Long Game 33: Life

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

13 hours ago, queensteph said:

My mind is not working rn since it's 4AM and I was trying to do analysis but if I tried to come up with theories they would probably not make sense. 

But I am suspicious of HH, HH so I'm gonna go ahead an cast my votes.

Okay, just checking the thread now. Would you mind explaining what makes me so suspicious? 

I just looked back through past cycles, and Steph, Steph, time after time again (excluding Aonar, but we all knew that he was a Skindancer then), your suspicions have come out as Students. Really interesting there. And putting random votes out on me is suspicious in its own right. We are getting close to the end, only three-or-so-not-sure Elims left, and we do not want more valuable Villagers lost. But a valuable Skindancer? Good riddance.

[Arinian]

33 minutes ago, Alvron said:

I was planning on doing myself that but sadly I haven't been able to make the Bone Tar I need.   stupid Anker's 10% fail chance. grumble grumble.

I'm sorry but that won't do PK.  You can't just say I'm evil and that you have proof and not reveal it.  Not when it's me.  At the very least you should give anyone accused a fair chance of defending themselves.  Yes, I have tons of experience being evil but I also have tons being good.  I am also very proficient at toning my posts so that almost no one can get any kind of read on me as well as wording posts in a way that you see only what I want you to see and think what I want you to think.  None of which alter how I play or the odds of me being one over the other.  If you have something to go on, please share.  Until then, I'm going to assume that your contact is afraid of drawing my eye upon them for they are a Skindancer and is using you to get rid of me.  PK.

2 hours ago, _Stick_ said:

PK

I've seen you view the thread multiple times now, and this is making me suspicious. I'm going to sleep soon and won't be up until after the turn over, so I probably won't take that vote off. 

It's obvious that PK is villager, voting for him not gonna do nothing good for village. So by doing that Alv you just confirming his words more. That's my point of view on this situation.

Good excuse Stick to throw your vote on 98% confirmed villager and left that on him, isn't it? 

1 hour ago, Amanuensis said:

Just going to chime in to say that unless there's a chance PK went insane due to whatever he's studying, he's probably confirmed village, so voting on him is weird >>

I also wouldn't be surprised if Alv was evil. With Stink and Aonar on his team? Yeah, I can see it. Has anyone even bothered analyzing those two players posts, particularly STINK? I'm pretty sure I remember STINK making it obvious he was evil when he tried to make up excuses for Aonar when PK originally announced he was a confirmed Skindancer, so I wouldn't be surprised if he slipped somewhere else along the way

What else was I going to say? Oh yeah. So, given that Aonar and STINK studied Naming and Linguistics, I would bet that anyone else who aimed for those fields is soft-confirmed good as well. Can maybe use that to narrow down suspects (I think Arin said he was going for it and Stink got upset? Could have been distancing but my gut reaction doubts it. Is Arin still alive / sane? If so I'm concluding he's probably village.)

Also I'm kind of suspicious of Stick, honestly. I'm barely paying attention to this game, just occasionally skimming it when I get bored with whatever movie I'm watching with my parents, but I'm not getting good vibes from her.

Yeah, I'm alive... and sane, atleast in this game .

You still alive! I'm impressed.

 

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

4 hours ago, Cluny the Scourge said:

Hey burnt, did you kill Stink?

(You have a gram so you are probably safe to respond.)

I did not. My pleasant friend was one of those who joined in with killing aonar very dead.

 

 

With pk. When he had info about aonar, and we all forced him to say how he knew, a lot of us were all "awww i wish you hadnt toldd usss ugh thats so annoyingggg". At least we dont know who the namer is and besides, they can likely fend for themself. But if this is something like where telling us basically reveala the person too? Its even more risky for pk to reveal why in that case. Sure i agree that knowing would be nice... *shrugs* but i cant vote so you guys do as ye will.

[BrightnessRadiant she/her]

Okay sneaking on for a min during babysitting lolz

Why is everyone voting for pk? You know he's not at the Uni. right? It's not gonna do anything  

Also why would he help us catch aonar if he was evil...and super valuable to the elims with his naming abilities...just seems weird but also @Paranoid King why are you condemning someone with zero evidence in thread...I don't think that's helpful cuz we trust you not your contact...sorry...I am suspicious of alv too but I want to post something that everyone can consider about him if I'm going to vote for him

Edit: ninja'd by arin and burnt 

Edit #2 lol I also remembered I can't vote anyways haha

Edit #3 I'm an idiot and didn't even read your post about alvron last cycle cuz like I said I wasn't on for that one...oops I guess you did do analysis 

Edited May 16, 2017 by BrightnessRadiant

[Alvron]

41 minutes ago, Arinian said:

It's obvious that PK is villager, voting for him not gonna do nothing good for village. So by doing that Alv you just confirming his words more. That's my point of view on this situation.

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.

[queensteph she/her]

sorry guys i've been suuuper busy irl and also trying to be active in the QF too. I am suspicious of HH because of the field he is studying. as I am of alvron too. I'm pretty sure burnt is good,I asked her to help me double kill aonar in case he was protected and im guessing she did because he was killed a lot. 

[Arinian]

14 minutes ago, Alvron said:

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.

Are you okay?

[Elbereth she/her]

Term 5, Month 1 is over. Come back for Month 2, only six hours away! Just don't PM or post during that time, and you could win a grand prize!! (Specifically, the prize of not having my wrath directed down upon you. )

[Elbereth she/her]

LG33: Term 5, Month 2 - Happiness and Laughter

Vell giggled, in her room with the few bits of a lab that she could have, playing with the semisolid fluid she’d just created. Poking her finger in slowly, she shivered at the coldness of the solution. Then, out of curiosity, she hit it hard with the other hand, solidifying it, and jumping as a shockwave hit the finger still in the fluid. 

“Interesting,” she mused, pulling the finger out. She’d consider the implications of that later. For now, though, she was just having-

“Having fun, are you?” said a voice from the doorway that she couldn’t describe. She nearly couldn’t think, the words twisting themselves into her brain.

“I am, yes,” she forced out. She smiled for a moment, then. “You’re probably here to kill me, aren’t you?” She returned to playing with the fluid, this time bringing a candle near it, watching the fluid slowly browning. “Pity, that.”

“I don’t need to kill you,” the... malevolent, that was a word that could fit, voice said. “Just keep talking, until... you...” She held the candle still, knowing what was coming next, and hoping it wouldn’t work.

“Crack.”

“No,” Vell said, standing and turning, brandishing the candle. “I was having fun, Tehlu take you. I was having one of the few moments of true enjoyment in my life, alone doing what I wished to do. That’s what life is, those little quiet moments of happiness. How dare you try to take that away from me.”

The Skindancer smiled. “Because you needed to go insane, dear.” It put out a hand and stroked down the side of her face. “Goodbye, Vell.”

She fell. Swirls, color, wind, apples, lightning, blueberry pie, the roughness of burlap rubbing wood and the scent of grey. 

---

Stryker Nox stood silently, in the deepest corner of the darkest shadow of the university. Darkness gathered around him, shadows flitting like wings to surround him and enclose him, until nothing could be felt but the slightest hint of a presence: and even that was because he wished to be felt. 

The stroke of midnight rang out. 

Bong... Something shivered in the air. 
Bong... Shifting, turning, a presence changed. 
Bong... In the River, the water quivered for a moment, ripples with no source.
Bong... The Leaves in the House of Wind swirled.
Bong... The stars blinked.
Bong... The shadows fluttered in butterfly flits. 
Bong... For a moment, the University was completely still.
Bong... Not a single sound was heard, silence singing in whispers.
Bong... The shadows fell away. 
Bong... The cobblestones grew cold and the fires dimmed. 
Bong... Nothing moved.
Bong... A sound was heard.

Specifically, the sound of laughter, drifting high on the wind, coating the university and making students shiver in their beds.

This was the madness of Stryker Nox. This was his laughter. 

---

Varda blinked at the next name on her list. But wasn’t he...
 
“Call William Opuscule, please,” she said uncertainly. 
 
She was right. It was the same boy who’d been sent to the crockery not even a year ago. And she knew nothing of his being released.
 
“You are charged with disturbances to other students and use of Sympathy without supervision,” she said slowly. “You are also charged with escaping from the Crockery.”
 
He raised an eyebrow. “I’ve been out for a while, Chancellor.”
 
“And I hadn’t known. So you admit to breaking out of the Crockery and attending without permission.”
 
“How else would I be standing here?”
 
“And are you sane, now?”
 
He hesitated. “Sane enough.”
 
“Student Opuscule. Clarify.”
 
“I... have spells, sometimes, of madness. That’s why I got this complaint at all. Someone must’ve been inconvenienced or something. I don’t really remember what happens during most of them. Friends have learned just to leave me alone until I calm down.”
 
That was all Varda needed to hear. “Then I’m sorry, but you have a choice. You can go back into the Crockery until your mind is fully functional, or you can leave this campus and never return. It is not safe to have you here.”
 
He opened his mouth angrily, but didn’t speak. After a moment of thought, he calmly said, “I will gladly be expelled if it means I never have to go back there again.”
 
“Very well. Then you are henceforth expelled from the University, and may never set foot on its grounds again.” 
 
He bowed, rigidly, and left without another word. 
 

---

Jondesu went insane!
Alvron went insane!
PK was expelled!
Steph was elevated!

Term 5, Month 2 has begun. You have 42 hours to send in actions. Do not forget your lodging orders.

Player List
1. Queensteph - Vintish Noblewoman 
2. Randuir (Telar Pike) - Yllish Commoner Student 
3. Hemalurgic Headshot (Noremac Quwester) - Aturan Nobleman 
4. Aonar (Aodhan Breacadh) - Edema Ruh Skindancer in Naming
5. Wilson (Sloan Walker) -  Cealdish Commoner Student
6. Straw (Medicus Novis) - Yllish Commoner
7. Paranoid King (William Opuscule) - Yllish Commoner
8. Ornstein (John Springer) - Aturan Nobleman Student in Physicking
9. Jondesu (Vell) - Yllish Commoner Insane
10. Drake Marshall (Greyson) - Cealdish Commoner Student in Physicking
11. Assassin in Burgundy (Jurdaan Longfell) -  Yllish Commoner Student
12. Burnt Spaghetti (Dele Fajro) - Vintish Noblewoman
13. Orlok (Locke Alveron) - Cealdish Commoner Insane
14. Magestar (Magestar) - Vintish Nobleman Insane
15. Alvron (Stryker Nox) - Cealdish Commoner Insane
16. Arinian (Darian) - Aturan Nobleman
17. Stick (Stick) - Aturan NobleStick
18. Darkness Ascendant (Balthazar Myrrh) - Yllish Commoner Student
19. Cluny the Scourge (Cluny) - Aturan Nobleman
20. Silverblade (Ryth) - Cealdish Commoner
21. Amanuensis (Esuan) - Yllish Commoner
22. BrightnessRadiant (Amelia) - Aturan Noblewoman
23. Eolhondras (Eolah) - Yllish Commoner
24. STINK - Yllish Commoner Skindancer in Linguistics
25. Hael (Glavion) - Edema Ruh Insane
26. Sart (Titud) - Edema Ruh Insane
27. Joe (Chalks) - Yllish Commoner Insane

Edited May 27, 2017 by Alvron

[Amanuensis he/him]

Still alive o.O

Does anyone know what Jon and Alv were studying?

Edited May 17, 2017 by Amanuensis

[BrightnessRadiant she/her]

Okay seriously @Amanuensis !! How are you STILL alive!? bahaha if I don't win this game I at least hope you survive until the end just because it's hilarious 

Also how was PK expelled!? I thought an insane student couldn't come back to the Uni?...ok so I just looked in the rules and I had totally forgot! (An insane student who breaks out of the crockery will return to exactly where they left off. And that includes still being enrolled at the university and still having their old lodgings in place. But they can't be elevated any more.) that makes sense and I don't know why I forgot that!

Okay so I have a theory as to what jondesu and alv were studying but is it safe for them if I reveal that info in thread? I know that happened to PK earlier and then he broke out so I just want to be sure it's ok?

Is Steph a master now??? hmmmm I think that's only 3 actually so never mind 

Edit: ok why did I not realize that PK was at the University when he was voting last cycle lolz

 

Edited May 17, 2017 by BrightnessRadiant

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

Alright.

 

Whoever the physicker is who detained me, you are in my bad books. Feel like telling me who you are? Im sure ill be very nice to you if you do 

 

[Arinian]

1 hour ago, Burnt Spaghetti said:

Alright.

 

Whoever the physicker is who detained me, you are in my bad books. Feel like telling me who you are? Im sure ill be very nice to you if you do 

 

I'm also was detained... hmm... interesting.

[queensteph she/her]

I know 2 people that have been elevated in physicking, and I also know what Alv was studying. should I share this info ? 

[Amanuensis he/him]

4 hours ago, BrightnessRadiant said:

Okay seriously @Amanuensis !! How are you STILL alive!? bahaha if I don't win this game I at least hope you survive until the end just because it's hilarious 

I am rather amused myself. I've decided to just keep pushing my luck, see how far I can last against the dice.

45 minutes ago, queensteph said:

I know 2 people that have been elevated in physicking, and I also know what Alv was studying. should I share this info ? 

I would rather the two Physickers came forward themselves, but I see no harm in Jon and Alv's fields being revealed. At this point in the game we need as much info as we can get.

If both Burnt and Arin are honest about being blocked, then they both, at least, are not the Skindancer responsible for driving one of the students insane (unless both were random), so that means for now we can probably ignore them as evil. Likewise, we can probably ignore the Physickers too, at least until we catch whoever used the sabotage.

I haven't studied anything, so I'm incapable of taking actions (I don't really plan on doing anything in my GM PM but banter), so I'll never be confirmable. However, if villagers are comfortable telling us what action they made this previous turn, that could be very useful (although really only if someone can corroborate it).

Ah. Hm. Honestly we don't really have many active players left. This really shouldn't be hard to figure out, since I doubt Straw, SB or Eol did anything. I can only post mobile right now so I really can't be bothered to check the last time they were online, let alone @mention the- oh, nvm. @Straw, @Silverblade5, @Eolhondras: y'all alive?

Hm. So that leaves Steph, HH, PK, Stick, Cluny, and BR as the potential sabotagers, minus whoever the Physickers are.

[Stick. she/her]

hildnkdaxsklaabnvc expulsion or going insane not revealing a player's alignment is the most annoying thing ever. >>

So Jondesu was targeted by the elims and Alv naturally went insane, judging by the writeup. 

1 hour ago, queensteph said:

I know 2 people that have been elevated in physicking, and I also know what Alv was studying. should I share this info ? 

one of them is me.

[Amanuensis he/him]

Just now, _Stick_ said:

hildnkdaxsklaabnvc expulsion or going insane not revealing a player's alignment is the most annoying thing ever. >>

So Jondesu was targeted by the elims and Alv naturally went insane, judging by the writeup. 

one of them is me.

Eh  I'm not sure if it really matters. I'm assuming that if the last Skindancer is alive, but insane, we still win. So if any of the players who lost their sanity naturally are evil, the game will end as soon as we eliminate the remaining one(s).

Ah, right >> I skimmed the write up when it was posted and noticed that, but forgot by the time I wrote that post

Hm. Back when PK went insane, did the write up reveal it was due to the Skindancers or natural?

Did you detain one of Burnt or Arin? If so, which?

[Stick. she/her]

33 minutes ago, Amanuensis said:

Eh  I'm not sure if it really matters. I'm assuming that if the last Skindancer is alive, but insane, we still win. So if any of the players who lost their sanity naturally are evil, the game will end as soon as we eliminate the remaining one(s).

Wait, I was assuming insane skindancers could still sabotage.

33 minutes ago, Amanuensis said:

Hm. Back when PK went insane, did the write up reveal it was due to the Skindancers or natural?

Skindancers.

33 minutes ago, Amanuensis said:

Did you detain one of Burnt or Arin? If so, which?

Didn't take any action last turn.

The other Physicker is HH, but that's public knowledge.

Also, I did analyse Aonar's posts, but found nothing useful.

edit: @Hemalurgic_Headshot did you use detainment last turn? 

 

Edited May 17, 2017 by _Stick_

[Amanuensis he/him]

@Elbereth, @TheMightyLopen, @DroughtBringer: Can insane Skindancers sabotage? Do they need to be killed for the village to win? Same questions for expelled (I'm sure I know this one, but might as well ask)

[Stick. she/her]

All elims need to be killed for the village to win -says so in the rules. Though I missed it in there somehow and had El confirm it for me. DIIEEE SKINDANCERS. 

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

@_Stick_ I detained Alv, but he went insane. 

[Arinian]

15 minutes ago, Hemalurgic_Headshot said:

@_Stick_ I detained Alv, but he went insane. 

Hmm... looks like Alv can be Sympathyst that used Malfeasance. That also answers why he gone insane.

Quote

Malfeasance: Create a binding between you and another student. All actions that happen to you also affect the person you’re bound to. Upgrade: Your bind can affect two other students.

 

[Amanuensis he/him]

Hm. Okay. Huh. Do we know Alv was going for Sympathy for sure? If so, then him being bound to Burnt and Arin makes me think they're probably good, and he's likely evil. Did Alv ever mention being suspicious of either?

It's also possible one of Burnt and Arin are lying, but I'm not sure why they would unless HH was also evil... and I don't really know if either of them would come up with the idea to feign detainment to distract us. Although I guess they might lie about it to clear themselves of sabotaging Jon.

Who exactly killed Stink? I guess I'd ask Aonar too, but Stink's death was mostly out of the blue so I for sure trust whoever killed him. Knowing this would help me narrow suspects

[TheMightyLopen he/him]

1 hour ago, Amanuensis said:

@Elbereth, @TheMightyLopen, @DroughtBringer: Can insane Skindancers sabotage? Do they need to be killed for the village to win? Same questions for expelled (I'm sure I know this one, but might as well ask)

Insane Skindancers can't take any Actions, just like Insane Students. It's good to make sure they're dead... I'll let El give a more detailed answer about that, though. But you can probably assume we'll use common sense and call the game if it reaches a point where either side is the clear winner.

[Arinian]

9 minutes ago, Amanuensis said:

Hm. Okay. Huh. Do we know Alv was going for Sympathy for sure? If so, then him being bound to Burnt and Arin makes me think they're probably good, and he's likely evil. Did Alv ever mention being suspicious of either?

It's also possible one of Burnt and Arin are lying, but I'm not sure why they would unless HH was also evil... and I don't really know if either of them would come up with the idea to feign detainment to distract us. Although I guess they might lie about it to clear themselves of sabotaging Jon.

Who exactly killed Stink? I guess I'd ask Aonar too, but Stink's death was mostly out of the blue so I for sure trust whoever killed him. Knowing this would help me narrow suspects

I'm was suspicious of Alv... but done not very clever move and so was expelled . If you want you can go and look page 21.

So, I think you can say that he was suspicious of me.

Honestly I think that Alv elim. Other elims is probably HH or Stick or Brightness.

Brightness... I will say it's just gut read.

Stick due to her vote on PK last cycle, it's was very convenient to expel proven villager.

HH. Through all game I was getting bad read on him. Also it's very convenient for elims to have Physicker(to reduce insanity) especially when one of elims was Namer(Aonar) and if one elim Sympathyst(Alv... it's just my guess that he is elim, we can't be sure)(Same about Stick). Also I can see that they specially used Malfeasance and Medica Detainment in combination. But why if they used that in combination, why they targeted two expelled students... that's makes sense only if one of other expelled students is Skindancer and elims just wanted to keep him safe from rich villagers who can afford Assassin.