Skylla

**Residence** | The Strait of Messina

**Kathy Gucci** was the killer of Ruby Armstrong in And I Oop- (Case #14 of Cambright), where she escaped during the arrest and was later learned to be a mythological creature that goes by the name **Skylla**. She then appeared as a quasi-suspect in Hanging From The Web (Case #16 of Cambright), Skin So Thin (Case #17 of Cambright), The Depth Of My Secrets (Case #18 of Cambright) and A Rock and a Hard Place (Case #22 of Graecita). She also made minor appearances in Poor Unfortunate Souls (Case #20 of Graecita) and Sound Of The Sea (Case #21 of Graecita).

## Profile

Skylla is a mythological creature guising as a 15-year-old girl who goes by the name *Kathy Gucci*. In her disguise, she is seen with dark skin, blonde hair and blue eyes and is seen wearing a blue tank top with the picture of a turtle and “SAVE THE TURTLES” written on it and is also holding a hydro flash and a Gucci bag on her shoulder.

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## Events Of Criminal Case

### And I Oop-

The killer turned out to be **Kathy Gucci**. Kaleb and Zachary went to the seawall to confront Kathy, who was horrified by their murder accusations, claiming that if she was to kill Ruby, she would choose a different way than polluting the water with her blood, but seeing that the evidence points to her, she confessed and claimed that the murder was an accident and she simply just wanted to knock out Ruby who got in the way of her orders. The duo were confused and asked Kathy to explain, where Kathy told them that Mr Sparkles’ land wasn’t the fun place it claims it is and they were known for exploiting and capturing animals, especially sea creatures for their park. Kathy then continued by saying that the sea world had stayed silent toward their actions, and allowed them to get away with it for so long, but the park had went as far as capturing Aurelia and that Kathy was sent to free her. Kaleb and Zachary were shocked by Kathy’s claims and asked her what made Aurelia different and what did Mr Sparkles capture her for, but Kathy refused to answer, climbed over the fences, and jumped to the sea. The duo tried to tun after her, but as they came close to the water, a giant sea serpent-like creature came out and tired to bite them before being pulled back to the water, frightening the two.

It is later learned in the AI that Kathy was actually a nymph called Skylla who was murdered by a jealous witch and then resurrected as a sea “monster” and that the sea serpent that scared off Zachary and Kaleb after she had jumped into the sea was one of her tentacles.

### Hanging From The Web

Kaleb followed Austyn and Zachary all the way to Amanda, who when she saw the two boys Kaleb was with, twirled her hair and started flirting with them and asked for their names. Both Austyn and Zachary blushed and told her they both (including Kaleb) have girlfriends and revealed that they came to speak with her as they heard she had found a monster under the bridge and want to learn more about it. Amanda swallowed her breath and told them that they may not believe her, but while she was walking her way to the set, she looked down at the water, and there saw a weird looking creature, with a human head and torso, but instead of normal legs, they had some weird looking tentacles. The trio found it hard to believe what just came out of Amanda’s mouth and that it was likely just some actor for Mr Sparkles upcoming “The Princess Of The Ocean”, but remembering how they had strong reasons to believe that Aurelia may be some kind of mermaid-like creature, they decided to give the bridge a look. After searching the area underneath the bridge, the trio found a pile of algae laying on the shore. Kaleb searched the pile and found a blue shell necklace, which he and Zachary looked at and recognized it as the same one that **Kathy Gucci** was wearing around her neck, and turned to Austyn ad told him that they think what Amanda have seen must be real. Suddenly, Kathy appeared from the water in the form of Skylla, making the trio gasp and grab whatever they found of the ground to protect themselves. Skylla calmed them down and told them that she won’t hurt them and that she just wants to talk. When Kaleb asked her what is she doing here, Skylla reminded him of her mission to save Aurelia, and that she wasn’t going to go back to Poseidon empty-handed, begging the trio to not tell any of the staff in Mr Sparkles’ Land about her presence. The trio agreed not to say a word, but Kaleb then asked her how could they trust her, since as far they know Aurelia could be a siren. Skylla laughed at his suggestion, by assuring him that Aurelia isn’t a siren as they have bodies of a bird and look nothing like they are portrayed in movies. She then told him that he doesn’t have to help her as she eavesdropped on both him and Jennifer while they were talking to Aurelia and understands what desperate situation they are in, and all what she wants him and his friends to do is to stay out of her way and let her free Aurelia herself. She then looked at both Austyn and Zachary and told them that she has things to tell the two of them and if they mind if they speak to her privately, where Kaleb walked away.

### Skin So Thin

Curious about the creature Tom saw, Austyn and Kaleb went to the treatment room to catch it, where they saw a pile of towels dropped to the floor, and after rummaging through it, they caught a crab holding broken pieces of glass. After sharing a few laughs over what they saw, the duo took the pieces of glass off the crab’s claws and freed the crab outside. Interested on the glass pieces the crab was holding, Kaleb fixed them up, revealing them as a crystal rock, which when he showed Austyn, his eyes widen with concern and he muttered that Skylla must be in trouble. Kaleb gave Austyn a confused look, hoping to receive an explanation, but instead Austyn took the crystal out of his hand, filled a glass with water and exposed both the cup and the crystal to the sun and the next thing that happened surprised Kaleb when he saw a rainbow form with a hologram of Skylla’s face. Austyn looked at Kaleb and told him that he’ll explain things later before putting his attention on Skylla and asked her if she was alright. Skylla sighed and told him that things aren’t, as the people in Mr Sparkles’ caught her around their waters and now she is being held hostage under their control with Aurelia, who passed by Skylla’s message to say “hi” to the duo. Skylla then told Austyn and Kaleb that she understands their desperate situation but she and Aurelia really need their help to get out and that it’s not just for them but for Cambright as well. The duo were deciding whether they should help or not, but Kaleb stopped for a moment and gave a confused look to Skylla and Aurelia asking them how would their kidnapping affect Cambright, where both the sea creatures looked at each other and sighed. Skylla then admitted that she lied about Poseidon sending her here and that it was in fact a mission set up privately without Poseidon’s knowledge, revealing that after Aurelia had been kidnapped, the sea king got so pissed off he started plotting an attack toward Cambright which a many of the sea deities disagreed with and so they agreed to send Skylla over to Cambright to free Aurelia and avoid having innocents lose their lives, and that she wanted to tell them this but she did not want them to be afraid.

### The Depth Of My Secrets

Nervous, Waldo went with Kaleb and Jennifer all the way to the volcano island. Kaleb and Jennifer then looked around and finally found Skylla and Aurelia, who were glad to see that their human friends were still around, but were startled to see they were accompanied with Waldo Sparkles. Skylla reacted quickly by having her serpents hiss, but Kaleb and Jennifer assured her that Waldo has nothing to do with what happened to them and looked behind where they saw that Waldo had fainted. Waldo then woke up, and when he looked around he saw that the sea creatures were still around and was amazed, especially with Skylla and her tentacles. After being certain that Waldo is on their side, Skylla and Aurelia calmed down and introduced themselves, explaining their story and how it was important for them to leave the park before the sea kingdom sends an attack toward Cambright. Realizing how serious the situation is, Waldo offered to lend some help, where Skylla spoke about finding a gated opening underneath the marine department which leads to the open sea. Waldo thought, and that’s when he recalled Edgar mentioning that all the gates in the park are controlled through a device of his which he calls the “laptop”, and that he’s sure it includes the gate they are talking about and he remembers that Edgar always tends to leave his laptop inside the marine department building. Kaleb, Jennifer and Waldo then all entered the marine department building and started searching it and managed to find Edgar’s laptop, except it was locked. Kaleb used the hacking skills Roni Q had shared with him to unlock the laptop and searched through the files where he found the gate he was looking for and had it open. He then went with Jennifer abd Waldo to speak with Skylla and Aurelia and told them that they believe they may have unlocked the gate. Skylla then told the trio to hold on her serpents and went with Aurelia all the way to the marine department, where Aurelia checked underwater and found the opening which was no longer blocked. Happy, Skylla and Aurelia thanked the trio for rescuing them and Aurelia gave Kaleb a kiss on the cheek, before she and Skylla dove underwater, passed underwater and left the park for good....

## Case appearances

### Season 2: Cambright

* And I Oop- (Case #14 of Cambright).
* Hanging From The Web (Case #16 of Cambright)
* Skin So Thin (Case #17 of Cambright)
* The Depth Of My Secrets (Case #18 of Cambright)

### Season 4: Graecita

* Poor Unfortunate Souls (Case #20 of Greacita).
* Sound Of The Sea (Case #21 of Graecita).
* A Rock and a Hard Place (Case #22 of Graecita).

## Trivia

* In Greek mythology, Skylla was a beautiful nymph resurrected by the Greek god Glaucus into a sea monster after she was murdered by Circe, out of jealousy.
* Skylla was modeled after American actress and Academy award winner, Lupita Nyong’o

## Gallery

Skylla as she appeared in Season 2.Skylla as she appeared in Season 4.Skylla disguising as “Kathy Gucci”.