Morix: Web of Mistrust

Turnabout Masquerade, Part 5

"Both of them are super organized, so we can at least bring that up in the trial," Yuri commented with a shrug. "Everybody on the prosecution seems to know that too. Well, of course they know it. All three of them have been working with the agency for as long as I can remember the agency existing in the first place. We're going to have to consider who the woman with red hair is during the trial too... You know, unless we want to have to track down the victim using other methods on our own time. I don't know about what you guys think, but I believe that sounds absolutely dreadful."

I couldn't help but laugh as I nodded. "Yeah, I get that... I don't think I would want to do that either," I told her, trying to keep the atmosphere as light and cheerful as possible. Yuri starting off the conversation in a bad mood was certainly one way to get the discussion going, but I still wanted to try and cheer everybody up if it was possible. 

"For now, we'll just be patient," Deirdre declared. "As for other aspects of this case that need our attention... I've been thinking quite a bit about the strange behavior from Prosecutor Lin yesterday. Not even Nevada appeared to know what was going on, and given how close Nevada seems to have become to her caretakers in the past few weeks... It's concerning that there was such a sudden change. Something must have spurred it on, and I'm positive that it has something to do with the candle that Mr. Morix was messing with when we were first investigating the scene of the crime."

"That was when she started to change her tune as far as our conversation was concerned, so it seems safe to say that it was involved with all of this," Victoria murmured. "I have to wonder if perhaps it could have anything to do with... You know... That. I mean, those three siblings have been at the center of that sort of business from the very beginning."

"Chrysalis is the centerpiece, and Mr. Morix is her right hand. Prosecutor Lin is understandably involved given the origins of such a thing too... She's got to be connected, but... If all of that is the case, then why would the three of them know about something that was kept from all of us?" Yuri questioned. "We're part of the group too, but we were left in the dark. I don't understand any of what's going on, and I don't think that any of you guys get it either. It sucks, because we should get it! Instead, we're left scrambling around in the dark because they aren't telling us anything!"

"They must have a reason for this," I told Yuri, trying to keep her drastic anger from getting the best of her. She slumped her shoulders, likely understanding that I had a point, as I continued talking. "All we can do for now is trust their judgement and wait to see what they uncover. I'm sure that they're trying to help us from behind the scenes. They wouldn't just leave us out to dry over something this important. They have a lot to consider with this issue, yes, but that doesn't mean that they're going to just abandon us. I'm sure that you know that, but I want to make it perfectly clear that we don't have anything to worry about."

"I know," Yuri grumbled, letting out a sigh and closing her eyes in contemplation. When she opened them again, she glanced over the defendant lobby before her gaze found the door. Her eyes shot open, and I could already tell what she was going to say before the words even left her lips. "Felicity and Sky are here! Act natural!"

I couldn't help but cringe at Yuri's attempts to get the conversation to end. In her desperation to 'act natural', she wound up making us all look tense and stilted, and it would have been clear as day to anyone who looked closely enough that we were hiding something. Then again, I supposed that I really shouldn't have been surprised. That was how Yuri was. Her emotions were as drastic and dramatic as possible, and she never hesitated to show it. 

Felicity and Sky appeared beside me a few moments later, and I could tell from the way that Sky's hair was sticking out in every direction that he hadn't exactly been given as much time as he needed to get ready. Felicity, on the other hand, didn't appear to mind at all, so it became increasingly obvious to me that she was the cause of their tardiness. All was as I expected.