Hazelnuts and plaid

[Marian Hawke]

"Austin Said, professor of arithmancy." And well known for being a hardass, not that any of them know that for sure.

[NPCs]

"What measures did you take to safeguard the poisoned juice?"

[Marian Hawke]

"I, um. I don't recall fully."

[NPCs]

A frown before, "detail what do you do recall and explain why you cannot recall the totality."

[Marian Hawke]

"I recall storing it in an alcove behind the wine rack, along with the packet, so that it wouldn't be grabbed by accident -- it's the opposite corner from where we usually store our juice. But I also have dim recollections of taking it out more than once, and not putting it back in the same place. I don't recall where I did put it last."

[NPCs]

"Your memory is a well noted quality," Vosang observes, eyes intent on her face. "Why are you unable to recall the pertinent information?"

[Marian Hawke]

"I was extremely inebriated at the time."

[NPCs]

"When was this?"

[Marian Hawke]

"Several occasions over the past few months."

[NPCs]

"What was your response after each such episode of extreme inebriation in regards to the poisoned juice? When was the latest episode?"

[Marian Hawke]

"For the former, since I barely remembered moving it, I did not take any special action to recover it. I took medicine for Ciren's Jape and went to class. For the latter, I don't recall."

[NPCs]

"What was your response to discovering you had moved it?"

[Marian Hawke]

"I was inebriated by the time I discovered it had moved and did not think much of it."

[NPCs]

"You only interacted with the poisoned juice while inebriated?"

[Marian Hawke]

"Yes. I poisoned the juice while inebriated and interacted with it only while inebriated after that point."