Werewolf LIII: The Republic

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Originally Posted by Boro

but when making the vote he definitely was thinking he was saving you.

Are you sure, Boro? Perhaps you should go look back at a couple of my posts.

Edit: Drat. Messed up a tag.

[the phantom]

But Shasta did save me, didn't he? I mean, if he had voted for me rather than for KA, wouldn't I still be on the chopping block?

[Boromir88]

But Shasta did save me, didn't he? I mean, if he had voted for me rather than for KA, wouldn't I still be on the chopping block?~tp

Yes and it would have been up to morm then.

But I bet Shasta really grinded his teeth while he was typing out his vote.

[Boromir88]

Hmm...maybe Nogrod was counting on Shasta and/or morm to vote for you? He knew I wasn't going to, but if either Shasta or morm did, than the other one would have to vote to save you.

[Boromir88]

And now I'll make my vow to be a distraction for one more day only...well technically it's two, but you get it. But if all is going good right now, I should only be playing mind games with the wolves, and making them debate...

Do we kill Boro? He's catching on to us, but if we kill him we're dead? And if we kill him we're giving up another dream for the seer? But Boro knows too much...he's got to be the seer? If we let him live he's just going to be a pain in the arse, he's not going to shut up. Hey, maybe we can use that - because he's got to be a pain to everyone else too - we could get him lynched, people just want him to shut up. But when he dies we're toast too? We should just let him be a lhunatic, he can rave all he wants, they won't listen to him. But he just said he's only going to be crazy for one more day - what do we do with him after that?

Sorry, pay no attention to my own musings.

[Boromir88]

Had I voted you, Phantom, Boro's vote for Ka would have overridden it... but then had Morm voted you, you'd be dead.~Shasta

But that would have given tp the 6-5 lead. As my vote made it 5-4 in favor of the Ka...wait would it really be in favor of...it doesn't seem like that's something the Ka would favor? If you're vote came in 2 seconds before mine you would have tied it 4-4. But still you'd be saving him, because there would only be morm and myself left to vote, I would not have voted for tp, and morm's vote wouldn't have mattered. If you voted for tp, morm's vote would have been the crucial one.

[Boromir88]

All right, Boro, I see your vote analysis. So for the most part you think their votes can't help determine where they stand?~the phantom

Well, I'm inclined to believe Shasta's innocent, but not because of the vote. I simply mean if Shasta's a wolf, he might want to keep both of us still alive. As long as we stay the focus, we continue to make some poor lynching choices. I had no other reason to vote for Ka other than, I think you look more innocent than her.

I can't speak for Shasta, I guess you two have some nice history too...but I see what you're saying, if he was a wolf he had a chance to simply lynch you and say well it doesn't mean anything...they have a history. I really don't even know why people think Shasta would make a spite vote, he's had a chance to get back me now two villages after the stunt I pulled on him, and he hasn't. Just waiting for the right time eh Shasta?

When really all it is, is just a good WW story to talk about - kind of like a rivalry game in football you know. The players will act tough and talk big, but really they just go out, do their job and then go party somewhere. It's the fans you have to watch out for, they're nuts.

[the phantom]

Werewolf 1: So, think they'll lynch Phantom?
Werewolf 2: Maybe, but we can't count on it. He needs to go.
Werewolf 3: But he's just an Ordo.
Werewolf 4: You don't know that. He's bold enough to pull this sort of thing.
Werewolf 1: Look, instead of debating him every Night, how about we do it.
Werewolf 2: But he'll laugh after the game if he's an Ordo.
Werewolf 3: Can we please stop being so Phantom-centered?! Day was bad enough.
Werewolf 4: You guys decide. I'm through having this conversation.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I totally went with a limerick for this narration...

I love when you guys finish all the important stuff early.

Means rather than having to spontaneously compose just after deadline, I can take my time on it and have fun before falling asleep...

[Nerwen]

I have just finished reading... no idea what to think really. I believe The Ka has just got the chop. Let's hope she was a wolf– but I fear the worst. We haven't had much luck with semi-random voting. I hadn't thought about her much myself.

Some comments on people:

the phantom –I know you've explained your reasoning over and over, but when it comes down to it, you know people aren't going to like being asked to take things on faith, so why expect them to do so?

morm –Looks less wolfish to me lately, but that may be because he's no longer going after me. He stresses this to Lommy, but that's actually quite irrelevent– until he got distracted by Boro he most certainly was making a case against me, and a highly specious one at that.

Boro – *shrugs* much of what he says seems reasonable... and I'm grateful for the defense... but I don't find myself willing to trust him.

Rune – Need to have better look at him. At the moment I find myself flip-flopping.

Nogrod –you know why I said we should look at the McCaber kill, and then didn't say what I thought it might mean? I wanted to see if anyone else would independently think it pointed to him. That's a very trivial thing indeed, mind you.

Shasta –random thought here: it would probably amuse the heck out of Fea to make Shasta a wolf with the phantom and/or Boro.

Finally, what does the Olympian amusement of our mod-goddesses portend? Can it be that we've been watching a brawl between innocents, and the real wolves are... I don't know... Lommy? Gil? Kath? Brinniel?

EDIT: X'd since Shasta at #1163.

[the phantom]

All right, Boro, I see your vote analysis. So for the most part you think their votes can't help determine where they stand?

Personally, I'm inclined to think that Nog's 180 was an Ordo trying to accomplish something or other (I'm not sure what at this point). Would a WolfNog be that risky?

Shasta's vote makes me trust him, because he passed up something that no one would suspect him for. And yet I suspect him at the same time, because he played the hero and saved an innocent. Makes him look pretty good.

But of course it's silly to suspect someone for not voting for me. If that was the case then I'd suspect a whole lot of people.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Don't forget, however, that Boro's vote was more powerful than mine. Had I voted you, Phantom, Boro's vote for Ka would have overridden it... but then had Morm voted you, you'd be dead.

This is probably my last post of the night. I shall have sweet dreams, for this is the second-to-last rehearsal!