Diplomatic Immunity: Funeral Procession

[Bront]

OOC: Vasha would if she could ever get anywhere

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Once they're done here, I'd imagine--assuming she is specifically trying to find them next or vice versa)

 

[unleashed]

*Lynestra seems ambivalent--as if she is embarrassed to have the comfort given but is too weak at the moment to rebuff it.*

"No...I don't think I saw anything unusual at all. It was an ordinary night, and the next morning, other than the feverish excitement of the upcoming wedding and the planned festivities and receptions for the day, was the same as ever. When I went to the baths to freshen up, I saw Thyestes and Kurai heading back from the stables like always to greet the morning--those two are such morning people. And Orin was heading to the baths as well, to wash off the blood and grime that caked him from his midnight hunts. And I guess it isn't exactly an ordinary day here when Mommy, Daddy, and Helena, and my brothers are here, but they were the same as always too. Plydek was already awake and practising with his sword--his sword technique is superb! You should see him practising the forms! It's so impressive, especially when he makes the blade dance with his holy powers and draws another--it's so beautiful that it almost makes you forget that the blades are deadly. I went to spend some time with Helena in her chambers, and then I headed over to meet all of you."

*Tiberius nods at Lynestra’s statement, offering a brief smile and touching his throat as she comments on Plydek’s sword technique... which he’s already experienced firsthand.*

“I see... well that could all be useful, though not immediately so. To be honest though, we’re focussing most of our attention on the period after the reception, when everyone had time to themselves. I don’t suppose you noticed anything unusual in the hours after we parted company, even something while the reception was running, did you Lynestra?”

 

[Rystil Arden]

"No, I'm afraid I didn't see anything unusual then either. Is there anything particular for which you are looking?"

 

[unleashed]

“Ah, well that is where our problem begins, Lynestra, as we have no definitive idea of what we’re looking for yet... though I’m sure we’ll narrow things down soon enough. Hmm, I understand you had dinner with your family during the break between the reception and the bachelor party. How long did that last and was anyone absent for any appreciable length of time?”

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Did I list a length previously? I can't remember, and I don't want to give a contradiction lest it be mistaken for a clue. If I haven't said yet, it will be two hours)

"It was two hours long, and no one was missing for very long, no. Why, do you think one of them could have...it's not possible. Who do you suspect?"

 

[Bront]

OOC: I believe 2 hours was given earlier.

 

[unleashed]

(OOC: Did I list a length previously? I can't remember, and I don't want to give a contradiction lest it be mistaken for a clue. If I haven't said yet, it will be two hours)

"It was two hours long, and no one was missing for very long, no. Why, do you think one of them could have...it's not possible. Who do you suspect?"

OOC: Two hours sounds about right.

“Sadly our lack of success so far doesn’t end with not knowing what to look for, Lynestra, but who to suspect as well. Currently we have no particular suspect or suspects, therefore we must work to eliminate people from suspicion... mostly by working out where everyone was. That is the main purpose of the questions we’ve been asking so far, though everyone seems to think that we’re accusing them of something. I know I personally have very little feel for the cultures or people present, and that doesn’t give me much of a feel for what anyone here is capable of. After all, apart from my beloved Claudia, I’ve known everyone else here for very little time, Ammon’s other offworld friends included, as I met them only just before we all met you. So you see the dilemma that most, if not all, of Ammon’s friends face during this investigation.”

“Of course, I can think of dozens of theories for who killed Ammon and why, Lynestra, a few of which would even place you in the role of his killer, based on just the little information I gathered at the reception... though I don’t give much weight to the ones concerning you. With nothing to prove my speculations one way or the other though they’re just that... speculations with no facts to back them up.”

 

[Erekose13]

"Adding to our frustration is the fact that while we may have suspicions, none of them can be confirmed or completely disproved, not one, because all we have is people's word. The crime was committed without any physical evidence. It was successfully made to look like a suicide. There were no traces of entry to the room. There were no signs that he tried to defend himself. Nothing to proove it wasn't the suicide that the four of us know it isn't." adds mythweaver.

(ooc: heck if I thought there were psionics around, I'd think that some one implanted one of those death urges)

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Hmm...that is troubling. If you only have everyone's word, couldn't you make that stronger by using truth magic and having people say 'I did not kill Ammon'...I don't know. I'm sorry, I don't want to think about this too much more...it hurts so...If I can do anything to help you, please tell me and I will do my best, but if not, I would like to return to prayer for my Ammon..."