Tol-In-Gaurhoth XXXVIII - E.T.T.T.S.O.W.I.

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome to the thrilling WereWolf Chapter 38: Tol-In-Gaurhoth XXXVIII - Escape to the Terrible Secret of Werewolf Island!


The sun simmered on the horizon through the glare of the dining room windows and the boat was gently swaying with the current. it was Dinner time on the S.S. Mr. Adventure and all the guests were sitting down eating and being served by the crew. well by all the guest i mean 9 indiviuals and by crew i mean the burly Captain. El Gil was his name. His name has been passed down for generations though he was not spanish. His ancestors depised the spanish and it made them happy to pass down a spanish name. They weren't highly reconized in their village but they made there lives there and continued on. back at the Dining room, there was discussion all about. Meneltarmacil was trying to explain the latest theory to Xyzzy, but he would not listen because there is no possible way parachute pants attract Martian Ants to come land. Meanwhile Thinlomien and Shastanis Althreduin were lsot in conversation of what the next best flower is too wear while deciding which flamamble liquid is good too use on burning fur coats that is friendly to the environment, while susie was staring blindly into the conversation trying to add in her childhood knowledge of goats when it can be used. On the other end of the dining hall Nogrod and Legate continue to stare at each other because of their different political agendas leaving Macalaure in an awkward position as Brinniel was spraying baby seals coats with spray paint while writing down her next anti-war leaflet at the same time.

El Gil then came out of the kitchen wiping his hands. "my dear guests! my lovely Peeko the Parrot tells me that we have a storm coming in, so i suggest you take in this horizon before the clouds come in!" everyone then looks over to the window when there was a loud crash and the lights went sharply out only to have then flicker back on moments later. everyone began looking around in surprise.

"have no fear! its just the generator, she may be an old ship that has been stuck in 6 hurricanes, 3 giant squid attacks, 5 or 6 mutinies, 3 wars, but she is sturdy, though going through 23 tsunamis, 5 mine explosions, 12 holes in the hull, a evil nazi-experiment plot and the Reconquista she is a tought lass!"

everyone then began to settle down, but for some reason nobody felt inclined to eat anymore. The sun began to sink as everyone left the dining hall for there bunks to settle down for the night.

The storm came quicker then Peeko squaked about and the S.S. Mr. Adventure began swaying faster and faster as El Gil the captain was manning the helm by himself. The guests were having a troubled sleep, but each of them eventually drifted off.

they were suddenly woken as the PA system buzzed on with voices over it
"...are you talking about? i know nothing of them!"
"do...fools old man, we know..."
"they can see you coming a...away!"
"...you do know then! let us...him then find the boss"
"...what!... no! they will survive just..."

the PA system then buzzes out as the lights go off again and great lurching of the ship begins and creeking all about...then a loud noise is heard and the ship is shook hard... everyone fades to black...


NIGHT ONE BEGINS! HENCHMAN MAY BEGIN DISCUSSING! BODYGUARD AND SUPER SCIENTIST MAY ALSO TALK! ENJOY MY DEARIES! PEEKO SAYS HI!

[Side note: yes i know originally that bodyguard and Super scientist had no knowledge of each other, but i messed up and accidently told them both of each other, but all the other rules still stand to there most recent altering![/end side note]

[Gil-Galad]

The sun came creeping in as bodies began to stir about on the sand. it was mid morning and it was hot. As everyone began to walk away from the wreckage they looked around. they were on an island. around the shore there were rocks of many sizes and 20 feet from the coast line there was a line of dense jungle, which reaches all the way to the bottom of a single mountain standing jagged in the middle of the island, next to that mountain was a small hill with something in the middle of it, but it was too far to judge exactly from this distance.

One by one the survivors struggled from the wreckage and got to a big rock just about halfway from the water to the trees. "what had happened?" thinlomien asked as Nogrod began trying to empty his head of water. "must have been one heck of a storm... but for some reason that isn't troubling me" Legate stated as he walked up to the group. "then it wasn't just me that heard that... i wonder what it was all about" Brinniel said asking around. Macalaure then blurted out loud "hey! wheres the captain!?" everyone began looking around, but they did not see El Gil anywhere. "alright everyone is here, lets look for Gil, hopefully he washed up on shore with the rest of us too" Shastanis Althreduin said to the agreeing nods of the survivors.

As everyone began looking around, Susielooked over and saw Peeko standing on the other side of a piece of the boat. Susieran around and eyes widen with horror. "i found him!" Susieyelled as she remained motionless. Xyzzy was the first to reach Susieand he too remained shocked. everyone came up and each of them saw the horror.

Upon the bow of the S.S. Mr.Adventure, there was El Gil pinned on it with the Bowmast sticking through his chest and Peeko on his shoulder.
"bawk. no you henchman bawk!" Peeko squacked.
"Hey listen to that bird!" Meneltarmacil said.
"bawk! the super science doctor will survive! bawk!"
"what is that bird talking about?" Nogrod stated but was quickly hushed by everyone else so they can listen to the bird.
"bawk! secret bodyguard will protect and revenge. bawk!"
the survivors began staring at the bird as it continued its rant
"Bawk! villain about. but no knows henchman! Peeko knows! Peeko knows! Bawk!"

"am i hearing that bird right? this was murder and we have the murderers with us right now!?" Legate said to the survivors
"Thats what the bird is saying... but what can we do to protect us incase we are killed again?" macalaure asked puzzling.
"well i guess we got to decide amongst ourselves and choose who we each think is one of these henchman and villain!" legate said after a period of silence. everyone looked at Legate awkwardly.
"...what? oh don't worry my comrades i love open ideas!" legate quickly responded after understanding there confusion.
"then i guess we will make a vote at the end of every day and decide who lives or dies... so that we can avenge the captains death." Brinniel stated and every nodded with agreement, though most reluctantly.
"bawk! rescue comes! who survives? Peeko knows! bawk!" Peeko squacked out as it began to fly high above the island and the everyone began to head inland towards the island.

DAY ONE BEGINS! HENCHMAN AND SPECIALS STOP TALKING! EVERYONE MAY NOW BEGIN TALKING! ENJOY!

Players:
1 - Meneltarmacil - Paranoid Conspiracy Theorist
2 - Shastanis Althreduin - a tree-hugging, fur coat-burning, hardcore animal activist
3 - Thinlómien - young and idealistic hippie maiden with flowers in her hair.
4 - Nogrod - tight upper lip conservative
5 - Macalaure - student activist
6 - Brinniel - the hypocritical peace activist who goes to all extremes
7 - Xyzzy - Fully commercialized drone.
8 - Volo - Susie, the daughter of a random goat herder in some far-away valley, who doesn't know a thing about popular culture, is a good idea.
9 - Legate - an open-minded progressive Comrade

[Shastanis Althreduin]

I saw how that bird was treated, and I for one am happy he's free of that horrible old man. You know I peeked in his room once. There was a cage.

...A CAGE. Honestly. Can you believe it? That poor parrot stuffed into a cage to while away his days like so much trash, except for the times he's paraded about like a possession. Ooh, it makes me so mad!

I'm going to go meditate. Call me if you find something.

[Nogrod]

Oh my... I thought that electing that Kennedy guy for president was the liberal nightmare! Stuck in an island with bloodthirsty henchmen and a tracherous villain - obviously commies the whole bunch - with these hippies and what not... God, do I really deserve this?

All right people. Order. That's what we need. Order. I'm afraid meditating isn't going to get us out from the trouble.

And clear rules are needed. For instance, what happens if the villain dies? Do the henchmen go on with their atrocities even if their boss is dead? Is the balance of innocents vs. baddies counted only by the henchmen or will the villain be added to the count as well? If the henchmen all die the villain looks to me to be left powerless and we will win our lives, right? Or do we have to get her/him too?

Does that odd parrot have answers or do we have to just rely on guesswork?

Oh how I hate mess and untidy situations... Ordnung muss sein.

[Brinniel]

I for one am not comfortable with the idea of there being murderers among us. But really...is this vote to decide who dies thing completely necessary? Couldn't we just vote to lock someone up?

Already one death has occurred. We should avoid letting anymore blood be spilled.

MAKE PEACE NOT VIOLENCE!

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Just wait a little, Comrades. All ideas are welcome, but we must progress systematically.

First, we should make a central commitee. Who of you, Comrades, is in the Party? Don't tell me that no one is. All right, I guess we have to skip this step. I see, Comrades, that we are really a nice company here. We have proletarians, peasants - right, Comrade Susie - even brain power, is that right, Comrade Macalaure... the trouble is that we have these subversive elements among us. Those... henchmen and villain or whatever they are called. Yes, the henchmen of the reactionary powers. They want to kill a super science doctor! That speaks for everything.

But we must not let ourselves down, Comrades! We are going to line out a three-day plan, and we are going to find the villain and the henchmen, and fulfil the plan by 150%!

Now, Comrade Shasta. Please don't just sit and... whatever you do. From each according to his ability, but don't tell me your only ability is to... sleep or whatever you do.

On the other hand, I am very pleased with you, Comrade Nogrod. There's only that unfortunate background of yours, but otherwise, your attention is really a progressive one. You see, we cannot accept you right to the Party. But if you showed some interest, let's say, prepared some nice transparent for the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, I could put in a word for you.
The questions you pose will be, no doubt, answered soon. Personally, though without the final word from Kremlin I cannot say that for sure, I am inclined to think that the henchmen, out of pure reactionary intentions, are going to continue in their attacks even after we manage to catch their leader. However, all this situation looks very complicated and I believe more clarification would help us. Perhaps the bird, however strange it is, could be of some help in this aspect.

Comrade Brinniel. We have horrible monsters among us, who will not stop with terrorizing us until we lynch them out. It is the time to raise our arms, Comrades, and do something about it. Just sitting is not going to do the job. I'm afraid some blood needs to be spilled, Comrade Brinniel. But don't worry, it will be only the blood of traitors!

So let us give everyone the chance to speak now, and then we'll know more.

[Thinlómien]

Peace. Flowers. Freedom. Happiness. Hey guys, you should listen to Brinniel. She's got the thing! Let's not lynch anybody! Let's just discuss in friendship and love. See, I've got some mushrooms...

I'm slightly confused about the deadline and the duration of the Day and Night periods. Why was last Night just 12h? Was it an exception, or are we having short Days&Nights? Which one is the deadline? 6pm or am my time?

But hey, everyone's a little confused after a few mushrooms... Anyone want to have a mushroom? We can be confused together and not bother about these henchmen and villains at all. We can be just happy and grow some weed and decorate ourselves with flowers. Doesn't that sound nice?

I guess I can now state the obvious since no one else has done it yet. Please talk, dear friends (and have some mushrooms), no one should be silent. The evil people can hide in silence (evil people? every single human being is born good and happy and freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........... wait. Are these henchmen and villains just humans? For surely orcs or werewolves or such can be evil. Evil like the bosses of big anti-environmentalist companies who kill happy singing birds and make little children unhappy... now what was I originally talking about?) and the vocal people will just kill one another. Not a nice future vision, unless all we vocal people are henchmen - which should be matemathically impossible. You don't need to post dozens of posts (though that is nice ), but could everybody please post something of substance during this game. It would help others to make some sense who's who.

Am I right that we have double-lynches? In that case we must be careful: double lynches aid the baddies easily to their victory, because what's better from their perspective than us villagers lynching not one, but two of our own? I do not say we should not do a double lynch in any situation, just that we should consider carefully before doing so.

Lastly, if I seem to have some obsession about watching Nogrod and Volo hypocritically, it's not because I've gone crazy (though that might be possible too... the mushrooms?) but because I've had bad experiences in recent games. (I've been fooled completely by those who I know from RL, even though one could assume it'd be easiest to spot the lies of those you know... ) So, Volo and especially Noggie, you can prepare to being subjects to extra vigilance from my part.

[Gil-Galad]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

And clear rules are needed. For instance, what happens if the villain dies? Do the henchmen go on with their atrocities even if their boss is dead? Is the balance of innocents vs. baddies counted only by the henchmen or will the villain be added to the count as well? If the henchmen all die the villain looks to me to be left powerless and we will win our lives, right? Or do we have to get her/him too?

"bawk! kill henchman villain powerless bawk! nothing for villain to do without henchman bawk! Henchmane angry is boss dies bawk!" Peeko squacked above

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Good, Comrades, I just realized that my schedule today as a working man does not allow me to be here before the end of the day, and this is probably the last time I can contribute today. And unfortunately, I don't have much time on my hands even now, so I have to make it brief.

Comrade Shasta says almost nothing, and that's not good, Comrades. We don't need no idleness when there are dangerous elements lurking around. Might be as well that she is one of them, also with her particularly jumpy turn against Comrade Lommy (OOC: some things sound just terrible if combined ). It seems to me that Comrade Lommy's presumptions against Comrade Nogrod were not aimed to provoke any bandwaggoning, they were just statement of facts. The same I don't think Comrade Nogrod's reaction to that is corresponding to it. However I believe this is just a misunderstanding in both cases and there are not any other intentions behind that.

While I do appreciate Comrade Macalaure's agitative attitude, I would suggest to wait with the case of Comrade Nogrod. We all know his background is very unfortunate, but I suggest we give him a chance, at least when he is trying to help, or seems like that at least. We cannot afford any mistakes, Comrades. It is true that the lurking reaction could reveal itself in Comrade Nogrod later, but I believe there are better suspects now than him. And these are those who avoid discussion, Comrades. Yes, they avoid discussion at all, like Comrade Xyzzy over there.

Others who get me worried? For example Comrade Thinlómien. It's rather unfortunate that most of the young, perspective people here are not in the Communist Youth Union, you see, Comrades. This could not end well. I mean, Comrades, where should they get the right education about the socialistic morale. Mushrooms, Comrades. But that's not what troubles me the most about Comrade Thinlómien. As I said, I don't care about her presumtive - and I believe it's preventive - attitude towards Comrades Nogrod and Volo. But what I don't like is the sneaky attitude of posting "the obvious", as she said herself, along with the typical rambling on double-lynches. That's a poor omen, Comrades. And this:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Not a nice future vision, unless all we vocal people are henchmen - which should be matemathically impossible.

This sounds like saying both "If any of the others who spoke reveals to be a henchman, then I am not" and "I am vocal", thus giving herself a defence against further attacks against her on this base. But concerning "being vocal", you see, she did not say much.

Comrade Brinniel, Susie, and Menel spoke but said technically nothing. About them, I can't say anything positive, but not even negative. And that's really a little, Comrades. If we are to hope for better future, this is not going to help. I know, like we sing: Not every day begins with darkness and ends with sun, but I say, Comrades, that if we work together, we can make it. But we need everyone to join and participate with something more than just a few words about nothing.

So, I am probably going to vote early and now. Well, why not - a member of the Party should lead by example and vote first. I am thinking about those who are less vocal, or Comrade Shasta, who is the most suspicious for me probably now. With Comrade Thinlómien's case, I think we can wait a little, if she presents herself as the servant of the rotten reactionary powers. She spoke only once this far, and since I am not coming back today, I will not be here to ponder any further contributions from her.

Vote coming in a few minutes, if anyone is around and wants to react quickly, you have the chance.