WW XC: Lord of the Rings 2: The Quest For More Money

[Loslote]

The Director examined the set for her new "movie". The perparations had been extensive. From hobbit holes to marshes to forests to a couple bonus bottomless pits, this set was ready for filming. Or at least, it would be, once the actors arrived. And several airplanes and a couple buses later, the cast started pulling in.

As the actors filed past, the Director pulled several aside. To one, she nervously said that all was not as it seemed, and warned to always keep a weapon on hand. To another, she stared wide-eyed and told of mystical auras that indicated truthful dreams. To a third, she gave a key to the props department (specifically, the weapons section) and a key to the expresso machine - staying up all night guarding people was tiring work, she explained. And to three others, she told the truth.

To these three actors, the Director explained that she wasn't really filming a movie. She was filming a reality TV show. These three actors would choose, every night, one person to disappear. They were given packets upon packets of fake blood and lots of choloroform.

"But they'll know they're not dead," one protested. "They'll still breathe."

"Get creative with the fake blood," the Director said. "Leave the rest to us."

Shrugging, the actors dispersed among the rest of the cast as they found their trailers - all well within the wall and gate surrounding the filming location, of course - and settled in for the Night.

Night One will start in forty minutes. Those with pms to send, feel free to send them to your heart's desire then. Oh, and invisibilty is key.

Starring

Tum as Frodo
Foley as Sam
Sally as Merry
Eomer as Pippin
G55 as Fredregar Bolger
McCaber as Aragorn
Shasta as Legolas
Eruhen as Gimli
Eonwe as Boromir
Boro as Gandalf
Bom Tombadillo as Tom Bombadil
Inziladun as Elrond
Glirdy as Glorfindel
Nerwen as Galadriel

[Loslote]

As the three selected actors crept through the silent set, they debated amonst themselves which of their castmates to "kill". Just as they'd narrowed the list down to three - they'd started out with three candidates, so this wasn't as impressive as it sounds - one of them felt a finger tap them on the shoulder. The Director raised a finger in a "shh" motion and beckoned for the group to follow her over to one of the bottomless pits scattered around the set. Lying near it was a fake body, wearing the same clothes the Director had been wearing earlier.

"Well?" she said impatiently.

"Sorry, what?" one of the actors said.

"Fake blood," the Director prompted. The group got to work, transforming the obviously fake body into an obviously dead one. When they'd finished, the Director used another packet of fake blood to write on the rock next to the body.

"Now go act innocent," she told the actors. "You're on your own from now on."

The cast woke up pretty simultaneously, disturbed from their rest by someone screaming. The yawning actors gathered around the body.

"So...we still get paid, right?" Eruhen asked, breaking the silence.

"Did you not see the writing?" Tum said. "'Kill them before they get you'."

"Being paid is the last of our worries," Nerwen said.

"But how do we know who did this?" Eomer asked.

"It could be anyone," Glirdy said.

The others looked at each other warily.

"We vote, I suppose," Galadriel55 said.

Day 1 has started.

Starring

Tum as Frodo
Foley as Sam
Sally as Merry
Eomer as Pippin
G55 as Fredregar Bolger
McCaber as Aragorn
Shasta as Legolas
Eruhen as Gimli
Eonwe as Boromir
Boro as Gandalf
Bom Tombadillo as Tom Bombadil
Inziladun as Elrond
Glirdy as Glorfindel
Nerwen as Galadriel

Dead

Lottie as The Director

[Galadriel55]

Well, it's Day One, we all know how this works. ++Lott.... wait, what? You mean we can't vote her? But it's D1! Oh bother.



And I insist on still getting paid. No, change that. Paid extra.


With foes ahead, behind us dread,
Among the wolves shall be our bed,
Until at last our toil be passed,
The wolves all gone, our movie sped.

They must away! They must away!
They kill before the break of Day!

[Folwren]

So...let me get this straight. We come to act on a film, and then on the morning of our first shoot, we find our director dead, with a note apparently written by the victim in her own blood saying we have to kill them before they kill us? We don't know who it is, according to Glirdan, and that means we should randomly guess and vote for each other's deaths, according to Galadriel the fifty-fifth. This does not sound like a good job to me, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't in the contract.

[Eruhen]

I don't remember seeing anything about lynch mobs in my contract. And I'm with G55 - I not only still want paid, I want paid extra.

And, just to make certain, that is Lottie, right? She learned directing under Mel Brooks, so she's fond of body doubles and special effects. Mac, Zil, Glirdy - wanna take a look at her, since you three are our resident medics?

[Inziladun]

Most disconcerting, this. I came here to portray one who exemplified wisdom, and I shall do my best to discern the safest course of action for us. Money is nice, but for the moment I think safety is preferable.

It will be helpful if all make it a point to share their ideas, and not simply lurk in the background waiting for others to do so.

G55 seems a bit glib under the circumstances, perhaps. But then people have strange reactions sometimes to danger.

x/d with Eruhen- Unfortunately I lack the healing powers of the Lord of Imladris.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Folwren

This does not sound like a good job to me, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't in the contract.

No, no, no! It wasn't! I want to run away from here, somewhere where they won't find me! ...But that can only mean going into the Old Forest! I can't be thinking of doing that. It is quite as dangerous as the Wolves. We might be lucky enough, you say? You won't have any luck in the Old Forest. No one ever has luck in there. You'll get lost. People don't go in there. ...only wolves.

*sigh*

Well, do as you think best! I am more afraid of the Old Forest than of anything I know about: the stories about it are a nightmare; but my vote hardly counts, as...

...Wait, did I just say that? Was that really part of the script?

Edit: x'd. Yay! Some posts!

[Boromir88]

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

(Translation: Hoarding is evil. Wolves are hoarders. Wolves are evil. Those demading raises....just connect the dots).

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

(Translation: Hoarding is evil. Wolves are hoarders. Wolves are evil. Those demading raises....just connect the dots).

I think you confused wolves with dragons.

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

(Translation: Hoarding is evil. Wolves are hoarders. Wolves are evil. Those demading raises....just connect the dots).

So it's that easy, then? Seems a bit too easy, rather like sending the Ring over Sea.

However, it's certainly possible we have evil ones among the first posters, excited about their work and confident.

x/d with G55

[Eruhen]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

(Translation: Hoarding is evil. Wolves are hoarders. Wolves are evil. Those demading raises....just connect the dots).

This is one Dwarf, however, that gold has no power over. Just ask Nerwen; she foretold it, not me.

A tad quick to point the finger there, hmm, Tharkûn? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement, fearing for your own safety; for even the very wise cannot see all ends.

And, with that, I think I'll turn in for the night. See you in about eight hours.

[Bom Tombadillo]

Hey dol! merry dol! Ring a dead dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! avenge fal the Director!
Tom Bom, omigod this is scary Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

. . . You know I was actually happy to be in this movie? But now I've half a mind to go postal on the lot of you! Killers and innocents alike, all dead . . . except for me of course. *sits a moment in utter glee*

But I suppose it's my job to protect you idiots. Ah well.

This voting idea sounds good t'me; I'd like to vote for Lottierector for getting us into this mess.

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by Bom Tombadillo

. . . You know I was actually happy to be in this movie? But now I've half a mind to go postal on the lot of you! Killers and innocents alike, all dead . . . except for me of course. *sits a moment in utter glee*

Hey, what sort of Tom Bombadil are you? You're meant to be friendly, kind and save us from danger just by singing. Are you sure you're the right character?


edit: x-ed wi' Eomer. I've been Scotsed.

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

...Wait, did I just say that? Was that really part of the script?

I don't know, I didn't read my script like they told me to. I figured knowing the book well enough would suffice.

I was looking forward to getting into character. Sam was always my favorite, and now we don't even get to act. Would it disturb anyone if I addressed them as though they were the characters they were supposed to play, and I was Sam? I'd love that. (Really.)

I agree that we should check the body to see if it's real. I was going to suggest someone try CPR in my first post (for real) but I figured with that much blood, it'd be kinda pointless. Maybe even dangerous, if the heart was pierces, seeing as CPR would...well, you know...wow, that's really disgusting thinking about it.

And I'm retiring for the night. I will be back about six hours before dead-line, probably.

-- Foley/Sam

Edit: x-ed with the last four posts, I think

[Bom Tombadillo]

The dead-line, you say? Sounds awfully suspicious to me . . . (that was a joke, by the way )

On a less joke-y note, G55 looks . . . not suspicious, but unusual, to me. More gifted than wolf, it seems. Awfully fast to be making such a judgment, I know, but that's more or less normal for me.

[Boromir88]

I think the quietness is due to not having any of the Finns or phantom present and me deciding to try something less abrasive and loudy.

[Boromir88]

I seriously hope some more start showing up but I'm not sure how much we can rely on Nerwen or Shasta who can normally miss Day 1's. Or Tum who hasn't been here yet. Or sally even, and she's usually good about these sorts of things.

[Inziladun]

I don't know that I want to choose between Bom and Boro on the basis of toDay. Let's go another direction.

++McCaber


He makes a very effective evil submarine, and I don't recall seeing anything from him but a couple of easy jabs at Bom.

x/d with all since #73. Well, at least the Seer's got some good leads now....

[Boromir88]

Alright. Didn't want to do this so earlier but it's safe and more beneficial usually to be known.

Don't lynch me. I'm the hunter and can only take down a wolf if I'm night killed.

[McCaber]

Oh my. That changes things.

[Galadriel55]

Players that I am ok with:

Nerwen (acute and reasonable as always)
Boro (who I think is likelier to be Hunter than Wolf)
Foley (not too much from her, but she seems reasonable enough)
Eonwe (I don't know why... he just doesn't sound wolf)

Players I'm not that ok with:

Bom
Eruhen

Players I haven't decided about:

Eomer
Cabbie
Shasta (he was picky about the votes, but that doesn't make him a wolf...)

Players that I need more info from:

Sally
Tum (I remember him saying on the Admin thread that he won't have Internet access for a while...)

[autume98]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Tum (I remember him saying on the Admin thread that he won't have Internet access for a while...)

I'm actually a female.

I've read through all the posts, and all I can say is "wow". Seems like a flurry of crazy voting on Day 1. I will say that as I was reading them, my head was fuzzy. Colds tend to do that to my brain.

I have no idea who looks suspicous at this moment. I almost get the feeling like we're going through another Day 1. Granted there's a little more to go off of, but I really don't get the sense that there is a lot to go off on.

I do apologize for not being around yesterDay. Even though I didn't have Internet access I still wish that I could have been around. I know how important it is to have people around and talking to make voting for someone much easier.

I'll have to see if I can clear my head a bit to make some more sense of all that has gone on.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by autume98

I'm actually a female.

Oooops! My bad!

I'm glad you're here. Unlike some others. >.<

I'll be going away soon for a couple hours (hopefully t will stay that, and not turn into a day-long trip again ), and I really hope there will be some intriguing discussion going on by the time I get back, not three or four people shooting posts at eachother.