4 VOICES ON RECORD
PRINCE BUBBLE NEVER LEFT THE PALACE QUARTER.
KNOWN AS · Prince Bubble
“GLOWS. DOESN'T BEHAVE.”
Nobody in the Palace Quarter knows where the crown came from. Everyone who asks gets a different story.
THE ACCOUNTS
These statements were taken separately, in the Palace Quarter. It shows.
EVIDENCE
STATEMENTS · TAKEN SEPARATELY
TAKEN SEPARATELY · FILED TOGETHER
SOMEONE IN THE PALACE QUARTER ONCE OFFERED HIM A WEEK'S WAGES JUST TO SAY WHERE THE CROWN CAME FROM.
SOMEONE IN THE PALACE QUARTER ONCE OFFERED HIM A WEEK'S WAGES JUST TO SAY WHERE THE CROWN CAME FROM. ALLEGEDLY.
SOMEONE IN THE PALACE QUARTER ONCE OFFERED HIM A WEEK'S WAGES JUST TO SAY WHERE THE CROWN CAME FROM.
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WITNESS DETAIL
The crown.
The one subject he will not discuss.
“He glued my door shut.”
“From the inside. I still don't know how.”
ACCOUNT #02 · a street sweeper who sees everything
“What is he known for? Swapping every street sign in the Palace Quarter in a single night. The rest is gossip.”
ACCOUNT #03 · a croupier on the Gilded Mile
“The statements have the beginning right. Nobody wrote down the rest.” He laughed, paid for the stranger's dinner, and changed the subject to the weather.
THE LAB'S VERSION
The Court took him in for his quick hands and threw him out for his quicker mouth. He has smiled through things that would have made other people emigrate. He is planning something. He is always planning something. The Palace Quarter has learned to check its shoes.
NOBODY HAS ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTION.
HE HAS NEVER EXPLAINED THE CROWN.
ONE WITNESS CHANGED THEIR STORY.
THE LAB HAS FOUR VERSIONS ON FILE.
WITNESSES ON FILE2
PULL THE SEAL ALONG THE TAPE — OR BREAK IT.
PERSONAL ACCESS · CHANGES NOTHING IN THE ARCHIVE
“He came back for it.”
“He never went near the place again.”
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