no scrub detective agency case files day 13: the baffling brother-in-law of Batman Brady: the search for Los Dupe
It was a cold and wet June morning. The rain spat like u/semaj3000 at Donny based Wednesday fans and out on the street the bin lorry was reversing. I'd forgotten to put the grey bin out again. It was this case. It'd been 13 days and I was still no closer to cracking the case than u/cowzilla3 was finishing the great spice off.
I stared at my reflection, skin pallid, eyelids droopy, lather dripping. I looked like u/j33pguy13 but handsome. If I didn't work it out soon I'd never find out the truth, and without the truth I'd be nothing but a scrub.
As I shaved I went over the facts.
I’d uncovered the so called batman Brady, the mountain man to Los Dupe’s Aventus, the prom king to his Le Male, but the man himself remained tantalisingly out of reach.
And what's worse was batman Brady was clearly worried about being sent to the great copyright infringement office in the sky and so after one single comment had said less than alg82’s points tally.
I had almost nothing. The well was drier than u/jeffm54321’s face after Osma, but I couldn't give up. The days theme relied on it.
I replayed the conversation in my head. over and over.
Time to lay out the facts.
- Last year's games - that rules out all ROTYs
- Brother in law - that rules out u/newtothethis
- Prize - that rules out last year's judges and alg82, artisans and u/enndeegee
- No mention of winner - could rule out u/priusaurus
- Has lots of brushes but won't share - could rule in Prius and his lather games trophy brush
- American spelling and phrasing - rules out the euro gang (except the expats)
- No mention of distance to brother in-law: rules out the expats
- No old spice dupes, that rules out u/cowzilla3
My mind twisted and turned, like one of u/bunnynator1001’s handles. There just wasn't enough info. Should I jump to assumptions, make an informed guess? I nearly nicked myself such was the distraction.
- No mention of burning desert heat. Did that rule out u/ginopono?
- No mention of sister being involved. That rules out u/ktturtlesue and u/onionmiasma
- I can't spell chrono so that rules him out.
I thought again as I rinsed my brush and razor under the hot tap and then as I looked up at my reflection on the steamed up mirror, the answer was there in front of me.
Los Dupe had already won