Quick Fix Game 4: Conversions

[the winter system]

Hm.

[Mailliw73]

Damon. Argh! I want people to get on, but I also don't think we need a lynch. Jasnah will already get a vote if she doesnt get on soon, so, she doesnt need this one.

[the winter system]

I know. We shouldn't have a lynch, but this is frustrating!

[Metacognition]

As the day and the shadows grew long, M grew more and more anxious. Something was about to happen; he could feel it. Also, his deductions claimed a 92% chance of Hoid likely growing impatient with them and stirring the pot some. From what he could gather on Hoid, he didn't seem like the patient type. 

 

It seemed he wasn't the only one. Almost everyone, including Heron, had fallen silent, though some of that was likely due to how exhausting the day had been. 

 

M found himself moving more and more into the shadows, trying to conceal himself. After all, remaining hidden and as an unknown element had worked for him in the past. With luck, he hadn't drawn Hoid's attention too much.

[A Joe in the Bush]

He instinctively burned copper, making sure any Seekers wouldn’t sense his emotional allomancy. Brass and Zinc made it easier to convince people of things. He walked among the crowd, wearing his new shape. He was quite fond of it really. Hopefully he’d be able to keep it. His target waited at the gates of ViewPainter’s Palace, like he’d said he would. The Hopper seemed to like Nalthis. But then, after Elendel, it was the Seventeenth Shard’s favorite gathering place.

The hopper turned, and seeing him, waved. Completely unsuspicious. But still. It made it easier to get them alone. “Hey. What did you want?

“I had an Idea, about how to catch Hoid, but I need your help for it.”

“Actually, are you sure we should be catching him?” Hoid burned brass and zinc, carefully manipulating the Hopper’s Emotions. “What if you’re really on the wrong side?”
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Jost looked around the room. It had been a week since they’d started the Hunt for Hoid, and so far nothing had happened. A couple people had said that maybe It was Lucy or Hadrian, but no one really paid them much mind. They talked and planned, but only in small groups. The vast Majority of them didn’t trust each other enough to speak their mind openly. In this situation, that was good. With a Shapechanger about, no one could be trusted, though all the Senior Members had been confirmed to be who they claimed. But these 14, one of them was a Mask.

“You’re people are being very Cautious about this. Taking their Time.” An rich, Elderly Voice spoke from beside him.

“Yes, but In this case, I think it would be wiser to move quickly, strike before Hoid has time to gather support.” His spren, Izyan, stood next to him.

“True, but it doesn't appear that will happen for quite some time. But they’ll get him. They’ve thought it out, and they know what to do.”

“Hopefully. Otherwise, well, we’ll be prepared either way.”

No one died, so no new Player List.

Votes:
Luckat(1): Surgebound Rainspren
Araris Valerian(1): Wyrmhero

I still can't believe I forgot to name Cycle 1. And just so you know, if nothing happened with you, you won't get a PM.

Edited June 17, 2016 by Alvron

[Mailliw73]

So, the Soothed man was converted, yes?

[A Joe in the Bush]

Yes. Hoid has a Convert.

[Newan]

With a Shapechanger about, no one could be trusted

 

 

This Kandra doesn't appreciate the racism.  

[Lightsworn Panda]

So, who would Hoid convert? Considering how he has a limited number of conversions (between 3 and 4), I'd say it's say to say that Hoid went after the more experienced and influential players. Players in this game I'd consider as experienced and influential would be Wyrm, Meta, Malliw, Joe Alv and Aonar. I'm also suspicious of Luckat and Satrams, since both can be capable players. Yes, I've played 11 games. I was a loose cannon in 9 of them, so that disqualifies me from that list.   

 

From the above list, I find Wyrm to be the most likely Converted. Some scars still ache from betrayal, and once bitten twice shy. You're also the most unsuspecting and thus inconspicuous victim, since you claim to be a vanilla. 

 

Edit: COLOUR

Edited November 17, 2014 by Lightsworn Panda

[Metacognition]

Edit: COLOUR

 

Did this not work for you Jain?

 

M sat in his typical place, as far away from everyone that he could get and began his transcribing. 

 

"Initial attempts to catch Hoid have failed. Yet, my removal of my voice against Heron, late into the day does reveal much of his motives.

 

"First, it shows that he is unwilling to manipulate the crowds' perceptions. It could mean that Hoid has little interest in swaying the crowd until he has more influence. It could also mean that Heron is Hoid. Further research is needed. 

 

"Second, this limits Hoid to only two options left, as he had no fear of death from the Renegades or the voice of the people. Either he disguised himself or masked himself as a Researcher. This is telling of how he plans to handle things, going forward.

 

"His intent seems to be to hide. He seems motivated by his ability to remain unseen. Damon has already shown a desire to remain unknown. Even if he is not Hoid, his presence is of no use to the group and, if allowed to live, will remain a wild card within future equations. 

 

"I will attempt to eliminate such variables, so as to allow a better understanding of the situation as a whole."

[Newan]

Has Karlin yet explained why Lucy is totally evil?

[Lightsworn Panda]

Did this not work for you Jain?

 

I tried. My colour editor is a unique kind of stupid. Or maybe it's my laptop.

[Surgebound Rainspren]

Jain I would have to say its your laptop, seeing as I've been having the same problems and we have the same make and model.

[Wyrmhero]

Hoid was right. They needed to band together, not to fight each other like this. There were more important things than the petty grudges that the Seventeenth Shard had against him. They had to stop the destructive forces that were rampaging across the Cosmere, and Hoid was the only one who could do it. They had to-

Then Aonar shot him in the back, and he woke up. A hand went behind him to feel for the wound. But it wasn't there. It was never there. Sometimes he wished he could rip that storming allomantic-electrum spike out of him, but it was too late, and in too deep for him to do so. He didn't have feruchemical gold yet, sadly, so it wasn't as though he could heal his body as he extracted it.

But if not him this time around, then who was it? There were so many targets for him to choose from, but which would it be? One of his old friends? Was the delusion of Aonar shooting him more of a vision than he'd care to admit? Or what about Aili? That sword of hers would be rather dangerous, after all. Or the mysterious 'M', who had called him out before? Perhaps Jain, who was so trusting just the previous day?

Of course, that didn't include the possibilities that someone had told Hoid about their specialist skills, and that he had decided he needed those rather than the people behind them. It was just too difficult to say, and his growing paranoia wasn't helping.

Has Karlin yet explained why Lucy is totally evil?

I asked in a PM, and just basically got that it was a gut feeling.

Speaking of PMs, now should be the time for our Letter Bearer to start piecing together intel from PMs and start checking which roles people have if they have claimed it publicly. They should also probably get into contact and reveal themselves to our Renegade, assuming they trust them, since they need the intel badly. Perhaps also getting into contact with the Researcher too, but that doesn't need to happen as long as our Researcher is telling someone else about what they found.

For the moment, I'm going to hold back on voting. I'll see what is said a little later on, hopefully some others will post before I leave for the night. ...They are 24 hours long, right? When does this Cycle end?

 

Edit: Also, turns out I've been saying gold, when I mean electrum >>.

Edited November 17, 2014 by Wyrmhero

[Sart]

Jain I would have to say its your laptop, seeing as I've been having the same problems and we have the same make and model.

Have you guys tried changing browsers? I know that the color editor doesn't work on Internet Explorer for me, but it works on Firefox. That might be something you want to look in to.

[A Joe in the Bush]

A Quick Clarification, Pm's and sending in orders counts as activity.

 

10 hours left people.

[Sart]

Hmm... It looks like discussion has crawled to a stand-still. We still don't have much to go on, although we know that 2 of us are evil now. At this point in time, it seems like the mailman is going to be the most important player right now. He's probably going through PMs right now looking for contradictions. Hopefully we'll get a better read on the eliminators after they make their first kill.

 

I think I'll just do a check on the thread vote. Ashiok, do you have any insight on our current situation?

[Mailliw73]

Well, I'm bringing this back up. Damon. You were supposedly inactive last cycle, but didn't get a vote placed on you. That means you were able to send in orders or make PMs. If you're active enough for that, help us out here.

[Ashiok]

Do I have any insight? No, but the write up hints at Meta having been converted from the "I have a plan" line. He said that to me, verbatim, last cycle. Also, I realized that we have no way to prevent corruptions, so we can't protect the LB from that. Therefore, until Hoid hits his quota, LB can't reveal themselves publicly. 

EDIT: Oh yeah. LB, please let me send that message

Edited November 17, 2014 by Ashiok

[Alvron]

Well, I'm bringing this back up. Damon. You were supposedly inactive last cycle, but didn't get a vote placed on you. That means you were able to send in orders or make PMs. If you're active enough for that, help us out here.

 

I believe that the inactive vote is placed during the following cycle not the cycle that they are inactive on.

 

Do I have any insight? No, but the write up hints at Meta having been converted from the "I have a plan" line. He said that to me, verbatim, last cycle.

Maybe, maybe not.  I also had a plan and I'm sure that others did as well so I doubt that this means Meta was corrupted.  Possible but doubtful as everyone will expect Hoid to go after one of the high profile players (especially Meta or Wyrm)so they might go after someone else.

 

I myself would like to hear from Aonar.  Normally he is more vocal than he has been.  Where is that page long break down of everyone?

[Mailliw73]

I believe that the inactive vote is placed during the following cycle not the cycle that they are inactive on.

 

XD you're right. I forgot that part of the rule. Damon. Hey, Lucy, I've seen your analysis before. Do you have anything to say? When I GMd, your analysis of the write up helped figure out the Ghostbloods a lot, any idea this game?

[Lightsworn Panda]

Have you guys tried changing browsers? I know that the color editor doesn't work on Internet Explorer for me, but it works on Firefox. That might be something you want to look in to.

 

I'm using Chrome right now. Maybe Internet Explorer or Firefox will work.

 

My colour editor problem seems to be a bit different from what you're desribing, Meta. When I type up a post, colour in the words and post it, some of the coloured words revert back to black. Funnily enough, it's always the blue text that reverts.

 

Current votes are:

 

Lucy: Malliw

Aonar: Alv

Ashiok: Satrams

Wyrm: Jain

Damon: Malliw 

 

I'll take off my vote for Wyrm, since our dear Head of Inquisition is too valuable to lose to a vote manipulation. 

[the winter system]

Hello. I'm back. I was busy. 

Kae watched the entrance to the building. An Awakener lived in this building and Kae was curious to the effect that gaining Breath would have on an Inquisitor. If it didn't work, oh well. Another spike wouldn't go amiss, after all.

"Hey!" Kae watched a man that he had hired knock on the door. Maybe hired was the wrong word. Threatened would be more accurate. The man was the Awakener's friend, but he had no extra friend. Kae was tempted to make him give Kae his Breath, but that would make the Awakener suspicious. "Ninon!" Ninon. These Halandren folk had no naming abilities at all. Kae could tell that this Ninon's friend was shaking. He sighed, frustrated at waiting. "Want to go to the bar?" Ninon walked out, colorfully dressed. His Breath was awesome, making the colors change. Ninon had a bed head, apparently he had been sleeping in.

"L'lon," Ninon demanded, sleepily. "Now?" 

"Sorry, but it is noon!" Ninon looked up.

"Yes, apparently it is. Yay." Kae was fed up with waiting. He strolled across the street, black cloak drawing attention.

"Ninon." Kae ordered. "You will come with me." He took off his hood, letting his face terrify Ninon. He stuttered and tried to Awaken something, but the stuttering invalidated it. Kae had studied up on Nalthis before worldhopping, after all.

 

After traveling back to the 17th Shard's home, Kae had gained a large BioChromatic aura.

I have no idea if in the Cosmere that an Inqusitor could take Breath, but in this SE Game, it can. 

[Sart]

Satrams sat around the inn savoring his drink. "Ashiok had addressed the group, so he didn't deserve a vote. The general consensus was to let Hoid make the first move. Unfortunately, that would probably cost some of them their lives. Satrams ordered another drink. There was nothing he could do, except wait until tomorrow. He hoped he would still be alive by then.

[Araris Valerian]

I think that aside from doing nothing, the only real option was have to discuss is the mass role reveal. The advantage to something like that is that now we would force one of the converted to give some information about themselves, and make them choose whether to lie or not. However, mostly we are just in the same spot we were yesterday. One thing that we might consider is that Hoid could wait several cycles to use his last conversion, so somebody who actually was innocent would become an eliminator. However, that isn't super relevant as of now. I'm not going to vote for inactive right now, because it makes me uncomfortable when it happens to me and they will get that extra vote the next day regardless.