Fanon:Mysteries of Twinbrook

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Mysteries of Twinbrook
Name:	Mysteries of Twinbrook
Genre:	Mystery
Created by:	JM9193
Rating:	PG13
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Status:	Ongoing
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Mysteries of Twinbrook is a short story written by JM9193. It's a murder enigma whose protagonist is the detective Arlette Clucky who had already been mentioned for her solving thee murder of Gisèle Dortheimer's boyfriend and aunts.

Characters

• Arlette Clucky: A perceptive yet snobbish detective. She has a huge taste of luxury and only shows up in the classiest dresses and the most expensive jewels.

• The other characters are all canon sims from Twinbrook.

Introduction

Milly Pidgin sat in her luxurious lounge along with her daughter Dilly. Those two were known in Twinbrook for the wealthiness but also for their peculiar clothing and alikeness. Milly was a sweet elderly lady whose kindnes was only equaled by her thoughtlessness and her strong sense of justice, and Dilly was somehow childish and she was indulged to her passion for reading by having a look on the local newspaper.

-Hey Ma! Did you see that? The municipal elections were rigged! Some people voted in the name of many deaceased persons!

-People might do anything for politics. What a shame. They all voted for Holly Greenwood?

-Yes. That means that the true winner was Beverly Castor. They arrested at least five people! Sinbad Rotter, Cat Stielburg...

-That's weird. I wouldn't have guessed that those ruffians were ecologists.

-I wouldn't have either. I wouldn't even have guessed that they were interested in politics.

Sinbad Rotter and Cathy Stielburg were indeed scoundrels who spent their time causing havoc around town.

Dilly continued reading the paper until something caught her attention in the obituaries. -Ma! Timmy's dead! Timothy DeBleu was a renowned egyptologiest. He lived near Twinbrook and recently discovered along with fellow twinbrookian archaeologist Tina-Patricia Copper the tomb of the King Raymundo Rodiekhkare in the Pyramid of the Burning Sands, Al Simhara. -Timmy DeBleu? Poor dear! He was so young. How did this happen? asked Milly.

-They say it's a blood poisoning. But... don't you think there might be something fishy about it?

-Why would there be something fishy about a septicemia? asked Mily, surprised.

-Well, said hesitantly Dilly, you remember what happened to the archaeologists that opened Toutankhamon's tomb... They all died mysteriously. And some of them also had a blood poisoning.

Milly couldn't believe what she just heard. Despite being a bit childish, Dilly has always laughed at supernatural.

-Those pharoh's curses stories are pure rubbish, dear. A septicemia might happen to anyone.

A Curse! What an Idea!

Chapter One

Two weeks later, miss Arlette Clucky atended at Tina-Patricia Copper's funeral. She wore a long black velvet dress, and an onyx surrounded by diamonds adorned her throat. She was visiting her best friend Mollie Kewell, who was a scientist who was passioned by bugs. Arlette couldn't see what Mollie could find in those critters except the fact that one might create some magnificent jewels with them, but she liked her anyway.

-Poor Pr. Copper, Arlette thought. She must've been the world's most unlucky person.To have a small meteor fall directly on her head. How unfortunate! She has been found in the swamps by her friend Pixie Carlton. The police first thought to a murder, but the lack of suspects, the emptiness of the swamp (the only person there was Pixie, who moreover had no mobile) and finally the proof that the rock that killed her was a meteor finally led the police the the conclusion that Tina-Patricia Copper was effectively killed by a falling meteor. And by the way, the other Egyptologist was dead, too! That will surely spread some idiotic rumors about some 3000 years old curse. People are so gullible in this town! However, it's still strange.

At the end of the funeral, everybody went to the collation. There, Arlette asked Mollie about the other persons that were present.

-You know, Mollie, all these people appear to be very special. What do you think about them?

-I do think that many of them are kinda nutty. For example, you see that woman, there?

Arlette looked at her. She was in the middle of her fifties and still wore a short skirt and outrageous makeup.

-That's Katherine Hunter. An awful virago coupled with a cougar. Her boyfriend just turned twenty. I hate her. She's mean, she's rude and she's unbearable. She once married Clark Peddler, but they divorced, and now they can't stand each other. Clark's at the bar, with his best friend, Penny.

Arlette stared at them. Clark was the typical hoodwink, with a wide, unfaithful smile, extravagant and colourful clothes, sunglasses... His friend appeared to be younger.and discrete. However, a unpleasant, calculating flicker shone in her eyes that was almost unnoticeable. During this time, Mollie continued her lampoon against her enemy.

-... and finally I once saw her swatting a poor scarab that did absolutely nothing to her! That's cruel!We nickname her Kat. Kat Hunter matches her personality, don't you think?

-I do, Mollie, I do... But... isn't it DeAndre Wolff, the rock star? Nice! I didn't know he lived in Twinbrook.

-Well, now you know. He is a true womanizer. Almost every woman in town was after him: Milly Pidgin, Penny Pincher, Sofia Carlton...

-Who is Sofia Carlton?

-This girl, near the phonograph, dressed in pink. She is with her mother, Pixie.

Mollie indicated two women: the first one was in her mid-twenties and obviously loved hot pink. The other was fifty and had a very short hair and enormous earrings.

-Sofia and Pixie are despised by almost the entire community. Pixie's only friend was the professor Copper. She spend her entire time spreading scandals.

Arlette then paid attention to the old-fashioned couple next to the buffet.

-And who are them? she asked.

-They are the Castor. Beverly, the wife, is the mayor of the town. Poor Mrs Castor. She had some tough times before being tha mayor.

-I heard about it. Some malevolent beings tampered with the votes in order to make her lose the election.

-Yeah. A group of ill-disposed rapscallions votes multiple times in the name of various deceased persons. However, no one knows why they did this. Some think that they are ecologists. However I do have some doubts. I think they are members of a big crime syndicate in the town, and Beverly, who was a member of the municipal council, and had done lots of things in order to destroy the organization. That's probably why they didn't want her to win.

However, those small details didn't interest Arlette. The thing that interested her was the crime syndicate himself.

-There is a crime syndicate? In this small town?

-Why wouldn't it? There was once S.T.A.I.N., in Huntsville, and Huntsville is much smaller than Twinbrook. No one knows who runs it and even who the members are. However, there are some strong suspicions against the Racket clan. This family, around there. They are mysterious and they aren't much liked around there. They literally swim in cash. They are diabolically bright. The two elders, Max and Marigold are probably the ones who command everything. No one has been able to prove anything. They have three sons, but one is gone away, and died some time later. There also was Max's brother, Stephen, but he was struck by lightning some time ago. Finally there are the grandchildren and the daughter-in-law, who appear to be more "normal".

-Speaking of normality, this family appears to be normal...

-Which one?

-The one at the buffet, next to the Castors.

-Oh, you mean the Greenwoods? They are fierce ecologists. Holly is the one that lost against Beverly Castorat the municipal elections. She is the one who got the votes of the Dead. However, she was pretty shocked by the affair. She is now member of the municipal council.

-Yeah, Arlette thought. This town seems to have more than one secret. She was intrigued by the Rackets, a dark, gloomy and powerful family. Arlette then wondered if they coud get away with their actions that easily indefinetly...

Chapter Two

Three days later, Mary Baker, gifted cook who worked at the local brewery, went out to get her newspaper. She thought of that whole curse story. Many people thought of that whole curse story. And psychosis was about to strike in town since many people were more gullible than me, she thought. As if the entire town was now cursed since two egyptologists who opened a tomb lived there! Preposterous! Many of them were certain that death would strike again. This is all that darn fortune teller's fault. She said that there would be more deaths. As if I was about to encounter a corpse, right now!

Mary gazed at the Racket's manor.

-If something terrible happened, I wouldn't have any doubts about the killers. Those ones fiddle evil things.

Then she saw somebody lying on the ground behind their hydrangea parterre.

-That must be Silver trying to get a tan. What a dimwit. She didn't realized yet that she is whiter than an aspirin!

However, Mary realized that it wasn't Silver Racket. The woman's skin was slightly more livid... Mary approached and discovered with horror the lifeless body of Pixie Carlton.

Chapter Three

-In this case, at least, there is no ambiguity, decreed the inspector Deena Tex.

The forensic specialist found out that Mrs Carlton was poisoned with mercury. One had found a broken thermometer in the hydrangeas. The case appeared to be clear. The Rackets must have been guilty. However, the constable Copperfield had some doubts about it. And he shares these doubts with the inspector.

-Dee, are you sure that the Rackets have done the deed?

-Who else might have? Deena asked.

-I think that it's the daugher, Sofia. She has a mobile.

-True. I don't see why Marigold & Co would have killed Pixie. However, she could have discovered something against them. This is highly unlikely, since the police have been seeking evidence for years. But Mrs Carlton was a notable gossip.

-This is possible indeed. However, I still doubt it. The Racket are almost undeniably criminal geniuses. We are searching a single valid clue against them for nearly thirty years. Would they let a corpse and the murder weapon in their own bush? That would equal suicide: it would be a horrible mistake! After all what they accomplished? This is absurd! I would rather investigate Miss Carlton.

-You're probably right, reluctantly admitted Deena.

Sofia Carlton was subsequently arrested for her mother's murder. The thermometer was identified as Sofia's by a neighbor. Sofia had no alibi despite claiming having one. She however had a mobile. And some slight trace of mercury in her garden.

However, Sofia's alibi occured to be real: a young botanist, named Matthew Smith, claimed to have gotten ou of fuel in front of Miss Carlton's house (she and her mother did not live together), and asked her for some gazoline approximatively at the time of the crime. He then fled to France and didn't hear about the murder until he came back. And Sofia now had an alibi. And she had to be released.