Who killed Home Body? Was it Peacock Poppycock in the Library with the Revolver? Was it Green Mail in the Study with the Rope? Was it Plum Pudding in the Ballroom with the Knife?
When Mr. Home Body invites his six best friends to be his guests at his mansion just outside of Ponyville, anything can happen! Can you follow along with their antics and match up characters and crimes? Thirteen daily mini-mysteries will test your ability as a sleuth!
All artwork used in this fic belongs to the very talented GatesMcCloud, and you can find more of their work here: http://gatesmccloud.deviantart.com/
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Chapters (14)
Sad this doesn't have more views. It's actually pretty clever. I would undo the ratings system and add this in some group folders for more exposure.
Very much a fun read, though I wouldn't have suspected H mustard would have wanted to not have the damn thing in the first place.
I say White Wash mostly cause of the mess. And now I'm so wrong after reading the answer. Drats.
By the by what are all of their cutie marks? I'm curious?
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Glad you like it! Stick around, I'll be adding a new chapter every day for the next two weeks! If you thought this one was fun, just wait. This was only an easy one to warm up!
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Home's is three golden bits, because he's very, very wealthy. As for the others, see if you can tell what I did here:
Colonel H. Mustard has a smoking pipe.
Green Mail has a bit clenched in a wrench-like vise.
Peacock Poppycock has a heart trained inside a gun sight.
Plum Pudding has a plum with a knife stabbed into it.
Scarlet Letter has a candle-lit chandelier.
White Wash has a rope with three clothespins on it.
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I see what you did there.
It's Miss Scarlet. It's always Miss Scarlet.
Sadly I can't make guesses on any of these chapters, as I have in fact already read them all as proof-reader and thus know all the answers already.
But if anyone's curious, I did get about 10 of the 13 correct. And I'm thick as two short planks. So y'all should probably do pretty good as well.
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TitaniumTao, I mentioned in the intro chapter, I am not going to allow comments that directly state the answer to the puzzles. Other people might get upset if they accidentally scroll down too far and it gets spoiled for them.
I've copied you comment here, with an appropriate spoiler tag over the relevant bit. I appreciate you're enjoying the story, but please hide answers like this if you comment in the future, OK?
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Sorry I forgot. I will remember that in the future.
I loved Clue, especially the book series. Can't wait to see how you do the next chapters.
Loving the puzzles so far!
In case you're interested, here's my working...
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The book series was amazing! I own the first six (currently on an epic quest to track down the rest) and I'm trying to match the tone as close as I can without directly ripping anything off. Glad you're having fun!
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Wonderful logic! This particular puzzle had plenty of different ways to reach the answer. I'm always interested in hearing people's thought processes, it's half of the fun, so by all means keep it coming. Congrats on working through it!
Challenge accepted! Tracking and added to Board Games folder.
Should be past.
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Thanks for the catch. Fixing...
Who killed the music?
Plum was with Body the entire time, so he couldn't have done it.
Mustard claims his crash in the Billiard Room was reactive, not the first, and not the last either.
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White claims her crash in the Kitchen was also reactive, after three or four.
xMxWx or xMxxW
Peacock claims her crash in the Library was the first.
PMxWx or PMxxW
Scarlet moved to the Study and thinks there were more crashes before hers than after. The only way this makes sense is if hers was fourth.
PMxSW
Green claims his crash in the Conservatory was the third, which conveniently is the only spot remaining.
PMGSW
Plum claims that all of the crashes moved consecutively room to room around the mansion. The rooms in play according to the above established order are LIBRARY - BILLIARD ROOM - CONSERVATORY - STUDY - KITCHEN. The room between the Conservatory and the Kitchen is the Ballroom, where the violin is - certainly not the Study. So Scarlet's lying, she did it. But what with?
Weapons mentioned in play are the Wrench, held by Green, the Rope, held by Mustard, and the Candlestick, held by White. Missing weapons are the Revolver, the Lead Piping, and the Dagger. Of those, only the LEAD PIPING is a blunt instrument (unless Scarlet pistol-whipped the violin).
A spider jumped out at Peacock, causing her to knock over a bookcase. This startled Mustard into shooting a billiard ball through a window, and the two consecutively startled Green into de-potting a plant. Whether by coincidence or taking advantage, Scarlet then smashed the violin, and White finished off the trail of destruction by dropping the pitcher.
It was SCARLET, in the BALLROOM, with the LEAD PIPING.
I think you might want to check your math. It doesn't alter the final answer, but I get Plum as having a score of 53, not 49. Between the second and third rounds it looks like you added Mustard's score to Plum's instead of his own.
Here's my working anyway.
Each player started with their own colour revolver, and their scores are clear-cut.
GREEN - LIME - 7
PLUM - PURPLE - 11
PEACOCK - BLUE - 10
MUSTARD - YELLOW - 13
SCARLET - RED - 9
WHITE - SILVER - 13
After the first round, marked switches between Green and Mustard, Scarlet and White, and Plum and Peacock.
GREEN - YELLOW - 13 (TOTAL 20)
PLUM - BLUE - 13 (TOTAL 24)
PEACOCK - PURPLE - 6 (TOTAL 16)
MUSTARD - LIME - 8 (TOTAL 21)
SCARLET - SILVER - 11 (TOTAL 20)
WHITE - RED - 15 (TOTAL 28)
The new lowest scorer is Peacock, who trades her Purple for Mustard's Lime. Plum's Blue gets swapped with Scarlet's Silver, but then Green intervenes and swaps his Yellow for Scarlet's Blue. White retains the Red.
GREEN - BLUE - 17 (TOTAL 37)
PLUM - SILVER - 9 (TOTAL 33)
PEACOCK - LIME - 12 (TOTAL 28)
MUSTARD - PURPLE - 5 (TOTAL 26)
SCARLET - YELLOW - 12 (TOTAL 32)
WHITE - RED - 10 (TOTAL 38)
Mustard (perhaps embarrassingly) has the lowest total score so far, so he tracks down the Yellow revolver, held by Scarlet, and swaps it for his Purple one. During the reload, the highest total (White, with Red) swaps for the third round high scorer (Green, with Blue), the Lime revolver (Peacock) is traded for Purple (Scarlet), and then Plum trades his (Silver) for Green's (Red).
GREEN - SILVER - 11 (TOTAL 48)
PLUM - RED - 20 (TOTAL 53)
PEACOCK - PURPLE - 15 (TOTAL 43)
MUSTARD - YELLOW - 7 (TOTAL 33)
SCARLET - LIME - 15 (TOTAL 47)
WHITE - BLUE - 10 (TOTAL 48)
It was PLUM, in the GARDEN, with the REVOLVER.
Poor Mustard is apparently the worst shot of the six. Also, should Body be worried that his maid is apparently a very good shot?
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A good catch with the math, I see where I went wrong in my notes. Thank goodness it doesn't adversely affect the answer to the puzzle! Fixing...
As you can probably tell, this particular puzzle was a bit of a pain to keep track of. Still, it's one of my favorites in the whole story! Did you have fun with it?
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It's departing from what you'd expect from a Clue crossover, while maintaining a similar logic. Good way to keep it from becoming repetitive. As for fun, certainly - I've always been a fan of these sorts of puzzles.
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I'd post my own working, but it would be identical to yours.
I was wondering whether or not there would be cameos from the Mane Six. Asked and answered, I suppose.
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I considered making them show up quite often, but in the end decided not to. It's kind of takes away from the story if every other chapter has a "celebrity guest", like episodes of Scooby Doo. On the other hoof, not much point in placing this in a mansion "just outside of Ponyville" if they didn't make the odd appearance, eh?
While they aren't the focus, there will be little mentions of our favorite ponies here and there. Like our favorite mailmare two chapters back!
There will be a few more too...
I like the inclusion of guest characters too - while their participation could only be another layer of the puzzle to unravel, and not part of the final solution, it keeps things from becoming stale.
Who wrassled the rabbit?
Everypony (and Angel) started in the Conservatory. Green and Plum took the secret passage to the Lounge, while Scarlet, Mustard and Peacock chased Angel to the Kitchen, where they collided with White.
Angel darted into the Dining Room. Scarlet picks up three carrots, and throws two of them at Angel before following. White, Mustard and Peacock also have a carrot each at this point. (Pointless detail? We'll see.)
Angel proceeds to the Lounge, where Plum has acquired one of the blunt instruments (Wrench, Lead Piping, Candlestick). Angel moves back out again, at which point Scarlet (still with a carrot) has acquired another of the blunt instruments, and hits Plum with it. (Plum now out for the count for the moment.)
Everypony passes through the Hall, Fluttershy comes into the picture, and by this point Green has the Revolver.
Peacock continues the chase into the Library, using the Dagger to dismantle her carrot. Angel kicks a book into her face and leaves.
Angel moves to the Billiard Room, then just as quickly out of it. He dodges White and Scarlet's carrot projectile (two carrots left, White and Mustard) and moves further to the Ballroom.
Mustard attacks here, but misses, dropping both carrot and weapon. Plum re-enters the picture, and eats Mustard's carrot while Mustard's weapon rolls away. The only weapon capable of rolling is the Lead Piping (again, Mustard?), which means that between them, though it's unimportant by now, Scarlet and Plum have the Candlestick and Wrench, probably respectively.
Angel heads for the last room, the one he hasn't been in yet, and the last carrot. The only pony to still have a carrot is WHITE, and the only room Angel hasn't been in yet is the STUDY.
It was WHITE, in the STUDY, with the ROPE.
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I have to ask, are these notes what you are writing as you are reading, or are you writing down your thought process after you are done figuring the puzzle out?
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I tend to read it through first, so I get an idea of what I should be expecting, then I write down my working for the second read through; from there just apply the logic, reread sections if I need to, then once I've arrived at a sound conclusion, I see if I got it right. The only changes I make after that are spelling fixes for the comment, and in the case of the previous chapter, a double check on the math.
"They all did it! But if you want to know who killed Mr Home Body... I did, in the hall, with the revolver."
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Going by the above art...
Home Body's is three coins.
Green Mail's is a clamp. Perhaps with something in its grip...
Mustard's is a pipe. The smoking kind, not the lead one.
Poppycock's looks to be a gunsight aiming at a heart.
Plum's is a plum with a knife in it.
Not sure about White Wash's. Looks like a board with something else... her wing's in the way.
And Scarlet's is a chandelier.
It was obviously hidden in the hall, above the entrance to the washroom.
And tell White Wash that there's no need to shout.
"If you break it... they will charge you."
Process of elimination leaves me to believe that it was Colonel Mustard!
Although man, did I have to bounce around the story a few times to figure it out with my crazy logic. lol
First... Vine Rider has to be Peacock. We know it's a mare and we know it's not Scarlet or one of the Pegasus, which means it's not White. Of course, it also fits her personality. That means The Alicorn of Oz has to be Green since he's the other Earth Pony.
This is where I start making educated guesses. Twelve Angry Stallions is a mare, meaning White or Scarlet, and Psycho is a unicorn, meaning Scarlet or Plum. If we assume that the art in the prologue is accurate, then it's unlikely that White's mane could get in her eyes, which makes Scarlet Angry and Plum Psycho. The movies not the personality traits, although since this is clue...
That leaves White and Mustard. The pony with the wrench speaks right after Mustard, and the pony with wrench is the one that got Rock Eye II. That implies that it's White.
Which brings us back to poor Colonel Mustard. Know to see if I'm right...
Woo-Hoo! Victory is mine!
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I'm not shouting!
.... Alright, I am shouting! I'M SHOUTING! I'M SHOUTING! I'M-(thunk)
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White's cutie mark is a rope with three clothespins on it. The wing is in the way, but you can see it a little better (if you squint) by looking at the list of suspects at the bottom of all the chapters.
I've taken the working to Pastebin for this one, since it's quite long. Spoilers past the link, obviously.
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Wonderful! Honestly I was a little afraid of this chapter, as it might be the hardest to follow of the puzzles I made, so I'm glad it works in practice!
**CLARIFICATION** This is not the hardest puzzle I made, just the one with the most "shaky" logic. My editor, who I subjected all these puzzles to in addition to grammar checks, went into fits trying to work out what I was trying to say here. The "hardest" puzzle is still on the way...
Do you recall what was reveal,
The day... the music died?
It's obvious! After years of torture at his job, Plum couldn't take it anymore and used his unicorn magic to smash the violin even while he was standing right next to Mr Body!
No...
Okay, serious guess then.
It was Scarlet Letter, with the lead pipe! Oh, and it was in the ballroom, but we knew that already.
According to everyone's account, the order of the crashes was most likely Peacock, Mustard, Green, Scarlet, White.
In addition, the rooms they were in were the Library, Billiard Room, Conservatory, Study and Kitchen.
But...
Doc BrownProfessor Plum claimed the crashes happened in a straight line. Which makes the Study the one room out.Thus Scarlet was the culprit. And with the violin being destroyed by a blunt object and White having the Candlestick while Green had the Wrench that leaves just the Lead Pipe.
And you've got me so enthralled in this story that I'm actually keeping notes to try and figure this stuff out. So congrats.
And way to go Derpy/Bubbles/Muffin/Whatever-the-heck-her-name-is-this-week on figuring it out. Now have I?
I has! Three for Three so far! (I'll get back to Case #2 when I feel like dealing with keeping track of everyone's location on the map.)
Oh, my my this here Anakin guy,
May be Vader someday... Um... wait.
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I thought it was always Bugs Meany.
Wow. Nearly got run round by the logic there. I made that more complicated than it needed to be, so I've pastebinned it again.
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Aw, almost got you with this one!
I particularly liked line 23 in your explanation:
I was hoping someone would pick up on that!
Normally, you should always use the same tense for each verb in a complex sentence. However, the part I have highlighted here, I understood to be parenthetical to the main sentence, and I believe it would be easier to read if you said "rolling" instead of "rolled".
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Thanks for spotting it, I'll take care of it right away...
Okay... Assuming I followed everything correctly...
Round 1: Green got 7 points with the Lime gun. Mustard got 13 with the Yellow. Peacock got 10 with the Blue. Plum got 11 with the Purple. Scarlet got 9 with the Red. And White got 13 with the Silver.
Round 2: Green got 13 points with the Yellow gun. Mustard got 8 with the Lime. Peacock got 6 with the Purple. Plum got 13 with the Blue. Scarlet got 11 with the Silver. And White got 15 with the Red.
Round 3: Green got 17 points with the Blue gun. Mustard got 5 with the Purple. Peacock got 12 with the Lime. Plum got 9 with the Silver. Scarlet got 12 with the Yellow. And White got 10 with the Red.
Round 4: Green got 11 points with the Silver gun. Mustard got 7 with the Yellow. Peacock got 15 with the Purple. Plum got 20 with the Red. Scarlet got 15 with the Lime. And White got 10 with the Blue.
For a final total of Green with 48, Mustard with 33, Peacock with 43, Plum with 53, Scarlet with 47 and White with 48.
Which makes Professor Plum Pudding our winner!
Other notes... Coming in tied for second, Home Body might want to make sure he treats White Wash properly (if he isn't already).
And to the surprise of no one, Colonel Mustard is full of it.
"Good shot, Green!"
I think I'll keep to pastebinning it from now on, to avoid really long comments which are all black spoiler bars. Here's this chapter's working. At one point I was worrying over where the door was relative to the table, but realized it didn't really matter.
Woo hoo!
let's get this started! Clue is a great game, and the movie is hilarious! 
can't wait to see where this goes! ~ Mintstar
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~ Mintstar
Lol, movie reference. That was a funny scene
I'm happy with this one cause I figured it out. Moving on to the next.
This one I got right as well; however I didn't follow who was working for whom, just who was male/female, what weapons, and where they where. Then I worked back to see who my suspect was working for.
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Glad to see you back, I was afraid I was too harsh and scared you away. Good job with the puzzles!
I would not be surprised to find the Colonel has a mild mannered twin sister named Hot Mustard. Hospital mixed up when filling out the birth certificates.
Here's this chapter's working. Short and sweet.
vanished.
Yay! I got this one correct!