Our story begins at a dinner party hosted by a mysterious individual, simply referred to as Joan, where they admit to blackmailing their visitors. The guests, who have been given aliases, are Mr. Anxious, Princey, Mr. Brain, Professor Demented, Snake, and Col. Heart. When Joan turns up murdered, all are suspects, and together they try to figure out who the killer is.
[PLEASE NOTE!: I tagged certain ships in this so it would be easier to find. I would like to point out that there is no explicit romantic content in this, it is all simply platonic. Also, there is mentions of murder, cause... you know... it's a murder mystery, so there's very mild descriptions of character death, but it's nothing too major. Nothing gory, or anything like that.]
[Cross-Posted on AO3]
A game. That's what it was, or what it was supposed to be. It's become bigger than that, and they all know it. The royals all participate in the game, unknowingly or not, and they are all strictly aware that one wrong move will lead to their demise. The figurative name of the game is lying and deception. Cheating is practically a requirement; those who play fair never win. Virgil Lancaster remained blissfully unaware of this game's existence until the night of the Sunstrix Gala. Will he become yet another victim of the Trickster's Test, or will his new knight keep him from losing himself?
**I do not own the characters of Sanders Sides nor the art used for the cover**
**TW (individual triggers provided in chapters except swearing): Lil bit of violence, lil bit of alcohol (no bad actions associated with it just general drinking, not main characters), mentions of death/grieving, some toxic family stuff (also not main characters)