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This story is a sequel to Pandoramonium: A Detective Rarity Mystery
The crime? Murder.
The crime scene? A locked room.
The culprit?
No biggie. Rarity's got this one in the bag.
If this is your first Detective Rarity Mystery, don't worry! You can read this one without spoiling the others. Or, if you'd like to start from the beginning, you can do so here!
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OH AND SHE'S BACK! THE MARE BEHIND THE HAT!
Another great mystery, and I actually guessed the culprit correctly! Wasn't even close on the logistics of the crime though. Glad to see you're still writing!
This one was a fun read as usual.
Rarity is going to get that exercise that she's been avoiding.
Rarity and Rainbow Dash have a habbit of being around people turning up dead.
And then Equestrian magic decided to give a random transformed unicorn/alicorn a crystal castle with infinite rooms
From that moment on, all train fans gathered to cancel Rarity—until they started argued amongst themselves which train is better
The butler did it. They always do. Case solved
Not just any safe. It's SCP-SAFE-J-C!
Another safe!
Lol, I did not read that far when writing the safe jokes. There better be more safes!
Yes, to be safe
The trick: A safe. Inside a safe leading to another safe. that is connected with another safe
Rarity, you'll gonna find out soon why it's unsafe to ask him this question
The Foundation is real! But don't worry, we'll keep the secret safe
Rainbow: But I didn't promise it. Starts telling in detail what happened
Hm… I think I'm safe to assume what happened… very strong motive. But the closed room… hm…
Well, now I have no idea
Back to the safe in a safe connected to a safe theory
Trixie gets competition, but she's Great and Powerful for a reason and will safely put the filly back to her place!
Well, it's safe to say: I was led astray. (At least for that part)
*Reads author comment*
I'm too lazy for this! Give me my safe jokes!
Technically, this shouldn't be enough proof, but whatever: Admitting after that is your fault
Can I say how much how I hate how every little detail was intentionally mentioned and there for this case/foreshadowed etc? So many packed things and not a single one useless.
(Well, except for why Rarity was here already, that's cheating from her side)
All in all, great mystery fic. Just sad there was no safe in a safe connected to a safe
Inequine? Perhaps, I promise you, it's very consistent with humanity.
Well, there goes my theory that someone shot him through the keyhole from the hallway.
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Oh, they never have prrof in these stories; they just keep talking until the murderer self-incriminates.
But what about the bloody knife?
Huh. So I guess that explains what Obtuse's angle was.
I love a good Murder Mystery.
A locked room mystery is like a magic trick. The Big stage illusions are less impressive to me, because there are only so many ways big illusions can be done. Things like Walking on Water or making Landmarks Disappear. You know what seems to have happened cant have happened, and there arent many ways to make what seemed to happen happen.
Close up, street magic, involving sleight of hand is more impressive to me, because the technical skill to accomplish it is greater than constructing an elaborate set.
If someone dies in circumstances where he cannot have been killed, then the logical deduction is that he didn't.
I immediately suspected a Fire Cracker had detonated, and that he actually died sooner. Typically, I suggest suicide. Perhaps he was being blackmailed, saw no way out, and killed himself. That would fit in with his mysterious calls. But why make it look like murder?
My guess is the following:
I don't think George is responsible. If he were, he would have also insisted the sound was a gunshot.
Other things we know. Our deceased had meat in his fridge; and was reviving communications he blocked his secretary from listening to, and the current government of Griffonia is hostile to Equestria. Crystal bright cannot return there, and there are defectors resident in Equestria.
Hypothesis:
- Our deceased member of the Military Industrial Complex was selling secrets to Griffonia. He kept the servent staff out of the way so their appearance could not be revealed. He communicated with them directly. Wealth, and aspects of his backroom deals were held in the Safe Room, where he conducted such meetings. Our murderer became aware of this; murdered him, and set up a fire cracker to give himself an alibi. They also took the opportunity to destroy some prototype weapon, held in the safe, before it could be used against people.
As for who this could be, I think Crystal Bright or Bristle; but my Money is on Obtuse. I suspect he used his daughters translocation trick, to send the Key by which he locked the room back to his victim; after locking it on the inside.
I dont think I've got it entirely right, but I think I've got some of the pieces there.
Now let's seem if I'm right.
Gah. Close. I was damn close. Should have occured to me that the spy and murderer were the same person.
Very well done.
And what's wrong with liking stallions, Miss Dash?
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Um… well obviously there’s nothing wrong with it, but she’s gay?
For the record, in this series, Rainbow is a lesbian and Rarity is bi. That’s how I’ve been writing them, anyway.
Oh hey, I actually had most of the pieces this time. I just underestimated how much of a scumbag Obtuse might be. He's certainly no Twilight. Er, not that Twilight, the Loid Forger Twilight. Another excellent tale of Detective Rarity... with concerning implications for the future of this timeline.
Also, I wonder how Sweetie Belle will feel about becoming an aunt.
Thank you for a gripping read.
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Acute and Obtuse’s names may or may not have been ‘Anya’ and ‘Loid’ in my notes. Not a direct inspiration, but once I made the connection, it stuck.
Oh hell yes. I come back and find a new Detective Rarity waiting. Life is good.
So, the general, who is a self-proclaimed expert in griffon weapons immediately recognizes the sound, and an actual griffon does not? Let's keep a note on that. Oh, and that Obtuse fellow is the only suspect who declares the door to have been locked.
An automatic, huh? And only one bullet missing. Where is the casing? What kind of killer shoots someone and then drops the murder weapon beside the body instead of taking it away and disposing of it? Even more suspiciously, it was a perfect shot to the heart with minimal blood around. I doubt that he died in that room, and I highly doubt that he was killed with that pistol.
It would appear that Obtuse was putting on a bit of theater with that kick.
Well, there goes the Poirot analogy.
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End of Death on the Nile (2022) with shaved Poirot.
Obtuse and the General I think are involved, Silver Plate as well I think. The switching spell was used on Silver Plate's master key, and then back again to get the safe key. The question of being shot is the real stickler for me. How did the Baron die? The shot that killed him wasn't heard after all. Perhaps he was shot while the door was closed, by Obtuse from the closet, and there was enough soundproofing in the super special safe room to block it, allowing Obtuse the chance to set up an alibi and fake the locking, as we only have his word that the door was locked, and there is evidence that when he kicked it, it wasn't actually locked.
The General might not be involved, and could just be full of hot air, and he was there to lend credence to the "gunshot". As for the motive, well that's for Detective Rarity to figure out.
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This implies the existence of a Yor analogue somewhere. Maybe in a sequel? War is coming, after all (unless Rarity can stop it, detectives love stopping wars from starting).