Mid-Range Game 49: Lode of Luthadel

[|TJ| he/him]

Okay seriously though how do the threads keeping getting longer as the game progresses? xD Anyways, time's up and well, we'll see about that claim from Mat, won't we?

[|TJ| he/him]

Cycle 3 - Seek and Ye Shall Die

Allrianne made her way towards Kredik Shaw, with a skip in her step, seemingly unaware of the danger within. For once, she couldn’t wear her dress, as she had to be disguised as her brother, but that only seemed like a mild inconvenience when she was meeting Breezy. Deliberately carefree, she moved with grace and started singing out his name, while preparing to Riot patience to whomever she faced.

“Breezy? Breeezyyyy, come out, come out wherever you are!” 

***

The soldiers found her first, and naturally they did not recognize her, so they were preparing to tie her when he heard her voice.  Breeze came rushing through and was genuinely surprised with what he saw.

“Allrianne? What are you doing here??” 

“Why, I had to see you, of course! Look! I even disguised myself as my brother so I could escape without a problem!”

“Girl, what is wrong with you? Do you even- wait, how did you even know to come here? Do you know what we’re doing?”

“Sure, I do. You’re here for Lord Ruler’s atium stash, of course”. Breeze looked surprised.

“Wait, how do you-”

“I mean, that’s obviously a lie. You’re too smart to be leading your enemy to something so precious. So this is obviously a trap”. Now Breeze looked dumbfounded. Allrianne flashed him a bright smile.

“Hey, what do you think I was doing when you were off to your meetings, Breezy?”

Breeze finally found words that he wanted to speak. “Be that as it may, Allrianne. But it’s still too dangerous out here.”

“I’ll fight beside you.”

“Fight whom? Your father’s soldiers are out there, you mean you would harm them?”

“Hmmm I suppose not. You’re right. Tell you what then, you’re gonna come with me!”

“I’m gonna- what??”

“That’s right. If you’re gonna send me away, you’re gonna come with. If it’s dangerous for me, it’s dangerous for you. Or let me stay.” Allrianne grinned.

Breeze let out a heavy sigh . “This girl will be the death of me.” He looked around and everyone’s faces said “Yeah we’re not having her here, take her away.” Though he supposed, who she was complicated matters a lot more. He looked towards Vin, who gave a slight nod.

Sigh

“Alright, Allrianne, you get your wish. I’ll come with you, but I’ll only stay for a while. I’ve got to help here, and you very well know that.”

“Any time I get out of you is a good time Breezy!” she replied with a smile.

“And to make sure you stay put, we’ll be taking one of the Soothers with us well” he nodded towards Tesse. “Allrianne, meet Tesse. She’s just as good as Soother as me.”

“Well well, we’re gonna have a good time, aren’t we? Breeze would surely miss me,”

“Let’s get going then. The quicker we solve this, the better. I’d get to be with you for as long as you want, but we have to get going now.”

And with that, they were off. Breeze figured he’d drop them off, and return quickly, but he suspected Allrianne would make him stay there for quite a while.

***

Seekers are a curious bunch. They’re always on the front foot, always too eager in search of something. And when the eagerness turns to obsession, it becomes dangerous. Liranil wouldn’t call herself obsessed, but she definitely did tend to lose herself when in search of something. And in search of something she was. She had felt the pulse of a strange metal. A sensation she had never experienced before. Curiosity got the better of her, and she pursued it.

Could it actually be? They said atium isn’t really here, but then what was it that I felt? It certainly wasn’t any basic allomantic metal. I- I have to figure out about this,

And that’s how she walked right into the trap. It was atium alright, but it wasn’t Lord Ruler’s stash, it was from one of her enemies. Someone had used it, whether to lure her or not, she didn’t know. But once she knew she was getting closer, she knew she was in trouble, and just as she had deduced that, a burst of coins shot towards her.

---

Matrim's Dice was eliminated. They were Allrianne Cett!
Quintessential was killed. She was a Venture Loyalist Soother!
Liranil was killed. She was a Venture Loyalist Seeker!

Vote Count:

Matrim's Dice (13): Flyingbooks, Liranil, Matrim's Dice, Ashbringer, Illwei, Gears, Biplet, The Unknown Order, Whysper, Devotary of Spontaneity, Tani, PizzaPower55, Shard of Reading

Cycle 4 has begun and will end on March 24, at 23:30 IST [GMT + 05:30]. Please try to bold your votes, and give retractions in green. Don’t forget to put your actions and kill votes in!

Player List:

Spoiler

1. Quintessential - Tess Mourn Venture Loyalist Soother
2. @Flyingbooks - Lan MinRai
3. Liranil Venture Loyalist Seeker
4. Matrim's Dice - Philico Gneorndin Allrianne Cett
5. @Random Bystander
6. @Ashbringer - Faleast
7. Archer - Dim Venture Loyalist Thug
8. StrikerEZ Zane
9. @Illwei
10. @Gears - Roko the Basilisk
11. @Biplet
12. @The Unknown Order - Nicole Atyo
13. @Whysper
14. @Devotary of Spontaneity
15. @Tani - Reva
16. @PizzaPower55
17. STINK - Udfolt Terris Venture Loyalist
18. @Shard of Reading

Clarification:

Spoiler

No, Allrianne is not a secret role  She was fun to incorporate into write-ups and it was easier to make it seem like she was Gneorndin in disguise. xD

[PizzaPower55 he/him]

dang it

[Biplet she/her]

17 minutes ago, TJ Shade said:

Allrianne Cett!

Wait what does that mean lol

edit: I’m dumb

Edited March 22, 2021 by Biplet

[Illwei]

I too was very confused until I looked at the playerlist?

uhhhhhhhhhhhh

anyways.

27 minutes ago, PizzaPower55 said:

dang it

?

i still have things to do today so uh I'll be back later

my question is why was Quinn killed, unless they were looking to figure out if she was one of them. idk. she didn't really do much besides push me iirc.

Gears

[PizzaPower55 he/him]

6 minutes ago, Illwei said:

?

well 2 villagers got killed and mat wasnt actually gnCettsMistborn so

edit: im an idiot

Edited March 22, 2021 by PizzaPower55

[Illwei]

1 minute ago, PizzaPower55 said:

well 2 villagers got killed and mat wasnt actually gnCettsMistborn so

he was, TJ just
changed the name
because

[PizzaPower55 he/him]

Just now, Illwei said:

he was, TJ just
changed the name
because

yeah i just realized that

[Quivil]

1 hour ago, Illwei said:

he was, TJ just
changed the name
because

But Allriane's a soother not a mistborn! And Gneorndin's not a mistborn!

Oh nvrmind.

TJs already broken canon all over the place.

[Biplet she/her]

Okay so, wow, looks like my suspicion of Quinn was entirely misplaced. Besides myself and Illwei, I think Gears also at one point was in opposition to Quinn?

Quote

Cetts: You want to killwei. You want the Straff dead because that is a kill avenue that you cannot control. This is the Wei. Straff, possibly. At least, that's what the world has been saying. More generally considered Straff than anyone else. You are less likely to die to the X because you can fight the X. The people who strike in the night will not be swayed by your pretty words. Straff: Possibly kill Quinn. They seemed to want Matrim alive. They seemed unusually invested in Matrim's life. Don't they seem Cett to you? Why not strike them down? Both shall die. One way or another, the thunderdome ends in death.

Or at least... told the elims who to kill. Illwei is alive, still, so that's something. Do we think Straff decided to go for Quinn? That feels so... obvious? Maybe that's what they want though haha.

I didn't expect Liranil to die. I'll probably go back through and read their posts, see what could've made them a person of interest.

[+Whysper she/her]

4 hours ago, Illwei said:

my question is why was Quinn killed, unless they were looking to figure out if she was one of them. idk. she didn't really do much besides push me iirc.

2 hours ago, Biplet said:

Okay so, wow, looks like my suspicion of Quinn was entirely misplaced. Besides myself and Illwei, I think Gears also at one point was in opposition to Quinn?

2 hours ago, Biplet said:

Or at least... told the elims who to kill. Illwei is alive, still, so that's something. Do we think Straff decided to go for Quinn? That feels so... obvious? Maybe that's what they want though haha.

For the Quinn NK, I think it is entirely possible that the Straff Elims took her for a Cett with how she was trying to keep Matrim from getting killed. Plus they might have continued taking advice from Gears. It's also possible they wanted to frame someone like Illwei. Otherwise, she wasn't really a good standalone Villager NK since she was under suspicion and had mis-exec potential.

2 hours ago, Biplet said:

I didn't expect Liranil to die. I'll probably go back through and read their posts, see what could've made them a person of interest.

Yeah, the Liranil NK seems like an odd one. I think they were kind of a null read. Definitely not a Villager read and people had some suspicion of them, but they weren't a strong Elim read either. I could actually see this one being a redirected NK.

 

[Quivil]

Reading poke vote. We haven't heard much from him.

@Shard of Reading Do you have anything to say for yourself?

[Illwei]

Well. Well.

I now think that Quinn was killed to kill conversation. so. um. well.

how are yall doing

@Tani what were your thoughts last cycle when you were saying that we should leave Mat alive?

[Quivil]

6 minutes ago, Illwei said:

 

@Tani what were your thoughts last cycle when you were saying that we should leave Mat alive?

I explained them C1 and last cycle.

I felt like any E!Mistborns outed would be NKd by the opposite Elim team.

Edit: And since I was taking that ^^ for granted, I wanted to have us do something different with our vote bc I thought Mat would die anyway so we could kill someone else sus.

Edited March 23, 2021 by Tani

[Random Bystander she/her]

I was so confused until I saw the clarification. 

[Biplet she/her]

6 minutes ago, Illwei said:

how are yall doing

Bit lost tbh. I was set on voting Quinn this cycle

[Quivil]

5 minutes ago, Biplet said:

Bit lost tbh. I was set on voting Quinn this cycle

Well, I guess you could still do that but...

Yes! Vote on Quinn! Pull an Illwei LG74!

 

Edit: @Illwei: What does smh mean?

Edited March 23, 2021 by Tani

[Illwei]

9 minutes ago, Tani said:

Edit: @Illwei: What does smh mean?

uh

why?

when did I say it last? but uh, "Shaking My Head"

[Quivil]

5 minutes ago, Illwei said:

uh

why?

when did I say it last? but uh, "Shaking My Head"

Ok. Thanks! I've been wondering about that since LG74 but didnt want to ask cuz I was accused of playing up my newness.

[Illwei]

Just now, Tani said:

Ok. Thanks! I've been wondering about that since LG74 but didnt want to ask cuz I was accused of playing up my newness.

oh lmao haha. Yeah.

[Gears]

Cetts: I had hoped you would Killwei™, but it seems you abstained out of respect for your Mistborn. Truly a shame. What makes you beholden to them? Straffs: It appears that you did indeed take my advice. I thank you for this. To Lumi: My apologies for misconstruing your continued efforts to not X the Cett Mistborn and kill a very likely Straff as Cett-ish behavior. The Liranil kill was either a redirect or a split vote scattershot. If any Coinshots want to claim redirecting someone, feel free to proclaim your identity and your target. If the Cetts have a Seeker, perhaps that was the cause of the vote. Or the Coinshot, which I find slightly more plausible.

I will analyse the Wei soon, hopefully, but school remains a bane.

---

Roko the Basilisk sharpened a stolen knife, dragging the blade across a whetstone over and over and over again, honing the edge until it appeared to cut through the very air. Zane was dead. Zane was the primary objective. Zane was dead. Promote secondary objective. Gneorndin was dead. Gneorndin was the secondary primary objective. Gneorndin was dead. Promote secondary objective. Vin was the objective. It stood, slinging a stolen backpack over its shoulder as it made its way towards the quartermaster's tent. It slid the knife into a sheath as it moved, leaving one hand on the hilt for easy access.

It entered the tent slowly, stealthily, silently, so successful that the quartermaster did not notice its approach until it was standing at the desk. "Sir," it said in the crisp, military tone of the body it had stolen. "I depart for Luthadel within the hour."

The man bristled, his lips curling into a grimace. "I do not authorise this, Connelly. No one leaves until I give the word."

Roko tilted its head slightly, motors humming softly beneath perfectly crafted skin. "That was not a request." And here the stiff military tone slid away from its voice, revealing its standard voice. "That was a statement of fact."

"Connelly?" the man asked, raising an eyebrow at the change in voice. "What's gotten into you?"

Roko pulled out the knife and slammed it into the wooden desk, careful to avoid bending the blade. "That was not a request." 

As the quartermaster reared back, Roko saved several files recording the reaction and other such measurements. The jaw twitched, eyebrows raised, lips curled back to bare yellowing teeth, shoulders first in the movement, first instinct to fall, not move. "Is that a threat, Connelly?" the quartermaster asked, shock and fear colouring his words.

"Yes," Roko replied calmly, pulling the knife back out of the wood. "I depart for Luthadel within the hour."

There was no more trouble after that. 

[PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: STUDY VIN]

[+Whysper she/her]

1 hour ago, Gears said:

If the Cetts have a Seeker, perhaps that was the cause of the vote.

What did you mean by this? I'm not understanding. Even assuming the vote you are referring to is the Elim vote (you did mention split vote scattershot) and not our execution vote, I'm still not sure what that has to do with a Cett Seeker.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 minute ago, Whysper said:

What did you mean by this? I'm not understanding. Even assuming the vote you are referring to is the Elim vote (you did mention split vote scattershot) and not our execution vote, I'm still not sure what that has to do with a Cett Seeker.

Like a seeker saw her seek, and therefore voted for a powerful role.

[+Whysper she/her]

Just now, The Unknown Order said:

Like a seeker saw her seek, and therefore voted for a powerful role.

Ahh, okay. So like in a previous cycle discovered her role, so then voted to kill her next cycle. I see. Thanks.  

[Flyingbooks]

Because the elims all know their own Mistborn but the Mistborn doesn't know them, we should look for people who've had interactions with Striker or Mat where it seems like they have TMI but Striker or Mat don't, or where it seems like they're trying to hint to Striker/Mat that they're connected.