The Shadows of GrimmhothChapter 1The Case
(1458….Friday...the 13th)
Newspaper: A few weeks ago… a family… was found dead… slashed… torn apart… completely at the end… Only the girl… was found… presumably… the daughter.
(1478 Friday…..the 13th)
In the kingdom of Dehls… murders have been increasing… more and more recently… especially in the capital Big Bens… For this matter, of course, the police are responsible and are doing their best… For this, there is a specific detective… her name… is Fiona Hamilton. Welcome to Grimmhoth, a world… full of mysteries… and riddles."
Fiona: "(…I hate… people… you're probably wondering… why did I become a detective then? …well, that's simple… I was raised by an academy that handles such things… and I passed… Math… S…, ,language S Sports S, Physics S, Chemistry S, Biology… B Because of the sexual stuff I don't understand… and Ethics… S… let's just say… I'm good at a lot… Oh, and of course also magic and sorcery, for which I got a S.)"
Guard: "Ms. Hamilton, there you are."Fiona: "Mhm… victim?"Guard: "Uh… Liam Stewart… known pedophile… abused children and… even dealt with them…."Fiona: "Why wasn't he caught?"Guard: "Whenever that happened… the relatives let him go and forgave him… I think they were threatened; the father is known and wealthy."Fiona: "I see…"
She took her staff. Fiona was a very well-known woman… she had white hair and purple-colored eyes, wore a black suit, a hat one imagines a female detective would wear, and carried a staff because her right foot was weak. She also wore a monocle that never really showed emotion… her parents were murdered and dismembered, and even… eaten… before her eyes… Many believe this is why Fiona often looked tired.
Fiona: "Okay… any witnesses?"Guard: "No…"Fiona: "(Of course there aren't… Who would want the police or guards to save them… child molesters… multiple underage girls would take their lives because of him…) hmm… what is that…"
She pointed at his hand.
Fiona: "Look… he was holding his chest…."Guard: "Was he hit in the chest?"Fiona: "No… no… there's no blood… no blood… And… yet… a hole… in his chest…."Guard: "That… is strange."Fiona: "Is it a human… or a Nemesis? (Nemeses are ghosts… born from human fears, negative thoughts… wars… murders…)"Guard: "It can only be a Nemesis."Fiona: "Hmm… no… look closely… his hands… they're so broken… as if… he resisted… look at his fingernails… he clung to something… something…"Guard: "An object?"Fiona: "Do you see any chest… or something?"Guard: "No."Fiona: "So… you see… (…madness… a hole… in the chest… without blood… how is that possible… magic?… No… the hole is made by a sharp object… but… that doesn't explain why there's no blood. …how… does she do it?)"Guard: "So… uh… it means… the Townstone detective organization will handle it?"
Townstone… a well-known detective organization… responsible for supernatural but also normal cases… their specialty is… they use magic… and not only that… they are armed….
Fiona: "Hmm… seems to be… the case… who is it… well… whatever… we'll handle it… little one…"Fiona looked at him.
Fiona: "Is something…?"Guard: "No… uh… not really… I just noticed your umbrella and your hat…"Fiona: "Those are Bob and Crane…"
Her contract partners. Bob is the umbrella… well, he lives in the umbrella… while Crane is the hat….
Fiona: "Anyway… tell your boss… if he doesn't listen again… and interferes… there will be many more victims…"
She took her card… On each card is a nickname of a person. Fiona has the card of the clock and a person in front of the clock… That's why she is called Lady Mystery… as it says on the card… mystery in English… mysterious."
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
She possesses an ability for such cases.
Fiona: "I guess I have no choice… there… would be."
She took a gun… and shot herself in the head.
(Bang!)
(Tic…tic…Tick…)(Dong!…dong!)
Fiona: "ugh!"
She saw her body lying on the ground…
Fiona: "Hmmm… seems to have worked… My ability is simple… with a shot to the head… I become a ghost… so I can ask the spirits at the scene if they know anything…."
She left the place.
Fiona: "hmmmm..."
She went to the crime scene.
Fiona: "As good…"
She removed her monocle… her eye got a clock hand and it spun.
(Tick…tick…tick… tick)
Fiona: "…here… exactly… there…"
She saw the victim… looking at his own chest… the hole… suddenly appeared.
Fiona: "I understand…."
She looked around.
Fiona: "…no traces… yet the culprit… is not a Nemesis… is magic involved… hmmm?"
She saw a coat… moving quickly.
Fiona: "hmmm?"
She grabbed it… but it was just a coat.
Fiona: "…wait…."
There was blood inside.
Fiona: "…blood… hole… fits the size of the victim…"
She ran over.
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
She looked around.
Fiona: "It's strange… what kind of magic… can make someone do this…"
She looked at the clock…
Fiona: "Damn… time's up."
She returned to her body.
Fiona: "guhhhhhh…hahhhh….hahhhhh…..hahhhh…"
She stood up.
Fiona: "Hahhh… that was close… otherwise I would have stayed a ghost…"
Her nose bled.
Fiona: "hmmm…."
She rubbed herself and looked at her hand.
Fiona: "…hahhh… time to sleep… the Townstone will handle it."
She removed her jacket… and her gloves. Lay on the bed.
(16 years ago.)
Fiona: "huh… where am I here."
(Gulp!)
(Klick!)
Several eyes and mouths appeared.
Mouth: "Hello my child…"Fiona: "Who are you… what's happening to me."Mouth: "You lost consciousness when your parents were murdered before your eyes."Fiona: "What… my… parents…"Mouth: "You must know… your parents were well-known magicians…"Fiona: "ugh… no… and who are you."Mouth: "I am… Frau Holle… a witch…."Fiona: "What…"
(Alarm!)
Fiona: "guh!"
She woke up quickly.
Fiona: "Again… this dream… hahhh…."
Fiona got up and used her staff.
Fiona: "hahh… Walking at 20 with a staff… is not particularly cool…"
She left the building.
(ah you are awake)
Suddenly someone spoke; it was the leader of Townstone.
Fiona: "Lady Natasha…Natasha: "Hehehe… I heard we have a new case… I want you to know more about it…"Fiona: "mhm."Natasha: "Alright… tell me… did you find anything?"Fiona: "The victim has a hole in the chest… but… there was no blood… Also, this is 100% the work of a human… he fought someone before dying…."Natasha: "hmmmm… Couldn't the fight have happened before…."Fiona: "Quite possible… But that's not really something I could imagine…"Natasha: "Haha… I understand… Good… I trust you… Lady Mystery…."Fiona: "…hahhh… Thanks…"
She walked on.
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
(6 years ago)
Mage: "I see… you want… your ability knowledge…"Fiona: "Exactly… so… I want my card…"Mage: "Ok… ok."
She laid out several cards and shuffled them.
Fiona: "hmm."Mage: "In these cards… are the abilities of the 6 guardians: the witch Beatrice, The Clown, Der Nar, Medusa, The Ring, and of course… the Witch of Death… Holle."Fiona: "ugh…"Mage: "But that's completely impossible… she is an evil guardian… well not really… she is just a witch… who controls dead magicians… let's see."
She shuffled the cards again.
Mage: "So… choose."Fiona: "mhm."
She took a card.
Fiona: "uh…"Mage: "hmmm… ugh!….."
It was the card of the Mysterious… This card… this ability belongs to the Witch of Death… Frau Holle.Mage: "hahh."
The mage fell to the ground.
Mage: "This is… completely impossible… it can't be… it's been more than 300 years… Why… does she… why do you get the card of the Mysterious… You… you will be cursed… your entire life…"
She stood up and went to Fiona.
Mage: "Go… out… go out… and don't you dare… use the card… find another job… forget the detective thing…"
She threw her out.
Fiona: "ugh… what… have I done now…."
Suddenly another woman appeared.
Mage: "What is this, Mifa… this isn't right… that is still a client… sorry… please come back in."
She came back in.
Mage: "Good… I will now tell you what to say… so you get the ability."Fiona: "Ok."Mage: "Ashe… to ashe… fall to the ground… the eyes of the cursed… the grin of the mouths… and the voice… of the corrupted… I summon you… witch of corruption and death… Frau Holle… say this as soon as you are home… ok."
(A few minutes later when she reached home)Fiona: "Ashe… to ashe… fall to the ground… the eyes of the cursed… the grin of the mouths… and the voice of the corrupted… I summon you… witch of corruption and death…"
Suddenly Fiona lost consciousness… and fell to the ground.
(Klick!)
(Gulp!)
The eyes appeared and the mouths too.
Frau Holle: "Hello… my dear."Fiona: "Oh… you… are… the woman from back then when I was a child…"Frau Holle: "My dear… finally we meet again… I see… you have received my ability…"Fiona: "..uh."Frau Holle: "One of them… …For this… you will be cursed… do you understand?"Fiona: "I didn't even want the card… why did you come back then…"Frau Holle: "Hehehe… Because your parents… died because of me…"Fiona: "What…"Frau Holle: "hehehehe… Your parents… wanted to make a sacrifice… This is forbidden magic… the victim dies… It was supposed to be a child… not 5 years old…"Fiona: "And this child…"Frau Holle: "You were it… my dear."Fiona: "ugh… what… my… parents… wanted to kill me!?"Frau Holle: "Exactly… They wanted to sacrifice you to serve the organization they worked for… The Forbidden Library of Rapunzel…."Fiona: "huh… what…"Frau Holle: "Hehe… that doesn't mean I'm nice… actually you should be dead… but I saved you… from your parents… I didn't have to… but I did… I also don't like seeing children die, especially by their own parents…"Fiona fell to her knees.
Fiona: "Mom… Dad… why…"Frau Holle: "Now to the important point… you are cursed, my dear… for this power, the power of the card of the Mysterious… I take… your left eye and the power of your right… leg…."Fiona: "What…"
(Splop!)
Fiona: "huh."
She touched her own left eye… blood… came out.
Fiona: "aaaaaaaaaaarghhh….hhhhhhhh… my… eye…."
She held her eye.
Frau Holle: "Hahaha… It's okay… everything will be okay… my dear… This won't take long…"Fiona: "ghhhhhh… My leg… Aaaaaarghhhhh…"
(gulp!)
She opened her eyes.
Fiona: "ghhh… ghhhhh…"
(End of memory)
Fiona: "hahh…."
She looked at her hands and took out the card of the Mysterious.
Fiona: "…hhhhmmm."
She sighed.
Fiona: "Since that day… I stopped smiling… and got used to… not trusting others… like when I found out my own parents wanted to kill me…"
She walked on.
Fiona: "There's only one thing that makes me happy."
(Klick!)
Ice cream vendor: "Hello… Ms. Fiona… Let me guess… ice cream with 2 scoops, flavors strawberry and coffee… bitter and sweet… first the sweet, then the bitter…"Fiona: "Yes…"
(Ding!)
Fiona: "(Eating ice cream… if there is something I like… it feels so good… whether sweet or bitter… an amazing invention… I must say… If there is someone I like to save… it's the ice cream vendors… the others… I don't care…)…"
The moon… After all… the world of Grimmhoth… is always dark… there is no… morning…."
Fiona: "Hahhh… after ice cream… straight to the case… what…"
(Meanwhile)
Unknown: "No… no… no… urk… raaahhhh… aaaaaaaaaaarghhhhh"
(Splach!)
He fell to the ground… again… a hole in the chest.
(Grins)(hehehehe)
(A few minutes later)
Guard: "You're back here… Ms. Fiona.."Fiona: "mhm."Guard: "So… the culprit is again… a nobleman…"Fiona: "I see… even without you telling me."Guard: "hmmm…"Fiona: "h…hhhh…"
(Dong!…..(Dong!)….(Dong!...)….(Dong)
Fiona: "hmmm…."
The guard coughed.
Fiona: "Hmmm?"Guard: "Uh… don't worry… it's just… it's cold."Fiona: "Who said I worry… but you have something… on your cheeks."
She moved very close to him.
Guard: "Hehehe…..(turns red) (...damn she's pretty… she smells like strawberries)…"Fiona: "Uh… oh… it's probably a wound… sorry…"
(Dong!)
Fiona: "Hmm…."
(Dark feelings)
Fiona: "hmm?"
She turned around… looked toward the roof… there was no one.
Fiona: "(Apparently… someone is observing the situation…)"
(Splop!)
(Hehehehehe…..)