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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 029

Ink in the Sugar Bowl

Easy
5 × 5 · 7–12 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Quill Corner Reading Cafe · A writer was killed before confronting an editor over a reused signature. On the tea tray, a sugar bowl held an uncapped ink bottle instead of sugar.

1.103
1.2Records Desk ××
1.301
1.4
1.5Wave Mosaic
2.1
2.202
2.3
2.4
2.5
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5Service Door ××
4.1Wave Rug
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
5.1
5.2Inlaid Mosaic ××
5.304
5.4
5.5

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

Elian There was nobody else in my room.

2

Ivo I was in the same column as the Inlaid Mosaic.

3

Ren · VICTIM I was right beside the Service Door; I was in the same row as the Service Door.

4

Vale Only Ren shared my room; I was in the same row as the Wave Rug; I was in the same column as the Wave Rug.

5

Noor I was in the same row as the Inlaid Mosaic.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 029 · 01 / 01