Genshin Impact React (Book 1)

Knives out (Part 1)

Kenny: Alright, who's ready for murder mystery

Lumine: I don't see how this much people can play

Aether:......Ok I'll go get the board what game would it be Cluedo or Murder Mystery Mansion???

Kenny: Not the board game, the movie Knives out

Aether: Oh nevermind then [Aether then chucks away a limited addition Cluedo: Luxury edition]

Beidou: Fire away!!!!

Heizou: Murder Mystery, finally a fun puzzle for my intellect

[The grounds of a New England manor. Pre-dawn misty.]

Diluc: This manor is more beautiful than mine

Lumine: Thrombey Estate, owned by Harlan Thrombey a very, and I mean very successful writer and publisher

[Inside the manor unlit and still. Gothic with a theme of antique games, arcane puzzles and decorative weapons. First floor: A drawing room, living room, kitchen. The detritus of a party. Stray champagne flutes. Follow one housekeeper named Fran carrying a tray of coffee up a flight of stairs.]

Yelan: Is there anything we should know about this???

Itto: Yeah, who's the maid??

Kuki: We got to know everyone if it's a murder myself, Heizou would love it

Heizou: I'm loving it the moment it was about a murder mystery

Aether: He name is Fran, she's a maid in this lovely manor

[Second floor: a hallway, doors all closed. The house has not woken up, and Fran steps lightly. Up a much narrower creaky flight of steep stairs. Third floor: the master bedroom suite.

Fran: Morning Mr Thrombey

[But the bed is empty, unslept in. A robe thrown across it. Fran heads out onto the landing and up an even narrower half flight of stairs, which leads to a single door.]

Fran:  Mr Thrombey you up there? Mr Thrombey
I'm coming in 

[A cramped attic study, every shelf crammed with curios. The door swings open and Fran sees: Harlan Thrombey himself. 85 years old. Slung across a white leather day bed. Throat slit. Drenched in blood. Very much dead.

Fran: [Fran's tray slips out of her hands for a second.]Shit.

Wriothesley: That's it?? There's a dead man

Focalor: There's a dead body and the first word is a swear word

Heizou: Ladies and Gentleman, we have a case in our hands. The victim, Mr Harlan Thrombey

Kenny: Hold on, you don't have any evidence, you have to see this through

[Barbara Cabrera wakes with a cry. Plain, modern, cramped. Marta, in her late twenties, takes a moment to catch her breath. Opens a window.]

Barbara: M...m...me!!?

Aether: Barbara Cabrera, Harlan's nurse

Lumine: Due to his old age, he hired you as his caretaker

[A tiny window in a cheap apartment building opens, Barbara s face appears breathing deep. "One Week" - after Harlan Thrombey's demise"]

[Barbara sits in front of a laptop. Her mom is at the table with her, her sister Alice watches CSI on an iPad on the counter top. Murder related dialog from the show. Barbara scroll through a jobs site, tired, eyes dead. Her mom
watches, concerned.]