Morix: Web of Mistrust

Turnabout Masquerade, Part 13

November 22

Defendant Lobby No. 6

12:30 PM

Victoria von Graye

The trip out to the defendant lobby felt agonizing, and when I sat down on the couch, I barely remembered how to speak. The world felt like it was crumbling around me, and that was the nice way of putting it. I waited for Deirdre, Yuri, and Lily to join me, and from there, we spent a few moments in silence before Felicity and Sky appeared. I knew that we weren't going to be able to discuss this in detail as long as the two of them were around. It was nothing against Felicity or Sky; they simply hadn't been let in on the agency's secrets, and that was probably for the best. This wasn't exactly the perfect moment to reveal such information, so none of us commented on it regardless of how concerned we were with the concept. 

"So... The victim and the witness are the same person," Felicity commented with a nervous laugh as she scratched at the back of her neck. "I don't know how you managed to pin that down. The idea that Mr. Morix knew about it and sent in an anonymous tip about who the victim is... I don't like that. I guess that the idea about the victim being alive and simply gambling about how to get the culprit out of hiding wound up being correct at the very least. I don't think that's something to really be proud of right now, but... It's true."

"I didn't think that the truth would wind up being something like that," Sky murmured. "I was confident that there was something else going on behind the scenes given what we already heard about this case, but I don't think that any of us could have possibly seen that coming. The victim and the witness are one and the same... I don't understand."

"I mean, it's pretty easy to understand why she did all of that, but there's a lot about this case that we don't know," Yuri pointed out. "The culprit's identity is still unknown. All this time, we were staking the victim being able to identify the culprit at a first glance, and that would have made everything much easier for us. Instead, we don't know where to go from here. Even if she can identify the culprit from a lineup, I don't know if that's going to be able to truly save us."

"There has to be something that we aren't seeing behind this case. We've figured out why Mr. Morix was so anxious, and that's a good thing. He knew about the victim, and that was why he decided to spend so much of his time working alone. There are other facts that we don't yet understand... Chief Prosecutor Bespoke, Prosecutor Burke, and Prosecutor Lin's anxiety has been defined as well, I believe. We know now that they were probably anxious as a result of Mr. Morix's behavior," Deirdre explained. She was doing her best to say as much as possible without letting in the Amaya twins on the truth that she knew something more. 

"I still don't get why Detective Umber's been acting so weird," Felicity remarked with a shrug. "I mean, you did mention that she's been behaving strangely, right? I don't know if she has anything to do with the case, but she did show up at the scene of the crime despite not being directly related with the attack. If you ask me, that's something that you should probably investigate when you get the chance."

"How would we even get her to open up about something like that?" I murmured with a shake of my head. "I don't know where to even start, if I'm being honest. I agree that this is probably the best place for us to start when it comes to things of this nature, but it's still strange to think about... If Detective Umber really is involved with this mess, then how could she tie in with it all?"

"I wish I had an answer for you on that," Lily said, sighing as she gazed down to the floor. "I don't know what to do. All of this is just happening so fast... It's not something that I expected at all. It feels like this case is just one punch to the stomach after another. Ms. Lesa is going to be under protection from here on out to make sure that she doesn't find herself in any significant trouble, but that's exactly what she was trying to prevent..."