Werewolf XLII, Mist in the Barrow Downs

[Nerwen]

Nerwen lounged against the icy stone wall of the barrow. "Well, now the conversation's getting a bit more interesting. But why is everyone so nervous?" She glanced around the dank, dripping chamber, with its ancient treasures gleaming eerily in the chill green light. "Sorry. Dumb question."

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

I feel as though Aganzir and A Little Green are quite eager to NOT be associated with one another, while, at the same time, each one protests the other's innocence. Examples: (from Aganzir) "Greenie looks innocentish to me." and (from A Little Green) "I don't think you are dangerous, though, only another ill-bred child."

Their plan would seem to be to defend each other without appearing co-conspirators; the worst thing that could happen to a band of werewolves would be for them to be clearly in cahoots with each other. Am I right?

Yes... but actually, even casually stating your belief in a fellow-wolf's innocence can be rather risky. Once you're lynched and proven a wolf, anyone you said nice things about gets looked at very carefully.

On the other, A Little Green's last post does come across a bit... sugary. Hmmn.

Tip: you also want to watch out for people whose interactions seem "staged", if you know what I mean. Wolves quite often claim to suspect one another.

Originally Posted by Meneltarmacil

Oh, and so as to not wander too far from today's business, if Mac was trying to catch a wolf in his net, Rikae appears to have taken the bait.

I don't have time now to re-read the early posts, but I thought Rikae was already lauding the virtues of gut-feelings before Mac started on his "let's suspect anyone who sounds sensible" thing.

I'm still not sure what to make of Mac. Was he trying to set a wolf-trap, as he claims? Or is he furry himself, and backed away from his scheme when he saw ii wasn't working? Either way, it was a rather dangerous ploy. If he's a wolf, he risked drawing suspicion on himself– if not, he risked giving the wolves the go-ahead to lynch helpful innocents.

Originally Posted by Meneltarmacil

Shasta is still a bit of a concern, due to the reasons I mentioned earlier, plus his suspicions of people because of their in-character actions don't strike me well either.

I'd put a question mark over him– but he might have simply been carrying on the role-play a bit longer than everyone else. His "suspicions" sounded pretty jokey to me.

Well, now I'm going to take a walk in the fog. Perhaps it will clear my head.