I love the idea of the "this dude is almost right but just missed a couple of stuff so you fix it" as a gameplay mechanic here
I worry this might be a bit limited as we go. Like this works well as an introduction to the concept but will they be able to ramp up the challenge in later cases? I dunno. There is only like four things to pick from when you're trying to observe something and the one you need is painfully obvious in this practice example, and it might be hard to build up on that in later cases. For now though this seems like a really clever idea.
Oh no I've discovered a huge flaw in this system: wrong answers are hilarious
Like if I pick buttons for what they need to cut off with the scissors, Ryunosuke goes on a hilarious tangent about how they must've never learned to unbutton their coat and now they're trapped in there. Selecting beard or hat give equally great responses. So now I'm going to have to save before this happens every time and select the wrong answers just to see what the additional dialogue is. CURSE YOU GAME FOR BEING WELL WRITTEN.
Bearded man is actually ballerina woman, and she's brought a pet with her. Nice.
I was worried this bearded man's secret identity was going to be the twist in the case which I didn't want because it was too obvious. Glad they were just using it as a tutorial twist, honestly.
We bring up the speckled band and the whistling to Pavlova and she goes "OH...uh I dunno nothing about that." People in this game are terrible liars.
If Pavolva doesn't have a dog in there, I'm going to be disappointed.
Pavlova is running away because of the terrible conditions in the ballet she was a part of, and wants to sell that tiara so she can start a new life. I have no clue how this ties into the main plot of the case yet, but it is an interesting b story for sure.
Sholmes says this creates a conundrum and Susato agrees. Uh...conundrum to what...exactly?
Oh interesting. The boat didn't go to a port last night, which is when she supposedly boarded. I should probably figure out the timeline to this as its gonna be important.
She says something along the lines of "an angel descended from the heavens, bringing grace and beauty to the stage" to explain how she got on board. That is less an explanation and more some sort of coded message spies say to identify each other. "An angel descended from the heavens." "The purple monkey flies at midnight."
Hm she's being cryptic about this for some reason. Maybe she invented the helicopter and is shy about it.
She's afraid she's going to be thrown overboard if they discover her pet. Lady, if they let you sneak on board somehow mid journey and are hiding you in a room so you aren't discovered, I doubt a little dog is going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
She won't tell us what the friend is just yet, but eliminates cat, dog and uh chicken (great guess, Sholmes). I'm now worried it is a venomous snake or something and it killed Kazuma accidentally.
And now we get thrown out, in a literal sense, by Mr. Stroganov. Rough.
END OF PART 1 HOORAY
Early hot predix: Pavlova's "friend" killed Kazuma and it is a venomous snake. That was the hissing/whistling Kazuma heard and the "band" he saw. I hope I'm wrong because they made it a little too obvious by how they brought up her friend and how she eliminated all the obvious animals right off the bat.
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Moops? "I thought you were making up diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion."