Finding Nuzi is the first major breakthrough in the case. Whether they find her at her workplace or her home, she’ll be willing to talk and completely confused about what they want from her. She readily says she was frequently at the shop, and claims that her late appearances are usually because of working overtime.
If accused of the theft she’ll insist the team leaves, and will refuse to see them thereafter. The team will have to sneak back to the location later (or her other primary location, if known).
If simply asked whether they can look around, without accusation, she’ll be puzzled but let them.
Regardless of how they search her home/office, they will find a part from the motorcycle present. When this evidence is brought to her, she’ll claim that she was offered it at a good discount and she had no idea it was related to the stolen motorcycle. At this point the team can, if they wish, declare Nuzi the perpetrator (they won’t be able to retract this decision), but they will still have to find the rest of the motorcycle to solve the crime.
The team can trace the pieces found at Nuzi’s home and work either by asking Nuzi where she supposedly bought them or by taking them back to Xinhi, who will be able to identify the oil used to buff the piece. It’s made from a type of fish commonly sold in Water Sector and can be easily home-distilled and sold cheaply, and is popular because of both this and the fact it blends well with scents.
However the team makes the connection, it will lead them to an alley in Metal Sector commonly used as a kind of flea-market for metal debris, secondhand tools and mechanical objects, and cheap lubricating oils, including the one found on the parts. With a good eye and the plans in hand, the team will be able to ferret out all the motorcycle parts. (They won’t have to pay real juulan, but stamped IOUs to represent currency for the game’s purposes.)
In the process of getting the motorcycle parts, the team will see a lot of stall-owners selling the parts. Most of them will claim it was bought from another stall-owner, or traded to them by a customer, but one of them will be Lanza.
Lanza will tell them that he sells knickknacks on the side and claim the same as the other stall-owners--that the parts he’s selling were passed through others’ hands and he had no idea they were involved in the theft. It’s notable that he also sells oil with the same fragrance as that found on Nuzi’s motorcycle parts. It’s also notable that there are other stall-owners who do, since objects are frequently traded, though asking around will reveal that Lanza sells that particular fragranced oil more frequently than anyone else.
If the team has already declared Nuzi the culprit, they cannot retract the declaration. If not, they can decide to declare either Nuzi or Lanza the perpetrator, as long as associated evidence is provided.
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If accused of the theft she’ll insist the team leaves, and will refuse to see them thereafter. The team will have to sneak back to the location later (or her other primary location, if known).
If simply asked whether they can look around, without accusation, she’ll be puzzled but let them.
Regardless of how they search her home/office, they will find a part from the motorcycle present. When this evidence is brought to her, she’ll claim that she was offered it at a good discount and she had no idea it was related to the stolen motorcycle. At this point the team can, if they wish, declare Nuzi the perpetrator (they won’t be able to retract this decision), but they will still have to find the rest of the motorcycle to solve the crime.
The team can trace the pieces found at Nuzi’s home and work either by asking Nuzi where she supposedly bought them or by taking them back to Xinhi, who will be able to identify the oil used to buff the piece. It’s made from a type of fish commonly sold in Water Sector and can be easily home-distilled and sold cheaply, and is popular because of both this and the fact it blends well with scents.
However the team makes the connection, it will lead them to an alley in Metal Sector commonly used as a kind of flea-market for metal debris, secondhand tools and mechanical objects, and cheap lubricating oils, including the one found on the parts. With a good eye and the plans in hand, the team will be able to ferret out all the motorcycle parts. (They won’t have to pay real juulan, but stamped IOUs to represent currency for the game’s purposes.)
In the process of getting the motorcycle parts, the team will see a lot of stall-owners selling the parts. Most of them will claim it was bought from another stall-owner, or traded to them by a customer, but one of them will be Lanza.
Lanza will tell them that he sells knickknacks on the side and claim the same as the other stall-owners--that the parts he’s selling were passed through others’ hands and he had no idea they were involved in the theft. It’s notable that he also sells oil with the same fragrance as that found on Nuzi’s motorcycle parts. It’s also notable that there are other stall-owners who do, since objects are frequently traded, though asking around will reveal that Lanza sells that particular fragranced oil more frequently than anyone else.
If the team has already declared Nuzi the culprit, they cannot retract the declaration. If not, they can decide to declare either Nuzi or Lanza the perpetrator, as long as associated evidence is provided.