Picture Perfect

 'Picture Perfect' is the twelfth murder mystery game made by Haiku Games. The game revolves about Detective Kate Gray as she and Aaron Murphy have to investigate an unexpected death at a once picture perfect wedding.

Synopsis
On assignment at a high-profile wedding, Detective Kate runs into an old flame. She thinks this will be her easiest job yet, but it’s not as picture perfect as it seems.

Characters

 * Detective Kate Gray
 * Lieutenant Aaron Murphy
 * Chelsea Boswell
 * Dante Ferono
 * Deanna Sparks (DJ Dee)
 * Rita Anderson
 * Vincent Boswell
 * Ginger Smith
 * Chef Julio
 * Grandma Boswell
 * Connor
 * Wanda

Chapter 1
The game opens at the police precinct as Kate asks Sergeant Jacob what her next assignment is. He replies by telling her that her presence is needed at a wedding. In confusion, Kate asks if the couple are members of a rival gang or such to which Jacob tells her that it’s nothing like that and very low key. However, with the amount of guests and the open bar, the city requires two officers to be there. Kate states that the assignment feels junior and attempts to make Jacob pass it off to someone else.

Jacob tells Kate that the couple are the founders of a new social media app called YouCrew. Their names are later revealed as Chelsea and Dante. Due to the high profile nature of the wedding and couple, anything going wrong would be disastrous. After Jacob tells her to go be helpful, smile, and stay on their good side, Kate reluctantly accepts the assignment and remarks that it might be a good change of pace for her. Before she leaves, Jacob tells her to bring Murphy along since people seem to like him.

Murphy and Kate arrive at the wedding and he comments that the venue is nice. Kate expresses disinterest as she calls it “over-the-top romantic”. He says that it should be an easy assignment since no one looks like a security threat.

The bride’s grandmother asks the pair if they’re friends of her granddaughter, remarking that she doesn’t think she’s met them. Kate corrects her and introduces Murphy and herself as police officers. Murphy tells her that they’re at the wedding to make sure everyone stays safe. Chelsea’s grandma finds the idea of police officers at a wedding strange and says that in her opinion Chelsea and Dante went overboard with the wedding. Chelsea’s father Vincent tells his mom that no one asked her to which she brings up that they must have spent a fortune on the wedding. After reminding her that the couple started their own business, he asks her if she is ready to go in. Before going in, Chelsea’s grandma wants to sign in, but doesn’t know how to due to the absence of a guest book.

The venue entrance is a garden style area. Overhead small pillars with floral arches provide decoration. A sign near the front displays the couples names side by side, the date, and a message at the bottom informing guests to tag photos with “#ChelseaDante”. The wedding takes place on July 9th, 2020. On a side table, instead of a guest book, there is a square box filled with little wooden hearts alongside a taller square box with a glass panel showing more wooden hearts. Inside the table are a pair of florist clippers.

After picking up a pen off the floor and a wooden heart, Kate gives both items to Chelsea’s grandma who signs it and hands it to Kate who places it in the tall box. Chelsea’s grandma says that a guest book would have been easier and tells Kate and Murphy how the lucky couple met in aisle seven shopping for soup in 2015. Vincent takes his leave to find a place to smoke and Chelsea’s grandma says that she thought he quit, to which he tells her that he did, but he’s making an exception for the “special” day. When he leaves, Chelsea’s grandma moves to stand where he stood. It is later stated that Vincent didn’t approve of Dante since he thought his daughter could do better.

A woman holding a four tier wedding cake stands a bit farther behind Chelsea’s grandma and if Kate and Murphy talk to her, her name is shown to be Ginger and she acknowledges that they’re probably wondering why she’s standing out at the entrance holding a cake. Murphy says it looks heavy and offers to give her a hand, but she declines citing that she’d like to transport it herself. However, she asks them if they’ve seen the groom figurine anywhere since it must have fallen off. Kate tells her they’ll keep an eye out for it.

The florist clippers can be used to trim a bush nearby Ginger and once trimmed, the groom figurine will be found and put back atop the cake. Along with the figurine, there is a Polaroid picture that can be picked up.

If you talk to Ginger again, she tells Kate and Murphy that she should head in soon, but it’s so nice outside, plus it’s a good workout for her arms. Kate says that she’s sure the guests enjoy seeing the cake as they arrive and asks what favour the cake is to which Ginger replies saying it’s two layers of mocha fudge and two layers of classic vanilla.

Once you continue onto the next area, Kate remarks that the view is nice. Four people are in the area; the best man in a tuxedo sitting on a couch, a woman in formal attire with shoulder length brown hair holding a notebook, the groom, Dante, who is also wearing a tuxedo, and a woman with short silver hair.

Dante jokingly asks the silver haired woman who is named Rita, what she got into since the police are here. She says she will be in trouble if she can’t get her camera case open. He replies humorously saying he can’t sit here looking handsome all day.

The other woman tells Kate and Murphy not to mind Dante and Rita and introduces herself as Wanda, the wedding planner and thanks them for being there. Murphy tells her to let them know if they can help with anything to which she asks if they can break into a camera case as she checked her YouCrew app and the nearest photographer is miles away which would take too long. Dante states that they don’t want another photographer since Rita is the best. He invites Kate and Murphy to look at the photo board to prove it.

If you talk to Dante again, he wonders how long he can hold his pose. Kate tells him he looks great and that his tuxedo looks great, congratulating him on his big day. He thanks her, saying it’s going to be awesome and that Chelsea wanted everything to be perfect. Wanda interrupts telling him that they need to get the photo shoot done before it gets too late.

If you talk to Wanda again, Kate compliments her work on the wedding. Wanda thanks her, lamenting that they’re behind schedule since it’s been difficult to round up people for photos. Dante mentions he has no idea where Chelsea is.

Once Kate and Murphy open the camera case with a code hidden in the YouCrew logo on a bag nearby, Rita will announce that she’s done taking photos and Wanda will tell everyone to head over to the gazebo to get the full bridal party and family photos done. The best man whose name is Connor tells Rita he’ll catch up in a minute.

He stands up and greets Kate happily. She is surprised and compliments him saying he looks really good. He says she looks fantastic. Due to the fact that Connor didn’t know that she was a police officer, they likely dated in high school or college which is corroborated by Kate stating it’s been years. He mentions that she always dreamed of joining the force.

Murphy interrupts and Kate introduces him as her partner to Connor. Connor greets Murphy saying he’s lucky for getting to hang out with Kate all day. Before Murphy can reply, Connor tells them he’s lost the box that contains the wedding rings to Wanda’s horror. He quickly calms her down by insisting the box is nearby, but he can’t search for it at the moment since he needs to head to the photo shoot. Kate says they’ll try to find it. Prior to leaving, he tells Kate it was nice to see her again and they should catch up later.

Connor leaves and Murphy asks Kate what that was all about to which she replies saying he’s just an old boyfriend. Murphy reluctantly says that he seemed nice.

If you tap on the photo board, six photos are missing and the rest are mixed up. Kate says that Rita takes beautiful pictures and that Dante and Chelsea clearly have a picture perfect life together. Murphy expresses disinterest, saying that everyone tries to look good for social media these days and comments that some of the pictures look downright dangerous. Kate tells him he sounds like an old man and that the couple were just having some adventures. Murphy points out that dangling from a moving train and standing on a skyscraper are ridiculous just to get a good photo. Wanda notices the messed up board and asks Kate and Murphy if they mixed it up, but says that she has other things to worry about. Kate says that she thinks they can fix it.

After heading down the stairs, Kate admits that Murphy was right saying the place is spectacular. Murphy goes over to flirt with the DJ who is called DJ Dee. He offers to help her if she needs help to which she declines. He compliments her shirt commenting on its sparkly qualities. She eventually lets him know she has a boyfriend. Murphy asks her if she has a sister and it’s revealed that DJ Dee did have a sister named Haley, but she died. Murphy is embarrassed and Kate tells him to stop bothering DJ Dee and the conversation ends.

Kate remarks that she hears the elevator coming up, guessing it’s the bride. DJ Dee plugs in a speaker that overloads the circuit, causing the elevator to stop midway. Chelsea starts panicking and Kate assures her that they’ll get her out.

If you talk to the caterer, he introduces himself as Chef Julio and says that he wishes he could give Kate and Murphy a hand, but he’s on food duty. Kate remarks that the food looks delicious. Chef Julio will leave afterwards and you can now pick up another Polaroid picture.

On a table nearby are fifteen gift bags that Wanda forgot to finish arranging on a display. Murphy tells Kate they don’t have to fix everything, but Kate insists on doing so. After arranging all the gift bags based on clues on sticky notes, Kate grabs a bottle opener from a gift bag. Murphy jokes that he could use one of those saying they’ve earned it. Chelsea tells them to get her out of the elevator and to stop wasting time with the gift bags. Kate apologizes with the excuse that they got distracted.

After completing the gift bag puzzle, DJ Dee disappears from her booth.

Using the bottom opener to open the elevator’s emergency button panel and pressing the button, Chelsea will be freed and she gives Kate and Murphy a key to give to Connor.

Once you go up the stairs again, you can find the wedding ring box covered by a pillow. However, it has three different locks on three sides of the box. The middle section can be unlocked by the key.

To unlock the right side, you need to collect all the Polaroid pictures. After correctly placing the missing photos on the board and rearranging the pictures based on clues on the board, certain photos are shown to have black borders. The placement of those photos correspond to the lock puzzle. Pressing the buttons that are in the place of each black bordered Poraroids will unlock the right side.

To unlock the left side, you will need information about Chelsea and Dante’s relationship. The list of information is written in Connor’s notebook on the couch. The answers needed are the years since Chelsea and Dante met, tiers on the cake, the aisle at the grocery store, and ice cream scoops on their first date. Chelsea’s grandma gives the answers to the first two questions as she says they met five years ago in aisle seven while shopping for soup. Ginger says that there are a total of four layers on the cake. The number of ice cream scoops is shown on the photo board as six in total.

Once the ring box is open, Wanda will happily thank Kate and Murphy for their help to which Kate replys that they spend so much time dealing with murders and crime so it’s nice to help at a happy occasion, also remarking that it’s been fun so far. Connor shows up and Wanda informs him they got the rings and asks how the photo shoot was before they head to the wedding ceremony. Connor tells her that they can’t find Dante anywhere and he’s not responding to texts. Wanda brings up the possibility of him getting cold feet, expressing that they have no time for nonsense. Connor assures her that Dante is always full of surprises and he’ll surely show up. The chapter then ends.