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Cycle 4: The Fires of Chaos The company was making good progress back towards friendly lines. This was decidedly a problem, Gammax had decided. His lord needed the First Aleran to be a failure. Easiest way for that to happen was for the Canim to catch them unawares. But that wouldn’t happen if the Opio reached the camp. But the Opio, and Luxet, were too well protected, and the process of thinning the ranks was too slow, even when they were helped along - Amuro had camped apart the previous night, and overslept. He must have gotten lost. Or eaten. Gammax decided he was going to have to help the Canim catch up. Once things had settled down that night, he started working. In short order, flames rose high, consuming the companies consumables. It was glorious! As he watched the flames rise high into the sky like a signal fire, he saw a figure, a first responder, rush up to find out what was happening. As he laughed maniacally, he threw his dagger, flying true until at the last minute, a gust of wind knocked it aside, only for the dagger to find itself lodged the throat of the approaching Sienis. He instantly dropped, gurgling as he tries to vocalise his shock, before his eyes go dim. So taken in by the blood and fire, Gammax was still laughing as a sword swung from behind. His body slumping to the ground, his head rolls forward a few feet, coming to a halt, with a grin still on his lips. When the flames were doused, little remained of the food they had but ash. “I’d say we have three days left on strict rations, sir,” said Luxet to Dominus as he cremated Gammax’ body as he’d done to Mulciber. “Four if we live off the land.” “Which means spending more time hunting and less getting back to the legion,” he said wearily. “Very well. We’ll just have to make it back before then. And there had better not be any traitors in our midst when we get there.” Luxet smiled. “If they keep revealing themselves as they have, there won’t be.” “Perhaps not. But what if they’re just distractions, big flashy shows of treachery to hide one quiet traitor sliding their way into my trust?” She shook her head. “I think you’re being a bit too paranoid, sir. At this point, I don’t know if these traitors are capable of that much planning.” “Well, we’ll see, I suppose,” Dominus said. “Hopefully that seeing doesn’t include a knife in my back.” “They won’t,” said Luxet with finality. “No one will put a knife in your back while I’m around to stop them. That’s my duty, after all.” He smiled. “Thank you, Tesserarius. I’m sure that’ll help me sleep better tonight.” “I certainly hope so,” she said, smiling. “Our Optio needs his rest! We have another long march tomorrow, after all. Go, get some sleep. I’ll stand watch.” “Yes, Mother,” he said teasingly, but turned towards his sleeping roll all the same, leaving Luxet to gather up Gammax’s ashes and scatter them to the wind. Gammax was lynched! He was a Traitor with Tier 1 Earth and Tier 1 Fire! Seonid was killed by the eliminators! He was a Loyal Legionare with Tier 1 Air and Tier 3 Fire! Deathclutch was killed for inactivity! He was a Loyal Legionare with Tier 3 Air, Tier 1 Fire, and Tier 2 Earth! Vote Count Lopen(1): Conquestor Gamma(6): HS, Aman, Lopen, Cloud, Araris, Mail Player List Cycle 4 has begun! You have 48 hours to choose someone to lynch and send in actions. PMs are beinghave been sent out. All C2 PMs are now closed.
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I'd definitely be willing, if you'd like.
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The writeup has finally been edited in. Sorry for the delay.
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No.
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W1 did not affect PMs during the turnover to C2 if it should have in any instances. (Because we totally forgot about it.) Sorry.
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Great Furies. I was so sure I'd done it without a mistake, but no. Of course not. Burnt was lynched. It's been added into the writeup and the relevant PMs edited.
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Cycle 3: A Perfidious Pair After 3 days of a forced march, the provisions that had survived their first encounter with the Canim were getting thin. They also hadn’t heard any howls from their hunters either. Dominus called a halt. “Alright soldiers, we’re going to stop here and forage for a bit to boost our food supply. Spread out and gather what you can. We move out in 45 minutes. If you’re not here, catch up when you can.” … Gathering food was beneath Aldric. Instead, he observed Araris, hoping for an opportunity to challenge him to duel, and finally prove that he was the better swordsman. Unfortunately, there were too many others in earshot. He yawned, starting to feel a bit tired. Why’s the air look a bit hazy… Then he felt a quick sharp pain in his neck. He tried to cry out, but he couldn’t do anything as his body collapsed. As the life ebbed out of his body, the last thing he heard were two bickering voices. “I told you that it’d be easy without metal!” “No, it was definitely the watercrafting.” “Hah. If not the lack of metal, it was definitely my windcrafting. Never heard us coming.” “Heard me coming you mean. You hardly have the strength to pick up a stick.” In some ways he was glad to not have to listen to it any further. Dominius was walking at the head of the column when he heard giggling. He rolled his eyes. Lexa and Heaven, of course. He looked pleadingly over at Luxet, walking beside him. She sighed in irritation, but nodded. She was his Tesserarius. Handling annoyances like this was her job, so he could focus on the actual work at hand. “Girls,” she began. He tuned out their voices after that, concentrating on watching the forest around them. He had to walk beside Luxet, since the windcrafting was technically tied to him, but that didn’t mean he had to actually listen to their mindless blatherings. After a while, Luxet groaned at rubbed at her forehead. “Could you survive without talking for just a couple minutes?” “No!” exclaimed one of them. “No way!” said the other. He wasn’t sure which was which, really. “Give me one reason why I shouldn’t just kill both of you and leave you for the Canim,” Luxet said in exasperation. “Because you’re nice!” Dominus could practically hear the innocent smile plastered on that face. “Because we’re traitors!” Dominus stopped cold. “What?” “Uh...” “Because you’re nice! That’s what I meant to say.” Her voice quivered slightly. “You. Traitors.” Dominus glanced at Luxet, but she was already moving. He just had to stall for time. “Um... no?” “Well, we kinda are, Lexa.” “Shut up, Heaven.” “You sent the dream,” Dominus said. “You killed Aldric!” “Well, not the dream. That wasn’t us. It was-” “Heaven! Great furies, I love you, but-” “Sorry!” “Bloody crows, there are more of you?” “Language!” they said in unison, then broke into laughter. “Oh hi, Luxet!” said one of them. Heaven, he thought. “Come to arrest us? Put us into custody?” “No.” Dominus said. He heard a thump and a weak cry: “But-” “This is a war zone,” he said grimly. “We’re running from the bloody Canim. Do you think we can afford prisoners? Let alone traitors?” A second thump. “Sorry, girls. Tesserarius, make sure they’re dead.” “Sir,” she replied. The windcrafting abruptly disappeared. When Luxet came back, her uniform was spattered with blood. Dominus decided to address them at dinner time. “By now, you will have noticed that another 3 of our company are missing. Aldric never returned from foraging, and that he hasn’t caught up since means he is more than likely dead. Lexa and Heaven are no longer among our number, but for good reason. They were traitors to our cause but inadvertently confessed to being so. They are dead, and their bodies scattered. Before they died, they let on that they’ve been behind some of the deaths, and the dream we all shared, and that there’s yet more of them among us. “So I need you to be both vigilant and careful. But don’t let this shake us apart. If we stand together, we can remove the traitors from us without any more innocent blood being shed. If we fight together, we can cleanse our ranks of the impurities, and come out as a shining example of soldiers who have spat in the eye of death and triumphed! Dismissed.” The speech didn’t quite have the desired effect. A number of soldiers immediately began to bicker, pointing fingers, and then weapons at each other. As their voices began to get louder and louder, Dominius started back to settle things down. He was only able to take a few steps, though, before Gammax stepped up and ran Mulciber through with his sword. “She’s definitely a traitor. Everyone remembers the flames that rose high in the nightmare, right? Mulciber is always setting fires. Search her, and I’m sure you’ll find evidence to show she was planning to burn us all to ash.” “Bloody crows!” Dominius yelped. He glared at everyone. “When I said ‘without any more blood being shed’, what do you think I meant? Kill everyone you’re even vaguely suspicious of? Mulciber was like a sister to me, and you’ve killed her just because she might be a traitor.” He sighed. Dominus quickly firecrafted Mulciber’s body to ash, using air and water to keep the ash contained, and to hide sight of fire from view, before sending the ashes a fair distance away, along a different path, so as maybe to distract their pursuers, when they reached this point. He dearly hoped they would lose them, but with the trail of bodies, and the constant distractions, he was no longer sure they could... Burnt was lynched! She was a Loyal Legionare with Tier 2 Earth and Tier 1 Metal! Winter was killed by a metalcrafter! She was a Traitor with Tier 1 Air and Tier 1 Water! Phattemer was killed by the traitors! He was a Loyal Legionare with Tier 2 Earth and Tier 1 Water! Vote Count Winter (1): HS Phatt (1): Con Joe (1): Lopen Burnt (2): Aman, Gamma Cycle 3 has begun! You have 48 hours to send in actions and decide who to lynch. PMs are being sent out now. All PMs from Cycle 1 are now closed.
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The Turn is Over!
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Note: Writeup will be somewhat late today. I’m handling this one by myself, and I don’t get home until just before turnover (hopefully). And I’ll be triple-checking to make sure there aren’t any more mistakes. So it’ll be up to an hour late. Apologies.
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I believe I'll sign up as Lomion, please. Considering doing a deliberate playstyle, too, since I haven't done one of those in a while. We'll see.
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Heirs will not be shown in the writeup.
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There was a GM error. It has now been resolved. The writeup did not change.
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Me!
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Apologies. There were a few changes to the results after we'd done the writeup, and we forgot to change the writeup to reflect them. Praetoria was not attacked and did not die. Sorry for any confusion.
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The colors in the OP are not intended to mean anything. They're a coding mistake, I believe. And yes, the eliminators have a group kill.
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Note: Please do not edit your PMs. Fixing typos or grammar is okay. Anything beyond that is definitely not, under any circumstances. Double-post if you want to say something else. That's fine in PMs. But do not edit new material in. Thank you.
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Sorry, we made a mistake in the rules. (Again.) Rule Change: Earthcrafters may not self protect.
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Notice: Any roles received before the game started are no longer valid. That was entirely random and unbalanced. Roles and alignments have been rerolled, and you should have them now. What would have happened: Burnt was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 1 Fire! Phattemer was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 1 Wood! Haelbarde was a GM! Lopen was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 3 Earth! Strawman was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 1 Water! Deathclutch was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 2 Air! Gamma was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 2 Air! Amanuensis was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 1 Earth! Elodin was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 1 Metal! Winter Cloud was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 2 Water! Hellscythe was a Loyal Cursor with Tier 1 Fire! Still want to see that game, Maill? And Lucet Umbra is me. Sorry for not being clear. Dominius is Hael.
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Indeed you can. (OP will be updated when Hael wakes up.)
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24 more hours until the first death!
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45 more hours before the slaughter begins. Last chance to sign up! For death...
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You're not the one who's suddenly the toddler child of two terrifying players...
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Yes. Yes it is. Thanks, Maill.
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The game will be mainly spoiler-free. Definitely nothing major, and only a few minor spoilers. For names, anything Latin-related and you're set.
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Hael is the next person able to do it, I believe. It'll be up in a day or two, I think.
