| abstract | - Investigate Red Carpet. Amy Young: We were right to be suspicious, ! This man is dead, without a doubt! It looks like he suffocated... Amy (taking out her notebook): You say you know him? So his name is Tyler Snakes, and he's a famous Ivywood producer... Amy (inspired): Oh, I've read about him! Tyler Snakes was in charge of organizing the Awards ceremony! Amy: I agree, what are the chances he would drop dead on Awards night?! , we're dealing with another murder here! Amy (shocked): The Awards organizer is killed before the ceremony, right when the Utopians were planning to brainwash the population... Could the two events be linked? Amy (angrily): But then the Utopians might still be planning to brainwash people! And maybe they didn't hesitate to kill one of their own members in the process! Amy (pumping her fist): Let's have a look at the clues you found. The movie posters in that envelope must be tonight's Award winners, we should have a look inside! Amy: And what about this picture? Hey, isn't that Velma Bannister? The actress who tried to seduce Frank?! Amy: This woman has shown she cannot be trusted... Do you think you could retrieve the faded message on this photo, ? Examine Photo of Velma. Amy (saluting with a wink): And the award for the fastest reveal goes to ! The message on Velma's photo says "Tyler, I want to walk the red carpet with you." Amy (angrily): We know Velma Bannister flirts to get whatever she wants. She likely tried to draw Tyler Snakes under her spell, too. Amy: I agree: we must ask Velma what went on between her and the victim! Ask Velma Bannister about the photo she gave to the victim. Velma (holding a cigarette holder): Tyler Snakes dropped dead on the red carpet? How dramatic! That's how real men die! Amy (holding up her finger, sternly): Mrs Bannister, you may have fooled Frank, but you can't fool ! We know you were flirting with the victim. Velma: Sure, I admired Tyler. He was powerful and charismatic. Who could resist him? Amy: And now he's dead. You don't sound very upset. Velma (grinning): Honey, it's better to have loved and lost than having to train another man not to leave the toilet seat up. I already have a husband for that kind of thing. Velma (blowing a kiss): My heart bleeds for Tyler, but the Ivywood Awards are announced tonight, and I have to rehearse my acceptance speech. Maybe you'll get a mention in it, ... Examine Envelope. Amy (puzzled): Is this a map of the Awards Theater? What was it doing in that envelope? Amy: You're right, there's a Utopian symbol on it! And it's pointing to the TV room; that must be where they film and broadcast the Awards. Amy (shocked): But if they broadcast the Awards from there... You're right! The Utopians would need that room to broadcast their brainwashing movie! Amy (prompted): There's not a second to lose, : let's investigate that TV room immediately! Investigate TV Room. Amy: So this is the TV control room, where the Awards will be broadcast. The Utopians must have wanted access to air their own brainwashing movie! Amy (pumping her fist): There's no sign of a Utopian movie... But you've found our victim's access badge! Amy (prompted): Good point! The killer must have taken the badge from Tyler's body to access the TV room! We need to send this badge to the lab immediately! Amy (curiously): And that CCTV control unit, isn't that where they store the security camera data? They may have recorded the murder! Can you crack the security code so we can access it? Amy (pumping her fist): As for that torn poster... I know you'll fix it in a flash, ! Ask Brett Nolan about the Utopian Prophecy. Amy (taking notes): Mr Nolan, found this Utopian poster with your face on it, which mentions a "prophecy." Care to explain? Brett: Oh, I... don't know much about it, . The Utopians like to use my pretty face, but they never tell me anything important. Amy (puts her notebook away and holds up her finger): Don't play dumb, Nolan. You've been a Utopian for years, you must know about this prophecy! Brett (sweating nervously): Well, it's... something about the Guiding Light leading the departed souls back to Earth, or something. I never really understood it. Amy (skeptically): The prophecy doesn't talk about sacrificing the organizer of the Awards ceremony on the red carpet, by any chance? Brett (shocked): Tyler Snakes is dead!? See, they never tell me anything! They wouldn't warn me if the world was ending tonight! Awards Theater entrance, CCTV recording... Security Guard (pointing a finger): Hey! You in the ugly suit! You can't go in there! Jupiter (pleading): Just five minutes! I have to... Security Guard (shouting): GET OUT! Jupiter (nervously): But... (The security guard punches Jupiter in the face.) Jupiter: Ouch! End of footage... Amy (shocked): Hey... The poor guy thrown out of the red carpet is Russell's dad! Hannah (winking): Isn't that the best plot-twist ever?! Amy (holding up her finger, sternly): Hannah, it's not funny! 's right: if Jupiter Crane was at the Awards Theater around the time of the murder, we must question him! Ask Jupiter Crane why he was kicked out of the Awards Theater. (Jupiter is now seen with a black eye throughout the murder investigation.) Amy (skeptically): Mr Crane, we have proof you were kicked out of the Awards Theater right before Tyler Snakes was killed. What were you doing there? Jupiter (shocked): I was trying to speak to Mr Snakes about the future of the Utopians! Jupiter: After our great leader's demise, Snakes fancied himself the new leader. But he had lost sight of his Guiding Light! Jupiter (shocked): Snakes only used our religion to rub shoulders with rich investors. He was giving all Utopians a bad name! Amy: So you illegally entered the premises to harass Snakes? Or did you decide to kill him to protect your religion? Jupiter (inspired): My conscience is clear, . It's the Guiding Light that punished Tyler Snakes, not me! Analyze Victim's Badge. Yann (drinking his coffee): Hello, . I've examined the victim's badge you found in the TV room, and found a molecule left behind by the killer... br /> Yann (puts the mug down, nervously): But before I could identify this molecule, my wife called and... This is embarrassing. Yann (sadly): Look, , I'm really sorry, but my daughter got sick and my wife needed me to take her to the doctor. Amy (grinning): So you didn't have time to identify the molecule the killer left on our victim's badge? Amy (pumping her fist): Don't fret about it, Yann. We both know can identify this molecule in the database in a flash! Can't you, ? Autopsy Victim's Body. Roxie (excitedly): Guys, this murder makes me feel like I'm in a movie! Amy (holding up her finger, sternly): A disaster movie, unless we stop the Utopians in time! Have you found anything useful on the body? Roxie (excitedly): Yes! Tyler Snakes was killed exactly like a character in a famous movie: A Puff of Death! Amy (holds her hands up in disbelief): What do you mean, Roxie? The killer copied the murder from a movie? Roxie (fantasizing): Exactly! In the movie, the victim dies from inhaling monomethyl para-amino-sulfate: a highly toxic chemical. It is mixed in his tobacco, and he smokes it. (Roxie picks up Tyler's lungs and shows it to the team.) Roxie: I've found the same poison in Snakes' lungs, mixed with regular cigarette smoke residue! Amy (nauseated): So he was killed with a poisoned cigarette? That's insane! Who'd think that up? (Roxie puts Tyler's lungs down.) Roxie (winking): Someone who's seen it in A Puff of Death! , I guarantee your killer has seen that movie! Later, at the station... Amy (holds her hands up in disbelief): Tonight was meant to be about the excitement of the Ivywood Awards, but instead we're dealing with Utopians again... and a dead man! Amy (shaking her head): Tyler Snakes was going to supervise the Awards ceremony, but someone poisoned him on the red carpet. Amy (takes out her notepad, reading her notes): We've found proof that Velma Bannister tried to seduce him, but we don't know how that played out. Amy (puts her notepad away, nervously): As for Russell's dad, he got kicked out of the Awards Theater for harassing the victim... Amy (biting her nails): And there's this prophecy, too. I agree, it must have something to do with the Utopians' plan to brainwash ever- (Hannah runs into the room.) Hannah (shocked): ! The Prophecy has started! The Guiding Light is shining on us! The end is nigh! Amy (shocked): Hannah?! Have you joined the Utopians, too?!
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