A deduction written by the detective on manuscript paper, left unfinished and no longer in need of completion.
The Ashen Detective's Final Case
A sheet of manuscript paper tossed aside without a care. Neat handwriting records the tenant's scattered deductions during moments of reflection.
This is the Ashen Detective's final case in arcadia: The Mystery of Aha's Assignment
Known: Nihilux, a.k.a. Blurry_QR_Colt, my former landlady and client, the actual long-missing Aeon of the Elation, or at least part of THEM. She hired me to investigate Aha, who's been missing for ages, yet she knows more about THEIR whereabouts than anyone else in the universe.
Then we can infer that, from the very beginning, her goal was never to investigate Aha. It was to trick me into coming here.
If everything is as I suspect, Aha personally selected or made use of every Supplicant who entered the game. Everyone who entered must possess some trait or ability Aha needed: the Trailblaze, the Harmony, the Abundance, the Preservation, the Elation...
By that logic, it's simple why I'd be chosen: This arm houses the Shadow of the Voracity.
Does she need to keep the dangerous item under her watch to prevent any unexpected complications? Or does she need a shadow to get certain things done? For example, helping Kuchiba eat Yabuli. But I don't think this magician's gaze can see that far into the future in every last detail. She's simply making the best of the cards in her hand and playing them to the best of her ability. Otherwise, she should be Nous, not Aha.
Come to think of it, in the years before I came to Planarcadia, the shadow seemed to grow increasingly restless. Looking back, that was most likely a sign that the husk was almost done with its fusion with Aha. After I drew near the husk, it still bit and chewed every night, but it truly grew much calmer, as if soothed by the aura of its ancestors. And that mask gave me the strength to further imprison its existence.
But why was she so sure the mask would end up in my hands...? Then again, even without that whole Smiles Society business, if the husk was to revive, I'd probably find Pearl afterward and take the mask. Same thing happened in Astropolis. Are my thoughts really that easy to read!?
The more I relied on deduction, the more enigmatic her thoughts became. Perhaps her actions themselves were driven by multiple motives.
Okay, I give up. I admit it: I'm just a tiny bit short on deduction. But my intuition tells me that, whatever the motive may be, it must be well-intentioned.
Oroboros has met true death. Even with the mask removed, the shadow will never stir again.
Before the next assignment comes up, let me get a good night's sleep for once. At least this time, there won't be wolves and beasts tearing each other apart in my dreams.
By The Laughter, if you can truly grant every Supplicant's wish, all I ask is to see them once more in my dreams... My stars...