That One Patient

Okay, this has gone from bad to worse as now I’m short a translator. I don’t know how to put this but Dr. Rosetta Scribe, for some reason, killed herself. I didn’t see any visual clues and certainly, nothing to the effect of anything indicating depression or I would’ve known. This just doesn’t make any sense. She was well-liked by the staff here, cooperative with her information gathering efforts. So, why would she just up and throw herself from a building in Canterlot? I have a couple of guesses as to why that’s the case but they all have disturbing implications.

One theory is that she might’ve dug deep into whoever Mr. Skull was found out who he really is and might’ve exerted control over her to commit suicide. That one does seem more probable as Mr. Skull was able to enter my dreams and give me one of the worst nightmares I’ve ever seen, like he was trying to send a message. If so, this would mark the first time I’ve known Mr. Skull to directly taking life or coercing whoever to do so. This is disturbing but the next idea is what gets at me the most.

The second theory is that she might’ve, again, figured out the real identity of Mr. Skull as she did mention doing her own investigation on the side. My guess was that she finished it but knew she would be targeted by him as I’ve mentioned to her what’d been happening here. After that, she took her own life to prevent her research from falling into the wrong hooves. To my knowledge, she did say she’d leave notes behind in the event she could no longer carry out her job in any capacity. When I go to her funeral, I’ll ask for her notes. She left enough for me to understand Tambelonese to an extent.

That brings me to why we need experts in the field of ancient magic and why I NEED access to the royal archives and fast. I’m starting to worry that this will get worse and I’ll be too late to stop what’ll happen. I’m not sure what but stuff like this can’t go ignored and for good reason. I hope that by the time the situation starts escalating, I’ll have access to the required information that I need.

Now, I need to get my suit to the dry cleaners because the funeral is tomorrow.