Post by Peregrine on Feb 16, 2024 16:12:09 GMT -6
"Even if Sanji is the culprit, that doesn't clear up all the surrounding circumstances."
"Sanji claims he gave The Caretaker a sugar cookie, distinct from the chocolate chip cookies he served everyone else. The fact that the cookie found in her private room was chocolate chip corroborates what Perv said about giving her the cookie that had been given to him—she'd already eaten a cookie from Sanji, and didn't feel like eating another at the time."
"It's possible the cookie she ate had something sharp deliberately baked into it. That would account for the abrasions Saya spotted in her mouth, and may have been sufficient for..."
She pauses.
"...no, it wouldn't. Zoro, it seems as though your Active ability was used to create a, erm, Spectral Sword, but it couldn't be used on something in the cookie unless whoever was responsible also had access to your Passive ability. And... well, I'm almost certain that whatever The Caretaker ate is responsible for what killed her. The wound appears to have originated from inside her body."
"We have no confirmation of Sanji's Power Word ability. The idea that he can copy someone else's is compelling, but it's only an assumption. Ironically, the simpler solution is the existence of an accomplice. Your description of your Active ability seems accurate, insofar as it matches the wound, but you're fully capable of omitting details. Perhaps you can only create the Spectral Sword within a certain range, but are still able to manipulate it from further away. In fact, it seems almost certain you omitted something to that effect, given that neither you nor Sanji were anywhere near the Inn at the time of death."
She steeples her fingers.
"It's entirely possible you used your time together at the Inn to select a sharp object for Sanji to bake into a cookie, then used your Active ability to turn it into a Spectral Sword. You agreed on 7:50 as the time, and each proceeded with your night as normal. Sanji invoked The Caretaker's Power Word, gaining control of the Inn's Ledger and removing the “No Violence” rule."
"At precisely the agreed-upon time, you slashed the Spectral Sword that The Caretaker had unwittingly swallowed. Seconds later, Sanji rewrote the “No Violence” rule in the Ledger, locking it in place upon her death. During this time, Sanji was at the Bank with MC—but MC was stuck inside the safety deposit box. Sanji used that crucial moment out of view to rewrite the rules before helping to free him."
"This feels like an adequate explanation of the facts."
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