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Old 09-11-2008, 01:28 PM   #1
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*plots...*

With such leading personas out of the way, the con-goers will have no choice but to accept Cluny the Scourge as the ruler of the Con! Yes, I can see it now...

And I wish my sea-rat minions would be more like these wolves...taking some initiative once in awhile...*sigh* Unfortunately, they are a threat and must go. I see no way of intimidating such creatures into submission with a little show of force. I will have no one interfer with Cluny's Con!
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Old 09-11-2008, 02:26 PM   #2
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That's what I've always thought about the so called reality... it's ugly and full of unexpected consequencies. One can't preview what happens in it and fix the unawaited - or to save the game in a position before the unwanted occurences to reload it. And this God-chap seems to make all these infantile decisions of taking all the fun out of fighting the bad guys with giving them abilities to sneak around when no one notices, just for his own fun.

Okay, I'm going to the cell-phase and will start up a new monocellular lifeform that will result in a werewolf-killer creature that will evolve into a menace the sneaky baddies will tremble in front of. Just wait for the moment they get into the space! They will use their anti-matter guns and plasma-destroyers to teach those weirdos a lesson.

And if you will co-operate, I'd like a gene-sample from all of you so that I could run a PEA (parallel-emergence-analysis) to ascertain your evolutionary path and look for the DFG (deviation-from-gentleness) value and the SP's (sneak-profiles) of you all.


And btw. Are the rules I read from this Con's Admin. page post #1 The Rules or are there any changes / additions? To create these "Werewolf's Banes" I'd need to know the rules in detail to countereffect any malice structured into the "reality" here...
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Old 09-11-2008, 02:35 PM   #3
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Okay, I'm going to the cell-phase and will start up a new monocellular lifeform that will result in a werewolf-killer creature that will evolve into a menace the sneaky baddies will tremble in front of.~Nogrod
What if you're a renegade wolf who creates this werewolf warrior for us, and after dispatching your two partners, you use it to turn on us. We are then powerless to stop it, thus insuring you (a werewolf) victory.

This I decree...

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Fea is not
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Old 09-11-2008, 04:04 PM   #4
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I'm just hoping these wolves keep their claws off the Tombliboos.

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Old 09-11-2008, 04:37 PM   #5
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Alohomora!

Doors unlock, and Shasta sweeps in with billowing black robes.

That's one of Hermione's signature spells, you know.
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Old 09-11-2008, 04:39 PM   #6
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Rabid? I'm sorry, rabid describes the fake loonies who take SB's hair clippings and perform some type of devilry ritual. That's not my business. I'm authentic, I'm the real deal.
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Old 09-11-2008, 04:40 PM   #7
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Oh and so far I think the most interesting thing to happen is Rikae's declaration of ordinariness. What do you think about that Nogrod?
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Old 09-11-2008, 04:59 PM   #8
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Hi everyone, I'm here for my audition!

*starts to sing an Alicia Keys song loudly and off-key*

Wait a minute...you mean this isn't American Idol? Oh crap...

Omnicon? Well I guess that explains all the nerds dressed up in absurd costumes. But really, I can't understand half of what you guys are saying with all this science-fiction/fantasy mumbo jumbo. You all need to snap out of your own little worlds and come back down to reality...like me. Seriously.

Anyways, I don't have much to say now...but I'll be back later after I watch a few episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Btw, does anyone know if Ty's around here? Can you believe I still don't have his autograph?
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Old 09-11-2008, 05:08 PM   #9
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Man! If I was one of those cops, I would have used Dr. McCoy's classic line: "He's dead, Jim." How many times do you get the chance to say that? TO WILLIAM SHATNER?

Ok. I'm going to read the thread now.
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Old 09-11-2008, 05:27 PM   #10
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Obviously it's not like it's the first time Spock's died. So who do you think he'll borrow the body of?

I presume you all know my feelings on Day Ones:

I hate day one and think it's useless.

And will therefore vote before work tomorrow afternoon, based entirely on whim (or possibly dice rolling) unless somebody besides me says "I'm a wolf."
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Old 09-11-2008, 06:03 PM   #11
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Boro: His manner of careless and easy accusation stands out. He could be a wolf trying to appear casual and flippant, like an ordo confident of his own innocence. Or, it could be genuine; maybe he's just taking advantage of the relative inactivity of the first few hours of the game to have some fun? I can't decide yet.


Rikae: Has, in a tone of irony, proclaimed herself innocent. And I quote:

"Yay! I'm an ordo, I've got nothing to lose! (Would she say that if she wasn't?)"

1. I've got nothing to lose. This is not true. An ordo has plenty to lose.
2. Would she say that if she wasn't? I imagine it's been done before.

As far as I can tell, her purpose is to create just enough uncertainty regarding her innocence/guilt to keep us from lynching her. At one point I would have pointed out that such a bold statement would be unlikely to come from a wolf, because it draws attention and attention is dangerous. My mistake was that I assumed that all wolves play the same way I do: low key. So, the question is, what kind of wolf does Rikae play as: bold, or boring?

EDIT: Crossed with Rikae and Fea.
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Old 09-11-2008, 02:36 PM   #12
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And btw. Are the rules I read from this Con's Admin. page post #1 The Rules or are there any changes / additions?
The only addition I can think of at the moment is NO Twilight!

At the moment...

Mwaha.

Also I guess I will mod-fire people eventually. After no-posting 2 days in a row? We'll say that.

(I'm not actually dead this time, so I can do this!)
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The only addition I can think of at the moment is NO Twilight!
What about Breaking Dawn, can I do Breaking Dawn? I'll name myself Rosemmett and my middle name can be Baseball!
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Old 09-11-2008, 03:04 PM   #14
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Yay! I'm an ordo, I've got nothing to lose!

(Would she say that if she wasn't? )


Yep, right. Anyway, His Precioussssness was not killed, so I can't really bring myself to care - what was that guy's name? Leroy? Well, let's get down to business.

I think that the odds are quite good there is a wolfish influence behind the fact that we've gotten four hours into the day with nothing but in-character posting (either that, or just the sheer fun of the theme - but that doesn't let me throw accusations around).

Fea and Boro, I'm looking at you.
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Old 09-11-2008, 03:10 PM   #15
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Don't worry Rikae - I have to go any minute -then they will talk and give me about 7 pages to digest with lunch.....
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Old 09-11-2008, 03:15 PM   #16
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Well I am going to escape this mayhem and find a quiet corner to curl up and sleep, perchance ot dream of Murray Smith reading ...more or less anything.....
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When good Tolkien fans go bad....

Bit of a worrying sign. Nogrod is the person who is speaking vaguely comprehensibly and he wants to tamper with my genes. You can leave my DNA alone matey unless you want me to deviate from gentleness PDQ.
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Old 09-11-2008, 02:52 PM   #18
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You can leave my DNA alone matey unless you want me to deviate from gentleness PDQ.
I'll read your DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) from your words then, with my GrBF (Gene-reading-Babel-Fish).
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Old 09-11-2008, 03:29 PM   #19
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I'm getting interesting readings of the tribal-phase of the evolution...

It is about 4˝ hours from the devious act of butchery.

There has been 16 acts of speaking by 7 persons out of 17.

All the speech-acts have been more or less banterish / introverted / in-character.

The only deviations from the rule - even if they could be counted in the class of banter as well are...

Boro throwing a light one on Fea.

Boro throwing a light one on me + saying Fea is innocent.

Mith saying my posting is a worrying sign.


Those who have not deviated from the IC-talk are: Lalwendë, Macalaure, Fea, CoD

* I'm counting this post of mine into the category with Boro & Mith eg. not only IC.*


Yes. It's early and all the rest. Nothing to say at this moment. Sure. But as I need to go to bed and I'm having a terribly busy day tomorrow I'll try to say at least something.

Boro's sudden and quick change of mind with Fea is interesting. There seems to be no reason for it. If he was trying something (as an innocent) he would have let time pass and get some feedback but now he turned his tail after one banterish reply. I mean people do have fun and they should. But there are always things behind your rants and turn-arounds.

Which makes it interesting he should turn to me for the in-character accusation of wolvery in the very same post. Now why? To make me stop playing IC? Well, if it was that you succeeded it seems (although the time of the night here and my busy tomorrow have a part to play in this as well). But was it that?

Mith's happiness to throw suspicion to me is something I could have foreseen in any case, but making it conveniently just after Boro had called my name, looks interesting as well. Not impossibly ordo-Mith-like but not too reassuring either.


But then again. It would be nice and fine to just stay in-character so long as others do if one was a wolf. So I'm not thinking those who had only played IC are any less suspicious at the moment.

We shall see as the hours pass.


EDIT: X'd from Rikae onwards
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