The Mystery Of The Upside Down Cake
Cast:
Cure Mint, Akimoto Komachi - age 19
Eguchi Madoka - Komachi's sister - age 25
Faust, Eguchi Koushirou - Madoka's husband - age 28
February, 2011
The ceremony has been completed. Eguchi Koushirou, who prefers to be called Faust, has married Akimoto Madoka and she has taken his surname. None of the guests disrupted the event, and both of them know plenty of oddballs.
As they proceed to the reception hall, he sees then that he was naive.
The guests are already present, family and friends of the bride and groom seated around small tables. There is a dance floor, and a band.
And there is a cake. A fine and proper three-layered wedding cake, with white frosting, and figurines representing the bride and the groom. The bride figure even has Madoka's lovely green hair.
It is the cake that is the problem.
Faust's mouth opens and closes several times before he manages words. "What happened here?"
His wife calmly points toward the spectacle which Faust is already looking at. "Darling, it seems that our wedding cake is upside-down and hanging from the ceiling."
"Who did this? Why would anyone?"
"Now, now, Big Brother..." Someone pats him on the shoulder. Faust turns and sees that it is Cure Mint, in her emerald green bridesmaid dress. "Those are not the right questions."
Faust thinks for a moment, then hesitantly asks: "How?"
"Correctly asked." Cure Mint's lips curl into a cat-like smile. "Welcome to the family, Detective."