witness/hintsc.mss

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"THE WITNESS": SCRIPT FOR GIVING HINTS VIA PHONE
0. Have you seen a gunshot and a death (other than your own)?
If not, then go ring the door bell at the start of the story.
METHOD:
1. Have you examined the broken window in the office after the gunshot?
1.1. Have you analyzed the "chunk of putty"?
[Answer: it contains an explosive]
1.2. Have you found where the piece of green wire came from?
[Answer: workshop]
2. Have you tried pushing the button in the office before Monica gets home?
[This is necessary in order to get to the best ending.]
3. Have you examined the clock in the office?
3.1. Have you analyzed the powder around the keyhole?
[This or (*) below is necessary in order to get to the best ending.]
4. Have you found a mystery book?
[Answer: in the butler's room, with evidence in it]
5. Have you compared foot prints in the mud outside with shoes?
[This is sort of a red herring, but it does give useful info.]
MOTIVE:
1. Have you asked Monica about her mother or her father or the affair?
[She will tell you something that establishes her motive.]
2. Have you asked Phong about the suicide?
[He will tell you something that establishes Monica's motive.]
OPPORTUNITY:
1. Have you noticed that Monica went in the workshop when she got home?
[She needed to dismantle the wires connecting clock to button.]
2. Have you noticed that Monica went into the office late at night?
You should hide behind the lounge to see what she does.
[Answer: she needed to remove the hidden gun from the clock.]
2.1. Have you tried handcuffing and searching her [for the hidden gun]
afterwards?
[(*) This or the one above is necessary in order to get to the best
ending.]