WWLXXI: Something in the Night (Attempt #2)

[Gwathagor]

As fireworks showered and sparkled in the warm night air above the fairgrounds, Sandy walked down the boardwalk, looking for someone she was used to seeing there about this time of night. She made her way by the arcade, the old hangout bars, the fortune-teller. All were closed, silent.

But behind her, in the shadows, someone followed.

She passed the greasers slouching about down at the beach. Further along, she passed Hazy Davy, Killer Joe, and their crew drinking and gambling, their carefree laughs floating up to heaven. None noticed the quiet girl or the one who followed her.

Finally, Sandy came to the circus. Like the rest of the city, it was shut down for the night. But she waited there nonetheless, sitting on a park bench and watching the fireworks. He would come, she knew. She was sure. He always did - or - or had he finally left? He'd always joked about getting out, leaving the city for the green hills to the west. She stood up in anxiety. Had he finally gone?

She noticed someone coming towards her through the long moon-shadows.

"Is that you?" she half-whispered, half-called.

Then she noticed the gun in the person's hand and she fled in terror. Back into the beating heart of the city.

Footsteps clattered behind her as she flew in silent terror down an alley and out into an empty intersection. She stopped, spun about, looking up and down each street. Which way? Was she still being followed?

The figure emerged from the shadows again and stood on the street corner, just outside the light of the street-lamps. The figure took a step forward. Sandy took a step back, her eyes on the gun, which the figure slowly raised.

At that moment, there was a loud growl of engines, one, then another, then many in chorus, and down off the hill came a gang of motorcycles making their nightly rounds. They tore through the intersection, shattering the silent tension which connected Sandy and her pursuer. And then they were all gone, flying down the road. All but one. Between Sandy and the figure in the shadows, a biker sat, his iron steed idling. He extended a hand to Sandy, who hesitated, then took it and climbed aboard. Then they were gone into the night, the sound of the motorcycle all but a memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ314hldal4

[Remember: the personal pronouns I've used are for ease of narration only. They do not denote whether the player is actually male or female.]

***
No one died. Day 2 has begun.

The Living
Johnny 99 - Nogrod
City Dude - Inziladun
Gypsy Biker - Shasta
Bad Scooter - Isabellkya
Mary - Rikae
Crazy Janey - Alonariel
Boardwalk Sandy - Sally
Rosalita - Loslote
Jersey Girl - Wilwarin
Wendy - Lariren

The Dead
Jimmy the Saint - Morsul - The Highwayman (Hunter)
Wild Billy - Glirdan - Innocent

[satansaloser2005]

Wicked!

[satansaloser2005]

K, so thanks to the calamity of yesterDay I think we might be in a bit of a pickle. Dill, butter, sweet, etc. Imma gonna go make a list and come back with questions.

[Inziladun]

A Ranger save? Outstanding. The first thing to figure out is why they were after you, Sally. I missed most of the stuff that happened around DL yesterDay, so I think it could be worthwhile to look at that more closely.

[Inziladun]

The only thing that jumps out about Sally in the last hour or two before DL is that she voted in the end for Shasta over Morsul. It could have meant Shasta's death, but for the coin toss.
I don't think that's proof of Shasta's guilt, but it doesn't make him look particularly good. He also voted for Morsul, though admittedly that was to save himself. I can't necessarily blame him for that alone.
Hm. An attempt to silence one who almost killed him, or a wolfish plot to put him under a cloud?
I guess I should look back at the rest of Sally's doings to see if there's anything there. That'll probably have to wait a few hours, though. My bed awaits.

[satansaloser2005]

Okay, so here's what I think.

Now is the time for everyone to come out with their lovers. I did the math during the Night and came up with the following.

10 of us left (which is updated obviously lol). Three wolves, two gifteds. So basically we have the seer and ranger with their partners, but they're acting alone more or less because they'd have to be dern careful with what they say because they don't know who their partner is. (Still don't know why Nog found that strange, by the way.) Anyway, the wolves can say anything they want (except that they're wolves of course) because their partners are probably ordos anyway.

If I was a wolf I'd kill off my lover, to be honest. I mean, really. A seer lover would likely want to dream their partner, so it's in the wolves interest to (at least in the absence of a better kill) get rid of any unwanted attention. So my theory is that if we know everyone's lovers maybe we'll be able to figure out at least some sort of pattern in yesterDay's activities.

I'd say my lover tried to kill me but, as you've probably already guessed, my sweetcakes was Glirdan, and he....well, yeah. Ya know.


So here's what I know so far.
Rikae/Izzy
Sally/Glirdan
Everyone else?

Let's start with Alona.

[alonariel]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

So here's what I know so far.
Rikae/Izzy
Sally/Glirdan
Everyone else?

Let's start with Alona.

Well it's Shasta, my Boston husband, of course.

Have to say I think the Ranger save last Night gives us a shot at winning this game! And besides, who would keep us all entertained around here if Sally were gone?

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by alonariel

Well it's Shasta, my Boston husband, of course.

Have to say I think the Ranger save last Night gives us a shot at winning this game! And besides, who would keep us all entertained around here if Sally were gone?

Well that makes things fairly easy then.

I wonder....

Hmmmm. I need to PM Gwath. Being innocent and single gets you no action. (Heh. I see what I did there.)

Anyway, not that I have to believe you, but what are you, Alona dear?

[alonariel]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

Well that makes things fairly easy then.

I wonder....

Hmmmm. I need to PM Gwath. Being innocent and single gets you no action. (Heh. I see what I did there.)

Anyway, not that I have to believe you, but what are you, Alona dear?

Plain ordo like last game, I'm afraid. I'm actually surprised the wolves didn't go after me Night 1 - which might exclude Rikae, Wilwa, Lari and Shasta since they were present at the Bostonmoot games

[alonariel]

Okay, no more Bostonmoot references, at least for now. A list, then:

Nog: His vote was probably just because of time zones, so not much to go on there.

Inzil: He reacted to Lottie's suspicions fairly level-headed, but I haven't played much with him at all, so I don't know his style or how he reacts in certain situations.

Shasta: Very shifty, but that could just be meta game. He seemed pretty quiet to me for Day 1 - and though I understand his reasons to vote to save his skin, this doesn't rule him out as a possible wolf, because you could make the case that anyone, regardless of their role, would do the same thing to save themselves.

Izzy: Somewhat suspicious of Glirdan, but ultimately voted Shasta. Not too sure about her just yet.

Rikae: Admittedly scares me (in a good way, I think), so I'm glad to have her on my side in this game. Her suspicions of Glirdan - the "tone" of one of his posts - seemed a little weak, though she was the first to vote for him. So no bandwagon reason there.

Sally: Her end-of-Day behavior confused me a lot, but for good or bad, I'm glad she's still here. She keeps the discussion going, which makes me think she's more innocent than evil. I don't think a wolf would want to draw that much attention to themselves with so few people in a game and so early on in a game.

Lottie: Her suspicions for Inzil came out of pretty much nowhere, which either makes me think wolf-on-wolf or something along those lines.

Wilwa: Honestly I'm not getting a bad vibe from her at all, just helpfulness. Innocent, or a talented wolf flying completely under the radar?

Lari: Hasn't posted enough for me to get a vibe, and I don't want to use meta game in these posts so I can't say much more.

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by alonariel

Rikae: Admittedly scares me (in a good way, I think), so I'm glad to have her on my side in this game. Her suspicions of Glirdan - the "tone" of one of his posts - seemed a little weak, though she was the first to vote for him. So no bandwagon reason there.

The thing I find interesting about this is that she seems to know Rikae's on her side. There's only two ways she could know that. Either she's the seer or they're wolves together (since they both have admitted to having other lovers).

I'm just sayin'.