grimmoired | PROLOGUE : TRIAL

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PROLOGUE - WEEK 037 Narrators Remain ;

Wakey wakey, naughty murder children. It's a lovely Saturday, after all. Breakfast is served piping hot at its usual time and all of the evidence has been removed from the scenes of yesterday. No matter how you choose to spent your morning though, the clock will begin to chime the moment both hands reach the large, ornate twelve.

Before your eyes materializes a door...but not just any door. Unlike the door leading to the festival, this door sits primly and properly right in front of the foyer. Whether you exit the castle on your own or you feel a friendly, invisible push, you begin to walk under an arc of wisterias. Behind you, the clock continues to chime with every step you take.

By the time the time the clock strikes twelve, you've entered a beautiful garden. In front of you is a long table, 19 seats on each side. Around the garden are several glass cases containing evidence collected yesterday. As noon intensifies on the sun-shaped clock, you'll find Dragon at the head of the table, a glass-covered rose near her right hand.

Tick tock, Narrators. You have nine hours to deliberate.

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Nobody in this castle knows who you are, old sport, so I doubt that.

Well, you would've been, if you kept eating ink. Even three year olds know that you shouldn't do a thing like that.

I've already been recognized, though?

[MONIKA OR EICHI BACK HIM UP]

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... I did, [ she says, with a laugh. ] I mean, he's really famous, so...

Monika. [He actually places a hand on her shoulder, his look pitying.] Please get better taste.

... better taste than knowing who a prominent 20th century Japanese author is...?

[ come to think of it. ]

I do know your name, too.

Yes. Even if he's that.

[CALLOUT POST FOR DAZAI: HE SUCKS]

Oh, do you? [He's grinning wide.] You probably recognize me from TV and such, don't you? I've given several interviews to magazines as well..

[ ... ]

Well, it might be related to how we're all from different worlds and time periods, but actually, I know you as another very well-known author. One who also wrote in the early 20th century, although American instead of Japanese.

[...]

Well. [He lets out a laugh. It's a bit of an uncomfortable one.] You've got the wrong person, old sport. I've never written a thing in my life. I'm an industry leader, not an author. And it's 2018 where I am.

[ Monika blinks once or twice. ]

That's so fascinating. I know the name is right! F. Scott Fitzgerald. You don't have a wife named Zelda, do you?

[Now he's the one blinking.]

Yes, I do.

How do you know that? I haven't told you that.

It's a well-known fact about him. Everyone who knows his work probably also knows her name. His biggest novel was The Great Gatsby.

...

[uhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]

What's a Gatsby?

[ ... ]

I guess that part didn't translate, ahaha!

[???]

Anyways...that's nonsense. Just because that other Fitzgerald also has a wife named Zelda and has a book like... [He waves it off, trying to save face, but it's clear he's affected by the information.] Whatever. It's just a silly coincidence, that's all.

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I'm well aware of who Dazai-san is, actually.

[He's here to help, even if Fitz had fun rich speak with him!!]

Oh, do you?

[GRUMBLES]

Well, whatever. Even if he is remembered and influential, it doesn't change the fact that he's an idiotic brat.

Aha, well, licking strange ink and risking effects is rather bold, so I can't say that I disagree with that, either.

[But he likes idiots? Sorry Dazai.]

It's exciting to have him around, though, isn't it? Fufu, a balance of sorts, like tiger and dragon.

I don't know. It's one thing to be exciting, and the other to be a thorn in the side. Surely, he's entertaining, but at some point it's too much.

He can lick all the ink he wants, though. I don't care.

Do try to get along here, Fitzgerald-san. As for any rivalry you may have, you can show it with your own work.

[Eichi that's not—]

Here, though, it may be better to appear pleasant to others, or you'll become the aggressive one in the group, and set yourself as a target.

I don't have any-

[SIGHS.]

Don't worry. I have better things to do with my life than deal with him. Don't worry. This will be the last time we have such a petty disagreement.

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That's the spirit. ♪ Now we can all get along, yay~. What a relief.

He’s an author recognized not only for being one of Japan’s most memorable modern authors but also for also for his turbulent and self-destructive life. [ what can he say? waver’s a bookworm ]

It’s not something I’d be wholly proud of if I were him. He may have been famous, but his terrible personality is enough to overshadow it here.

[So everyone is confirming him as an author. Fitzgerald frowns.]

Hm. Well, author or not...you're right. He may have written great things, but if his personality is as immature and ugly as it is, it doesn't mean that should be respected. He should act better if he wants to be taken seriously.

[ waver sighs, full of disappointment towards dazai’s actions. part of him continues to hope that the author will change at some point but... fuck. ]

Even this... do not take it too seriously. Consider it a tantrum because he can’t cope well with Lady Shapray’s guilt in this murder case.

Don't worry, I will. I'm annoyed but ultimately, I've already written him off as someone not worth bothering with. Let him be angry all he wants. He just doesn't need to go against my partner again, and I'll be happy.