Diplomatic Immunity: Funeral Procession

[unleashed]

“Indeed, we could use truth magic, and plan to do so, though it is not certain to provide us with an answer either, I’m afraid, as the magic can be defeated if an individuals will is strong enough. That is not your problem though, Lynestra, so please return to your prayers for Ammon, and we’ll return to our investigation.”

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Lynestra nods quietly and returns to her prayers.*

(OOC: So, going to look for Vasha then? In that case--Bront, you're back!)

 

[Bront]

"Oh, there you are!" Vasha says, waving the others down.

"The stable boy stabed himself with a sword when no one was around, and his wounds are consistant with what Ammon had, so I think he killed himself too, but I'm sure someone else forced him to. Ammon wasn't by the stables the day before he killed himself, was he?"

 

[Erekose13]

"Thank you Vasha, no he wasnt out there, though the stable boy's death happened the day after Ammon's. Well then we have first hand witness that these appear to be suicide. Mental control is the only thing that I can think of. Perhaps we need to do something more dramatic. Like taking Lynestra's advice and using truth magic. Given the limited nature of the spell we'll need to line up every person in the whole palace and have them step forward to answer the most straight forward question possible. Perhaps if we do this in the open and cover everyone not too many people will take offence." offers Mythweaver.

 

[Bront]

OOC: If you're going to give me false information then we'll never solve this

"The boy was found the next day, but I think he was killed the night before, which was the night Ammon was killed.

 

[unleashed]

“That’s right Vasha, Ammon and the stable boy were killed the same night. Though I wish I knew which was first, as that might give us an idea of whether the killer is still here or not.”

“As for using truth magic Mythweaver, we’ll have to construct a very good question, as simply asking ‘did you kill Ammon’ likely won’t catch anyone out. Because if the weapon used was mental compulsion, as seems to be the current consensus, Ammon and the stable boy would technically have killed themselves, which I think would be enough to fool the magic. Then of course as I said to Lynestra, the killer could resist the magic too.”

 

[Bront]

"A horse may have seen the man, but it could be anyone, and they never saw him touch the boy. The boy just killed himself by stabbing himself with a sword."

OOC: Did they find a sword with Ammon or the boy?

 

[unleashed]

“Yes, so you said, though that doesn’t have much bearing on whether the boy was the first to die, which is what I’m wondering.”

OOC: The boy still had a sword in his chest when we saw him and Ammon had a dagger in his chest IIRC.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Yup, YRC)

 

[Erekose13]

"Too true Tiberius. I'd always assumed that the boy was killed later, but then assumptions are a poor way to take any of this. Its really too bad that we aren't able to speak to the boy himself, I've heard of those who can ask questions of the dead and it would've prooved useful in both cases." replies Mythweaver.