WWLVIII: Escape From Angband (or Behavioral Modification)

[Mithalwen]

Oh far more reasons than that....


But I may have to change my vote ...awaiting destructions from on high....

[Mithalwen]

- - Durelin

++ Mayhem

[Mithalwen]

So we haven't had a discussion about the assassin yet. Anyone else a little bit weirded out by this? I mean, sure we can just accept that the assassin is taking out Ducks/wolves at Night. But is this "an assassin" or is this a werebear taking out the ever multiplying Ducks for their own good? And then innocents(or what's left of us) will start to die?

I am utterly confused by some things at the moment but that thought just struck me.

What evidence is there for multiplying ducks? That would require a drake not an alpha duck .;)

[Nogrod]

Okay. I give up.

This is futile.

[Mithalwen]

I think the assassin has been altruistic. Must be significant that we have never lost an extra innocent at night...

[Mnemosyne]

ATTN: Nogrod.

You are not allowed to post on the thread after three hours before deadline. This is 7:00 CST which I believe translates to 3:00 a.m. your time?

Doing so will get you modfired.

This is not a joke, and anyone who tries to get you to post afterwards does not have your best interests at heart.

Sally is currently slumbering. Should she wake in the meantime and rescind this order, it is rescinded; otherwise it stands.

I repeat: this is not a joke; this is serious.

[Durelin]

looking at it now afterwards the two others who kept questioning it were Nerwen (known duck) and Dury (possibly a duck known to you)...

Therefore you must be a duck, too? :p

But I hope you bear with me as it's not easy to be right in this game with no added knowledge to the point, and the sheer number of roles around.

Whether or not you believe me, I don't care, the following comments have nothing to do with that - but stop letting Mith make you feel bad. Obviously there have been a couple roles in this game that have enabled people to just kinda "know" or act like they know precisely what's going on. Playing their own game. Ignore them. If they really do have some way of helping behind the scenes, they'll just keep doing that.

Kinda late to remark on that. Ah well.

Aw, come on Mith. You're instructed to change your vote and that's the best you can come up with? You're better than that... :Merisu:

Edit: Crossed with the co-moddess. Trust me, I'll tell him to go to bed and won't try to keep him around. I love sleep. It's why I hate college. ;)

[Nogrod]

Nilp ++ Everyone
Nilp ++ Nilp
Fea ++ Dury
Mith ++ Dury
Nogrod ++ Dury
Mith -- Dury
Mith ++ Mayhem

Kind of like I predicted earlier on the Day... :(

The ducks to vote still. Luckily it is the first person to reach the highest number of votes that counts.

EDIT: x'd with Mnemo & Dury.

[Mithalwen]

Aww I am just trying to be sporting... which is hard when you have to fish with a depth charge...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Durelin must die, mayhem be damned.

[Mithalwen]

And mayhem is my drug of choicel..... that and chocolate of course... but such a tired Mith... bout to turn into pumpkin...

[Durelin]

Durelin must die, mayhem be damned.

I really don't know why you're always so interested in killing me...thinking the third time's the charm or something?

[Mithalwen]

It is inevitable ... I think.... but she has played so magnificently I thoil to deliver the coup de grace.... but now Mnemo is being fierce with Nogrod I couldback off :p

[Nogrod]

ATTN: Nogrod.
You are not allowed to post on the thread after three hours before deadline. This is 7:00 CST which I believe translates to 3:00 a.m. your time?
Doing so will get you modfired.
This is not a jokeOkay. The tough line continues then... :confused:

As you wish your duckess. I probably have deserved this even if I don't have a clue as to why. :)

But I'll get a more decent night's sleep without needing to feel quilty of not being around to do what I can. And granted there's no drastic change in some fundamental things I find it unlikely I will miss anything dramatic.

Hopefully...

[Nogrod]

First to reach vote tally dies in the event of a tie.

Retractions. Two per player, which extends for the length of the entire game. If a player has used their two retractions and attempts a third they will be modfired.So unless I or Fea retracts the result holds, right?

[Durelin]

And granted there's no drastic change in some fundamental things I find it unlikely I will miss anything dramatic.

That's a rather pessimistic view. Or optimistic depending on how you look at it. And you do have a little over an hour left. ;)

But I rather agree with you. This game seems to have been decided already. I think it was all a matter of how high up on the puppet-strings you were...and I'm darned near the bottom it seems.

[Durelin]

So unless I or Fea retracts the result holds, right?

Yup. So go to bed. :p

[Nogrod]

I think it was all a matter of how high up on the puppet-strings you were...and I'm darned near the bottom it seems.Just look at the way I'm treated... :rolleyes:

[Durelin]

Oh goodness, that was a general "you" (edit: you = all the players in this game). And blame Sally, not me.

Now congratulate the wolves/yourself and go to bed! ;)

[Mithalwen]

There might be modfire and destruction.

But I think maybe not....

Goodnight.

[Nogrod]

go to bed! ;)Et tu, Brute? :p

[Mithalwen]

Post scriptum.....

As for being high up the puppet strings ... wellI always remember the comparison of an organisation being like a load of monkeys in a tree.

The monkeys at the top look down at a lot of happy faces.

The monkeys lower down look up and see a bunch of.... well ..you get the idea... :o

[Nogrod]

Now congratulate the wolves/yourselfI'm not keen to congratulate the ducks as they are my enemies in this game and I wouldn't like to see them win. I'd like to congratulate myself to be sure, but I'm still a bit worried and will not do it before I see the result from toDay.

The thing that makes me a bit more confident with things going the way it looks like they're going though, is that the other scenario would be much more fantastic - which doesn't mean it's impossible. The interpretation I'm going along with right now is reasonable and looks like it holds water (and it's a question of more than just your role Dury).

[Durelin]

Et tu, Brute?

non. tempus cenae est...

The thing that makes me a bit more confident with things going the way it looks like they're going though, is that the other scenario would be much more fantastic

Me not being a wolf is too fantastical to believe? Oh dear...

Edit:

(and it's a question of more than just your role Dury)

Ah. I'd ask you to share but nah, go to bed...

[Nogrod]

Ah. I'd ask you to share but nah, go to bed...I will.

I will surely not point your mate all the directions she should look for the coming Night I think I have a clue of (And if you weren't a duck it would be even more important not to share everything).

You do understand, whatever your role is.

Good night - and good Night!

[Durelin]

++Nilp

Chances are he's at least a cobbler. So better him than me. Not that that seems likely.

Guess I'm just clueless.

[satansaloser2005]

Noggie, come back and play. :(

[satansaloser2005]

And the moddess commanded the Nilp, "You are free to vote for any player in the game, but you must not vote for yourself, for when you do so you will surely die."
--or--
"Hello, my name is Sally the Moddess. You voted yourself. Prepare to die."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Nilp scurried out into the middle of the village, laughing at the Downers' conversation. “All this insipid chattering and nothing's getting done,” he muttered to himself. “Typical. Just typical. Maybe I should just advocate killing all of them, put an end to his madness.”

Finally he shouted over the crowd, “ENOUGH!”

Everyone turned to look at him. For an instant they expected some awe-inspiring speech (but Noggie had gone to bed) or pining over Phantom (but Mith had retired for the Night as well) then realized it was Nilp and went back to their discussion.

“Fine,” he shouted. “I'm too good to talk to you all anyway! I may not have any vote power -screw you, Sally, and your little duck too- but I can't die! That's right, losers! You can't kill me anyway, so go ahead and try! I'll even help you!”

He stopped momentarily to place his name on the board marked 'Who to kill toDay?' The others didn't really seem to notice, so he resumed his rant.

“You fools! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never cross your vote posts with the moddess, but only slightly less well known is this: Never kill an innocent Nilp when the game is on the line!”

And with that he burst into manic laughter.

“Aha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha ha ha ha! A ha ha ha-”

Suddenly lightning came from the clear blue sky and incinerated Nilp.

“Do you smell something?” asked Fea.

Durie sniffed the air and shrugged. “Somebody's cooking.”

“Sunday roast,” Lari said with a nod. “Definitely.”

Noggie and Mith were snoring from across the street. Their nosed perked up too, but no one could quite place the smell.

“Flesh plus heat,” Sally declared from the death pile, a smile crossing her face. “Barbecue.”


The Living
Durelin
Feanor of the Peredhil
Lariren Shadow
Mithalwen
Nogrod



The Dead
Everyone else


Day continues. Enjoy!

P.S. Sorry, forgot to specify. Nilp was an ordo.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Delightful. :rolleyes:

[Durelin]

Wow. Nilp's behavior actually makes sense now.

Well, the game's definitely over now, unless we have two assassins or something else magicky lying around.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

With two hypothetical Ducks left:

Bright side: hunter. Say toDay we kill Innocent!Dury.

ToNight, Duck kills Assassin. Assassin hopefully kills Duck.

Leaves two: Duck and Hunter.

Both die. Moddess wins.

Worse endings exist.

Of course, relies on actually having two Ducks, and Lari not lying about being Hunter, and Assassin having ability to kill again.

'If' is scary word.

[satansaloser2005]

Post while I'm gone, kthnxbye.

ETA: Her Duckness just dropped her pants. What is the proper course of action, besides the obvious scream and run for my life?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

ETA: Her Duckness just dropped her pants. What is the proper course of action, besides the obvious scream and run for my life?

Camera!Blackmail...?

[Mnemosyne]

Nah, it's all out there already...

[Durelin]

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/watchtheguild?blend=1&ob=4)

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBbasXXtrXw)

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjIA3Rt7gk)

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXG_zG2SEaw&feature=PlayList&p=F19D9FCF2575D2E0&index=17)

Google Video?! (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2288824266840670178&ei=BCzQSZnrApryqgKCjeyKAg&q=the+sun+always+shines+on+tv+aha&hl=en&emb=1)

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

*is patient*

I'd be patient silently, but Sally requested posts...

[Lariren Shadow]

Not honestly that my vote matters but

++Nog

[Durelin]

++Nogrod

If only you'd voted earlier, Lari. :(

[satansaloser2005]

That is all.

One more minute! Bwahahahaha!

[satansaloser2005]

So just to be evil I'm telling you nothing until I get the narration done.


No talking.



I bloody love this.

[Nerwen]

I look forward to the narration for this one...:D:D:D

[satansaloser2005]

I look forward to the narration for this one...:D:D:D



Oi! You're dead, woman! Hush!

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Was being hypothetical. :(

You went and got yourself killed. Congratulations, mate, you didn't even need me. :D

[satansaloser2005]

Was being hypothetical. :(

You went and got yourself killed. Congratulations, mate, you didn't even need me. :D



Geesh, I thought only Phantom talked from beyond the grave.

:rolleyes:

[Rikae]

8 hours? Come on. :rolleyes:

The game is over. Mith wins. She is the gray queen once again.

(Am I right?)

[satansaloser2005]

The more people poke me for it, the longer I'm gonna take.

:Merisu:


Also, false.

[satansaloser2005]

Day Six

The group was getting desperate now, after convincing themselves that someone was sitting in the corner mass producing ducks.

In their panic they cornered Durie, carrying large sticks.

“You don't want to do this,” Durie warned, backing away slowly. “Lari, come on. Who's side are you on?”

Lari considered this for a moment then turned her stick on Noggie, but Durie was still outnumbered.

As they all (even Lari had no choice but to go with the group, for fear of facing their wrath later) drove their poles into Durie's body she shrieked. “Don't poke me!” she shouted.

Sally's hand clapped over Phantom's mouth from their observation post around the corner. “Don't even think about it.” Phantom was about to reply when the scene before them caught their attention.

Durie seemed to explode as one, then another, then two, then three, five, and even eight small ducklings erupted from her body.

Fea and Lari saw the creatures aiming their beaks at them and screamed a chorus of, “Mother-”

“Duck!” Nog interrupted, seeing several of the duck spawn dive at him, and he just managed to pull Nilp's charred corpse over him in time.

“Yeah, exactly what we were going to say,” the two girls muttered. “Mother Duck, that's her.”

Mith looked at them strangely. “It's Mother Goose, you idiots,” she muttered, before hitting the ground again to avoid the peckish villains.

The scene continued unabated for several minutes until suddenly the CGI artist in charge of animating the foul fouls suffered a fatal heart attack and died.

“It's about time someone stopped this Bolshevik Revolution,” Phantom commented as the mini-Duries disappeared from view, and Sally agreed with a nod and a giggle.

Durie's body lay on the ground, surrounded by cartoon and live action feathers. She was dead, as Sally quickly confirmed.

“As moddess here I must aver
I've thoroughly examined her
And Durie's not just merely dead
She's plucked and most sincerely dead”

The four living escapees cheered, dancing around in celebration of their victory.

Phantom and Sally watched them, snickering to themselves as Mnemo snuck into their midst, drooling.


The Living
Mith
Noggie
Lari
Fea

The Dead
Everyone who's already dead
Durie (were-duck, drawn badly on Day Six)

GAME OVER

VILLAGE WINS
WERE-DUCKS LOSE
LOVERS LOSE
MODDESS GIGGLES
PHANTOM SNICKERS
DUCKESS QUACKS


A note: There never was a reproducing duck, I just wrote it that way because the theory was too good to not mention.

[wilwarin538]

Wow, just wow....

So this was definitely quiet the mind trip haha...I'll be back soon with my thoughts, and all my crazy conspiracies I uncovered during my time in the game...I'm quite paranoid as a baddie :P

We are aloud to post now....right???

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Yay!

. . .

I think.

[satansaloser2005]

Feanor of the Peredhil: good werebear (wallflower)
Brinniel: ranger (metacrisis'd with Gwath)
wilwarin538: wolf (people pleaser)
Shastanis Althreduin: Hamlet (partnered with Mira, also Faramir)
Mirandir: Ophelia (partnered with Shasta)
Durelin: wolf (loudmouth, also Fea's femme fatale)
Nogrod: Denethor, near sighted seer (with sons of Kath for Boromir and Shasta for Faramir)
Isabellkya: good dream catcher
Nerwen: wolf (Pollyanna)
Rikae: evil dream catcher, cobbler
Mith: Phantom (pessimist)
Kath: wolf (duck jester, also Boromir)
Lari: hunter (reverse psychologist)
Mac: cobbler's crush (conspiracy theorist)
Nienna: wolf (Chekhov)
Gwathagor: seer (metacrisis'd with Brinn)
Thinlómien: wolf (Nilp)
Legate of Amon Lanc: double or nothing ordo (slacker)
Nilpaurion Felagund: free-loader (heckler)

[satansaloser2005]

Wow, just wow....

So this was definitely quiet the mind trip haha...I'll be back soon with my thoughts, and all my crazy conspiracies I uncovered during my time in the game...I'm quite paranoid as a baddie :P

We are aloud to post now....right???



Hehe, glad you enjoyed it. ;)


Yeah, totally. Feel free to babble.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I'll take that sweeping bow - swish of the cloak - now...

:smokin:

[satansaloser2005]

These are the PMs everyone received at the beginning of the game. Enjoy the madness.


The Baddies

Nienna
Congrats, dear, you are a wolf! You and your packmates, Durelin, Nerwen, Kath, Thinlomien, and Wilwarin538 are setting out to exterminate the village. You may PM during Night phases and discuss strategies and other sundry.
Your personal challenge (which you may NOT share with your pack) is this. You are Chekhov, king (or in this case queen) of the non-sequiturs. I will periodically send you funny quotes, movie titles, books names, plays, poems, etc. and you must work them in. These will be fairly scarce, so you must rely on your own genius brain to come up with all kinds of references that mean something but that seem to have nothing to do with the game. (For reasons I cannot explain, there may be a reward at some point for reaching a certain quota of Shakespeare references. For the record, my favorite Shakespeare plays are Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Do with that information what you like.) If I decide you're not making enough references (or if I just don't get them) I'll PM you with some suggestions and request that your mad skills be made use of more often. If for some reason you stop placing references/quotes in your posts altogether you may be modfired, although I doubt that will be a problem.
When in doubt, remember this. Lommie's never been to Japan, but she hears the flights there are usually quite eventful. That is all. Good day.

Nerwen
You're a wolf! Yay! You and Durie and Kath and Lommie and Wilwa and Nienna are going to have such a great time killing off the village! Aren't you excited?
Okay, that was getting a bit too perky even for my taste. You, on the other hand, are a Pollyanna. Well, not necessarily, but you are for the duration of the game. That means that you must always be happy, perky, and occasionally blissfully ignorant of the village's problems. The happier you are, the happier I am, and the better the chance of you and your pack getting a reward for your excellent performance. When I read your posts I want to be reminded of a cheerleader who's overdosed on sugar and whose team just won the big game. (Ditziness optional. I'm a sadist, but I'm not going to strip you of your IQ. Feel free to be smart and perky, as long as you're annoyingly perky.) All in all, a spoonful of sugar makes the village go down, and I've just handed you the keys to the candy jar. Have at it, you cheery thing you!

Kath
Hey, you're a wolf! Congrats, hun! Your pack consists of Durie, Nerwen, Nienna, Wilwa, and Lommie.
You, however, are special. Consider yourself the duck's jester, the comic relief, the Kath of kicks and giggles, etc. If Mnemo PMs you and asks you to do something (game-related of course) you must do it, no matter how silly it seems. Also, I will probably send you some stuff over the first few Days since we're on spring break, so for now you're really my slave instead of the duck's. The duck can (but only with my approval) modfire you at any point if she decides she doesn't like something you post, so be careful and keep in mind the will of the watery one. Other than meeting the duck's demands (or mine as the case may be) you are just a regular wolf, so enjoy it!

Durie
You're a wolf! You and your mates (Wilwa, Kath, Nerwen, Nienna, and Lommie) are of course trying to kill off the rest of the village.
In your case there is one situation, and one situation only, in which you will take someone with you upon your death. Obviously I can't tell you what it is, but it's something to keep in mind for the future. This and the rest of the information in this message is classified and not to be shared with your fellows.
A personal note: you will be loud. And I don't mean you post in caps, I mean you are a large mouth bass, a gobby child, a....well, generally a loudmouth. Build your post count (extra points for beating Rikae and/or Fea :p) while you can and post as much as possible. Obviously I'm not going to modfire you if you're busy and can't be loud as all heck, but your task is to chatter as much as possible. Long analyses, tons of clever banter, vote counts, color coded suspicion charts, whatever you like. Ladies, start your tongues!

Willa
Congrats, you are a wolf! Your mates are Durie, Nerwen, Kath, Nienna, and Lommie. Good luck killing off the village!
As far as your personal challenge, you need to be as nonchalant and seemingly unbiased as possible. Basically, you're a people pleaser. As far as anyone else in the game knows you don't care who wins, as long as everyone has a good time and plays nice. This is pretty self-explanatory, so I'll just let you have at it. (Oh, and no telling your mates about this bit. Just saying.)

Lommie
You are a wolf, along with Kath, Nerwen, Nienna, Wilwa, and Durie You, however, are not like your packmates. You don't like being a wolf much, you poor thing. You won't betray your pack, and still wish for them to win, but would be happier if they won in your absence. So you'll do whatever it takes to satisfy your Nilp-ish desires and get yourself killed. You are NOT allowed to reveal yourself as a wolf (although fake reveal ploys are welcome if amusing enough) but may do anything else pretty much to get yourself lynched.
In the event of your death (if you fail to get lynched before you must exit the game) you will be killed the following Night and allowed to pick one person to carry on your legacy. After all, misery loves company. You may select anyone in the game, but if you choose incorrectly there may be consequences. If you pick a plain ordo they will happily serve in your place and attempt to bring a victory to the wolves, but if you pick a gifted you will fail to scry a new wolf completely. The cobbler counts as an ordo in this scenario, for reference.

Rikae
You are the Evil Dream Catcher. This means that, each Night, you select a player. If the seer selects the same player you receive the seer's dream and can (if you choose, for whatever reason) allow the dream to pass to them. You also act as a cobbler, of course, and if you can at any point PM me with the names of all the wolves (Night phase only though, please!) the wolves are PM'd your identity so you are all aware of each other, though you are not permitted to PM. (Sorry about that, them's the breaks. At least that way they won't accidentally kill you. Hehe.) You are not allowed to pick yourself, by the way, and if the seer dreams you you appear as your aligned role (cobbler, not dream catcher) in their dream.


The Gifteds

Gwath
You are the metacrisised seer. Your lover (or rather companion, given the nature of your role title), Brinn, is the ranger. You may PM at any time during the game, and the usual lover rules regarding joined fates do not apply. If one of you is killed at Night the other is simply left alone. However, if one of you is lynched both of you perish.
The challenge is this. You must take specific aspects of your partner's playing style (i.e. posting volume, analysis habits or lack thereof, etc.) and incorporate them into your own behavior. The more you remind me of your partner, the better, as there may be rewards for performance.
In regards to dreams, there are certain circumstances that may prevent your dreams from being fulfilled. If so, you will receive a PM from the moddess stating that your dream was unsuccessful. This is not due to the role of the player you've dreamt, so the fact that a dream is blocked does not imply the guilt or innocence of your dream target.

Brinn
You are the metacrisised ranger. Your lover (or rather companion, given the nature of your role title), Gwath, is the seer. You may PM at any time during the game, and the usual lover rules regarding joined fates do not apply. If one of you is killed at Night the other is simply left alone. However, if one of you is lynched both of you perish.
The challenge is this. You must take specific aspects of your partner's playing style (i.e. posting volume, analysis habits or lack thereof, etc.) and incorporate them into your own behavior. The more you remind me of your partner, the better, as there may be rewards for performance.
In regards to your saves, you may protect yourself and your partner a total of three times. How you choose to divide this power is up to you. Otherwise you may protect players any number of times, as long as they are not consecutive saves.

Izzy
You are the Good Dream Catcher. This means that, each Night, you select a player. If the seer selects the same player you receive the seer's dream as well as the seer. You are not allowed to pick yourself, by the way, thought I don't know why you'd want to. Anyway, if the seer dreams you you receive all of their past dreams as well as every dream from that point on. You will show up as innocent and I will hint that you can like read their brain or something.
Your specific personal challenge is to find....someone. That someone is the seer. If on any Night you PM me the name of the seer (you get three chances to do this and receive the subsequent reward) you are able to PM the seer once they dream of you, as well as knowing their dreams. After your third try, of course, you still get their information but not the PM rights, so use your three wishes, erm, guesses wisely. Enjoy!

Fea
You, dear one, are the village's own personal guard dog, also known as the tamed werebear. Each Night you may send me a pick, and if that person is evil they die. (As a side note, this does not include the cobbler. Sorry about that.) However, there is one wolf who is tied to you in a way, and if you attack them you will die along with them. (Yeah, I pretty much added this so you couldn't kill off all the wolves single-handed. I'm not going to lie.)
For you, the trick is to draw as little attention to yourself as possible. You, sweetie, are a wallflower. You are inconspicuous, unnoticeable, and altogether quiet. No crazy antics, no village prostitution, and no codes with people. You are generic, plain, and well-behaved. Hence tamed. Any really off the wall stuff and I'll modfire your pretty little hide, kthnxbye. :Merisu:

Lari
You are a Hunter~! In the event of your death you are allowed to take a player down with you, provided that they are evil. (In this game, you are NOT allowed to take the cobbler. Just letting you know.) You may change your pick either Day or Night, but when you change your pick it stays that way for the next Phase and kicks in at the end of the current Phase. (For instance, if it is Day 2 and you change your pick to Sally, it doesn't take effect until that Night and isn't able to be changed until the Dawn of Day 3. If that doesn't make a whole lot of sense feel free to PM me back and I can clarify.)
Your crack challenge is to be a reverse psychologist. If you suspect someone, you must defend them, and if you think someone is innocent you must accuse them. (Mind, this doesn't affect your voting necessarily, only how you speak of people. For reference see my performance in the last game where I posted most of my suspicion lists backwards.) In doing this you will of course confuse a few people but, well, that's the point. Have at it!

Noggie
You are Denethor. While an ordo at heart, you are gifted with a Palantir which tells you, from time to time, the role of a player in the game. However, the information is skewed by Saruman and may be faulty. Your task is to help the good villagers to victory and do the best you can with the information you will receive. (To explain in other terms, you are a seer with tainted information. Your 'dreams' will come periodically and at my discretion, although you may request a player from time to time and I will take that into account.)
On another note, congratulations on your two children, Shasta (Faramir) and Kath (Boromir). Kath is, of course, your favorite, and you will protect her as much as possible, at least in the realm of how you deal with her. (Basically be nice to Kath and treat Shasta like crap. You don't have to keep Kath alive, nor must you kill Shasta, but in all your dealings with them, no matter what their role turns out to be, they are Faramir and Boromir and you must deal with them accordingly.) Enjoy, and happy parenting!

Mith
You love the Phantom. Erm, I mean you ARE the Phantom. (Freudian slip. Heh.) You know everything and yet nothing, though you certainly think you do, and are more than happy to let everyone know it. You will be PM'd all the roles shortly, but the list will contain no names. Your task is to, like everyone else, figure out everyone's roles. Unlike everyone else, however, you are a one time werebear who, if you can at any point in the game PM me with a completely correct role list, may kill any one person in the game. You have unlimited chances to do so, and I will give you a grade (e.g. you got x/y correct) to help you in your quest. You get no dreams, no hints from me other than the ranking mentioned, and may not post your list at any time on the game thread, lest you receive modfire.
Of course since ickle Phantom isn't in the game you will be sad, making all your posts depressing to read and full of whining about this, that, and the other. A simple challenge and yet one I know you'll have a lot of trouble with. Good luck!


The Others (lovers, ordos, etc.)

Shasta
You are Hamlet. Your lover Ophelia (Mira) is unaware of your identity and thus the two of you are not allowed to PM. Your task is to lead her to you, and hers is to guess your identity. She has a set number of chances to do so, and if she fails she is left to her own devices, which will include much insanity and nonsense and will probably end in her death. (In this instance and in this instance only are you not joined in fate, for if she does not guess your role you are for all narration purposes no longer joined. In all other ways your fates are joined, be it by lynch or Night kill.)
Once she has correctly guessed your identity (if she manages it) you may PM at any time during the game and you are a normal, unaligned lover pairing, whose goal is simply to survive until the end of the game.

Mira
You are Ophelia. Your lover Hamlet's identity is not known to you. Hamlet will be leaving you clues as to his identity throughout the thread, and your task is to find him. (Yes, I know, it's not quite canon, but it's as close as I could make it under the circumstances.)
The trick is that you only have so many guesses in which to learn which player is your sweetheart. You may make these guesses as frequently as you like, though you must of course wait for confirmation before submitting another guess. If you fail to correctly guess him within 4 tries, however, your bond is broken. From that point on, your posts will completely change in content and clarity, rendering you insane. You then have one FINAL chance to guess his identity, which you may use at any time, Day or Night, provided that you've been 'insane' for at least 48 hours. If you fail on that attempt you will die as soon as I receive your PM.
If you succeed, however, you will be allowed to PM your darling and you become a normal lover pair, bent on your survival until the end of the game. (This also means that if you survive to the end and the wolves win you are still victorious, just for reference.)

Legate
Congratulations, you are innocent! Your votes, however, may have a different impact than you expect, depending on how well you follow your instincts. Vague? Good. Remember that nothing in this game is as it seems and that you are no exception.
The part that'll be hard for you though? No long posts. No analyses, no overthinking (which isn't to say you overthink, just that you think things through thoroughly) or complicated theories. You're going to play (or at least appear to play) as if you're flying by the seat of your pants. If possible, forget the deadline and forget to vote once or twice (if this results in what should be a modfire you will be excused of course), even forget to bold you votes, anything that is rather newb-ish or....well, not like you. Happy slacking!

Mac
You are the conspiracy theorist. Everyone is out to get you, and it's all the moddess's fault. (Yes, that means you can insult me, and I expect you to do so.) Any time someone mentions a possible theory, you jump on it like a fat kid on a big chocolate cake. The crazier it is and the more plausible you make it sound, the better. After all, you're nothing if not clever and paranoid for the duration of the game, and anything is possible when a sadist is the mod. :)
In a way though, you're right. The wolves are out to kill you, and the village....well, they're all gifteds in one way or another. (And no, you can't tell anyone that of course.) They don't need you around, or so they think. It's up to you to prove that you're cleverer than all of them, even with all their silly powers.
Oh, but it's not over! You are the cobbler's crush, a lover role with a one way tie involved. If you are lynched, he/she dies too, but if he/she dies you get to survive. Mazel tov!

Nilp
You are the Heckler and the Free-loader. Your task is to insult everyone's playing styles and just generally be a bit of a jerkface. Not be legitimitely rude of course, but as rude as possible without people wanting to actually kill you. Which reminds me. They can't. Kill you, that is. I'm just sayin'.
You win no matter what side wins, but you must vote for whoever you find least amusing during the Day. Yes, you will vote, and you will vote every Day, and you may not vote for yourself. And....your vote doesn't count. But no one else will know that. Bwahahahaha!

[Mirandir]

Awwwwwww it's over. :(

After this it's gonna be hard to play a serious game of WW...

That being said, great game everyone!! Especially to our Moddess and Duck. :p

[wilwarin538]

k, awesome, so:

Ok, so Night 1 I was concentrating on this post by Lari:

Guilty:
Shasta
Wilwa
Dury
Izzy
Nerwen
Rikae
Lommy
Kath
Nienna

Cause like all 6 of us were on this list, including Rikae who was a cobbler (which I believe we suspected from the start almost), and that just freaked me out...just luck then Lari???

Then after Shasta’s death I concentrated on his death posts:

And shall I not attempt to find the perpetrators of the death of our lady fair?

Sometime too hot, the eye of heav'n shines...

How canst I compare thee to a summer's day, when his gold complexion is often dimmed! Dear William, dear William, thou mak'st not a lick o' the sense!

Iago, Iago and the fair Desdemona... sonnets do not make peace with the number of ways I adore thee, Desdemona... Or even Kate the shrew! Kiss me, Kate, we'll be at thy family's abode Sunday!

A pillow, and a knife, and out, out, thine Spot! Macbeth and the Lady, so fair-weather friends of old Duncan, and MacDuff was winner or loser.
We shall never know though the battle of the trees, what Macbeth thought when he realized that stout MacDuff was ne'er born of no woman, but then ripped henceforth from the womb.

Six is the number of this post; six, it being the number of the devil; six, it being such a mythological number...
Seven? Shall seven compare thee to a summer's day? Be it more lovely and more temperate?
Shall I? Shall he, she, or it? Shall I compare thee to one of dear Will's monologues? Shall I?
Or shall I not?

I live to serve, I serve to live
What I have is amusement to give
I'm not really sure why I'm speaking in rhyme
But good golly, Miss Molly, I'm having such a time!
For when does one dance and appear off his head?

O, villain, villain, smiling, darned villain!
My tables, — meet it is I set it down,
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

The William is what caught my eye…William = Wilwarin. Then I saw Kate = Kath, Duncan = Durelin, Molly = Lommy, and the smiling villain had to have been Nerwen with her cheerleader thing (Pollyanna??), couldn't fit Nienna into it though. But since that all came after him talking about finding the perpetrators and all, I didn't think it could be a coincidence. Though of course there was nothing for us to do, just hope no one else picked up on it...

And of course his one going on about the number 6, because there were 6 wolves, hahaha, I'm surprised no one caught that one...or was it all actually coincidence and I'm just crazy??? Sally??Shasta???

And my little "assignment", was to be as unbiased as possible, making it look like I didn't actually care which side won as long as we all had fun....I was quite terrible at it, so when I get a PM from Mnemo saying "You're dead. Stop posting. Explain in a sec." I was so sure I was being mod-fired for not doing well with my task, haha. Turned out I was just targeted by someone for something or other...which I'd like to have explained by the way, haha. Condisering there wasn't an overly large amount of suspicion on me I'm not exactly sure why I was targeted twice like that.

But it was quite fun indeed. I tried to follow along as much as possible but I was really quite lost, not sure exactly what was going on the last couple of days. But it was highly enjoyable!

Wonderful job Sally and Mnemo! And great effort my ducky friends!!!

All hail the Phantom....:p

[Nienna]

Good job village though i really wanted us duckies to win... anyway...

I'd just like to mention how we started referring to Lari's list as the list and we were quite sure that she was some omniscient being or something... we even contemplated testing the list...hehe... anyway

Good job duckies even though we did lose... I was particularly impressed by Dury and her Alpha duck reproducing theory which many people did latch onto because they were so sure that the ducks were reproducing.

A few things about my posts... i left hints all over the place ([I]Bill Shakes for instance) and also in my color analysis most if not all of the baddies were given heavy metals (they cause cancer in california). Rikae in like all her posts during the first few Days mentioned the Cobbler in some way or another so that was why i told her to stop hitting the nail on the head... or something... so that she would get that i was on to her.

Yay for my first ww game... though I don't believe i did terribly well...

Good Job everyone!

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

++satansaloser 2005

Calms nerves.

[Gwathagor]

Yeah! Go village!

[Durelin]

Ah, I figured there were that many seer and assassin types running around. We did well, considering.

Thanks for the fun!

[Mnemosyne]

And I'd like to point out that if Fea hadn't saved Duri for last she would have gotten deaded.

I was laughing so hard when Nog fell for her "reveal" hook line and sinker.

[Nogrod]

So we won!!! Yuppiii! :D

Congrats to all goodies!

And especially hats off to Fea! I knew your role from Day2 onwards and managed to keep it safe even if at some moments it felt pretty dangerous.

And a cool performance Mith as well! Indeed I'm dying to know how the extra kills went...

Yeah, I knew a thing and two about you two from looking at my Palantir; like that Fea was about to kill Brinn on N1 but thought better of it after learning her alignment (and as she proved to be the ranger it was sealed Fea was a goodie) and Mith being the flashing light to stop the ducks on N2 was shown to me by my Palantir as Mithturning to look at me and then vanishing with a flash of light the very same Night she stopped the ducks.

So Dury, that was why I believed them more I believed you... not that you didn't make an outstanding case for yourself! *kudos*

With this "number of ducks increasing" -stuff you got me wawering a bit regarding Fea, but as the kills seemed to concentrate on the ducks I thought it a more belivable case.

The reason I was ready to believe that "ducks increasing" -scenario was the fact I had seen in the Palantir Rikae baking pies in the oven during the Night and not being afraid of the ducks walking by. So a mother Goose she was? Well, she wasn't... but the idea of the increrasing numbers of the ducks stuck to my head and therefore you Dury managed to buzz my head a lot with that idea of yours I thought was reasonable...

And sorry Mac, reaally sorry! One or two things might have been better had I not retaliated - but it felt like it being a crucial vote then and Mith & Fea (and Nilp) being ones I would not compromise you had to take the hit from me as I had no better ideas at the time. And basically you were lynched by the baddies... :(


An oh my! What a game!

Sally deserves a gazillion reps from this! That was totally insane... and fun!

And I must say I have never had such an exciting role before! Looking at the Palantir and seeing things happening without knowing the alignments of the people I saw was just awesome! It really teased my brain to come up with various possible scenarios... and that was soo much fun!

I see I got a few of them right... and was soo wrong with others. :D

Just one of the best games I've ever had!

Thanks to you all for the experience!

EDIT: and my new avvie is just for waiting for Sally's judgement of the outcome...

[Durelin]

So Dury, that was why I believed them more I believed you...

Oh no need to explain, it became clear very quickly that a lot of villagers knew...a lot. ;)

[Nogrod]

Oh no need to explain, it became clear very quickly that a lot of villagers knew...a lot. ;)Well in a way there is a need as that information was not straightforwards: like X is a baddie or Y is a cobbler; or that the game mechanics go in the way Z.

I think I'm not the only one who needed to add things up and compare what we learned by Nights with what we saw in the thread - and then one had to combine the two: getting it right at some points and getting it wrong at others...

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Ooh. Xi + Yj + Zk = summat.

Durelin wins for having the most number of post! *jubilant*

[Lariren Shadow]

Congratulations to the village and especially to Sally for coming up some of the most awesome stuff ever!

Depending on when you Ducks were thinking of killing me I might have been hunting Durie, who I hunted for like 2ish Days before going back to Fea. Because I always tend to think she's guilty and hunting Fea is never really a bad idea.:Merisu:

As for my list that one was of who I thought was innocent. So what I've now learned from this game: those who I think are innocent are guilty.

[Nogrod]

So what I've now learned from this game: those who I think are innocent are guilty.Your success in being able to vote the innocents against the baddies in quite a many Days in a row do indeed suggest that! Just vice versa. :D:rolleyes:;)

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Well, that was a rather smooth return to lycanthropy, if I do say so myself. :smokin:

With my academic responsibilities almost over, and my slavery still undetermined, I shall be serious in the next game, bringing all my logical powers to bear.

. . . Unless I am the Seer, in which case I'll be lazily working towards a mathematical win. Again.

[Isabellkya]

Yay..!!

Great job everyone and Moddesses. xD

Too bad my internet connection was so lousy my last Day.
I still don't get why you wasted a kill on me. Not like I had any other information to add to the pile.

I'm still quite confused on the despair-ish feelings from the Day Gwath revealed.
Ah well. :)

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I still don't get why you wasted a kill on me. Not like I had any other information to add to the pile.

Ditto that. I thought I'd solidly revealed myself to anybody looking as somebody who knew way too much by then, yet no, instead you die?

Oh well. :cool:

[Nogrod]

Ditto that. I thought I'd solidly revealed myself to anybody looking as somebody who knew way too much by then, yet no, instead you die?That confused me as well... Fea seemed so obvious looking how some of us treated her....

Why were you not interested in discussing the assassin-role ducks? When Lari made the point on the last Day I was almost sure she was the last duck (besides Dury) because of bringing it up... :)

But it was really interesting no-one brought it up - and sure eased my task of biting my lip and stay quiet about it.

[Mnemosyne]

Heh, Nog, wondered if the avatar was in reaction to anything...

And by the way, the baking pies had nothing to do with waxing ducks*. Cobblers are a modified form of a fruit pie.


*Waxing as in increasing, not as in polishing their feathers to a sheen or even removing them. And also, "Waxing Ducks" would be a really good name for a rock band

[Durelin]

About killing Izzy -

Well, we wanted a safe kill, first of all. And obviously we didn't know how the assassin worked. And there was no indication how Kath died, so we didn't even know there was an assassin who could just...kill. We wondered if Gwath was actually able to take Kath down with him.

I thought we might be able to get Lari to go after Nog, and Nog to go after Fea. It didn't seem like anyone was interested in lynching Izzy at any point, so *shrug*.

We were afraid we couldn't kill Mith at all, and otherwise feared killing any hunter/assassin type might take one of us down.

There were too many known innocents, so I pulled my stunt. But obviously that barely decreased the known innocents. I felt like giving up from Day 2 on but didn't actually want to go down without a fight.

Edit:

When Lari made the point on the last Day I was almost sure she was the last duck (besides Dury) because of bringing it up

Well, I'd say that's why we didn't bring it up in game, eh?

[Nerwen]

See, we thought that if Dury turned up dead, the "multiplication" thing would be revealed as a fraud, and I'd then get lynched by elimination... we never considered that people might think her evil and believe her about the ducks...

I was annoyed to die, though– we had some lovely schemes cooked up. If we survived another Night Dury was going to claim that there were only two ducks now, and I would say I had been stripped of my duck-status on the Night... and reveal who my "fellows" were.;) That would have been so much fun...

*sigh*

Ah, well...

By the way, my made-up role, in case I had to reveal, was going to be very similar to Nogrod's actual one.

[Gwathagor]

In case anyone is curious, the reason I revealed when I did, despite the fact that I knew I would get killed by the ducks is two-fold: First, I was largely considered innocent and thus was likely to get killed by the Ducks anyway. Second, I wasn't going to be able to vote the next day anyway and thus as good as dead anyway. So I decided to pass on what information I could while I was still alive. I'm sorry I wasn't more help.

I used a lot of quotes from "Lawrence of Arabia" one day just for the heck of it, and because everyone else seemed to be quoting things. It was fun, but I think Nerwen was the only one that noticed.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

The most I did during this game was hint (a lot) to Mira that I was Hamlet: e.g. saying she was "floaty and suicidal" in that list I made, and talking Hamlet with Nienna.

I'm glad someone picked up my attempted kill on Wilwa. :D

[Gwathagor]

Hey Shasta, your death was epic.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Perhaps I should reveal my Nightly work?

Given the fact that I could only actually kill ducks, by the end of the game I had a list of known Not-Ducks. Problem was, half were dead.

First Night: Brinn. Always a safe bet. Either she died, or I had a reliable ally. She didn't die. I proclaimed my faith in her to the world.

Second Night: Nogrod. It is traditional for me to try to kill him. Same reasoning as for Brinn: I needed to know who I could rely on later.

Third Night: Rikae. If she was a duck, the village would be done with her. If not, well, whatever. ;)

Fourth Night: This Night I was rewarded for being so well-behaved: I kept my post count below forty, I think it was, and consequently got two kill choices. First choice was Kath. So long, ducky. Second choice was Izzy. I simply wasn't sure. Consequently, the next day I had another known innocent.

Of course by that point Gwath had revealed and cleared Nog and Brinn, and Rikae was dead, so my ish-seer skills weren't immediately needed. What was I going to do, say "Yeah! I agree! I know the same stuff about them he does!" So I hushed like a good little wallflower and made sure y'all didn't go and kill Izzy on me.

With Durelin suggesting that roles had changed prior to Kath's death, Izzy was the only player I could claim certainty of. I needed her alive as my known innocent.

Of course then she died.

However, Fifth Night: I bagged Nerwen-duck, which was quite lovely. After all of my 'known innocents' being rendered useless either by death or by Durelin, it felt good to at least have nailed ducks two nights running.

And then.

Well, if Durelin was telling the truth and people had changed, I had no information to rely on. Izzy was dead, Cobbler-Rikae was gone, Brinn was long gone. I still had Nog around to trust, and Gwath had said Mith and Mac were okay, but if Durelin was telling the truth about multiplying ducks, I had no way of knowing who to attack in the Night.

She had to die. The only way I could attack a duck with any legitimate hope of success was to know her role.

Hence, "Durelin must die."

If she hadn't been lynched, I was going to kill her in the Night.

I now humbly depart to do more research.

Also, I concur: Shasta's death was amazing.

Good game everybody.

Thanks, Sally and Mistress Modduckess.

And of course Phantom.

[wilwarin538]

k, I'm still confused. How exactly did I end up dead in the middle of a Day??? I know the phantom claimed responsibility (see my sig), but was it actually him or someone else I wasn't worshiping enough :p

[Durelin]

It was Mith. The whole "blinded by the light" thing/seeing her uncloaked.

Apparently she got her list right and knew everyone's roles...as I thought (the knowing everyone's roles part, heh).

Edit: Wow. I just noticed that Lommy actually was supposed to get herself lynched.

[satansaloser2005]

It was Mith. The whole "blinded by the light" thing/seeing her uncloaked.

Apparently she got her list right and knew everyone's roles...as I thought (the knowing everyone's roles part, heh).

Edit: Wow. I just noticed that Lommy actually was supposed to get herself lynched.


Correct. When she got her list completed she got one free kill, and chose Wilwa.


To your edit: Hehe. Well, she needed to leave early so I figured why not. :p

[Nerwen]

Wow. I just noticed that Lommy actually was supposed to get herself lynched.

And we just thought she was playing badly!:rolleyes:

[Brinniel]

Ooh, this was such a fun game. I enjoyed not feeling like I had to make these long posts and the insanity of everyone was awesome. I was sad to be killed off semi-early.

Well, I may have not exactly been a great ranger, but I'm rather proud about how unusually accurate I was. After I died and found out everyone's roles, I looked back at my posts and saw this from my last Day:
Who worries me most:
wilwa
Durelin
Kath
Nienna

I could also add Rikae to that list for her weird vote for Mith.
:eek:

The only one I missed was Nerwen who I was convinced was innocent (especially after Nienna's death...I didn't think two ducks would vote her and if there was one, it'd be Dury). The only way I probably would've figured her out had I stayed alive would be simply due to process of elimination. I was also pretty convinced Lari was innocent. I'm glad I was actually right this time. And I'm so relieved Kath was a duck since I kept reassuring Gwath that she's almost definitely one...how horrible I would feel if I were wrong.

Hmm...I think in future games I will stop over-analysing everything because it seems I'm more accurate when I don't. In fact, on my final Night when I did a long analysis for Gwath I think I became less accurate than I was before the analysis...

I spent a long time trying to figure out why I was killed (as I was rather surprised). Was it because you guys thought I was the seer? It didn't even occur to me that I might look seerish; I seriously thought Gwath would be the obvious kill.

I had fun watching even post-mortem, even though I nearly had a heart attack after Dury came up with that brilliant fake reveal. While it looked fairly believable, I was rather shocked how quickly some of you accepted it, no questions asked. I think at one point I was yelling at the computer screen, "No, Mac and Nogrod! By turning on each other you're doing exactly what she wants..." Heh. Hard to say how I would've really reacted to that reveal since I already knew her role. I probably would've been a bit skeptical since I often am, plus I would have trouble imagining Sally to be so mean as to change the alignments of those already dreamt of. Well...maybe she would. Izzy's I felt like was a bit more believable simply because of all the clues she left behind...smart move. But I must say that on the final Day I was cheering when you guys figured Dury out.

Anyway, good game to all. Everyone did a great job with their various roles. It was very entertaining. :)


VILLAGE WINS
WERE-DUCKS LOSE
LOVERS LOSE
Do the lovers' really lose when they're technically on the village's side? Just curious...

[satansaloser2005]

Heh. Specifically Mira and Shasta lose, because their goal was to survive. You and Gwath were gifteds first and companions second, so you still win. :)


Incidentally I was really rather cross when I got the Mira kill the first Night. They had so much potential to be entertaining, and then....*drags finger across throat* :(

[Nerwen]

I spent a long time trying to figure out why I was killed (as I was rather surprised). Was it because you guys thought I was the seer? It didn't even occur to me that I might look seerish; I seriously thought Gwath would be the obvious kill.

We guessed you were either the Seer or another gifted in communication with the real one. And yes, Gwath's name came up as the possible real Seer.

It didn't even occur to me that I might look seerish

Ironically enough, we thought you looked too Seerish to be real– we were afraid it was a trap and you were actually the Hunter.

[Mithalwen]

Well bit of a relief that is over... being TP is very tiring! Clever Sally to set up a scenario where I had to play more like him..

I spent hours trying to work the list out - I had a notebook and handwritten charts but then had to redo everything on Excel due to a mistake .... I nearly went frantic on Day 3? because Brinn was dead and Sally had told me I wasn't immortal anymore (I would have been a lot more subtle if I had known that that was going to happen!) and I was scared that I would be killed before I got my kill. And it was at that point I knew I had gone wrong somewhere on my chart.

I finally got my list right literally minutes before the cybercafe shut and after Sally sulked at me wanting to get rid of her slave I just picked Wilwa as on the raw post count being the least active duck being theoretically the hardest to spot. And it was quite a close thing on getting lynched. Nearest I have ever been as a non-wolf.

Of course I was regretting not getting Durelin for a while but having highlighted explicitly every duck but Nerwen (and Wilwa who I killed), and seen the villagers
lynch cobblers instead, I really was seriously considering changing sides. If Nerwen had survived I would have done but then I realised Durie was doomed - and Fea had played so restrainedly.

I chose her as the Werebear immediately and only moved her around my list as a check. Fea takes the game most seriously when she has a special role and I doubted she would have accepted the moddess's contstraints as an ordo or even as one duck of 6.

Annoyingly Shasta was one of my first good spots and I knew Nogrod was a seer early as I tried to show in an early post when I answered him "Nogrod, you see I am not quite myself....."

While I enjoyed the puzzle in an obsessive way once I solved it I lost my power really. I had to be so careful in what I said. Then by accident or design there was never anyone around when I was online.

[Macalaure]

We won! ...I think.

As one of the few persons without any knowledge - may I ask what exactly happened when and who knew what at which time? It was interesting to learn what roles there were, but I'm still confused.

Coming up with conspiracy theories wasn't always easy, especially since I was told to be paranoid. How do you act paranoid if nobody suspects you? I was quite pleased with the impact of the Fibonacci-nonsense, though. :p

Then, once people did suspect me, I was dead. I suspected both Nerwen and Nogrod after believing Durelin. Why, why, didn't I go with Nerwen...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I suspected both Nerwen and Nogrod after believing Durelin. Why, why, didn't I go with Nerwen...

No worries, Bubbles, hunny, I went with Nerwen. :cool:

[Macalaure]

No worries, Bubbles, hunny, I went with Nerwen. :cool:That's not what I meant. If had picked Nerwen, Nogrod wouldn't have gone on a retaliation frenzy and I would have survived. ;)

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

If Nerwen had survived I would have done but then I realised Durie was doomed - and Fea had played so restrainedly.

I chose her as the Werebear immediately and only moved her around my list as a check. Fea takes the game most seriously when she has a special role and I doubted she would have accepted the moddess's contstraints as an ordo or even as one duck of 6.

I might have tried for restraint even with some other role: it intrigued me to see if I could pull off a game where my orders were to be as inconspicuous and quiet as possible.

You'll note that I slipped a few times on the first Day until I asked Sally if I could just up and emulate Watchmen's Rorschach already.

"He's a wallflower," I argued, "particularly when he's in 'the end of the world is nigh' mode, and he writes/speaks in very clipped fragments; and then at Night, he goes out and kills bad guys mercilessly!"

And she let me.

And then I slipped into the role a bit more easily.

That joke? After Lommy asked if something I'd done was a joke? With Pagliacci? Lifted straight from the text of the book, just paraphrased a little.

I wasn't allowed to drop any hints, so I had to do so quietly enough that Sally wouldn't notice. :Merisu:

Of course they didn't work...

But still, it pleased me to subvert authority just a little.

Rikae's allusions to the game duck hunt, for instance. Yeah, dogs are great. I love dogs. Very loyal. They work best when they know where a duck is, because then they go get it for you. Yeah. Wink wink.

Of course it's difficult to leave a hint when nobody knows your role even exists. Particularly because I didn't bag a kill until so late, it was easy for people to wonder if there even was a werebear around.

Anyway, perhaps I shall play evermore in such a restrained style. It saves a lot of effort, let me tell you, and forced me to figure out exactly what it was important for me to be saying/not saying at any given time.

No scandals... Now that was the hardest part. :Merisu:

[satansaloser2005]

Night Zero (pre-game)
Gwath: Fea
Izzy: Noggie
Rikae: Legate
Lari: Fea

Day One
Legate is lynched
Mira finds Shasta (dang it!)
Mith submits lists

Night One
Gwath: Noggie
Izzy: Shasta
Rikae: Fea
Noggie is sent information about Fea's activities to account for lack of Night Zero dream
Noggie: Rikae
Lari: Fea (no change)
Brinn: Izzy
Fea: Brinn
Wolf Kill: Mira (sent in by Durie)

Day Two
Shasta (Mira's lover) tries to revenge kill Willa, fails
Shasta dies from the Night's activities
Shasta gives his 'voice' to Gwath for the Day
Lommie is lynched
Mith submits lists

Night Two
Gwath: Mac
Izzy: Rikae
Izzy guesses Mith as seer
Rikae: Durie
Noggie is sent information about Mith's near-death
Lari: Fea (no change)
Brinn: Gwath
Fea: Noggie
Wolf Kill: Mith (sent in by Nerwen)

Day Three
Lari changes her hunter pick to Durie
Mith submits a complete list, chooses to kill Willa
Nienna is lynched

Night Three
Gwath: Mith
Izzy: Lari
Izzy guesses Gwath as seer and gains access to his dreams
Rikae: Lari and Fea (extra dream permitted as a reward for fulfilling special challenge)
Noggie: Mac (also seeks clarification on Rikae and is shown their semi-lover connection)
Lari: Durie
Brinn: Gwath
Fea: Rikae
Wolf Kill: Brinn (sent in by Durie)
Kath is sent the role of Lari as a reward for completing the previous Day's challenge
Durie is told of the existence of another lover pair as a reward for the flock's performance

Day Four
Kath-lynch is vetoed due to Kath's continued lack of access to the Downs
Single lynch rule is suspended for the Day
Chaos ensues
The moddess has a nervous breakdown
Rikae is lynched

Night Four
Gwath: Kath and Nilp (extra dream permitted as a reward for his and Brinn's performance)
Izzy receives information as well
Noggie: Izzy
Lari: Fea
Fea: Kath and Izzy (extra kill permitted as a reward for performance)
Wolf Kill: Gwath (sent in by Durie)

Day Five
Mac is lynched

Night Five
Noggie is denied a dream due to breaking his 'curfew'
Lari: Fea (no change)
Fea: Nerwen
Wolf Kill: Izzy (sent in by Durie)

Day Six
Nilp is mod-killed for self-voting
Durie is lynched


GAME OVER


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The Random Kills (and complete lack thereof):
Willa kill, part one, was basically an attempt to give Shasta something to do. When he and Mira were killed so early I was rather cross (not really, but I'd put a lot of effort into their roles and didn't want them dead so early) so I told Shasta he could stick around for a bit, have some fun, and then be killed. Then he begged me for a revenge kill, and I eventually gave in. I'm a bit of a pushover, I'm not gonna lie. Anyway, I told him he could pick a person but I got to decide their fate via coin flip, which is in fact in his death narration, by the way. I did 2/3 and Willa survived.
Mith was under the impression that she was invincable, so she stuck out her neck to protect the seer. Her immortality was revoked, however, because she was being too obvious about how much she knew. Well, that and I'd never specified in the first place, so it was more of a case of "erm, you DO know you can die now, right?" Anyway, she didn't die that Night because of her shiny powers and stuff.
Then Wilwa's actual death. Part of Mith's role was that, once she guessed everyone's roles, she was able to pick one person in the game and kill them. She could use her kill whenever she wanted, but decided to use it immediately. Wilwa was notified that she could no longer post, and soon after she was completely deaded.
Nilp was killed because he had one instruction and one only: don't vote yourself.



And since I mentioned some special challenges and other stuff:
Rikae was given a list of 20 random words (I made her my personal word a day calendar more or less) and told her if she could work all of them in she got an extra pick.
As for Kath, I wanted her to post more so I said "20 posts toDay, pick someone's role" or something like that. Time didn't permit her to make 20 posts, so in the end it was changed to "10 posts, I'll pick someone and give you their role". She wasn't allowed to tlel her packmates of this information though.
The entire flock was doing so well that when I had Durie on IM (I believe that's when it was anyway) I told her "Hey, tell the girls there's another lover pair out there, sort of." Which is true in the case of Brinn and Gwath, since they were modified lovers.
Gwath and Brinn had been doing so fabulously I wanted to give them a reward. I planned to give Brinn an extra ranger save but then the flock killed her, so I decided to just hand Gwath an extra dream.
Fea's thing was basically I decided "if she's got less than 40 posts, she gets an extra kill choice" so I looked at the post count. She had 39. Hehe.
Nog's curfew thing was real both times. I called Mnemo to catch me up on the thread while I was away and she mentioned that Noggie had said he was tired. My more or less exact words were "Tell him to go to bed in like ten minutes or I kill him." It was originally supposed to be given to him in a PM but I didn't specify so it went on the thread. When Nerwen convinced him it was a joke and he continued posting, I received a text from Mnemo asking me whether she should kill him. I called back, we reviewed the thread, and I decided that he was a bit provoked (and the whole thing was botched a bit to begin with) so he lived, but lost his right to dream.

[Thinlómien]

It has been ages since this game was and there was a flood of posts, so my apologies for not reading what happened after my death and not repping people. :) I just have to pop in to say that I loved trying to get myself lynched and that it was a very entertaining game, thanks everybody! :D