LG113: Day 1: Freedom of Speech

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Day 1: Freedom of Speech

21 Councilors gathered in the Aluminium lined secret room in the Merchant Quarter. The highest elected members of Thaylens Government. Councilor Teej, as senior-most member ran the meeting. “Welcome all to meeting, of Palahanah 1175, are all members present and accounted for?”

 

“Yes Councilor.” A secretary said, writing down the words for later sending to the Queen’s Archives. “All Councilors and representatives are present.”

 

“Excellent. Teej presiding, we may begin by discussing our first matter of business.” Teej held up the agenda, then deliberately pushed it off his desk and onto the floor in front of him. He sighed heavily and shook his head. Many of the councilors exchanged glances with each other in confusion or concern. 

 

Teej pulled an envelope out of his robes, and held it up. It was open, but there had been a scarlet seal closing it. The councilors tensed, all of them recognizing it, as they had all received one. “This offer was on my bed side table when I woke up this morning.” He opened the envelope and withdrew a sheaf of parchments. “It details a treaty, between Thaylen City and the Singer god Odium, in which we join the Singer Empire willingly. If I may ask, did any of you receive such offers?”

 

Teej knew they all had. Everyone in the room had received an offer while they slept. A subtle threat, that the enemy could reach them in their safest rooms to deliver a powerful offer. Teej had delivered them himself. Or rather, Abaray the Mavset-im had. Teej was dead, remember?

 

Slowly, Councilors and facilitators and guards all raised their hands, indicating that they had indeed received the offer.

 

Teej nodded. “Well then. I propose we table all other matters on the agenda for the day, and instead discuss this offer. Is this a true offer, or a threat? Is this something we can ignore, or should we try to negotiate better terms?”

 

Teej turned to face the Queen’s relatives on the council. “Is this something that Queen Fen will allow us to discuss, or will she further abuse her power to silence us, as if she were one of the Alethi Tyrants she spends so much time with now?” Their eyes widened in offense at the deliberate slight, but they did not speak yet, as they were suddenly weighing the loyalties of everyone in the room.

 

He spread his hands to the side, inviting all to comment. “Please, discuss freely. We must come to an answer.”

 

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LG113 has begun! Sign-ups are closed.

No Players are currently Detained. No Decrees are currently active. All Players are eligible for Execution. At least 1 Parliamentarian is alive, so PM's are open.

 

Player List:

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Player List:

1. @Through the Living Hopper as Councilor #1, a Highspren who secretly possesses the first person to arrive at a mass murder site.

2. @Wahrheitswächter as Ralm, a Truthwatcher and one of the newest Merchants on the Thaylen City Council, after surviving an otherwise Disastrous Expedition to the Reshi Isles.

3. @coco.pudding as Essyn, a Ghostblood who is returning to the council after secretly causing a Disastrous Expedition to the Reshi Isles.

4. @Mystfall as Fickle, a Cognitive Shadow who joined the Council  due to a Letter of Endorsement from Archer.

5. @TwinStorm as Shemyn the Accused, a pirate who accidentally joined the council simply by stealing enough ships to count as a Fleet Lord. Now that he gets a cut of the Taxes, he's stopped robbing the Tax Collectors and instead wants Thaylenah's wealth to grow.

6. @Illwei as Councilor #6.

7. @Hoid Slayer as Tshanin, who buried his sister in the stars, so that every sailor would see her at night.

8. @Ascended Grubberfly as Dvalk, who once bet his belief on the flip of a card, and settled a debt in return for a council seat.

9. @Mat as Mat, one of the oldest council members, who is tired, and frankly too busy for this treaty nonsense.

10. @Ink and Embers as Ari, an Irian Immigrant who has cornered the painrial market in Thaylenah.

11. @The Unknown Character as Tin Capone Old Man Maker, a hole digger and post maker.

12. @WhimsyIsTheBestShard as Leb and Geb, the Twin halves of Lord Falwin.

13. @KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren as Vivliktv, the legendary chef who invented Krem Sauce.

14. @Mint11 as Chise Hatori, who won her seat on the council after being sold to an ancient Artifabrian as a slave.

15. @Araris Valerian as Araris Valerian, a rather lost swordsman.

16. @Stardust as Ensha, a merchant conartist

17. @Archer as Noran, Cousin to the queen, but using Tyn's eye-darkening Contacts.

18. @KeyFox as Makkib, a former Skybreaker from Babatharnam.

19. @Asriel as Rbiren, a Natan Merchant who rose to Councilor status due to the favors and goodwill he collected at his hair solans scattered across the richer sections of Thaylen City.

20. @Alvron as Reavest, the Council's hidden hand and champion of Ishar.

 

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Edited 2 hours ago by Jo and the Bush

[The Unknown Character he/him]

Alvron, I want to be like you when I grow up

[Mystfall He/Him]

1 minute ago, The Unknown Character said:

Alvron, I want to be like you when I grow up

Real. 

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

@Jo and the Bush I didn't get the PM

[Mystfall He/Him]

Oh, that reminds me:

@coco.pudding… Don’t get me killed, I’ve been trying to trust you you know, and that’s not helping.

And for the pre-game: Hoid

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Just now, Mystfall said:

And for the pre-game: Hoid

Bruh I don't even have an alignment yet this is crazy

[Mystfall He/Him]

Just now, Hoid Slayer said:

Bruh I don't even have an alignment yet this is crazy

Perfect opportunity then

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

2 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Bruh I don't even have an alignment yet this is crazy

I edited yours in.

That reminds me!

@Hoid Slayer and @Mystfall won the Boons! Hoid for his great Sign-up Post, and Mystfall for his engagement! 24 hours ago, they were given the ability to manipulate the odds for what role they could receive. (either by removing some roles from the pool, or by selecting from a small number of chosen roles). 

@TwinStorm received a Runner-up Boon, simply because I was struggling to choose between Twin and Myst for most Engaging. Twinstorm's boon allows him to choose his starting Loyalty.

[coco.pudding she/they]

7 minutes ago, Mystfall said:

Don’t get me killed, I’ve been trying to trust you you know, and that’s not helping.

Hey I apologized didn’t I?

Anyway time to run this back. We better freaking be able to trust each other this time

[Mystfall He/Him]

1 minute ago, Jo and the Bush said:

I edited yours in.

That reminds me!

@Hoid Slayer and @Mystfall won the Boons! Hoid for his great Sign-up Post, and Mystfall for his engagement! 24 hours ago, they were given the ability to manipulate the odds for what role they could receive. (either by removing some roles from the pool, or by selecting from a small number of chosen roles). 

@TwinStorm received a Runner-up Boon, simply because I was struggling to choose between Twin and Myst for most Engaging. Twinstorm's boon allows him to choose his starting Loyalty.

*bows* 

I think having more than 20% of the posts in the sign-up thread may have helped 

[Asriel He/Him]

Rbiren gazed at Teej thoughtfully. It was sometimes hard to remember how pragmatic these Thaylens were. No morals - just what kept them alive.
Then again, who was he to be talking?
"Thaylenah must consider the fact that should the alliance lose the Contest of Champions, we will still be safe. The chances of the enemy somehow capturing our entire kingdom are unlikely at best."

Holding to my word (this boon announcement makes him more suspicious anyway) - Mystfall/Fickle

Edit: Grammar

Edited 2 hours ago by Asriel

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

@Jo and the Bush can I move to Depose you for not making me elim

Araris Valerian where is the bear

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

1 minute ago, Hoid Slayer said:

@Jo and the Bush can I move to Depose you for not making me elim

Araris Valerian where is the bear

If you do it during the night in red text sure. But it will count as a Motion to Depose.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Just now, Jo and the Bush said:

If you do it during the night in red text sure. But it will count as a Motion to Depose.

*weighs pros and cons*

That should be safe at this point in the game, right?

[Mystfall He/Him]

Just now, Hoid Slayer said:

*weighs pros and cons*

That should be safe at this point in the game, right?

Maybe? Idk whether Jo would weight the starting loyalty to positive or negative 

Oh, by the way, I am not a Parliamentarian.

PMs do not rest on my shoulders.

That does not mean you should kill me C1 again though 

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

I'm too tired for this right now see you all in the morning

[The Unknown Character he/him]

I'm 100% percent going to move to depose come nighttime unless PMs lead be to believe there's vastly more disloyal players than I expected 

[Wahrheitswächter He/Him]

Ralm looked around in the Room, as his Eyes fell on a Person he had hoped he wouldnt see again any time soon, his old apprentice Essyn. He raised his Voice "My dear friends and colleagues, I know that we need to discuss Odiums offer, but that should not keep us from discussing other points. Because we have a murderer amid our ranks, a murderer who may own an undisclosed Shardblade! My old apprentice Essyn was involved in a multitude of murders on the Reshi Great Shell of Relu-Na and stole during those Events a Shardblade"

Edited 1 hour ago by Wahrheitswächter

[Archer he/him]

VC:

Hoid (1): Myst

Myst (1): Asriel

Araris (1): Hoid (poking the bear) 

[Mystfall He/Him]

I’ve never played a 20 player game before, but that makes me want to say with have 5-6 Elims depending on whether they actually have a conversion or not. If they do, I can see an argument for 4, but that’s seems low to me(would depend on what roles people have and whether this is a high-power or low power Distro. The rules themselves seem to lean towards high-power though, so unless the Elims have the most powerful roles, I highly doubt we have 4.

Thats said, Jo had only a few minutes to change things when Alvron signed up. I’m not sure how much he could’ve changed to balance that.

Assuming 5 Elims, and if we have 3 high-guards, that’s a(quickly pulls out a calculator) 56% chance the Elims have at least one high guard.

That’s basically a coin flip. I’m not sure whether we should assume there’s an Elim in the high guards or not.

Better safe than sorry, especially if it’s 55/45

High-guards, be careful in your doc, anything you say could be going straight to the Elim doc, and @Jo and the Bush do you make a new doc every time a high-guard dies?

if not, then future Elim’s who become high-guards will also hav that info

[coco.pudding she/they]

Essyn is panicking. She saw him on the way in, standing off to the side, chatting with a merchant friend of his. She had immediately hidden, ducking behind a group of others. 
How is he here? He’s supposed to be dead. She told everyone he was dead. She was there when he died. But there he is, standing across the room, mingling with the other councilors like nothing happened.

She tried to approach him before the meeting started, once her thoughts were gathered. But it became clear he knew she was there. That he knew everything. And he was avoiding her. And so she waited. Waited for the stormwall to hit, hoping her wits could get her through this.

~~~ 

When Ralm at last speaks up, Essyn looks toward him, plastering a shocked expression onto her face. Then she rushes toward him. 
“Babsk! What—how? How is this possible?” Tears begin to leak from her eyes. “You died. I-I saw you die! I tried to save you. I tried—I couldn’t have—I don’t understand.” She is sobbing now, tears flowing freely as she leans on him, her arms flung around him.

Then she whispers in his ear, quiet enough only he can hear. “I will explain. I promise I will explain. Privately. Meet me in the garden tonight, so we can speak freely.”

Then she steps away from him slightly, turning to face the room, dabbing at her eyes, drawing in a deep breath. “I am not a murderer,” she says, her voice wobbling. “I don’t—I don’t understand what this is about, but I’m sure there’s some explanation, trickery from Odium or some such thing, intended to derail this meeting so we decide in his favor.”

Then she turns to Ralm. “I am sorry I failed you. Words cannot express how happy I am that you are alive, that you are here. I understand that whatever has happened, it has broken your trust in me. But perhaps—perhaps you can trust me again. When we get to the bottom of whatever this is.”

[Mat he/him]

28 minutes ago, The Unknown Character said:

I'm 100% percent going to move to depose come nighttime unless PMs lead be to believe there's vastly more disloyal players than I expected 

Explain to me why this is ever a logical decision to make? Like I dont think you’re evil for this cause it’d be too obvious but from what I remember of the rules there is absolutely no upside, and the only situation that people vote to dispose the Queen is one when the elims do it and out themselves to win

im going to sleep now, I skimmed some stuff and haven’t read the rules in a minute but tomorrow I have more time, good to be back <3.

edit: @Mystfall if I recall correctly the elims have conversion potential so I personally doubt we currently are dealing with five. Someone should check that tho

edit2: @Jo and the Bush did twin choose their starting loyalty before or after receiving their GM PM?

—

Mat sighed, his bones creaking as he made his way back to his quarters. It was getting late (far too late for an old man like him to be up and about) and he could already tell this was a talkative bunch. Best to be well-rested for the discussion tomorrow morning…

Edited 57 minutes ago by Mat

[Mystfall He/Him]

5 minutes ago, Mat said:

edit: @Mystfall if I recall correctly the elims have conversion potential so I personally doubt we currently are dealing with five. Someone should check that tho

There’s a role for it. There is no guarantee that Jo put the role in though

[Wahrheitswächter He/Him]

@Mat According to the Rules the Deposition Votes will be publicly revealed.

I can see two interpretations of this:

a) we will know who has positive, neutral, or negative Loyalty

b) we will know how many have positive, neutral or negative Loyalty

@Jo and the Bush @Cuendillar please Clarify

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

1 minute ago, Mat said:

Explain to me why this is ever a logical decision to make? Like I dont think you’re evil for this cause it’d be too obvious but from what I remember of the rules there is absolutely no upside, and the only situation that people vote to dispose the Queen is one when the elims do it and out themselves to win

im going to sleep now, I skimmed some stuff and haven’t read the rules in a minute but tomorrow I have more time, good to be back <3.

—

Mat sighed, his bones creaking as he made his way back to his quarters. It was getting late (far too late for an old man like him to be up and about) and he could already tell this was a talkative bunch. Best to be well-rested for the discussion tomorrow morning…

It would reveal the number of players with negative starting loyalty, from what I can tell?

Ari scuttled into the council chamber, shoving loose bits of wire and half-infused gemstone chips into her pockets as she took her seat. Crowded room. She put her back to the wall and glanced at the faces around her, clicking tiny mechanisms in her pockets as she did so