Sound Of The Sea

**Sound Of The Sea** 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**

A few hours after being sucked in by Charybdis, Madelina finally regained her consciousness and went to check on Gertrude and her daughter. Luckily, aside from some minor injuries all the women were alright, but they were confused on what happened and Valkyrie got startled when she heard a gurgle and asked her mother where they were. Gertrude did not have an answer and looked at “Jane”, hoping to get one but Madelina did not know how to explain it and before she could tell the nurse and her daughter, she heard swords clashing. Without taking a second to think, Madelina rushed to the main deck, even though Gertrude tried to stop her, and there she was shocked to see that Anne Bonny’s crew were inside Charybdis too and they were fighting with the vikings. Madelina looked around for Chet and found him laying on the edge of the ship with an injuredleg. Worried, Madelina rushed for him and asked him if he was okay, and he assured her that he is, but when tried to get up his leg started hurting. Madelina started looking around for help, relieved to see that Gertrude had followed her and asked her if she could fix up Chet. Gertrude said she could, which assured Madelina at first, but when Gertrude mentioned using urine to clean the wound, she became horrified and decided to treat it herself, asking her where they keep their alcohol stash. Unfortunately, Gertrude revealed that the vikings have run out of beer and so Madelina had to go to *The Pedersen* to see if they had any alcohol left from the party, but it turns out the boys have drunk it all. This left her no choice but to check if *The William* had any rum on them, so she went in the middle of the battlefield and ordered everyone to stop. Both the vikings and pirates looked at her with astonishment, thinking “WTF is she doing?” and Chief Rune tried to drag her away from the battlefield. However, Madelina stood her ground and asked everyone in the battle if they are fools, pointing out the desperate situation they are in and instead wasting their time and energy fighting, they should use it to find a way to survive and leave this place. Anne Bonny was getting annoyed and stepped into the battle, asking Madelina (whom she didn’t recognize) who she thinks she is, where Madelina responded by introducing herself as **Jane Foster, Mistress of Thor, Holder of Mjolnir and The Greatest Sorceress of Asgard**. At that moment, Anne had recognized Madelina and started laughing at her bold claims and before she could expose her, Madelina pulled out her wand, Holly and used her magic to turn Anne into a ginger rabbit. Madelina’s use of magic shocked everyone in field and while Freja was demanding that “Jane” gets staked, Madelina held Anne by her bunny eyes, smiled at her and made a pun on her name. Anne ended up kicking Madelina in the face, before running away towards her men, who started running away from her out of fear. Gertrude rushed to Madelina to check if she was hurt, but she assured the nurse that she is okay and asked her to help carry Chet to *The William*.

Madelina and Gertrude took Chet into Anne Bonny’s cabin and laid him on her bed to rest. While Gertrude was going out to see if there was any rum in the ship, Madelina asked Chet to take off his shirt to see if he had any other wounds. Chet blushed, which made Madelina chuckle and she reminded him that she’s already seen him naked and they were literally making out just earlier that day so he doesn’t have to act so shy around her. Eventually he obeyed Madelina and while she was checking him for any wounds, Gertrude had returned with a bottle of rum. Madelina thanked Gertrude before pulling down Chet’s pants and started spreading alcohol on his wound. Even though she was just treating his injury, both Madelina and Chet felt uncomfortable being watched by Gertrude and asked her if she could leave the room. Gertrude really wanted to be useful but she listened to Madelina and decided to give her and Chet their space. Madelina felt more relaxed and she successfully bandaged Chet’s wound and asked him if he feels better, and he responded with a nod. Madelina looked proudly at what she managed to do, but is soon distracted by a little something sticking out from Chet’s briefs and quickly looked away. Chet realized what Madelina may have seen and quickly used his hands on cover his briefs and looked away too out of embarrassment. Madelina did not know how to react to this situation, but then she looked at her surroundings: An empty room with only them two, Chet wearing nothing but his briefs, dim-lighting and a large bed that fits both of them. This gave an idea in Madelina’s head, who gave Madelina a naughty smile before she locked the doors. Confused, Chet asked her what she was doing but when Madelina started taking her clothes off in front of him, Chet got the hint and spread his legs wide open waiting for her to “bring it on”. Meanwhile, poor Gertrude was outside waiting for them call her in but eventually figured out she was unwanted when she heard the sound of moaning coming from the room.

Meanwhile at the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge*, it was raining heavily and the wind was very strong, but the crew is still seen following Balthazar Clark’s ferry ride. While Zachary, Maverick and Mary are outside handling the ship Alex, Hasuro and the girls are inside trying to keep themselves warm. Suddenly, while the girls are cooking for themselves, Hasuro appears and asks if any of them was sick. While Yoyo was ignoring him, Ophelia and Mia were confused and they told him they were not and questioned him on why he’s asking this question. Hasuro explained that he went to the restroom to take a shit and he noticed that someone had puked in the bucket and forgot to dump their discharge. This worried Ophelia and realizing Yoyo was silent, she asked her if she was the one who vomited on the bucket. This question took Yoyo by surprise, who denied being sick and that someone here probably suffers from seasickness or suffered from food-poisoning and suggested that they ask their friends outside. Although wary, Ophelia and Mia decided to let the conversation go but Mia decided to go out anyway to check on her friends. When Mia stepped foot on the main deck, the strong wind made her lose her balance that she ended up sliding on the ship and she nearly got yanked out but Zachary managed to save her. Zachary asked her what she doing outside where she responded by saying that she came to check on them but is also wondering why the weather is so stormy. Zachary shrugged his shoulders and told her that it’s very common for it to storm in the sea, but Mia reminded him last time it stormed he and the boys were sucked in by a tornado and were missing for a week. Zachary understood Mia’s fears but he assured her that “no man goes to Ogygia twice” so its unlikely that something like that would happen again, and that the storm they’re dealing with right now was no where as bad as the last one. Just as Mia was starting to calm down, she hears the sounds of birds and when she looked up she saw Parthenope, Thelxiepeia and Aglaope flying above them. This made her and Zachary worry, but to their relief the sirens had passed them and head to the ferry instead. When they saw this, they became concerned on what would happen to the people in the ship and Zachary told Mary to make the ship sail faster so they could catch to the ferry and save the people there before they could come to any harm.

Everyone in the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* was called to the main deck and the ship managed to catch up to the ferry, but by the time they made it the sirens already attacked. When the sirens started to sing, the men in the ship became hypnotized and started walking toward the sirens, not caring what danger was at front of them. Mary managed to save Maverick from falling, while Yoyo and Ophelia restrained Hasuro and Alex. Mia tried to pull back Zachary, but he was to strong for her that he managed to escape her grip and walked toward the edge of the ship. He ended up falling, but to his luck, Natalie was down to save him from drowning. The girls looked at the ferry and they noticed the male passengers were also hypnotized and were walking toward the sirens who were waiting to catch and eat them. Not wanting any bloodshed to happen there, Mia hopped into the ferry to restrain the men. Ophelia looked at her with as if she was crazy and immediately followed her to stop her from getting herself hurt, leaving poor Yoyo to deal with both Hasuro and Alex by herself. At the ferry, Mia and Ophelia managed to push the men away from the edge, with the help of a semi-deaf fisherman by the name of Herman Cavendish, who could not hear the siren’s song correctly. After a while, one of the sirens, Parthenope, noticed Ophelia and Mia, recognizing them as the people who aided her back at *Sarpedon*. She sent a signal to her sisters, who saw Mia and remembering the promise they made to her friends, about not attacking them if they cross paths again, decided to leave the ferry and look for other ships to terrorize. Suddenly, all the men went back to their normal states, much to the duo’s relief and they decided to look around the ship’s veranda and they found a dead man laying at the corner, his body badly mauled.

**You are now playing as Mia Loukas**

Ophelia and Mia were grossed out at the sight of the body and while it was clear that the man was mauled by the sirens, they found the placement of the body very questionable and it made them believe that the man’s death was be a setup. While they were observing the body, the fisherman who helped them save the passengers from the sirens came out and asked them if they found any wounded people onboard, only to act shocked when he saw the corpse laying at the corner. Ophelia and Mia decided to question Herman about the murder and from him they learned that the victim’s name was Paul Irwin, who was an environmentalist and a famous wildlife expert from Australia. The duo decided to look into his murder, suspecting Herman Cavendish and soon they found reasons to suspect the victim’s daughter, Brandi Irwin and Iris Sharpe, a semi-popular influencer who uses their platform to expose corporate corruption and make hit-pieces against influencers for committing felonies. While the duo were discussing the murder, they were approached by a familiar face who came to greet Mia.

The woman who had approached them was Rosie Summers, who Ophelia was unfamiliar with as the two never met, but Mia recognized her as one of Maverick’s best friends. The two chatted with Rosie who told them that she heard of the Grimsdale civil war and that when news broke about it, she really wanted to return and see her friends but none of the public transports allowed entry there and so she was curious on what exactly happened to all the people there. After Ophelia and Mia helped her catch up, Rosie started speaking about herself and she revealed that she managed to land an internship and is now working with one of the most famous wildlife experts who also happens to be this case’s victim. When informed about her mentor’s death, Rosie expressed shock and grievance and she told her friends that Paul was one of the nicest people she knew and that she looked up to him for years and she couldn’t believe anyone would kill him. When asked if she could share any of her mentor’s activities with them, which could help them find more clues regarding the killer, Rosie revealed that although Paul has booked economy tickets for himself and everyone he brought with him on the trip, he spent most of the ride seeing someone from the first-class suite, however she has no further details on who they are. Ophelia and Mia decided to pay a visit to the first-class suite and ended up adding Batoul Bündgen, a German-Portuguese environmentalist and supermodel into the suspect list. They also learned that Paul threatened to disown his daughter if she does not step down from her position as an ambassador of *Trident* and that he made bad blood with Herman after he forced him into letting go of a shark he had caught during the journey. Ophelia and Mia decided to recap the case, when suddenly someone threw their PearPhone which hit Ophelia on the head.

Luckily, Ophelia didn’t suffer any major injury and when she and Mia turned to see what’s going on, they saw that their friend Rosie was arguing with Iris Sharpe which ended with the influencer trying to hit Rosie with their phone. The duo decided to confront Iris for their behavior, where they explained that the reason why they acted that way is because they spent months writing a hit-piece against the organization of *Trident*, exposing its many crimes and the people who were involved in it and when they presented their thesis to Paul Irwin hoping he would bring awareness to the issues, he refused to take them seriously only for him to have his intern (Rosie) completely plagiarize their report and post it in his website as his own, taking complete credit for the exposé. After interrogating Iris, Ophelia and Mia continued the investigation where they discovered that Batoul used to advocate for using animals in fashion at the past which made Paul believe she’s insincere in her activism and that Rosie felt like Paul didn’t take her seriously as he refused to let her study animals directly and instead only allowed her to research from books or from the web. After collecting enough evidence, Ophelia and Mia went to confront Herman Cavendish for the murder.

When confronted about the murder, Herman laughed and commented on how wild Ophelia and Mia’s “imagination” is, but as the duo gradually presented their evidence, he started losing his cool until he finally admitted to killing Paul because he was going to ruin his only chance on getting “his mermaid”. Herman explained that ever since he was a kid, he had a deep fascination about mermaids and although he was told many times they were nothing but myths, he knew deep down they were real and dreamed of catching one ever since he was a younger fisherman. However as he grew old, he slowly started loosing faith on these creatures, that was until today where he spotted one swimming near the ferry. Herman could not believe his eyes, that after all these years his dreams of seeing a mermaid had finally become true and he rushed immediately to get his hunting equipments to catch her. But when he returned, the mermaid was gone and Herman had lost his only chance of capturing one. However, Herman did not give up and decided to keep his guard, hoping that the mermaid would return and that he would have his chance to hunt her again. After a while of waiting, Herman heard news that someone found a girl drowning in the ocean and brought her into the ship and he came rushing to see who it is. And he was surprised to see that it was his mermaid, except she had a pair of human legs instead of a fishtail. When Herman saw her, he told everyone to back off and tried to kill her, but Paul restrained him and asked him if he was insane. Herman tried to explain to Paul that the girl they found was a mermaid, but Paul refuses to listen to him and threatened to have the security lock him up if he dared put a finger on the girl. As that point, Herman has grown sick of Paul as this was the second time he stopped him from hunting his prize and knew that if he wanted to kill capture the mermaid he had to get rid of Paul first. So when he saw Paul alone at the verandas, he took him by surprise and stabbed him on the abdomen using his hook. Herman initially planned to dump him into the water so that no one would find the body but when he spotted the sirens moving toward the ferry, he developed a better plan and instead left his body laying at corner, hoping that the birds would maul him alive and the murder won’t be linked to him. After hearing the motive, Ophelia and Mia took Herman to the ship’s security team who had him temporarily locked up until he receives proper judgement.

Once they have taken Herman to the security, Ophelia and Mia went back to their ship and told the rest of their friends about this motive. When Zachary heard that, he became certain that Bellanca must be in the ship and that he and Mia must go search for her quickly. But before they could go, Iris Sharpe, who had somehow entered the ship, came to stop them. Ophelia asked them what they were doing here, where they admitted that they’ve come for their help.

Wondering what Iris wanted from them, Ophelia and Mia agreed to speak with them and see for theirselves. Iris explained that ever since they published their *Trident* exposé, they’ve been receiving a lot of threats, mostly from Buzzer but someone managed to get hold of their personal phone number and started harassing them. At first, they tried to ignore their messages but they continued coming and just an hour ago they received a text which this time made them feel threatened. The text told them that they know which ferry they took and if they don’t take down the hit-piece they made against *Trident* then they’ll make sure their body will never be found. Even though Iris doubts their messenger will act on their threats, the idea that they’re on the same ship makes them feel uncomfortable and they hope to know their stalker’s identity so they know which passengers they have to avoid. Hearing that made Ophelia feel concerned and she agree to help Iris learn their stalker’s identity, asking them for their phone to see the threats. Unfortunately, Iris did not have their phone on them, however Ophelia and Mia remembered that Iris tried to throw at Rosie earlier that day and they decided to go to the ferry’s economy suite to look for their phone. The duo found the phone, which was cracked up but still functional, however it had a passcode on and they had to unlock it. After they had opened the phone, they took it to Yoyo who found the texts Iris was talking about, but the messenger did not write their names or have a picture on their profile which revealed who they are. However, to their luck, Yoyo had reached out to the ferry’s employees and it turns out the stalker had foolishly uses the same number they attacked Iris with to book their ferry ticket and she discovered that the person who was sending those threats was a gentleman named Walter Keith Jr. The girls instantly recognized the name as that of a famous lingerie brand and wondering why he would harass an influencer like Iris, they decided to confront him. Expectedly, Walter denied stalking Iris, but he was given no choice but to confess when the girls showed evidence of him using the same number to book his ferry tickets to cyberbully Iris. Walter revealed that he made a brand deal with *Trident* to promote a swimsuit line his company was working on. And that hit-piece that Iris wrote not only affected *Trident*, but it also brought negative publicity to *Walter Keith* and fearing that his swimsuit line will fail because of this, he started sending threats to Iris to force them into deleting their exposé. Ophelia and Mia reported Walter to the security before they went to talk with Iris to assure them that Walter will bother them no more.

In hopes of finding Bellanca, Zachary went with Mia to search the ferry’s verandas where they found a folder belonging to Balthazar laying on the ground. The duo remembered the reason why Bellanca had come to Ursula: To get in touch with Balthazar and make him fall in love with her, so assuming that the two of them have met by now, they decided to look through his photo album and found a picture of him with a human girl, petting a dolphin. When they took a close look at the young woman, they immediately noticed how much she looked like Bellanca and they were indeed on the right track. After viewing the picture, Zachary and Mia wasted no time to look for Balthazar and they caught him with Bellanca, teaching her how to water-ski. Bellanca was doing great for a second, but due to her lack of experience in using her legs, she quickly lost balance and fell into the water and Balthazar ended up having to jump in, in under to save her. Once the two ended up getting out of the water, they ended up laughing together, until Bellanca spotted Zachary and Mia and she went from smiling to frowning. Balthazar noticed Bellanca’s grim expression and asked her what was wrong and this is when the duo stepped in. Zachary explained that Bellanca is a passenger in their ship, who got lost while having a swim at the water and that they’ve been looking for her everywhere and would like to borrow her from him. But Bellanca did not play along and hid behind Balthazar for protection, which made him feel like something fishy was going on. However, before he could confront the duo, Brandi Irwin came out to talk with Balthazar and she gave Bellanca a dirty look. Balthazar asked Brandi how she was coping with her father’s death, in which she responded by saying that she still feels sad, however her father wouldn’t want his death to ruin their trip and she would like to talk about happier things. Brandi glared at Bellanca before telling Balthazar that she’s been thinking a lot about their wedding day and she wants to know whether he has any places in mind he’d like to go to in their honeymoon. This question took Balthazar by surprise, who couldn’t think of any places he’d look forward to visiting, so Brandi suggested that they go to a more private area to discuss this. The couple decided to go inside the ship and Brandi leaned close to Balthazar, putting her head on his shoulders, all while giving Bellanca a smug smile. This all shocked Bellanca and when the betrothed became out of sight, Zachary looked at Bellanca sympathetically, asking her if she was aware of his engagement. Bellanca could not talk, but the look on her face said it all: She was unaware of and heartbroken by the news. Zachary sighed and told Bellanca to come with them, and this time she did not protest.

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

After convincing Bellanca to board the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge*, Yoyo and Ophelia took her into one of the cabins to rest before heading to the main deck with the others. When they returned, Mia asked them how Bellanca was feeling where Yoyo sighed and revealed that once they had left her on the cabin, the poor girl shoved her face into a pillow and flooded it with tears. The crew felt pity for Bellanca, however they felt that they had no other choice but to take her back to Poseidon. They were all ready to leave for Atlantis, but Natalie stopped them saying that they can’t go now. Zachary questioned her on what she meant, where Natalie reminded everyone that Bellanca made a deal with Ursula and that if she does not receive her “true love kiss” by the sunset of the third day, Bellanca will turn into a worm. The thought of this happening worried the crew, and they knew there was no way they would bring back Bellanca like this, but couldn’t think of any way they could break the curse. This is when Alex stepped in and he proposed that they could stop this from happening by helping Bellanca get with Balthazar and once they share their “true love” kiss, they’ll take Bellanca back to Atlantis. Mia likes that plan and she went with Alex to Bellanca’s cabin, where they caught her still crying on the pillow. However, when they told her that they’ll help her win Balthazar back, Bellanca soon became delighted and pulled Alex into a hug for convincing the crew in assisting her.

Meanwhile in the Charybdis, Madelina and Chet are seen cuddling on Anne Bonny’s bed, nude, but with blankets covering their bodies. While Madelina is rubbing her head on his head, Chet was laying with a stunned expression on his face, which he had during almost their entire intercourse. Chet’s silence concerned Madelina and she asked him if he didn’t enjoy their “moment”. Chet quickly assured her that he did enjoy it, however he was still in disbelief that it actually happened and thanked Madelina for “turning him into a man”. This made Madelina giggle and she told Chet that he’s always been a man to her and no one should make him feel any less of one simply because of his relationship status. The couple continued cuddling, until a knock came from their door and they heard Freja’s voice calling “Jane’s” name. This put them into panic, and Madelina quickly dressed up while Chet hid in a closet to avoid being seen, before Madelina opened the door to let an impatient Freja come in. When Freja entered, she quickly noticed how barely-dressed Madelina looked and how much of a mess the room looked which raised suspicions that some wild activities had taken here. Embarrassed, Madelina decided to divert the attention onto something else and she asked Freja what wanted to see her for. Freja admitted that her brother has asked her to apologize to her over her behavior back at lunchtime, however, this was not the reason she had come here. Freja then revealed that she already suspected “Jane” was a fraud but didn’t have the evidence to back up her suspicions, but now she knows that her real name is “Madelina Alonzo”. This revelation shocked Madelina and she asked Freja how she figured that out. Freja gave a smug smile and explained that she has spoken to her friends from the yacht and they told her everything she needed to know about “Jane Foster”, like how she is not real and that they made the joke about Madelina being “Jane” because of how much she resembles her. Madelina did not know how to respond to this so she stayed silent, while Freja gave her a choice: Either she outs herself to the vikings or Freja will expose her herself. Freja then opened the door to leave the room, only to find that Gertrude was outside and she had heard their entire conversation. Freja gave Madelina a smug look before leaving her to explain everything by herself.

Back at the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge*, nearly a day has passed and the crew are still seen sailing behind the ferry and the storm was starting to get worse. Mia did not like that at all and she questioned Zachary if he is sure that the storm was happening due to natural causes as it has been going for too long. Zachary himself wasn’t sure, but he assured Mia that they will be fine and that she just has to trust him and he’ll them out of this. Suddenly, Natalie emerged from the water to give a crew a warning, explaining that she just came from swimming ahead and that the area their about to pass through is crowded with rocks and they have to be careful while sailing around it. Zachary went to give Mary the precautions, leaving Mia by herself and she ended up spotted a creature from a distance which looked like a beautiful lady but she had several tentacles, each with a serpents on its end. Mia quickly went to warn Mary and Zachary, who identified the creature as Skylla. Even though Skylla is known for attacking ships that pass her, Zachary explained he had met her before and the two are “sorta” in good terms so there’s a slim chance she won’t attack their ship. Despite the reassurance, Mary was concerned about the creature, but Zachary told her they have no choice but to pass her since if they tried to move away from her, they’ll fall victims to Charybdis and that they’re basically choosing between “the lesser of two evils”. Maverick heard the conversation and he pointed out that the ferry is changing their direction, away from Skylla. This shocked Maverick, who ordered Mary to change her direction too and speed up the ship so that they catch up to the ferry. Mary did as told and as they were getting close to the ferry, the crew started shouting at the passengers to switch back to their original direction. But no one from the ferry heard them and both ships ended up falling into Charybdis.

## Suspects

Herman CavendishBrandi IrwinIris SharpeRosie SummersBatoul Bündgen
## Quasi-suspects

Walter Keith JrBalthazar ClarkBellancaFreja
## Killer’s Profile

* The killer takes jamu.
* The killer went to the Caribbean.
* The killer suffers from seasickness.
* The killer is cisgender.
* The killer wears a hat.