Equestrian Investigations

Part: 2

(Okay then, lets see what else is in this room.) I think to myself as I head over to a table holding all sorts of novelty items. (Huh. I didn’t think that a princess would have time to collect trinkets. Wait a second… Some of these look like they came from my world. And, is that the Super-Limited Edition Steel Samurai Action Figure with Kung-Fu Grip!? What’s she doing with that? She couldn’t possibly be… Nah. It’s probably just a collection of nick-knacks that somehow got teleported to this world by some freak occurrence… I hope.)

***

(I wonder what else I should talk to Luna about. Maybe I should see how she reacts to some of my findings.) “So Luna, what do you think about this piece of evidence?”

“Honestly, I don’t know what to think. Is it another nail in the coffin? Is it something to prove my innocence?" She replies with her voice trailing off.

"You know what, let's not think about that." I quickly say. (Okay. Not any evidence of importance.)

***

“Yes, but then how did our victims fall asleep if the murderer was a pegasus? After all, pegasi can’t use magic, only unicorns can.”

“Hmph. I guess that means that one other possibility exists.”

“And what would that be?”

“If a pegasus came in here and a unicorn put our victims to sleep then that would mean, the killer, was an alicorn!” I shout out loud leaving everypony in the room speechless.

“Oh ho ho.” Blueblood mocks, “So you are admitting that the only pony that could have done it was Luna?”

“No, I’m stating that the killer-”

“Out of the entire empire, only four known alicorns exist.” Blueblood states, “Only one of them doesn’t have an alibi for the murders. I’ll let you guess which one that is.”

“Well… How do you know that there wasn’t some type of alicorn that wasn’t ever heard about?” I embarrassingly suggest.

“Oh ho ho. An alicorn isn’t exactly an easy pony to hide. How would you suggest we never heard of one?”

“Then maybe it wasn’t an alicorn. Have you thought about that?”

“That is an idea, however, it’s also an idea that you don’t know what you’re talking about!” Blueblood exclaims with vigour enough to damage my reputation.

(Maybe I should have thought that one through. After all, if it wasn’t an alicorn that did it, and there were two different ponies involved in the murder, that can only mean one thing…)

***

“If you’re going to pose a counter theory, then you should at least be able to explain it all the way through!”

“Very well, just give me a second to think. Okay, let’s confirm what we know to be true. A: The victims must have entered at 10:30. B: The must have fallen asleep after 10:45 in order to line up with the autopsy. C: The killer must have been outside when the timer went off.”

“But that impossible!” Blueblood shouted out.

“Unless, we consider one of these facts to be somewhat wrong.”

“But these are facts! They are by it’s definition not wrong!”

“I never said that the facts were wrong, I’m saying our way of interpreting them must have been wrong.”

“And what could that possibly be?”

“...Maybe, the killer was inside when the guards went to sleep.”

PREPOSTEROUS!

“Wouldn’t that also cause the killer to fall asleep as well?” Blueblood states.

"Well, maybe the killer was able to resist the effects of the sleeping gems.”

“And do you have any proof of this?”

“...No.”

“Furthermore, what purpose would the killer staying in Luna’s room serve.”

“Well maybe-”

“And lastly, what would that change about the situation? The time is still going to be off.”

“That would just mean-”

“You’re wrong.” Blueblood states with enough force to damage my reputation.

(I really need to think logically about this. I mean, this could actually make Luna innocent. Okay then let think about this again…)

Part: 3

(I wonder what this is.) I think to myself as I examine the back wall filled with all sorts of monitors and buttons. (It appears to be a computer, but… I wonder what this button does.) As I push a button at random causing a bunch of alarms to go off.

“Hey! Watch what you’re pressing you fool!” Fast Sight shouts and pushes some other buttons on the console, “You could have sent the entire nation into a state of alarm!”

“Sorry! Sorry!” I quickly apologize, “I was just trying to investigate!”

“Well, next time, ask me to do it!”

(I guess I’m as qualified to use electronics here than I was back in my world. I should have probably tried to find that out in a… less hazardous method.)

***

“I would like to check the footage.” I exclaim.

“Oh ho ho. Honestly, I’m getting quite tired of having to look at monitors. So, unless you can show me proof of a direct time to look at, I’m not going to aide to your request.”

“Very well, I’ll show you proof at which time I would like to look at.”

TAKE THAT!

“There! That should show exactly what time I want to pull up!” I say with vigor.

“Oh ho ho. I seem to have some trouble seeing what time that piece of evidence relates to. Could you please tell me?”

Realizing my mistake I say, “Oh... j-just pull up Mph O’clock.”

“What time was that again?” Blueblood sarcastically asks.

“Mph O’Clock.” I hastily say.

“Say it louder for me.”

“...Mph O'clock?” I say with such instability in my voice to ruin part of my reputation.

“I thought so.” Blueblood replies.

(Okay, that was beyond humiliating for me. I just have to think about proof that shows when the guards went into Luna’s room. Let’s try this again.)