Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXV: All Star Crossed With Nowhere to Go

[Meneltarmacil]

Sorry for the double post, but I'd like you to elaborate on why my questioning of your suspicion earlier makes me appear suspicious, morm.

[mormegil]

Originally Posted by Meneltarmacil

Sorry for the double post, but I'd like you to elaborate on why my questioning of your suspicion earlier makes me appear suspicious, morm.

Menel it's odd that everytime I've thrown your name out there you are demanding and explanation as to why. This seems rather strange behavior unless you are guilty. I would wager a day's wage that you are a were-creature.

[Macalaure]

Though I find Farael most suspicious right now, I agree with Nogrod: We need some competition here. For obvious reasons, I don't think I would make a good one. Therefore:

++Rune Son of Bjarne

[Durelin]

O Horror, horror, horror! O hell kite!

We are all doomed if we do not stick together, us innocent bystanders who have been lost in the most twisted web of romantic design, the most bloody wyrd.

*stops reading from the script*

Anyway...

I find Fin's numbers rather helpful, though they make my head hurt. But I think it makes the most sense for the Lovers to be more afraid of each other than us Ordos. I mean, they want to survive with just their own lover, and it's the Werecreatures that are the most dangerous...one of each lover pair is a werecreature. We ordos don't know anything, so we're most likely to kill each other.

But can we use this to our advantage? Well...maybe, but I don't know how.

So, discovering the identity of Lovers... Looking at voting pairs could possibly help, but they're likely going to be careful about it. Day 1, I don't think they're likely going to vote together, as driving the vote in one direction isn't really necessary at all. I don't know if they ever have the need to drive the vote in a certain direction, only away from each other. This is typical wolf stuff...the difference is, they're not going to be driving the voting away from the other werecreatures (the other Lover pairs).

I thought that there were only going to be female-male pairings, but I realized (almost to my delight, because I feel like knowing such a thing is almost like *cheating*...) that I missed poor lost Di's remarks about that. At least that means I get to avoid embarrassingly placing someone on the wrong list in a male and female categorizing of players...

I think Farael has been playing a little foolishly, carelessly I think...and I think that points more towards innocence. I look at Rune, Valier, Mac, and Lhuna the same way at this point, I think: all being fairly straightforward and not overly *tip-toeing* around or trying too be overly 'investigative,' for a lack of a better word. I can't be at all certain about any of them, of course.

At this point, I'm looking more at Menel...

Originally Posted by Menel

Mormegil, would you please elaborate on why I seem suspicious? I'm not a Lover, nor am I a Werething.

Those of us who are innocent have no clue who anyone is, period. Whether or not you are a Lover or Werething is not something we are inclined to know, so pointing that out is completely useless. Unless of course you are suggesting supsicion of morm at this point, which is of course not at all baseless (suspicion of anyone at anytime isn't ever completely baseless).

I'm not sure why, but that statement really bothers me.

Kitanna is giving me that 'flying under the radar' feel, which makes me want to keep an eye on her.

arcticstorm is flying under the radar for me, too, but not in the same way. Not in a way that makes me feel like imagining him ripping me open with tooth and claw. So far he has been sensible and has not appeared to be trying to dodge anything (though he hasn't had much to dodge yet, either). We'll have to see about him.

Jenny is obviously pressed for time, and at this point I can't and won't say anything about her. Kath and Rikae haven't been able to be here at all, yet, so I cannot and will not say anything about them either.

Those are the only two that stand out to me

Nogrod, Lommy, and morm all stand out because of how much they say and how much thought they put into things. These three will be the most difficult for me to feel any gut-reactions about. Ugh. I'm not going to get into analyzing any of these guys yet.

Anyway...hmm. I hate defensiveness. It's a pet-peeve of mine. But flying under the radar bothers me even more...

++Kitanna, though I think Farael's death is all but sealed, seeing as there are not too many votes left. We'll see if that's a good thing or a bad thing...

Edit: Cross-posted with arcticstorm, Valier...

I find Valier's vote to be disconcerting, but not in a way that makes me think her to be guilty. I think she is being rash with her vote, and hope that will change in the following Days.

[arcticstorm]

Even now, no one seems to be too suspicious to me. Meneltarmacil's constant insistence on innocence when he has not been given a single vote, though, seems to be the most suspicious to me, but even then it could just be normal paranoia. Lhuna's vote just comes from her sleeping disorder, how, especially today, is she supposed to give a good vote with so little to go on and a sleeping disorder. Holby's list seems to me to be a normal attempt to separate the citizens into three groups, not that it is malicious, and so I should not find it too suspicious. Mac's talk about what he think the werecreatures would do, could be very helpful in the future, not that he is one. Farael's challenge of Holby could have been just been panic and confusion, not necessarily something to be suspected. But at the same time, his constant argument that everyone is voting for him because of Lhuna is ridiculous.

I find rune a little strange

Could you please elaborate Macalure? I have not found him too strange yet. But then again, I was drinking pretty heavily. With that said, it looks like I have mentioned everyone who has been suspected today. I have listened to everyone's arguments, save only for those that happened, as I was unconscious. Sadly, my still is dry now, so I need someone to give me money so I can get more to drink. Meanwhile, I will look or something to get rid of this horrible headache. The only solution to this throbbing will be to destroy the pesky little brutes that are harassing our conclave, and to go try to sleep it off. I will wait a little longer before casting my final vote though.

[JennyHallu]

Ok...so I just got online (MIL has been visiting, and the computer has been off.) and realized the game had unexpectedly started. Whoops.

SO I've got like a book and a half to read and I'll be back when I've got that.

[JennyHallu]

I haven't got much time tonight. Tomorrow I'll be much more helpful...

But for now...

I just feel I can't trust Valier's claim of speechlessness. Speechless, Valier?? Really...

++Valier

[arcticstorm]

As my question about rune has not been answered yet and I am not going to be arround for the remainder of the day, I will vote for the one I thought the most suspicious earlier.

++ Meneltarmacil

[Valier]

Well I was just about to post my thoughts when something weird just happened....I was taking a look at the people that have been voted for so far. To me none of the three (Farael, Macalaure, Rune) Look suspisious to me today. They all seem their same Day 1 self as always. I was just pondering about who I thought IS suspisious when I thought "Hey where's Jenny?" I thought this very odd and thought about it some more then I was about to post , but before I did I refreshed the page and who should be the last poster?....Jenny, with a vote for me....how odd and a bit strange...so I gotta go with it for today....

++JennyHallu

(Ah and Jenny I was only speechless for awhile, just gathering my thoughts. Day 1's are just torture.)

[Farael]

Originally Posted by arcticstorm

werecreatures would do, could be very helpful in the future, not that he is one. Farael's challenge of Holby could have been just been panic and confusion, not necessarily something to be suspected. But at the same time, his constant argument that everyone is voting for him because of Lhuna is ridiculous.

Mind you, I've never said all my votes were because of Lhuna... as a matter of fact, last time I posted I had no votes going for me, other than Lhuna's

And for you Fools of a Took that question my words, I am not claiming to be the seer, for that would be foolish indeed. I have played the wrong cards, for very few of you have been in a similar situation with me before and yet.... ask Aiwendil if I go wrong when I get one of my hunches.

'Tis fine my dear villagers, lynch me if you must to clear the air. Just make sure to be smarter to-morrow and see who has been proposing my death the most.

I'd go for arcticstorm almost solely on the basis of the quite above... I never argued that anyone voted for me because of Lhuna!

But if not, I still think Holbytlass is a good target. See how she's been silent after sticking her neck too far out before? I'm telling you but you won't listen, 'tis fine.... the gallows it is for me, but tonight some more of you shall suffer a grizzly death. And I can assure you, that will have nothing to do with my survival, for I am an ordo. Don't believe me? lynch me then, and loose a great asset for your puny village.

[Kitanna]

I think if Farael was guilty someone would have come forward to try and defend him because if he was guilty they'd die too. That's why I can't vote to lynch him.

++ Menel

I agree with Morm about him being overly defensive over nothing.

[Fintaeph]

I found myself convinced, in turn, by both sides of the debate about Farael. But the fact that no one has come to his defence in any way does seem to strange. So strange, in fact, that all those things I thought bad of him now seem petty. (Of course, now I've come to his defence. I hope that doesn't prove bad for my health.)

My vote is going for Menel. Having reread the log, I must say the defensiveness *is* a little aggressive. It even continued after mormegil (the accuser in question) voted for someone else. Bad vibes. I've got nothing else to go on, so there it is.

++Menel

[Farael]

I believe the deadline is well.. RIGHT NOW and nothing much has changed since my last post. Well, I might make it now, but I probably won't survive tomorrow anyway.

++Menel
P.S: If I die, kill Holbytlass for me.

[Diamond18]

Deadline time. Stop posting. Menel is dead. Lovers may commence PMing. Watch for death knell.

[Diamond18]

The Elves gathered at Menel's door, faces stern (yet noble, for they were Elves, after all).

Arctic Storm was the first to bang on his door, crying, "D'you have any mirouvour?" Then he remembered what they were about and amended, "Er, we've come to kill you!"

"Go away," came Menel's voice from inside. "I'm busy."

"Let's break down the door," suggested Naria, nibbling on Lembas.

"I agree," agreed Nogrod. He went to his smithy and grabbed up a pair of red hot tongs. Holby whispered to an oliphaunt, who readied its mighty tusks for action. Kitanna chose her heftiest chamberpot, one with the goods still in it. Fintaeph opted to use a particularly fine quality undead limb of the leg variety. Farael chose to use his bare hands, as mad Elves often do.

They were ready. Holby whispered to her Oliphaunt once more, and with one toss of its head it tore through Menel's front door.

Menel looked up from his table, annoyed. A hulking creature went "Bwaahhlhhghggfur!" Menel set down the needle and thread with which he had been stitching together fingers and pointed his own finger at Farael. "He's evil, I tell you!"

But it was to no avail. Arctic Storm leapt upon him and grabbed his arms, pinning them behind the Mad Scientist's back. Naria threw a piece of lembas at him. Nogrod, Kitanna, and Fintaeph set upon him with their weapons, while Farael danced around the room going, "Hoo hoo hoo hoo!" in a happy, if mad, sort of way.

The dirty deed done, the Elves stepped back and looked upon Menel. Nogrod's tongs stuck out of his chest, the slime from Kitanna's pot clung to him, and the beating he had taken from the undead leg, well, let's just say it wasn't pretty.

One thing was for certain, nobody was particularly shook up over his death, and he was just an Elf, nothing more.

"Haarroooooo!" went the hulking figure on the worktable. They killed it too, just in case.

~*~*~*~

The Living Elves:

Lommy - Ostrich Chaser
Mac - Builder of Gibbets, unemployed for millennia
Kath - Flower Girl
Kitanna - One Legged Chambermaid
JennyHallu - Countess
Nogrod - a Smith of the Billmarins
Valier - Arranger
Holby - Oliphaunt Whisperer
Durelin - Lead Tragic Actor
arcticstorm - Raving Alcoholic and Resident Moocher
morm - City Street Cleaner
Lhuna - Beautiful Girl with Sleeping Sickness
Rune - Humungous Fungus Grower
Naria - Lemba Baker
Farael - Patient suffering from Mad Elf Disease
Rikae - Contortionist
Fintaeph - Mutton Herder and Purveyor of Fine-Quality Undead Prosthetic Limbs

The Dead 'Uns

tgwbs - Tragic Elven Hero and Lover of Diamond - (co-mod) - Stabbed himself eight times and subsequently eaten by the Werebird

Diamond - Elven Maid - (mod) - Crushed in the embrace of the Werebear

Menel - Mad Scientist - (ordo) - Beaten with an undead leg and a chamber pot and stabbed with red hot tongs (Day 1)