Mid-Range Game 43: Death Comes As The End

[|TJ| he/him]

Yeah, I kinda feel like Vapor-Araris votes were poke votes gone wrong. Vapor. Gears. 

Edit: Yeah, @Kasimir, till now I was assuming the Secretary is one of the players. Is she NPC?

Also, @Vapor, your vote for Striker still isn't colored. 

Edited July 8, 2020 by TJ Shade

[Mist she/her]

@Kasimir, is the secretary a player? I have been assuming they aren't, but I didn't see it in the rules. 

Re:Vapor vote coloring: she's not sure why.

 

Gears pointed out that Striker died early in LG67 and is voting on Silber. He recommended that you keep useful items to yourself.

Orlok may not feel like participating right now. See LG 67 for source.

Striker died early in the LG. I don't want to lynch them yet. Possible elim numbers in response to Drake.

Eternum hasn't posted yet.

Mist is me. I'd rather not die, but hey.

Elbereth posted once. Here it is.

Spoiler

On 7/6/2020 at 1:07 AM, Elbereth said:

Hello, please see my post in the LG, but I just realized the cycle ends when I wake up because this cycle is 24 hours which is unhelpful so I should say something. El RP will have to wait though. 

Hi, I’m here, @DrakeMarshall I had it first  El was an apothecary assistant in AG2 with her mentor Kassien, who died tragically, and there’s no way I couldn’t bring her back. 

Well. Kind of. Her character has.... changed a bit, you’ll see. But for the better! Or the funnier, at least. 

@Kasimir  That’s not one of my PAFO cards! That’s not even one of Awes’ PAFO cards! 

Oh and I saw people voting for places in orange as I scrolled through so at random I guess Garden bc you know, plants! plants are cool. 

byyyye

Vapor second game 

Araris is encouraging discussion. Good, although NAI for now. His vote on me seems rather random, although I will give more information than the others. 

Silber asked why he was being lynched. Why should you not be lynched? If the secretary is an NPC, his comments make me slightly suspicious.

Lotus second game

Truthwatcher second game

Drake asked people questions. I like that, although it's NAI. He voted earlier. He did some game discussion.

Windrunner voted on Striker following Vapor. It's their first game.

Incomplete: Devotary, Vapor, Truthwatcher, Lotus, Lahilt, Xino, Burnt, TJ Shade 

 

Spoiler

3 hours ago, Araris Valerian said:

Okay, I'm going to temporarily break from RP just to say:

Guys, seriously, we are currently about to lose the game. There are less than 12 hours left in the cycle, and I'm guessing most of the (sane) Americans will be asleep for the last 6-9 of them. Currently, 2 elim votes on the Secretary ends the game. There are single votes on Striker, Vapor, Myself, Silberfalen, and Gears. That means less than 1/3 of the players have voted. I say we kill someone that hasn't yet voted, because that is a way the elims can hide and potentially set up a hammer. To that end I'm moving my vote from Vapor to Striker, and I'd appreciate if others could either follow or move their votes onto targets that already have a vote.

Uh, I've voted and I don't already have a vote on me.

Maybe we should lynch someone with more interplay around them. Edit: not more than me, but more than inactives.

People I don't want to lynch this cycle: Striker, Araris, Drake, Windrunner. 

 

Vote count: 

Silber (4): Drake, Gears, Devotary, Mist

Striker (2): Windrunner, Vapor

Vapor (2): Lotus, TJ Shade 

Mist (1): Araris

Edited July 8, 2020 by Mist
Spoilering quote for space, spacing thoughts

[Kasimir he/him]

1. Yes, the Secretary is a NPC. Think QF2 or LG15 — lynching the Secretary would have to be a deliberate vote. 

2. I am enforcing the one PM per Eliminator per cycle rule as follows: I have no objection to them devising secret codes (in compliance with SE rules) or planning team strategy, as long as they do it in a single PM. I am not allowing them to make substantive edits on any PM sent. 

[Araris Valerian he/him]

@Mist yeah, but we aren’t in quite as much danger of losing now, and we will have a better chance of learning something if we have more than a bunch of votes on just one person.

[Coffeecat she/her]

so, uh...

i die now?

bye i guess

i would have loved to continue this game, with all the rp and stuff

but at least i will be able to play on the other game more focused.

 

[Devotary of Spontaneity]

No prospect for improvement on Tal's part, then. Beral wished him luck on whatever post death adventures he might be going on. Here on Scadrial, it was time to find out who had killed him and why. Harmony provided a world where everyone could thrive, where evil should have been obsolete, and yet some people insisted on choosing to harm others for personal benefit. A necessary risk of prioritising free will of course, Harmony had known the consequences of not forcing his personal ideology on the world and rightfully accepted them, but still a shame. The killer, or Tal, Beral admitted they didn't know quite what Tal might have gotten up to in the years since university, had squandered the greatest of gifts. It was too late for Tal, but perhaps those who ended his life could end up walking a better path.

I will stay in the Lounge.

[|TJ| he/him]

2 hours ago, Lord_Silberfarben said:

so, uh...

i die now?

bye i guess

i would have loved to continue this game, with all the rp and stuff

but at least i will be able to play on the other game more focused.

Silber, you still haven't voted. 

Edit: Silber has 5 votes on him. @Mist, xino voted for him as well. 

Edit 2: I'll just multi-edit my post here because I assume most of you are asleep, but as it stands, there will be 4 deaths in the very first cycle, sheesh. So @Orlok Tsubodai, @Eternum, if you guys don't post something in like 3 hrs 30 min you're dead. Or not, if you've been sneakily submitting actions. But we'll find out. 

Edited July 8, 2020 by TJ Shade

[Coffeecat she/her]

ok, i will go full paranoia tin foiling here

Drake/mist?/gears/xino team.

On 7/7/2020 at 9:40 AM, DrakeMarshall said:

Uhhh @Lord_Silberfarben Lord_Silberfarben, what is your relation to Lord Talbot and what were you doing when Lord Talbot was killed?

i was in the garden, enjoying the plants around me and thinking about mafia.

 

but seriously, this can out of the blue, and seems a poke vote, yet they have not changed it.

On 7/8/2020 at 0:48 PM, Gears said:

Striker died D1 in the LG, so I don't think he should be lynched. That would be unfair to him. Out of those with votes on them [besides Striker and myself], Lord_Silberfarben is an individual that I would be amenable to lynching. [Araris has provoked analysis, so he should remain]. If anyone would like to argue against this course of action, proceed but know that I will be asleep for the next few hours. 

hmm, another random vote on me, the only reason being that i already have a vote on me.

On 7/8/2020 at 1:29 PM, xinoehp512 said:

Striker dies too early too often. :P. Silber.

more of the same...

 

 

this could be an elim group just randomly voting on someone?

or perhaps they are afraid of what i found in the gardens?

i mean, it would be bad if the mafians had awakening.

 

EDIT:

i forgot this, i really dont know who to vote, but of my 'suspects' mist has some votes on him

Edited July 8, 2020 by Lord_Silberfarben

[Wind he/him]

I want to change my vote from Striker to Devotary of Spontaneity, because their behaviour toward votes has been oddly suspicious, I think he might be trying to kill guests with votes.

Edited July 8, 2020 by A Windrunner

[Kasimir he/him]

A player asked me this question, which will be clarified in thread for everyone:

Items cannot be transferred to another player under any circumstances. Some items will be revealed upon death.

You have an hour and a half left before rollover!

Edited July 8, 2020 by Kasimir

[Gears]

1 hour ago, Lord_Silberfarben said:

this could be an elim group just randomly voting on someone?

If we don't vote, the elims could vote to lynch the secretary and outnumber us. I voted on you because you haven't done much, Striker died in the LG, and I can't very well vote for myself. As of now, you are the best lynch target, especially since I don't think anyone will be awake in time to actually intercede. My condolences for your impending demise. If a better target reveals itself in the hour left before rollover, I will change my vote.

[Lahilt he/him]

I am finding vapor slightly more suspicious than lord silberfarben. 

[Orlok Tsubodai]

Life has been really difficult recently. As such, I've struggled to engage with much at all. I will be endeavouring to get back into this tonight.

I'm going to go to the Study.

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

13 minutes ago, Orlok Tsubodai said:

Life has been really difficult recently. As such, I've struggled to engage with much at all. I will be endeavouring to get back into this tonight.

I'm going to go to the Study.

No worries, take care of yourself- life comes first

---

 

Vote count: 

Silber (4): Drake, Gears, Devotary, Mist
Vapor (3): Lotus, TJ Shade, Lahilt 
Mist (1): Araris
Striker (1): Vapor
Devotary (1): Windrunner

 

So we have silber who’s actively posting and fighting their death, and we have vapor one vote behind.

Hm. Whats vapor said so far… They voted araris in retaliation of them voting on them, talked about growlerys, some rp, removed vote off araris, votes striker.

So the votes on Vapor all happened since their last post so they’ve not really had a chance to respond as such, so I’d feel uncomfortable committing them to death without giving them a chance to say anything. I don’t necessarily find them suspicious, but they have’nt really been giving any reasoning for their voting, which is something I’d like to see in the future, when people should have more reasoning for their votes. Obviously its hard this early to have much to say. Hm. There is part of me that wonders if those voting vapor could be defending silber in a way? I suppose it depends on what alignment they flip. At least there should be some information to be gained from silber I think?  Well, at least, if they’re evil, theres people to look into. Theres gonna be less to go off of if their good obviously but idk. Its something?

I'm pretty sure we should be safe from a hammer right..? though more votes is going to be safer for sure. We don't need a lg 15 repeat where the game ended cycle one because village let the elims hammer.

 

In that case Silber While I have been getting a more villager vibe from you and appreciate your willingness to respond in thread to people, its going to be better for us to consolidate the voting on one person rather than making it a tie and letting luck or hammers decide, even though i believe you'd be a player who would contribute well moving forwards. Hope that makes sense

Edited July 8, 2020 by Burnt Spaghetti

[theTruthshaper]

I am going to the Garden.

I could vote for Silber but I don't see the point in it. As long as the elims don't kill the secretary, it does not matter to me, since I don't really have any reads.

Edited July 8, 2020 by The_Truthwatcher

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

Its that time of day peoples! Cycle is over! No more posting and pming!

(Kas asked me to post for him- he busy. My permission slip and endorsement is in the spoiler)

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

[Coffeecat she/her]

i am dead

bye

 

 

[Kasimir he/him]

 

Cycle Three:

Towards Zero

‘Course, the whole house started screaming their heads off. Murder tends to do that. Gets everyone all excited. Bunch of them ran out to the gardens. Stomped on some of the flowers. Don’t really like that. Been hard taking care of ‘em. But I try, you know?

Think I’m still in shock. Lord Tal dead. Who would’ve hated him so? Always been good to me. Never heard anyone with a bad word. Not when it came to Lord Tal, no. Ain’t me searching for his killer though. 

Wasn’t me that did it, see? Swear on the Survivor. If I’d wanted him dead, wouldn’t have needed to wait, now. Been working here nearly half a year. Plenty of chances to off Lord Tal. If I were that sorta rusher.

Ain’t that, though. Got away from Elendel ‘cause I ain’t that sorta kig. Wetwork makes my hands shake. Ask Lady Prissy. She knows. We all been here months, now. Working for Lord Tal since. Lord Tal been good to us. None of us got any reason to ice him.

No, it’s one of you as did it. One of you as iced him. Ain’t the lawman sort, though. Office said I don’t got the mind for it. Not nearly as suspicious enough. Lawman got to be paranoid, see? Always asking questions. Always watching. I watch, but I ain’t good with the questions. Yeah, I want his killer found. Ain’t gonna be me that does it, though. S’why Lady Prissy wanted you to ask around. See what you can scare up.

Guess one of you must be asking the right questions. ‘Cause old Lord Heron, him with the stick and the grumpy old face, he’s dead now too. As a doornail. Already gone by time I found him. Couldn’t do nothing about it. Ain’t a pretty sight, neither. 

He was in the storeroom, Lord Heron. What was left of him, anyway. Cook smelled the fire first. Then I got there to put it out. Found the slit bag of flour afterwards, dangling from the ceiling. Maybe something lured him in there. I dunno. The bag was rigged to tip. Wouldn’t’ve seen it, in the poor lighting. Had some kind of flint mechanism in there. Struck a spark, then the poor Lord Heron was toast.

Fire ripped through the storeroom. Didn’t stand a chance now, Lord Heron. Not with the door suddenly shut on him, just like that. 

Cook’s left the windows open. Reckon we can get some fresh air. Clear out the stink. Makes your stomach turn, doesn’t it? Dunno if I’ll be able to eat in the kitchen again without… Without thinking about it, you know? Or smelling it. 

Survivor’s spirit. Couldn’t have happened to a better man.

Not one to speak ill of the dead, but Lord Heron…

Nah. Ain’t right. Let the dead lie. We took him out to the gardens. Buried him there. The one with the earring, the Pathian. He said some words. Let him. Dunno if Lord Heron was of the Survivor. But ain’t about to find out, are we?

Don’t think it matters, anyway.

 

Who would’ve done it? I dunno. Didn’t hardly know him, did I?

Strange way to ice someone, though. A knife now, it’s personal. Intimate, even. You got to feel them die. Get in real close to do the job. A trap, though? Takes planning, that does. More distant.

Not that I’d know. Cook reads his murder books to me, sometimes. Likes those mysteries, he does. Me, they make my head hurt after the first twist.

Still. I seen the noble girl and Lord Heron arguing. Saying the other’s the one as iced Lord Tal. Argument ain’t worth killing for. You never really know though. Do you?

But we ain’t speaking of Lord Heron now, are we? We’re talking about what happened before that. I headed away from the garden. Too many of you there. Too much noise. Don’t like that at all. Too crowded.

Wanted to clear my head.

I seen the lord muttering to himself about murder. Holding a frayed rope in his hands. Dunno what he’s up to. Nothing good, I’d wager. The lord in the flashy, gaudy wear—a real Elendel lord if I ever saw one. Seen him flitting around before this, talking to everyone. You gotta know the type, when you see them. A real social tourist. Always, always wanting to know what the next big thing is. That lord, he was talking to Lord Heron earlier, too. Then again, everyone wants to talk to Lord Heron, I s’pose. Hard to get a Heron down for a party like this.

Anyway, the Elendel lord was talking to the murder lord. Then he was frowning. Wanted to know how he was related to Lord Tal. What he was doing when Lord Tal was iced.

Then there’s the lady with the book of questions. This sneaky-looking gent, I seen him look about like he thinks someone’s watching. Don’t get that kind of suspicious unless you have something you rather not be found doing. Quick fingers, too. He points to the lady, though. Says he seen the Elendel lord and the lady following each other about the house.

Not real sure what he thinks. Sure know why a lord and lady might be finding a room, here. Something ‘bout seeking out life in the middle of death. Lord Tal used to ramble ‘bout these things a lot. I like it though. Sounds profound.

The lady lawman, though. The one with the pale horse, like death. She comes up, with her gun, and coldly tells the uni man to explain himself. Like he wasn’t looking dead enough already. Must’ve paled ten times more when she pointed the gun at him. Cook says they used to be real close. Lord Tal and the uni man, I mean. Not the lady lawman. 

Looked real bad there for a while. Then the book lady came. Managed to get ‘em to back down. Never thought I’d see that happen. Says as calm as you please that the murder lord ain’t quite right. Sure, Lord Tal wasn’t strangled, but he got that cord, see? And he’s talking about ways to kill. Seems pretty cut and dried, that one.

Maybe they’d have done something. Dunno. Thrown him out or something. But Lady Prissy stepped in. Got us to grab him in case he tried to run or take more people down. So we took him to a small guest room. Made him comfortable. Keep him under watch, just in case, she said. Wait for the coppers to get here.

Didn’t work, though.

See, I went to get the murder lord’s things. Figured he didn’t want the others rummaging through them. Came back, and well. Room was a mess. Gonna be cleaning that up, too.

'Least he kept the rope. Knotted about his neck like a hangman's cravat. Funny thing, that rope. Never seen one so grey and colourless before.

Lord Nahr Silberfarben was lynched! He was a Guest! Further investigation discovered he was in possession of a frayed and strangely colourless rope!

Lord Aralis Heron, sometimes known as Ookla the Curmudgeonly was killed! He was an Old Guy!

The cycle has begun and will end at 2200hrs (GMT+8) on 10th July. Cycle Four will begin at 2300hrs (GMT+8.) 

(I am still in the midst of sending out cycle PMs and setting up the room PMs. Do let me know in an hour if you haven't heard from me or have been misplaced!)

[Gears]

So there are roles. Interesting. If you have a role, do not claim without undergoing a serious investigation of the consequences. However, I still have no suspicions. I will go read over the previous cycles and return with more commentary. In addition, Araris told the people in the Study that he did indeed find something, so perhaps the killers have acquired it. 

[Vapor she/her]

I'm sorry I couldn't change my vote, I was asleep.

Vapor was sitting in the kitchen, ignoring those drunk men, and she heard another scream. She went to the source. Lord Heron and Lord Silberfaven had been killed. Oh dear. She hadn't become Lord Heron's heir yet. Not good, not good. She ran to the [color=orange]garden[/color] to investigate.

[+Lotus she/her]

Old Guy?

Excuse me I need to go laugh my head off.

[theTruthshaper]

19 minutes ago, Vapor said:

I'm sorry I couldn't change my vote, I was asleep.

Vapor was sitting in the kitchen, ignoring those drunk men, and she heard another scream. She went to the source. Lord Heron and Lord Silberfaven had been killed. Oh dear. She hadn't become Lord Heron's heir yet. Not good, not good. She ran to the [color=orange]garden[/color] to investigate.

Something is wrong with your posts. The color codes are not working.

 

Does anyone have any idea about the significance of the rope?

[+Lotus she/her]

2 minutes ago, The_Truthwatcher said:

Does anyone have any idea about the significance of the rope?

Reminds me of a awakener rope.

[Kasimir he/him]

46 minutes ago, Gears said:

So there are roles. Interesting. If you have a role, do not claim without undergoing a serious investigation of the consequences. However, I still have no suspicions. I will go read over the previous cycles and return with more commentary. In addition, Araris told the people in the Study that he did indeed find something, so perhaps the killers have acquired it. 

As clarified in the previous cycle, items cannot be transferred from one player to another in any fashion. From the perspective of game mechanics, they are effectively destroyed upon death.

[Vapor she/her]

 

3 minutes ago, The_Truthwatcher said:

Something is wrong with your posts. The color codes are not working.

 

Does anyone have any idea about the significance of the rope?

Stupid Posts

Its colorless, so it's someone who uses breath. Cough cough world hopper cough