Long Game 3: Blackwater Village

[Edgedancer he/him]

Dane made his way from the mansion to the village center just in time to hear Gamuts declaration. Although the Captain of his guard almost didn´t let him. Thought that Dane should just bunker up and let the whole ordel slip over, given that it ought to be over soon. Very protective for a guardsmen that was just as fake as Dane was but thats what made him such a good man. Gamut managed to turn himself into quite the hero, didn´t he Boss? Good to see that some of us can still do our job. I will just have to do my part in this and do it well.

 

I have to agree with Joe that he is most likely clean, although from what I know not proven to be clean. So I´m gonna be consistend and vote for Wark again, still for the same reasons.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Edgedancer

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Mabi. She's escaped lynching, what, three times now? I find that suspicious and she feels the most suspicious to me. Plus, she's now on Gamut's list, so I'm inclined to think she is Spiked.

[Chid he/him]

Mabi's votes: No vote, no vote, Xaneth, no vote, no vote

Joe's votes: Erendi, Asp, no vote, no vote, Clan

Wark's votes: Forage, Asp, Xaneth, Vizzini, Clan

 

Well, I was going to vote for Joe, but his votes make him look pretty honest.  Mabi's make her look a little shifty.  

 

 

People who have voted for Mabi's death: {Asp, Clan, Xaneth}, {Clan}, {none}, {none}, {none}

People who have voted for Joe's death: {none}, {none}, {none}, {none}, {none}

People who have voted for Wark's death: {none}, {none}, {none}, {Vizzini, Dane}, {none}

*This doesn't include votes that were later changed.  

 

Then again, Mabi was voted for by spiked three times.  But it could have been a cover-up.  Asp and Clan voted for Mabi when it looked like there was no fear of him being lynched, but then Xaneth added on, driving it into danger territory.  

The fact that Mabi has only voted in self-defense makes me suspect him.  I'll see if he can convince me otherwise. Hopefully with logic rather than some overtly sexual RP.  

Edited March 27, 2014 by Chid

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Wark

 

Mabi hasn't voted for any Spiked, but Spikes have voted for her. Wark has voted for Spikes, (But only when they had admitted to it or had been Seeked) and Hasn't been voted for by Spikes. Good Info Gathering Chid, I'm Glad I made you my Aprentice.

Edited March 27, 2014 by The Only Joe

[Peng the Just he/him]

the tineye message from the previous night has been fixed. sorry about all the bumps guys. i have no idea how meta ran this so smoothly.

[Metacognition he/him]

Practice and a compulsive level to detail. Even then, I had my own hiccups in the fact that I couldn't get the write ups done in a timely fashion! You're doing great, so don't worry about it.

 

"I've deduced that the evidence points to Wark. How, you might ask? Because this little fairy floating by my shoulder told me so. She is really quite nice, but she seems to think that Wark smells funny and she keeps making faces at him. The gnome on my other shoulder agrees and who am I to argue with mythological creatures? How I have become blessed with the ability to see them and the rest of you can't is a mystery I will have to solve another day, right after I find out why this wall is breathing!"

 

Meta put his head against the wall and promptly passed out; a cocktail of natural painkillers still coursing through his body. Nobody could tell if he had gone insane or if some of the drugs were having an odd reaction to each other. It was also hard to say whether this was an improvement over Meta's usual self or not. 

Edited March 27, 2014 by Metacognition

[el_warko he/him]

So to summarise the "evidence" against me.

 

1) Dane thinks I am spiked because of the three voters on Day three (Maw, Mabi and myself) one was spiked. A fair assumption but not a given. Following this train of thought through he concluded that the spiked must be me because: Maw voted for Asp early (fair enough) and that Asp voted for Mabi on day 1.

 

I present the following counter argument against Mabi. We villagers got lucky with Erendi on day one. Clan and Asp voted Mabi as Mabi is spiked soother. Knowing that the chances of a one (1) vote kill in round one were extremely unlikely. Consequently it is a safe way to protect Mabi by shifting the blame going into later rounds. Given the choice between an emotional allomancer and a spiked villager, the villager took the hit for the team. It is unlikely that Asp used his mistborn soothe power as Mabi was soothed on Day two.

 

Assuming this is what happened, this means that there are two spiked left, (a coinshot too)

 

2) Joe, your first point (First Day Seven Post) about reading Chid's mind being a trait of Preservation not Ruin is hardly awe inspiringly solid. Your second point (2nd post, first sentence) re: Mabi I have addressed above. Your third point. I voted Asp way before you (and before he came out of the iron maiden (spiked closet). You voted for him after and argued against lynching him before he did. You voted Clan before me true, but Gamut had openly judged him spiked. I name you spiked coinshot.

 

3) Mr. Bloodmaker Meta. If you reasoning amounts to "he is guilty because I'm high" so be it.

 

Wark had been up most of the night preparing dip and fried chickens feet.  When he left his house around 10am he found a second piece of paper in the centre of town.

 

"An'otha invoite" He gasped. "An' Oi'm tha gast of honur! along with Joe'n'Mabi"

 

His expression darkened "Oi donh' truss Mabi. Bet she furgets'ta bring the vege'ta'bill sticks fur'tha dip"

Edited March 27, 2014 by el_warko

[Edgedancer he/him]

Wark the Coinshot killed what 2 spiked? I doubt that he plays for team ruin. Team lucky random slaughter maybe but not team ruin. Furthermore Meta´s injury comes from RP solo so that is not a reason to make him a Bloodmaker. This makes your defense somewhat forced and just puts you higher on my suspicion list.

[el_warko he/him]

I have accused Joe, (who has accused me, on what I believe to be equally spurious grounds) of being a coinshot who killed two spiked in lynches not by coins. How have all the spiked died thus far?

 

Admittedly, I have not considered a coinshot with shall we say bad aim?

 

What better way for a bloodmaker to hide than by plain site by solo RP?

 

Besides, apart from actually postulating (and posting) a self consistent alternative to me being spiked.  Your argument seems to be:  I don't trust him, he is fishy.  Which is as illogical as Meta's:  I'm stoned, my hallucinations say it's him.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

@Wark

At this point, we all trust Gamma, He gave us 3 names of suscpicious People. I was one of them.

 

Gamma's Post

And then he strode away, leaving the metal boot sitting there. Attached to it was a note, with three names:

• Joe
• Mabi
• Wark

 

Chidden Wrote up all the Votes of us 3, Which admitttidly i haven't Verified. (Did anyone read the White words in his Post?)

 

Chid's Post

Mabi's votes: No vote, no vote, Xaneth, no vote, no vote

Joe's votes: Erendi, Asp, no vote, no vote, Clan

Wark's votes: Forage, Asp, Xaneth, Vizzini, Clan

 

People who have voted for Mabi's death: {Asp, Clan, Xaneth}, {Clan}, {none}, {none}, {none}

People who have voted for Joe's death: {none}, {none}, {none}, {none}, {none}

People who have voted for Wark's death: {none}, {none}, {none}, {Vizzini, Dane}, {none}

*This doesn't include votes that were later changed.  

 

Then again, Mabi was voted for by spiked three times.  But it could have been a cover-up.  Asp and Clan voted for Mabi when it looked like there was no fear of him being lynched, but then Xaneth added on, driving it into danger territory.  

The fact that Mabi has only voted in self-defense makes me suspect him.  I'll see if he can convince me otherwise. Hopefully with logic rather than some overtly sexual RP.  

From that evidance, I decided that you were more suspicious than Mabi. you're active, And Whenever you vote for a Spiked, they already have a bandwagon going, and it's impossible to save them. Admittily, on Asp and Clan, I did the same thing. But i was the killing vote on Erendi.

 

Wark's Post against me.

2) Joe, your first point (First Day Seven Post) about reading Chid's mind being a trait of Preservation not Ruin is hardly awe inspiringly solid. Your second point (2nd post, first sentence) re: Mabi I have addressed above. Your third point. I voted Asp way before you (and before he came out of the iron maiden (spiked closet). You voted for him after and argued against lynching him before he did. You voted Clan before me true, but Gamut had openly judged him spiked. I name you spiked coinshot.

 

As for My defense, I have proven my self to be the Village Soother multiple times. And I argued against Asp's Lynching, because we didn't now whether Gamma's Informant was trustworthy or not, and Asp was claiming to be our Seeker.

 

EDIT: Current Votes

Mabi(3) - Maw, Chid and Wark

Wark(3) - Dane, Joe and Meta.

Joe(0) -

Edited March 27, 2014 by The Only Joe

[Lanscaper]

Hey guys.  So Mabi as RP will not be able to defend herself as I've said earlier.  Logically there is not much that I can do to convince you one way or the other.  Yes it is possible that I'm a Spiked player and that from the get go Clan and Asp decided to work with me and play an incredibly deep strategy to make suspicion against Mabi less likely.  A strategy that would require someone to look in depth at the votes and come to the conclusion that they were voting against one of their own to cast less suspicion; rather than some other player where if two other people voted for Mabi, or votes were affected another way would result in the death of an active Spiked rather than an inactive Spiked.

 

On the flip side as I've partially explained in some of my previous posts.  When there was a count of three votes and three votes against Mabi and Erendi at the beginning, if I had known that casting a vote against Mabi would almost assuredly result in Mabi being safe I would have done that.  However as the nature of the votes were not clear, and I was not conscious (I was asleep) during the hours leading up to the write-up I was unable to cast a vote.  As it was, Mabi not casting her vote, and the result of Emotional Allomancy gave players far more information than if Mabi had cast their vote, and I've said as much previously.

 

As for the one vote that was against Xaneth.  We were getting near the point where a write-up was expected as being due.  At that point I knew I was going asleep for the next 12 hours (yes I sleep for 12 hours) and that ostensibly without an extension I was not going to be able to get a vote in.  After I made that brief post, Gamma Fiend contacted me (I was asleep at this point) saying to leave my vote as is, as someone had to get the voting process started.  When I made that decision it was literally a coin toss between Xaneth and Clan.  As some players had mentioned that Clan was more useful in providing statistics, and had what appeared to me to be a higher post/activity than Xaneth the vote was  cast against Xaneth. Did this break from my usual pattern, yes.  Is that suspicious, yes.  But at that point what was needed was someone to start the voting process as everyone was waiting on Gammut to say something to start casting votes.  And because of Gammut's role as an information hub, players are generally following his lead.

 

As for why I did not join the lynching of Clan it was to keep true to what I said earlier.  Mabi will not vote unless it is to save herself.  That and it was clear that Clan was going to die.  I saw casting a vote against Clan as something else that would be suspicious if I were to do so, why would I break my previous pattern when it is clear what the outcome was going to be.  That can be spun in several different directions, but I would say in part that because of my nature, and lack of time to put forward a post as Mabi in character that I simply do not post that often.  I'll glance over and read my e-mail, but writing here for the most part is a long ordeal as this post itself has taken me the better part of an hour.

 

No post as Mabi this time around, she's tired and in recovery.

[Gamma Fiend he/him]

How much longer we got in the Day Cycle?

[SirVarrock he/him]

I'm guessing around 12 hours.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Doing my job as decoder, I tried overlaying the weird chicken scratch images and I think I'm doing it right, it seems to make rune type things. Does anyone know what they are?

[Lanscaper]

sda.jpgDoing my job as decoder, I tried overlaying the weird chicken scratch images and I think I'm doing it right, it seems to make rune type things. Does anyone know what they are?

 

Out of curiosity, which of the three images that you provided did you use?  Additionally I would suggest rotating the image around from what I saw earlier?  That's just a stab in the dark.  Don't have more time for now, but hope that helps.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 387973120 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 528468272 bytes) in Unknown on line 0

[Mailliw73 he/him]

I overplayed the three images onto each other and flipped them around until they made what seemed like symbols.

[Aspren]

The way you have it now is correct...
I've already deciphered it, but being dead I don't suppose I'm allowed to post it.

Edited March 27, 2014 by Aspren

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Huh, it looks like Holy Symbols and Molten Aluminum don't Stop[ Ghosts. Maybe if we built Shrines, and Left Offerings to the Ghosts, that would Stop them? How Big do you want your Shrine? I'll build it out of Lead if you Want.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

I was looking around for fantasy languages and I found a dwarven one (cirth) from Lord of the Rings that seems to match. I've never read it and I can't translate it all right now, so if someone wants to help, that'd be great! Or you could wait until I have more time. If you want to help, google cirth and Wikipedia has a pretty good key.

So far, I have: Three spiked are down...

[Gamma Fiend he/him]

Is everybody who is casting a vote already done so? I don't want to throw my vote out there with people just waiting for what I say, it makes it that much easier for the remaining Spiked to hide, if I guess wrong. And don't use my List as a strict guidelines for your suspicions. If you suspect somebody, let us know.

Edit: Lents and Raubber, you two have any thoughts or suspicions?
 

Edited March 28, 2014 by Gamma Fiend

[el_warko he/him]

the scenarios at three a piece:

 

1) Mabi is spiked and I'm not.  She'll be soothed and needs to be taken out next.

- Unlikely as this would give her away.

 

2) I'm spiked and Mabi is not.  I'll be soothed and need to be taken out next.

- As above, I'd be daft to do this

 

3) Neither of us is spiked. One is soothed. Everyone piles on the other next vote.

- Most likely if we are both villagers. I would argue restraint and robust debate if this happens.  

 

4) Neither of us is spiked, no one is soothed. Either Mabi or myself is spiked and this continues until the votes are lopsided.

- Most likely if one of us is spiked.  If so, take me out first.  It is the best defence I have to proclaim my innocence.

 

Joe if you are a soother, (as you claim) and use your power, please indicate who you soothed and why.  If you are a soother

 

At 12 contestants and 1-2 spiked remaining the odds are on for a village win.  The time has come for open and honest communication.  This can be easily accomplished if Gamut has three people he trusts (and keeps talking).  I suggest that they vote as a block.

 

Mabi, I have cleaned up my hovel since I have stopped drinking and should I die today, it will mean you no longer have to put on the red light.  Oh and if someone could look after the Dog I would appreciate it.

 

Now if you'll excuse me I have to work the fields.  You might want to either convince Maw to start working again or Selvar to ferry in supplies (ask him to bring in kebabs one night from Persia they are good. Falafel is an option for the vegetarians amongst you).  I seem to be the only one working at the moment.

 

Edits Italicised

Edited March 28, 2014 by el_warko

[Mailliw73 he/him]

"Wark, you crazy man, I've been working my tail off ever since this thing started. It's the only way I get to think around here."

[SirVarrock he/him]

As a special one day only offer, I open a special shop containing cuisine and merriment to the village!  I have sourmelons from Sel, roasted chasmfiend from Roshar, seafood from Nalthis, and yes, even kebabs from Persia.  I bring fish and chips fresh from England, bratwurst from Germany, and, obtained with no small difficulty, maple syrup from the Canadian expanse.  The featured item tonight is a funeral band, quite skilled, imported directly from the time of the black death.  They have been thoroughly disinfected, and are available four all your musical needs.

[Gamma Fiend he/him]

This was the part of being a Hero that nobody ever talked about. You never heard of the harsh decisions men had to make, nobody tells the stories of the innocent men condemned along the way. No. That guilt was the Hero's burden alone.

"You've come so far, Wark," Gamut said, not wanting to look the man in the eye. He was still too new at this. He didn't know how to lead. How to face the responsibilities of his actions, the consequences of his choices. Saving people. Protecting people. That's what I'm good at. Not sentencing them do death.

He went to go raise a bottle to offer Wark for solace, but remembered the man just got sober, in an attempt to help the villagers track down the killers at large.

"Aye. Ye wanted a party invitation, but I reckon this isn't what ye had in mind.. Looks like I'll be getting drunk enough for the both of us tonight."

OOC: Yeah, I don't know really. I don't suspect Mabi as much as Wark at the moment because I really don't see Clan and Erendi always selling her out like that in the previous votes. She's been on the block too much for the other Spiked to have been insisting voting on her as much as they did. So, sorry Wark.
 

[Peng the Just he/him]

How much longer we got in the Day Cycle?

about an hour from the time of this post