Werewolf VI (the saga continues in a rather continuous way)

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

The weather had turned brutal just as the villagers had dispersed for the night. The rain poured down with a pronounced rat-a-tat as the thunder provided a heavy downbeat. Above all, faintly, the sounds of a ghostly lute rose from the village well in a tune that, should circumstances be different, could have been conceived as a lively one, and good for dancing. However nobody noticed, because nearly all of the villagers were lying safely in their beds, pretending to be asleep.

Three who pretended to be villagers were quite safe, but were not in beds, and were not asleep. One villager lay quite safely in bed, and was asleep. The dark form lurking near that villager's door was neither in bed, asleep, nor safe.

The figure prowled the edges of the house, taking in every sight. The windows had been barred, the doors were locked. The villager inside was safe. She dared not to rest, but continued her rounds, kept company only by the lightening dancing on the horizen to the tune of the ghostly lute and the long sword in her hand. That and the sound of heavy breathing from above.

"No," she cried, all together too late to stop them. The wolves dropped from the roof top to surround her. Their fangs shone in the flickering light of the storm. "You cannot take this villager!" the Ranger yelled fiercely. The least expected sound met her ears. Laughter.

"Kath, darling... who said we wanted the one that you guard?" With that, the wolves attacked. Her sword flashed through the night like a silver butterfly, catching one of the wolves in the arm. The cut healed instantly. She dropped her sword, reaching for her spear. It was wrestled from her grip and she was thrown to the ground. Her long knives met a similar fate, and her bow and arrows never made it to her hands. Though her chosen villager was still safe, Kath had died a lonely, and yet rather interesting and heroic, death. And though it was a rather loud occurence, none of the rest of the villagers heard, seeing as how they were all safely in bed, pretending to be asleep.

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DAY has now begun. Werewolves, no more PMing. Sherriffs, PM all you want.

All of last NIGHT's duties were performed flawlessly, including dreams requested and granted by both of the village's Seers.

Villagers Dead:
Eomer (villager): pushed into a well on DAY 1
Kath (Ranger): killed three-on-one by wolves while guarding someone

Villagers Alive:
Firefoot
Gil-Galad
Holby
Lhuna
LMP
Mormegil
Nilp
Oromin
Saurreg
TGWBS

[the guy who be short]

Right, Day is here. LMP and I discussed this yesterDay and have decided to tell you:

We, TGWBS and LMP, are the Shirriffs.

Well, the reasoning behind this may be obvious, and it may not. If it isn't, we're not gonna tell you.

Now then, the Ranger's death was most damaging, I was going to post a plan involving her. However, two Seers... I'll have to do some planning. Doubtless I'll come up with something.

The important thing to remember is we have double the Dream power. 3 villagers have now been dreamt of. I shall think and return to you.

[Gil-Galad]

That could be a ploy to defend yourselves...how do we know your not the werewolves trying to protect yourselves from the villagers? very mysterious TGWBS...

[Firefoot]

Gil, I think we can take them at their word. And if they weren't the true Shirriffs, I'm sure that the real ones would speak up - thus exposing two of the four Shirriff-claim-to-be's as wolves. No, I'd say that LMP and TGWBS really are our Shirriffs.

And what a stroke of luck! Two seers, now! This will be a real advantage, especially now that our Ranger is gone. (Poor Kath. She'll be missed.)

For the record, here is the last night's voting. Proven innocents are underlined, and I went ahead and underlined LMP and TGWBS, since I don't see why they would claim to be Shirriffs unless they were:

Gil – 3 (Morm, Lhuna, Firefoot)
Eomer – 4 (lmp, Saurreg, Gil, Holbytlass)
Firefoot – 1 (TGWBS)
Lmp – 1 (Eomer)

Did not vote: Oromin, Nilp, Kath

[Saurreg]

I should explain why I voted for Eomer.

It is true that the LMP with his distracting style of writing was my main suspect through analysis and deduction. However Eomer's posting behaviour made me to belief he was either a werewolf that was trying a big gambit to save his pelt or that he was one of the Sheriffs and that TGWBS was his partner.

The rationale for my second assumption is as follows:

In my 2nd post I questioned if Eomer was a sheriff and near the end of that round he professed to the innocence of himself and TGWBS. Also in a post that quoted mine, TGWBS said this

I'm quite certain he is neither a Seer nor a Shirriff - it would be stupid for the Seer to come out so early, and there is no seond Shirriff supporting Eomer. I find it much more likely that he'll be trying to work things out logically

The first part of the post definately put down Eomer alittle, however it is the second part that got my attention. Working out logically carries a postive notion, a desirable attribute if you must, especially in this game where emotions and senselessness is rampant and that logic is most needed. So there was TGWBS who first put down Eomer and then seemingly praise him. It was odd and then it struck me that the both of them could be sheriffs - i.e. Eomer was already hinting to us that and TGWBS was sublty supporting. Which was why I asked TGWBS on what logic he was referring to. However RL intervened and I was forced away from the PC before I read TGWBS's reply which was somewhat lacklusture (aka disappointing)...

In any case Eomer was innocent and that my guess that TGWBS was his sherriff partner proved false. However that does not take away the fact that eomer was indeed posting very oddly that round and I would like to hear more from TGWBS himself before I pass judgement.

LMP and TGWBS are the first to post in and they immediately claim to be the sherriffs. With may suspicions wrong yesterday, I will read the other posts before making my judgement. Firefoot believes that the duo are truly what they claim themselves to be and I suspect many will

Night has passed and we have two seers now and that is a great boost to our strength. I am somewhat assured by this added insurance that I shall be bolder in my deductions knowing that even if I perish, the wolves will stand a slimmer chance of winning.

More to come very soon.

RL: Tomorrow I don my graduation gown and mortarboard and by sunset I shall be a full-fledged engineer. So I may not be around that frequently come next sunrest. Woot.