Interesting. So now the questions are:
– how was Taurenil actually killed?
– what was the rope-cutter trying to do by making the harpsichord fall?
– are Taurenil’s murderer and the harpsichord rope-cutter really the same person?
So… when they said "Taurenil was murdered, crushed by a falling harpsichord", they meant "was murdered and then crushed by a falling harpsichord", not "was murdered by a falling harpsichord".
I’m gonna guess then that it made autopsy more difficult to perform.
Yeah. It is a clever idea to murder someone in a more inconspicuous manner and then hide it by flattening the body in an "accident". In this case though, it seems that it was not inconspicuous enough AND the "accident" didn’t actually look like an accident.
Either very shoddy work or two independent assasination attempts. Or something even better.
It’s called ‘visiting an indignity on a corpse’
Usually added in with murder charges if there was any disturbance of the body ‘just in case’, there’s always something that can get a conviction…or more likely today, to be plea-bargained away.
Had to look it up just to be sure I wasn’t misquoting the Law 😉
182 Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who
(a) neglects, without lawful excuse, to perform any duty that is imposed on him by law or that he undertakes with reference to the burial of a dead human body or human remains, or
(b) improperly or indecently interferes with or offers any indignity to a dead human body or human remains, whether buried or not.
Agree with other people here that Mrs Bloodhand is more of the "front stabber/kill you to your face" type.
Someone must have *really* had feelings for Taurenil if they had to do it twice. Hate, jealousy, who knows?
Had to go back and look at the start of the strip…was wondering why no one did the clerical form of interrogation Speak with Dead, etc., but then remembered:
1) This isn’t a 1:1 correlation D&D strip.
2) No one wants a five-minute mystery.
3) With much of the magic/deities gone from the world, it would be a use/waste of power no one probably wants to do–even if they potentially could.
Was also shocked that this arc is 46 strips now, and had forgot about Rich’s new experimental style at the beginning of it.
Can’t wait for the next one–this has been a good story.
Read from the arrival the abby, I think only an hour or two has passed. At this point, the captain really does have things in hand and Lucas and Caudigan are not adding anything to the investigation beside some political protocol.
> Agree with other people here that Mrs Bloodhand
> is more of the "front stabber/kill you to your face" type.
In my pre-coffee fog, I read that initially as "kill you with your face". Which might be a thing, if you get Maula angry enough.
"Stop this nonsense at once, Mrs. Bloodhand! If you suspect another player of cheating, then you may present your evidence to the Arbitration Committee like anyone else. And give Taurenil her face back immediately."
Make sure they’re on ice, kill them twice !!
For those times when you have to absolutely, positively know that they’re dead.
I wonder how she gnu that ? another loose thread to tie up 😉
If I was going to kill Taurenil, I’d steal the book, poison the edges/corners of it with a tasteless ingested poison, return the book before she noticed. Thus she’d poison herself when flicking through the book as most people will lick a finger before flipping a page. Dies of poisoning, which would be obvious since there would be no marks on the body. Dropping a harpsicord on the body would deflect suspicion of the poisonng method as that would have seemed to be the cause of death…
"…as most people will lick a finger before flipping a page"
I… Huh. I always thought people only did that in the movies? I could swear I’ve never seen someone do that in real life. Or then that’s just one of those things my brain just doesn’t even register seeing.
Also, feels like something that should have seen a major decline in these last couple of years.
Not to give away too many spoilers for anyone who hasn’t read it, but there is a poisoning plot in Terry Pratchett’s Feet of Clay, from the Discworld series. Licking one’s fingers to help turn the page while reading is suggested as one of the methods the poisoner is using.
Utterly irrelevant here, but the connection did amuse me.
And in the end it turns out, that the target of the harpsicord was not Taurenil, but her murderer. Only, the person dropping it wasn’t aware of that his/her target carries a dead body, and eventually thought he/she killed Taurenil by accidently hitting her instead of the original target, and now laying low. OR, the person knew she was dead, but has some reason to keep quite about the identity of the (other) murderer.
Okay, so we know it was attempted murder at least but how do we know it was actual murder which not just ends with a dead person but also causes a dead person?
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Oh?
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Interesting. So now the questions are:
– how was Taurenil actually killed?
– what was the rope-cutter trying to do by making the harpsichord fall?
– are Taurenil’s murderer and the harpsichord rope-cutter really the same person?
On the final one – unlikely.
So… when they said "Taurenil was murdered, crushed by a falling harpsichord", they meant "was murdered and then crushed by a falling harpsichord", not "was murdered by a falling harpsichord".
I’m gonna guess then that it made autopsy more difficult to perform.
Yeah. It is a clever idea to murder someone in a more inconspicuous manner and then hide it by flattening the body in an "accident". In this case though, it seems that it was not inconspicuous enough AND the "accident" didn’t actually look like an accident.
Either very shoddy work or two independent assasination attempts. Or something even better.
So we have at least two murderers. How very Agatha Christie-esque!
So, if you provide fatal injuries to somebody that is already dead, is it still murder?
Yes, if you killed previally that somebody.
Death in Paradise S4Ep7 She was murdered twice
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4440278/?ref_=ttep_ep7
It’s called ‘visiting an indignity on a corpse’
They gotcha before or after the fact 😉
It’s called ‘visiting an indignity on a corpse’
Usually added in with murder charges if there was any disturbance of the body ‘just in case’, there’s always something that can get a conviction…or more likely today, to be plea-bargained away.
Had to look it up just to be sure I wasn’t misquoting the Law 😉
182 Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who
(a) neglects, without lawful excuse, to perform any duty that is imposed on him by law or that he undertakes with reference to the burial of a dead human body or human remains, or
(b) improperly or indecently interferes with or offers any indignity to a dead human body or human remains, whether buried or not.
I guess it would be attempted murder if you're not the one scoring the kill (do you get XP for attempted murder?).
Less murder-y, more corpse desecration-y.
Oh then for Sure mama Bloodhand DEFINATLY didn’t do it then if she is gonna kill you shed want you to know it
Yay! Just noticed the new update.
Agree with other people here that Mrs Bloodhand is more of the "front stabber/kill you to your face" type.
Someone must have *really* had feelings for Taurenil if they had to do it twice. Hate, jealousy, who knows?
Had to go back and look at the start of the strip…was wondering why no one did the clerical form of interrogation Speak with Dead, etc., but then remembered:
1) This isn’t a 1:1 correlation D&D strip.
2) No one wants a five-minute mystery.
3) With much of the magic/deities gone from the world, it would be a use/waste of power no one probably wants to do–even if they potentially could.
Was also shocked that this arc is 46 strips now, and had forgot about Rich’s new experimental style at the beginning of it.
Can’t wait for the next one–this has been a good story.
Read from the arrival the abby, I think only an hour or two has passed. At this point, the captain really does have things in hand and Lucas and Caudigan are not adding anything to the investigation beside some political protocol.
Also if they did have the magic to spare, it still wouldn’t work as they’re in an anti-magic zone.
> Agree with other people here that Mrs Bloodhand
> is more of the "front stabber/kill you to your face" type.
In my pre-coffee fog, I read that initially as "kill you with your face". Which might be a thing, if you get Maula angry enough.
"Stop this nonsense at once, Mrs. Bloodhand! If you suspect another player of cheating, then you may present your evidence to the Arbitration Committee like anyone else. And give Taurenil her face back immediately."
Someone – or more than one.
Make sure they’re on ice, kill them twice !!
For those times when you have to absolutely, positively know that they’re dead.
I wonder how she gnu that ? another loose thread to tie up 😉
If I was going to kill Taurenil, I’d steal the book, poison the edges/corners of it with a tasteless ingested poison, return the book before she noticed. Thus she’d poison herself when flicking through the book as most people will lick a finger before flipping a page. Dies of poisoning, which would be obvious since there would be no marks on the body. Dropping a harpsicord on the body would deflect suspicion of the poisonng method as that would have seemed to be the cause of death…
"…as most people will lick a finger before flipping a page"
I… Huh. I always thought people only did that in the movies? I could swear I’ve never seen someone do that in real life. Or then that’s just one of those things my brain just doesn’t even register seeing.
Also, feels like something that should have seen a major decline in these last couple of years.
I agree, I never did that either.
Not to give away too many spoilers for anyone who hasn’t read it, but there is a poisoning plot in Terry Pratchett’s Feet of Clay, from the Discworld series. Licking one’s fingers to help turn the page while reading is suggested as one of the methods the poisoner is using.
Utterly irrelevant here, but the connection did amuse me.
That’s such a great book. It really showed me the potential that golems hold.
But we don’t have a character that looks like Sean Connery…
And in the end it turns out, that the target of the harpsicord was not Taurenil, but her murderer. Only, the person dropping it wasn’t aware of that his/her target carries a dead body, and eventually thought he/she killed Taurenil by accidently hitting her instead of the original target, and now laying low. OR, the person knew she was dead, but has some reason to keep quite about the identity of the (other) murderer.
Okay Carruthers. No nonsense or coy, pick one! I’m not saying they are always mutually exclusive, but c’mon… :/
Where do you see her being coy?
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oh boy, the plot thickens XD
I’m sorry. Could someone remind me why harpsichords are routinely suspended from the ceilings of St Aldwin’s?
I mean… Seriously?
The 16 ton weight was out for cleaning
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OK, smart guy, YOU try suspending one from the floor!
In the words of Mr. B. Bunny, "Obviously, a music hater."
I just assumed they were moving it out of a window.
This is beginning to sound like "everyone killed" her kind of murder. Or, everyone but the one that is accused.
Okay, so we know it was attempted murder at least but how do we know it was actual murder which not just ends with a dead person but also causes a dead person?