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//OOC INTRO POST.
//The OCs I have up for asks are: Coda/PLAYER1 DeCrescendo, Dev Eloper, Mitchell Turner, Melody DeCrescendo, Carmen DeCrescendo, Eleanor Timm, Oliver Bell, Luna Bell, Rosalie Gray, Duke Locke, Nico Carter, Cadence DeCrescendo, Chiara Allen, and Emily Morris.
//Shoutout to Kristoph mod even though they left, they were great. RIP their account 🫡
//...hm.
#81
New OC I made as island filler but I'm kind of attached to her now. This is Redd (yes I KNOW that there's already a murderer named Redd be quiet we don't speak of him)
She lives in a shittily drawn lighthouse because I don't currently have the item lighthouse unlocked
//you know what fuck you she's going here too
*Footsteps echo in an empty apartment late at night, before a gun is pressed up to the side of the owner's head.
[???]
... I'm sorry. At least this way... You'll be free from your misery and guilt.
*A single gunshot is heard before the killer escapes without a trace, untrackable.
-- @ask-the-attorneys
*Irene was in her office, organizing her most recent case files by alphabetical order. She takes off her Sebastian Moran costume as she didn’t find a good time to take it off before. After that, she sat down in her desk chair and began to think, first about what else she can do, but then wonders to herself about cadence.
[Irene]
(It’s been a while since I last spoke with him. I mean since I’m now done with my work for today I bet it won’t hurt to visit him…..on second thought, maybe tomorrow. I’m getting a bit tired after all.)
*She grabs her black umbrella and steps out of her office, locking the door when she steps out.
*Cadence enters his own office, a long, dark coat shielding him from the rain instead of the usual umbrella he carried. As he enters, he locks his door behind him.
[Cadence]
(...If nothing else... this could create an interesting case to take...)
*Theres a gentle knock on Cadences door. Irene is on the other side, holding a wrapped gift in one of her hands.
[Cadence]
Irene? It's been a while, what made you come visit now?
*Cadence steps aside to let Irene in.
*Irene steps inside and places the gift on his desk.
[Irene]
Well it’s purely for the fact that I had some free time and decided to come here before I went back to my home to take a nap. Has there been anything new going on with you and your life?
[Cadence]
Nothing, really. Just the usual, I suppose. What about you?
*Cadence begins unwrapping the gift as he speaks.
[Irene]
Well I took on this recent case about the murder of a priest, but other than that there’s nothing else. What about lily, how’s she been doing?
*inside were a bunch of different kinds and shapes of chocolates.*
[Cadence]
She's been doing well. What about your recent case? It sounds interesting.
*Cadence puts the box back on his desk.
[Irene]
Well what started out as a locked room mystery with the reverend as the defendant slowly turned about a story of inheritance, Satan somehow being actually involved, and I can’t forget when the detective said that the victim himself managed to raise himself from the dead and supposedly managed to kill someone else. In the end though, Mister Mayhew, The reverends attorney, managed to find out that everything was all just elaborate trick by 2 culprits and a unknowing accomplice to stealing a treasure and making sure the priest didn’t get his hands on it. The reverend was found not guilty, and I heard he turned the victims church into his own, promising to be a better priest.
[Cadence]
That's... a lot. I almost wish a case that interesting would end up on my desk, but I suppose one will come at some point sooner or later.
That had to have been one of the most complicated cases you've been on.
[Irene]
It was, but now it’s over. It was nice seeing you agai………
*Irenes eyes drifted down to a small red splotch on cadences shoes.
[Irene]
Hey cadence, I don’t know you knew this, but theirs some strawberry jam on your shoe. (At least, I hope it’s just jam.)
[Cadence]
?
*Cadence looks down at his shoe.
[Cadence]
...I didn't notice before now. Thank you.
*Cadence pulls a handkerchief from him pocket and cleans it off.
[Irene]
You’re welcome, but I’m still curious about that stain that was on your shoe. Forgive me, but as a prosecutor, I tend to fixate on suspicious small details, I’m sure you understand.
[Cadence]
I'm not sure myself. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, it was most likely just something from outside on a street.
[Irene]
…alright. Now I’ll be taking my leave for the day to go catch myself a good sleep. Goodnight, Cadence, and tell lily I said hi, would you?
*Irene leaves cadences office
[Cadence]
Of course. Goodnight, Irene.
*Cadence closes the door and begins cleaning up his office and organizing his desk, checking everything over.
*A ghost begins to form, sitting in Cadences office chair, and smoking a cigar.
[Silas]
That was one of the closets calls I’ve ever seen in both my life and death. A little more poking and that woman might’ve caught on to a dirty little secret you have.
[Cadence]
You're lucky you're already dead, or else you'd meet the same fate. What do you want from me now?
[Silas]
Oh, not even you know what I’m talking about? Don’t be stupid with me, I know a murderer when I see one.
[Cadence]
And you're talking to me about it... why, exactly? I know exactly what I've done.
He's getting what's coming to him. People always say to treat others how you want to be treated, I'm simply finishing the job.
[Silas]
I wonder though? Would Irene and lily really still care about you if you were a murderer, or would they try and distance you. Maybe the two will watch with joy in their eyes when you finally endure the hangman’s gallows? As for why I’m telling you this, it’s simply because between me, Carmen, and Sonia, I know what you are. You’re a murderer, and tonight is gonna be the moment you finally embrace that. In a sense. I look forward to watching this fire burn, while I watch and play my fiddle like a British Nero.
[Cadence]
...I've gotten my revenge on Carmen's killer. As far as I'm concerned, my life is fulfilled. I'll... I'll take the death penalty.
Besides that, only I can see you. Torture me all you'd like.
[Silas]
Oh i take great pleasure in torturing you. But now I’m curious. Who’s this other person you’re planning to kill?
[Cadence]
At this rate, it's myself.
*Cadence finishes reorganizing and leaves for home, grabbing his umbrella on his way out and slamming the door behind him.
*Silas stays in the office, his ghost form fading slowly as he smokes his last cigar.
[Silas]
…heh, this is sure to be a fun time.
*He disappears from the office.
*When Cadence arrives at home, Lily is already waiting for him.
[Lily]
What took you so long?
[Cadence]
I was talking to Irene, and after that... I must have lost track of the time. You're at least going to be glad that I finally cleaned up the office.
*Irene meanwhile arrives at her home, at takes a look at a photo she has of herself and Hercule. She smiles a bit, before getting herself ready, and getting into bed, closing her eyes as she drifts off to sleep.
*After Cadence and Lily finish talking, Lily leaves to go to bed, leaving Cadence alone in the living room, still awake.
[Cadence]
(...It's only a matter of time until they find him. I can only hope it looked enough like a suicide for nobody innocent to be convicted...)
*The next day, Irene is woken up by Jason Marple, with a less than pleased expression on his face, there’s also two Bobbie’s with him.
[Irene]
J-Jason, why are you here so early?
[Jason]
…just…just come with me Irene, I will say though that we’re not here to arrest you though.
*Irene gets suited up, and leaves with Jason and the two Bobbie’s. They take a carriage. Irene starts to grow concerned.
[Irene]
So can you tell me what’s going on here?
[Jason]
A witness reported a murder to us. I investigated it and it looked to be a suicide, but the witness managed to have evidence that it was a murder, and he knew who killed him.
[Irene]
Who was it?
[Jason]
…..The witness told us that the name of the supposed murderer…….was Cadence Decresendo. Me and a group of Bobbie’s are about to arrest him. Here’s the plan, you go into the house, say you were alone in the carriage of cadence questions it, and you make him confess if he’s guilty of the crime.
[irene]
…
*That morning, walking into the living room, Lily notices Cadence.
[Lily]
... Cadence? Have you been out here all night...? That can't be good for you, you know.
[Cadence]
You tell me that every time. Something's... been bothering me, is all. Nothing you need to worry about.
[Lily]
...This is about your family again, isn't it?
[Cadence]
You know me so well.
*Irene gets out of the carriage and slowly walks to the door of cadences and lily’s house. She gently knocks on the door, noticing the carriage leave as Irene knocks.
*Lily is the one that answers.
[Lily]
Irene! It's been a long time since we've met... although, knowing your line of work, you're not just here to visit, are you?
*Cadence is already in another room.
*Irene looks a bit distressed, but tries to softly smile still.
[Irene]
It certainly has been a while, and I’m sorry about that. Is cadence with you, and if he is could i talk with him?
[Lily]
I'm sorry,he's asleep at the moment. He was awake all night, you know how he is. Especially with how Sonia's been doing lately... I'm sure you understand.
[Irene]
It’s important though, I….i need to talk to him. Please lily…….its a matter of life or death, that’s all I can say.
*Lily hesitates for a moment.
[Lily]
... I'll... I'll get him, then.
*She leaves for a few minutes, before Cadence answers the door again, looking tired.
[Cadence]
I heard you needed me?
[Irene]
Jason…..he told me you’re suspected of murdering someone. Please…..tell me it’s not true cadence.
[Cadence]
Why would they...? I never killed anyone, I swear.
(I'm assuming it's a safe bet that this one will end up on my desk... I might as well take it once it does. I've been needing something new to do.)
[Irene]
He said a witness saw you murder someone and cover it up to look like a suicide…..did you really do that…..please just tell me.
[Cadence]
Of course not. Forgive me if this sounds self-centered, but killing is on a level of desperation I would never sink to. I promise you, I never killed anyone.
*Silas appears behind Cadence
[Silas]
Wow, you’re so cold hearted you’d even lie to the closet person you’ve had to a sister, cadence? I’m truly appalled.
*He says sarcastically
*Cadence pretends not to hear him, and decides to break the silence.
[Cadence]
... Is there... something else you needed...? If there isn't, then I'm going to go back to sleep... I'm sure Lily told you about last night.
[Irene]
Cadence please, just answer me. Jason is planning to arrest you either way. The next bed you’re going to is one for a cell. I……please…..I know you’re saying you didn’t do it, but something in me is telling me that you’re lying.
[silas]
Cmon cadence, rip the bandaid, I’m sure she’ll understand if you are honest to her.
[Cadence]
If I'm going to be arrested, then why question me? Irene, I've told you the truth. I never killed anyone. I... honestly don't know what more you want.
*Cadence continues ignoring Silas.
[Irene]
…alright.
[Silas]
Stop ignoring me cadence.
[Cadence]
.... I'm... sorry if I sounded defensive. It's not exactly every day you're getting murder accusations.
...Is there anything else you needed?
*Irene says nothing, she just slowly sits on the couch as Jason marple enters, with a solemn look to his face.
[Jason]
…I’m sure you know why I’m here. All I’ll say is that if you’re not guilty, you have nothing to worry about here. Now, can you come with me cadence?
[Cadence]
Of course. Irene already told me what this is about.
*Cadence follows Jason out.
*Irene says nothing, she just looks over at lily, then to herself
[Irene]
(I…I still can’t believe it. This feels like when I was a child and Hercule first told me my parents were murdered…)
*Lily avoids eye contact.
[Lily]
... I'm sure he's innocent. He... He'd never.
(The very person who saved me, someone he didn't know, from prison, killing someone...? It has to be a false accusation....)
[Irene]
…whoever this witness is, I need to talk to them and get any info I can. First though I need to find them, so talking to Jason would give me pointers to knowing where they are.
*Irene slowly gets herself up from the couch and leaves the house
[Lily]
Jason's probably questioning Cadence right now, but I won't stop you if you decide to talk to him anyway.
[Irene]
I just want to get to the bottom of this. It can’t be true that cadence killed someone, I just know it.
*She leaves the house
[Lily]
Good luck.
*When Irene arrives at the detention center, Cadence is waiting.
[Cadence]
...I take it you're going to question me too?
[Irene]
I just want you to be honest with me about what’s going on. Why is a witness accusing you of murder, and where is the witness?
[Cadence]
...What, do you want me to confess?
I don't know where the witness is, and I couldn't tell you why I'm being accused.
[Irene]
There has to be a reason though why you were accused of this murder, and I want to know why. Even if it’s a small detail, why you out of everyone else who couldve been suspected of this?
[Cadence]
I don't know. I've already said that. I can't give you information I don't have.
I don't even know who the witness is. They didn't tell me when I was questioned.
[Irene]
…Do you swear you’re being honest to me about this?
[Cadence]
Of course I do.
(I never said I didn't do it, did I...? I could have sworn there was nothing there. Witness word isn't proper evidence...)
[Silas]
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. What a cold hearted man you are, Cadence. What would your father think of you lying to someone about something as foul as murder.
[Cadence]
...
(...Answer me, Irene... give me something to distract myself from Silas, at least...)
...Do you not believe me...?
[Irene]
…
(What is compelling me not to say yes.)
[Silas]
Here’s the deal, you be honest with her, and I’ll leave, alright? It’s as simple as that.
[Cadence]
...Answer me. Do you believe me or not?
(Give me anything. Say something. If I told you what was happening behind me right now, you'd never believe me. Just give me some excuse...)
[Irene]
I….I want to believe you…but why can’t you give me a clear answer? That’s all I want from you, is that so hard for you to understand you Bolloc-
*Irene stops herself
[Irene]
(…GIVE ME A CLEAR ANSWER CADENCE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IM SICK OF YOU BEATING AROUND THE BUSH!)
[Cadence]
...Fine. I did it. Is that what you want me to say? I killed him. I thought... I thought I could get away with it. I thought it was justified.
If you don't want anything to do with me anymore... then that's fine, but... I don't want to you tell anyone. I'm going to do it myself. I'm already planning on taking the case anyway...
[Irene]
….
(On one hand, I’m glad he’s being honest, but on the other hand…I know what I have to do here.)
I’ll be the prosecutor for your case then. I don’t trust any other prosecutor to take on your case cadence. Who was the victim anyway, and why did you kill them?
[Cadence]
...He was the man that killed Carmen. I thought he deserved the same thing that he gave Carmen.
...I'm sorry, but I'm going to prosecute. I can't trust that there won't be innocent people convicted. If you want something done right, you should do it yourself, correct...?
[Irene]
No, you can’t prosecute yourself, I’ll prosecute you…I mean, we can still frame it as a suicide so no one innocent will get convicted of the murder…I also won’t tell lily about what you said to me.
[Cadence]
Then let me help you.
You don't have to do this. I won't stop you if you want to leave. I know what I did. I know it was... an overreaction.
[Irene]
…alright, I’ll let you help me…on a different topic, who’s gonna be you’re lawyer?
[Cadence]
...I don't know. I'm willing to take whoever they give me. I want to be honest with whoever's defending me, but I don't think anyone will want to if I am.
[Irene]
I’m sure Mayhew would. He’s very stubborn with at the very least reducing sentences to the lowest they can be, and will not settle for death sentences or even life in prison…
Oh another subject however…how are you gonna deal with lily when it comes to this?
[Cadence]
...I plan to tell her myself. Privately. She... she should know the truth about what I did. Whatever happens past that isn't my decision to make.
[Irene]
…I just hope she understands. I’ll see you later cadence. I’m gonna talk with Jason now.
[Cadence]
I'll see you later. Good luck talking to him, though... he was already pissy when I met him the first time.
[Jason]
Oh now you’re just lying through your teeth again like usual cadence, I wasn’t being “pissy” I was just doing my job as a detective.
[Irene]
…how long have you been here.
[Jason]
Honestly I just came back and heard only that cadence referred to me as “pissy”.
[Irene]
(Alright, so he didn’t hear cadences confession…good.
[Cadence]
...
(...No matter how I respond, it won't help my case. If I say I'm innocent, he'll just continue insisting that I'm lying. If I say I'm guilty, I'm going to get a practically immediate death penalty...)
[Irene]
Who’s the witness who you claimed saw cadence commit murder?
[Jason]
Just a butler by the name of Elias Von Handschuh. Don’t know much but do know that he is of German descent, and has been the butler for a variety of people, with rumors even saying he once served the queen herself.
[Cadence]
And who does he serve now?
(I'm not liking how this is sounding... Irene, I hope to God you can pull through on this... I think it'd make me even guiltier if you didn't.)
[jason]
Well he’s been looking for someone new to work for, but the last major person he served for was a man named Silas Crowe if I’m remembering correctly.
[Irene]
(….oh fuck.)
[Cadence]
(Silas?! Of course... Of course he's accusing me. This could be good, though... Silas never exactly liked me.)
[Silas]
Never liked” is a bit of an understatement. I DESPISE you and everyone in the Decresendo family, both past, present, and even future.
[Cadence]
...
I'm sure there's more questions here. Let's get them out of the way.
[Silas]
What do you mean by that, exactly?
[Cadence]
I wasn't talking to you, Silas.
[Silas]
…
[Jason]
Wait…were you talking to me?
[Cadence]
Whoever's questioning me right now.
[Jason]
…we’re getting nowhere fast with this. Look, I want this to be easy. If you’re not guilty, then you’re not guilty and the courts will find you not guilty and vice versa. The problem here is that you’re not being cooperative with me. Contrary to you’re biased views of me, I seek the truth in matters and want to help you, but you don’t see that in me, you just see someone who just wants to hang you personally. I’m NOT like that.
[Cadence]
And you still won't believe me. I've told you over and over, I haven't done anything. I really don't know how much more clear I need to be.
[irene]
You’re both acting like idiots. I believe the only persons account worth telling right now is that of Elias’s, so where is he currently.
[Jason]
…well if you must know, he’s at the great Waterloo hotel, room 117.
[Irene]
Thank you. That wasn’t so hard now was it?
[Jason]
Don’t patronize me. I’m also bringing you along for this cadence as I need to compare both your stories. But I’ll tell you this, I trust the witness more than I trust you, after all, the guilty always lie.
[Irene]
(…how the hell does you’re brain work, Jason?)
[Cadence]
... Fine.
(There really is no winning with you, is there?! What evidence could there have been?! How reliable is the word of one person?!)
*jason opens cadences cell doors, but puts handcuffs on cadence before anything, then looks at him, as if to say both “I am watching you” and also smugly saying “I’m better than you” at the same time.
[Cadence]
(You couldn't have been any less smug, could you? It makes me wonder how you do this job without being unanimously hated.)
[Jason]
Because unlike you cadence, I actually know what I’m doing and get answers right all of the time.
[Cadence]
...Unlike you, however, I know when it's time to quit. That being said, I can see I won't be winning this one.
[Jason]
Yeah, at least you know when to fold when up against someone more confident than yourself.
[Irene]
Confidence doesn’t always mean intelligence.
[Cadence]
I'm not arguing with you anymore. Could we get this finished? I'm not particularly inclined to talk to him. I've got some history with his previous.... Employer.
*The three make it to where Elias currently is living at. A nice apartment room, and Elias is just making himself some tea when they entered.
[Cadence]
...Well, Jason, you brought us here. You do the honors of introductions.
[Jason]
Good sir, my name is Jason Marple, the masked fellow is Sebastian Moran, and the cuffed imbecile who I am better and smarter in every way is Cadence Decresendo.
[Elias]
Well it’s a pleasure meeting you three. Would you care for some tea?
[Irene]
I’m good, but thanks for the offer.
[Jason]
Don’t mind if I do
[Irene]
(You don’t even know if the tea is poisoned, idiot.)
[Cadence]
No thank you. I think we have more serious matters on our hands here. Like the murder that happened. The reason we're here.
("Smarter in every way", huh?)
[Elias]
Ah yes, the most grisly of things that have happened as of recently. What would you like to know?
[Cadence]
Why you're accusing me, for one. I don't mean to sound rude, but what motive would I have? I didn't even know who he was.
[Elias]
….i don’t know what you’re motive was, but the fact is that I saw you’re face, not the detectives, not a newspaper salesman, I saw you kill the victim. How should I know what was going on in your head when you did him in?
[Cadence]
(...Right. I shouldn't have included that part. It's basically instinct to consider everything that could have prevented the accused from actually doing it for me. People who don't work in law wouldn't know that.)
...Of course not.
Jason: so we got a witness who swears that you did it. Finally, for once I one up you in this.
Irene: stop treating this like a game, someone died and someone life is on the line.
[Cadence]
If there's nothing else we need, could we get out of here...? I'm not particularly inclined to be in this place much longer.
Irene: yeah, same. Thank you for your time, Elias.
Elias: I’m glad to have helped, ma’am.
[The three leave]
[Cadence]
...Thank you for your time.
*Cadence adds that out of obligation and pretty much nothing else as he follows Irene and Jason out.
Silas: You’re fucked now Cadence, I’ll be seeing you in hell.
*Cadence continues to ignore Silas, also mostly out of obligation.
Silas: cmon, Cadey, you can’t ignore me forever, like how you can’t ignore the thorn in your side forever.
[Cadence]
...
...When will my trial be?
*He says that purely so he could have an excuse to not talk to Silas.
Jason: More than likely tomorrow….though I did hear that a prosecutor already got the case the first chance they could.
Irene: huh? Who was it then.
Jason:……I think it was Dionysus, but I could be wrong.
[Cadence]
...
... Somehow, I'm not surprised.
(...Mayhew better be one damn good defense attorney.)
Irene:….of course he would jump to a case like this the same as a moth to a flame.
Jason: I wish him the best in convicting you.
Irene: shut up Jason, you’re not helping matters.
[Cadence]
What do you have against me? ...I mean, aside from this case, obviously...
Irene: it has to do with his “perfect logic” you disrupted in one case.
Jason: hey, my theory that the butler did it was solid!
Irene: it would be if the butler wasn’t living in Germany and didn’t have any ties to the victim, not to mention the cause of death was because the victim was pushed off the stairs to their death.
[Cadence]
Jason, your theory was a cliche you read in a novel once. The only thing that could have connected them was the cause of death, which is common enough that it could have been themselves for what you knew.
Jason: piss off, cadence, that’s good research.
Irene: not every case ends with an insane twist, like two people were murdered by an orangutan, sometimes the truth is the most simple of solutions.
[Cadence]
...In what universe are fiction novels good research...? Are you even qualified to be in this job?
(Let's move on from how he's staying in this position, I'd like to talk about how he got it in the first place...)
Jason: of course I am, why would you think I’m not?
[Cadence]
... I have my reasons. Like the fact you used a fiction novel as legitimate "research" for a murder case.
Jason:…..
*He doesn’t talk for the rest of the trip, none of them do. Jason brings cadence back to his holding cell, and Irene waves goodbye before leaving.
*Cadence waves back as she leaves, waiting for Silas to inevitably reappear.
Silas:….so kid, what now? How are you gonna defend yourself from a murder you did?
[Cadence]
It's up to Mayhew now. I can't defend myself as the defendant, can I?
I just hope that Dionysus' stupidity is enough to give me something of an edge here...
Silas:…..it’s strange, your wife hasn’t come to see you yet. Wonder where she is?
[Cadence]
Suddenly you're concerned about me now?
Anyway,I don't know where she is. If she heard the truth and decided that she didn't want to talk to me,then... that's not my decision to make.
Silas: oh don’t mistake it for pity, I just want to see how lily deals with seeing you in the holding cell, that’s gonna be entertaining.
[Cadence]
Go find out for yourself.
...Since she isn't here, I can't imagine she's taking it well...
(...What would she think if I were declared guilty...?!)
*Silas smirks and fades away from cadence, only to fade in into cadences home.*
*Lily was sewing up a dress for one of her own clients; why she was working at the moment was anyone's guess.
Silas: (can she even see me here….heh, well if she can’t, I guess I can just fuck with her instead.)
*Silas begins to smoke a cigarette in his house.*
Silas: Thank god the afterlife can still let me smoke.
*Lily doesn't even look away, continuing on like nothing happened at all. Cadence's desk has been cleared off, the slightly untidy stacks of paper, half-read books and empty or broken pens that were usually there moved somewhere out of sight.
Silas: (well she doesn’t notice me, that’s good.)
*He examines the desk, before hearing a knock on the door. A rather soft but also dominant knock, of which there were three.*
*Lily gets up to answer, and before she even looks at who's there, she begins turning them away.
[Lily]
I'm busy right now,could this wait until later?
*A man is behind the door. He’s tall, dressed in a black suit, and seems to be a man in his 50’s, balding and having a small smile that draws the line between wanting to talk and wanting to kill.*
???: My apologies Madam, but I wanted to investigate for myself this place. I won’t try and disturb anything, I just want to know what kind of person your husband is. I will be the judge of his trial after all, and I find that seeing how a person lives gives me a good idea as to what personality the accused has.
*He begins to take a step into the house, but then retracts that step and places his foot back to where it initially was.*
???: Almost forgot, I am Lawerence Wargrave, and as mentioned earlier, I will be the judge of cadences trial.
*You can’t help but sense a familiarity towards the man you see. Like you’ve met him before but can’t remember where.*
*Lily hesitates before cautiously stepping aside to let "Lawrence" inside, picking up her work and needles to ensure it wouldn't be considered incriminating.
[Lily]
...Go ahead and investigate.
*She watches him closely as he investigates.
*Lawerence looks around a bit carefully, and Silas, deciding to have some fun, sprinkles some ashes of his cigarette onto the dress she was sewing.*
Silas: hehe, this is too easy.
*Lily absentmindedly brushes them gently off the dress and continues sewing it; only half-focused on it as she watches "Lawrence".
*Once he finishes looking around a bit, he turns to leave, but not before looking at the table and placing down 4 Gold Sovereign’s.*
Lawerence: consider it my apologies for the sudden search. I hope for the best for your husband, but I’m a man of the law, and I hand down the verdicts I think are right.
*He leaves then, Silas laughs and decides to push his luck by leaving his ghost cigarette on the dress.*
[Lily]
...Of course.
*Lily gently shakes the cigarette and ashes off the dress, and sits back down to finish sewing.
Silas:….(This bitch can’t see me, either that or she doesn’t care much.)
*After a few minutes, Lily finishes the job and takes a look around, her gaze stopping for a moment on Cadence's desk; at this point entirely cleared off aside from a photo of him and Lily with Sonia.
*irene enters the house, closing the door gently, and sitting on the couch. She looks tired after everything, and feels like she’s on the verge of crying. She then goes to the kitchen to decide to make something to eat before she sleeps.*
*Lily places the photo face-down before leaving the house to visit Cadence. She could trust Irene, but she needed her answer from Cadence.
*Silas walked with lily to the detention center.*
*When she arrives, Cadence doesn't even bother with a greeting.
[Cadence]
... He's following you.
[Lily]
Be grateful he isn't haunting you right now.
Silas: Been having a real good time fucking with her, cadence.
[Cadence]
I'm sure you have.
[Lily]
Ignoring him...
I think you can figure out what I'm about to ask you.
[Cadence]
...I know.
...Would you believe me if I said I was innocent?
[Lily]
Of course I would.
Silas: not surprised your wife would believe your innocence.
[Cadence]
Shut your mouth, Silas.
[Lily]
...Would it be better if I left?
[Cadence]
That's up to you.
[Lily]
I'm going home, then.
*Cadence doesn't say anything else as Lily leaves.
Silas: I’m the only one keeping you sane yet you hate what I say. To be fair Socrates was hated for speaking the truth and keeping people sane also, so I guess we have that in common.
[Cadence]
"Only one keeping me sane" my ass, Silas.
(If anything, you're doing the opposite...)
Silas:….why don’t you just go to sleep and await your trial, ungrateful piece of shit.
[Cadence]
LIke that's not what I was going to do anyway.
(I can't do much else, can I?)
*Cadence waves Silas off before retreating to his bed.
(Silas vanishes. The next day, Jason opens cadences cell)
Jason: time for your trial, murderer.
*Cadence gets up and pulls his hair back into the usual ponytail before following Jason, simultaneously making sure he looked something like calm and presentable.
*in the defendants lounge, Mayhew, Irene, and even lily were waiting for cadence. When cadence steps inside, Mayhew walks up to him.
Mayhew: It’s a pleasure to meet you sir, I’m sure you already know who I am, so let’s skip the formalities and discuss what really matters here. I want to know your side of this story, mister Decresendo.
*Cadence waits until Jason leaves and gets replaced by the bailiff to answer.
[Cadence]
...My honest answer?
I'm guilty. At the time... I thought I could justify it. I know that probably wasn't the answer you were looking for, but there's no reason I should lie to you.
Jason: HAH, SEE, I TOLD YOU HE WAS-
Mayhew: be quiet, detective. Cadence, at least then tell me why you did it and who the victim was. I swear to you that I will give you the best defense a man can ask for, and will fight tooth and nail to at the very least save you from the gallows, which from what Irene told me, is what the prosecution is after.
[Cadence]
I killed him because he killed my father. I don't know much about him besides that. I barely even remember his name at this point...
...I don't usually try to justify murder. I'm a prosecutor for a reason, but... I really thought I was right.
Irene:…….oh, so you can tell mister Mayhew what you done with zero pressure but not me or your own wife?
Mayhew: now Irene, no need to get angry-
Irene: Forgive me, mister Mayhew, but I thought you were better than to stoop to murdering someone just out of vengeance.
Jason: oh please, your own father murdered someone also and died like a coward.
Irene: MY FATHER SAVED LIVES, SHUT UP JASON!!!……I……I just……it’s just a lot to take in, cadence.
[Cadence]
... I'm... I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do.
...in fact, I still don't. I don't like this any more than you do. I don't think he really deserved it, and I admit I was entirely wrong.
I didn't... enjoy killing him. But I don't regret it. I'll take whatever punishment they give me.
Irene: NO, I’m not letting you get hanged even if you did it, I just…….i don’t want to lose you so soon…….
[Cadence]
...No matter what they sentence me to, it won't change what I did. I appreciate the help, but... Isn't Dionysus supposed to be prosecuting anyway?
I mean this in the most respectful way possible, but I'm not really sure what you'd be able to do.
Irene: sure I can’t help much, but that’s why Mayhews is here, cadence. He will make sure you walk free.
Mayhew:…..something wrong, miss Lily, you’ve been awfully quiet at this moment.
[Lily]
... I'm just... conflicted, is all.
[Cadence]
I don't blame you.
Irene: I feel the same way.
Mayhew:….lets just get into the courtroom and get this over with.
[Cadence]
After you.
*Cadence gestures to the door, waiting for everyone else before going himself.
*They all get inside the courtroom. Dionysus is in there, looking smug as hell, while the judge is making sure everything on his bench is where they need to be.*
*Cadence takes his place in the defendant's chair, Lily goes to the gallery to spectate the trial.
*Irene takes co-counsel, while Mayhew is at defense. The gavel is banged.*
Wargrave: court is now in session for the trial of Cadence Decresendo. Counsels, are you prepared to state your cases?
Dionysus: please, my lord, I have been ready for this day ever since Carmen RUINED my perfect record. I will take great pleasure in watching your inevitable execution cadence.
Mayhew:…the defense is also ready, my lord.
Irene: tsk, still the same confident dumbass as I remember him being.
Wargrave: very well, If we’re ready to proceed, then let the accused take the stand.
[Cadence]
You want me EXECUTED because of a win record?!
...Fine. Let's get this over with.
*Cadence walks up to the stand, collected as he can make himself seem.
Wargrave: state the charges, prosecution.
Dionysus: only one charge here, my lord, and that’s first degree murder, enough of a charge to have a person hang, wouldn’t you agree?
Wargrave: if true then yes. Defense, what is your plea?
Mayhew: My client is not guilty, my lord, simple as that.
Dionysus: tsk, tsk, tsk. I wouldn’t be so sure if I were you, Mayhew. I would now like to call the detective in charge of the investigation.
[jason walks into the courtroom up to the witness stand.]
Dionysus: state your name for the court.
Jason: Jason Marple, ace detective and never wrong.
[Cadence]
(Your track record is the worst I've seen since my first case as a prosecutor... I'm pretty sure I'd be a better detective than you. Actually, I'm pretty sure I am, at this point.)
Jason: Anyways, regarding the murder in this case. The victim of this most grisly murder was a man named Thomas Atkins, or “Tommy” as some people called him, and he was a retired solider of the British military, serving in several battles, and being honorably discharged after a few years of service, where he went on to meet the love of his life, get married, and his neighbors overheard them having plans to have a baby. Unfortunately, that all came crashing down when someone murdered his wife.
Judge: forgive me, detective Marple, but why are you telling us all this.
Jason: to establish a motive, my lord, for you see it was suspected that the murderer of mister Atkins wife, was Carmen Decresendo, the accused’s father. While only suspected, it seems that mister Atkins murdered Carmen in a fit of rage for it. I’m sure you can piece together the rest, as the accused found out, went to meet mister Atkins, and shot him once in the head, before making his escape. The motive for all of this, was solely revenge my lord, revenge for the victim murdering his late father.
[Cadence]
(It's like they want me to apologize for something Carmen didn't do. I don't even know if Carmen would have done it in the first place. I barely knew him at all, really.)
//not with her track record it's not
//CARMEN JUST REJECTED SONIA WHAT THE FUCK
//I hope she rejects you
//MELODY CHOSE MITCHELL INSTEAD OF DEV WHAT THE FUCK
//CARMEN JUST REJECTED SONIA WHAT THE FUCK
//I hope she rejects you
//CARMEN JUST REJECTED SONIA WHAT THE FUCK
//Japanifornia island update
//Ivy and Dionysus are dating now. Dionysus better watch his back now before she poisons his ass
//Coda and Oliver are married, Eleanor and Angel are together. Everyone else refuses to get along.
//Duke keeps falling on the bridge. I think that's why Arpeggio doesn't reciprocate the crush (sorry Duke)
//Carmen and Cadence moved in together but haven't interacted much since
//Angel and Eleanor got married (good for Eleanor lmao)
//also ivy isn't liking dionysus anymore GIRL IT'S BEEN 15 HOURS
//Japanifornia island update
//Ivy and Dionysus are dating now. Dionysus better watch his back now before she poisons his ass
//Coda and Oliver are married, Eleanor and Angel are together. Everyone else refuses to get along.
//Duke keeps falling on the bridge. I think that's why Arpeggio doesn't reciprocate the crush (sorry Duke)
//Carmen and Cadence moved in together but haven't interacted much since
*Footsteps echo in an empty apartment late at night, before a gun is pressed up to the side of the owner's head.
[???]
... I'm sorry. At least this way... You'll be free from your misery and guilt.
*A single gunshot is heard before the killer escapes without a trace, untrackable.
-- @ask-the-attorneys
*Irene was in her office, organizing her most recent case files by alphabetical order. She takes off her Sebastian Moran costume as she didn’t find a good time to take it off before. After that, she sat down in her desk chair and began to think, first about what else she can do, but then wonders to herself about cadence.
[Irene]
(It’s been a while since I last spoke with him. I mean since I’m now done with my work for today I bet it won’t hurt to visit him…..on second thought, maybe tomorrow. I’m getting a bit tired after all.)
*She grabs her black umbrella and steps out of her office, locking the door when she steps out.
*Cadence enters his own office, a long, dark coat shielding him from the rain instead of the usual umbrella he carried. As he enters, he locks his door behind him.
[Cadence]
(...If nothing else... this could create an interesting case to take...)
*Theres a gentle knock on Cadences door. Irene is on the other side, holding a wrapped gift in one of her hands.
[Cadence]
Irene? It's been a while, what made you come visit now?
*Cadence steps aside to let Irene in.
*Irene steps inside and places the gift on his desk.
[Irene]
Well it’s purely for the fact that I had some free time and decided to come here before I went back to my home to take a nap. Has there been anything new going on with you and your life?
[Cadence]
Nothing, really. Just the usual, I suppose. What about you?
*Cadence begins unwrapping the gift as he speaks.
[Irene]
Well I took on this recent case about the murder of a priest, but other than that there’s nothing else. What about lily, how’s she been doing?
*inside were a bunch of different kinds and shapes of chocolates.*
[Cadence]
She's been doing well. What about your recent case? It sounds interesting.
*Cadence puts the box back on his desk.
[Irene]
Well what started out as a locked room mystery with the reverend as the defendant slowly turned about a story of inheritance, Satan somehow being actually involved, and I can’t forget when the detective said that the victim himself managed to raise himself from the dead and supposedly managed to kill someone else. In the end though, Mister Mayhew, The reverends attorney, managed to find out that everything was all just elaborate trick by 2 culprits and a unknowing accomplice to stealing a treasure and making sure the priest didn’t get his hands on it. The reverend was found not guilty, and I heard he turned the victims church into his own, promising to be a better priest.
[Cadence]
That's... a lot. I almost wish a case that interesting would end up on my desk, but I suppose one will come at some point sooner or later.
That had to have been one of the most complicated cases you've been on.
[Irene]
It was, but now it’s over. It was nice seeing you agai………
*Irenes eyes drifted down to a small red splotch on cadences shoes.
[Irene]
Hey cadence, I don’t know you knew this, but theirs some strawberry jam on your shoe. (At least, I hope it’s just jam.)
[Cadence]
?
*Cadence looks down at his shoe.
[Cadence]
...I didn't notice before now. Thank you.
*Cadence pulls a handkerchief from him pocket and cleans it off.
[Irene]
You’re welcome, but I’m still curious about that stain that was on your shoe. Forgive me, but as a prosecutor, I tend to fixate on suspicious small details, I’m sure you understand.
[Cadence]
I'm not sure myself. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, it was most likely just something from outside on a street.
[Irene]
…alright. Now I’ll be taking my leave for the day to go catch myself a good sleep. Goodnight, Cadence, and tell lily I said hi, would you?
*Irene leaves cadences office
[Cadence]
Of course. Goodnight, Irene.
*Cadence closes the door and begins cleaning up his office and organizing his desk, checking everything over.
*A ghost begins to form, sitting in Cadences office chair, and smoking a cigar.
[Silas]
That was one of the closets calls I’ve ever seen in both my life and death. A little more poking and that woman might’ve caught on to a dirty little secret you have.
[Cadence]
You're lucky you're already dead, or else you'd meet the same fate. What do you want from me now?
[Silas]
Oh, not even you know what I’m talking about? Don’t be stupid with me, I know a murderer when I see one.
[Cadence]
And you're talking to me about it... why, exactly? I know exactly what I've done.
He's getting what's coming to him. People always say to treat others how you want to be treated, I'm simply finishing the job.
[Silas]
I wonder though? Would Irene and lily really still care about you if you were a murderer, or would they try and distance you. Maybe the two will watch with joy in their eyes when you finally endure the hangman’s gallows? As for why I’m telling you this, it’s simply because between me, Carmen, and Sonia, I know what you are. You’re a murderer, and tonight is gonna be the moment you finally embrace that. In a sense. I look forward to watching this fire burn, while I watch and play my fiddle like a British Nero.
[Cadence]
...I've gotten my revenge on Carmen's killer. As far as I'm concerned, my life is fulfilled. I'll... I'll take the death penalty.
Besides that, only I can see you. Torture me all you'd like.
[Silas]
Oh i take great pleasure in torturing you. But now I’m curious. Who’s this other person you’re planning to kill?
[Cadence]
At this rate, it's myself.
*Cadence finishes reorganizing and leaves for home, grabbing his umbrella on his way out and slamming the door behind him.
*Silas stays in the office, his ghost form fading slowly as he smokes his last cigar.
[Silas]
…heh, this is sure to be a fun time.
*He disappears from the office.
*When Cadence arrives at home, Lily is already waiting for him.
[Lily]
What took you so long?
[Cadence]
I was talking to Irene, and after that... I must have lost track of the time. You're at least going to be glad that I finally cleaned up the office.
*Irene meanwhile arrives at her home, at takes a look at a photo she has of herself and Hercule. She smiles a bit, before getting herself ready, and getting into bed, closing her eyes as she drifts off to sleep.
*After Cadence and Lily finish talking, Lily leaves to go to bed, leaving Cadence alone in the living room, still awake.
[Cadence]
(...It's only a matter of time until they find him. I can only hope it looked enough like a suicide for nobody innocent to be convicted...)
*The next day, Irene is woken up by Jason Marple, with a less than pleased expression on his face, there’s also two Bobbie’s with him.
[Irene]
J-Jason, why are you here so early?
[Jason]
…just…just come with me Irene, I will say though that we’re not here to arrest you though.
*Irene gets suited up, and leaves with Jason and the two Bobbie’s. They take a carriage. Irene starts to grow concerned.
[Irene]
So can you tell me what’s going on here?
[Jason]
A witness reported a murder to us. I investigated it and it looked to be a suicide, but the witness managed to have evidence that it was a murder, and he knew who killed him.
[Irene]
Who was it?
[Jason]
…..The witness told us that the name of the supposed murderer…….was Cadence Decresendo. Me and a group of Bobbie’s are about to arrest him. Here’s the plan, you go into the house, say you were alone in the carriage of cadence questions it, and you make him confess if he’s guilty of the crime.
[irene]
…
*That morning, walking into the living room, Lily notices Cadence.
[Lily]
... Cadence? Have you been out here all night...? That can't be good for you, you know.
[Cadence]
You tell me that every time. Something's... been bothering me, is all. Nothing you need to worry about.
[Lily]
...This is about your family again, isn't it?
[Cadence]
You know me so well.
*Irene gets out of the carriage and slowly walks to the door of cadences and lily’s house. She gently knocks on the door, noticing the carriage leave as Irene knocks.
*Lily is the one that answers.
[Lily]
Irene! It's been a long time since we've met... although, knowing your line of work, you're not just here to visit, are you?
*Cadence is already in another room.
*Irene looks a bit distressed, but tries to softly smile still.
[Irene]
It certainly has been a while, and I’m sorry about that. Is cadence with you, and if he is could i talk with him?
[Lily]
I'm sorry,he's asleep at the moment. He was awake all night, you know how he is. Especially with how Sonia's been doing lately... I'm sure you understand.
[Irene]
It’s important though, I….i need to talk to him. Please lily…….its a matter of life or death, that’s all I can say.
*Lily hesitates for a moment.
[Lily]
... I'll... I'll get him, then.
*She leaves for a few minutes, before Cadence answers the door again, looking tired.
[Cadence]
I heard you needed me?
[Irene]
Jason…..he told me you’re suspected of murdering someone. Please…..tell me it’s not true cadence.
[Cadence]
Why would they...? I never killed anyone, I swear.
(I'm assuming it's a safe bet that this one will end up on my desk... I might as well take it once it does. I've been needing something new to do.)
[Irene]
He said a witness saw you murder someone and cover it up to look like a suicide…..did you really do that…..please just tell me.
[Cadence]
Of course not. Forgive me if this sounds self-centered, but killing is on a level of desperation I would never sink to. I promise you, I never killed anyone.
*Silas appears behind Cadence
[Silas]
Wow, you’re so cold hearted you’d even lie to the closet person you’ve had to a sister, cadence? I’m truly appalled.
*He says sarcastically
*Cadence pretends not to hear him, and decides to break the silence.
[Cadence]
... Is there... something else you needed...? If there isn't, then I'm going to go back to sleep... I'm sure Lily told you about last night.
[Irene]
Cadence please, just answer me. Jason is planning to arrest you either way. The next bed you’re going to is one for a cell. I……please…..I know you’re saying you didn’t do it, but something in me is telling me that you’re lying.
[silas]
Cmon cadence, rip the bandaid, I’m sure she’ll understand if you are honest to her.
[Cadence]
If I'm going to be arrested, then why question me? Irene, I've told you the truth. I never killed anyone. I... honestly don't know what more you want.
*Cadence continues ignoring Silas.
[Irene]
…alright.
[Silas]
Stop ignoring me cadence.
[Cadence]
.... I'm... sorry if I sounded defensive. It's not exactly every day you're getting murder accusations.
...Is there anything else you needed?
*Irene says nothing, she just slowly sits on the couch as Jason marple enters, with a solemn look to his face.
[Jason]
…I’m sure you know why I’m here. All I’ll say is that if you’re not guilty, you have nothing to worry about here. Now, can you come with me cadence?
[Cadence]
Of course. Irene already told me what this is about.
*Cadence follows Jason out.
*Irene says nothing, she just looks over at lily, then to herself
[Irene]
(I…I still can’t believe it. This feels like when I was a child and Hercule first told me my parents were murdered…)
*Lily avoids eye contact.
[Lily]
... I'm sure he's innocent. He... He'd never.
(The very person who saved me, someone he didn't know, from prison, killing someone...? It has to be a false accusation....)
[Irene]
…whoever this witness is, I need to talk to them and get any info I can. First though I need to find them, so talking to Jason would give me pointers to knowing where they are.
*Irene slowly gets herself up from the couch and leaves the house
[Lily]
Jason's probably questioning Cadence right now, but I won't stop you if you decide to talk to him anyway.
[Irene]
I just want to get to the bottom of this. It can’t be true that cadence killed someone, I just know it.
*She leaves the house
[Lily]
Good luck.
*When Irene arrives at the detention center, Cadence is waiting.
[Cadence]
...I take it you're going to question me too?
[Irene]
I just want you to be honest with me about what’s going on. Why is a witness accusing you of murder, and where is the witness?
[Cadence]
...What, do you want me to confess?
I don't know where the witness is, and I couldn't tell you why I'm being accused.
[Irene]
There has to be a reason though why you were accused of this murder, and I want to know why. Even if it’s a small detail, why you out of everyone else who couldve been suspected of this?
[Cadence]
I don't know. I've already said that. I can't give you information I don't have.
I don't even know who the witness is. They didn't tell me when I was questioned.
[Irene]
…Do you swear you’re being honest to me about this?
[Cadence]
Of course I do.
(I never said I didn't do it, did I...? I could have sworn there was nothing there. Witness word isn't proper evidence...)
[Silas]
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. What a cold hearted man you are, Cadence. What would your father think of you lying to someone about something as foul as murder.
[Cadence]
...
(...Answer me, Irene... give me something to distract myself from Silas, at least...)
...Do you not believe me...?
[Irene]
…
(What is compelling me not to say yes.)
[Silas]
Here’s the deal, you be honest with her, and I’ll leave, alright? It’s as simple as that.
[Cadence]
...Answer me. Do you believe me or not?
(Give me anything. Say something. If I told you what was happening behind me right now, you'd never believe me. Just give me some excuse...)
[Irene]
I….I want to believe you…but why can’t you give me a clear answer? That’s all I want from you, is that so hard for you to understand you Bolloc-
*Irene stops herself
[Irene]
(…GIVE ME A CLEAR ANSWER CADENCE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IM SICK OF YOU BEATING AROUND THE BUSH!)
[Cadence]
...Fine. I did it. Is that what you want me to say? I killed him. I thought... I thought I could get away with it. I thought it was justified.
If you don't want anything to do with me anymore... then that's fine, but... I don't want to you tell anyone. I'm going to do it myself. I'm already planning on taking the case anyway...
[Irene]
….
(On one hand, I’m glad he’s being honest, but on the other hand…I know what I have to do here.)
I’ll be the prosecutor for your case then. I don’t trust any other prosecutor to take on your case cadence. Who was the victim anyway, and why did you kill them?
[Cadence]
...He was the man that killed Carmen. I thought he deserved the same thing that he gave Carmen.
...I'm sorry, but I'm going to prosecute. I can't trust that there won't be innocent people convicted. If you want something done right, you should do it yourself, correct...?
[Irene]
No, you can’t prosecute yourself, I’ll prosecute you…I mean, we can still frame it as a suicide so no one innocent will get convicted of the murder…I also won’t tell lily about what you said to me.
[Cadence]
Then let me help you.
You don't have to do this. I won't stop you if you want to leave. I know what I did. I know it was... an overreaction.
[Irene]
…alright, I’ll let you help me…on a different topic, who’s gonna be you’re lawyer?
[Cadence]
...I don't know. I'm willing to take whoever they give me. I want to be honest with whoever's defending me, but I don't think anyone will want to if I am.
[Irene]
I’m sure Mayhew would. He’s very stubborn with at the very least reducing sentences to the lowest they can be, and will not settle for death sentences or even life in prison…
Oh another subject however…how are you gonna deal with lily when it comes to this?
[Cadence]
...I plan to tell her myself. Privately. She... she should know the truth about what I did. Whatever happens past that isn't my decision to make.
[Irene]
…I just hope she understands. I’ll see you later cadence. I’m gonna talk with Jason now.
[Cadence]
I'll see you later. Good luck talking to him, though... he was already pissy when I met him the first time.
[Jason]
Oh now you’re just lying through your teeth again like usual cadence, I wasn’t being “pissy” I was just doing my job as a detective.
[Irene]
…how long have you been here.
[Jason]
Honestly I just came back and heard only that cadence referred to me as “pissy”.
[Irene]
(Alright, so he didn’t hear cadences confession…good.
[Cadence]
...
(...No matter how I respond, it won't help my case. If I say I'm innocent, he'll just continue insisting that I'm lying. If I say I'm guilty, I'm going to get a practically immediate death penalty...)
[Irene]
Who’s the witness who you claimed saw cadence commit murder?
[Jason]
Just a butler by the name of Elias Von Handschuh. Don’t know much but do know that he is of German descent, and has been the butler for a variety of people, with rumors even saying he once served the queen herself.
[Cadence]
And who does he serve now?
(I'm not liking how this is sounding... Irene, I hope to God you can pull through on this... I think it'd make me even guiltier if you didn't.)
[jason]
Well he’s been looking for someone new to work for, but the last major person he served for was a man named Silas Crowe if I’m remembering correctly.
[Irene]
(….oh fuck.)
[Cadence]
(Silas?! Of course... Of course he's accusing me. This could be good, though... Silas never exactly liked me.)
[Silas]
Never liked” is a bit of an understatement. I DESPISE you and everyone in the Decresendo family, both past, present, and even future.
[Cadence]
...
I'm sure there's more questions here. Let's get them out of the way.
[Silas]
What do you mean by that, exactly?
[Cadence]
I wasn't talking to you, Silas.
[Silas]
…
[Jason]
Wait…were you talking to me?
[Cadence]
Whoever's questioning me right now.
[Jason]
…we’re getting nowhere fast with this. Look, I want this to be easy. If you’re not guilty, then you’re not guilty and the courts will find you not guilty and vice versa. The problem here is that you’re not being cooperative with me. Contrary to you’re biased views of me, I seek the truth in matters and want to help you, but you don’t see that in me, you just see someone who just wants to hang you personally. I’m NOT like that.
[Cadence]
And you still won't believe me. I've told you over and over, I haven't done anything. I really don't know how much more clear I need to be.
[irene]
You’re both acting like idiots. I believe the only persons account worth telling right now is that of Elias’s, so where is he currently.
[Jason]
…well if you must know, he’s at the great Waterloo hotel, room 117.
[Irene]
Thank you. That wasn’t so hard now was it?
[Jason]
Don’t patronize me. I’m also bringing you along for this cadence as I need to compare both your stories. But I’ll tell you this, I trust the witness more than I trust you, after all, the guilty always lie.
[Irene]
(…how the hell does you’re brain work, Jason?)
[Cadence]
... Fine.
(There really is no winning with you, is there?! What evidence could there have been?! How reliable is the word of one person?!)
*jason opens cadences cell doors, but puts handcuffs on cadence before anything, then looks at him, as if to say both “I am watching you” and also smugly saying “I’m better than you” at the same time.
[Cadence]
(You couldn't have been any less smug, could you? It makes me wonder how you do this job without being unanimously hated.)
[Jason]
Because unlike you cadence, I actually know what I’m doing and get answers right all of the time.
[Cadence]
...Unlike you, however, I know when it's time to quit. That being said, I can see I won't be winning this one.
[Jason]
Yeah, at least you know when to fold when up against someone more confident than yourself.
[Irene]
Confidence doesn’t always mean intelligence.
[Cadence]
I'm not arguing with you anymore. Could we get this finished? I'm not particularly inclined to talk to him. I've got some history with his previous.... Employer.
*The three make it to where Elias currently is living at. A nice apartment room, and Elias is just making himself some tea when they entered.
[Cadence]
...Well, Jason, you brought us here. You do the honors of introductions.
[Jason]
Good sir, my name is Jason Marple, the masked fellow is Sebastian Moran, and the cuffed imbecile who I am better and smarter in every way is Cadence Decresendo.
[Elias]
Well it’s a pleasure meeting you three. Would you care for some tea?
[Irene]
I’m good, but thanks for the offer.
[Jason]
Don’t mind if I do
[Irene]
(You don’t even know if the tea is poisoned, idiot.)
[Cadence]
No thank you. I think we have more serious matters on our hands here. Like the murder that happened. The reason we're here.
("Smarter in every way", huh?)
[Elias]
Ah yes, the most grisly of things that have happened as of recently. What would you like to know?
[Cadence]
Why you're accusing me, for one. I don't mean to sound rude, but what motive would I have? I didn't even know who he was.
[Elias]
….i don’t know what you’re motive was, but the fact is that I saw you’re face, not the detectives, not a newspaper salesman, I saw you kill the victim. How should I know what was going on in your head when you did him in?
[Cadence]
(...Right. I shouldn't have included that part. It's basically instinct to consider everything that could have prevented the accused from actually doing it for me. People who don't work in law wouldn't know that.)
...Of course not.
Jason: so we got a witness who swears that you did it. Finally, for once I one up you in this.
Irene: stop treating this like a game, someone died and someone life is on the line.
[Cadence]
If there's nothing else we need, could we get out of here...? I'm not particularly inclined to be in this place much longer.
Irene: yeah, same. Thank you for your time, Elias.
Elias: I’m glad to have helped, ma’am.
[The three leave]
[Cadence]
...Thank you for your time.
*Cadence adds that out of obligation and pretty much nothing else as he follows Irene and Jason out.
Silas: You’re fucked now Cadence, I’ll be seeing you in hell.
*Cadence continues to ignore Silas, also mostly out of obligation.
Silas: cmon, Cadey, you can’t ignore me forever, like how you can’t ignore the thorn in your side forever.
[Cadence]
...
...When will my trial be?
*He says that purely so he could have an excuse to not talk to Silas.
Jason: More than likely tomorrow….though I did hear that a prosecutor already got the case the first chance they could.
Irene: huh? Who was it then.
Jason:……I think it was Dionysus, but I could be wrong.
[Cadence]
...
... Somehow, I'm not surprised.
(...Mayhew better be one damn good defense attorney.)
Irene:….of course he would jump to a case like this the same as a moth to a flame.
Jason: I wish him the best in convicting you.
Irene: shut up Jason, you’re not helping matters.
[Cadence]
What do you have against me? ...I mean, aside from this case, obviously...
Irene: it has to do with his “perfect logic” you disrupted in one case.
Jason: hey, my theory that the butler did it was solid!
Irene: it would be if the butler wasn’t living in Germany and didn’t have any ties to the victim, not to mention the cause of death was because the victim was pushed off the stairs to their death.
[Cadence]
Jason, your theory was a cliche you read in a novel once. The only thing that could have connected them was the cause of death, which is common enough that it could have been themselves for what you knew.
Jason: piss off, cadence, that’s good research.
Irene: not every case ends with an insane twist, like two people were murdered by an orangutan, sometimes the truth is the most simple of solutions.
[Cadence]
...In what universe are fiction novels good research...? Are you even qualified to be in this job?
(Let's move on from how he's staying in this position, I'd like to talk about how he got it in the first place...)
Jason: of course I am, why would you think I’m not?
[Cadence]
... I have my reasons. Like the fact you used a fiction novel as legitimate "research" for a murder case.
Jason:…..
*He doesn’t talk for the rest of the trip, none of them do. Jason brings cadence back to his holding cell, and Irene waves goodbye before leaving.
*Cadence waves back as she leaves, waiting for Silas to inevitably reappear.
Silas:….so kid, what now? How are you gonna defend yourself from a murder you did?
[Cadence]
It's up to Mayhew now. I can't defend myself as the defendant, can I?
I just hope that Dionysus' stupidity is enough to give me something of an edge here...
Silas:…..it’s strange, your wife hasn’t come to see you yet. Wonder where she is?
[Cadence]
Suddenly you're concerned about me now?
Anyway,I don't know where she is. If she heard the truth and decided that she didn't want to talk to me,then... that's not my decision to make.
Silas: oh don’t mistake it for pity, I just want to see how lily deals with seeing you in the holding cell, that’s gonna be entertaining.
[Cadence]
Go find out for yourself.
...Since she isn't here, I can't imagine she's taking it well...
(...What would she think if I were declared guilty...?!)
*Silas smirks and fades away from cadence, only to fade in into cadences home.*
*Lily was sewing up a dress for one of her own clients; why she was working at the moment was anyone's guess.
Silas: (can she even see me here….heh, well if she can’t, I guess I can just fuck with her instead.)
*Silas begins to smoke a cigarette in his house.*
Silas: Thank god the afterlife can still let me smoke.
*Lily doesn't even look away, continuing on like nothing happened at all. Cadence's desk has been cleared off, the slightly untidy stacks of paper, half-read books and empty or broken pens that were usually there moved somewhere out of sight.
Silas: (well she doesn’t notice me, that’s good.)
*He examines the desk, before hearing a knock on the door. A rather soft but also dominant knock, of which there were three.*
*Lily gets up to answer, and before she even looks at who's there, she begins turning them away.
[Lily]
I'm busy right now,could this wait until later?
*A man is behind the door. He’s tall, dressed in a black suit, and seems to be a man in his 50’s, balding and having a small smile that draws the line between wanting to talk and wanting to kill.*
???: My apologies Madam, but I wanted to investigate for myself this place. I won’t try and disturb anything, I just want to know what kind of person your husband is. I will be the judge of his trial after all, and I find that seeing how a person lives gives me a good idea as to what personality the accused has.
*He begins to take a step into the house, but then retracts that step and places his foot back to where it initially was.*
???: Almost forgot, I am Lawerence Wargrave, and as mentioned earlier, I will be the judge of cadences trial.
*You can’t help but sense a familiarity towards the man you see. Like you’ve met him before but can’t remember where.*
*Lily hesitates before cautiously stepping aside to let "Lawrence" inside, picking up her work and needles to ensure it wouldn't be considered incriminating.
[Lily]
...Go ahead and investigate.
*She watches him closely as he investigates.
*Lawerence looks around a bit carefully, and Silas, deciding to have some fun, sprinkles some ashes of his cigarette onto the dress she was sewing.*
Silas: hehe, this is too easy.
*Lily absentmindedly brushes them gently off the dress and continues sewing it; only half-focused on it as she watches "Lawrence".
*Once he finishes looking around a bit, he turns to leave, but not before looking at the table and placing down 4 Gold Sovereign’s.*
Lawerence: consider it my apologies for the sudden search. I hope for the best for your husband, but I’m a man of the law, and I hand down the verdicts I think are right.
*He leaves then, Silas laughs and decides to push his luck by leaving his ghost cigarette on the dress.*
[Lily]
...Of course.
*Lily gently shakes the cigarette and ashes off the dress, and sits back down to finish sewing.
Silas:….(This bitch can’t see me, either that or she doesn’t care much.)
*After a few minutes, Lily finishes the job and takes a look around, her gaze stopping for a moment on Cadence's desk; at this point entirely cleared off aside from a photo of him and Lily with Sonia.
*irene enters the house, closing the door gently, and sitting on the couch. She looks tired after everything, and feels like she’s on the verge of crying. She then goes to the kitchen to decide to make something to eat before she sleeps.*
*Lily places the photo face-down before leaving the house to visit Cadence. She could trust Irene, but she needed her answer from Cadence.
*Silas walked with lily to the detention center.*
*When she arrives, Cadence doesn't even bother with a greeting.
[Cadence]
... He's following you.
[Lily]
Be grateful he isn't haunting you right now.
Silas: Been having a real good time fucking with her, cadence.
[Cadence]
I'm sure you have.
[Lily]
Ignoring him...
I think you can figure out what I'm about to ask you.
[Cadence]
...I know.
...Would you believe me if I said I was innocent?
[Lily]
Of course I would.
Silas: not surprised your wife would believe your innocence.
[Cadence]
Shut your mouth, Silas.
[Lily]
...Would it be better if I left?
[Cadence]
That's up to you.
[Lily]
I'm going home, then.
*Cadence doesn't say anything else as Lily leaves.
Silas: I’m the only one keeping you sane yet you hate what I say. To be fair Socrates was hated for speaking the truth and keeping people sane also, so I guess we have that in common.
[Cadence]
"Only one keeping me sane" my ass, Silas.
(If anything, you're doing the opposite...)
Silas:….why don’t you just go to sleep and await your trial, ungrateful piece of shit.
[Cadence]
LIke that's not what I was going to do anyway.
(I can't do much else, can I?)
*Cadence waves Silas off before retreating to his bed.
(Silas vanishes. The next day, Jason opens cadences cell)
Jason: time for your trial, murderer.
*Cadence gets up and pulls his hair back into the usual ponytail before following Jason, simultaneously making sure he looked something like calm and presentable.
*in the defendants lounge, Mayhew, Irene, and even lily were waiting for cadence. When cadence steps inside, Mayhew walks up to him.
Mayhew: It’s a pleasure to meet you sir, I’m sure you already know who I am, so let’s skip the formalities and discuss what really matters here. I want to know your side of this story, mister Decresendo.
*Cadence waits until Jason leaves and gets replaced by the bailiff to answer.
[Cadence]
...My honest answer?
I'm guilty. At the time... I thought I could justify it. I know that probably wasn't the answer you were looking for, but there's no reason I should lie to you.
Jason: HAH, SEE, I TOLD YOU HE WAS-
Mayhew: be quiet, detective. Cadence, at least then tell me why you did it and who the victim was. I swear to you that I will give you the best defense a man can ask for, and will fight tooth and nail to at the very least save you from the gallows, which from what Irene told me, is what the prosecution is after.
[Cadence]
I killed him because he killed my father. I don't know much about him besides that. I barely even remember his name at this point...
...I don't usually try to justify murder. I'm a prosecutor for a reason, but... I really thought I was right.
Irene:…….oh, so you can tell mister Mayhew what you done with zero pressure but not me or your own wife?
Mayhew: now Irene, no need to get angry-
Irene: Forgive me, mister Mayhew, but I thought you were better than to stoop to murdering someone just out of vengeance.
Jason: oh please, your own father murdered someone also and died like a coward.
Irene: MY FATHER SAVED LIVES, SHUT UP JASON!!!……I……I just……it’s just a lot to take in, cadence.
[Cadence]
... I'm... I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do.
...in fact, I still don't. I don't like this any more than you do. I don't think he really deserved it, and I admit I was entirely wrong.
I didn't... enjoy killing him. But I don't regret it. I'll take whatever punishment they give me.
Irene: NO, I’m not letting you get hanged even if you did it, I just…….i don’t want to lose you so soon…….
[Cadence]
...No matter what they sentence me to, it won't change what I did. I appreciate the help, but... Isn't Dionysus supposed to be prosecuting anyway?
I mean this in the most respectful way possible, but I'm not really sure what you'd be able to do.
Irene: sure I can’t help much, but that’s why Mayhews is here, cadence. He will make sure you walk free.
Mayhew:…..something wrong, miss Lily, you’ve been awfully quiet at this moment.
[Lily]
... I'm just... conflicted, is all.
[Cadence]
I don't blame you.
Irene: I feel the same way.
Mayhew:….lets just get into the courtroom and get this over with.
[Cadence]
After you.
*Cadence gestures to the door, waiting for everyone else before going himself.
*They all get inside the courtroom. Dionysus is in there, looking smug as hell, while the judge is making sure everything on his bench is where they need to be.*
*Cadence takes his place in the defendant's chair, Lily goes to the gallery to spectate the trial.
*Irene takes co-counsel, while Mayhew is at defense. The gavel is banged.*
Wargrave: court is now in session for the trial of Cadence Decresendo. Counsels, are you prepared to state your cases?
Dionysus: please, my lord, I have been ready for this day ever since Carmen RUINED my perfect record. I will take great pleasure in watching your inevitable execution cadence.
Mayhew:…the defense is also ready, my lord.
Irene: tsk, still the same confident dumbass as I remember him being.
Wargrave: very well, If we’re ready to proceed, then let the accused take the stand.
[Cadence]
You want me EXECUTED because of a win record?!
...Fine. Let's get this over with.
*Cadence walks up to the stand, collected as he can make himself seem.
Wargrave: state the charges, prosecution.
Dionysus: only one charge here, my lord, and that’s first degree murder, enough of a charge to have a person hang, wouldn’t you agree?
Wargrave: if true then yes. Defense, what is your plea?
Mayhew: My client is not guilty, my lord, simple as that.
Dionysus: tsk, tsk, tsk. I wouldn’t be so sure if I were you, Mayhew. I would now like to call the detective in charge of the investigation.
[jason walks into the courtroom up to the witness stand.]
Dionysus: state your name for the court.
Jason: Jason Marple, ace detective and never wrong.
[Cadence]
(Your track record is the worst I've seen since my first case as a prosecutor... I'm pretty sure I'd be a better detective than you. Actually, I'm pretty sure I am, at this point.)
*Footsteps echo in an empty apartment late at night, before a gun is pressed up to the side of the owner's head.
[???]
... I'm sorry. At least this way... You'll be free from your misery and guilt.
*A single gunshot is heard before the killer escapes without a trace, untrackable.
-- @ask-the-attorneys
*Irene was in her office, organizing her most recent case files by alphabetical order. She takes off her Sebastian Moran costume as she didn’t find a good time to take it off before. After that, she sat down in her desk chair and began to think, first about what else she can do, but then wonders to herself about cadence.
[Irene]
(It’s been a while since I last spoke with him. I mean since I’m now done with my work for today I bet it won’t hurt to visit him…..on second thought, maybe tomorrow. I’m getting a bit tired after all.)
*She grabs her black umbrella and steps out of her office, locking the door when she steps out.
*Cadence enters his own office, a long, dark coat shielding him from the rain instead of the usual umbrella he carried. As he enters, he locks his door behind him.
[Cadence]
(...If nothing else... this could create an interesting case to take...)
*Theres a gentle knock on Cadences door. Irene is on the other side, holding a wrapped gift in one of her hands.
[Cadence]
Irene? It's been a while, what made you come visit now?
*Cadence steps aside to let Irene in.
*Irene steps inside and places the gift on his desk.
[Irene]
Well it’s purely for the fact that I had some free time and decided to come here before I went back to my home to take a nap. Has there been anything new going on with you and your life?
[Cadence]
Nothing, really. Just the usual, I suppose. What about you?
*Cadence begins unwrapping the gift as he speaks.
[Irene]
Well I took on this recent case about the murder of a priest, but other than that there’s nothing else. What about lily, how’s she been doing?
*inside were a bunch of different kinds and shapes of chocolates.*
[Cadence]
She's been doing well. What about your recent case? It sounds interesting.
*Cadence puts the box back on his desk.
[Irene]
Well what started out as a locked room mystery with the reverend as the defendant slowly turned about a story of inheritance, Satan somehow being actually involved, and I can’t forget when the detective said that the victim himself managed to raise himself from the dead and supposedly managed to kill someone else. In the end though, Mister Mayhew, The reverends attorney, managed to find out that everything was all just elaborate trick by 2 culprits and a unknowing accomplice to stealing a treasure and making sure the priest didn’t get his hands on it. The reverend was found not guilty, and I heard he turned the victims church into his own, promising to be a better priest.
[Cadence]
That's... a lot. I almost wish a case that interesting would end up on my desk, but I suppose one will come at some point sooner or later.
That had to have been one of the most complicated cases you've been on.
[Irene]
It was, but now it’s over. It was nice seeing you agai………
*Irenes eyes drifted down to a small red splotch on cadences shoes.
[Irene]
Hey cadence, I don’t know you knew this, but theirs some strawberry jam on your shoe. (At least, I hope it’s just jam.)
[Cadence]
?
*Cadence looks down at his shoe.
[Cadence]
...I didn't notice before now. Thank you.
*Cadence pulls a handkerchief from him pocket and cleans it off.
[Irene]
You’re welcome, but I’m still curious about that stain that was on your shoe. Forgive me, but as a prosecutor, I tend to fixate on suspicious small details, I’m sure you understand.
[Cadence]
I'm not sure myself. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, it was most likely just something from outside on a street.
[Irene]
…alright. Now I’ll be taking my leave for the day to go catch myself a good sleep. Goodnight, Cadence, and tell lily I said hi, would you?
*Irene leaves cadences office
[Cadence]
Of course. Goodnight, Irene.
*Cadence closes the door and begins cleaning up his office and organizing his desk, checking everything over.
*A ghost begins to form, sitting in Cadences office chair, and smoking a cigar.
[Silas]
That was one of the closets calls I’ve ever seen in both my life and death. A little more poking and that woman might’ve caught on to a dirty little secret you have.
[Cadence]
You're lucky you're already dead, or else you'd meet the same fate. What do you want from me now?
[Silas]
Oh, not even you know what I’m talking about? Don’t be stupid with me, I know a murderer when I see one.
[Cadence]
And you're talking to me about it... why, exactly? I know exactly what I've done.
He's getting what's coming to him. People always say to treat others how you want to be treated, I'm simply finishing the job.
[Silas]
I wonder though? Would Irene and lily really still care about you if you were a murderer, or would they try and distance you. Maybe the two will watch with joy in their eyes when you finally endure the hangman’s gallows? As for why I’m telling you this, it’s simply because between me, Carmen, and Sonia, I know what you are. You’re a murderer, and tonight is gonna be the moment you finally embrace that. In a sense. I look forward to watching this fire burn, while I watch and play my fiddle like a British Nero.
[Cadence]
...I've gotten my revenge on Carmen's killer. As far as I'm concerned, my life is fulfilled. I'll... I'll take the death penalty.
Besides that, only I can see you. Torture me all you'd like.
[Silas]
Oh i take great pleasure in torturing you. But now I’m curious. Who’s this other person you’re planning to kill?
[Cadence]
At this rate, it's myself.
*Cadence finishes reorganizing and leaves for home, grabbing his umbrella on his way out and slamming the door behind him.
*Silas stays in the office, his ghost form fading slowly as he smokes his last cigar.
[Silas]
…heh, this is sure to be a fun time.
*He disappears from the office.
*When Cadence arrives at home, Lily is already waiting for him.
[Lily]
What took you so long?
[Cadence]
I was talking to Irene, and after that... I must have lost track of the time. You're at least going to be glad that I finally cleaned up the office.
*Irene meanwhile arrives at her home, at takes a look at a photo she has of herself and Hercule. She smiles a bit, before getting herself ready, and getting into bed, closing her eyes as she drifts off to sleep.
*After Cadence and Lily finish talking, Lily leaves to go to bed, leaving Cadence alone in the living room, still awake.
[Cadence]
(...It's only a matter of time until they find him. I can only hope it looked enough like a suicide for nobody innocent to be convicted...)
*The next day, Irene is woken up by Jason Marple, with a less than pleased expression on his face, there’s also two Bobbie’s with him.
[Irene]
J-Jason, why are you here so early?
[Jason]
…just…just come with me Irene, I will say though that we’re not here to arrest you though.
*Irene gets suited up, and leaves with Jason and the two Bobbie’s. They take a carriage. Irene starts to grow concerned.
[Irene]
So can you tell me what’s going on here?
[Jason]
A witness reported a murder to us. I investigated it and it looked to be a suicide, but the witness managed to have evidence that it was a murder, and he knew who killed him.
[Irene]
Who was it?
[Jason]
…..The witness told us that the name of the supposed murderer…….was Cadence Decresendo. Me and a group of Bobbie’s are about to arrest him. Here’s the plan, you go into the house, say you were alone in the carriage of cadence questions it, and you make him confess if he’s guilty of the crime.
[irene]
…
*That morning, walking into the living room, Lily notices Cadence.
[Lily]
... Cadence? Have you been out here all night...? That can't be good for you, you know.
[Cadence]
You tell me that every time. Something's... been bothering me, is all. Nothing you need to worry about.
[Lily]
...This is about your family again, isn't it?
[Cadence]
You know me so well.
*Irene gets out of the carriage and slowly walks to the door of cadences and lily’s house. She gently knocks on the door, noticing the carriage leave as Irene knocks.
*Lily is the one that answers.
[Lily]
Irene! It's been a long time since we've met... although, knowing your line of work, you're not just here to visit, are you?
*Cadence is already in another room.
*Irene looks a bit distressed, but tries to softly smile still.
[Irene]
It certainly has been a while, and I’m sorry about that. Is cadence with you, and if he is could i talk with him?
[Lily]
I'm sorry,he's asleep at the moment. He was awake all night, you know how he is. Especially with how Sonia's been doing lately... I'm sure you understand.
[Irene]
It’s important though, I….i need to talk to him. Please lily…….its a matter of life or death, that’s all I can say.
*Lily hesitates for a moment.
[Lily]
... I'll... I'll get him, then.
*She leaves for a few minutes, before Cadence answers the door again, looking tired.
[Cadence]
I heard you needed me?
[Irene]
Jason…..he told me you’re suspected of murdering someone. Please…..tell me it’s not true cadence.
[Cadence]
Why would they...? I never killed anyone, I swear.
(I'm assuming it's a safe bet that this one will end up on my desk... I might as well take it once it does. I've been needing something new to do.)
[Irene]
He said a witness saw you murder someone and cover it up to look like a suicide…..did you really do that…..please just tell me.
[Cadence]
Of course not. Forgive me if this sounds self-centered, but killing is on a level of desperation I would never sink to. I promise you, I never killed anyone.
*Silas appears behind Cadence
[Silas]
Wow, you’re so cold hearted you’d even lie to the closet person you’ve had to a sister, cadence? I’m truly appalled.
*He says sarcastically
*Cadence pretends not to hear him, and decides to break the silence.
[Cadence]
... Is there... something else you needed...? If there isn't, then I'm going to go back to sleep... I'm sure Lily told you about last night.
[Irene]
Cadence please, just answer me. Jason is planning to arrest you either way. The next bed you’re going to is one for a cell. I……please…..I know you’re saying you didn’t do it, but something in me is telling me that you’re lying.
[silas]
Cmon cadence, rip the bandaid, I’m sure she’ll understand if you are honest to her.
[Cadence]
If I'm going to be arrested, then why question me? Irene, I've told you the truth. I never killed anyone. I... honestly don't know what more you want.
*Cadence continues ignoring Silas.
[Irene]
…alright.
[Silas]
Stop ignoring me cadence.
[Cadence]
.... I'm... sorry if I sounded defensive. It's not exactly every day you're getting murder accusations.
...Is there anything else you needed?
*Irene says nothing, she just slowly sits on the couch as Jason marple enters, with a solemn look to his face.
[Jason]
…I’m sure you know why I’m here. All I’ll say is that if you’re not guilty, you have nothing to worry about here. Now, can you come with me cadence?
[Cadence]
Of course. Irene already told me what this is about.
*Cadence follows Jason out.
*Irene says nothing, she just looks over at lily, then to herself
[Irene]
(I…I still can’t believe it. This feels like when I was a child and Hercule first told me my parents were murdered…)
*Lily avoids eye contact.
[Lily]
... I'm sure he's innocent. He... He'd never.
(The very person who saved me, someone he didn't know, from prison, killing someone...? It has to be a false accusation....)
[Irene]
…whoever this witness is, I need to talk to them and get any info I can. First though I need to find them, so talking to Jason would give me pointers to knowing where they are.
*Irene slowly gets herself up from the couch and leaves the house
[Lily]
Jason's probably questioning Cadence right now, but I won't stop you if you decide to talk to him anyway.
[Irene]
I just want to get to the bottom of this. It can’t be true that cadence killed someone, I just know it.
*She leaves the house
[Lily]
Good luck.
*When Irene arrives at the detention center, Cadence is waiting.
[Cadence]
...I take it you're going to question me too?
[Irene]
I just want you to be honest with me about what’s going on. Why is a witness accusing you of murder, and where is the witness?
[Cadence]
...What, do you want me to confess?
I don't know where the witness is, and I couldn't tell you why I'm being accused.
[Irene]
There has to be a reason though why you were accused of this murder, and I want to know why. Even if it’s a small detail, why you out of everyone else who couldve been suspected of this?
[Cadence]
I don't know. I've already said that. I can't give you information I don't have.
I don't even know who the witness is. They didn't tell me when I was questioned.
[Irene]
…Do you swear you’re being honest to me about this?
[Cadence]
Of course I do.
(I never said I didn't do it, did I...? I could have sworn there was nothing there. Witness word isn't proper evidence...)
[Silas]
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. What a cold hearted man you are, Cadence. What would your father think of you lying to someone about something as foul as murder.
[Cadence]
...
(...Answer me, Irene... give me something to distract myself from Silas, at least...)
...Do you not believe me...?
[Irene]
…
(What is compelling me not to say yes.)
[Silas]
Here’s the deal, you be honest with her, and I’ll leave, alright? It’s as simple as that.
[Cadence]
...Answer me. Do you believe me or not?
(Give me anything. Say something. If I told you what was happening behind me right now, you'd never believe me. Just give me some excuse...)
[Irene]
I….I want to believe you…but why can’t you give me a clear answer? That’s all I want from you, is that so hard for you to understand you Bolloc-
*Irene stops herself
[Irene]
(…GIVE ME A CLEAR ANSWER CADENCE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IM SICK OF YOU BEATING AROUND THE BUSH!)
[Cadence]
...Fine. I did it. Is that what you want me to say? I killed him. I thought... I thought I could get away with it. I thought it was justified.
If you don't want anything to do with me anymore... then that's fine, but... I don't want to you tell anyone. I'm going to do it myself. I'm already planning on taking the case anyway...
[Irene]
….
(On one hand, I’m glad he’s being honest, but on the other hand…I know what I have to do here.)
I’ll be the prosecutor for your case then. I don’t trust any other prosecutor to take on your case cadence. Who was the victim anyway, and why did you kill them?
[Cadence]
...He was the man that killed Carmen. I thought he deserved the same thing that he gave Carmen.
...I'm sorry, but I'm going to prosecute. I can't trust that there won't be innocent people convicted. If you want something done right, you should do it yourself, correct...?
[Irene]
No, you can’t prosecute yourself, I’ll prosecute you…I mean, we can still frame it as a suicide so no one innocent will get convicted of the murder…I also won’t tell lily about what you said to me.
[Cadence]
Then let me help you.
You don't have to do this. I won't stop you if you want to leave. I know what I did. I know it was... an overreaction.
[Irene]
…alright, I’ll let you help me…on a different topic, who’s gonna be you’re lawyer?
[Cadence]
...I don't know. I'm willing to take whoever they give me. I want to be honest with whoever's defending me, but I don't think anyone will want to if I am.
[Irene]
I’m sure Mayhew would. He’s very stubborn with at the very least reducing sentences to the lowest they can be, and will not settle for death sentences or even life in prison…
Oh another subject however…how are you gonna deal with lily when it comes to this?
[Cadence]
...I plan to tell her myself. Privately. She... she should know the truth about what I did. Whatever happens past that isn't my decision to make.
[Irene]
…I just hope she understands. I’ll see you later cadence. I’m gonna talk with Jason now.
[Cadence]
I'll see you later. Good luck talking to him, though... he was already pissy when I met him the first time.
[Jason]
Oh now you’re just lying through your teeth again like usual cadence, I wasn’t being “pissy” I was just doing my job as a detective.
[Irene]
…how long have you been here.
[Jason]
Honestly I just came back and heard only that cadence referred to me as “pissy”.
[Irene]
(Alright, so he didn’t hear cadences confession…good.
[Cadence]
...
(...No matter how I respond, it won't help my case. If I say I'm innocent, he'll just continue insisting that I'm lying. If I say I'm guilty, I'm going to get a practically immediate death penalty...)
[Irene]
Who’s the witness who you claimed saw cadence commit murder?
[Jason]
Just a butler by the name of Elias Von Handschuh. Don’t know much but do know that he is of German descent, and has been the butler for a variety of people, with rumors even saying he once served the queen herself.
[Cadence]
And who does he serve now?
(I'm not liking how this is sounding... Irene, I hope to God you can pull through on this... I think it'd make me even guiltier if you didn't.)
[jason]
Well he’s been looking for someone new to work for, but the last major person he served for was a man named Silas Crowe if I’m remembering correctly.
[Irene]
(….oh fuck.)
[Cadence]
(Silas?! Of course... Of course he's accusing me. This could be good, though... Silas never exactly liked me.)
[Silas]
Never liked” is a bit of an understatement. I DESPISE you and everyone in the Decresendo family, both past, present, and even future.
[Cadence]
...
I'm sure there's more questions here. Let's get them out of the way.
[Silas]
What do you mean by that, exactly?
[Cadence]
I wasn't talking to you, Silas.
[Silas]
…
[Jason]
Wait…were you talking to me?
[Cadence]
Whoever's questioning me right now.
[Jason]
…we’re getting nowhere fast with this. Look, I want this to be easy. If you’re not guilty, then you’re not guilty and the courts will find you not guilty and vice versa. The problem here is that you’re not being cooperative with me. Contrary to you’re biased views of me, I seek the truth in matters and want to help you, but you don’t see that in me, you just see someone who just wants to hang you personally. I’m NOT like that.
[Cadence]
And you still won't believe me. I've told you over and over, I haven't done anything. I really don't know how much more clear I need to be.
[irene]
You’re both acting like idiots. I believe the only persons account worth telling right now is that of Elias’s, so where is he currently.
[Jason]
…well if you must know, he’s at the great Waterloo hotel, room 117.
[Irene]
Thank you. That wasn’t so hard now was it?
[Jason]
Don’t patronize me. I’m also bringing you along for this cadence as I need to compare both your stories. But I’ll tell you this, I trust the witness more than I trust you, after all, the guilty always lie.
[Irene]
(…how the hell does you’re brain work, Jason?)
[Cadence]
... Fine.
(There really is no winning with you, is there?! What evidence could there have been?! How reliable is the word of one person?!)
*jason opens cadences cell doors, but puts handcuffs on cadence before anything, then looks at him, as if to say both “I am watching you” and also smugly saying “I’m better than you” at the same time.
[Cadence]
(You couldn't have been any less smug, could you? It makes me wonder how you do this job without being unanimously hated.)
[Jason]
Because unlike you cadence, I actually know what I’m doing and get answers right all of the time.
[Cadence]
...Unlike you, however, I know when it's time to quit. That being said, I can see I won't be winning this one.
[Jason]
Yeah, at least you know when to fold when up against someone more confident than yourself.
[Irene]
Confidence doesn’t always mean intelligence.
[Cadence]
I'm not arguing with you anymore. Could we get this finished? I'm not particularly inclined to talk to him. I've got some history with his previous.... Employer.
*The three make it to where Elias currently is living at. A nice apartment room, and Elias is just making himself some tea when they entered.
[Cadence]
...Well, Jason, you brought us here. You do the honors of introductions.
[Jason]
Good sir, my name is Jason Marple, the masked fellow is Sebastian Moran, and the cuffed imbecile who I am better and smarter in every way is Cadence Decresendo.
[Elias]
Well it’s a pleasure meeting you three. Would you care for some tea?
[Irene]
I’m good, but thanks for the offer.
[Jason]
Don’t mind if I do
[Irene]
(You don’t even know if the tea is poisoned, idiot.)
[Cadence]
No thank you. I think we have more serious matters on our hands here. Like the murder that happened. The reason we're here.
("Smarter in every way", huh?)
[Elias]
Ah yes, the most grisly of things that have happened as of recently. What would you like to know?
[Cadence]
Why you're accusing me, for one. I don't mean to sound rude, but what motive would I have? I didn't even know who he was.
[Elias]
….i don’t know what you’re motive was, but the fact is that I saw you’re face, not the detectives, not a newspaper salesman, I saw you kill the victim. How should I know what was going on in your head when you did him in?
[Cadence]
(...Right. I shouldn't have included that part. It's basically instinct to consider everything that could have prevented the accused from actually doing it for me. People who don't work in law wouldn't know that.)
...Of course not.
Jason: so we got a witness who swears that you did it. Finally, for once I one up you in this.
Irene: stop treating this like a game, someone died and someone life is on the line.
[Cadence]
If there's nothing else we need, could we get out of here...? I'm not particularly inclined to be in this place much longer.
Irene: yeah, same. Thank you for your time, Elias.
Elias: I’m glad to have helped, ma’am.
[The three leave]
[Cadence]
...Thank you for your time.
*Cadence adds that out of obligation and pretty much nothing else as he follows Irene and Jason out.
Silas: You’re fucked now Cadence, I’ll be seeing you in hell.
*Cadence continues to ignore Silas, also mostly out of obligation.
Silas: cmon, Cadey, you can’t ignore me forever, like how you can’t ignore the thorn in your side forever.
[Cadence]
...
...When will my trial be?
*He says that purely so he could have an excuse to not talk to Silas.
Jason: More than likely tomorrow….though I did hear that a prosecutor already got the case the first chance they could.
Irene: huh? Who was it then.
Jason:……I think it was Dionysus, but I could be wrong.
[Cadence]
...
... Somehow, I'm not surprised.
(...Mayhew better be one damn good defense attorney.)
Irene:….of course he would jump to a case like this the same as a moth to a flame.
Jason: I wish him the best in convicting you.
Irene: shut up Jason, you’re not helping matters.
[Cadence]
What do you have against me? ...I mean, aside from this case, obviously...
Irene: it has to do with his “perfect logic” you disrupted in one case.
Jason: hey, my theory that the butler did it was solid!
Irene: it would be if the butler wasn’t living in Germany and didn’t have any ties to the victim, not to mention the cause of death was because the victim was pushed off the stairs to their death.
[Cadence]
Jason, your theory was a cliche you read in a novel once. The only thing that could have connected them was the cause of death, which is common enough that it could have been themselves for what you knew.
Jason: piss off, cadence, that’s good research.
Irene: not every case ends with an insane twist, like two people were murdered by an orangutan, sometimes the truth is the most simple of solutions.
[Cadence]
...In what universe are fiction novels good research...? Are you even qualified to be in this job?
(Let's move on from how he's staying in this position, I'd like to talk about how he got it in the first place...)
Jason: of course I am, why would you think I’m not?
[Cadence]
... I have my reasons. Like the fact you used a fiction novel as legitimate "research" for a murder case.
Jason:…..
*He doesn’t talk for the rest of the trip, none of them do. Jason brings cadence back to his holding cell, and Irene waves goodbye before leaving.
*Cadence waves back as she leaves, waiting for Silas to inevitably reappear.
Silas:….so kid, what now? How are you gonna defend yourself from a murder you did?
[Cadence]
It's up to Mayhew now. I can't defend myself as the defendant, can I?
I just hope that Dionysus' stupidity is enough to give me something of an edge here...
Silas:…..it’s strange, your wife hasn’t come to see you yet. Wonder where she is?
[Cadence]
Suddenly you're concerned about me now?
Anyway,I don't know where she is. If she heard the truth and decided that she didn't want to talk to me,then... that's not my decision to make.
Silas: oh don’t mistake it for pity, I just want to see how lily deals with seeing you in the holding cell, that’s gonna be entertaining.
[Cadence]
Go find out for yourself.
...Since she isn't here, I can't imagine she's taking it well...
(...What would she think if I were declared guilty...?!)
*Silas smirks and fades away from cadence, only to fade in into cadences home.*
*Lily was sewing up a dress for one of her own clients; why she was working at the moment was anyone's guess.
Silas: (can she even see me here….heh, well if she can’t, I guess I can just fuck with her instead.)
*Silas begins to smoke a cigarette in his house.*
Silas: Thank god the afterlife can still let me smoke.
*Lily doesn't even look away, continuing on like nothing happened at all. Cadence's desk has been cleared off, the slightly untidy stacks of paper, half-read books and empty or broken pens that were usually there moved somewhere out of sight.
Silas: (well she doesn’t notice me, that’s good.)
*He examines the desk, before hearing a knock on the door. A rather soft but also dominant knock, of which there were three.*
*Lily gets up to answer, and before she even looks at who's there, she begins turning them away.
[Lily]
I'm busy right now,could this wait until later?
*A man is behind the door. He’s tall, dressed in a black suit, and seems to be a man in his 50’s, balding and having a small smile that draws the line between wanting to talk and wanting to kill.*
???: My apologies Madam, but I wanted to investigate for myself this place. I won’t try and disturb anything, I just want to know what kind of person your husband is. I will be the judge of his trial after all, and I find that seeing how a person lives gives me a good idea as to what personality the accused has.
*He begins to take a step into the house, but then retracts that step and places his foot back to where it initially was.*
???: Almost forgot, I am Lawerence Wargrave, and as mentioned earlier, I will be the judge of cadences trial.
*You can’t help but sense a familiarity towards the man you see. Like you’ve met him before but can’t remember where.*
*Lily hesitates before cautiously stepping aside to let "Lawrence" inside, picking up her work and needles to ensure it wouldn't be considered incriminating.
[Lily]
...Go ahead and investigate.
*She watches him closely as he investigates.
*Lawerence looks around a bit carefully, and Silas, deciding to have some fun, sprinkles some ashes of his cigarette onto the dress she was sewing.*
Silas: hehe, this is too easy.
*Lily absentmindedly brushes them gently off the dress and continues sewing it; only half-focused on it as she watches "Lawrence".
*Once he finishes looking around a bit, he turns to leave, but not before looking at the table and placing down 4 Gold Sovereign’s.*
Lawerence: consider it my apologies for the sudden search. I hope for the best for your husband, but I’m a man of the law, and I hand down the verdicts I think are right.
*He leaves then, Silas laughs and decides to push his luck by leaving his ghost cigarette on the dress.*
[Lily]
...Of course.
*Lily gently shakes the cigarette and ashes off the dress, and sits back down to finish sewing.
Silas:….(This bitch can’t see me, either that or she doesn’t care much.)
*After a few minutes, Lily finishes the job and takes a look around, her gaze stopping for a moment on Cadence's desk; at this point entirely cleared off aside from a photo of him and Lily with Sonia.
*irene enters the house, closing the door gently, and sitting on the couch. She looks tired after everything, and feels like she’s on the verge of crying. She then goes to the kitchen to decide to make something to eat before she sleeps.*
*Lily places the photo face-down before leaving the house to visit Cadence. She could trust Irene, but she needed her answer from Cadence.
*Silas walked with lily to the detention center.*
*When she arrives, Cadence doesn't even bother with a greeting.
[Cadence]
... He's following you.
[Lily]
Be grateful he isn't haunting you right now.
Silas: Been having a real good time fucking with her, cadence.
[Cadence]
I'm sure you have.
[Lily]
Ignoring him...
I think you can figure out what I'm about to ask you.
[Cadence]
...I know.
...Would you believe me if I said I was innocent?
[Lily]
Of course I would.
Silas: not surprised your wife would believe your innocence.
[Cadence]
Shut your mouth, Silas.
[Lily]
...Would it be better if I left?
[Cadence]
That's up to you.
[Lily]
I'm going home, then.
*Cadence doesn't say anything else as Lily leaves.
Silas: I’m the only one keeping you sane yet you hate what I say. To be fair Socrates was hated for speaking the truth and keeping people sane also, so I guess we have that in common.
[Cadence]
"Only one keeping me sane" my ass, Silas.
(If anything, you're doing the opposite...)
Silas:….why don’t you just go to sleep and await your trial, ungrateful piece of shit.
[Cadence]
LIke that's not what I was going to do anyway.
(I can't do much else, can I?)
*Cadence waves Silas off before retreating to his bed.
(Silas vanishes. The next day, Jason opens cadences cell)
Jason: time for your trial, murderer.
*Cadence gets up and pulls his hair back into the usual ponytail before following Jason, simultaneously making sure he looked something like calm and presentable.
*in the defendants lounge, Mayhew, Irene, and even lily were waiting for cadence. When cadence steps inside, Mayhew walks up to him.
Mayhew: It’s a pleasure to meet you sir, I’m sure you already know who I am, so let’s skip the formalities and discuss what really matters here. I want to know your side of this story, mister Decresendo.
*Cadence waits until Jason leaves and gets replaced by the bailiff to answer.
[Cadence]
...My honest answer?
I'm guilty. At the time... I thought I could justify it. I know that probably wasn't the answer you were looking for, but there's no reason I should lie to you.
Jason: HAH, SEE, I TOLD YOU HE WAS-
Mayhew: be quiet, detective. Cadence, at least then tell me why you did it and who the victim was. I swear to you that I will give you the best defense a man can ask for, and will fight tooth and nail to at the very least save you from the gallows, which from what Irene told me, is what the prosecution is after.
[Cadence]
I killed him because he killed my father. I don't know much about him besides that. I barely even remember his name at this point...
...I don't usually try to justify murder. I'm a prosecutor for a reason, but... I really thought I was right.
Irene:…….oh, so you can tell mister Mayhew what you done with zero pressure but not me or your own wife?
Mayhew: now Irene, no need to get angry-
Irene: Forgive me, mister Mayhew, but I thought you were better than to stoop to murdering someone just out of vengeance.
Jason: oh please, your own father murdered someone also and died like a coward.
Irene: MY FATHER SAVED LIVES, SHUT UP JASON!!!……I……I just……it’s just a lot to take in, cadence.
[Cadence]
... I'm... I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do.
...in fact, I still don't. I don't like this any more than you do. I don't think he really deserved it, and I admit I was entirely wrong.
I didn't... enjoy killing him. But I don't regret it. I'll take whatever punishment they give me.
Irene: NO, I’m not letting you get hanged even if you did it, I just…….i don’t want to lose you so soon…….
[Cadence]
...No matter what they sentence me to, it won't change what I did. I appreciate the help, but... Isn't Dionysus supposed to be prosecuting anyway?
I mean this in the most respectful way possible, but I'm not really sure what you'd be able to do.
Irene: sure I can’t help much, but that’s why Mayhews is here, cadence. He will make sure you walk free.
Mayhew:…..something wrong, miss Lily, you’ve been awfully quiet at this moment.
[Lily]
... I'm just... conflicted, is all.
[Cadence]
I don't blame you.
Irene: I feel the same way.
Mayhew:….lets just get into the courtroom and get this over with.
[Cadence]
After you.
*Cadence gestures to the door, waiting for everyone else before going himself.
*They all get inside the courtroom. Dionysus is in there, looking smug as hell, while the judge is making sure everything on his bench is where they need to be.*
*Cadence takes his place in the defendant's chair, Lily goes to the gallery to spectate the trial.
*Irene takes co-counsel, while Mayhew is at defense. The gavel is banged.*
Wargrave: court is now in session for the trial of Cadence Decresendo. Counsels, are you prepared to state your cases?
Dionysus: please, my lord, I have been ready for this day ever since Carmen RUINED my perfect record. I will take great pleasure in watching your inevitable execution cadence.
Mayhew:…the defense is also ready, my lord.
Irene: tsk, still the same confident dumbass as I remember him being.
Wargrave: very well, If we’re ready to proceed, then let the accused take the stand.
[Cadence]
You want me EXECUTED because of a win record?!
...Fine. Let's get this over with.
*Cadence walks up to the stand, collected as he can make himself seem.
*Footsteps echo in an empty apartment late at night, before a gun is pressed up to the side of the owner's head.
[???]
... I'm sorry. At least this way... You'll be free from your misery and guilt.
*A single gunshot is heard before the killer escapes without a trace, untrackable.
-- @ask-the-attorneys
*Irene was in her office, organizing her most recent case files by alphabetical order. She takes off her Sebastian Moran costume as she didn’t find a good time to take it off before. After that, she sat down in her desk chair and began to think, first about what else she can do, but then wonders to herself about cadence.
[Irene]
(It’s been a while since I last spoke with him. I mean since I’m now done with my work for today I bet it won’t hurt to visit him…..on second thought, maybe tomorrow. I’m getting a bit tired after all.)
*She grabs her black umbrella and steps out of her office, locking the door when she steps out.
*Cadence enters his own office, a long, dark coat shielding him from the rain instead of the usual umbrella he carried. As he enters, he locks his door behind him.
[Cadence]
(...If nothing else... this could create an interesting case to take...)
*Theres a gentle knock on Cadences door. Irene is on the other side, holding a wrapped gift in one of her hands.
[Cadence]
Irene? It's been a while, what made you come visit now?
*Cadence steps aside to let Irene in.
*Irene steps inside and places the gift on his desk.
[Irene]
Well it’s purely for the fact that I had some free time and decided to come here before I went back to my home to take a nap. Has there been anything new going on with you and your life?
[Cadence]
Nothing, really. Just the usual, I suppose. What about you?
*Cadence begins unwrapping the gift as he speaks.
[Irene]
Well I took on this recent case about the murder of a priest, but other than that there’s nothing else. What about lily, how’s she been doing?
*inside were a bunch of different kinds and shapes of chocolates.*
[Cadence]
She's been doing well. What about your recent case? It sounds interesting.
*Cadence puts the box back on his desk.
[Irene]
Well what started out as a locked room mystery with the reverend as the defendant slowly turned about a story of inheritance, Satan somehow being actually involved, and I can’t forget when the detective said that the victim himself managed to raise himself from the dead and supposedly managed to kill someone else. In the end though, Mister Mayhew, The reverends attorney, managed to find out that everything was all just elaborate trick by 2 culprits and a unknowing accomplice to stealing a treasure and making sure the priest didn’t get his hands on it. The reverend was found not guilty, and I heard he turned the victims church into his own, promising to be a better priest.
[Cadence]
That's... a lot. I almost wish a case that interesting would end up on my desk, but I suppose one will come at some point sooner or later.
That had to have been one of the most complicated cases you've been on.
[Irene]
It was, but now it’s over. It was nice seeing you agai………
*Irenes eyes drifted down to a small red splotch on cadences shoes.
[Irene]
Hey cadence, I don’t know you knew this, but theirs some strawberry jam on your shoe. (At least, I hope it’s just jam.)
[Cadence]
?
*Cadence looks down at his shoe.
[Cadence]
...I didn't notice before now. Thank you.
*Cadence pulls a handkerchief from him pocket and cleans it off.
[Irene]
You’re welcome, but I’m still curious about that stain that was on your shoe. Forgive me, but as a prosecutor, I tend to fixate on suspicious small details, I’m sure you understand.
[Cadence]
I'm not sure myself. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, it was most likely just something from outside on a street.
[Irene]
…alright. Now I’ll be taking my leave for the day to go catch myself a good sleep. Goodnight, Cadence, and tell lily I said hi, would you?
*Irene leaves cadences office
[Cadence]
Of course. Goodnight, Irene.
*Cadence closes the door and begins cleaning up his office and organizing his desk, checking everything over.
*A ghost begins to form, sitting in Cadences office chair, and smoking a cigar.
[Silas]
That was one of the closets calls I’ve ever seen in both my life and death. A little more poking and that woman might’ve caught on to a dirty little secret you have.
[Cadence]
You're lucky you're already dead, or else you'd meet the same fate. What do you want from me now?
[Silas]
Oh, not even you know what I’m talking about? Don’t be stupid with me, I know a murderer when I see one.
[Cadence]
And you're talking to me about it... why, exactly? I know exactly what I've done.
He's getting what's coming to him. People always say to treat others how you want to be treated, I'm simply finishing the job.
[Silas]
I wonder though? Would Irene and lily really still care about you if you were a murderer, or would they try and distance you. Maybe the two will watch with joy in their eyes when you finally endure the hangman’s gallows? As for why I’m telling you this, it’s simply because between me, Carmen, and Sonia, I know what you are. You’re a murderer, and tonight is gonna be the moment you finally embrace that. In a sense. I look forward to watching this fire burn, while I watch and play my fiddle like a British Nero.
[Cadence]
...I've gotten my revenge on Carmen's killer. As far as I'm concerned, my life is fulfilled. I'll... I'll take the death penalty.
Besides that, only I can see you. Torture me all you'd like.
[Silas]
Oh i take great pleasure in torturing you. But now I’m curious. Who’s this other person you’re planning to kill?
[Cadence]
At this rate, it's myself.
*Cadence finishes reorganizing and leaves for home, grabbing his umbrella on his way out and slamming the door behind him.
*Silas stays in the office, his ghost form fading slowly as he smokes his last cigar.
[Silas]
…heh, this is sure to be a fun time.
*He disappears from the office.
*When Cadence arrives at home, Lily is already waiting for him.
[Lily]
What took you so long?
[Cadence]
I was talking to Irene, and after that... I must have lost track of the time. You're at least going to be glad that I finally cleaned up the office.
*Irene meanwhile arrives at her home, at takes a look at a photo she has of herself and Hercule. She smiles a bit, before getting herself ready, and getting into bed, closing her eyes as she drifts off to sleep.
*After Cadence and Lily finish talking, Lily leaves to go to bed, leaving Cadence alone in the living room, still awake.
[Cadence]
(...It's only a matter of time until they find him. I can only hope it looked enough like a suicide for nobody innocent to be convicted...)
*The next day, Irene is woken up by Jason Marple, with a less than pleased expression on his face, there’s also two Bobbie’s with him.
[Irene]
J-Jason, why are you here so early?
[Jason]
…just…just come with me Irene, I will say though that we’re not here to arrest you though.
*Irene gets suited up, and leaves with Jason and the two Bobbie’s. They take a carriage. Irene starts to grow concerned.
[Irene]
So can you tell me what’s going on here?
[Jason]
A witness reported a murder to us. I investigated it and it looked to be a suicide, but the witness managed to have evidence that it was a murder, and he knew who killed him.
[Irene]
Who was it?
[Jason]
…..The witness told us that the name of the supposed murderer…….was Cadence Decresendo. Me and a group of Bobbie’s are about to arrest him. Here’s the plan, you go into the house, say you were alone in the carriage of cadence questions it, and you make him confess if he’s guilty of the crime.
[irene]
…
*That morning, walking into the living room, Lily notices Cadence.
[Lily]
... Cadence? Have you been out here all night...? That can't be good for you, you know.
[Cadence]
You tell me that every time. Something's... been bothering me, is all. Nothing you need to worry about.
[Lily]
...This is about your family again, isn't it?
[Cadence]
You know me so well.
*Irene gets out of the carriage and slowly walks to the door of cadences and lily’s house. She gently knocks on the door, noticing the carriage leave as Irene knocks.
*Lily is the one that answers.
[Lily]
Irene! It's been a long time since we've met... although, knowing your line of work, you're not just here to visit, are you?
*Cadence is already in another room.
*Irene looks a bit distressed, but tries to softly smile still.
[Irene]
It certainly has been a while, and I’m sorry about that. Is cadence with you, and if he is could i talk with him?
[Lily]
I'm sorry,he's asleep at the moment. He was awake all night, you know how he is. Especially with how Sonia's been doing lately... I'm sure you understand.
[Irene]
It’s important though, I….i need to talk to him. Please lily…….its a matter of life or death, that’s all I can say.
*Lily hesitates for a moment.
[Lily]
... I'll... I'll get him, then.
*She leaves for a few minutes, before Cadence answers the door again, looking tired.
[Cadence]
I heard you needed me?
[Irene]
Jason…..he told me you’re suspected of murdering someone. Please…..tell me it’s not true cadence.
[Cadence]
Why would they...? I never killed anyone, I swear.
(I'm assuming it's a safe bet that this one will end up on my desk... I might as well take it once it does. I've been needing something new to do.)
[Irene]
He said a witness saw you murder someone and cover it up to look like a suicide…..did you really do that…..please just tell me.
[Cadence]
Of course not. Forgive me if this sounds self-centered, but killing is on a level of desperation I would never sink to. I promise you, I never killed anyone.
*Silas appears behind Cadence
[Silas]
Wow, you’re so cold hearted you’d even lie to the closet person you’ve had to a sister, cadence? I’m truly appalled.
*He says sarcastically
*Cadence pretends not to hear him, and decides to break the silence.
[Cadence]
... Is there... something else you needed...? If there isn't, then I'm going to go back to sleep... I'm sure Lily told you about last night.
[Irene]
Cadence please, just answer me. Jason is planning to arrest you either way. The next bed you’re going to is one for a cell. I……please…..I know you’re saying you didn’t do it, but something in me is telling me that you’re lying.
[silas]
Cmon cadence, rip the bandaid, I’m sure she’ll understand if you are honest to her.
[Cadence]
If I'm going to be arrested, then why question me? Irene, I've told you the truth. I never killed anyone. I... honestly don't know what more you want.
*Cadence continues ignoring Silas.
[Irene]
…alright.
[Silas]
Stop ignoring me cadence.
[Cadence]
.... I'm... sorry if I sounded defensive. It's not exactly every day you're getting murder accusations.
...Is there anything else you needed?
*Irene says nothing, she just slowly sits on the couch as Jason marple enters, with a solemn look to his face.
[Jason]
…I’m sure you know why I’m here. All I’ll say is that if you’re not guilty, you have nothing to worry about here. Now, can you come with me cadence?
[Cadence]
Of course. Irene already told me what this is about.
*Cadence follows Jason out.
*Irene says nothing, she just looks over at lily, then to herself
[Irene]
(I…I still can’t believe it. This feels like when I was a child and Hercule first told me my parents were murdered…)
*Lily avoids eye contact.
[Lily]
... I'm sure he's innocent. He... He'd never.
(The very person who saved me, someone he didn't know, from prison, killing someone...? It has to be a false accusation....)
[Irene]
…whoever this witness is, I need to talk to them and get any info I can. First though I need to find them, so talking to Jason would give me pointers to knowing where they are.
*Irene slowly gets herself up from the couch and leaves the house
[Lily]
Jason's probably questioning Cadence right now, but I won't stop you if you decide to talk to him anyway.
[Irene]
I just want to get to the bottom of this. It can’t be true that cadence killed someone, I just know it.
*She leaves the house
[Lily]
Good luck.
*When Irene arrives at the detention center, Cadence is waiting.
[Cadence]
...I take it you're going to question me too?
[Irene]
I just want you to be honest with me about what’s going on. Why is a witness accusing you of murder, and where is the witness?
[Cadence]
...What, do you want me to confess?
I don't know where the witness is, and I couldn't tell you why I'm being accused.
[Irene]
There has to be a reason though why you were accused of this murder, and I want to know why. Even if it’s a small detail, why you out of everyone else who couldve been suspected of this?
[Cadence]
I don't know. I've already said that. I can't give you information I don't have.
I don't even know who the witness is. They didn't tell me when I was questioned.
[Irene]
…Do you swear you’re being honest to me about this?
[Cadence]
Of course I do.
(I never said I didn't do it, did I...? I could have sworn there was nothing there. Witness word isn't proper evidence...)
[Silas]
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. What a cold hearted man you are, Cadence. What would your father think of you lying to someone about something as foul as murder.
[Cadence]
...
(...Answer me, Irene... give me something to distract myself from Silas, at least...)
...Do you not believe me...?
[Irene]
…
(What is compelling me not to say yes.)
[Silas]
Here’s the deal, you be honest with her, and I’ll leave, alright? It’s as simple as that.
[Cadence]
...Answer me. Do you believe me or not?
(Give me anything. Say something. If I told you what was happening behind me right now, you'd never believe me. Just give me some excuse...)
[Irene]
I….I want to believe you…but why can’t you give me a clear answer? That’s all I want from you, is that so hard for you to understand you Bolloc-
*Irene stops herself
[Irene]
(…GIVE ME A CLEAR ANSWER CADENCE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IM SICK OF YOU BEATING AROUND THE BUSH!)
[Cadence]
...Fine. I did it. Is that what you want me to say? I killed him. I thought... I thought I could get away with it. I thought it was justified.
If you don't want anything to do with me anymore... then that's fine, but... I don't want to you tell anyone. I'm going to do it myself. I'm already planning on taking the case anyway...
[Irene]
….
(On one hand, I’m glad he’s being honest, but on the other hand…I know what I have to do here.)
I’ll be the prosecutor for your case then. I don’t trust any other prosecutor to take on your case cadence. Who was the victim anyway, and why did you kill them?
[Cadence]
...He was the man that killed Carmen. I thought he deserved the same thing that he gave Carmen.
...I'm sorry, but I'm going to prosecute. I can't trust that there won't be innocent people convicted. If you want something done right, you should do it yourself, correct...?
[Irene]
No, you can’t prosecute yourself, I’ll prosecute you…I mean, we can still frame it as a suicide so no one innocent will get convicted of the murder…I also won’t tell lily about what you said to me.
[Cadence]
Then let me help you.
You don't have to do this. I won't stop you if you want to leave. I know what I did. I know it was... an overreaction.
[Irene]
…alright, I’ll let you help me…on a different topic, who’s gonna be you’re lawyer?
[Cadence]
...I don't know. I'm willing to take whoever they give me. I want to be honest with whoever's defending me, but I don't think anyone will want to if I am.
[Irene]
I’m sure Mayhew would. He’s very stubborn with at the very least reducing sentences to the lowest they can be, and will not settle for death sentences or even life in prison…
Oh another subject however…how are you gonna deal with lily when it comes to this?
[Cadence]
...I plan to tell her myself. Privately. She... she should know the truth about what I did. Whatever happens past that isn't my decision to make.
[Irene]
…I just hope she understands. I’ll see you later cadence. I’m gonna talk with Jason now.
[Cadence]
I'll see you later. Good luck talking to him, though... he was already pissy when I met him the first time.
[Jason]
Oh now you’re just lying through your teeth again like usual cadence, I wasn’t being “pissy” I was just doing my job as a detective.
[Irene]
…how long have you been here.
[Jason]
Honestly I just came back and heard only that cadence referred to me as “pissy”.
[Irene]
(Alright, so he didn’t hear cadences confession…good.
[Cadence]
...
(...No matter how I respond, it won't help my case. If I say I'm innocent, he'll just continue insisting that I'm lying. If I say I'm guilty, I'm going to get a practically immediate death penalty...)
[Irene]
Who’s the witness who you claimed saw cadence commit murder?
[Jason]
Just a butler by the name of Elias Von Handschuh. Don’t know much but do know that he is of German descent, and has been the butler for a variety of people, with rumors even saying he once served the queen herself.
[Cadence]
And who does he serve now?
(I'm not liking how this is sounding... Irene, I hope to God you can pull through on this... I think it'd make me even guiltier if you didn't.)
[jason]
Well he’s been looking for someone new to work for, but the last major person he served for was a man named Silas Crowe if I’m remembering correctly.
[Irene]
(….oh fuck.)
[Cadence]
(Silas?! Of course... Of course he's accusing me. This could be good, though... Silas never exactly liked me.)
[Silas]
Never liked” is a bit of an understatement. I DESPISE you and everyone in the Decresendo family, both past, present, and even future.
[Cadence]
...
I'm sure there's more questions here. Let's get them out of the way.
[Silas]
What do you mean by that, exactly?
[Cadence]
I wasn't talking to you, Silas.
[Silas]
…
[Jason]
Wait…were you talking to me?
[Cadence]
Whoever's questioning me right now.
[Jason]
…we’re getting nowhere fast with this. Look, I want this to be easy. If you’re not guilty, then you’re not guilty and the courts will find you not guilty and vice versa. The problem here is that you’re not being cooperative with me. Contrary to you’re biased views of me, I seek the truth in matters and want to help you, but you don’t see that in me, you just see someone who just wants to hang you personally. I’m NOT like that.
[Cadence]
And you still won't believe me. I've told you over and over, I haven't done anything. I really don't know how much more clear I need to be.
[irene]
You’re both acting like idiots. I believe the only persons account worth telling right now is that of Elias’s, so where is he currently.
[Jason]
…well if you must know, he’s at the great Waterloo hotel, room 117.
[Irene]
Thank you. That wasn’t so hard now was it?
[Jason]
Don’t patronize me. I’m also bringing you along for this cadence as I need to compare both your stories. But I’ll tell you this, I trust the witness more than I trust you, after all, the guilty always lie.
[Irene]
(…how the hell does you’re brain work, Jason?)
[Cadence]
... Fine.
(There really is no winning with you, is there?! What evidence could there have been?! How reliable is the word of one person?!)
*jason opens cadences cell doors, but puts handcuffs on cadence before anything, then looks at him, as if to say both “I am watching you” and also smugly saying “I’m better than you” at the same time.
[Cadence]
(You couldn't have been any less smug, could you? It makes me wonder how you do this job without being unanimously hated.)
[Jason]
Because unlike you cadence, I actually know what I’m doing and get answers right all of the time.
[Cadence]
...Unlike you, however, I know when it's time to quit. That being said, I can see I won't be winning this one.
[Jason]
Yeah, at least you know when to fold when up against someone more confident than yourself.
[Irene]
Confidence doesn’t always mean intelligence.
[Cadence]
I'm not arguing with you anymore. Could we get this finished? I'm not particularly inclined to talk to him. I've got some history with his previous.... Employer.
*The three make it to where Elias currently is living at. A nice apartment room, and Elias is just making himself some tea when they entered.
[Cadence]
...Well, Jason, you brought us here. You do the honors of introductions.
[Jason]
Good sir, my name is Jason Marple, the masked fellow is Sebastian Moran, and the cuffed imbecile who I am better and smarter in every way is Cadence Decresendo.
[Elias]
Well it’s a pleasure meeting you three. Would you care for some tea?
[Irene]
I’m good, but thanks for the offer.
[Jason]
Don’t mind if I do
[Irene]
(You don’t even know if the tea is poisoned, idiot.)
[Cadence]
No thank you. I think we have more serious matters on our hands here. Like the murder that happened. The reason we're here.
("Smarter in every way", huh?)
[Elias]
Ah yes, the most grisly of things that have happened as of recently. What would you like to know?
[Cadence]
Why you're accusing me, for one. I don't mean to sound rude, but what motive would I have? I didn't even know who he was.
[Elias]
….i don’t know what you’re motive was, but the fact is that I saw you’re face, not the detectives, not a newspaper salesman, I saw you kill the victim. How should I know what was going on in your head when you did him in?
[Cadence]
(...Right. I shouldn't have included that part. It's basically instinct to consider everything that could have prevented the accused from actually doing it for me. People who don't work in law wouldn't know that.)
...Of course not.
Jason: so we got a witness who swears that you did it. Finally, for once I one up you in this.
Irene: stop treating this like a game, someone died and someone life is on the line.
[Cadence]
If there's nothing else we need, could we get out of here...? I'm not particularly inclined to be in this place much longer.
Irene: yeah, same. Thank you for your time, Elias.
Elias: I’m glad to have helped, ma’am.
[The three leave]
[Cadence]
...Thank you for your time.
*Cadence adds that out of obligation and pretty much nothing else as he follows Irene and Jason out.
Silas: You’re fucked now Cadence, I’ll be seeing you in hell.
*Cadence continues to ignore Silas, also mostly out of obligation.
Silas: cmon, Cadey, you can’t ignore me forever, like how you can’t ignore the thorn in your side forever.
[Cadence]
...
...When will my trial be?
*He says that purely so he could have an excuse to not talk to Silas.
Jason: More than likely tomorrow….though I did hear that a prosecutor already got the case the first chance they could.
Irene: huh? Who was it then.
Jason:……I think it was Dionysus, but I could be wrong.
[Cadence]
...
... Somehow, I'm not surprised.
(...Mayhew better be one damn good defense attorney.)
Irene:….of course he would jump to a case like this the same as a moth to a flame.
Jason: I wish him the best in convicting you.
Irene: shut up Jason, you’re not helping matters.
[Cadence]
What do you have against me? ...I mean, aside from this case, obviously...
Irene: it has to do with his “perfect logic” you disrupted in one case.
Jason: hey, my theory that the butler did it was solid!
Irene: it would be if the butler wasn’t living in Germany and didn’t have any ties to the victim, not to mention the cause of death was because the victim was pushed off the stairs to their death.
[Cadence]
Jason, your theory was a cliche you read in a novel once. The only thing that could have connected them was the cause of death, which is common enough that it could have been themselves for what you knew.
Jason: piss off, cadence, that’s good research.
Irene: not every case ends with an insane twist, like two people were murdered by an orangutan, sometimes the truth is the most simple of solutions.
[Cadence]
...In what universe are fiction novels good research...? Are you even qualified to be in this job?
(Let's move on from how he's staying in this position, I'd like to talk about how he got it in the first place...)
Jason: of course I am, why would you think I’m not?
[Cadence]
... I have my reasons. Like the fact you used a fiction novel as legitimate "research" for a murder case.
Jason:…..
*He doesn’t talk for the rest of the trip, none of them do. Jason brings cadence back to his holding cell, and Irene waves goodbye before leaving.
*Cadence waves back as she leaves, waiting for Silas to inevitably reappear.
Silas:….so kid, what now? How are you gonna defend yourself from a murder you did?
[Cadence]
It's up to Mayhew now. I can't defend myself as the defendant, can I?
I just hope that Dionysus' stupidity is enough to give me something of an edge here...
Silas:…..it’s strange, your wife hasn’t come to see you yet. Wonder where she is?
[Cadence]
Suddenly you're concerned about me now?
Anyway,I don't know where she is. If she heard the truth and decided that she didn't want to talk to me,then... that's not my decision to make.
Silas: oh don’t mistake it for pity, I just want to see how lily deals with seeing you in the holding cell, that’s gonna be entertaining.
[Cadence]
Go find out for yourself.
...Since she isn't here, I can't imagine she's taking it well...
(...What would she think if I were declared guilty...?!)
*Silas smirks and fades away from cadence, only to fade in into cadences home.*
*Lily was sewing up a dress for one of her own clients; why she was working at the moment was anyone's guess.
Silas: (can she even see me here….heh, well if she can’t, I guess I can just fuck with her instead.)
*Silas begins to smoke a cigarette in his house.*
Silas: Thank god the afterlife can still let me smoke.
*Lily doesn't even look away, continuing on like nothing happened at all. Cadence's desk has been cleared off, the slightly untidy stacks of paper, half-read books and empty or broken pens that were usually there moved somewhere out of sight.
Silas: (well she doesn’t notice me, that’s good.)
*He examines the desk, before hearing a knock on the door. A rather soft but also dominant knock, of which there were three.*
*Lily gets up to answer, and before she even looks at who's there, she begins turning them away.
[Lily]
I'm busy right now,could this wait until later?
*A man is behind the door. He’s tall, dressed in a black suit, and seems to be a man in his 50’s, balding and having a small smile that draws the line between wanting to talk and wanting to kill.*
???: My apologies Madam, but I wanted to investigate for myself this place. I won’t try and disturb anything, I just want to know what kind of person your husband is. I will be the judge of his trial after all, and I find that seeing how a person lives gives me a good idea as to what personality the accused has.
*He begins to take a step into the house, but then retracts that step and places his foot back to where it initially was.*
???: Almost forgot, I am Lawerence Wargrave, and as mentioned earlier, I will be the judge of cadences trial.
*You can’t help but sense a familiarity towards the man you see. Like you’ve met him before but can’t remember where.*
*Lily hesitates before cautiously stepping aside to let "Lawrence" inside, picking up her work and needles to ensure it wouldn't be considered incriminating.
[Lily]
...Go ahead and investigate.
*She watches him closely as he investigates.
*Lawerence looks around a bit carefully, and Silas, deciding to have some fun, sprinkles some ashes of his cigarette onto the dress she was sewing.*
Silas: hehe, this is too easy.
*Lily absentmindedly brushes them gently off the dress and continues sewing it; only half-focused on it as she watches "Lawrence".
*Once he finishes looking around a bit, he turns to leave, but not before looking at the table and placing down 4 Gold Sovereign’s.*
Lawerence: consider it my apologies for the sudden search. I hope for the best for your husband, but I’m a man of the law, and I hand down the verdicts I think are right.
*He leaves then, Silas laughs and decides to push his luck by leaving his ghost cigarette on the dress.*
[Lily]
...Of course.
*Lily gently shakes the cigarette and ashes off the dress, and sits back down to finish sewing.
Silas:….(This bitch can’t see me, either that or she doesn’t care much.)
*After a few minutes, Lily finishes the job and takes a look around, her gaze stopping for a moment on Cadence's desk; at this point entirely cleared off aside from a photo of him and Lily with Sonia.
*irene enters the house, closing the door gently, and sitting on the couch. She looks tired after everything, and feels like she’s on the verge of crying. She then goes to the kitchen to decide to make something to eat before she sleeps.*
*Lily places the photo face-down before leaving the house to visit Cadence. She could trust Irene, but she needed her answer from Cadence.
*Silas walked with lily to the detention center.*
*When she arrives, Cadence doesn't even bother with a greeting.
[Cadence]
... He's following you.
[Lily]
Be grateful he isn't haunting you right now.
Silas: Been having a real good time fucking with her, cadence.
[Cadence]
I'm sure you have.
[Lily]
Ignoring him...
I think you can figure out what I'm about to ask you.
[Cadence]
...I know.
...Would you believe me if I said I was innocent?
[Lily]
Of course I would.
Silas: not surprised your wife would believe your innocence.
[Cadence]
Shut your mouth, Silas.
[Lily]
...Would it be better if I left?
[Cadence]
That's up to you.
[Lily]
I'm going home, then.
*Cadence doesn't say anything else as Lily leaves.
Silas: I’m the only one keeping you sane yet you hate what I say. To be fair Socrates was hated for speaking the truth and keeping people sane also, so I guess we have that in common.
[Cadence]
"Only one keeping me sane" my ass, Silas.
(If anything, you're doing the opposite...)
Silas:….why don’t you just go to sleep and await your trial, ungrateful piece of shit.
[Cadence]
LIke that's not what I was going to do anyway.
(I can't do much else, can I?)
*Cadence waves Silas off before retreating to his bed.
(Silas vanishes. The next day, Jason opens cadences cell)
Jason: time for your trial, murderer.
*Cadence gets up and pulls his hair back into the usual ponytail before following Jason, simultaneously making sure he looked something like calm and presentable.
*in the defendants lounge, Mayhew, Irene, and even lily were waiting for cadence. When cadence steps inside, Mayhew walks up to him.
Mayhew: It’s a pleasure to meet you sir, I’m sure you already know who I am, so let’s skip the formalities and discuss what really matters here. I want to know your side of this story, mister Decresendo.
*Cadence waits until Jason leaves and gets replaced by the bailiff to answer.
[Cadence]
...My honest answer?
I'm guilty. At the time... I thought I could justify it. I know that probably wasn't the answer you were looking for, but there's no reason I should lie to you.
Jason: HAH, SEE, I TOLD YOU HE WAS-
Mayhew: be quiet, detective. Cadence, at least then tell me why you did it and who the victim was. I swear to you that I will give you the best defense a man can ask for, and will fight tooth and nail to at the very least save you from the gallows, which from what Irene told me, is what the prosecution is after.
[Cadence]
I killed him because he killed my father. I don't know much about him besides that. I barely even remember his name at this point...
...I don't usually try to justify murder. I'm a prosecutor for a reason, but... I really thought I was right.
Irene:…….oh, so you can tell mister Mayhew what you done with zero pressure but not me or your own wife?
Mayhew: now Irene, no need to get angry-
Irene: Forgive me, mister Mayhew, but I thought you were better than to stoop to murdering someone just out of vengeance.
Jason: oh please, your own father murdered someone also and died like a coward.
Irene: MY FATHER SAVED LIVES, SHUT UP JASON!!!……I……I just……it’s just a lot to take in, cadence.
[Cadence]
... I'm... I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do.
...in fact, I still don't. I don't like this any more than you do. I don't think he really deserved it, and I admit I was entirely wrong.
I didn't... enjoy killing him. But I don't regret it. I'll take whatever punishment they give me.
Irene: NO, I’m not letting you get hanged even if you did it, I just…….i don’t want to lose you so soon…….
[Cadence]
...No matter what they sentence me to, it won't change what I did. I appreciate the help, but... Isn't Dionysus supposed to be prosecuting anyway?
I mean this in the most respectful way possible, but I'm not really sure what you'd be able to do.
Irene: sure I can’t help much, but that’s why Mayhews is here, cadence. He will make sure you walk free.
Mayhew:…..something wrong, miss Lily, you’ve been awfully quiet at this moment.
[Lily]
... I'm just... conflicted, is all.
[Cadence]
I don't blame you.
Irene: I feel the same way.
Mayhew:….lets just get into the courtroom and get this over with.
[Cadence]
After you.
*Cadence gestures to the door, waiting for everyone else before going himself.
*They all get inside the courtroom. Dionysus is in there, looking smug as hell, while the judge is making sure everything on his bench is where they need to be.*
*Cadence takes his place in the defendant's chair, Lily goes to the gallery to spectate the trial.
//Eleanor and Angel ended up with mutuals crushes on each other on this island but immediately after nothing happened for like 15 minutes
//I gave Elizabeth's wife a fighting game and she loved it so new headcanon she likes street fighter
//REBLOG CANCELLED OLIVER IS PROPOSING TO CODA
//These two would rather invite the entire precinct before Mitchell and I think that's the funniest thing they've done so far
//Eleanor and Angel ended up with mutuals crushes on each other on this island but immediately after nothing happened for like 15 minutes
//I gave Elizabeth's wife a fighting game and she loved it so new headcanon she likes street fighter
//REBLOG CANCELLED OLIVER IS PROPOSING TO CODA
//Eleanor and Angel ended up with mutuals crushes on each other on this island but immediately after nothing happened for like 15 minutes
//I gave Elizabeth's wife a fighting game and she loved it so new headcanon she likes street fighter
//Eleanor and Angel ended up with mutuals crushes on each other on this island but immediately after nothing happened for like 15 minutes
