QF78: Hearts of Riches, Rhythms of Hatred [signups]

[Qianweilian He/him]

40 minutes ago, edgyswordname said:

I’ve been in the spectator doc for a while and I’m still not sure who really anyone is

I was talking to Mist, who was knocked out in the first round as a Regal.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

41 minutes ago, edgyswordname said:

I’ve been in the spectator doc for a while and I’m still not sure who really anyone is

(You probably don't need this reminder, but please don't tell them literally anything)

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

1 hour ago, Hoid Slayer said:

VC:

TUM (6): Coco, Doc, Qian, Wahr, Penguin, TOW

3 hours left in cycle

Easy vc this cycle

[coco.pudding she/they]

Has TUM been online at all today?

I want to know what their defense is, this feels weird

[Akimikoisthecutest]

I'm not really sure if I like where this is going, but there really isn't anyone who is very sus

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

36 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

Easy vc this cycle

Fr

[coco.pudding she/they]

20 minutes ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

I'm not really sure if I like where this is going, but there really isn't anyone who is very sus

That is true

idk, I just feel like maybe this is a bad idea since we haven’t heard from them at all and are just piling on votes? But there is good evidence against them

We just gotta be careful rn with who we vote out

[Qianweilian He/him]

41 minutes ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

I'm not really sure if I like where this is going, but there really isn't anyone who is very sus

Same thoughts here. I really just don’t know.

Edit: Last post before end of cycle (unless someone else posts…)

Edited February 6 by Qianweilian

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

IT'S THE FIIIINAL COUNT-DOWNNNNNN

And so this cycle ends

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

Just now, Hoid Slayer said:

IT'S THE FIIIINAL COUNT-DOWNNNNNN

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31 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

IT'S THE FIIIINAL COUNT-DOWNNNNNN

And so this cycle ends

BUH DUH DUM DUM DUM

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

The fifth day was the shortest. From the start, the Shardbearer had been doomed. He had never stood a chance. Bitel had accepted it. The man had been an asset while he had lasted, but he could not have lived forever. All resources ran out eventually.

All that mattered now was the road to victory.

In the starlight, Bitel saw their march. Inspired by the death of Jojala, the resisters had crawled out of their holes. Tonight, they were the very picture of death itself, a united chorus bearing torches and calling for blood. They took over Revolar's central street, a display of power, walking steadily towards the brightlord's manor. Tonight, the wolves would feast.

...

Khenari tried to think of herself as a rational. A pacifist. And yet, when the screams began, she followed. She had spent the last days hiding, in fear, but tonight it seemed something had changed. Her peers had taken to the streets. And so she chose to follow them. Maybe they would kill a Regal tonight, she hoped.

Hope was scarce these days.

As Khenari shuffled down the alleys at night, trying to avoid the eyesight of the Heavenly Ones who patrolled the skies - but interestingly, did not intervene - she heard a light thump in the ground behind her. Slowly, knowing what awaited her, she turned.

Those red eyes - broken by pain - were the last thing she would ever see.

...

The Unknown Singer waited for the mob before the old brightlord's manor. He heard their chanting from a distance, and knew there was no running. Wherever he went, they would find him. Not even the Fused would save him. No, they would not save one who would kill one of them just as quickly.

Ever since he had first lifted the blade, taken it from the corpse of his master, he had accepted this fate. Each death had only strengthened the oath written in blood, and tonight, he would pay for his crimes. His only regret was not doing more.

The first figures arrived, and the darkness faded before the light of the flames. In the night, the Singers were faceless - nothing more than an amalgam of shadows, even their black eyes blending in. So these were the Voidbringers the Heralds of ages past spoke of.

But when the first figure stepped forward and spoke, it was not a monster, but a friend.

"You are charged with murder, secrecy, and treason. Tonight, I strip you of your name, your rank, your honor. Have you any last words?" Jojoja raised the torch high, and the Nameless met his gaze. He summoned his blade, and heard some gasps. For a second, nothing was heard but breath and the burning of coals. Then he slammed the sword down, and averted his gaze. He would not shed more innocent blood.

Jojoja too, looked down, and gave a final command.

"He is not one of us anymore. Kill him."

When the faceless mob surged forward, the Nameless did not resist. He did not fight back. He let the Voidbringers overrun him, let them tear him apart and kill him. The last thing he saw as he fell were the Fused floating in the sky, haloed like fallen angels by the stars, and the eyes of his best friend, standing to the side.

...

When the dawn rose, the brightlord's courtyard was stained with blood. Bitel liked the dawn, too. It was peaceful. Such a contrast to the dusk. Yet they were the only two times the world seemed truly alive.

Bitel hummed as he made his rounds, searching for any resisters left from the previous night. The Fused had stood by then; they would not do so again.

As he mused, a high pitched scream in the distance caught Bitel's attention. As he Lashed himself towards it, he realized it came from the direction of the plaza. Slowly, his interest grew.

When he arrived, a crowd had formed, and while he could've flown over, he chose to jostle his way through. As he did so, he heard whispers, and began to feel a pit within his own gemheart. Then, finally, he burst out of the mass, and gasped.

The bodies of Fernri and Jojala were gone. They had been cut free, and seemingly dragged away. That wasn't what people were looking at.

Because hanging in their place, a lifeless scream plastered on her face, hung the corpse of Khenari. Her eyes had been scratched out by a knife, decimated pits of black and red. On her forehead, the killer had scratched out five lines. Five executions. The edges of her mouth were sliced, forming a grotesque, gruesome smile. And on her chest, carved out and written in blood, were the words:

Honor is Dead.

I am what remains.

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The Unknown Misting has been executed! They were a Shardbearer.

Akimikoisthecutest has been murdered! They were an Inspiring Listener.

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Final VC:

TUM (6): Coco, Doc, Qian, Wahr, Penguin, TOW

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Things to Note:

• PMs are open!
• This cycle will end on Monday the 2nd of February, at 8 PM CST
• Maintain your sanity! Or don't! Go crazy! I don't really care! This is SE!
• Have fun!
• PMs are still coming, please be patient!

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Players

Spoiler

1. @Wahrheitswächter as Marne, a singer who doesn't like people who try to meddle with his life

2. @Mistfallen Soldier as Narash, who really really wants to be able to fly Direform Regal

3. @|TJ| as Taxill, a living being Willful Listener

4. @A Jo in the Bush as Jojala, former servant to the brightlord of Revolar, and a listener fanboy who wants to pilgrimage to Narak... but the world has other plans Regal Stormform

5. @Akimikoisthecutest as Khenari, a Scholarform historian wary of manipulation - with bonus trauma! Inspiring Listener

6. @Honors Ghost as Fernri, who is probably neither a plant nor a werewolf but sounds like both Spren (A Jo in the Bush)

7. @mippoas Dahran, a once-parshman who wants nothing more than an uneventful life Willful Listener

8. @Stick. as stick, the Omniscient Overlord of Everything Heroic Listener

9. @ThatOneWorldhopper as Jojoja, who's definitely not related to Jojala in any way 

10. @IcedOutPenguin as    , a singer of few words and fewer names

11. @Doc12 as Dienna, an artform singer with a close relationship to the Almighty

12. @The Unknown Medallion as    , an unknown persona  Shardbearer

13. @coco.pudding as Kiri, trying to get a life

14. @Qianweilian as      , a        who       … but     

15. @Archer as o, an apipophobic (yes, I had to look it up, you're welcome) Discerning Regal

16: @DrakeMarshall as Yakat, who wants the very best for Revolar's singer community Spren (Archer)

 

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

We got the shardbearer, and because that was one of sticks reads and they've been accurate so far, so im inclined to continue believing them

TOW

[coco.pudding she/they]

Probably one Regal left? And we don’t have to worry about the Shardbearer anymore so that’s nice. Also, there was a kill so (assumedly) no conversion tonight.

I think I’m most suspicious of Wahr and Penguin. Doc and Qian I feel pretty good on, and TOW helped get the Shardbearer out, although I guess since it wasn’t an elim that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re village.

6 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

We got the shardbearer, and because that was one of sticks reads and they've been accurate so far, so im inclined to continue believing them

That’s a good point. Wahr and TOW are the only ones left from their elim reads, which have been right so far at least. Although things may have changed.

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

12 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

helped get the Shardbearer out,

Right I forgot, Wahr is the better choice then

TOW

Wahr

[Doc12]

23 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

Also, there was a kill so (assumedly) no conversion tonight.

We don't know that for sure. Could have been the Shardbearer, although I do think if the Shardbearer killed it would have been TOW. 

I almost want to vote Penguin because just going off Stick's post feels rather lazy. 

I PM'd everybody last cycle asking who they would have tried to exe if TOW had not come forward with his news. 

Coco: TUM/Wahr/Penguin

Wahr: TOW/TUM

Qian: TOW

Penguin: TOW

Interestingly everyone would have been happy to exe TOW, except he came forward with claims of finding a Shardbearer. So everyone voted TUM instead, and now TOW is basically cleared. I said last cycle that I thought it was too easy, and now I'm wondering if TOW was bussing TUM to clear himself and get attention off him. 

I don't know. Between TOW and Wahr, I honestly like Wahr a little more just because Wahr has been more active and has been contributing and responsive, while TOW has been in the background and only really did something - giving the village a Shardbearer - the turn after Stick called them out. 

For now, I'm voting for TOW

Edited February 6 by Doc12

[coco.pudding she/they]

I’m sort of split between Wahr and TOW, for now I’ll go with the one who’s online.

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

I vote Wahr, because Stick.'s only been wrong once (me), and also, it's worth more to the village to execute a less active player.

[coco.pudding she/they]

4 minutes ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

I vote Wahr, because Stick.'s only been wrong once (me), and also, it's worth more to the village to execute a less active player.

That logic’s a bit off…Wahr has generally been more active than you have, they’re just sleeping rn

Also, are you going to provide any defense for yourself? I’m willing to change my vote, I mainly want to hear what you have to say.

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

1 minute ago, coco.pudding said:

That logic’s a bit off…Wahr has generally been more active than you have, they’re just sleeping rn

Also, are you going to provide any defense for yourself? I’m willing to change my vote, I mainly want to hear what you have to say.

Ok. I Snuck on the Shardbearer, though it seems that the Shardbearer is kind of helpful to me right now. E!me would have waited it out. Also, you guys are going off of Stick.'s reads. If you vote me and I flip village, vote Penguin. That holds about the same level of trustworthiness. 

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

33 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

I'm wondering if TOW was bussing TUM to clear himself and get attention off him

My question is why TUM didn't counteraccuse TOW

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

2 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

My question is why TUM didn't counteraccuse TOW

Actually, I'm wondering that myself. But why would I have bussed him? I could probably have pushed the vote another way, so why would I choose him, who again, would be progressing e!me's objective?

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Even if it was a lie it would've at least put TOW under suspicion, I know I would've done it

2 minutes ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Actually, I'm wondering that myself. But why would I have bussed him? I could probably have pushed the vote another way, so why would I choose him, who again, would be progressing e!me's objective?

The only reason I see why he wouldn't counteraccuse if you were E is 

A) he wants the Elims to win more than the villagers

b) he wasn't on last cycle, probably untrue

If he didn't counteraccuse and you're village. Then 

c) he wants village to win more than Elims

d) see also b

But there might also be another reason or such

Edited February 6 by IcedOutPenguin
Not an edit

[Through the living Wahr He/Him]

We got the Shardbearer, that is Good, I will Vote TOW since Sticks Analysis has proven to be right two Times So I think its a good Idea to follow it. Following that logic I understand why some of you are voting me, In my defense I want to say, I did my best to help the village out.

Also I want to point out that one of Sticks Arguments for suspecting me was a missing Stormform, which Was revealed to be Jo, we unfortunately do not know (as far as I am aware) what Jo claimed TOWs Role Was to Stick, only that he is village. Also TOW came with his sneaky claim Kinda out of nowhere (at least it felt that way to me) and Docs Observation of that turning the attenntion away from him is interesting, I think TOW knew how accurate Sticks Analysis was and when we exed Jo he feared that he could be the next, bussing TUM in hopes of gaining our trust.

Edited February 6 by Wahrheitswächter

[Qianweilian He/him]

Penguin, why are you just now actually contributing and being active? You're just reading off stick's post.