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Casefile MD102909

Location: Academy Downs, near Brunel Hall, Academy of Industry, New Babbage

Synopsis: On this date Mr. Maurice Dimanovic, was killed by a single gunshot wound to the back. he was discovered lying face down in the in street (Academy Downs). A passerby discovered the body.

Personal Notes:
It had been a quiet sort of day. I was coming back to the salon when I was nearly bowled over by some dowdy domestic screaming at the top of her lungs. She bumped into me, all wild eyed, scre… Continue

Casefile MJ102709

Location: Navy Pier at the Depot, Port Babbage

Synopsis: On this date Miss Mischa Janick, age 26, was killed by a single stab wound to the abdomen. She was discovered lying facedown on the sidewalk in Port Babbage at the intersection of Navy Pier. A passerby discovered the body.

Personal Notes:
I was at the office when the call came in. A body had been found in Port Babbage, and apparently Tenk wanted an investigation. This told me that it appeared to be more than a suicidal… Continue

Casefile OM102409

Location: Piermont Landing, Wheatstone Waterways

Synopsis: On this date Miss Obedience Mactavish, age unknown, was killed in an apparent robbery while attending a dance at Piermont Landing. The suspect, a Professor Parx, escaped the scene in a rocket assisted wheelchair. The motive is still undetermined.

Personal Notes:
Sometimes, you can be in the right place at the wrong time. It's my luck, or lack thereof.

I had a new gown for the dance, and realized way too late that it… Continue

It was a typical Sunday in Babbage. I had been out of town working on a case (note to self-no more surveillance jobs in S********) and after grabbing a quick nap, I was off to the cafe for a cuppa and a danish. Just as I finished slipping my boots on, the aethergraph began to chatter, so I wandered over to see what on the reel. The last word on the reel stood out ---URGENT!URGENT! I pulled the paper off to the start tab and began to read...

To J Dagger
Fm A Dayafter
Most urgent. Come to lab. Si… Continue

During my rezday party, I was asked the question I expected to be asked by our DJ, Ms Riel, and I failed to answer. Not because I didn't want to , but because I was still thinking about the answer. As is my norm, I seriously overthought it, and it took me this long to get all my musing together in one place...that and my previously mentioned maladroitness with a keyboard that our own Miss Writer so pointedly makes reference to...

So what have I learned in 2 years of Second Life?

The three rule… Continue