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The quokka soon after arrives at the Mirage Express' Dining Car, where they get nervous because of their new job. He is welcomed by the train's Conductor, who announces that he is retiring after thirty-two years of work, and that his wife has already got flight tickets to Spagonia locked to celebrate. After handing the quokka the Mirage Express' menu, the Conductor explains its many features, and that it is used for events rather than as a passenger train; today's event is a "murder mystery party", with guests being funneled into the Dining Car to chat with each other.

Afterwards, the Conductor opens the doors to the Mirage Express. Sonic, his girlfriend Amy, Tails, Knuckles, Marine, Vector, Espio, Blaze, Rouge, and Shadow all go onboard. As it turns out, the friends are all here to celebrate Amy's birthday. As they admire how advanced and beautiful the train is, the Conductor and the quokka welcome the guests and collect their tickets. Afterwards, the Conductor leaves and asks the quokka to make sure everything goes as planned. Meanwhile, the pink hedgehog announces her friends' roles: she is a journalist reporter and stays in the Dining Car; Sonic is the ship captain and goes to the conductor car, along with the Conductor himself; Tails is the detective and stays with Amy; Knuckles is the sheriff and is stationed at the Saloon Car; Vector is the butcher and Espio is the poet, both going to the Library Car; Blaze is a titan of industry and Rouge is a business tycoon, and both girls head to the Casino Car; and Shadow is the locksmith at the Lounge Car. One of these, except Marine and Tails, is the "murderer" of the game, who has to kill any of the others and defend their position through lies and deception. The rest figure out the suspected killer by finding clues.

With everyone else going to their respective posts, Marine and Tails talk to the quokka at the Dining Car, since they need to wait for an hour before the game starts. As they await the beginning of the mystery, the two reveal their "lore"; the Raccoon used to be a nosey girl before being a journalist, and the fox was once friends with a Flicky who betrayed him by joining the infamous Dr. Eggman. However, the train suddenly starts to accelerate like crazy, knocking the three out.

Eventually, the quokka and Tails wake up after the Mirage Express has slowed down; the two, along with Marine, who had regained consciousness earlier, find themselves inside of the Dining Car's closet. A heavy shelf blocks the door out, leaving the three trapped. The fox asks the raccoon to destroy this obstacle with her fist, but she is reluctant to do so, instead proposing to find another way. Suspecting that she is hiding something, Tails and the quokka team up to gather clues in the closet on why she is acting like this and then interrogate her.

While looking around the closet, the two "detectives" find two things of interest: what appears to be a rod with a broken tip, and a crack on the shelf that blocks their way. When they interrogate Marine, Tails and the quokka conclude that she attempted to escape before they woke up. As it turns out, the "rod" they had found was not actually a rod, but the handle; while trying to find a way out, Marine hit the shelf leaving the crack there, but the handle snapped right off. The hedgehog says that this is true, and that the Piko Piko Hammer snapped because it was a backup of the original one. Afterwards, Tails quickly fixes the broken hammer, and Marine uses it to destroy the shelf, allowing them to escape. When they return to the Dining Car, which is now a mess, they find Sonic's and Amy's unconscious body lying on the floor. when they hear the blue hedgehog and pink hedgehog faintly saying that their body is numb and that they cannot move. They briefly assume that they were genuinely hurt but brush it off and continue onwards.

The three traverse through the train. In the saloon is Knuckles, then in the library are Vector and Espio, then in the casino are Rouge and Blaze, then in the lounge is Shadow. Having gathered evidence and talked to each of them, they enter the conductor car. There, it is determined that Espio was the killer, using a blowdart to knock Sonic and Amy out. However, this was against the rules of the game - but it turns out the train had instructed Espio to do so.

The train is actually a giant Badnik, powered by a Flicky. Worse, it's rushing towards Dr. Eggman's base. The quokka starts to feel down, but Sonic and Amy encourages him, and everyone fights against the train. Eventually, Sonic smashes it, with Espio freeing the Flicky and Amy hammering the train. The train deactivates, and everyone disembarks at the station they started in. The conductor reunites with his wife, and Sonic gets a cake for Amy. Everyone wishes her a happy birthday.

Meanwhile, Eggman sits in his lair with Metal Sonic and Sage, contemplating the futility of his actions.

Description
The quokka soon after arrives at the Mirage Express' Dining Car, where they get nervous because of their new job. He is welcomed by the train's Conductor, who announces that he is retiring after thirty-two years of work, and that his wife has already got flight tickets to Spagonia locked to celebrate. After handing the quokka the Mirage Express' menu, the Conductor explains its many features, and that it is used for events rather than as a passenger train; today's event is a "murder mystery party", with guests being funneled into the Dining Car to chat with each other.

Afterwards, the Conductor opens the doors to the Mirage Express. Sonic, his girlfriend Amy, Tails, Knuckles, Marine, Vector, Espio, Blaze, Rouge, and Shadow all go onboard. As it turns out, the friends are all here to celebrate Amy's birthday. As they admire how advanced and beautiful the train is, the Conductor and the quokka welcome the guests and collect their tickets. Afterwards, the Conductor leaves and asks the quokka to make sure everything goes as planned. Meanwhile, the pink hedgehog announces her friends' roles: she is a journalist reporter and stays in the Dining Car; Sonic is the ship captain and goes to the conductor car, along with the Conductor himself; Tails is the detective and stays with Amy; Knuckles is the sheriff and is stationed at the Saloon Car; Vector is the butcher and Espio is the poet, both going to the Library Car; Blaze is a titan of industry and Rouge is a business tycoon, and both girls head to the Casino Car; and Shadow is the locksmith at the Lounge Car. One of these, except Marine and Tails, is the "murderer" of the game, who has to kill any of the others and defend their position through lies and deception. The rest figure out the suspected killer by finding clues.

With everyone else going to their respective posts, Marine and Tails talk to the quokka at the Dining Car, since they need to wait for an hour before the game starts. As they await the beginning of the mystery, the two reveal their "lore"; the Raccoon used to be a nosey girl before being a journalist, and the fox was once friends with a Flicky who betrayed him by joining the infamous Dr. Eggman. However, the train suddenly starts to accelerate like crazy, knocking the three out.

Eventually, the quokka and Tails wake up after the Mirage Express has slowed down; the two, along with Marine, who had regained consciousness earlier, find themselves inside of the Dining Car's closet. A heavy shelf blocks the door out, leaving the three trapped. The fox asks the raccoon to destroy this obstacle with her fist, but she is reluctant to do so, instead proposing to find another way. Suspecting that she is hiding something, Tails and the quokka team up to gather clues in the closet on why she is acting like this and then interrogate her.

While looking around the closet, the two "detectives" find two things of interest: what appears to be a rod with a broken tip, and a crack on the shelf that blocks their way. When they interrogate Marine, Tails and the quokka conclude that she attempted to escape before they woke up. As it turns out, the "rod" they had found was not actually a rod, but the handle; while trying to find a way out, Marine hit the shelf leaving the crack there, but the handle snapped right off. The hedgehog says that this is true, and that the Piko Piko Hammer snapped because it was a backup of the original one. Afterwards, Tails quickly fixes the broken hammer, and Marine uses it to destroy the shelf, allowing them to escape. When they return to the Dining Car, which is now a mess, they find Sonic's and Amy's unconscious body lying on the floor. when they hear the blue hedgehog and pink hedgehog faintly saying that their body is numb and that they cannot move. They briefly assume that they were genuinely hurt but brush it off and continue onwards.

The three traverse through the train. In the saloon is Knuckles, then in the library are Vector and Espio, then in the casino are Rouge and Blaze, then in the lounge is Shadow. Having gathered evidence and talked to each of them, they enter the conductor car. There, it is determined that Espio was the killer, using a blowdart to knock Sonic and Amy out. However, this was against the rules of the game - but it turns out the train had instructed Espio to do so.

The train is actually a giant Badnik, powered by a Flicky. Worse, it's rushing towards Dr. Eggman's base. The quokka starts to feel down, but Sonic and Amy encourages him, and everyone fights against the train. Eventually, Sonic smashes it, with Espio freeing the Flicky and Amy hammering the train. The train deactivates, and everyone disembarks at the station they started in. The conductor reunites with his wife, and Sonic gets a cake for Amy. Everyone wishes her a happy birthday.

Meanwhile, Eggman sits in his lair with Metal Sonic and Sage, contemplating the futility of his actions.