Black Stories ~ Touhou Edition - Case 20: Down to the bottom of Misty Lake!

[Fightest]

NO. What would be natural causes for you?

Uh, yeah, that is a bit of a vague descriptor. Natural would be that once his environment has been established, he dies from nothing else but what can be provided by the environment, i.e. dehydration in a desert or freezing in the arctic or starvation in both.

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Uh, yeah, that is a bit of a vague descriptor. Natural would be that once his environment has been established, he dies from nothing else but what can be provided by the environment, i.e. dehydration in a desert or freezing in the arctic or starvation in both.

Okay. Under that prerequisite, the NO stays untouched.

[Fightest]

Is the phone booth intact?
Is the fish intact?
Is the fish fresh?
Did the fish belong to the man?
Was the man aware of the fish prior to his death?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Is the phone booth intact?

NO

Is the fish intact?

Probably YES. Well, it's dead. Does that count as intact?

Is the fish fresh?

YES

Did the fish belong to the man?

YES

Was the man aware of the fish prior to his death?

YES

[Fightest]

Did the fish directly cause the man's death?

[Thaws]

Does the man sell fish?

Was the man delivering the fish?

Was the man making a phone call?
If so, was who he was trying to call caused the death?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Did the fish directly cause the man's death?

NO

Does the man sell fish?

IRRELEVANT

Was the man delivering the fish?

UNKNOWN/ IRRELEVANT

Was the man making a phone call?

YES

If so, was who he was trying to call caused the death?

NO

[Thaws]

Was the man calling (on the phone):

For help?
The Police?
Someone he knew?
For taxi?

Did the man just bought the fish?
Is the fish the man's pet?
Was the man going to eat the fish?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Was the man calling (on the phone):

For help?

NO

The Police?

NO

Someone he knew?

YES

For taxi?

NO

Did the man just bought the fish?

NO

Is the fish the man's pet?

NO

Was the man going to eat the fish?

IRRELEVANT

[Spidere]

Fufufu~ I know this one as well.

[Thata no Guykoro]

Was the man beaten to death with the fish?

Was the man calling to give important information to a person?

Was the man killed by another person?

If so, did the man have information that would incriminate the other person?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Was the man beaten to death with the fish?

NO  :V

Was the man calling to give important information to a person?

From his point of view, YES

Was the man killed by another person?

NO

If so, did the man have information that would incriminate the other person?

See above, NO

[Thata no Guykoro]

Dangit, there goes my idea.

Is the information concering the fish?

...Is the fish red?

Is it a herring?

[FinnKaenbyou]

Was the man beaten to death with the fish?

My reaction to this question. :V

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Is the information concering the fish?

YES

...Is the fish red?

What? Magikarp? NO

Is it a herring?

UNKNOWN. It's a big fish.

[Thata no Guykoro]

(Guess it isn't a red herring)

Does the information concern the species of the fish?

The size?

Location?

Was the fish a direct factor in the man's death?

Did the man die of poison?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Oh god Rou! You just gave me an absolutely weird idea! For one of the next riddles I shouldn't answer with YES or NO, but with photos of myself making a facial expression depending on the answer. That'll be hilarous (and embarassingly stupid) :V

Does the information concern the species of the fish?

NO

The size?

YES

Location?

NO

Was the fish a direct factor in the man's death?

NO

Did the man die of poison?

NO

[Thata no Guykoro]

The man was a fisherman. He was calling his pal to tell him about the huge fish he caught, and uh... I got nothing.  Oh wait. He was fishing in a storm, caught the fish, called his friend, and a large tree or wave or something  smashed the phone booth and killed him, leaving his body and the fish there.

[Dead Princess Sakana]

The man was a fisherman. He was calling his pal to tell him about the huge fish he caught, and uh... I got nothing.

YES. Right so far

[Thata no Guykoro]

Made an edit to add more to my idea.

[Dead Princess Sakana]

The man was a fisherman. He was calling his pal to tell him about the huge fish he caught, and uh... I got nothing.  Oh wait. He was fishing in a storm, caught the fish, called his friend, and a large tree or wave or something  smashed the phone booth and killed him, leaving his body and the fish there.

NO Phone booth smashing doesn't sound bad though

[Jana]

Shoot. I check this thread, and I know the answer for once. :<

(Also, Happy Patchouli Day~<3)

[Thata no Guykoro]

Um...

Was there a storm?

Was the phone booth broken by outside forces?

Was the object breaking the phone booth also what killed the man?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Was there a storm?

NO

Was the phone booth broken by outside forces?

NO

Was the object breaking the phone booth also what killed the man?

NO


Try to think a bit more outside the ordinary, the answer is pretty improbable in real life.

[Thata no Guykoro]

The man was a fisherman and a strongman. He was on the phone, but instictivly stretched out his arms and broke the phone booth. He was still wet from fishing so the phone cable fell into water and electrocuted him.  :V

[Dead Princess Sakana]

The man was a fisherman and a strongman. He was on the phone, but instictivly stretched out his arms and broke the phone booth. He was still wet from fishing so the phone cable fell into water and electrocuted him.  :V

Right up to the point of breaking the booth. Also, try to explain why he stretched his arms out, it was answered already.

[Thata no Guykoro]

The man was both a fisherman and a strongman. He had been out fishing that day and caught a huge fish. He stopped in at a phone booth and called up his buddy to tell him about this huge fish he caught. While telling the story, he streched his arms out to show how big the fish was, but broke the booth. The top of the booth fell on his head, killing him.

[Dead Princess Sakana]

CASE SOLVED!
Enough details have been uncovered and brought into connection to declare this case as solved. Please wait a bit for
post-game summary.

The man was both a fisherman and a strongman. He had been out fishing that day and caught a huge fish. He stopped in at a phone booth and called up his buddy to tell him about this huge fish he caught. While telling the story, he streched his arms out to show how big the fish was, but broke the booth. The top of the booth fell on his head, killing him.

The manner of death is still off, but you've been bringing up such nice solutions already that I will count this one as YES

The man was a full-fledged fisherman that had called his friend to tell him how big the fish he just caught was.
He supported his exaggerated story with wild gesturing.
Doing that he smashed the windows of the booth with his flailing arms, slit his wrists and bled to death.

As Sir Roukanken pointed out to me earlier, my current avatar is surprisingly fitting for this riddle.
Except that Patchy will not bleed to death I hope.

[Pesco]

Another one of those where I should ask "Are we gonna get trolled by the answer?" :V

Oh god Rou! You just gave me an absolutely weird idea! For one of the next riddles I shouldn't answer with YES or NO, but with photos of myself making a facial expression depending on the answer. That'll be hilarous (and embarassingly stupid) :V

Do it. Or else I Lynch you :V

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Do it. Or else I Lynch you :V

How can I say NO if you/Tewi look at me like that (o_0)

Alright, let me charge my camera's batteries and search for a riddle that will make for some fun guesses and we'll start the special round tonight.