Apologies for the delays. Many thanks to Exeterra, for reviewing and letting me know that someone's reading this and enjoying it. *hugs*


Week 1 – Thursday

7:00 A.M.

The cast gathers in the kitchen for breakfast, sans Zant (who is now into day two of his sleep cycle). They all enjoy the scrambled eggs and toast that Link has prepared. Zelda and Navi chat happily about what the day's task might be. Suddenly, the speakers crackle to life.

"Good morning everyone, this is Big Brother! I will now announce your task for the day."

"Fantastic," mutters Midna sarcastically. She has not yet forgiven Big Brother for the alarm clocks.

"For today, you will all be asked to do something a bit more complicated, seeing as how you've all been warmed up."

"Hey wait a second! What about Zant?" shouts Malon. "He's asleep! He can't just miss a task like that!"

"Yeah, it's not fair!" chimes in Navi.

Big Brother informs them that there is a secret backup plan for Zant missing the tasks. "For today though," he continues, "You will find the task in the living room. Gather in there when you have finished eating for further instructions".

"I can hardly wait," sighs Zelda.

7:30 A.M.

Breakfast is done and the cast moves the dishes to the sink to be washed later. Zelda reaches the living room first.

7:32 A.M.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"

7:33 A.M.

The rest of the cast comes running to the living room and immediately discover why Zelda screamed. Lying on the floor, in a pool of some sort of red liquid, is a Big Brother employee with a knife sticking out of his back.

"By the Goddesses, what's going on here?" gasps Navi.

"No fair! Why aren't we allowed to kill someone also?" protests Ganondorf.

"Heh heh!" laughs Big Brother. "You've just found your task for the day.

"You killed someone for this task?" asks Malon, outraged.

"He couldn't really, could he?" asks Navi nervously. "It is against the law, right?"

"Maybe, maybe not…" says Big Brother in an ominous tone, causing the fairy to shake in midair. "The task for today is fairly straightforward: This employee was murdered and one of you did it!" Big Brother proceeds to explain that there are certain clues planted to lead the cast on a treasure hunt-like quest to find the identity of the "killer".

8:00 A.M.

The cast has set out to search for clues. Malon tastes the "blood" and decides that it's really just Strawberry Fields Jam, bringing her to the conclusion that the "killer" had to have gone to the kitchen for something. She immediately runs off. Vaati, with no other leads, follows Malon, probably hoping to piggyback whatever finds she makes.

Ganondorf is weirdly thorough examining the body, checking the angle the knife was stuck in at and how deep the blade went in.

"So we can tell that the killer was about as tall as the employee," he says. "And they weren't strong enough to get it in up to the hilt. Oy, Hero of Time! You don't happen to carry a finger print kit around with you?"

Link shakes his head and Zelda looks impressed. "Wow Ganondorf! You're really thinking this through!"

"Yeah, well I've had experience with this sort of stuff," he says earning a round of mystified looks.

Majora falls into a depressed funk and retreats to a hall closet, where he seems strangely attracted to the extra bed linens.

9:00 A.M.

The search of the kitchen seems fairly fruitless however Malon and Vaati keep at it. Actually, it is Malon who mainly looks, while Vaati follows her around, watching over her shoulder.

"Don't even think about it, grey boy!" she snaps after this has gone on for a while.

"What?" he asks innocently.

"You know full well what. I'm not stupid, I know you're trying to mooch off of whatever I find. Well cut it out, or I'll lock you in the refrigerator!"

Vaati turns pale at this (an interesting effect, as he is usually grey) and immediately backs off.

9:10 A.M.

Big Brother orders Majora to leave the closet and get on with the task.

"But I'm a disembodied SPIRIT!!!" he wails. "How can I find evidence?"

"I'm a freaking ball of light and I'm searching!" snaps Navi from the windowsill (the dustiest place in the room, therefore the most likely to have some sort of fingerprints).

Big Brother tells Majora that spirit or not, he must leave the closet and participate. If he doesn't, he will be punished in some way. Snarling, Majora floats straight through the closet wall and into the bedroom, where he scares the daylights out of Zelda (who is searching the dresser drawers for a possible murder weapon).

11:00 A.M.

The cast decides to take a break for lunch. Thus far, the murder weapon has not been found yet (though Malon has pulled out various possibilities from the cutlery drawer).

"It's got to be around here somewhere…" murmurs Navi.

"Of course," snaps Midna savagely. She has had no luck searching up the chimney (what for, no one is entirely certain) and was yelled at by Big Brother for tracking soot on the carpet.

"Hey, where's Majora?" asks Vaati. Sure enough, the sulky former deity is nowhere to be seen.

"I think I saw him floating up to the attic," said Malon. "Maybe he's still there? I'll go and check…"

"Ganondorf?" asks Zelda cautiously as Malon stands up and runs off.

"Yes?"

"What you said before, about having experience with this sort of stuff, what did you - ?"

"Oh…this and that," mutters Ganondorf looking embarrassed. All of the cast stares at him, very much interested. "Alright, I wanted to be a detective when I grew up, alright? But that wasn't really a possible major at the college I attended, so I switched to a double major in Realm Invasion and Dark Arts, with a minor in Regicide."

"I see…" mutters Navi while Zelda turns pale and edges away from Ganondorf.

Vaati appears very interested. "I actually majored in Interdimensional Travel and minored in Dark Arts, but I always was interested in Realm Invasion. What was it like?"

11:10 A.M.

Camera 12e detects movement at the attic rope ladder as Malon climbs up to find Majora.

"Hey spirit boy! I know you're up here! Why don't you come on down and have - OH MY GODDESSES!"

11:12 A.M.

Loud clattering is heard in microphone 3a as Malon practically leaps from the attic trap door straight down to the floor. "LINK! SOMEONE! HELP!" she screams as she runs to the dining room.

The rest of the panicked cast runs to Malon. Link gets there first, but can't ask her what's wrong as he doesn't talk. Instead, he gives her a reassuring hug which seems to calm her a great deal. Big Brother can be heard chuckling at this (apparently he believes that it will score some higher ratings than Majora's jello impersonation trick performed in the bathroom the night prior).

"What happened?" asks Navi when the rest of the cast gets there.

It takes a few minutes for Malon to be able to tell them. Apparently she was groping around in the dark and came across a dead human body.

"You're sure?" asks Zelda.

"Absolutely!" cries Malon. "It wasn't breathing, no pulse, nothing!"

"Was this part of the challenge?" Midna furiously asks Big Brother.

"Not at all," says Big Brother. He sounds slightly nervous and is in actuality concerned that Ganondorf, Vaati, or Majora have taken it into their heads to commit a murder of their own.

"What are we going to do," moans Malon, slumping down on the floor. "Should we call the police?"

"No," says Big Brother confidently. "I know someone better. Two someone's in fact. A private detective team."

"Are you sure we shouldn't leave this to the police?" asks Zelda faintly.

"Trust me, this is even better."

"So says the guy that let a murder happen," sighs Midna, rolling her eyes.

1:00 P.M.

The cast (sans Zant of course and Majora who is still MIA) are sitting on the sofa chewing their nails or pacing the floor when the doorbell rings.

Malon is there first. She opens the door to find two teenagers, a good-looking boy with his hair pulled back in a ponytail and a cute girl with long dark hair.

"Hi!" says the boy. "I'm Hajime Kindachi and this - " he indicates to the girl " - is Miyuki Nanase. I believe that someone here hired us to catch a murderer?"

"You're the private detectives?" ask Midna. "You're just kids!"

"True," replies Kindaichi. "But my grandfather was a famous detective himself and I've learned many of his tricks. I swear, in the name of my grandfather Kosuke Kindaichi, I will solve this mystery!"

"Just let him get started," Miyuki advises them.

"Right this way," says Malon, taking Kindaichi's hand. Kindaichi gets a dreamy look on his face. Miyuki smacks him on the head.

1:10 P.M.

"This is the body then?" asks Kindaichi.

"Just like I found it," says Malon.

The cast, along with Kindaichi and Miyuki, are all in the attic. With the lights turned on, the place is surprisingly less dreary and would almost be pleasant if there wasn't a dead body in it.

Kindaichi has begun to examine the body. "That's weird," he mutters. "It looks like it's already begun decaying in places. But it also feels warm, like it just died…" He rolls the body over and gasps at the sight of a large cut in the body's chest.

"So it looks like the murder weapon is a knife then, Kindaichi-chan?" asks Miyuki.

"It looks like it," murmurs Kindaichi. "But there's no blood splatters anywhere, or any signs of bleeding. It's like the body was drained dry or something…"

The cast look at each other. "Majora," they all say in unison.

1:25 P.M.

"So you're saying that you think the murderer is a ghostly former deity who used some weird otherworldly powers to drain the victim of blood before cutting him open?" asks Kindaichi.

The group has moved back to the living room to think. Ganondorf, surprisingly playing the part of a gracious host, has quickly whipped up tea and biscuits for everyone, so they all enjoy the snack as they brainstorm.

"That's the most idiotic idea I've ever heard of," comments Miyuki.

Malon bristles. "Then what's you're idea, Miss Of-Course-I-Know-Everyone-Here-After-A-Whole-Three-Minutes?"

Kindaichi automatically dives backwards to avoid being caught between the impending catfight, however Link, being a gentleman, steps in between and the two girls back down. "What I don't get," says Kindaichi, getting back into his seat, "Is why the murderer went to the trouble to cut open the body's chest afterwards. Surely draining the blood would have done the job."

"Well, Majora is a nutter alright," admits Midna. "After Zant of course."

"Who's Zant?" asks Miyuki.

"Nevermind.

2:00 P.M.

The cast has begun searching for Majora, who by now looks like the number one suspect. They check out all of his favorite places, including the closet and the bathroom.

"He actually likes hiding in here?" asks Kindaichi, looking in the cabinet under the sink.

"For some weird reason, yes," says Malon, tearing back the shower curtain to search in the bathtub. "Maybe it's because he doesn't have a sense of smell so the stink doesn't bother him…"

2:05 P.M.

A girl's shriek can be heard from the bedroom area.

"MIYUKI!" screams Kindaichi, running to her.

He finds Miyuki kneeling at the bedroom door, looking terrified. "I went to search in there," she gasps, pointing into the room, "and there was something in the one bed…and I thought it was just a pile of blankets…but then it started to snarl…"

"Oh," says Midna, nonchalantly peering inside. "Has Zant started to snore again? Just shove some Kleenexes up his nose and it'll take care of that right away."

2:30 P.M.

Worried about the possibility of the show canceling from the murder, Big Brother decides to send in special employees with state-of-the-art spirit-catching equipment. "They'll be here any minute," he promises.

2:40 P.M.

The doorbell rings. This time, Link opens it.

"What in the world?" gasps Navi.

In the doorway stand four men, all in silver jumpsuits and all carrying strange looking packs on their back with connecting guns.

"Hey, hey, hey!" calls one as they enter. "Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Ray Stanz, and Winston Zeddemore, reporting for duty!"

"You're here to take find Majora?" asks Midna skeptically.

"Oh my Goddesses," mutters Ganondorf while Vaati looks ready to die laughing.

"Yes of course," says the man. "It's what we do."

At this, Vaati gives a loud snort of laughter.

"Hey listen buddy," says the man, "weird stuff happens all the time, stuff that can't be explained. And when it does, who you gonna call?"

"GHOST BUSTERS!" the three other men shout in unison.

"We're screwed…" mutters Ganondorf.

One of the scrawnier men, wearing glasses, has meanwhile wandered over to Midna and begins scanning her with a strange device. "Peter, Ray, Winston, look at this!" he calls excitedly. "I think this creature just might be from an alternate dimension!"

"Egon, put the toys away and show a little self control," says Peter patiently while Midna sputters ("Creature?!?")

The men prepare their strange devices. "Alright men!" calls Ray. "Proton packs at the ready and let's find this sucker!"

3:15 P.M.

The Ghost Busters have set up a good many devices in the various rooms in the hopes of finding Majora. For a long time, nothing happens and everyone begins to get very edgy.

"Are you sure we've set this all up right?" asks Winston. "If you'll remember that time in Manhattan - "

"Winston, I'm sure I've worked out all the bugs since then," says Egon.

"How certain?"

"About ninety percent…"

"'About ninety'?"

Kindaichi meanwhile has begin to chat up Zelda. He has the dreamy look in his eyes again and Miyuki shoots him venomous glances, which he is completely oblivious to.

3:30 P.M.

"Kyyyyyyaaaahahahahahahahh!"

"Caught him!" shouts Peter triumphantly as an unearthly shriek comes from the attic.

"The attic. Why's it always in the attic?" whimpers Egon.

The group heads up to the attic to find one of the Ghost Busters' box-like traps has closed tightly. Only a bright light inside indicates that Majora appears to have been caught.

"Alright men," says Peter. "Let's toast this sucker like - "

"Wait!" interrupts Kindaichi. "This spirit's a murder suspect. We need to interview him."

"Fine. Let him out carefully!" says Peter. "Not like last time."

"Peter please, last time was a freak accident," says Egon, who begins fiddling with the box. "I've made modifications and anyway, Ray's not eating any hot dogs this time."

Egon steps back and there is a bright flash of light. When the light subsides, Majora appears, sputtering and indignant. "What was that for?" he screams. "How would you like it if YOU were shoved in a tiny little box?"

"Did you kill that person?" asks Midna pointing to the body. "What?" she adds as everyone stares at her. "I'm getting tired and we'll be at this all day at this rate."

"Body? You mean my homunculus?" asks Majora.

"Your what-a-what-culous?" asks Ray.

4:00 P.M.

"So you see, I had to help out in the challenge, but I needed a body," Majora finishes explaining. "So I decided to create a homunculus for me to possess so I could actually touch things."

"That would explain the unnatural decay and bloodless state," comments Ganondorf.

"Right. I hadn't had a chance to finish it up yet," says Majora. "I had cut open the chest to put in the life ingredients and blood substance, when I realized that I didn't have the necessary herbs to animate the inanimate. I went out to the garden to get them and they you all started screaming and going crazy and all these strange people came and it was too much so I hid up the chimney for a while!"

Majora breaks down sobbing as the guests (unused to his general weirdness) stare at him in discomfort.

"So in the end, something was up the chimney!" says Midna happily.

"Majora?" asks Malon, "What did you use to cut open the homunculus?"

"Hmm? This knife I found hidden away in the linen closet," says Majora tearfully. "It's over there…"

Kindaichi picks it up. "That's weird, it's got some sort of liquid on it…" He tastes it cautiously. "It's jam!"

"It's the murder weapon!" cries Malon. She snatches it off of Kindaichi and after a few seconds of searching, finds a small note taped to the handle. "The killer is…Ganondorf!"

"Horray!" calls Navi.

"At least I killed someone today," Ganondorf sighs.

4:30 P.M.

Kindaichi, Miyuki, and the Ghost Busters are all sent off, with fond farewells and promises to pay their rather large bills (though Kindaichi is happy to accept credit for the restaurant of his choice rather than money). Big Brother considers whether or not to yell at Majora for all the trouble he caused, but ultimately decides not to. It never was specifically stated in their contracts that they couldn't create artificial human bodies after all (plus, the appearance of Kindaichi and the Ghost Busters got record ratings for the show).

6:00 P.M.

After dinner, the cast is sent for Confession Cam:

Malon – That Kindaichi kid was pretty nice. Not nearly as good-looking as Link though. Plus, I totally think that Miyuki girl was sweet on him. Why else did she get all PO'd over him flirting like that?

Zelda – What a shock today has been! I really don't know if I can take much more of this excitement…

Ganondorf – Figures that Big Brother would make me the "murderer". Hmph.

LinkLink spends his time in Confession Cam with his head cradled in his hands making groaning sounds. Evidently he has been very stressed out during the course of the day.

Midna – What's the matter with Big Brother? Of all the services he could have hired, he had to go with those incompetent "Ghost Buster" guys. What, were they all his budget allowed? "Creature" my pointy foot…

Navi – I kind of feel inadequate because I'm just a ball of light, so I sort of feel sorry for Majora. But really, if he tried a little harder, I'm sure he could overcome this obstacle like I do.

ZantZant is missing from Confession Cam, as he is still asleep.

Vaati – Goddesses above, this is ridiculous! People who make a living catching ghosts? Sci-Fi original movies have better pseudo-science!

Majora – First they tell me to try to overcome my barriers, then when I try they get all up and make a big hullabaloo. WILL THEY NEVER MAKE UP THEIR MI-HINDS? *Sobs*

8:00 P.M.

An exhausted cast turns in for the night, making sure that Zant has a fresh supply of Kleenexes shoved up his nose before they fall asleep.