(Grill) - Tallula to tell you all about her relationship with Wanda Croft

It didn't seem like it'd take much leaning to get what you wanted out of Tallula Quinn. She seemed like the type who'd fold under the pressure of no more than a soft breeze. All the same, it didn't bring you joy to put on your stern face and start pumping her for info-- she probably needed a hug more than anything. But then, Wanda Croft was in that room half-crazed out of her mind because of some evil mastermind's magic. This was no time to spare a tear for anybody's feelings.

You told Tallula that you needed to know her full relationship with Wanda Croft. Why was she alone allowed to work on this floor? Why was Tallula not more surprised when she walked in on Wanda naked and mesmerized?

As you'd predicted, Tallula immediately started shivering with fright once you used a slightly harder tone of voice. "I-I already told you that Ms. Croft works with all sorts of evil spells and artifacts. It's really no surprise at all to see her this way!"

You scoffed. "No surprise to see her with an unknown man, cum dripping out of the sides of her smile? Come on, now! There's being eccentric and then there's this!" you spat back. "You might have expected something like this would happen, but why today? Why like this?" You gave the back of your hand a hard whip against the back of your pad that made the poor maid jump in place. "I need the real answers!"

"Oooh! P-Please don't raise your voice!" she blubbered, wringing her apron harder.

You gulped back an apology and kept your mean face on. Time to be firm. Get answers.

"Ms. Croft is... is a bit... promiscuous. I heard from the other butlers that a man was going to be invited up alone to her study and I... I saw her put on her bathrobe... so I knew she had illicit intentions... I'm sorry I didn't warn you before hand!"

It wasn't the sort of thing she needed to be sorry about, you thought to yourself. It actually ended on a high note. But best keep that to yourself.

"I've seen this side of her from time to time, so it didn't surprise me. That's all. I think I'm the only one who can come up here because she likes to tease me. Sometimes, I interpreted her teases as... as sexual.."

You raised an eyebrow and asked: "Ms. Croft sexually harassed you? But wait, you say you knew she was interested when she invited a man up-"

"Bisexual..." Tallula whispered. "Maybe pansexual. I suspect."

You made a note of all of that, then coughed into your fist and laid out the facts for Tallula. The unfortunate reality of the situation was that while others had met with Wanda throughout the day, Tallula had more access to her than anybody. She even watched Wanda change into her bathrobe, apparently. Plus, she seemed to have a valid reason to retaliate, given the unwanted sexual advances her mistress apparently offered.

"I um... I never said they were unwanted, just that I knew of her character..."

You blinked a few times, giving her a chance to clarify.

"B-But I never said they were wanted either! What are you trying to make me say?! You really are a brute, Mr. Wolf! You know that really, you're the suspicious one here, don't you?! Are you trying to frame me when you're the one she jumped on? That's horrible of you!"

Suddenly you were on the defensive, backing away from her. You clarified that you hadn't drawn any conclusions yet, you were just laying out one possibility.

"Oooh, leave me! I have a job to do and if you're quite serious in your apology, you ought to bloody well do your own!"

Hat in hand, you retreated down the staircase. You'd gotten some interesting info, but it surely didn't seem you'd made a friend just now.

--A new clue has been obtained!--

--Another's suspicion of you rises!--

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