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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 034

The Phone Beneath the Stage

Medium
6 × 6 · 12–20 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Marionette Hall · A puppet-theatre custodian was killed during inventory. A ringing phone drew witnesses from the store, although it was a stage prop with its cable cut long ago.

1.101
1.2Star Mosaic
1.303
1.402
1.5
1.6
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5Records Desk ××
2.6
3.105
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
4.1
4.2
4.3Service Door ××
4.4Star Rug
4.504
4.6
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
6.1Inlaid Mosaic ××
6.2
6.3
6.4Potted Fern ××
6.5
6.6

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

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

2

Vale There was nobody else in my room; I was right beside the Records Desk; I was in the same row as the Records Desk.

3

Elian There was nobody else in my room.

4

Ivo I was in the same column as the Potted Fern.

5

Ren · VICTIM I was right beside the Inlaid Mosaic; I was in the same column as the Inlaid Mosaic.

6

Mara Only Ren shared my room.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 034 · 01 / 01