Tol-in-Gaurhoth LXIX: Were-Librarians

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Boro - Just banter so far, really. Odd vote for Mac, though.

Alonariel - Nothing alarming, plus newbie equals pass today.

Sally - Immeditately tries to clear herself and Boro... one to watch.

Nerwen - Only one post so far? Granted she's normally online pretty late, my time, but still...

Nienna - Quiet, as per usual with her. No alarms.

Nessa - Quiet, but not abnormally so.

Fea - One IC post, one "I'm sick" post. Gets a pass today.

Autume - Seems delightfully vengeful in her first post. In character, yes, but... I don't know.

Wilwa - Talks about her kids a lot, possibly hiding behind IC but I doubt it.

[Macalaure]

I fear the shy kid has been more silent than he intended to (busy day ).

Boro, everything's alright with you?

I see a few awfully early lists there, hmm... need a closer at those: it's an easy way to appear useful while not being useful (I mean, yes, lists are nice to sum up thoughts and such, but how much actual content can there be in them after so little posting so far?), but it's also a genuine opportunity for a librarian to stumble early by trying to hard to appear useful.

[Boromir88]

Question time...asking questions is a super educational strategy...yes I believe that was Rule uh 43...no #29, in Chapter 3 Asking powerful questions

Hakon: where are you?

Sally: Would you tirelessly tread through the fire swamp for me?

Fea: Has Nienna's cooking made you feel better?

Nienna: Did you poison Fea's rations?

wilwa: what was that move? Haven't you been one to vote randomly with little before, why shy away now?

*looks up at the ceiling and shouts this one*Lari: Would you like me to find those who did this and avenge you?

And now to answer one:

Boro, everything's alright with you?~Mac

Honestly no, I'm quite peeved by the # of posts. Of course some was expected, I never expected the goth girl to want to help...no offense to her, but well I don't think anyone will be looking for it either. It's picking up now, which is putting me in a bit better mood, but time's ticking and still not much to show.

Edit: crossed with Fea and sally

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Fea: Has Nienna's cooking made you feel better?

Yes, though quitting the really terrible job and then finally ordering the Macbook I've been coveting for several years (and a long shower and painkillers) helped at least as much as dinner. Thank you for asking...

I think I'm going to vote for

++Nerwen

so that I can go to bed, but with it stated quite clearly that I'm only voting for Nerwen because I've got nobody better to vote for, and I refuse to invent suspicions to justify any vote. Think of it almost as a compliment, Nerwen: when at a loss for people to worry about, I respect you enough to start harboring concerns just to feel better.

[autume98]

Originally Posted by wilwarin538

edit: fixed Autume to a girl, sorry!!!!!

It's alright Wilwa. I'll forgive ya!

Sally - hasn't done anything to make me suspicious of her. Pretty much has a thing for Boro.
Fea - has won my sympathy for today.
Hakon - hasn't posted
Boro - apparently has a thing for Sally as well. Although he was eying Lari earlier. However Lari is now dead.
Nerwen - nothing that stands out
Nessa - same as Nerwen
Wilwa - put me in the male category at some point however it's probably all the confusion from dealing with all 9 of her kids.
Nienna - was in the art room most of the day
Shasta - nothing that stands out
Formendacil - hasn't posted
Alonariel - newbie so gets free pass
Brinn - hasn't posted

Edit: x-ed with post #42 to this one

[satansaloser2005]

Okay, this whole thing is giving me a headache. Going back to my room to read some Shakespeare and maybe listen to my soundtrack for Wicked, if I remembered to bring it along. (I'll play Elphaba yet, just you wait....)

Just in case I don't come back down before Nightfall I'm going to do this now.

++Nerwen

Sadly, the best I can do Day One, because I've got no other feelings other than bad vibes and she's the only one I really have at the moment.

EDIT: x'd with Fea and Tum. Oh, and Boro? I'd brave the Zoo of Death for you.

[Macalaure]

List of listmakers:

Nienna mostly summarises and when she does give an opinion, it tends to be slightly sneaky: she's wary of Sally, but quickly adds that she's been a wolf in the games the two played together recently; doesn't give an opinion of Boro, who pretty much asked people to have an opinion of him; autume did nothing for her to suspect, followed by a strange "as much as day one can have speculations" (you could add that line to almost everyone - why is it there?); adds a rhetoric "do with that information what you will" to her line about wilwa.

Wilwa's list is more straightforward and also makes more sense since she says she is voting soon. Admits that there is little to learn from it. It also speaks in her favour, I think, that she left out the non-posters.

Shasta also leaves out the non-posters and his observations are genuine to me.

And now Fea is doing it, too! She wants to kill Boro, of which I approve. Mostly joking, so there's no attempt to appear useful.

And Boro seems to be infected by the bug, too!

Autume is a newbie, right? In that case she shall be forgiven, since maybe she just did as the others did. Not much can be learned from her list, either, I'm afraid.


Also, could someone explain what exactly the fuel for the recent Nerwen-waggon is made of?

[Shastanis Althreduin]

As far as I can tell, there is none, and it bugs me. Mostly because Nerwen thinks I'm hot () but still. Fea's vote seems okay to me; Sally's is the one I'm very suspicious of.

[Boromir88]

Mac looks good, besides the fact that he advocates killing me. I like his analysis of the listers. Plus his observation about the Nerwen votes, that seems an odd choice...Nerwen?

I don't know if I'd make too much out of it, the votes coming from Fea and sally. Nerwen might have just drawn the short straw. That's why I don't like lists, because sometimes if I go through everyone and still have no clues about anyone the last person I think of gets the short straw. Which is why I prefer just to poke around and see people's behavior.

But I must point out the mistake Mac. I didn't make a list, don't like lists, so don't throw me in with the list-makers, find another category to put me in if you want to kill me.

Edit: crossed with Form.

[Hakon]

From what I can see Sally is the most suspicious. Back in High School she was obsessed with Boro and if I recall correctly Lari is the reason that they broke up. Now Lari is dead.

[Macalaure]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

But I must point out the mistake Mac. I didn't make a list, don't like lists, so don't throw me in with the list-makers, find another category to put me in if you want to kill me.

#46 looks suspiciously listy.

Originally Posted by Boro

Before I vote, hopefully Mac you won't mind answering this...why does leaving out the non-posters speak to a list-makers favour? Don't get it.

Well, it's not like there's much else going on, so why not.

Listing them all is not necessarily a sign of evil. When I make lists, for example, I usually copy the living player list so I don't forget anyone. Leaving them out, however, looks innocent to me, since it looks more like an honest attempt to make sense of what we really get to see, and also since I don't see a reason why a wolf would do it: a "hasn't posted" next to an innocent name always inevitably makes the person look a tad worse, and wolves usually don't skip fellows in lists, because they might be afraid of the questions it raises once said fellow is dead.

Originally Posted by Form

Lists are useless enough to begin with on Day 1

I wouldn't subscribe to that, but so many lists after so little to talk about... naah, come on.

[Boromir88]

Before I forget/pass out somewhere.

--Macalaure

Someone grants me retractables, gotta use 'em. They've helped me before, although Mac knows me well enough to probably not get rattled over that. Probably should have used it on someone different this time. Oh well.

I doubt I can keep my eyes open until the DL today, staying up in wee hours of the morning and then getting up a few hours later to catch SVU marathons is not the best thing for you...so anyone paying attention, try and get 8 hours of sleep a day (I'm being completely hypocritical with that statement however).

Yes, though quitting the really terrible job and then finally ordering the Macbook I've been coveting for several years (and a long shower and painkillers) helped at least as much as dinner. Thank you for asking...~Fea

I was going to advocate the village to do something to you the following day if I was killed at night, since you are always out for my blood. However, because of the thank you I won't.

Let me be clear though, it's not out of sympathy or charity because of a hard day, I'm torn about you right now, I doubt that will change much, but I respect you as a player and your passion is intoxicating. It spreads like a disease I actually desire to catch along with you, don't lose that spirit because of a hard day.

Edit: crossed with sally.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin

Nerwen - Only one post so far? Granted she's normally online pretty late, my time, but still...

Well, sweetheart, I tried to start up a conversation, but no one would talk to me...

Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin

Sally - Immeditately tries to clear herself and Boro... one to watch.

I've only just been able to get online and read through the more recent posts. Sally's were making me quite uneasy, even before I got to the part where she votes me for "bad vibes" (based on my one bantering post). Looks very opportunistic to me, when I already had a random vote from Fea.

EDIT: X'd with Nienna and Hakon.

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

I've only just been able to get online and read through the more recent posts. Sally's were making me quite uneasy, even before I got to the part where she votes me for "bad vibes" (based on my one bantering post). Looks very opportunistic to me, when I already had a random vote from Fea.

EDIT: X'd with Nienna and Hakon.

Apparently this is the post... I can only assume, scrolling down below the composition box of that post, that I failed to line up usernames with post properly, because I'm quite sure I've no mental conflation of Nerwen with Boromir--not even one of those similar avatar ones, given that they really don't look anything alike.

Bother it all... I'm tired and making a fool of myself and have a cough now... and I suppose I need to vote for someone...

[Brinniel]

I'm here, I'm here. And a bit behind, I must say. I've hardly had time to catch up. I have no idea who to lynch so it's best I make a list...

Who I like:


Who I hate:
Sally
Fea
Hakon
Boro
Autume
Nerwen
Nessa Telrunya
Wilwa
Nienna
Mac
Shasta
Formendacil
Alonariel

In summary, I hate everyone. But unfortunately that won't help me come to a decision.

Give me a few more minutes to decide who I hate more. Be afraid...be very afraid.

[Brinniel]

Btw, does anyone have a vote tally?

[Brinniel]

Why so quiet? Did I scare everyone away?

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Brinniel

Btw, does anyone have a vote tally?

Fea --> Nerwen.
Sally --> Nerwen (Nerwen 2).
Boro --> autume98. (retracted previous vote for Mac.)
Nienna --> Sally.
Hakon -->Sally (Sally 2)
Mac --> Nienna.

[satansaloser2005]

*stumbles back in*

Did anyone miss me? Sorry I was gone so long, but I had a fantastic nap. Had the most interesting dream though; I'll have to share it with you toMorrow if I'm still around.


In other news....

Now as you'll all remember I love the attention (who wouldn't?!) but Hakon's vote seems completely....just wrong. Forgetting momentarily that the vote was for me, you'll notice that he only has two posts. In the first he makes a joke about me, then in the second he hops onto Nienna's vote without further discussion. It seems horribly shifty to me. I suppose he is new, but it still creeps me out. A lot.


Back in a moment with a vote count for Brinn if I haven't x'd with one already.


ETA: x'd with helpful Nerwen.

[Formendacil]

I was really quite hoping for someone to slip and declare their wolvery, or maybe for the wisdom of Solomon to cleave someone's fact from their fiction, or barring all that, maybe a good, old-fashioned, divine revelation...

But no. I'm getting steadily sicker and more confuséd.

Nerwen's protests have me chivalrously afraid to vote her. Sally's bandwaggon is admittedly weak--I agree full about her point re: Hakon, and I've already said I don't get Mac's Nienna vote.

Where does this leave me?

I dunno... the only real discord clear to me is Hakon's vote, which could be newblerie as easier as wolvery.

But you work with what you've got...

++ Hakon

[Boromir88]

There's over half that need to vote with under 15 minutes, I suggest unless you want complete chaos lots of you should be getting out your votes now. Really expect some blast of enlightenment the last 15 minutes?

The only one with a reasonable excuse to not vote yet is Nerwen.

Edit: crossed with Form...good man.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

I've noticed that Hakon's reasoning today has been near-completely (if not absolutely completely) IC-related. Now, for first-day suspicions, I suppose that's not a horrible sin, but to base a vote off them... especially when there's already been a vote for them, that just seems fishy to me.

Edit: X'ed with Form and Boro.

[autume98]

Originally Posted by Nienna

I think he makes a really good point about the listers (if they are wolves) not wanting to leave out a fellow wolf. On the other hand it is something a really sneaky wolf might do.

Not sure that I exactly feel comfortable with Nienna right now. Then I don't know her that well along with everyone else so I feel just about like Brinn.

Originally Posted by Brinniel

I have no idea who to lynch so it's best I make a list...

Who I like:


Who I hate:
Sally
Fea
Hakon
Boro
Autume
Nerwen
Nessa Telrunya
Wilwa
Nienna
Mac
Shasta
Formendacil
Alonariel

Edit: x-ed wiith Formendacil, Boro, and Shasta

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

Hakon's vote seems completely....just wrong. Forgetting momentarily that the vote was for me, you'll notice that he only has two posts. In the first he makes a joke about me, then in the second he hops onto Nienna's vote without further discussion. It seems horribly shifty to me. I suppose he is new, but it still creeps me out. A lot.

Not the most well-thought-out vote I've ever seen, but it looks to me more like inappropriate use of role-playing from a newbie. (Really, we ought to have sticky thread of "hints for newbies".)

EDIT:X'd since Sally.

[satansaloser2005]

By the way, to reality for a moment. I'm not sure (obviously) that Nerwen's guilty, but as I mentioned earlier I had a feeling about her, which is obviously why I voted for her, not the silliness of her not being able to cheer properly.

I also was getting really....for lack of a better word weird vibes from Nienna, which is why both times I mentioned her in my silly little lists I said I hoped it was just paint on her shirt or whatever. I don't want to vote her to save myself because it could turn out poorly, but at the same time I know what I am but I'm not aware of hers. I think I'll not change though, unless I feel strongly one way or the other in the next six minutes, because if I feel she's innocent I think she's good to have around. Does that make sense at all, or am I going a bit mad? (Again....)

Blah, sorry, I'm still not fully awake, hence the huge indecision. Welcome to my thought process. And Hakon still bugs me. Can someone tell me:is it just me being a bit vengeful, or is he actually suspicious for that vote?


EDIT: x'd since....erm, since my last I believe.

[Brinniel]

Alright, I've come to the best decision that I can in less than a half hour.

++Nienna

It's actually not random; I do have a reason (surprise!). Taking a look at her posts, particularly her vote post, she makes me uneasy. It's something about her word choices; they seem carefully placed and her behaviour just reminds me of wolves from the past.

Oh sure, I'll probably get Night-killed for being so quiet toDay. And if not, you all will suspect me for saying so. Meh. I don't care what you all do. I'm going back to my corner to brood in my own thoughts. So keep away.

EDIT: X-ed from the top of this page