Adachi Tohru (
foggydetective) wrote in
realmofstories2020-10-05 12:03 am
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
Entry tags:
[Open] A poisonous feast
Characters: Tohru Adachi [The Evil Queen (Snow White)] & everyone / anyone
Campaign: Break
Format: Either
Open
Summary: Poison plot time.
Prompts are on the comments. Feel free to contact me via the original plotting post or the Discord Server if you have any questions.
The food is being distributed during the festival mentioned on the intro log.
Campaign: Break
Format: Either
Open
Summary: Poison plot time.
Prompts are on the comments. Feel free to contact me via the original plotting post or the Discord Server if you have any questions.
The food is being distributed during the festival mentioned on the intro log.
no subject
"Kimishima- I got some samples for you."
He was carrying a large sack-- placing it down on the floor, he opened it to reveal... more sacks, but much smaller and made of leather.
"I tried to keep cross contamination as low as I could, but only so much I can do when we don't have plastic here."
He had dark rings under his eyes- just how much sleep had he been getting, lately? Probably very little. He pulled his hand back to rub the bridge of his nose.
"If you can figure out what was being used, that'd be helpful, but obviously the antidote is more important."
no subject
Stepping away from the makeshift cot, she approached him, eyeing the sack... and then more inside.
"I see..."
Lacking plastic was rather inconvenient, but he did his best considering the alternative was glass - no, far too heavy.
"That's fine. This will do." It shouldn't be terribly contaminated unless something rotted. Accepting the sack, she glanced back at him. "Right... I take it you'll only rest after our suspect has been caught."
no subject
Pulling out a scroll, Dojima unfurled it carefully, showing Naomi.
"I drew out a map of the market stalls and started putting in the locations the foodstuffs were bought from. As you can see, it's all random; it's not localized to a particular stall, or producer. Pretty good evidence that it's outside contamination and not something inherent to someone's field, like it being enchanted or cursed."
At her question... Dojima sighed, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Right. I'm... trying to be objective about this. I have to be. But..."
The frustration was obvious on his face. Palpable. If Adachi appeared infront of him at this moment, there would be no restraint.
"He said he was the 'Fairest' Queen. I didn't mention that on the journal post because although I could tell he was dressed up for the role, considering he wasn't the type to wear dresses-- He could've easily lied. After all, he lied about plenty before."
So many things. Too many things.
"I wanted to go by information I could confirm, not theories." She'd understand, right? The need to be thorough and not jump to conclusions...
"I do read bedtime stories to Nanako; one of them was Snow White, so I knew that was the likely candidate, but I couldn't risk it being anyone else... I asked the Librarians for every book that had an notable queen in it, especially if they were vain, or powerful. The Snow Queen, the White Witch, the Queen of Hearts, the White and Red Queens from Through the Looking Glass, Titania the fairy queen, Queen Goddesses of different Mythologies... "
Rolling his map up again, Dojima rubbed his temples, feeling the strain on his eyes get worse, all of a sudden.
"But with this poisoning, putting people to sleep? Into a coma? I'm positive it's Adachi, and he's the 'Evil Queen' from Snow White, or whatever odd variation there could be."
no subject
Standing straight, she crossed her arms and sighed.
"I believe you are correct. I've read Snow White a few times to Alyssa now - the only queen that would mentioned being the 'fairest' was the Evil Queen. She asked that frequently of her Magic Mirror and attempted to kill Snow White when the girl became the 'fairest' by the Mirror's words."
no subject
She'd... never mentioned that before. And that was an American name, wasn't it--?
...Whatever, now's not the time.
"I'm glad to have some confirmation, so I haven't lost my touch completely. ... I'm just pissed off."
He continued to rub the bridge of his nose, sighing deeply.
"They wouldn't let me follow Adachi to his home, so I don't know exactly where it's located. And even then, there's no guarantee he's making it in there, he could've set up a lab outside..."
Though Dojima paused, frowning.
"...No, I doubt that. Everything about the previous case was all about him taking advantage of opportunities given to him, not going out of his way to make them himself. It'd probably be too much work to do that, and he's too... apathetic about most things to try -that- hard."
no subject
She hadn't mentioned Alyssa before? Well, she wanted to keep the girl wholly uninvolved so speaking about her was generally avoided.
"Understandable... but not an excuse to skip cleaning up or taking a nap."
Naomi stared pointedly at him, but that lecture would be saved for later. If the arrest was made, then he could clean up. But if he didn't do that soon after the arrest was complete, he was in trouble.
"... I believe the Queen did her concocting inside the castle. And with the nature you've described, it's the most probable hold up for him."