Long Game 19: Twinborn City

[Araris Valerian he/him]

So Lopen, if you at least believe me about having a single bead of lerasium, then you know that I totally control the lynch this cycle, since I can sooth 2 people and riot 2 others. Actually the 2 riots is enough to stop any lynch attempt on me, since I can force a 4-0 vote to become a 2-2. That would also have a nice side effect of giving me control over anybody with spikes, which means SD and any Kandra plus the last spiked. So I would also control the lynch for the remainder of the game, and then lynching you would probably be my best step to take right now since you (so far as I know) don't have a spike, so using duralumin this cycle would mean I lose control over you for the next cycle.

 

So lets just not go there?

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

just to be clear, are any of you kandra??

I'm thinking they don't exist this game......

I'm willing to trust Araris for one cycle. Less of a headache to worry about so if Araris is bad then we can worry about that next time?

Silver Dragon

[phattemer]

To clarify again: single enhanced vote manipulation does not take control of a Spiked's vote. You need double for that, but still only single for kandra.

[TheMightyLopen he/him]

Well, I'm not totally sure about this, but I think SilverDragon is the last Spiked. If not, then I think it's Araris, and we'll see what we have to do in that situation(if he really does have lerasium, then I think the game would be pretty much over for whatever side he's on anyways).

[TheSilverDragon he/him]

Hey, so I don't trust the GMs right now so I'm asking you guys, but if it says that my alignment has switched to Shard what do you think that means, or do you think they're trolling me?

[phattemer]

Shards must only survive to win the game.

Anyone who becomes a Shard will learn what powers they have.

[TheSilverDragon he/him]

Oh, so you weren't joking?

[phattemer]

I can neither confirm nor deny anything.

[TheSilverDragon he/him]

Ahhhhhhh, this is exactly why I wanted to ask the forum.

[Mark IV he/him]

Well, I'm not so sure about the shard thing yet, but I believe you could trust phatt. It would be bad manners for a GM to ruin their own game, I think. And, calling you shard alignment would affect your actions, hence changing the outcome, hence (sort of) ruining the game.

Burnt, kandra do exist. Check the updated player list on this threads first post. The one with the blessing written after their name is the kandra.

I'll be voting for SD. Going by the assipumption that Araris is good, we have basically won.

But, that's the problem. We have literally no proof that Araris is good. We can all just hope.

But, hopefully, he will turn out to be good!

(I don't know really)

[Araris Valerian he/him]

Actually, there was a pair of NPC players killed earlier in the game, so I am pretty sure that his blessing came at a later date rather than him being a Kandra, hence Clanky's alignment being listed as Loyal.

Edited April 21, 2016 by Araris Valerian

[TheSilverDragon he/him]

everyone!!!!!!!

You're all going down!!!!!! ¡Muhahahahahahahahahaha!

[phattemer]

Day is over...

Stay tuned for the surprise write-up, coming soon to a subform near you!

[phattemer]

Night 7: That Would Be Enough

 

Laurelin found Silas the next day, staring at Kae and Verre’s fallen bodies. Each had a huge hole in the middle of the chest, crusted over by now with death.

 

She stood beside him silently, bowing her head in mourning.

 

“Two more deaths...” Silas said sadly. “All so that these Spiked can achieve their ends.”

 

Laurelin shook her head. “So wasteful...” she murmured, looking at Verre’s hair, glittering in the sunlight.

 

Others came up behind them, those few that were left. Myte, ArSel, Star Thief. She heard Jala choke back a sob.

 

“We must find these Spiked,” Silas declared. “There can’t be many left, or they would have already overpowered and murdered us all.”

 

He looked at Star Thief. “What about you, little one? You’ve been very quiet and cute this whole time, just watching us all talk.”

 

She squealed. “Shiny! Shiny! Shiny, I want a shiny!”

 

He dismissed her and turned to ArSel. “What about you, huh?”

 

He grinned. “I don’t think I’m the person to be worried about here. I’m no Spiked! But do you know who is?”

 

“You.”

 

Laurelin’s eyes turned inexorably back to Silas, along with the others’. She looked at him, really looked, for the first time. He could be Spiked, she thought. What has he done to help anyone? He has at least three deaths on his hands, that I’ve heard of...

 

“Yes, what about you, Silas?” asked Jala angrily. She took a step forward. “Was it you who killed Kae, Verre’s big brother, who always told the truth and never hurt a soul?” Step. “Wasn’t it you who killed Danosaur, who’d never harmed a fly, just because she was staying away from people to store chromium?” Step. “Was it you who killed Verre?”

 

He took a step backwards. “Noo...” he said falteringly. He looked almost... guilty? Jala saw it as such, anyway, and leapt onto him, attacking him with nails and teeth as much as with her little carving knife. “YOU KILLED MY FRIEND!”

 

Silas did nothing to stop her. She jabbed her knife beneath his chin, and he fell to the ground, blood pouring out of him to join the blood of Verre and Kae.

 

She fell atop him, sobbing. “My friend...”

 

She didn’t move until Star Thief darted forward, crying, “Shiny!” She pulled out a spike from Silas’ corpse, waving it triumphantly until ArSel took it away. “Probably best not to play with that particular shiny, little one.”

 

She sulked for a moment, then stomped off. “Fine! I’m going to find my own shinies, then, that don’t get stolen by mean, angry adult people!”

 

Slowly, everyone dispersed, until only Jala was left with the three bodies and the ever-spreading pool of blood. Eventually, Myte came back, and gently led Jala away from where she’d been stroking Verre’s sparkling hair, and then the three bodies were left forever in silence.

 

Later, Mayor Axies was walking by himself, trying to get over the deaths of so many of his friends and acquaintances. If this kept up, he wouldn’t have anyone left to rule. How could so many of them be evil? He’d already helped kill five, and found the spikes in their bodies.

“Five…” he whispered to himself.

“That should be enough. Maybe we should stop.” But then the memory of the death of his twin brother filled him with determination. He’d taken his name afterwards, to remember him. But the original Axies would never have ceased until his village was clear from evil, and he’d be Ruined if he failed to live up to that standard.

“As many as it takes” Axies said clearly.

“That would be enough.”

 

Lopen was a Spiked Bendalloy Compounder with Allomantic bronze and a Bead of Lerasium!

 

Vote Count:

Lopen: (2); Burnt Spaghetti, TheMightyLopen

SilverDragon: (0); Mark IV

 

Night 7 has begun. You have 24 hours to send in actions.

 

Player List

1. Haelbarde- Edrab Leah, a twitchy man who is constantly looking up... Spiked Nicrosil/Nicrosil

2. Master Elodin- Alexandra Rotec, a mysterious person about whom nothing is known... Loyal Brass/Cadmium

3. TheSilverDragon- Star Thief, a small shiny robber who excels at muggings…

4. Wonko the Sane- Kwon, a very suspicious metallurgist…Loyal Nicrosil/Tin

5. Mailliw73- Millie the sheriff, who has been strangely off lately…Loyal Steel/Nicrosil

6. Clanky- Cylkan the lamplighter, who seems to have too many luxuries for his salary... Loyal Pewter/Bronze with a Blessing of Potency

7. Mark IV- Myte the "aluminum gnat" who was last seen dodging a bullet- literally...

8. Arraenae- Kae and Verre, neither of whom is a Steel Inquisitor- or so they claim… Loyal Bronze/Copper

9. Kynedath- Sumath Caelum, an unknown reaching for the sky… Loyal Tin/Electrum

10. DeathClutch19- Eren Jaeger, a drunkard who claims to be sober…Spiked Gold/Gold  

11. Amanuensis- Siaron the Scorned, the only person here who calls themself a bastard… Loyal Iron/Aluminum

12. Burnt Spaghetti- Jala Ghetti, a secretive woman who only wears purple...

13. IrulelikeSTINK- a "skaa" with no name, who thinks he's opposing the Final Empire (little does he know that he really is) Spiked Iron/Duralumin

14. TheMightyLopen- Silas, the only person here who isn't suspicious at all, which makes him even more so… Spiked Bendalloy Compounder with Feruchemical gold

15. Araris Valerian- ArSel, who claims that he got his name from his parents yet can't remember theirs...

16. yafeshan- a cookie monster who claims to be inexperienced… Spiked Duralumin/Tin

17. Danosaur- a purple… non-dinosaur  Twinborn Iron/Chromium

 

Edited April 22, 2016 by Alvron

[Arraenae]

Spoiler box is broken.

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

And now I too have lerasium

Good job Araris. in my mind, this rioting clears you completely. Not only did you move our votes to a spiked, but SD revealed as being spiked, believing that they were up as lynched.

Curious to see what happens tonight

[Araris Valerian he/him]

Can you give me the lerasium? Then I can ascend! And that was a total accident, btw. I didn't know that Lopen was spiked, haha. I just didn't want the game to end before I got to be OP for a night.

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

MINE

also, with lopen, I'm guessing that he wasn't spiked very long. His a.bronze was likely Arraenaes.

Edited April 22, 2016 by Burnt Spaghetti

[Araris Valerian he/him]

SilverDragon, can you tell me what room you are in? It would be kinda boring if this game ended with a regular lynch, after all.

[TheSilverDragon he/him]

Hmmmm, I'll think about it...

[TheSilverDragon he/him]

double post to get araris' attention.

I'll tell you my location, if you tell me yours.

[Araris Valerian he/him]

I'm in A2.

[TheSilverDragon he/him]

B2

Edit, sorry, wrong room, I was in that room yesterday

Edited April 22, 2016 by TheSilverDragon

[phattemer]

Night's over. And what a night it has been...

Write-up in 24 hours.

[phattemer]

Write-up up in a while. PMs out when that happens.