Destiny's Tears-Prologue: A Jewel in the Shadow Part II

[Rystil Arden]

*Alire explain in Eldish:*
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"The fastest way to learn things in this city is to find and befriend well-connected eyes and ears who walk the path of shadows...I learned that the hard way when I first came here."
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[Keia]

*In Eldish*[SBLOCK]

"I am not entirely convinced that you didn't stage the late arrival of your official persona to act as an alibi for these killings...Your hair was found at the site of the theft, after all...or so my underworld contacts tell me."

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*In Eldish/Seelie/HP*

"And she has underworld contacts . . . ," Zykovian said quietly, before realizing he spoke out loud. "I've been in the city a while, yet I have seen Molpe's hair color two or three times in that period. It is not unique . . . though it is very rare."

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Molpe Lilypetals: Limnad/Female (Siren)

Seelie: [sblock]“Oh,” Molpe says with a smile as she reply to Alire, “I ran into Wei-Han pretty much straight on the docks and he knew where we could find a lake so I didn’t any anyone else’s help.”

“Oh, graces no!” Molpe looks a bit surprised, “My hair color isn’t all that rare at all! A lot of my sisters, especially my naiad sisters, have turquoise hair.” [/sblock]

 

[Thanee]

Melody

As Melody's darkly clad figure emerged from the shadows to rejoin the others, there is no mask covering her attractive Rowaini face and luxurous dark hair anymore, obviously she is seeing no need in hiding her features now that the matter seemed resolved between the parties present at least. And it also does seem a bit silly to chat while wearing a mask like that.

Turning to Zykovian, she says:

(Eldish)
[SBLOCK]“Of course, if such a person would intentionally leave the hair... and what other reason would there be to do so, then it makes sense to have the 'original' look like hers and color it, instead of making a perfect disguise. But, one thing I'm wondering about. I heard, that the Dolathi are not easily detectable with magic, so how can a simple spell be sufficient to discern, whether the hair is from a true Dolathi or not? Granted, I do not know a divination like that, but it still seems a bit strange to me.”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Glamour replies matter-of-factly in Eldish.*
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"Ah, but the beauty is that it wouldn't have to tell us that. What I would do is check for a psychic resonance between the hair and our Molpe, and we could know if the hair originally belonged to her. If the hair is not Molpe's, we won't be able to tell whether it comes from another Naiad or a Dolathi disguised as such, but we'll know it isn't Molpe's. As is often the case, the key to overcoming an intelligence gap is to work around it."
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[Thanee]

Melody

Melody nods understandingly.

(Eldish)
[SBLOCK]“Ah, I see. Good thinking.”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Molpe Lilypetals: Limnad/Female (Siren)

Eldish: [SBlock]“Yes, yes it is,” Molpe says while looking at her sister with a proud smile, “I would imagine that casting such a spell would please everyone here and also prove my innocents once in for all?” [/SBlock]

* Her proud smile sweeps from her sister to Alire happy to have at least one issue resolved but looking for conformation of it. *

 

[Thanee]

Melody

(Eldish)
[SBLOCK]“As far as I am concerned, I do not need any more proof, that you are not the assassin. I'm instead rather interested in finding out, whether the hair was stolen or mimicked. It's clear enough, that it is meant to be one of yours. This will provide further clues for us.”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Alire shakes her head and replies in Eldish to Melody.*
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"You are very quick to lower your guard when presented with an persona, quite possibly feigned, of weakness and simpering kindness, but it doesn't make sense...consider: Let's assume that our assassin friend here is not the real assassin. Then she must have gone to a large amount of trouble either duplicating or retrieving and planting these hairs on the scene of the crime. But, assuming this Nymph isn't the real thief, if she was going to hide the jewel on some other girl, why bother? All that the hairs could possibly do would be to point us in the right direction, and here we are with the Jewel, so any plan to keep it away from us obviously failed. You assume a highly competent manipulator, but then that doesn't tell us why we were able to foil her plan."

"Now let's back away from our assumption that the thief and assassin was not our culprit here: If we instead assume that she *is* the correct thief and that the hairs fell off naturally and were not planted, then it all makes sense--although admittedly we must assume that any claims she has to not being here are simply a well-built alibi and that her 'Little Miss Nice Girl' persona is a sham. You claim that Zykovian did not kill my Mojiin sister and that she was stabbed by a dagger--What about that? That was almost demonstrably her doing..."

"In any case, I admit that I do not find my reasoning conclusive...just hypothetical."
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[Keia]

Zykovian T'Erilan Male Altanian Hps: 8/18

In Seelie/Eldish/HP

"Let's go back to a question of mine Alire that was conveniently avoided," Zykovian asked. Zykovian thought for a moment, trying to work the pieces of the puzzle together . . . there was still a few bits missing. "The other dead Mojiin, all following the poem that we discovered . . . I was informed by the guards on duty that you were seen at the guard station with several of your companions rifling the bodies of the dead Mojiin and were chased out by the guard. What was the reason behind your . . . visit?"