Orlok Tsubodai

What a fantastic game to have returned to SE for - thank you, @A Joe in the Bushand everyone who made it so much fun. As has been said before, rightly, many congratulations to @TJ Shade for an exceptional inaugural game. I've said it before, but if I were to give my own awards, I'd give a medal of honour to @Straw, for driving so much discussion and playing the game absolutely the right way. I'd also recognise @The Young Pyromancer, who I'd like to reassure I probably won't decide to kill out of spite, for such a brilliant job derailing the thread for so long. finally, @little wilson. the mad watcher was immense fun to play alongside, and our pm was one of the highlights of my game. i hope everyone takes note of how youve demonstrated it is quite possible to play the game for fun, and yet make a real positive contribution to the village.

Pinch hitters are individuals who step in to replace a player who has gone inactive, taking over their role and alignment. In this game, we almost certainly won't be using pinch hitters, as we have a fairly robust inactivity filter.

No, it doesn't. Worry not.

Player list: 1. Gears 2. Matrim's Dice - Rieldi 3. Ashbringer 4. Straw 5. Vapor 6. Shard of Reading - Reading 7. Mist - Lumen 8. Lord_Silberfarben 9. TJ Shade - Box 10. The_Truthwatcher 11. Eternum 12. MysticLotus - Feather 13. TheYoungPyromancer 14. Experience - Drahs Xperience 15. Frozen Mint 16. Ventyl - Aaiden Etteax 17. Fifth Scholar - Al Funcoot 18. Devotary of Spontaneity - Caliex 19. Xinoehp512 - Pelran 20. StrikerEZ - Varen Darland 21. Lahilt - Vilt Fayn Dangera 22. Sparkrunner - Roadwalker

It was well past dusk, the candles flickering near their last, condemned shadows dancing in vain on the stone walls and austere furniture of Prelan Orielle's office. The man himself bore all the hallmarks of mediocrity. A third son of a cadet branch of the Orielle line, of reasonable but limited intellect, and showing not a sign of allomancy, he joined the Canton of Orthodoxy upon adolescence. His career had been predictably uneventful; Fadrex City was far from the political games of Luthadel. It was with great surprise, then, that the Prelan Orielle, hunched over a record book at his desk, was disturbed by a sharp knock on the door and the entry of a Steel Inquisitor - a sight almost legendary to the lower ranks of the Empire's bureaucracy. Surprise turned swiftly to concern, as the Inquisitor turned to the Prelan, and fixed him with a stare, all the more terrifying for the absence of eyes. "Prelan." He spoke, and let the silence build. "It has come to the attention of the Canton of Inquisition that your organisation's grip on the affairs of Fadrex has become irresponsibly loose." The Inquisitor paused, and then turned, gesturing to the darkness outside the small window overlooking the Prelan's desk. "Corruption is rife, naturally, but we have heard rumour of indolence in your record-keeping concerning the skaa plantations." A cold smile grew. "The Lord Patresen so very kindly informed us, upon our... questioning, of skaa escaping his lands, and of no small number of boxings changing hands to avoid scrutiny of this inconvenient fact. You will, no doubt, understand why this concerns us." Stepping forward, now unpleasantly close to the Prelan, the voice continued: "We have men to deal with the skaa. They shall be reminded of their place, worry not about that." Placing an unyielding, firm hand on the shoulder of the Prelan, he finished: "You have your own misdeeds to concern you." A body fell, and the Inquisitor turned, and left the room. Welcome to QF45: To Set an Example! STINK shall be my esteemed co-GM. This is an almost entirely vanilla game. There are two factions; the Skaa Thieving Crew, and the Obligators sent to infiltrate their ranks, and put the terror of the Lord Ruler into the hearts of those who might oppose him. The Obligators have a doc within which to plot, and a kill every cycle. Cycles will last 24 hours, with rollover at midnight BST (UTC+1). PMs will be open, but must include myself. Group PMs are disallowed. There will be no roles beyond your alignment. The major chance from normal games is that voting each cycle is compulsory. STINK's compassion is greater than mine, and I have been required to grant each player two "grace" cycles throughout the game, to account for issues that may spring up in your personal lives. If you fail to vote for three cycles during the game, you will die. Tied lynches shall be decided randomly between the players with the most votes. The game will begin in just over 7 days, at 00:01 BST on Sunday the 21st June. Quicklinks

My apologies, Pyro. Just to check, why can't you kill me?

I was outed? When? I thought we agreed to keep my alignment quiet, Pyro. What's the point in busing the three of you if you go and reveal my alignment?...

Can I suggest the village coinshot kills either Pyro or Fura? If the eliminators have a lurcher, it doesn't seem sensible to let them know which we're asking to be targeted.

a shame, really, that it wasnt someone we didnt already know was evil. alas.

Post analysis up to this point. I had hoped to break this down by player, and work through them. Will do so tomorrow, as doubt we'll get much of use out of the rest of this cycle. Summary for those who can't be bothered to read it (there are easter eggs in there. Please read it. it took hours). Straw, Pyro, Fura pretty clearly evil. Think BR and Shard of Reading also likely evil as a result. It would be nice if scanners and vigilantes hit these people today, if they feel kind. Whole set of village reads in my analysis - read it! I'll summarise better when it isn't 2:30am and when I do the posts by player.

If Straw is evil, as I believe him to be, I'm pretty convinced that BR and Shard are evil. Pyro I am absolutely convinced is evil either way. Another long post being worked on, will follow at some point in the next four hours.

I'll engage with the idea and with the end of last cycle and the result when I've had another coffee, but to aid your conversation can confirm that Wilson is, indeed, a gossip.

I'm afraid I haven't caught all the way up, but it is 2am, and I really do not have the energy to get through the last 25 or so posts. As such, my thoughts up to my last post: Posts by game Cycle Posts by turn Player: Key content: Thoughts on content: Alignment indicative: Vote: Retractions: 1 D1 1 Silberfarben Hasn't received PM N/A NAI 2 D1 2 Elkanah Welcomes all to game N/A NAI 3 D1 3 DeTess Elims need to kill Bleeder, Bleeder needs to keep Elims alive. Can't trust Bodyguard protection. Elims might want to double tap anyoen with bodyguard protection. Focus of village should be on eliminators, not Bleeder. Mild village. Suggests that he was trying to give advice to eliminator team in mutual interest. Mild village 4 D1 4 Elkanah Jokes about dispersing Less likely for eliminator to joke about it Mild village 5 D1 5 Silberfarben RP N/A NAI 6 D1 6 Emi Asks if we are playing in this thread Eliminator with so little knowledge would ask elim doc Moderate village read 7 D1 7 Silberfarben Confirms we are playing in this thread N/A NAI 8 D1 8 DeTess Dscribes thread creation each cycle N/A NAI 9 D1 9 Straw Responds to DeTess' post. Corrects DeTess stating that Flogs is a role scanner, saying that's what renowned are. Also recommends Flogs be careful. Says we shouldn't trust anyone who has survived. Says focusing on Bleeder would probably be a waste of effort. Gut read against "probably". Possible Renowned? Very mild evil 10 D1 10 Coda Lots of players. Tells Flogs not to die. Feels like a comment to appear good, not add value Mild to moderate evil 11 D1 11 Matrim Asks how many eliminators there normally are. Suggests 3/1 ratio. Unsure. Genuine question or attempt to appear as confused villager. Unsure. 12 D1 12 Straw Responds to Matrim. Says normally 20%-25% eliminators. Suggests seven or eight. N/A. Reconsider if Straw flips evil. NAI 13 D1 13 Karnage Suggests we need to get rid of 7-8 constables if Straw to be believed. Questions whether Elkanah's joke about dispersing was a sign for future constables. Less likely that Straw and Karnage on the same team if one evil. Think genuine uncertainty around constables, but unclear. Very mild village 14 D1 14 Matrim Also questions whether Elkanah's joke was serious. Very marginally less likely Matrim and Karnage on the same team if either evil. NAI 15 D1 15 Emi Apologises for asking questions, asks what we are meant to do. Genuine uncertainty Moderate village read 16 D1 16 Matrim Says also wondering what to do. Thinks first cycle about gut reads and waiting for mistakes. Jokes about being a villager. Thinks eliminators will bandwagon because they have a doc. Some village, some evil. Think naivity around bandwagon suggests possible non-eliminator. Mild village read 17 D1 17 Kynedath Says we need to look for people acting in a suspicious manner. Says we're unlikely to hit an eliminator D1, but lynching D1 is a big way to gain info. Won't vote on D1 for moral reasons.Says poke voting may be less likely. Is going to try to be more active. Contradictory, but appears to be consistent with previous behaviour. NAI 18 D1 18 Emi Thanks Kynedath N/A NAI 19 D1 19 Elkanah Explains disperse vote a joke. Says game doesn't start properly until C3 Disagree with C3. Possible attempt to prevent analysis. Unlikely. NAI 20 D1 20 Matrim Says he recieved a notification that Xino posted, but no post N/A NAI 21 D1 21 Straw Says we should try our hardest for a D1 lynch despite limited information. D1 vote gives basis for future discussion. Checked the rules and elims do have a doc. Says Eliminators unlikely to bandwagon. Agree re D1 lynch. Checking rules for elim doc feels forced. Mild evil 22 D1 22 Elkanah Says they like no retraction mechanic. Expresses belief in Kynedath re activity. N/A NAI 23 D1 23 Matrim Says he won't be low profile N/A NAI 24 D1 24 Xino Rules analysis. Suggests Flogs actually better off sharing identity with constables. Nothing at all controversial. Post to appear active? V. mild evil 25 D1 25 Emi Says Xino's post contains a lot of information. Again, feels genuine Mild village 26 D1 26 Elkanah Dowser has normal village win condition. Says game information heavy. With gambling tycoons, c. 34 lives in game. None NAI 27 D1 27 Striker Welcomes new players. Asks Joe about PM mechanic. Says Xino stated his thoughts on the game. Suggests possibly 9 eliminators, because Joe is a troll. Less likely evil if Straw evil NAI 28 D1 28 Matrim Asks further re PM mechanic N/A NAI 29 D1 29 HH Says many kills each cycle. Says C1 lynch may be a bit much, but opportunity for village to direct a kill. No vote. Absence fo vote despite conclusion interesting. Ignores strong eliminator ability to direct early lynch. Mild evil 30 D1 30 Straw Agrees that nine eliminators is a possibility if strong village or weak eliminator team. Poke votes Araris Sensible analysis Mild village Araris 31 D1 31 Mist Says 3 vote lynch requirement only C1. Says Bleeder won't want to kill too many eliminators too quickly. N/A NAI 32 D1 32 Matrim Asks whether Straw has miscounted N/A NAI 33 D1 33 Straw Clarifies to Matrim his poke vote N/A NAI 34 D1 34 wilson rp. roleclaims gossip. gut reads against straw and karnage. votes straw. in character with wilson having fun. very mild village straw 35 D1 35 Straw Asks why Wilson has bad gut read against Karnage and himself. Says Xino's post bothers him. Makes sensible point re Xino - agree. Yet keeps poke vote and doesn't vote based on what botehrs him? Unsure. 36 D1 36 Pyro Says he is going to be less active as he doesn't want to die early. Not helpful to village. Obfuscates reads. Mild evil 37 D1 37 wilson says a gut read is a gut read. not able to explain it. doesnt feel a need to justify herself. nai 38 D1 38 Matrim Confuses Straw's poke vote. Votes on Straw. Quick to leap on misunderstanding. Unlikely to be on a team with Straw. Possibly too eager for a lynch? Unsure - revisit if Straw dies Straw 39 D1 39 Straw Tells Pyro his playstyle isn't useful. Explains poke vote. Agree re play style. Very mild village 40 D1 40 wilson explains straws poke vote. n/a nai 41 D1 41 Pyro Complains about Straw being suspicious of those who post less. Remains committed to it. Overacting? Seems committed to low involvement playstyle. Mild evil 42 D1 42 Xino Finishes rule review. Still no engagement with actual players. Very mild evil 43 D1 43 Straw Questions whether Matrim was trying to get a lynch train started on him Seems to be genuine confusion from Matrim. Excuse to cast suspicion on him? Still has poke vote on Araris. Very mild evil 44 D1 44 Dot RP N/A NAI 45 D1 45 Matrim Retracts from Straw, poke votes on Archivist following Straw's pattern. Yet less likely that Straw and Matrim on the same team. NAI Archivist Straw 46 D1 46 Elkanah Says their point was more lynches to lylo. Therefore more information. Sensible enough NAI 47 D1 47 wilson explains her posting style n/a nai 48 D1 48 Karnage Votes on Fura. Asks whether Wilson's style is to confuse people. Seems like honest question NAI Fura 49 D1 49 wilson explains her style and why shes doing it agree wholeheartedly nai 50 D1 50 Devotary Says killing anyone who survives a lynch could be killing Flogs Fair observation NAI 51 D1 51 Karnage Responds positively to Wilson n/a NAI 52 D1 52 Pyro Congratulates Karnage on post count Waste of thread... NAI 53 D1 53 Matrim Congratulates Straw on post count Waste of thread... NAI 54 D1 54 Bugsy Says he will be inactive this cycle due to essay N/A NAI 55 D1 55 BR Complains about too many posts. Mixes up village an eliminator names. Says eliminator team would be hilariously big with seven or eight people. Have muslynched for mixing names before. Worth watching. Agrees with Straw that team probably not bigger than seven or eight. Possible that on same team if evil, trying to sell smaller team? Mild evil 56 D1 56 Orlok Votes on Straw as third vote. Has missed Matrim's retraction. Is an idiot. Can't even read properly. Village 57 D1 57 Pyro Questions whether game could have fewer elims than normal to make village paranoid. Not helpful to state - shouldn't be lowering people's guard. Moderate evil. 58 D1 58 Straw Says village win if bleeder also dead. Asks Orlok's reasoning for vote. Moves discussion on. NAI 59 D1 59 Emi Says they're going to sleep N/A NAI 60 D1 60 Orlok Vote on Straw is gut. Wanted to make three vote lynch. See above. Clearly an idiot. Village 61 D1 61 Fura Tells Pyro never played a game where he died C1. Says he has complained about C1 death every game, so NAI. Votes on Karnage in retailiation Useful information. NAI Karnage 62 D1 62 Pyro Says worst he has been is neutral. Lists early deaths. Sympathy appeal. Reminds everyone never evil - so can't be this time? Moderate evil. Pyro 63 D1 63 Fura Says Pyro's early deaths all ages ago. Says Striker became more active after repeatedly dying early. Still no vote on Pyro? Unsure 64 D1 64 Striker Comments on previous early deaths N/A NAI 65 D1 65 Matrim Asks if he can PM Joe whenever Seems genuine confusion Strong village 66 D1 66 Fura Answers Matrim N/A NAI 67 D1 67 Pyro Thinks renowned are alignment scanners. If evil would know this not to be case Mild village 68 D1 68 Karnage Poke votes God King, retracts from Fura for posting Not helpful use of votes. Consistent. NAI God King Fura 69 D1 69 Arraenae Win con analysis. Useful information. NAI 70 D1 70 Araris Votes on Karnage for poke voting only Fair enough vote. Mild village Karnage 71 D1 71 Orlok Multiquote. Thinks Emi village. Worried about Xino, Coda, Straw, Pyro Needs to get some sleep Village 72 D1 72 Matrim Says his vote is staying on Archivist, but agrees with Orlok re worry about Coda Seems to believe in poke votes. NAI 73 D1 73 Elkanah Says Coda's behaviour is standard for them. Won't vote on KArnage as tunnelled on them last game. Useful information. NAI 74 D1 74 Pyro Again says he has never been mafia. Says he is disappointed not to be soemthing interesting. Very strong gut against this. EVIL 75 D1 75 Matrim Asks what NAI means Would probably be asked in elim doc if in one Mild village 76 D1 76 Elkanah Apologises for using acronym N/A NAI 77 D1 77 Straw Says language picked up by Orlok is normal for him. Says suspicious of Xino, Pyro, Karnage. Will be fine with Pyro if he starts posting. Lots of connections. NAI 78 D1 78 Arraenae Tells Orlok that people are saving PMs True, misses Orlok's point NAI 79 D1 79 Pyro Does basic role analysis Not alignment indicative posting. Doesn't give information on relationships between players. NAI 80 D1 80 Fura Does elim count analysis. Suggests 9 eliminators. V useful post. High elim count - not downplaying Mild village 81 D1 81 Straw Asks Pyro for reads. Asks Orlok why he village reads Emi. V sensible post re Pyro. Mild village 82 D1 82 Straw Answers Joe N/A NAI 83 D1 83 Matrim Asks Straw if he passed his test N/A NAI 84 D1 84 Pyro Says Wilson being weird makes it hard to read her. Queries whether this is her point? Thinks Matrim playing oddly. Village reads Karnage. Says Straw and Orlok making a big deal of his posting differently, but Straw being reasonable. Can't spell my name. Disagree with most of his analysis, but appreciate him putting it there Unsure 85 D1 85 Sart Vote count. Votes on Straw for not giving his own reads, and to force a vote. Thinks Karnage playing normally. Agree with him. Mild village Straw 86 D1 86 Matrim Says he poke voted Archivist. Says Straw leaving vote on Araris is odd. Poke voting isn't useful. Fair observation re Straw. Unsure 87 D1 87 Pyro Votes on Straw for leaving vote on Araris Better than nothing Unsure - revisit if Straw dies Straw 88 D1 88 Straw Replies to Araris, says he has given thoughts on players. Gives further reads. Kynedath village for helping players. HH elim read due to waffle. NAI on Coda. Araris suspicious. Wilson suspiciousish. Then says "Araris posted?" Moves vote to Xino. Great that giving reads. V useful. Araris read then question whether they've posted v. odd. Ask about this. Unsure but useful Xino Araris 89 D1 89 Pyro Elkanah posting a lot not saying much. Moves vote from Straw to Elkanah Vote on Straw NAI. Possibly distancing. Unsure Elkanah Straw 90 D1 90 Karnage Asks what is wrong with poke voting. Says Orlok shouldn't think they are a villager just because he forgot the elim doc exists. Identifies Pyro's post trying to slip under the radar. No vote on Pyro for this? Village gut on this post. Moderate village read 91 D1 91 Xino Vote count. Gives reads. Trusts Elkanah on gut. Says he doesn't agree with Orlok's vote on Straw. Sart vote based on false information. Votes on Sart for bandwagonning. Seems justifiable belief. Mild village Sart 92 D1 92 Araris Defends Sart, suspicious of Xino. Fair enough. Mild village 93 D1 93 Matrim Village read Straw for honest contributions. Village reads Pyro. Slight elim reads on Sart and Araris. Elim read on Elkanah for joke. Xino gut village. Still poke voting Archivist Elim read on Elkanah odd. Misunderstanding of game makes me think doesn't have a team. Mild village 94 D1 94 Elkanah Says doesn't want to lynch active players N/A NAI 95 D1 95 God King Says he is lurking. Terrible strategy. That he's admitting to it is less likely if evil. Mild village 96 D1 96 BR Points out to Matrim that eliminators less likely to make jokes. Reads it as NAI for Elkanah. Doesn't want to lynch Straw when he is this active. Thinks Pyro NAI. Village vibe for Fura. Defends Pyro again. Strong connection with Pyro Moderate evil. 97 D1 97 Pyro Informs BR that when retractign a vote you have to place a new one N/A NAI 98 D1 98 BR Correcting misunderstanding N/A NAI 99 D1 99 Kynedath Rules analysis. Dispersion less important than had initially thought. Reads: BR neutral, but post suspicious. Xino not suspicious for going through roles. Like Straw's activity. Doesn't like lynch on Karnage. Suspicious of DeTess. Bad gut on God King. Reads feel genuine. Agree re Karnage. Disagree re DeTess. Mild village. 100 D1 100 Zillah Thinks Kynedath's attempt at new playstyle leans vilage. Elkanah's joke NAI. Suspicious of Sart for adding pressure to Straw. Disagrees with Xino that Sart is bandwagoning. Asks Matrim why he thinks Xino leans elim. Reads feel genuine. Particularly like nuance on Sart. Mild village 101 D1 101 Pyro God King a lurker Obviously NAI 102 D1 102 Emi Says they're here N/A NAI 103 D1 103 God King Admits to lurking - only posted to vote next cycle We should lynch lurkers on policy. Moderate village read 104 D1 104 Arraenae Deep dive on Straw. Thinks no WGG if Straw evil. Thinks possible connection between Straw and Araris. Identifies lack of vote on Xino. Thinks Straw is acting like Orlok used to by pushing others for reads. Thinks Straw lynch would be information rich, but enjoys Straw's new playstyle. Wants to leave him alove for a few more turns. Votes on Sart as disagrees with him on Straw. Red flag at Straw acting like "old!Orlok". I had a very, very high rate of being evil during that period. Mild village Sart 105 D1 105 BR Says she is feeling better but is meant to be asleep N/A NAI 106 D1 106 Emi RP N/A NAI 107 D1 107 Striker Confused by God King, and by suspicion on Straw. Thinks Straw's playstyle is typical of him in recent games. Suspicion of Straw not driven by playstyle Mild evil 108 D1 108 Orlok Explains info-gathering lynch logic on Straw Anyone who comments on this to me gets a prize. Village 109 D1 109 BR Doesn't want to lynch most active player for info gathering, so against lynching Straw. Second connection with Straw. Possible teammates? Mild evil 110 D1 110 DeTess Asks Orlok to explain village read on Emi. Responds to Kynedath's question on their activity. Says Pyro is playing very defensively. Doubts there are nine eliminators due to early stage LyLo. Thinks Araris and Sart not teammates. Votes on Fura, suspicious of Pyro, God King. I should probably respond to this at some point. Agree strongly re Pyro. Agree re Araris and Sart. Mild village Fura 111 D1 111 Silberfarben RP, will be inactive going forward N/A NAI 112 D1 112 Coda Defends Straw. Thinks Straw a villager. DOes not think anyone is suspicious. Strong link with Straw, obviously. Teammates if either evil? Mild evil 113 D1 113 Straw Disagrees with Orlok's views on information lynching. Thinks it corrupts information you get. THinks we should focus on suspicion. Well made argument. NAI 114 D1 114 Karnage Questions Araris on his willingness to bandwagon but not poke vote. Thinks Sart and Araris are on a team. Strong disagreement on both points. Bandwagon here generates much more information. Poke votes totally useless. Mild evil 115 D1 115 Orlok Explains view on information imbalance. Clearly hasn't properly read Straw's post re corrupted information Village 116 D1 116 Matrim Suspicious of Xino because everyone else is. Village reads Orlok, Straw, BR, Kynedath. Elim reads Sart, God King, Araris. Votes on Sart, retracts from Archivist Weak reasoning, but unafraid to post weak reasoning. Disagree with almost all reads. Mild village Sart Archivist 117 D1 117 Shard of Reading Apologises for inactivity. Defends Straw because first round lynches inaccurate, doesn't sound like an eliminator, seems to be drawing information out of people. Bizarre reasoning - first point would apply to anyone. Unsure why singling Straw out - inexperienced and defending teammate? Likely evil if Straw evil. Moderate evil. 118 D1 118 Emi Asks where we vote Utter confusion Village 119 D1 119 Matrim Explains how you vote N/A NAI 120 D1 120 Straw Responds to Orlok on infolynching. Thinks Sart and Araris suspicious. Thinks Pyro and Xino suspicious, but less so than earlier. Asks Emi what they feel like about Orlok village reading them. Surprised by belief that both Sart *and* Araris evil. THink if so, either or. Mild village 121 D1 121 Emi Talks about changing vote colour N/A NAI 122 D1 122 Experience Comments on Straw. Thinks he isn't a Serial Killer. Votes on God King. God King lynch is ultra low information. Waste of a cycle. Why comment on Straw? Mild evil God King 123 D1 123 Kynedath Thinks infolynching weak. Brutal philosophy that encourages inactivity. Suspicious of Orlok. Disagree, but understand sentiment. NAI 124 D1 124 God King Says doesn't bother engaging D1 because nothing good comes out of it Wouldn't D2 be the same if we didn't engage D1? NAI 125 D1 125 Straw Disagrees with God King's logic Eminently sensible NAI 126 D1 126 Shard of Reading Asks what C1 is N/A NAI 127 D1 127 Kynedath Answers Shard of Reading re C1 N/A NAI 128 D1 128 Straw Answers Shard of Reading re C1 N/A NAI 129 D1 129 Shard of Reading Asks for explanation without acronyms N/A NAI 130 D1 130 God King Gets very defensive at Straw's challenge. Says they can't contribute to analysis. Felt like genuine feeling wrt Straw. Probably not both evil. Unsure 131 D1 131 Kynedath Explains acronyms N/A NAI 132 D1 132 God King Explains length of cycles N/A NAI 133 D1 133 Straw Explains acronyms N/A NAI 134 D1 134 Matrim Asks Silberfarben and Dot for reads as they have RPed but not posted Sensible request NAI 135 D1 135 Shard of Reading Votes to lynch the God King for trying to "stall" What does he mean by stalling? God King almost our worst possible lynch. Mild evil 136 D1 136 Striker Agrees with Straw re infolynch. N/A NAI 137 D1 137 God King Seems bitter about Shard's response Unlikely Shard and God King on a team. If evil would be trying harder to stay alive? Mild village 138 D1 138 Shard of Reading Asks people not to read too much into his vote. Deep gut feeling against this. Moderate to strong evil 139 D1 139 DeTess Points out God King flying under radar, can't complain about lynch votes. N/A NAI 140 D1 140 Matrim Clarifies Shard's meaning re "moving" Siblings? NAI 141 D1 141 Shard of Reading Complains about having to think. Gut evil Moderate evil. 142 D1 142 God King Has no analysis, didn't want to post. Anyone can analyse. Unsure 143 D1 143 Matrim Reading NAI on God King None NAI 144 D1 144 DeTess Thinks God King likely non-elim given motive. Asks God King to contribute later. Agree strongly Moderate/strong village 145 D1 145 Straw Encourages GOd King to be active N/A NAI 146 D1 146 Emi Votes on Kynedath No rationale, probably villager Mild village Kynedath 147 D1 147 Kynedath Asks why Emi voted on them N/A NAI 148 D1 148 Emi Voted on Kynedath because it was "all too good" Unsure what they mean. Potential liability in late game even if village? NAI 149 D1 149 Kynedath Asks for explanation from Emi N/A NAI 150 D1 150 Emi Misunderstands Kynedath N/A NAI 151 D1 151 Straw Also asks for Emi's reason for their vote Seems clear enough that Emi is confused. Wanting to seem active/helpful? NAI 152 D1 152 Emi Says vote on Kynedath just felt right. Apologises. Feels like no ulterior motives here. Young? Mild village 153 D1 153 Kynedath Asks Emi to retract vote and place it elsewhere if they have any other suspicions N/A NAI 154 D1 154 Straw Gives Emi benefit of the doubt Only sensible answer here NAI 155 D1 155 Pyro Thinks Emi suspicious. Retracts Elkanah, votes on Emi. Thinks Orlok suspicious. Disagree vehemently re Emi. Strong evil Emi Elkanah 156 D1 156 Emi Says they will retract their vote Needs to read rules again Moderate village 157 D1 157 Kynedath Explains retraction mechanic to Emi Remarkably tolerant. NAI 158 D1 158 Emi Says they will reread thread then vote again N/A NAI 159 D1 159 Pyro Says Emi clearly doesn't have any other reads Give the new player some leeway! Thinks Emi an easy lynch? Mild evil 160 D1 160 Emi Says they are still learning Genuine Mild village 161 D1 161 Pyro Says voting for Emi to be more aggressive Be more aggressive when you have good reason, not to get an easy lynch. Mild evil 162 D1 162 Karnage Asks if people saw his post N/A NAI 163 D1 163 Straw Provides vote count N/A NAI 164 D1 164 Striker Votes on Karnage as logic in posts feels weird. DOesn't like how Karnage feels Sart and Araris in alignment. Agree that Sart and Araris not bound together. Unsure Karnage 165 D1 165 Emi Says they agree with Striker, ask how they change their vote Looking for easy alternative? Mild evil 166 D1 166 Matrim Corrects Straw's vote count N/A NAI 167 D1 167 Straw Explains to Emi how to change vote. Says Orlok, Wilson, Sart have been quiet. Thinks Orlok writing a long post. Doesn't make any analysis - just comments that they have been quiet. NAI 168 D1 168 Matrim Not sure why people voting om Karnage To be honest, I don't really see it either. Karnage just feels like a blind spot to me Unsure 169 D1 169 Shard of Reading Further corrects Straw's vote count N/A NAI 170 D1 170 DeTess Heading off for the night and possibly cycle N/A NAI 171 D1 171 Straw Asks DeTess for last minute reads N/A NAI 172 D1 172 Karnage Voted on Sart because thinks Sart and Araris teammates, and so evil. Araris has no posts. Logical enough, even if I disagree. Don't see evil read from this. Mild village 173 D1 173 Emi Retracts Kynedath, votes Karnage Bandwagoning Mild evil Karnage Kynedath 174 D1 174 Araris Poke votes useless. Addresses Karnage's suspicion of him. Sensible enough riposte. Agree on poke votes. Mild village 175 D1 175 Striker Explains suspicion of Karnage comes from Karnage's post attacking Sart and Araris Feels genuine Mild village 176 D1 176 Karnage Suggests bandwagons better in the second half of the cycle. Reaffirms belief that Araris and Sart are teammates. Disagree on both. NAI 177 D1 177 Pyro Finds inconsistency in Karnage's views on poke votes. Retracts Emi, votes Karnage Good observation. Agree that probably trying to save themselves. Don't think that is alignment indicative here. NAI Karnage Emi 178 D1 178 Emi Says Karnage going to be eliminated N/A NAI 179 D1 179 Straw Responds to Emi N/A NAI 180 D1 180 Matrim Asks for vote count N/A NAI 181 D1 181 Karnage Thinks he has been consistent. Thinks Sart, Araris, Striker and Pyro on a team. Accepting of death. Disagree re team. Don't get evil gut read here Unsure 182 D1 182 Archivist Gut village on Straw, gut eliminator on God King and Sart None Unsure 183 D1 183 Orlok Large post #1 Needs to go to bed. Village Pyro Straw Summary, given none of you read that: Strong elim reads on: Pyro Shard of Reading (worst post for me being #117). Milder elim reads on: Straw (see connections to Shard of Reading, Coda, BR BR (see connections to Pyro, Straw) Coda Mild village reads: Wilson Araris Sart Village reads: Matrim Emi Kynedath DeTess God King I'm going to remove my vote from Pyro, although I am convinced he is evil, and return my vote to Straw. For me, there is too much of a connection going on around Straw, with new players coming out of nowhere to defend him with arguments that read to me only as fabrication. I think the attempted lynch on God King by a number of players involved in this circle was opportunism. Lynching Straw, for me, gives very high quality information on a set of players I am suspicious of.

Next post will be in a couple of hours at least. I'm shortly to make myself supper, and as you can imagine, taking these notes is a time consuming process. With regards to your views on new player confusion, I agree that it can be faked, absolutely. I'm not sure that it can be faked well easily. This is where judgement and gut come in, I suppose, and my judgement tells me that the confusion from the two of them was genuine.

For the record, I remain suspicious of Straw, and will return my vote to him should people disagree with me re Pyro. I will summarise my thoughts on him later, but suggest you read the relevant lines of my larger post.

I was assured this would work. Forgive me if it doesn't. Up to the beginning of page five so far, but wanted to post what I had before finishing. Conclusions and links to follow when I've caught up, but for now, Straw, Pyro. Posts by game Cycle Posts by turn Player: Key content: Thoughts on content: Alignment indicative: Vote: Retractions: 1 D1 1 Silberfarben Hasn't received PM N/A NAI 2 D1 2 Elkanah Welcomes all to game N/A NAI 3 D1 3 DeTess Elims need to kill Bleeder, Bleeder needs to keep Elims alive. Can't trust Bodyguard protection. Elims might want to double tap anyoen with bodyguard protection. Focus of village should be on eliminators, not Bleeder. Mild village. Suggests that he was trying to give advice to eliminator team in mutual interest. Mild village 4 D1 4 Elkanah Jokes about dispersing Less likely for eliminator to joke about it Mild village 5 D1 5 Silberfarben RP N/A NAI 6 D1 6 Emi Asks if we are playing in this thread Eliminator with so little knowledge would ask elim doc Moderate village read 7 D1 7 Silberfarben Confirms we are playing in this thread N/A NAI 8 D1 8 DeTess Dscribes thread creation each cycle N/A NAI 9 D1 9 Straw Responds to DeTess' post. Corrects DeTess stating that Flogs is a role scanner, saying that's what renowned are. Also recommends Flogs be careful. Says we shouldn't trust anyone who has survived. Says focusing on Bleeder would probably be a waste of effort. Gut read against "probably". Possible Renowned? Very mild evil 10 D1 10 Coda Lots of players. Tells Flogs not to die. Feels like a comment to appear good, not add value Mild to moderate evil 11 D1 11 Matrim Asks how many eliminators there normally are. Suggests 3/1 ratio. Unsure. Genuine question or attempt to appear as confused villager. Unsure. 12 D1 12 Straw Responds to Matrim. Says normally 20%-25% eliminators. Suggests seven or eight. N/A. Reconsider if Straw flips evil. NAI 13 D1 13 Karnage Suggests we need to get rid of 7-8 constables if Straw to be believed. Questions whether Elkanah's joke about dispersing was a sign for future constables. Less likely that Straw and Karnage on the same team if one evil. Think genuine uncertainty around constables, but unclear. Very mild village 14 D1 14 Matrim Also questions whether Elkanah's joke was serious. Very marginally less likely Matrim and Karnage on the same team if either evil. NAI 15 D1 15 Emi Apologises for asking questions, asks what we are meant to do. Genuine uncertainty Moderate village read 16 D1 16 Matrim Says also wondering what to do. Thinks first cycle about gut reads and waiting for mistakes. Jokes about being a villager. Thinks eliminators will bandwagon because they have a doc. Some village, some evil. Think naivity around bandwagon suggests possible non-eliminator. Mild village read 17 D1 17 Kynedath Says we need to look for people acting in a suspicious manner. Says we're unlikely to hit an eliminator D1, but lynching D1 is a big way to gain info. Won't vote on D1 for moral reasons.Says poke voting may be less likely. Is going to try to be more active. Contradictory, but appears to be consistent with previous behaviour. NAI 18 D1 18 Emi Thanks Kynedath N/A NAI 19 D1 19 Elkanah Explains disperse vote a joke. Says game doesn't start properly until C3 Disagree with C3. Possible attempt to prevent analysis. Unlikely. NAI 20 D1 20 Matrim Says he recieved a notification that Xino posted, but no post N/A NAI 21 D1 21 Straw Says we should try our hardest for a D1 lynch despite limited information. D1 vote gives basis for future discussion. Checked the rules and elims do have a doc. Says Eliminators unlikely to bandwagon. Agree re D1 lynch. Checking rules for elim doc feels forced. Mild evil 22 D1 22 Elkanah Says they like no retraction mechanic. Expresses belief in Kynedath re activity. N/A NAI 23 D1 23 Matrim Says he won't be low profile N/A NAI 24 D1 24 Xino Rules analysis. Suggests Flogs actually better off sharing identity with constables. Nothing at all controversial. Post to appear active? V. mild evil 25 D1 25 Emi Says Xino's post contains a lot of information. Again, feels genuine Mild village 26 D1 26 Elkanah Dowser has normal village win condition. Says game information heavy. With gambling tycoons, c. 34 lives in game. None NAI 27 D1 27 Striker Welcomes new players. Asks Joe about PM mechanic. Says Xino stated his thoughts on the game. Suggests possibly 9 eliminators, because Joe is a troll. Less likely evil if Straw evil NAI 28 D1 28 Matrim Asks further re PM mechanic N/A NAI 29 D1 29 HH Says many kills each cycle. Says C1 lynch may be a bit much, but opportunity for village to direct a kill. No vote. Absence fo vote despite conclusion interesting. Ignores strong eliminator ability to direct early lynch. Mild evil 30 D1 30 Straw Agrees that nine eliminators is a possibility if strong village or weak eliminator team. Poke votes Araris Sensible analysis Mild village Araris 31 D1 31 Mist Says 3 vote lynch requirement only C1. Says Bleeder won't want to kill too many eliminators too quickly. N/A NAI 32 D1 32 Matrim Asks whether Straw has miscounted N/A NAI 33 D1 33 Straw Clarifies to Matrim his poke vote N/A NAI 34 D1 34 wilson rp. roleclaims gossip. gut reads against straw and karnage. votes straw. in character with wilson having fun. very mild village straw 35 D1 35 Straw Asks why Wilson has bad gut read against Karnage and himself. Says Xino's post bothers him. Makes sensible point re Xino - agree. Yet keeps poke vote and doesn't vote based on what botehrs him? Unsure. 36 D1 36 Pyro Says he is going to be less active as he doesn't want to die early. Not helpful to village. Obfuscates reads. Mild evil 37 D1 37 wilson says a gut read is a gut read. not able to explain it. doesnt feel a need to justify herself. nai 38 D1 38 Matrim Confuses Straw's poke vote. Votes on Straw. Quick to leap on misunderstanding. Unlikely to be on a team with Straw. Possibly too eager for a lynch? Unsure - revisit if Straw dies Straw 39 D1 39 Straw Tells Pyro his playstyle isn't useful. Explains poke vote. Agree re play style. Very mild village 40 D1 40 wilson explains straws poke vote. n/a nai 41 D1 41 Pyro Complains about Straw being suspicious of those who post less. Remains committed to it. Overacting? Seems committed to low involvement playstyle. Mild evil 42 D1 42 Xino Finishes rule review. Still no engagement with actual players. Very mild evil 43 D1 43 Straw Questions whether Matrim was trying to get a lynch train started on him Seems to be genuine confusion from Matrim. Excuse to cast suspicion on him? Still has poke vote on Araris. Very mild evil 44 D1 44 Dot RP N/A NAI 45 D1 45 Matrim Retracts from Straw, poke votes on Archivist following Straw's pattern. Yet less likely that Straw and Matrim on the same team. NAI Archivist Straw 46 D1 46 Elkanah Says their point was more lynches to lylo. Therefore more information. Sensible enough NAI 47 D1 47 wilson explains her posting style n/a nai 48 D1 48 Karnage Votes on Fura. Asks whether Wilson's style is to confuse people. Seems like honest question NAI Fura 49 D1 49 wilson explains her style and why shes doing it agree wholeheartedly nai 50 D1 50 Devotary Says killing anyone who survives a lynch could be killing Flogs Fair observation NAI 51 D1 51 Karnage Responds positively to Wilson n/a NAI 52 D1 52 Pyro Congratulates Karnage on post count Waste of thread... NAI 53 D1 53 Matrim Congratulates Straw on post count Waste of thread... NAI 54 D1 54 Bugsy Says he will be inactive this cycle due to essay N/A NAI 55 D1 55 BR Complains about too many posts. Mixes up village an eliminator names. Says eliminator team would be hilariously big with seven or eight people. Have muslynched for mixing names before. Worth watching. Agrees with Straw that team probably not bigger than seven or eight. Possible that on same team if evil, trying to sell smaller team? Mild evil 56 D1 56 Orlok Votes on Straw as third vote. Has missed Matrim's retraction. Is an idiot. Can't even read properly. Village 57 D1 57 Pyro Questions whether game could have fewer elims than normal to make village paranoid. Not helpful to state - shouldn't be lowering people's guard. Moderate evil. 58 D1 58 Straw Says village win if bleeder also dead. Asks Orlok's reasoning for vote. Moves discussion on. NAI 59 D1 59 Emi Says they're going to sleep N/A NAI 60 D1 60 Orlok Vote on Straw is gut. Wanted to make three vote lynch. See above. Clearly an idiot. Village 61 D1 61 Fura Tells Pyro never played a game where he died C1. Says he has complained about C1 death every game, so NAI. Votes on Karnage in retailiation Useful information. NAI Karnage 62 D1 62 Pyro Says worst he has been is neutral. Lists early deaths. Sympathy appeal. Reminds everyone never evil - so can't be this time? Moderate evil. Pyro 63 D1 63 Fura Says Pyro's early deaths all ages ago. Says Striker became more active after repeatedly dying early. Still no vote on Pyro? Unsure 64 D1 64 Striker Comments on previous early deaths N/A NAI 65 D1 65 Matrim Asks if he can PM Joe whenever Seems genuine confusion Strong village 66 D1 66 Fura Answers Matrim N/A NAI 67 D1 67 Pyro Thinks renowned are alignment scanners. If evil would know this not to be case Mild village 68 D1 68 Karnage Poke votes God King, retracts from Fura for posting Not helpful use of votes. Consistent. NAI God King Fura 69 D1 69 Arraenae Win con analysis. Useful information. NAI 70 D1 70 Araris Votes on Karnage for poke voting only Fair enough vote. Mild village Karnage 71 D1 71 Orlok Multiquote. Thinks Emi village. Worried about Xino, Coda, Straw, Pyro Needs to get some sleep Village 72 D1 72 Matrim Says his vote is staying on Archivist, but agrees with Orlok re worry about Coda Seems to believe in poke votes. NAI 73 D1 73 Elkanah Says Coda's behaviour is standard for them. Won't vote on KArnage as tunnelled on them last game. Useful information. NAI 74 D1 74 Pyro Again says he has never been mafia. Says he is disappointed not to be soemthing interesting. Very strong gut against this. EVIL 75 D1 75 Matrim Asks what NAI means Would probably be asked in elim doc if in one Mild village 76 D1 76 Elkanah Apologises for using acronym N/A NAI 77 D1 77 Straw Says language picked up by Orlok is normal for him. Says suspicious of Xino, Pyro, Karnage. Will be fine with Pyro if he starts posting. Lots of connections. NAI 78 D1 78 Arraenae Tells Orlok that people are saving PMs True, misses Orlok's point NAI 79 D1 79 Pyro Does basic role analysis Not alignment indicative posting. Doesn't give information on relationships between players. NAI 80 D1 80 Fura Does elim count analysis. Suggests 9 eliminators. V useful post. High elim count - not downplaying Mild village 81 D1 81 Straw Asks Pyro for reads. Asks Orlok why he village reads Emi. V sensible post re Pyro. Mild village 82 D1 82 Straw Answers Joe N/A NAI 83 D1 83 Matrim Asks Straw if he passed his test N/A NAI 84 D1 84 Pyro Says Wilson being weird makes it hard to read her. Queries whether this is her point? Thinks Matrim playing oddly. Village reads Karnage. Says Straw and Orlok making a big deal of his posting differently, but Straw being reasonable. Can't spell my name. Disagree with most of his analysis, but appreciate him putting it there Unsure 85 D1 85 Sart Vote count. Votes on Straw for not giving his own reads, and to force a vote. Thinks Karnage playing normally. Agree with him. Mild village Straw 86 D1 86 Matrim Says he poke voted Archivist. Says Straw leaving vote on Araris is odd. Poke voting isn't useful. Fair observation re Straw. Unsure 87 D1 87 Pyro Votes on Straw for leaving vote on Araris Better than nothing Unsure - revisit if Straw dies Straw 88 D1 88 Straw Replies to Araris, says he has given thoughts on players. Gives further reads. Kynedath village for helping players. HH elim read due to waffle. NAI on Coda. Araris suspicious. Wilson suspiciousish. Then says "Araris posted?" Moves vote to Xino. Great that giving reads. V useful. Araris read then question whether they've posted v. odd. Ask about this. Unsure but useful Xino Araris 89 D1 89 Pyro Elkanah posting a lot not saying much. Moves vote from Straw to Elkanah Vote on Straw NAI. Possibly distancing. Unsure Elkanah Straw 90 D1 90 Karnage Asks what is wrong with poke voting. Says Orlok shouldn't think they are a villager just because he forgot the elim doc exists. Identifies Pyro's post trying to slip under the radar. No vote on Pyro for this? Village gut on this post. Moderate village read 91 D1 91 Xino Vote count. Gives reads. Trusts Elkanah on gut. Says he doesn't agree with Orlok's vote on Straw. Sart vote based on false information. Votes on Sart for bandwagonning. Seems justifiable belief. Mild village Sart 92 D1 92 Araris Defends Sart, suspicious of Xino. Fair enough. Mild village 93 D1 93 Matrim Village read Straw for honest contributions. Village reads Pyro. Slight elim reads on Sart and Araris. Elim read on Elkanah for joke. Xino gut village. Still poke voting Archivist Elim read on Elkanah odd. Misunderstanding of game makes me think doesn't have a team. Mild village 94 D1 94 Elkanah Says doesn't want to lynch active players N/A NAI 95 D1 95 God King Says he is lurking. Terrible strategy. That he's admitting to it is less likely if evil. Mild village 96 D1 96 BR Points out to Matrim that eliminators less likely to make jokes. Reads it as NAI for Elkanah. Doesn't want to lynch Straw when he is this active. Thinks Pyro NAI. Village vibe for Fura. Defends Pyro again. Strong connection with Pyro Moderate evil. 97 D1 97 Pyro Informs BR that when retractign a vote you have to place a new one N/A NAI 98 D1 98 BR Correcting misunderstanding N/A NAI 99 D1 99 Kynedath Rules analysis. Dispersion less important than had initially thought. Reads: BR neutral, but post suspicious. Xino not suspicious for going through roles. Like Straw's activity. Doesn't like lynch on Karnage. Suspicious of DeTess. Bad gut on God King. Reads feel genuine. Agree re Karnage. Disagree re DeTess. Mild village. Edit - appears I was lied to. Still, it has kept lines separate - you'll have to do your best to interpret it. Edit II - by the grace of our IM, I have replaced the horrifying mess that was here with the sheet including cells.

To the contrary, Straw. My philosophy has long been that the village always needs to address the information imbalance with eliminators - in fact, that is the core mechanic of the game. A day one lynch based on suspicion is highly unlikely to be accurate - the suspicions are based on limited information, and limited connection between players. Day one therefore ought to be about finding as much information as possible, and identifying as many connections between players as we can. The lynch on you has done this to a degree - we will be able to look through the thread and identify those who have supported you, and those who have not done so. This information is useful in isolation, certainly, but becomes significantly more useful when we know your alignment. If we had reasonable and material suspicion of another player, then I agree that that would be a sound lynch. We do not, and therefore validating our information on a set of players with your alignment is in my mind, at present, the most useful lynch we can undertake. I am on a 5 minute break from a meeting - I shall pull together those connections with regards to your defence and lynch post meeting to illustrate this.

I'm in Board meetings all until the evening today, but in the interests of getting another comment out before I sit down to do a proper analysis this evening: A significant part of the discussion this cycle has been on Straw. We've had a string of players vote on him, and a set of players come to his defence. A day one lynch should always be about information gathering. As much as I've been incredibly impressed by Straw's activity and engagement, the number of interactions he has had with other players suggests to me that we could generate a significant amount of information on D1 by lynching him at this point.

Summary below the multiquote. Nothing to say here on your thoughts, DeTess, but just wanted to say hi - it has been too long. Emphasis mine. You wanted to know why I voted on you - pretty sure this was what threw my gut off. Why "probably" @Straw? Can anyone with more experience playing with Coda tell me if this sort of platitude is typical of them? It strikes me as a bare faced attempt to appear village. @Coda, why bother with that comment? What did you mean by a sign for future constables, @Karnage? Useful but entirely NAI post from Xino. I'm always a little wary of people trying to hide behind this sort of post. @xinoehp512, plenty more has now been said in thread. Thoughts on any players? Particularly interested in your thoughts on Straw, Coda, and Pyro. Strong village read from Emi's in thread posts. @The Young Pyromancer, this has been addressed, but my philosophy is that as villager the most important thing to do is to generate useable information about your alignment and your views on other people. Inactivity both reduces information about your alignment, but also reduces our observations about your interactions with others. @Straw, do you genuinely believe Matrim was actually trying to get a lynch train on you with a post like that? Quoting this mostly because I missed it prior to voting on Straw, in my rushed skim of the thread. @Matrim's_Dice, fancy moving your vote back onto Straw so we generate further information? Your present poke vote is highly unlikely to do anything. Strong gut read against Pyro based on this post. Promised summary: Village: Emi Concerned about: Xino, Coda Very concerned about: Straw, Pyro Also, I was hoping some of you might have missed me enough to actually PM me...

Gut, partly, but mostly because a three vote lunch is much harder to shift than a two vote lynch, and I'm curious to see what happens to this one.

A longer post to follow once I've had a chance to read and digest the rules and thread properly, but for now, very happy to add some pressure to Straw.

Locke Tekiel woke in the early evening, his head pounding and his vision clouded. He was in an alley, mud splattered over his cloak, and with his purse, belt buckle, and clasp all conspicuously absent. As Locke struggled upright, he clutched his side, noting with surprise a shiv implanted therein. At this realisation, a sharp pain began, clearing his fogged mind. He could now vaguely recall his attacker; a skaa agitator, no doubt, desperate to prevent him from reaching the appeal. Highly competent though his legal team were, with a purity of ancestry unrivalled in Elendel's less costly chambers, The Lord Tekiel had no doubt that his absence would cause them considerable consternation, and jeopardise this most critical of hearings. Removing the blade with practised ease, Locke lurched out of the alley into a wider street, slowly regaining his posture, grace, and measured gait. Pleased to be feeling more like himself, he stopped a well dressed gentleman passing by, to enquire as to the time, date, and status of the appeal; it had dominated the headlines of late, and surely would be known about by those worth talking to within the city. To his great distress, it was not the 29th Doxil 68, nor even Doxil, and the poor young man he was addressing clearly had no idea about this case, nor any other of note. Locke sighed, frustrated at his apparent demise on the eve of such an important event, but he hadn't often survived such wounds, and it has been optimistic of him to assume that this time would be any different. Removing a coin purse from a hidden pocket within his cloak, Locke resolved to find a decent meeting house; if he had arrived in this time and place, something interesting must be about to occur. ~~~~~ I shall sign up as Locke Tekiel.

I'd like to join, but have an essay due on Tuesday, which I'll need to prioritise. I'll leave it to Fifth's good judgement on whether he'd like me to play or to pinch hit.

For the sake of clarity, the Spiked thing wasn't what gave away Fura, Bard and Jondesu to me. Fura was, as she's identified, trying too hard with too little output. Jondesu similarly, in my recollection, hadn't committed to enough, whilst still being semi-active and experienced. Bard was much more gut than either of the other two.

In case I die tonight, I'd very much like to see Jondesu lynched tomorrow. If we have any living lurchers left, they really should protect Nohadon. @xinoehp512, @Araris Valerian, @Rathmaskal, @Coop772, @Shqueeves, @Aonar Faileas, @A Joe in the Bush, @Nohadon Could our seeker, should they exist, please scan Bard tonight? I'm pretty firm in my belief that Jondesu and Furamironind are both evil, with Fura being an eliminator thug. That said, I'm pretty confident that they have both a soother and a tineye, so there has to be one other eliminator. At present, Bard is my best guess. I'd also suggest they come clean with the list of all their scans tomorrow - being able to clear villagers will make the end game much easier.