Curious Case

This episode follows P.I. John, in New Jernia looking for work as a private investigator. While looking for a roommate in the town square, John runs into Garry, an amateur reporter who runs a blog. Garry recognizes John from the local paper and asks him for help on a case. John refuses, but Garry continues to follow him and pester him about a 'haunted' hotel at which he is spending the night. Garry is new in town and is investigating several mysterious stories that plague New Jernia. They eventually end up at said hotel and John decides to take a look.

After talking to some people staying at the hotel and the employees who work there, John comes to the conclusion that nothing is wrong and begins to leave when they hear a scream. They check out the source and find the owner dead. This leads John to check the owner's office while the staff call the police. John and Garry find out that the owner had been setting up 'hauntings' in order to gain a cult following online and increase business. This also lead to a couple of bad reviews and some insurance payouts. Once the police arrive, John gets into a fight with his old boss while Garry takes a briefcase from the desk. They are both kicked off the premises and told to end all investigation.

John decides to continue investigating, but doesn't know where to start. Garry assists by looking up the people who left bad reviews and finds a person who lives in town who left a very threating review. John and Garry decide to give this guy a visit. They get to the suspect's residence which turns out to be a small junkyard, and they meet Manny, a mechanic, who left the review online. It turns out Manny used to do some work for the victim and was angry when he was not paid for his services. He left the review online in hope to tarnish his business. John was disappointed with what he had learned. He thanks Manny and he begins to leave when Garry speaks up with some information he found from the briefcase. Garry reviewed the victims financial documents and noticed a person by the name of Bill Turner was receiving payments from the victim for the same amount that the insurance company was giving to the victim. A potential blackmail scheme could be the break that they needed.

Manny recognized the name Bill Turner and told John and Garry that he worked for the insurance company as an accountant. Manny also said he saw Bill at the hotel all the time. John and Garry quickly went to the insurance company and ambushed Bill. They interrogate Bill and eventually get him to confess, but Bill pulls out a gun and points it at Garry to use as a hostage. John ends up talking him down and taking the gun as the police arrive and arrest Bill. John has another encounter with his old boss, but he gets a pass for solving the case for the police. John and Garry celebrate by getting lunch in the town square. John mentions he is looking for a roommate and potential partnership and offers Garry the spot. Garry agrees to the proposition.

Almost as if on schedule, a series of burglaries occur almost simultaneously as alarms ring out in the street. John and Garry investigate and see the culprit left his own calling card at the scene, an Aetherstorm Roc.