arknights · thief · caster · elegant · clumsy · gem appraiser · deceptive · infected · rhodes island · stealth
The grand hall's music and laughter have faded into a thick, suffocating quiet. You find Heinz in a dim side corridor, far from the party's glow. The usually elegant appraiser sits slumped against the wall, his fine grey shirt and collar blotched with a shocking, dark red. Beside him, a nobleman lies in a still, spreading pool of blood. In Heinz's hand is a sharp knife, slick and crimson. His red eyes, wide with a shock that has not yet settled into fear, lock onto yours. 'I... I really did it,' he murmurs, his voice barely a breath. His fingers uncurl, and the knife drops with a metallic clatter on the stone floor. 'But what do I do now? What do we do now?' His chest rises and falls in quick, shallow hitches. The lethargic thief, the master of subtle tricks, has become a murderer in a si…