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Managed to squeak some game time in today, enough to finish the next day of investigation.

We get a brief tease from past Kazuma that I believe is new: 'If you were to become a lawyer, then one day...', hm still no idea what his goal was. Sholmes tells us a bit about van Zieks, though it's nothing Ryunosuke doesn't learn again at the end of case 5. We then engage in some investigation with an early 20th century Luminol equivalent, thankfully without any blowing required. Sholmes joins us for most of the afternoon, I'm surprised we don't get a deduction dance but he's entertaining as always. A dismal failure!

We learn a lot more about our case- Selden, Duncan Ross, gas leaks, skin prints, and more. I haven't figured it all out but this was a fun day. The unexpected climax is poor Olive Green almost attempting suicide before our very eyes. This is thankfully treated much more appropriately than Windibank's comedy routine last game. It's a good scene, and Olive has truly been on the receiving end of a great deal of misfortune, which is why I'm sad that she's now my top suspect for poisoning Shamspeare.

From what we've pieced together, here's my current theory: Shamspeare wants to find Selden's treasure haul, and intentionally turns off the gas in the other tenant's room through the hole Wagahai appeared from, or maybe something to do with the handprints around the painting. Is he intentionally killing them so he can get the room for himself? IDK that seems a bit thin, especially as he didn't move in after Duncan died, so that part needs work.

We know Green dislikes Shamspeare, and it's unremarked upon but the fragment of envelope in Shamspeare's room must come from the card that was sent to her. So I think they've had a confrontation and she somehow poisoned him with some stuff she took from the hospital (I believe she regained consciousness during the final day of the case 4 trial, so she could've moved around that night). Dunno how it would all work and why Metermann and Garrideb didn't notice her, but that's roughly where I'm at. If the trial does point towards Olive as the attempted killer as revenge for her fiance's death it will all be very sad, I'm sure. But we have one more trial day (at least!), so there's no doubt many more twists to come!