Part 19: Episode 2, Investigation: A Wild Bellboy Appears!

Part 19: Episode 2, Investigation: A Wild Bellboy Appears!



We got a pretty heavy hint last time that we need to go back to the Gatewater Hotel. We couldn't get into the drawer with the screwdriver before, but somehow we're going to be allowed to do so now I guess.



And lo and behold we have a random encounter with a hotel bellboy either inside or just outside Miss April May's room.

Excuse me, you are...?

Ah, I beg your pardon, sir!



Oh, right.

I've just come up to deliver room service, sir.



This guy gets his own profile entry, too.

Um... do you know where Miss May might be?



If you've no need of anything, I'll be taking my leave.

Yes, please go so we can poke our nose in that drawer.



Yeah...

Wait... no! Hey!

...



I guess the bellboy thinks we're here for an investigation of a more romantic nature?

(Wait... now's my chance to snoop around a bit!)



Surprise! He's back, very suddenly.

Gah! Y-you came back quick!



Please tell her that Mr. White, of Bluecorp phoned.

Oh, right. Sure.

Mr. White, you say? Maya told us about a Mr. White. A common enough name, but I don't believe in coincidences in this game.



C'mon Phoenix, you can do it! Rub those brain cells together...



We're sent into a brief flashback...

That was his name. My sister told me.



And apparently he wasn't satisfied with just their mother, either. Or maybe Mia's "evidence" that she was trying to hide in the statue-clock was related?

(Could it be a coincidence?)

I wonder if we'll start getting red herrings in this game, too. That could make things fun. "Actually, it turned out to be a totally different Mr. White." or "It turns out Mia was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Music: Investigation - Core



We're finally free to look around. Everything else is the same, so let's just take a peek in that drawer...



Now's my chance to see what's inside!

...!

What do we have here!

Music: Suspense



I am moderately impressed that Phoenix can recognize a wiretap on sight. I sure can't.

What would a woman like her be doing with a thing like this?



I could see this little piece of evidence being used to connect some dots later. The statue-clock was hollowed out to hide some evidence. That information was mentioned in the phone call between Mia and Maya. And this wiretap could have recorded that phone call. I think we're still missing a couple pieces, though.



Why would she have something like this in her hotel room?

There's a story behind all this, I know it!

Alright...



For Maya's sake...



Phoenix is still saying this all out loud, with April in the bathroom. Maybe we should skedaddle?



Yeah, time to make like a tree and get outta here.

(Uh oh, time to scram!)



(In court!)





We appear to have obtained all the information we need. The investigation phase is finally over.

Music: Jingle - It Can't End Here



We'll take the given opportunity to save, and then next time: The trial!