Morix: Web of Mistrust

Turnabout Manor, Part 2

April 12

Umber Manor

12:00 PM

Lily Shield

When we arrived at the crime scene, I was overwhelmed with emotion, and the best word I could use to describe how I was feeling was shocked. 

I knew that Deirdre told us this place was big. She said as much when we were visiting her at the detention center. However, she didn't come anywhere close to telling us just how big this place was, and all I could do was stare up at it in shock from the outside once we arrived. I knew that we would have to head inside eventually, but until that time came, I was content with just staring at it in awe. 

Felicity and Sky seemed to be just as surprised as I was. "It looks like the victim was richer than we thought," Felicity whispered. She took the first step toward the building and gestured for me and Sky to follow after her, something I did without objecting. If the outside of the manor was this incredible, the inside had to be even better. 

Felicity opened the door for us, and I nodded my thanks to her as we stepped inside. A gasp left my room as soon as I saw how huge the place was. Was it somehow bigger on the inside? It certainly looked that way. The entryway alone seemed to stretch up to the sky, and when I sighed in wonder, the sound echoed before coming back to my ears. Judging by the wide eyes Sky and Felicity had on their faces, they were just as surprised as I was. 

Sky was the first one to snap out of his trance when he saw an officer walking by. He gestured for us to follow his lead as he walked up to the police force member. "Excuse me... We're here to investigate the case. We're defense attorneys," he began to explain, fidgeting with his badge as he spoke. 

"We would like to know where the crime scene is located," I said next, seeing that Sky was starting to get nervous. 

The police officer examined us with an eye of judgement before pointing down the hallway that he had just come from. He continued to glare at us as we walked past, and I resisted he urge to roll my eyes. The last thing we needed was for someone to get mad at us when we had just arrived at the scene of the crime, so I held back, but I got the feeling that Felicity and Sky were able to sense exactly what my sarcastic brain was thinking. 

I followed the directions of the officer and led Felicity and Sky to the area where the crime took place. I could hear distant chatter, and I knew that we were getting closer. I strained my ears to try and pick up some familiar voices above the general noise, but I found that I was unable to make out any specific words in the din, and I gave up on trying to find out more information until we got there. 

An open door rested at the end of the hallway, and I looked to Felicity and Sky before walking inside. Just like the entryway, this room was huge. I could tell how rich the victim was just at a first glance, and I found my jaw dropping. I felt oddly underdressed despite wearing what I did to work every single day, something that was fancy enough as it was. I bit my lip as I glanced around, trying to take in all the details that I could about the scene of the crime before I was forced to address the elephant in the room. However, I found myself unable to avoid it, and I let out a small sigh before letting my gaze drop to the body. 

Surprisingly enough, it was still there, but there was an outline of tape around it as well. The victim was a middle-aged woman with short hair, and she had been stabbed once in the chest. There was blood all over the ground around her, and I cringed at the sight of crimson staining the lovely decorations of the room. I felt immediate sympathy for her, even if I had never met her before, and decided internally that I was going to figure out a way to find out who the culprit was. They weren't going to be getting away with such a horrific crime so long as I was on the job, and that was a promise.