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The Great Ace Attorney Adventures -12- Dance of DeductionAdded:
Hello everyone and welcome back to the great ace attorney adventure. We're on the ship. We're in the secondary room.
We found a strange man and Schulms went into this whole ass dang and rompered about why he's doing what he's doing.
and he pinned the whole thing about the missing ballerina and him being the Russian uh you know vigilante that's going around even though the guy doesn't look anything like that dude and all that. So I don't know what's going to happen now. Um I'm not sure why we had that little segue but hopefully the game is going to explain it to me because I would like to literally refute everything he said even though you know I mean you're hot but everything was wrong. Suztoan, that wasn't one of the great deductions I've been hearing so much about, was it? Riionoske is not impressed. Well, uh, the stories are full of Mr. Sham's brilliant deductions, you know. Yeah, but girl, that's just a story. That's not like the real thing, is it? But that did seem a little different somehow. Yeah, I agree. I don't think it was good.
Excuse me, Mr. Schulms, could you come over here a moment? Come on over. Glide over on your ice skates.
Probably. What can I do for you? It's about your deductions. Would you mind?
Not at all. Go on.
They suck. Oh, no. Is that too harsh?
Sorry. Well, to start with, there's the newspaper article. I think we had the same discussion before, but these two men look nothing like each other. It's true. It's very true. I mean, that's obvious. glaringly. Ah, yes. I recall our discussion earlier and at the time I believe I told you.
What did you tell me? That the man is a revolutionary. Well, able to revolutionize his own appearance. Like, what? How? What? Did he get plastic surgery? I don't think it's possible.
In fairness to Mr. Schums, Mr. Voya does look more like this man than you do.
Yeah, but that doesn't mean [ __ ] That's not the point.
And another thing, the part about him abducting the ballerina. Indeed, a truly startling revelation. Yeah, she ain't fitting in that bag, bro. At first glance, the case would appear too small to accommodate a young woman. Not just at first glance, it is too small.
Clearly, you'd be lucky to fit a 5-year-old child into that case, even if you pushed really hard. Oh, don't. Also, don't put your children in cases. Just don't do that.
I don't suppose the missing ballerina is a 5-year-old child, is she? No. You mean you don't know? No, the young lady is 15.
No, I didn't know. How could I?
H Well, if she's 15, then 10 years worth of her would be poking out from the case. That's true. Some years ago, I read something pertinent, I believe.
What did you read? a troop of men consuming vinegar daily in order to promote a certain liftness in their bodies. Yeah, the you unless they're some kind of yoga instructor, they're not going to be able to fold up like a pretzel vinegar. Man, that just sounds like a bunch of woo. That's crazy. For such a sour bunch, it would surely be simplicity itself to contort oneself into the confines of that small case.
We're not Dawson over here.
Oh dear. You might be thinking of contortionists in the circus. Mr. Schoms. Exactly.
And even they wouldn't be able to fit in there. This whole thing is turning into a circus. Rio, you're right. Mr. Nardo, something's occurred to me about Mr. Schul's deductions just now. I think his powers of observation are well, magical.
His eyes cut to the heart of a matter almost instantly.
It's just where he directs his attention and his logic that seem a little off. Yeah, a little. How about a lot? How about a whole bunch? Your idea of a little may be a little off itself, Mr. Sus.
Exactly. I think you're looking at it with rosecolored glasses. Well, just one or two key words in his deductions that seem to let him down. So, I was wondering if we might perhaps tactfully switch them for our tentatives. What do you think? How do we do that? Switch some keywords in his deductions.
Yes, but very tactfully. Well, I feel sure that if we could do that, we'd unlock the true genius of Mr. Schulm's great deduction.
Precisely the thought that was going through my own mind. Really? This man is a lot of work. Man, you're lucky you're hot. Boy, I don't have time for this otherwise. At times, I wonder how anyone puts up with me. Yeah. That Yeah. Yeah.
That Yes. That's not something to brag about. Oh god. I say that often myself.
It's not that funny. Oh, and you, my good fellow. Sorry, take a moment to look at your wrists. My wrist? Yeah.
What? Yeah. Hey, it's gone. Let's go.
We're a free man. Where are your handcuffs?
Huh? H how did What Are you a lockpicking expert? I felt they may hinder your ability to follow me in our dance of deduction. Oh, thanks, bro. I don't believe it. Well, if anything, he's got the slide of hand down pat because like I didn't even hear or see that happening. Mr. Schulms, you are a marvel.
Okay, I'll give you that. You did that, boy.
Don't worry. I'll I'll restore the shackles to your wrist when we're finished. Oh, what? Come on. I'm not worried. In fact, I'd rather stay like this.
Indeed.
So, let us begin. All right. How do I How do I do this? Philms is proud to present his logic and reasoning spectacular.
Let's go. Gosh. Let's go for it. Hey, that's me. Course correction. Hold it, Mr. Schumps. So, is this going to go like it does in court? Old man's identity. A revolutionary on the run.
So, we're going to fix this, I guess.
All right.
So, the dubious looking Russian, Mr. Roy lot. Obviously, what catches the eye in the first place is the enormous pair of shears in your hand. So, how do I stop how do I stop this? How do I stop this? Hm. Or maybe it's going to help me automatically cuz I don't see like a hold it or like a record or like a present or anything like that here. Now, we ask ourselves, what could you possibly want with such an implement?
The answer of course is staring us in the face. So Schomms thinks he wants to cut off the beard.
You were using You were on the Oh. Oh, it's doing it automatically, I think, cuz it's the tutorial. Okay, I get you.
I'm not so sure. Would you really use shears like that to cut off a beard? I mean, to start if it's long, maybe. But you'd still need clippers and stuff. Did they even have that kind of thing back then? No. They would probably use like a straight edge, right?
I doubt that's something I'll ever have to worry about. It still doesn't sit quite right with me though. It doesn't seem to be sitting right with Mr. Royot either, which means I suppose the deduction is wrong. Let's try to switch a keyword here and see if it helps. All right, but how? I think we should start by taking a long hard look at Mr. Roya.
I wonder if it's really his beard that he intended to use this year's What else could it be exactly? If we do manage to find something that seems to fit the sense of Mr. Scholm's deduction better.
Well, then what? Well, then I'll leave the rest in your capable hands. Natos, why am I the one to do something about this? Yeah, I'm the one that's like a victim here.
Well, anyway, let's see if there's anything we could even use to switch around in that last sentence. What exactly was Mr. Vyot really going to use those enormous shears for?
You are on the verge of using the shears to cut away the copious beard you sport.
What was the old man about to cut? Wait, how do you how do you do this? Oh god.
Okay. Whoa. I can move all the way around, bro.
Long golden hair.
It's the girl, isn't it? It's the girl.
We didn't see that part before. Can you imag I just imagine them like just walking all around this person in a 360 motion. It's just weird. What the What's this? It It looks like a cascade of stunning golden locks.
No, no, no, no. The color is not the point. The point is what's it doing on the back of Mr. Royal's head? Well, the color is also the point. It's all of it.
How is it growing out from underneath his thick black hair? Well, yes, that's true. So, it's stunningly beautiful and stunningly surprising. Something's definitely not right here. It's the girl. Yes. Present that. That's got to be it. Golden locks.
Mr. Schulms. Did you not even notice it from how Oh, god. This is cool. I'm ice skating, too. You were on the verge of using the shears to cut away the golden locks you sport. Why did you just tuck that into your jacket? Indeed, you have identified the precise detail I was intending to expose. What? Man, are you You're putting me on, man. Are you dude?
You do look nice in this though. Dang.
Why are you so hot? I hate it. Such lush golden hair certainly does not be fit an old man. Oh, I think I You're So you've got under Okay, so they're under some kind of costumey hiding their identity, if you will.
You're not a man at all. You're a woman.
Oh my god. It's like that Austin Paris scene. That's not a man, baby. You know, a guy can have long hair. It's totally fine. And judging from the length and sheen of your hair, one still very much in her youth.
Oh, no. So, you're not a Russian at all, are you, Steve?
So, so is it really her? Well, I'd managed to cut off my hair. No one would have suspected. Why didn't you just tuck it into the jacket? Don't understand that.
The question then begs is this. Why would you desire to rid yourself of these magnificent locks? Once again, the answer is plain, Watson. We have clear evidence to shed light on the matter.
I'm Watson. It's me. It's me this time.
Okay. I'm sure it needs no further clarification. The evidence that reveals your true identity is the article about the revolution. No, it's not. It's the article about the ballerina, I think.
Well, that was a shock. I had no idea that old man was really a young woman in disguise. Did you?
Did you? What? Why are you staring at me like that? Well, yes. It was a surprise.
Not a song.
You're enjoying this, aren't you? Sorry.
You look like you're in your element as you dance around the room deducing the facts with Mr. Schulms. To be fair, I do kind of like being in the ice capes with him. You know, we've had a lot of different things here. We've had like going to gay chessboard land and we, you know, we've had going into like uh negative land when you, you know, kind of listen to people and get their little quirks and and all that. But I kind of like doing the Ice Capades, too. I think that's what we're going to call this.
I'm just doing what we agreed. I'm I'm not having fun or anything. He's not hot or anything. Yes. Yes, I understand. Say no more. Well, anyway, let's focus on this next part of Mr. Schulm's deduction, shall we? The evidence that he's picked out doesn't fit the facts at all. Now, no, that's true. Given that Mr. Royadot is actually a woman.
Exactly. He, or rather, she can't possibly be this merciless revolutionary. Well, I suppose it's because the deduction as a whole has taken a different direction now. Yes.
Well, let's switch the evidence for something else. Something that fits the facts as we now understand them. For some reason, this woman needed to try to hide her true identity. I feel as though I've either read or heard about a young woman in a situation like that recently.
All right, I'll do my best. We certainly have. So, that would be the article about the ballerina. I'm just going to go ahead and present this cuz I'm assuming that's what it is.
>> Here we go. Okay. This is very Danganrompa-ish, isn't it?
>> The evidence that reveals your true identity is, of course, the article about the ballerina.
There she is.
That's right. You've hit the nail on the head. Oof. Renowned Prima Ballerina of the Novich Ballet disappears from Shanghai.
She wasn't kidnapped or anything. It looks like she's on the run.
Would appear that we are finally able to address you by your true name. Right.
Yes, because your true identity is that of the Novich Ballet's Prima Ballerina.
Oh, we did the finger flip, too, just like Shoms. Did you see that?
Miss Nicolina Pavlova, is it you, girl? Oh gosh. Girl, be careful. Jeez, that could have been dangerous.
Mind. Oh my goodness. You're right.
Let me see. I'm excited to see her. She was so beautiful in the picture. Good God almighty.
Hello.
You're right. My real name is Nina. I mean, Nicolina Pavlova.
Goodness me, you're stunning. But please, I beg you, don't tell anyone.
Goodness gracious.
A ballerina on the run. Solved. Okay.
Interesting. Wrongdoing. Kidnapping of a young ballerina. Well, isn't that solved, too? She's obviously not kidnapped if she's here. Are we going with that or is something else happening? H.
Okay. You are at this very moment on the brink of committing a most grievous crime. What? Kidnapping herself? That's not how that works. What did she do?
And the proof of this crime over there.
What the bag again? Oh yes, Miss Pavlova. Take it unawares. People have a propensity to let their eyes stray, you see.
And I assure you, the eyes speak so much more eloquently and honestly than the mouth. Right. Okay. We got this before.
The answer we seek lies with referative glance. We already read this, so I'm just going to read it in my regular voice like I do in court. That's okay.
The proof of your crime sits before our very eyes. The traveling case.
Yeah, that doesn't seem right. This woman is the ballerina, and she's right in front of our eyes. So clearly, she can't be inside the traveling case as well. No, that's right. It seems she wasn't abducted at all. In which case, what is the crime this young woman is apparently committing?
I can see I'm going to have to step in and fix the great detective's mistake again. Oh, you seem to look pleased, Natos, do you like the idea of another chance to dance around Mr. Schulz? Uh, kind of.
I would like to dance around with that ballerina, too. I mean, I know she's underage, but in a platonic nice way.
Stop it. Anyway, there must be something else here that shows what this woman is up to. She must be taking the tiara. I just want to know why it bounced because that was weird before. Unless that really doesn't mean anything. Um, proof that your crime sits before our very eyes. Yes, the traveling case. So, okay.
So, what's the evidence of the crime?
Can we look at this, please?
Proof of a crime sits before the eyes.
The traveling case. Uh, yes, yes, yes.
Let's see.
So, kidnapping of a young ballerina.
Do we What do we do? Do we go through?
Do we just present it?
No, no, no. That's the same thing. You can't correct the same. Oh, I think I might have screwed up. One moment a bearded Russian gentleman, the next a sweet prima ballerina. But your true identity is that of a master thief. And this old case of yours is filled with loot.
Is that it? Are you quite concentrating?
You've identified exactly what I did originally. Oops. Oh, okay. I know. I didn't understand the situation. Maybe we have to move around it and look. But there was no court record or anything, was there? Did I miss that? Did I miss that part? I might, you know, I might have done. I might have done. Okay.
Well, I do understand. As imitable as I am, people do. But you won't make a great detective like that. Not even a great detective's assistant. Oh, I just [ __ ] up. It happens cuz sometimes I don't understand what they're asking of me. An assistance assistant. All right, I'll think again. Dang, I didn't know you could run out of lives here.
Proof that it sits before our eyes.
Crimes come in so many different forms.
That's the thing. How can we be sure?
Mr. Schm's observational skills are beyond question. Not a hood song. Miss Pavlova definitely let her eyes straight to something. And that something will explain everything. Well, it was this. I thought I thought maybe they would open it. I guess that's what I did wrong. We look around very carefully and try to work out what she was looking at. Okay, I'll investigate the area more thoroughly. My bad. My bad. I have I remember I have to click the the uh arrow buttons to get around this. Not the wast buttons. It doesn't work. There must be something here that will prove what this woman is really guilty of.
Okay, so Oh, it was just right there.
The waste paper basket. That's really all it was. I feel like if they were standing there, right, they would have seen this just by by way of just proximity and perspective. We only had one point because it was a a like a still like, you know, a still image where we couldn't see it. They would have seen this walking in. It was only just behind the chair. This is what we want. Okay. So, present this. Yes. Yes.
Okay. That makes sense.
She took the tiara with her. The tiara that was missing.
The proof of your crime is surely this tiara.
Here we go. I believe this tiara is worn on stage by dancers in the Novich Ballet, is it not?
And worth a lot of money, so the article said.
Indeed, it would appear to be identical to the tiara pictured here in this newspaper article.
And if the reporting is to be believed, it's an item worth 20,000 rubles.
Great Scott. In summary, the crime you've committed is theft. Oh no.
Yes. You left your ballet troop unlawfully taking their precious tiara with you.
Oh, girl, your bra. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. You're right.
Goodness.
Doesn't she look like a Pokémon person a little bit? I have no one. No family, no friends. I am all alone and I need money.
Oh, girl, that's awful. But I did not steal the tiara. It was a present from, how do you say, an earl of Prussia? It belongs to me. This girl is only 15 years old. She's run away all by herself. She must have been extremely lonely. That's terrible, girl. I'm sorry.
Listen, none of my business.
All right, I will tell you everything.
There is no point to hiding it now.
Oh, come, come. Let us not be hasty.
What?
There remains one unsolved mystery about you. What's that mystery? What? What do you mean?
What is it? You've staunchly refused to open this traveling case of yours in our presence. It is reasonable to conclude, therefore, that there exists some reason why you wish it to remain closed. I guess I am curious, too. Is that not so, Miss Pavlova? Um, my dear girl, there is no sense in playing games with me. Nothing escapes my attention. Indeed, I have a very good idea of the contents of your case, even before I have ever laid eyes on them. Do you have like a little doggy in there or something? cuz it did move. I did see it. Dear me, we're not well suited to a life of crime, are we? Your careless cud kudel betrays you. Once again, we need only follow your ferted glance to find the answer.
Yes. The reason why I refuse to open your case is written on the books of the shelf. Wait, no, it's not. There's no way that's the case. Surely not.
Okay, he's completely changed tack with his deduction now. I think Mr. Schulms is adapting his logic to the changing circumstances, don't you? Well, maybe.
But why has he suddenly brought the bookshelf into all this? Just a wild guess, surely. Oh, do you think so?
Well, it doesn't seem likely that the reason why this young woman doesn't want to open her case would have been written on a book that doesn't even belong to her. Oh, yes, that is true. But still, Miss Pavlova certainly did cast her eyes in that direction. Well, I noticed it myself.
There has to be another reason why she won't open the case. There must be somewhere in the same area if that's where her gaze was involuntarily drawn.
Well, I agree. That's the only answer.
Whatever she has hidden inside that case should be revealed by following her gaze in the direction of the bookcase. All right, let's find it. Books on the shelf. Books on the shelf. Books on the shelf. What is this over here? Small picture. And what was this again over here? Rules of passage. Can I look at this closer?
I want to look at this. Can I? Yeah.
What does this say again?
These are the rules of passage for travel aboard the SS Buria. Passengers must not keep weapons or other dangerous objects in their cabins. Pets are pets.
It moved. She's got to have like a little dog or a cat or something in there. It was exactly the same notice in our cabin, too. I wonder what happens if you break the rules. Oh dear. I'm sure the punishment would be severe in Natosan. You'd probably be left to drift in the freezing cold ocean or shut inside a tiny wardrobe for days on end.
So, I've actually been serving time for weeks now. Have I? I think she's got an animal in there. You know what? That's what I'm going to go with. I'm going to go with this. The rules of passage. If she does, she doesn't want to be caught amongst other things. You have a little animal in there, girl. It definitely made emotion.
Reason why you refuse to open your case is written in the rules of passage.
Passengers must not keep weapons or other dangerous objects in their cabins.
Pets are strictly forbidden.
Oh, here you are. Hello. Inside that case of yours is something forbidden from carriage on this vessel.
That is the real reason why you refuse to open it, thus revealing its contents.
I Oh no, there it goes again.
As we've seen, the trunk wobbles from time to time. Let out whatever. There's not even any air holes in there. But no weapon or other dangerous item would move of its own accord.
I don't know. Maybe a live grenade.
Which leaves but one possibility. Miss Pavlova. Inside your traveling case is an animal. Oh, we're doing it together. Yeah. Snapping fingers. Buzz.
Ice capades.
A pet. There's a pet in there.
Oh no, girl. Dang. I'm sorry. Check your undies. You're all right. Oh my goodness.
She's got a pet in there. Okay.
I listen. I'm not going to tell anybody.
I was a stowaway, too. It's none of my business. Ooh, look at this. This is so cool. Yes. Elementary, my dear Watson.
Elementary.
Okay, let's go.
That's why she probably has a dish on the floor as well. Look.
So clearly you aren't who you said you were. No, I am not. Grimby Royalt.
My real name is Nicolina Pavlova.
Everything you said was correct.
Hoopscond during one of your ballet company's performances in order to escape your homeland.
You girl, what's happened? Later that same night, you stole aboard this vessel. It couldn't have been easy. The Bury has a huge steam ship with a vast crew. Could she really have snuck on board without being noticed?
Maybe. I don't know. How much Metal Gear salad did she have in her? In order to obscure your true identity, you somewhat recklessly took the guise of an old gentleman. And you intended to sever all links with your past by severing your long hair.
Girl, Don, it's so pretty.
Yet to a woman, hair is no trifling matter. My personal recommendation is to leave well alone. It is beautiful.
So if it was just you about to cut off your own hair, who was it that let out the scream we heard from outside the cabin?
That verifiable tinkling of a bell. Why none other than this young lady?
Naturally, it was her. More like a full set of pipes, if you ask me. So she got a a good voice, does she? Strong. I was so scared when I ran away in Shanghai. I was sure they would come looking for me.
That's why I decided to, how do you say, disgust myself? So no one would recognize me.
As a result, you transformed yourself into that questionable old man. I see.
She did.
I put on the hat and the fake beard.
Then just before you came in here, I saw in the newspaper. Right on the page, there was a picture of me.
Yep. I was so frightened. I couldn't stop from screaming. I knew that if I didn't change my appearances completely, they would find me.
I get it, girl. But why did you run? I decided to cut all my hair as fastly as possible. I picked up the scissors in my hand and girl, what a shame that would have been. At that precise moment, we walked in through the annoyingly unlocked cabin door.
Oh dear. Things happen like that sometimes, don't they?
Things do indeed happen like that from time to time. Those two even talking about the same thing? I don't know anymore. There's just one more thing I'd like to know.
What exactly do you have inside your traveling case? You might as well show us and let him out. You are right. It is my dear friend inside. My only friend in the whole world. What is it I want to see. Please don't tell anyone if the captain finds out if you say to any of the crew. No, we won't. I won't. Girl, I won't give you away. Your secret is safe with us. I assure you. But in return, you must tell us in as much detail as you can muster about the events of last night.
We do it, girl. Will you help us? We won't tell. Yes. All right. I will tell you.
All right. Let's see who's in there.
Well, Mr. Nato.
Wasn't it something? Mr. Schm's great deduction. Uh, I had to fix it all, though. What? It was certainly something. Yes. I'm just not entirely sure what. But at least Miss Pavlova has agreed to tell us what she knows. That's incredible.
Indeed, it is incredible. Can you stop interrupting? You're scaring her. Oh, and one more thing. Oh, yes. What?
Observe your wrists. My a Oh, man. Oh, that's bogus. Whatever.
Well, your hands are cuffed again. Man, this is just some kind of kink for you, isn't it? What? How? How did we not even hear it? True to my word, I have restored your shackles.
When and why?
Dang.
There is still a shadow of guilt cast over you, Mr. Naruto. I'm sorry to say, it can't be helped at the moment. Oh, can't it? Really?
Dang it. Anyway, let's listen to M.
Let's listen to what Miss Pavlova has to say. Wait, I want to see the animal. I can't go on not knowing.
I have to find out what the speckled man that Cosmos wrote about his diary really was. All right, let's start talking to her. Girl, open the case. I want to know. I want you to tell me because I want to know what's in there. Okay, let's do it. Converse.
What happened last? Oh, can we see your friend first? I want to see the friend.
I can't wait any longer. So, the friend you mentioned is inside your traveling case. Is that right? This might be out of order, but who cares? I don't think animals are allowed on board according to the rules of passage.
Oh, please don't tell. Don't tell any of the crew. If they found my precious, then the burly Russians would bestow themselves in unison to throw you and your case overboard. No doubt. Oh, so reassuring, Mr. Schms. Yeah. Don't scare her. But what sort of pet is your friend? A little puppy. It is, isn't it?
I want to see the puppy. It's not. It's not a puppy. Maybe an adorable little rabbit. She looks like an adorable little rabbit. It's not. What is it?
You credit Russia as a land with small rabbits. Do you? I'm sure they have rabbits. Don't they have small rabbits there? You may as well ask. I have no idea. Oh, but you don't know. Okay. Two amiserable bunglers when it comes to understanding the nature of young ballerina's friends. What does that mean? Isn't it obvious? It must be a chicken. Why the [ __ ] would it be a chicken, bro? What? Really? Consider the benefits. Arousing wake up call. Daily fresh eggs. But she's trying to hide this thing. And when adversity strikes, it could satisfy the needs of sustenance. No. Get out of here with that. So you'd eat your friends. I'll remember that. Oh, can I be your friend?
No. Is that No. Weird. Sorry.
It's not a chicken. I knew it wasn't.
Was it the Muppets?
Well, it would appear this friend's identity is a closely guarded secret not to be revealed.
What is it I got to know? She obviously doesn't quite trust us yet. There's something I should like to show her, I think. Wait, what should we show her?
M I don't know. Maybe she might be able to shed some light on it. Well, all right.
Let's talk with her everything else and then see.
Did you know that someone was killed in the cabin next door to this one last night?
One of the crewmen told me this morning when I was eating breakfast. The man who died, he was a friend of mine.
Oh, that's why we were trying to find out what happened. Did you notice anything unusual last night? Perhaps you heard a strange noise, for example?
Perhaps people talking?
Perhaps the ship was absorbed in a Wild Tempest. Perhaps a steam engine exploded. I I don't think that happened.
Perhaps everyone on board would have noticed if that had happened.
Miss Pavlova, is there anything you can tell us?
Do you have anything?
I don't know. I'm sorry, but all I could think about last night was what I had done and whether they would find me. I didn't notice anything that was happening around me. Oh, I see. She was too scared. I get it. What about running away? What happened there? What happened? You in danger? You've run away from your ballet company, haven't you?
The Novich Ballet.
Yes, I am traveling to Great Britain and from there I want to go to America.
I will never dance again. I want to forget everything about the ballet. I will start a new life. Girl, what happened to you?
I don't know if this means anything, but I heard the Russian ballet is really I don't know if it is anymore, but it used to be like the the cream of the crop, the best of the best. super severe in training and difficult for young girls to get through. You have to be some kind of crazy locked in prodigy to get there, don't you? You wish to forget challenging proposition when you have that striking tiara as a reminder. I'm serious. She was going to sell it. How would she when it made news? But the tiara is mine. I need it to live.
Oh, girl, this must be so hard for you.
I have no money of my own.
The Nova [ __ ] ballet gives us only a little food and water and we must dance all over the world. I had to run away. I had no choice. If I stayed, it would have killed me. This is what I was worried about. So, you ran away to protect yourself?
Obviously, it's probably not like that anymore, but I know it's like one of the hardest things ever. Yes. And the crew of this ship, they have all been so kind to me.
They let me come on board and they said I could hide in this cabin. Oh, they let her. They knew it was her. Maybe because she was Russian, too. And they felt bad.
I'm assuming back in this time era it was really severe. That probably tracks, right? If that is indeed the truth, Miss Pavlova, it creates a most intriguing conundrum.
Yes, it does.
What do you think about it, Mr. Natudo?
me. Oh, well, yes, of course. I think we should hear Miss Pavlova's explanation.
A conundrum? I'm not sure, but All right.
The conundrum. Let's hear about that.
Miss Pavlova, allow me to pose you a riddle.
Does she even know what that means? I mean, her English is really good.
According to this newspaper, it was only yesterday that you absconded from the ballet.
Now that being the case, it must have been last night that she boarded this vessel. Oh, she wasn't on here the whole time. We've been at sea for 2 weeks. I see. I see. That does pose a problem.
How did that How did you get on here?
However, the Booya stopped by No Port last night. Oh, that's it. Of course, you got that right. So, how is it Frey that you come to be aboard?
How did you sneak on, darling?
Now that I think about it, the crewman outside the cabin acted very strangely when we mentioned that.
It was just after we asked him about when the occupant of this cabin came aboard. Oh, that's right. That's what he acted weird about. He probably helped smuggle her on.
I see.
That is not your business. Oh, but it is making it my business. He did say that.
Yes, you're right. He did seem to be hiding something.
You know him perhaps. Maybe there Well, no. She said she had no family, no friends.
An angel descended from the heavens, bringing grace and beauty to the stage.
Sorry, what was that? It is how the Russian newspapers described one of my performances.
And that is how I came here, too. I descended from the heavens because I am an angel. I would believe it looking at you. You know what? I'm going to believe. I choose to believe. I have faith.
Considering English isn't your mother tongue, your description is very vivid.
Mr. Schulms once said, "I never can resist the touch of the dramatic. It seems Miss Pavlova is the same.
A genius descended from the heavens, bringing grace and beauty to detection.
Words once said about myself. I doubt that was said. Maybe it was a quote from a wonderfully extravagant advertisement for The Adventures of Herlock Shows. In fact, yes. Yes, Mr. Showy. Anyway, it doesn't look like Miss Pavlov is going to tell us what really happened. Oh dear. What do we do? Maybe we need to show her. It said we need to show her something. Uh, what could we show her? Let's show her a couple of things and see what happens.
Do you have any of these at home? Um, let's uh let's present. Can we present some things? I'm not sure what to do.
Uh, we have options. We have the court record, but in the court record, it didn't really say that we could present anything. It says examine.
All we have. And that's just examining regular things. H.
So, what do we do now? Oh, here we go.
We Sorry, I forgot that you have to go to the separate thing. Okay, so let's do this and let's present some things. Look at this badge or pin. Can I show you this? I'm actually a university student from the Empire of Japan, you see. Does that mean anything? That means nothing to me. No, why would it? Well, I thought she'd be I don't know, maybe in school aside from the ballet. Mr. Not a ho. If you're determined to flaunt your ume badge, at least choose a Japanese person who might recognize it. Well, fine.
Sorry, Musato. Can I show you it?
Maybe later. Ooh, I could show Inspector Hosanaga, too. Oh my god, we already did that. And he got he got fairly mad at us. Maybe we should show her this because maybe she could answer about the speckled band. Maybe she maybe she has any kind of idea what that might be.
This is the diary of my friend who passed away. His diary?
Yes. And he wrote in it last night before he died something a little unusual. It reads 1:23 a.m. I can hear a faint whistling sound. And then a few minutes later, 1:35 a.m. What looks like some sort of speckled band is dangling from the ventilator grill.
A speckled band? I don't understand.
It's strange, isn't it? But the ventilator he mentions joins to this cabin. You see?
So, did you put anything up there? It's up there on the wall. In other words, this cabin and the victim's cabin are connected, right?
Oh, Miss Pavlova, has something occurred to you? Does the speckled band the victim mentioned mean something to you? Or the whistling sound perhaps?
Is it Does it explain, girl? No, I don't know anything. Oh, no. I think you do.
Seems like you do. That was too weird of a reaction, but do you really not?
Uh-oh. Hello. Who the hell is that? Now, we going to find out in the next one.
No. No. We're probably getting kicked out of here.
Actually, just kidding. We're going to find Oh, I knew it was you. Damn it.
Excuse me, Mr. Roy.
Yes. What? Wow, she's fast.
Captain would like to speak with you.
You must come to Captain's quarters at once, please. Uh-oh. I hope she's not in trouble. All right, I will come now.
You going to be okay, girl? What? You must leave now. Oh, no. It's fine. Don't mind us. I want to look in the trunk.
Yes, please don't worry yourself, Mr. Roy Lot. Get out. The passenger said out. Or do you want me to throw you out?
Looks like we'll have to leave investigation investigating this cabin until later. Damn it. Oh, what a pity.
Ah, shoot.
Well, that's stupid.
And so, we lost our chance. Having still not managed to investigate Miss Pavlova's cabin, we were unceremoniously chased out. Great. That is to say, we were quite literally picked up and thrown into the passageway outside. Oh, all right. Well, [ __ ] Okay, good. No, I'm glad I waited. Perfect opportunity.
Thank God for that. Okay, this is getting very intriguing. I am liking this. So, in the next one, where do we go from here? I don't know, cuz we're not really exactly allowed to go anywhere. We'll have to see. I hope you guys are enjoying this as much as I am.
Thank you so much for all your support.
I really, really appreciate every single one of you and all the comments. I will see you guys soon in the next episode.
Say hello.
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