[Salone]

Lady Isabelle Molatto

Originally Posted by CupcakeDolly

Everyone at this dinner has a bottle of laudanum on their person, but yours is the only one that's nearly empty. What do you take the medicine for, and why is most of yours gone?

Well if you must know, I have a very...distinguished history. I am a veteran you know. I've seen more battlefields than Iggy over there. What's better, I haven't ran away from them. But you get to my age and are still alive, you pick up your share of nicks and scrapes and interestingly shaped scars. Sometimes you...you need a bit of a pick me up. I've been needing more and more to keep the pain away. I'm not as spry as I used to be, but the Laudanum keeps me moving. If you can't put two and two together, I've been on it rather heavily today. I know it's not good for me, but at this point I don't care.

Originally Posted by Illusion

Lady Scrimshaw seems very assure of Alabaster's loyalty, do you have any reason not to trust Alabaster? He was the first one to have found Giselle.

Up until tonight, I have had very little personal dealings with the man. I have seen him about town doing the shopping for Scrimshaw, but he pretty much keeps to himself. I don't know what his motive would be to kill off Treylbach, unless he's such a bumbling oaf that he gave him a plate that he meant to give to someone else. Now Giselle, well...if we're being blunt, we all know that Scrimshaw hated Giselle. Scrimshaw herself would never dirty her own hands, but Alabaster would do anything for her. He's spry and quiet for an old man. The girl sneaks off, starts drinking the private stock, a little shove at the top of the stairs and who is to say that they can prove what happened? Stairs have killed many a commoner and king, with dreams of succession for someone else at the bottom. Just saying, if it is him. I personally don't think it is, but I'm not going to stake my life on it. The people you trust are generally the ones putting knives in your back when they go in to hug you. That's why I don't trust anyone these days. Leads to a lonely life, but at least you get to keep that life.

Originally Posted by Lawtan

As the last person to have seen Giselle alive, do you remember any details that could help with the investigation? Anything out of place, or anyone you ran into shortly thereafter?

Not particularly. The girl seemed...skittish, squirmy. Most likely just nerves though, she saw a man die halfway through her dinner, and I know her kind. Anything that stops them from eating scares them, her soul still remembered not being able to eat every night, or sometimes at all. That kind of fear never leaves a person. But yes, she was rather skittish now that I think about it. Very high strung. Other than that, nothing sticks out...well, except maybe her collar bone. I'm sorry, that was in poor taste. I never know what to say during times like these.

Originally Posted by Demonskid

What is your opinion about Lord Consul Gunther Helkonan-Oscar-Seclassi Treylbach and his proposal for controlling the mercantile business?

My my, the second person to accomplish that. His name is tiring, and so was he. It doesn't affect me or my business dealings, so I haven't really given it much thought. Personally I don't think that there should be any meddling in to private business, but following that would lead to complete anarchy. He meant well I guess, but he could have been more subtle about it. That's how he wound up dead.

Originally Posted by Demonskid

Have you heard anything about Lady Agatha Scrimchaw's health? Her meal did seem unusually light during dinner.

Yeah I have, I've heard she's got too much of it. Laying around the house staring forlornly out the window all day, and big spreads in the evenings? I hear she was beginning to get quite porky. She's trying to slim down, or at least keep herself where she is, but this is the most work she's ever had to do in her life and I can tell it's affecting her already sour mood. She's probably not lying about the leaner sweet meats being specifically for her.

Originally Posted by AutobotDen

Forgive my impudence, but it's been implied that you and Bosney had a relationship at one point... and it's well known that you've both had military experience in some way, shape, or form. Would you happen to know anything about a particular incident concerning Bosney and apparent dereliction of duty?

Oh yes. Yes, I know all about that. However, that particular time between us is a very private and complicated affair of mine, and until I am held at knife point on it, I wish to remain discreet on the matter. Besides, I fail to see how that could affect anything going on tonight.

Originally Posted by Hero

Where did you go after you left Giselle in tears?

As you finish the question, there is a swirl of color as your words become power manifest. They disappear from you, riding backwards along the currents of time. You wait a brief moment before there is a rushing torrent of sound, the only acknowledgement of the fabric of space and time ripped asunder to float in tatters on the wind of change. Your words twist around and carry forward once more, bringing with them an answer.

It sounds so cruel when you put it like that. I went for a stroll around the manor. No, I do not have an alibi. When I want to not be found, I am not found. However, as much as I detest Giselle's lifestyle, I would not murder her. Poor thing had enough sorrow to look forward to in life.