Having waited some to see who would begin, Morrigan looks at her friends briefly. Then taking a deep breath and squaring her shoulders, Morrigan steps forward to be the first to speak.
She ponders the first question, quickly going over in her mind the initial meeting with the Countess and her statement today, it was just as she had expected the Countess to do....state only her words not her true intent in order to save herself.....taking a breath and looking Az'Caine in the eyes she answers.
"For your first question, Aye my lord, the meetin went similar ta what tha Countess said. Only her words said did no match her gestures and body language. She would say "don't" with her words but shake her head yes while she said it. I left tha meetin with a very clear understandin that she actually wanted us ta do exactly what she said we shouldn't be. We knew she wanted us ta do whatever was necessary to uncover tha truth through investigatin, even if it meant pickin some locks and going inta locked rooms."
Standing solidily in spot, Morrigan takes another big breath before answering the second question put forth. It'll be a long one, and she hopes that her words can do justice to her recollections of the events. Continuing to hold Az'Caines gaze, she begins to answer the second questions.
"I'll try ta be as thorough but as quick as possible My Lord for the second of your questions. Having arrived at tha estate, we met briefly with tha Lord and Lady Othello, during which tha Lord was agitated by our presence. He also treated his wife very roughly while in our presence, enough tha it prompted the Countess ta mention ta his Lordship that he should be more careful with his wife in order ta not harm the child she was carrying. The Lord did not like that. Eventually though he agreed ta put us up for tha night, having tha Countess put in one room and tha rest of us in another, where we were provided only a single chamber pot, no food or water. Once in our room, he had us locked in. Havin been ordered by the Countess to investigate this ghost, we knew we had ta leave the room ta do so. There was much debate about if we should all go or some should stay behind. You know that I would not be anyone's first choice for sneaking....I am loud and big and not subtle. So I offered ta stay behind so as not ta get in the way or jeopardize tha mission. But after much talk it was decided it would be best if we all went. So reluctantly I agreed ta go as protection to ma friends. While in our room, loud crying could be heard through tha walls. Johm picked tha lock on our door so we could leave. We made a couple of short recon missions ta see if there were guards, and once we knew there were ta determine their routine. We tried once ta just get around tha guards without being seen, but tha did no go well and we retreated ta our room ta replan. It was decided tha the guards would need ta be incapacitated in order for us ta continue. Once the guards were out we proceeded down tha halls towards other rooms in tha house. We soon found the ghost. Mal was able ta approach tha ghost, who didn't speak but continued to cry, she did however lead us further into tha estate as if she knew what we were tryin ta do and was helpin in a way. So we followed her and when she stopped we knew we were in an area ta investigate. I positioned myself in tha hallway so that I could keep watch for any other guards or servants. I left tha investigatin to my other team members who are better suited to tha than I. When they would say ta move on, we did, with tha ghosts guidance. We found his Lordship in his study and tha he was passed out drunk on tha floor. That room and a couple others were searched during our investigatin. I stayed quiet and on watch, and being on watch slightly removed from the group I did not see or hear much of what we found. I did hear someone say at one point that tha Lordship had an amulet tha we should take, an I did say then tha it was a bad idea ta be removin somethin from his person as he was likely ta notice that tha moment he awoke. But it was decided to take it. The amulet turned out ta be made from a finger bone, tongue and eyeball. His Lordship was left sleeping, alive, in his study. Eventually we found ourselves following tha ghost ta tha estate garden, where we found a skeleton of a woman and unborn child buried. There was sign of blunt force trauma ta the woman's head. Figurin tha finger bone belonged ta tha woman's whose body we just found, and who was likely tha ghost standing next ta us, tha amulet was laid with tha rest of tha bones. At that point tha ghost disappeared. I assumed she had been laid ta rest finally with tha restoration of her finger to tha rest of her skeleton. It seemed ta us that tha Lord Othello had possibly murdered his first wife and their unborn child. Tha decision was made ta take all tha evidence we collected and tha bones we discovered, back ta our room ta present ta tha Countess in tha mornin so tha she could help see tha Lordship investigated further. I led tha way back to our room. Only once we were inside did hear a little more about tha evidence we found containin information tha his Lordship seemed to be practicin necromancy. We then waited for morning ta come so tha we could speak with tha Countess."
Morrigan pauses for a moment after that long speech, she doesn't normally talk for so long. The next few questions however she knew would have shorter answers. So she continued to the next one.
"For your third question, Though I didna physically witness it meself, I understand tha it was Johm who disabled tha staff and shatter some locks."
She hoped John wouldn't be mad at her, but being under charm she has no choice but to tell the truth. Morrigan quickly moves onto answer the next question.
"As I didna do any searchin or evidence collectin meself, and also bein a vera poor reader, I can only say what I was told later once we got back ta our room. It seems we found a letter written by tha first wife that spoke of her fear and treatment by her husband, this letter trailed off as if interrupted suddenly while being written. We found a book of necromancy. The amulet from his Lordship was also collected. And we found tha bones of his wife and unborn child, showing signs of much abuse over many years and wounds tha had ta have been made at tha time of her death."
Morrigan pauses again to take a breath before continuing on, this was way more talkin then she is used to. She wonders to where Magi Evo was as he still hadn't arrived yet. But she shelves that worry and continues onto the next question.
"No, I did not know tha it was protectin him. "
Again she gives a brief pause to separate the answers so Lord Az'Caine knows when she is moving from one question to the next.
"Once the decision was made ta take it, I believe it was Johm tha took it from around tha Lords neck while he was sleepin."
His last question worries Morrigan slightly, they had heard nothing about what had happened with all the evidence collected and she doesn't see it in the room yet, so where is it?
"That is what I thought we were doing Ma Lord. We gathered all tha evidence collected and took it back with us ta our room ta be presented ta tha Countess in tha morning. It seemed tha ghost had been put ta rest since she had quietly disappeared from our presence and we didna hear her again. We had done what the Countess had indicated ta us she wanted done. I trusted and assumed tha tha Countess, who is liege to Lord Othello, would be able ta take the evidence we had found ta tha Authorities in tha morning and that his Lordship would be confronted then, as we had left his Lordship very much alive. Our intent was tha he would be questioned properly by tha proper authorities for what strongly appeared to be necromancy and murder, and we trusted tha Countess to do so. When we were arrested instead, we left tha evidence with tha Countess who said she would see it was kept safe and presented. But I do not see it here and can only hope tha she has kept her word and turned the evidence over ta you My Lord as it is key points in our trial here."
Through out her answers she had kept to holding Az'Caine's gaze, he is the one asking the questions and the one that most needs to see the truth in her eyes. It had been tempting to look at the Countess at the end though to see if she gave any indication of what was done with the evidence, but Morrigan refrained. If the evidence hadn't been physically turned into Lord Az'Caine or the authorities then the Countess may have more to answer to and it was best to let Az'Caine deal with that. Having finished speaking she nods to the ArchMage and steps back to her original position.