Tol-in-Gaurhoth XIII: Enter Shamville

[Anguirel]

A quick Quip Modest ere I sleep-

I think the undertaker is probably quite right, and I am likely quite wrong, considering my past record. However, for the sake of tradition, I intend to do my utmost to get him hanged.

It's a political statement, apart from anything else. A final, desperate outburst of levity. And then there's the fact that the village is guaranteed victory in any case, and it would be so much nicer if we could be saved by the guidance of someone other than the astute but frightfully self-important littlemanpoet...

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

... it would be so much nicer if we could be saved by the guidance of someone other than the astute but frightfully self-important littlemanpoet...

Gobtwiddle, of course, my dear jester.

[Lalaith]

LMP, why would the wolf go for me? His/her only chance is to find the cursed villager, and I can't be both hunter and cursed....anyway, I'm off to bed too, I'll talk more in the morning...

[tar-ancalime]

Just one problem: she voted to lynch the Hunter yesterDay. It may be that she did that before Lal revealed, though; if Lal had not, I would have voted for her lynching yesterDay too.

I don't understand why everyone takes Lalaith at her word that she's the Hunter.

She revealed herself yesterDAY with two votes already against her (no chance of cross-posting; plenty of time between those posts)--to me it looked like a desperate ploy to save herself from being lynched by "proving" herself innocent.

lmp, I'm curious as to why you in particular believe her--you said yourself (quoted above) that you were ready to vote for her, and that it was her admission that she's the Hunter that saved her from your keystrokes.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by tar-ancalime

I don't understand why everyone takes Lalaith at her word that she's the Hunter.

Interesting question. If the werewolf "revealed" as the Hunter, would the real Hunter stay quiet? If so, what's the result? The Hunter would knowingly let the village lynch the wrong person. Why would the Hunter choose to do that? The only reason I can think of is that the Hunter figures on picking the supposed werewolf during the Night, on the 1 in 5 chance that the werewolf will pick the real Hunter. The odds are too great, because if the werewolf kills somone else, the villagers still don't realize that the professed Hunter is the real werewolf, and the real Hunter is allowing the innocent villagers to lose. I don't think anybody playing this game is that stupid. If I'm wrong, then the supposed real Hunter deserves to lose. So Lalaith must be the Hunter, because nobody contested her claim.

Originally Posted by Lalaith

LMP, why would the wolf go for me? His/her only chance is to find the cursed villager, and I can't be both hunter and cursed.

I forgot about the cursed. Which the werewolf wouldn't do, by the way. Thanks for the chance at additional proof that we need to lynch tar.

[Lalaith]

We could end this all today by organising a double lynching. But that seems rather unsporting. Sorry I can't post again until around 3pm GMT at the earliest, I'll leave it up to the rest of you decide.

[Lalaith]

*rushes back in, having forgotten to mention two important points*

Oh, and LMP, the obvious reason why the wolf didn't kill me is that the wolf is you, and you knew I would kill you.

Who they are depends upon how things went down last Night:
tar went after either Lal or Firefoot.

How on earth did you know that the wolf would hunt Firefoot, not Eonwe or Anguirel? All the innocents were potential prey.
This is very strange. Explain yourself.

[Anguirel]

Oh dear, tar-ancalime m'dear...I've admired your style, and I'm frantically searching for any excuse to get LMP lynched, but now you have to ruin everything by doubting Lalaith. Not a good investment; belief in Lalaith is general, and you're in danger of losing a lot of support...

Now, the case I want to put forward. LMP has gabbled across the village tirelessly. The first corpse was a quiet possible Seer, Kuruharan, who mildly suspected him. He inspired so much confidence in our real Seer that she didn't think to dream of him once. (Incidentally, I don't regret our last choice of Eonwe. Having him as an unknown factor could have been most disturbing.)

Of the two kwown wolves, Wayne and Kitanna, he was against the lynching of Wayne on Day One, and joined the Kitanna bandwagon as it gathered speed. Naturally he hadn't defended Wayne when the Seer's accusation was stacked against him. He also did demand that the real Seer come forward if it wasn't Wilwa-a possible wolvish attempt to cover all bases, which Lalaith exposed as a bad idea.

He's been given to suspecting one way and voting another. He had his defence well-prepared when Day dawned, and I wouldn't surprised if the Cursed was omitted from it on purpose. Certainly, I fell for the lure and forgot about him till I was reminded.

He has hurled dogmatic plans into the arena; the first one got support and so implicated a few innocents. Throughout the game his relationship with tar-ancalime has been peculiar; they swap ideas and declare each other's confidence in each other, yet quite often vote for each other.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

Oh dear, tar-ancalime m'dear...I've admired your style, and I'm frantically searching for any excuse to get LMP lynched.

Really, Anguirel. If you want me lynched on style, that's pretty poor. Unsporting, even. Fine, lynch me. You'll still win the game, because you can get tar next time. Fine. I'm beginning to hope that these ungracious villagers actually do get wiped, because of the trumped up nonsense you're foisting up just to get the one you don't like. Your choice. Why do I bother?