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Nogrod · 11-09-2006, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valier

I don't want to be the one to break the tie between CoD and Ang.

By not taking stance on it you actually take stance on it - whether you had seen my vote or not... you can't wash your hands at this time of the Day.

Valier · 11-09-2006, 04:03 PM

It would not be fair for me to vote to kill one of the two when I haven't been around all day. i don't want to be the one looked at tomorrow because I got someone killed and they may have been inoccent.

Nogrod · 11-09-2006, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valier

It would not be fair for me to vote to kill one of the two when I haven't been around all day. i don't want to be the one looked at tomorrow because I got someone killed and they may have been inoccent.

Hadn't I voted before you did, you would have been looked as effectually killing CoD...

JennyHallu · 11-09-2006, 04:06 PM

The end of the day came all too soon for the club, and they counted up the day's votes with a definite sense of trepidation.

"It's Anguirel," announced CaptainofDespair, a sense of relief in his voice. "I'm sorry, old chap, but that's just how it goes some days."

The old man tried weakly to protest, but there was nothing he could do. The terrorized club members gathered around him, but quickly stalled. "How do we do it?," Volo asked.

Dia'l Na Mon reached confidently for one of Anguirel's spellbooks. "What are you going to do?" he asked.

She turned to the page she wanted and began a mystical chant. To her great surprise, nothing much seemed to happen.

Then Gurthang seemed to snap. He grabbed the spellbook from her hands with an animal cry. "I'll show you how to wield a good book!" he screeched, and struck the aged professor. Anguirel fell over and did not move again.

They watched, but his peaceful sleep was uninterrupted. Anguirel had been innocent.

Dead
JennyHallu - Club President - Bound and collated on Night 1
Folwren - Vice-President - Used for ink on Night 1
Anguirel - Innocent - Misspelled on Day 1

Living
Boromir88 - Fuller - all the NPCs
CaptainofDespair - Pompous Nobleman - Melneras, the Gnomish Archwizard
Diamond - librarian - Dia'l Na Mon the Half Elven Enchantress and Wielder of Azgalthro the Rapping Sword
Durelin - StarCaptain - William Shatner
Farael - Heavy-metal singer - sneak
Gurthang - Clergyman - Cowardly Knight
Naria - Rat Wrangler (Animal control? teehee...) - Kitty Watcha'mikolit the Pygmy Giant, player of the Flute of Doom.
Nogrod - Retired General - Ciryatan of the Dúnedain, a one-legged Athelas vendor
Rikae - schadenfreude-prone mortician - unstable aging halfling stage actor, Ilberic Took, wielding an ancient elvish shovel
Rune - temp - Joe the Beorning Bounty Hunter
Thinlomien - aging homeless sot - Lothwen the Pretty, elven flowermaid
Valier - Radical Hair Butcher - Elven Anoonnoon of Omicron Persieye 8
Volo - teleseller - Tom Yrmacha'zul'charach'ping'yit'pul tha half-balrog, wielding a multitude of sharp pointy objects.

JennyHallu · 11-10-2006, 04:01 PM

Since the death of Jenny and Foley, Rikae had been busy digging graves.

"You never know if you'll have enough," she assured anyone who asked. "We'll all need one someday."

Late into the night she stayed there, working alone steadily. When voices approached, she was thrilled for the help of her three longtime companions. Before the end of the night, the center of the campground was filled with graves, one for each of the club members. "Thanks, guys," Rikae said, reaching a hand up for help out of the last grave. "Now all we have to do is get Jenny, Foley, and Anguirel buried."

"Oh, no," said the three on the ground, taking up their shovels as their bodies transformed. "We only intend to help with one burial tonight..."

~*~

The next morning the club members arose and counted their numbers with trepidation. Immediately the question arose: "Where is Rikae?"

"I think I know," said Nogrod, pointing to the center of the campground, now filled with neat rows of graves. At the end of the last row, a small mound of dirt marked one that had been filled.

Dead

JennyHallu - Club President - Bound and collated on Night 1
Folwren - Vice-President - Used for ink on Night 1
Anguirel - Innocent - Misspelled on Day 1
Rikae - Innocent - Buried alive on Night 2

Alive

Boromir88 - Fuller - all the NPCs
CaptainofDespair - Pompous Nobleman - Melneras, the Gnomish Archwizard
Diamond - librarian - Dia'l Na Mon the Half Elven Enchantress and Wielder of Azgalthro the Rapping Sword
Durelin - StarCaptain - William Shatner
Farael - Heavy-metal singer - sneak
Gurthang - Clergyman - Cowardly Knight
Naria - Rat Wrangler (Animal control? teehee...) - Kitty Watcha'mikolit the Pygmy Giant, player of the Flute of Doom.
Nogrod - Retired General - Ciryatan of the Dúnedain, a one-legged Athelas vendor
Rune - temp - Joe the Beorning Bounty Hunter
Thinlomien - aging homeless sot - Lothwen the Pretty, elven flowermaid
Valier - Radical Hair Butcher - Elven Anoonnoon of Omicron Persieye 8
Volo - teleseller - Tom Yrmacha'zul'charach'ping'yit'pul tha half-balrog, wielding a multitude of sharp pointy objects.

Wolves, stop talking. Day 2 has begun.

Thinlómien · 11-10-2006, 04:36 PM

Yesterday late day and the kill of the night... I don't know what to think. I need to think more of this. Anyway, I'll make a few quick comments.

Too bad to see innocent Ang and innocent Rikae dead. They both are assets to the village when alive.

Why was Rikae killed? The only reason I can see for the wolves to kill her is to have no trails. And that won't probably help us in our wolf-hunt.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boro

You have correctly noticed that I have not been my usual self...due to various factors such as lack of time, lack of sleep, and lack of substantial stuff to comment on. Honestly, everything I've said is everything I felt was worth commenting on...the rest seems rather typical Day 1 junkishness that has been more prevelant than I'm used to seeing.

Understandable, that's what this is, but the tone of this made me really uneasy. The bolded passage (bolded by me) has a wolvishly apologetic air. I'm not making any heavy/serious conclusions from such a little mental image/thought, but it just caught my attention, and I wanted to point that out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noggie

CoD's calmness speaks favourably on him thus far . . .

I agree. For now he seems quite innocent to me.

Also, Valier's last few posts are worth a second look.

And as a sidenote, I will be around more toDay and yesterDay since I'm in Noggie's place and thus have a net access 24/7.

Durelin · 11-10-2006, 04:52 PM

Ugh... I at least thought we had a better shot at a wolf with Ang than with CoD, and I still feel that I was justified to think that...but I do feel rather...blah.

Maybe, just maybe Rikae was killed because of her suspicions...though she did not voice too many, too much about them, and didn't until late in the Day. At any rate, perhaps the wolves foresaw some sort of difficulty? Was she barking up the wrong tree? (Other possibility: I'm overthinking this a whole lot.)

Let's look at who Rikae mentioned suspicion of:

1. CoD, who she voted for. But we've been over him again and again, and unless his behavior changes a lot, I am ready to look at a lot of others before him for wolfishness. If anyone has noticed anything about him that we didn't discuss yesterDay, please bring it up.

2.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikae

Well, Boro seems slightly odd, actually, but I can't put my finger on it yet.

So, there are quite a few options:

1. CoD is a wolf.
2. The wolves were trying to frame CoD.
3. Boro is a wolf.
4. The wolves were trying to frame Boro.
5. Both are wolves.
6. The wolves were trying to frame both of them (or either we paid attention to).
7. I'm overthinking this (and using too much listing...that I know for sure).

Next we should have a look at the voting... I'll have to be back to do that a little later myself, though.

Nogrod · 11-10-2006, 05:23 PM

This is quite terrible. It's not the first time the villagers manage to get themselves into a situation where there are no good options - and whence the talk, even though there is lots of it, does pass the essential things and concentrates on wrong issues.

I admit being one of the people who started the discussion on CoD. At the situation where everyone seemed to duck away from any real discussion it seemed the only plausible thread to start looking at. Unfortunately there were little autonomous inpunts to present other cases during the Day, until the very end. So I'm not going to carry the blame of what happened alone.

I also admit being the one who sealed the death of Anguirel and you may believe me or not, but I actually thought of changing my vote for a second after I saw that Valier had voted for Di. But still, making myself the second question, I felt more secure with the innocence of CoD than with Ang as CoD had actually been forced to make his points and defend himself. And those two were the only reasonable choises at the last minutes (15 minutes before the Death-line, 3 - 3 -1,1,1,1 and basically just myself and Valier remaining to vote; Farael has passed the voting also earlier) - and they were the only ones there were some points that could be made.

So kudos for you were-villains! You have played nicely to distract and fool us so beautifully!

ToDay we must play better to counter that! And hopefully we can gather something from yesterDay as we now know a little bit of the truth too.

About Rikae. I'm tending to believe that she was killed because of the "no trail left behind" -reason. It sure is possible that her death had something to do with Boromir - either the wolves trying to frame Boro or Boro-wolf taking no chances to get rid of a possible Seer - but for now I'm more convinced with the first option. We'll see about that.

I'll make a quick scan of yesterDay before I go to sleep, if there is anything I can spot at the moment...

PS. Lommy goes a bit too far: she willl be here 24/3½...

11-09-2006, 04:03 PM	#2
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	It would not be fair for me to vote to kill one of the two when I haven't been around all day. i don't want to be the one looked at tomorrow because I got someone killed and they may have been inoccent. __________________ grand return?........

11-09-2006, 04:06 PM	#4
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	The end of the day came all too soon for the club, and they counted up the day's votes with a definite sense of trepidation. "It's Anguirel," announced CaptainofDespair, a sense of relief in his voice. "I'm sorry, old chap, but that's just how it goes some days." The old man tried weakly to protest, but there was nothing he could do. The terrorized club members gathered around him, but quickly stalled. "How do we do it?," Volo asked. Dia'l Na Mon reached confidently for one of Anguirel's spellbooks. "What are you going to do?" he asked. She turned to the page she wanted and began a mystical chant. To her great surprise, nothing much seemed to happen. Then Gurthang seemed to snap. He grabbed the spellbook from her hands with an animal cry. "I'll show you how to wield a good book!" he screeched, and struck the aged professor. Anguirel fell over and did not move again. They watched, but his peaceful sleep was uninterrupted. Anguirel had been innocent. Dead JennyHallu - Club President - Bound and collated on Night 1 Folwren - Vice-President - Used for ink on Night 1 Anguirel - Innocent - Misspelled on Day 1 Living Boromir88 - Fuller - all the NPCs CaptainofDespair - Pompous Nobleman - Melneras, the Gnomish Archwizard Diamond - librarian - Dia'l Na Mon the Half Elven Enchantress and Wielder of Azgalthro the Rapping Sword Durelin - StarCaptain - William Shatner Farael - Heavy-metal singer - sneak Gurthang - Clergyman - Cowardly Knight Naria - Rat Wrangler (Animal control? teehee...) - Kitty Watcha'mikolit the Pygmy Giant, player of the Flute of Doom. Nogrod - Retired General - Ciryatan of the Dúnedain, a one-legged Athelas vendor Rikae - schadenfreude-prone mortician - unstable aging halfling stage actor, Ilberic Took, wielding an ancient elvish shovel Rune - temp - Joe the Beorning Bounty Hunter Thinlomien - aging homeless sot - Lothwen the Pretty, elven flowermaid Valier - Radical Hair Butcher - Elven Anoonnoon of Omicron Persieye 8 Volo - teleseller - Tom Yrmacha'zul'charach'ping'yit'pul tha half-balrog, wielding a multitude of sharp pointy objects. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles! Last edited by JennyHallu; 11-10-2006 at 04:36 PM.

11-10-2006, 04:01 PM	#5
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Since the death of Jenny and Foley, Rikae had been busy digging graves. "You never know if you'll have enough," she assured anyone who asked. "We'll all need one someday." Late into the night she stayed there, working alone steadily. When voices approached, she was thrilled for the help of her three longtime companions. Before the end of the night, the center of the campground was filled with graves, one for each of the club members. "Thanks, guys," Rikae said, reaching a hand up for help out of the last grave. "Now all we have to do is get Jenny, Foley, and Anguirel buried." "Oh, no," said the three on the ground, taking up their shovels as their bodies transformed. "We only intend to help with one burial tonight..." ~~ The next morning the club members arose and counted their numbers with trepidation. Immediately the question arose: "Where is Rikae?" "I think I know," said Nogrod, pointing to the center of the campground, now filled with neat rows of graves. At the end of the last row, a small mound of dirt marked one that had been filled. Dead* JennyHallu - Club President - Bound and collated on Night 1 Folwren - Vice-President - Used for ink on Night 1 Anguirel - Innocent - Misspelled on Day 1 Rikae - Innocent - Buried alive on Night 2 Alive Boromir88 - Fuller - all the NPCs CaptainofDespair - Pompous Nobleman - Melneras, the Gnomish Archwizard Diamond - librarian - Dia'l Na Mon the Half Elven Enchantress and Wielder of Azgalthro the Rapping Sword Durelin - StarCaptain - William Shatner Farael - Heavy-metal singer - sneak Gurthang - Clergyman - Cowardly Knight Naria - Rat Wrangler (Animal control? teehee...) - Kitty Watcha'mikolit the Pygmy Giant, player of the Flute of Doom. Nogrod - Retired General - Ciryatan of the Dúnedain, a one-legged Athelas vendor Rune - temp - Joe the Beorning Bounty Hunter Thinlomien - aging homeless sot - Lothwen the Pretty, elven flowermaid Valier - Radical Hair Butcher - Elven Anoonnoon of Omicron Persieye 8 Volo - teleseller - Tom Yrmacha'zul'charach'ping'yit'pul tha half-balrog, wielding a multitude of sharp pointy objects. Wolves, stop talking. Day 2 has begun. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles! Last edited by JennyHallu; 11-10-2006 at 04:37 PM.

11-10-2006, 05:23 PM	#8
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	This is quite terrible. It's not the first time the villagers manage to get themselves into a situation where there are no good options - and whence the talk, even though there is lots of it, does pass the essential things and concentrates on wrong issues. I admit being one of the people who started the discussion on CoD. At the situation where everyone seemed to duck away from any real discussion it seemed the only plausible thread to start looking at. Unfortunately there were little autonomous inpunts to present other cases during the Day, until the very end. So I'm not going to carry the blame of what happened alone. I also admit being the one who sealed the death of Anguirel and you may believe me or not, but I actually thought of changing my vote for a second after I saw that Valier had voted for Di. But still, making myself the second question, I felt more secure with the innocence of CoD than with Ang as CoD had actually been forced to make his points and defend himself. And those two were the only reasonable choises at the last minutes (15 minutes before the Death-line, 3 - 3 -1,1,1,1 and basically just myself and Valier remaining to vote; Farael has passed the voting also earlier) - and they were the only ones there were some points that could be made. So kudos for you were-villains! You have played nicely to distract and fool us so beautifully! ToDay we must play better to counter that! And hopefully we can gather something from yesterDay as we now know a little bit of the truth too. About Rikae. I'm tending to believe that she was killed because of the "no trail left behind" -reason. It sure is possible that her death had something to do with Boromir - either the wolves trying to frame Boro or Boro-wolf taking no chances to get rid of a possible Seer - but for now I'm more convinced with the first option. We'll see about that. I'll make a quick scan of yesterDay before I go to sleep, if there is anything I can spot at the moment... PS. Lommy goes a bit too far: she willl be here 24/3½... __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...