memesfromstuff:

*: ・゚✧   interrogation starters.

feel free to change pronouns etc as needed.

CALM / QUESTIONING.

  • “ tell me, what happened?”
  • “ did you see anything?”
  • “ what do you remember?”
  • “ do you remember anything unusual?”
  • “ please, try to remember as much as you can.”
  • “ every detail is important.”
  • “ and what happened next?”
  • “ and what did you do when all this took place?”
  • “ what were you doing around __ am/pm?”
  • “ where were you around __ am/pm?”
  • “ can anyone verify that?”
  • “ was someone with you?”
  • “ and you had nothing to do with it?”
  • “ and you weren’t involved?”
  • “ did you see it happen?”
  • “ did you see who did it?”
  • “ did you see or hear anything? anything at all?”

CARING / UNDERSTANDING.

  •  “ you seem scared… is that why you don’t want to talk?”
  • “ did someone hurt you?”
  • “ it’s okay. you can tell me.”
  • “ you were just trying to defend yourself, weren’t you?”
  • “ we can take a break, if you want.”
  • “ everything will be okay, i promise. but you need to talk to me.”
  • “ it’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it. but it really would help if you did.”

SUSPICIOUS.

  • “ there is something you’re not telling me.”
  • “ i think you’re lying.”
  • “ you looked away just now when you said that. are you sure you’re telling the truth?”
  • “ except what you’re telling me doesn’t align with what we already know.”
  • “ seems to me like you know more than you’re letting in on.”
  • “ what aren’t you telling me?”
  • “ who are you trying to protect?”
  • “ so you really don’t know what any of it means? no clue at all?”
  • “ they must’ve told you more than that.”
  • “ you have to have seen more than that.”
  • “ and you want me to believe you don’t remember?”
  • “ and you want me to believe you had nothing to do with it?”
  • “ an accident? is that what you’re going with?”

DEMANDING.

  • “ i need you to tell me the truth.”
  • “ i need you to tell me what happened.”
  • “ i know you’re not telling me the truth.”
  • “ that doesn’t line up with the evidence. so… you wanna try that again?”
  • “ stop lying. i already know that’s not what happened.”

MAKING A DEAL / ASKING FOR HELP / DEMANDING HELP.

  • “ what do you want in exchange for this information?”
  • “ i’m listening…”
  • “ you’re coming with me.”
  • “ since you’re the only one who knows how to find them, i don’t really have a choice but to take you with me.”
  • “ fine. i’ll take you with me, but if you try anything…”
  • “ i can’t give you that. you know that.”
  • “ if we’re going to make a deal, you’re gonna have to ask for something a little more rational than that.”
  • “ okay. we have a deal.”
  • “ sorry. no deal.”

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