Main Story 02-08

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Main Story 02-08

Story Stage

Main Story 02-09

Overview

• Stage Cost: AP x10 (First-Time Cost)
• First Clear Rewards: S-Chip x40

Guide

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Questioning

1. Select "Conflict of interest" and "Reason to go to the banquet"
   1. Unlock "Banquet arrival/departure"
   2. Unlock "Reason for the gift"
2. (Key 1/3) Select "Banquet arrival/departure"
3. (Key 2/3) Select "Reason for the gift"
   1. Unlock "Ones in contact with the chocolates"
4. (Key 3/3) Select "Ones in contact with the chocolates"

Summary

Marius von Hagen, Vyn Richter, and the main character arrive at the Manning Palace Hotel to begin their investigation into Estelle Marino's murder the night prior. The MC decides to question Marius first to compare his word against that of Jen Mendoza, Estelle's secretary, whom she wants to question afterward. Marius reveals that the evidence against him seems overwhelming: the gift of liquor chocolates he already admitted to giving Estelle were poisoned, and Estelle's dying act was to write "Hagen" on a note that was found near her body. The MC agrees that these things, combined with recent rumors of both business and personal scandal between Marius and Estelle, paint a bleak picture.

During questioning, Marius insists that he purchased the chocolates on a whim on the way to the banquet, never unwrapped or tampered with them, and left the banquet after only 45 minutes, at which time Estelle was alive and well despite already having eaten one of the chocolates and handed the box to Jen. He also explains that many of the rumors of scandal are overblown and can be debunked with Pax internal documents if not entirely false, and there were only minor personal grudges. Darius Morgan then leads Marius away to the police station before the media arrives, while Vincent Kim, Marius' assistant, arrives with the aforementioned internal documents and a gift for the MC.

Location(s)

Manning Palace Hotel
Crime Scene

Manning Palace Hotel
Room 1817

Character(s)

Vyn Richter

Marius von Hagen

Darius Morgan

Vincent Kim

Evidence

Acquisition Malfeasance Documents

Evidence Description (Spoilers)

Documents on the handling of Pax's internal malfeasants during the acquisition of Mode de Vénus.

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Our investigation has revealed that the operations manager maliciously leaked our base offer during the negotiation of the acquisition of Mode de Vénus, causing the negotiation to fail. As per regulations, the operations manager and relevant malfeasants are to be dismissed.

Lab Report on the Chocolates

Evidence Description (Spoilers)

The police-issued lab report on the liquor chocolates confirms that they contain tetrodotoxin. Lifted fingerprints only belong to Estelle, Jen, or Marius.

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Test Item: Wine Chocolates

Test Results: Contain small doses of low-purity tetrodotoxin. After consumption, the toxin has an incubation period of up to three hours.

Fingerprints: Three sets of fingerprints were collected on the chocolates and the packaging. They have been identified as belonging to Estelle Marino, Jen Mendoza, and Marius von Hagen.

Theory 1:

Taking into account Tetrodotoxin's incubation period and the time Estelle ate the chocolate during the banquet, the possibility of Marius being the one who poisoned the chocolates cannot be eliminated.

Clue(s)

Estelle Eating Chocolate

Estelle ate a piece of chocolate between 19:00 and 19:15 and showed no sign of discomfort.

When Marius Arrived

Marius arrived at the banquet at 18:30 and left at 19:15.

Keeper of the Chocolates

The chocolates were in the possession of Jen for the night.