S3E11

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Broken Peace
First aired May 26, 6972
Case ID 3-1
Victim Mikaela
Location of body Foyer
Estimated time of death 4:19 AM
Cause of death Blood loss from multiple wounds

The Champions are shaken as the mansion sees its first death.

Synopsis

It's been three days since P.A.L.'s hostile takeover of the mansion, but despite some mysterious happenings, it seems as if the Champions have been growing closer to one another than ever. Friday morning starts calmly enough, with Clarith visiting the garden to check whether anything has ripened yet while Queenie starts breakfast in the kitchen.

The calm comes to an abrupt end, however, when Nari steps into the foyer to find Mikaela dead, amid an overturned table and scattered glass flowers. A crowd quickly gathers--as Takumi hurries away to find Clarith, Mai starts to panic, with Church and Finn trying to calm her down and guide her away. P.A.L. makes the death announcement, and the investigation begins:

  • In the foyer, Nari finds that Mikaela's wounds are deep, jagged lacerations, Church takes a sample of some familiar glitter dust, and a squeamish Kip reveals the penalty for failing to find the culprit.
  • In the hallway, Yuuri and Choromatsu find another table knocked over and a silver dollar flower on the ground nearby.
  • At the pool, Mary finds yet more furniture has been attacked--some of it with jagged cuts, some cut more smoothly, while Roland finds scattered rose petals and a strange piece of gray plastic.
  • And in the garden, Rhys, Angel, and Finn find the room cold... before it changes entirely, replaced by a field of barley, where a blurry, child-sized figure with long, dark hair asks for their acceptance.

The Champions reconvene in the dining room under Queenie's care. Lee discusses love with Clarith, while Arianna finds herself reluctant to let Yuuri out of her sight, and Cece is traumatized by her encounter with death. Shaken, the Champions resolve to honor Mikaela's memory by finding her killer...

Quotes

"Fuck me. I am NOT awake enough for this."

-The opening credits haven't even rolled yet and Nari is already done.


"I think we can find out who killed her and scream our lungs out! It's called multitasking!"

-Church reveals his secret to getting things done.


"Denial will be of no help to you at this point. Stupidity, even less so."

-Ardyn has no patience for Kip's general state of being.


"Listen... please accept me, okay?"

-The mysterious girl


"I-It's okay... not being fine? Th-that's okay too, y'know."
"Someone has to be fine."

-Queenie and Nari

Notes

Surviving cast

  • Champions: Mary, Arianna, Church, Clarith, Finn, Queenie, Heart, Takumi, Ardyn, Mai, Mikaela, Choromatsu, Nishitani, Nari, Rhys, Roland, Angel, Junpei, Yuuri, Lee
  • Overseers: Kip, Cece
  • Other: P.A.L.

Errors

  • Not necessarily an error, but Rhys, Angel, and Finn don't reappear after the barley field scene, giving the impression that they remained trapped there. They'll all turn up fine next episode, of course.

Trivia

  • It's never revealed whether the barley field was an illusion, a transformation of the garden, or a new location entirely. In any case, the garden has gone back to normal by the end of the day.
  • Despite being alive, Junpei Tenmyouji does not appear in this episode.