Kevin:
Mr. winters is a scumbag, he’s the one turned off the sun
To keep us all from finding all the nasty stuff he’s done
He also had full access to the knife and has the size
And strength to stab it downwards and he’s bad and full of lies
But he has no good motive, the Voodooverse he built
Will have a PR nightmare when this tragedy gets out
Which brings up Mrs. Winters who’s a true unholy wreck
Drug addled and believes her son is now better off dead
Though she does have access to the knife she is too weak
to wield and stab it downwards with the strength that she would need
The murderer is someone else besides the parents see
We’ll get to it quite promptly in a minute bear with me
Fairies:
Its a long hard road from your home all nice and sweet
To the place where waits those dreams for which you dream
The road is long and winding don’t you know
Don’t you give up til you make them dreams your own
Kevin:
Pixel here was close to Kem believes that he’d do right
To kill Kem in the real world and upload his mind online
But though the knife has fairy runes, Pixel’s been inside
The Voodooverse in bondage this whole time
Which brings us to Alyssa who has motive as we’ve heard
With Kem deceased the spot as number one is finally hers
The scholarships would save her, but she couldn’t use the knife
She’s not that big or strong there more to this than meets the eye
Fairies:
It’s a long hard road from your home all nice and sweet
To the place where waits those dreams for which you dream
The road is long and winding don’t you know
Don’t you give up ‘til you make them dreams your own
Kevin:
Geoff does what Alyssa says, and he is big and strong
She could have made him do it, but that theory would be wrong
The Geoff we see before us, he is not the one we met
Back there at the crime scene we all met a different Geoff
I’m sure the name Rob Stillwell is one everybody knows
The mage who stands here in this room while Geoff is back at home
Yes, Geoff here is Rob Stillwell in a magical disguise
Looking for the code that will be his precious prize
But Stillwell wasn’t here back when Kem the boy was stabbed
The knife has certain sigils that would make Rob Stillwell mad
He cannot use the knife so despite that he’s a douche
This murder is a crime he didn’t do
Yes, the murderer is….. Zippy
Ryvyr: But Zippy is dead
Kevin: Yes, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t do it
Zippy is the only one with access to the knife
The means to pull it off and the motive, that is right
The giant killer robots we had met when first we came
Zippy controls all security Ms. Xiao-Li said
Like Pixel, Zippy knows that Kem would like to live online
With the fairies as a family be with them all the time
And if the fairies’ minds were uploaded online then
Perhaps this is what Zippy also did with poor young Kem
So Kem he was uploaded, and his body taken out
But Santiago Winters shut the Voodooverse on down
So Zippy needed us to bring the sun back for that way
The son who was online now could live in a brand new day
Did i get that all right, Kem? Kem? I think you can hear me.
Kem: Hello Mr. Mouse, Sir. You are amazing. I really would have preferred it if everyone just thought I was gone so they didn’t come looking, but it’s ok. I’ve finished my work here, the fairy forest is complete and the back end leads out into the whole world wide net. With the sun back and everyone distracted they’ve been able to slowly leave. I’m gonna go join them. Dad, your Voodooverse won’t work anymore, which is really good because you totally suck. Love you, Mom.
Xiao-Li: Oh, Kem. Are you happy now?
Kem: I really am. Mr. Mouse, sir, if you or maybe one day a kid of yours ever needs to learn some computer skills, you just let me know. You and Miss Witch there are really great people. Bye now.
Fairies:
Its a long hard road from your home all nice and sweet
To the place where waits those dreams for which you dream
The road is long and winding don’t you know
Don’t you give up til you make them dreams your own
Santiago: But… but I’m ruined!
Kevin: Mr. Winters, if it’s any consolation, listen, this might help:
A pair of cows were talking in a field. One says, “Have you heard about the mad cow disease that’s going around?”
“Yeah,” the other cow says, “Makes me glad I’m a penguin.”
Abi: Oh goddess, they just keep getting worse
Santiago: What does that have to do with anything?
Kevin: Absolutely nothing, you’re a douchebag, piss off.
Ryvyr: I don’t get it.
Abi: Well that was a weird one.
Kevin: Sure was. Let go down to the Griffin’s Tail and grab a drink and discuss it.
Ryvyr: Can I keep the sword?
Abi: Probably not but I didn’t see anything
Ryvyr: Don’t we have to call the actual police or something?
Kevin: Mr. Winters is probably going to clean it up quietly himself and what would they do at this point? Best to let Kem’s plan succeed. Come on, let’s get that drink.
Kevin: It’s true sometimes you need a sleuth, detectives on your side
Abi: Brilliant sly, astute and wise we always get our guy
Kevin: We’ll ace the toughest case without a snag or drag or hitch
Abi: Abi is the sweet one, Kevin’s a little....
Kevin: Hey!
Both: If the cops have given up don’t panic, don’t you twitch. The best detective team out there, Kevin and the witch
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