Quick Fix 76: Judgement on the Shores of the Purelake

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

18 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

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

Hello!

I'm voting Worldlrow because of that random vote. It's had a bad a track record lately. 

For the reads I mentioned earlier... I forgot what I was thinking then, but rn I'm liking Pizzaguy. Maybe it's just because he seems similar to me in a lot of ways and I like his roleplay, it's enough for me to not want him exed this round.

7 minutes 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. 

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?

Tbh, this is a fairly active game compared to the last few. Hopefully it stays up.

Good job, clicking show new has a 50/50 chance of deleting your post.

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

3 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

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

Probably because TwinStorm / Kaladfin was complaining about my content at the time, for several posts, and that's when you hopped on with no further comment.

 

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

4 minutes ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

Probably because TwinStorm / Kaladfin was complaining about my content at the time, for several posts, and that's when you hopped on with no further comment.

 

I'm tempted...

Should I vote Iced?

Yeah I'm voting Iced.

Richard @IcedOutPenguin

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Aeternum is Greebas' old friend, from before the incident. Greebas is saddened that Aeternum did not come to talk with Greebas today.

[Aeternum]

6 hours ago, KelsierApologist said:

In terms of game-related talk, this is strange to me. Why not share your suspicions, Aeternum, even at the early stages? Who are you side-eying? Who looks village to you?

In terms of game-related talk , because I wanted to see where things would go without my influence. Ftr I had village pings from Hoid Slayer for this and this, and slightly Iced for this I think, and also for this. I was side-eyeing CD for several posts but I figured it was best to let him do his own thing, especially given he's a new player, and he was already under some pressure. Specifically for the Var/Striker vote, because it was slightly bandwagoning on Hoid Slayer's vote, and then for this slightly. More on the vote, but the reply to getting voted felt more e! than not with the "yeah I understand" because elims (especially newer elims imo) tend to be more self-aware. I'd expect a response closer to "how dare you, I'm town!" there, or less self-aware (a bit hard to describe without me trying to find examples from old games).

Fwiw I haven't caught up on posts yet, so these are subject to change in the next 3 pages of reading.

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Greebas smiles warmly, seeing Aeternum.

He goes back to his scroll-making.

[Doc12]

Javert hated this place. 

Everyone was so much taller. And stranger. His weight felt off. And these things - spren - like twisting black crosses and the occasional long grey streamer kept following him around. As an individual who prided himself on his emotional control. this was unacceptable. 

Mon dieu he missed Paris, even Paris in the midst of a failing revolution. He missed the solid weight of his pistol. And most of all, he missed his snuff. 

And now, this test. Justice had promised him something Javert prized above all else. Certainty. The promise that the Law was sacred, immutable, that there was a set of codes that they could trust to govern their decisions. 

For so it must be, for so it is written on the doorway to Paradise/ That those who falter and those who fall must pay the price.

But now they were in a situation where he didn't know who to trust, what to do. 

Find the Guilty. Attract a Highspren. Become Radiant. Those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward

"Life before death," He whispers, as he did every night. La vie avant la mort. Had he already failed that, by throwing himself into the Seine?

Certainty. He needed certainty. He must not falter. 

Put aside Paris. The life that he knew. It was gone far beyond reach. In this world... he might touch the stars. 

"Life before death."

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Thanks TheUnknownOrder

Don't quite care for how a pile is forming on IcedoutPenguin. Booknewt's poke has solid reasoning, but Ksauce just jumped on. I stand by my assertion that Penguin switching their vote when Hoidslayer and Twinstorm were complaining about Pizzaguy's RP seems a little suspicious, but not enough to condemn him yet. I do want an execution, so I'll put in another vote before the cycle ends. 

 

Edited August 7, 2025 by Doc12

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Greebas, for one, appreciates you un-accusing Seth.

I like him. He has a sane, calm, level head. I feel we will need those in future discussions. Hopefully tomorrow's will be more productive and less carried by one technical individual.

[Aeternum]

Hi Pizza

2 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

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

e!Iced did this last time we played together lol.

CD's post here voting TwinStorm is a bit odd, given it feels like jumping from one random vote to another. CD generally looks lost in thread in a more elim way than a towny way imo. This can be a new player thing (insert line about my new player reading track record here) that I'm misreading, but I expect a slightly different approach from a lost v!CD. This is probably the towniest thing CD has posted imo, or the least elim indicative, but it's not enough to shift my read significantly.

@Askthepizzaguy you townread CD slightly, can you talk about that? And also your Iced read.

Pizza is ok for today. I'll always be hesitant to townread him because he is a very scary elim player when he wants to be, but his current posting is fine and generally in the direction I'd expect from v!Pizza. This is most of my reasoning for that, and some of his general posting around him being voted.

Also, since there's been some pressure to get players to vote, and Pizza is the type of player who doesn't like to vote a lot, so it's not out of character for him to have not voted (or to just not vote here).

Hoid Slayer is towny. TUO is chill and I'm reading that as towny. I like Doc12 rn. KelsierApologist is probably fine for today, I'd put her above null.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

2 hours 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.

Agree with this; CD is acting kinda weird

4 hours ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

If one is to seek justice, one needs to have a mind capable of administering justice, particularly to the innocent.

A judicious mind, one of patience and virtue, connected with mine. I recognize this feeling. Greebas, for all his faults, embodies this idea, quite literally for me. I regret that I did not learn it in life.

You don't fool Greebas with that happy talk. You'll be in prison yet for your misdeeds.

I've learned my lesson, you're an excellent teacher.

Don't blow smoke up my bum, evil spirit. These people don't know you, but Greebas knows.

2 hours 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.

 

 

Thus is the paradox of Sanderson Elimination; yet, if we allow indecisiveness to overtake us, loss is inevitable. In this particular game, there is no way to avoid making an exe. So why not pitch in your stake?

You need to choose, Greebas Obdilaurd.

2 hours ago, The Unknown Order said:

ThatOneWorldhopper

Picking randomly IS something I disagree with, but since it was a poke vote without evidence, I think it can be excused. Plus, I think Worldhopper has behaved similarly in other games even when he is Village.

2 hours ago, 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.

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." 

There is so much to unpack here, I'm just gonna try.

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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.

Uhh... no? Is this supposed to be sarcastic? Guilty folks should be even more prone to voting without substantial evidence as, by default, whoever they're voting is generally not guilty.

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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.

Yes... but the fire will be opened anyways. That cannot be changed. Don't you want a say in who gets shot?

1 hour ago, The Unknown Order said:

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.

Our task is to do our best to prevent it from doing so. And that requires clear, unfiltered, communication and transparency.

1 hour ago, Doc12 said:

@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?

Kinda weirded out. There is so much going on here; his refusal to vote is very weird, yet something about him doesn't strike me as elim. Honestly, the greatest elim read I have going here is CD, but I don't want to take him out C1.

1 hour ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

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.

Why?

2 hours 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. 

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?

What do you mean "jumping on the bandwagon"? What exactly has he said to make you suspicious?

1 hour ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

I'm tempted...

Should I vote Iced?

Yeah I'm voting Iced.

Richard @IcedOutPenguin

WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH

Why is everyone suddenly voting Iced? What has he done?

1 hour ago, 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.

 I get you don't like them - but the more stuff gets done D1, the more we have to work on in future cycles.

Also, stuff we should keep in mind:

CD and IcedOutPenguin are unlikely to be elim together.

Pizza and Polly are suspiciously close.

Wishikk looked around. The day waned. The time of decision was dangerously close, and he knew this would be his last chance to have a stake in who died. Who died. Such a fickle choice. One fit for gods, not mortal men.

Especially not men like Wishikk.

The flames raged harder than ever. Every moment, they were harder to hide. Harder to ignore. They demanded to be seen. Yet, head spinning, heart beating Wishikk forced himself to push them back down. One last time.

His brain raced, analyzing the current votes. So spread out... so indecisive. Wishikk failed to believe Richard was guilty; the man seemed sincere. And while odd, Greebas didn't seem murderous. Yet the attacks on Richard seemed like a united effort to deflect something. If they weren't, then Wishikk's fellow innocents weren't doing as well as he had hoped. As he had expected, from the promises of redemption. Redemption it was becoming harder and harder to imagine. So Wishikk would keep his vote. And let the events unfold.

Decision made, Wishikk let out a sigh of relief. It was done. Perhaps he would be paid a visit by the criminals tonight; perhaps not. Right now, it didn't matter. Because the flames continued to rage, and this time Wishikk relented.

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

1 minute ago, Aeternum said:

@Askthepizzaguy you townread CD slightly, can you talk about that? And also your Iced read.

That is mostly courtesy toward someone new, and I will phrase this in-character.

CD is a youth, therefore, some forgiveness is granted.

Greebas is quite an old man, and Obdilaurd is positively ancient. What we agree on, is that the youth, who have not so much experience with hunting the guilty, will often appear so, due to their lack of process.

Pointing fingers for no reason, the dreaded "sus" accusation that you know I personally love ever so much, how paper-thin everything is, but this is often the case for folks who don't know what to look for, or how to solve.

In other words, Greebas is being extremely generous here. There isn't much to actually clear CD for. It is a bit like how Greebas assumes you're town until shown otherwise. Or how he assumes dirtydan is town until town stops killing him every game for no reason.

The town read on CD was, essentially, a freebie, that Greebas doesn't actually have confidence in, and will drop all shields there as a legacy.

 

 

Iced, Greebas isn't a big fan of his approach, which is killing people for no reason and not engaging with them with any curiosity whatsoever.

This process will kill innocent people, over and over, at rand or worse, and can be wolf-motivated.

Not really much to say about that. Iced is also new, so that can come from an innocent, but if so, Iced is just helping the guilty win here, and not much else.

Greebas can find forgiveness in his heart, but it is taking extraordinary amounts of patience for Greebas to not just vote to eliminate him just to continue living, himself.

But Greebas is a very old man. Sometimes, the youth need to learn, and how can they learn if they die immediately for not knowing how to find the guilty?

If Greebas should die today, it would be a courtesy to not clear Iced for no reason. And they probably should find better reasons to vote for folks.

 

Hoid, however, not quite a true Archangel and Greebas will fully rescind that, because it wasn't a particularly lengthy interaction and one doesn't necessarily need to be innocent aligned to have misread the tally, since edited in votes occurred several times.

Greebas himself was very diligent in reading the game because Greebas has a mystery to solve, whereas Hoid aka Wishikk Makar, hasn't bothered to actually pay close attention. At all, even when constantly reminded of their numerous bookkeeping errors and nonexistent process.

So Greebas will drop the town read there. There's little basis for it. So, neutral to meh, it might be just the badness of their search, not a full blown suspicion. Just unimpressive and not really seeking justice by any means that would actually find anyone guilty, not paying attention, undiligent in the extreme. Really rough forecast if you pin your hopes and dreams on Hoid based on their solve today.

 

 

ThatOneWorldHopper voted starseeker on nothing and parked it all day, accused CD and Penguin, and has not bothered to solve a mystery, in the slightest. How can you town read that?

 

Booknewt did nothing much, so if Penguin is innocent, I wouldn't suggest Booknewt is. They showed signs of having basically read everything before talking, which is cautious behavior I associate with the guilty, nervousness, essentially.

 

Striker didn't show up, and should have, but they're probably town given the other susses toward the slot and also, due to how many susses I actually have here, the five named above.

Kaladin bookended the day, front and back, with neutral roleplaying. It's not a lot to actually town read, so on a scale of positive 100 to negative 100, that town read is like a positive 1. It's barely there.

Kelsier / Mehlarin is a strong town read.

Doc, if they are a wolf, you can solve them dead last. You absolutely need people thinking and talking.

Seth, as explained, you're going to need sane brains to keep the contest competitive.

TwinStorm is a light town read, and is probably okay.

I trust you with my life, old friend.

 

I endorse the above as well. We might disagree on much, but we think the town pile is pretty good, obviously, some folks aren't doing well by process and some aren't doing much at all, or nothing. This is the best I can do without actually being able to read their minds for another day.

Legacies mean not a whole lot on zero flips and no information. But death comes to us all. It would probably come to the guilty if the innocent had a better game.

 

 

 

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

19 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Why is everyone suddenly voting Iced? What has he done?

Voted Greebas apparently

[Doc12]

42 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Agree with this; CD is acting kinda weird

47 minutes ago, Aeternum said:

CD's post here voting TwinStorm is a bit odd, given it feels like jumping from one random vote to another. CD generally looks lost in thread in a more elim way than a towny way imo. This can be a new player thing (insert line about my new player reading track record here) that I'm misreading, but I expect a slightly different approach from a lost v!CD. This is probably the towniest thing CD has posted imo, or the least elim indicative, but it's not enough to shift my read significantly.

23 minutes ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

There isn't much to actually clear CD for. It is a bit like how Greebas assumes you're town until shown otherwise. Or how he assumes dirtydan is town until town stops killing him every game for no reason.

The town read on CD was, essentially, a freebie, that Greebas doesn't actually have confidence in, and will drop all shields there as a legacy

Alright friends shall we spice things up a little? Lot of people saying they think CD is suspicious but letting it slide a little because they're new, but if I'm going to vote for an exe I'm going to vote for what is weird. CoderDrag0n8

Three way tie, ladies and gentlemen. What happens now?

 

AskthePizzaGuy: (2) Hoid Slayer, IcedOutPenguin 

IcedoutPenguin: (2) Booknewt, KaladinsSenseofHumorSpren

CoderDrag0n8: (2) Twinstorm, Doc12

Aeternum: (1) KelsierApologist 

Twinstorm: (1) CoderDrag0n8 

KaladinsSenseofHumorSpren: (1) ThatOneWorldhopper 

ThatOneWorldhopper (1): TheUnknownOrder 

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

1 minute ago, Doc12 said:

Three way tie, ladies and gentlemen. What happens now?

Greebas endorses this development yet will continue to not vote.

It may take until after this contest has ended to explain to the youth what the purpose of that could possibly be, but the short version is, Greebas feels the guilty suffer the most when the vote tally is dangerously low, and any of them could be sniped at any time.

It is equally dangerous for the innocent.... but Greebas has been innocent and en prise all day anyway.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Wait

*gasp*

I thought rollover was at 7 PM!

It wasn't!

It's at 8! (for me)

Which means I have time to squeeze a last post here, after my extremely rushed previous one

30 minutes ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

Just unimpressive and not really seeking justice by any means that would actually find anyone guilty, not paying attention, undiligent in the extreme. Really rough forecast if you pin your hopes and dreams on Hoid based on their solve today.

Well, that hurts

But I don't entirely dispute it

Although my read against Pizza/Greebas/Obduilard still stands, so I'm not quite sure why everyone keeps hating on Iced? It's weird

If Pizza ends up elim, @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren could be with him due to the seemingly random shift to Iced. Although @Booknewt also voted Ice first, if they were really trying to present a counter to the Pizza train, there were better votes.

@The Unknown Order@Aeternum@KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren@Doc12@TwinStorm@CoderDrag0n8@ThatOneWorldhopper

I suggest you guys make a more impactful choice, as I don't want to leave it to the dice tonight. @Doc12, I agree with your sentiment against Coder, but it's his first cycle of his first game

Have some mercy

1 minute ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

Greebas endorses this development yet will continue to not vote.

It may take until after this contest has ended to explain to the youth what the purpose of that could possibly be, but the short version is, Greebas feels the guilty suffer the most when the vote tally is dangerously low, and any of them could be sniped at any time.

It is equally dangerous for the innocent.... but Greebas has been innocent and en prise all day anyway.

Could Greebas at least leave us with a final overview of his suspicions, in case he dies tonight?

I'm satisfied with my RP finale for the day. Consider Wishikk going to sleep.

[Aeternum]

43 minutes ago, Askthepizzaguy said:

CD is a youth, therefore, some forgiveness is granted.

Ah true. I'll be nice and give him a day ig then.

ThatOneWorldhopper, not really a fan of other main wagons rn.

[Doc12]

Amazing, a four way tie! Just for that, CoderDrag0n8 Aeternum

I had hoped to stir up more discussion but I evidently left it too late in the cycle. I respect Hoidslayer and Pizzaguy's staying firm on their positions. Aeternum's vote is the most suspicious thing that could happen in light of the tie, a vote for the sake of contributing, so I'm changing my vote (Sorry Aeoryi)

 

For the record, Pizzaguy, I've come to respect you and hope you survive this cycle.

Edited August 8, 2025 by Doc12

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

19 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Could Greebas at least leave us with a final overview of his suspicions, in case he dies tonight?

Never mind, I forgot about the post I myself quoted 

6 minutes ago, Aeternum said:

Ah true. I'll be nice and give him a day ig then.

ThatOneWorldhopper, not really a fan of other main wagons rn.

Why?

Give a good enough reason in the next four minutes, and I might consider switching

1 minute ago, Doc12 said:

Amazing, a four way tie! Just for that, CoderDrag0n8 Aeternum

I had hoped to stir up more discussion but I evidently left it too late in the cycle. I respect Hoidslayer and Pizzaguy's positions. Aeternum's vote is the most suspicious thing that could happen in light of the tie, a vote for the sake of contributing, so I'm changing my vote (Sorry Aeoryi)

Care to make a vote that actually matters? (No offense)

[Aeternum]

Just now, Hoid Slayer said:

Why?

I vote elims, sometimes.

Did something I find e!indicative that I semi caught Iced on last game or a couple games ago, and I'm giving CD (who I find more likely to be an elim rn) some time because I'm nice.

2 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

Amazing, a four way tie! Just for that, CoderDrag0n8 Aeternum

I had hoped to stir up more discussion but I evidently left it too late in the cycle. I respect Hoidslayer and Pizzaguy's positions. Aeternum's vote is the most suspicious thing that could happen in light of the tie, a vote for the sake of contributing, so I'm changing my vote (Sorry Aeoryi)

Yeah so this is an elim if TOW is an elim, everyone take notes rn.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Just now, Aeternum said:

ote elims, sometimes.

Did something I find e!indicative that I semi caught Iced on last game or a couple games ago, and I'm giving CD (who I find more likely to be an elim rn) some time because I'm nice

I don’t like that answer

[Askthepizzagal He/him]

Spoiler

Long ago, Greebas was a young scribe with a talent for the arcane, and a zest for knowledge. He joined a band of, well, "justice seekers" of a sort. They mostly did it for pay. Greebas did it because it was the right thing to do, there were monsters, seemingly animated corpses, attacking our villages. 

Greebas was surrounded by tough, able fighters. Shields, swords, axes, bows. Those who knew how to heal. Greebas, for his part, studied the intricacies of arcane magic that was rarely seen. Greebas and his band of justice seekers, sought the source of this wave of death and destruction. We tracked the foul creatures' steps all the way back to a cave, and followed the unnatural stone steps we found within down into the darkness.

There we confronted the source of this monstrous evil power, apparently a necromancer by the name of Nybbeth Obdilaurd. 

Heh. Apparently, magical research is something we have in common. I also identify with Starseeker's search for eternal life.

Greebas is telling the story, now, you shush.

Our encounter was quite the disaster, so many of Greebas' friends fell. Not to mention, the spells Greebas could cast, didn't have much of an effect. The necromancer had shielded himself from all manner of elemental effects and was well shielded by energy regardless. Non-magical weapons left no mark on his body.

While the dead piled up around us, we made almost no progress actually slaying the foul being. Desperate, Greebas knew his fate would be sealed down there, in the dark. He cast a sympathetic bond on the foul necromancer, twinning their fates together, and Greebas was prepared to die and bring Nybbeth with him.

An obscure spell known merely as "Arcane Empathy", whatever ill fate Greebas would suffer, so too, would Nybbeth. Wounds, pain, even death.

Clever, I will grant you that.

Greebas took the blade of the fallen paladin in his hands, and stabbed himself right here, through the gut.

*showing the mortal wound*

The holy blade destroyed the body of the necromancer through the power of the sympathetic binding. The ancient corpse exploded in a pile of bones, and became inert. Greebas managed to fell the creature, and himself.

But obviously, that wasn't the end of the story.

Greebas didn't know that the necromancer would not die upon death, that wasn't Greebas' field of study.

And the sympathetic bond we shared forced Greebas to share my immortality.

Essentially, without intending to, Greebas became the phylactery, holding the spirit of the hated Nybbeth.

And thus began our long and fruitful arcane partnership.

Greebas also felt, through Nybbeth, his reason for seeking respite from death. His terrible deeds would have led to a terrible fate beyond life. The suffering was unimaginable.

Eternity is a very long time.

Greebas knows that Obdilaurd deserves justice for his crimes. But eternal punishment is a bit much even for someone as reprehensible as that. Whatever the crime, justice can be served by living out a prison stay, and possibly turning over a new leaf.

Yes, I promise to be a very good boy.

Greebas doesn't believe you! You haven't repented yet. 

I did promise to try to undo my deeds, but you have to understand, I was trying to find a way of stopping death forever.

No altruism, that. You wanted that for yourself.

True, true... it wasn't everything I hoped for. But, I've been helping you help the innocent ever since then.

Not that you have much choice. Greebas has seen to that.

Greebas still has a bony finger from the corpse of Nybbeth, you see. It is possible to restore him to his natural state, and undo the terrible dark magic he put upon himself. If I can raise him, the binding will end, and he can go to prison and pay for his crimes. Maybe even avoid that terrible fate he earned for himself.

I have considered it strongly. I am highly motivated in that regard.

Greebas doesn't trust him. No one should. But he's Greebas' responsibility.

I still don't understand why you would extend compassion to someone who murdered all your friends.

Greebas knows that. Wisdom eludes you despite your ancient years.

Mercy is not for the weak, but the strong. And someday, you might understand that. But if I must die to get rid of you after all, then so be it. Greebas simply thinks that suffering is not an essential component of justice.

And that is why I respect you, despite our ideological differences. Not just because you beat me.

 

The story of Greebas Obdilaurd.

[Aeternum]

You don't have to like it.

[Doc12]

1 minute ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Care to make a vote that actually matters? (No offense)

If you wanted a vote that actually mattered you might try voting with your stated suspicions. I understand being nice to a first time player, but does that matter? I'm voting based on behavior I find weird. You're voting pizzaguy because they weren't clear enough in their posts, even after they've given you a clarified version of their suspect list.

 

[Aeternum]

Glgl

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

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