Addressing first.
> When was there a character change? (Do I keep this as part of the Chen series?)
The change started around 30ish of the last thread. But only temporarily, its not an entirely new game, its kind of a game inside a game. Chen will be back in the main character seat after the trial. Its just a touch I decided to add since sitting through a trial as Chen would be boring. Count it with the rest of the series.
>Approach Chen.
>"Okay. We got a little time. I need all the details. Where you were, who saw you there, everything."
Chen nods. "Uhm... It has to be before the hair cut, and after the battle...so... After the battle I went to the SDM with Suika and Cirno, as I said. Cirno left and Suika and I went back to the shrine, after that I went to fight with Marisa. After I lost, I was in Sanae's pond, then came to check out Kourindou, then went to the SDM and got the knives to cut my hair."
So it has to be somewhere in there. This is a bit annoying, doesn't she remember exactly what happened an hour ago?
>discard all morals and seal off your heart. You ARE a lawyer, no?
You're a queen first. Just without the dresses.
>"Please answer me honestly, Chen. You didn't kill her, right? pleasesayno"
>Ask Chen ask first confrontation with Meira.
>So how did the apparently no explosive damage on Chen's clothes argument go? There was no response on it, yet it can pretty much proves that Chen was not the person being shot at! Also, I realise Wriggle never knew where Chen got her new clothes so...
>Ask Chen where she got new clothes.
>Ask Chen for opinions on the following possibilities:
>1. Mystia did it and framed you; and
>2. Marisa did it and framed you;
>Ask Chen to talk about after she got her new clothes and before she got her new cape. Just so Wriggle knows. Since Mystia testified that there was no cape, it is possible the impersonator must have not seen the cape and dressed up as Chen to frame her.
>We need to get Tewi here to ask her if anyone else got Reisen's clothes from her!
Chen shakes her head. "No... I haven't even seen her since the battle."
You ask Chen how the first confrontation went. She explains it in detail to you.
Damn it. She -did- have projectiles. Even if you can wave it away to them, you're lying and it can trip you up.
Unfortunately, you don't think the clothes argument can hold up. The damage on the trees seem a bit localized, so unless Chen actually got hit, it isn't unexpected there would be no damage.
You ask Chen, so she explains how Tewi gave her them, and how Sanae's miracle seems to have fixed them up after the Marisa fight.
Chen crosses her arms and thinks. "...Uhm, Marisa really hates me, but it isn't too likely. I mean, how would she move so quickly? And look like me, at that. I don't think Nyamune is too common, either...
Mystia is more likely, but her alibi is pretty tight..."
You have her relay what happened between the cape and new clothes periods.
You're not sure, even if Tewi did give them to someone else... Its TEWI. Do we really want her on the witness stand?
>Show Chen your Lawyer's Badge
>Make mental note to show your badge to everyone you meet.
You show off a bit.
> "Oh god...Why me?"
You lament out loud by mistake, Chen seems a bit disheartened.
> Ask some of the guards what happened to Shikieiki, and why Komachi of all people got promoted.
> Figure if it wasn't the Chen imposter who attacked first, but Meira. Meira might still be sore about the attack, and once she found 'Chen' she tried taking revenge. This back fired on her, discovering that the being wasn't Chen, and payed dearly for it. Whatever this imposter is (evil look-a-like or demonic shapeshifter), it gets a murderous edge once provoked. This may have something to do with the parasites. Perhaps their creator can make homunculi, or assemble the parasites to shapeshift into someone?
EDIT: Also, I think the Meira's sword was destroyed not because of Chen's own strength, but because of Nyamune's power. Chen couldn't have beaten her up with her claws so severely before finishing her. Chen doesn't have an ounce of strength to scratch and throw around someone like that. The dismemberment may have been possible for Chen though, thanks to Nyamune.
The guards are suspiciously quiet, or honestly don't know either.
You ponder the idea. Especially with the shape shifter... A second Chen would explain things, but would that mean she is being -watched-? Someone after her is bad enough, but someone who can see what she is up to? The idea is pretty frightening.
You'd be able to do that route if Nyamune has any signs of magical activity. Its pretty much a slab of metal given edge.
