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Case G2-2

Four months have passed since G1-5 so it's at the end of August now. Ryunosuke is meeting up with Iris for breakfast and says he got a letter from Susato. Six months ago there were two cases involving Soseki on Briar Road and Susato is telling Ryunosuke to review the second case. G2-1 made a few references to the case so I wonder if G1-5 did as well. Garrideb did seem unusually unhappy with Ryunosuke when Garrideb was on the jury. Iris mentions that she wrote a story around the case but Sholmes veto'd it before it could be published for some reason. Ryunosuke and Iris decide to review the details of the case. Ryunosuke also drops a bombshell that he is literally not allowed to practice law in Britain at all. I guess asking for government secrets to be played in court really did come with repercussions but we'll have to deal with that later.

We pick up the case in the early morning of February 21. The G1-4 trial was February 20 so this is the very next day. We meet up with the victim of G1-4, Olive Green. In the end, we don't learn much from her other than that she's an art student. Sholmes brings up how it'd odd that she was at Briar Road when it is so far away from where she lives but there's not much time to pursue that line of questioning since a message arrives from Soseki. It looks like we've got a murder case to investigate!

We head to the location of the incident which is the first floor apartment under where Soseki lives. The victim's body is still there and it looks to be that playing card person from the end of the G1-4 investigation. He's also the resident of the room we are in. We talk with Gregon and find out the victim's name is William Shamspeare. IIRC in G1-4 it was said that this person liked to have literary debates with Soseki so the name checks out. His body was found by Soseki and Garrideb when Shamspeare didn't wake up at his usual time.

When did Sholmes sneak into the background? I don't think he was completely off screen this time so he must have snuck in at some point. "So far, all I've managed to deduce is what actually happened." It would be nice if that was actually true. >_> In any case, it's time for act one of the Herlock Sholmes's Logic and Reasoning Spectaculars! Sholmes claims the victim died due to eating soap and this is another closed room so this must be a suicide. Why is there actually a half bar of soap on the table? Anyways, we find the other half on the ground so Shamspeare wasn't eating it. It looks like Shamspeare may have been poisoned via the tea he was drinking. Wow, Ryunosuke is going full on boke during the Great Deduction and Susato finally snaps at him. I guess even her patience has limits! Soseki's books were found at the crime scene so we have our defendant!

Gregson takes Soseki off which gives up a chance to look around the crime scene. There are some loose bricks in the bricked up window with more bars of soap? There sure are a lot of bars of soap around. We also find some teacups, a part of an envelope and discover Shamspeare is alive. Wait, what?! I don't know what to say about that. I guess they did say the body wasn't fully examined yet but I never expected this! Gregson is also now back and kicks us out of the room. So is there even a crime? Shamspeare might have just been sleeping.

Out on Briar Road, we seen the man in yellow again but he runs off so next we go question Garrideb. One thing from G1-4 that wasn't really resolved was why Garrideb seemed to know his tenants schedules in such detail. Maybe we'll find out now. Garrideb said he got home at 6pm yesterday and Shamspeare was out at the time and wouldn't be back until 8pm. Shamspeare would then go to sleep at 1am. Garrideb also reveals the secret of the gap lamps. He can tell when the ones on the other floor are lit or go out based on how much they dim the lamps in his room since the gas is all connected.

Next up we meet with Soseki in prison. Ryunosuke has wonderful news for Soseki. In the worst case, he can only be tried for attempted murder! Isn't that just fantastic? Soseki accidentally lets it slip that he did meet Shamspeare last night. He brought tea as gift and debated Shakespeare for a while. When Soseki left, Shamspeare was still in good health. Soseki says his room is cursed because the previous tenant died there and he also has nightmares of suffocating each night. Is there an issue with gas poisoning or something in the building? The previous tenant in Soseki's room died of mysterious causes. Finally, Gregson shows up again to helpfully inform us that Shamspeare and claims he was poisoned by Soseki.

Investigation Part 1 and 2 done!

I got the impression that Soseki and Shamspeare were on good terms with each other so I wonder what made Shamspeare think Soseki tried to kill him. Right now the players in the case seem pretty small time so I'm interested in seeing how this will somehow end up having international implications. Since Soseki brought the tea I'm guessing it didn't actually have any poison in it. Although this case is supposed to be related to poison so maybe it did somehow.
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