Currently on Renfaire Regicide...

With your help, Art successfully broke into the Royal Lounge and discovered a literal treasure trove of evidence. She's mailed everything to you and asks for your help in finding the killer. At this point, it can only be either Lynn, Chester, or Cameron. But with the Green Knight continuing to threaten Art and the remaining suspects preparing to leave town, time is quickly running out.

Hints

Code

• Some documents contain clearly encrypted text. Which ones?
• Is there a place that could be used to help decrypt this encoded text?
• Is there a place in this episode that tells you how a new version of a familiar code works?

Killer Identity

• The final three suspects are Chester, Lynn, and Cameron. Are there any documents that could give any of them an alibi?
• The killer has been taking on the persona of the Green Knight to send Art threatening messages. Do any of the characters have links to the Green Knight costume?
• Hank's body was burned in the forge. Does any evidence point toward who may have used the forge?

Logging On

• Check Art's letter for the specific task she assigns you: identify who killed Hank. Go to michellegrayinvestigations.com and enter the password PORTER. Then, click on the RENFAIRE folder and enter the password FISHER to access this episode's digital evidence and communicate with Art.

Reveals

Code

• Cameron's letter or resignation contains encoded text.
• Since Cameron is the one who made the code, something else of his will help decrypt it.
• The letter to Lynn will help decode Cameron's encoded text.
• Cameron has used a book cipher before, but a standard book cipher clearly will not work on this code.
• The knight figure has the word "meter" on the bottom of it, a clue to the new version of Cameron's book cipher.
• The Good Fences posts explain how iambic pentameter works. Cameron's book cipher uses iambic pentameter syllables instead of letters.

• Decoded, Cameron's message says:

  • "The king is dead we have another chance
    To be ourselves come with me and take my hand"

Killer Identity

• The lawyer bill has timestamps for the day of the murder.
• The concert ticket is from the night of the murder. Using the stakeout notes and arrest record can help identify who "C" is and give them an alibi.
• Gladys in previous Good Fences posts has mentioned finding clothing that matches the Green Knight costume in the dumpster of her apartment. One of the suspects lives in the same complex.
• There is a burn scar in one of the tattoo photographs.
• Lynn's meeting with her lawyer was at the time of the murder, so she has an alibi. Chester is "C" and was at the concert on the night of the murder. Cameron lives in the same apartment complex where parts of the Green Knight costume were found, has a burn scar by his new tattoo, and left a coded message for Lynn asking her to be with him since Hank is now dead. Cameron is the killer.
• To solve the objective for this episode and complete this season's investigation, open the messaging client on the desktop and send Art a message with the name "Cameron". She'll respond with a finale video and an epilogue video, which will provide a resolution for this story.

Transcripts

Concert Ticket

Wild evening, C! And don't worry, we always got a hookup for you.

Epilogue Video

[We open on cell phone footage of a car that just parked.]

Danny (off-screen): They're here! They're here, everybody! They're here!

[The car door opens and Sam steps out as everyone cheers and calls her name. She rushes over to Art and they embrace.]

Sam: Come here! Come here! Oh, my god.

Art: Oh, my god, I'm so glad you're home.

Sam: Oh, it's good to see you, kid! It's good to see you. Thank you so much.

[They pull away from one another and exchange a heartfelt glance as Morgan approaches.]

Morgan: Hey... I just want to say... we're sorry... for everything... really.

Sam: I understand. It's okay.

[She looks to Art.]

Sam (to Art, emotional): We should be all thanking you. No, no, you kept us together. Even when I couldn't. Thank you, baby! Thank you, baby!

Danny: We have something for you, Artemis!

[Danny approaches with a bright crown and places it on Art's head.]

Art: Is that for me?

Vivian (laughing): Of course, it's for you! You saved the queendom!

Danny: Huzzah!

[The group claps and erupts into a chorus of "Huzzah"s as they all embrace in a group hug.]

[The video ends.]

Finale Video

[We open on a cell phone video taken inside the Renaissance faire. The person holding the phone is in a crowd of people, all dressed intermittently in Renaissance faire garb or street clothes. The camera is pointed up toward a stage, where Cameron is performing, brandishing a sword.]

Cameron: - to a summer's day?

Police Officer: Police!

[The camera turns to capture a police officer approaching the stage.]

Cameron (faltering): Thou art quite as... lovely and as temperate. The rough winds do shake the darling buds of -

[A second police officer approaches from the side of the stage. Cameron panics and throws the sword at the officers, then tries to make a run for it. The crowd starts clamoring and people rush up to the edge of the stage, filming on their phones.]

[A third officer catches Cameron as he tries to make a run for it and the two struggle onstage.]

Cameron: Let go of me, you fascists! Get your hands off me!

[The crowd erupts as the police officers put cuffs on him and Cameron continues to resist.]

[The video ends.]

Green Knight Threat

Front → Unknown Handwriting

• Artemis

Inside → Unknown Handwriting

Why can't you see it? Why can't you see he had to die?

The expanding of the faire, the subjugation of its workers - I saved us all from that! I saved us all from him. I made this place better, grander than it ever could have been under the old rule.

But if you are so fond of our old king, I would be happy to bring you to him.

-The Green Knight

Letter of Resignation

Cameron's Handwriting

Cameron

P.S. I will be relocating to New York, so please do not send my final paycheck to the address on file. I will update you on my new address as soon as possible, but in the meantime you guys have my number, all my other info, and hopefully an appropriately epic last hurrah of a song.

• 9/1
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Letter to Lynn

Page 1

Lynn,

I wrote this up as a farewell song. Meet me at Rebirth tonight to tell me what you think...

1 Though words may fail a knight can always count

Upon the very ground beneath his feet

He'll ride from dusk till dawn and then dismount

Awaiting for another chance to meet

5 He dreams of love, a kiss, a hand to hold

A wine most sweet decanted through he night

Her favor won just as it was foretold

And yet welcoming flames did not ignite

9 The gate stayed up, the wall remained unmoved

With swallowed pride he called for her again

Misguided was his faith in love once true

No answer came and nothing more was said

Page 2

13 Across the fields I watched this knight brought low

A righteous man broken upon the shore

I stole his tale for coin and worse for show

Slaking the thirst of crowds demanding more

17 And so I ask you all: what now, my friends?

Behind your walls will you ignite your light?

Is all we have ourselves when this all ends?

Are not we all a broken former knight?

Questing Beast Concept Art

Below the Sketch of the Questing Beast → Chester's Handwriting

• Questing Beast puppet. This one may be trouble.

Stakeout Notes

First Section → Morgan's Handwriting

• LYNN - 7/1

  • Tried to keep it as objective and clear as possible, just like you told us.
  • 7:35 AM - Woke up, paced around the house
  • 9:04 AM - Leaves house.
  • 9:25 AM - Arrives at grocery store.
  • 10:13 AM - Leaves grocery store.
  • 10:33 AM - Arrives home.
  • 10:33 AM - 11:48 AM - No activity.
  • 11:48 AM - Leaves house.
  • 12:02 PM - Arrives at Goetta Multiplex.
  • 5:27 PM - Leaves Goetta Multiplex. [arrow pointing to note] Ate lunch inside?
  • 6:00 PM - Arrives at Cocinos. Sits at table alone near window.
  • 6:21 PM - Unknown male arrives and joins. [arrow pointing to note] Don't know who this guy is. He doesn't look familiar. At least not to me.
  • 6:40 PM - Ordered second round of drinks.
  • 7:02 PM - Ordered third round.
  • 7:29 PM - Ordered fourth round.
  • 8:04 PM - Ordered fifth round.
  • 8:38 PM - They leave restaurant and stand in parking lot.
  • 8:45 PM - CarPuul arrives and Lynn and Male enter.
  • 9:04 PM - Lynn and Male arrive at (presumably Male's) home.
  • 1:00 AM - Lynn has not left Male's home.

Second Section → Danny's Handwriting

• CAMERON - 7/2

  • Art - just wanna say I don't like this, but thanks for trusting me with it.
  • 1:38 PM - Wakes up. Turns light on in house and then turns them back off again.
  • 2:04 PM - Leaves house.
  • 2:28 PM - Arrives at Oh-Rye-O Sandwich Shop. At outdoor table.
  • 2:35 PM - Lynn's here. They talk about something, but I can't tell what. Lynn looks upset.
  • 2:50 PM - Lynn left. Cameron sat there for a minute and then left right after her. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the two of them.
  • 3:01 PM - Arrives at 435 Main Street, building with multiple offices. Unclear which place he went into.
  • 4 PM - Exits 435 Main Street. Lots of businesses here, not sure where he went into.
  • 4:18 PM - Arrives at Loud Sound Karaoke. This is a good place, you should try it sometime.
  • 4:45 PM - Departs Loud Sound Karaoke. Looks like they kicked him out. Big guy isn't letting him back in.
  • 5:12 PM - Enters Gents' Burgers drive thru
  • 5:34 PM - Back at his apartment.
  • 10 PM - Nothing else.
  • I don't know, boss.

Third Section → Vivian's Handwriting

• Chester observation - 7/3.

  • I hope this helps. Sorry it took me so long to come around. - Vivian
  • 9:15 AM - Left house.
  • 9:28 AM - Arrived at Coffee and Milk Cafe. Opened laptop. Working? Writing?
  • A lot of phone calls between 9:45 and 1:25 PM. He seems frantic, pacing, lots of opening and closing his laptop, wandering around. My opinion, the last thing he needs is caffeine. At 1:25 PM he ran out in a hurry.
  • 1:38 PM - Stopped at a red light and someone came up to his window. They talked, but I can't tell what they said. They shook hands. Someone honked at him to get moving when the light turned green, then he drove off. I don't know who the guy is.
  • 2 PM - Got to his place in town.
  • 6 PM - Still no significant activity.
  • 6:34 PM - Car. A guy got out carrying plastic bag. Chester took the bag. Probably food delivery.
  • 9:00 PM - Nothing happening. His light is on upstairs.
  • 10:38 PM - Light goes out.
  • 11:00 PM - Ending observation.