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Knowledgeable Creatures is a mystery short story that takes the modern noir theme and leaves many loose ends up for interpretation.

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Without a set time period given in the story, we decided to place the world in 1900s Europe with a sleek and minimal scifi influence.

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In this world, there are what are know as learned creatures, being able to communicate at the same level of intelligence as humans. Those creatures are easily distinguished by their anthropomorphic appearance.

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Connolly, an ex-detective and a fanatic for conspiracies, he is approached by Thomasina Swallow, a professor. She comes to Connolly with a case, not to investigate a murder, but too cover one up that she committed. 

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Connolly consults an old friend of his, Cool Charles who is also a learned creature. Charles, after some digging, discloses information about Thomasina’s godfather, a learned mouse which peaks Connolly’s interest. He has always believed that mice were the first learned creatures in the world and gave life to a new species of learned animals. This was his chance to confirm his theory.

Connolly visits the office where the supposed murder occurred but is met with a mystery, that of his first encounter with Vicar Coleridge, the learned mouse. Coleridge interchanges a short dialogue with Connolly before Connolly is escorted out.

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Unsatisfied with the conclusion of this case, Connolly asks for the aid of Charles to break into the study once again to uncover more mysteries. Charles, reluctant of this case, tags along with Connolly to first visit the victim, Dr. Sedgewick who exhibits a strange behavior of intense memory loss. 

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Once entering the study, Connolly's choice to split away from Charles to search for clues leads to disastrous consequences at the hands of Thomasina Swallow and Vicar Coleridge.