signups Long Game 113: The Thaylen City Council

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

8 minutes ago, Mystic said:

Not a sign-up post….

interesting…

Bro knows exactly what he’s doing, let him cook

[Cuendillar He/him]

1 hour ago, Archer said:

Is there anything stopping Highguards from claiming their identity in the doc? 

I asked Jo about this, the answer is no, there is nothing barring highguards from identity claiming, if they really think it's a good idea.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

3 hours ago, TwinStorm said:

wait are we serious rn

Dead serious

3 hours ago, Mystic said:

It’s a boon, that I want. And one that Hoid isn’t gonna take from me

[Ascended Grubberfly He/Him]

Sign me up, I enjoyed the last game a lot, so this should be fun.

And I call dibs on slot number 6, it calls to me from afar…

Sign me up as Dvalk, Thaylen trader who cashed in a couple of favors to get him a seat in the government once he got too old to travel.

He pretends to be a devout Vorin, but he finds religion to be too limiting for his tastes. Plus he’s pretty lucky and likes gambling (yes I got lucky in the last game, let’s see if it continues!)

@Wahrheitswächter, wanna be old friends/competitor of Dvalk’s?

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

5 minutes ago, Ascended Grubberfly said:

And I call dibs on slot number 6, it calls to me from afar…

Uhh that’s mine pal

[Ascended Grubberfly He/Him]

1 minute ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Uhh that’s mine pal

“Sorry friend, did I steal your chair by accident?” Dvalk hobbled off the chair, feeling the aches in his joints hinting a coming storm. Blustering pain those were! He wasn’t as old as the old king Taravangian was before his betrayal, but his rough travels seem to have hastened his decline. “They always rearrange the seating here, never can keep straight who sits where.” Dvalk eyed the chair again and its cushioning. “Care to play a game of Dice over the chair?”

 

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

9 minutes ago, Ascended Grubberfly said:

“Sorry friend, did I steal your chair by accident?” Dvalk hobbled off the chair, feeling the aches in his joints hinting a coming storm. Blustering pain those were! He wasn’t as old as the old king Taravangian was before his betrayal, but his rough travels seem to have hastened his decline. “They always rearrange the seating here, never can keep straight who sits where.” Dvalk eyed the chair again and its cushioning. “Care to play a game of Dice over the chair?”

 

Tshanin looked down at the old man, feeling… a bit guilty, to be honest, seeing the elder’s faulty gait. He considered the man’s offer, and opened his mouth to say no - he had to be assertive, he had convinced himself, on his first real council meeting - but then stopped. It could also be good to make friends. So he cocked his head, and after a second, gestured towards the chair.

”I would love to. But please, for now, take a seat. Let’s call it… finder’s keepers.” He winced internally at that. Not very formal. He moved on quickly. “I’m new here. I was chosen to replace Vitiv; I was close to him, and mourn his loss. You are…?” Tshanin raised an eyebrow and tried to give a smirk that meant the name was on the tip of his tongue, and didn’t betray his full and entire uncertainty.

All in all, a wonderful start to the day.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

5 hours ago, Mystic said:

I’m trying, have you not seen my successive edits to my sign up post?

I hadn't, but don't worry about it.

4 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Jo note that this is his not his signup post

It is not eligible for fabulous rewards

LMAO. Fine then, Two boons. One for best Sign-up Post, one for most engaging Pre-Game posts.

2 hours ago, Archer said:

Fun looking game!

Is Deposing the Queen an action? Will we know who called for it?

For Rebsk, do you get the loyalty increase from a vote on you that you cancel?

Parliamentarian’s decree is secret? 

If a Prince Consort compels you to target someone with your role action and your role action doesn’t target a player eg. Parliamentarian's decree, does that affect anything? If you’re ordered during the Day but you have a Night-only action, does the order delay? If you used your action for the cycle but are ordered at Night, do you do anything? 

Is there anything stopping Highguards from claiming their identity in the doc? 

If you inherit the Highguard plate and blade, does that replace your role or become an additional power? 

What information are we told about the success of actions? 
 

I'll clarify that in the final rule set posted before the start of the game, but for now, no, it is not an action, and yes, it will be public knowledge who called for it.

For the Rebsk, hmmmmmmmm, interesting. I don't think you do. Yeah, you won't get a Loyalty increase for that.

The Parliamentarian's Decree is public knowledge, As in, everyone will know at the start of the day which Decrees if any are in effect. The Identity of the Parliamentarian is not known.

If the Prince Consort attempts to force someone to take an illegal order, The Prince's target still loses 2 Loyalty, but their action is unaffected.

1 hour ago, Cuendillar said:

I asked Jo about this, the answer is no, there is nothing barring highguards from identity claiming, if they really think it's a good idea.

When you inherit the Highguard Role, you gain the role without losing your previous role.

I'm not sure yet. I'll need to think about what information you are told about the success of actions.

2 hours ago, Illwei said:

 Q: is the condition based on all votes throughout the cycle, or is it only effective is it is a vote in the final tally?

Q: is it announced publicly if a player is no longer eligible to ve voted on, or are votes just nulled?

Q: same as for rebsk, is it about all votes throughout or only counts if its a final vote at the end of day? 

Q: is the action the only thing that is known, or are you also revealed as the person who took the action? 

 

General q: are people limited to one role or multiple

The Rebsk's condition only looks at the final vote tally.

It is announced at the beginning of the day that the player is not eligible for Execution that day, and it only looks at the final vote tally.

The Banker, hmmmmmmmmmm. Interesting. I didn't think about that. I'll think about that further before deciding.

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

I'll sign up as 1 in slot 9

@MysticWe didn't really get to RP last game, but if you're interested, I would love to this time.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

5 minutes ago, Jo and the Bush said:

LMAO. Fine then, Two boons. One for best Sign-up Post, one for most engaging Pre-Game posts.

Can I theoretically win them both?

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

2 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Can I theoretically win them both?

Hmmmmmm, I don't think so no. . .

5 minutes ago, Through the Living Hopper said:

I'll sign up as 1 in slot 9

As in, your character name is '1'?

[Mystfall He/Him]

7 minutes ago, Through the Living Hopper said:

I'll sign up as 1 in slot 9

@MysticWe didn't really get to RP last game, but if you're interested, I would love to this time.

I’d love to, sorry about forcing you to pretend to be a thief btw, only Mint died so I couldn’t frame her instead 

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

4 minutes ago, Jo and the Bush said:

As in, your character name is '1'?

Yes. He's been in every game because every game has a slot one. It's his backstory.

2 minutes ago, Mystic said:

I’d love to, sorry about forcing you to pretend to be a thief btw, only Mint died so I couldn’t frame her instead 

It's all good. It sets up a history between 1 and Fickle.

[Mystfall He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Through the Living Hopper said:

Yes. He's been in every game because every game has a slot one. It's his backstory.

It's all good. It sets up a history between 1 and Fickle.

Alright

———————-

Fickle was staring out at the sea, watching the waves crash against the harbor. He’d tried swimming earlier and it was nothing like the Reshi isles. Cold enough that he’d been scrambling out of there as soon as he touched it.

It surprised him, Fickle wouldn’t have thought he could still feel cold. But he also seemed to breathe, so maybe it wasn’t so odd.

Someone familiar flickered at the edge of his vision, and Fickle turned and opened his mouth to greet Jet before snapping it closed.

It wasn’t Jet.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Forged by the Sea: the Triumphs and Failures of Thaylenah's Greatest Pirate, by Shemyn the Accused

Page 32

Evidently, the port did not hold much respect for me, a fledging captain of seventeen years, and suspected I had been the one to kill Captain Vlsk. An easier story to swallow, by far, than the truth itself. So we sat there, in port, for days on end, unable to leave the ship, or gather food. The Watch was on us constantly. 

It is certainly stressful, for within eight weeks of your command, to be trapped on a ship with starving sailors. The last of the food was mouldering, and the supplies seemed to be racing with the morale to the bottom of the barrel.

A unique position for a lad like me, and one I look back on and know not whether to curse or smile, for it shaped my life. It was these days, trapped aboard a boat, with every man looking to me for salvation, that we turned to piracy.

The decision was complicated, to be sure. My First Mate, Swana, proposed it to me on the fourth night, and I was conflicted. I'd been raised to hate pirates, and we'd set fire to a fair few of their vessels in my youth. Yet the harbormaster refused to speak to me, or give me supplies, and thus, he created his own greatest enemy. He forced crime into my hands, not knowing just how capable these calluses were.

I vividly remembered the night I made my choice. Sickness was beginning to spread, and a deckhand by the name of Matoro had fallen ill. I had been at sea long enough to know it would spread if we could not treat it. I gathered my closest allies, Swana, my second mate Barst, and the helmsman and quartermaster. I told them the plan.

We were all capable fighters, having dealt with scoundrels in the past, and we knew our way around a knife. So it was with little persuasion, them knowing our plight better than any, we left the ship.

I still remember the screams. I remember the acrid smell of smoke, and it haunts my dreams. I don't regret it. Part of the price of a brigand's life, is the loss of conscience. Regardless, it made me a good leader. I saved those men. Now, looking back, I wonder what savage spirit drove me, what Odium haunted my soul, to take the harbormaster and cut him open. 

More of that night does not need to be said. Regardless, the Watch scattered, we seized the supplies, and took to the seas. Matoro had been left behind,, tossed overboard in the chaos. Later I learned it was Swana's orders. A necessary sacrifice, she said. The first sacrifice in exchange for glory. 

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guys writing fragments of a pirate memoir is addictive lol help

I hope y'all like it

Edited 2 hours ago by TwinStorm

[Mystfall He/Him]

2 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

guys writing fragments of a pirate memoir is addictive lol help

I hope y'all like it

It’s also addicting to read, I think I have a chance for the intro post boon, especially if I keep going back to edit in more backstory, but you’re probably gonna win the engaging pre-game posts

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

22 minutes ago, Jo and the Bush said:

Hmmmmmm, I don't think so no. . .

7 minutes ago, Mystic said:

Alright

———————-

Fickle was staring out at the sea, watching the waves crash against the harbor. He’d tried swimming earlier and it was nothing like the Reshi isles. Cold enough that he’d been scrambling out of there as soon as he touched it.

It surprised him, Fickle wouldn’t have thought he could still feel cold. But he also seemed to breathe, so maybe it wasn’t so odd.

Someone familiar flickered at the edge of his vision, and Fickle turned and opened his mouth to greet Jet before snapping it closed.

It wasn’t Jet.

Fickle was doing all this, let it be known, while a council meeting - that he was supposed to attend - was about to begin.

4 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

Forged by the Sea: the Triumphs and Failures of Thaylenah's Greatest Pirate, by Shemyn the Accused

Page 32

Evidently, the port did not hold much respect for me, a fledging captain of seventeen years, and suspected I had been the one to kill Captain Vlsk. An easier story to swallow, by far, than the truth itself. So we sat there, in port, for days on end, unable to leave the ship, or gather food. The Watch was on us constantly. 

It is certainly stressful, for within eight weeks of your command, to be trapped on a ship with starving sailors. The last of the food was mouldering, and the supplies seemed to be racing with the morale to the bottom of the barrel.

A unique position for a lad like me, and one I look back on and know not whether to curse or smile, for it shaped my life. It was these days, trapped aboard a boat, with every man looking to me for salvation, that we turned to piracy.

The decision was complicated, to be sure. My First Mate, Swana, proposed it to me on the fourth night, and I was conflicted. I'd been raised to hate pirates, and we'd set fire to a fair few of their vessels in my youth. Yet the harbormaster refused to speak to me, or give me supplies, and thus, he created his own greatest enemy. He forced crime into my hands, not knowing just how capable these calluses were.

I vividly remembered the night I made my choice. Sickness was beginning to spread, and a deckhand by the name of Matoro had fallen ill. I had been at sea long enough to know it would spread if we could not treat it. I gathered my closest allies, Swana, my second mate Barst, and the helmsman and quartermaster. I told them the plan.

We were all capable fighters, having dealt with scoundrels in the past, and we knew our way around a knife. So it was with little persuasion, them knowing our plight better than any, we left the ship.

I still remember the screams. I remember the acrid smell of smoke, and it haunts my dreams. I don't regret it. Part of the price of a brigand's life, is the loss of conscience. Regardless, it made me a good leader. I saved those men. Now, looking back, I wonder what savage spirit drove me, what Odium haunted my soul, to take the harbormaster and cut him open. 

More of that night does not need to be said. Regardless, the Watch scattered, we seized the supplies, and took to the seas. Matoro had been left behind,, tossed overboard in the chaos. Later I learned it was Swana's orders. A necessary sacrifice, she said. The first sacrifice in exchange for glory. 

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guys writing fragments of a pirate memoir is addictive lol help

I hope y'all like it

Daaaaaaaaaamn

Alrighty then gotta hope my signup post impressed Jo

2 minutes ago, Mystic said:

especially if I keep going back to edit in more backstory

EY EY REF

7 hours ago, Mystic said:

Frequent edits to win the boon from Jo. Also I need to beat the Slayerman

Incriminating evidence right here

Also, no one beats the Slayerman

[Mystfall He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

EY EY REF

7 hours ago, Mystic said:

Frequent edits to win the boon from Jo. Also I need to beat the Slayerman

Incriminating evidence right here

Also, no one beats the Slayerman

He knows.

38 minutes ago, Jo and the Bush said:

I hadn't, but don't worry about it

See?

4 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Fickle was doing all this, let it be known, while a council meeting - that he was supposed to attend - was about to begin.

Very true

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Honestly I don't mind people editing their Sign-up Post? The consolidation of RP and Notes into one post is helpful to me.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

1 minute ago, Mystic said:

He knows.

See?

Very true

Hmph

Don't make me do this

I don't wanna go down that path

[TwinStorm He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Mystic said:

It’s also addicting to read, I think I have a chance for the intro post boon, especially if I keep going back to edit in more backstory, but you’re probably gonna win the engaging pre-game posts

aw thanks

3 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Fickle was doing all this, let it be known, while a council meeting - that he was supposed to attend - was about to begin.

Daaaaaaaaaamn

Alrighty then gotta hope my signup post impressed Jo

EY EY REF

bro thanksss, this is rly inspiring me to write more

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Forged by the Sea: the Triumphs and Failures of Thaylenah's Greatest Pirate, by Shemyn the Accused

Page 39

Admittedly, those early days we did not do much plundering of merchant ships, having all to recently been one of their stock. Indeed, the Whitehound was not a ship yet fit for war, and, although we had raided a few coastal villages and ports, we had not yet stooped to that level.

Stooped to that level? These thoughts crossed my mind all the time in those days, and yet I never questioned hanging a harbormaster or sticking a guard like he was some sort of chicken. The code of ethics as a brigand is strange. You do what you can to survive, and write it off as justified, yet often go to far in those acts, but you will not board a merchant ship.

Storms, I wish I could go back and see myself. Young, proud, head full of thoughts of glory, and yet so foolish. So storming foolish. I'd probably not be able to bear myself. Thinking myself so moral, so honorable, one moment, before setting fire to a home the next. 

That is the greatest penance I pay for those years. Shame. I don't go a moment without thinking of it, thinking of the days I justified heinous acts. It nearly drove me to seek the sea's heart before, to end the pain. That is part of why I write. To unveil my shame, and in doing so, unburden myself.

[Mat he/him]

/in

as long as it’s fine if I’m not like hyper active, I will have some days that’ll be hardish for me but in general I’ll be fine

character can be… Mat

Lots of new faces, this will be fun

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, Mat said:

/in

as long as it’s fine if I’m not like hyper active, I will have some days that’ll be hardish for me but in general I’ll be fine

character can be… Mat

Lots of new faces, this will be fun

ooh, a veteran returns

spicy

4 minutes ago, Jo and the Bush said:

Honestly I don't mind people editing their Sign-up Post? The consolidation of RP and Notes into one post is helpful to me.

then you have forced my hand

sorry in advance

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

10 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

ooh, a veteran returns

spicy

then you have forced my hand

sorry in advance

No no no need for that I really think you’re good with the other prize

[Mystfall He/Him]

Just now, Hoid Slayer said:

No no no need for that I really think you’re good with the other prize

He can’t win both remember

We’ve got a chance