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<font face=5>Confession of Solomon White<br>
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If you are reading this then I am dead. He will have killed me just like he killed Hana. But I will have the last laugh as I tell the truth about the missing Septim Crown and the murder of my beloved Hana Filane.<br>
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It all started one night when I was working late. I was on my way to Hana's Office to once again try to make her understand my love for her. As I was walking down the hallway I saw him come out of the Royal Jewels Display. None other then Derin Oslin! He stopped dead when he saw me, as we both know none of the staff are allowed in that area after closing. I asked him what he was doing there and he blustered something about looking for Margaret. But of course I was suspicious, Margaret was not in that night.<br>
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I continued on but from that day I could feel Derin watching me closely, listening to everything I said. One day he came into my office, he seemed agitated, pacing around and fidgeting with items on the shelves. He asked me about my financial status, where I saw myself being in a few years. I told him I had a few financial problems, a few gambling debts I was concerned about. Then he started. Why should we spend our lives working so hard for such a pittance when others are rich and free. He was so persuasive, so focused and intent. Why should we not live lives of luxury, he said. Why toil so hard until we die from old age. Why? When there were such riches at our fingertips.... <br>
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He made it sound so easy! He had a plan, it couldn't fail. We could steal the crown and hide it until the heat was off, no one would suspect us! Especially if we just continued our jobs until the time was right. At first I wasn't sure, but he had it all figured out, we would steal the Septim Crown, hide it somewhere in the Gallery that no one would ever think to look and in a year we would retrieve it, sell it and split the proceeds equally. After all, there are places in the Gallery that only we knew of! It couldn't fail! We would be rich men, set for life.<br>
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I thought on it while he paced restlessly around my office waiting for my answer. Then I thought of Hana, my lovely, beautiful, innocent Hana. If I were a wealthy man she would notice me, she would return my love and become my wife and I would lavish my wealth on her! My sweet, delicate Hana! My mind was made, it was worth the risk, and so I told Derin that I would be part of his plan. <br>
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That was the start. From there we planned and strategized every night working late into the small hours of the morning. Margaret must have thought we were truly dedicated to the job, but if she had only known the truth.... We watched all the staff and guards closely, at every opportune moment we gathered information on the security systems. One night Derin managed to locate the keys to the rooms where the security systems were. He quickly took the keys to a fence down on Elm Street and had copies made. Then returned the originals before they were missed. It all went perfectly according to plan......<br>
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The agreed night for the theft came. All the staff and guards were exactly where we knew they would be at the right time. I used the copied keys to get into the security rooms and disabled the alarms. Derin crept into the Royal Jewels Display. He had exactly three minutes to steal the crown and be back in his office before I had to reactivate the alarms. He replaced the crown with a copy we had purchased some months before from one of the gift shops. I turned the alarm back on, careful to ensure nothing was out of place, and ran back to my office relocking the doors behind me. Derin turned up a few minutes later. When I asked him where the crown was he told me that it was best I didn't know. When I pressed him about it's location he only laughed and said that it was 'sleeping with the fishes'.<br>
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The theft was discovered the next morning when Margaret did her usual rounds. The woman doesn't miss a thing and spotted the fake crown immediately.The alarm was raised, but even though they searched the gallery from top to bottom they didn't find the crown...just like Derin said.<br>
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Too late though I have learned the true nature of my partner in crime. The truth is that I now don't believe he ever intended to split the proceeds from the crown. Too late I realized that I was just a tool for him to use. He needed a second person to turn the alarms on and off and that was me. <br>
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I had no idea until only recently. I was going to my darling Hana's office with some pretense of looking for a book, but the truth was that I longed to see her beautiful face. I stopped just short of knocking on her office door when I heard raised voices from inside. Curious, I pressed my ear to the door and what I heard shocked me to my core.<br>
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I recognized Derin's voice, but the tone of it chilled me....<br>
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'I told you once before that if I ever heard of you with another man I would have to kill you.'<br>
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'You are the only man I love!' she protested.<br>
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'I would hate to think you are lying to me...'<br>
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The door flew open and Derin stalked out. I tried to make an excuse for my presence right outside the door, but he knew I had heard. From the way he looked at me I knew he knew. He stalked off and I returned to my office. I had not known that Derin had seduced my beloved, innocent Hana, he had always been cold towards her never showing any sign of attraction. How could she allow herself to be swayed by him?<br>
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That very day someone murdered Hana and I knew the moment I heard the news that it could only have been Derin! Mad with grief I confronted him in his office, at first he denied it...but when I pressed him about it he admitted it telling me no one would believe a weak fool like me and if I told a soul he would reveal my part in the robbery, we would both hang. I asked him if the deal with the crown was still on and he said it was. We were partners in crime, bound together and to silence by that. But...something in his eyes made me distrust. I don't think he will let me live long enough to retrieve the crown.<br>
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Since then I have played the part of the loyal partner in crime, but I burn with hatred for my beloved Hana's killer. He knows, he enjoys my rage and hatred and he goads me. Tells me lies about the woman I cherished, he tells me that she was a mere whore from Elm Street. Lies to sully her reputation and her memory. He thinks I am weak and could not strike against him and he is right, I fear for my life. I see the madness in his eyes. I know he will kill me if he even suspects I might break our pact. So I have done what he has told me to do though it sickens me to the depths my soul.<br>
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He came into my office and told me to go and buy some chocolates and a card. I asked him why and he said it was time to take care of that nuisance of a secretary that has been asking questions about the crown and snooping around. I didn't press the issue any further but went and purchased the chocolates and a card. When I returned Derin came into my office, looked at the chocolates and took a small vial out of his pocket. He then sprinkled some of the contents of the vial over each chocolate. He then took the card and the chocolates and turned towards the door. He looked back briefly at me, placed a finger to his lips and made a 'shhh' sound followed by a maniacal grin. With that he left and I was left in no doubt as to what he planned to do.<br>
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I was distraught, I couldn't believe it! I was party to murder! Quickly I jotted down a note warning the secretary not to eat the chocolates. Then I quietly headed over to the secretary's office. When I entered I saw the chocolates on the table, thankfully as yet untouched. I placed the note in the pigeonhole praying to Akatosh that the secretary would find the note before touching the chocolates and that Derin would not find the note at all.<br>
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When I reached my office Derin was there, he quizzed me about where I had been and I told him I had just been to the lavatory. I don't think he believed me, if he had found out what I had done he would kill me, of that I have no doubt. But I couldn't let another innocent person die, I just couldn't. He left, seemingly unconvinced.<br>
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So I am now here in my office writing this confession so that if I am murdered Derin will be exposed and hanged. Justice for my beloved Hana and for me, if the worst does happen. Gods help me survive!<br>
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Solomon White
Many books, but mostly dialog, especially the quest to 'Find the Septim Crown'. It will take you a while, but I am sure there is no hurry.
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