Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXV: All Star Crossed With Nowhere to Go

[Meneltarmacil]

It's alive! IT'S ALIIIIIIIVE!

...

Oh, you weren't supposed to see that. Pay no attantion to that hulking figure on the operating table with the bolts sticking out of his neck and all, heh heh.

Anyway, this was quite a tragic occurence, yes indeed. Hmm, but perhaps our little dilemma can be solved by logical reasoning yet. Problem is, we're not going to have much to go on in terms of finding connections with the werecreatures. Connections between one werecreature and one Ordo, certainly, but we've got four teams against us not one.The Seer seems our best chance now.

Anyhow, please don't try to link my rather oddd experiments with animals to these things. Seriously, I'm not trying to make monsters here.

HULKING FIGURE ON TABLE: Uuuuuurrrrggghh...

On second thought...

[mormegil]

Okay so who's the moron that signed up for street cleaner in a desert?

Menel, your guilt is a obvious as the talons marks on your back you little bird lover!

[Fintaeph]

That's okay, mormegil, I thought to try raising sheep in the desert. #-o

Hmm, maybe they are sandsheep. Oh, I know, mutton jerky! It will be all the rage. Look out, Naria, lembas is on the way out!

Okay, I'll go away now.

[arcticstorm]

Can anyone give me some money? These events are too depressing, I need a drink. Besides, I cannot think clearly in this state of sobrietry. How am I supposed to make any wise decisions without something strong to drink. What? No one will give me any money? I guess I will just go home and go to my still.

[Thinlómien]

A tragedy. Two of our little settler community dead and there are surely more victims to come.

Now, to business: I see both our victory and ruin for looking for "pairs". Victory, because surely the werecreatures and their lovers will be defending each others, beacuse otherwise they'll die and lose their chance to win. Ruin, because I fear the whole game might turn to a state where no one dares to speak about who's most probably innocent/ speak out their mind in defense of people who they think innocent, especially if the person is of the another gender. And that won't work either. It will just create paranoia and most probably help the lovers, since they have no need to tell us who they trust because no one other is doing that either.

This game will be an interesting (and a scary) one, because the village is totally in control of six powers (the four lover pairs, the watcher and the ranger). Half of the village controls the fates of the other half (and of each other's.) Actually there's more people with a special role than those without one. That is not a comforting thought. At night, we can lose up to four innocents, or by a tiny good chance, the werecreatures might all destroy each other.

Oh, and we should really watch who enters from the village gates. I don't want any more viggos here!

[Lhunardawen]

*yawn*

Was I just dreaming, or was that really Viggo? Because if it was a dream I'll have to surrender to desperate measures and ask to be healed by that mad guy with the dinosaur.

Lommy, dear, you're too much for someone newly woken up. I didn't understand a word of what you just said.

Anyways, I'm in an utter hurry to crawl back to bed, so I'll say this just once. Knowing that crazy Diamond, it'll be best for us not to consider any gender issues in searching out the Lovers. Girl-girl, guy-guy, whatever, if they show the signs then lynch them. Whatever the signs are.

Also, this is almost anybody's game. It is so much easier for the villains to hide, because they don't know each other, and they only know the one they love. So the most anyone at this point can know for certain is that one person is either innocent or a werecreature. And in this game, it's usually easier for villains to know that not everyone else is innocent, because when they know their fellow baddies it is easier to track them.

So, with all that balderdash out of the way, there's really nothing we can do today but throw random accusations and see what happens. Like this. Farael is a Lover, because he is a Mad Elf. And isn't mad the best way to describe someone in love? Also, he's a copycat. A copyCAT. CAT. Uh-oh.

++FARAEL

What do you mean he hasn't posted yet? Bah, I'm too sleepy to change it. Goo--

*drops off with a snore*

[Nogrod]

This seems like playing with high stakes!

At worst scenario all the ordo-ordos and the gifteds are dead after Night3. With the best of luck there are no werecreatures or their lovers left toMorrow morning...

So, I'm appealing to everyone to use some of their capabilities also today, even though I know many an elf hates Day1's.

One thing coming to my mind as starters is the following, picking it up from Lommy's worries.

Originally Posted by Lommy

I see both our victory and ruin for looking for "pairs". Victory, because surely the werecreatures and their lovers will be defending each others, beacuse otherwise they'll die and lose their chance to win. Ruin, because I fear the whole game might turn to a state where no one dares to speak about who's most probably innocent/ speak out their mind in defense of people who they think innocent, especially if the person is of the another gender. And that won't work either. It will just create paranoia and most probably help the lovers, since they have no need to tell us who they trust because no one other is doing that either.

I do not actually agree with the latter. It would be good for the lovers if we all agreed. But I at least will not agree. I refuse to do it. We should speak, as openly as ever.

Lommy is right that when facing a really grave danger of lynching, the lovers will try to help each other (timezone problems might twist our judgements though...). There is nothing else for them to do then as they both die when one dies. And that surely is our chance of catching them.

And let us remember: we have eight good targets! We have really good chances of getting a villain toDay, so let's not jump on early bandwaggons but play carefully.

So almost every other villager makes a good candidate for lynching. Oh, the curse and treachery over this village!

[Macalaure]

It seems like the course of this horrible situation will, of whatever outcome, be most interesting.

Will the werecreatures and their lovers try to kill innocents, or will they try to get rid of each other first? Either has its good and bad sides. If they go for innocents, they have to crook their reasonings and might be easier to detect for us. If they go for other weres they can blend in easier, but the better for us if they manage to get one. Even though we have to suffer four killings a night, our chances might not be as unpromising as they seem.

I don't think looking for pairs will be the key. Maybe later, but not on the earliers days. If I was a lover, I wouldn't defend my beloved unless she (or he) is in, as Nogrod put it, really grave danger. How many people are in really grave danger a day? Two or three maybe. If I was a lover of one of them, I'd probably rather take the chance than defend him/her and definitely go down the next day (or night even).

So, with all that balderdash out of the way, there's really nothing we can do today but throw random accusations and see what happens.

Ouuuhh, Lhuna...
Though I admit I don't have a real plan how to detect somebody, throwing random accusations is pretty much never a good idea.
But since it seems that you had to vote so early, I'll let it pass - for today!