WWLXXI: Something in the Night (Attempt #2)

[alonariel]

It's getting close so here we go. No girls because of the possibility the Ranger is a she. Though my newfound suspicion of Shasta is unsettling, I've got more of a feel on Nog at this point.

So, here goes:

++Nog

[Lariren Shadow]

Ok, I'm going with the no girls.

And I'm now not really sure about Shasta, he's beginning to look less guilty to me, and I don't really want to vote Inzil. Which leaves me with voting Nog. His talking toDay seemed rather to proclaim he was innocent and talk in circles. It doesn't feel right.

++Nog

[Gwathagor]

The man from the bank had left Johnny on the porch of his house with a slip of paper in his hand. Johnny had tried to argue with the man, he'd told him that he couldn't pay the mortgage just yet since he'd been laid off down at the factory. He was looking for work, but he needed more time. He just needed more time. What difference was another week or two? The bank had had Johnny's business for years, didn't that mean anything? He needed the house, he was going to get married. Johnny always paid off his debts in the end, he was good for the money. He just needed more time. But, if the bank man heard any of this, he showed no sign of it, and Johnny found himself staring blankly at a notice of eviction. There was nothing he could do. Was there?

Johnny walked slowly back inside, dropping the slip of paper on the porch. Slowly, quietly, almost half-heartedly, he walked through the kitchen and down into the basement. He stood there for a moment, silent and motionless, then took down a shotgun from a shelf and clamped it tight into the vise. Then he picked up a hacksaw. He had to hurry. The bank closed soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmT-j...eature=related

Later that evening, a state police officer pulled Johnny as he was driving recklessly down the county roads, past the swamps and the refinery fires, making good time away from the city. Not only was he drunk, but he was waving a sawed-off shotgun in one hand and clamoring about how he had only done what he had to, about how the bank and the auto factory had put the gun in his hands. He was crying a little and hardly resisted when the lawman slapped the cuffs on him and took him downtown. Two weeks later, he had been sentenced to 99 years in prison for the killing of a bank clerk. That was the last anyone heard of Johnny 99.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2aQogGfYtY

***

Night 5 has begun.

The Living
City Dude - Inziladun
Gypsy Biker - Shasta
Crazy Janey - Alonariel
Jersey Girl - Wilwarin
Wendy - Lariren

The Dead
Jimmy the Saint - Morsul - The Highwayman (Hunter)
Wild Billy - Glirdan - Innocent
Rosalita - Loslote - Innocent
Mary - Rikae - Innocent
Bad Scooter - Isabellkya - The Betrayer (Wolf)
Boardwalk Sandy - Sally - The Dreamer (Seer)
Johnny 99 - Nogrod - Innocent

[Gwathagor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izt7qpSc9ck

The circus was silent now, the carousel still, the fairgrounds dim, the boardwalk empty. A cold rain drizzled over the city, falling from grey clouds which stretched endlessly in every direction. The streets felt dead and bare, their fire quenched, their life extinguished. Only a few still walked alone through town, lost, searching for something they could not quite recall - for it had been snatched away just before it had been realized.

Wendy was one of these last, lone survivors, who felt her world growing old around her, who found herself dreaming less and less, and growing more and more resigned. And she hated herself for it. She felt betrayed. She felt that she had betrayed something herself. Tonight, in desperation, she went searching for someone she had been close to, once, in the old days. But they hadn't spoken in so long - she only knew where he lived.

She found herself on the street corner late that night, waiting outside his apartment, unsure of herself. Should she knock? Maybe he was married. What was she doing here anyway? What was she looking for? She sat on the curb in misery and tried to remember...but all that came back to her was one of the old songs, strain by strain, in pieces:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA

She looked back up at his bedroom window. The light was on! She stood up - and just at that moment, he walked through the door. Dressed in the uniform of a New Jersey state police officer. They stared at each other for a moment, each barely recognizing the other and yet communicating through their silence more than they ever had with words. He shook his head.

"You shouldn't have come. It's over."

Then he walked past her, got onto his motorcycle, and rode away without a backward glance. Wendy threw herself onto the cold, umsympathetic pavement and wept.

This dream was over. It was time to move on. It was time for new and different dreams to begin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGNq2-S06I

***

The game is over, the wolves have won. Their numbers now equal the number of living innocents.

Thank you all for playing. This meant a lot to me.

The Living
City Dude - Inziladun - The Lawman (Wolf)
Gypsy Biker - Shasta - The Angel (Ranger)
Crazy Janey - Alonariel - The Killer (Wolf)
Jersey Girl - Wilwarin - Innocent

The Dead
Jimmy the Saint - Morsul - The Highwayman (Hunter)
Wild Billy - Glirdan - Innocent
Rosalita - Loslote - Innocent
Mary - Rikae - Innocent
Bad Scooter - Isabellkya - The Betrayer (Wolf)
Boardwalk Sandy - Sally - The Dreamer (Seer)
Johnny 99 - Nogrod - Innocent
Wendy - Lariren

[Loslote]

I still can't believe I tied at two votes. With a wolf! I totally freaked out when I found that one out after I died...

@ Nog, re Sally pm: by gifted hints, I meant Sally's hinting that Glirdy was wolf. I sent it thinking that if you were a) an ordo you wouldn't try to kill Sally, who I was fairly sure was the seer, or b) a wolf, you'd have seen it anyway and it wouldn't matter, but that you would know that I knew you probably knew and would suspect you if she died. I was pretty sure you were innocent, though, so I wasn't that worried, but not sure enough to actually say "Sally's the seer."

@ Zil, re I can totally read you: Well, that's basically it.

@ Gwath, re thanks: Amazing game! Thank you for modding it!

[wilwarin538]

City Dude - Inziladun - The Lawman (Wolf)
Gypsy Biker - Shasta - The Angel (Ranger)
Crazy Janey - Alonariel - The Killer (Wolf)



Alona.....I'm never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever trusting you again.

Shasta.....you are not a girl. haha

Inzil.....I knew it! I knew some people had got to keep their roles from the first try, so I had a feeling you were a good chance at being wolf.


Wow. That was.......a surprise.

Gwath, wonderful game, thank you so much!!!!

Good job Sally!!!!!

Good job everyone, and congrats to the wolves, it was well played!

Just for reference, incase anyone is curious, I was an ord in the first try as well, but my lover was Inzil (who was a wolf then too).

[Inziladun]

Well, that was rather a hard-fought game. Not a stellar performance from me, but we still managed to pull out a win. I thought we had an excellent wolf-pack.
Izzy made a nice return after a WW hiatus. If not for Sally's dream I thought she had a good chance of avoiding serious suspicion for quite a while.

And alona was tremendous, doing extremely well at deflecting suspicion, despite a couple of slips *cough Rikae *cough* . Told you Shasta was the Ranger after what he said Day 4!

Sally was an excellent Seer, and I thought it highly likely she'd dream one of us. We managed to sniff her out the first Day, only to be thwarted by the clever Ranger. I was surprised she picked Izzy as her dream though, as I'd thought I looked much worse than she.

I knew I was taking a risk by attacking Nog, but he seemed to be the easiest lynch. He mounted a vicious defence, and pretty much had me on the ropes. Then he backed off and went for Shasta! Astonishing, but much appreciated.

I feel badly for deceiving my poor PM-Pal, Lari, and especially for killing her Night 5. Alona and I just thought she was the least likely to be guarded.
She really was very sweet and a delight to discuss things with.

Originally Posted by Loslote

@ Zil, re I can totally read you: Well, that's basically it.

That's why you had to go! If I remember correctly, my first thought on Night 2's kill was you.

Good game, Wilwa! You indeed had it nearly figured out by Day 4, but we were banking on alona looking so good she could finish things on her own if she had to.

Thanks for modding, Gwath. It really was a fun game, even without knowing a great deal of Springsteen.

[Glirdan]

Gah!!! Now will you guys let me live past Day 1?? Seriously!!

Anyways, good game Wolves, you did a splendid job of confusing everyone and came out on top.

Gwath the narrations were definitely one of a kind and were very entertaining the whole way through.

Sally, my dear lover, you did splendidly!!

Everyone else, good job and better luck next time!!