Furudo Erika

Investigative sciences. Form of a nasturtium flower.

She had thorough knowledge of all the chemicals in Kinzo's study and had used them to conduct a scientific investigation. "This isn't a science mystery, so I'll spare you the details."

Battle! vs. towers! vs. shotguns! vs Beatrice on the bow of a pirate ship full of goats! [EP8] Form of chocolate lips wrapped in red foil. Remove the foil to view.

( Dust to dust, illusions to illusions!! I'll end your daydream for you! Come, try and remember, ghosts! Remember how you died so long agooooooooooooo!! )

Compliments from Lambda, and offers to work with Battler. :) "Together, let's tear this Illusion of the Witch apart." [EP5] Form of a loaf of bread. One use.

I just stole this memory from Lambda and I am lazy so I will just link to her writeup.

Meta scythe and battle skills. Form of a shot glass full of water.

This time, Erika stepped forward.
......In her hand, there appeared a sickle like one a god of death might hold.
A ruthless sickle for reaping everything that threatened her theory...!

In argument-battles in the meta world Erika uses a scythe. It is a scythe made of truth (both red and blue). She summons it out of nowhere and it can basically do whatever would be coolest with it, such as cutting down a huge herd of goat demons with one sweep, deflecting bullets, etc.

HOWEVER, since it's not really a physical weapon so much as a... logical device... the way I will play this is that it only works in fights or against opponents that are in some sense metaphorical. So if an argument came to physical blows to see who was right maybe it would work. Or against darkness monsters that are somehow embodiments of deception/insecurity/etc.! I will work this out on a case-by-case basis.

It also only works for blue truth right now because she still doesn't have her red truth skill yet.

Detective proclamation. Form of a slice of bread.

This is an extremely meta Umineko skill and therefore requires a somewhat complicated writeup.

( Those words, which seemed to be utterly ridiculous at first, were words of power which had come from a world on a much higher plane than the one they were in. )

...Functionally I don't expect this skill to be usable pretty much ever. But it could happen.

Genre-savvy. Form of a foil wrapped chocolate coin.

( Come on, let's all go together. In both third-rate mystery and third-rate horror, people who act alone tend to die first. )

Dramatic costume change. Form of a tiny Jolly Roger (wave it).

Erika threw off her wedding dress as though it was a cape...... And she was somehow in her normal outfit and not naked.

This is the most useful skill.

Manners & acting. Form of a small chocolate truffle.

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Includes specific manners, knowing what utensil to use, how to introduce herself, and generally how to act in a high-class setting, as well as a more general ability to act like she's a kind and well-meaning person and deceive people into thinking however she wants them to!

Blue truth. Form of two pieces of interlocking wood.

Not truth in the same sense as red truth, which is absolutely true.

The blue is used to proclaim a theory for the opponent to deny. They are then burdened with the responsibility of denying that in red, and if they do not, it becomes your victory.

See Erika's most recent memory for a pretty clear example of how this works.

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QUESTIONS?