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3531 Sleuth Lips Sink Ships

on September 23, 2022
Chapter: Blood Hand: A Lucas & Cadugan Mystery
Characters: Brother Yeecch, Cadugan, Lucas Greyfort
Location: Abbey of St. Aldwin the Skilled

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Discussion (34) ¬

  1. Wylf
    September 23, 2022, 12:32 am | # | Reply

    Must like his solitude. That’s the only reason I can think of why he wouldn’t eat with the rest of the abbey. Yep, nooooo other reason.

  2. Dave Van Domelen
    September 23, 2022, 1:21 am | # | Reply

    Which is weird, because the big innovation of the piano was that it can be a lot louder than a harpsichord (and a lot quieter…harpsichords have one volume level and that’s it).

    • someone
      September 23, 2022, 5:27 am | # | Reply

      Yep. Piano is actually short for "pianoforte", which is literally "softstrong" or, more properly in this context, "quietloud". The term "pianoforte" coexisted for a while with its alternative, "fortepiano".

    • t!
      September 23, 2022, 7:26 am | # | Reply

      The piano has not yet been invented (assuming it ever will be). And you are expecting a character in this world to compare something to it?

      In my mind, THAT is weird.

      t!

      • Dave Van Domelen
        September 23, 2022, 1:16 pm | # | Reply

        No, it’s weird that anyone thinks a harpsichord is loud, because they ain’t. A badly and enthusiastically played pianoforte could match the description, but harpsichords just plink tinnily along no matter how hard you mash the keys.

        • Kalirren
          September 23, 2022, 1:47 pm | # | Reply

          Depends on what you mean by loud. Harpsichord sounds carry over conversation a lot more clearly than either a violin or a piano. And since they only have one volume, you can’t choose to play any softer, so if the harpsichord is too loud for conversations, it’s instantly a conflict between the conversants and the player.

        • t!
          September 23, 2022, 2:17 pm | # | Reply

          Ah! I see.

          Let us then agree on two things:

          1) Yeecch may be attributing greater volume to the harpsichord sounds than reality might reflect – as we often do with the things we don’t enjoy hearing.

          2) The harpsichord, as it exists in YAFGC, is as loud as it *needs* to be, for the story. As some have intimated, this might be important!

          t!

    • Greentea
      September 25, 2022, 9:23 pm | # | Reply

      If all you know is a lute, a harpsichord is loud.

    • Charlie Lobo
      September 30, 2022, 3:59 pm | # | Reply

      You’re getting close.

      Remember the facts from https://www.yafgc.net/comic/3516-lunch-counter/

      There was something damning to her evidence. And that’s her assumption that the harpsichord event must have happened during lunch.

      The thing is we know that the harpsichord was placed in its location for acoustics, so it could easily be heard
      https://www.yafgc.net/comic/3519-on-your-head-be-it-2/

      Which leads to the issue: how come no one heard it? And that’s the question here: was it loud? Loud enough that people would hear it being moved and it falling and crashing? At least Yeech would have been able from where he eats lunch.

      So either something else is going on, or the instrument was thrown off at some time *before* lunch, when people couldn’t listen it (but after the last game of cards when Taurenil was seen). And that’s what I think Lucas and Cadugan are going to check out: verify if the harpsichord was altered in any way that could make it silent or if it had to make noise when falling.

      There’s a couple more flaws with the original theory: it wasn’t just Maula and Taurenil who weren’t there, but also Yeech couldn’t have been there at lunch. If people were already not noticing. Seems like Captn Carruthers is not considering the monks as potential, and isn’t tracking them, hinting that she may not be considering all the potential suspects. That’s also why I suspect they want to check this secretly: they realize they don’t want the monks to interfere.

      The other thing, if this leads to a new time for the murder, it might be at a moment that Maula has an alibi, which would be enough to actually free her.

  3. Nikary Flare
    September 23, 2022, 3:20 am | # | Reply

    Nice to see Brother Yeecch get a little more characterization %)

    …but also, yeah, I’m glad he doesn’t eat with the others. Personally, I wouldn’t want to see him in the middle of a meal.

    • Freelance
      September 23, 2022, 5:57 am | # | Reply

      Aww, it’s not like you would see $#!+.
      …. At least not for long. Hi-oooooooh!

  4. Fnordius
    September 23, 2022, 7:24 am | # | Reply

    I see the abbot’s choice of new musical instruments struck a chord with Brother Yeecch. But at least he was nice enough to offal information that advances the investigation!

  5. t!
    September 23, 2022, 7:28 am | # | Reply

    Panel 4:

    Yeecch is quoting Thomas Beecham.

    t!

  6. kaylasdad99
    September 23, 2022, 9:15 am | # | Reply

    So, find out who suggested to Yeecch that the lunch gong would cover the sound of the harpsichord crashing, and you’ve got your culprit.

  7. MDF
    September 23, 2022, 9:50 am | # | Reply

    "Two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm"–truly, a simile and image for the ages.

    Brother Yeecch, ladies and gentlemen.

    Body of a coprophilic, waste-eating scavenger–soul of a POET. 😀

    • MDF
      September 23, 2022, 9:57 am | # | Reply

      EDIT: Missed t!’s explanation regarding the Beecham quote up above–much appreciated.

      Also forgot to mention how great the eyestalk expressions and body language are.

    • Oldarmourer
      October 3, 2022, 4:43 pm | # | Reply

      "…using a tin can for a condom" to complete the old saw 😉

  8. MDF
    September 23, 2022, 9:53 am | # | Reply

    So…when does our first otyugh bard appear, then? 😉

    • mucat
      September 23, 2022, 8:38 pm | # | Reply

      I think we’ve just seen him. Given that their timeline isn’t ours, Yeecch isn’t just QUOTING Thomas Beecham…he effectively IS the Thomas Beecham of his world. And thus a pretty damned masterful bard.

      • MDF
        September 25, 2022, 1:13 pm | # | Reply

        Missed the obvious right in front of my face–classic me. (*facepalm*)

        This is why I always get suckered by the twists in these things!

  9. Mal
    September 23, 2022, 12:44 pm | # | Reply

    Interesting set of teeth to eat offal, but perfect somehow!!

  10. Planck
    September 23, 2022, 6:57 pm | # | Reply

    I’ll be honest I’ve lost interest in this comic for a long while now since we’ll Bob and and green really arnt seen anymore I couldn’t tell you a single thing that’s happening right now

    • Rich Morris
      October 2, 2022, 11:05 am | # | Reply

      Wow, you took the trouble to log in and leave a comment just to tell us that you stopped reading it a long time ago and don’t care anymore?

      Your effort is much appreciated. Thanks.

    • t!
      October 2, 2022, 4:33 pm | # | Reply

      And WHO are you, again?

      Oh, wait – I don’t care.

      t!

  11. Aaron
    September 24, 2022, 11:13 am | # | Reply

    So, is this implying that the harpsichord was chosen for a specific reason other than merely a weapon of murder? Something that would confirm the killer in some Sherlock Holmes style summation perhaps…

    • Aaron
      September 24, 2022, 8:29 pm | # | Reply

      Oh wait, I’m stupid. It was so that everyone would be aware of when it fell and would assume that it was the murder weapon. It’s misdirection.

  12. AlyxVixen
    September 26, 2022, 2:06 am | # | Reply

    Hmm… if it was that loud…

    … why did no-one hear it fall?

    • Prairie Son
      September 26, 2022, 12:02 pm | # | Reply

      I’m wondering if that description is based on how it sounded when it fell rather then being played.

  13. Nikary Flare
    September 26, 2022, 2:23 pm | # | Reply

    Gotta say about the strip title, though: the ship in it certainly doesn’t appear to be in danger of sinking 😀

    • Fnordius
      September 27, 2022, 5:39 pm | # | Reply

      Look, Cadugan and Lucas are already a pair, so there’s little sense in shipping them. Or are you just talking ship about the title?

      I am tempted to make a crack about any port in a storm, but in this abbey the port is served after dinner.

      • Nikary Flare
        September 30, 2022, 5:29 pm | # | Reply

        Marriage is just legal permission to be shipped! %)

  14. t!
    October 3, 2022, 10:09 am | # | Reply

    From the very beginning, with Bob in particular, Rich has been a master of creating expressions both expressive and hilarious with non-humanoid facial features.

    That last panel stands among his all-time best.

    t!

    • Rich Morris
      October 3, 2022, 10:13 am | # | Reply

      Hahah, storynotes indicated that that panel was pretty much the whole point of this strip. So I figured I should really try hard on that one.

      • t!
        October 3, 2022, 2:09 pm | # | Reply

        You make it look easy!

        t!

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