink dress looking sideways, with a few decorative flowers behind her. Toadette shouts, "Wow! That window looks even more amazing up close!" Princess Peach proudly replies, "Thanks! I designed it myself! Unfortunately, that window doesn't so, it occasionally makes the room way too warm." Vesti takes a closer look at the window. Sure enough, the window doesn't have a latch like Mario's window does. Vesti decides to make a note of this, for some reason. {{Peach's Window added to Evidence}}



Examine: Parasol

Vesti takes a look at Peach's parasol. She asks, "What are you doing?" Vesti immediately takes her parasol, and then carefully examines it in detail. Princess Peach shouts, "Seriously! What are you doing with my stuff!" Vesti returns the parasol, and then replies, "I'm just thoroughly checking the area! Any one of these objects could be related to the crime!" Peach starts bending the parasol in annoyance. She replies, "Well, did you find anything!" Vesti replies, "Well... no... But if I had found something, then it could have changed the case's entire perspective!" Peach responds, "Fine! Just don't do something like that again!"

Talk: What You Saw

Lauren quickly changes the subject. "What exactly did you witness?" Peach replies, "Well, I'm technically not supposed to give random people information like this... but whatever. Basically, I saw Luigi entering Mario's room shortly before he was murdered. Afterwards, I went into my room and heard the two of them arguing." Lauren says, "Hmm... That does seem to implicate Luigi quite a bit..." Peach continues, "That's not all, actually. After they argued, I heard what sounded like fighting. I left my room and went into Mario's, and then I just barely saw Mario falling out of the window. Luigi was the only one in the room, and he was right in front of the window." Lauren replies, "...I see... Well, this is just grand." Toadette shouts, "That can't be! I know Luigi would never have done such a thing!" Peach replies, "Sorry Toadette, but I know what I saw. It might be better if you just accepted it." Toadette replies, "No! If I give up hope, then Luigi might as well be guilty already!" The two briefly continue arguing, but the two detectives are deep in thought. Vesti reflects, (I honestly can't think of how someone else could have killed Mario... unless, of course, the princess is lying...)

Talk: The Toad Villagers/Present: Toad Problems

Vesti asks, "...I don't really want to bring this up right now, but are you actually doing anything about the Toads?" Peach replies, "The Toads? What do you mean?" Lauren explains, "You know... the Toads? The ones that are kind of in poverty right now?" Peach replies, "Oh, right. I've been opening new job opportunities for many of the Toads. But since Toadette's charity is helping many of the villagers, there isn't really much else I can do." Toadette mumbles, "You could always lower the taxes..." Peach looks at the mushroom thingy, and asks, "What did you say? I don't think I heard you." Toadette icily repeats, "I said, you could always lower the taxes." Peach replies, "Really? And how do you propose I fix these issues without the funds I need." Toadette continues, "You could spend the money you have on your kingdom, rather than putting it all in your 'Post-Kidnapping Emotional Recovery Fund.'" Lauren interjects, "Hey, why don't we talk about something else now! We don't have all day remember!" Peach looks away from Toadette, and after a few seconds, replies, "Yes... you're right. Do either of you have any other questions to ask?" Vesti reflects, (Thank goodness Lauren stopped them. That could have ended poorly.)

Investigation: Peach's Room
Examine:
More Weird Pictures, Canopy Bed, Vanity.
Talk:
Princess Peach
The Victim
What You Saw
The Toad Villagers
The Defendant
Move:
Castle Lobby
Mario's Room
Present:
To Princess Peach
What will you do?

Evidence: kun.boards.net/post/10213
If anyone knows why these links seem to randomly stop working for no reason, it would be nice to know.

Heh heh Smiles and Tears? More like Tears and Tears ahahahahah please help.



I totally used your second question during the Defendant talk option. As for your first question, I still haven't played Super Mario Strikers, so I had no idea what to do about that. I breifly considered "doing research" but after several years of public schooling I'm still pretty terrible at it.

Unfortunately, I also don't know what a political landscape is. Also, I feel really lazy. Also, I've been staring at this computer screen for about three hours and I feel pretty much dead.

Oh boy an uncharacteristically short update.


Present: What Should I Call This?: Reflection

Vesti looks into his reflection and asks, "Hey, do you have any idea what I should call this piece of evidence? You know, the one where the witnesses were stuck in the castle lobby?" Vesti Gates replies, "Sure thing! How about you call it 'Witness Timeline' instead" The vest-wearing detective answers, "Hmm... That name doesn't sound absolutely terrible! Thanks, good sir! ...And I might I say that you look rather handsome today?" Detective Gates responds, "How kind of you to say so! The same can be said about you!" Before Vesti Gates can compliment Vesti Gates's hairstyle choices, Lauren Tehra steps up behind Vesti and says, "You know, Vesti... You're a great friend and all, but sometimes I worry about you." Vesti indignantly replies, "What?! It's just talking to yourself! It's like that thing that they do in all of those crime dramas! You know, when someone says something dumb and pointless that somehow helps the detective find the answer." Lauren replies, "Vesti, this isn't a crime drama... this is real life!" The two detectives suddenly get a bizarre feeling, and begin questioning the true nature of their world. Is their existence someone else's dumb crime drama? Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? Suddenly, Toadette interrupts this pointless existential tirade by asking, "Um... Are you two ok? Aren't you going to check that vanity?" The two immediately recollect with their surroundings, and then Vesti remarks, "Oh, right. Yeah, that could be important. Let's go check it out!" {{Witness Timeline updated in Evidence}}

Examine: Vanity

Vesti, who is standing right next to the Vanity, opens the drawer. Inside is a yellow parcel envelope thing. {{You know, those things report cards are usually in? These things? I don't know if they even have a name.}} On the front is a blocky green capital L. On the back is Luigi's full name, written out in green pen or something. Vesti hands it to Lauren, who unclasps (???) the clasp, and then removes the contents inside. The envelope appears to contain three photographs. Thre three look at the photos. They appear to depict a large turtle-like creature in a weird flying machine grabbing the princess and carrying her away. Toadette says, "...Is this a picture of the kidnapping." Lauren replies, "It certainly appears to be that way... But why does this envelope have Luigi's name on it... and why did the princess hide it in her room?" Toadette remarks, "I think that there's more to these images than meets the eye! We should definitely hold on to them!" Lauren continues, "Yeah. I'll keep these in my bag. I'm not sure I trust them with you two." Vesti replies, "Come on, Lauren, I spilled Kool-Aid on the evidence ONE TIME!" Lauren replies, "Sure, but you spilled coffee on the evidence twice!" Vesti responds, "Alright, now you're just being unreasonable. The cup was empty the second time!" Toadette interjects, "Guys, we need to get moving! We don't have much time! The trial starts in 30 minutes!" Vesti continues, "...You're right. But where should we go?" Lauren explains, "I'd suggest we go to that field if we had more time... but I think it would be a better idea to talk to Luigi again... Assuming we can make it in time..." {{File of Photos added to Evidence}}

I would probably right more if I didn't have such an annoying tendency to get distracted. Seriously, that last paragraph took me about an hour.

Investigation: Peach's Room
Examine:
More Weird Pictures, Canopy Bed.
Talk:
There is no one here
Move:
Castle Lobby
Mario's Room
Present:
To Your Reflection
What will you do?

Evidence: kun.boards.net/post/10213

If anyone knows why these links seem to randomly stop working for no reason, it would be nice to know.

I doubt this update will have much of substance in it.


Talk: Toadette: Captain Toad's Defending Skills

Vesti turns to Toadette and asks, "How would you describe Captain Toad's competency as a defense attorney?" Toadette replies, "Well, considering that he is a detective, not a defense attorney, I'm not sure that I can say much about that!" Vesti replies, "Oh... ok... Well, what if pretended to be a defense attorney, then how could it go?" Toadette quickly replies, "Well... assuming no one would instantly recognize him... then I doubt he'd do that well. After all, he's the lead detective and a witness for the prosecution." Vesti replies, "Oh... ok..." Vesti Gates disheartened, walks over to the vanity.

Present: Police Badge

Vesti pulls out his police badge, and then waves it in front of the mirror. He says, "This is my police-" Seeing this, Lauren interrupts, "Vesti, what are you doing?" Vesti explains, "Well, I'm going to show my police badge to my reflection, and see how he reacts." Lauren releases a long suffering sigh, and asks, "Vesti, can't that wait until we have more than 30 minutes until Luigi is put on trial and probably found guilty?" Vesti replies, "Well... I suppose so... Let's go to the Detention Center!" Vesti then walks towards the door, but then quickly gets distracted and leaves for another corner of the room.

Examine: Canopy Bed

Vesti walks over to the bed and asks, "Hey Lauren, can I investigate this bed real quick? It looks suspicious!" Lauren and Toadette look extremely annoyed. Vesti continues, "Alright, fine! I'll be right there!"

Move: Detention Center

Vesti starts towards the door, but then moves to the check out the weird pictures instead. Vesti says, "Give me a second, these paintings look really interesting." In response, Lauren grabs Vesti by the hand and starts pulling him out of the room. Toadette follows and closes the door behind her. Afterwards, the group quickly runs through the castle, outside, and then back to the village, where they return to the Detention Center.

Date: ??? Time: 20 minutes until trial. Location: Detention Center

Lauren, Vesti, and Toadette enter the Detention Center. Once inside, they discover that Luigi is still in the holding cell. The three enter the room, and sure enough, Luigi is sitting in the holding cell, and looking extremely worried. Lauren says, "Hello, Luigi. We're here to ask you a few more questions, if you don't mind." Luigi sees the three of them, and answers, "Alright... The guards are going to take me to the courthouse in five minutes, but I guess you can ask me whatever you want until then... I just hope it isn't too late..."

Investigation: Detention Center
Examine:
Gray Brick, Slightly Grayer Brick, Beige Brick.
Talk:
Luigi
The Trial
Your Defense
???
Move:
Toad Village
Present:
To Luigi
What will you do?

Evidence: kun.boards.net/post/10213

If anyone knows why these links seem to randomly stop working for no reason, it would be nice to know.

I don't really understand what you're trying to say here.

There's nothing spoilery in this box.


First, Lauren quickly asks, "Luigi? Would you mind showing us your right hand?" Luigi answers, "Uh... I guess so... I don't know how that would help though." He takes his glove off and shows you his hand. His right hand is relatively normal, aside from the fact that it appears to be somewhat burned. Lauren asks, "How did you hand get burned like that?" Luigi replies, "Oh, this? That happened on the night of the murder." Vesti asks, "How exactly did you get burned." Luigi hesitates for a moment, then answers, "Umm... Well... It was all kind of a blur... I can't really remember." Vesti reflects, (It looks like he's still trying to hide something about the crime...)

Examine: Slightly Greyer Brick

Vesti decides to use the limited time remaining to take a look at one of the bricks in the wall. He comments, "Hey, look! This brick is a darker shade of gray than those other bricks!" Toadette heads over to check out this insanity. She continues, "Wow, you're right! I wonder why they did that." Vesti says, "I have an idea! Maybe some prisoner destroyed the brick that was originally here, and they had to replace it with a different kind of brick." Lauren walks over to the wall and asks, "How exactly would a prisoner destroy the brick from inside the holding cell." Vesti answers, "Maybe they used psychic powers! There are probably some people here that have psychic powers!" Toadette continues, "You know, I think I have met a few people with psychic powers. And some of those Koopas can use magic! Maybe they did it!" Vesti continues, "Hmm... What if this murder is really connected to the destruction of that brick!" Lauren interrupts, "Ok, Vesti, now you're just being ridiculous. Let's at least ask Luigi a few more questions before you make insane theories about that garbage can over there."

Talk: Conversation with Mario

Vesti walks back over to Luigi and asks, "What did you and Mario argue about?" Luigi replies, "...What do you mean?" Lauren explains, "The princess said she overheard you and Mario arguing about something. What were the two of you arguing about?" Luigi meekly replies, "Um... She must be mistaken... We didn't argue about anything..." Vesti reflects, (Yeah, Luigi is definitely hiding something... Unfortunately, I don't really have time to interrogate him about it anymore. Maybe I can figure something out tomorrow.)

Examine: Beige Brick

Vesti, unwilling to let the bricks go, points out another bizarre part of the wall, which happens to be inside Luigi's holding cell. He asks, "Why is that the only beige brick in the entire room?" Luigi replies, "Yeah... That has been bugging me for a while too." Toadette answers, "Maybe pushing that brick leads to a secret passageway!" Luigi responds, "I've already tried that, actually..." Toadette continues, "Maybe you just didn't push hard enough! I bet you were too scared to actually push it!" Lauren interrupts, "Can we stop talking about the bricks, please? You people are driving me insane." Toadette asks, "If you do go insane, can you break the glass so we can push that brick?" At this, Lauren simply lets out a sigh.

Talk: Your Alibi

Vesti finally asks, "Do you have an alibi for the murder." Luigi sighs, "No... not really. I was in the room shortly before Mario was killed... But I didn't kill him!" Lauren asks, "Did you actually see who killed Mario?" Luigi hesitates, then responds, "No... I swear, I left the room before anything happened."

Present: File of Photos

Lauren takes out the file with the photographs in it. She pulls out the three photos and presses them against the screen. She asks, "Do you recognize these photos?" Luigi recoils in apparent shock at seeing them. Eventually, he replies, "Yes... I took those photos." Vesti asks, "What are these pictures depicting." Luigi answers, "...They show the princess getting kidnapped by that Bowser guy. I witnessed the entire event! Apparently, they were the main piece of evidence that got Bowser arrested at that trial. Where did you find them?" Vesti explains, "We found these photos in Princess Peach's room. Do you have any idea how they could have gotten there." Luigi replies, "What?! No, I have no idea. I thought I left them in Mario's room. Maybe the princess took them out?" Lauren quickly asks, "You brought these images to Mario's room! Why?" Luigi seems startled by the question. Eventually, he answers, "...Well... I didn't have any particular reason too... I just sort of brought them absentmindedly..." Everyone stands in silence for a few seconds, then Lauren skeptically responds, "...Alright..."

Talk: Your Defense {{Also includes The Trial because they might as well be the exact same thing}}

Toadette asks, "Luigi, do you know who's defending you for the trial?" Luigi answers, "I don't really know. They said I was being defended by someone from outside the kingdom, but I've never even met them. I don't even know their name. I overheard one of the guards saying that his hair looked kind of funny though." Lauren clarifies, "Wait, so you have a defense attorney, but you don't actually know who he is?" Luigi replies, "Yeah... I guess so..."

Suddenly, the group hears the door slam behind them. Two Toad guards walk into the room. One of them says, "The trial is about to begin. Luigi, it's time for you to go." Luigi looks rather worried, but hesitantly replies, "...Ok. I'm ready..." The other guard walks over to the holding cell, and unlocks the door. Luigi hands are cuffed, and then the guards begin walking him out of the room. Toadette calls after him, "Good luck, Luigi! I'm sure things will go fine!" Luigi turns around and nods in thanks, and then he turns around the corner. After a few seconds of silence, Toadette says, "We should probably get going! I don't want to miss the trial." Vesti responds, "Yeah, you're right... I'm kind of dissapointed. I was hoping to volunteer to defend him myself, and then I'd go and be all lawyer-y and stuff! It would have been awesome!" Lauren laughs, and replies, "Yeah, but I imagine that would have been pretty stressful. Honestly, I'm kind of glad we don't have to deal with that responsibility.

Suddenly, a voice behind them shouts, "I wouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions if I were you." The three turn around, and see our friend Chronos Krate opening the two double doors and walking into the room. Vesti shouts, "You again! What do you want this time!" Chronos replies, "Not so loud, please! There are some minor characters outside!" Toadette blunty asks, "Who the heck is this?" Lauren replies, "I would love to tell you, but frankly, I haven't the feintest idea." Chronos sighs, "That's not how you spell 'faintest'! Would you people please try a little harder next time!" Vesti replies, "Why are you here again?" Chronos explains, "Oh, right. You see, Vesti, you are actually set to defend Luigi in court in about fifteen minutes. So, you should probably go and do that now." Vesti shouts, "Wait, what! I don't recall signing up at all!" Chronos continues, "Well, I suppose you can question me on the specifics if you must... Just don't expect more than one talk option."

Investigation: Detention Center
Examine:
Gray Brick.
Talk:
Chronos Krate
Defending Luigi
Move:
Toad Village
Present:
To Chronos Krate
What will you do?

Evidence: kun.boards.net/post/10213

There goes, like, three hours.

I'll probably fix the evidence issue later. I don't feel too well right now.

I put something super clever here but then I deleted it.


Examine: Gray Brick

Let's not and say we did.

Present: Police Badge

Vesti shows Chronos his Police Badge. Chronos sighs, "Why are you showing me that again?" Vesti answers, "I'd just like to remind you that this is a Police Badge. It's not a defense attorney's badge!" Chronos answers, "So?" Vesti hesitantly replies, "Soo... I can't defend people, and stuff." Chronos explains, "Yeah, sure, but this is the Mushroom Kindgom. Their attorney's badges look completely different. Who's to say your Police Badge isn't really a foreign Attorney's Badge? They sure wouldn't." Vesti asks, "Would these people really be that easily tricked?" Chronos explains, "They're NPCs. They're pretty gullible." Lauren interjects, "Isn't something about this illegal? We can't stop a criminal by sinking to their level." Chronos explains, "I mean, pretending to be a lawyer in a dimension you don't even live in doesn't really compare to 1st-degree murder... but whatever. Anyway, it's the only way for you to save Luigi, so inaction would mean a murderer would avoid conviction. So, unless you want poor old Luigi to deal with the hullaboo of his defense attorney not actually existing, then you pretty much don't have a choice." Vesti remarks, "This still seems like a terrible idea..." Chronos replies, "Yeah, it probably is."

Talk: Hat Size

Vesti asks, "Hey, Chronos, what's your hat size?" Chronos hesitates, then replies, "...Why the heck are you asking me this?" Vesti replies, "Uhh... Personal reasons..." Toadette continues, "Yeah, Vesti, why ARE you asking him this?" Chronos answers, "Whatever... My hat size is Large, I guess. That's not usually the kind of thing that gets considered in character creation..." Vesti replies, "Cool, thanks." He proceeds to record this information in his notebook. {{Chronos Krate updated in Profiles}} At this, Chronos remarks, "Is that really worth the trouble of updating the first post?"

Talk: Defending Luigi

Lauren asks, "Assuming we actually try to defend Luigi, would we even half enough evidence to do it?" Vesti replies, "Well... we only have about fifteen minutes left, so it's not like we could actually look for more evidence." Chronos continues, "I can confirm that you have all of the evidence you would need for the moment. You can certainly succeed if you don't do anything stupid." Vesti asks, "Speaking of which, how did I get signed up as an attorney in the first place?" Chronos explains, "I signed you up about a day ago. Well, in my time it was about ten minutes ago, but still." Vesti replies, "Seriously? Couldn't have at least asked us first?" Chronos, without much inflection, answers, "Wow. I'd have expected you to be more grateful. I saved you about two hours worth of paperwork. It was an extremely dreadful procedure." Lauren replies, "Oh, good. That certainly makes all the difference." Chronos responds, "I'm going to pretend that you weren't being sarcastic there. Anyway, you three should probably get going. You only have about ten minutes left."

{{And yeah I know there's not really much left to do, but I'm not writing the entire pre-trial post too because I'd probably go insane.}}

Investigation: Detention Center
Examine:
No more evidence!
Talk:
Chronos Krate
Defending Luigi
Move:
Toad Village
Present:
To Chronos Krate
What will you do?

Evidence: kun.boards.net/post/10213

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