A Curse in Disguise is part of the Zombie Society Dead Detective series by Interactales. Kongregate. Newgrounds.
Table of Contents | Other Ending
Office
Leave Margh’s office through the door on the left.
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Police Station
Choose
The Cat?? But she should have left the continent, I’m sure of it!
Wait a second, shouldn’t the Cat be in jail? (✓)
(+item)
Talk to Officer Splut
– What do we have on Zombino?
– What can you tell me about the “Zombino Family”? Any lead? (+evidence)
Move
Leave the station by going to left or through the map (mouse over top part of the game screen, a dropdown box will appear). Go to Mum Mum’s Garage.
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Mum-Mum’s Garage
Talk
– Hello. Are you Mum-Mum?
– Why did you get arrested? (+evidence)
– [Evidence] Commissioner Borbr suspected that Mum-Mum worked for Zombino (+evidence)
Move
Go to The Drinking Dead
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The Drinking Dead
Talk
I’m on a new case. What do you know about the “Zombino Family”? (+location)
Move
Go to Zombino’s Bakery and enter it (+location)
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Zombino’s Bakery (inside)
Talk
I can’t fail to notice the shop is quite empty. Recently opened? (+evidence)
Move
Go to Sewers Awk’s House
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Sewers Awk’s House
Interact
– Window
– Talk to Ghvnn and ask him to open the window
– Peep through the window (+evidence)
Move
Go to Office
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Office
Interact
– Open the right drawer (under the archive) to get Sewers Awk’s number.
– Open Margh’s suitcase from the dropdown box and bring out Cough’s head. Ask him to call Awk.
– After getting the combination on Awk’s door, Bring out Cough’s head again.
Talk to Cough
– Working for Zombino? Really? What were you thinking?
– How’s eternal undeath without a body?
– What does your body feel? Any hint on its location? (+evidence)
Move
Go to Sewers Awk’s
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Sewers Awk’s House
Open the door
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Sewers Awk’s House (inside)
Interact
– Left drawer (+item)
– Carpet (+evidence)
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Police Station
Go to The Drinking Dead.
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The Drinking Dead
Talk
– Why are those two goons working at a bakery, now?
– [Evidence] Mum-Mum got arrested for armed robbery (+evidence)
Move
Go to Zombino’s Bakery and enter it. (+location)
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Zombino’s Bakery (inside)
Talk
– Can I have a cake? (+evidence)
– Weren’t you guys Zombino’s bodyguards? I’ve heard you got fired…
Interact
Get the key on the left side of the counter while they’re distracted
Move
Go out
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Zombino’s Bakery
Use the key on the locked door beside the bakery (+evidence)
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Room with Firearms
Interact
– Dynamites on the top left shelf (+item)
– Gun
– Sack (+evidence)
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Note: To combine or review clues and deductions, open the book in the dropdown box. It doesn’t matter how you interpret 1 to 3.
Combine Clues & Interpret Deductions
1. Awk had written all those threatening letters pretending to be the Cat + Sewers Awk might have an important role in recent events
Awk has no other role in this story
Awk might be responsible for the theft of Cough’s body
2. There’s no trace of Cough’s body inside the room at the back of Zombino’s Bakery + The room at the back of Zombino’s Bakery is full of various firearms
Cough’s body might be hidden somewhere else near the bakery
The bakery is nothing else but a front business
3. The bakery’s products are so bad that even Ghvnn can’t eat them + Zombino’s bakery opened about ten years ago
The bakery is not making money, so why hasn’t Zombino closed it?
Zombino is so rich he doesn’t care about the bakery at all
4. Mum-Mum used to deal with kidnappings for ransom, too + Mum-Mum got arrested for armed robbery
The theft of Cough’s body fits Mum-Mum’s modus operandi (✓)
Mum-Mum is, first and foremost, a bank robber
5. Mum-Mum never admitted he worked for Zombino or anybody else + Commissioner Borbr suspected that Mum-Mum worked for Zombino
There’s no proof Mum-Mum has ever worked for Zombino
Mum-Mum didn’t talk because he didn’t want to betray Zombino (✓)
Confirm Conclusion
Mum-Mum stole the body
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Abandoned Farm
Interact
Try to use the powder keg in Margh’s suitcase on the door (+evidence)
Combine Clues
Cough can feel his body is in a small, damp room + Cough seems unable to move his own body
Confirm Conclusion
Cough is lying, the body inside the cell is not his own.
Interact
Use the gun in Margh’s suitcase on the door
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Clues Found 12/12
You found the culprit at your first try — Correct
You saw through Cough’s lies and eluded Zombino’s Trap — Correct
Final Score 27/27
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