Travesty Ensues

**Travesty Ensues** is the seventeenth case of Criminal Case: Mystery in the Americas. It is the eighty seventh case overall. The sixth case in Caribbean. It is situated in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

* Previous Case: Out By Spell
* Next Case: Beneath The Cold
* Partner: Amaya Fleckenburg

## Plot

In the city of Basseterre, there was a catastrophe happening, there was a bomb blast which unearthed a mass grave of almost 150 people but judging by their remains it weren’t of humans. Back at the station, Amaya was thinking that what exactly would happen to us anytime soon, not knowing what offers us. Floramaria tells us that we should find Philomena and grill her about her shady past as one says. We decide to investigate the mass grave that was unearthed, when we go there we see the horror of 150 remains of the body and a body lying upside down, only ti discover that of Philomena's whose heart was probably ripped out. Much to our concern, we were shocked to know that someone had gotten her. We later the send the body for autopsy and we later find Pavati there, as she was the one who told us about Philomena's past. We grill her about this whether she was the killer, she swears to us saying that Philomena was a nuisance, and something evil we don’t know, but she tells us that those 150 remains found are somehow linked to her. After that, we go back to the station, where we see Froy consoling Manuel over the news of probable lung cancer of Maurice. While looking at other clues, we found out a message from Rüdiger to "pay the dues today", while we know Rüdiger teleported here, so we decide to find and grill him about the stupidity he was saying. Rüdiger tells us that Philomena was actually a succubus, who used to transform herself into one, and by pay the dues he meant that a night with him. Amaya says that Rüdiger should be killed as soon as possible

After that, we decide to check up on Braxton who looked better now and was doing the work with potential, he looks at us and says that he is making another Time Machine do we could compete Cobras Azuis, though we were worried about the snow monster as it posed more threat than the Cobra creature. Braxton later tells us that Alejandra and Philomena had beef with one and another. Later before we interrogate Alejandra, some message comes from us from the alleged snow monster saying "Think for tomorrow, I control the world, maybe tomorrow is the apocalypse", Amaya laughs off saying that snow monster is maybe a hoax, everything is a hoax in this world. Later we debrief Alejandra about what problems she had with Philomena, she tells us that Philomena had her envious eyes on Manuel, who was trying to get in their innocuous and lovely relationship, saying that she would often make excuses and flirt with Manuel though he would ask her to leave but she wouldn’t claiming that someone is haunting her. Amaya says that Alejandra has solid evidence of being the killer, but we couldn’t say for sure. Later Pavati tells us that her great grandmother Esmeralda Luisa is telling her to join the witch party, but she says that she was already dead by 1935, and her living in 2030 would change her life too, we advice her not to meet her at any cost since that would might alter the timeline even more and possibly the life of hers. According to Jacques, these 150 bodies were all of witches, although judging from it, the murders looked of not more than five years, though we don’t know who was trying to do that. At the precinct, we were discussing details, Froy comes to us saying that Manuel is acting very weird lately.

Mid-investigation, Froy tells us that Manuel has been acting weirdly, saying extremely fathomable stuff, we decide to check up on him, and when we look at him, he had red eyes and he attacked Maurice and went on the top saying "You hated Philomena, maybe you killed him, I will kill you right now", then we call Mary Ann in and she injects something in Manuel and he faints, we know the bitch Rüdiger was behind it, though we were suspicious whether what Manuel said about Maurice was right or maybe just accusation. So we decide to grill Maurice whose health still didn’t look good but he was quite in bad mood, we ask if what Manuel said was right, and he breaks the silence saying that Philomena was actually his ex, and they both were very much in love, but one day, she broke up with him for no reason and got him into a accident, and from that day he has hated her, and he only told this about to Manuel when they met again, though we ask why would he be accused, he says maybe Rüdiger was trying ti pin the murder on him like everyone had done. Amaya says she feels that Maurice is saying the truth but if he killed her, even the alleged lung cancer wouldn’t be an excuse. Later, we visit Manuel who was back into his senses, we ask him if he remembers anything, but the only thing he mentions was the thing he drink and everything next was what we had seen. Later Guillermo comes to us about Philomena, so we debrief him what he has to offer us. He tells us that Philomena was probably a succubus even though there was not any evidence on it, but he says that Raymond was the one highlighting this a lot, we ask Guillermo whether Raymond is really the bad guy or is he just accusing her due to their enmity. We later find out the drink and the send it for analysis, according to Mary Ann, there were some powder mixed into that had the potential of controlling one’s brain and unsurprisingly this was only made by Rüdiger's company so there is no doubt it was his work.

We decide to grill Rüdiger about it, but Amaya shoots him in the head, but it just heals, Amaya was now concerned what exactly he was made up of, though we ask him about what he wanted from Manuel, he says that Manuel could be used as perfect pawn to cover up the real mystery that has been in the team, though he initial aim was to get Maurice killed because he betrayed them, saying he was very much invested into this plan of theirs, and he smirks and says that he is the reason Maurice's health is like that, we ask him to spill the tea, but he refuses to do so. Later Froy comes in clutch and kicks Rüdiger from behind and he falls, he keeps his feet on his chest and force him to say, but Rüdiger only says betrayal and again disappears in the thin air, we decide to ask someone about this weird thing and even Froy did not recognise that, but apparently according to history the Cobra creature used some potion that had the ability to make one disappear, with so many discoveries, plot twist was breaking us apart though we continued firmly with our investigation. We then visit Mary Ann if there was a way to defeat Rüdiger but she says that medical science isn’t that advanced, though she mentions that Raymond is well versed in that, which was no surprise, but he was in Saint Lucia for something we shouldn’t know and it was Mary Ann’s own words who said that Raymond is probably planning to defeat us. At the precinct, we were discussing details, Lovisa comes to us telling us that Esmeralda Luisa wants to talk to them about something dark.

Mid-investigation, Lovisa tells us that Esmeralda Luisa wants to tell us about something dark, Amaya gets dressed and learns something to defend herself, though looking at her whole block dress and wearing a cross, Lovisa laughs at her but Esmeralda doesn’t appear and Amaya asks Lovisa if she was lying, she said she wasn’t, at the same time, we hear a blast from outside and when we go to search there, we see Esmeralda Luisa, she was resurrected someone but then she stops and says taht there is something she has to tell us about. She tells us that soon enough, we would be attacked by the Snow monster and Cobra creature, and she is just telling us so we could be prepared for the worst thing that would happen in South America in few months, we ask her why would she leave this piece of help to us, she says it’s her habit to tell their enemy about what wonders they are planning and she is built different, but tells us to shut up our mouths about this. Later we go through Philomena’s legal case file which was proven to be hoax, there was mention of Guillermo's name in which he "seems to have abandoned Philomena", we were now thrilled to discover that was Philomena was his daughter or something else, we debrief him what exactly that meant, he tells us that he was actually his adoptive daughter whom he adopted at the young age of nineteen, saying that her parents had abandoned because of their financial status, and he raised her for ten years but one day she had ran away from home, he tried to find her but no luck, being only twelve, though he figured out that she had joined Cobras Azuis and he had no choice but to abandon her, he said that Philomena continued to cause problems in his life, threatening to sexually abuse his wife in form of the succubus. Later Amaya was flabbergasted to figure that about Philomena, we proceed further to find clues to catch the criminal

In the end, we had enough evidence to incriminate Maurice Boucher for the murder. Upon admitting, Maurice says that he killed Philomena because she ruined his life and was also planning to kill us. He says that she was a abusive person, who would manipulate him, trying to force him into sexual advances when he would not agree, he tried to reach out for help but he was just turned and ridiculed on the fact that man can't be abused, he said that Philomena was a succubus working with them, but she was very greedy, she had already spent most of his money, and when he would reject for sexual advances with her, she would sexually abuse him by transforming herself into a succubus, no one believed him and called him "a girly girl", though he finally got out of the abusive relationship, but Philomena continued to disturb him, he noticed that he was getting sick lately and doctors found nothing, but one day he happened to bump into her and she smirked and said he has few days to live, he asked her about this tomfoolery, she says that she has poisoned him and that poison would destroy his insides slowly, causing a awful and painful death, he was shocked to discover that she is the reason he is like that, and there is possibly no antidote for it, he consulted many doctors but there was no antidote, and he feared worse, though what made him kill her was the fact that she was going to kill all of us today with the bomb, and wanted to use our bodies for some rituals, when he figured out about this, he flew here and finished her existence before she could proceed with any of her madness, Maurice says that he is not proud of the killing but he is for that he saved us and now he will gladly die when the time comes

For the sentence, Judge Kingston suggested that Maurice’s health should be thoroughly checked, and if he is recovered he would have go through it. Back at the station, Manuel was still tensed saying that not only Maurice was dying but he also killed someone, but he says he still doesn’t believe whether the doctors said right. Nevertheless, later Amaya says that she is quite moved from today's case saying that Maurice really went through torture and now he may die, but there might be something that could be done. Later Lovisa says that Mary Ann was fighting with Raymond on the phone, and it was very wild if you ask her. So Amaya curious on that goes into Mary Ann's lab and ask her, she says that he is going to accuse her and Guillermo for having a sexual relations so their reputation could be tarnished and he would acquire all the wealth she has gotten from the divorce settlement, but he has other priorities which he has to tell us. We later were approached by Guillermo who tells us that the snow monster is gonna do something shady sometime in this week, and we should be prepared, while he said that, we heard a loud noise from outside and there we saw someone calling us, when we reach there, it was Pavati, who was badly injured, and her entire legs were frozen, she tells us that some weird snow spewing creature was following her and punished her for "searching so much in their matters", though afraid that she might get hypothermia, we rush her to the nearest hospital. At the hospital, we see Felix, worried on what he was doing here, he tells us that his entire arm was injured and it’s cause was Rüdiger, whom he caught trying to plan to use Philomena’s body as his own, he further says that Rüdiger was planning to somehow defeat both Cobra creature and Snow Monster and rule the world. Though Amaya asks Felix if he is feeling any pain but he blushes and says "It’s gone now, because I saw you", Amaya wonders why he isn’t asking her out, he says that he currently values their job, saying that he couldn’t provide that much help in the Caribbean because he himself was uninformed about these crazy plot twists.

After that, the doctors tells us that things are looking serious for Pavati, though they are on it, and she will be fine, but we have to leave her here, and continue with our investigation. Later back at the station, Froy returns with Maurice, and Manuel wasn’t at the station, so he takes sigh of relief and while Maurice goes, Froy tells us that doctors have deemed inappropriate for him to get a prison sentence because he only has two months to live. Hearing these words had send the entire department into sadness, even to the point where Amaya started to cry, saying it’s so heartbreaking, she curses Philomena saying that she ruined some person's life like that, Manuel yearned for Maurice for about ten years, and now all of a sudden he is on the brink to die. Froy also tells us that the doctors have said that there is no antidote for this, saying it looks like a very advanced kind of poison, we ask Mary Ann and Jacques if they could do anything but both gave the look of helplessness. Later when Manuel arrives, we make sure not to report this bad news, he asks what the doctors have said, and we tell him that they will save him. Later Floramaria calls us in the office, she was very devastated to know that both Pavati and Maurice were battling life and death, she says that for our next destination, someone should stay back with Pavati, and Amaya volunteers herself alongside with Lovisa, to which she agrees. Guillermo messages us saying that he is going to Saint Lucia to have a fist fight battle with Raymond. Though, we had to wrap the investigation here. We proceed to somehow manage to bury Philomena in a secret area so Rüdiger couldn’t use her, Jacques suggests a place and then we bury Philomena in the aforementioned area. While we were packing our things, we hear on the news that entire city of Castries were frozen to the core and we head to Saint Lucia to check what will it offer to us.

## Suspects

Pavati Amozoc

Human Rights Lawyer

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect uses sunscreen
* The Suspect rides motorbikes
* The Suspect goes paragliding

Rüdiger Schneider

Sociopath

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect uses sunscreen
* The Suspect rides motorbikes

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect has a tattoo

Alejandra del Toro

Hitwoman

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect rides motorbikes
* The Suspect goes paragliding

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect has a tattoo

Maurice Boucher

Songwriter

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect uses sunscreen
* The Suspect rides motorbikes
* The Suspect goes paragliding

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect has a tattoo

Guillermo Federico

Team's Informant

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect uses sunscreen
* The Suspect rides motorbikes
* The Suspect goes paragliding

## Killer's Profile

* The Killer uses sunscreen
* The Killer rides motorbikes
* The Killer goes paragliding
* The Killer has a tattoo
* The Killer is under 30