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dancing spawn of ungoliant · 11-07-2005, 03:00 PM

The villagers had quickly got over Spawn's death (frankly, they had found her fish stories rather irritating, anyway) and entered into more or less profound discussions in order to eradicate the wolves. The votes scattered around, but finally Bergil had been elected for the most untrustworthy resident. "The tribe has spoken", Bergil sighed scornfully, and sat down to wait his death.

Now the villagers just had to decide, how to lynch him. After a while, they agreed to get rid of Bergil by hanging him because they had heard that that's what you do to werewolves. Only, there was no gallows tree in Shamville... Luckily, there were plenty of resourceful people in the Village, and after grumbling and blaming each other for a while for the lack of a gibbet (at this point the village undertaker received irritated looks), they conjured up a way to hang Bergil, nonetheless.

There was a big ravine on the border of the village, and a swaying suspension bridge had been built across it. Resolutely the villagers slipped a noose over Bergil's head and tied the other end of the rope to the bridge's parapet.

"Any last words?" they asked.

"Seriously, guys, you're making a mistake!" Bergil cried. "This is a judicial murder!"

And with that, the villagers heaved him over the rail. Yelling heartbreakingly, Bergil fell down until the rope ended. And then he fell a bit more before the cord yanked him up. Apparently someone had replaced the hanging rope with an elastic one (at this point the town jester received irritated looks). The villagers stood on the bridge, watching Bergil yo-yoing between the bottom of the ravine and the bridge, and listening his wailing, then wheezing, until his neck snapped.
The villagers had killed an innocent, but on the other hand, they had discovered the Doppler effect (the original name was the Bergil effect, but some guy changed it after a few years...) and invented bungee jumping. All in all, the villagers had had quite a productive day.

Living:
Anguirel - jester
Celuien - luthier
Eonwe - militiaman
Firefoot - traveller who has a dog
Glirdan - undead with Michael Jackson's nose
Kath - writer
Kitanna - goat herder
Kuruharan - local lorekeeper
Lalaith - goosegirl
littlemanpoet - village undertaker
Meneltarmacil - dinosaur researcher/ fossil hunter
tar-ancalime - charlatan
WaynetheGoblin - goldsmith
Wilwarin538 - official town daydreamer

Dead:
dancing spawn of ungoliant(mod) - mangled, tangled and strangled in fishing nets on Night 1
Bergil(ord) - hanged to death with profitable consequences on Day 1

Score:
Villagers: 14
Wolves: 3

It is now Night 2. Villagers, go to sleep (i.e. pipe down, please). Wolves, you may start PMing. Seer, Ranger, Hunter, you know, what to do. The Night ends in 24 hours at 9:00 pm. GMT.

11-07-2005, 03:00 PM	#95
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	The villagers had quickly got over Spawn's death (frankly, they had found her fish stories rather irritating, anyway) and entered into more or less profound discussions in order to eradicate the wolves. The votes scattered around, but finally Bergil had been elected for the most untrustworthy resident. "The tribe has spoken", Bergil sighed scornfully, and sat down to wait his death. Now the villagers just had to decide, how to lynch him. After a while, they agreed to get rid of Bergil by hanging him because they had heard that that's what you do to werewolves. Only, there was no gallows tree in Shamville... Luckily, there were plenty of resourceful people in the Village, and after grumbling and blaming each other for a while for the lack of a gibbet (at this point the village undertaker received irritated looks), they conjured up a way to hang Bergil, nonetheless. There was a big ravine on the border of the village, and a swaying suspension bridge had been built across it. Resolutely the villagers slipped a noose over Bergil's head and tied the other end of the rope to the bridge's parapet. "Any last words?" they asked. "Seriously, guys, you're making a mistake!" Bergil cried. "This is a judicial murder!" And with that, the villagers heaved him over the rail. Yelling heartbreakingly, Bergil fell down until the rope ended. And then he fell a bit more before the cord yanked him up. Apparently someone had replaced the hanging rope with an elastic one (at this point the town jester received irritated looks). The villagers stood on the bridge, watching Bergil yo-yoing between the bottom of the ravine and the bridge, and listening his wailing, then wheezing, until his neck snapped. The villagers had killed an innocent, but on the other hand, they had discovered the Doppler effect (the original name was the Bergil effect, but some guy changed it after a few years...) and invented bungee jumping. All in all, the villagers had had quite a productive day. Living: Anguirel - jester Celuien - luthier Eonwe - militiaman Firefoot - traveller who has a dog Glirdan - undead with Michael Jackson's nose Kath - writer Kitanna - goat herder Kuruharan - local lorekeeper Lalaith - goosegirl littlemanpoet - village undertaker Meneltarmacil - dinosaur researcher/ fossil hunter tar-ancalime - charlatan WaynetheGoblin - goldsmith Wilwarin538 - official town daydreamer Dead: dancing spawn of ungoliant(mod) - mangled, tangled and strangled in fishing nets on Night 1 Bergil(ord) - hanged to death with profitable consequences on Day 1 Score: Villagers: 14 Wolves: 3 It is now Night 2. Villagers, go to sleep (i.e. pipe down, please). Wolves, you may start PMing. Seer, Ranger, Hunter, you know, what to do. The Night ends in 24 hours at 9:00 pm. GMT. Last edited by dancing spawn of ungoliant; 11-08-2005 at 02:02 AM.