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06-24-2011, 12:40 PM | #1 |
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WW LXXXIX: The Terror of Tol Fuin
It was the year 952 of the Second Age of the mortal lands of Arda. In Númenor, the Land of the Star of the Edain, Men lived in bliss scarcely less than that of the Eldar of Eressëa.There was peace and prosperity.
With peace though, may come boredom, and that has ever been so for the race of Men. Those of Númenor who desired adventure, having no enemy upon which to wage war, exercised their minds and energies as mariners, sailing north, south, and east. Many coasts they had visited since the time of Tar-Elendil, the fourth king. During his reign, the shores of Middle-earth had first been reached by a ship from Númenor. His grandson, Tar-Aladrion, had before he took the Sceptre begun the Guild of Venturers, to which those who would sail the ships belonged. It is in his reign that this tale begins. ************************************************** ************************************************** Inziladun of the Guild of Venturers had spent over half his life sailing the Sea. He had gained the esteem of his fellows, becoming a captain. Interested in old tales and lore, he knew the story of Túrin Turambar well, and of the legend which said the graves of Túrin and his mother, Morwen Eledhwen had remained above the waters at the breaking of Angband which had ended the First Age. The voyage to Middle-earth he had made several times, but it came into his mind to wonder why he never before had thought to try to find the island where the graves must be. He had heard from the Eldar in Lindon that there were indeed three islands to the northwest of their harbour of Mithlond, though none of them had made the journey. "The resting place of Túrin the Hapless should be unmolested by us," they had said. "South we go, but mostly West, when those of the Elves here on the Hither Shore give in to the sea-longing and desire to return to Aman." At length, Inziladun resolved to attempt the feat, recruiting other mariners of the Guild. It did not take long to find many willing to go with him. Now he had only to gain the blessing of King Aldarion. ************************************************** ************************************************** Three weeks later, the spring sun shone on a lonely ship at Sea. King Aldarion had made no bother about the proposal, saying to Inziladun that he only wished he could accompany them. Now, fifteen people altogether had embarked, their destinaton, Tol Morwen. The weather had thus far been fair. Now, though, ominous clouds had begun to appear on the north-western horizon. as the sun began to set. The dark clouds appeared to be blood-stained, and the crew nervously joked about that hopefully not being an ill omen. ************************************************** ************************************************** DO NOT POST HERE YET
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As the light faded, the clouds grew darker. Bright shards of purple lightning rent the sky, and thunder boomed overhead. The wind began to pick up, and whitecaps surrounded the ship. The seas grew heavier by the minute, and the mariners were hard put to it, as heavy rains lashed them unrelentingly.
Around midnight, a roaring noise was heard in the darkness, and all feared a waterspout had come to finish them. Some prayed to Uinen that she might have pity on them, and restrain her husband Ossë's wrath. Suddenly the lookouts cried out in alarm. A dark line of jagged land had appeared before them. The winds had dismasted the ship, and the crew was helpless to steer. With a tremendous tearing noise, the ship shuddered violently, and the mariners watched in horror as water began to pour into the holes sharp rocks had torn into her keel. Nothing they could do would save her. Leaping overboard, they swam desperately toward the shore, hoping luck would see them safely through the piled rocks protruding from the surf. ************************************************** ************************************************** Dawn's light grew on a desolate beach. The crew lay hither and yon, sprawled wearily out of reach of the tides which pounded and roared. The storm seemed to be ending, though. Slowly, they took stock of one another. All but one were found to be all right, if sore and very bruised. Inziladun, though, had broken his leg. He had been the last to leave the ship, and had leaped into the waters very late, landing on a large rock. Bone protruded from the limb, and he was unable to stand. As the light increased, the crew could see high cliffs, topped with trees. They had no way of knowing just where they were. In the night, the wind had shifted many times. The ship was nowhere to be seen, though debris could be seen in the water. Their stores had been lost, and the first order of business was to see what there was on the island of food and drink. Leaving Inziladun as comfortable as possible, they scattered to explore the place, some in twos or threes, and some alone. DO NOT POST YET
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Some of the crew found things the did not expect.
Three of them had wandered several miles from the shore onto a rocky hilltop. Losing xyr footing, one slipped with a cry down the side of the hill. The other two rushed to the edge and looked down in dismay. They were relieved to see their comrade lying by a crack in the wall near a large boulder, only 10 feet or so below. Their eyes were held by the opening in the rock, for a greenish light appeared to be emanating from it, looking in the dim sunlight almost like a living thing. The two above carefully jumped down, even as the fallen one got to xyr feet. Looking at one another, they passed in soundless agreement past the opening into what appeared to be a large cave. How big it was they could not guess, for the light outside did not reach to its walls, and the green light did not seem to illuminate much. As they looked, dark mists began to swirl around them, forming themselves into man-shaped figures. The three companions were alarmed, but before they could act, the misty figures rushed toward them, and the last sounds they heard were of evil, screeching laughter. A short time later, three figures emerged from the cave. They looked the same as those who had entered, but the minds inside them had changed. The cave had been a lair of evil spirits of Taur-nu-Fuin, and when the Valar had assailed their lord's fortress of Angband, it had been their refuge. They knew the minds of their prey, and had all their memories. They knew others were here, and after so long with no sport, their thoughts were filled with the desire for carnage. They smiled grimly, as they began to make their way back to the others. ************************************************** ************************************************* Another of the group, having gone in a different direction, found something as well. Xe had walked long, but had found a small stream that would serve for water. While drinking xyr fill, xyr eyes glanced upon a small, green stone by the water's edge. Somehow, the stone gave xem confort, and xe pocketed it. It looked like an elf-stone, and maybe it had been dropped long years before by one of the Eldar in the place, by chance or not. Xe felt somehow that it could aid xem, but something told xem to keep it secret. ************************************************** ************************************************* There was good news, when all had returned to the beach. Not only had water been found, but there were nuts and wild berries growing. Also, some had the knowledge of how to make snares for animals, and all could construct nets to catch fish. They could perhaps survive here long, and perhaps even build some sort of vessel eventually. Some of their tools had been washed ashore, and they took those gladly. As the Sun once again began to sink, they thought at least that things were not as severe as they might be. ************************************************** ************************************************* IT IS NOW NIGHT 1. Baddies may PM. Seer send a pick. The living: Inziladun (Mod) Bom Tombadillo Nogrod Shasta Kitanna G55 Sally Eomer Nerwen Loslote Greenie Lommy Nilp Mithalwen Legate
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Night had fallen on the island. After eating what they could find, the stranded crew talked among themselves, of the plans for the coming days and weeks, of how they might use materials there to build some craft that would take at least some of them to the coast of Middle-earth, where they could hope to obtain help from the Eldar. Inziladun was in great pain. The bone had put back into place by one of the crew more skilled in medicine, and the wound washed, but no athelas could be found nearby, and they despaired to find it there. As night grew later, they found themselves places in which to bed down, some on the beach, others farther inland.
************************************************** ************************************************** As one of the crew lay down, xe thought again of the green stone xe had found. Making sure that no one else was near, he took it from xyr pocket and gazed at it. The stone still gave a sense of comfort, and some vague feeling of insight. Xe put the stone away again, and closed xyr eyes. That night, the most vivid dreams came to xem. A vision of one of xyr mates here on the island came before xem, and it was not only their physical form, but the secrets of xyr heart as well. It was a dream, and yet more, and xe felt certain the stone had called to xem alone. ************************************************** ************************************************** Late in the dark night Inziladun awoke. The pain he felt made it impossible to sleep, and he had dozed only fitfully. Now, though, he felt it was something more than the wounded leg that had awakened him. He lay there motionless, confused, straining his senses. There was sudden movement behind him, and in alarm, he tried to move quickly to his feet, causing a monstrous bolt of pain from his leg. He collapsed back to the ground, sweating and gritting his teeth. But now three figures stood before him, and relief swept him. It was only some of the crew. Laughing bitterly at his own foolishness, he started to ask them if anything was wrong. It was then that a swift blade was drawn, and plunged down in a deadly arc. The dagger pierced his heart, and with his last sight he saw their faces, their eyes now burning red, and he thought he understood, and knew now where his voyage had finished. ************************************************** ************************************************** At the dawn, several of the marooned Númenóreans began to awake. One of the first things on their minds was to check on their fallen captain. When they found him, their cries echoed wildly, and soon all fourteen of them were at his side. The captain lay dead. Blood covered the body and the ground beside. At the captain's right hand, etched into the sand, were the words "three crew" and "evil". He had apparently been trying to write more when he had succumbed to his injury. And the Sun rose, lighting the ghastly scene for all to see. IT IS NOW DAY 1 Cease all Nightly activities. Everyone may now post. The Living: Bom Tombadillo Nogrod Shasta Kitanna G55 Sally Eomer Nerwen Loslote Greenie Lommy Nilp Mithalwen Legate The Dead: Inziladun (Mod)
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06-25-2011, 06:09 PM | #5 |
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*grumbles* Stupid Daylight Savings Time. I've been checking this for an hour already.
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06-25-2011, 06:18 PM | #6 |
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May I have your attention please (for that is what I have long desired).
All right, now, I have this problem.
Most of you know what I'm about to do. Heck, even probably those people I'm playing with for the first time know what I'm about to do. You're about to miss DAY 1 again? Oh, shush, Adam. I thought you were dead. I won't be 'til you are. So die already. Right. Anyway, my problem. How do I make something so banal and predictable seem fresh and exciting once more? Oh, I know. Eomer of the Rohirrim, I challenge you to a duel to the death. At least I get to keep the initiative on my side, right. Oh, just get it over with. Not yet, fool. Not yet.
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06-25-2011, 06:47 PM | #7 |
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All right then, to business. Here are some facts to keep in mind.
I am an ordo. I fully intend to win this game. I have to be done with this game by, if not before, July 6. If we're not done by then, I'll have to withdraw. I've never withdrawn from a game before. I have no desire to do so now. If I don't withdraw, I'll have to be killed at some point (or modfired, which also has never happened). Statistically, if I'm killed as an ordo, the village cannot win. (The only exception to this is a tie.) Therefore, we need to kill all the werewolves before the sixth. If we don't, we don't win. Let's get dangerous.
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06-25-2011, 06:57 PM | #8 |
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I approve of Darkwing Duck
Interesting points, Sallykins.
Ooh, ooh, I know. How about we off you now, eh, Wolfie? 55th Galadriel, you know what I'm about to do, right? Right? Oh, brother. So, what, are we gonna play this game by consensus? I dunno, Alice; I never got to pick a role.
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06-25-2011, 07:02 PM | #9 |
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Turn on the italics thingy.
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06-25-2011, 07:03 PM | #10 |
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After you, my sweet.
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06-25-2011, 07:09 PM | #11 |
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Hey, hey, this is the first time I've done this in-game, right?
Second for me--I was in Sally's game. Fourth. That (ugh) 5th WW, the 2nd Duelling Wizards, then the rest with Alice. I see. You guys show up a lot. No, no, dear, see, whenever we play, you're always evil--yes, even that game where you were the Moddess Goddess. Therefore, since dice have memories, stored in a supercomputer hidden in some secret location, you, my love, are evil once more.
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06-25-2011, 07:20 PM | #12 |
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Dun didn't use dice. He said so himself.
I'm sorry, my dark prince, but I've clearly caught you in your own web of lies. Care to surrender?
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1) She's a gifted and she wants to ensure her survival so we can get as much use out of her as possible before her inevitable death. 2) She's a wolf and she wants to ensure survival under the guise of innocence by her self-possessed "this village can't win with a dead ordo Sally" 3) She's a foolish villager who has now left herself open for attacks at night. Sally pretty much signed her own death warrant with that post anyway you look at it, but she wants us all believe we can't win the game as a village without her. Quote:
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I can understand suspicions of Sally, but simply killing her because she's going to die seems pretty wolfish. It's almost like "she's admitted she's an ordo, best to get one villager out of the way by Day and another by Night." So my suspicions lie with Sally and Bom. If Sally is a wolf she's making a daring move early on. If she's innocent she will probably become a midnight snack. She doesn't want to withdraw and that's understandable. The game has just begun though, perhaps her plea of innocence was premature seeing as at this point it's anyone's game. She has painted a target on herself whether innocent or guilty. If Bom is guilty he's trying to steer votes to Sally under the guise of a mercy kill to keep conversation of away from him and his cohorts. He's hardly started a bandwagon or anything, but a wolf could keep all eyes on Sally today so the real threat is forgotten. Notice he doesn't say he thinks she's a wolf or an innocent. If he's innocent he was very bold and foolish to suggest voting for Sally just because she had to be gone by the 6th.
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06-26-2011, 08:53 AM | #14 |
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Ah, but you see, dear Kit, if the wolves try to kill me in the Night, they won't be targeting one of the gifteds. So not only have I now made the announcement of when we'll need to win the game by very clear, I've created possible confusion among the wolf pack.
A wolf pack which I now believe you might be a part of, precious. Ain't life grand? And now, a list! Possibly evil (by basis of reacting suspiciously to my post): Kit Bom (depending on whether or not he was entirely joking, and even then) Nerwen (for defending-ish me far too quickly for Nerwen) Possibly evil (by basis of record): Nilp Mith Nerwen Kit Lottie Possibly evil (by basis of being insane): Everyone
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I don't think that Sally would have endangered herself that much in her first post if she has a special role. However, I see what you mean about Bom. He's really pushing a sallywagon, or trying to. Kit is #2 on my suspision list, for saying that Bom is pushing a sallywagon and pushing it herself yet further. Quote:
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06-26-2011, 10:13 AM | #16 |
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There are only eight hours left in the Day, people! Let's get cracking!
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I'm so confused with the time zones. I'm supposed to be in -5 but with all the daylight savings and whatever it's -4... BD should have a clock independant of all the time differences!
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Defending Sally, exaggerating Bom's words, and painting Kitanna as hypocritical (which was not my interpretation of Kit's post). I don't quite see why you did all three of these things.
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06-26-2011, 03:15 PM | #19 |
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I'm hoping she's just being a newbie and has picked me to latch onto for the game. I know I'll have to keep an extra close eye on her, as I tend to forget about people who seem to agree with me, and that can be quite the fatal mistake.
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I believe that was only one time, the other two just explaining my reason for it farther...
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Yes, seeing as I don't want you - an innocent in my books so far - be lynched. I don't know if I've been that "scarily supportive". I think I've only made one point that you don't look like a wolf, and everyone jumped on it, making me repeat it. Edit: xed with a host...
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After the reacquaintance:
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Loslote Galadriel55 Lommy Kitanna Bom <3 Mith Greenie Eomer Legate ??? Everyone else Oh, dear, no time. ++Nilpaurion Felagund
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06-26-2011, 05:59 PM | #23 |
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Highlights, sir!
EDIT- Never mind. Atta boy!
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Mith - I xed.
Legate - I was wondering how it will make the outcome of the day.
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06-26-2011, 06:01 PM | #25 |
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++Galadriel
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06-26-2011, 06:02 PM | #26 |
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Oh flipping come on. It took over a minute to post that?! >.<
Edit: x'd, sorry
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Although the unlucky Venturers did not know exactly what had befallen, the meaning of Inziladun's scrawled final words seemed clear enough: some of their number had turned, or had been turned somehow to evil and murder. Long they debated about what their next course of action should be. They knew that they could count on no help from any quarter. The nearest friends of the Edain were the Elves of Lindon, but they did not know of the plight of the Númenóreans, and there was no means of communicating with them, even if the mariners had known exactly where they themselves were in relation to the coasts of Middle-earth. There was only one thing to do: the identities of the killers among them must be discovered, and the threat removed from the rest by killing them in turn. Then the arguments turned toward who among them was acting the most suspicious, or out of character. At the end of the day, it was decided that Loslote was the most likely to be evil. They determined to kill her by hanging, since trees were certainly in abundance, and rope from the wreck of the ship had washed ashore.
The preparations were made swiftly. The noose was placed around Loslote's neck, and she was made to stand upon some piled rocks. They were kicked out from under her, and the crowding sailors watched to see if some change would come upon the one they'd chosen. As the body grew still, they were shocked to see a grey, misty figure emerge from it and float into the air. It seemed to point at them all, marking them with helpless malice. Then it seemed to simply melt away before their eyes in the light of the setting Sun, and the air was clean again. Darkness covered the island once again. The Living: Bom Tombadillo Nogrod Shasta Kitanna G55 Sally Eomer Nerwen Greenie Lommy Nilp Mithalwen Legate The Dead: Inziladun: (Mod) Loslote: Evil Spirit IT IS NOW NIGHT 2 Evildoers may PM. Those with picks send them in.
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No it was just the coffee was kicking in and having read through to make sure it made some kind of sense I realised that is what it boiled down to.I was trying ot make it clear having been queried on my mention that it is suspicious not to know the rules theory which seemed quite obvious to me.
I was thinking about the significance of the Ranger issue yesterday as I mentioned in one of the posts. I was up to the rather simple task of relating actual events to previously considered hypostheses on the game structure in my fragile state. What I wasn't up to but am going to try is to try and sort out the far more complex webs of interactions and analyses thereof .
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Still, you must admit it has often been the case that a wolf jumps on the bandwaggon. With last Night's, I suppose it would most likely be you (thought Seer-Shasta had dreamed Lottie) or Nog (just throwing his hands up). That said, the dynamics of yesterDay aren't the kind where you can say there definitely had to be wolf-on-wolf voting... so it's a bit of a dead end at the moment.
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I'm doing it again, aren't I? OK, so something of content. Finally. Suspicions of Kit go up. She suspected quite a few of my posts in her ananysis basically repeating the general attitude only after everybody else said pretty much the same thing. Before (when she debated Sally and Bom further) there wasn't anything fishy enough about them. Not enough to comment, at any rate. An approximate timeline (only the relevant posts) Kit makes the posts suspecting both Bom and Sally, but more the former. I comment. Greenie analyses my post. I reply to Greenie. Kit makes a note about Greenie's post, says Bom stil looks worse than Sally. Greenie replies to my reply to her. Eomer: "G55 has defended Sally about three times!" Eomer: "The jump on Bom is bewildering." Kit flipflops on Sally and says that she is not more suspicious than Bom. Eomer calls my original comments to Kit "the most suspicious thing yet posted" Kit votes Sally. Now if my posts were so suspicious, why didn't Kit ever make a note of them before? Plus, Greenie&Eomer both questioned them. However, now that Pretty-much-Everybody decided that I'm fishy, she suddenly finds them odd. Suspicions of Lommy floating midway (explained in previous posts). Legate still sounds good, even though I've gone from "quite reasonable" to "somewhat suspicious" in his books. Eomer is still a mystery. Mith I don't quite get toDay. Her post in #205 confuses me. What's weird is that she posted a lot, but she never got in the thick of the arguments. Maybe not evil, but weird. Nerwen's arguments look innocent enough, although she continues to be aloof. I don't detect traces of fur on her, but she's so far away there that it's hard to see. :P Nilp didn't post anything of content. More to come a bit later.
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06-28-2011, 08:28 AM | #33 |
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I see that we shall be getting along grandly.
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Has anyone seen Bom? I found him worth a second look and now he's disappeared completely.
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Like I said in my last post I wanted to take a look at Mith. I'm not sure what to think of her. And that feeling goes for a lot of others. Mith: 1) Nothing much, some banter for Nilp 2) Asks why Shasta doesn't want to post (he had stated he was thinking of waiting until jokes ended and serious playing began) 3) Nothing useful 4) Here she says she finds it suspicious to not know the rules. She stated later this is a way to give the impression of a confused innocent. 5) Nothing useful 6) Not much 7) Nothing useful 8) Quote:
9) Nothing useful 10) Nothing useful 11) Clarifies to Legate what she meant about not knowing the rules and wolfishness 12) Further clarification 13) Nothing useful 14) I think she's talking to Sally here about voting last minute. Not much else of note 15) Responds to Sally, saying I have clearly had an effect on her 16) Says Sally seemed the most suspicious so far and added a vote count. Also will look at Lottie 17) Says she's going with her strongest pick which happens to be Sally 18) More of the "not knowing the rules can be evil" debate 19) Douglas Adams 20) Asks Lommy if this be a bandwagon for Lottie Day 2: 21) Makes a note of the ranger role and the twist it has added. (if you don't know what I mean check out the admin thread for clarification) 22) Continued rules jargon So what to think about Mith. I stated before there was something about her posts I found strange, but not necessarily fiendish. I'm still of this mind, which might be what she's going for. She seems utterly fixated on the rules and those who "make a show" of not knowing them. Returning to this topic once or twice doesn't worry me, but she kept going back, even into today. She really only mentioned Sally and Lottie as possible choices in two posts. For Sally the only reason I could see was for her vote was based on Sally's ordo reveal in her second post. But even then she didn't seem to voice strong convictions about it. And she just says she wants to look harder at Lottie, but doesn't say anything about what she learned or if she did. Mith has been fairly vocal, but hasn't said much of interest. It's hard to pin her down, which is unsettling. I have no idea what to think of Mith even now. She's worrying, but it's hard to get any theories to stick to her. Oh Mith, you hurt my brain. I feel one wolf may be a submarine at this point. Someone no one has really looked at or who hasn't gotten any suspicions thrown at them. There are four I can think of off the bat (Nerwen, Greenie, Eomer, and Nilp), but if I had to time to scrutinize everyone's posts from yesterday I'm sure I could find more. Unfortunately due to errands and RL duties I can't keep doing that. I had more I wanted to look at (Lottie and Nog and the submarines) but I simply can't. For now I'll have to content myself with the here and now. I'll be back in a few hours.
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06-30-2011, 01:24 PM | #35 |
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Greenalysis
#51 - comments on the "Sally-Bom business". bis more innocent than not. Thinks Bom's post is fishier than Sally's ordo reveal, but doubts his guilt because so many people suspect him. Calls Nerwen careful and neutral. Questions some parts of Kit's post about her suspicions for Bom and Sally, but agrees with others. Argues with some of my statements about the matter.
#54 - nothing useful #62 - replies to my reply to her first post. #65 - votes Bom because he intended to vote Sally for her "DeathWish". D2 #227 - comments on different posts #228 - list. Nerwen, Mith, and Nilp are unknown. The others are either "leaning innocent" or she's "confused about" them. #229 - nothing useful #235 - Nerwenalysis. No definite conclusion: could go either way. #236 - again nothing useful #238 - votes Eomer. She called him "crafty" in her list and said that he confuses her. D3 #345 - explains her Eomer vote and makes some very keen points. #374 - another list. What differs from the previous list: -Questions Legate about his reasoning yesterDay, doesn't want to form an opinion before he explains (on the previous list Legate was his "wishy-washy self" and there was no certain opinion.) -Thinks me more innocent that not (whereas before she was torn about me.) -Alarmed about Nog's role in the Kitwagon (otherwise the same as in the last list) The opinion about other people didn't change much. #348 - nothing much #349 - Kitwagon summary. Conclusion: I have very little to say about Greenie except that she made some good points. Both of her votes were sort of random, but she explained them, and I'll leave it at that for now. So far she sounds innocentish, but her votes still bug me a little. So she safely stays in my "yellow" category. Edit: xed with Sally
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06-30-2011, 01:28 PM | #36 |
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Just my luck. I'm the only one here for over an hour, then people appear just as I'm going to bed. Anyway, I'm not at all sure about this, but since I want to base my vote on an actual logical reason instead of a vague fishy feeling I haven't havd the time to check properly, my vote will go to
++ Nogrod
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06-30-2011, 01:29 PM | #37 |
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I'm going now, but fully expect to be more around toMorrow if I'm still alive. Good night sweethearts.
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06-27-2011, 08:46 PM | #38 |
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Hm, hum, my head has this light-flashy thing moment going on.
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06-28-2011, 01:24 AM | #39 |
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General impressions.
I'm mildly surprised no-one thought I was a Seer due to my jocular accusation of Lottie.
I'm still getting all these strange vibes from Kitanna. Surprising, I know, me listening to vibes instead of the voting pattern and intentions. Well, there's her intention of building interesting cases--the Sally-and-Bom-lyses yesterDAY (q.v.) was mildly suspicious already, and sinking her hooks on a voted-for-a-known-baddie Lommy (q.v.) is strongly so. (Unless the metagame has strongly shifted towards fatal wolf-on-wolf voting? In which case the analysis would not be unfounded. Meh, but I wouldn't know the metagame right now.) My suspicions of her are reinforced by the fact that Shasta, the baddies's most probable Seer-suspect, has said this of her and then said that he suspected her (q.v.) before he died. (Which reminds me; I need to do a Shasta-lysis.) Greenie (<3) has, in her few posts, gone deep into an analysis of the posts so far and found a few gems worth consideration (q.v.). So, hug. Mith and Eomer were doing pushes and probes to get some discussion going, to make DAY 1 less random than usual. More hugs. My thoughts on ThinLegate and Nog have already been covered above. Group hug. About the rest I still feel somewhat equivocal: G55 feels like a confused Ordo (but baddies like that cloak, so meh) and Sally-chan is always insane. Nerwen seems to have a jammer against my sensors (I can never seem to read her) and Bom is missing. Did I miss anyone?
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Shastanis Althreduin: The wall-post.
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37: Answers Mith's query regarding his reluctance to post: he was once killed on DAY 1 (as a Seer, ooh). Comments on the 'only game-related thing thus far,' which is Bom's infamous statement re Sally's earlier infamous stament and Nerwen's comment about it. Has nothing to say about it, except asking Bom for an explanation. 113: Elaborates his thoughts on Bom's post: a joke that could be used as a casus voting. Comments on Kit's analysis of Sally's infamous statement. His summary: Quote:
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Disagrees with Eomer; he finds Kit's accusation of Sally and Bom 'hypocritical'. 117: Agrees with Leg's assessment of one of Sally's statement (where she said she suspects G55.) He found it 'odd'. 118: Banter. 121: A little correction of his statement re Sally as dead ordo and village defeat. 122: Banter. (I want beta-readers, too, also. ) 134: Thinks that Sally is more innocent than baddie based on feel instead of content (but would want more content from her). Says that he could vote for Kitanna, couldn't vote for Bom, but decides to look at Lottie. 138: The Lottie-lysis. She was, according to her, contradictory in the way she dealt with G55; she said she didn't want to vote for her, but piled suspicion upon her nonetheless. 139: Votes for Lottie on the basis of his previous analysis. 144: Repeats his analysis of Lottie. CONCLUSION (i.e., what the baddies might have seen): He was at first more inclined to vote for Kitanna before his Lottie-lysis. Both cases have been built on analysis of their post, so there was not a trace of Sight detectable in it. He was unsure of Sally, suspected her a bit, then decided she was more innocent based on feel, which does indicate a trace of Sight. Also, the way he flip-flopped (so to speak) about her may be construed as an attempt to hide his sureness of her role. Either the baddies thought him someone who dreamt of one of their kin, or dreamt of an innocent Sally (which the baddies might have been trying to get lynched). However, I'm slightly more inclined to think that they thought that he was just too sharp (which he seem to have a reputation of.) (His interactions with the other are somewhat too insignificant to address at this time.)
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