Plagued by Death/Transcript

In Bangalore...

Jack Archer: , I'd hope to visit Bangalore one day, but never under these circumstances! The mysterious plague we've been called to help with is unlike anything I've seen before!

Jack: The situation's horrible. All over the city people are developing oozing, pus-filled lesions in their mouths and dying within hours!

Jack: Apparently, it's common for diseases to follow natural disasters.

Jack: I just witsh we could do more to help. I'd be good in a fight against SOMBRA, but they're still dormant, and this epidemic leaves me feeling useless!

Jack: Angela and Lars were called here due to their expertise in diseases, but I'm getting worried about them. They're working non-stop with no results...

(A tired Lars enters the room.)

Lars: I'm fine, ! Another coffee and I'll be right as rain!

Jack: Rain's never right, and when did you last sleep?!

Lars: Sometime this week, maybe. Anyway, , I got a call from the Shiva temple. It's been closed since before the outbreak started and when they reopened, they found one very dead body.

Lars: They asked me to come, but I'm pretty busy, so could you go instead?

Jack: Go... get a plague-ridden corpse?? Are you kidding? I don't want to get infected too!

Lars: Dude, you'll be fine. The disease isn't airborne! It's only transmitted through direct contact. Just don't touch the corpse with your bare hands, !

Jack: Fine. After all, who doesn't love picking up plague-stricken corpses after breakfast? , you'd better grab some gloves before we head to the Shiva temple!

Chapter 1
Investigate Shiva Temple.

Jack Archer: Oh god, that body is so - the smell,  - I think I'm about to puke!

Jack: Are those... worms?? , this corpse is the grossest thing I've ever seen, and I once walked in on my parents!

Jack: , why are you looking so closely at that decomposing corpse? Oh... yeah, the dead guy's got a strange puncture wound on his hand.

Jack: It seems like the victim was injected with something that left foul traces at the entry point...

Jack: Wait. Something that left such rotting traces couldn't have been medicine! You're right, , this guy was murdered!

Jack: What better time to kill somebody than during a deadly epidemic? The murderer must've thought nobody would notice. They didn't count on you being here!

Jack: So the victim is... his student ID says, "Sunil Dhudwar." A student, huh? Let's hope Angela will have time to autopsy his body!

Jack: And you've already gathered some clues! A statue? Yeah, it was suspiciously close to the body, and there's weird stuff on it. Let's vacuum it and see what that tells us!

Jack: And what about the diary? The writing says, "My path to moksha."

Jack: That tells me nothing, but we should run the girl's photo through the database to discover who she is and why her belongings are at our crime scene!

Jack: The plague's bad enough without some murderous scum profiting from it! But I know you'll thwart their sick plans, !

Examine Diary.

(In headquarters...)

Jack: The photo in the diary you found next to the victim matches one Averly Worthington... Apparently, she's an American on an extended trip to India.

Jack: Let's talk to Averly and ask her why her stuff was next to our victim's body!

Ask Averly Worthington why her belongings were at the crime scene.

(Averly is seen in her yoga pose.)

Averly (meditating): Ommmmmmm....

Jack: Uh, Ms Worthington?

Averly (stands up): You've interrupted my mantra! Clearly, you aren't spiritual, or you'd understand that yoga is super important for staying healthy during the epidemic!

Jack: Riiight. Anyway,   found your diary in the Shiva temple near Sunil Dhudwar's corpse, and-

Averly: Sunil's dead?? That's horrible!

Jack: Aha, so you knew Sunil?

Averly: Oh, I... didn't know him well. Sunil and I just went on a few dates. I took some university classes with him.

Averly: We broke up quickly. We were too different! Sunil kept babbling about science instead of meditating with me.

Jack: Well,  might have questions for you later, so don't go far! And maybe don't rely just on yoga to protect yourself from the epidemic...

Examine Ganesh Statue.

Jack: Good job gathering yellow dust from the Ganesh statue you found next to the victim,

! The statue was so close to the body, it's gotta be a useful clue. We need to know what this dust is.

Jack: But Lars is so busy, it's a bad time to bother him... We can do this ourselves! Let's stick the dust under the microscope!

Examine Yellow Dust.

(In Lars' lab...)

Jack: The dust you found on the statue near the victim's body is pollen from the ashoka tree... What the heck is an ashoka tree?

(Armand enters the room.)

Armand: , if I may? The ashoka tree is sacred in Hinduism. It's associated wtih mythological beings called-

Jack: Dupont! At your age, should you even be out here? The disease might be extra dangerous for you, you know!

Armand: Quoi?? I'm a man in the prime of my life! Which isn't something I'd say about you, Archer!

Armand: Anyway, ... It's curious that you mention the ashoka tree. Did you know that, around here, it only grows in the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens?

Jack: Really? Then those gardens are where we'll head next! Let's go, <Name>!

Investigate Botanical Gardens.

Jack: Hey, that's our victim's face on the phone you picked up, <Name>! so your hunch was right - the victim did come here! Let's unlock his phone and look through it!

Jack: And what else? Some torn paper? True, anything that looks out of place is suspicious. We can restore it and see what it is!

Jack: And these flowers seem like they were thrown together to hide something... Let's see if you find what's under them, <Name>!

Examine Victim's Phone.

Jack: Nice work unlocking the victim's phone! Let's see what it says...

Jack: The last call the victim received was from one Professor Patil.

Jack: You're right, <Name>, we should talk to this professor, pronto!

Question Ayush Patil about his call to the victim.

Ayush: <Rank>? How can I help you?

Jack: Mr Patil, <Rank> <Name> is investigating the murder of Sunil Dhudwar and we'd like to ask you a few questions about him.

Ayush: Sunil was murdered? No! Who'd do such a thing?

Ayush: Sunil took one of my sociology classes at the university, though his main subject was science. A very bright boy.

Jack: According to Sunil's phone log, you were the last person to call him before he died!

Ayush: How tragic! I called all of my students to check on them after the recent disasters, but I didn't realize this would be the last time I'd speak to Sunil.

Examine Torn Paper.

Jack: <Name>, that torn paper was a ticket to the concert of some Gourav Gajd... Gajer... Gajendragadkar!

Jack: And the victim's name is on the ticket! So Sunil went to this concert, which took place just a day before the murder!

Jack: You're right, <Name>, this isn't an ordinary ticket - it's a backstage pass! So the victim may have actually talked to this singer the night before his death?

Jack: I know it's a long shot, <Name>, but we're not exactly drowning in leads. Let's talk to this Gourav!

Ask Gourav Gajendragadkar if he knew the victim.

Gourav: My loyal fans! Sneaky, sneaky - you invite me to your office to ask for my autograph! Any excuse to see the great Gourav will do, yes?

Jack: <Rank> <Name> isn't a fan, Gourav! We have questions about-

Gourav: If you need an interview, arrange it with my manager! I don't have time now, I'm too important!

Jack: We don't want your manager! We want to talk to you about the murder of university student Sunil Dhudwar!

Jack: Sunil attended your concert the day before he died, even got a backstage pass. Did you meet him?

Gourav: I have too many fans to remember them all! I doubt I've ever heard of this Sunil.

Gourav: But you know what I've heard of? The epidemic! And I can't stand around where I might get infected! India can't bear the loss of a musical talent like me!

Gourav (dancing): "I must go, and even your devotion won't keep me here!"

Jack: Oh, for crying out loud! We're done with this guy, <Name>!

Examine Pile of Flowers.

Jack: So there really was something under the flowers you picked up, <Name>! Check out this cloth with weird stains on it. Let's hope Lars can tell us what they are!

Autopsy Victim's Body.

Angela: <Name>, fifteen more people died in the epidemic today, so I don't have much time for talk.

Jack: Just give us a quick rundown on the dead student <Name> found in the temple? Pretty please with an elephant on top?

Angela: <Name> deduced correctly that the death was caused by something injected into the victim's bloodstream.

Angela: But I don't yet know what it was, because the victim's been exposed to the plague as well, and it's hard to tell which issue caused what damage. But I'll keep looking and will let you know!

Jack: Surely you have something else for us already, right? Right?

Angela: Jack, I've got three children and one Lars. Puppy eyes don't work on me. But I do have good news!

Angela: On the victim's clothes, I found traces of tamarind, nutmeg, garam masala... and a lot of chili powder. In short, the ingredients of a very spicy curry.

Angela: The victim's stomach didn't contain this, so the hot curry traces must've come from the killer.

Jack: So the killer likes spicy food! <Name>, you'll definitely spice up their life with a trip to prison!