Death in Atlantis

**Death In Atlantis** is a case featured in *Criminal Case*. It takes place in the *Under The Sea* chapter of Graecita.

## Plot

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view**

In the viking ship, Madelina is seen laying on a mattress of down, using a piece of animal skin as her blanket. In the same room were two women, a nurse and her daughter, talking about Madelina while she was asleep. The daughter felt excited by Madelina’s presence as it was the first time she saw an “indigenous” person and asked her mother if she really is Thor’s lover. The mother replied to her child by stating that it is just a rumor and that they don’t know for sure if its true or not, when suddenly the two women heard a sneeze. They turned to see who mad that sound and realized that Madelina was woken up by a feather touching her nose. As Madelina was opening her eyes, she looked at surroundings, confused on why it looks so different, she then looked under her blanket and realizing she’s naked, she screamed. The nurse calmed her down and brought her a tray of food, assuming she must be hungry as she slept for days. Madelina spoke with the woman and her daughter for a brief moment before Chet barged into the room, asking the women if everything was okay. The nurse’s daughter blushed and she assured Chet they were okay, but Chet could only focus on one person in the room: Madelina and he was glad to see that she’s finally woken up. Madelina was not as happy about the reunion, still remembering how he abandoned her pulled up her blanket, not wanting him to see one part of her nude body. After greeting Madelina, which didn’t go as well as he hoped for, he told the nurse that the viking chief would like to have a meeting with “Jane” (the name the clan believes is Madelina’s) and asked her to make sure she looks as presentable as possible. Once the nurse had Madelina dresses up, Chet started walking her toward the chief’s cabin, waiting for her to say something to him, but Madelina did not talk a single word. Chet knew there was something up with Madelina, but just to be sure, he asked her if she missed him. When Madelina did not answer, Chet asked her if she was feeling well, where Madelina lied by claiming she is and asked why she should feel otherwise. When Chet pointed out how cold she was acting, Madelina rolled her eyes and told Chet that just because they shared a “meaningless” kiss, that doesn’t mean she’ll act all hysterical around her. Chet felt hurt by Madelina calling their kiss “meaningless”, but he bottled up his feelings until they reached the chief’s cabin and before Madelina could enter, Chet grabbed her arm. Getting annoyed, Madelina pulled away her arms and she shouted at Chet to stop bothering her. Chet apologized to Madelina, however, he told her that he needs to give a warning before she could go in. He explained that in order to protect her, he had to make up some lies about her, so if the chief mentioned anything false about her, instead of correcting him, Chet told Madelina to simply stay silent and pretend whatever is being said about her is true. Madelina was still pissed off at Chet, however not wanting to get in trouble, she decided to take his warning seriously.

Madelina entered the chief’s cabin which was decorated with blades and creepy animal trophies and on the center there was a table full of food and sitting on its chairs were the chief and his sister, Freja, both of them waiting for Madelina. When Madelina saw the chief, she immediately demanded to know what he’s done to *The Pedersen*’s passengers, where he assured her that the boys are all alive and that they tied the yacht into their ship. Rune then invited Madelina for a lunch, and at first she was hesitant, suspecting the food was poisoned, but her hunger took over her instinct and she charged into the meal like a wild savage. While they were eating, the chief chatted with Madelina and she was confused on why he and everyone on the ship was calling her “Jane” but remembering Chet’s warning, she decided to go along. Eventually the rumor about her being Thor’s lover was brought up and when Madelina heard it, she started laughing. Both the chief and his sister looked at her, and Madelina eventually held her laughter and confirmed the rumors were “true” and she was indeed “Jane Foster”. That lie triggered Freja, who held her frustration throughout the meal and she accused Madelina of lying, boasting about studying everything on Norse History and how she never heard of “Jane”. This put Madelina in a difficult spot, but not wanting Freja to bring her down, she asked her and the chief what was the date, which made the two feel puzzled. Realizing she was dealing with “uncivilized” people, she quizzed them on Jesus Christ, asking how many years has passed since his crucification and when Freja answered with 1000, Madelina corrected her with 2000. This further confused the siblings and Madelina explained to them that none of them that everyone in the ship have died about 1000 years ago and were resurrected into a totally different time period, so whatever Freja knows about Norse History, there is still a millennium worth of knowledge for her yet to learn. Freja was offended and insisted Madelina was lying, but Rune was open into believing her and asked “Jane” if she could show them Mjollnir. Madelina started sweating and she explained to the siblinhs that she had “lost” the hammer. This drew a grin on Freja’s face and she tried to get her brother to see past “Jane”’s lie, but Rune was growing irritated by Freja and demanded she shut her mouth. He then apologized for taking up “Jane”’s time and excused her out of the cabin.

Meanwhile the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* is seen sailing, somewhere across the north and south Atlantic ocean. Alex had joined them in the journey where he shared the details of his conversation with Athena, revealing that the goddess will only agree to lifting Medusa’s curse if she received an apology from Poseidon, and so, the crew decided to sail all the way to Atlantis just to talk with him. While the crew were practicing what to say to Poseidon, Mia spotted Natalie swimming past them and called for her. Natalie was shocked at seeing her friends sailing at the middle of nowhere, but she swam toward them where she was asked about her quest on finding Madelina. There, Natalie went into a panic and revealed that she did find Madelina but as she was trying to convince her into coming back to Graecita, a viking ship showed up and attacked the yacht. This worried Ophelia who’ve heard about the vikings’ brutality, but Yoyo remained hopeful, reminding everyone that Madelina is a witch and there’s a high chance she managed to escape the vikings’ wrath. Suddenly, Zachary shouted for Mary to stop the ship and when Mia asked him why, he announced that they made it to their destination, that Atlantis is just below them. The crew were happy at hearing the news, but they were curious on how they can go to Atlantis, especially when most of them are amateur swimmers, but Zachary assured them this is not a problem and pulled a lever which transformed the ship into a submarine. This left everyone in shock, especially Mary and while everyone was comprehending what they saw, Zachary took control of the submarine. As he was operating the submarine, people were asking him many questions and when someone asked how a 300-year-old ship into an aquatic vehicle, Zachary revealed that Maylin has done adjustments to the ship which made it the way it is. The crew started praising Maylin’s genius and Maverick joked about how Zachary should have tried harder to keep her around but instead of laughing with the joke, Zachary’s face sunk into a frown. Mia glared at Maverick, who quickly felt bad over what he said, before heading to comfort Zachary, but suddenly a spear hit the wall of the submarine. Soon the crew realized they were being surrounded by a shoal of armed mermen who were guarding the borders of Atlantis from trespassers. Realizing they were under attack, Zachary pulled a lever which activated the cannons and started shooting at the mermen to scare them away. The fight was going intense, the submarine was starting to leak, making everyone inside managed and rush to find ways to block the holes made by the mermen. Natalie eventually got between the fight and told everyone to stop, she then starting talking to one of the mermen in his native language (mermish). The crew were curious on what Natalie was saying, but were startled when the mermen suddenly uses their lassos to tie up the submarine. The mermen then attached the submarine on their rides (sharks and oversized sea animals) and started taking it to Atlantis.

When the crew entered Atlantis, the first thing they noticed and how colorful and vibrant the city was, and they were felt surprised by how advanced the technology was. As they were being dragged, the citizens of Atlantis was giving them dirty looks, making them feel unwelcome, that they were glad to finally make it to Poseidon’s palace. Inside the palace, they were brought to the throne room where Poseidon was sitting with his wife, Amphitrite to his right and an empty seat on his left where his son, Triton was supposed to sit. The mermen then untied the ship and raised their spears at the submarine, demanding the people inside to get out. Zachary brought out a diving kit for everyone in the ship, which they all wore and left the submarine, with the exception of Mary who let Alex wear her suit. When Poseidon demanded to know what brought them to Atlantis, the crew whispered to each other and they encouraged Zachary to speak up, hoping that him being Poseidon’s son would encourage the sea king to give Athena an apology for raping Medusa. Unfortunately, this didn’t work as Poseidon saw Zachary’s request as “treason” and demanded that the guards capture Zachary and his friends. Luckily, Natalie was there to vouch for them and she begged her father not to hurt them as they “didn’t know better”. Poseidon agreed to spare them, but still being pissed at Zachary’s request, he demanded that they leave Atlantis but out of a sudden, a 15-feet-tall Cyclops broke into the palace’s door, calling for the king’s attention. Amphitrite was not pleased at seeing the cyclops, who the crew learnt was called Adorabella and asked her what she was doing at the palace, as she made it very clear she is never to step foot on it again. Adorabella revealed that the Atlantic prince, Triton has snuck out with her to the jellyfish field and while they were catching the jellyfish, he fell from his seahorse into a shoal of them where he got stung so badly and is in need of medical help. This made the queen panic and the crew asked the cyclops to take them to the field, hoping that if they managed to save Triton’s life, they would win Poseidon’s favor. Adorabella agreed to take them but when Zachary and Mia made it to the field, it was too late, Triton was dead.

**You are now playing as Mia Loukas**

Once they have found Triton’s body, Zachary and Mia went to question Adorabella for more details over his death. Adorabella was crying over Triton’s death as she considered him her dearest friend and have defended her against other people bullying her for being a cyclops, but was able to find the strength to talk about his death, explaining that while they were chasing jellyfish, someone threw an object at Triton’s head, causing him tonlose balance and fall from his seahorse along his saddle. Zachary and Mia listened and from those details, they were certain that Triton’s death was no accident and the poor man has been murdered. The duo went back into the castle to learn whether Triton made any enemies and they found reasons to suspect the victim’s parents, Poseidon and Amphitrite, both of which were not pleased at hearing of their son’s death. Natalie then approached the duo while they were discussing the murder, who revealed that she knows where the prince had been before his murder.

Natalie explained that while she was exploring Atlantis, she heard a lot of talk on the prince being spotted leaving a burger joint called *Kavouras Patties* through his seahorse, shortly before he was murdered. Zachary remembered Adorabella mentioning that Triton fell from his horse with the saddle, and believing that his ride was sabotaged while he was dining out, he and Mia head to the burger joint in order to inspect it. The duo ended up suspecting the burger joint owner himself, Kavouras and shortly afterwards, they found reasons to suspect the victim’s sister Bellanca, who Zachary met throughout a murder investigation 7 years ago. During the investigation, Zachary and Mia learned that Triton and Adorabella were secretly dating through a sexist news article mocking the prince for looking “emasculated” in comparison to his “beast of a girlfriend” and that when Amphitrite got her hands on the newspaper, she forbade the prince and the cyclops from ever meeting again out of disgust from her son’s choice for a lover. While they were recapping the case, Natalie approached them again to inform them that Kavouras has opened his restaurant for customers.

Knowing this would mess up their investigation, Zachary and Mia rushed to the restaurant to stop Kavouras from opening it. Kavouras was stubborn, however he eventually gave in and told all his customers to go away so that the duo can continue their investigation at peace. Zachary and Mia eventually discovered that the victim was using his princely title to delay paying his restaurant bills and that he owed Kavouras plenty of money he has yet to pay. They also found out that Triton hated being a prince and didn’t take his duties seriously, much to his father’s disappointment and knowing this, Bellanca thought he was the perfect person to open up to about her plans in leaving Atlantis, but instead of being understanding to her, Triton used what she told him to blackmail her into take over his royal duties and force her into embarrassing things in occasions where she must be in her perfect behavior. Eventually, Zachary and Mia learned that Kavouras was Prince Triton’s killer.

Kavouras burst into laughter at hearing the murder accusations, but as Zachary backed up the claims with evidence, Kavouras panicked until he cracked up and admitted that he killed Triton because he was making him broke. Kavouras revealed that Triton was the worst customer he ever had to deal with, not only because he didn’t pay his bills, but because of the way he behaved in his joint. He explained that the prince and his gang often picked up fights with men and catcalled women, which made Kavouras lose many customers as the prince made them feel uncomfortable. When Kavouras confronted the prince, they started taking their aggression of him and his employees, often harassing the waiters and pulling pranks on him. Kavouras tried to tolerate this, but once at a busy day, many customers reported suffering from food poisoning and medics had to come to the restaurant to pick up the sick customers. Infuriated, Kavouras came to the kitchen to see what’s wrong and he picked up a horrible smell coming from the freezer. Kavouras checked the freezer to see what’s causing the smell and he realized that all the pre-made hamburgers they had in store were replaced with poop, sculpted to look like burgers and he knew straight away this was one of Triton’s pranks. This stunt costed Kavouras a lot of money, as many customers started suing his burger joint, which had become at risk of shutting down over “poor hygiene”. When Kavouras saw Triton entering the joint again, as if nothing happened, anger filled his body and he decided he should teach him a lesson. So while the prince was busy dumping Adorabella over his bruised ego, Kavouras snuck outside, approached Triton’s seahorse and used his nail file to sabotage his saddle. When the prince and the cyclops head out for a ride, Kavouras followed them all the way to the jellyfish field and he used his slingshot to shoot a rock into the prince’s head which made him fall into a shoal of jellyfish and get stung to death. Kavouras was brought before Poseidon who as punishment for his son’s death, used his trident to roast Kavouras into a delicious dish of king crab.

Once they have caught Triton’s killer, Zachary and Mia head back to the submarine to talk to their friends about Poseidon. As they were discussing how they’d convince him to make peace with Athena, Zachary sighed and wished Jennifer wasn’t turned to stone since she could have put her charmspeak to use and seduced Poseidon into giving an apology. Alex then suggested that he should talk to Poseidon himself, hoping that if they discussed the matter in a diplomatic perspective, Poseidon may give in and bow to Athena’s commands. The rest of the team agreed to give it a shot, but suddenly Adorabella came knocking on the submarine and asked to speak with Zachary and Mia. The duo wondered why the cyclops wanted to talk with them, but they decided to go see what she wanted anyway.

Wondering what the cyclops needed help for, Zachary and Mia agreed to talk with her. Adorabella explained to the duo that she went to the jellyfish field to play catch with them, however, she noticed that most of the jellyfish disappeared. Dhe became worried because it was unusual for jellyfish to move outside their regions and she suspects that something had happened that made them swim away or worse, they were hunted.Zachary and Mia understood Adorabella’s concerns and decided to head to the fields to see what happened to the jellyfish and like Adorabella said, there were barely any there. Curious, the duo decided to inspect the area and they found something out of the ordinary- A gun laying on the ground. Sensing something wrong was going on, Zachary and Mia took the gun to Maverick for analysis who revealed that the weapon they gave him was a taser gun. However, instead of being powered up by a battery, Maverick found a port somewhere on the gun meaning it was charged using a plug. Zachary found it odd and asked Maverick if he was able to identify who the gun belonged to, in which replied by saying he doesn’t who used the gun but knows who manufactured it, pointing at a logo of a company by the name of *Trident*. Maverick explained that *Trident* is an animal rescue organization that focuses on sea animals. The organization however was recently called out for their “fishy” activities where they were exposes for mistreating their rescue animals and dragging sea creatures away from their habitats even if they didn’t need their “help”. Zachary was disgusted at hearing this and suggested that they go look for their agents, believing they must have taken the jellyfish. But Maverick stepped in and convinced him that it was a bad idea as it isn’t their jobs to interfere in human activities and that they currently have something else to focus on. Zachary did not like this, but he saw Maverick’s point and as much as he hated it, he decided to let it go and focus on their current mission.

Praying that things go as plan, Mia took Alex with her to Posideon where Alex tried to convince the god into making amends with Athena. But once again Poseidon refused, threatening to lock them up if they keep bringing up this topic and that he won’t bow down to Athena even if his life depended on it. Suddenly, his wife Amphitrite ran to him in hysterics and when he asked her what was wrong, she cried and revealed that their daughter- Bellanca had run away. Poseidon was shocked and he asked his wife if she was sure. Amphitrite then gave him a letter and when he read it, his face went red from anger, he crumbled up the letter and yelled at his guards to look everywhere in the ocean for Bellanca. Alex and Mia wondered what was on the letter but didn’t dare to ask and instead, they offered to look for Bellanca and convince her to come back, however, in return they expect him to follow their request. Poseidon didn’t want to humiliate himself by apologizing to Athena, but at the same time he was desperate to have his daughter back home so he agreed to the team’s terms, assuming that his guards will find Bellanca before they do. Happy with the deal, Alex and Mia went to search the palace for any clues on her whereabouts and in a box of possessions that came from the surface, the duo found a business card from a someone that goes by the name “Ursula”. Alex and Mia wondered who that person is and they decided to question Natalie who had lived in Atlantis and probably knows a lot about the people there. When they showed the card to Natalie, she was horrified, revealing that Ursula is a powerful witch who lives in the deepest parts of the sea, where barely any light comes through and is where dangerous sea creatures like sharks, eels and octopi dwell. She further explains that citizens of Atlantis visit Ursula with a goal in their mind and ask her for an advantage, whether it was strength, beauty or whatever. However, with the advantages she gives, she gives them an obstacle that comes in the way of their goal and they have a deadline to when they can complete their quest and if they fail to reach their goals in time, she turns them into eels. This shocked Alex who asked Natalie how Ursula was never punished for this, where Natalie explains that she makes her customers sign a contract before serving so whatever happens to them afterwards is seen as their fault as they knew exactly what they were getting themselves onto. Alex and Mia had no idea why Bellanca would want to see Ursula, but they knew that they had to stop her at all cost because if anything happened to her, it’d unleash Poseidon’s wrath.

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view**

The crew of *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* gathered in the submarine, where Alex and Mia explained what happened to Bellanca to the rest of their friends and that Poseidon agreed to send Athena an apology if they found her. The team were pleased to hear that, but they wondered how they could look for Bellanca, but Mia told them not to worry about that since they know where Bellanca is heading. But when Mia mentioned the deep sea, this worried Zachary who asked why would Bellanca be heading to somewhere so dangerous, in which Alex revealed that she’s meeting up with a witch called Ursula. Zachary was still worried, explaining to everyone the dangers of the deep sea and how if they’re going there they can’t just stay in the submarine since the region is too narrow for it to fit and that they have to swim their way inside, exposing themselves to dangerous sea animals from down there. This frightened everyone else in the ship (especially Ophelia), but Mia suggested that only one person goes down there with Natalie, holding a rope, and if anything goes wrong, the person pulls the rope for the others to pull them up into the submarine. Zachary wanted to protest having Natalie down there, but Mia tells him that Natalie is the only person here who knows where to find Ursula and that they need her to go down there. Zachary still wasn’t keen with the idea, but seeing that no one is willing to listen to him, he gave in and agreed with the plan.

Meanwhile in the viking ship, Madelina is seen in her room, staring at the window, wondering how the hell she could escape the ship, when suddenly she felt something furry rubbing her knee. The furry thing turned out to “Mehitabel”, who was holding Holly the wand by “her” wand and when Mehitabel saw “her”, she took the wand and gave “Mehitabel” a hug, squeezing “her” into her and she felt something spiky touching her. This startled Madelina and when she checked to se what stabbed her, she saw something that looked like a cactus bulging out from “Mehitabel”. This worried Madelina, who had no idea what that thing was but before she could attempt to touch her, someone knocked on her door. The person knocking was the nurse’s daughter, Valkyrie, who came into the room holding the book Madelina asked her to fetch. Madelina thanked the child and started skimming through the book, telling Valkyrie that she may be excused. However, Valkyrie remained instead, as she was very fascinated by “Jane” (Madelina’s alias) and she asked her what was the book about. Madelina started thinking of a lie, but she thought of no reason on why she shouldn’t trust the kid and told Valkyrie that this is a spellbook. This made the kid feel excited and she begged “Jane” to show her a spell. Madelina was hesitant, as she was basically still a rookie and didn’t want to cause a destruction to the ship, but she then spotted a pear on a table and decided to perform a spell to make the pear bigger. Madelina took a deep breath and chanted a spell, successfully enlarging the pear, but too much that it exploded at front of the girls. Madelina turned to Valkyrie, expecting her to be terrified, but instead the girl became more excited that she begged “Jane” for another spell but fortunately, the nurse called her child’s name, making her leave the room. After the child was gone, Madelina looked at the mess she (herself) made and decided to clean it up using magic, she started waving her wand but before she can mutter the spell, she hears a voice which told her to wave the wand gently. This made Madelina startle, that she turned to see who was talking to her and it turned out to be Chet. When “Mehitabel” saw Chet, “she” hisses at him, but Madelina told the cat to stop begore turning back to her mess and like Chet told her to, she waved the wand gently and chanted the spell and she successfully cleaned the rubbish without any malfunctions. Madelina was surprised and she asked Chet how he knew what she was supposed to do where explained that while he was staying with Kalypso, he learned a few things about magic. Hearing Kalypso’s name made Madelina frown and she made a remark saying that Chet must have had a “lot of fun” back there. Confused, Chet asked her what she was talking about and this time Madelina snapped and she knows he slept with Kalypso and that he slept with Kalypso. She then goes on by accusing him of never truly caring about her and that he and Chase only befriended her in order to sleep with her and that she was a fool for letting him kiss her. Chet was surprised over what he heard and he tried to convince Madelina that whatever she heard from her friends was untrue and he genuinely cares for her as both a friend and a lover. Madelina started calming down and her features started to soften, but then she looked at Chet with sad eyes and she told him that she’ll ask him a question and she doesn’t care what his answer is, she just wants him to be honest with her. Chet took a deep breath, and asked Madelina what she wanted to know where she questioned him on what he was trying to achieve by getting close to her. Chet was tempted to lie, knowing she won’t like his answer, however instead he decided to tell her the truth and revealed that he felt really insecure over being a virgin at 20-years-old and was desperately looking for someone willing to rob his virginity from him and that he befriended her thinking she was some whore who enjoyed sleeping around and believed that if he got close to her she would open her legs for him. As he expected, his answer did not please Madelina, who just stood there in silence before telling him to get out. But Chet did not move and decided to tell Madelina that whatever opinion he held back then had changed and that when he got to know her, he realized that she was more than the airhead and actually caught feelings for her which were much more than lust and that he couldn’t lost his virginity back at Ogygia by Kalypso, but he chose to stay faithful for her and when he saw an opportunity to leave the island, he took it, even though his best friend, Chase, decided to stay behind. Madelina did not know how to react from hearing this, Chet tried to approach her and asked her if she trusts in what he says, but when he reached for her arm, she moved away from him. At the moment, Chet knew that he fucked up badly and it’ll take Madelina a lot of time to forgive him and decided to give her space by leaving her room.

## Summary

### Victim

* **Triton** (Knocked out of his seahorse, fell into and stung by a shoal of jellyfish)

## Suspects

AdorabellaPoseidonAmphitriteKavourasBellanca
## Killer’s Profile

* The killer knows slingshotting.
* The killer eats burgers.
* The killer has manicures.
* The killer has a jellyfish sting.
* The killer has red hair.

## Trivia

* Adorabella’s design was created by *Criminal Case* fanfiction-writer and fan-artist, DarlynMaePaguio (Darlyn De Guzman).