Immortal Sin

**Immortal Sin** is the second case overall, as well as in Season 1. It is the second case in Hope Beach, a district in Brighval.

## **Plot**

Guitarist of band *Tequila And Spirits* Albert Skid walks into the station and tells Trent and Ace that he thinks he saw the lead singer of their band, Manuel Cobain, dead on the ocean shore. When they head to the ocean shore they find Manuel Cobain on a blow-up raft, covered in jellyfish stings.

Also found at the scene was a mysterious wallet, which Ace took for evidence. Back at the station while Trent and Ace wait for the autopsy, they take a look at the wallet. In the wallet was an address, which Trent and Ace sent to Samuel to find out where it was. A couple hours later, they got the autopsy results. Manuel died from a heart attack due to the several stings. Sven also noticed that the blood on Manuel's hands didn't belong to him. The blood was that of AB+ variety, which Ace noted. The killer likely applied a bandage to the wound. As for the address, it was an apartment complex nearby Hope Beach. At the apartment, they found *Tequila And Spirits* drummer Eric Soul. He didn't give many leads so they went to go talk to Albert. Although he gave no leads, he gave the team permission to search the band's dressing room. In the dressing room, they found a shell necklace, which they gave to Sven to analyse. He confirmed that the necklace matched the marks left on the victim's body. Ace and Trent asked Albert who had access the dressing room, which he replied with him and Eric. To progress to the next chapter, two mastery stars are required.

After Ace and Trent reported their progress, Chief Metcalfe ordered that they investigate the crime scene where the body was found again. At the scene, they found a hat covered in dirt. When restored, the hat resembled a white baseball cap with the letters "LIFEGUARD" on the front. Trent asked Samuel to search the system for lifeguards in the area. He eventually found Mick Lewis, who was on duty currently. He was very cocky towards them and didn't give any leads. Ace and Trent had a closer look at the raft Manuel was found on, and they found a wet flier. When restored back at HQ, it showed an ad for the opening of a local aquarium, *Mercier Á La Aqua*. When Trent and Ace arrived, they were greeted by the owner of the aquarium, Gary Mercier. He allowed them to take a look at his aquarium, where they discovered one of his specimens was missing. There was a large crack in the glass of the tank, where the specimen was supposed to be. When they told Gary about this, he panicked. This was because that was where he kept the jellyfish specimens. To advance to the next chapter, one mastery star is required.

The next morning, Ace receives a call from Gary Mercier. Someone tried to return the stolen jellyfish last night. He caught them in the act, and got stung due to the culprit throwing the jellyfish at him. He also said Ace could confiscate the specimen for evidence. In the aquarium, they found a jellyfish on the floor. When Sven analysed it, he confirmed it was the murder weapon. Also on the jellyfish was the killer's traces. There was the killer's DNA and some skin cells which Samuel confirmed was male cells. Ace and Trent searched Albert and Eric's dressing room, where on their desk they found a labelled diagram of a jellyfish. What was more important was that Sven noticed there was a small hole in the right-top side of the paper. It was caused by someone ripping the page of a collection of papers, stapled together. Then, Zane Duke entered the station and asked for Trent and Ace. He told them he was swimming in the ocean shore waters, and got stung by a jellyfish and lost his swimming shorts. Not only did they find a pair of swimming shorts, they found a duffle bag. After a forensics exam and an analysis, Sven confirmed the shorts were Zane's. In the duffle bag was a wet stack of paper. When examined, they were restored to show paragraphs of how Manuel was going to kick the writer out the band, and how much the writer wanted to kill Manuel, one of the ways being with a jellyfish. But what Sven noticed was that there was a staple on the paper, and on the top-left corner. When they asked Eric about this he told them to go away, as he was about to perform a concert without Manuel.

## **Killer and motives**

The killer was Eric. After Eric heard Manuel and Albert talking about transitioning to a duo and kicking Eric out the band, he was enraged. He broke into Gary's aquarium and stole some jellyfish, and planned to kill Manuel. When he met up with Manuel, they argued, and Eric pushed Manuel onto a blow-up raft after Manuel punched him in the cheek. Manuel then was stung repeatedly and died from a heart attack. Herbert gave Eric life without parole for the murder of Manuel.

## **The Suspects**

* Eric Soul (Band Drummer)
* Albert Skid (Band Guitarist)
* Mick Lewis (Lifeguard)
* Gary Mercier (Aquarium Owner)
* Zane Duke (Swimmer)

## **Killer's Profile**

* The killer wears a bandage.
* The killer wears a shell necklace.
* The killer has a jellyfish sting.
* The killer is male.
* The killer has AB+ blood.

## **The Crime Scenes**

* Ocean Shore
* Raft
* Dressing Room
* Writing Desk
* Aquarium
* Aquarium Tank

## **Chapter 1**

* Investigate Ocean Shore (Clues: Victim's Body, Wallet)
* Examine Wallet (Result: Address)
* Analyse Address (00:30:00; New Suspect: Eric Soul)
* Talk to Eric Soul (New Suspect: Albert Skid)
* Talk to Albert Skid (New Crime Scene: Dressing Room)
* Investigate Dressing Room (Clue: Shell Necklace)
* Autopsy Victim's Body (01:30:00; Attribute: The killer wears a bandage)
* Analyse Shell Necklace (00:15:00; Attribute: The killer wears a shell necklace)
* Ask Albert Skid who has access to the dressing room
* Unlock Chapter 2 (Requires two mastery stars)

## **Chapter 2**

* Investigate Ocean Shore (Clue: Dirty Cap)
* Examine Dirty Cap (Result: LIfeguard Cap)
* Analyse Lifeguard Cap (00:45:00; New Suspect: Mick Lewis)
* Talk to Mick Lewis
* Investigate Raft (Clue: Wet Flier)
* Examine Wet Flier (Result: Aquarium Advert; New Suspect: Gary Mercier)
* Ask Gary Mercier about his aquarium (New Crime Scene: Aquarium)
* Investigate Aquarium (Clue: Broken Glass)
* Tell Gary Mercier about the missing specimen
* Unlock Chapter 3 (Requires one mastery star)

## **Chapter 3**

* Investigate Aquarium Tank (Clue: Jellyfish)
* Analyse Jellyfish (Murder Weapon Registered: Jellyfish; Attributes: The killer has a jellyfish sting, The killer is male)
* Investigate Writing Desk (Clue: Jellyfish Flier)
* Analyse Jellyfish Flier (00:10:00)
* Investigate Raft (Clues: Swimming Shorts, Duffle Bag)
* Analyse Swimming Shorts (01:00:00)
* Give Zane Duke his swimming shorts back
* Examine Duffle Bag (Result: Soggy Stack Of Paper)
* Examine Soggy Stack Of Paper (Result: Stack Of Paper)
* Analyse Stack Of Paper (00:50:00; Attribute: The killer has AB+ blood)
* Ask Eric Soul about the paper
* Take care of the killer now! (Requires one mastery star)
* Unlock Additional Investigation (Requires no mastery stars)

## **Additional Investigation**

* Check up on Albert Skid
* Investigate Dressing Room (Clue: Safe)
* Examine Safe (Result: Keys)
* Give Albert Skid his keys back (Reward: 1000 Coins)
* Check up on Zane Duke
* Investigate Raft (Clue: Broken Watch)
* Examine Broken Watch (Result: Zane's Watch)
* Give Zane Duke his watch back (Reward: Burger)
* Talk to Gary Mercier
* Investigate Raft (Clue: Jellyfish)
* Give Gary Mercier his jellyfish back (Reward: 500 XP)
* Move on to a new crime! (Requires two mastery stars)

## **Trivia**

* This is the second case Zane Duke has appeared consecutively, the previous being Troubled Waters.
* Manuel Cobain is based on the lead singer of band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain.
* Eric Soul bares resemblance and is based on Nirvana drummer, Dave Grohl.
* Albert Skid bares resemblance and is based on the guitarist of Nirvana, Pat Smear.
* The band *Tequila And Spirits* is based on the band Nirvana.
* Gary Mercier bares resemblance to the Criminal Case: City Of Romance character, Hugo Mercier, and shares a surname with the character.
* This is the one of the few cases where either a plant or animal is the murder weapon, the others being Shark Attack! (Case #5 of Season 1), Road To Nowhere (Case #8 of Season 1), The Scent Of Death (Case #13 of Season 1), The Root Of All Evil (Case #14 of Season 1), The Final Journey (Case #16 of Season 1), The Sting Of Death (Case #26 of Season 1), Of Rats And Men (Case #30 of Season 1), The Seeds Of Death (Case #74 of Season 1), The Show Must Go On (Case #46 of Season 2), and still TBA.
* This case released for iOS, XBOX Series X, PS5, Nintendo Switch and Steam on the 6th of January 2024.
* It is also officially the first case released in 2024.