I finally finished playing through my AUverse! I actually really enjoyed Veilguard the 2nd time around! Pleasantly surprised with the Emmrich romance and this time I didn't mess up the Hero of the Veilguard status!
That's it for dragon age for a while now...I may play through some random characters once in a while
People who think the trick solas ending is ridiculous, makes no sense, or is bad writing... you truly just confuse the hell out of me - how cant you appreciate the sheer irony of it? Like it's objectively well written I don't understand
After the death of her aunt, Ange decided to go on a quest to find out the truth about the Rokkenjima Massacre. She ended up asking the help of a certain detective.
So here's an Umineko fic based on my theory regarding the Trick Ending. Spoiler for the end of Umineko. Enjoy!
Ushiromiya Ange remained still in front of the detective agency. Not that she was hesitating to enter or anything, she was simply lost in her thought. Her aunt Eva recently passed away, but she wasn't sad about it. She always hated her ever since she became her legal guardian, and it was mutual. Ange always felt like Eva was keeping the truth from her, about what truly happened in the Rokkenjima island. She was suspecting her of being the culprit behind the tragedy that took away her family, but she still needed concrete proof. Ange was desperate to know the truth, and quite frankly, ready to try anything. Now that Eva was dead, she was free, the chain keeping her from finding out the truth had been broken, and she was ready to investigate this mystery.
"What are we waiting for, oujo?"
Ange sighed. Hearing him just reminded her that she was stuck with him. Amakusa Juuzo, her bodyguard. Hired by Okonogi to protect her. Quite frankly, she would do perfectly fine without him, but he didn't seem like he had any intention to leave. Well, at least he wasn't preventing her from looking for the truth, so his presence was bearable. At least it gave her someone to talk to.
"Nothing, let's go," Ange said as she stepped inside the agency, followed by Amakusa.
The agency was rather small but well decorated. They walked in a small corridor until they reached a door, which Ange knocked at. After a few seconds of waiting, someone opened the door. It was a middle-aged woman with short dark blue hair barely reaching her jaw, lighter blue eyes and wearing a rather professional outfit. She smiled politely at Ange.
"Oh, you must be Ushiromiya Ange-san. Please come on in."
Ange nodded and stepped inside the office, followed by Amakusa. Inside was a desk, a couch with an armchair in front, with in between a coffee table. The blue-haired woman put two cups on the table and poured tea in it, before sitting on the armchair.
"Please take a seat, Ange-san."
"I suppose I'm not invited," Amakusa said.
"No. Go wait in the corner and stay quiet," Ange ordered him.
"Roger, oujo."
Her bodyguard did as she told him and she sat on the couch. The woman took a sip of her tea, smiling in a serene way. Ange looked at her tea, with no intention of actually touching it.
"You know, I always wanted to contact you, but your aunt never let me. Not that I'm happy she died, but at least I'm free to talk to you know."
"You can be happy. She was a bitch," Ange replied bluntly.
"Ouch, I see you two didn't have quite the aunt-niece loving relationship. Well then, I'll be frank. Her death was surely in my best interest."
Despite her cruel words, the woman was still smiling softly. Ange felt that despite her rather elegant appearance, this woman was much sinister than she looked like.
"Let me introduce myself again. I'm Furudo Erika, nice to meet you."
Ange remained quiet. After her aunt's death, she looked for the second survivor of the Rokkenjima Mass Murder Incident, Furudo Erika. Totally unrelated to the Ushiromiya family, according to what she read she would have ended up on the island after a boat accident. But Ange knew that there was more to this. So she contacted Erika and organized a meeting between the two of them. Since she was a detective, it seemed that she might be even more useful to her investigation.
"Why did you want to contact me?" Ange asked.
"Well, since you were one of the only Ushiromiya left, I wanted to talk with you, and hopefully learn more about your family. But your aunt never let me, she was quite protective of you."
"Bullshit. Eva oba-san never loved me, she didn't care about me."
"If you say so. Anyway, I simply investigated on my own to find the truth, but I never had any conclusive result. I kind of give up, but when you called me, it made me want to continue my investigation."
"What a coincidence, I also want to investigate the Rokkenjima Incident. I want to know the truth, and I was hoping you could help me."
"Oh my, so here's why you called me. I feel like we'll get along just fine. Both looking for the truth-"
"Tell me what happened on the island."
Erika remained quiet for a moment, before taking a sip of her tea and putting it back on the table.
"You're not sugarcoating it, I like that. Well, it's not like I hide what happened to me on the island. I fell from a pleasure boat near Rokkenjima and in some miracle, I survived and arrived on the island. The Ushiromiya family welcomed me as their guest, and I spent a lot of time with the younger members of the family, including your brother Battler-san."
"No need to tell me superficial details, come to the point. I want to know about the murder."
Erika chuckled.
"Very well then. It all started during dinner, Maria-san brought back a letter that she claimed was from a witch named Beatrice. It was a riddle, the Witch Epitaph, to find Kinzo-san's gold. Whoever would be the first one to solve the epitaph's riddle would inherit the gold and become the new head of the Ushiromiya family. The adults asked the kids to leave so they can talk about this mysterious letter alone, and even though I wanted to be part of it I was forced to stay with the cousins," Erika started to explain. "Then the cousins were called by Rudolf-san apparently on the behalf of Kinzo-san. Apparently he judged all his children to be unfit to be his successor and wanted to test his grandchildren instead to choose his heir. Jessica-san was asked to go to the parlour and George-san in front of the chapel. When those two left, I stayed with Battler-san and Maria-san in the cousin room."
Ange took the time to think about it. Her father called Jessica and George on the behalf of Kinzo? Somehow, that sounded fishy. Almost like a trap.
"Later, Battler got called at the chapel and I remained alone with Maria-san," Erika continued. "But my instinct told me something was odd. I knew there was something wrong. This epitaph was highly suspicious to me. So I decided to leave the cousin room and go investigate on my own. I went to the parlour and discovered… Jessica-san's corpse."
"Jessica's… corpse… how did she die?" Ange asked.
"Are you sure you want to know? It was pretty brutal-"
"Tell me. I'm here to know the truth after all."
"Very well. Her face had been smashed beyond recognition. I only knew it was her because of the clothes and the hair," Erika revealed.
Ange felt a little bit nauseous. Such an awful way to die. Whoever the culprit was, she would never forgive them.
"What happened next?" Ange asked.
"Well, I realized that there was a murderer on the island, so my detective senses got quite stirred. I decided to go see the chapel and on my way, I found Rudolf-san's corpse. He looked like he was shot twice, once in the chest and the second time in the head. I also found George-san's corpse in the forest near the chapel, similar injuries as Rudolf-san. I decided to go back to the cousin room and on my way found the corpse of most servants, and later Maria-san with her throat slit in her bed. I left once again, looking for any survivors, and found Kyrie-san's corpse in the garden, a bullet in her throat. The only people I haven't seen their corpse were Battler-san, Shanon-san, Kanon-san and obviously, Eva-san."
Ange felt sick. To learn how her family died, especially her parents, was truly awful. But she repressed those feelings, she had to remain strong, for the sake of the truth.
"Then, how did you escape? According to what I read, you found a boat and left the island before it exploded. How did you find that boat? I don't recall reading about that," Ange insisted.
Erika became quiet for a moment as if she was hesitating to continue.
"Well, that's when things become really weird. I didn't tell anyone about this because I didn't want people to think I was crazy. But since you are an Ushiromiya, I suppose you have a right to know," Erika started to say.
Ange became tense. Whatever Erika was about to tell her, it must be shocking. But she was ready to face anything, she wasn't scared of the truth. Whatever it was, she would accept it.
"I saw… the Golden Witch, Beatrice," Erika revealed.
Ange became speechless when she heard that. Beatrice… the woman on the portrait? She remembered talking about her with Maria as a child, when they played witches together. Beatrice was the witch Maria admired and respected. But she wasn't real, right? Just a child's delusion, so how… ?
"You saw… Beatrice… ?" Ange wanted to confirm.
"Yes, I did. She's actually the one who saved me."
"But… how? What happened!?" Ange demanded, more and more flustered.
"She brought me to an underground tunnel and we reached a boat. She told me that since I wasn't linked to this family, I didn't deserve to die. Obviously I asked her for an explanation, and then, her expression changed. She grinned in such a malevolent way and laughed madly, saying that she was the one who killed everyone because the Ushiromiya owed her. She took back everything that belonged to Kinzo, and that I simply wasn't part of that."
Ange remained quiet, clenching her fists in anger.
"Are you telling me… that my family has been killed by a witch?! That magic is real!? Impossible! I won't believe such foolishery, this is insane, it can't be the truth!" Ange shouted.
Most to Ange's surprise, Erika's smile turned into a sinister grin as she suddenly burst into an almost demonic, before she gazed at Ange with such arrogance.
"Of course not! Do you think I'm dumb enough to believe in magic? Obviously she wasn't a real witch, only a human wearing a fancy costume and a wig! But this human pretending to be the witch Beatrice may be the culprit we are looking for, the one behind the Rokkenjima Incident," Erika said.
Still shocked by Erika's sudden outburst, Ange remained quiet for a moment, before feeling relieved. She was worried that Erika actually believed in magic for an instant.
"Who is this culprit? Who was this person pretending to be Beatrice?" Ange asked.
"I don't know. Either one of the 17 people on the island, or some mysterious 18th person. My bet would be either a servant or an Ushiromiya."
"It must be Eva oba-san! She disguised herself as Beatrice and killed everyone!"
"Hm, I wonder. I'm still not sure if this Beatrice is really the culprit. After all, she saved my life. I can't forget this panicked expression she had on her face when I first met her, and that bloody shoulder… no, she wasn't the culprit. She had been attacked. Well, according to the Epitaph she may have wanted to murder everyone, but someone might have beat her to that. Or the adults solve the riddle before the deadline and one of them decided to kill everyone for the gold. Simply by the existence of Beatrice's wound, this level of reasoning is possible for Furudo Erika! What do you think, everyone?"
Ange remained skeptical. So this Beatrice, whoever she truly is, wouldn't be the culprit but would have intended to kill everyone for an unknown reason. But Ange didn't care with she wanted to, she was only interested in the real culprit, the one that stole her family away from her.
"So Beatrice is pointless. No need to find who she is, we should focus on the actual culprit," Ange said.
"Well, the fact Rudolf-san called us for some kind of test and before going there were killed is highly suspicious," Erika said.
"No, my father can't be the culprit! After all, he was killed too. You said he called on my grandfather's behalf? Then maybe it's him, who tricked my father and orchestrated the murder of his family," Ange theorized.
"That's an interesting theory, I did think of it too."
"Is there anything else I don't know about the incident?"
"No, I told you everything I know."
"How much will it cost?"
"Eh?"
"You're a detective after all, you can't have told me all of that information freely. How much will it cost me?"
"Ah! Don't worry about that, for you it will be free. After all, I did want to discuss with you."
"Fine. Well then, if you have nothing more to tell me, I'll leave. Thank you for your time."
Ange rose up, ready to go, but before she could leave, Erika suddenly grabbed her arm.
"Wait! I'm not done with you," Erika said.
"But I am."
"Let me finish! What if we work together to uncover the Rokkenjima mystery and discover the truth?"
Ange thought about it. Somehow, she wanted to do this alone. It was her family, it felt personal. But, Erika was a survivor of the Rokkenjima Incident, she was there when her family was murdered, and in addition, she was a detective. Her help could be precious.
"Fine, let's team up," Ange agreed.
"Wonderful! How about you work with me at my agency? Helping me solve my cases, it would sharpen your skills. And we could work together to solve the Rokkenjima Incident."
Ange hesitated. Working for Erika didn't seem that much pleasant, but it was true that it could help her develop better deduction skills, which could be useful to find the culprit who killed her family.
"Okay, I'll work with you. But it better not be a waste of time," Ange replied.
"Don't worry, it won't. Glad that we'll now work together, my dear new assistant."
Ange sighed. This alliance was the start of her quest. The quest of the truth regarding the Rokkenjima Incident and the murder of her family. And she was determined to succeed, no matter what.
***
Suddenly, a truly devilish smile appeared on Erika's face. Under Ange's expression of disbelief, Erika started to shrink, her hair grew long and was now tied up in twintails, and her clothes changed for a fancy white and pink dress. Her smile softened as she grabbed her dress to lift it a little and bowed elegantly.
"Allow me to introduce myself properly. I'm Furudo Erika, the detective, as well as a Witch of Truth."
Ange remained shocked by what she witnessed. A middle-aged woman just turned into a teenager in front of her eyes! And now she was calling herself… a witch? She looked around and discovered that Amakusa had disappeared.
"It can't be true… magic can't be real, you can't be a witch, you said it yourself that they don't exist!" Ange exclaimed.
"Magic and witches do in fact not exist, in your world. But this isn't your world anymore. Welcome to the Meta-World, Ange-san."
"I… I don't understand…"
"It's fine if you don't. Anyway, whether I truly am a witch or not doesn't matter. It's Beatrice's status as a witch we need to disprove."
Ange reminded quiet for a moment, still shocked by what she saw, but eventually come back to her sense and regained her composure.
"No. We need to discover who the culprit is. If Beatrice isn't the culprit, then there's no point in finding out her true identity," Ange said.
"But you can't know for sure that she isn't the culprit. Wouldn't it be better to discover who she is in case she is the culprit?"
"But didn't you say yourself that you didn't think she was the culprit?"
"The Erika of this world did, but I'm not her. I'm the Erika from another world. But I do know everything about this world, but it doesn't mean I agree with everything my human self said."
"Right… well then, are you going to help me find the truth?"
"That's what I'm here for! I'll be your witch guardian, and I'll help you find out the truth and destroy that illusion of the Golden Witch. Surely you know about those message bottles? Even if the books weren't written in this world, those messages still exist here, as well as all the forgeries made."
"You mean those messages signed by Maria onee-chan? Yeah, I know about them. Different scenarios about what happened on the island. A lot of people become fans of those theories and started writing their own, I suppose that it was your mean by forgeries."
"Creating a perfect catbox for the Rokkenjima Incident. But together, we'll open that catbox and reveal the truth. Let's put an end to those theories and destroy that illusion once and for all! Join me on that quest and be my assistant, Ange-san, fellow Witch of Truth."
Erika held out her hand, smiling. Ange hesitated. This just sounded all so crazy. But she did want to know the truth, and she hated all those forgeries. Her family's death shouldn't be a show or something to theorize about, she wanted them to finally rest in peace, and the only way for that was to reveal the truth.
Ange made her choice. With a serious gaze, she grabbed Erika's hand, who immediately grinned in a way only a witch could.
"Good. Very Good."
A world where Erika survived and become a private detective. My interpretation of the Trick Ending.
This story might stay as a one-shot, but I do have a full plot in mind. So if you're interested let me now, leave a note or a comment and follow the fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20956274. Thanks for reading and maybe seeya next time, bye!
Oh, before I leave. I made a When They Cry discord server, to talk about Higurashi, Umineko, Ciconia and other 07th Expansion series. You can join here: https://discord.gg/NhwaPX7
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Ushiromiya Ange, Furudo Erika, Amakusa Juuza
Additional Tags: Murder Mystery, Trick Ending AU, Detectives, Witches, Magic, Fantasy, Alternate Universe, Post-Canon, Spoilers
Summary: After the death of her aunt, Ange decided to go on a quest to find out the truth about the Rokkenjima Massacre. She ended up asking the help of a certain detective.
Hi there! New fic about Umineko, based on the Trick Ending. Enjoy!
Dear reader,
The next day after yelling at him, he apologized and cried and admitted his love for me.. I couldn't have been happier.. finally things are going my way! Maybe I can finally stop crying.. just kidding
That didn't happen. He's actually still being a jerk face and ignoring me.
I like Lucas more, because I can alter his feelings and make him worship me and feel my pain.. I'm twisted
<<<<Credits go out to my friend "Sally" for giving me the idea with a mean girls reference:)>>>>
