What gets me is not so much the risk of falling, but that the monks left the poor harpsichord hanging there exposed to weather for days on end. Even morning dew would be terrible for the instrument, let alone any rain, wind, or direct sun.
So, new theory —
Murderer: the Harpsichord.
Motive: revenge!
Ha! Yes, Soul Music is not quite in my favorite few Discworld books — though it’s still VERY good — but it does have some of my favorite individual lines.
Poor Glod Glodson trying to deny the call of stardom — "I’ll never match the legend of Brother Charnel. He stole altar gold from the Temple of Offler and forged it into a magic horn, and played divine music until the gods caught up to him and tore off his…"
"Maybe so. But if I went back out on that stage right now and asked the crowd who was the greatest horn player of all time, will they shout for Glod Glodson or will they remember some felonious monk?"
Well that at least explains the harpsichord suspended from a rope… They were trying to move it to an upper storey room by the shortest route possible (vertically via rope and pulley as opposed to horizontally via the stairs).
That at least explains why she was a suspect, though if she *always* kept a bottle of it that isn't really compatible with the idea that she only got it to commit this murder. And I presume that there is a good reason why she has it other than to poison elves who get on her nerves.
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and the clot thickens…..
had to keep the last page’s comments going…
"how many pianos can that damn bird dodge ?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvi00nuctK4
Massively stupid on the part of the monks leaving the harpsichord simply hanging there, but I get the feeling these monks dumped Int.
Nice to see the comic continuing though 😀
Stupid? Admittedly, yes.
In keeping with a holy order devoted to a gambler? Regrettably, also yes.
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What gets me is not so much the risk of falling, but that the monks left the poor harpsichord hanging there exposed to weather for days on end. Even morning dew would be terrible for the instrument, let alone any rain, wind, or direct sun.
So, new theory —
Murderer: the Harpsichord.
Motive: revenge!
"No jury in the world would convict me!"
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Certainly not a jury of its peers.
Piano: "Let’s keep this quiet."
Trombone: "We ought to just let it slide."
Harp: "The monks are no angels themselves, you know."
Banjo: "Yeah, devil take the monks!"
Bass drum: "Pound the monks!"
Guitar: "Break their necks!"
Violin: "Gut ’em!"
Theremin, seeing the carnage: "Don’t look at me. I didn’t touch them!"
*applause*
LOTS of it.
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Accordion: Let’s put the squeeze on them until they confess!
Hurdy Gurdy: No, we should crank them on the wheel!
Biwa: Let’s pluck out their eyes!
Are you agreeing with Terry Pratchett that monks can be felonious? (1 of my all time fave puns)
The cellos think they should string them up, and I’m applauding as well
Ha! Yes, Soul Music is not quite in my favorite few Discworld books — though it’s still VERY good — but it does have some of my favorite individual lines.
Poor Glod Glodson trying to deny the call of stardom — "I’ll never match the legend of Brother Charnel. He stole altar gold from the Temple of Offler and forged it into a magic horn, and played divine music until the gods caught up to him and tore off his…"
"Maybe so. But if I went back out on that stage right now and asked the crowd who was the greatest horn player of all time, will they shout for Glod Glodson or will they remember some felonious monk?"
Ah! The question is, who else knew that she kept that in her rooms (if she did bring it with her)? At least we now know why she is the main suspect.
Well that at least explains the harpsichord suspended from a rope… They were trying to move it to an upper storey room by the shortest route possible (vertically via rope and pulley as opposed to horizontally via the stairs).
a transdimensional harpsichord, those are the worst kind…
The things you’re forced to do when you no longer have ready access to spells like Tenser’s Floating Disc, Levitate or Telekinesis.
(Meaning of course, the monks could have hired a wizard to do that before the magic started going away.
Also meant as an homage to the strip’s roots, of course.)
And that last-panel revelation about Maula and the bottle of prattroot–circumstantial? Yes. Are the optics good? No.
These monks might have used the mechanical ways before as well. Remember, they have this anti-magic bubble.
(*facepalm*) Of course. I forgot about the anti-magic already!
If Lucas knew Maula has a bottle of prattroot by her bedside, then so would someone else.
Still, the strongest defence of Maula is that if she wanted you dead, she wouldn’t mess around with poisons-she’d just bury a battleaxe in your skull.
And I’m betting that Pratroot has medicinal uses, like as an ointment for achy joints or itchy battle scars.
I’m telling you, its like chamomile tee for us . 🙂
Like Morticia going through Fester’s suitcase:
Cyanide? Fester…as if we’d run out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59zwvnghu-g
Though Mama Bloodhand also lives up to her name, strangling the life out of them.
and you’d be facing her…and armed
Well, if Boss Hogg is going to torture Maula for the “truth”, she’s going to tell Lucas to take his time with the investigation.
So that’s why…
That at least explains why she was a suspect, though if she *always* kept a bottle of it that isn't really compatible with the idea that she only got it to commit this murder. And I presume that there is a good reason why she has it other than to poison elves who get on her nerves.