Crumb Trail — The Nose Knows, Page 1
By Suha · Published
Transcript
Page 1. A wide establishing panel of the Tiny Case Agency clubroom — a low wooden desk with a mug of pencils and a green casebook, a stack of cardboard boxes by the window, a battered corkboard, a small white mini-fridge, a folding metal chair and a square window with warm afternoon light. Momo stands in the middle of the room in her too-big mustard-yellow trench coat and dusty-red scarf, chin lifted and nose tipped up, sniffing the air; a few soft curls of scent drift near her, her oversized magnifying glass tucked under one arm. Ganta sits on the boxes with his pale-blue juice box, and Biscuit is curled asleep in an open cardboard box. MOMO: 'Someone has been here. I smell them.'
Image description
Wide view of the Tiny Case Agency clubroom. A chibi girl in an oversized mustard-yellow coat and red scarf stands in the middle of the room, chin up and nose tipped up as she sniffs the air, magnifying glass under one arm and faint curls of scent drifting nearby. A chibi boy in a mint-green cat-ear hoodie sips a juice box on the cardboard boxes, and a round white cat sleeps in an open box.
About this chapter
A sweet citrus smell drifts through the Tiny Case Agency, and Momo is certain a perfumed intruder has slipped in. She sniff-tracks the phantom guest to the mini-fridge, to Biscuit, to the boxes — but the scent follows her wherever she goes, because it is coming from a warm mandarin orange she pocketed days ago and forgot. Ganta points at her coat pocket on page five. She runs right past him, corners the cat, and only cracks the case when she reaches into her own pocket and pulls out the culprit.