Tol-in-Gaurhoth L: Battle of the Fandoms

[Durelin]

Tomorrow would be the first day of Omnicon. In twenty-four hours, the Barrow-Downs Convention Center would be filled with robed witches and wizards, steampunkers with spiky blue hair and goggles, ninjas, wielders of foam swords and Nerf guns, gamers with carpal-tunnel syndrome, and Ring-bearers. The Barrow-Wight watched the preparations with distaste. The amount of off-topic shenanigans that would ensue… With squirrel recruitment down by 30% just in the past two years, there was no way he could keep this abomination fully Tolkien related. If only he had thought of Oxonmoot…and lived anywhere near Oxford…

Once this thing got going, he would not be setting foot out of his Barrow for a month at least.

Special guests were being seen to and schedules finalized. Andy Serkis was scheduled to perform several times, though no one was sure what. Sean Bean would perhaps sign autographs. Emma Watson was to stop by and answer a few questions, Hermione style. Leonard Nimoy was late – presumably because William Shatner had arrived early. Mark Hamill had turned up uninvited.

The con-goers had been arriving in the area, as well, checking into their hotels or settling into their cars for the night. Those who tried to set up tents outside (and inside) the convention center were chased away, or rather sent away with the name of the hotel where...well, where whomever the nuisances happened to “<3” (as displayed on their t-shirts) was supposedly staying.

The preparations went long into the night. While most con-goers dreamt of their fictional or celebrity lovers, three figures plotted in the darkness. This would be easy-pickings. As far as they knew, only a handful of vampire-hunters might be attending…

Night 1 has begun!

The werewolves may PM each other to plot. Seer, send me your dream.

Sweet dreams!

[Durelin]

A trail of blood ran several yards from one of the front doors of the convention center, leading to a body. The scene was taped off, the body bag was brought in, though Omnicon-goers were already beginning to flood the building. There were screams, cries of horror and shock as police were forced to hold a few people back from throwing themselves onto the corpse to weep for the beloved dead.

Several policemen were busy, elsewhere, as they approached the signing tables, where Wiliiam Shatner was signing autographs. He had been scheduled to speak, welcoming everyone to the convention, immediately after Leonard Nimoy. But there were some changes in the schedule.

“Mr. Shatner,” one of the officers began, and was interrupted by a quiet addition of “Captain” from one of his fellows. “You’re coming with us,” he continued, in style. “Now stand up slowly. No fancy moves.”

“But…why?”

“Ask Mr. Nimoy. Now let’s go.” The policemen pulled the Star Trek Captain out of his chair, ignoring the yelling and flailing of fans who had been lining up for autographs.

The officers took him out by the front doors, not at all concerned with the scene they were causing. Or rather, concerned that they were indeed seen leading a hand-cuffed William Shatner out to a squad car. And so they led him right by the body.

“Leonard?” Shatner gasped. (For his expression of shock, see here.)

Feanor of the Peredhil looked on, her face pale. These emotions of grief and pain were illogical, and though she would certainly shed tears later, for now she simply acted. “No, James, don’t let them take you! You know you’re innocent! I know you are! It wasn’t you, it was Werewolves!”

The convention center was silenced as the final word echoed through the minds of all present.

“What?” Shatner asked, his final word as the door closed behind him and his uniformed escorts.

“Besides,” Feanor began to no one in particular, “this is Mirror Spock.” She was deep in thought as she peered at his goateed chin.

Tribbles continued to devour the remains as crime scene photos were taken and experts pondered how they should remove the cute, fuzzy little animals.

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~The Dead~

Leonard Nimoy (Half-Vulcan) ~ illogically murdered by the wolves


~The Living~

Rikae - Stalker of the preciousss Andy Serkis
Nerwen - Jedi Master, specializing in memorabilia collecting and movie quoting
Feanor of the Peredhil - Rabid Cosmo fan and TOS-TNG Trekkie with opinions
Boromir88 - Fireworks Pyro and Sean Bean's #1 fan
Nilpaurion Felagund - Noldo with a zanpakutou named Telpelin and the Mangekyou Sharingan
Nogrod - "Spore" anticipator who wants to play Eru
Gwathagor - Academian lost among lunatics and pop culture
satansaloser2005 - "Doctor Who" Luuuver
McCaber - Old School RPer
Shastanis Althreduin - Rabid Hermione Fan-wizard
Brinniel - 'Reality' TV Fan
Mithalwen - Confused hardcore Tolkienista who thought she was going to Oxonmoot
Isabellkya - Rabid fan of Vampire Princess Miyu
Lalwendë - "In The Night Garden" Fan-mother
Kath - Pro-Harry/Hermione Fan-witch
CaptainofDespair - Cluny the Scourge cosplayer out to make the con "Cluny's Con"
Macalaure - "Civilization" fan with Machiavellian tendencies


Day 1 has begun.
Talk! (Wolves, no more PMing.)

Originally Posted by Spock

Computer, compute to the last digit the value of pi.

[Boromir88]

In honor of the great Leonard Nimoy's death, I will put on the grandest fireworks display this world has ever seen, tonight. A re-enactment of the U.S.S. Enterprise vs. the Borg space-invaders.

[Lalwendë]

Iggle piggle, iggle onk, it's time to catch the ninky nonk!

[Mithalwen]

*Mithalwen enters holding a small teddy dressed as Frodo the Ring Bear-er*
James, I've a feeling we're not in Oxford anymore. Where are the people in cloaks, the foot ....err wigs, over earnest guitar playing and endless dreadful poetry?

[Macalaure]

What? Sid Meier's not at the convention? Bummer.

Alright, here's the deal, wolves: you can kill, mangle, dispatch, defile, devour one of us at night if you like. I don't mind. That's all fair game and fine with me.

But if you go and send your warriors and archers against my newfound cities, I promise... I will kill you!

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Zomg, I wasn't thinking clearly! Is it too late to make myself into a Twilight fangirl? Just think of the werewolf puns...

[Boromir88]

Zomg, I wasn't thinking clearly! Is it too late to make myself into a Twilight fangirl? Just think of the werewolf puns...~Fea

Why? So you can have a secret language between you and your werewolf friends during the day?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Why? So you can have a secret language between you and your werewolf friends during the day?

Hey, that's not at all fair! Even though Bella had a thing for Jacob for awhile, we all know she ended up with Edward. Which obviously makes me perfectly ordinary.

[Mithalwen]

Leonard Nimoy? Didn't he edit Mallorn? I don't think any of this is in the published works...

*wibble*

[Lalwendë]

I just can't wait to hear the paper on how Makka Pakka's house is clearly Skara Brae and he is a megalith builder. Then I want to go for a ride on the replica Pinky Ponk and try to spot the teeny tiny Pontypines.

[CaptainofDespair]

*plots...*

With such leading personas out of the way, the con-goers will have no choice but to accept Cluny the Scourge as the ruler of the Con! Yes, I can see it now...

And I wish my sea-rat minions would be more like these wolves...taking some initiative once in awhile...*sigh* Unfortunately, they are a threat and must go. I see no way of intimidating such creatures into submission with a little show of force. I will have no one interfer with Cluny's Con!

[Nogrod]

That's what I've always thought about the so called reality... it's ugly and full of unexpected consequencies. One can't preview what happens in it and fix the unawaited - or to save the game in a position before the unwanted occurences to reload it. And this God-chap seems to make all these infantile decisions of taking all the fun out of fighting the bad guys with giving them abilities to sneak around when no one notices, just for his own fun.

Okay, I'm going to the cell-phase and will start up a new monocellular lifeform that will result in a werewolf-killer creature that will evolve into a menace the sneaky baddies will tremble in front of. Just wait for the moment they get into the space! They will use their anti-matter guns and plasma-destroyers to teach those weirdos a lesson.

And if you will co-operate, I'd like a gene-sample from all of you so that I could run a PEA (parallel-emergence-analysis) to ascertain your evolutionary path and look for the DFG (deviation-from-gentleness) value and the SP's (sneak-profiles) of you all.


And btw. Are the rules I read from this Con's Admin. page post #1 The Rules or are there any changes / additions? To create these "Werewolf's Banes" I'd need to know the rules in detail to countereffect any malice structured into the "reality" here...

[Boromir88]

Okay, I'm going to the cell-phase and will start up a new monocellular lifeform that will result in a werewolf-killer creature that will evolve into a menace the sneaky baddies will tremble in front of.~Nogrod

What if you're a renegade wolf who creates this werewolf warrior for us, and after dispatching your two partners, you use it to turn on us. We are then powerless to stop it, thus insuring you (a werewolf) victory.

This I decree...

Nogrod is a werewolf
Fea is not
Go Blades!

[Durelin]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

And btw. Are the rules I read from this Con's Admin. page post #1 The Rules or are there any changes / additions?

The only addition I can think of at the moment is NO Twilight!

At the moment...

Mwaha.

Also I guess I will mod-fire people eventually. After no-posting 2 days in a row? We'll say that.

(I'm not actually dead this time, so I can do this!)

[Mithalwen]

Bit of a worrying sign. Nogrod is the person who is speaking vaguely comprehensibly and he wants to tamper with my genes. You can leave my DNA alone matey unless you want me to deviate from gentleness PDQ.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Durelin

The only addition I can think of at the moment is NO Twilight!

What about Breaking Dawn, can I do Breaking Dawn? I'll name myself Rosemmett and my middle name can be Baseball!

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

You can leave my DNA alone matey unless you want me to deviate from gentleness PDQ.

I'll read your DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) from your words then, with my GrBF (Gene-reading-Babel-Fish).

[Rikae]

Yay! I'm an ordo, I've got nothing to lose!

(Would she say that if she wasn't? )


Yep, right. Anyway, His Precioussssness was not killed, so I can't really bring myself to care - what was that guy's name? Leroy? Well, let's get down to business.

I think that the odds are quite good there is a wolfish influence behind the fact that we've gotten four hours into the day with nothing but in-character posting (either that, or just the sheer fun of the theme - but that doesn't let me throw accusations around).

Fea and Boro, I'm looking at you.

[Mithalwen]

Don't worry Rikae - I have to go any minute -then they will talk and give me about 7 pages to digest with lunch.....

[Mithalwen]

Well I am going to escape this mayhem and find a quiet corner to curl up and sleep, perchance ot dream of Murray Smith reading ...more or less anything.....

[Nogrod]

I'm getting interesting readings of the tribal-phase of the evolution...

It is about 4½ hours from the devious act of butchery.

There has been 16 acts of speaking by 7 persons out of 17.

All the speech-acts have been more or less banterish / introverted / in-character.

The only deviations from the rule - even if they could be counted in the class of banter as well are...

Boro throwing a light one on Fea.

Boro throwing a light one on me + saying Fea is innocent.

Mith saying my posting is a worrying sign.


Those who have not deviated from the IC-talk are: Lalwendë, Macalaure, Fea, CoD

* I'm counting this post of mine into the category with Boro & Mith eg. not only IC.*


Yes. It's early and all the rest. Nothing to say at this moment. Sure. But as I need to go to bed and I'm having a terribly busy day tomorrow I'll try to say at least something.

Boro's sudden and quick change of mind with Fea is interesting. There seems to be no reason for it. If he was trying something (as an innocent) he would have let time pass and get some feedback but now he turned his tail after one banterish reply. I mean people do have fun and they should. But there are always things behind your rants and turn-arounds.

Which makes it interesting he should turn to me for the in-character accusation of wolvery in the very same post. Now why? To make me stop playing IC? Well, if it was that you succeeded it seems (although the time of the night here and my busy tomorrow have a part to play in this as well). But was it that?

Mith's happiness to throw suspicion to me is something I could have foreseen in any case, but making it conveniently just after Boro had called my name, looks interesting as well. Not impossibly ordo-Mith-like but not too reassuring either.


But then again. It would be nice and fine to just stay in-character so long as others do if one was a wolf. So I'm not thinking those who had only played IC are any less suspicious at the moment.

We shall see as the hours pass.


EDIT: X'd from Rikae onwards

[Lalwendë]

I'm just hoping these wolves keep their claws off the Tombliboos.

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Go Blades!

Pssst...

If you're going to be a rabid Bean fan to the point that you become a Blade then you're gonna have to learn the words to The Greasy Chip Buttie Song or you'll never pull it off

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Alohomora!

Doors unlock, and Shasta sweeps in with billowing black robes.

That's one of Hermione's signature spells, you know.

[Boromir88]

If you're going to be a rabid Bean fan~Lal

Rabid? I'm sorry, rabid describes the fake loonies who take SB's hair clippings and perform some type of devilry ritual. That's not my business. I'm authentic, I'm the real deal.

[Boromir88]

Oh and so far I think the most interesting thing to happen is Rikae's declaration of ordinariness. What do you think about that Nogrod?

[Brinniel]

Hi everyone, I'm here for my audition!

*starts to sing an Alicia Keys song loudly and off-key*

Wait a minute...you mean this isn't American Idol? Oh crap...

Omnicon? Well I guess that explains all the nerds dressed up in absurd costumes. But really, I can't understand half of what you guys are saying with all this science-fiction/fantasy mumbo jumbo. You all need to snap out of your own little worlds and come back down to reality...like me. Seriously.

Anyways, I don't have much to say now...but I'll be back later after I watch a few episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Btw, does anyone know if Ty's around here? Can you believe I still don't have his autograph?

[Gwathagor]

Man! If I was one of those cops, I would have used Dr. McCoy's classic line: "He's dead, Jim." How many times do you get the chance to say that? TO WILLIAM SHATNER?

Ok. I'm going to read the thread now.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Obviously it's not like it's the first time Spock's died. So who do you think he'll borrow the body of?

I presume you all know my feelings on Day Ones:

I hate day one and think it's useless.

And will therefore vote before work tomorrow afternoon, based entirely on whim (or possibly dice rolling) unless somebody besides me says "I'm a wolf."

[Rikae]

Those little icons at the bottom are arranged so evenly and neatly, and then they forgot the last three - if they had only thought ahead, and not run willy-nilly into the wilderness to encounter the Pig-Goddess "keine", who weareth lipstick, from whom all life springeth.

Let he who reads this be a wolf!

In fact, I am sure that a wolf reading this will understand, and I should say no more, but let the black soot on everyone else's hands tell the tale. Ah, but this tale is written in green on black, and therefore, I must be the wolf!

[Gwathagor]

Boro: His manner of careless and easy accusation stands out. He could be a wolf trying to appear casual and flippant, like an ordo confident of his own innocence. Or, it could be genuine; maybe he's just taking advantage of the relative inactivity of the first few hours of the game to have some fun? I can't decide yet.


Rikae: Has, in a tone of irony, proclaimed herself innocent. And I quote:

"Yay! I'm an ordo, I've got nothing to lose! (Would she say that if she wasn't?)"

1. I've got nothing to lose. This is not true. An ordo has plenty to lose.
2. Would she say that if she wasn't? I imagine it's been done before.

As far as I can tell, her purpose is to create just enough uncertainty regarding her innocence/guilt to keep us from lynching her. At one point I would have pointed out that such a bold statement would be unlikely to come from a wolf, because it draws attention and attention is dangerous. My mistake was that I assumed that all wolves play the same way I do: low key. So, the question is, what kind of wolf does Rikae play as: bold, or boring?

EDIT: Crossed with Rikae and Fea.

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

I presume you all know my feelings on Day Ones:

I hate day one and think it's useless.

I agree with you whole-heartedly on this point.

Originally Posted by Rikae

Those little icons at the bottom are arranged so evenly and neatly, and then they forgot the last three - if they had only thought ahead, and not run willy-nilly into the wilderness to encounter the Pig-Goddess "keine", who weareth lipstick, from whom all life springeth.

Let he who reads this be a wolf!

In fact, I am sure that a wolf reading this will understand, and I should say no more, but let the black soot on everyone else's hands tell the tale. Ah, but this tale is written in green on black, and therefore, I must be the wolf!

Is Rikae playing...IC or something? Because this post doesn't make any sense to me. (Of course, it might be just be my limitations as an ivory-tower academic...)

[satansaloser2005]

BAD WOLF BAD WOLF BAD WOLF BAD WOLF

*whacks computer, busts out her replica of the sonic screwdriver*


Sorry about that. Bit of a problem with Hunter (my computer) and his translation circuits. (Yeah, I know, the bad wolf jokes are going to get old fast, but hey!)



Just popping by to say hello and....they killed Leonard Nimoy!!?!??!?!?!?!?!!

That's just....just....*backs away*....awesome!


(Alternatively, good Day/evening everyone, hope you're enjoying the game so far, I'll be back again later, DoctorDonnaFriends, etc.)

[Boromir88]

Rikae...boring? haha. I recall one of her wolf stints in a village long ago. She convinced us all to lynch someone else, and tried to go down in wolf lore forever, by killing me, realizing she was as good as dead the next day. Although she failed miserably at killing me (thank you Ang ), and thus didn't achieve a glorious death, I commend her for knowing she was check mated and tried to carve as much destruction as possible before she was killed. Oh where was I...I believe if you look up antonyms for "boring" in the thesaurus, you would find Rikae. Some wolves (such as Nogrod) just don't know when they're beat.

I now fully intend to hijack this discussion, if there was something worth hijacking.

Edit: x'ed with Sally

[satansaloser2005]

And will therefore vote before work tomorrow afternoon, based entirely on whim (or possibly dice rolling) unless somebody besides me says "I'm a wolf."

Anyone besides me find that interesting? I'm just saying....

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

Anyone besides me find that interesting? I'm just saying....

It's Day One. They're downright awful.

I thought I was being generous, tossing out a toy for you all to chew on.

[Rikae]

Well, unfortunately, I have to work tomorrow and so must vote now. I was hoping my little "test" might stir up something interesting, but all it seems to have yielded is: Gwath looks rather innocent, Sally a little less so (more for her reaction to Fea than to me - that slightly exploitative behavior was the reaction I was looking for, at any rate), and Boro is a flatterer. Everyone knows one should never trust a flatterer.

If only Shasta had posted, I could vote along with his suspicions, as I have told myself again and again after previous games I should do. I've come to believe he has psychic powers.

As it stands, I really have nothing I feel particularly comfortable basing a vote on (but then, chances are I wouldn't by the end of the day, anyhow ). I suppose I will just vote for:

++Sally

However, bear in mind, she looks quite a bit like a typical day one lynch, and those are usually mistakes. I have nothing else to go with now, but I will be rather suspicious, toMorrow (if alive) of anyone who seems too eager to make a bandwagon out of this without justification. Nighty night, all!

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

It's Day One. They're downright awful.

I thought I was being generous, tossing out a toy for you all to chew on.

Heh. The last time I took a toy from someone it was a laser spanner and the guy tried to bribe me to get it back with a cup of tea and a trip to see Shakespeare. Literally, Shakespeare. I don't play with other people's toys.

P.S. That post above (the one about Fea) should have had a ":P" with it. Just in case anyone's actually wondering. (Whoops....)



EDIT: x'd with Mistress Rikae....aw, c'mon now.

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by Rikae

However, bear in mind, she looks quite a bit like a typical day one lynch, and those are usually mistakes. I have nothing else to go with now, but I will be rather suspicious, toMorrow (if alive) of anyone who seems too eager to make a bandwagon out of this without justification.

It's convenient how this post essentially exonerates Rikae for voting against Sally and condemns everyone else who does the same. I'm using hyperbole, of course, but just enough to make my point.

EDIT: Crossed with Sally

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Phooey, the one time someone decides to listen to me and she votes before me.

Hmm, hmm, hmm. My idol scorns Divination as nothing but bunk, but... I confess I do have a crystal ball tucked away somewhere (no, my furry lycan friends, this is NOT a seer hint, so no killing this ordo, thanks)...

Ah, here we are. Give me a moment to clear my thoughts and collect the astral vibes (and if anyone asks, I'm crunching numbers Arithmancy-style! :P)