Werewolf XLII: The meaning of life forever

[THE Ka]

Wait what? Eek I missed the deadline...
Sorry about that, I was just going to vote then I decided to refresh the page and volia... Sorry again. If anyone needs clarification on my vote, please feel free to contact me or have me post tomorrow about it. It wasn't Val, Cab, Agan, or Rikae if you must know.

Okay, I'll shut my mouth for today. Sorry again!
~ Ka

[Volo]

”At last”, thought the Wolves.

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Naria was sleeping in her chamber, which was quite tidy although small. The bed was more like a pile of rugs, luckily, clean rugs. She was better off than some of the others. But she was the one who found herself in this corner-chamber first and nobody seemed to notice her existance after that. However, now she was seeing a dream.

In her dream Naria was the land itself. A far off land, a big ball of land. She felt everything that happened on her surface and could move things by her will. If it hadn’t been a drem, the feeling would have been very alien. In all her glory, Naria was so small. Smaller than ever, just a little grain in the vast nothingness, or maybe everythingness. She was just like all the other balls of land.

A thought came to her. What if she would unite herself with the other balls of land. With no strain Naria forced the earth to turn into living creatures. It took the creatures bare moments to change into the perfect creatures she wanted, but the time felt very lonely, almost too lonely to bear.

When the creatures obtaining her became perfect, she commanded them to go and become a part of the other land balls. And so they did, forming a living thread from her body to the closest ball. She felt her awareness move across the emptyness and form a link with the other ball of land. Naria was now two balls of land.

Her creations moved from ball to ball and she grew. If the balls of land she came to were already inhabited by something, she would consume the creatures and convert them into a part of herself. The more she consumed, the more she became aware of the world and the bigger and more important she felt.

Nothing stopped her growth and her fine thread took over balls of land with growing speed. Only twice had there been true resistance and although at the time they didn’t seem important, later Naria found that she wanted to mimic the forms of the valiant creatures she had consumed.

Her movements of conquer became more deliberate and she began to be picky with the balls of land she took over. At times she cut her own threads to balls she didn’t need to achieve the form she wished to. Naria no longer had time to feel lonely as all her strength went on choosing the right land balls.

When her shape was close to her goal, she saw that it would never function this way, dropped off nearly half of her ingridients and began her search for very specific balls, which weren’t of land, but instead liquid. It took her countless ages to find them, but eventually she did and for a while she felt perfect.

She couldn’t enjoy the feeling for long, because suddenly a new power entered her world. She had never seen anything like it. It too was formed from balls of land, but they weren’t alive like with her, yet they kept together in an unfamiliar form.

First she tried to ignore the intruder, but when it started to take over what was hers, she had no choice but to consume the odd being. She tried to send her perfect creatures to fight over the cold balls of land that were bound to each other some odd way. But as much of herself as she send, the intruders send back twice as much and Naria had to either abandon her position as the greatest being ever or find some way to prove herself once again.

She decided not to give up but while she thought about ways of saving herself, her rival stole more and more of her. Too late she noticed that her perfect form was shattered for ever.

Naria woke up, tried to yell and fainted.

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When the morning came, everybody looked surprised by Naria’s disappearance.

Azaelia who had envied Naria for being normal, but not average, and Izz silently entered Naria’s chamber. The chamber was cleaner than their chambers, except for the body lying on the bed with eyes opened.

A handle of an iron knife stuck out from between Naria’s ribs.

Azaelia didn’t dare go closer to the corpse as doing so wasn’t quite average. Izz stood by the doorway for a while, but saw that nobody else would do it so she had to. She walked to Naria, pulled the knife free, straightened Naria’s head and closed her eyes.

And all the while Izz touched the body, little viruses entered her body and awaited for new triumph.

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Around:
Brinniel
THE Ka
satansaloser2005
Aganzir
McCaber
Thinlómien
Valier
Meneltarmacil
Kath
Azaelia of Willowbottom
Isabellkya

Gone:
Legate of Amon Lanc - lynched on Day0.1 - teleported away
Roa_Aoife - lynched on Day0.2 - joined the dance
Shastanis Althereduin - lynched on Day0.3 - reincarnated as the first Man
The Might - lynched on Day0.4 - escorted away and sailed away
Gil-Galad - lynched on Day0.5 - disappeared in a gate to a different world
Groin Redbeard - lynched on Day0.6 - returned to where he came from
A Little Green - lynched on Day0.7 - ended up on the moon
Ugh-Friedrich - wasn't allowed to enter the temple after stage1
Nogrod - lynched on Day1 - destroyed by his daughter
Rikae - hunted down by Nogrod on Day1 - carried away by the Great White Wolf
Naria - killed on Night2 - conquered by a cold intruder

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Night2 ended, Day2 began.

Wolves stop PMing.

You may post on the thread.

[Thinlómien]

Thinlómien laughed. "What? I'm alive? YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She danced an Elvish bellydance. "It seems I'm not cursed after all. I can't believe this. But what on earth happened? OMG, the protector must have believed me and protected me and the guardian killed Naria! Now let's hope she was a filthy wolf. I'm just afraid she maybe wasn't.

I got yesterDay's lynch... Nogrod was a wolf (but that obviously was no surprise to me). But it's so odd Rikae died too... They must have been the lovers! It is the only reason why they could have died at the same time. Well, I'm glad to be rid of them.

All in all, this is going better than I expected. For Valier is a wolf. Kebab! Kebab! Oh, iskender kebab, my favourite food, with you I'll toast the sweet victory: now you trust me and Valier the wolf will be dead. And the wolves will be in serious trouble! Yay! Sweet kebab with sweet kebab sauce!

Sorry I'm a bit hyper here. I'm just feeling so dizzy since I'm alive."

edit: xed with Kath x2

[Kath]

Okay, is that actually allowed? Deleting a post and changing parts of it?

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Kath

Okay, is that actually allowed? Deleting a post and changing parts of it?

I don't know. It was an accident and I'm sorry. But I don't have the version that I accidentally posted. If you do have it in your e-mail, you can post it on this thread just to be on the safe side of the rules?

[Kath]

Considering it wasn't hugely different I'm inclined to leave it. Plus I think most people get email alerts so they'd be able to read it as it was anyway. I was just bemused when it disappeared.

And I will say I'm impressed with your efforts, but you still come across as a desperate wolf.

Now, are you going to answer that question about being Immortal?

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Kath

Now, are you going to answer that question about being Immortal?

Immortal? I'm always immortal. For your information, my real life is dervied from the Greek name Athanasia, which means "immortal", so of course I can't die.

Obviously, dear Kathwolf, I can't give you that information. It's too dangerous.

[Thinlómien]

I guess I must explain. I was writing a post and accidentaly sent it before I had written only about half of it. So I deleted and reposted. Hope that answers your question miss Kath.

Originally Posted by Kath

Rikae - hunted down by Nogrod on Day1

Silly girl to take it that literally. Haven't you ever heard a song where they sung something like "I'm hunted by your love"? The Swedish band BWO for example?

Originally Posted by Kath

As to Rikae, the narration says she was taken by the Great White Wolf, which suggests to me that she was a wolf. Obviously that isn't hard evidence though.

Are you silly or are you a wolf? White is the colour of ghosts. White wolf = Ghost wolf. Ghost wolf = the wolf who just died = Nogrod aka Rikae's lover. Simple symbolics.

[Aganzir]

If Rikae wasn't a wolf and the wolves lynch one innocent (or no one) today, they win.

I really don't know what to think of the narration. Rikae's death looks like that of a wolf, but if Volo isn't going to reveal the roles in public I fail to see why he would give hints in the narrations either. So better not count on that.

Voted for Nogrod:
Brinniel, Rikae, Lommy, McCaber.
And they all look(ed) more or less bad.
Brinn because she kept hesitating. "I don't know whom to believe" stuff always makes me wary.
Rikae for how she kept questioning Nog.
Lommy for quite obvious reasons.
Cab's vote was obviously in regards of self-preservation, but there's the same wrong thing as with Greenie's vote: he doesn't mention he's leading in votes; he votes Noggie "only" because there's a chance that he'll take a wolf with him.

Originally Posted by Caber, the post before voting

Nogrod, with these odds, you would have a better chance of killing a gifted than a wolf. Unless you absolutely have a wolf, I think it would be better to lynch you now and take a wolf with you.

I don't understand this statement since Nog was absolutely having a wolf.
Nog was going to kill Lommy in the night. Nog said he considered hunting Rikae. And then comes Caber and says it'd be better to lynch Nog, which would mean only one person dying with him. That screams wolf to me.

I wouldn't be ready to risk lynching Lommy.

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Originally Posted by Isabell

I choose to place my vote with Agan, because she has consistantly been against Lommy.. yet instead of voting thusly; she has added McCaber. If anything is speaks to her wolfishness, because it seems she has a bit of a case of tunnel vision.

I didn't vote her for reasons I found quite obvious. If Nog said he'd rather kill her at night, ok then, though I would have preferred to lynch her. And I would have preferred not to lynch Nog. So instead of demonstrating & being the only one to vote Lommy I rather voted for another I found suspicious.

edit: xed with three Lommys and Kath & soon off to sleep.

[Meneltarmacil]

I, for one, would consider lynching Lommy, given that Nogrod indeed appears to be a Hunter, and think she's probably the best choice.

Valier is still suspicious, for reasons I mentioned yesterDay. She's second on my list.

McCaber, well I do see some wolfishness in his behavior, but I think it would be a little risky to lynch him just yet rather than one of the other two I mentioned.

By the way, if Nogrod was a wolf instead of a Gifted, as has been suggested, lynching Lommy wouldn't instantly kill us, since with Nogrod dead the wolves would not equal us in numbers. Still, we need to be cautious. I also note that Lommy has implicated Valier as a wolf, suggesting the two of them aren't both Wolves. Could likely be a trick in case one or the other is lynched: It makes the survivor look like an innocent.

[Thinlómien]

Menel, you're wrong.

And yes, go on and lynch me and I'll die as a martyr and you'll know I was innocent...

[Thinlómien]

I'm going to sleep now and will be back in the early-ish afternoon my time (which is GMT+2).

Please think about everything I've said.

[THE Ka]

Originally Posted by Kath

What I do want to know though is something mentioned by our dear Mod about Lommy being immortal for the Night or the Day? If she has chosen to be Immortal toDay I'm assuming that means she can't be lynched.

I believe it is because Lommy cast the tie-breaking/ decisive vote. Thus, she gains immortality for that night and the next day I believe. Not too sure about the latter, but I know it is true for that night.

Not too sure whether I was supposed to say that either, but I think it is in the rules, somewhere. Sorry if that was a 'no-no', but for once I finally know the mechanics. Yay...

Though, I am much more perplexed why Naria was attacked by the wolves. It makes little sense, beyond giving some insight on how well the wolves faired with their PM's last night, which should be good news I guess, but I dunno. Still am suspicious about exactly why.

Originally Posted by Lommy

Are you silly or are you a wolf? White is the colour of ghosts. White wolf = Ghost wolf. Ghost wolf = the wolf who just died = Nogrod aka Rikae's lover. Simple symbolics.

Speaking of symbolism, when I read that I kept thinking of the 'Great White Buffalo'... Which, I doubt Volo used in any connection to Rikae, because it is completely change the whole meaning. The interpretations so far are much more appropriate.

Just wished to check in, I won't be available for some time tomorrow, I have to go in for some school-related testing, but should be able to check in after that. My time is GMT-8:00 and I should be gone from 6am-11am. If that is of any help.
Okay, I am going back to reading posts now, should have something better to say soon.

~ Ka

[Kath]

I would actually suggest not voting Lommy toDay. We have still had no real answer about this Immortal thing and if we do try to lynch her toDay only to find that we can't it means a wasted lynch.

So, I would suggest leaving Lommy for now and trying to catch a different wolf. Presumably she can't choose to be Immortal every Day so we'll be able to get her eventually.

Ah! In fact I've just seen Ka's post about that so it looks like she will become available to lynch tomorrow.

In which case, who else do we have as possible wolves? My list of yesterDay was:
Lommy
McCaber
Valier
Ka

I'm recanting my suspicion of Ka somewhat mostly because she came out with the Immortality explanation. I'm aware that was in the rules but if she was a wolf I doubt she'd help us avoid the possibility of a wasted lynch. So, let's have a look at McCaber and Valier.

McCaber - explains his lack of a vote clearly blaming RL reasons (which can't be argued with) and says he would have voted Roa because Naria came across as very innocent. If McCaber was a wolf it would make quite a lot of sense to have killed someone he so clearly marked as innocent to avoid suspicion. Mentions Lommy but tries to deflect attention from her. Pretty keen on lynching Nog though, which does alter my thoughts a bit. Lommy was trying very hard to stay alive yesterDay, would a fellow wolf be quite so bold as to try and get her killed even if it was through Nog? I don't know. It is possible, McCaber does seem to get this game and so I think he would be aware that this might possibly put him in a good light.

Now as far as I can see Valier didn't post or vote. Was there an RL reason for that which I missed?

Oh yes, and Naria, I said I would look at why she was killed but there's nothing to look at. She made one post and didn't vote, so the choice of her was probably made for it's safety. How can there be trails if she never spoke?

So I think overall my opinion of McCaber is still much the same as yesterDay, as well as that of Valier although I would like to hear something from her. It's just, you have two people in a Day that don't talk and that's Valier and Naria. Everyone knows Valier's instincts, why not get rid of her if you have the chance? Well, because she is a wolf. So my vote is likely to go to one of them toDay considering this possible Immortality of Lommy.

EDIT: That third sentence, I mean Lommy will become available to lynch not Ka.

[Kath]

Oh my, Lommy, you know I was about to post and then I saw yours and I just had to reply because ... what are you talking about?

Nogrod was the Hunter, as evidenced by this:

Rikae - hunted down by Nogrod on Day1

Which was posted by Volo in the narration.

As wolvish ploys go your one yesterDay was good but it's over. Nogrod was the Guardian, and as there can only be one special in a group of three that leaves you as Innocent or Wolf. I can't see an Innocent coming out against a Special, there is simply no logic behind that, and so I must come to the conclusion that you are a Wolf. And if I hadn't believed that before your post just then I certainly would after it!

As to Rikae, the narration says she was taken by the Great White Wolf, which suggests to me that she was a wolf. Obviously that isn't hard evidence though.

Naria ... why her? I'll go back and have a look at her posts.

What I do want to know though is something mentioned by our dear Mod about Lommy being immortal for the Night or the Day? If she has chosen to be Immortal toDay I'm assuming that means she can't be lynched.

[Kath]

Smeh? Where'd Lommy's post go? It came through the email.