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wilwarin538 · 05-13-2009, 11:46 AM

Wow...there isn't really much else to say is there....

Except that the suspense is killing me.

Nerwen · 05-13-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by wilwarin538

Wow...there isn't really much else to say is there....

Except that the suspense is killing me.

Well, there's no reason now for Rune to maintain he's the Ranger if he's not... (except to screw with our heads, of course).

Thinlómien · 05-13-2009, 02:01 PM

Deadline stop posting.

Thinlómien · 05-13-2009, 02:05 PM

I'm sorry darlings, I just really really can't write the narration now, not the old one or the new one, because I feel so dreadful. (Don't worry, it's nothing serious, I just have a worse sort of headache and I quarreled with my mum about useless stuff...) You'll get the narrations tomorrow.

You lynched Rune, your ranger.

Night7 (if my maths is working) has now begun. Wraith, I want a pick. Hunter, you may change your pick if you want to.

Thinlómien · 05-14-2009, 05:45 AM

They were having breakfast and starting their daily conversations when Rune, also known as Tivo the Sorceror, suddenly stood up. "One wraith left, right? It should be fairly easy... Just lynch Lhuna. I am the Ranger!"

There was a silence. Finally, Wilwarin finished eating her pancake and said: "Uhm....yeah, I still believe Lhuna." Then she took a sip from her glass of blackberry juice and took another pancake. The other did not react, just kept eating breakfast.

"I am the ranger!" Rune shouted. Had the others not heard what he had just told them?

"There's not a lot to say, is there?" King Shasta asked his wife, Nerwen. Then he glanced at the sorceror. "Good try, Rune. Now, Lady Brinniel, please pass me the fruit tray."

"Didn't you hear me?" Rune asked, suddenly drawing a huge sword he had hid in his cloak. "I am the ranger! I protect you at night! That Lhuna is a fraud!"

Brinniel put down her teacup and raised an eyebrow. "Well I suppose you might as well go down fighting; it's more fun that way, but I had figured the last baddie was probably you Rune." She took another sip from her cup. "Of course, I meant fighting metaphorically, please don't mess around with that sword." She offered an apologetic smile and the others laughed.

"But I am the ranger!" Rune shouted, swinging the sword in a demonstrative arch.

Nerwen eyed his sword. "I was actually thinking of a coin toss between you and Shasta but now... Hmm didn't those murderes have swords...? Well, that makes it simpler, doesn't it?" She smiled.

Shasta did not smile. "Nerwen doesn't really love me," he sighed.
"Aww... there, there. I was just trying to teach you a lesson, my dearest," Nerwen told him and gave him a hug.

"Hey! I AM THE RANGER!" Rune shouted, now jumping onto the table. "I AM THE RANGER!"

"Oh now he dropped the fruit tray!" Nerwen observed. "I never did trust that landlubber of a wizard!"

"I AM THE RANGER I AM THE RANGER I AM THE RANGER!" Rune shouted, but no one seemed impressed.

"I think we want to kill you anyway," Nienna said. The others nodded.

"But I am the ranger!" Rune cried. They were all looking relentless. He sighed. "Why do I bother... I am dead anyway."

"Yes, you are," Lhuna confrimed. "I think we may as well get done with it." She drew a finely crafted dagger from her belt and others started looking for their weapons too.
Nerwen shrugged. "Well, sorry, Rune, if you really are the Ranger..."

"ENOUGH!" he shouted and everybody stopped. "I will take my own life with my ranger's sword rather than be stabbed by those pitiful daggers and knives! I will only say this: by playing like I did, I have enabled my self to hand you the last wraith on a silver plate."

The others watched as he took the sword and put it against his stomach. "Fair play... I am a dead Ranger," he said, and casted himself upon the point of his blade. For a moment, he lay on their breakfast table, punctured by his own sword, cackling blood. "I am not happy... I wanted to live!" And with those words, his eyes turned around and his spirit left Middle-Earth.

"I love you, Rune," Lhuna whispered and closed his eyes.

Nienna cleared her throat and said gravely: "If you were in fact the Ranger you have died knowing that you have sealed the victory for the us. Someone had to die today and your death will definitely tell us enough information to beat the enemy."

"I don't think there's much to conclude here, except that his body did not vanish like the others," Shasta said.
"Yes, but we'd still better to check his room to find out who he really was," Brinniel agreed.

"Wow...there isn't really much else to say is there..." Wilwarin said. "Except that the suspense is killing me."

~*~

From Rune's room, they found many archaic scrolls about protection from the dark and an ancient book about sword-fighting. And then they found his diary, telling about his exchange with the two cloaked figures at Captain Nogrod's door just a few nights ago. They resolved to go to their rooms for the rest of the day and ponder what this all meant for them.

~*~

Dead
Lommy (mod) - Lady Lómiel Starbrow, the hostess – killed on Night1
Isabellkya (ordo) - lynched on Day1
Kath (ordo) – killed on Night2
Eomer of the Rohirrim (ordo) - lynched on Day2
Kent2010 (ordo) - Black Númenórean scam artist - killed on Night3
Legate of Amon Lanc (ringwraith) - rebelling Haradian King - lynched on Day3
Groin Redbeard (ordo) - Variag Warlord of Khand - modfired on Day3
Nilpaurion Felagund (ordo) - fussy courtier - killed on Night4
satansaloser2005 (ringwraith) – lynched on Day4
Eönwë (ringwraith) – lynched on Day5
Nogrod (seer) - Corsair Captain "The Cat O' Nine tails of Ethir Anduin" - killed on Night6
Rune Son of Bjarne (ranger) - Tivo the Sorceror - lynched on Day6

Alive
Nienna - pirate
Shastanis Althreduin - King of the Sea
wilwarin538 - sorceress
Nerwen - Queen of the Sea
Lhunardawen - rebelling Haradian Queen
Brinniel

Thinlómien · 05-14-2009, 02:00 PM

Nienna had been waiting for this since Lady Lómiel's death, and now it was there: a soft sound of footsteps approaching her door, a surprisingly silent crashing noise when her lock was broken and a cloaked figure entering. Still laying on her bed, Nienna opened and eyed the person who had entered the room.

I knew it was her... she thought, tightening her grip on the dagger. The cloaked figure stopped and drew her sword.
"You can stop pretending being asleep now," she said. "And I know you're hiding a dagger under your blanket."

Nienna sighed, and stood up. "So, you've come to kill me even though you know I'm well prepared for it?"
The cloaked figure nodded. "Nienna, I'm dead. I've lost everything. I've lost my secrecy, I've lost my reputation, I've lost my husband. What is there for me anymore? Kill me, and I don't have to face the others tomorrow."
Nienna weighed her dagger in her hand. "And why should I take pity on you and kill you?"
"Take pity on me?" she laughed. "I will kill you in any case. It is just a question whether you want to die alone or die as a hero."

Nienna nodded again. "Alright... let's get done it with then. But show me your face first. I want to see what you've become."
The cloaked figure hesitated, then threw back her hood. Nienna examined the features in moonlight, blocking all terror from her face.
"Disgusting," she said coldly. "Lhunardawen, you've sold your soul to the dark."

Her eyes narrowed. "Maybe, but don't think I haven't got anything in return." She lifted her sword to Nienna's throat and the pirate replied by putting the point of her dagger to Lhuna's chest.

"One," said Lhuna.
"Two," said Nienna.
"Three," whispered Lhuna.
"Go!" yelled Nienna and pushed her dagger to the ringwraith's heart the same time she felt a horrible pain and warm blood flowing down her neck.

"You failed," she said. There was no sound, she could only move her lips, and blood gushed from her mouth.
"Yes... but I... I will go to my master now," Lhuna managed to reply before her words turned into a piercing cry and there was nothing else left of her than a pile of clothes and a sword on the floor and a cold wind that blowed through Nienna's room.

...to be continued...

~*~

Dead
Lommy (mod) - Lady Lómiel Starbrow, the hostess – killed on Night1
Isabellkya (ordo) - lynched on Day1
Kath (ordo) – killed on Night2
Eomer of the Rohirrim (ordo) - lynched on Day2
Kent2010 (ordo) - Black Númenórean scam artist - killed on Night3
Legate of Amon Lanc (ringwraith) - rebelling Haradian King - lynched on Day3
Groin Redbeard (ordo) - Variag Warlord of Khand - modfired on Day3
Nilpaurion Felagund (ordo) - fussy courtier - killed on Night4
satansaloser2005 (ringwraith) – lynched on Day4
Eönwë (ringwraith) – lynched on Day5
Nogrod (seer) - Corsair Captain "The Cat O' Nine tails of Ethir Anduin" - killed on Night6
Rune Son of Bjarne (ranger) - Tivo the Sorceror - lynched on Day6
Nienna (hunter) - pirate - killed on Night7
Lhunardawen (ringwraith) - rebelling Haradian Queen - killed by the hunter on Night7

Alive
Shastanis Althreduin (ordo) - King of the Sea
wilwarin538 (ordo) - sorceress
Nerwen (ordo) - Queen of the Sea
Brinniel (ordo)

~*~

VILLAGE WINS!

Congratulations to all ordos and gifteds!

Well done, ringwraiths, you put up a good fight.

Thank you everybody, it was a pleasure to have you playing in my game!

~*~

Everybody, dead and alive and even those who did not play, feel free to post now!

I will post a final narration as soon as I get it done.

wilwarin538 · 05-14-2009, 02:06 PM

Wow.....yay!!!!!!

Rune....soooo sorry! Should have believed you.

And, Eomer too! Sorry I was so persistent.

Great job everyone!!!! Wonderful job Lommy! This was quite fun.

05-13-2009, 11:46 AM	#1
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	Wow...there isn't really much else to say is there.... Except that the suspense is killing me. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

05-13-2009, 02:01 PM	#3
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Deadline stop posting. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-13-2009, 02:05 PM	#4
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I'm sorry darlings, I just really really can't write the narration now, not the old one or the new one, because I feel so dreadful. (Don't worry, it's nothing serious, I just have a worse sort of headache and I quarreled with my mum about useless stuff...) You'll get the narrations tomorrow. You lynched Rune, your ranger. Night7 (if my maths is working) has now begun. Wraith, I want a pick. Hunter, you may change your pick if you want to. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-14-2009, 05:45 AM	#5
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Night7 falls They were having breakfast and starting their daily conversations when Rune, also known as Tivo the Sorceror, suddenly stood up. "One wraith left, right? It should be fairly easy... Just lynch Lhuna. I am the Ranger!" There was a silence. Finally, Wilwarin finished eating her pancake and said: "Uhm....yeah, I still believe Lhuna." Then she took a sip from her glass of blackberry juice and took another pancake. The other did not react, just kept eating breakfast. "I am the ranger!" Rune shouted. Had the others not heard what he had just told them? "There's not a lot to say, is there?" King Shasta asked his wife, Nerwen. Then he glanced at the sorceror. "Good try, Rune. Now, Lady Brinniel, please pass me the fruit tray." "Didn't you hear me?" Rune asked, suddenly drawing a huge sword he had hid in his cloak. "I am the ranger! I protect you at night! That Lhuna is a fraud!" Brinniel put down her teacup and raised an eyebrow. "Well I suppose you might as well go down fighting; it's more fun that way, but I had figured the last baddie was probably you Rune." She took another sip from her cup. "Of course, I meant fighting metaphorically, please don't mess around with that sword." She offered an apologetic smile and the others laughed. "But I am the ranger!" Rune shouted, swinging the sword in a demonstrative arch. Nerwen eyed his sword. "I was actually thinking of a coin toss between you and Shasta but now... Hmm didn't those murderes have swords...? Well, that makes it simpler, doesn't it?" She smiled. Shasta did not smile. "Nerwen doesn't really love me," he sighed. "Aww... there, there. I was just trying to teach you a lesson, my dearest," Nerwen told him and gave him a hug. "Hey! I AM THE RANGER!" Rune shouted, now jumping onto the table. "I AM THE RANGER!" "Oh now he dropped the fruit tray!" Nerwen observed. "I never did trust that landlubber of a wizard!" "I AM THE RANGER I AM THE RANGER I AM THE RANGER!" Rune shouted, but no one seemed impressed. "I think we want to kill you anyway," Nienna said. The others nodded. "But I am the ranger!" Rune cried. They were all looking relentless. He sighed. "Why do I bother... I am dead anyway." "Yes, you are," Lhuna confrimed. "I think we may as well get done with it." She drew a finely crafted dagger from her belt and others started looking for their weapons too. Nerwen shrugged. "Well, sorry, Rune, if you really are the Ranger..." "ENOUGH!" he shouted and everybody stopped. "I will take my own life with my ranger's sword rather than be stabbed by those pitiful daggers and knives! I will only say this: by playing like I did, I have enabled my self to hand you the last wraith on a silver plate." The others watched as he took the sword and put it against his stomach. "Fair play... I am a dead Ranger," he said, and casted himself upon the point of his blade. For a moment, he lay on their breakfast table, punctured by his own sword, cackling blood. "I am not happy... I wanted to live!" And with those words, his eyes turned around and his spirit left Middle-Earth. "I love you, Rune," Lhuna whispered and closed his eyes. Nienna cleared her throat and said gravely: "If you were in fact the Ranger you have died knowing that you have sealed the victory for the us. Someone had to die today and your death will definitely tell us enough information to beat the enemy." "I don't think there's much to conclude here, except that his body did not vanish like the others," Shasta said. "Yes, but we'd still better to check his room to find out who he really was," Brinniel agreed. "Wow...there isn't really much else to say is there..." Wilwarin said. "Except that the suspense is killing me." ~~ From Rune's room, they found many archaic scrolls about protection from the dark and an ancient book about sword-fighting. And then they found his diary, telling about his exchange with the two cloaked figures at Captain Nogrod's door just a few nights ago. They resolved to go to their rooms for the rest of the day and ponder what this all meant for them. ~~ Dead Lommy (mod) - Lady Lómiel Starbrow, the hostess – killed on Night1 Isabellkya (ordo) - lynched on Day1 Kath (ordo) – killed on Night2 Eomer of the Rohirrim (ordo) - lynched on Day2 Kent2010 (ordo) - Black Númenórean scam artist - killed on Night3 Legate of Amon Lanc (ringwraith) - rebelling Haradian King - lynched on Day3 Groin Redbeard (ordo) - Variag Warlord of Khand - modfired on Day3 Nilpaurion Felagund (ordo) - fussy courtier - killed on Night4 satansaloser2005 (ringwraith) – lynched on Day4 Eönwë (ringwraith) – lynched on Day5 Nogrod (seer) - Corsair Captain "The Cat O' Nine tails of Ethir Anduin" - killed on Night6 Rune Son of Bjarne (ranger) - Tivo the Sorceror - lynched on Day6 Alive Nienna - pirate Shastanis Althreduin - King of the Sea wilwarin538 - sorceress Nerwen - Queen of the Sea Lhunardawen - rebelling Haradian Queen Brinniel __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-14-2009, 02:00 PM	#6
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Day7 dawns Nienna had been waiting for this since Lady Lómiel's death, and now it was there: a soft sound of footsteps approaching her door, a surprisingly silent crashing noise when her lock was broken and a cloaked figure entering. Still laying on her bed, Nienna opened and eyed the person who had entered the room. I knew it was her... she thought, tightening her grip on the dagger. The cloaked figure stopped and drew her sword. "You can stop pretending being asleep now," she said. "And I know you're hiding a dagger under your blanket." Nienna sighed, and stood up. "So, you've come to kill me even though you know I'm well prepared for it?" The cloaked figure nodded. "Nienna, I'm dead. I've lost everything. I've lost my secrecy, I've lost my reputation, I've lost my husband. What is there for me anymore? Kill me, and I don't have to face the others tomorrow." Nienna weighed her dagger in her hand. "And why should I take pity on you and kill you?" "Take pity on me?" she laughed. "I will kill you in any case. It is just a question whether you want to die alone or die as a hero." Nienna nodded again. "Alright... let's get done it with then. But show me your face first. I want to see what you've become." The cloaked figure hesitated, then threw back her hood. Nienna examined the features in moonlight, blocking all terror from her face. "Disgusting," she said coldly. "Lhunardawen, you've sold your soul to the dark." Her eyes narrowed. "Maybe, but don't think I haven't got anything in return." She lifted her sword to Nienna's throat and the pirate replied by putting the point of her dagger to Lhuna's chest. "One," said Lhuna. "Two," said Nienna. "Three," whispered Lhuna. "Go!" yelled Nienna and pushed her dagger to the ringwraith's heart the same time she felt a horrible pain and warm blood flowing down her neck. "You failed," she said. There was no sound, she could only move her lips, and blood gushed from her mouth. "Yes... but I... I will go to my master now," Lhuna managed to reply before her words turned into a piercing cry and there was nothing else left of her than a pile of clothes and a sword on the floor and a cold wind that blowed through Nienna's room. ...to be continued... ~~ Dead Lommy* (mod) - Lady Lómiel Starbrow, the hostess – killed on Night1 Isabellkya (ordo) - lynched on Day1 Kath (ordo) – killed on Night2 Eomer of the Rohirrim (ordo) - lynched on Day2 Kent2010 (ordo) - Black Númenórean scam artist - killed on Night3 Legate of Amon Lanc (ringwraith) - rebelling Haradian King - lynched on Day3 Groin Redbeard (ordo) - Variag Warlord of Khand - modfired on Day3 Nilpaurion Felagund (ordo) - fussy courtier - killed on Night4 satansaloser2005 (ringwraith) – lynched on Day4 Eönwë (ringwraith) – lynched on Day5 Nogrod (seer) - Corsair Captain "The Cat O' Nine tails of Ethir Anduin" - killed on Night6 Rune Son of Bjarne (ranger) - Tivo the Sorceror - lynched on Day6 Nienna (hunter) - pirate - killed on Night7 Lhunardawen (ringwraith) - rebelling Haradian Queen - killed by the hunter on Night7 Alive Shastanis Althreduin (ordo) - King of the Sea wilwarin538 (ordo) - sorceress Nerwen (ordo) - Queen of the Sea Brinniel (ordo) ~~ VILLAGE WINS!* Congratulations to all ordos and gifteds! Well done, ringwraiths, you put up a good fight. Thank you everybody, it was a pleasure to have you playing in my game! ~~ Everybody, dead and alive and even those who did not play, feel free to post now! I will post a final narration as soon as I get it done. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris*

05-14-2009, 02:06 PM	#7
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	Wow.....yay!!!!!! Rune....soooo sorry! Should have believed you. And, Eomer too! Sorry I was so persistent. Great job everyone!!!! Wonderful job Lommy! This was quite fun. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin Last edited by wilwarin538; 05-14-2009 at 02:10 PM.