Emerald Falcon Posted January 15, 2025 Posted January 15, 2025 6 hours ago, Mauve Crocodile said: Mm @Emerald Falcon if your first thought looking at those night results was that Tuatara was shot by a villager, where did you think the NK went? You didn’t speculate much on why the spiked wouldn’t submit a night kill. Praise the Ja It's very rare that saboteurs would pass up the option to murder someone quietly in the night. I would almost never consider this to be the case, hence why I considered if they did not have the opportunity to murder someone during the night first. My initial thought had been perhaps someone had saved their choice for night kill, but that is not possible given someone likely would've ran screaming into the inn talking about an attempt on their life, much like the drunk man had. So for a while, I'd thought there was a missing kill. My confusion on this topic was cleared up by the little girl, who had been paying more attention than me the day before. Embarrassing, honestly, how bad I am at picking up on details sometimes. Which means I accidentally had sided with the saboteurs yesterday. I shake my head. 2 hours ago, Mauve Crocodile said: @Ivory Dragonfly if you saw and noted Tuatara's iron claim, why did you not try to dissipate their wagon? They could have died at EoD, it came down to a rand. I think this is suspicious. You didn't try to save them at all. Despite the priest's questionable comments at the start of the night, this is a good point they raise. A similar question could be asked to Mint Heron if they had picked up on the drunk man being a PR. I obviously did not, because I am often an idiot. However, any who were aware of the claim likely should've moved off the wagon. I note that the merchant (@Fuchsia Ostrich) has been very quiet lately. For a man who was talking so much at the start of yesterday, this silence is concerning to me. I also find there has been a lack of discussion around Acks recently, who was a major topic of discussion yesterday. Since it was likely both wagons were innocent, those moving off of accusing Acks in favor of the gambler or drunk are perhaps questionable.
Mint Heron Posted January 15, 2025 Posted January 15, 2025 (edited) 3 hours ago, Emerald Falcon said: It's very rare that saboteurs would pass up the option to murder someone quietly in the night. I would almost never consider this to be the case, hence why I considered if they did not have the opportunity to murder someone during the night first. My initial thought had been perhaps someone had saved their choice for night kill, but that is not possible given someone likely would've ran screaming into the inn talking about an attempt on their life, much like the drunk man had. So for a while, I'd thought there was a missing kill. My confusion on this topic was cleared up by the little girl, who had been paying more attention than me the day before. Embarrassing, honestly, how bad I am at picking up on details sometimes. Which means I accidentally had sided with the saboteurs yesterday. I shake my head. Despite the priest's questionable comments at the start of the night, this is a good point they raise. A similar question could be asked to Mint Heron if they had picked up on the drunk man being a PR. I obviously did not, because I am often an idiot. However, any who were aware of the claim likely should've moved off the wagon. I note that the merchant (@Fuchsia Ostrich) has been very quiet lately. For a man who was talking so much at the start of yesterday, this silence is concerning to me. I also find there has been a lack of discussion around Acks recently, who was a major topic of discussion yesterday. Since it was likely both wagons were innocent, those moving off of accusing Acks in favor of the gambler or drunk are perhaps questionable. Although there is absolutely no way to prove it, Byrar had missed Hayden's claim between all of the talking going on and him sleeping for the second half of the day. But the fact Hayden being a lurcher only gives him further opportunity to stage a fake attempted murder. The craftsman stand by his vote for now. he thinks dragonfly could very well be the drunks partner in crime, trying to throw others off using some previously overlooked evidence. Acks had slipped Byrar's mind because they seem to have slept in and haven't been seen today Edited January 15, 2025 by Mint Heron another accidental post before fixing grammar
Indigo Weasel Posted January 15, 2025 Posted January 15, 2025 @Coral Swan You've been quiet lately. Why do you think Tuatara was attacked? Mouse Swan
Coral Swan Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 Okay sorry everyone for not existing for a while, about to start shooting a film plus classes just started so...yeah. Anyways, I went back and read everything up to this point, and I have gathered some thoughts. Here is the main things that I noted all in one place: Spoiler Magenta Albatross votes Coral Sawn (myself) - poke vote/no reason given Azure Mouse votes [Alias] - poke vote/no reason given Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse as village (weak) + Emerald Falcon reads Magenta Albatross as potentially elim + Emerald Falcon mentions Coral Swan (myself), Fuchsia Ostrich, Ivory Dragonfly, and Cream Tuatara but gives no read Mauve Crocodile votes Coral Swan (myself) - clearly hiding something (later claims is a poke) Cream Tuatara reads Magenta Albatross as elim - RP reasons - Cream Tuatara votes Coral Swan (myself) - RP reasons (edited from red to green an hour later) - Cream Tuatara unvotes Coral Swan - RP reasons Amethyst Scorpion votes Charcoal Hyena - poke vote/ not posting yet + Amethyst Scorpion also mentions Chartreuse Penguin with regards to not posting yet Emerald Falcon mentions Mauve Crocodile and Magenta Albatross but gives no read + Emerald Falcon reads Cream Tuatara as suspicious + Emerald Falcon pairs Cream Tuatara and Magenta Albatross or Cream Tuatara and Coral Swan for possible distancing + Emerald Falcon votes Cream Tuatara - for being in both distancing pairs Mint Heron agrees with Emerald Falcon’s suspicion of Mauve Crocodile Emerald Falcon clarifies that he wasn’t suspicious of Mauve Crocodile + Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse as village + Emerald Falcon reads Coral Swan, Magenta Albatross, and Cream Tuatara as suspicious + Emerald Falcon reads Indigo Weasel, Fuchsia Ostrich, and all other players not read as null Cream Tuatara reads Ivory Dragonfly and Magenta Albatross as suspicious - RP reasons Magenta Albatross unvotes Coral Swan (myself) - no reason/RP reasons Mint Heron votes Cream Tuatara - earlier vote for out of game reasons Indigo Weasel votes Coral Swan (myself) - eating a red apple (red are yummier than green ok) Charcoal Hyene votes Chartreuse Penguin - lurking Melon Dingo mentions Coral Swan (myself) but gives no read + Melon Dingo reads Mauve Crocodile and Indigo Weasel as suspicious + Melon Dingo votes Indigo Weasel - voting without reasoning Ivory Dragonfly votes Melon Dingo - blaming people out of nowhere (I think, honestly can’t tell) Azure Mouse reads only one of Coral Swan, Indigo Weasel, and Melon Dingo as elim Mauve Crocodile unvotes Coral Swan (myself) - was a poke + Mauve Crocodile votes Cream Tuatara - for trying to get Coral Swan (myself) to reveal their role Emerald Falcon reads Cream Tuatara, Coral Swan (myself), and Magenta Albatross as elim + Emerald Falcon reads Charcoal Hyena and Melon Dingo as null + Emerald Falcon reads Ivory Dragonfly as slight village and Azure Mouse as village Cream Tuatara votes Magenta Albatross - RP reasons Indigo Weasel reads Coral Swan (myself) as village + Indigo Weasel votes Mint Heron - Heron replied to apple thing once pinged, but gave only a closed response Emerald Falcon reads Magenta Albatross and Cream Tuatara as suspicious for not solving + Emerald Falcon thinks at least one of Magenta Albatross, Cream Tuatara, or Coral Swan (myself) is elim Amethyst Scorpion unvotes Charcoal Hyena - was a poke and hyena posted + Amethyst Scorpion votes Mauve Crocodile - jumped on a bus vote Mauve Crocodile votes Charcoal Hyena - decided with Amethyst Scorpion in PMs that it was the best option Amethyst Scorpion calls out Mauve Crocodile in the claim for his vote being untrue Azure Mouse votes Magenta Albatross - if this if [Alias] it is just a reiteration from before Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse, Indigo Weasel, and Ivory Dragonfly as village + Emerald Falcon reads Amber Vulture, Amethyst Scorpion, Charcoal Hyena, Chartreuse Penguin, and Mint Heron as null positive + Emerald Falcon reads Fuchsia Ostrich, Mauve Crocodile, and Melon Dingo as null negative + Emerald Falcon reads Coral Swan (myself), Magenta Albatross, and Cream Tuatara as elim Charcoal Hyena unvotes Chartreuse Penguin - I must have missed the vote somehow + Charcoal Hyena votes Magenta Albatross - tie breaker Magenta Albatross votes Cream Tuatara - no reason/suspicious End of Day 1 Magenta Albatross dies and was a village vanilla Start of Night 1 Mauve Crocodile says that they had read Magenta Albatross as village and to keep an eye on Charcoal Hyena Mint Heron reads Emerald Falcon, Amethyst Scorpion, Azure Mouse, and Ivory Dragonfly as slight village + Mint Heron reads Amber Vulture, Chartreuse Penguin, Fuchsia Ostrich, Charcoal Hyena, and Melon Dingo as slight elim + Mint Heron reads Cream Tuatara and Coral Swan as confusing and suspicious + Mint Heron reads Indigo Weasel and Mauve Crocodile as medium suspicion Melon Dingo reads [Hayden] as not elim End of Night 1 Cream Tuatara was attacked and survived And here is the current vote count for today: Mauve Crocodile(1): Amethyst Scorpion Mint Heron(1): Indigo Weasel, Chartreuse Penguin Fuchsia Ostrich(0): Mauve Crocodile Charcoal Hyena (1): Ivory Dragonfly Azure Mouse(1): Indigo Weasel Cream Tuatara(1): Mint Heron Ivory Dragonfly(1): Mauve Crocodile Now my thoughts I believe that Falcon is village, don't have anything specifically to point to, but they've been doing a lot of solving and my gut says they're village. For a while I thought that Crocodile was elim, but my mind has changed today. At least partly cuz of mind-meld, and mostly gut. No others stand out to me as strong village reads. So for elim reads. tl;dr Cream Tuatara and Ivory Dragonfly are my elim reads. Okay so for tuatara, what I think happened is that they were tied for the vote and that scared the elims. They had either tuatara as a thug or some elim protector and decided that the best way to get tuatara out of the clear was to attack them. My guess is that they used a protect if it was a wgg as a thug can survive a lynch anyways if that happens and they might as well use the protect to clear a teammate. That plus my gut feelings puts them in the elim bin for me. Then dragonfly, who I didn't think anything of before d2, but then they started sussing falcon which was kinda weird. During this sussing, dragonfly says: "Those three were probably the most talkative, and yet you had to suspect them." He is talking about tuatara, myself, and magenta (albatross right?). This is in fact, not true. We were rping together and did zero solving during that at all. This is my first post with any reads or solving whatsoever (yeah, my bad). This is also a little why i'm pairing the two as elims i think cuz it also tries (weakly) to clear tuatara. Of course could also apply to myself but meh. With Charcoal hyena, I personally think they are village who just changed the vote last minute, which if I was online I might have done in a similar circumstance. I think dragonfly is trying to jump on that to distract from tuatara. Slightly worried I am thinking these things and am now tunnelling slightly, so if I'm missing something please tell me. But for now Ivory Dragonfly Also for the ninja, I've been reading all previous posts and writing this up throughout the day in between classes. You beat the asking me to me posting just barely in the scheme of how long this took me to write up lol
Emerald Falcon Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 This is exhausting me. Too much social interaction for one day. Comments have come up about the drunk man surviving and if he is a saboteur. I believe there would have likely been more of a push for the gambler to die over the drunk man if the drunk man was a saboteur. It is unlikely they attack their own in order to clear that person on the first night, in my opinion. Keep in mind that a cleared slot has zero endgame equity, like most PR claims. However, I agree that the two would make sense as saboteurs together if either were revealed to be a saboteur. It's a point that came up earlier today, and Acks repeating it is slightly questionable for the lack of original thought. That feeling is disappears slightly as Acks continues: 12 minutes ago, Coral Swan said: With Charcoal hyena, I personally think they are village who just changed the vote last minute, which if I was online I might have done in a similar circumstance. This is also a thought I had and discarded. I'd probably consider it a point in their favor. 16 minutes ago, Coral Swan said: Emerald Falcon reads Amber Vulture, Amethyst Scorpion, Charcoal Hyena, Chartreuse Penguin, and Mint Heron as null positive I think this is incorrect - I swapped my "everyone else" line for the list of names who were just everyone else, so they were all null. Mauve Crocodile, going back to what I originally thought coming into today, but I am also fine with the Ivory Dragonfly suspicions. This is far too difficult for me to sort through. I usually don't have this much trouble figuring out who is likely innocent. I cannot say that the state of things is very favorable towards solving right now, and such a wide spread of votes is not a great sign at this point. I can't recall who has not said anything today, but it feels as if there's fewer voices contributing to the discussion now.
Mint Heron Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 Byrar had held some concern about Acks from the previous day, but the man’s logic agrees with Byrar’s own reasoning. Although he could be jumping on others thoughts to fit in, he seems okay for now. The observer continues rational analysis. Byrar agreed that this game is confusing, but that’s probably a result of the amount of people involved.
Amethyst Scorpion Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 On 1/14/2025 at 6:30 AM, Indigo Weasel said: Nibbles assumes Tuatara was attacked by the Night kill, which he is pretty sure exists based on the rule that it'll be clarified from Coinshot attacks. The writeup mentions knives, and there wasn't a second attack. Nibbles thinks this is a pickle! A WGG would explain why they'd target someone who might have been voted off soon? Or maybe they had a read on their role? Tuatara, how'd you survive, and did anyone know your role? Heron Malmoc frowned. Why were so many jumping to the first conclusion that Hayden’s death was staged? Nibbles had his mind constantly on food (even if he under-seasoned it terribly) and should thus know that nobody eats himself unless desperate. Why would the saboteurs take action to try to gain a very small modicum of trust for one of their own, when they could further their numerical advantage immediately by committing to a serious raid or attack? If they were to try to convince the town of the innocence of one of their own, they would not have started with Hayden, the town drunk who had just murdered a man, but one of their more upstanding members. More likely they had gotten wind of his Allomantic powers. Malmoc hoped others in the village had the good sense to keep theirs quiet. While those with Bronze noses could always sniff out the mist-awakened, it would take them time, and any secrecy that could be kept till then may save the lives of those who could contribute most strongly to the town’s defence. On 1/14/2025 at 6:47 AM, Mint Heron said: Byrars is confused by this accusation without providing any reasoning. The chef continues to act more and more suspicious. He's also confused by Hayden's attempted murder. The first reason he could think of would be to silence Hayden from accusing them, but that would only bring more attention to his claims. The more likely possibility in his mind is that it's a trick by the Spiked to make the drunk look innocent. Hayden had tied for the vote the previous day by Lysia's last minute vote change. It seemed to him that the Spiked were trying to save one of their own. His main suspicions today are on Crocodile, Weasel and Tuatara. And now Byrar was picking up the same line of reasoning. Rusts, Malmoc had tried to dissipate this wind before it blew this strongly. Were there not thirteen other townspeople in the inn? On 1/14/2025 at 4:10 PM, Ivory Dragonfly said: "Huh?" Sew stared at Falcon with a fair amount of confusion. He called himself an observer, but he was getting something very wrong. "Were you not payin' attention? We already knew he could burn metal, and we already knew what he is. The drunk's said it twice already. He's a Lurcher!" First, when talking to the late gambler, he mentioned he could burn metals, but hadn't in a couple years. He reaffirmed it as well. Then he actually mentioned what he burns, while interrogating that Acks fellow. He asked what would happen if he burned iron. Then he threatened Acks with using it to Pull on him. Normally I've seen Iron used to protect, so that's a novel use. Now, Sew was kind of baffled why Hayden had claimed that in broad daylight. That would certainly paint a target on his back. If he could actually protect people, that would be mighty nice for the village to have. She supposed the man was blabbing while drunk, but even that seemed like a poor excuse. Was he just caught up in the moment? "Look, I'm really not likin' you Mr. Observer (Emerald Falcon). You were stretchin' like crazy to try and find an elim out of Hayden, Alais, and Acks. Those three were probably the most talkative, and yet you had to suspect them. I don't get it, and I don't like it. Now you're goin' wildly off base, thinkin' he wouldn't claim? Phooey. Don't think you're a Spiked, but you can't keep makin' stuff up." Wait a second... Let me look a little closer at Day 1. Something's rotten, but I'm not sure what The child spoke more sense than any of the adults. Bless Sew. Mihtig had chosen well for her companion, when she wasn’t busy being the itchiest scarf on Scadrial. Malmoc rubbed more oregano into his nose to keep the smell of cat hair out of his nostrils. Strange, after so long, that it should still bother him. He was pleased with the girl’s observance, and hoped that she’d found something useful in her scanning of old memories. ( @Ivory Dragonfly) 23 hours ago, Amber Vulture said: Sauve Chad follows only the Cream Tuatara, for he has been spared once from the Lord Ruler's Wrath. Another lurker towards the edge of the room of whom Malmoc did not much like the smell. Perhaps he trusted Hayden—that gave him more sense than many of the more vocal—but did he not have other ideas? If Chad continued to be content to hover below the town’s notice, something would eventually need to be done. 11 hours ago, Mint Heron said: Byrar continues to be baffled at the voting of Nibbles (Weasel) and questions the Jaist (Crocodile). But now his attention is drawn by how Sew (Dragonfly) seems to be working pretty hard to defend Hayden (Tautara) by attacking those who voted for him the previous day. Ostrich has continued to say almost nothing, and Vulture has said very little, although it's possible he's sticking to private messaging. Malmoc wanted to put his head through the wooden table at which he sat, and find an appropriate herb poultice for the subsequent headache. While Malmoc was also less than sure about the pair, at least they were not condemning a child for speaking common sense. 8 hours ago, Mauve Crocodile said: Right, carry on then. I've been thinking about the Tuatara NK a bit more. Killing the village counter wagon isn't very intuitive, is it? You could get them exe'd later in the game no problem. I'm now of the opinion that elims had taken Tuatara's Lurcher role claim at face value and hoped to snipe the PR out of the game ASAP. Lurcher is a pretty powerful role and can be extremely disruptive to the elims game plan. I'm assuming they gambled on Tuatara not self-targeting this night (bit of a miscalculation on their end, if this is what happened, because v!Tuatara should always be self-targeting there to protect themself from a v!coinshot or v!MB). This brings into question my village lean on Dragonfly, but doesn't change my v read on Tuatara...yet. Praise the Ja The Jaist finally seemed to get it. He appreciated the man’s newfound willingness to solve, but was confused about his point on Sew. Why would the girl give Tyrian the rope with which to hang her? 24 minutes ago, Coral Swan said: Okay sorry everyone for not existing for a while, about to start shooting a film plus classes just started so...yeah. Anyways, I went back and read everything up to this point, and I have gathered some thoughts. Here is the main things that I noted all in one place: Reveal hidden contents Magenta Albatross votes Coral Sawn (myself) - poke vote/no reason given Azure Mouse votes [Alias] - poke vote/no reason given Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse as village (weak) + Emerald Falcon reads Magenta Albatross as potentially elim + Emerald Falcon mentions Coral Swan (myself), Fuchsia Ostrich, Ivory Dragonfly, and Cream Tuatara but gives no read Mauve Crocodile votes Coral Swan (myself) - clearly hiding something (later claims is a poke) Cream Tuatara reads Magenta Albatross as elim - RP reasons - Cream Tuatara votes Coral Swan (myself) - RP reasons (edited from red to green an hour later) - Cream Tuatara unvotes Coral Swan - RP reasons Amethyst Scorpion votes Charcoal Hyena - poke vote/ not posting yet + Amethyst Scorpion also mentions Chartreuse Penguin with regards to not posting yet Emerald Falcon mentions Mauve Crocodile and Magenta Albatross but gives no read + Emerald Falcon reads Cream Tuatara as suspicious + Emerald Falcon pairs Cream Tuatara and Magenta Albatross or Cream Tuatara and Coral Swan for possible distancing + Emerald Falcon votes Cream Tuatara - for being in both distancing pairs Mint Heron agrees with Emerald Falcon’s suspicion of Mauve Crocodile Emerald Falcon clarifies that he wasn’t suspicious of Mauve Crocodile + Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse as village + Emerald Falcon reads Coral Swan, Magenta Albatross, and Cream Tuatara as suspicious + Emerald Falcon reads Indigo Weasel, Fuchsia Ostrich, and all other players not read as null Cream Tuatara reads Ivory Dragonfly and Magenta Albatross as suspicious - RP reasons Magenta Albatross unvotes Coral Swan (myself) - no reason/RP reasons Mint Heron votes Cream Tuatara - earlier vote for out of game reasons Indigo Weasel votes Coral Swan (myself) - eating a red apple (red are yummier than green ok) Charcoal Hyene votes Chartreuse Penguin - lurking Melon Dingo mentions Coral Swan (myself) but gives no read + Melon Dingo reads Mauve Crocodile and Indigo Weasel as suspicious + Melon Dingo votes Indigo Weasel - voting without reasoning Ivory Dragonfly votes Melon Dingo - blaming people out of nowhere (I think, honestly can’t tell) Azure Mouse reads only one of Coral Swan, Indigo Weasel, and Melon Dingo as elim Mauve Crocodile unvotes Coral Swan (myself) - was a poke + Mauve Crocodile votes Cream Tuatara - for trying to get Coral Swan (myself) to reveal their role Emerald Falcon reads Cream Tuatara, Coral Swan (myself), and Magenta Albatross as elim + Emerald Falcon reads Charcoal Hyena and Melon Dingo as null + Emerald Falcon reads Ivory Dragonfly as slight village and Azure Mouse as village Cream Tuatara votes Magenta Albatross - RP reasons Indigo Weasel reads Coral Swan (myself) as village + Indigo Weasel votes Mint Heron - Heron replied to apple thing once pinged, but gave only a closed response Emerald Falcon reads Magenta Albatross and Cream Tuatara as suspicious for not solving + Emerald Falcon thinks at least one of Magenta Albatross, Cream Tuatara, or Coral Swan (myself) is elim Amethyst Scorpion unvotes Charcoal Hyena - was a poke and hyena posted + Amethyst Scorpion votes Mauve Crocodile - jumped on a bus vote Mauve Crocodile votes Charcoal Hyena - decided with Amethyst Scorpion in PMs that it was the best option Amethyst Scorpion calls out Mauve Crocodile in the claim for his vote being untrue Azure Mouse votes Magenta Albatross - if this if [Alias] it is just a reiteration from before Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse, Indigo Weasel, and Ivory Dragonfly as village + Emerald Falcon reads Amber Vulture, Amethyst Scorpion, Charcoal Hyena, Chartreuse Penguin, and Mint Heron as null positive + Emerald Falcon reads Fuchsia Ostrich, Mauve Crocodile, and Melon Dingo as null negative + Emerald Falcon reads Coral Swan (myself), Magenta Albatross, and Cream Tuatara as elim Charcoal Hyena unvotes Chartreuse Penguin - I must have missed the vote somehow + Charcoal Hyena votes Magenta Albatross - tie breaker Magenta Albatross votes Cream Tuatara - no reason/suspicious End of Day 1 Magenta Albatross dies and was a village vanilla Start of Night 1 Mauve Crocodile says that they had read Magenta Albatross as village and to keep an eye on Charcoal Hyena Mint Heron reads Emerald Falcon, Amethyst Scorpion, Azure Mouse, and Ivory Dragonfly as slight village + Mint Heron reads Amber Vulture, Chartreuse Penguin, Fuchsia Ostrich, Charcoal Hyena, and Melon Dingo as slight elim + Mint Heron reads Cream Tuatara and Coral Swan as confusing and suspicious + Mint Heron reads Indigo Weasel and Mauve Crocodile as medium suspicion Melon Dingo reads [Hayden] as not elim End of Night 1 Cream Tuatara was attacked and survived And here is the current vote count for today: Mauve Crocodile(1): Amethyst Scorpion Mint Heron(1): Indigo Weasel, Chartreuse Penguin Fuchsia Ostrich(0): Mauve Crocodile Charcoal Hyena (1): Ivory Dragonfly Azure Mouse(1): Indigo Weasel Cream Tuatara(1): Mint Heron Ivory Dragonfly(1): Mauve Crocodile Now my thoughts I believe that Falcon is village, don't have anything specifically to point to, but they've been doing a lot of solving and my gut says they're village. For a while I thought that Crocodile was elim, but my mind has changed today. At least partly cuz of mind-meld, and mostly gut. No others stand out to me as strong village reads. So for elim reads. tl;dr Cream Tuatara and Ivory Dragonfly are my elim reads. Okay so for tuatara, what I think happened is that they were tied for the vote and that scared the elims. They had either tuatara as a thug or some elim protector and decided that the best way to get tuatara out of the clear was to attack them. My guess is that they used a protect if it was a wgg as a thug can survive a lynch anyways if that happens and they might as well use the protect to clear a teammate. That plus my gut feelings puts them in the elim bin for me. Then dragonfly, who I didn't think anything of before d2, but then they started sussing falcon which was kinda weird. During this sussing, dragonfly says: "Those three were probably the most talkative, and yet you had to suspect them." He is talking about tuatara, myself, and magenta (albatross right?). This is in fact, not true. We were rping together and did zero solving during that at all. This is my first post with any reads or solving whatsoever (yeah, my bad). This is also a little why i'm pairing the two as elims i think cuz it also tries (weakly) to clear tuatara. Of course could also apply to myself but meh. With Charcoal hyena, I personally think they are village who just changed the vote last minute, which if I was online I might have done in a similar circumstance. I think dragonfly is trying to jump on that to distract from tuatara. Slightly worried I am thinking these things and am now tunnelling slightly, so if I'm missing something please tell me. But for now Ivory Dragonfly Also for the ninja, I've been reading all previous posts and writing this up throughout the day in between classes. You beat the asking me to me posting just barely in the scheme of how long this took me to write up lol Malmoc swivelled to look at Acks. “What?” he asked. “An attack draws attention to Hayden, not the other way around. If he’d not been attacked, and spent the night safe in Tey’s guardhouse, they could’ve just deflected attention elsewhere today and been fine. It’s a poor attempt at deception since apparently half of Tyrian thinks it was a ploy to begin with. Also, Hayden’s Lurcher claims started coming long before he got into the spat with Alais. If he was a Thug all along, it’d have looked very silly if he’d been made to burn his pewter when Alais got the better of him. And you’d waste much more time making the village try to attack you multiple times—there’s no reason to burn his pewter in a false attempt on his own life. Sew is right. It just doesn’t make sense.” While Malmoc’s suspicion was still publicly on the Jaist, he wondered about the rest. The watcher in the corner (Falcon) had not given him the best impression recently, but he at least spurred the others on to conversation. He was now side-eyeing Byrar and Acks more than ever, and still wondered about the suspicion on the latter yesterday which had quickly dissipated. Nibbles, too, he was of two minds on. Behind the facade of silliness was an astute mind. What was it planning? He needed to think over this more.
Amber Vulture Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 22 hours ago, Indigo Weasel said: Do you still suspect Tuatara? Nibbles must bag-uette the question, is it a reasonable leap to assume there's no night kill in the game? Nibbles thought Falcon might be trying a little too hard to avoid the impression of TMI there @Amber Vulture Are you just PM spidering this game? @Cream Tuatara how's it going! The only way to reach Sauve Chad is to request to speak with him at night, or send him a letter. Other options are unavailable at the moment.
Amber Vulture Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 12 hours ago, Mint Heron said: Byrar continues to be baffled at the voting of Nibbles (Weasel) and questions the Jaist (Crocodile). But now his attention is drawn by how Sew (Dragonfly) seems to be working pretty hard to defend Hayden (Tautara) by attacking those who voted for him the previous day. Ostrich has continued to say almost nothing, and Vulture has said very little, although it's possible he's sticking to private messaging. Sauve Chad breaks character to tell this man that he should not ponder there, for voting one whom the eliminators attempted to kill is counterproductive. No wonder why the Lord Ruler has cursed this town.
Coral Swan Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 2 minutes ago, Amber Vulture said: Sauve Chad breaks character to tell this man that he should not ponder there, for voting one whom the eliminators attempted to kill is counterproductive. No wonder why the Lord Ruler has cursed this town. Are you planning on voting this game? If not, I'd like to hear the reasoning please?
Mint Heron Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 16 minutes ago, Coral Swan said: @Cream Tuatara who did you lurch day 1? He lurched himself, which is why survived. it seems odd that you hadn’t noticed that.
Amber Vulture Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 From what he's been told, Sauve Chad is unsure if Falcon is good-willed.
Coral Swan Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 5 minutes ago, Mint Heron said: He lurched himself, which is why survived. it seems odd that you hadn’t noticed that. Oh duh Sorry my brain farted and for some reason I thought for a moment that they lurched themselves today
Emerald Falcon Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 It should be a night action. 16 minutes ago, Amber Vulture said: From what he's been told, Sauve Chad is unsure if Falcon is good-willed. Expand on this, please. What gives you that impression?
Ivory Dragonfly Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 19 hours ago, Azure Mouse said: I'm not entirely surprised by this accusation, but I turn towards it regardless. My reasoning is open, but I frown. "I was wrong." My words are simple. I don't feel the need to defend myself from this. "I thought him out of touch, and I disliked his own approach." Sew considered this. She wished Mouse had been more vocal. The watcher had placed her vote early, but reminded the town it was still there when prompted. It was still odd to her. 14 hours ago, Mint Heron said: “Because little one” Byrar says tiredly, “There could be soothers or rioters who could easily change things so that any person with one vote on them had a 50% chance of death. "Uh, who are you again? Wasn't addressing you, but okay." Sew had to accept others trying to correct her. "Breaking a tie would have been fine, but creating a three way tie also could have worked. Learning that manipulation was taking place would have been powerful information." They were kind of missing the point of the argument. 13 hours ago, Charcoal Hyena said: To be honest, I didn't think too hard about it. My only major reason for voting Albatross over Tuatara was that the votes on Albatross were older, and thus more likely to be random village votes than targeted Elim votes. "Huh." Sew didn't hate that reasoning. It meant that he was trusting more in luck more than anything. Ironic that it cost the gambler his life. "I don't trust you, but I don't want you dead. Lysia @Charcoal Hyena" 11 hours ago, Mint Heron said: Byrar continues to be baffled at the voting of Nibbles (Weasel) and questions the Jaist (Crocodile). But now his attention is drawn by how Sew (Dragonfly) seems to be working pretty hard to defend Hayden (Tautara) by attacking those who voted for him the previous day. Ostrich has continued to say almost nothing, and Vulture has said very little, although it's possible he's sticking to private messaging. "Okay, seriously?" Sew didn't know Bryar that well, but really hoped they weren't her parent. "I was attacking the people who voted for Alais. Not the people who were voting for Hayden! You completely read that wrong. I don't think you're evil, but stop making stuff up!" 9 hours ago, Mauve Crocodile said: Right, carry on then. I've been thinking about the Tuatara NK a bit more. Killing the village counter wagon isn't very intuitive, is it? You could get them exe'd later in the game no problem. I'm now of the opinion that elims had taken Tuatara's Lurcher role claim at face value and hoped to snipe the PR out of the game ASAP. Lurcher is a pretty powerful role and can be extremely disruptive to the elims game plan. I'm assuming they gambled on Tuatara not self-targeting this night (bit of a miscalculation on their end, if this is what happened, because v!Tuatara should always be self-targeting there to protect themself from a v!coinshot or v!MB). This brings into question my village lean on Dragonfly, but doesn't change my v read on Tuatara...yet. Praise the Ja Sew addressed the priest. "That's what's botherin' me too. It's a bad play either way you slice it. If they knew the role, the logical thing is to self-protect. Doesn't take that much foresight. Target someone else, then let the town tear Hayden to shreds." 8 hours ago, Mauve Crocodile said: Perhaps. I do acknowledge it's a rather bold play if true. I don't think this makes Dragonfly an elim per se, but it makes them less lock village to me. Praise the Ja EDIT: Actually, I take that back. It does make Dragonfly look bad. @Ivory Dragonfly if you saw and noted Tuatara's iron claim, why did you not try to dissipate their wagon? They could have died at EoD, it came down to a rand. I think this is suspicious. You didn't try to save them at all. Praise the Ja "I didn't notice it til this mornin. Once he survived, I went diggin' and found it." She looked away. "Still, I thought he was innocent, even without that. But I didn't do anything." The guilt was gnawing at her. "I had a couple minutes, but I froze. What was I supposed to do? Throw the vote to Alais? I thought he was innocent too, and that would've been wrong too. I had voted, but nobody was listening to me. And in the end, that happened." Sew took a shaky breath. "Maybe you should blame me..." She winced as his vote came in. Didn't she deserve this? She let the nice gambler man die, and now she was suspecting everyone. She was terrible, she was horrible, she was... 29 minutes ago, Coral Swan said: Okay sorry everyone for not existing for a while, about to start shooting a film plus classes just started so...yeah. Anyways, I went back and read everything up to this point, and I have gathered some thoughts. Here is the main things that I noted all in one place: Reveal hidden contents Magenta Albatross votes Coral Sawn (myself) - poke vote/no reason given Azure Mouse votes [Alias] - poke vote/no reason given Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse as village (weak) + Emerald Falcon reads Magenta Albatross as potentially elim + Emerald Falcon mentions Coral Swan (myself), Fuchsia Ostrich, Ivory Dragonfly, and Cream Tuatara but gives no read Mauve Crocodile votes Coral Swan (myself) - clearly hiding something (later claims is a poke) Cream Tuatara reads Magenta Albatross as elim - RP reasons - Cream Tuatara votes Coral Swan (myself) - RP reasons (edited from red to green an hour later) - Cream Tuatara unvotes Coral Swan - RP reasons Amethyst Scorpion votes Charcoal Hyena - poke vote/ not posting yet + Amethyst Scorpion also mentions Chartreuse Penguin with regards to not posting yet Emerald Falcon mentions Mauve Crocodile and Magenta Albatross but gives no read + Emerald Falcon reads Cream Tuatara as suspicious + Emerald Falcon pairs Cream Tuatara and Magenta Albatross or Cream Tuatara and Coral Swan for possible distancing + Emerald Falcon votes Cream Tuatara - for being in both distancing pairs Mint Heron agrees with Emerald Falcon’s suspicion of Mauve Crocodile Emerald Falcon clarifies that he wasn’t suspicious of Mauve Crocodile + Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse as village + Emerald Falcon reads Coral Swan, Magenta Albatross, and Cream Tuatara as suspicious + Emerald Falcon reads Indigo Weasel, Fuchsia Ostrich, and all other players not read as null Cream Tuatara reads Ivory Dragonfly and Magenta Albatross as suspicious - RP reasons Magenta Albatross unvotes Coral Swan (myself) - no reason/RP reasons Mint Heron votes Cream Tuatara - earlier vote for out of game reasons Indigo Weasel votes Coral Swan (myself) - eating a red apple (red are yummier than green ok) Charcoal Hyene votes Chartreuse Penguin - lurking Melon Dingo mentions Coral Swan (myself) but gives no read + Melon Dingo reads Mauve Crocodile and Indigo Weasel as suspicious + Melon Dingo votes Indigo Weasel - voting without reasoning Ivory Dragonfly votes Melon Dingo - blaming people out of nowhere (I think, honestly can’t tell) Azure Mouse reads only one of Coral Swan, Indigo Weasel, and Melon Dingo as elim Mauve Crocodile unvotes Coral Swan (myself) - was a poke + Mauve Crocodile votes Cream Tuatara - for trying to get Coral Swan (myself) to reveal their role Emerald Falcon reads Cream Tuatara, Coral Swan (myself), and Magenta Albatross as elim + Emerald Falcon reads Charcoal Hyena and Melon Dingo as null + Emerald Falcon reads Ivory Dragonfly as slight village and Azure Mouse as village Cream Tuatara votes Magenta Albatross - RP reasons Indigo Weasel reads Coral Swan (myself) as village + Indigo Weasel votes Mint Heron - Heron replied to apple thing once pinged, but gave only a closed response Emerald Falcon reads Magenta Albatross and Cream Tuatara as suspicious for not solving + Emerald Falcon thinks at least one of Magenta Albatross, Cream Tuatara, or Coral Swan (myself) is elim Amethyst Scorpion unvotes Charcoal Hyena - was a poke and hyena posted + Amethyst Scorpion votes Mauve Crocodile - jumped on a bus vote Mauve Crocodile votes Charcoal Hyena - decided with Amethyst Scorpion in PMs that it was the best option Amethyst Scorpion calls out Mauve Crocodile in the claim for his vote being untrue Azure Mouse votes Magenta Albatross - if this if [Alias] it is just a reiteration from before Emerald Falcon reads Azure Mouse, Indigo Weasel, and Ivory Dragonfly as village + Emerald Falcon reads Amber Vulture, Amethyst Scorpion, Charcoal Hyena, Chartreuse Penguin, and Mint Heron as null positive + Emerald Falcon reads Fuchsia Ostrich, Mauve Crocodile, and Melon Dingo as null negative + Emerald Falcon reads Coral Swan (myself), Magenta Albatross, and Cream Tuatara as elim Charcoal Hyena unvotes Chartreuse Penguin - I must have missed the vote somehow + Charcoal Hyena votes Magenta Albatross - tie breaker Magenta Albatross votes Cream Tuatara - no reason/suspicious End of Day 1 Magenta Albatross dies and was a village vanilla Start of Night 1 Mauve Crocodile says that they had read Magenta Albatross as village and to keep an eye on Charcoal Hyena Mint Heron reads Emerald Falcon, Amethyst Scorpion, Azure Mouse, and Ivory Dragonfly as slight village + Mint Heron reads Amber Vulture, Chartreuse Penguin, Fuchsia Ostrich, Charcoal Hyena, and Melon Dingo as slight elim + Mint Heron reads Cream Tuatara and Coral Swan as confusing and suspicious + Mint Heron reads Indigo Weasel and Mauve Crocodile as medium suspicion Melon Dingo reads [Hayden] as not elim End of Night 1 Cream Tuatara was attacked and survived And here is the current vote count for today: Mauve Crocodile(1): Amethyst Scorpion Mint Heron(1): Indigo Weasel, Chartreuse Penguin Fuchsia Ostrich(0): Mauve Crocodile Charcoal Hyena (1): Ivory Dragonfly Azure Mouse(1): Indigo Weasel Cream Tuatara(1): Mint Heron Ivory Dragonfly(1): Mauve Crocodile Now my thoughts I believe that Falcon is village, don't have anything specifically to point to, but they've been doing a lot of solving and my gut says they're village. For a while I thought that Crocodile was elim, but my mind has changed today. At least partly cuz of mind-meld, and mostly gut. No others stand out to me as strong village reads. So for elim reads. tl;dr Cream Tuatara and Ivory Dragonfly are my elim reads. Okay so for tuatara, what I think happened is that they were tied for the vote and that scared the elims. They had either tuatara as a thug or some elim protector and decided that the best way to get tuatara out of the clear was to attack them. My guess is that they used a protect if it was a wgg as a thug can survive a lynch anyways if that happens and they might as well use the protect to clear a teammate. That plus my gut feelings puts them in the elim bin for me. Then dragonfly, who I didn't think anything of before d2, but then they started sussing falcon which was kinda weird. During this sussing, dragonfly says: "Those three were probably the most talkative, and yet you had to suspect them." He is talking about tuatara, myself, and magenta (albatross right?). This is in fact, not true. We were rping together and did zero solving during that at all. This is my first post with any reads or solving whatsoever (yeah, my bad). This is also a little why i'm pairing the two as elims i think cuz it also tries (weakly) to clear tuatara. Of course could also apply to myself but meh. With Charcoal hyena, I personally think they are village who just changed the vote last minute, which if I was online I might have done in a similar circumstance. I think dragonfly is trying to jump on that to distract from tuatara. Slightly worried I am thinking these things and am now tunnelling slightly, so if I'm missing something please tell me. But for now Ivory Dragonfly Also for the ninja, I've been reading all previous posts and writing this up throughout the day in between classes. You beat the asking me to me posting just barely in the scheme of how long this took me to write up lol "NO!" This was rusting wrong. She was trying her best, and she had a duty to help this town. "I'm not clearing Hayden yet, but you three were talkative. You can't deny that, you were there! Yes, it was normal conversation (RP). But it was extremely game relevant! You guys did role claims, for Preservation's sake! He put pressure on you, and got you to talk. Sure, it was RP, but it was draggin' you into the game. Alais and Hayden were literally the first to start talkin' to each other, so I definitely don't like Falcon puttin' the pressure there. Rust and ruin, is it suspicious to talk normal to someone? Does everyone have to give suspicions every time? Can't we develop relationships outside of this?" She tried to calm herself down. Her heart was beating out of her chest. Was she going to die? That was the second vote on her. She needed to take stock of where everything was at. Vote Count: Mauve Crocodile(2): Amethyst Scorpion, Emerald Falcon Mint Heron(1): Indigo Weasel, Chartreuse Penguin Fuchsia Ostrich(0): Mauve Crocodile Charcoal Hyena (1): Ivory Dragonfly Azure Mouse(0): Indigo Weasel Cream Tuatara(1): Mint Heron Coral Swan(1): Indigo Weasel Ivory Dragonfly(2): Mauve Crocodile, Coral Swan Emerald Falcon(1): Amber Vulture No Vote (4): Charcoal Hyena, Cream Tuatara, Fuchsia Ostrich, Melon Dingo That was just great. Two of the key figures yesterday hadn't cast a vote. She could protect herself by voting on the priest, but that didn't sit well with her gut. No, despite his vote on her, and the whole religious celibacy thing meaning he probably wasn't her parent, she wasn't distrustful of him. There was still one central question. Why did the Spiked attack Hayden? There was only one conclusion she was drawing. It was a false flag operation. "Hayden @Cream Tuatara You still haven't answered any questions. You haven't said why you killed Alais. You haven't said why you revealed your role that early. You haven't said anythin'! People are questionin' if your survival was a gambit. Well, so am I. They're afraid to accuse you though. They don't want to be made fools. They raise the question, and then move on. Not me. We need to know what's goin' on. If you were a Spiked Lurcher, there's no harm sayin' your role out loud. You wouldn't be gettin' attacked. And it's a nice way to protect yourself. Are you my top suspect? No, that's Falcon at this point. We need you to speak, and quite frankly I think we need your identity."
Emerald Falcon Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 No more RPing from me today. Considering no one claimed a shot on Hayden, it's likely he was the elim NK. He is likely town. As a wolf, he has zero endgame equity. Please vote your top suspect over the PR. If Hayden flips town PR at any point, kill everyone who tried to push him. Ty. 29 minutes ago, Ivory Dragonfly said: Rust and ruin, is it suspicious to talk normal to someone? Yes. Something I look for in pairing people is if they talk a lot to each other without making an attempt to solve each other.
Indigo Weasel Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 50 minutes ago, Ivory Dragonfly said: If you were a Spiked Lurcher, there's no harm sayin' your role out loud. : "Just confess. We promise we won't be mad." Swan said a lot without providing much subjective analysis, but despite that, Nibbles reads it as villagery Crocodile PM spidering is probably the thing most bothering Nibbles right now. Nibbles doesn't want Dragonfly to die (nor Falcon or Tuatara)
Amethyst Scorpion Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 If only people were like herbs, and could be ground into a paste and smelt to determine their virtues, or lack thereof. Malmoc was waffling. The Jaist was wrong, so wrong, on many things, he believed, but did that make him evil? He still suspected he might be in league with Acks. The observer and Nibbles were beginning to unnerve him. Byrar was not to be trusted. The lurkers still lurked. They couldn’t all be in league together, could they? But no, for they were accusing one another. It all made so little sense to Malmoc, but he was willing to hear people out. He drew in a deep breath of thyme. People could not be crushed and smelt, but their breaths might yet betray their scent. These men and women would stand or fall by their words. “I would like to hear, from each of you, who you are accusing again, and why. Especially those of you who have not yet weighed in.”
Melon Dingo Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 Apologies for not being around today, should hopefully have more time for analysis tomorrow. *** Rind was confused to say the least. An attempted murder on the drunk who had been isolated for a murder of their own, one survived through allomancy? And yet others seemed to be pointing the blame towards him regardless. If the man was a lurcher, then surely it would be in the saboteurs' best interests to try and find another way to get rid of him? Heron especially seemed insistent on the his death, which Rind found rather suspicious. Hayden had seemed reluctant to talk, but with all he'd gone through surely there was a reasonable explanation for that. Rind thinks it only reasonable to do what he can to stop Hayden dying before giving a proper defence, so reluctantly he taps into a still-unfamiliar well of power, the taste of brass fresh in his mouth... The one Rind trusted most was Falcon, so it surprised him to see so much suspicion towards them, but he had been too busy contemplating the others to think too much about that now. He supposed that would have to wait for the next day.
Emerald Falcon Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 Quote Azure Mouse Cream Tuatara Indigo Weasel Melon Dingo Mint Heron Amethyst Scorpion Ivory Dragonfly Charcoal Hyena Chartreuse Penguin Amber Vulture Fuchsia Ostrich Coral Swan Mauve Crocodile Unordered in tiers. Give or take. No idea what VC is at in terms of who is top wagon. gl.
Amber Vulture Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 Sauve Chad stands up. "This is enough. There is no possible way that Cream Tuatara is going to be Elim. This is because there are two possibilities where Tuatara is an eliminator: Quote Tuatara is a Spiked Thug. The coinshot/Steel Mistborn decided to attack Tuatara and the Spiked have decided not to kill anyone (Risky, because it assumes that there's a coinshot/Steel Mistborn to cover them) This is highly unlikely. It assumes that there is a Steel Mistborn and/or Coinshot not in the Spiked's Control, and the Spiked were willing to gamble on that. I do think it is slightly more probable than the next option: Quote Tuatara is a Spiked Lurcher. The coinshot/Mistborn decided to attack Tuatara and the Spiked decided not to kill anyone. Once again, this assumes that the Spiked are willing to gamble on roles they have no confirmation of already. This is only slightly more likely because a Spiked Lurcher might indicate a sort of existential to threat to the spiked, hence giving them a hint (and more assurance that a coinshot is in the game). Quote Tuatara is a Spiked Lurcher or a Spiked Thug. The spiked intentionally killed Tuatara to make them look villagery. Is this possible? Yes. Is it probable? No. It seems like a folly to do such a trick at this stage, although it has been done in the past. If anyone is voting for Tuatara, I will require them to explain which circumstance they believe the night kill to be. Otherwise, Tuatara is blessed as blessed can be." Sauve Chad steps down into the shadows.
Kasimir he/him Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 (edited) AG11/AN15: Night Two - Lock Your Door Aralis dearly missed the quiet evenings, watching the sunset from the comfort of his rocking chair on the porch. There were those days, long gone now, when perhaps there would be laughter, familiar faces. A little warmth, to set against the cold of the winters. All gone now. He’d outlived them all, of course. Liked to think you accrued a measure of wisdom as the weight of the years accumulated on your shoulders, and grey threaded your hair. Maybe that meant you were less like to run screaming over your own shadow, over nonsensical whispers of koloss in the wilderness, headed for Tyrian Falls and hellbent on murder. Hysteria gripped Tyrian Falls now, what with a wild-eyed Hayden bursting into the Hound and Hustle bearing a tale on a knife-throwing assassin and—worse news—Captain Teys’s death. Aralis hadn’t approved of how Teys seemed to take news of the koloss seriously, but Teys was competent, and Teys being murdered, if Hayden hadn’t done the deed himself (Aralis wasn’t sure how he felt about that particular possibility just yet) boded ill for Tyrian Falls. And there were questions that came to mind, of course. What did this mean? Why did the assassin come for Hayden Vendel, and then kill Captain Teys? Why kill a drunkard, a former soldier, and one who’d the pall of Alais Short’s death dangling over him? Because they’d wanted to kill a Misting? Why pivot then to killing Captain Teys instead? There was, as well, the poisoning of Mayor Tema. As best as Aralis could tell, gossip about that had spread all over Tyrian Falls—first, people claimed that Tema’d been killed; then, they were whispering that the half-senile fool Malmoc had gone and poisoned Tema in one of his mad fits. That, Aralis thought, was sadly plausible. Malmoc had the habit of forcing his salves and concoctions on you, will you, nill you. Aralis’d thwacked the herbalist more than once with his staff before Malmoc could try to flavour his evening tea with…some of his more exotic ingredients. “Aralis?” It was Clem, and he was woolgathering. “Tema’s still down for the count,” the blacksmith said. He ran a hesitant hand through his soot-stained hair. For all his numerous faults, at least someone in the village minded his elders, Aralis thought. “I finished the batch of caltrops that Teys asked for, and I think the others are looking for you.” Aralis narrowed his eyes. “They’re, what?” he asked, in spite of himself. Clem shrugged. “Teys dead. Tema down,” he counted off on his fingers, emotionlessly, as though counting numbers, or stating facts about the world. “My father was the Market Square Murderer.” That, Aralis remembered, as though it was yesterday. Nasty business, altogether. They’d never quite figured out what’d possessed Connal to scrawl PRAISE RUIN AND THE DEATH HE BRINGS in the market square, even as the last of his victims bled their lives out on the stones. “I think they’re just lost and looking for direction, and you’re as old as dirt.” …Scratch that last bit about Clem minding his elders. Aralis was very much minded to give him a good thwacking. Instead, he grunted acknowledgement. If it had to be him, then Aralis supposed he would get it done with. Aralis did not believe in koloss. The idea of a koloss warband, here and now, offended his sensibilities: offended the way all wisdom suggested the world should work. But he was certain that there were saboteurs, or at least a band of murderers who had taken refuge in Tyrian Falls. And Aralis would be damned if he let them have free rein in his hometown. In the Hound and Hustle, Tyrianers were discussing the bold attempt on Hayden’s life and what it meant. Falcon was still narrating his thoughts as though he was an actor in one of those two-bit stage plays the Luthadel nobility so loved to attend, though it seemed he had no real idea what to make of the attack. Byrar, on the other hand, had gone into full-out hysterics, seeing saboteurs in every shadow. “Nibbles is acting suspicious!” he groused, as the chef emerged once more from the kitchens, bearing a tray of freshly-baked pies. “And Hayden—don’t tell me you all believe this rubbish? Hayden clearly staged the attack on himself to pretend he’s innocent! He’d have to, after having all but murdered Alais yesterday!” He cast a wary look at the Jaist priest. “And just look at that priest. In all our years in Tyrian Falls, have you ever heard what his name was? No. We don’t even know something so basic about the priest. How can we say for sure that this man isn’t a murderer himself?” “Byrar,” Ade said, wearily. “You’re delusional.” “Nibbles thinks Byrar is secretive too!” Nibbles had popped back out of the kitchen to pipe up. “What’s also a secret is what fruit Nibbles put in the pies! Enjoy!” Sew, at least, had given up her search for her dad for the moment, and was darting about listening to the conversations on the Tyrian murders. She’d heard something that gave her pause, though. “Huh?” She stared at Falcon with a fair amount of confusion. He called himself an observer, but he was getting something very wrong. “Were you not payin' attention? We already knew he could burn metal, and we already knew what he is. The drunk's said it twice already. He's a Lurcher!” Which only deepened the confusion. What manner of madman openly claimed to be a Misting so lightly, without a trace of hesitation? Sure, Tyrian Falls was smack between Luthadel and Fadrex, but they saw their share of Ministry workers. Admitting to being a Misting when you were skaa was a death sentence, one upheld by the cruel hooks of the Steel Ministry. Even with rumours of the Lord Ruler’s death, the old fear, burned into the skaa over generations of discovery, torture, and a gruesome end did not fade easily. “And you know, I think that’s kinda weird,” Sew added. Meanwhile, the Jaist priest’s attention had shifted to the orphan who had spoken up. “And you knew he claimed the power of Iron, and did nothing—absolutely nothing at all—to break up the fight?” What the priest expected an orphan girl to do about a tavern fight, no one was quite sure. “Listen,” Byrar said, exasperated. “Look at her! She’s just a little girl! What’s wrong with you? Our killer had to overpower Gam, remember? Even with a bad leg, Hayden could take Gam, especially if he had his metals.” Malmoc was all but ready to scream. “You’re delusional,” he accused, half-mumbling, so the dramatic effect was lost. He stabbed a finger at Byrar, Sew, and apparently half of Tyrian Falls in the process, because the nonsense was beginning to offend him. “You’re all delusional. You all need a calming infusion for the mind, something for clarity. Hayden was in shock. He wasn’t faking that.” “Well, then you are lost!” Byrar shot back. The Hound and Hustle exploded once again into chaotic argument, with accusations being hurled to and fro. Clem followed Aralis into the common room of the Hound and Hustle. He felt…uncomfortable, in a way he had not in years. Most of Tyrian Falls had gathered into the tavern and were muttering and speculating about the deaths. Uncertainty hung in the air, a force so heavy it was almost palpable. Memories of the evening after the Market Square Massacre, the flame-and-garnet sunset against a bloody sky. One of the many reasons Clem had left Tyrian Falls, beyond a quiet yearning to see more of the world, to see what lay beyond the hills of his hometown. A recognition you had to grow into your own, and for that, you had to seek change, to awaken the sleeper. You could not be allowed to slip into a soothing complacency, the comfort of the same routine. His life, Clem thought, was chiseled in half: the cleavage point was the Market Square Massacre. Nothing had been the same, after that. Or so he’d told himself when he left, with nothing but his own forged tools, some baywraps for the journey, and a carved wooden figurine of Pilu in his pocket. He hadn’t expected to return; had thought he would die in Luthadel, maybe a Garrison assignment he didn’t come back from, but Pilu had whispered to him, and Clem knew this much: you didn’t disobey God, didn’t tell him you had better things to do in Luthadel, or great plans with your life. As soon as they entered, Clem noticed that Malmoc’s cat sauntered over to greet Aralis, clambering up on him and then perching on his head like a gigantic fluffy hat. He tried to hide his amusement, and ended up having to muffle his amused snickering behind his elbow. “Alright,” Aralis said, grumpily, an effect not particularly improved by having become Mihtig’s new, favourite perch. “What in tarnation just happened here?” Rind said, “Aralis, I tried to calm them all down, I tried, I even burned metal but I don’t think it did anything, everyone was too worked up…” There was, at least, much less property damage this time. More concerningly, however, their sole witness to the ostensible assassin and the death of Captain Teys was also dead, apparently in the argument and the scuffling that had ensued. No one had seen how it had happened. “...I guess he’s not my dad either,” Sew said, quietly. “We thought he was one of the saboteurs,” Byrar explained, awkwardly. Aralis lashed out with his staff. THWACK! “Praise the Ja,” the Jaist priest intoned, solemnly. THWACK! “Will you all,” Aralis said flatly, utterly done with the situation, “Calm down and stop murdering people before we can even get any sense or information out of them?” @Cream Tuatara was a Village Lurcher! Quote Mauve Crocodile (2): Amethyst Scorpion, Emerald Falcon, Indigo Weasel Cream Tuatara (2): Ivory Dragonfly, Mint Heron Ivory Dragonfly (2): Coral Swan, Mauve Crocodile Mint Heron (2): Chartreuse Penguin, Melon Dingo Emerald Falcon (1): Amber Vulture The Night has begun! It will end in 24 hours on the 16th January 2025, 11PM ET. PMs remain open! Please include both myself and @Araris Valerian in all PMs made. Player List: Spoiler 1. @Amber Vulture - Sauve Chad (Ruinous Skeptic) 2. @Amethyst Scorpion - Malmoc (Herbalist) 3. @Azure Mouse - (Watcher) 4. @Charcoal Hyena - Lysia (Tinker) 5. @Chartreuse Penguin - [Ade]mordna Niugnep 6. @Coral Swan - Acks (Matchmaker) 7. Cream Tuatara - Hayden Vendel (Drunk) - Village Lurcher 8. @Emerald Falcon - (Observer) 9. @Fuchsia Ostrich - Kael Voss 10. @Indigo Weasel - Nibbles (Chef) 11. @Ivory Dragonfly - Sew (Hopeful Orphan) 12. Magenta Albatross - Alais Short (Gambler) - Village Vanilla 13. @Mauve Crocodile - (Jaist) 14. @Melon Dingo - Rind (Orphaned By Mistwraiths) 15. @Mint Heron - Byrar (Unlucky Craftsman) Edited January 30, 2025 by Kasimir 1
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