Merriel/Plot

Manor
Merriel spent most of her time lazing around, complaining about random things to Merle. She nearly left her room multiple times before her Debut but was stopped by Merle every time.

Debut
On the morning of her Debut, Merle wears a veil over her face and the two meet with the rest of their class in front of the Hall of Glory where they meet the adult examiner of the Debut: Alistair. Entering a parlor, Alistair explains he will be judging the performance of the pairs. The Dolls take off their veils and Merle recognises Emil to her delight, but causes a placement deduction for Merriel as she acted on her own. Emilita points this out and insults Merriel, leading to another placement deduction. Glenys has Emilita stop and chats with Merriel, complimenting her dress and the two start on better terms, especially due to their Dolls. They join Fionnan in a sitting area where Merriel tries to exchange small talk with Fionnan, but seeing how it failed, decided to simply exchange their collar links with each other as a good luck charm. She mentions the name of Fionnan's Doll only for Emilita to butt in pointing out its strangeness. Emory speaks up to agree and Weiss to act scared, causing his master a placement deduction. Conversation begins to die down and Alistair leads the Shadows out to the garden. He tells the Dolls to find a way out of the room which will be locked. Out in the garden, the adult leads the Shadows to unique puzzles where they will wait for their Dolls. Merriel is lead into a small merry-go-around and put inside the central pillar.