Meesei turned the page in her notes as she was given the floor to speak once more. The testimonies and physical evidence she had provided so far placed Harriet in the meeting room, alone, with the waterskin which had been used to poison Jerrick, in the time frame that their tests had shown he had been poisoned. There were not too many points left which she needed to present.
"Shortly after the meeting concluded, Jerrick went to the dining chamber, as I, and any were were listening to the story I was telling, can confirm. He pulled me aside to a private room once my story had concluded, at which point he explained to me everything about the vision Hircine had given him. We made our plans for ambushing the traitor later that night, then parted ways. Jerrick set out to make his preparations, and to gather some materials for me, including a soul gem so I could enchant an invisibility scroll for him, and a welkynd stone to aid me in sustaining my spells over the course of the night. Through all of my investigation, neither I, nor anyone assisting me, has found evidence for any other opportunity at which Jerrick's waterskin could have been poisoned. At that point, he was aware the traitor would be targeting him that day, so he would have been on alert, and I had cautioned him not to eat nor drink anything for the rest of the day, to which he had agreed." Meesei explained. With that point, she had given strong evidence that the only lieutenant who could have poisoned Jerrick was Harriet. However, there was still the vial remaining.
Reaching into her bag, Meesei produced two sealed glass containers, one with the vial, and the other with the rag. The corner of the rag which the witnesses had touched had been cut away, while the vial was entirely intact. "I believe the evidence presented so far is enough to show that Harriet was the only lieutenant with the opportunity to poison Jerrick. However, there is another piece of evidence. During the course of my investigation, I had Grolak search Harriet's room. In it, he discovered a hiding space under a broken stone in her floor. In that space was this vial, and this rag wrapped around it. The vial contained traces of a black liquid, which Sabine and Carana tested and confirmed to be the same poison used on Jerrick. Furthermore, the vial bears a symbol which resembles certain depictions of Clavicus Vile. One of my first thoughts upon learning of this was that it could have been planted, as its discovery did seem almost too suspicious. However, after investigating myself, I found nothing that would suggest it had been planted by anyone but Harriet. The hiding space in which it was found was well-hidden, and would have been easy to miss. It was fortunate that Grolak managed to locate it. If the traitor wished to plant false evidence, then it would make more sense to plant said evidence among her belongings, rather than in a place where it would not so easily be found. Additionally, the only scents which I could detect in the hiding spot, and on the rag found within, were Grolak's, Harreit's, and of course my own. There were no traces of anyone else on any of the items. When I confronted Harriet with this and asked her to show how it could have been planted, she made no effort to prove that the vial was not hers. Being made primarily of glass, the vial itself does not easily hold a scent. The cork may still hold the traitor's scent, however; there was not sufficient time before the trial for Sabine and Carana to finish their test. I have brought both the rag and vial in sealed containers so that you may inspect them. I still would like to allow them to finish their tests on the cork, so I would ask that you not open its container. But, the rag has been sealed away for a few days and still should hold its scents." Meesei said as she moved to give the containers to Najirra.
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