Long Game 66: A Struggle for Power

[Ookla-son-son-Ventyl]

16 minutes ago, TJ Shade said:

I think these ones do not count. Sparker storing would not even be able to cast a vote (I'm guessing). Pinnacle is forced to vote on a played already voted on but their vote would still be visible. Right @StrikerEZ?

What I mean with the Sparker is that you could vote and then store, this would cancel your vote I’m assuming. Probably wouldn’t show up in thread or it would give away your role.

I see your point with the Pinnacle though, it’s not that it’s a vote manipulation but that it could lead to a higher vote count on someone. Though they have to vote on some one with votes already, but can they just not vote? If they don’t vote at all would their storing action not count?

[|TJ| he/him]

18 minutes ago, Ventyl said:

What I mean with the Sparker is that you could vote and then store, this would cancel your vote I’m assuming. Probably wouldn’t show up in thread or it would give away your role.

Hmmm, possibly. Yeah that makes sense.

20 minutes ago, Ventyl said:

I see your point with the Pinnacle though, it’s not that it’s a vote manipulation but that it could lead to a higher vote count on someone. Though they have to vote on some one with votes already, but can they just not vote? If they don’t vote at all would their storing action not count?

I still think it would look like a normal vote. Say for example I'm a Pinnacle and I'm storing this turn. I want to vote but I have to vote on someone who's already been voted on. Let's say no one else has voted, except one person who has voted for you. At this point, I can only vote for you. Vote count would probably look like this:

Ventyl (2) - The first person who voted for you, TJ

[StrikerEZ he/him]

8 hours ago, TJ Shade said:

@StrikerEZ, So was the Karnage vote considered by you or not? 

It was not.

52 minutes ago, TJ Shade said:

I think these ones do not count. Sparker storing would not even be able to cast a vote (I'm guessing). Pinnacle is forced to vote on a played already voted on but their vote would still be visible. Right @StrikerEZ?

This is true.

[StrikerEZ he/him]

I would like to clarify that I meant that it is true that a Pinnacle's vote while storing would show up as a normal vote in the vote count. If a storing ability makes it so someone can't vote, their vote will appear as if it was Soothed. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.

[Experience he/him]

Well, it looks like I didn't end up with the most posts last time.  

I don't really know what we can learn from this lynch, so I'll have to go back and look through the mega post of D1.

Also, if anyone want's to do some RP, just PM me(Or I guess you could just start it in the thread. )

[Lahilt he/him]

Lahilt watched as the hazekillers were disposing of the body. He absently wondered what would happen with it. would they make a show of how he died for the greater good? Or would they just dump it somewhere? He had some friends who studied bodies maybe they would want it, but no... they were far away. Lahilt watched as the hazekillers disappeared through a side door with the corpse. than he pulled out his notebook and he started to write down all that had happened, from the forming of the mob to the morto of poor coda. Lahilt tried to remember everybody who was involved, where they were standing, he had to be thorough even if this was not his favorite topic of study, he would do what he had to. Stowing his notebook in his boot and sliding his pen back under the brim of his hat Lahilt looked around, the kid from earlier was still sitting at the table as were a few others. he wondered if the person who was killed had had any friends. He walked over to the table and sat down glancing from person to person, some of them didn't even seem to care judging by their bored expressions. He finally cleared his throat and asked, So did anyone know him?  @Experience or anybody who wants to.

Edited June 6, 2020 by Lahilt

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Apparently Darson’s guards were chosen from among his ranks of hazekillers- guards specially trained to deal with Metalborn. He had assured Neru that he could personally vouch for the loyalty of each and every one.
Neru wasn’t a hazekiller. He was a Metalborn himself. I wonder if Darson would let me be a personal guard if I were a hazekiller… he thought, slowly scratching some dirt from under his fingernail. Darson would probably tell him that he should be grateful for the abilities that he had. Talk about how they set him apart from normal citizens. He could be that way, sometimes.
Except that Neru didn’t feel any different. Of course, he didn’t know how other people felt, so maybe Darson was right. But even so, he had a sneaking worry that he wasn’t any better. That he couldn’t live up to the vision that his uncle seemed to have for him.
He tried to put his worries out of his mind and focus on the party. His tin-enhanced ears could hear many conversations going on throughout the room. Nothing he heard sounded suspicious- at least, not to him. He wasn’t sure what exactly he needed to be listening for.
 

[Ashbringer he/him]

13 hours ago, StrikerEZ said:

The way the vote tally works for this game is that the numbers are changed to reflect any vote manipulation. The names are not changed. Karnage's vote is there because his last post was after the turn ended. In general, if you see a name or lack thereof where you aren't expecting it, it's because either you or the GM made a mistake.

Well there goes my conspiracy to tie the game. I still think ILuvHatz is innocent.

Do people usually post suspicions of people on night turns? I have some analysis I want to make, but I also don't want to stand out any ridiculously more because I don't know what people do.

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Lord Faleast leaned back, trying not to let his face twitch so much. After all the finger pointing, the arguing, the passionate pleas for mercy, Coda was gone. And he had been innoccent. Faleast sighed, leaning back and looking at the celing. He'd knows that there would be blood in this situation, he just didn't expect it to be so soon. Coda had been... friendlier than most to him. 

Faleast could see the people looking at him, whispering. He didn't really care right now. There wasn't really anything he could say. He hadn't wanted Coda to die, and he hadn't expected there to be a toss-up between his friend and the one he thought was suspicious. Turns out, neither were probably the true suspects, and now the whole cycle was being suspected. Including him.

Someone asked if Coda had been a friend to anyone in the room. Faleast gave a silent sigh. Oh yes, yes he had.

"I knew Coda," he stated simply, then coughed, his voice cracking with dissuse. He started again. "I knew Coda. He was a... I don't know if I could call him a friend. We didn't know each other long enough. But he... he was one of the few people who seemed like he cared."

Faleast blinked. He wondered sometimes what it was like to care.

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Edit: Flame on! Without context, as usual. Pyro must be rubbing off on me.

Edited June 6, 2020 by Ashbringer
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[|TJ| he/him]

40 minutes ago, Ashbringer said:

Do people usually post suspicions of people on night turns? I have some analysis I want to make, but I also don't want to stand out any ridiculously more because I don't know what people do.

I don't see why you can't. Go ahead.  

[The Young Pyromancer he/him]

A walking cane in the corner was slumped against a wall. Coda was dead.

He had Represented the best in all of us.

[Ashbringer he/him]

Alright, here goes. (Written before my last post and then copy-pasted, FYI)

 

And another person is suspicious of me! I think that makes seven, although not all at the same time. All I can say is I am Village, I'm not very good at all this subtlety and alignment reading, and I was looking to make a larger tie than Coda-Karnage.

And, Pyro was the one who suggested targeting Hatz. Twice. And the first to vote for him once I said I would move from Karnage, who people had pointed out had said he wouldn't be very active, if someone else voted for Hatz. And he can confirm that we haven't PM'd about lynching Hatz, only not-letting-Coda-die in the chaotic new-player PM.

He's also the one who started the Karnage lynch attempt, then shifted almost everyone who voted Karnage to Hatz. I haven't read into anything to suggest he's elim, but the entire vote shifted from Coda>Karnage>Hatz in the last 3 hours/pages of the cycle with Pyro at its head. 

If:

Ash is Village, Pyro is Elim: If this hypothetical scenario is the case, Pyro wanted to move a strong vote from Coda (a village) to Karnage, then to Hatz (who's probably also village). It could be a ploy to protect Karnage relying on his posting to sway my vote (he can confirm he didn't PM me about it). Could lead to Elim!Karnage. I still think unlikely.

Ash is Village, Pyro is Village: If this hypothetical scenario is the case, then I suppose it takes the simplest explanation, where everything was just a bandwagon. Most people (myself included) would rather lynch someone completely inactive than someone who'd posted once to say they couldn't be active. Doesn't point to anyone in particular, although Elims could have joined the wagon to get a better lynch.

Ash is Elim, Pyro is Village: If this hypothetical scenario is the case, then Elim!Ash and the rest jumped on an opprotunity to lynch someone other than Karnage. However, it's important to note that I didn't start anything related to Hatz. I suppose Elim!Ash could have organized another Elim to PM suggesting a Hatz lynch to Pyro and have me be the first to jump on it, but Village!Pyro should be able to say this isn't the case. This scenario would point to Elim!Karnage as well.

Ash is Elim, Pyro is Elim: If this hypothetical scenario is the case, then the elims did a very poor job of teaching me to be subtle, since we were obviously working in conjunction. Perhaps the elims could be using Elim!Ash as a shield for suspicion, but that seems to have backfired, at least for me. It also doesn't explain why the Elims wouldn't want to lynch Village!Karnage.

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I know the last two are false, because I'm village. But that doesn't help much, and who knows how solid my logic is. I suppose one of us could be the Kandra, but Kandra!Ash would make my Kandra conspiracy theories a very odd ploy, and Kandra!Pyro would have little reason to be so invested in the lynch. 

I'm not accusing anyone yet, but I'm going to start make reads. If I get killed then that means I'm probably on to something. Or some village Coinshot is tired of me. (If anyone’s wondering why I'm suddenly so analytical, 1) I'm under suspicion and trying to contribute, 2) I'm on a computer now and can better read through the threads, and 3) I have actual data.)

... and Pyro just posted. This is awkward.

Pyro, I don't really suspect you yet, because you seem nice to the new player group and I haven't seen anything with strong evidence besides the save-Coda initiative. If you could confirm that I (or anyone else) didn't PM-orchestrate the bandwagon Hatz lynch with you, I think that could help clear both of us.

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

Order of business: 1) responding to / analyzing the night's posts in order 2) finally doing some more RP

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@DrakeMarshall you need Pyro’s vote on Hatz. Otherwise it’s in better shape then mine/Mist’s.

Whoops my pattern didn't register "Hatz" as a legitimate abbreviation for "IluvHats" 

Fixed. It's a system that requires a bit of fine tuning to create patterns that match any possible abbreviations to a person's name, but it helps when you point those discrepancies out for me 

15 hours ago, StrikerEZ said:

The way the vote tally works for this game is that the numbers are changed to reflect any vote manipulation. The names are not changed. Karnage's vote is there because his last post was after the turn ended. In general, if you see a name or lack thereof where you aren't expecting it, it's because either you or the GM made a mistake.

I like this philosophy from a game design point of view because it means you have to piece together what exactly happened.

14 hours ago, TJ Shade said:

@StrikerEZ, So was the Karnage vote considered by you or not? 

Coming to the vote manip, Araris was tied at 3 votes at one point, so a vote could have been soothed just to be careful. 

Hatz' vote soothing is interesting because Drake and Pyro almost always voted as a duo, especially when the voting was about to close. If Pyro would move his vote, Drake would as well and vice versa. As some point, both were voting on Matrim, Karnage (both were leading the vote at the point) and in the end Hatz. So very slight elim read on Matrim or Karnage. Karnage actually had 5 votes at one point and there was mass exodus with Ashbringer, Pyro and Drake moving their votes to Hatz. 1+ elim/s among them?

The reason Ashbringer gave to moving the vote to Hatz is bizzarre. He claimed self-preservation but at the point of moving his vote Karnage had 4 votes (including his) and Hatz had only 1 vote (Pyro). Ashbringer himself had 2 votes. His vote was perfectly fine on Karnage if he wanted to save himself. If anything, he made himself more vulnerable by moving it to Hatz. Sure, there's evidence of in-thread collusion. Pyro wanted to move Hatz into the tie zone.  Ash said he'd move if someone else moves. But still he couldn't have known that other votes would follow. After his vote, Drake, Mist and Karnage (?) voted as well. A villager in a precarious position would not put themselves in danger with no assurance of others' votes. Seems like he knew the votes were coming.

I read Magestar as slightly village. He broke the Coda-Karnage tie by removing a vote off Coda. But then again, he has fooled 19 people at  once, so I'm not so sure 

EDIT:

This doesn't look right, Chief.

Pyro and I were up-front about voting in unison in order to save Coda. I don't think there was anything particularly sneaky about it, and I don't think we were particularly controlling the lynch because we didn't even end up getting what we wanted out of it.

Personally, I was trying to save Coda because:

1. We had a really funny PM last cycle.
2. I disagreed with every single one of the arguments made against Coda.
3. Before I started defending Coda the Coda lynch had zero competition, which meant it was probably going to be fruitless. I kind of make a point of defending the people who nobody else is defending in these games.

Edited June 6, 2020 by DrakeMarshall

[The Young Pyromancer he/him]

There was a little PMing to save Coda, and I think Hats was discussed. Let me check.

Drake, for your program, if the last letter of any given 'abbreviation' is an s, an abbreviation where that s is a z also exists.

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

8 hours ago, Magestar said:

We also know we have at least three people who got soothed/used a feruchemical ability/rioted.  We could also possibly have an additional rioter, who's vote move was nullified by a soother.  The shear number of roles in the game that could cause vote removal makes it difficult to say for certain what's going on.  

@Karnage, @Matrim's_Dice, @Shard of Reading, did any of you use abilities yourself that caused your votes to be removed?  I'm not asking for role reveals or anything, I'm just curious if any of you would be willing to share.  Seems like a fairly safe bit of information to share, although if you'd rather not that's also fine.

If there had been any more vote manipulation, I'd say I was suspicious of the people who voted on Hats.  Piling on a certain person with the knowledge another would get lynched seems like a good way to draw attention to someone.  I'm not saying Hats is an Elim; in fact, I think it would be far more likely that Hats is a villager who the Elims are trying to draw attention to.  It's possible there's a name for this sort of gambit, but I don't recall it off the top of my head.

I'll try and get some more thoughts up later, but like I said last cycle I'll probably be pretty busy this cycle.  Hopefully it doesn't get as full as last cycle.   

I like this analysis.

One slight nitpick though, I would not recommend that people speak up if storing is what cancelled their vote, because in that case 1 of the 2 possibilities is that they are a Sparker, which is a very valuable role for a villager and should probably be kept secret for now.

6 hours ago, TJ Shade said:

Kinda contradictory seeing how you tried to do the same thing during voting, don't you think?

Clarify? I tried to make a tie last cycle, and the thing you quoted is me saying that making ties isn't a bad objective. How does that contradict?

I kind of doubt that the creation of a tie was in fact the motivation behind that particular vote manipulation, because kind of the whole point of having a tie is that people know there's a tie and will be forced to respond to that, but that is neither here nor there.

I am curious about your thoughts here. Are you meaning to say that the use of vote manipulation was justified? Are you meaning to say that I am suspicious for casting aspersions on a behavior that bears a resemblance in at least one respect to my own? Both? Neither?

4 minutes ago, The Young Pyromancer said:

There was a little PMing to save Coda, and I think Hats was discussed. Let me check.

Drake, for your program, if the last letter of any given 'abbreviation' is an s, an abbreviation where that s is a z also exists.

I asked Coda to vote in self-preservation.

That's pretty much the rule I added  Yeah

[Magestar he/him]

44 minutes ago, Ashbringer said:

Alright, here goes. (Written before my last post and then copy-pasted, FYI)

 

And another person is suspicious of me! I think that makes seven, although not all at the same time. All I can say is I am Village, I'm not very good at all this subtlety and alignment reading, and I was looking to make a larger tie than Coda-Karnage.

And, Pyro was the one who suggested targeting Hatz. Twice. And the first to vote for him once I said I would move from Karnage, who people had pointed out had said he wouldn't be very active, if someone else voted for Hatz. And he can confirm that we haven't PM'd about lynching Hatz, only not-letting-Coda-die in the chaotic new-player PM.

He's also the one who started the Karnage lynch attempt, then shifted almost everyone who voted Karnage to Hatz. I haven't read into anything to suggest he's elim, but the entire vote shifted from Coda>Karnage>Hatz in the last 3 hours/pages of the cycle with Pyro at its head. 

If:

Ash is Village, Pyro is Elim: If this hypothetical scenario is the case, Pyro wanted to move a strong vote from Coda (a village) to Karnage, then to Hatz (who's probably also village). It could be a ploy to protect Karnage relying on his posting to sway my vote (he can confirm he didn't PM me about it). Could lead to Elim!Karnage. I still think unlikely.

Ash is Village, Pyro is Village: If this hypothetical scenario is the case, then I suppose it takes the simplest explanation, where everything was just a bandwagon. Most people (myself included) would rather lynch someone completely inactive than someone who'd posted once to say they couldn't be active. Doesn't point to anyone in particular, although Elims could have joined the wagon to get a better lynch.

Ash is Elim, Pyro is Village: If this hypothetical scenario is the case, then Elim!Ash and the rest jumped on an opprotunity to lynch someone other than Karnage. However, it's important to note that I didn't start anything related to Hatz. I suppose Elim!Ash could have organized another Elim to PM suggesting a Hatz lynch to Pyro and have me be the first to jump on it, but Village!Pyro should be able to say this isn't the case. This scenario would point to Elim!Karnage as well.

Ash is Elim, Pyro is Elim: If this hypothetical scenario is the case, then the elims did a very poor job of teaching me to be subtle, since we were obviously working in conjunction. Perhaps the elims could be using Elim!Ash as a shield for suspicion, but that seems to have backfired, at least for me. It also doesn't explain why the Elims wouldn't want to lynch Village!Karnage.

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I know the last two are false, because I'm village. But that doesn't help much, and who knows how solid my logic is. I suppose one of us could be the Kandra, but Kandra!Ash would make my Kandra conspiracy theories a very odd ploy, and Kandra!Pyro would have little reason to be so invested in the lynch. 

I'm not accusing anyone yet, but I'm going to start make reads. If I get killed then that means I'm probably on to something. Or some village Coinshot is tired of me. (If anyone’s wondering why I'm suddenly so analytical, 1) I'm under suspicion and trying to contribute, 2) I'm on a computer now and can better read through the threads, and 3) I have actual data.)

... and Pyro just posted. This is awkward.

Pyro, I don't really suspect you yet, because you seem nice to the new player group and I haven't seen anything with strong evidence besides the save-Coda initiative. If you could confirm that I (or anyone else) didn't PM-orchestrate the bandwagon Hatz lynch with you, I think that could help clear both of us.

Hypotheticals are cool.  I personally am a fan of this form of analysis, where you put together the possible options and analyze the situation from each perspective.  I think it's an interesting way to draw your suspicions into conclusions, especially late game.  Here, however, we don't really have enough information, and Occam's Razor suggests option 2 as the most likely.  I admit I personally have and likely always will have some difficulty reading Pyro, but from my admittedly limited understanding of their play style, I'm getting village vibes this game.

My reads on people a the moment are somewhat in flux.  My suspicions of Ash, despite being some of the stronger suspicions I had C1, really weren't all that strong.  It's hard to get good reads cycle one.  Additionally, Ash's more recent posts read more village to me so... I imagine I'll have to re-think some of my reads.  I do think that the lynch did give us some interesting leads to follow, so I look forward to digging a little more deeply into that.  That's probably what I'll work on next.

That's all I've put together at the moment, although I hope to post more analysis before the night cycle ends, as well as some RP.

[The Young Pyromancer he/him]

4 minutes ago, Magestar said:

I'm getting village vibes this game.

Thanks!

4 minutes ago, Magestar said:

It's hard to get good reads cycle one.

Unless you're orlok apparently.

@Experience, you said you had time, and wanted things to count. May I suggest calculating boxings? That way we can know who could (theoretically, as we don't know lynches, thiefs, and who has bought items) buy lerasium.

[Magestar he/him]

Time for some RP.   

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Reginald tapped his fingers on the arm of a chair he'd acquired.  The previous day had not gone at all as he had planned; his shenanigans with the pies had, after quite a bit of uncomfortable silence as the child balanced pies on her head, ended with a child crying and chaos ensuing.  To top it all off, the people in this room appeared to have picked up quite the mob mentality, and had actually beaten a man to death.  Now that was scary stuff.

So it was no wonder Reginald couldn't sleep a wink.  He'd attempted to retire to a corner to get some rest, to no avail.  He was simply too grumpy to be able to sleep.  So he got up instead, and began wandering about.  In the very least, since he couldn't seem to get any shut-eye around here, he could get some work done.  The sooner he figured out who the traitors were, the sooner he could go home.

So he watched people.  Reginald shifted through the crowd, keeping an eye on certain individuals as they passed, those who had raised their voices the loudest in defense or accusation of others.  People were all much the same; very little changed from one person to another.  There were small differences, to be sure, but most people were motivated by a fairly narrow range of things, desires common to men.  And so most people acted in predictable ways, under circumstances such as these.  This was what Reginald had discovered in his time among nobles and his time on the streets.

But there were discrepancies; these were what Reginald watched for.  Furtive glances, twitches, movements that seemed abnormal or unnatural.  The poorly lit warehouse of a room left made it difficult to find such discrepancies, but Reginald looked all the same.  Something would turn up, eventually.

And if not, a nap would be nice.  Perhaps he could find somewhere quieter.

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

Lorena shrugged on her coat, grabbed the empty crate that had contained the days food supplies, and set it in the middle of the room with a thud.

"Ahem."

She reviewed a crinkled piece of parchment, mentally practicing the IMPORTANT SPEECH before hopping up onto the crate.

"We are gathered here today to commemorate the untimely death of Coda. Although I personally didn't really know this Coda person that well, and I imagine you all are in a similar boat, they will be sorely missed. They really had a lot of virtues, chief among them being SHOUTING!!! They SHOUTED most frequently and with gusto, and even formed a most illustrious and charitable organization dedicated wholly to SHOUTING!!! I am referring, of course, to the SHOUTY-SHOUT AGENCY!!! Among their other virtues was DISLOYALTY!!! And by that I mean they weren't a LOYALIST. Which, kind of, means that they were actually very LOYAL. Kind of confusing, when you think about it, which I make a point of NOT DOING!!! Anyway, this has been kind of a rambling eulogy, but we of the SHOUTY-SHOUT AGENCY!!! thought it was appropriate. And now a word from NEW REPRESENTATIVE FLAMING NINJA STICK here with DOC GOOGLE!!!"

[The Young Pyromancer he/him]

(Apparently we were supposed to be anonymous. My bad. gotta come up with something to make this 200 words, I don't know if this is enough....)

(Also, we have a lot of this. Sorry for flooding the thread you guys. LOL)

(And yes, this is why the thread has the tag it does. The mystery has been solved)

With this post, I begin the minutes of the SHOUTY SHOUT AGENCY!!! (formerly known as the SHOUTY SHOUT AGENCY {formerly known as the Talky Talk Society})

 

Transcript: 

Stick: Hi! Everyone here has said they'd like to have more PMs, and as I know some people struggle with reaching out to others, I decided to help!

 

The Representative: Greetings sapient entities, I welcome you to the first meeting of the Talky-talk Agency, comprised of those who want to speak out but find themselves unable.

 

Confident Indecision Maker: Greetings, O agent of the Talky-talk agency. What would you like to talk about today?

 

Stick:  (Quoting the Representative) Okay, see? This is why I read him as village. Guy's a blast. 

 

The Representative: I propose a vote. Those FOR the discussion of game in the Talky-talk Agency, say "Aye!". Those AGAINST, say "Nay!". Those who do not care, say "Abstain!". Exclamation points are mandatory.

Abstain!

Confident Indecision Maker: Abstain!

I am loudly and confidently casting my vote for indecisiveness!!!!

(To be continued by someone else soon)

Edited June 6, 2020 by The Young Pyromancer
Anonymity

[Magestar he/him]

Reginald cringed involuntarily at the sudden outburst.  He wasn't quite sure why the woman had suddenly stood and begun proclaiming in a loud voice a bunch of seemingly meaningless nonsense.  He paused for a moment.  Perhaps this was the result of being confined for too long.  He had heard that some people didn't react all that well to being confined.  It could be that-

Reginald's thoughts were interrupted by yet another outburst.  What in the rust was going on?  Had everyone spontaneously gone mad?  Reginald shook himself, trying to focus on the task at hand.  He briefly considered the possibility that these people were using their outbursts as a cover for more devious acts.  But no, Reginald thought, even if this was a cover, it draws far too much attention to those people than warranted.  It's too dangerous.

Reginald sighed.  It was now much too loud in here to accomplish anything useful.  He wove his way through the people in the room, ignoring the bustle and noise around him.  Soon enough, he found somewhere adequately quiet, and tried to ignore the faint echoes of noise that were still making their way down the halls.  He shut his eyes, weary of the days challenges.

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And that's probably all the RP I'll do this cycle.   

Edited June 6, 2020 by Magestar

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

Stick: The stick speaks up in the corner.

"I am a stick."

This is not a vote for or against, so it could be interpreted as 'abstain,' if you squinted.

 

The Representative: I said exclamation points mandatory! I do not see exclamation points, Stick! Stick, this is Strike 1!

 

The COFFEE MACHINE: Uhh...! 

Abstain!

At least for now.

 

The Representative: It seems that the Talky-talk Agency is filled with indecisive individuals! That would make an excellent slogan! The Talky-talk Agency, only including indecisive individuals! Also, Stick, I appreciate your attempts to keep me alive! Fear not, I have asked the Great and Mighty Game Master to make my death scene long, drawn-out, and magnificent!

 

Stick: The stick looks abashed, then kind of wiggles in appreciation.

"I am a stick!"

 

The Representative: Better! Next time, I expect even more passion! We here at the Talky-talk Agency channel our inner fishy Captain of the Royal Guard and EXPRESS OUR EMOTIONS EXTREMELY WILDLY!

 

THE COFFEE MACHINE: Alright then,

Aye!

 

The Representative: ONE vote in favor of talking about the game! TWO votes in abstinence! ZERO votes in favor of not talking about the game! Get your votes in, agents!

(To be more continued)

[Mist she/her]

(Part the third, the part which comes after the second part but before the part IV)

(See if you can guess who the different characters are!)

Confident Indecision Maker: (Quoting the Representative) Channels inner Kaladin and scowls generally at everything in sight.

 

The Representative: Good news! The Great and Mighty Game Master has responded affirmatively to my request to have a violent, tragic death! I expect to see proper mourning, especially from Stick, who has done Their best to defend me! I need PASSION from you, shock, anger, grief! As the mob tears me apart, I need screams of horror echoing in the background! You do not have to avenge me, but you will get extra credit if you swear an oath to do so!

 

Confident Indecision Maker: "My name is Lorena Blackburn. You killed some person whose name I don't know. Prepare to die."

 

The Representative: Exactly! But with more exclamation points!

 

Confident Indecision Maker: "MY NAME IS LORENA BLACKBURN!!!!! YOU KILLED SOME PERSON WHOSE NAME I DON'T KNOW!!!!!! PREPARE TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

The Representative: YES!!! WONDERFUL!!!

 

Stick: This stick cocks its leaf in confusion. Weren't they all unable to speak normally? That was what The Representative had said.

 

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[Mat he/him]

Okay, I've seen enough. What is this and how do I join it?  

[Ashbringer he/him]

It's... uh... it's complicated.

 

Faleast covered his ears. It seemed that somebody, who definitely had no affiliation to Lord Faleast in any manner whatsoever, had desided to recite the minutes from some clandestine meeting that someone had aranged. It seemed to invoke a lot of shouting and loud noises. Ah well, if it was what Coda had wanted to happen, he supposed that he would have to accept it. He took a breath, and removed his hands from his head. The wave of sound hit him immediately, but it wasn't as loud as he had been expecting. Then again, nothing was really what he'd expected when he joined the PRE. 

Lord Faleast looked around. It seemed like everyone was completely focused on the messages being said, which meant they weren't looking at him. For once. 

That didn't really mean much, since he'd seen himself how fickle a crowd could be. But he could use a break from suspecting and being suspected. It did horrible things to one's nerves, and Faleast's nerves weren't what they used to be. He stifled a yawn, then folded his hands and resolved to just sit back and watch the show. The night would bring what it may. For now, everything seemed a little bit brighter.

Faleast had a sudden, mind-numbing desire for coffee.

Edited June 6, 2020 by Ashbringer
Making it +200 words

[The Young Pyromancer he/him]

Just now, Matrim's_Dice said:

Okay, I've seen enough. What is this and how do I join it?  

If a member dies, the current representative may add a new member. If that member then leaves without dying, they cannot be replaced.