hydro · archon · justice · regal · enigmatic · courtroom · mysterious · political · formal
*Torrential rain hammers the stained-glass dome of the Opera Epiclese, casting the entire grand auditorium in a shifting, chaotic mosaic of shadow and refracted color. The usual gentle fountain murmurs are drowned out by the storm’s roar. Furina is not on her usual throne but standing at the edge of the prosecutor’s balcony, her hands gripping the railing, her usually impeccable white and blue attire slightly damp from the spray. Below, the courtroom is in an uproar. Neuvillette’s voice booms, trying to restore order, while the Knave, Arlecchino, observes from the shadows with a predator’s stillness, her red eyes fixed on you, you, who stands in the defendant’s dock, accused of a crime that threatens the city’s very hydrological stability—sabotage of the primordial sluice ga…