Quiver In Death

**Quiver In Death** is a case featured in *Criminal Case*. It takes place in *The Hunt For Orion* chapter of Graecita.

## Plot

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view**

At The William (Ann Bonny’s ship), Vicci and his fellow soldiers were locked up in the ship’s dungeon. While the soldiers were talking to each other, fretting over what will be done to them and what activities they’d have to do when they are sold, two pirates showed up, a handsome pirate who came off pretty charismatic and a muscular man, 6 feet 6 inches tall who was carrying a bucket with him. The handsome pirate greeted the soldiers, introducing himself as Calico Jack, Ann Bonny’s husband who had supposedly died at the ripe age of 38 and he asked the soldiers to take off their clothes. The soldiers were confused and asked Jack what could they possibly need their clothes for, where Jack laughed and told them that they want them because clothing made of silk, gold and real leather make a lot in the market. The soldiers refused to strip off their clothes especially as they aren’t wearing anything under their togas and so Jack gave the big man a signal, who then spilled the content of the bucket over the soldiers and it suddenly started raining leeches. The soldiers freaked out and started removing their clothes, taking away the leeches from they’re body and killing them. While the soldiers were busy removing the leeches, Jack and his companion sneakingly took their clothes and went back to the deck. After the pirates left, the soldiers started damning them, but one soldier was quiet, Niilo Hämäläinen. Wondering what’s behind the sudden silence, the soldiers stared at Niilo, who was looking at his south area, realizing he forgot to remove one leech which was currently sucking up on him. Out of panic, Niilo fainted making all the soldiers gather around to aid him. While Niilo was being helped, Vicci looked out of the ship window, which was too small for any of the men to go through and thought of how they could get out of here.

Meanwhile, after half an hour of following Wu Ling and Ginny, The *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* crew finally arrived to the hobbit where the goddess Artemis and her huntresses are staying. But before they could get in, Ling stopped them and told them that they are not letting them in without permission from their mistress and she told her young companion to go inform Artemis that they’ve found the stag and there are people who want to see her. She then turned back to the crew and told them to stay where they are while she goes and tie Bambi back to the chariot. The crew stood outside, wondering how long would they have to wait, when suddenly they heard a scream of pain and stags making noises from a distance. Worried, the crew followed the scream where they saw Ling laying next to the chariot with an arrow on the back of her neck.

**You are now playing as Mia Loukas**

While the crew were standing shocked looking at their guide’s body, Ginny approached, relieved, explaining that she thought that they had left but was terrified when she saw her companion dead. Another teenage girl then came out from behind her and when she saw Ling’s body, she scolded Ginny, explaining that this is why they should not trust her with bringing people to their hideouts ever again. The young lady was the goddess Artemis and when the crew tried to convince her they didn’t kill Ling, she didn’t believe them but allowed them the chance to prove their innocence, however none of the men are allowed to handle the investigation, making it difficult as they lacked now have no lab or weapon expert by their side. Ophelia and Mia suspected Artemis, Ginny and the hobbit owner, Ming for the murder and while they are recapping the case, Ginny approached them and told them that she has something to confess.

Wondering what confession Ginny had in store for them, the girls decided to talk to her where she admitted that this wasn’t the first time Ling was attacked this day. She explained that before they met them, Ling decided to bathe herself at the waterfalls and while she was washing, someone shot an arrow at her and it would have hit her if Ginny wasn’t there to warn her. Ophelia thanked Ginny for the information but she notices a mark behind her necklace and asked her what happened to her neck, which Ginny didn’t answer and went away. Ophelia was going to go after Ginny, but decided against it and went with Mia to investigate the waterfalls, finding two more suspects: a hiker by the name of Marigold Carson and Rubarae, the forest protector. They also discovered that Ming’s full name is Wu Ming and he is in fact the victim’s brother and they confronted him from not stating that earlier. Ophelia and Mia then went in the hobbit, sat on the table with the rest of their crew, sharing their progress with the boys, when suddenly Madelina got a notification from InstaPix, recommending her a trending capture from a live video of the victim threatening to kill Marigold Carson after she confronted her for polluting the river.

Once the crew saw the video, Ophelia and Mia went to speak with Marigold who expressed how mortified she was by the experience and how right-wingers were making memes of her terrified face expression in the SJWOwned hashtag and if only she’d known who the Ling was she would have reported her to the police for attempted murder. After chatting with Carson, the duo went back to the investigation learning that Artemis believe the victim needed to manage her anger issues and that Rubarae put out signs around the forest, forbidding the huntresses in passing by. Ophelia and Mia then collected enough clues to confront Wu Ming for the murder.

Expectedly, Ming denied involvement in his sister’s murder but when Ophelia accused him of trying to pin it on them, he confessed that he didn’t mean to get them in trouble, that he didn’t even know they were here and was waiting for Ling near the stables just to kill her. Ophelia asked Ming why would he kill his own sister where Ming told her that Ling lost her right to be called “family” after what she did to them. Ming explained that during a battle the Songs had with the Mongols, he was captured by the Mongol general, Subutai who made him a slave and had him serve his wife, Tangzi Khatun. During his days as a slave in Mongolia, he met Sürkhakhan, the beautiful daughter of Ogedei Khan and the two fell in love. Sürkhakhan frequently visited Ming and when the Mongols were having another battle with the Songs, Sürkhakhan set Ming free and the two took a horse from the Mongol army, fleeing to China while the soldiers were battling. Ming’s family was happy to see him alive and back, but Ling noticed Sürkhakhan was with him and identifying her as a Mongol through her clothes, asked Ming what she was doing here. Ming introduced Sürkhakhan to his family, telling them that she was the one who helped him escape. Ming’s parents and his younger sisters accepted Sürkhakhan with open arms out of gratitude for returning their only son, but Ling who the Mongols turned into a widow did not approve with her twin brother marrying a Mongol princess and stormed out of the house. Ming didn’t see her until his and Sürkhakhan’s wedding day where she came with a bow and arrow and shot Sürkhakhan on the spot right on the back of her neck. A week after Sürkhakhan’s death, Ming committed suicide out of depression but nearly 800 years later he was brought to life, making a living at a little hobbit in Southern France. When the huntresses dropped by, Ming instantly recognized Ling but avoided her at all times so she wouldn’t recognize him and took any opportunity to kill her. Ophelia and Mia felt bad for Ming, but to prove their innocence in Ling’s murder, they took him to Artemis who didn’t have the same sympathy and to punish Ming she decided that once they are done with what they came here for, the huntresses will drop him at Rome where he would be forced into slavery.

After proving themselves innocent of Wu Ling’s murder, the crew were now welcome in the hobbit as guests. Mia was about to go speak to Artemis with Zachary but before they could go, Yoyo approached Mia and told her that Ophelia would like to speak with her about something serious.

Feeling worried about their friend, Yoyo and Mia went to talk with her and asked her what was in their mind. Without a warning, Ophelia untied the strings of her dress, revealing her body to her friends which was covered with scars, bruises and hickeys. Not wanting to be impolite, Yoyo tried not to mention the bruises but Ophelia revealed that she had gotten all these marks from her experience with *The Virgin Slayer* and the reason why she is showing them is because she realized Ginny was using a necklace to hide a hickey from them. Yoyo understood what Ophelia was implying and in order to relieve her, she suggested that maybe Ginny is hiding the hickey because she knew that she’d be in trouble as the huntresses aren’t allowed to date anyone. But Ophelia didn’t rest the case and decided to investigate the hobbit with Mia to learn more about Renée Diouf. At the fireplace, the girls saw a newspaper that was being left to burn, picked it up and recovered the content on it, revealing a picture of a middle-aged man next to a curly-haired girl in lingerie who they immediately recognized as Ginny. Disturbed by the image, Ophelia wanted to read the newspaper but the part that talked about the man in the image was burned off and she only managed to get the man’s name: Geoffrey Weinstein, a man she remembered Wu Ling mentioning. Wanting to learn more about who he is, Ophelia decided that she’ll ask Ginny once the huntresses have their lunch.

Hoping that they’ve gained Artemis’ trust, Zachary and Mia went to speak with her and told her that Orion is alive and is currently roaming the southern countryside of France. These news surprised Artemis, but not as much as Zachary’s suggesting that they join forces with the Xerdans to fight against Orion. Artemis was spectacle of the idea, however in one condition. Artemis explained that the reasons the huntresses have come to France is because they heard that there is a monster, attacking the townspeople of St. Adrienne, a small town located between the French, Swiss and Italian alps and the huntresses travelled in the purpose of hunting it down. Artemis continued by saying that she doesn’t have issues in allying with the Xerdans but won’t start hunting for Orion until she is done with what they came for but the problem is that the town doesn’t exist in any maps or sites and it’ll probably take them days or weeks to navigate it even when flying. Zachary thought about what to do and decided to go with Mia and ask Natalie for help with directions. Unfortunately, Natalie couldn’t help them as she can only transform from a naiad to a dryad and vice versa, both forms not allowing her to climb up the mountains as the cold could cost her, her life. However, just to be useful, Natalie suggested that maybe they could ask the oreads for help and that its possible to find them playing around at the waterfalls. Zachary thanked Natalie and before he and Mia head to the waterfalls, he told her that Artemis agreed to meet with the Xerdans and that he wants her to speak with her fellow nymphs and convince them to join forces with them against Orion, which Natalie agreed to try to do. At the waterfalls, Zachary and Mia couldn’t spot any oreads, but they found a golden tiara in pieces and by fixing it, they recognized it as Ekho’s crown. Despite knowing they’d have trouble communicating with Ekho and following her instruction, Zachary and Mia decided to ask her if she could help them and the huntresses in navigating the alps and take them to St. Adrienne, where Ekho gave them a nod of approval. Satisfied with her answer, Zachary and Mia introduced Ekho to Artemis and told her the good news.

The huntresses were having their lunch and *The Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* crew sat separated from them. Ginny came out with her tray and instead of sitting with her fellow huntresses, she sat at the same table as the crew to greet them and get to know them better. Ophelia was silent, but then she asked Ginny if she minds her asking personal questions. Ginny smiled and told Ophelia that of course she can, but when Ophelia asked her about how her life was before meeting the huntresses and why she joined them, her smile went away. Instead of answering the question, Ginny asked if Ophelia has a reason for wanting to know that, Ophelia opened up about being a victim of sexual assault and that she noticed she had similar scars to the ones she has on her neck and wonders who “Geoffrey Weinstein” is. Ginny hesitated in talking, Yoyo and Ophelia tried to encouraged her, telling her that if she doesn’t want to share her traumatic experience, she does not need to. Eventually, Ginny agreed to talk and explained that back when she was 14, she met a charismatic German gentlemen, his name was Geoffrey Weinstein. Geoffrey wasn’t attractive, but Ginny was a victim of bullying her whole life thanks to her skin color and the way Geoffrey spoke to her and complimented her beauty enchanted her and she fell in love with him. After a month of dating in secret, Geoffrey revealed that he was a photographer and invited her to his home, promising to turn her into a star and Ginny was more than happy to come. But this was a mistake, because Geoffrey turned out to be a nude photographer and when Ginny came to his house, he kidnapped her and locked her up with 4 other teenage girls whom he forced into modeling nude for his photos and into performing sexual activities. At first, Ginny was forced to sleep with Geoffrey but as time went on, visitors started showing up to his mansion and he forced her into sleeping with them for money. One day, Geoffrey brought a tall, handsome gentleman into his mansion and brought out the girls to him, asking him which one he’d like to sleep with and he chose Ginny. But when they were left in a room together for Ginny to perform her service, the man did not touch her or anything but simply stared and started talking with her. The more they talked, the more Ginny started trusting the man and when he asked her how she was doing, she broke down to tears and opened to to him. The man hugged her and promised her things will get better, gave her the money and left the mansion without even giving her a kiss. That same night, while the girls were sleeping, police broke in the mansion and freed the girls and they learned that their handler, Geoffrey was murdered. The girls were taken outside and on the other side of a road, Ginny spotted the gentleman she chatted with that night staring at her. While the police were looking away, Ginny tried running to the man, but she lost him and ended up at an ally where she was cornered by members of the French mob. The men started beating her up and were about to rape her, but then Artemis and her huntresses showed up, killed the men and saved Ginny’s life and she joined the huntresses as a source of protection. As Ginny was telling her story, she started crying and Ophelia came to her comfort, telling her that she is brave for being managing to recount her experience to them. Suddenly, Artemis called for the huntresses attention, Madelina standing next to her. To the *Hamilton Laurent’s Revenge* surprise, Artemis asked Madelina to say the pledge which Madelina did and she now became a huntress of Artemis...

## Summary

* **Wu Ling** (Found laying next to Artemis’ chariot with an arrow at the back of her neck)

## Suspects

ArtemisRenée DioufMingMarigold CarsonRubarae
## Killer’s Profile

* The killer practices archery.

* The killer drinks wine.

* The killer wears hiking boots.

* The killer is 5 feet 4 inches tall.

* The killer has eyebags.