Rafaela Guzman

**Rafaela Guzman** was a suspect in the murder of salon owner Diego Sanvrille in Slayyyyyyyyed! (Case #11 of Zorro Island) as well as pop icon Rosalia Pequeña in Death Drop (Case #13 of Zorro Island). She also made a quasi-suspect in Is This What You Call Love? (Case #12 of Zorro Island), before she was revealed to be the festival saboteur, and the killer of Kofi Lane in Frozen Out (Case #15 of Zorro Island).

## Info

Rafaela is a 26-year-old festival designer from Hielo Pueblo. She has curly black hair and tan skin, sporting dark red lipstick as well. She also has brown eyes. She wears a pastel pink dress, with a denim blue jacket over it, and has a pen tucked behind her ear.

In her first suspect appearance, it is known that she drinks bubble tea and listens to Rosalia Pequeña.

In her second suspect appearance, she dons a backstage pass clipped to her jacket. It is known that she uses citrus bath soaks and does yoga.

In her third suspect appearance, she ditches the pass, and it is known that she uses Klonopin, plays the piano and watches telenovelas.

## Events of Zorro Island

### Slayyyyyyyyed!

Rafaela was flagged as a suspect when Javier and the player found her checklist at the salon. Rafaela would greet the player and Javier, with Javier being entranced by her appearance, before explaining that she is overseeing the festival and Diego was helping her doing it. When asked about her relationship with Diego, Rafaela explained that they had been friends for three years, before she briefly got a radio transmission and left the team.

Rafaela was spoken to again when security footage of Diego being a diva and ordering Rafaela around, going as far as forcing her into massaging him. Rafaela would explain that she had to do some planning for the next festival, and that she asked Diego to oversee the festival, turning him into a diva and control freak, and leading to him ordering her around like a slave. When asked if she killed him, Rafaela would deny the accusation.

Rafaela was found to be innocent when Valentino Corazón was found guilty of the murder, but later appeared when Ellis Mandelio and the player found plans to sabotage the next festival, *Lurve*. Rafaela thanked the player and said that she would do whatever it takes to divert any threats elsewhere.

### Is This What You Call Love?

After the arrest of Dario Di Monte, Rafaela requested to see Rhea and the player, asking them to look around the Japanese store for any evidence. There was where they found the next set of blueprints, where somebody had circled the fire exits. Rafaela then explained that she had supplied blueprints for every festival to all of the vendors so they could pick the ideal place for their stall, meaning that one of the vendors was the person behind sabotaging the festival. She then thanked the player for helping her and left.

### Death Drop

Rafaela was flagged as a suspect when she attempted to stop Axelle and the player from entering The Silver Fox, which was a location important in the investigation. Upon being interrogated, she appeared to view Rosalia's death as more of an inconvenience, despite liking her music and seeming to think she was a "fairly alright" person. She then snapped at the player for wasting her time as she left to plan the next festival.

Rafaela was spoken to once again after Bonita discovered that Rosalia had been blackmailing Rafaela after seeing her at the strip club, as Axelle discerned that what Rosalia had witnessed wasn't PG-rated. Rafaela confessed that she had been having relations with someone when Rosalia burst in, demanding $1,000,000 more to her account else she would hack the security tapes and release them publicly. Rafaela admitted that she had dealt with Rosalia, but not in a way that killed her.

Rafaela was eventually found innocent when Icónico was arrested for the murder.

### Frozen Out

Rafaela was flagged as a suspect when her itinerary was found at the crime scene. Claiming to have dropped it when doing her routine checks, she thanked the player, before being shocked when Javier told her Kofi had died. Seeming not to know who he was, she seemed more concerned when Javier told her that Ellis Mandelio discovered the body, as she told the detectives that she had been planning her next bout of festivals in Costa Caliente, and hadn't had much time elsewhere, as she left to continue doing so.

Rafaela was spoken to again when the detectives discovered an angry message on an answerphone, as Kofi was threatening to shut down her business if she couldn't prevent her festivals from being sabotaged. Rafaela told them that she meant to delete the voicemail, but couldn't be bothered, explaining that it wasn't even the first time in the hour someone had "bitched to me about the festival crap", which surprised Javier due to her careless tone. Rafaela told them that she wasn't in control of everything that went on at her festivals, only the schedule, as she left to call the mayor.

In the end, Rafaela turned out to be the killer, as well as the person sabotaging the festivals. Upon being caught, Rafaela expressed significant glee over finally being identified as the mastermind behind the sabotages, saying that she didn't want to go on for much longer. Rafaela then admitted that she had an aneurysm in her brain that could rupture at any moment, but couldn't be removed due it's precarious location. Seeing it as a liberating diagnosis, Rafaela decided to sabotage her festivals to make her name go down in history before she died, later discovering she was indirectly responsible for the deaths of four innocent people. She then went on to discover that Kofi had been investigating the sabotages due to the fact that they were directly related to his company, which had it's headquarters situated in Hielo Pueblo, as she lured him to the ice palace and pushed a pillar down upon him using a mechanism she had designed. Shocked by the morality and sadness Rafaela had regarding her actions, Judge Vargas sentenced her to 20 years in prison, with chance of parole in 5.