Story telling Photo Frame 3/5

[Third photo Frame]

Detective Watson was waiting on halfway of some rich person mansion. She was standing in front of the door leading to workroom of the mansion lord/lady. She was observing some (abstract?) paintings until butler returned from inside with word that she can come in.

As she blonde finally entered the workroom, she was meet by a rich lady Ina'nis siting in a chair gently petting/ stroking a cat in her lap. Whit a white fur like fluffy scarf hanging from her shoulders and high society dress, she look like a mafia boss. She glanced at the visitor and hum. "Hmm. One light cola."

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Watson was quite quick to correct the lady about her profession. "I am detective, not a barman."

But Ninomae stay calm. "That was addressed to my dear butler." She pointed at the man behind an actual bar counter surrounded by many shelf full of bottles and glasses. "So, what you will drink?"

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"Depend on the request you have for me."

"Okay right to the topic. I want you to found a missing person." Ninomae pulled out a file folder and handed it to Watson and the blonde look inside while the purple lady continued. "She was tasked to make a certain delivery. But her and the package, simply vanished. Then there are talking between the folks, that she is on the way here. Whats more she was even seen journeying. But still, she dint arrived. Something on this, is not right."

The lady was ready to continue her story even further, but attention of both was redirected at the land monument behind open window. Someone can say that the mansion was build with a sole purpose to have a clear view on a spike mountain in short distance as an important ceremonial site called (The mountain of prayers). What start like a flash from a powerful slice through the air, quickly evolved into a silent thunder of seismic earthquake, when the mountain start to move to side. Bot of the girls watched how the spike mountain collapse down to the ground. It was so perfect fall like a watching a professional raze of skyscraper, who just deconstruct itself into a pile of rube in mere moment.

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Even if the detective was using a personal binocular both of them noticed a (person?) falling down from the top of the mountain. As if it was shaken from top floor of skyscraper and the wild winds take it to far side. Then the detective noticed something on the falling person and look again onto the file. After a quick glance she turn her face onto the person next to her.

Ninomae who had stone like smile that feel more like a spasm/ convulsion, sensed the intense stare of the blonde. "Okay, for a record,… this was not staged. Her or mountain."

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That answer confused the detective to the point she barked: "What?! I just saw her falling from the mountain. That was like a mile away. Anyway, how can you saw somebody on that distant? And how she was able to raze a mountain?"

"Oh it was not her, who conquered The mountain of prayers. Literally as if it was an entity… I am sure with this fact because, I saw that one shot kill slice more that once. From the angle of the slice and place where it come, I can narrow down the number of suspects. Actually I am quite confident of who do it." It was just a slim hint but a dark shadow appeared on Ninomae face. "And why she do it."

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But that was not enough for Watson. "What?! That was not a dam pile of rocks! Its a dam hill!! A mountain newer-less."

The lady turned her head making a somehow (shocked?) but (happy?) expression. "I know, I was taking care about that attraction for a quite while. But I am conflicted, if I shall mourn it, or saw it as a sing of a new begging. What an opportune loss."

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The blonde make an expression of somebody who is reconsidering the taken job.

Violet girl probably saw that to and added. "What I mean to say is: that this job will be a possibly a short one. The mystery behind the disappearance is simple. The sign poll prank at the crossroads, was a huge success. Two of my friends went nuts by this."

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Watson knew a trouble lays behind a door if she accept this job. But she tried to evade it. "So~o? Are we done here?"

"Not quite. The questions are plain simple: How to trick my friend one, to make a correct turn on her journey and arrive here. How to trick my other friend, to not slice us in her current particular state of mind. Aka minimizing the losses, that can skyrocket quite fast and high. While make sure, that I will not get fully blamed for all of this." She make a silly (Upsiee) gesture. "So,… Will you take this yob?, miss detective?"

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The blonde had a sweating face. "Any advice?"

"Well. Grab from the bar the most expensive looking liquid bottle, the most silly or sweet looking liquid bottle, and a straw basked filled by a picnic food. Any more and you will be exposed. Now go!"