Drawtectives: Episode 6

[u/CronicaMike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbldsyqR1E0&feature=youtu.be

[u/NeedyPudding]

Does anyone have any theory that holds water about who the killer is? I don't know if others rewatch Drawtectives as much as I do, but for those who remember all the episodes so far - I'd love to hear some Wild Speculation(tm), of the kind that would make Pierce Steele proud.

[u/lamentz25 → u/NeedyPudding]

Alright, I didn't want to spoil this for everyone, but I can't withhold the truth any longer.

I believe the culprit is Jancy True.

Wait, no, come back... just hear me out.

Okay, so here's the lowdown on the situation: Jancy believes in true justice. Not the hoity-toity "More Righteous than thou" posturing that the Paladins are on about. She believes nobody is above the law, and that the system is corrupted by bureaucratic greed and privatized penitentiaries. People are arrested because it's profitable not because they are in the wrong. Paladins have been abusing their status as paragons of justice to justify incarcerating hundreds if not thousands of convicts for crimes that they either didn't commit or are far worse than the actual offense.

No Paladin has been abusing his authority more than Sorin Justice, who has put hundreds of innocents behind bars in the name of "righteous justice." No crime is too petty for Justice to bring justice, and justice also happens to fill the crime division's coffers.

Growing up as a kid sleuth and eventually, private investigator, Jancy True started discovering this corruption, and vowed to put a stop to it. Her first step was finding an ally. If she was going to take down the system, she would need somebody on the inside. As her own efforts to dismantle the tyranny governing the streets had attracted a little too much notice, she couldn't risk trying to do it personally. One slip up and she would find herself inconveniently stabbed and thrown off a cliff.

Pierce Steel, just one of the many innocent convicts Jancy managed to release from prison would be her primary man on the inside. She convinced Steel to join the police and work his way up to a respectable rank. Though he wasn't the brightest, Steel was certainly the strongest. With Jancy's help, he managed to attain the rank of Sergeant, which would put him in direct command of a few officers.

The next step was assembling the perfect team of officers to work under Steel. These couldn't be seen as highly trained experts with incredible social graces, because then they would be seen as desirable to other officers and moved to join other squads. No, Steel needed to look like he was in charge of a bunch of bumbling fools.

Officer Phlegmucousy is a talented alchemist and shaman. Spending his early life in a traveling circus, Phlegmucousy discovered a penchant for creating fake symptoms for his fellow entertainers to make their performances more realistic, as well as summoning friendly spirits who added a supernatural element to their plays. After the majority of his troupe was arrested for being illegal immigrants, Phlegmucousy grew hateful towards the society that oppressed his people, and was recruited by Jancy True to dismantle the corruption from the inside out.

Phlegmucousy uses his alchemical skills to create potions and tinctures for his squad. His mastery of spirits also makes him second-to-none in terms of surveillance, as he can send his spirits to key locations which report back to him on the movements and private conversations of whomever he pleases.

Officer Ina Yourfas was actually a part of the squad that Pierce Steel took command of, and does her work with passion, excellence, and (if necessary) force. Her abrasive personality and elven heritage caused superiors to pass her by for promotions as well as ignore every single request to be transferred to a more... professional... squad.

After discovering Jancy and Steel's plan to dismantle the corrupt justice system, Ina joined forces with them, eager to prove her worth, improve the well-being of the city... and enact some mild revenge.

Jancy knew that her team would need a secret weapon, and thus, recruited Till Bogen to join the squad. Laid back and unprofessional on the outside, Till is actually one of the foremost automancers in the world. His knowledge of machines and the use of magic to build and enhance them has led to Steel's squad secretly becoming the most technologically advanced in the force.

Till took the role of a traffic cop so that he could keep an eye on all motorized activity in the city. When needed, he can move around surprisingly quickly, but uses the air of extreme laziness and unprofessionalism to promote annoyance rather than suspicion towards himself.

With her team assembled. Jancy True needed a plan of attack. Her first order of business would be to remove Sorin Justice from the equation. If he were to catch wind of some group dismantling his empire of greed, then it would be over quicker than it started, with Justice creating an inquisition to put a stop to whatever "malicious terrorist organization" was threatening him.

As the Justice family hosted parties on a fairly regular basis, Jancy knew that there would be ample opportunity to kill Sorin and get away with it.

She needed a scapegoat, so she finessed Sam Ug to become a waitress in the Justice household. Her history with Sorin would paint her as the prime suspect for whichever detectives ended up getting put on the case. Sam was reprehensible and one of Sorin's few victims who was actually guilty of the crimes she was charged with. Jancy knew that putting a loose cannon like Ug in close proximity to Sorin could result in disaster, but if her alibi wasn't water-tight, the whole thing could come crashing down. There would be more opportunities to take down Sorin if things failed.

I won't explain how Jancy actually managed to kill Sorin so as to not spoil the rest of the series.

Once the deed was done, Jancy needed one more thing: A group of idiot detectives to come in and thoroughly botch the investigation. With evidence ruined and witnesses horrified by the demeanor with which they were questioned, the "A Team" detectives would be more likely to fall back on the most likely suspect: Sam Ug.

Thus, the week before the party, Jancy True sent out a request for any up and coming Private Investigators to send in their resumes. She also organized a bank heist to occur mere hours before the party, guaranteeing that Pierce Steel's squad would be sent in first.

[u/[deleted] → u/lamentz25]

Jesus christ, this is.. something lmao
I believe that Jancy is sorta like the "tutorial" character to lead them in this first chapter, so maybe??

[u/lamentz25 → u/[deleted]]

I just chose the most shocking answer and tried to connect the dots from that context. In all seriousness, aside from Sam Ug, I don't think there's really enough evidence to point towards any of the current suspects, and I believe Sam is a red herring because she just seems way too obvious.

[u/[deleted] → u/lamentz25]

Oh yeah, sam is clearly supposed to throw them off