Part 53: Episode 3, Day 2, Investigation: Fetch Quest

Part 53: Episode 3, Day 2, Investigation: Fetch Quest



The director doesn't care about our new find, let's go show it around elsewhere.



Never mind, we've got some action at the main gate!

Where's that old windbag?

Odd of her to leave her post...



Nick! That was her!
^{Sound: Realization}



Y-yeah. Sounds like she's chasing after that boy.


^{Sound: Thud 4}

Uh oh, she tripped!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

(Maya sure looks happy...)



The plot triggers in this episode haven't made a lot of narrative sense, but these last two really work. We have to open the drain gate and get Ms. Oldbag to show up in order for the fanboy to appear, and then run off the fanboy to get Ms. Oldbag to chase him and leave the main gate unguarded. Anyway, let's snoop around the guard station again...

Hey, hey, Nick.



Good idea.

...

Oh!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

This is it, Nick!
^{Sound: Realization}



The key to that trailer in Studio Two!

We'll be borrowing this, right, Nick?





No one has anything to say about either of our new acquisitions, so we head over to Studio Two to unlock the trailer.



...

It opened.
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Great! Let's go, Nick!

(She seems eager all of a sudden...)

Well, you first, Nick!

(Ah, not THAT eager.)



Let's just look at the door one more time first.

The trailer door. It's unlocked.



Well, let's go in!



Looks like a weird conference room, with some movie posters?



Oh, hello.

Eek!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

S-someone's in here!



O-our n-names? Um, w-we're WP's lawyers, and, um...

I see.

...

A-and who might you...?



Our second target! She doesn't seem all that talkative, though...



Geez Phoenix, keep it under control today, will you?



As usual we'll poke around first.

It looks like they were designing a set to use for the Steel Samurai show.



I can't believe they spend that much money on those sets!



The glass is frosted. I can't see outside.



Riveting...



This is where they had that meeting.

There are documents and paper cups scattered around.

That's an oddly-large water bottle on the table, but no prompts for it.



Nothing in here that could be a clue.

Just some paper cups and crumpled documents.

Come on, where are the dumb criminals that throw away key evidence but leave it in plain sight? (Yes, I realize we just found an empty bottle of sleeping pills lying around last update.)



Another old movie poster. "'The Singing Samurai' starring Jack Hammer."



Guess our victim really did used to be a star, and in a samurai movie no less.

Oh. My. God.
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



Mr. Hammer was a very accomplished singer, you know.

Singing samurai stars... What's next? Ninja ballet?

Too many references to Hammer's former stardom for it to not be a plot point somehow. Although I would totally watch a ninja ballet.



"'Samurai Summer' starring Jack Hammer."

This poster's quite old.


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

It was one of those typical summer romance stories... but it was great!

A typical summer romance... with a samurai on a horse?



An old movie poster.



I guess Mr. Hammer used to be quite the star.

Is this place a shrine to Hammer or something?



Whatever, let's talk to Ms. Vasquez.

I was wondering if you could tell me about the day of the murder...

...

...

M-Ms. Vasquez?


^{Sound: Realization}

E-excuse me?

Script. I'm looking for a script.

A s-script?



I need it.



I need to read it.

...

...

...

(We're getting nowhere fast.)

The heck with this lady?



Music: The Steel Samurai



...

...

Ms. Vasquez?



That's all I have to say about that.

Music: Silence


^{Sound: Super Shock}

Hey, don't get mad at me.



Ms. Vasquez hasn't even looked at us yet, she just keeps smoking her long pipe.

About the director... Sal Manella, was it?

What, er, exactly is his role here...?



I'm looking for a script.

I can't be bothered with anything else.

...

Nick?


^{Sound: Realization}

It's starting to look like it.

With our conversation exhausted, Maya's had enough...



There is?

Y-yeah.

Wait.
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Y-yes?



W-why do we have to do your errands...!
^{Sound: Whack}

...

...

...

I tell you what, all that "..." conversation in the thread earlier was really premature, you all should have waited for this update!


^{Sound: Whoops}

Don't cry. She'll take it as a sign of weakness.

Alright. We'll give it to him if we see him.



Did we just get sent on a fetch quest?



Hey, lady, we're an attorney, you know!



Not in our badge or in anything else we have, apparently. Oh well. Back to the director I guess?



But first, the profile for the producer. What makes a producer "high-ranking," I wonder?



Maya and Will don't care about the memo, so we're back at the employee area.

Music: The Steel Samurai



I didn't think we'd have to talk to this guy again so soon...

Music: Silence


^{Sound: Realization}

Huh? "Bring me the script for Episode 13"?

Episode 13... where did I put that one?

...

I must have left it somewhere... *sweats*



Music: The Steel Samurai

Nick...



I agree.



Well I guess it's time for a hunt. Seems like a good spot for some audience participation, too. Where should we look? Bonus points if you post with why you chose that location!