WWLVIII: Escape From Angband (or Behavioral Modification) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

satansaloser2005 · 03-19-2009, 09:00 PM

A crowd of well wishers surrounds Mira
--or--
"To swim or not to swim, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the feathers and beaks of the were-ducks...."
--or--
"What is it? The well! The well! Mira's stuck in the well!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Night One

Mira had been so loud on the first Day that, really, it shouldn't have been much of a surprise to her when the were-ducks approached her after sunset, dragging her to the well in the center of town.

“What are you doing?” she shouted, and one of the ducks clapped a feathered hand over her mouth before she could scream any more.

“Mmhmm let mmhmm go mmhmm of mmhmm me,” Mira ordered, her voice distorted through the foul gag. One of the villains glanced furtively around the village. She thought she saw someone moving, but as she stepped away to investigate one of her packmates called for her.

“For the love of Hans Christian Anderson, she's feisty! The nasty thing just bit me,” she complained, waving her semi-wing back and forth and hissing in pain. “Didn't your father ever teach you to play nice?”

“My father's dead,” Mira put in sadly, but the were-ducks just laughed at her confession.

“Well then get thee to a grief counsellor. We're not here to listen to you cry.”

“Actually we are,” another put in, and they all burst out laughing again.

Mira continued to struggle until finally the other duck scampered off, returning with someone in tow. “Shut up and take it like a big girl or we slit his throat,” she threatened.

The hostage's face was shrouded in darkness but Mira recognized him instantly.

“No,” she begged, “not him. Please don't hurt him.”

It took two of the were-creatures to subdue him, but they finally held his mouth open and poured some kind of liquid in it. In less than a minute he collapsed, unconscious.

“No!”

“It's all right, he's just sleeping,” one of the were-ducks whispered in her ear. “For now.”

“What do I have to do?” Mira asked hesitantly.

All the were-ducks smiled and looked toward the middle of their little circle, right at the well.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The next morning a few of the members of the little party walked toward the well to get a drink.

“I think there's something in the water,” Gwath noted, and Durie nodded in agreement.

They looked down into the well and gasped.

“No....freaking....way....”

By now most of the group had gathered with them. Shasta stumbled out of the building and brought up the rear, pushing his way to the front of the group. “What's going on?”

“Mira's trapped in the well!” Nerwen shouted, bouncing up and down and looking surprisingly chipper despite both the early hour and the grim news which had just left her mouth. “She's dead. Give me a D! Give me an E! Give me a D!” Shasta glared at her and she weakly finished, “What does that spell? Dead.”

“She killed herself,” Mith theorized. “Wish I'd thought of it first.”

“Tell me about it,” agreed Nilp and Lommie, and Wilwa facepalmed again.

Shasta vomited in a small bush across the village square at the sight of her mangled body, and the rest of the villagers slowly made their way toward the local bakery to scrounge for some breakfast.

“But....” said Fea.

Izzy sighed impatiently as she walked beside her. “Yes?”

Fea shrugged. “That was it.”

“It's a cover-up,” Mac said to himself as he and Rikae walked toward the building. “It's all a conspiracy to brainwash the youth of the Downs by....by....I'll get back to you.”

“Yes, dear,” Rikae agreed supportively, and stole a glance back at the well, which was far too tall for tiny little Mira to have jumped into by herself.

The Dead
Sally (stabbed in a case of mistaken identity by a non-six-fingered Phantom on Night 0)
Phantom (made into a very unhealthy breakfast on Night 0)
Legate (ordo, pickled on Day 1)
Mira (Ophelia, ordo, drowned on Night 1)

Shastanis Althreduin
The Living
Feanor of the Peredhil
Brinniel
wilwarin538
Durelin
Nogrod
Isabellkya
Nerwen
Rikae
Mith
Kath
Lari
Mac
Nienna
Gwathagor
Thinlómien
Nilpaurion Felagund

Feanor of the Peredhil · 03-19-2009, 09:07 PM

Slightly confused by narration. List says only Mira dead. Story says other person used to threaten M into suicide. Other person significant to Night events?

satansaloser2005 · 03-19-2009, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Slightly confused by narration. List says only Mira dead. Story says other person used to threaten M into suicide. Other person significant to Night events?

All in good time, m'dear.

Gwathagor · 03-19-2009, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Slightly confused by narration. List says only Mira dead. Story says other person used to threaten M into suicide. Other person significant to Night events?

It's Hamlet, it must be.

Gwathagor · 03-19-2009, 09:10 PM

Wait, Ophelia? Wasn't there somebody putting a lot of Shakespeare in their posts? Maybe there's a connection there?

I wonder if other ordos have been cast as famous crazy people/characters (like Hamlet, for example, or Oedipus, or Charles the Mad)?

Shastanis Althreduin · 03-19-2009, 09:13 PM

Mira! Noooo!

Blech. I feel sick. (Clearly, since the narration has me vomiting...)

I'll be back later with detailed reasoning on why each and every one of you could have killed Mira.

Lariren Shadow · 03-19-2009, 09:23 PM

Aw Mira! I really have no idea right now who could have done it.

I do also want to know who this M is. But I could just easily see that the only other M is Mac. Interesting...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

I wonder if other ordos have been cast as famous crazy people/characters (like Hamlet, for example, or Oedipus, or Charles the Mad)?

How about Juanna La Loca or Elizabeth Báthory as well?

Lariren Shadow · 03-19-2009, 09:24 PM

Or I read it wrong and M is Mira...

Feanor of the Peredhil · 03-19-2009, 09:24 PM

M is Mira, as evidenced by context. Sorry for confusion.

Nienna · 03-19-2009, 09:31 PM

Mira my darling Stick the course of true love never did run smooth.

Just popping in to say goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

Lariren Shadow · 03-19-2009, 09:34 PM

So either Nienna is Stick's lover or just wants to throw us off. I'm too tired to try to come up with which is better so I'm going to bed.

Gwathagor · 03-19-2009, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nienna

Mira my darling Stick the course of true love never did run smooth.

Just popping in to say goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

More Shakespeare!

satansaloser2005 · 03-19-2009, 09:37 PM

....

What? You were expecting something else?

Gwathagor · 03-19-2009, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nienna

Just popping in to say goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest?

Isabellkya · 03-19-2009, 09:41 PM

Fortunately, maybe. It looks like there are clues. No telling if they will help us or not. Depends on the twisted-ness of Sally I suppose.

Maybe Mira wasn't a lover? Especially since the list has her as an ordo.

X'd since Lari's #359.

Gwathagor · 03-19-2009, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Isabellkya

Maybe Mira wasn't a lover? Especially since the list has her as an ordo.

That may be, but she certainly has some connection with another player, given the narration.

Shastanis Althreduin · 03-19-2009, 09:47 PM

And shall I not attempt to find the perpetrators of the death of our lady fair?

Durelin · 03-19-2009, 10:01 PM

It certainly suggests she was a lover, but for some reason Hamlet didn't go down with her. Perhaps because of our ranger...? Or we simply don't have traditional lovers. If we do have the traditional lovers, a werecreature and a non-werecreature...if the wolves killed one of their packmate's lover...?

I guess it's probably a waste of time to speculate on it...unless Mira was lover to a werecreature and we can follow a trail to them...which I doubt. The trail part anyway.

We need to look a bit at why the wolves picked Mira, too, of course. Maybe I'll have time to go over her posts a bit before I go to bed, but I'm definitely not staying up as late as I did at the start of yesterDay...

A note about yesterDay - I guess the double vote thing was what Legate was experimenting with. Bleh.

(Edit: Crossed with many...mostly Shasta.)

Shastanis Althreduin · 03-19-2009, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Durelin

It certainly suggests she was a lover, but for some reason Hamlet didn't go down with her. Perhaps because of our ranger...? Or we simply don't have traditional lovers. If we do have the traditional lovers, a werecreature and a non-werecreature...if the wolves killed one of their packmate's lover...?

I guess it's probably a waste of time to speculate on it...unless Mira was lover to a werecreature and we can follow a trail to them...which I doubt. The trail part anyway.

We need to look a bit at why the wolves picked Mira, too, of course. Maybe I'll have time to go over her posts a bit before I go to bed, but I'm definitely not staying up as late as I did at the start of yesterDay...

A note about yesterDay - I guess the double vote thing was what Legate was experimenting with. Bleh.

(Edit: Crossed with many...mostly Shasta.)

A tisket, a tasket, a basket full of rye
I wonder, yes I do, what has caught Durelin's eye?

Durelin · 03-19-2009, 10:02 PM

Shasta is certainly Hamming it up.

Lariren Shadow · 03-19-2009, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Durelin

It certainly suggests she was a lover, but for some reason Hamlet didn't go down with her. Perhaps because of our ranger...? Or we simply don't have traditional lovers. If we do have the traditional lovers, a werecreature and a non-werecreature...if the wolves killed one of their packmate's lover...?

Ok so I have to ask. For lovers if one dies the other dies? Or not? Because I thought it was if one gets killed by the wolves then the alive lover gets to have a revenge kill. Or is that just not the case?

Really to bed now.

Gwathagor · 03-19-2009, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lariren Shadow

How about Juanna La Loca or Elizabeth Báthory as well?

I know! Don Quixote!

Gwathagor · 03-19-2009, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

Wait, Ophelia? Wasn't there somebody putting a lot of Shakespeare in their posts?

Oh, it was Nienna. Hmm. Sally didn't specify whether her lover pairs would be strictly male-female or not, so maybe we've got some kind of crazy lover thing where their fates aren't intertwined? Or maybe Nienna's Shakespeare thing is just Sally's way of messing with us.

03-19-2009, 09:00 PM	#1
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	A crowd of well wishers surrounds Mira --or-- "To swim or not to swim, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the feathers and beaks of the were-ducks...." --or-- "What is it? The well! The well! Mira's stuck in the well!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Night One Mira had been so loud on the first Day that, really, it shouldn't have been much of a surprise to her when the were-ducks approached her after sunset, dragging her to the well in the center of town. “What are you doing?” she shouted, and one of the ducks clapped a feathered hand over her mouth before she could scream any more. “Mmhmm let mmhmm go mmhmm of mmhmm me,” Mira ordered, her voice distorted through the foul gag. One of the villains glanced furtively around the village. She thought she saw someone moving, but as she stepped away to investigate one of her packmates called for her. “For the love of Hans Christian Anderson, she's feisty! The nasty thing just bit me,” she complained, waving her semi-wing back and forth and hissing in pain. “Didn't your father ever teach you to play nice?” “My father's dead,” Mira put in sadly, but the were-ducks just laughed at her confession. “Well then get thee to a grief counsellor. We're not here to listen to you cry.” “Actually we are,” another put in, and they all burst out laughing again. Mira continued to struggle until finally the other duck scampered off, returning with someone in tow. “Shut up and take it like a big girl or we slit his throat,” she threatened. The hostage's face was shrouded in darkness but Mira recognized him instantly. “No,” she begged, “not him. Please don't hurt him.” It took two of the were-creatures to subdue him, but they finally held his mouth open and poured some kind of liquid in it. In less than a minute he collapsed, unconscious. “No!” “It's all right, he's just sleeping,” one of the were-ducks whispered in her ear. “For now.” “What do I have to do?” Mira asked hesitantly. All the were-ducks smiled and looked toward the middle of their little circle, right at the well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next morning a few of the members of the little party walked toward the well to get a drink. “I think there's something in the water,” Gwath noted, and Durie nodded in agreement. They looked down into the well and gasped. “No....freaking....way....” By now most of the group had gathered with them. Shasta stumbled out of the building and brought up the rear, pushing his way to the front of the group. “What's going on?” “Mira's trapped in the well!” Nerwen shouted, bouncing up and down and looking surprisingly chipper despite both the early hour and the grim news which had just left her mouth. “She's dead. Give me a D! Give me an E! Give me a D!” Shasta glared at her and she weakly finished, “What does that spell? Dead.” “She killed herself,” Mith theorized. “Wish I'd thought of it first.” “Tell me about it,” agreed Nilp and Lommie, and Wilwa facepalmed again. Shasta vomited in a small bush across the village square at the sight of her mangled body, and the rest of the villagers slowly made their way toward the local bakery to scrounge for some breakfast. “But....” said Fea. Izzy sighed impatiently as she walked beside her. “Yes?” Fea shrugged. “That was it.” “It's a cover-up,” Mac said to himself as he and Rikae walked toward the building. “It's all a conspiracy to brainwash the youth of the Downs by....by....I'll get back to you.” “Yes, dear,” Rikae agreed supportively, and stole a glance back at the well, which was far too tall for tiny little Mira to have jumped into by herself. The Dead Sally (stabbed in a case of mistaken identity by a non-six-fingered Phantom on Night 0) Phantom (made into a very unhealthy breakfast on Night 0) Legate (ordo, pickled on Day 1) Mira (Ophelia, ordo, drowned on Night 1) Shastanis Althreduin The Living Feanor of the Peredhil Brinniel wilwarin538 Durelin Nogrod Isabellkya Nerwen Rikae Mith Kath Lari Mac Nienna Gwathagor Thinlómien Nilpaurion Felagund __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm. Last edited by satansaloser2005; 03-19-2009 at 09:20 PM.

03-19-2009, 09:07 PM	#2
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Slightly confused by narration. List says only Mira dead. Story says other person used to threaten M into suicide. Other person significant to Night events? __________________ peace

03-19-2009, 09:10 PM	#5
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Wait, Ophelia? Wasn't there somebody putting a lot of Shakespeare in their posts? Maybe there's a connection there? I wonder if other ordos have been cast as famous crazy people/characters (like Hamlet, for example, or Oedipus, or Charles the Mad)? __________________ Stories and songs.

03-19-2009, 09:13 PM	#6
Shastanis Althreduin Werewolf Psychic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: In fire, water, earth, and air. But mostly water. Posts: 2,832	Mira! Noooo! Blech. I feel sick. (Clearly, since the narration has me vomiting...) I'll be back later with detailed reasoning on why each and every one of you could have killed Mira. __________________ Shasta– ... However, if he's innocent his famous clairvoyant powers must be taking the week off. Meanwhile, the Night-kills have been awfully effective– almost like we're dealing with a psychic wolf... - Nerwen, WW LXXV

03-19-2009, 09:24 PM	#8
Lariren Shadow Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Where the day meets the night Posts: 607	Or I read it wrong and M is Mira... __________________ Choose treachery, its more fun!

03-19-2009, 09:31 PM	#10
Nienna Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: School Posts: 642	Mira my darling Stick the course of true love never did run smooth. Just popping in to say goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. __________________ Puddle! Puddle!

03-19-2009, 09:34 PM	#11
Lariren Shadow Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Where the day meets the night Posts: 607	So either Nienna is Stick's lover or just wants to throw us off. I'm too tired to try to come up with which is better so I'm going to bed. __________________ Choose treachery, its more fun!

03-19-2009, 09:37 PM	#13
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	the moddess giggles .... What? You were expecting something else? __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

03-19-2009, 09:41 PM	#15
Isabellkya Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Amongst trees. Posts: 919	Fortunately, maybe. It looks like there are clues. No telling if they will help us or not. Depends on the twisted-ness of Sally I suppose. Maybe Mira wasn't a lover? Especially since the list has her as an ordo. X'd since Lari's #359. __________________ But I was clinging to her like a homicidal monkey.

03-19-2009, 09:47 PM	#17
Shastanis Althreduin Werewolf Psychic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: In fire, water, earth, and air. But mostly water. Posts: 2,832	And shall I not attempt to find the perpetrators of the death of our lady fair? __________________ Shasta– ... However, if he's innocent his famous clairvoyant powers must be taking the week off. Meanwhile, the Night-kills have been awfully effective– almost like we're dealing with a psychic wolf... - Nerwen, WW LXXV

03-19-2009, 10:01 PM	#18
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	It certainly suggests she was a lover, but for some reason Hamlet didn't go down with her. Perhaps because of our ranger...? Or we simply don't have traditional lovers. If we do have the traditional lovers, a werecreature and a non-werecreature...if the wolves killed one of their packmate's lover...? I guess it's probably a waste of time to speculate on it...unless Mira was lover to a werecreature and we can follow a trail to them...which I doubt. The trail part anyway. We need to look a bit at why the wolves picked Mira, too, of course. Maybe I'll have time to go over her posts a bit before I go to bed, but I'm definitely not staying up as late as I did at the start of yesterDay... A note about yesterDay - I guess the double vote thing was what Legate was experimenting with. Bleh. (Edit: Crossed with many...mostly Shasta.)

03-19-2009, 10:02 PM	#20
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	Shasta is certainly Hamming it up.

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