WWLXII: Dead Men Do Tell Tales

[Nerwen]

I have to walk out the door right now. I left it as long as I could.

Goodbye.

[Nogrod]

Nice recitation though Izzy...

Sadly that could be as well a mutineer-tactics in a game like this...

[Nogrod]

And playing-styles sure should be free.

They just have different consequences...

Like mine. I always play it loud and involved and most of the times I get killed sooner than later for it. But it wouldn't be fun for me otherwise.

So stick to your game but accept the consequences Izzy. I also got a bit hurt in the earlier days but now I'm quite happy with howe it is with my playing. Werewolf-games last for me three Days the most - normally one or two. I just have to take the fun from there.

[Brinniel]

Deadline. No more talking please. I will skip ahead and write this narration now so that the results will be revealed and post-game discussion can begin.

[Brinniel]

Wit' only three livin' band 'o pirates aboard th' Grey Gaurhoth, this day would be th' day which would decide their fate. Without th' claim 'o a second spy, it was mostly agreed Almost-Blind Nerwen must not be a mutineer as she had be cleared by th' supposed spy A Little Green Drunk. So it came down between Ham-Hands Izzy 'n Cowerin' Gwath Slasher.

Izzy glared at Gwath. Gwath glared at Izzy.
"So what gunna it be, Nerwen?" they both asked th' navigator. "It be up to ye to decid our fate, so who do ye think be th' final aggressor?"
"Argh," answered Almost-Blind Nerwen. "So much pressure. Why must I be th' one to bare such a burden? 'Tis be no easy decision. Cowerin' Gwath looks too innocent to be evil, but Ham-Hands Izzy be actin' too much like a conspirator to actually be an aggressor."
"Fer th' last time, I be not a conspirator, savvy?" muttered Izzy bitterly.
"Well then, aggressor ye must be then," decided Nerwen. "Because ye act too odd to be innocent 'o any sort."
"Don't be ridiculous," retorted th' striker. "Ye be knowin', I wouldn't be surprised at all if ye turned out to be th' mutineer, Nerwen.
Almost-Blind Nerwen rolled her eyes.
Cowerin' Gwath took out his knife 'n Izzy watched angrily as he began to polish it.
"Oh don't act so upset," said Nerwen. "Ye 've known ye had it comin' all along."
"Fine then," said th' frustrated Ham-Hands Izzy. "I've had all I can take wit' ye lot anyway."
'An she stole th' knife from Cowerin' Gwath's hands 'n plunged it into her own chest. Collapsin' to th' floor, Ham-Hands Izzy th' striker would hunt 'n gather no more.


The Living:

-Almost-Blind Nerwen ~ Navigator/Sea Artist
-Cowerin' Gwath Slasher ~ Powder Monkey


The Ghosted:

-Black Death Brinn ~ Captain ~ shish kabobed (mod)
-Slippery McCabbie Dagger ~ Boatswain ~ danced the hempen jig
-Lil' Green the Staggering Drunk ~ Powder Monkey ~ drank up all the rum
-Dancin' Mira Blythe ~ Striker ~ danced her way off the deck
-Whinin’ Eomer Bonny ~ Musician (Pur-loined Violin) ~ his pur-loined violin pur-loined him
-High-Pitched Annu ~ Surgeon ~ halved by her own saw
-Stutterin’ Wilwa Scab ~ Cook ~ gave her heart to Davy Jones
-Legless Sally Dawkins ~ Carpenter ~ was shark bait for a day
-Puffy Shirt Rikae ~ Cabin Boy ~ was never fond of pointy objects
-Pirate Nogrod the Fashionably Late ~ Gunner ~ had an unfriendly encounter with cold steel
-Poop Deck Kath ~ Musician (Pipe) ~ death by seagull
-Gangrenous Inziladun Jones ~ Pilot ~ was a little too attached to the wheel
-Pirate Lommy the Infected ~ Quartermaster ~ mobbed by her own mob
-Pirate Boromir the Malformed ~ Gunner ~ cannon fodder
-Snifflin’ Mac Sparrow ~ Cooper
-Short Ruth Mithril ~ Cook
-Stinkin' Eön Bloodbeard ~ Powder Monkey
-Shark Tooth Shasta ~ First mate
-Ham-Hands Izzy ~ Striker ~ became the ship scapegoat

[Brinniel]

"So now what do we do?" wondered Nerwen.
"Well, I don't be knowin' what ye gunna do now, but I certainly be knowin' what I gunna be doin' now that I be cap'n," replied Gwath Slasher.
"Avast, thar, ye can't be cap'n; ye're just a lowlife powder monkey." Then it dawned on th' navigator. "Wait a minute, ye're th' final mutineer, aren't ye?" she realised.
Gwath grinned. "Indeed I be. Th' Grey Gaurhoth be mine. 'An she gunna run how I be needin' her to run. No more takin' orders from others. Now I be th' one givin' out orders."
"So what ye gunna do now, murder me?" wavered Almost-Blind Nerwen.
"Hmm...well that depends," answered th' aggressor. "Will ye work under me orders, or would ye rather take ye chances?"
"Pah, I'll never take orders from a powder monkey," th' navigator growled.
"Okay, then I be predictin' ye won't be needin' 'tis." In a flash, Gwath reached at Nerwen 'n tore her remainin' eye from 'tis socket.
"Avast, that be me eye!" she cried out. "Gift it back, ye filthy piece 'o scum."

Eyeless Nerwen started after Cowerin' Gwath, but without any eyes she missed th' mutineer altogether 'n instead ran straight off th' ship. Gwath threw th' eyeball in after her 'n it landed wit' a plop.

Now that th' final loyal crewmember was dead, Gwath could finally take over th' ship. Th' Grey Gaurhoth was all his 'n at th' thought 'o it, he gave out a hearty hoot and hollar. But thar was still more work to be done.

"Alright, ye scurvy dogs...back to yer posts!" ordered Gwath Slasher. "Hoist th' sails. To th' Haven 'o Umbar we gunna be off to restock on supplies." But nothin' happened. Th' ship was silent 'n Gwath could hear no one's movement but his own. Th' once animate corpses on th' ship were now silent. Successful or not, th' crew had fulfilled their purpose 'n their ghosts were no longer needed. These dead men would be tellin' no more tales.

Cowerin' Gwath Slasher looked around at his empty ship. He may have earned th' title 'o cap'n, but he was one without a crew, 'n stranded alone at sea.
"Oh bugger," sighed th' new cap'n.


The Stranded:

-Cowerin' Gwath Slasher ~ Powder Monkey/Self-Proclaimed Captain (aggressor/mutineer)


The Corpses:

-Black Death Brinn ~ Captain ~ shish kabobed (mod)
-Slippery McCabbie Dagger ~ Boatswain ~ danced the hempen jig (ordo)
-Lil' Green the Staggering Drunk ~ Powder Monkey ~ drank up all the rum (spy)
-Dancin' Mira Blythe ~ Striker ~ danced her way off the deck (aggressor/mutineer)
-Whinin’ Eomer Bonny ~ Musician (Pur-loined Violin) ~ his pur-loined violin pur-loined him (co-conspirator)
-High-Pitched Annu ~ Surgeon ~ halved by her own saw (ordo)
-Stutterin’ Wilwa Scab ~ Cook ~ gave her heart to Davy Jones (ordo)
-Legless Sally Dawkins ~ Carpenter ~ was shark bait for a day (co-conspirator)
-Puffy Shirt Rikae ~ Cabin Boy ~ was never fond of pointy objects (avenger)
-Pirate Nogrod the Fashionably Late ~ Gunner ~ had an unfriendly encounter with cold steel (ordo)
-Poop Deck Kath ~ Musician (Pipe) ~ death by seagull (aggressor/mutineer)
-Gangrenous Inziladun Jones ~ Pilot ~ was a little too attached to the wheel (ordo)
-Pirate Lommy the Infected ~ Quartermaster ~ mobbed by her own mob (protector)
-Pirate Boromir the Malformed ~ Gunner ~ cannon fodder (ordo)
-Snifflin’ Mac Sparrow ~ Cooper (aggressor/mutineer)
-Short Ruth Mithril ~ Cook (ordo)
-Stinkin' Eön Bloodbeard ~ Powder Monkey (ordo)
-Shark Tooth Shasta ~ First mate (ordo)
-Ham-Hands Izzy ~ Striker ~ became the ship scapegoat (ordo)
-Almost-Blind Nerwen ~ Navigator/Sea Artist ~ could really use another pair of eyes (ordo)


Aggressors win.

Co-conspirators win.

Innocents lose.


The thread is now open for post-game discussion.

[Nogrod]

Oh you Powder-Monkey you Gwath! *curses*

Well, really, kudos for your last Day performance!


But Mira and Kath? I see now why you didn't want to modkill Gwath, Brinn.

Heh, Mac... how come you suspected me from the very first Day? I'm getting to know you... even if I can't hold on to my feeling for it. Well the next time I will remember...

Just tell me guys about choosing Rikae! I'm dying to learn what happened there.

Sally being a conspie is no wonder - and neither is Eomer - heh, you were after me on Day1 as well...

Kudos to all of you who gave your best effort in these impossible circumstances! Inziladun, Lommy, Boromir, Shasta, Nerwen, Izzy... You made this a game I remember with warmth!


And yeah, just a crazy idea Brinn! I loved the narratives and in a sense the whole set-up - even if it was just totally insane and impossible to play.

But whatever. It was nice to hang around even after death and that did indeed make up for some other disappointments.

Now looking at the mutineers I do wonder had we made better knowing the roles of the dead... maybe not... albeit in the end...

Fun.

[Brinniel]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

But Mira and Kath? I see now why you didn't want to modkill Gwath, Brinn.

Indeed. As much as I hate modfiring a wolf, I was okay with letting Mira go since it was still early in the game and I didn't think it'd hurt her team much, plus they weren't doing all that bad considering they killed the spy right away. My main fear was that she might return the next day saying she found internet access after all only to find herself already dead. Well she never did return and while I came up with a solution, you guys were nice enough to take care of the situation for me.

The Gwath situation happened the Night before Kath's lynching which is when I found out through his mates why he wasn't around. It was a tough decision on what to do because it just didn't seem fair to have half the baddie team killed for not participating. And at the same time I didn't want to give him special exceptions. I was leaning towards modfiring Gwath, but then at the end of the Day Kath got lynched and Mac looked like he was heading down the same road. I feared that if I modfired Gwath it would mean three wolf deaths in three phases. Even though the innocents could've won that way, I don't think it'd be a particularly fun way to win. Mainly it was selfish reasons I kept him alive; I didn't want my game to end prematurely due to modfire. I actually wrote out an explanation for Gwath's absence and not modfiring him, but I never posted it because I was afraid it might hint at roles one way or another. But I did finally have to explain the final Day since I didn't want you thinking I was being unfair; truly I was doing everything I could to keep it balanced. From what I was told, it sounded like Gwath would return, but I wasn't actually certain. I'm thankful he did return because if he didn't my game probably would've ended with modfire.

I admit I was quite frustrated at the time since I felt any decision I made would make someone unhappy. It's a relief to know that the game stayed balanced after all (in my opinion, at least). Even in the final hour, I wasn't sure who would win which certainly kept things exciting.

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Oh you Powder-Monkey you Gwath! *curses*

Well, really, kudos for your last Day performance!

Really? The funny thing is I could have sworn you were a cobbler, the way you were proclaiming my innocence on the last couple days. I had no idea I had actually been convincing.