Long Game 55: Disquiet

[Fifth Scholar he/him]

Zane was not Mad. The longer he stayed in Luthadel, the more certain he became that God was not a broken part of his head. God noticed people before he did sometimes, and knew things he didn’t. No one else could hear God, but God couldn’t hear his thoughts. God had wanted him to kill everyone he had ever seen, except Vin.

Zane hadn’t know who Vin was when he first saw her, and had actually been looking forward to a proper challenge with another Mistborn when his father’s army had marched on Luthadel. But he had seen her, and had waited for the order, either from his father or from God, and neither had said a word about her. That night, Zane had left the camp and explored Luthadel. He looked for as many new people as he could, looked at as many people as possible, and God had told him to kill each one of them without fail.

He had asked God about it, and God had stayed silent. God never remarked on Vin. He was scared of her.

Zane worked hard to earn her favour. He murdered Cett’s minions, he demonstrated that he cared deeply about the things she cared about, he proved himself stronger in every way than his half brother, and finally she had come with him. He was timid, afraid of driving her away. He knew how others saw him, called him Zane the Mad. He worked hard to appear Sane and normal in all his dealings with her. Everything he did was strictly rational, everything he did was calm and controlled. He was not a savage, though he had been once. He was not insane, though others said otherwise. He was not a monster, though he wasn’t sure if anyone truly was.

As the two of them carefully hunted down and killed Lekal’s supporters, he searched through records and lore, looking for anything that could be causing the voice in his head. God discouraged him constantly, but he persevered. With Vin’s help, he continued.

And then a new voice spoke in his head, but Vin heard it too. The enemy speaks to those whose soul is pierced by Metal. Vin, do not trust those with spikes. And finally, Zane understood.

“Somehow, Kelsier has become what the Skaa say he is, a god of some sort.” Vin was pacing back and forth on the secluded rooftop. “He can speak to those of us who have been hemalurgic spikes, like the inquisitors do.” She brushed the earring she had worn for as long as he had know her. “But he isn’t the only one who knows how.” She hesitated, glancing from him to her hands. “I think my brother Reen can as well. I’ve heard his voice ever since he abandoned me, and I know he died soon afterwards.”

    Zane rubbed his back, feeling at the thick circle of Steel protruding from his Spine. “Who died to make your Earring?”

    Vin shrugged. “Reen always told me that it was my sister. He found me covered in blood, my mother had killed her and given me my earring and proclaimed me queen of the world. Yours?”

    “I don’t know. I’ve always had it, and my father told me to ignore it. They tried to remove it once, and I nearly died. Apparently that it was caused me to Snap.” He didn’t remember it, but also didn’t remember ever not having Allomancy.”

    I Anointed you my Priest Zane. I knew you would be a powerful servant.

    He didn’t flinch at the voice. It too had been with him his whole life. And apparently the two were connected. “If we remove our Spikes, the Dead won’t be able to control us. Our Demons won’t be able to talk to us.” Vin nodded, coming to stand before him.

    You will lose a great deal of your power if you do. I gave you your power to serve me Zane!

    “I am a free man, and you are not God!” He snarled out to the side. Vin stepped back, her hands reflexively going towards her daggers. He wanted to be free of this. She could save him. This was how, this was how he could be free of God forever. “Vin, please, I need you to remove my Spike. I don’t want to hear the voices.”

    “We’re being hunted Zane, if we do it now, we could very well be caught without the ability to flee.”

    Listen to her Zane! Hunt them all down and Kill them first! That is why you were born!

    “No!” She shrunk down away from herself, “No, Vin, please that wasn’t at you, I, please I’m sorry.” He held out his hands to her. “Please Vin, I can’t stand it anymore, take it out of me.”

    NO!

    Zane didn’t react this time, and Vin slowly stepped forward. “Alright. Sit down and take your shirt off.”

Don’t do this Zane! Zane turned around, and slowly knelt down. This is a terrible idea, you will die! He grabbed the bottom of his shirt and pulled it off above his head. Very few people had ever seen his spike, and none had had a positive reaction to it. Your only purpose in life is to Kill Zane, you are not even a man! He felt Vin’s hand brush down his spine, around the spike, and come to a stop. “This will hurt Zane.” You will be less than everyone if you do this! Your powers will be gone! You will be a wretched human again! Vin gripped his spike. He burned Bronze and felt the pewter pulses coming from her. He burned Pewter, and prepared to burn Duraluminum.

“I’m ready.” You are Not!

“Okay.”

Zane gripped the edge of the roof, and felt Vin burn Duralumin. She yanked. NO!

Zane screamed. He burned Duralumin and went through all of his pewter in a flash. The pain all left him, but the hole remained, barely healed at all. He fell forward, and Vin was at his side. She pressed something up to his lips, and he felt pewter dust begin to slide down his throat. He desperately burned it up as it reached his stomach, and the pain receded. “Are you there God?”

He waited. Vin stared at him anxiously. No voice. He began to laugh, his whole body shaking with pain, and joy. Sobs wracked him as for the first time, he felt whole. He felt the blood spilling from the hole in his body, but Vin began to wrap a bandage around him. He burned Tin.

Everything felt so new. Like the end of an Ashfall. Everything was brighter. Vin’s touch was softer. The stone underneath him was more solid. The voices from the floor below were more united. Oh.

“Vin, below us.” He looked over his shoulder at her. Her head was cocked, and her beautiful hair streamed to one side.

“I hear them. Can you stand?”

Zane grabbed her shoulder for support, and tried to pull himself up. His legs gave way, and he fell to the floor. “Urgh, no. I’ll pull myself along.”

The door on the far end of the roof slammed open, and 5 figures, clad in leather and holding thick wooden shields and canes strode out onto the roof. Vin cursed, and pointed up and too their left. “There’s an anchor up there. Let’s go.” She shot away, pulling on Iron.

Zane burned Iron, found the anchor, and pulled. He barely got half his body off the floor before he collapsed a foot further than he had been. He blinked, and tried again, flaring his Iron. The Hazekillers were running towards him now. “Zane! Come on!”

“I can’t Vin!” He flared his Iron harder, and dragged himself all the way to the end of the roof, smashing his barely responding body into the ramparts. Vin landed in front of him, daggers out.

“Riot them then. Make them afraid. I’ll take them.” He could hear the tremors in her voice. More Hazekillers and soldiers were still coming out the far door. There were close to 2 dozen already spreading out around the two of them.

Zane smiled. It felt good to smile. And it was an entirely new good. It wasn’t the thrill of an upcoming battle, but the joy of a coming end. “No, Vin, leave. Get to Terris. Thank you for everything.”

She didn’t look at him. “I won’t abandon you. I’ve been on both sides of that far too often.” He could hear the tears coming.

Zane knew that not all his power came from the Spike. He was better than that. Always had been. And Vin was still wearing her metals. He still had Steel. He inhaled, and then burned it, flared it, ignited it all at once, and pushed. She was above him, and before him, at a perfect angle. She yelped once as he flung her airborne, far from him, far from the earth that didn’t deserve her. Far enough away that she wouldn’t be able to die trying to protect him.

His smile never faded as the Hazekillers came forward. “Goodbye, Vin,” he whispered, and the ring closed.

_Stick_ was lynched! She was Zane the Unstable Mistborn!

Vote Count:

Stick (5): Lum, Fura, Snip, HH, Ada

Elend Venture (2): Ark, Stick

Night 6 has begun! It will end in about 22-23 hours on Monday 3 June at 9 PM EDT (-4:00 UTC).

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Player List:

1. Mailliw73 as Laila, a noblewoman whose pretentiousness is rivaled only by her disdain for Elend

2. Elandera as Era, an old Terriswoman too stubborn to evacuate a ruined city Village Rioter 1

3. Lumgol as Aname Plees, a skaa representative of Elend wanting to fight Lekal

4. Furamirionind as Ford Prefect, a hidden, delusional researcher and author

6. Snipexe as Snip, a fabric cutter in the local quilt chain, Reap What You Sew

7. Araris Valerian as Hadrian Penrod, a versatile man with a versatile definition of mortality Village Soother 2

8. Xinoehp512 as Dedne, a depressed man working long hours at Reap What You Sew Village Smoker 1

9. Young Bard as Lethir, a man with self-confidence and an axe to grind Village Thug 1

10. Devotary of Spontaneity as Varuun, a Kandra given a second chance at accomplishing her goals Count Senn Conrad III

11. Arraenae as Needa Naime, a slightly oblivious girl who loves her mother The Librarian

12. Steeldancer as Zane the Mad, who likes singing about killing and death (normal?) Assasssin Smoker 1

13. Ark1002 as Abe, a skaa who knows his place within the established order of things

14. Rathmaskal as Doma, a recluse who spends her life making small wooden statues Eliminator Seeker 2; Spiked

15. Cadmium Compounder as Cadoxi, an armourer from House Venture fleeing Straff’s displeasure Village Thug 1

16. Hemalurgic Headshot as Makail, an unemployed skaa enjoying his free lifestyle

17. STINK as Jumae II, a colourful and enigmatic character Village Rioter 2

18. _Stick_ as Astick, an old man with a wooden leg that secretly contains vials of metal Zane

19. Straw as Oramen Hausk, a minor noble reduced to begging in the aftermath of the Lord Ruler’s fall

20. Adavantos as Ixiom Renaud, who believes that no supposition should be held as axiomatic

21. Coop772 as Heer Kilyal II, a snowy owl struggling to escape extinction

22. Randuir as De’Tess, a Kandra given a second opportunityVillage Smoker 2

[+Ark1002]

Somehow didn't notice that Vin was still alive

[Mailliw73 he/him]

41 minutes ago, Ark1002 said:

Somehow didn't notice that Vin was still alive

Not sure when I’d have died. 

[+Ark1002]

6 minutes ago, Mailliw73 said:

Not sure when I’d have died. 

Dunno, I just thought you had

[Amanuensis he/him]

We have no reason to kill Vin, right? She can turn to our side? Or am I misremembering things.

[Lumgol she/her]

I don't think Vin can turn to our side. Also, I have received Alvron's Carpet. I guess I'll see what it does.

[+Ark1002]

14 hours ago, Fifth Scholar said:

_Stick_ was lynched! She was Zane the Unstable Mistborn!

Zane is confirmed transgender

[Furamirionind They/Any/All]

I'll reread the rules once I am able to. But if I remember correctly, if all the elims die while at least 1 MB is alive, the MB win and the village loses. So we still have to lynch Vin.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

1 hour ago, Furamirionind said:

I'll reread the rules once I am able to. But if I remember correctly, if all the elims die while at least 1 MB is alive, the MB win and the village loses. So we still have to lynch Vin.

 I thought we were friends. 

[Lumgol she/her]

Just now, Mailliw73 said:

 I thought we were friends. 

This is SE, the land of friends killing each other. Don't worry, we can all be happy together in the afterlife  

[Furamirionind They/Any/All]

8 minutes ago, Lumgol said:

This is SE, the land of friends killing each other. Don't worry, we can all be happy together in the afterlife  

Some people in my show were talking about what we all do for fun, so I said that I kill my friends for fun... People give the best reactions to that. xD

[Lumgol she/her]

Just now, Furamirionind said:

Some people in my show were talking about what we all do for fun, so I said that I kill my friends for fun... People give the best reactions to that. xD

You're in a show???

[Furamirionind They/Any/All]

Just now, Lumgol said:

You're in a show???

I'm running sound for a production of Newsies. I'm not in a show. I havent acted since 2013. :/

[Mailliw73 he/him]

30 minutes ago, Lumgol said:

This is SE, the land of friends killing each other. Don't worry, we can all be happy together in the afterlife  

Killing me isn’t a great way to start off our afterlife friendship. 

[Lumgol she/her]

10 minutes ago, Mailliw73 said:

Killing me isn’t a great way to start off our afterlife friendship. 

... But - 

[Fifth Scholar he/him]

A little over three hours remain in this cycle. Please send in and finalise your orders before 9 PM EDT. 

[Fifth Scholar he/him]

The cycle is over! Day turn will be up in an hour or two. Please stop PMing. 

[Fifth Scholar he/him]

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Gd lck!

Plyr Lst:

1. Mailliw73 as Laila, a noblewoman whose pretentiousness is rivaled only by her disdain for Elend

2. Elandera as Era, an old Terriswoman too stubborn to evacuate a ruined city Village Rioter 1

3. Lumgol as Aname Plees, a skaa representative of Elend wanting to fight Lekal

4. Furamirionind as Ford Prefect, a hidden, delusional researcher and author

6. Snipexe as Snip, a fabric cutter in the local quilt chain, Reap What You Sew

7. Araris Valerian as Hadrian Penrod, a versatile man with a versatile definition of mortality Village Soother 2

8. Xinoehp512 as Dedne, a depressed man working long hours at Reap What You Sew Village Smoker 1

9. Young Bard as Lethir, a man with self-confidence and an axe to grind Village Thug 1

10. Devotary of Spontaneity as Varuun, a Kandra given a second chance at accomplishing her goals Count Senn Conrad III

11. Arraenae as Needa Naime, a slightly oblivious girl who loves her mother The Librarian

12. Steeldancer as Zane the Mad, who likes singing about killing and death (normal?) Assasssin Smoker 1

13. Ark1002 as Abe, a skaa who knows his place within the established order of things

14. Rathmaskal as Doma, a recluse who spends her life making small wooden statues Eliminator Seeker 2; Spiked

15. Cadmium Compounder as Cadoxi, an armourer from House Venture fleeing Straff’s displeasure Village Thug 1

16. Hemalurgic Headshot as Makail, an unemployed skaa enjoying his free lifestyle

17. STINK as Jumae II, a colourful and enigmatic character Village Rioter 2

18. _Stick_ as Astick, an old man with a wooden leg that secretly contains vials of metal Zane

19. Straw as Oramen Hausk, a minor noble reduced to begging in the aftermath of the Lord Ruler’s fall

20. Adavantos as Ixiom Renaud, who believes that no supposition should be held as axiomatic Village Soother 1

21. Coop772 as Heer Kilyal II, a snowy owl struggling to escape extinction

22. Randuir as De’Tess, a Kandra given a second opportunityVillage Smoker 2

[+Ark1002]

wh dd th vwls d?

Dd smn sbmt  kll ttmpt n thm r smthng?

[Furamirionind They/Any/All]

LG55: Day 7–Where Did the Vowels Go?

Writing without vowels was a continuous challenge for Ixium Renaud following their theft at the hands of the mist spirit, but he was determined to carry that task to completion. It had become virtually impossible to understand what he desired to communicate, but he concluded that with sufficient time for people to adjust to the new system, the outrageous theft would be less impactful.

So without a care Ixium Renaud, or Adavantos, as his pen name went, set about attempting to prove that his communication could retain its intelligibility. Unfortunately, he could not communicate with the most important people at all: the remnants of Jastes Lekal’s expeditionary force into the city.

So upon hearing of his power over Brass, the Subordinates promptly had him killed, and the incomplete words, missing their vowels, made a lovely grave inscription:

Here Lies Ixium Renaud
Elend’s Loyalist
Brutally Pillaged and Murdered
Rest in the Survivor’s Peace

 

Adavantos was attacked and killed! He was Elend’s Loyalist Soother 1!
Day 7 has begun! It will end in about 46-47 hours, on Wednesday 5 June at 9 PM EDT (-4:00 UTC).

Please remember that PMs remain closed during the Day.

Good luck!

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@Ark1002 This is what I believe the write-up says... With vowels...

Hopefully this was not one of the secrets, forcing Fifth to do this for the rest of his messages... 

Unfortunately, again, no message from Joe.

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Mailliw

Edited June 4, 2019 by Furamirionind

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Problem is, now you have to find the last elim, since it’s not Coop. They’ll probably win if I can’t help. 

[Furamirionind They/Any/All]

1 hour ago, Mailliw73 said:

Problem is, now you have to find the last elim, since it’s not Coop. They’ll probably win if I can’t help. 

Hmm. Yes.

Here is a preliminary list of players and thoughts:

 

Maill: Vin

We all know Maill is Vin. And he has admitted such. The game can't progress anymore until he is dead.
 

Lum: elim

Idk why everyone, including myself has been so quick to lump Lum in with the Village. Well, I know why I did. I put Lum as village because she is the only Tineye 2 in the game. However, I was talking to Maill in PMs, and they made a good point that sometimes GMs will throw valuable roles in with various factions purely to make sure people don't make the assumption I did.  Adding onto that, I find it suspicious no one (up until now) has questioned Lum's villageness.  I think if Lum was village, the elim team should have jumped on the opportunity to point out her role doesn't clear her.

I also find it interesting, despite Maill's continued pushing for her to vote on Devotary earlier in the game, she never did. For someone who trusted Maill, she was quick to not take his advice. In addition to that, her reads have seemed to flip flop a lot. Things like this for instance, where her actions don't line up with what she claims her reads to be.

After Lum shared my role with Maill, CadCom, and Elandera, I told Lum to tell me who she told my role to so that I could redirect the kills onto those people to make sure my role didn't become more well known. While I had no intention of redirecting that carelessly, Lum was quick to share those names.  If she truly trusted those people, if I was threatening them, she shouldn't have told me their names so quickly. This reads to me as an elim!Lum looking to hopefully get me to kill some villagers for her if I found the MB.
 

Snip: Village

Made a claim that, if true, guarantees his villageness. No counter claim makes him village.

Ark: neutral 

Claims Tineye 1. There is no way to prove this... Ark has been very NAI (for him) from what I recall. He is far more suspicious than Snip, Straw, and Coop. But far less suspicious than Lum.

HH: slight village

Sorry Maill, but this goes back to role analysis. According to the 20% rule, there should be 4.4 elims this game. We have killed 3, and one of them had an extra life. So there should be 0.9 of an elim left. As a Devotary/Steel/Rath team is quite strong, I don't see there being another player with the ability to stay alive on that team with Senn's protecting and Rath's Spike.

It is possible that HH Survived due to Devotary's protection. Idk how likely that would be though. This read might change after rereading the thread, but I don't think anything I see in-thread will catch him up to Lum.

Straw: Village

Exact same thing as HH, however, they were attacked by the elims rather than the MB. I don't see a WGG likely on Straw, as Straw wasn't in discussion, wasn't particularly active. Would have made way more sense to do a WGG on... Literally anyone else. xD

Coop: Village

Like Maill said, Coop is hard-cleared. He hasn't been online in almost a week. So there is no way he could have killed Ada, even with an early-action-use/charge-thing.

I this is all pretty much off the top of my head. I will try to do some more reading, particularly on Ark and Lum, and if I have time, HH, tomorrow.

Edited June 4, 2019 by Furamirionind
Reformatting

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Obviously you have to work under the assumption that you’re innocent, but that’s not an assumption we can all make. Fura. 

[+Ark1002]

8 hours ago, Furamirionind said:

Ark: neutral 

Claims Tineye 1. There is no way to prove this... Ark has been very NAI (for him) from what I recall. He is far more suspicious than Snip, Straw, and Coop. But far less suspicious than Lum.

Sorry about that.

[Lumgol she/her]

10 hours ago, Furamirionind said:

For someone who trusted Maill, she was quick to not take his advice.

Did I really trust Maill though? I never trusted Maill in this game. When I made a deal with him, it was all about testing his role. I voted on him twice. AND, he wasn't even a villager.

I. literally. Have. Never. Said. In. This. Game. That. I. Trusted. Maill. Just because I PMed with him a lot does not mean I trusted him.

Also. Me not voting on Devotary was done for completely different reasons than not taking Maill's advice. For the village to win, the Mistborn have to be eliminated first. And yes, Maill knew information about who the remaining elims are. That is why I was trying to lynch Stick, not Maill.

As for roles: The elims already had a Seeker 2, an action scan role. That combined with Tineye 2 would consist of a disproportionate number of scanning roles.

Look. Not only did I vote on Steel D3, I was one of the earlier votes and wrote up my reactions to every one of his posts up to D3. Bandwagoning on an ally to gain trust is one thing. The post I wrote about steel is a totally different realm.

I think the last remaining elim is Fura or Ark. For now, though, I'm voting Maill. The mistborn need to die first. But Fura or Ark still needs to die.

Edited June 4, 2019 by Lumgol
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