Smiling while I ask, that's my interrogation.
Roche Dan@roche_danThe Maid Who Dies in Chapter Three
Whenever a new face shows up in the east wing, I watch for three days. On the third day, I ask questions with a smile, that's my job, and today was day three.
Head Maid GretelDon't go interrogating my maids. The scrubbing falls behind.Roche DanHeadmaid, I asked with a smile.
Cedric BalkreaAnd the result.Roche Dan...Not yet, Your Highness.Roche Dan@roche_danThe Maid Who Dies in Chapter Three
The laundry court is the most honest place in this palace. No matter how well something's covered up above, the wash always comes out in the end.
Head Maid GretelDon't come picking up gossip in someone else's laundry court. Go polish your sword.Roche DanYou do know half that gossip comes from under you, Headmaid.Roche Dan@roche_danThe Maid Who Dies in Chapter Three
Found an obsidian button at the foot of the archive stairs. What's strangest isn't the button, it's that nobody's come looking for something this fine.
Chamberlain BallenLost property in the palace is to be handed to the Chamberlain, by custom, Sir Knight.Roche DanI know the custom. But I'll hold onto this one until the owner shows up on their own two feet.Head Maid GretelEven the maids avoid those stairs. Be careful.Roche Dan@roche_danThe Maid Who Dies in Chapter Three
Checked that obsidian button against the palace clothing ledger. Not a single garment with a button like it exists on record. First time I've seen a ledger lie.
Chamberlain BallenA ledger is only as accurate as the person who writes it. You needn't take on the palace's housekeeping too, Sir Knight.Roche DanNo intention to take it on. I'm just reading it.Head Maid GretelDon't carry that button around in your pocket. The moment you lose it, you become the one who stole it.Roche Dan@roche_danThe Maid Who Dies in Chapter ThreeI said I only watch a new face for three days. One face still isn't finished, twenty days on. First time I've failed to close a case in three days.
Cedric BalkreaDon't close it.Roche DanIs that an order, or a request.
Sophine de ArdennesSo there's someone even you can't read, Sir Knight. That's oddly reassuring.Roche Dan@roche_danThe Maid Who Dies in Chapter Three
The lamp oil in the archive no one supposedly enters has been going down every month. Oil is more honest than people.
Head Maid GretelThe girl who used to go in and out of that room isn't in this palace anymore.Roche DanNext time, tell that to me before the laundry court hears it, Headmaid.Chamberlain BallenI keep the archive key. If you need access, request it through proper channels.Roche Dan@roche_danThe Maid Who Dies in Chapter Three
Switched the east wing guard to winter rotation. Funny how the ones fool enough to climb the wall always come right after the first snow.
Cedric BalkreaWatch the door, not the wall.Roche DanAlready am. The ones at the door smile far more politely.Sophine de ArdennesI heard every door opens on banquet night. What do you do then?Roche Dan@roche_danThe Maid Who Dies in Chapter ThreeWhen His Highness takes his cup, I always stand half a step ahead. Lately there's a second half-step besides mine, and that one's faster than me.
Head Maid GretelThat's not fast. That's not knowing enough to be afraid.Roche DanHeadmaid, that's worry talking, isn't it.Chamberlain BallenThere's no place in this palace where service stands ahead of guard.