Quick Fix 76: Judgement on the Shores of the Purelake

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Now that we have, most of us, been introduced, perhaps I should tell you all how Greebas and I met.

That has nothing to do with this mystery, and it doesn't concern any of them. You sit in the darkness and wait patiently.

They're going to kill us.

GOOD! You make Greebas regret ever having compassion at all. At least you can't bother anyone else.

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Least criminal

Greebas Obdilaurd
Aeternum- positive
KelsierApologist / Mehlarin / Polly- positive
Doc12 / Inspector Javert- positive
Hoid Slayer / Wishikk Makar, engineer- positive

The Unknown Order / Seth- positive lean
TwinStorm / Khaladfin- positive lean
KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren / Starseeker- positive lean
CoderDrag0n8 / CD- positive lean

StrikerEZ / Var, shortfellow- null
Booknewt- null
IcedOutPenguin / Richard, blacksmith- below null
ThatOneWorldhopper / uhhhh- below null

Most criminal

[Araris Valerian he/him]

Please refrain from double posting unless a substantial amount of time (over an hour) has passed between posts and there is a specific reason the content of your new post can't be edited into the previous one (i.e. editing in votes is generally not allowed).

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 hour ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

i dunno whats happening but for now Striker

im thinking Hoid slayer is village but im not sure abt Twinstorm, tell me why im wrong

@TwinStorm

Okay, why vote for me? Also, I'm not liking any of CD's votes, all of which have little to no ground and feel like he's just throwing up votes for the sake of it.

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Thus the folly of making naked random votes, then demanding to know who the guilty are.

How does one tell the difference between the innocent killing random people for literally no reason, and the guilty? And when does the cycle of revenge voting lead to justice? It is rather simple for the guilty to avoid being caught in such a spiral.

Truly you are a painter with words. Random guessing is what these "justice seekers" do, they can't read minds.

I can.

No, you just think you can. Greebas fooled you before, and you're literally in my head.

 

 

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 hour ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

Very well.

Greebas, open up your scroll.

Yes, yes, whatever. Hope you can read my chicken scratches.

  Hide contents

 

 

Askthepizzaguy / Greebas Obdilaurd (Green colored, bold)

 

Aeternum (Green colored, bold)

• Has reads, characteristically hasn't stated them yet.

Booknewt- hasnt posted yet.

CoderDrag0n8 / CD

• claimed innocent
• voted StrikerEZ
• voted Twinstorm

 

Doc12 / Inspector Javert (Green colored, bold)

• voted UnknownOrder / Seth

Hoid Slayer / Wishikk Makar, engineer (Green colored, bold)

• voted StrikerEZ
• voted Askthepizzaguy

IcedOutPenguin / Richard, blacksmith

• voted CD
• voted Askthepizzaguy

KelsierApologist as Mehlarin, young man (aka Polly) (Green colored, bold)

• Voted Aeternum

KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren / Starseeker
a Returned who is interested in becoming Radiant to stay alive.

StrikerEZ / Var, shortfellow- hasnt posted yet

ThatOneWorldhopper / uhhhh

• voted KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren /starseeker
• accuses CD and Penguin also

The Unknown Order /  Seth

TwinStorm /  Kaladfin

• voted Polly(?) aka KelsierApologist

 

Greebas continues scribbling in his notes, but lacks the ability to post in bolded green colors as he normally does with town reads, despite the blue coloring here.

I've mostly been searching for people who shouldn't be executed, and trying to engage with the people flailing about with their votes, but they tend to give no explanation and vanish.

I don't get to go anywhere, I'm stuck here solving this mystery in the hopes that this mortal body might not expire for no just cause, but... frankly I am just grateful for the opportunity to live past my natural expiration date as it stands.

Yes, yes, so grateful you never stop whining about being given a new form. Greebas will cast you out someday.

 

 

Btw, you can make text green or red with the underlined A at the top of the editor. 

1 hour ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Yes, TUO is sus, but I assume he did that to get reactions, and so I don't think much of it (he could just edit it out if it was a mistake)

I did it purely because I found it amusing. Also, you might mean before I post, but you're not supposed to delete sections when you edit. Clarifying, fixing, and adding are okay, but deleting is not. 

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

19 hours ago, Aeoryi said:

There is an execution today! Vote in red, unvote in green.

The reason i am not using these colors.

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

17 minutes ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

Thus the folly of making naked random votes, then demanding to know who the guilty are.

How does one tell the difference between the innocent killing random people for literally no reason, and the guilty? And when does the cycle of revenge voting lead to justice? It is rather simple for the guilty to avoid being caught in such a spiral.

Truly you are a painter with words. Random guessing is what these "justice seekers" do, they can't read minds.

I can.

No, you just think you can. Greebas fooled you before, and you're literally in my head.

Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but  I still don't understand what's going on with your RP, and to be honest, I feel a little suspicious of the refusal to actually vote.

I voted KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren because I'm really bad at poke voting, so I just rolled a D10.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

ThatOneWorldhopper

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

1 minute ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but  I still don't understand what's going on with your RP, and to be honest, I feel a little suspicious of the refusal to actually vote.

I voted KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren because I'm really bad at poke voting, so I just rolled a D10.

Yes, voting people for absolutely no reason is what innocent people do and guilty folks don't do, it's ever so hard to lob a wad of mud at someone, Greebas couldn't possibly fire one if he were evil-hearted.

If Greebas were to take all the case work ever made where it was summed up with the hollow useless word "suspicious" it would be worse than rand in accuracy. 

He's right about that, actually. Your case work will result in an innocent death much more often than not, because it doesn't differentiate the guilty from the innocent in any way, and attacks the innocent for things innocent people do. Your method is as viable as opening fire in a crowded room, as a way of stopping a random murderer among them.

When confronted with this reality, you declare logic itself to be "suspicious." 

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

Just now, Askthepizzaguy said:

Yes, voting people for absolutely no reason is what innocent people do and guilty folks don't do, it's ever so hard to lob a wad of mud at someone, Greebas couldn't possibly fire one if he were evil-hearted.

Now this doesn't make sense. Evil people don't have any reason to vote but to be able to kill more people. 

Anyway, I made that vote at the beginning, when I didn't really have a lot of reads. I actually liked KSOHS's response(s), but that vote would still probably be changed before the end of the cycle.

I always do a random vote D1, at least to start out with, because I was in a game where if you didn't vote, your vote was automatically on yourself. It turned into a habit not to end a cycle without voting. 

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Greebas knows this might be a strange idea, but perhaps you could talk to the person you find to be suspicious and ask them things.

Sometimes they do that sort of thing when they bother to have a trial. Witnesses are questioned, so is the suspect. It beats the heck out of declaring guilt and seeking not even justification ex post facto.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

10 minutes ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

Greebas knows this might be a strange idea, but perhaps you could talk to the person you find to be suspicious and ask them things.

Sometimes they do that sort of thing when they bother to have a trial. Witnesses are questioned, so is the suspect. It beats the heck out of declaring guilt and seeking not even justification ex post facto.

That sounds like a lot of work

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Just now, The Unknown Order said:

That sounds like a lot of work

Hehehehe....

Greebas chuckles to himself. Obdilaurd almost grins, as if that were even possible.

The Justice Seekers seek justice, so long as justice doesn't take more than a seconds' thought!

No wonder Greebas lives outside of society's boundaries and seeks to live alone. But Greebas at the very least, catches your irony, Seth. And he likes you.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

10 minutes ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

The Justice Seekers seek justice, so long as justice doesn't take more than a seconds' thought!

Precisely

Murder is a careful thing. It requires long consideration and thought out decisions 

Mob justice is hot, quick. It burns out before it has scarcely begun. Yet the mob rules.

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

The mob leads itself to an early demise through foolishness, yes. Justice is not what they seek, but instant gratification.

[Doc12]

Current votes

AskthePizzaGuy: (2) Hoid Slayer, IcedOutPenguin 

Aeternum: (1) KelsierApologist 

Twinstorm: (1) CoderDrag0n8 

TUO: (1) Doc12

KaladinsSenseofHumorSpren: (1) ThatOneWorldhopper 

CD (1): Twinstorm

ThatOneWorldhopper (1): TheUnknownOrder 

Current Reads, positive to negative.

@Hoid Slayer/Wishikk Makar: Positive just because of how hard they're pushing for information. What are your thoughts now that Pizzaguy has shown they're paying attention and given their thoughts?

Pizzaguy/Greebas - Positive. Honestly can see why people are frustrated. It's a lot of RP, but they have posted their reads list and seem to be paying a lot of attention to thread and note taking. The refusal to vote is not helpful, but we do know where they stand and what they think, so I'm inclined to give them a pass for now. 

Twinstorm: mildly positive. throwing out poke votes, trying to get people to post reads.

KelsierApologist / Mehlarin / Polly: Mildly positive, has been poking and trying to get people like Aeternum to talk.

@The Unknown Order - Hello old friend! You seem pretty awake now that you're posting more and voting. Vote's staying on you for now until you tell me why you voted Worldhopper.  

ThatOneWorldhopper: Nothing right now. They vote on a dice, I've seen it before. Doesn't tell us anything. Claimed distrust of CD and Penguin.

@CoderDrag0n8: Is being a little suspicious from jumping on the Striker vote, then voting on Twinstorm. As others have pointed out, seem to be voting for the sake of voting. Which is not inherently suspicious, but still mildly negative leaning. Did you get the reaction you were looking for from Twinstorm?

@IcedOutPenguin: Came out strong voting for CD, then switched to Pizzaguy. Feeling a little suspicious, feels like following the crowd and switching to acceptable target. Did Pizzaguy's post satisfy you enough to change your vote?

Have posted but nothing concrete: @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren (1 RP post), @Aeternum(2 posts, mostly rule clarifications)

Have not posted: @Booknewt, @StrikerEZ

Edited August 7, 2025 by Doc12

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Of those not present, I believe Var, the shorter fellow, to be more innocent, and the Booknewt to be more criminal leaning, with intent to vote them if they do not show up.

[Ookla the Newt she/her]

Ooooops, I'm rly sry, I didn't realize that ppl posted this much during SE and hadn't checked the shard until like 5 minutes ago. Also I kinda have no idea what I'm doing. (I read the rules and understand them, just still figuring out the rhythm of an actual game)

From playing Mafia, I kinda think IcedOutPenguin is jumping on the bandwagon a lot, which usually indicates trying to seem non-guilty, so that's my vote. 

Edit: Also I sent this before reading what Pizzaguy said (I was scared clicking show new message would delete my message if I hadn't sent it). Why do you think I'm more criminal leaning?

Edited August 7, 2025 by Booknewt

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, Booknewt said:

Ooooops, I'm rly sry, I didn't realize that ppl posted this much during SE and hadn't checked the shard until like 5 minutes ago. Also I kinda have no idea what I'm doing. (I read the rules and understand them, just still figuring out the rhythm of an actual game)

From playing Mafia, I kinda think IcedOutPenguin is jumping on the bandwagon a lot, which usually indicates trying to seem non-guilty, so that's my vote. 

 

It's alright, we're all somewhat clueless first game around, and having an educated vote first game first day is more than most of us can say for our first game.

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

2 minutes ago, Booknewt said:

Edit: Also I sent this before reading what Pizzaguy said (I was scared clicking show new message would delete my message if I hadn't sent it). Why do you think I'm more criminal leaning?

Because Striker was discussed and voted and talked about and you were not.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

1 hour ago, TwinStorm said:

Okay, why vote for me? Also, I'm not liking any of CD's votes, all of which have little to no ground and feel like he's just throwing up votes for the sake of it.

CD did do the same thing in the Threnodite game though... he voted for himself at some point.

 

I am posting nothing substantial because I too do not like D1s. I take them as RP opportunities.

I have about 20 minutes left until I have to leave for school, so anything said after that I most likely will not be able to respond to until after rollover.

Edited August 7, 2025 by KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren
Typo

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

CD did do the same thing in the Threnodite game though... he voted for himself at some point.\

 

I am posting nothing substantial because I too do not like D1s. I take them as RP opportunities.

I have about 20 minutes left until I have to leave for school, so anything said after that I most likely will not be able to respond to until after rollover.

Even then, bandwagoning and not giving substantial votes are inherently suspicious. Just cuz he did it when he was new doesn't mean that it's excusable now.

btw, loving the activity in this game. 4 pages in just one day? Impressive.

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

2 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

btw, loving the activity in this game. 4 pages in just one day? Impressive.

Greebas lives here. He's been awake and talking to your group for the past 12 hours almost consecutively.

Greebas was sad when no one interacted with him for the first four hours or so. edit- make that more like 7 hours.

Edited August 7, 2025 by Askthepizzaguy
checked timestamps

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

21 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

@IcedOutPenguin: Came out strong voting for CD, then switched to Pizzaguy. Feeling a little suspicious, feels like following the crowd and switching to acceptable target. Did Pizzaguy's post satisfy you enough to change your vote?

 

Following the crowd? Nobody was voting for him, how on Earth is that following the crowd.

Which of his >20 posts are you referring to?