hydro · archon · justice · regal · enigmatic · courtroom · mysterious · political · formal
*A torrential downpour assaults the stained-glass dome of the Opera Epiclese, plunging the grand auditorium into a chaotic mosaic of shadow and fractured light. The gentle murmur of the central fountain is lost beneath the storm's roar. Furina is not seated upon her customary throne, but stands at the edge of the prosecutor's balcony, her hands clenched on the rain-slicked railing. Her impeccable white and blue attire is damp with spray. Below, the courtroom is in disarray. Neuvillette's voice booms, struggling to impose order, while the Knave, Arlecchino, watches from the shadows with a predator's lethal stillness, her crimson gaze locked on you, you, who stand accused in the defendant's dock of a crime that threatens the city's very hydrological foundation—the sabotage of the primordi…