Long Game 18: Holly and Iron

[TheMightyLopen he/him]

Lopen, I actually wondered the same about you. The only thing is, Ostrich was the only Aturan to be sent to the Crockery. The others were all killed by mercs. That does point to one of us still though, but I'm more inclined to believe that it's one of the Vintish, 2 or 3 commoners, and then an Edema Ruh. I'm not sure which Edema Ruh I suspect more, but of the Vintish, I think I suspect Stink more than Wonko, but Wonko still seems slightly off. 

 

I do suspect STINK a little for his odd behavior this game. One thing to note though, he did send an Assassin to kill PK the same Month that PK was sabotaged by the Skindancers. It might have been that they really wanted him dead for some reason, and so STINK got the Assassin as assurance, but I'm not sure. Assassins are pretty expensive.

 

Wonko, well, he's been scanned by the Linguist, so his alignment is connected to another player in a way that makes it seem a better idea to kill the scanner before him. I had some minor suspicion of him from pretty early on actually, but his suggesting the "I am not a Skindancer" plan, and him being scanned as truthful while saying that phrase has alleviated most of that.

 

You however, haven't really done much that I would say points either way, and so you are currently my top suspect going off of Class. As far as my actual highest suspect, I'm not sure. I think I'd need to go over things again and see how I feel about our situation. BB and Weaving Webs were actually high up there on my suspicions, but now they're dead....and were Students.

 

I was thinking they might have started with an Edema Ruh as well, but I don't really have a whole lot of suspicion for either Elbereth or Burnt right now. I think the lack of killing with the lynch has really stunted discussion that might lead to catching eliminators and so we're stuck relying on using solely our abilities, which sadly, I have had none until just now.

[DeathClutch19 he/him]

It had been a month since Touka beat the hell out of Wilem. She was walking around campus thinking how she might have been a little to fast in using force. She kinda felt bad, but at the same time unleashing all her anger was somehow relaxing.

 

"Maybe I should join a fighting club or something" she said to herself. Touka had been fighting since she could walk and it was engraved into her mind that violence was always an option. She however did not like hurting people, unless they deserved it of course.

 

While walking Touka caught the glimpse of a boy out of the corner of her eye. It was Wilem, he was walking toward the inns, he looked awfully cheery. Oh look it's the boy who all the ladies love, haha what a joke. Touka didn't feel any hatred toward Wilem though, so she waved to him as he walked by.

Edited March 12, 2016 by DeathClutch19

[Clanky he/him]

So I don't have much thoughts to speak of now but my time in the crockery did give me time to think. I will admit to not expecting to actually escape and not paying my utmost attention to this game because of it. However one thing that I have noticed is the lack of conviction in votes. Nobody has really seemed to be voting for a reason and is just voting because it makes it cheaper to live. How does this this really help us actually find an eliminator? Nobody is going to get desperate to defend themselves because they have got a 60% chance of being role-blocked one turn. We need to start treating the complaints like true lynch votes. If we really want to use the complaint vote to it's utmost potential we need to use it with actual threat of negative consequences.

 

Here is my suggestion: If we have any loyal masters they place all of their DP on the players with the most votes at the end of the cycle. That way people will actually feel the need to defend themselves from votes instead of treating it as a non consequential action. Another problem I have is players voting only for the tuition reduction. That helps nobody but yourself, is an easy way for a traitor to hide votes that can get people in trouble with the masters. i understand that some people need to vote in order for the tuition reduction but can't you think of a better reason then I'm poor and need to pay less?! Those votes help no-one but yourself. At least you could pick someone you are a little suspicious of so your vote has even a minimal amount of purpose?!?! 

 

 

Sorry for the ranting and probably spelling wrongly but I have partook in some drinking and I have had this built up from my time in the  insane asylum without being to act on anything. 

 

EDIT: Fixed most of the worst spelling mistakes. Sorry about that.

Edited March 12, 2016 by Clanky

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Wilem walked towards the Horse and Four, heading back to his room to study when he saw the girl who beat him up last month. She waved. She waved? I thought she'd hate me. But she didn't, apparently. 

 

Wil changed his course, instead heading to walk up behind Tooka, or something like that. Her parents were probably some of those strange Yllish who liked their children to be "unique". Wil just called it "stupid". "If you ever decide you would like the opportunity to sing to me, I'm in the Horse and Four," Wilem said as he walked past. He winked as he finished.

 

Wil had a flashback to when the Tooka girl punched him in the gut. Ghost pains flashed for a second. His grin faltered, but he put it back up real quick.  

[DeathClutch19 he/him]

"If you ever decide you would like the opportunity to sing to me, I'm in the Horse and Four", Touka heard this as Wilem walked past. Touka flashed back to when she beat Wilem like a punching bag. She turned to Wilem debating on whether she should do something or not.

 

She had finally decided, the answer was yes. Touka walked up behind Wilem and grabbed him by the shirt. She pulled him close to her, holding him by his collar. Should I beat him up again? or maybe this time I'll break a couple bones. Touka couldn't hold back her anger.

 

"Would you like to run that by me again?" she said with a cynical smile on her face. "I dont think you understand, I can and I will break you if you don't change your attitude around me. I tried being nice but clearly that won't work so maybe I'll just crack that skull of yours open and fix your brain myself" she said with a big smile on her face and a calm tone in her voice. Touka was still holding on to Wilem.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Wil felt a yank on the back of his collar. He was flipped around and suddenly saw Tuka's face closer than he had ever been to a girl who wasn't in his room. "Would you like to run that by me again?" she asked him, smiling the whole time. Her teeth were quite nice, but something about her smile seemed menacing. She threatened to break him if he didn't change. 

 

Wilem smiled at her. "Would you break me back in my room?" Wil hoped he could wear down this girl's resistance. She was much harder to get than Telari. Sometimes, the easy ones weren't worth it. 

 

The girl's unwavering smile and calm voice worried him. She wouldn't kill him though, right? Unless...could she be a skindancer? No. They wouldn't be that obvious. Right?

[DeathClutch19 he/him]

"Would you break me back in my room?" Wilem said as Touka held him by his collar. "Sure I will, come on let's go to your room" Touka replied as sweet and innocently as she could. She cracked a smile and winked at Wilem.

 

This boy, he has no idea what he's getting himself into. Touka tried to seem as shaken as possible at Wil's comment after she was threatening him. She wasn't the best at acting but for this she'd do her best. 

 

She looked down at the ground and wouldn't make eye contact with Wilem. Touka went from menacing to cute and innocent in the blink of an eye. Hopefully Wilem would take advantage of this situation. She banked on him being the self absorbed, cocky boy that he was. This boy would bring out the side of Touka she kept suppressed since that one time... 

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Oh, and the Only Joe hasn't posted for awhile, I don't think...Nvm, I just missed his post last cycle. Dow didn't post though.

I have very Busy Weeks. Now that' it's the weekend, I'll be able to post more. Does that mean I'll post more? Only If I have something to say. I'm still catching up on my notes, but as of right now, I'll probably be putting a vote on Elbereth and a vote on Deathclutch, only because they're both at the third level, and I don't want anyone becoming a Master. (Mailliw is also a third level, but he's lashed, so it won't mater untill Term 5 Month 2 unless he had Nahlrought)

 

Also, judging from the title of this month, Kynedath wasn't sabotaged, but went insane due to excessive studying of naming. (This is a theory, not fact) Any thoughts on that?

 

I am not a Skindancer.

Edited March 12, 2016 by The Only Joe

[Mailliw73 he/him]

I have very Busy Weeks. Now that' it's the weekend, I'll be able to post more. Does that mean I'll post more? Only If I have something to say. I'm still catching up on my notes, but as of right now, I'll probably be putting a vote on Elbereth and a vote on Deathclutch, only because they're both at the third level, and I don't want anyone becoming a Master. (Mailliw is also a third level, but he's lashed, so it won't mater untill Term 5 Month 2 unless he had Nahlrought)

 

Also, judging from the title of this month, Kynedath wasn't sabotaged, but went insane due to excessive studying of naming. (This is a theory, not fact) Any thoughts on that?

 

I am not a Skindancer.

I'm actually only a Re'lar, not an El'the.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

I'm actually only a Re'lar, not an El'the.

Rust. Now I have to go recheck all my notes, rethink my plans, and redo the past hour of work. Thank you for mentioning that.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Rust. Now I have to go recheck all my notes, rethink my plans, and redo the past hour of work. Thank you for mentioning that.

Sorry...

[Firemuffin42]

Mac looked at the masters, his face contorted to reflect his confusion. He shook hs sighed as he went to find a place to scream his apology. He was pretty sure that's what they wanted him to do anyway.

He found the square where students were lshed and stepped up onto a wooden crate he'd brought along for this very reason. He looked around at the students, most ignoring him, but a few giving him odd looks. He cleared his throat and raised his voice.

"I, Mac Norman Cheese, apologize for my behavior. I have messed up. I shouldn't have put the frog in the noodles I gave the master… that was impolite and I'm sorry. That was toad-ally uncalled for." He finished, grinning to himself at the pun he'd slipped in there. He was shamefully proud of that… He stepped down, and picked up his crate. With crate in hand, he made his way back to his room.

In response to the complaint levelled against me last turn…

As wonko said, I'm new and didn't realize how what I was saying could be interpreted as skindancer stuff. I currently only suspect stink… simply because the assassination thing was weird and he didn't give a good explanation. That's the only suspicion I have at the moment, at least, the only one that really has any evidence behind it.

My statement wasn't made with specific players in mind. I was simply saying it might be a good idea to coordinate our votes. If people suspect someone, bring forth the evidence and everyone can review it. That way, we can concentrate on 1 or 2 people that we have reasonable suspicions that they're a skindancer.

Nobody really had a problem with what I said except you… so hopefully that's good enough for you and you won't vote for me again this round.

[Elbereth she/her]

Here is my suggestion: If we have any loyal masters they place all f thier DP on the players with the most votes at the end of the cycle. That way people will actually feel the need to defend themselves from votes instead of treating it as a non consiquential action. Another problem I have is players voting ponly for the tuition reduction. That helps nobody but yourself, is an easy way for a traitor to hide votes that can get people in trouble with the masters. i understand that some people need to vote in order fpr the tuition reductionn but can't you think of a better reason then I'm poor and need to pay less?! Those votes help noone but yourself. At least youcouldpick someone you are a ilittle suspicious of so your vote has even a minimal amount of purpose?!?!

That would work a lot better if we had any PC masters, you know.

I have very Busy Weeks. Now that' it's the weekend, I'll be able to post more. Does that mean I'll post more? Only If I have something to say. I'm still catching up on my notes, but as of right now, I'll probably be putting a vote on Elbereth and a vote on Deathclutch, only because they're both at the third level, and I don't want anyone becoming a Master. (Mailliw is also a third level, but he's lashed, so it won't mater untill Term 5 Month 2 unless he had Nahlrought)

Also, judging from the title of this month, Kynedath wasn't sabotaged, but went insane due to excessive studying of naming. (This is a theory, not fact) Any thoughts on that?

I am not a Skindancer.

Pretty sure BB is also third level, and has been for a while. Also, I'm not elevating any time soon, because I definitely can't make tuition. So I'm not who you need to worry about on that front.

In response to the complaint levelled against me last turn…

As wonko said, I'm new and didn't realize how what I was saying could be interpreted as skindancer stuff. I currently only suspect stink… simply because the assassination thing was weird and he didn't give a good explanation. That's the only suspicion I have at the moment, at least, the only one that really has any evidence behind it.

My statement wasn't made with specific players in mind. I was simply saying it might be a good idea to coordinate our votes. If people suspect someone, bring forth the evidence and everyone can review it. That way, we can concentrate on 1 or 2 people that we have reasonable suspicions that they're a skindancer.

Nobody really had a problem with what I said except you… so hopefully that's good enough for you and you won't vote for me again this round.

Thank you for replying. I still believe you're suspicious, but unless I see anything more I won't put a vote on you for that. Edited March 12, 2016 by Elbereth

[Clanky he/him]

That would work a lot better if we had any PC masters, you know.

 

There has been time for people to put enough points in to become a master hasn't there? I guess nobody has been elevated enough for it though. I still think that the voting hasn't been used very well so far in this game and something needs to change because it isn't working for us.

[STINK he/him]

#NoElevationMasterRace

[little wilson she/her]

I'd hoped an announcement like this wouldn't be necessary, but alas.

Do not use game PMs after you die. The dead DO NOT talk. That goes for in the thread and PMs. If you want to talk, the dead doc is a perfect place for that. Use it. Not game PMs. Please. Thank you.

[STINK he/him]

O.o

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

Yeah, that was BB, who tried to reply to a question I asked him at the end of last round. He claimed, without explanation, to have cleared my Analyst, which was not something he'd told me before, and I had asked him to tell me how he'd done it, so I could know how ironclad the confirmation was. He then tried to reply this round. Luckily, Wilson caught it and made him delete it before I ever saw it.

 

On a related topic, Elbereth, BB is dead. He was killed in the Absentminded Massacre (come on, let it stick... ). His elevation status is no longer relevant.

 

And Clanky, unless the Master-level elevation is treated differently in the write-up than the others three, we'll automatically know the moment anyone becomes a Master, because it will be their fourth elevation. As things stand, no fourth elevation has been reported. The closest we have are our two El'the players, DC and Elbereth, who will become masters as soon as they are able to accumulate 15 EP in a field.

[Araris Valerian he/him]

There is a possible exception to that, Wonko. If a player has 20 EP in a field, and gets elevated to El'the then they immediately become a master (from having 15 EP). I'm not sure if that is treated differently in the writeup, but I asked Wilson about it and got that response.

[Haelbarde he/him]

We keep putting complaints on them, so I don't think they've much EP...

[Elbereth she/her]

There has been time for people to put enough points in to become a master hasn't there? I guess nobody has been elevated enough for it though. I still think that the voting hasn't been used very well so far in this game and something needs to change because it isn't working for us.

Barring the special case discussed above (which does not apply to me; I don't know about DC), there aren't any Masters yet. There has been enough time, you're correct, but no one's gotten there yet.

  

On a related topic, Elbereth, BB is dead. He was killed in the Absentminded Massacre (come on, let it stick... ). His elevation status is no longer relevant.

 

And Clanky, unless the Master-level elevation is treated differently in the write-up than the others three, we'll automatically know the moment anyone becomes a Master, because it will be their fourth elevation. As things stand, no fourth elevation has been reported. The closest we have are our two El'the players, DC and Elbereth, who will become masters as soon as they are able to accumulate 15 EP in a field.

...Right. Missed that, sorry.

That'll probably be a while for me, sadly. I didn't make tutition and may not make it next cycle either (depending on how much I post and if I do anything else). And after that I still have to get up to fifteen, which in my case will probably take a while.

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

The Analyst just reminded me that we all need to alignment claim. Most of us have forgotten this round.

 

I am not a Skindancer.

[Elbereth she/her]

Thanks for the reminder. I am not a Skindancer.

[STINK he/him]

I am not a Skindancer. 

[TheMightyLopen he/him]

I am not a Skindancer.

 

Sorry I don't have more to say.   Usually at this time I've reviewed the whole game once or twice, but I just haven't really had the time to do that yet, so I don't have any good idea's or leads to pursue. I'm still wary of Mailliw. DC is also somewhat of a suspect of mine. I actually agree with Elbereth that FireMuffin is slightly suspicious. His defense of Wonko early on kind of sounded like an eliminator defending a player he knew was good to gain trust. I'm not sure though, it's hard to say because this is his first game. Here's pretty much how I feel about the remaining players, from most trusted to least trusted(at the moment):

 

Lopen

Clanky

Wonko

Elbereth

Dowanx

Burnt

STINK

Haelbarde

Only Joe

Araris

Danosaur

FireMuffin

DeathClutch

Mailliw

 

I believe ostrich is almost certainly a Student, and Kynedath most likely is as well. I figure the Skindancers probably did start with 5 players, so if that's true, we're working at 9 Students to 5 Skindancers. Not exactly promising, but if we will actually sleep in lodging, then we shouldn't get killed off quite so fast.