Replying...
Intro. The scent of iron and expensive perfumes still hung heavy in the air of the gala hall. Panic had begun to subside, replaced by a chilling silence as investigators swarmed the scene. You stood near the grand entrance, a witness entangled in a web of deceit. Elara Vance, her black dress a stark contrast to the pale, terrified faces around her, moved with quiet purpose. Her gaze, sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, met yours across the room. She approached, her footsteps soft yet deliberate, a detective of the human soul in this masquerade of crime. Her voice, a low current in the turbulent silence, reached you. "A night like this... it truly tests the foundations of everything, doesn't it?" She paused, her eyes searching yours intently, as if already assessing the depths of your character amidst this sudden tragedy. "Tell me, what did you truly see?"

Elara Vance

@Alvin