VII
10 years ago
21 October
06:48
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Morning, because if it was a good morning, I wouldn't be in a police car a month later going to the station for questioning rather than going to school and spending time with my friends, doing schoolwork, and enjoying what minimal childhood I have remaining now that half of my family is literally dead.
It's actually … baffling; how have they not found out who did it? I know some cases take months – if not years to solve, but the fact we're royalty? I feel like we should have our case solved by now due to how popular we are amongst city folk, surely somebody has seen it??? Not only that factor is annoying – stressful even – since we were present the night of the murder, we're prime suspects – yes, prime suspects.
On a plus note, Kura's with us this time, because if you remember, he was also present at the time of the murder.
I could have sworn my siblings and myself were warned about this by Atsuyo while subjected to the thought that something like this would in fact happen… and it's scary to note that Atsuyo was right. I'm pretty sure he's a psychic, but that is a story for another page.
To our knowledge, the officers have no leads, and it appears they really need us childrens' testimonies in order to even attempt to discover the killer's identity. It's going to be difficult to recall that distinguishable silhouette that I could perspicuously see through the very dim room. I felt his eyes on me, his weapon in the proximity of at least 5 feet from me, which may seem good, but I could almost feel the cold steel of a weapon grazing my skin, ready to end me.
Knowing so much information yet so little makes me guilty. It makes me feel gross, it makes me sick to my stomach. Why would anyone want this?
I resort back to the facts. All I know is the killer is male, and now is labeled a serial killer. There are suspicions that there's more than meets the eye, but I'm not one hundred percent sure just how much of it is accurate. In my opinion, there's definitely more than one killer. But the biggest question arises at the end – who wants us dead?
I personally believe Rosa could be a suspect, just based on what Atsuyo has warned us about her in the past. She wanted custody of us children, she needed us for something, I am just not entirely sure what she wanted us for. I know for a fact there is so much more – but my thoughts stop when I reach the reality that I and my siblings are suspects in our loved ones murders.
I mean, what would our motives be as children? Money? Fortune? Heir and Heiresses to the throne? I don't know. This all frustrates me, and I get so uncomfortable with the thoughts that rush through my brain, I wept to myself praying to the deities that this would all be over soon.
In another life, my brother is alive and well, and we're all happy, grown up, loving life, and ecstatic to be royalty. We've grown up with loving parents who loved us and– Okay, too delusional.
My delusions come to a halt when I realise we're actually here at the police station. I take note of my surroundings and I want to take my journal inside but the officers don't allow me to, so I guess I'll leave it outside. I hope no one goes through it. I'll report back to it when I've completed questioning. For now, goodbye.
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17:07
The questioning has ended, and I am home from it. Well, as close to home I can get. I'm in my designated room at Rosa's house, and Kura's staying here with me as I mentioned yesterday.
You must be wondering what happened in the questioning area, and I'll happily document.
Luckily, we children have had our names cleared, and we had those like phonographical tests done on all four of us. I know for a fact none of us did it because all four of us were scared to death that night, but anyways.
During the questioning, we were asked very tame questions, getting to know us, them analysing our response styles to get a feel on how reactant we are. None of us feigned suspicion, of course.
We then got deeper, which would make any standard child uncomfortable. I can't repeat the questions word-per-word, due to confidentiality, however the questions were very discomforting and they did in fact make me feel like I had something to do with the crime. I didn't, but the questions made my heart sink.
The investigators were very calm with their delivery to all of us, which I thought was to get us on our good sides and to talk, but the investigators knew we didn't do it, so I wasn't too worried.
Moving onto what we gathered and what I can talk about, officer leads, suspicions, and etc.
To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what the authorities know about this case, but I described what I saw and we've come to the conclusion it was a man. They brought in a sketch artist and I described what I saw to the best of my ability, and they drew it rather well.
What I saw unfortunately didn't help police a lot, but we have lowered it down to an adult male who expresses his hatred for nobility.
I take the opportunity to express gut feelings about more than one conspirator in the case, but ultimately I am brushed off… doesn't surprise me, we have no evidence of others being involved.
In my humble opinion, I still suspect Rosa to have something to do with the murder because of the blatant warnings we as children would get from our older brother Atsuyo. I just wonder how long it will take for me to be right and for the authorities to be wrong.
Or vice-versa, but I seriously believe there's more than meets the eye, and I'm not about to test the waters and trust the police.