Morix: Web of Mistrust

Turnabout Live, Part 3

August 6

Lady Bird Studios

2:30 PM

Chrysalis Starr

Felicity and I spent about the next ten minutes exploring the building of the crime before I caught sight of something familiar. A smile appeared on my face as I wove in and out of the crowd before popping out once again on the other side. Sora stood towering above me with Niamh at her side. As Felicity joined us, I couldn't help but wonder why I had to be cursed with being so short. 

"Hey, Chrysalis!" Sora exclaimed with a wide grin. "It's good to see that you're up and moving around after the case a while ago. I was worried that you weren't going to be able to head out to search for clues if you were put on any investigation teams."

I let out a small snort and shook my head. "You underestimate me, Sora. My shoulder is healing fine, and I told you that the last time you were surprised I was running around too. I swear, you're just as overprotective as our brother is; you just hide it better," I commented, crossing my arms with a frown. 

Sora let out a gasp, pressing one hand to her chest in mock offense. "I am wounded by your words, little sister! You say that I'm as bad as our brother? How terrible!" she exclaimed dramatically. Niamh looked up to her with a small frown before she shook her head and laughed it off. "You might have a point there, but I'll never say for sure. Now, how about we get down to business?"

"How much do you know about this case already?" Felicity questioned from my side. I looked up to her before glancing back at Sora. Had I gotten the chance to introduce these two already? 

"I know everything that you probably do. Niamh told me about it," Sora explained before shifting her attention to Felicity. "But I don't think I know who your friend is. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Sora Lin, and I'm a prosecutor. This is Niamh Wood, another prosecutor and my adopted daughter."

"It's nice to meet you," Felicity grinned in response, waving madly before getting back to the subject at hand. "So, is there anything you think that we should be aware of before we continue the investigation? We haven't gotten the chance to look around all that much, I'm afraid. Most of our time has been spent at the scene of the crime specifically."

"The victim was shot in the side of the head, and the tour of the building was canceled the morning of," Sora replied. "That's about all that we can tell you. If we had any other details, we would be sharing them, but like I said, we don't know all that much more than anyone else looking around on this case."

"Maybe there's something else you would be able to help us out with then," Felicity suggested. "We're going to need to talk to the witnesses about what happened at the time of the body's discovery, but we haven't seen any of them around here. Could you give us an explanation on where they could be?"

"I bet they're down at the detention center," Niamh answered. "I know that Anton really wanted to make sure that James was alright, and Yuri tagged along as soon as she heard where he was going. I bet that they're keeping him company if he's out of questioning. If he's still being interrogated, chances are they're waiting for him to be let go."

"Even if we all saw the body's discovery, only the two of them are testifying to keep things from getting repetitive," I murmured. "I know that it makes sense, but... I guess it just bothers me that they're stuck just sitting around doing nothing at a time like this. I know it would make me a bit crazy to get up and jump into the fray."

"That's just how everything crumbled. There's no need to worry about it," Sora shrugged. "We don't have an autopsy report quite yet, so there isn't anything that we can do about figuring out more regarding the body and all that happened to it at the time of the murder... It's unfortunate, but that's how it worked out."