Oh Well, She’s Dead…

**Oh Well, She’s Dead...** is a case featured in *Criminal Case*. It takes place in the *Under The Sea* chapter of Graecita.

## Plot

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

A day after the protest took place, Kaleb ordered his guards to look for the people responsible for starting it and bring them to the palace where they were tortured, under the assumption they were also responsible for the attempted assassination against the queen. Fortunately for them, Leonora caught her whipping them and absolutely horrified by the sight, she ordered her brother to stop and asked him to talk with her privately. Once they were alone, Leonora confronted him over what she had just seen, but Kaleb defended his actions by accusing the protest of being a set up to cover up her assassination. Leonora rolled her eyes at that suggestion, before telling Kaleb that they found the person who fired the bow at her. This caught Kaleb’s attention, and he was ready to kill Vivian Astley, but Leonora told him that she chose forgive them and let them go. This pissed off Kaleb and he asked Leonora why she did that and warned her that they may try to kill her again, but Leonora had other issues the’d like to talk about. Leonora revealed that she heard about the way he was running the city and if it was true he was categorizing the citizens and assigning them jobs based on who their godparents are. Kaleb did not deny that and he claimed that his way in putting each person’s power to use and making them resourceful to the city. This revelation did not please Leonora, and she asked Kaleb if he had thought of the possibility that some of the demigods are not enjoying their jobs, but he defended this act by saying that he isn’t forcing them to work, however they either take the jobs that he gives them or rely on careers with lower incomes. This didn’t change Leonora’s views, and she told Kaleb that this has to change, but Kaleb simply told her to stay out of the situation and assured her that he’ll have everything under control. But Leonora was not going to herself get silenced, and she decided to ask Kaleb a question she had in her mind for years: Why did Kaleb make her queen? She continued by pointing out that every decision she ever made was because of him, that he never seems to trust her with anything or allow her to involve herself with the city’s affairs. Kaleb told Leonora to have a seat and he explained that kings and queens are basically just representatives of a country, they have no actual influence in the state and its the government who actually makes the decisions and the monarchs just parrot it out. He told her that if he could be the king of Graecita, he would, but there is one problem with him: He is not a demigod and for someone to represent the city of Graecita, they need to have a god as their parent and he chose her out of everyone, because he saw her as the most rightful for the throne. But Leonora realized what he was actually trying to say: He chose her to be queen simply because she’s the daughter of Zeus, not because he believed in her and in a moment of rage, she sacked him as her advisor. This shocked Kaleb, who tried to calm her down and told her she isn’t at the right state of mind, but Leonora refused to take back her decision, telling him that she’s heard enough from him. Kaleb eventually accepted her decision, but he questioned her who she believes is more worthy than him to be the one to advise her, and this is when Norah barged into them. Leonora was glad to see Norah, and was about to tell her about the promotion she’s got for her, but Norah cut her off and announced that Atalanta is dying...

Meanwhile at the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge*, the ship has finally arrived to Pompeii and the crew are putting on their swimwear. Madelina was doing her hair and makeup, while Ophelia was begging her to give Mia an apology which she kept refusing to do. Madelina excused her actions by reminding Ophelia that Mia was tormenting her ever since they first got stuck on a mission together and it was about time she taught her a lesson. Ophelia eventually gave up, and Madelina showed off her look her to her, Natalie and Bellanca, who were also in the cabin and asked them for their opinion. Ophelia and Natalie showered her with compliments, but Bellanca was silent and so, Madelina snapped her fingers at her and asked her if she can talk. Natalie responded on her behalf, by telling Madelina that Bellanca was mute, which made her feel bad and she asked her friends how she lost her voice. While Ophelia was explaining to Madelina the situation, Mia was having her bruises covered by Hasuro at another room, where she was cussing Madelina out for what she did to her yesterday. Hasuro did not want to get into the drama, so he kept quite until Mia asked him for his thoughts on the situation. Hasuro decided not to hold back and told Mia that Madelina was definitely wrong for jumping at her, but she started the fight by talking shit about Madelina. Mia did not appreciate what he said and accused Hasuro of taking Madelina’s side, but Hasuro assured her that he is in no one’s side and is just being rational here. While the two were arguing, Yoyo comes out wearing a stylish green bikini and asked her friends what they think of it. Hasuro jokingly said that its ugly, but Yoyo didn’t find this funny and told him that this is serious and she doesn’t want to look bad. Mia asked Yoyo why she would care about what others think of her outfits and if she finds it cute then she wear it and fuck everyone else. Yoyo revealed that it isn’t the swimsuit she’s afraid about, but how she looks in it and was going to bring something up but decided against it and changed into a more modest swimsuit. Soon everyone gathered into the main deck, Mia and Madelina crossed paths again but instead of arguing, they simply glared at each other and did not speak a word. The tension however was very clear, and Zachary decided to break it by telling the group that the mission here is simple: They leave Bellanca alone with Balthazar so that he could break her curse, and the rest of won’t have anything else to do but to have fun. The crew got hyped, but Maverick looked at Madelina’s appearance, laughed and asked her why she was so dolled up. Madelina glared at him and asked him if she isn’t allowed to “look good”, but Maverick told her it’s not that and he just wonders if she isn’t afraid it will all wash away once she takes a dip into the water. Madelina rolled her eyes and pointed out there other things do at the beach instead of swimming, and soon Chet came into the main deck and she asked him how he thinks she looks. Chet looked up and down at Madelina, and told her that she looks good but was sweating so excessively and breathing heavily. Madelina noticed he was still wearing his casual outfit and asked him why he didn’t change into a swimsuit, where he explained that he didn’t have swimming trunks with him. Madelina looked at the other boys, wondering if they had any spare, and when they revealed they haven’t got any with them, she promised Chet she will by him a pair on the way and told him to at least take off his sweater so the sun wouldn’t kill him. She and Chet then got down from the boat and Madelina decided to loudly great everyone in the beach, referring the Italians as her “fellow Latinx”, which obviously triggered them and the next minute, Madelina and Chet were getting chased by a crowd of angry Italians. The crew laughed at the sight of Madelina screaming and running away, but then they noticed the ferry has docked and caught Balthazar outside. Alex encouraged Bellanca to go to him and Balthazar was really surprised to see her, but nevertheless, he was happy and began speaking to her. Unfortunately his fiancée, Brandi Irwin, interrupted the interaction and asked him to help her get the luggage to their hotel room, while side-eying Bellanca. Balthazar sighed and began carrying the luggage, but he promised Bellanca that they’ll hang out when he’s done unpacking before waving to her goodbye. While Bellanca was jumping out with excitement, Mia decided to shoot her shot with Zachary and asked him if she could walk with him around the city. Zachary gladly accepted her companionship and they went into the ruins of Pompeii.

Zachary and Mia are walking together through the ruins of Pompeii, where Zachary was lecturing her about the events that took place. Mia did not care about the city, but she was attentive as she enjoyed listening to Zachary’s voice. She did not focus on the cobblestone path and ended up tripping, but Zachary saved her from falling and asked her if she was okay. Mia was embarrassed at first, but she liked how careful Zachary was being with her, so she told him she was feeling dizzy and seriously needs a drink. Zachary found his throat feeling dry as well, so he agreed to stop and get water and the two found a fountain they could drink from. They didn’t have cups, so they have to put their into the fountain itself so that it could pour water into their mouths. As they were drinking, their faces got close to each other, and Mia’s heart started beating and before she knew it, she found herself locking lips with Zachary. But Zachary quickly pulled away from shock. Mia looked at Zachary, hoping that he enjoyed her kiss but his face said otherwise. To her disappointment, Zachary sighed and told her that he likes her, but not in this way and that it’s only been weeks since he broke up with Maylin and moving on so early after a 7-year relationship just feels wrong. Mortified, Mia ran away and Zachary began calling for her, but she ignored him and tears started filling her eyes. Yoyo and Ophelia saw her running, and wondering what happened, they caught up with her and asked her what was wrong. Mia told them what happened at the fountain and her friends began comforting her, telling her that Zachary isn’t worth her pain and that she will find the right man for herself. As they were walking, the girls saw a crowd gathering around one of the city’s wells and among them were preteen girls yelling the name “Carla”. Curious, the girls joined the crowd and at the middle there was a man wearing a cowboy hat calming the crowd, who for some reason looked familiar to them. Behind him, there was a girl, laying on a bucket, unconscious. It didn’t take long for them to discover that the girl was just fished out of the well and that someone had murdered her.

**You are now playing as Mia Loukas**

Mia, Yoyo and Ophelia soon learned that the girl was a QikQoker called Carla D’Amore who recently rose to super stardom for a dance she allegedly invented. Her preteen fans were crying in the crowd over her death, while the rest were trying to snap a picture of the corpse to post in the internet. The man guarding the corpse got pissed at the photographers and ordered everyone to go back to the hotel, which gave Ophelia and Mia peace to investigate the murder and find out who killed Carla D’Amore. They decided to interrogate the man who got the corpse out of the well, Bruno Camper, who turned out to be the archaeologist who Hamilton and Diego helped gain custody of his niece, Anna Rose Camper. When they spoke to him, they learned that he was assigned as a tour guide for the people staying at *Vesuvius*, a hotel resort which the victim was staying at and so they decided to pay it a visit to look for clues that’ll lead to her killer. There, they found reasons to suspect her mother and manager, Amber D’Amore and Swedish InstaPic model, Annika Lindberg who was one of the many social media influencers that Carla went into the trip with. This made Ophelia and Mia question why there are so many “influential” people coming here and eventually, Madelina approached them and told them she has an answer for their question.

Madelina explained that *Walter Keith* are filming a fashion campaign in Pompeii and they brought their most “influential” models all the way here to act for the ads. She then revealed that Carla D’Amore was named the new face of *Walter Keith* which is the reason why she’s here. Knowing that Walter Keith Jr was here, Ophelia and Mia decided to interrogate him, trying to withstand the creepy comments he made on their figures and they discovered that the last place they filmed the ads at were the springs. After having talked with Walter, the duo continued their investigation where they found themselves meeting Iris Sharpe once again and added them into their suspect list. They also discovered that Bruno had an argument with Carly after he caught her carving her name on the Pompeii ruins and that she also argued with her mother because she felt like she’s burning her out and using her as a piggybank. The duo decided to recap the case but were approached by Madelina again, who told them that one of their suspects, Iris Sharpe, made an hit-piece on their victim.

Once they heard about the documentary Iris made on Carla D’Amore and the QikQok community, Ophelia and Mia went to confront them for picking a fight with the victim. Iris claimed that the documentary was not meant as a way to attack Carla or any influencers who blew up in QikQok, but instead it was pointing out how the application encourages teens to sexualize themselves in the public eye and exposes them to potential predators. They continued by saying that if there’s anyone they’re mad at, its the developers of the application for not taking measures against those creeps and the influencers’ parents for pimping out their kids. After they were done talking with Iris, the duo head back yo the investigation where they found out that the dance Carla got famous for was actually created by Annika, who was bitter that Carla has gotten all the attention instead of herself. They also learned *Walter Keith* got serious heat for a sexualized photoshoot they did of Carla who was only 17-years-old. After collecting enough evidence, Annika Lindberg was found guilty for Carla D’Amore’s murder.

When accused of murdering Carla, Annika got pissed off and was ready to throw hands and scream racism, but once the duo showed their evidence, she had no choice but to confess. Ophelia eventually noticed how Annika’s accent changed from AAVE to a Scandinavian one and pointed it out, making Annika quickly cover her mouth from embarrassment. Eventually, she realized her facade was gone, so she took out a pad to remove her makeup, revealing herself as a white woman. That shocked Mia and Ophelia and they accused her of doing blackface, but Annika got defensive and told them that she wasn’t making fun of black people but showing appreciation towards their culture and considers herself as one of them. She explains that growing up, most of her friends were black men and she had adopted black women’s look and fashion to fit in and get those BBCs. She didn’t think anything was wrong with what she was doing, so when she joined social media, she posed as a mixed-race woman even though neither parents were black. She enjoyed the attention she got from men, who were calling her a “baddie” and a “yellow-bone”, so she kept up the act. And everything was going smooth for her, until Carla caught her doing her daily routine where she was using foundation that clearly way darker than her actual skin tone. When Carla say what she was doing, she was shocked and she grilled Annika over what she’s doing, telling her that blackfishing is wrong and she threatened to expose her ass. Annika knew the amount of criticism she would receive would be huge, and that she had to silence Carla before her race-baiting comes out. So when Annika saw Carla looking into one of the city wells, alone, she decided to push her and looked inside to make sure she was crushed to her death. Disturbed, Ophelia and Mia took Annika to the hotel security who kept her in custody until she gets properly sentenced.

Once they have brought Carla’s killer to justice, Ophelia and Mia went looking for their friends and found them sitting on one of the beach tables. As they were getting close, Mia looked at Zachary and he looked back at her, making her do a double take. Ophelia noticed Mia was feeling down and comforted her as they were sitting down, and followed by that was an awkward silence until Madelina finally came to the scene with Chet, who was wearing brand new speedos that his girlfriend bought for him. The two brought pizza with them and when they laid it on the table, everyone quickly grabbed a slice. Everyone ended up getting a slice of pizza, except Yoyo and Natalie who sat there awkwardly. Madelina, who had not expected Ophelia and Mia to come, felt bad that Yoyo and Natalie ended up with no slice so she decided to give up hers, but both refused to take it. However, Madelina had noticed that Yoyo have not eaten anything all day, so she insisted that she take her pizza slice, but this made Yoyo snap at Madelina and warned her to let her be. Seeing that neither Natalie or Yoyo took the slice, Maverick grabbed it from Madelina’s plate, who got pissed and started scolding him. Eventually she calmed down and turned to Ophelia, asking her if they could talk after lunch, while also giving Yoyo a look of concern. Silence filled the table again, once Zachary was done eating his slice, he looked at Natalie, sensing something wrong, and asked her how she was feeling. Natalie eventually spilled the beans: She had been caught on her true form, which shocked everyone in the table who began asking her for details. But they were interrupted when a girl on her 20’s came running to the beach with her nipples exposed, crying that her friend’s life was in danger. This worried Alex and Zachary, who decided to go check on the girl and Mia went to follow them.

When the free-nippled girl saw Alex and Zachary approaching her, she quickly covered her chest, afraid they were here to hit on her. The boys assured her they aren’t here to creep on her, and they just want to know why she is screaming. When the girl noticed that they brought a girl ,Mia, with them, she calmed down and introduced herself as Mavis Palmer. She then explained that she and her friend were bathing at the springs, when suddenly the water went from warm to boiling hot. It got so hot that it started hurting the girls and they quickly rushed out of the spring. Mavis was lucky to get out with minor healable burns, but her friend was not as lucky and by the time she got out of the spring, she passed out. The trio promised to save her friend and as they are walking to the springs, Zachary decided to chat with Mia where he apologized to her over the way he acted toward the kiss and they both agreed to pretend that it never happened. They then caught up with Alex and the three found a naked woman laying unconscious near the springs. Zachary checked on the woman’s pulse relieved to know she’s still alive, while Alex decided to carelessly dip his hand in one of the thermal springs which burned his hand on the matter of seconds. While Alex was shaking his hand around to relieve the pain, Mia noticed a glowing rock, which was orange-red of color. But before she could touch it, Zachary stopped her, took off his button-down shirt and used it to carry the rock. He then gave the rock to Mia and wearing only a tank-top and his blue swimming trunks, he and Alex carried Mavis’ friend to to get her help. Once they’ve dropped the girl to be taken care of, the trio went to give the rock to Hasuro in order to find out how it got to where they found it and he had nothing to share but bad news. Hasuro explained that the burning rock and the thermal springs going way past boiling points indicates that the volcano is about to erupt and if they don’t leave by tonight, then they are at risk of facing death. This information shocked the trio, who were aware that Vesuvius was alleged to erupt soon, but they did not expect it to be today. Zachary and Mia did not waste time to alert Bruno Camper, who once have heard of the news, rushed to have the tourists evacuate Pompeii.

Wanting to get out the full story, Zachary and Mia met with Natalie and asked her how she got caught in her true form. Nervous, Natalie explained that while she was swimming at the beach, she totally forget about herself, transformed into her naiad form and starts hopping on the sea. She didn’t notice anyone was watching her until she heard the snap of a camera and saw someone looking excitedly at her. Luckily, Natalie managed to get away before the person could alert anyone else about her, but even though she managed to escape the person still managed to take a picture of her and will probably share it to the rest of the world. Zachary and Mia were not going to allow this yo happen, so they asked Natalie if she caught a glimpse of how the person looked like and the description she made fit Iris Sharpe. The duo decided to go talk with them, and when they saw Mia, they immediately started the conversation by revealing that they saw a mermaid while navigating the coast and took a picture of her. The duo hid their nervousness by accusing Iris that they’re just making stuff up, but Iris insisted on what they saw and revealed that they plan to show the picture to animal researchers to make sure that the mermaid would be protected, assuming she’s part of an endangered specie. This made the duo even more worried, but they kept their cool and asked Iris if they could show them the photo but unfortunately, they didn’t have her camera with them to the photo and revealed that they left it at the hotel. Zachary and Mia went to the hotel to look for Iris’ camera, found it, unlocked it and sent it to Maverick to have Natalie’s photos deleted. The duo andNatalie were waiting for Maverick to be done, and he did manage to delete the photos from the camera, however, they had another problem in their hands. Maverick revealed that while he was analyzing the camera, he learned that the photos had actually been backed up, so there is another copy of the photos they needed to get rid off. This made Natalie panic and Maverick comforted her, but eventually they knew there was only way to get rid of these photos for good: Ask Iris themself. Natalie, Mia and Zachary all went to speak with Iris together, who noticed they were holding their camera but before they could say anything, the trio took them somewhere private. Iris pulled themself from their grip, and they asked what they were doing, but when they saw Natalie, they were speechless. Iris instantly recognized Natalie as the mermaid they had seen, and Natalie confirmed to Iris that she indeed was. The trio then told Iris the whole truth, how entities from Greek Mythology actually exist but they wish to keep their existence secret from the public. Natalie then begged Iris not to expose her, and at first Iris was speechless, but they eventually did come to terms and agrees to keep her secret, handing Zachary a USB stick which contained all the photos they took during their trip to Pompeii. The trio thanked Iris, and Natalie was relieved that her secret hasn’t gotten exposed.

Wondering what Madelina wishes to talk about, Ophelia agreed to talk with her, taking Mia with her, much to Madelina’s distaste. However, Madelina chose not to make a big deal out of it, went straight to the pointed and asked the girls if Yoyo has an eating disorder. This question took Ophelia by surprise, and although she had her suspicions regarding Yoyo’s mental health, she did not want to believe that her friend may be going through this. Madelina on the other hand was sure about it, revealed that she went through a period of ED during her life and recognizes its signs, and asked if they notice any themselves. Ophelia recalled hints Yoyo had given away, and suddenly she remembered that two days ago, Hasuro found vomit inside their ship’s toilet and when they discussing who might’ve been responsible, Yoyo quickly tried to change the subject. The girls were now certain that Yoyo must’ve been purging and tried to cover it up, and Ophelia was ready to finally confront Yoyo about it, but Madelina stopped her. Madelina explained that if they try talking to Yoyo about her ED, she’ll probably act defensive and deny it, so before they have this conversation, they need to find solid proof about her ED. Ophelia and Mia agreed with what Madelina said and they went to the beach to look for evidence on Yoyo’s ED and they found a woven bag they recognized as hers. Inside the bag they found a medicine bottle with a label that said Ipecac syrup, which they had no idea what it was so they decided to send it to Hasuro as he’s the expert on chemicals. The duo and Madelina waited for Hasuro for results, and he revealed to them that Ipecac syrup is a chemical which triggers vomiting, and its often used in cases of food poisoning to get the poison out of the body. But the girls knew that Yoyo wasn’t using it for “food poisoning” and instead as a way to loose weight and they decided that this is all the evidence they needed to confront her. When asked about her ED, Yoyo acted defensive as Madelina expected her to, but she got lost with words when the girls showed her the Ipecac bottle they found. The girls then began to comfort her, but Yoyo shut them off and told them that they have no understanding of her situation. She asked them if they have an idea how hard it is being a daughter of Aphrodite, when all of sisters look like literal beauty queens, then there she was, a Plain Jane who doesn’t even have the power of charmspeaking like most of her sisters do. Yoyo continued by telling the girls that she loves her sisters, that they were nice to her, but standing next to them she feels so ugly and out of place and she feels pressured to perfect herself. Ophelia felt pity for her and asked her why she hadn’t opened up to them about all of this, where Yoyo reveals that she was afraid of sounding like a hypocrite. She explains that as a profiler, it is her place to help people recover from their trauma and depression, so if it came out that she was going through an eating disorder, she was afraid that they’ll consider her unfit for the job. This is when Madelina finally decided to talk and she reminded Yoyo that she may be a profiler, but she is still human. She told Yoyo that she has every right to experience emotions and open up about her feelings like they do and she doesn’t have to be the image of serenity all the time. The conversation then ends with Ophelia, Madelina and Mia telling Yoyo that she looks beautiful just the way she is and the girls all share a hug.

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

Once they were done with all their work, the crew gathered at the beach, which was full of people who were yet to get evacuated, waiting for Bellanca to come, as they can not leave the city without her. Soon, Madelina was approached by a group of girls, who followed her social medias and started gushing about how of fans they were of her. Madelina felt flattered and started signing autographs for the girls, and suddenly the group heard an announcement coming from the beach party stage, where a man was inviting people to step up and sing for the crowd. Madelina’s fans starting giggling and they begged her to go up there and sing her song, “Don’t Put It On Me”. The girls’ request surprised the crew, who had no idea that Madelina had a music career, and this made her blush and she tried to explain that it wasn’t a serious song, but her fans insisted that she go up the stage and eventually she gave in. When she came up to stage, she gave the DJ her phone to play the mixtape and she started singing, and although her vocals and dancing skills were lacking, her stage presence was strong enough to hype up the crowd, who were all enjoying the show, except Mia who judged her as if she’s putting on a serious concert. Chet was having fun seeing his girlfriend perform, but this was until he saw a bunch of guys in the crowd whistling at her and talking about how hot she was, which filled his heart with jealousy. Once Madelina were done, the crowd were all cheering for her, however, she had eyes only for Chet and was looking for him, only to see him storm off and heading to the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge*. This worried Madelina and she got out of stage to run after her boyfriend and see what’s wrong. Madelina went inside the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* and she found Chet, seemingly in a really bad mood and trying to control his anger. Concerned, Madelina asked Chet if he was okay but instead of answering her question, he confronted her by asking what she thought she was doing at stage. This confused her, as she didn’t see anything wrong with her performing but then Chet revealed that he saw men fawning over her at the crowd. Madelina realized Chet was feeling jealous, and at first she thought it was cute but when Chet expressed how bad this made him feel, Madelina defended herself by pointing out that she can’t control the way men feel around her and it’s not her fault they find her pretty. However, Chet did not see it that way and he told Madelina that it may not be completely her fault that men are hitting on her, but she’s not even putting an effort in stopping it, which is what makes him mad. Madelina asked him what he means, and he explained that the way she dresses and presents herself is an obvious cry for attention and accused her of “knowing what she was doing” when she came up the stage, sang and danced while wearing a bikini and she knew very well she’d have all eyes on her. What Chet said made Madelina speechless, because not only was he policing what she was wearing, but he was also slut-shaming her for wearing a bikini while they are at a beach. But Madelina managed to build up courage to speak, and she asked Chet if he loves her. To Chet, this question came out of the blue, and he assured Madelina that he does, but Madelina didn’t believe him. She told Chet that what really likes is, the IDEA of her, the image he created of her on his head and that she has no idea what it is, but she is not that girl. And that she is not going to change the way she acts to fit into his image and no man is going to force her to dress modestly, especially when she is at a FUCKING BEACH, and if he doesn’t accept her the way she is, then their relationship is done. This shocked Chet, who tried to get Madelina to understand his “point”, but Madrlina had enough of the conversation and stormed out of the ship. Outside the ship were Hasuro, Maverick and Zachary, who saw her storming out of the age and asked her if everything was okay. But Madelina did not answer them and ran away from the scene, crying. This made Zachary feel worried and he ran after her to ask her what happened.

Zachary failed to catch up with Madelina and after minutes of running, he got tired and head back to the ship, telling the others of the bad news. Mia rolled her eyes and suggested that they leave her behind, which caused an argument between the group until it was interrupted by Alex, who asked if Bellanca have come back yet. This is when the crew remembered the whole point of them coming to Pompeii and Alex, Mia and Zachary decided to go around the city to look for her. Unfortunately, they failed to find her, but at the thermal springs, they caught Balthazar Clark laying at the ground unconscious. Worried, the trio approach him, relieved to see that he was starting to wakeup. When Balthazar gained his consciousness back, he immediately asked about Bellanca and whether she was okay. Zachary calmed him down and asked him about what happened and Balthazar started explaining everything from the start. Balthazar revealed that while he and Bellanca were hanging out, she surprised him with a kiss and he did not know how to react. He simply stared at her and the expression on her face went from happiness to shock, as if she expected something to happen after the kiss. Suddenly, she started weeping and ran away from Balthazar, and he decides to run after her until they reached the thermal springs region where she got surrounded by a group of people about to capture her. Balthazar came to her rescue, but was knocked out by one of the guards and the thing he remembered seeing was Bellanca getting captured by those people and them forcing her to walk toward the direction to the volcano. Zachary promised Balthazar that they will find Bellanca and told him to evacuate from the city any once he was out of sight, Alex and Zachary started freaking out, wondering how they will find Bellanca, especially when they don’t know her captors. Fortunately, Mia found a torn photo on the ground and after restoring it, it revealed the scene Balthazar described: Bellanca getting restrained by guards, who were wearing gear which had a logo of an organization she and Zachary were familiar: *Trident*. This pissed off Zachary, who remembered how they were using jellyfish as a source of electricity, while Alex became concerned because if the organization captured Bellanca, they must have known she was a mermaid and probably a lot more than they can imagine. The trio knew that this time, they had to put the organization’s action to a stop and so they decided to hike Vesuvius to rescue Bellanca and also put *Trident* to an end.

At the palace of Graecita, a sick Atalanta is in a room, being taken care by the queen, Marionette and her human companion, Norah Cambright. Fearing for her dear friend’s health, Norah to feed the lioness, but Atalanta kept refusing food. Norah was becoming more worried by the second, but got hopeful when Shirley came into the room with the Oracle. Sveta bowed before the queen, who was relieved by her arrival and she asked her to look into Atalanta’s future and see what is depressing her. The Oracle obeyed the queen and held into the lioness’ paws and auddenly, her eyes became white and she began telling a prophecy. The prophecy read: *Inside the arena, there’s a prince, wearing an armor made of gold. Every fortnight he faces a battle, between the lines of life and death. He counts the days until his freedom, his fate at the hands of two girls of war. All roads lead to Rome*. This prophecy confused Norah, who asked the Oracle how would finding a prince help them save Atalanta, but Sveta claimed that she doesn’t know and simply recited what Apollo put in her head. Marionette then suggested that maybe that prince knows of a way they could help Atalanta, as that’s the only explanation they could think of for the prophecy. Norah still didn’t know what to make of the prophecy, but she was desperate to save her friend’s life and was about to run to the docks to take a ship and sail to Rome. But Leonora stopped her and she said that she can’t leave without informing Kaleb to he could accompany her. This made Norah frown, who claimed that she didn’t need Kaleb’s help, but Leonora assured her that they must talk to Kaleb, not because she doesn’t trust her leaving the city alone, but because she knows that he would freak out if he hears that Marionette went to a quest without him. This confused Marionette, who asked the queen who said she is leaving for the quest, where Leonora pointed out that the prophecy mentioned “two girls of war”, but it didn’t specify which god they exactly came from, which means both she and Norah will be going on the quest. Meanwhile outside the room, Shirley was eavesdropping on their conversation and she became worried, as she had a feeling she knows what “Rome” the prophecy was talking about...

## Summary

### Victim

* **Carla D’Amore** (Body fished out of the well)

## Suspects

Bruno CamperAnnika LindbergAmber D’AmoreWalter Keith JrIris Sharpe
## Quasi-suspects

Mavis PalmerNatalieMadelina AlonzoYoyo IpChet PeretzBalthazar ClarkSveta Rasputina
## Killer’s Profile

* The killer had plastic surgery.
* The killer uses sunscreen.
* The killer uses QikQok.
* The killer wears earrings.
* The killer wears false eyelashes.