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[reposing]

So there's a problem.

[Introductions? No, none of that.

The video comes online to show two individuals: Alucard, who clearly has seen better days on account of how grungy he appears, twigs in his hair, and a bottle of wine in his hand. Rosella, clearly dressed in a gown fit for a princess, is on the ground with eyes closed and not breathing. As Alucard moves his phone to show her looking kind of dead, it's clear that both these people are in the recently revealed gardens where the suspicious tea party is located.]

I found this young lady like this, along with an empty tea cup. Presumably, she's been poisoned, but I lack any ability to undo the damage done. I don't believe she is dead, but who knows how much longer she has.

[He has a drink from his bottle before he continues.]

If someone has any knowledge on these teas and what best to do next, that'd be ideal.

Comments

[reposing]

Nothing that I recognized. But my sense of smell seems... a bit off since I arrived.

Oh? And what do you specialize in, exactly?

[matermali]

[ Sense of smell? That's unusual, unless it was enhanced somehow. Noted. ]

I specialize in being one of the few attempting to help you in earnest.

[ Not that she hasn't paid attention to the other 'suggestions'. In this city, well, anything is possible. ]

Or you could simply kiss her.

[reposing]

A fair point.

How long would it take for you to arrive in the gardens?

[matermali]

Not long, I would say, but who knows what that means for her.

[ Vanessa doesn't much think she'll be able to help if it has anything do with the city, but she'd already begun heading that way as soon as she saw the scene he supposedly happened upon. ]

Do you mean to leave her there like that until I arrive?

[ Dead or alive, let the woman have a little dignity before you splash her across everyone's screen. Isn't there at least a bench nearby? ]