WWJ VIII ~ Things That Go "Quack" In The Night

[The Saucepan Man]

Ha! Like I said, Nilp has only himself to blame.

Apologies to one and all for my late arrival. As I explained here in the admin thread, crow scaring can be a full-time occupation. Today, I was required to attend our Annual Scarecrow Conference and so was not able to join the village moot until now.

Although it’s rather late in the Day, I will nevertheless offer up my traditional record of the preceeding Day’s votes. Spawn provided a list earlier, but I like to look at the state of the voting at the time that each vote was cast.

1. Nilp for Nilp (Nilp-1)
2. Ang for Kath (Nilp-1, Kath-1)
3. Mith for spawn (Nilp-1, Kath-1, spawn-1)
4. Lote for Nilp (Nilp-2, Kath-1, spawn-1)
5. Morm for Nogrod (Nilp-2, Kath-1, spawn-1, Nogrod-1)
6. Lalaith for Glirdan (Nilp-2, Kath-1, spawn-1, Nogrod-1, Glirdan-1)
7. Cailín for Sleepy (Nilp-2, Kath-1, spawn-1, Nogrod-1, Glirdan-1, Sleepy-1)
8. Kath for Sleepy (Nilp-2, Kath-1, spawn-1, Nogrod-1, Glirdan-1, Sleepy-2)
9. Sleepy for Nilp (Nilp-3, Kath-1, spawn-1, Nogrod-1, Glirdan-1, Sleepy-2)
10. SpM for Mith (Nilp-3, Kath-1, spawn-1, Nogrod-1, Glirdan-1, Sleepy-2, Mith-1)
11. Roa for Glirdan (Nilp-3, Kath-1, spawn-1, Nogrod-1, Glirdan-2, Sleepy-2, Mith-1)
12. Valier for Nilp (Nilp-4, Kath-1, spawn-1, Nogrod-1, Glirdan-2, Sleepy-2, Mith-1)

Did not vote: Elu, Glirdan, Nogrod, spawn.

All but Elu have explained their failure to vote yesterday.

Like Ang and others, I do not discount the possibility of a Duck-on-Duck vote yesterday. I doubt that Lote’s vote would fall into this category and so think her most likely innocent. But a Duckish Valier could have sacrificed a fellow Duck to gain credibility. I find it unlikely that a Duck would do this on Day 1, but it’s still a possibility.

Sleepy’s vote for Nilp does not tell us much. Whether innocent or a Duck, he would most likely have voted for Nilp at that stage to save himself.

Difficult to tell much from the other votes. Kath’s vote for Sleepy and Roa’s vote for Glirdan could be seen as Duckish attempts to save Nilp, but they don’t mean much on their own.

I have only had a chance to briefly review today’s proceedings so far and will come back with further thoughts when I have had an opportunity to consider further. For now, I wanted to ask what I think is a pretty important question.

Can the Nightingale (well done, by the way ) protect the same person two or more nights running?

As far as I can see, there’s nothing about this in the game rules. My question, by the way, is directed primarily to the Diamoddess. I ask it here because, depending on the answer, there may be issues which will merit serious consideration.

[Diamond18]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Can the Nightingale (well done, by the way ) protect the same person two or more nights running?

No. The Nightingale can protect the same person any number of times but not on consecutive nights. And also the Nightingale may not protect itself.