WWLXII: Dead Men Do Tell Tales

[Annunfuiniel]

Shiver My Timbers, shiver My Soul/Yo Ho He Ho/There are men whos hearts as black as coal

And they sailed there ship across the ocean blue/A Blood thirsty captain and a cut throat crew./Its a darker tale as was ever told/Of a lust for treasure and a love of gold.../

Shiver My Timbers, Shiver my sides/Yo ho he ho/
There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides/Yo ho he ho/

And those bucaneers drowned there sins in rum,/The devil himself would have to call em scum!/Every man on board would have killed his mate for a bag of ginnys or a piece of eight, a piece of eight, a piece of eight…

Thar be a lot o' sense in those lyrics, aye! Fer th' grim fate o' our good ol' cap'n seems t' be havin' made ye all addled. Me saw be ready fer I deem 't be needed in nay time... Alas, if ye be dancin' with Jack Ketch o' walkin' the plank, me art be o' no use t' ye...

So, upon whom t' place th' Black Spot? Me mateys, I be havin' no clue...

[Boromir88]

Arr! What be we goin' t' do about the ghosts?

An' whar is that daft squiffy Nogrod? This be most unusual. An' whar be the res' of ye swine? Get t' work! Just because the Cap'n be dead does not mean ye can a'oid yer duties.

[Nogrod]

Blistering barnacles!

Oh you bunch o' scoundrels, jellyfish, troglodytes, toffee-noses, toads ,
carpet-sellers, iconoclasts, ectoplasms and freshwater swabs...

*Wait... a wee bit wrong genre*

Let's pick the guns matey if this ain't endin' soon!


But yeah. Fun but just too laborous for someone whose command of English is not even near the native-level. Sorry to spoil the party but I'm going to turn into a more commnish mode of speech - some "oh you scurvy dogs!" surely be included.

So what? Macalaure made a confession in German? He should know that quite many of us could read his text... A joke then, but from which alignment? I'd say cobbler's alignment at the moment.

And Rikae voted for Inziladun for no notified reason whatsoever (well, vengeance, but for what?)

Otherwise... well nothing's being actually said. Fun, right. But not too helpful.

I'm beginning to sound like me... *shoots self - following Kath's example*

[A Little Green]

Originally Posted by Boro

Arr, whar is the rum?

Originally Posted by Rikae

Now, on t' more pressin' matters. Why is the rum gone?

*burp*

Seriously, though, we need t' get serious wi' this if we want t' find th' scum that killed th' cap'n. Th' problem wi' th' likes o' me be that I don't know where t' start th' serious talk. Th' sole thing that comes to me mind is that I don't be likin' th' amount of sailors hidin' in their bunks. Whar be Sally? Izzy? Wilwa? Or me powder monkey -comrade Gwathy?

Originally Posted by Boro

Arr! What be we goin' t' do about the ghosts?

(Ye love th' word 'arr', don't ye?) Dunno if thar be much we can do about those. 'Tis a bit disturbin' that we don't be knowin' whether or not we made th' righ' person walk th' plank -'n' we won't be knowin' how many mutineers we still have amongst us either.


x-ed wi' th' fashionably late

[Thinlómien]

This game's givin me more headache than me infection ever does - why dun ye mateys speak? 'Tis just all jolly ol' pirate talk and banterin 'round. Not good fer meh, 'tis already soon midnight here in me time zoney. (Th' deadline be 7am so dun expect me t' post anywhere neer it.)

Originally Posted by Noggey

You should all kiss the gunner's daughter!

Which un o' us?

Originally Posted by Zilly

Tryin' ta organize th' crew agin the threat, or feelin' us out fer words ta help th' cause o' her nerarious mates?

Yer all me shipmates, remember.

Originally Posted by Rik

Arr! Mebbe you scrappy landlubbers could start talkn' about what we be tryin' t' do here, instead a' fightin' amongst yerselves, ye pack of pox-infested swine!

Hey, 'tis me who's th' Infected 'un, not th' others!

An' is it just me and me non-existent skills in German, or does Rikae's translation seem a bit rot'n? Like, seems she invent'd a few o' "I'm a mutineer"s there, right-o?

Originally Posted by Green Grenade

Seriously, though, we need t' get serious wi' this if we want t' find th' scum that killed th' cap'n. Th' problem wi' th' likes o' me be that I don't know where t' start th' serious talk.

Aye! Arr! I can only start blamin' those who've ben 'round but haven't started talkin seriously - which's half o' th' crew!


edit: xed with Annu Olutkannu

[Thinlómien]

Just one more pointey fer ye t' consider - what abou' th' dead who do tell tales? Is there somethin special we have t' take into accountey considerin it? Well at least we have to be careful about th' dead talking 'cos they may be evil just as well as others and th' thing that's worryin me fer the moment is that we won' learn whether the guys we make walk the plank are evil or not so we're gonna be unable to draw any conclusions about stuff and we of course can't trust th' ghosts anymore than th' living - I tell ye, this is gonna be hard. Givin me headache, like I says already.

[Nogrod]

Agrees with the gunner's daughter... Kiss her!

Hah Boro mate, whassup?

You'd be the cobbler then (you wouldn't try that as innocent or as a baddie I think - surely not as an innocent)?

Fine and dandy. We'll see about it sooner or later.

But I do not like the votes this far, none of them. Early (?) in the Day and basically just banter behind us... and all that. Yes and agreed. But even voting at this time should be based on something that could be shared and discussed. Only Boro states a reason - even if it's a bit odd (c'mon, I don't understand German! Well, a few words but that's it).

Now we just have to face their votes, and let me bet none of those voters will be lynched toDay. So the safest possible option. Let me guess more: the one lynched toDay will be someone who has actually tried to do something and has been around also later this Day (or then we'll go for the submarines, but my trust for that happy decision is faint indeed).

[Boromir88]

Hah Boro mate, whassup?~Nogrod

Ye determined mightee fas' that I be the cobbler...quickly dismissin' the rest of th' choices. Whassup, with ye matey?

[Eönwë]

I need t' go now, so I be votin':

++Rikae

She seems t' be actin' too helpful, an' she be drawin' te much attention te t'ranger, an' she be changin Mac's words. 'Tat last 'un could a joke but we have nuthin' else to go on (It be Day 1 an' we know nuthin' yet). An' even so, tere's t'other points.

It be gettin' late in me time zone, so I be gone now.

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

time zoney.

I be laughin' at tis.

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

rum and cake and rum and meat and rum and....and pies....and rum cakes....rum meat....and rum pies and....and some rum, because we best not be forgettin' the rum!

T' best food (When t' cake's na' mago'y, an' t' meat's good). Arr, mateys!


Well, we best be gettin' t'work 'ere.

I think tha' th' biggest problem'll be findin' ou' who's an aggressor when tey're dead. Tey can still mess wi' ye then, even if tey can't kill ye.

An' why ye be worryin' bout' t'avenger, Rikae? We don' wan' them t' reveal so early so we sh'd stop talkin' about tis afore t' aggressors find out sum'tin' useful.

[Eönwë]

People be confusin'. It be hard t' choose who t' vote.

edit: an' why be it so quiet?

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Nawt s'hard, given this 'un's co-consipiratorial tendencies. Arrr, Shark Tooth's had some good hard book larnin!

++Boromir

[Boromir88]

Ye love th' word 'arr', don't ye?~Greenie

Arr, I do. Arr, as long as th' dogs continue to clam up faster than a dead man, I be continuin' to say arr, until me am ou' o' the grumpy mood. Luckily, if ye start talkin' me will be out o' 'tis quickly.

++Nogrod

He be catchin' my suspicion, with Mac's "confession." Could be fo' laughs, but 'tis hardly somethin' t' joke about.

Me be quite a'right with Eomer, Rikae, Mith, an' Nerwen. E'eryone else be inconcluse.

[A Little Green]

Originally Posted by Jolly Ol' Lommins

Which un o' us?

Me, o' course. Ye be infected, ye know. No un wants t' kiss an infected un.

[Thinlómien]

I'm finally back here but I should be in bed already, so don't expect much from me!

Aye, if yer infected daughter be har she would say "Pirate Boro's 'ote won't stick."

I would, aye, but I'd also say tha' I dun like it.

Mates, by th' way, ye should be invisible. *coughNogrodcough*

Kath's makin almost suspiciously lot o' sense. But I like that.

I have absolutely no idea who t' vote. *shrugs* Mehbe I'll make a lit o' sorts.

[Thinlómien]

-Legless Sally Dawkins ~ Carpenter
Seems like her normal self, I got an innocent gut-feel.

-Puffy Shirt Rikae ~ Cabin Boy
Jokin' a bit weirdly bu that ain't proof o' anythin.

-Pirate Lommy the Infected ~ Quartermaster
That's me.

-Gangrenous Inziladun Jones ~ Pilot
Sorta slippin under me radar, but he does kinda make sense, so I mehbe like 'im.

-Pirate Boromir the Malformed ~ Gunner
Does not give me any vibes yet. Means I gotta wait a Day or two to judge better.

-Stutterin’ Wilwa Scab ~ Cook
No posts, no rum, no nuthin.

-Shark Tooth Shasta ~ First mate
Looks like his normal self however he could be just hidin behind th' easy tactics of accusin Boro like he always does.

-High-Pitched Annu ~ Surgeon
Givin 'er the newbie benefit o' doubt fer toDay.

-Whinin’ Eomer Bonny ~ Musician (Pur-loined Violin)
Has not made me suspicious yet ergo I'm confused.

-Snifflin’ Mac Sparrow ~ Cooper
Weirdly silent and unconstructive, I says.

-Almost-Blind Nerwen ~ Navigator/Sea Artist
A funny 'un, no doubt.

-Lil' Green the Staggering Drunk ~ Powder Monkey
Could we lynch 'her just be'cos she never gets lynch'd on Day1?

-Poop Deck Kath ~ Musician (Pipe)
She's okay, she makes sense.

-Cowerin' Gwath Slasher ~ Powder Monkey
Not much substance, yarr.

-Pirate Nogrod the Fashionably Late ~ Gunner
Sorta abnormally banterish, me thinks.

-Slippery McCabbie Dagger ~ Boatswain
Slippery indeed.

-Dancin' Mira Blythe ~ Striker
Didn't give much o' an impression on me.

-Ham-Hands Izzy ~ Striker
Hasn't posted, eh?

-Short Ruth Mithril ~ Cook
Kinda silent and refrained. Weird.

-Stinkin' Eön Bloodbeard ~ Powder Monkey
Seems ok enuff.

Hmmm I'll be thinkin fer a while n then I'll be votin - dunno who, but possibly someun whose contributions dun exactly impress me. Me suspicions are ridiculously vague, after all. We'll see.

[Annunfuiniel]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

-High-Pitched Annu ~ Surgeon
Givin 'er the newbie benefit o' doubt fer toDay.

Why thanke' o ye Infected 'un. But I ortin' t' be votin' fer ye fer callin' me Olutkannu (tho it rhymes)!

Arrr, this be mighty hard! None o' ye be havin' spake anythin' useful while I be in me bed. Said a lot but nay much, if ye catch me drift.

Me gut feelin's that thar be somethin' "funny" in th' way Boro and Nog be attackin' one another... But ev'n more worryin' be th' thin' with th' 'otes a-scatterin'!

Originally Posted by Macalaure

Boro -> Nogrod
Shasta -> Boro
Little Green -> Shasta

An' whom might Nogrod be voting? If it'll be Lil, thar seems to be a patt'rn... or nay.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

-Short Ruth Mithril ~ Cook
Kinda silent and refrained. Weird.
[I]
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refrained.... to the best of my knowledge I have never been frained in my life..is this some painful nautical thing like having one's bottom caulked?

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Kath's makin almost suspiciously lot o' sense. But I like that.

Avast - come about now, what do ye mean by that?

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by A Little Green

Or me powder monkey -comrade Gwathy?

I'll have ye know I killed the last no-good, scurvy sea-dog that called me such.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Yar! I be needing to vote afore the main action is happening, I declare. Well, I'm at least going to aid in the inquisition by getting folk to start flinging more substantial verbal potshots.

I'm not sure about keeping Nogrod alive - this daughter of his interests me, naturally, so I'm wondering how she'll react to a slaughter that way.

Others have not caught my eye but let's choose one of them. Arr, how about Mirandir? What does 'avest' mean anyway?

++MIRANDIR

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

I'm not sure about keeping Nogrod alive - this daughter of his interests me, naturally, so I'm wondering how she'll react to a slaughter that way.

... What does 'avest' mean anyway?

[/B]

Patricide is not usually a great tactic for a first date.

avest is an undergarment or American for weskit...

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Arr, what be the particklar pros 'n cons o' exorcisin A Little Drunk fer good 'n all? Belike 'n I don' wonder if'n discov'rin the wench's true ident-watchacallit cud on'y be good fer us!

[Mithalwen]

While double killing is the only way to find someones identity it does rob us of an opportunity to rid ourselves of a malevolent crewmember. Short of a protector save the agressors are going to kill each night. They are not going to kill one of their own surely and are unlikely to doublekill - and if they did it might be as a bluff rather than a certain indication that a ghost were being too perceptive. There are times for damage limitation but we can't afford to routinely doublekill people. I am inclined to take Greenie's word for now myself.