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

[Fightest]

Is the fact that it's specifically an iguana steak relevant?

Was the girl going to have an iguana steak without having been misled anyway?

Did the person know that the girl was going to or will have gone to have an iguana steak?

[Spidere]

I'm going to try to crack this with one guess.

The woman was poor and near death, so she wanted to taste an expensive meal. Knowing she couldn't pay for it with nothing to lose, she leaped out in front of a car to avoid having to pay.

[The ⑨th Zentillion]

Was the person who suggested she eat the steak in the restaurant?

Is the kind of restaurant she went into relevant?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Did the target taste have any effect beyond the enjoyment of the meal?

I'm sorry, might I ask you to elaborate a bit on this? I'm not sure I understand it completely and don't want to give a wrong answer.

Did missing the target taste have any implications beyond enjoyment of the meal?

I do think I understand this one however, and it is a YES

Was there any threat to her life that she thought there would be if she didn't manage to get a certain taste in the steak as told by the other person?

NO

Was the other person a doctor?

NO

Did the other person want her to die?

NO

Is the fact that it's specifically an iguana steak relevant?

YES

Was the girl going to have an iguana steak without having been misled anyway?

Probably YES

Did the person know that the girl was going to or will have gone to have an iguana steak?

NO

The woman was poor and near death, so she wanted to taste an expensive meal. Knowing she couldn't pay for it with nothing to lose, she leaped out in front of a car to avoid having to pay.

NO. I think it was said before that she did have the money to pay.

Was the person who suggested she eat the steak in the restaurant?

WRONG ASSUMPTION

Is the kind of restaurant she went into relevant?

NO. It offers iguana steak, that is enough.

[Fightest]

Phew, so, once we know what the girl was expecting to taste, we'll probably have this one. Hmm.

[theshirn]

Was the person who suggested she eat the steak in the restaurant?

WRONG ASSUMPTION

Innnnnnnteresting.

Does she have multiple personality disorder?

[The ⑨th Zentillion]

* The ⑨th Zentillion looks at Fightest

...Did she think it would taste like chicken?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Just to be clear, WRONG ASSUMPTION means there was a premise set in the question that is not true for the case or wasn't answered with YES. I'll leave it to you to find out what it was.

Phew, so, once we know what the girl was expecting to taste, we'll probably have this one. Hmm.

There's more to it than just that, but it's the right general direction as you have noticed.

Does she have multiple personality disorder?

NO

...Did she think it would taste like chicken?

NO

[Thata no Guykoro]

Did she expect it would taste worse?

Did she expect it would taste better?

[Spidere]

Hmmm......
Did the other person add something to the steak?

[TL777 ✌]

Was she a taste-tester?

[theshirn]

Putting the important facts together(based only on answers given):

-Someone misled her about the taste of iguana steak, but did not want her to die, nor did they know she would have iguana steak
-The difference in taste between the expected and actual was directly connected with her committing suicide
-The other party is indirectly responsible for the suicide, therefore
-The other party was not present at the restaurant, nor was anyone there "in on it"
CONJECTURE: There was no "it" to be in on; they had no reason to expect she would suicide after a bite of iguana steak

I assume all of the above is correct?

[The ⑨th Zentillion]

Did the steak taste like a traumatic memory?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Did she expect it would taste worse?

UNKNOWN

Did she expect it would taste better?

UNNOWN

Did the other person add something to the steak?

NO

Was she a taste-tester?

NO

-Someone misled her about the taste of iguana steak, but did not want her to die, nor did they know she would have iguana steak
-The difference in taste between the expected and actual was directly connected with her committing suicide
-The other party is indirectly responsible for the suicide, therefore
-The other party was not present at the restaurant, nor was anyone there "in on it"
CONJECTURE: There was no "it" to be in on; they had no reason to expect she would suicide after a bite of iguana steak

YES

Did the steak taste like a traumatic memory?

Though the choice of words is a bit weird, I'll give this a YES

[Hououin Kyouma]

did she know that she was going to die/commit suicide?

[The ⑨th Zentillion]

Gonna give it a shot, then...

In the past, our subject had eaten a meal, it doesn't matter what it was. When she ate it, something horrible happened afterward, either to her or someone else she knew. Time passed, and a friend suggested to her to try an iguana steak, but told her it tasted different than it really did. Girl goes over to restaurant, orders, steak, has a bite. Her memory of the event comes to her when she tastes the steak... Panicked and distressed, the girl runs outside and jumps into traffic to escape the pain.

[Thaws]

Was she a criminal?

Did eating the steak remind her of a crime she did?

Was the other person that midlead the taste still alive?

Seeing if this is something like case 3. :V

I don't think we've actually asked this o_o
Have she ate an iguana steak before?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

did she know that she was going to die/commit suicide?

NO

In the past, our subject had eaten a meal, it doesn't matter what it was. When she ate it, something horrible happened afterward, either to her or someone else she knew. Time passed, and a friend suggested to her to try an iguana steak, but told her it tasted different than it really did. Girl goes over to restaurant, orders, steak, has a bite. Her memory of the event comes to her when she tastes the steak... Panicked and distressed, the girl runs outside and jumps into traffic to escape the pain.

NO It has to do something with an event in the past, that much is true. Also the last sentences, from 'Girl goes to restaurant...' onwards are also correct.

Was she a criminal?

NO

Did eating the steak remind her of a crime she did?

NO

Was the other person that midlead the taste still alive?

IRRELEVANT

Seeing if this is something like case 3. :V

Pukukuku. Don't take me lightly, dear players. There are indeed cases that share similar aspects, but I will not ask two of those that close to each other. Though remembering back on other cases is often a good tactic to get ideas.

Have she ate an iguana steak before?

NO

[theshirn]

Did she eat an iguana before?  (It's not the same question!)

[Pesco]

Sorry if I'm asking repeat questions

Is the [take a phrase from the list below] relevant?

Location of the scenario
Sequence of events (going to the restaurant -> ordering the steak -> etc etc)
Presence of the other person
Reason for why she ordered iguana steak
Taste of the steak

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Did she eat an iguana before?  (It's not the same question!)

NO

Is the [take a phrase from the list below] relevant?

Location of the scenario

NO

Sequence of events (going to the restaurant -> ordering the steak -> etc etc)

NO. If she had gotten the steak any other way, things would probably have played out the same

Presence of the other person

NO

Reason for why she ordered iguana steak

Looking at my solution car, partly YES. There is something like a reason, though it is not necessarily vital for the case.

Taste of the steak

YES

[Thaws]

Does eating the steak remind her of someone she knew?

Is that someone dead?

Does eating the steak remind her of a natural disaster?

Will knowing the specific taste of the steak help solve this case? (Like the steak is sweet, sour, etc)

[Pesco]

Is the girl willingly choosing suicide as opposed to the circumstances killing her so she killed herself before it happens?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Does eating the steak remind her of someone she knew?

NO

Is that someone dead?

See above

Does eating the steak remind her of a natural disaster?

NO

Will knowing the specific taste of the steak help solve this case? (Like the steak is sweet, sour, etc)

NO

Is the girl willingly choosing suicide as opposed to the circumstances killing her so she killed herself before it happens?

NO. She would have survived if not for the suicide.

[Thaws]

Did she suicide out of guilt?

Did she suicide out of sorrow?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Did she suicide out of guilt?

NO

Did she suicide out of sorrow?

NO

[Thaws]

Pretty much have no clue about this... I'll just try some more emotions...

Will knowing how the girl felt when she suicide be helpful to solving this case?

Was she angry when she suicide?

Was she frustrated when she suicided?

Was she relieved when she suicided?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Will knowing how the girl felt when she suicide be helpful to solving this case?

YES. But it is not necessarily vital. There are other ways to figure it out.

Was she angry when she suicide?

Was she frustrated when she suicided?

Was she relieved when she suicided?

NO to all.

If I may give my opinion, please consider the following:
Look at what you know already.
Look especially at the questions I answered with yes or comented a bit on.
Try to connect all of those into a single summary and look at that.

I assure you that you already have enough clues to find out something vital.

[Pesco]

We're quite Sana on this one. I think we've been asking too many specifics instead of broad-stroking general situations first.

[Thaws]

I'm try investigating that traumatic experience...


Did she saw something die? (If yes,) Was it a person? Was it an iguana?

Did she suffer physical pain?

Did she suffer mentally?

Was the person that mislead her about the taste relevant to this experience?