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The Day had not afforded much discussion, but the villagers were fairly set that Oromin was a wolf. And if she wasn’t, they’d be eliminating just that much more confusion from the town.
“So you will be taking my advice,” commented Oromin, a hint of amusement in her voice. “It’s about time.”
As in Days past, the jostling mob harried and herded Oromin up towards the gallows. One villager declared, “It’s all fixed up now. This hanging should go without a hitch.” There were some who had doubts, though – and they were right.
With confidence now, a few villagers stepped up to tie the noose around Oromin’s neck. Just barely had the rope settled around her shoulders before Oromin started to undergo a frightening transformation – deepened chest; stronger, more muscled legs, broadened snout, and thick grey hair all over her body. Without having the chance to tie the knot, the villagers still standing near leapt away from the beast now tenuously attached to their defective gallows.
The wolf Oromin lunged about on her leash, first outward towards the crowd, then back, bracing herself against the long arm of the gallows before jumping out again.
“She’s going to hang herself,” muttered one villager in mild relief. But as some villagers noted, the beating the gallows was getting from Oromin’s furious attacks was causing it to start rocking with Oromin’s lunges. With one last shove from Oromin’s furry legs, the rope around her neck broke and the gallows toppled over – by some strange chance of fortune, trapping Oromin underneath with the top beam of the gallows across her chest.
Oromin writhed and scrabbled at the heavy gallows trapping her in place. No one would venture near, for fear of being bitten, scratched, or otherwise harmed. One villager had an idea, though and climbed up on top of the long beam, well away from Oromin’s furious attacks.
“Crush the wolf!” he cried. The villagers quickly understood and with their combined weight weighing down on Oromin’s torso, her ribs soon cracked and her organs were crushed, killing her within seconds, and none too soon: not meant to hold so much weight, the wooden beam cracked. Their gallows was now overturned and broken beyond repair (not that it had ever worked anyway); they would need to find a new means of lynching their suspects.
The villagers returned to their homes in relative satisfaction at having caught a wolf, feeling confident that they could catch the last wolf tomorrow and be done with it. After their latest victory, anything seemed possible.
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Living:
Encai
Eomer
Kath
Lhuna
Mormegil
Saurreg
TORE
Wilwarin
Dead:
Firefoot – drowned and burned by werewolves on Night 1
Nilpaurion (Ordinary Villager) – beat piñata style and killed by villagers on Day 1
Fea (Ordinary Villager) – gutted and stuffed by werewolves on Night 2
Oddwen (Ranger) – killed by Nilp’s villager-provoked wolves on Day 2
Durelin (Hunter) – Deadheaded by werewolves on Night 3
TGWBS (Ordinary Villager) - Slain by Hunter on Night 3
Kitanna (Werewolf) – Paralyzed and hung by villagers on Day 3
Dancing Spawn (Ordinary Villager) – Twisted like a pretzel and stuffed in a closet by werewolves on Night 4
Elf-Warrior (Ordinary Villager) – Stabbed through with knives by villagers on Day 4
LMP (Ordinary Villager) – Suffocated by werewolves on Night 5
Oromin (Werewolf) – Crushed under gallows by villagers on Day 5
Score:
Werewolves – 1
Villagers – 7
It is now Night 6. I need names from the Seer and remaining Wolf. Shirriffs should stop PM'ing. Night will end in 24 hours.
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