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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 002

Signal Nine

Medium
7 × 7 · 14–20 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Harbour Signal House · A photographer checking last night's arrivals was killed on the breakwater. The log listed no ship, but the radio repeated exactly the same weather bulletin three times.

1.1Map Desk ××
1.2
1.3Tide Clock ××
1.4
1.5
1.6Sea Window
1.7
2.1
2.201
2.3
2.4
2.502
2.6
2.7
3.1
3.2Signal Rug
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
4.1
4.203
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6Lamp Door
4.7
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4Battery Fern ××
5.5
5.604
5.7
6.1
6.2
6.3Brass Gull ××
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.405
7.5
7.6Victim Marker
7.7

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

Mara The tide clock was immediately west of me.

2

Ren I was below the map desk, against the western wall.

3

Tess I stood east of the signal rug, touching its edge.

4

Vale The lamp-room door was immediately west of me.

5

Ivo The battery fern was immediately west of me.

6

Noor I was west of the brass gull, close enough to touch it.

7

Elian · VICTIM The victim lay on the breakwater in the same column as the sea window.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 002 · 01 / 01