Lies After Lies

## Summary

Kuroi and Amelia go head-to-head to protect themselves. Chelsey desperately tries to clean up her messes.

## Plot

Kuroi and Amelia enter the police station, with Monica just behind. The trio are greeted by the Police Receptionist, before Amelia bursts out claiming that Kuroi is kidnapping her and attempting to frame her for murder. To which, Kuroi clarifies that Amelia is there for *attempted* murder, not murder, and adds that she's also not framing Amelia. Then, Monica asks them to keep the noise down.

Suddenly, two police officers charge into the room through a side door and apprehend both Kuroi and Amelia, who both desperately attempt to escape their restraints. All the while, Monica is attempting to calm everybody down, however no-one listens to her. Officer (Female) tells Kuroi that Amelia may tell her side of the story first, and then Kuroi can. Immediately, Kuroi objects this, claiming that she should go first since she brought Amelia to the station, not the other way around. The receptionist interrupts Kuroi before she says something she'd regret by warning her that if she doesn't watch her attitude then her night would be spent in a jail cell. However, Kuroi doesn't take nicely to threats, so she retaliates: she warns the receptionist that if she doesn't watch *her* attitude then she'd be "spending the night six foot under". This is the point that Monica steps in to interject, but is immediately shut down by Kuroi who just tells her to leave twice. Reluctantly, Monica turns around and takes a deep breath, but then suddenly, she turns back inside, shakes her head at Kuroi and tells her that she is not going anywhere. For a third time now, Kuroi tells Monica to just leave. This time, Monica agrees and walks out of the station.

With Monica gone, Amelia takes the opportunity to play the victim, claiming that she's scared of Kuroi and begs for her to be taken away. Kuroi then states that Amelia is "whinier than a toddler without a tablet". However, that comment leads the female officer to take Kuroi away, further inside the police station.

Despite Kuroi's frantic objections, the officer pushes her down the stairs to a large cell at the end of a corridor. Kuroi tells the officer that Amelia is lying to her, however she doesn't listen. Instead, she opens the cell door, shoves Kuroi inside, and closes the door behind her. The officer tells Kuroi that she's been arrested and walks off while Kuroi shouts from her cell. Then, Kuroi realises that she's just wasting her breath, shouting at someone who doesn't want to listen.

In the city, Chelsey walks out of the hospital and into the car park, alone. She stretches, and jumps as her phone rings. She checks who's calling and is rather confused when she sees that it's from Sundown Police Station. Chelsey answers and is shocked to see Amelia at the other end of the line, asking for help. Ignoring what Amelia said, Chelsey asks why Amelia is calling from the police station. Then, Amelia restates that she needs Chelsey's help to clean up any evidence that might be left over in the school from when Chelsey pushed Lily down the stairs. Chelsey quickly interjects, warning Amelia that the police record any phone calls made, but Amelia states that she slyly informed the officers that she was calling her lawyer, not Chelsey. Bewildered, Chelsey claims that that would never work, but lets Amelia continue regardless. Amelia dives forwards towards the laptop, slamming her hands on the table in front of her, and tells Chelsey that she needs to be quick. Then, Chelsey says that Lily's voice is coming back, so Amelia needs to think tactically, despite the fact that Lily's been blackmailed into silence. Chelsey confirms that she will clean the stairs at school, and warns Amelia one last time to be mindful of what she says. After that, Chelsey hangs up the call and walks away from the hospital.

Back at the police station, Officer (Male) shoves Kuroi into the interrogation room, where the female officer is already waiting, and she offers Kuroi a seat. The female officer asks Kuroi to confirm her name, age and address. Instantly, Kuroi bursts out, shouting at the officers, claiming that they should cut to the chase as Amelia almost killed Lily. She violently rattles the tape recorder on the table, while growing angrier and angrier.

> "Amelia Westwood almost killed Lily Sifira for... well, I don't know why, but doesn't that just make it worse? She could've killed a hard-working, store-owning schoolgirl for no reason! [...] Lily is lying in a hospital bed and Amelia put her there. I know she did!"
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When asked for clarification, Kuroi says that she heard Amelia talking on the phone to someone about how somebody blackmailed Lily into keeping her quiet. Then, she asks the officers how Amelia would know that Lily was blackmailed if Amelia wasn't involved with the blackmail. Tossing her phone on the table in front of the officers, Kuroi claims that she has proof.

In a flashback to last episode, Chelsey and Amelia are on a phone call. Chelsey worries about their lack of planning. Amelia tries to calm her down by saying that Lily can't talk yet, and even when she can talk, she still won't since they've blackmailed and scared Lily in every way they possibly could. However, while Amelia is talking outside of the school, Kuroi is just behind the wall, doing something on her phone. As Amelia keeps on talking about their plans to keep Lily quiet, Kuroi emerges through the door, startling Amelia so much that she drops her phone on the ground.

Back to present day, the two officers seem quite surprised at the recording. They say that they will get back to Kuroi at some time, refuse to clarify on whether they believe her over Amelia, and tell Kuroi that she's not allowed to leave the station yet.

Later, as night falls over the town, Chelsey creeps up to the front door of the school. She attempts to just open the door, but the door is unsurprisingly locked. So, Chelsey takes a step back, pauses, then charges through the door which swings open, allowing her inside, and she falls face-first onto the floor. As she gets back to her feet, she's just happy that she got inside. Chelsey heads further into the school and arrives at the locked cleaning cupboard, where there is an overhead sign reading "STAFF ONLY". She wonders why a cleaning cupboard is locked at all. Then, Chelsey attempts to push the door open and realises that the door is probably only jammed. Once again, Chelsey forces her way through the door by ramming her whole body through it at full-force. This results in countless cleaning supplies being thrown to the back of the cupboard, and falling down a ladder at the back of the room, which Chelsey doesn't seem to see. From down the ladder, the view follows a short corridor where a woman wearing all black and red hair stands ominously, all alone in a dimly lit room. A static-like sound grows louder as it gets closer to her. She turns around very slowly to follow the loud noise, but turns back to her computer in front of her. She faces back towards the view and reveals herself to be Shadow Hacker. Ever so slowly, she raises her right arm as the static grows louder, and she throws her hand downwards with an incredible force into the back of her chair, which makes an alarm start blaring throughout the school and a computer's voice saying "Lockdown activating in ten seconds".

Upstairs, Chelsey panics. She looks around frantically and knocks over even more cleaning supplies, as the computer voice then starts counting down from five. Downstairs, Shadow Hacker's hideout has two flashes of red light flood the room from the doorway before the doorway then seals behind her. Hacker nods at the doorway as this happens. The voice then says "Lockdown complete", leaving Chelsey upstairs completely bewildered. Nervously, she attempts to reorient herself. She picks up a mop and looks at it in disgust.

At the police station, it's now time for Amelia's interrogation. Before the officers can even say a sentence, Amelia interrupts them, saying that they're wasting their time talking to her and should just be arresting Kuroi before she hurts someone else. The female officer attempts to ease Amelia by informing her that they have already spoken to Kuroi, however Amelia interrupts again, asking if they know that she's guilty or not. Once again, the officers can't confirm anything with her. After a brief pause, Amelia claims that Kuroi threatened her. Allegedly, Kuroi made Amelia promise that she wouldn't say anything to anyone about Kuroi's actions. The male officer then informs Amelia of the recording that Kuroi showed them, which shows irrefutable evidence of Amelia confessing to blackmailing someone. Amelia desperately tries to convince the officers that she didn't blackmail anyone, despite what she may have said in the recording, but the police officers seem to be having none of it. Amelia's head falls into her hands as she states that she has a right to remain silent, then she throws herself backwards in her seat. The female officer reminds Amelia that if she wants Kuroi arrested then she will need to answer her questions. Then, Amelia says that she, whoever "she" is, will kill her, and then clarifies that she did mean *literally* kill her. A little moment later, Amelia then continues to spin her web of lies by saying that she meant Kuroi will kill her if she finds out that Amelia told the officers that Kuroi forced Amelia to say that she blackmailed Lily, just so that she could record it and use it for evidence. After that, Amelia sheepishly says that she doesn't have any proof and was already worried that no-one would believe her. The officers then say that they have heard enough and that both Amelia and Kuroi are free to leave. Then, Amelia walks out of the interrogation room.

Later, at school, the class is full of students, including Liam, Raimu, Chelsey, Amelia, Kuroi and Monica. The view zooms into Monica, Raimu and Kuroi at their table, then the two officers charge into the room, with the same female officer from before leading the way.

> "Kuroi Yurei, I am arresting you on suspicion of the attempted murder of Lily Sifira. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence."
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As the officer is talking, Monica, Kuroi and Raimu look at the officers in disbelief, while Amelia and Chelsey high-five one another.

## Cast

### Main

* Monica Felange
* Kuroi Yurei
* Chelsey Gough
* Liam Graham *(cameo)*
* Raimu Kara *(cameo)*
* Lily Sifira *(mentioned)*

### Recurring

* Amelia Westwood
* Officer (Female)
* Officer (Male)
* Police Receptionist
* Shadow Hacker *(cameo)*
* Ms. Smileypants *(cameo)*

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of Execution Institution to feature full 3D animation. This means that all of the characters actually move, rather than the stop-motion look that the series had before.
* This episode is also notable for changing many characters' skins, namely Monica, Kuroi, Chelsey, Liam, Raimu and Shadow Hacker.
* This is the only episode to date in which one of the main six characters are missing, being Lily.