*: ・゚✧ 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.”