Black Stories II ~ Case 33: Cursed Vacation

[Dead Princess Sakana]

>Was the thing inside

NO

our outside the RV?

YES. To help a little bit, it was less of a 'thing' he was seeing, but more a certain situation.

[Demonbman]

>Is the weather relevent?
>Were they in heavy traffic?
>Did he see a bridge?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

>Is the weather relevent?

NO

>Were they in heavy traffic?

IRRELEVANT

>Did he see a bridge?

NO

[Demonbman]

>Did anything in the RV Break?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

>Did anything in the RV Break?

NO. It was fully functional all the time

Maybe you should try to do a re-read of this case and summarize everything important that has been discovered as of yet. This might help you get new clues and ideas.

[Demonbman]

hmm....


>Did the wife crash the RV?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

>Did the wife crash the RV?

NO. It was fully functional all the time

[Demonbman]

welp...


>Are the keys to the RV relevent?
>Is there something electronic besides the RV involved?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

>Are the keys to the RV relevent?

NO. However, if you wanna know, at the time of the events the wife had the keys.

>Is there something electronic besides the RV involved?

NO

[Demonbman]

My Summary:

So when the man exited the bathroom, his vacation was over
Wife was a key member in this, she caused the vacation to end,
but unintentionally, and it was the situation with Wife that the
man knew his vacation was over, while wife was in the RV.


(did I get that right?)


>Is the distance from the restroom to the RV relevant?
>Was the RV doing anything at the time?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

So when the man exited the bathroom, his vacation was over
Wife was a key member in this, she caused the vacation to end,
but unintentionally, and it was the situation with Wife that the
man knew his vacation was over, while wife was in the RV.

YES, that is correct.

>Is the distance from the restroom to the RV relevant?

You might say so, YES.

>Was the RV doing anything at the time?

YES

[Demonbman]

>Was the RV in any kind of motion?
>If so, if Wife responsible for the motion?
>Is the RV blocking something?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

>Was the RV in any kind of motion?

YES

>If so, if Wife responsible for the motion?

YES

>Is the RV blocking something?

NO

[ravaens]

>Is matter of fuel relevant to the solving this question?
>Was it raining? snowing? sunny?
>Did the man own RV? Rented?
>Did RV have retractable roof?
>Is it morning? afternoon? night?
>Was man driving RV toward certain destination? resting between the way to the destination? has already arrived at the destination?
>Could man see the inside of RV immediately after stepping out the washroom?
>Was something within RV affected by wife's actions?
>Did wife know that man was outside RV?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

>Is matter of fuel relevant to the solving this question?

NO

>Was it raining? snowing? sunny?

IRRELEVANT. Let's say sunny, because I like sun.

>Did the man own RV? Rented?

IRRELEVANT. They probably owned it.

>Did RV have retractable roof?

IRRELEVANT.

>Is it morning? afternoon? night?

IRRELEVANT. Probably daytime.

>Was man driving RV toward certain destination?

NO. His wife was driving.

resting between the way to the destination?

YES. He was resting.

has already arrived at the destination?

NO

>Could man see the inside of RV immediately after stepping out the washroom?

NO

>Was something within RV affected by wife's actions?

You could say so, YES

>Did wife know that man was outside RV?

NO

Those were good questions. Keep going, you're almost there.

[ravaens]

>Was wife driving away from the washroom while man was in the washroom?
>Did the man have some method of contacting her?
>Is the RV divided into separate sections, so wife in the driver seat might not been able to see the entire RV inside?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

>Was wife driving away from the washroom while man was in the washroom?

YES

>Did the man have some method of contacting her?

NO

>Is the RV divided into separate sections, so wife in the driver seat might not been able to see the entire RV inside?

YES

Now put those things together and you'll have the solution ^^

[ravaens]

Let me channel the power of Battler.


The man and wife are traveling to their destination by RV, and is resting on the way. The man - sleeping in one of the rooms in RV - wakes up and decides to go to washroom and leaves the RV without informing his wife. Meanwhile wife, who is tasked with driving the RV, decides it is time to leave and starts pulling away from the rest station or wherever they were resting while man is in the washroom. Wife does not realize man is not in the RV because she still think he is sleeping in one of the rooms. The man, exiting the washroom, sees either RV moving far away or that there is no longer RV anymore. He has no method to contact her, and his wife is unlikely to realize the fact that man is not in RV for long time, so he is stuck.

[Dead Princess Sakana]

~ CASE SOLVED! ~

The man and wife are traveling to their destination by RV, and is resting on the way. The man - sleeping in one of the rooms in RV - wakes up and decides to go to washroom and leaves the RV without informing his wife. Meanwhile wife, who is tasked with driving the RV, decides it is time to leave and starts pulling away from the rest station or wherever they were resting while man is in the washroom. Wife does not realize man is not in the RV because she still think he is sleeping in one of the rooms. The man, exiting the washroom, sees either RV moving far away or that there is no longer RV anymore. He has no method to contact her, and his wife is unlikely to realize the fact that man is not in RV for long time, so he is stuck.

YES. Absolutely perfect description of the events, nothing to add here.

My, my, so this game has started again when I was abot to declare it dead.
Wonderful, wonderful, let's see how far we can continue.
I definitely still have more than enough riddles to solve, fear not.

Since this thread is 50 posts away from the limit, starting another case in here is impractical.
Therefore, I will start a new thread with the next riddle either tonight or tomorrow.
And remember, by request of Pesco, the next riddle will be another photo-answer-special, and I'll work hard to make it even better than the last one.
_{(If you don't know what that means, look at Case 16, it's in the Detective's Record in the OP}
Please wait warmly until the next game is prepared~

[ravaens]

One thing I was bit unsure about that solution was that the man could simply have waited on the washroom. If the wife is moderately smart, she will realize the place she left could have only been the place the man got lost, and will return- at maximum man will only need to wait two days; inconvenient, but not enough to screw over entire vacation or try to return to home. Isn't it?

Also, since they chose to rest during their way, you can anticipate the place they were resting was camping ground, RV park, or some random spot near the highway. If so man can simply try to stop one of the cars passing by, explain the situation, and borrow the cellphone to contact the wife. Perhaps the wording was bit too strong in this puzzle? It kinda seemed to suggest they had no choice but to return, which suggested some unrecoverable situation, which above situation definitely is not.

 :3

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Yeah, there's probably about a million ways the man could have saved the vacation. But that's how Black Stories work, you get used to it 

[Demonbman]

Wow, interesting case


Good Job Detective ventuswings!