Mid-Range Game 7: Eighty Splendid Suns

[Zas678 he/him]

Wyrm, you must be having a blast. There's always something liberating about being able to be the open Eliminator. 

[Guest]

Sure, I'll claim Aonar's death. I did it! And I'd do it again! So now everyone suspects Kipper, right? My work is done here .

 

And that's not what you said in your doc, Kipper. I didn't realise you didn't want to be seen with us in public .

The really sad thing is that Bort suspects me over Pixie, who has done NOTHING. I do not understand.

Yeah, I know. I said so much in the Doc that I don't want coming out. And it's clearly in your best interest to reveal a fellow Discoverer, if I was indeed one of them, yes?

[Wyrmhero he/him]

The really sad thing is that Bort suspects me over Pixie, who has done NOTHING. I do not understand.

Yeah, I know. I said so much in the Doc that I don't want coming out. And it's clearly in your best interest to reveal a fellow Discoverer, if I was indeed one of them, yes?

 

Makes perfect sense to me. It's the old 'inactives produce no evidence' thing, so they always get ignored until the end-game, whereas people who talk a lot and try to help produce lots of delicious evidence which can be used either for or against.

 

Good point there - I can indeed confirm that Kipper is a Discoverer.

[Seonid he/him]

Bort, do you have anything to say on kipper's claims?

Wyrm is being successful with his trolling. If you know why Wilson didn't suspect pixie or paranoid king, let me know. You don't have to disclose roles, but tell me if the reason was ironclad.

Also, we aren't targeting kipper. Your choice if you do or not. If you wasn't too have your striker join us, we're targeting Clanky. Neo, would you target haelbarde? That way, if glory does attack or same target, we won't have 3 attacks on a 2 life target

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Edited July 6, 2015 by Seonid

[Paranoid King he/him]

Kipper seems to think him and I have had a private conversation. Which is odd, because I'm sure if we were to have had such a thing, he would have sworn me to secrecy and made me promise to tell nobody.

[Pixie]

Kipper seems to think him and I have had a private conversation. Which is odd, because I'm sure if we were to have had such a thing, he would have sworn me to secrecy and made me promise to tell nobody.

 

Hmmmm.... so this secret conversation never took place?

[Guest]

Yes I did, and the fact that I am requesting you to back me up on this should let you know that I am asking you to break that vow of secrecy.

Alright, if I die without Paranoid King first backing me up on the private conversation, which I can't see harm in revealing, look at him for a Discoverer.

[Paranoid King he/him]

There we go. Kipper did indeed tell me that he was a Bloodsealer. He also said that he would target Aonar because his Diagram was keeping Moderation as a dangerous force. So he is likely not a Discoverer.

 

However, I do not have any solid proof on him. He also said that he would probably change his plans just in case I was a Discoverer, so the info he told me may not be valid.

 

I strongly suspect that he is not a discoverer, but I am not entirely certain

Edited July 7, 2015 by Paranoid King

[Guest]

Thank you.

I told him that I would kill Aonar, but then I realized that he might be a Discoverer, and be able to screw around with my only kill. So I told PK that I was now going to kill someone other than Aonar, because he might be a Discoverer. My intention was always to kill Aonar. So I realize that can be suspect. Thank you for at least confirming the conversation though, PK. I really don't want to die.

Just scan me, guys. Six people are dead (admittedly, one due to me), and none of them are Discovery.

To quote Star Wars: The death toll is catastrophic.

[Paranoid King he/him]

I believe the quote you are searching for is, "I feel a great disturbance in the Cosmere - as though a half dozen people screamed out in terror before their breaths were snuffed out."

[Guest]

Different movie, but essentially, yes.

[Seonid he/him]

Fair enough, kipper. To the Glory striker, whoever you are: I recommend that you target one of the confirmed discovery members. I outlined a pan in an earlier post.

If you choose to eliminate kipper for other reasons, we can't stop you. But remember that discovery is the most dangerous faction we face at present. Lending your kill to the confirmed targets will kill one of them outright, instead of leaving them as spooks that can still affect the vote

[neodymium]

Neo sat on a rock overlooking the townspeople.  Over the course of the past few days, they had become a divided people.  Not just in theory, but as he watched them, Neo could see three separate groups.  Sure, every once in a while one of the members of the Glory faction would slowly make their way over to the Moderation faction.  Or someone in the Moderation faction would whisper about a member of Heritage and Neo would wake up the next day to find out they had been killed.  He didn't know quite what to do.  Only that he was Moderation.  But what is Moderation?  He was starting to think certain members might not be as committed as he was.  Hael was his main suspect.  In All Virtues Temperance.  His parents had taught him-

"Neo?"

Warm shivers came up his spine as he turned around.  He would recognize that voice anywhere. 

"Hey Pixie", he replied.  His voice always sounded so dull around hers.

"I'm headed to dinner with my faction.  You shouldn't be out here alone."

"uh...", he muttered.  Before he could answer she smiled and walked off.

Neo watched her walk away.  He wasn't sure what he'd do if she turned around and saw him staring at her.  As she hurried past Moderation faction, something else caught his eye.  Hael was staring at Pixie as well.  But his eyes were dark.  His brows were pointed down.  

This night would not end well.  Neo knew what he had to do.

Bort, do you have anything to say on kipper's claims?

Wyrm is being successful with his trolling. If you know why Wilson didn't suspect pixie or paranoid king, let me know. You don't have to disclose roles, but tell me if the reason was ironclad.

Also, we aren't targeting kipper. Your choice if you do or not. If you wasn't too have your striker join us, we're targeting Clanky. Neo, would you target haelbarde? That way, if glory does attack or same target, we won't have 3 attacks on a 2 life target

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I can do that.

[Guest]

@Neo

Whoa whoa whoa....love triangle?!

As Well of Ascension taught us, the only way to deal with a love triangle is to brutally murder one of the participants, so...*gasps*...the tension, THE TENSION!!

[Haelbarde he/him]

The sun beat down on the arena, and the screams and chants of the crowd only intensified as the gladiators strode out. From the Moderation Faction came Ableah Edr, sculpted body gleaming with oils, clad in a loincloth and sandals. He held the sword in his hand as though he didn't know what to make of it.

Crouched by a catapult was Bortholemew the Blind. His beard had been scrubbed until it was as white as snow. "Still got to make some calculations," he grunted, tinkering with the catapult. By popular acclaim, he had been declared the Glorious Champion.

Next, Adamir of the Heritage Faction entered the arena. His thin robe clashed with his sandals. "You can't do this!" he cried out. "I'm a scribe, not a gladiator! I know ten different languages!"

The last champion entered. His clothing was casually shredded, and he carried a huge blade, metal beaded with drops of moisture that dripped down into the thirsty sands. "Then you can curse at us in ten different languages," King Wurum of Alethkar, First of his Name, Protector of the Realm, and the Herald of the Storms said, cheerfully.

He grounded his Blade, point-down in the sand, and leaned on it. "Well, gentlemen," he said. "Shall we get to it? Or are we going to take all day?"*

 

*Nice try, but no. Get back to your regularly scheduled killing, thank you.

 

Seeing Wurum's might Shardblade, Ableah tossed aside his sword. Who uses swords anyway? Sticking his fingers in his mouth, he let out a shrill whistle. From out of the crowd, a weapon flew through the air. Ableah caught the weapon, swinging it expertly around, performing an advanced kata smoothly. The weapon was like a spear, with a long dark polished wooden haft, except it was adorned with gleaming black metal axe head. A voice grated through everyone's heads. "Did you want to troll some people today?". 

 

Ableah smiled. "Hullo Discord," greeting the weapon. Striking a ready stance, spoke outwards to the crowds and his opponents. "There's nothing quite like a halberd. Have at ye!" he cried as he raced towards the blind man.

Edited July 7, 2015 by Haelbarde

[Wyrmhero he/him]

I feel a little unfairly ganged up on, considering some teams are in a hell of a lot of a stronger position than we are. In fact, I'm fairly sure we've lost this, with no way to affect the game other than the lynch, but...

 

Glory and Heritage have played this well. They've created a narrative where they focus on us, and because of that, as soon as one of them blinks, down goes the others' Striker. They can also pick the other teams off and it won't matter, because they're 'searching for Discovery'. It's an amusing and brilliant way to whittle down the opposing teams. All I can say is that Moderation must be so very glad they have a defensive Role, though that won't exactly save them from double-Striker attacks.

 

In particular, well done to Heritage. Not only have they come out of this relatively unscathed and managed to get the other teams to offer up lynch targets, but they've also been Bribing all the people they've been finding. So they're in a pretty powerful position now, Role-wise. Of course, the fact that they have their Striker and a Remembered-Striker attacking tonight helps them a lot as well. Fairly certain they'll have the highest number of 'cleared' members and thus Roles next turn. So congrats on getting us to be the focus, though I guess Glory helped you a lot there first. I can't wait to see how you use your reinforced position in the final fight.

Edited July 7, 2015 by Wyrmhero

[Bort he/him]

I'm half brain dead today - an already late night coupled with ridiculous heat means not much sleep at all last night, so forgive me for being brief (and possibly confusing (or confused, maybe?)).

 

Reasons I am suspicious of Kipper:

 

-When bringing up that Discovery could still lynch vote, and that Wyrm needed to be killed, Kipper was particularly vocal about going after Aonar instead. Either he didn't get the threat still posed by Wyrm, or he was out to protect him.

 

-The posts between Wyrm and Kipper in the main thread. Yes, I can see him wanting to defend himself if he really isn't Discovery, but both Kipper's and Wyrm's are trying too hard to deflect and confuse people, and the fact that Wyrm is really trying to make people believe that Kipper is not a Discoverer, just makes me wonder more if he is actually trying to hide the truth, by speaking truth.

 

-Way back in cycle one, when Glory were discussing cooperation between the factions to find Discoverers, Kipper was pretty vocal against the idea. Since this is the best way we have of finding Discovery, and Kipper was deliberately trying to steer us away from such a course of action, that makes him look suspicious.

 

-Admittedly, this could just be Discovery being sneaky, but last cycle, Wyrm took great delight in announcing to people what our plans were. Now, since Kipper left us, not a peep about anything in the Glory doc from Wyrm, suggesting that his source of information has been cut off.

 

Edit:

If it turns out I am wrong, and Kipper is actually a Bloodsealer, then that makes Pixie Glory's second Discoverer (or I have been expertly played by someone else in Glory).

Edited July 7, 2015 by Bort

[Kasimir he/him]

Timecheck: Under three hours remain in the cycle. Please get in your actions while you still can, and please, can we try not to leave them 'till the last minute for the sake of my sanity? Hmm? >>

[Bort he/him]

Of course we will Kas, especially for you (and your sanity)

[Haelbarde he/him]

Votes that we all now shift our votes to Dowanax!

[Bort he/him]

No, Hael, not yet. We've got just under another two hours before the cycle ends, so we should all put our vote changes in in about an hour and 45 minutes

 

Note, I am just kidding here. This is not a call for anyone to actually change their votes to Dow.

[Haelbarde he/him]

Retracting my call for everyone to change votes for the next hour 45. Check back in just under 2 hours.

Edited July 7, 2015 by Haelbarde

[Kasimir he/him]

Votes that we all now shift our votes to Dowanax!

No, Hael, not yet. We've got just under another two hours before the cycle ends, so we should all put our vote changes in in about an hour and 45 minutes

 

Note, I am just kidding here. This is not a call for anyone to actually change their votes to Dow.

Noted. I'll just save myself the trouble by putting everyone as having voted for dowanx and close the cycle now. Stay tuned for the write-up in about two hours...

[Guest]

Bort, really, in Cycle One, where I admitted that I didn't understand the strategy and we were all figuring things out? Really?

And as for, that's obviously the conclusion that Wyrm was trying to make you come to. What other conclusion is there? There's no other reason why Wyrm would so obviously say that I am not a Discoverer. You could read as far into this as you want, but ultimately, you'll just have to decide.

Also, Haelbarde and Clanky have revealed themselves as Discovery in the Moderation Doc, so that's two done.

[Haelbarde he/him]

Also, Haelbarde and Clanky have revealed themselves as Discovery in the Moderation Doc, so that's two done.

We totally didn't! 

 

Certainly appears we've found at least one more, then...