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['Ancel' is standing in a doorway, watching Earl Cain while he stares out the window sadly.]
"You did everything you could for them, you know."
"I know that." [Cain glances at the desk next to him and adds:] "Another letter to your lady Delilah? How persistent.
You can see the entire forest from this room of yours, can't you?" "Yes, I've always enjoyed the view."
"Even though you have acrophobia?" [Cain turns towards him, staring at him intently.] "The other day you said you saw someone enter the tower from this veranda...when in the past, you trembled on a two meter ledge?"
[He stares back at Cain for a moment or so, unreplying. Until his lips creep up into a smirk.]
"Because I'm not the real Dr. Allen."
[Cain stares at him.] "You...you were the one who put that spell on Justine..."
"...yes. All I did was use the vampire legends for my own purposes. Think of it as a powerful form of hypnosis."
[Cain dives for a letter opener on the desk, slashing at his face and leaving a cut across his face. Jezebel shoves him, about to strike in retaliation when the door slams open: it's Cain's butler (Riff) pointing a gun straight at Jezebel.]
"Riff?? Why are you here?"
"Please don't move. I am not an expert marksman like Earl Cain, and if you alter your position without warning, I might kill you." [He steps further into the room, gun still trained on him.] "Lord Cain was suspicious of you from the beginning. I pretended to be dismissed and returned to London to do a background check on you."
"What?"
"The real Ancel Allen was found floating in the Thames River. His face had been bashed but they verified his identity by his teeth. And the maid that you told to poison Earl Cain committed suicide. She bit down on the cyanide poison that had been implanted in her rear molars."
[Cain smirks.] "Everything was too perfect, doctor. My collapse, and the fact that you went out of your way to lure me out here. All of that happened after you arrived. Plus...Riff would never betray me."
[Jezebel stares at them both for a moment, and begins to chuckle.] "Heh hehe...how comical..."
"Doctor...I will never forgive you for what you've done! For the sake of those two siblings!"
[Jezebel laughs, this time more wildly.] "Cain, do you remember what your own father once told you? He said, 'You will never be able to kill me'!"
[Jezebel bites down on his teeth; a moment later, his eyes roll back and blood begins pouring out of his mouth. He falls forward and collapses, while Cain shrieks "He's killing himself the same way as the maid!".]
In-Character ETA: One would think that someone who deigns himself 'The Earl of Poisons' would know how to determine a false death from a real one.
But no matter. It worked, and for that I am glad.
Though my trip in the coffinmaker's wares was rather unpleasant.
((So yeah; this is the heavily abridged version of his reveal, because I did not think anyone wanted the whole ten-page version of Jezebel screeching "LET ME TELL YOU MY PLANS! AND MY MOTIVES! IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL!!"))
['Ancel' is standing in a doorway, watching Earl Cain while he stares out the window sadly.]
"You did everything you could for them, you know."
"I know that." [Cain glances at the desk next to him and adds:] "Another letter to your lady Delilah? How persistent.
You can see the entire forest from this room of yours, can't you?" "Yes, I've always enjoyed the view."
"Even though you have acrophobia?" [Cain turns towards him, staring at him intently.] "The other day you said you saw someone enter the tower from this veranda...when in the past, you trembled on a two meter ledge?"
[He stares back at Cain for a moment or so, unreplying. Until his lips creep up into a smirk.]
"Because I'm not the real Dr. Allen."
[Cain stares at him.] "You...you were the one who put that spell on Justine..."
"...yes. All I did was use the vampire legends for my own purposes. Think of it as a powerful form of hypnosis."
[Cain dives for a letter opener on the desk, slashing at his face and leaving a cut across his face. Jezebel shoves him, about to strike in retaliation when the door slams open: it's Cain's butler (Riff) pointing a gun straight at Jezebel.]
"Riff?? Why are you here?"
"Please don't move. I am not an expert marksman like Earl Cain, and if you alter your position without warning, I might kill you." [He steps further into the room, gun still trained on him.] "Lord Cain was suspicious of you from the beginning. I pretended to be dismissed and returned to London to do a background check on you."
"What?"
"The real Ancel Allen was found floating in the Thames River. His face had been bashed but they verified his identity by his teeth. And the maid that you told to poison Earl Cain committed suicide. She bit down on the cyanide poison that had been implanted in her rear molars."
[Cain smirks.] "Everything was too perfect, doctor. My collapse, and the fact that you went out of your way to lure me out here. All of that happened after you arrived. Plus...Riff would never betray me."
[Jezebel stares at them both for a moment, and begins to chuckle.] "Heh hehe...how comical..."
"Doctor...I will never forgive you for what you've done! For the sake of those two siblings!"
[Jezebel laughs, this time more wildly.] "Cain, do you remember what your own father once told you? He said, 'You will never be able to kill me'!"
[Jezebel bites down on his teeth; a moment later, his eyes roll back and blood begins pouring out of his mouth. He falls forward and collapses, while Cain shrieks "He's killing himself the same way as the maid!".]
In-Character ETA: One would think that someone who deigns himself 'The Earl of Poisons' would know how to determine a false death from a real one.
But no matter. It worked, and for that I am glad.
Though my trip in the coffinmaker's wares was rather unpleasant.
((So yeah; this is the heavily abridged version of his reveal, because I did not think anyone wanted the whole ten-page version of Jezebel screeching "LET ME TELL YOU MY PLANS! AND MY MOTIVES! IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL!!"))