WW XC: Lord of the Rings 2: The Quest For More Money

[Loslote]

DL - stop talking.

[Loslote]

After pulling down Eomer's body and dropping it into a bottomless pit, the cast circled around Nerwen.

"What?" she asked innocently.

"You killed him," Sally said.

"Don't be silly," Nerwen said.

"We'd have to be silly to let you live," Foley said.

"How should we kill her?" Eonwe asked.

"I'm partial to blood," Nerwen said.

"That's disgusting," Galadriel said.

"But oh so much fun," Nerwen said.

Tum shuddered. "Thank goodness we caught her when we did," she said. "Poor Eomer!"

"Poor us," Boro said. "There's one more actor here who isn't what they seem."

"It's Eruhen!" Nerwen said. "He's The Phantom."

"You mean he's dead?" Bom asked.

"No, no," Sally said. "The Phantom, not a phantom - and we shouldn't listen to that murderer!"

Nerwen laughed, and kept laughing, even as the rest of the cast broke branches from off the trees in the Old Forest set.

"Oh, you're in trouble now," Nerwen said. "The trees will get you - or at least my fellow murderer will!"

The cast poked her with branches until she walked into the river from the Buckleberry Ferry set. They used them to keep her underwater until she stopped moving, and then a little longer, just to be sure. They let the body wash downriver, unwilling to give a murderer an honorable burial.

Starring

Tum as Frodo
Foley as Sam
Sally as Merry
G55 as Fredregar Bolger
Eruhen as Gimli
Eonwe as Boromir
Boro as Gandalf
Bom Tombadillo as Tom Bombadil

Dead

Lottie as The Director
Glirdy as Glorfindel the Ordo
Zil as Elrond the Ordo
McCaber as Aragorn the Ordo
Shasta as Legolas the Murderer
Eomer as Pippin the Seer
Nerwen as Galadriel the Murderer

Night 5 has begun.

[Loslote]

Narration to follow - I got on late by accident (reading a book, time got away from me, you know how it is ). I won't tell you who died yet. It's just too good to tell in any way other than a narration.

[Loslote]

That Night, the last murderer crept out of bed and followed the river downstream untilit flowed under the iron fence around the set. When a quick scan didn't reveal Nerwen's body anywhere, the murderer was forced to admit that the body was lost, and a proper burial couldn't happen. All the more resentful of the rest of the cast, the murderer walked back towards the trailers and stopped in what was basically the center, looking around.

"Eenie, meanie, miney, mo," the murderer said, pointed between the different trailers. "Pick an actor by the toe. If he hollers, kill him slow. Eenie, meanie, miney mo." After a pause, the murderer added under his/her breath, "I think I just creeped myself out..."

But, creepings aside, the trailer - and thus the victim - had been selected. The murderer went to kick in the door, hestitated, and used the doorknob instead - no reason to alert all the rest of the cast at the same time. The murderer crept over to where the victim was sleeping and threw a pillow over Boro's face, unaware that Boro had taken to sleeping with a knife on hand.

Foley gasped as Boro's knife dug into her belly. "You...you murderer!" she whimpered.

"Oh, you're one to talk," Boro grumbled.

Foley slumped against the wall opposite Boro.

"My only question is, why'd you do it?" Boro asked, sitting up. "You had to know we wouldn't take it lying down."

"You...were...lying down," Foley gasped. "All of you were...when we killed you."

"Not the point."

"The...Director told us to."

"So you killed her?"

"She's not dead. We never killed her. She helped us...fake her own death. You were the first ones to...kill anyone."

"But we weren't the only ones. You killed too."

"Out of...self-preservation," Foley gasped out, her face starting to turn white. "And...revenge."

"So we're all murderers," Boro said. "But here's the difference...we're murderers who survived."

Foley glared. "How...dare..." her mouth opened and closed, but she couldn't muster the air to talk - she could barely breathe. Instead she closed her eyes, pulled the knife from her stomach, and flung it at Boro. She was aiming for his head. She hit his throat.

When the rest of the cast found the two bodies the next day, they also found the Director sitting nearby, carefully avoiding the blood-stained walls, floor, and sheets.

"Well done," she told them. The cast started blankly at her. "You won," she said. "And the show got tons of viewers - enough to justify a Season Two! Your acting carrers will, I'm sure, recieve a sizeable boost from your stint here. Now run along home."

"So this wasn't real?" Galadriel55 finally asked.

"Oh, no, it was real," the Director said.

"The public is okay with everyone dying?" Sally asked. "Glirdy, Zil, McCaber, Eomer - no one cares that they're dead?"

"Not really," the Director said. "They're used to watching violence. Most of them probably didn't even notice that we didn't say 'no one was harmed in the making of this show'."

"We'll tell them. You'll never get your Season Two. You'll go to jail!" Eruhen said.

"And you'll go to jail for killing Glirdy, McCaber, Shasta, and Nerwen," the Director said. "Run along, now. The gate's open. Go have nice little lives or some such. Enjoy your victory."

"It's a pretty hollow victory!" Eonwe protested.

"Then enjoy your survival," the Director said. "I don't really care what you do, just go do it."

And they did.

Starring

Tum as Frodo the Ordo
Foley as Sam the Murderer (Night 5)
Sally as Merry the Ordo
G55 as Fredregar Bolger the Ordo
Eruhen as Gimli the Ordo
Eonwe as Boromir the Ordo
Boro as Gandalf the Hunter (Night 5)
Bom Tombadillo as Tom Bombadil the Ranger
Glirdy as Glorfindel the Ordo (Day 1)
Zil as Elrond the Ordo (Night 2)
McCaber as Aragorn the Ordo (Day 2)
Shasta as Legolas the Murderer (Day 3)
Eomer as Pippin the Seer (Night 4)
Nerwen as Galadriel the Murderer (Day 4)
Lottie as The Director

Village wins.
Wolves lose.

The End.

[Bom Tombadillo]

Boro FTW! I'm glad I didn't protect you.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Bom Tombadillo

Boro FTW! I'm glad I didn't protect you.

Who did you protect the last 2 Nights? A random person and yourself?

[Bom Tombadillo]

Well, let's see . . . Night 2 was you, Night 3 Eomer (just a bit too early, unless I'm getting something mixed up), Night 4 me, and Night 5 you (again).

EDIT: x'd with O Great and Bounteous Modlote

[satansaloser2005]

BAM. THAT IS ALL.

I already glomped Boro via text, but I wanted to congratulate all the other innocents as well.


P.S. Bom was an ordo?

[Loslote]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

P.S. Bom was an ordo?

Oh, thanks! Fixed.

[Inziladun]

Nice job, village, especially the Gifteds!
Something told me to stay away from Boro and Bom on Day 1. Hence, the last-minute vote for McCaber.

I'm interested to know if it was my Seer hints that led to my demise. As an ordo, I don't tend to be terribly useful to the village, in my judgment, so I thought I'd try something new and see if I could bait them into killing me at Night, thus sparing the really useful people for a bit longer.

I think it's funny that Shasta and Nerwen were wolves together, after all the mushy pet names they throw toward each other every game.

Thanks for modding, Lottie. Great concept!

[Galadriel55]

Foley?! I'd never believe that! That's it! I'm not sining up for your game!...

...Or, actually, I am.


You know, Lottie, when you posted that you had to write a narration, I thought that it was a scene where Bom Rangerdillo stopped the last wolf from committing suicide!


Eomer, from now on you'll never ever be on my "ordo" list. Either wolf or gifted. Amazing Seering this game!


Boro, how on earth did you guess it was Foley? Another eenie-meanie-miney-moe?

[Boromir88]

Oh man. Great combined effort by the villagers and gifted. Good things happen when the gifteds aren't lynched, that's for sure.

Again, I was entirely too snarky on Day 1 there Bom. My aggravation was, not wanting to be lynched when I didn't have a pick on Night 1 and already having 1 vote from Glirdan. Day 1's are such a mess to get through, so entirely random it can really effect the outcome of the entire game, especially with our marvellous ability to lynch seers Day 1.

Speaking of seers, could not have had this win without you Eomer. No doubt about it.

Hunts-
Night 2 - McCaber
Night 3 - Shasta
Night 4 - Nerwen
Night 5 - Folwren

The days of the 2 "known" wolves I had considered taking a shot on someone else, since it would be likely Shasta and Nerwen would be getting lynched. However, I figured if I did that, and it just so happened the wolves killed me, and then if I chose wrong. That would be a real mess the next day. Especially with the way the wolves were spinning stories. I could picture it happening in my head. "See Eomer's lying, if I was a known wolf, Boro would have hunted me. He's dead I'm not, lynch Eomer!" I did not want to do anything crazy and make it hard on Eomer, so just stuck with who I believed were the known wolves on the off chance they had decided to kill me earlier.

Seriously wolves, you were spinning some great stories. There was a a good moment there where I was thinking "Nerwen's right, I'm going to be kicking myself. Eomer's so full of it." But in all these matter of reveals, in the end a choice has to be made. You just choose who you believe more. If you're right, yay. If not, go back and fix it the next day, and that's all you can really do. (If you don't know things like the Seer and wolves do).

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Boro, how on earth did you guess it was Foley? Another eenie-meanie-miney-moe?

I had actually been considering posting this before yesterday, but forgot that working til close meant I would not be around for DL. It's probably a good thing, as it may have effected whether Folwren wanted to risk killing me or not. Basically the post was going to look something like...

"I'm thinking Sally, because Eomer says she's guilty. But then she says she's innocent, and sally finds it absolutely impossible to lie...so she's gotta be?

Eonwe has been such a big help organizationally and thoughtfully, but then again he seems very involved and I can see him trying to manipulate the situation to make everyone feel good about him.

Folwren looked the most frustrated by what was happening with Nerwen and Shasta. Kind of like, she was not happy to be doing it, but she had to go along and lynch her compadres anyway."

It was pretty much down to those 3, because Bom was the ranger. And with the way Nerwen went after Eruhen, I was fairly confident he could not be the 3rd wolf.

I had not detected an ounce of evil in G55 at all. But who knows what I would have thought had Eomer not revealed? Because I was feeling really good about Shasta after he saved me, but that changed in the 2 seconds it took me to read Eomer's reveal post.

Last but not least. Lovely lovely game Lottie. I needed to get back to this, if only for a quick, simple game. Those can often times be the best.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Speaking of seers, could not have had this win without you Eomer. No doubt about it.

Definitely.

Seriously wolves, you were spinning some great stories. There was a a good moment there where I was thinking "Nerwen's right, I'm going to be kicking myself. Eomer's so full of it."

Funny thing, these were my very thoughts! Until Shasta revealed, at least. After that, I got hyper from laughing too much, and had to go over the thread later (when I was more calm) to recall what nonesense I posted. And nonesense it was!

You probably know this already, but I'll tell you anyways. I am an insane psychopath. This is the first true reveal I've done this game.

Last but not least. Lovely lovely game Lottie.

Seconded! I absolutely loved the amusing narrations!