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The Blighted Beds of Crestmoor Observatory

≈ 6 min

Three days before the annual High-Country Rose Society judging at Crestmoor Hill-Station Observatory, the competition's prize-grade rose bed — a collection of twelve heritage varieties maintained by the Society's head grower — was found destroyed overnight. The plants show signs of a concentrated chemical application rather than natural disease. Your task is not to name the offender but to profile the behaviour behind the act: how it was carried out, who was involved, what connection the offender had to the victim, and whether the act was planned or improvised.