Weres of Eire: Game Thread

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Brinniel

I find it odd that SPM places Kath in the suspicious category before she even has the chance to speak.

The cards never lie.

Originally Posted by Brinniel

And his vote for Lommy...I cannot see a good reason behind it. Perhaps he could give us more explanation...

I could, but I won't. Not for now.

Originally Posted by Lommy

I would not like to lynch EC on the first day without a good reason, since they play so rarely and it's a pleasure to play with them ...

Yet you still voted for them without good reason. I would have thought that my "unreasoned" vote for you would give you a better reason to vote for me than them.

Originally Posted by Lommy

I've reread Sauce's posts and they don't seem so suspicious anymore.

Oh really. Why is that then? Perhaps because you don't want to vote for one who has voted for you?

Originally Posted by Rikae

Reading through the posts, the most alarming - or just the strangest - thing I can see is Lommy's behavior. Accusing those who accuse in jest is a classic wolf blunder - one I would consider too obvious, though, for either an evil or good Lommy to fall into.

Yes, that's part of it. But there is more.

Originally Posted by Rikae

SPaM's post seems to involve something more than banter - perhaps an excessive friendliness ...

Funny, because Lommy accused me of being "aggreeable". Yet I find that I have been distictly unagreeable and distinctly unfriendly thus far.

Originally Posted by Rikae

Nogrod even mentions not wishing to vote for someone who is amusing - while I understand it, this could be deadly in such a small group.

Quite so. His vote for Izzie was absurd and unhelpful. But that's a Day 1 Noggie for you.

Originally Posted by Brinniel

SPM is the only one I can draw suspicion from based on reasons I stated earlier. It would be a shame to lose him so early if he is innocent, but then again, he can be quite the treacherous baddie. And since I am out of time, I must rush and make my vote.

Bad, bad Brinn. But perchance this vote will not go well for you.

Originally Posted by Nogrod

I am a bit worried with Lommy's way of apologising her vote almost to excession.

Quite so. You should go woth your instincts, not with who you wish to see in the game in the Days to come.

Originally Posted by Kath

Perhaps it is the lack of a role as an outlet for her madness but her random accusations actually had some sense to them!

Surely you are not serious here. I doubt that even Durelin would agree with you on this one.

Originally Posted by Kath

Lommy - good first post talking about the possible number of wolves and also about the no execution thing.

Yes, a great first post, if you don't mind people who state the obvious just to look like they are saying something helpful ...

Originally Posted by Kath

Pretty normal for him by the look of things.

My posts have been anything but normal for me thus far. And intentionally so.

Originally Posted by Kath

Only problem is, he gave both the good and bad points of each card, thereby covering his back and not giving particularly definitive answers.

Yes, that was rather the point.

[The Saucepan Man]

Well done Rikae, now the choice is probably between two innocents. Gah! Listen to the cards, you people!

[The Saucepan Man]

Well, I know that I am innocent. I reckon that Nogrod probably is, but I cannot be sure. So I have no choice.

-- THINLOMIEN

++NOGROD

[Shastanis Althreduin]

No more posting, voting, etcetera. You've executed Nogrod. Plot will be combined with the Night 1 plot. Wolves and other assorted baddies, it's your turn now.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Execution, Day 1

"For the thousandth time, I see no reason not to lynch the quiet early on, for they may become a danger later!" Nogrod yelled, staring down a recalcitrant group.

"Yes, but wouldn't it make more sense to execute someone capable of making mistakes with their loudness, like... you, for example?" Rikae inquired silkily, shooting covert glances at Durelin, standing behind Nogrod, holding a rock.

With a nod from Rikae, Durelin let the rock fly. No ordinary human would have heard the rock, much less diverted it, but...

Nogrod whirled, lightning fast, and struck the rock from the sky with a mighty blow. His face went pale as he realized he'd been tricked.

"Gotcha," Rikae proclaimed, with a gleam in her eye, as the rest of the camp started crowding Nogrod.

"No... I - You don't understand, you... this... NO!"

A flash of light, and Nogrod was human no more. Instead, on two feet, stood a vaguely canine humanoid with silver fur. An ancestor of the Irish Wolfhound, perhaps?

Nogrod turned on his paws and tried to run away, but a rock struck him in the back of the head and he turned, snarling. Isabellkya threw another rock with precise aim, landing right in the wolf's eye. Momentarily blinded, Nogrod never saw Espiem standing there with a kettle of boiling oil in his hand, and a maniacal look in his eye.

"FWOOSH."

Night 1

The night came, and everyone bedded down. One person, however, couldn't sleep. They got up and decided to do some stargazing. Finding a high point on this plain was no easy task, but some distance away, there was a pile of boulders. Surely there, the sky would seem brighter.

They climbed to the top and settled, gazing up at the stars, a dreamy smile on their face. Their concentration was soon shattered, though, by an unearthly wail that seemed to come from all around. The watcher sat up and looked around, but the wailer could not be seen. Shivering with a deathly sense of foreboding, the would-be stargazer ran back to the safety of the camp and huddled in their blankets, praying for morning.

Thinlomien was awoken by the stargazer's mad dash for safety. Deciding to leave them alone, she noticed that the fire was burning slowly down. With no firewood available close by, she'd have to go down to the copse to get more, or there'd be no fire in the morning. Sighing, she trudged down that way.

No one heard her scream.

The camp awoke the next morning with one person shivering in fear, and Thinlomien missing. Durelin and Brinniel followed her footsteps to the firewood copse.

Everyone heard them scream.

They rushed down to see a grisly sight. Thinlomien had taken the axe with her to cut some firewood, but it hadn't done her any good against what had... savaged her. In the end, she looked to be impaled on her own axe. There was no fanfare, no magical mist, no nothing... just the murdered body of Thinlomien.

The camp settled under a slight haze of mourning and dread, and began to talk amongst themselves about the night's events.

The Shining:
Rikae
Brinniel
Eolin
Durelin
Meneltarmacil
Espiem
Isabellkya
Kath

Forever Dimmed:

Nogrod: Boiled In Oil Day 1 - Werewolf
Thinlomien: Savaged And Axed Night 1 - Ordo

[Isabellkya]

I must apologize about yesterDay, I had been up quite past my bedtime and over slept. Then I was enraptured by a book and a game for a number of hours.

Here are my thoughts concerning yesterDay.

Originally Posted by Shasta

Those ten that had been there began shouting and demanding answers, what was going on, what was happening, who was he? But under cover of behaving similarly, several of them knew exactly what was going on, what was happening, who he was.

This definitely leads me to the belief that there are two – three “wolves”.

Originally Posted by Shasta

Some of you do not belong here. For some of you, your time has passed into the mists. There is nothing here for you. However, I have not the power to force you out. Instead, we will see just how well you pass in this increasingly-nonmagical world. If you manage to reclaim your land... well.

This leads me to the belief that those who are the “wolves” are the magical-folk that should be passing from our world into the mists; but have not.

Originally Posted by Shasta

The boy looked at each of the ten. Mist began to swirl around one of them, entering the body and glowing for a moment, before settling to normal astonishingly quickly. The boy smiled.

"The land itself has taken a hand, it seems. Well and good..”

This leads me to the belief that there is someone/something who has been possessed or taken over by the spirit of the land, I guess would be an accurate description of what I am thinking. The boy refers to it as ‘well and good’; so my thinking is that is this a reference to a gifted? Or to someone who is acting upon the wishes of the land, and is not taking sides in the feud?


These were my thoughts while sleeping out the night, and waiting for ToDay to dawn.

Good aim on eliminating Nogrod on Day 1. I shall go now and sift through his posts, to see if anything can be found.

[Durelin]

Well cool.

Okay, so I do have some explaining to do, I guess - I went to visit my grandmother yesterday and thought I would return home before the deadline because we usually don't stay all that long. However, we stayed later than usual, so...yeah. I regret not being able to vote.

Ah well, eh? Probably would have just messed things up anyway.

Wow...I've forgotten what to do with these Days-above-the-number-one...what to do, what to say....

So, is anyone freaked out about this:

Originally Posted by Shasta

Wolves and other assorted baddies, it's your turn now.

...Egh. I do hope we have some uber goodies on our side...

Anyway... For now, I am willing to assume that Espiem and Kath are not wolves, at least. And Eomer, though not as strongly. Of course, we apparently have 'other assorted baddies' to worry about, too.

I wait on Rikae's explanation of her vote with interest...

Oh, and Shasta is quite right - no ordinary human would be able to escape my rock-filled fury. *eyes the village*

[Meneltarmacil]

One wolf down already, eh? Let me see what this says about everyone...

Kath is almost certainly innocent, given that she was pretty suspicious of Nogrod and her vote put him first in line for the gallows.

Eomer and Cailin are probably innocent too, given their vote for Nogrod was the first for him.

I think I have a good idea of what Saucepan was looking for (and found) with Lommy. He picks up on the thought that she has some idea of how many wolves there are. He then attempts to get her to tell what, precisely, led her to think that there were three wolves among us. When she can't come up with enough to suit Sauce, he votes for her.

As for how well-reasoned this plan was...
Well, Lommy, to my knowledge, is not very experienced at playing a wolf, so she may well have made a blunder early on. However, I find Sauces immediately jumping on her to be rather out of place for him. It's possible she genuinely did see something in the narration, and he took advantage of this to portray her as a wolf.

His vote at the end is for Nogrod but that doesn't particularly help his case as it was a vote to save his own skin. I wouldn't put it past a Saucepan Wolf to vote for another wolf; this has the advantage of making him appear innocent. He portrays Nogrod as an innocent there, but I doubt even he could provide a good reason for suddenly changing his mind about someone he has been defending for the whole Day.

I admit that this is fairly shaky, though, and would like to hear what others think.