Night of the Werewolves XIX:


The Song of the Nightingale



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Rules

A few notes ( Taken from Niklas, as to quote him, " Stealing is the best form of flattery")

Firstly, there will be no lynching and no voting. Yes, you heard right. But of course that doesn’t mean that the werewolves will be allowed free reign. Instead of voting and lynching, something that has always struck me as somewhat out of place and breaking the suspension of disbelief (why the heck would you start voting people to the gallows??), there will be a system of what I call accusation. Instead of placing a vote for a person, you instead state your believe that a particular person might be guilty. So how does this differ from voting? Not much at all really, the only difference is that it helps putting the accusations (votes) into a roleplaying perspective. This is simply to encourage more immersive gameplay, and less of the “I vote for stupid” kind of play. To accuse someone you might say “That Niklas is a sly one, I wouldn’t trust him one inch.” You can also still support a person instead of a accusing, so to counter the above you might say “Bah, if Niklas is guilty I swear I’ll eat my halberd.” Yep, you guessed it, I will use the colors black and (dark) green to explicitly separate accusations from supports.
The person who most people accuse being guilty will be killed in some unspecified mob-induced way. It will not be a hanging though, each situation will likely be unique (subject to GM imagination) and much more impromptu.
So as you will see, this is still very similar to voting and lynching, even though it isn’t. The only real gameplay difference is that anyone who says “I vote for Stupid to hang”, or something equivalent, will not be considered to have accused anyone (a vote is not an accusation) and what they said will not count towards the total. You may of course still use the words “vote” and “hang” if you put it into a proper roleplaying perspective. Just remember that there are no votes and no hangings and you’ll be fine.

Secondly, I will allow the use of voices, as specified by the info thread, and as used by Catharsis recently. You can use both public and secret speeches (each of you will have a voice), to be PM’d to me prior to the evening or morning post, and they will be incorporated in the scene where someone dies (or is found dead).

Thirdly, In this game, your job title is not public, only your surname and role in your family. As such, it is your choice whether or not to reveal it.

Fourthly, items may be traded freely, either publically and privately.

Fifthly, read the info thread and have fun.

I just wanted to point out the chain of victory:

First Place:

Good: *Insert Victory condition Here*, Self Survived, Objective fulfilled

Neutral: *Insert Victory Condition Here*, Objective fulfilled, Self survived

Evil: *Insert victory Condition Here*, Objective Fulfilled, Self Survived

Second Place:

Good: *Insert Victory Condition here*, Objective fulfilled

Neutral: Self Survived, Objective fulfilled

Evil:*Insert victory Condition Here*, Objective Fulfilled

Third place:

Good: *Insert Victory Condition here*, Self Survived

Neutral: Objective Fulfilled

Evil:*Insert victory Condition Here*, Self Survived

Please Keep this in mind.

The Lanun

The Riverkings

The Husband: Pinman Riverking ( Died on Night 0, stabbed to death - NPC)
The Wife: Backwards Logic Riverking (Died on Night 1, ripped apart- innocent)
The Son: Kol.7 Riverking
The Bodyguard: Lightfang Riverking

The Wavewalkers

The Husband: Niklas Wavewalker
The Wife: Izipo Wavewalker
The Son: qoou Wavewalker
The Daughter: Chandrasekhar Wavewalker

The Oceandwellers

The Husband: Merciary Oceandweller
The Wife: Tyrs Oceandweller
The Son: Methos Oceandweller
The Daughter: Catharsis Oceandweller

The Riversnakes

The Husband: PrinceScamp Riversnake (Killed on Night 0, impaled by mast - NPC)
The Wife: Rougeknight Riversnake (Killed on Night 0, impaled by mast - NPC)
The Son: Lekkric Riversnake (Killed on Night 0, fell to death - NPC)
The Daughter: Conroe Riversnake (Killed on Night 0, fell to death - NPC)
The Second Daughter: tuxedohamn Riversnake (Killed on Night 0, fell to death - NPC)

The Dwarves

The Hammerfists

The Husband:Hitti-Litti Hammerfist {killed on Night 2, ripped to pieces- innocent}
The Wife: Frozen in Ice Hammerfist
The Son: thomas. berubeg Hammerfist (killed on Evening 1, eaten by sharks- innocent)
The Daughter: Adriana Hammerfist (Killed on Night 0, poisoned to death - NPC)

The Ironsmiths

The Husband:Charles Li Ironsmith{Killed on Night 3, ripped to pieces- innocent}
The Wife: Tasslehoff Ironsmith
The Son: Rheinmetall Ironsmith
The Daughter: Tolis Ironsmith

The Hippus

The Plainsriders

The Husband: Brisingamen Plainsrider {Killed on Evening 3, commited suicide- Innocent}
The Wife: Ghandi Rules Plainsrider (killed on evening 2, hanged to death-Innocent)
The Son: Renata Plainsrider

The Silver-riders

The Husband: D'artagnan59 Silver-rider {Killed on Night 4, ripped to pieces- innocent}
The Wife: Stuck in Pi Silver-rider
The Son: mythmonster2 Silver-rider
The Second Son: Rowen Silver-rider (Killed on Night 0, poisoned to death - NPC)

Update List

Prelude (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6717780&postcount=1) Pinman gives his soliloquoy.
Morning 1 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6810496&postcount=4) A massacre occurs on board the Nightingale.
Evening 1 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6821344&postcount=94) thomas. berubeg, the singing dwarf, is eaten by sharks.
Morning 2 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6824896&postcount=97) Backwards Logic is found dead just a day after her husband.
Evening 2 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6831589&postcount=140) Ghandi Rules commits suicide rather rather than face the mob's anger
Morning 3 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6833778&postcount=142) Hitti Litti is found dead having spent the night in the mess hall
Evening 3 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6840538&postcount=193) Brisingamen is elected to die and chooses to do so with honour.
Morning 4 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6843956&postcount=195) Charles Li, the consumate materialist, is found dead.
Midday 4 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6847353&postcount=204) The Nightingale burns as the storm arrives.
Evening 4 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6851014&postcount=240) Niklas is pushed off the lifeboat as wind carries everybody to the island. The survivors are visited by a special guest.
Morning 5 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6853654&postcount=243) D'artagnan is found dead while Pinman is revealed as Ashen Veil.
Midday 5 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6856112&postcount=264)The Nightingalers are revealed to be alone on the island.
Evening 5 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6859128&postcount=287) Pinman and Niklas face off on the island's shores.
Morning 6 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6863044&postcount=289) The poisoner is killed in the night.
Evening 6 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6873188&postcount=325) The first wolf, Tasslehoff, is finally killed in retribution.
Night 6/Morning 7 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6876706&postcount=327)Strange rituals take place in the night, and Niklas is ressurected in the morning.
Evening 7 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6886673&postcount=354) Merciary attempts to kill Captain Kol after accusing him of causing his suffering.
Morning 8 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6892444&postcount=357) Catharsis is blown up after which the orb begins to shriek.

Morning 1


The records would later refer to it as the massacre, or occasionally among academic histories the catalyst. No men sung songs of the sea shouted in drunken merriment that morning, or indeed for a long time after, nor did birds riding above the clouds emit their joyful chirps to welcome the sunrise. It was a dark day, and everybody knew it.

The men and women residing within The Nightingale awoke late that fateful morning a sure sign that something was wrong. Even the passengers, both the Hippus and the Dwarves, recalled the sound of the Captain ringing the great bell on the deck calling them all to wake. He hadn't rung it that morning, as the sleepy yet curious passengers and sailors alike were about to discover, because he couldn't.

His wife Backwards Logic Riverking found him first, by barging angrily into the cabin that he had claimed as his own. Of course, she promptly fainted at the sight, so the others had no warning about what to expect. Captain Pinman lay dead in his cabin, a knife stabbed right through his breast. Although the captain had died quickly, it appeared that his murderer had other plans for the former leader. The captain's blood was spread out on the floor in a series of strange runes, which nobody on the Nightingale admitted to understanding. Lying next to the bloody shapes, was a book identified as belonging to a priest of the Ashen Veil, however the blood had rendered it unreadable.

Although there was a general rush away from the Captain's Cabin towards the toilets, one clever sailor opened up Captain Pinman's clenched fist to discover a bloody silver amulet with the engraving Nightingale on it. He decided to bring the matter up later.

At the same time, curious that they could not find their son Rowen anywhere, the Silver-riders went to check on him in his cabin. What they found shocked them to the core. Rowen Silver- rider was lying in bed, deader than Elvis but he was not alone. In the bed with him was Adriana Hammerfist who was also dead. Neither of the two had a mark on them and both appeared to have been poisoned. Both the Hippus and Dwarf family involved joined the lines to empty their stomachs.

After a half hour to clear their heads, those left standing decided that going up on deck to get some air was a mighty good idea. It might even help them figure out what their next move should be. Obviously there had to be consequences. Somebody had to pay for these vile crimes.

Lekkric, tuxedohamn and Conroe Riversnake had always enjoyed climbing up the mast. It drove their parents, PrinceScamp and Rougeknight to distraction, but they still went ahead with their fun. That fateful day, with the adults occupied elsewhere, the three children decided to climb up the mast as they usually did. They were just starting to have fun when a cracking noise was heard on the deck. In their horror, Catharsis and Rougeknight ran up to the mast screaming for their children to come down but it was to no avail. the mast snapped in half plunging the three children to their deaths and impaling their two parents who were standing close by.

There was utter silence on the deck as each remembered that the mast shouldn't have fallen, in fact couldn't have fallen, unless somebody had weakened its supports. There was a saboteur aboard the Nightingale. The silence continued until the brave fellow who picked up the bloody silver amulet came forward and placed it on the ground. Nobody remembered who he was afterwards, but he said " I think we should vote on this, the captain had it clutched in his hand when he died and I think he would have wanted us to do things democratically". That suggestion brought on another one, that the Lanun should elect a Captain from amongst their members. This was also agreed to, and the survivors became determined as the last suggestion was give. Everyday they would vote on somebody to lynch, starting today, to kill those responsible for the brutal massacre.

Of course, there was no way that this morning could end like this, with a semblance of happiness, thought all as yet another terror struck them. The Nightingale had begun moving of its own accord! A map maker quickly looked at his map to determine their destination based on their bearing and followed the trend set by Backwards Logic. That is to say that he promptly fainted. A few brave souls looked over at his map and gulped. The Nightingale was headed right towards the land of the Infernals!

All around them the stranded men and women began to hear a sound, neither good nor evil in its nature. They began to hear a song, a tragic song. They heard the Song of the Nightingale.

This day will be 72 hours long. The first 24 hours are for roleplaying as well as item adn captain voting.
The final 48 hours are for the death vote.

Votes for the Bloody Amulet should be in Silver.
Votes for the Captain should be in Blue. (Lanun Only)
Accusations should be in Black.
Supports should be in Green.

Sub Post. Will Edit Later with a real post

The Silver-Rider looks upon the stars. After a moment of studying, she frowns.

"The stars have brought us all here. They will determine where we go, and will guide us."

Yes, now that you have the cast list and the morning 1 post, you are allowed to make your own posts. The rules are still coming, but for veteran NoTW players, you don't need them.

The one thing to note is that this game runs on Niklas' accusation system.

OOC: Wait, why does an entire family of players get eliminated?

OOC: The easy answer is poetic license. The more complicated answer is that we didn't have enough players to fill that family, so i gave it a memorial. It was a planned part of the game.

OOC: Huh? But then they don't get to play.

Sorry, I didn't understand you Tasslehoff. Despite the fact that I used real names, those people weren't actually playing.

I probably should have gotten permission but what is done is done.

The shop keeper stared at the gory mess, then clapped his hands, "All right! You! There! Get them cloth'n stones. We will give them a seamen's burial! And you! Get a few biscuts for all of us to think on a full belly!"

"Ahh, so what wonders do we still have to sell my dear to this group of human sailers before we touch shore again?"

(I might be not able to keep playing: kill me If inactive for 5 days. Thank you.)

*The Oceandweller wife stares at the runes for a long time* We should probably get this mess cleaned up...*gets rags and saltwater and begins to scrubs thoroughly*

A tragedy. The captain was someone dear to me. I will have his death avenged.

Therefore, I say, his son, Kol.7, be our captain now. Lead us now in this time. It is what your father would have wanted. For his son to be captain and lead on in his stead.

Furthermore, as for this bloody amulet...I say we give it to his loving wife, Backwards Logic, so she can remember him with it.

Honestly, how could this have happened...

My father? He's.... dead? No!

*He sits on a handy chair, his right hand holding his forehead.*

I.. I would like to e the captain, as Lightfang said it is what my father wanted.

My mother can have the amulet, as something to remember him by.

*sniff* "My dear husband Pinman!" Tears well up as she tries to compose herself "Who would do such a thing? I... I... don't know how to go on! It seemed like yesterday when I first met him in that old run-down coastal tavern I used to work in. It was karaoke night, he was singing "Stayin' Alive," and I just fell for him then. We had a few drinks, maybe a few more then a few, it's all a bit blurry at that point, but I let him take me home. It's there I learned why they called him "Pinman," and what a night we had! It was like finding a needle in a haystack. And I found it! *sniff* Anyway, we had so much fun together, and I miss him already. *sniff*

"He was a great man, who was very knowledgeable of the seas. He taught our son almost everything he knew, and he is certainly ready and capable to take over the Nightingale. And I would appreciate it deeply if I were to receive the Amulet; it is, besides my fond memories, one of the few possessions I have left that remind me of him, not that I'll ever forget what he did for me."

The pain become too much, and she breaks down into a puddle of tears. "My dear *sniff* Pinman! Why did you have to leave me so soon! I can't...I just can't..."She collapses into a heap on the forlorn deck. It seems as if no one could do anything to console her.

OOC: I'm too tired to focus on this tnoigh, I'll be active tomorrow morning :)

The plainsrider wife is sitting on a chair, just staring at the ocean, remembering her deceased son. She's not working what she works on. She just stars at the horizon, the waves and the clouds. The fact about getting closer to infernal lands don't make it better.

Okay, the bastard who killed my daughter walks here RIGHT NOW!

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Oh crap, it's harder to find the killers than I thought it would be...

Methos stands there shocked at all the loss of life. So many people killed was just unbelieveable. Looking at the mast, or lack thereof, made him realize the possibility of even more lives that could be lost.

Rowen, my brother!

Mother, Father, did I not tell you, Hippus do not belong on ships! Tali cannot speak to us out here, we are bereft. This is but an omen, this is but the beginning -- disaster is coming, and we are surely doomed! I blame the Lanun and the dwarves for this massacre. Who but a Lanun would know how to destroy a mast, or be so lacking in courage as to stoop to using poison? A pirate, that's who! We all know they only attack unarmed ships! And who but a dwarf would be so sneaky as to use a knife in the dark? The underground dwellers, hiding from the light. And I'm sure it was the Hammerfists' slut of a daughter who got my brother killed!

We Hippus are forthright; if we attack you, you will see us coming, and you will know exactly who is sending you to hell.

Come with me, parents; come with me, Silverriders. If Tali cannot reach us, we must reach Tali. We have no resource but our faith in such a time. If any among these pirates and skulkers be innocent, let them pray to their own gods for mercy: Tali will spare none of his!

Having worked himself into a bit of a state, the young man makes his way to the forecastle, glaring at everyone who crosses his path. Soon the silence of the ship is broken by the sounds of chanting and drumming, incomprehensible to all but the other Hippus on board. After a while his head pops up above the rail.

Let the wife have the amulet for all I care; it matters not to me!

The head disappears, and the chanting and drumming resume even louder than before.

The plainsrider wife go to her son and console his grieve over his brother.

"However, do not jump to conclusions." The killer could be anyone.

<ooc: We should really let hitti play one day atleast :p >

And the voting hasnt started yet.

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<ooc: We should really let hitti play one day atleast >

And the voting hasnt started yet.

ooc: It hasn't? The morning post did say accusations in black, didn't it?

Edit: Ah, nevermind, I saw it. I'll go edit it out. Sorry for jumping the gun.

I blame the Lanun and the dwarves for this massacre. Who but a Lanun would know how to destroy a mast, or be so lacking in courage as to stoop to using poison? A pirate, that's who! We all know they only attack unarmed ships! And who but a dwarf would be so sneaky as to use a knife in the dark? The underground dwellers, hiding from the light!

How dare you! How dare you claim that it was a Lanun who killed my father! I knew it was a bad idea, taking landlubbers aboard this ship. I told him it would end in disaster, I told him there were other ways to make money, but he wouldn't listen. And now? And now you claim it was one of us that killed him!

You watch yourself, landlubber. You ain't making any friends here...

If you'd clean the salt out of your ears, you might notice I blamed the dwarves for killing your father, not your people. You folk, I just accused of being the kind of sneaky bastards who'd use poison.

I need no friends. I have Tali.

Bahh! Dirty horesmongers! We all know the hippus are mercenary! you lured us aboard these ships with the pirates, and plan to murder and rob us in our sleep!

Here's on Dwarf that won't go down that quickly!

*Merciary walks up behind his wife, who is hard at work trying to clean the rune off the deck to no avail.*

My dear, I don't think that's going to work. Good old hard work unfortunately isn't very effective against magic.

*Turning around*

Is there any priest or magic users on this ship, other than Renata, that might be able to dispel this magic. I have a hunch this might be what's moving the ship.

Aye, I agree this ship should go to Kol.7 as it has been passed down through generations so should it continue.

These rash words of youth will get us nowhere. That said, if any of you landclutching whelps calls the Lanun as underhanded dealers again, I'll see you thrown overboard. Let the captainship stay in the family. Kol.7 it is. Let him have his father's amulet as well, is seems like as good as any a mark of rank, lacking a proper hat.
OOC: Tali is male

Peace, son. Accusing blindly...ah, we all know where that leads. But we must find the killer of my son. He was a promising horsecarer, and now to be plunged into the sea... What fate could be worse for us? I will not rest until the killer is found, and the death of my son revenged. As for the captain, 'tis a shame, and leaves us adrift in this accursed wetness. I say the son be the captain, who has been trained for this job since birth. I certainly wouldn't trust myself at the wheel of one of these contraptions. Give me a solid horse, and I will work wonders, but wood and water, Bah! And the poor widow shares my pain, and for that, she may receive her husband's amulet...

I hate the idea of a ship anyways. I groans seperated from the beloved stone by millions of miles of water!!! What I really want is firm land and a tanker of grog.

Gandhi walks to his cabin to work what she's working with.

Now, since it isn't a such big thing I can reveal it.

It is weaving saddles.

Bahh! Dirty horesmongers! We all know the hippus are mercenary! you lured us aboard these ships with the pirates, and plan to murder and rob us in our sleep!

Here's on Dwarf that won't go down that quickly!

OK. In order to survive and kill this saboteur, we must put all racial boundaries away. Let us think of each other as living being and living being, not Dwarf, Lanun, and Hippus. Though being on this ship sucks, we need to get on land alive. For our sake.

The first mate looks totally stricken. It's hard to tell what has affected him most - the loss of his captain, his friends of the Riversnake crew, or the mast. Or perhaps the fact that the bloody ship keeps moving without a mast and without his hands on the wheel.

I... I don't... but... how...?

Clenching and unclenching his fists, he stands staring off into the distance, as if to see the scorched lands of the Infernals on the horizon. But no land appears there to his eyes, and he turns instead to the crowd on the deck.

We... we should do something, of course, I mean, we must do something. That the ship will go to Kol.7 is not in question, and I will continue to serve him as I did his father - or better... Better! Since I seem to have failed late Pinman... As for the amulet, it would be interesting to know its significance... but his widow Backwards Logic should of course keep it.

Now, I need two strong men to go with me to check the wheel. If only we could turn it around...

((OOC: Wait, what? The sign-up thread said the game was full by the time I saw it, so I didn't even bother posting, but now you say that you were missing like five people from full. You, sir, are misleading.))

((OOC- Leeksoup- I never said that the game was full. Cite a source. ))

I really must insist that I get a copy of your PMs in general. I'm enjoying myself immensely.

What a tragedy! Who could have thought that so much could happen all in one day? The captain murdered, my daughter poisoned, the mast broken, and a whole family killed. This is almost too much to bear! And to top it all off, the ship is being mysteriously steered to the land of the Infernals! I can tell you that I will not be going to the land of the Infernals; no matter what it takes I will prevent the ship from getting there.

Anyway, I have no problem with Kol.7 inheriting his father's ship. Likewise, Pinman's wife, Backwards Logic can have the bloody amulet.

Kol.7 shall be the captain, sirs. Hopefully, he'll not get us into Infernal Land.

And Backwards Logic to inherit the amulet.

The dwarven wife grumbles

"How insensible, questioning the right of the son to inherit his father's ship. Now, we dwarves have got it right, why yesserwedo with our mines. When the father dies, the son inherits. No nasty struggles, no deaths, no nothing. Hmmph."

And you, Renata, are a racist, evil... How dare you accuse us dwarves of knifing somebody! We're honest folk, we earn our keep honestly. Hmmph.

Rowen, my brother! Why!? Who killed you? I swear, I shall avenge you! Let the Captains wife have the amulet, to remember the captain by. Also, yes, the captain's son should be captain, so as to his father probably wanted.

So my mistake count is now up to one.

Rowen is one of the Silver-riders, not a Plainsrider. Unfortunately, some of you have been doing some grieving for nothing. The first post has been corrected.

Sorry about that.

{Apparently I need to reread the first post, as I thought we were just drifting, rather then being steered by something. Don't know how I mis-read that.}

OOC: *headdesk* Let's just forget I said anything today then, ok? My character will still be an obnoxious, self-important little prick whose only redeeming quality is his devout loyalty to a God who probably finds him amusing at best (but his parents adore him) ... BUT just about everything I had him say is now irrelevant. I'll start over later. Or tomorrow.

I really must insist that I get a copy of your PMs in general. I'm enjoying myself immensely.

{Are we supposed to be CC'ing you in each PM?}

{ Some people really ought to read the setup - in particular that the vote for captain is for Lanun only. I count to something like 5 non-Lanun votes so far. You dwarves and horses can care for yours and we'll handle the ship. :p }

{@Methos- it would be nice if you CC me the important PMs that you send}

Accusations are open.

Please note that the day will end 48 hours from now and the midday post will be up 24 hours from now.

Now that it showed up it wasn't my son at all (:lol:) I do not vote on anyone. But as my son said i would like the Amulet

Ms. Izipo Wavewalker walks to the bridge all clad in black. Beneath the veil she's wearing, piercing blue eyes can be seen. After quickly scanning the crowd, she fixes them on the new Captain and his mother who are standing close together.

I present you with my sincere condolence in these difficult times. If you need anything, even a compassionate ear, do not hesitate a minute.
It is most natural that you Kol.7 should be the new captain and that the deceased's wife receives the amulet as a keepsake.
I have a question, though. If you are the Captain of this ship, who is steering it ?

Turning to face the other families, she also pays her respects in turn to the Hammerfists and Silverriders.

Once finished she slowly goes back towards her husband, while putting back the veil in place and discreetly wiping a tear from her face.

{OOC: Sorry for my continued absence, I just havn't been able to sit down and read this yet, I'm not sure if I feel like playing another NoTW yet, sorry guys. I'll have my decision by tonight}.

Ms. Stuck in Pi Silver-Rider suddenly realizes who dies. Her eyes open and close, and she drops to her knees.

"My goodness gracious! My poor son has fled this life! May he be blessed by the stars and Tali. But even now, forces move against us, and we must unite together, or die seperately."

She stands back up, walks about the ship, and proceeds to lose her breakfast over the side. She then walks down to a nearby bench and sits.

Now, I am going to say one thing:

Do not cross the racial boundary whatsoever. We must think of all as living beings, not Hippus and Dwarf and Lanun.

Now, I must silently grieve.

Silently grieve! Does no one here have any brains? These deaths were no accidental tragedies, they were deliberate murder, committed by one or more of the people on this very ship! Tali laughs at the slow-witted and the indecisive, and you can be sure he is laughing at us. I will heed my parents' wise counsel, and will not throw out any (OOC: more) wild accusations for now. But you can be sure that if no one else here has the courage to do what needs to be done in the coming hours, I will!

OOC: Oh, and gandhi_rules, I'm pretty sure the amulet voting wasn't meant to extend past the first 24 hours. So we're even on the corrections, if I'm right about that. :) In any case, I didn't vote for you to get it; I voted for Backwards Logic.

Bah!!

Kilmorph will save her faithful!

Tali's nothing but hancy and hot air! we need something strong and solid, not tricksy and fickle.

I will trust in Kilmorph and my Hammers! The Nightengale for the Dwarves!

I distrust that D'artagnan Silver Riders... Ful of False wisdom, he is! "be friends," he says! "Trust each other!" who better to poison my sister than a Pirate? or be versed in Agarien Lore than a well traveled mercenary!

We dwarves know better than that! Trying to exploit us for your own good, eh? The Dwarves for the Dwarves...

The captain's son emerges from a nearby cabin. He is a little over 6" tall and slimly built. His hair brown and at about shoulder length. His usually piercing green eyes look tired now. He may have been crying, although it is difficult to tell. In his hand he clutches a half empty bottle of Rum.

If a Lanun wanted to kill a man aboard his ship he'd throw 'im to the sharks not poison him. I think you's lot with no real idea about the situation should just keep stumped. Ye' don't know us. To you we're just a bunch of low-life pirates. But we're not! Its men like that who give's the Lanun a bad name. I will not have your lies spread aboard my ship! I tell you, just as soon as we get to land the lot o' you's are off! And I don't give a damn where that is! There are better ways to get money then ferrying landlubbers around! There must be!

He seems to gather himself, finishing his bottle

Now. If you'll excuse me. I have a ship to steer.

D'Artagnan Silverrider comes to the ship. He looks in about his mid-fifties to early sixties. He stands about 6'4, and has a cane.

You say I poisoned your daughter because I am Hippus. Not all Hippuses are mercenaries. Some are peaceful people.

thomas.berubeg Hammerfist, you have poisoned my son. You will never get away with it. It's also suspicious that you're calling Adriana your daughter when you are her brother.

All for one and one for all. Now, I'm getting seasick. As bad as seeing myself surrounded by water, I must or it will be a much worse voyage for you all.

There must be better ways to get money then ferrying landlubbers around!



Like Piracy!


And it's started already!

To me, Dwarves!

Regret I that such misfortune has fallen on this family. That we were stupid enough to trust our lives to this hastily assembled collection of floating driftwood. What sort of shoddy craftsmanship is that a mast can be destroyed so easily. This craft was clearly not built by skilled dwarven hands, no.

Grieve we must, but now is not the time. The time has come to stir this pot of evil thoughts and deeds and observe what morsels rise from the bottom of the kettle.

Lets not discuss racial and nationalities. It's not your fault your short.

Too Short? we are the perfect hieght... it's all you surface dwellars that are too tall!

thomas.berubeg and Rheinmetall, truly you are men after my own heart. Too bad you are both dwarves.

D'artagnan, you must be clear! What did you mean when you said that the voyage would go worse for us without you?

Silently grieve! Does no one here have any brains? These deaths were no accidental tragedies, they were deliberate murder, committed by one or more of the people on this very ship! Tali laughs at the slow-witted and the indecisive, and you can be sure he is laughing at us. I will heed my parents' wise counsel, and will not throw out any (OOC: more) wild accusations for now. But you can be sure that if no one else here has the courage to do what needs to be done in the coming hours, I will!

thomas.berubeg and Rheinmetall, truly you are men after my own heart. Too bad you are both dwarves.

D'artagnan, you must be clear! What did you mean when you said that the voyage would go worse for us without you?

I am rather taciturn. So I silently grieve.

I never said that I was the key to this journey. I said just to GET ALONG.

thomas.berubeg! How dare you accuse my father? Just for wanting us all to work together? One thing is sure, if we're going to get out of this, we'll need to work together! (Wow, I just realized how cliche that sounded. How do you do that special e with the ` on top of it?)

Midday 1

The morning passed by quickly, as pangs of grief began effecting most of those traveling aboard the Nightingale. However, that seemed to be all they shared, as signs of racial tension began to appear among the survivors almost immediately after the shock of the morning's events started to wear off. Hippus "mercenaries" regarded the "midget" Dwarves with suspicion and vice versa, while all threw challenges at the Lanun "pirates". None of these newly proclaimed orators had any evidence, so all accusations were left rather vague, although the arsenal of names employed was quite varied and quite colorful.

Still, the newly elected Captain, Kol.7, was quick to try and stifle the tension and near open warfare on the ship, indicating that he would be sure to be rid of the passengers at the soonest moment. That only managed to create an even more hostile environment, and the tension still continues. At the same time, the grieving Backwards Logic was rewarded with the only known artifact left behind by Captain Pinman, a Silver Amulet with unidentified blood on it, as well as the engraving "Nightingale".

Even with this exciting and memorable morning, few managed to forget that the ship was still moving further and further towards certain oblivion....
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Voting Tallies:

Backwards Logic Riverking Kol.7 Backwards Logic
Kol.7 Riverking Kol.7 Backwards Logic
Lightfang Riverking Kol.7 Backwards Logic
Niklas Wavewalker Kol.7 Backwards Logic
Izipo Wavewalker Kol.7 Backwards Logic
zxcvbnm Wavewalker
Chandrasekhar Wavewalker
Merciary Oceandweller Kol.7 Backwards Logic
Tyrs Oceandweller Kol.7 Backwards Logic
Methos Oceandweller
PrinceScamp Oceandweller
Hitti-Litti Hammerfist
Frozen in Ice Hammerfist Backwards Logic
thomas. berubeg Hammerfist D'artagnan59
Charles Li Ironsmith
Tasslehoff Ironsmith
Rheinmetall Ironsmith
Tolis Ironsmith
Brisingamen Plainsrider Backwards Logic
Ghandi Rules Plainsrider
Renata Plainsrider Backwards Logic
D'artagnan59 Silver-rider thomas. berubeg Backwards Logic
Stuck in Pi Silver-rider
mythmonster2 Silver-rider thomas. berubegBackwards Logic

Captain

Kol.7: 7

Silver Amulet

Backwards Logic: 12

Accusations

thomas. berubeg: 2
D'artagnan: 1

{OOC: Please note that this post is 1.5 hours early}

{OOC: You type the ´and then you type e. Without space or such stuff. é.}

Come now, meaningless accusations such as this will get us nowhere. We need to think, not accuse and counter-accuse with no logic!

(OOC:Eh? It isn't working for me. 'e. Also, `e doesn't work either. See? Neither does it work the other way around.
EDIT: I just realized, your thing is the other way around! How do you do that? I can only do ` and '.)

Meaningless.

Thomas clearly wants to divide us by race. With that, the Hippus and Dwarves attack each other, and the Lanuns drop like flies, making the poisoners harder to catch.

{OOC: alt+e=´ alt+e and type e afterwards=é}

Look. Think about it this way. D'Artagnan59 is right {OOC: for once ;) Just kidding, I wuv ya.}. The enemy's gate is down is not us of different races. No, this is something that goes past racial divides. This is a question of sabotage! And such a heinous act knows no boundaries.

I thereby accuse you, thomas.berubeg, of causing strife among the ship.

My fellow Hippus, I am sorely disappointed in you. You all counsel to "get along" with the Lanun and the dwarves. But use your Tali-given logic on our problem. There is an evil on this ship, perhaps even three separate evils. It, or they, cannot be one of us: I will not countenance that idea. Who does that leave?

However, neither will I accuse thomas.berubeg. He, among few others, seems to have a grasp of the true scope of our danger here, and he does not hide behind false platitudes, but instead forthrightly speaks his mind. I admire that, even if he is a dwarf. He does not strike me as the type to hide in the shadows.

Instead, for now I will accuse zyxcvbnm Wavewalker, who has been nowhere but hiding in shadows ever since the evil occurred. He should come out of hiding and speak if he wishes me to change my mind.

Who's zyxcvbnm? I know a zxcvbnm. But not a zyxcvbnm.

Bah! Semantics!

What's a letter or two between friends...

OOC: Heh, I'm in SGOTM 7 with a zyxy. All these people with their unpronouncable names, they should stick to a consistent spelling.

Who's zyxcvbnm? I know a zxcvbnm. But not a zyxcvbnm.

{You know that isn't allowed here. We all know who she is talking about.}

My daughter has already been taken from me, I will not you harm my son, thomas.berubeg, at all! We dwarves have honor, we wouldn't do anything as despicable as you are suggesting.

That's a heartwarmer!

we dwarves aren't the type to forsake and betray their own!

Thankyou, Father!

We need to present a Solid Front against these overlanders!

OOC: It's called sarcasm.

thomas, did you happen to hit your head? First you're calling your sister your daughter, and now you're calling your mom your dad?

It's the beards, no one can tell what gender dwarves are... It seems to me that a man and a dwarf were found to be lovers, which would offend the race mongers among us. This would be most prevalently thomas.berubeg, or Renata, using this logic that would make one or both of them the poisoners. While I would prefer to believe that one would not kill kin, it can not be discounted. I will cast my vote against Renata for now, though he seems much to obvious to be a poisoner

If you cast a vote against someone whom you think probably won't be guilty, does that not make you guilty of obstruction of justice?

I support my son!

How dare you accuse my brother, you barbaric horse-loving hate monger!? First these troublemakers kill off half our crew, and then they try and turn as all against each other. I say that Renata is most likely to be one of the murderers here, and thus do I accuse him!

Truly, that is a brilliant course of action, Tyrs. Accuse someone you don't think is guilty. And these are the people we are supposed to trust to keep us from sailing straight for Hyborem?

I have no fear for myself or my family; Tali will surely save us. But the rest of you are doomed.

I strongly doubt that those most outspoken are the ones who have something to hide. thomas.berubeg and Renata may be angry, and cause strife, but I doubt they are behind this. And zxcvbnm, my son, I ask you to speak up and dispel these false accusations against you.

If we are to find the monsters behind this, we should look to those who stay in the shadows. One like Rheinmetall Ironfist...

I said I had my reservations, I agree with Niklas, however it was either make some action else nothing will be done. And is not the best disguise the one so obvious no one would guess it?

Do not attack my son! He is guilty of nothing but vehemence. Renata, you must learn to preserve your accusations until the best time...you would not have a horse gallop for the first ten minutes of a long run. Until such times as the blind realize one so pure and outspoken cannot be guilty of these crimes, I will protect my son from any who dare harm him.

{OOC: Sorry for my continued absence, I just havn't been able to sit down and read this yet, I'm not sure if I feel like playing another NoTW yet, sorry guys. I'll have my decision by tonight}.

{I assume that since you haven't stated anything either way, that you're dropping out. In that case I accuse you. Sorry, but if you're wanting to leave, might as well do it this way and keep actual players in the game.}

Edit: If he isn't dropping out, then I'll drop my accusation towards him.

The soup is starting to stir I see. Niklas, I have no intention to keep in the shadows, seek your targets elsewhere.

Fair enough, I will turn to your sister instead then. Tolis Ironfist, will you too speak plainly?

Niklas! You will not take my Maiden! So young even on human standards!!! You will appolize for accusing her!

Fair enough, I will turn to your sister instead then. Tolis Ironfist, will you too speak plainly?

(OCC: Been kinda busy with job hunting so havent had time to sit down and read this)

Strides up to Niklas and, after climbing up on a barrel, slaps him hard across his face

Ill speak when i deem it damned well to speak you dirty cur. You think you're all high and mighty eh? *spits* With your fancy boats and what not. I fear the poisoner less then i do intolerant bigots who cant stand the idea of peoples who are different then themselves. Had we any other choice we wouldnt be here, and now, just somehow, all the people (and i use the term people lightly in the case of Niklas) who want to alieniate each group by race and family seem to be throwing arround baseless accusations.

Its people like you who attack a Dwarf, not based off who he or she is, but just for their race or family, who lead to most of our conflict. If you think that us Dwarves are as wishy-washy as you seafarers, you will find that we are as hard as iron. I fear Niklas is just trying to stir discontent. Many have clamored for racial equality in the current situation, but someone seems to have a vendetta.

Keep your body fluids to yourself, "fair maiden"!

Since when did I attack someone based on their race? I even spoke in support of thomas.berubeg Hammerfist when some others would accuse him. I accused you only of being silent, or staying in the shadows. Since you have now spoken out, I would have retracted my accusation, except I don't like being spit at. So there.

OOC:

Strides up to Niklas and, after climbing up on a barrel, slaps him hard across his face

:lol:

Evening 1

The orange brilliance of dusk had begun to appear over the Nightingale even as heated accusations continued to get thrown about. Afternoon aboard the Nightingale had brought additional racially based flare ups, and the darkening skies had not yet cooled down flaming tempers on the deck.

Still, the day’s victim, thomas. berubeg Hammerfist had been selected, and the necessity of sleep forced the reluctant passengers to fulfill their terrible obligation. The proud Dwarf was frog marched onto the deck, with the screaming protests of his mother resonating behind him, where he was forced onto a newly constructed plank facing the open waters below. There the Captain Kol.7 pointed to the sharks waiting in the water, and asked if the unfortunate Dwarf had any last words.

Rather than speak, the Dwarf chose to sing, if that word can be used to describe his voice, which emitted a horrible screeching sound from his mouth that caused everyone in the vicinity to run away and cover their ears. The sound even managed to match the sad song of the Nightingale in intensity, which had not stopped after the morning’s events.

Thomas. berubeg’s ploy had succeeded, as nobody was brave enough to draw close enough to him to throw him over the side. Suddenly, the singing dwarf had a split second lapse, but it was enough. An unidentified sailor took the opening and punched the condemned Dwarf into the shark infested waters. The screeching that had resumed with his fall abruptly cut off, and only the sad song of the Nightingale continued in the air. Later analysis of the water would draw the following conclusion:

The Apprentice was innocent.

The remaining survivors trooped off towards their beds, accompanied only by the sad ballad of the Nightingale. Somehow, a new piece of information had come into each of their minds simultaneously. The maps analyzed that morning gave them only 9 days left before reaching the land of the Infernals, a land in which they would surely die.
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Final Tally:

Backwards Logic Riverking
Kol.7 Riverking
Lightfang Riverking thomas. berubeg
Niklas Wavewalker Tolis
Izipo Wavewalker
zxcvbnm Wavewalker
Chandrasekhar Wavewalker Renata
Merciary Oceandweller
Tyrs Oceandweller Renata
Methos Oceandweller PrinceScamp
PrinceScamp Oceandweller
Hitti-Litti Hammerfist
Frozen in Ice Hammerfist thomas. berubeg
thomas. berubeg Hammerfist D'artagnan59
Charles Li Ironsmith
Tasslehoff Ironsmith
Rheinmetall Ironsmith
Tolis Ironsmith Niklas
Brisingamen Plainsrider Renata
Ghandi Rules Plainsrider Renata
Renata Plainsrider zxcvbnm
D'artagnan59 Silver-rider thomas. berubeg
Stuck in Pi Silver-rider
mythmonster2 Silver-rider thomas. berubeg

Accusations:

thomas. berubeg: 3
Renata: 2
D’artagnan: 1
Zxcvbnm: 1
Tolis: 1
Niklas: 1
PrinceScamp: 1

Supports

Renata: 2
thomas. berubeg: 1


OOC: { I would like to note that secret voices are allowed in this game, just send me a PM with your choice and what you'd like to say. Another note is that items may in fact be traded freely}

Public posting is barred.

People with night abilities, items or amenities please send them in.

End of day 1.

{Sorry I won't be able to participate in this game, I just don't feel like it. Awesome setting though :) And no, I'm not a wolf, if I was I'd stay and play, but I think I need a break.}

Morning 2

The trauma of the previous day behind them, the shipmates awoke to a brand new day with newfound hope. The Song of the Nightingale had ended their sleep were the dead captain could not, and the day seemed brighter somehow than the last. After all, they had survived the night, although one member short from last night’s execution. Perhaps the day would bring good news.

When the trapped passengers and crew went out on the deck however, pangs of fear began to strike at them all. The captain, Kol.7, was missing! There was a stampede of concerned men towards his cabin, with all frightened of what they would find there. Fortunately, to everybody’s surprise and relief, the cabin was empty, and there was no blood on the floor.

Still, all wondered where he could be, and their search led them to his mother, Backwards logic’s, room. The door was ajar, and the sound of weeping could be heard inside. One brave soul opened the door to discover the following:

The Widow, Backwards Logic, was dead and an innocent.

Kol.7 was found weeping over his mother’s bloody corpse, with the tattered remains of her head in his hands. It appeared that Pinman’s wife had joined him in death just a day after his murder. Unlike Pinman however, her death was not gentle, and she appeared to have been ripped apart with little restraint. Lying next to the captain’s mother was the silver amulet she was awarded yesterday, with several new bloodstains on it. However, the greatest surprise was the discovery of a Knife in what appeared to have been Backward Logic’s former hand, with another engraving of Nightingale on it. Nobody knew where a kind woman like the captain’s wife could have acquired such a weapon, or the more frightening question of what she intended to use it for.

With these sobering thoughts in mind, the survivors drew the weeping captain away and began to prepare for the day’s round of voting, with the slow song of the Nightingale accompanying them.

The day will last for 48 hours, with the midday post coming in 24.
Accusations should be in Black.
Supports should be in Green.
Votes for the Bloody Amulet should be in Silver.
Votes for the Knife should be in Purple.

Public posting is opened.

Ahh, dangit. Thomas was innocent.

Well, my friends, I was wrong. Now, let's just find ourselves another target, grieve Backwards Logic's loss, and then get on to killing wolves.

First of all, I say that Kol.7 should get the Bloody Amulet and the Knife as well. He's the captain and these are the two things his parents want most.

Damn it.

I have failed again. I cannot fail Kol.7 now. Give me the knife, I will use it to end this madness. I will confess this. I am supposed to be a bodyguard, but a weapon I do not have. Before the madness, there was no need for one. But now I see I am caught off guard. Please, the knife to me.

As for the amulet, Kol.7, your father would want you to have it in his stead. Take it. It's the least that I could do.

I sense someone want to kill the whole family. First the captain, then the captains wife. I vote to give both the knife and the bloody amulet to our captain Kol.7.

And why wasn't you guarding lightfang? If you were, we would either find two bodies or one. Two if your help still wasn't able to help her and you both died. One if you succeeded. The werewolf was slain. But now it isnt that way. So i strongly suspect you lightfang!

My familly is being targetted here. Can you not see? We're being killed one by one! Please, you must give me the Knife, as I now fear for my life. Out of sentiment I'd like the amulet as well, it's a familly heirloom.

*He turns and walks onto the deck*

Men, Foreigners, I don't know who it is that has killed these people but we will find out. In the mean time, trust nobody.

Hmm... A bodyguard without a weapon. Very weird.

But Kol.7 still gets the knife.

Yes, Lightfang why on earth don't you have a weapon?

Just out of curiosity, who else has a weapon? My mother had this knife which I found quite unlikely. It was certainly nothing I ever heard about.

(OOC: I think having a weapon is a slight indicator of innocence. I think it is more likely fo innocents to start with weapons then werewolves, afterall they don't need a strength boost b/c werewolves are generally above average-ly strong. If anyone does have a weapon but doesn't want to reveal it in the thread feel free to PM me.)

(OOC 2: Am I wrong in assuming it is werewolves? We have had the bloody and gruesome death of BL, but the other deaths were done during the day iirc and reeked of sabotage. Perhaps two teams?)

Lightfang dont have a weapon since he's a werewolf and kills by night!

The young man appears subdued today, as if some of his arrogance has been burned out of him by the morning's discovery.

Be cautious, Mother. I will be a shaman one day, and shamans do not carry weapons any more than beasts do.

(OOC: Two teams would be my guess. Also, I won't be very available for the next two days due to having guests. So I'll probably be very quiet "today".)

Lightfang dont have a weapon since he's a werewolf and kills by night!

Silence woman! You have no proof of that! I'm sure there is a very goood reason why he is unarmed and I'm sure he will be telling us this reason very shortly.

Your protecting the one who killed your parents!

{Catharsis will be taking over Princescamp's role, as he no longer wishes to play}

Your protecting the one who killed your parents!

I suggest you find some proof before you accuse a member of my familly of such a crime. Until you do gandhi rules I do not want to see or hear you. My familly is being targetted here, and now you're trying to frame one of them. Perhaps hoping we'll throw him overboard? Afterall, a trained bodyguard might provide some trouble even against a Werewolf! Maybe you want us to do your dirty work for you? Too scared to take him on yourself?

The Silver-Rider walks about, eyeing the confusion

"Have you considered that we do not face wolves, but rather infernals? We head to their land, and it makes perfect sense..."

"Anyway, I guess the amulet to Kol.7, and the knife as well. I can only hope he can lead us out of here."

Catharsis Oceandweller is bored out of her mind. This system of accusations only rarely led to violence... what's the point of that? If it were up to her, she'd throw everyone off the ship, including herself. That's a sure-fire way to kill all the wolves.

Having spent the first day below deck, avoiding the whole process, she has finally been persuaded to join the others.

uuuhh... uuhhh... uhhhh...

kol.7!

uhhh... i accuses you

Well, LightFang always had a weapon: his fists. They could deal some damage. He's innocent, so that defies gandhi's theory.

We know Kol.7 is most likely innocent.

So... gandhi rules is the most plausible theory so far.

Oh don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that LF is definately innocent, only that there is no evidence that he is guilty either. However, it is upseting that the man trusted to protect my familly has now failed to do so twice in two days. I expect there is a valid reason for this though, we cannot jump to conclusions here.

I think Kol.7 is innocent, this may be a ploy of the wolves/demons/assassins/whatever to get us to kill him. I also feel that he should get both items.

But what to do about his bodyguard. Since he wasn't able to save mable (captains wife was) i strongly suspect him for backstabbing Kol.7 next night.

Midday 2

The survivors seemed to have overcome their grief by noon of the second day, and certainly got more comfortable with the idea of sentencing a person to death. Unlike the previous day, the item and execution votes were dealt with together, and although there was hesitation based on the lack of evidence, it seemed to be somewhat less than yesterday’s boycott of the vote.

For lunch, perhaps trying to curry some favor, the current vote leader ghandi rules managed to catch some fish for everybody to eat. When asked how the Hippus woman had acquired such a strange skill, the Plainsrider shrugged it off to “natural talent’.

In contrast to this surprising attempt at productivity,and a rare bout of hysteria aboard the ship, one of the sailors in charge of weather pointed out that the sky seemed to be acquiring a reddish tinge around the ship. Nobody else admitted to noticing anything, but all swore to keep an eye on the heavens, although privately laughing the matetr off.

All around them the Song of the Nightingale continues, but even as early as this second day, it is already being totally ignored.
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Voting Tally:

Kol.7 Riverking ghandi rules Kol.7 Kol.7
Lightfang Riverking Lightfang Kol.7
Niklas Wavewalker
Izipo Wavewalker
zxcvbnm Wavewalker
Chandrasekhar Wavewalker
Merciary Oceandweller Kol.7Kol.7 Kol.7
Tyrs Oceandweller
Methos Oceandweller
Catharsis Oceandweller Kol.7
Hitti-Litti Hammerfist
Frozen in Ice Hammerfist
Charles Li Ironsmith
Tasslehoff Ironsmith
Rheinmetall Ironsmith
Tolis Ironsmith
Brisingamen Plainsrider
Ghandi Rules Plainsrider Lightfang Kol.7 Kol.7
Renata Plainsrider
D'artagnan59 Silver-rider ghandi rules Kol.7 Kol.7
Stuck in Pi Silver-rider Kol.7 Kol.7
mythmonster2 Silver-rider

Accusations

ghandi rules: 2
Lightfang: 1
Kol.7: 1

Supports

Kol.7: 1

Silver Amulet

Kol.7: 6

Knife

Kol.7: 5
Lightfang: 1

OOC: ( Again I REALLY would like a copy of your PMs should you chose to send any. Some people have been very good about this, others who I know are sending PMs have not.}

LightFang Riverking painfully, slowly, calls for attention, standing on a barrel, until the masses quiet down and he can begin his recollection.

I don't have a weapon because the captain was never supposed to be in great danger.

I was just his servant for many years, grateful because the captain had lifted me from poverty and into his graces. One day, he confided in me a great plan of his: he would scrape together enough money to get a new crew, and with this new crew acquire wealth, and with this make the Nightingale a great ship again.

The bodyguard job, that was all symbolic. I was supposed to be the man behind it, to help him achieve glory. That's what it meant. I was going to protect him from bad luck and circumstance.

Never was I supposed to be in this position. Never were strange beings supposed to strike this ship. Think about it: what are the odds? We were supposed to prosper together, and now he is dead. Now his wife, whom I had sworn to protect, is dead too, and I can do nothing.

Kol.7, I swear to you, I want to see you alive.

It's just that, the only weapon I have is my fists. I have strength because of my background in the slums, but that's about it. I lack true bodyguard training.

I'm sorry.

But still, your fists are good enough, sir.

The Dwarf housewife walks in muttering

"What craziness. Do you honestly believe that any of us has a chance of protecting others against werewolves? Would you have had the bodyguard sleep in the same room as the wife? Cause a scandal on the ship? Because that is the only way a bodyguard can be sure of interfering with the attack."

"And it's ridiculous that you first accuse the bodyguard of failing to do his job, and then you insist that his 'fists are enough.' If he needs to do a better job, he needs his weapon!"

"Lanun, and Hippus, all crazy-minded, can't think properly. Honestly..."

"Ghandi_rules you seem most suspicious. And I'll agree with the Captain's gaining his family heirloom, but it makes far more sense to give a bodyguard a weapon.

I find it potentially dangerous that some people among us are prepared to give this knife to the bodyguard when he has clearly failed to do his job and also failed to respond to a PM from me. I am actually suspicious of him at the moment. If I get the knife, then after a PM conversation wth LF, I decide he is innocent and there is a good reason why he failed us, and that he will be able to protect us from further harm, I will give him the knife. Untill then, I beg you not to trust him.

{OOC : Okay guys, sorry for the silence but I'm in London for the week-end, so I cannot give the time needed to this game. I also don't have my computer, so I miss my private notes. Anyway, I'll just make a quick vote to avoid being too much inactive. I hate going with the mob, but it's the only thing I can think of right now.}

Dear Captain, I hope the amulet won't bring you bad luck and that it is important to your family after all. Same goes with the knife, use your wisdom to put it to good use.
(the Amulet and knife to Kol.7)

And Gandhi rules, I accuse you of being a poisoner.

Ok, if our captain believes he's innocent, i withdraw the vote on him but still i support myself.

I just wanted to point out the chain of victory:

First Place:

Good: *Insert Victory condition Here*, Self Survived, Objective fulfilled

Neutral: *Insert Victory Condition Here*, Objective fulfilled, Self survived

Evil: *Insert victory Condition Here*, Objective Fulfilled, Self Survived

Second Place:

Good: *Insert Victory Condition here*, Objective fulfilled

Neutral: Self Survived, Objective fulfilled

Evil:*Insert victory Condition Here*, Objective Fulfilled

Third place:

Good: *Insert Victory Condition here*, Self Survived

Neutral: Objective Fulfilled

Evil:*Insert victory Condition Here*, Self Survived


Please Keep this in mind.

{OOC: I hate so complain, but the black font is really hard to see for black background users....}
I find it a little strange that all the items have gone to kol.7... I am not suggesting that he's guilty, but there really isn't any proof of his innocence, yet he is determined to get that knife, which did not protect his mother, even while another offers to protect him. I know that LF doesn't have any proof of innocence either, but if protection is his job, then it makes more sense to give Lightfang the knife. That amulet seems to more of bad luck than anything else, so I'm not going to wish it upon anyone...

I agree with Tyrs. Much as I trust our captain, we should not put all our eggs in one basket. However, Kol.7 can have the amulet. And the bodyguard has the most training....maybe he should get the knife. And possible gandhi rules can explain his violent outbursts against someone who might be able to protect him...

Bold yer votes si vous plait!

I must try to protect my mother, gandhi_rules, as she has done for me. May Tali have mercy on us. I would like her to have the the knife as well, as it appears she may need it to defend against all of you!

I am also somewhat suspicious of Kol.7's trying to acquire every shiny item that comes available, though perhaps that is only natural. In any case, I have no qualms about allowing him to have the amulet -- it has been nothing but bad luck so far.

(OOC: I don't really want to case a useless vote for the knife, so if no one else votes it to g_r *and* the vote between kol.7 and LightFang is close *and* I have time to get back online before evening, I will probably change it.)

OOC: Err I'm pretty sure you bold the person your want to give the item to, not the name of the item itself. For eg. I vote to give Kol.7 the amulet.

I agree with Tyrs. Much as I trust our captain, we should not put all our eggs in one basket. However, Kol.7 can have the amulet. And the bodyguard has the most training....maybe he should get the knife. And possible gandhi rules can explain his violent outbursts against someone who might be able to protect him...

I don't think you should assume my so-called body guard has had training. My father saved him from a life a poverty, I know of no military training. Also, as he has failed to protect my parents, a task specifically given to him. What makes you think he's trustworthy of having the knife?

{OOC: Did none of you guys read my speech here? (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6828755&postcount=118) My goodness.}

I must say, I know I'm not guilty. I swear it upon the dead captain's soul.

I find it potentially dangerous that some people among us are prepared to give this knife to the bodyguard when he has clearly failed to do his job and also failed to respond to a PM from me. I am actually suspicious of him at the moment.

{OOC: But the illogic of this is so obvious. He fails to do his job, so you refuse to give him the tools which will allow him to do his job better?}

I believe that Gandhi rules is innocent, so I will support her. Many people seem to be accusing her with very little evidence at all.

So much bickering, so much anger. Don't anyone realize where this ship is headed? Ah, would that I could turn it around...

I also doubt I can turn that ugly bandwagon around, I believe the charges brought against the plainswoman are very weak indeed. I repeat what I've said before, I find it most unlikely that someone would stick their neck out in that fashion if they are innocent. You are all jumping on the outspoken, and the ones who are the real danger stay in the shadows and bide their time. I would support gandhi rules, but that would bring little new to the situation, and might risk putting another innocent to death instead. So instead I will again cast my vote for Tolis Ironfist. The shadows are deep...

I must agree with my father's reasoning here. I find Tolis to be a more likely suspect than any of the others named so far.

My dear husband, I trust your judgment : Tolis is up to no good.

And i wonder what makes me suspect now? The fact that i voted against Niklas as he first voted for me? What logic. *Applauds*

I love your lack of reasoning and any sort of evidence. I have remained mostly silent, except to defend myself once, and once again i am called upon to defend myself. What, do you guys WANT me to join in the pointless bicker when i have nothing to say. I said it once, and ill say it again, I speak when im damned ready to speak. Im not the one throwing arround random accusations. But since i m being so harshly accused without any word of why, i will will declare my innocence.
I dislike venedettas. And i also find it funny that i am being condemned without ever saying a word to his family, or anyone else for that matter.

(OCC: i would like to have more time to keep up on this, but i sadly dont. Life is keeping me very busy. Im lucky that caught this. Things should be better for me in a few days when im done moving into a new apartment)

"Tolis Ironfist? I've never heard of this person. At least get our name right, you useless pack of Wavecrawlers."

The Ironsmith housewife glares angrily at the Wavewalkers.

"This is ridiculous! You refuse to vote against Gandhi because 'there is no proof,' but then you attack my daughter, citing no proof, claiming 'the shadows are deep' whatever that means and then forcing your family to follow suit. How ridiculous."

All votes after 8pm EST shall not count. I apologize for the delay and the update will be up as soon as i get home.

Evening 2

As evening approached, the survivors resigned themselves to the death of ghandi rules, even though some of her overzealous supporters attempted to save her even after the deadline.

Rather than face the terror of the mob and perhaps the sharks as well, ghandi rules chose to use one of his fishing nets to hang himself in his cabin. As they left feeling sickened all of the survivors knew that:

The Weaver, ghandi rules, was innocent

The song of the Nightingale carried the tired and depressed men and women to sleep.
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Voting Tally:

Kol.7 Riverking ghandi rules Kol.7 Kol.7
Lightfang Riverking LightfangLightfang Kol.7
Niklas Wavewalker Tolis
Izipo Wavewalker ghandi rules Kol.7 Kol.7
zxcvbnm Wavewalker
Chandrasekhar Wavewalker
Merciary Oceandweller Kol.7Kol.7 Kol.7
Tyrs Oceandweller Lightfang Kol.7
Methos Oceandweller
Catharsis Oceandweller Kol.7
Hitti-Litti Hammerfist
Frozen in Ice Hammerfist gandhi rules
Charles Li Ironsmith
Tasslehoff Ironsmith ghandi rules Lightfang Kol.7
Rheinmetall Ironsmith
Tolis Ironsmith
Brisingamen Plainsrider ghandi rules Lightfang Kol.7
Ghandi Rules Plainsriderghandi rules Kol.7 Kol.7
Renata Plainsrider ghandi rules ghandi rules Kol.7
D'artagnan59 Silver-rider ghandi rules Kol.7 Kol.7
Stuck in Pi Silver-rider Kol.7 Kol.7
mythmonster2 Silver-rider

Accusations

ghandi rules: 5
Kol.7: 1
Tolis: 1

Supports

ghandi rules: 3
Lightfang: 1
Kol.7: 1

Silver Amulet

Kol.7: 11

Knife

Kol.7: 6
Lightfang: 4
ghandi rules: 1

OOC: Sorry for the depressing post, i'm tired.

It is now Night and public posting is disabled.

Send in your abilities, items and amenities to me.

End of Day 2.

Morning 3

The next morning brought a series of unpleasant surprises to the Nightingale. When the remaining survivors came up on deck, they were hit by what was undoubtedly the greatest shock of their lives- the sky had turned red! It took at least a minute of watching the spectacular red dawn for anybody to come out of their shock, and it was indeed a slow process. However, it was impossible not to get a resistance to impossibilities on this journey, and many were building up a resistance to surprise. Soon nothing would shock them.

It seemed like the Song of the Nightingale had grown louder somehow over the course of the previous night. As if great spectacular things had happened somewhere, although few believed that these things could be good. Especially after what was found in the mess hall, or more aptly, which person was found in the mess hall. A quick cursory analysis netted the following conclusion:

The Blacksmith, Hitti- Litti, was dead and an innocent.

The great mystery was not what had happened to the poor dwarf, as the remains of his body looked as if they had been violently torn to pieces in the same manner as Backwards Logic’s limbs and torso had been. No, most of the survivors believed that the great terror, the werewolf, was behind the attacks. The great question was the location of the body.

It appeared that the blacksmith had not gone to bed last night. Rather, he had taken a secret Forge to the mess, and spent the entire night working on The First Dagger . Only at the end of his work had he been interrupted by the werewolves looking for their late dinner.

Of course, Frozen in Ice had been dealt her second trauma in 3 days that morning, and the revelation seemed to have rendered her comatose. The poor soul was lain down on her bed, with no friends or family left, too tired to even weep. Many would later write up her life in a book known as The Greater Sorrow, but that is a tale for another day.

At the same time, the revelation of the forge had caused the creation of several new lobby groups, who all seemed to think that the bloody thing posed some sort of fire risk. With all the other worries aboard the ship, these fools were laughed off as the song of the Nightingale softly continued to play.

This day shall last 48 hours with the Midday Post coming in 24.

Votes for the Forge should be in Red.
Votes for the First Dagger should be in orange.
Accusations should be in Black.
Supports should be in Green.

Public posting is now opened.

I must insist. The First Dagger should be mine. I have a job to do. I need to protect Kol.7. Please, don't get in the way. The bodyguard's tired eyes flash with streaks of sudden willpower, as if he has some energy stored away under his tired, mourning exterior.

As for the forge, I think another dwarf should gain possession of it. I'll wait for one to speak up. Who can put this thing to good use? Perhaps we may gain a second dagger.

You know what?

I agree with LF. Give the weapon to him.

Kol's mom's knife was given to him to protect himself and to keep something to remember her.

This, however, is not an heirloom. So, the weapon goes to him.

Let the dagger go to Lightfang. Surely he will find a use for it.

I'm not sure who the forge should go to yet, I will vote on it later. Right now, I'm half asleep. I'll say more when I'm awake.

After finally finding the energy to get out of bed, Frozen in Ice Hammerfist slowly headed up on deck, but there was almost no life in her eyes. She seemed almost completely unattached from the world, and she showed no emotion, until she began the following speech.

Both my husband and my son killed! How I am supposed to carry this burden of loss now that I have no surviving family? Just please, give me the forge; it will give me something to remember my husband by, and I may be able to make things of use with it.

At this point she paused for a moment and fury seemed to seep into her face, and she grew very tense before continuing.

And speaking of my husband I think I know who killed him! It is the that dirty traitor Kol 7! Last evening he came around to my quarters asking if I knew anyone that could fix something for him and I told him my husband the blacksmith might be able to. And what do you know, Hitti-Litti is found dead the next morning!

Also, remember last morning, when Backwards Logic was found dead in her cabin? When everyone else found her, Kol 7 was already there supposedly weeping in grief. As it turns out, he was the first one to be there because he committed the murder! He was the one that so mercilessly ripped her apart. I say we hang the new captain for what he is: a traitor that murders his own family!

Of course, Frozen In Ice may have her husband's forge.

And, since the bodyguard LightFang didn't get the knife, give him the dagger instead.

All right. Frozen In Ice, take the forge and craft us a solution to this mess.

However, if I may interject...I don't think Kol.7 was the guilty one. I don't see a reason for him to have murdered his mother. He lacks a motive, is what I'm saying.

It seems prudent for LightFang to take the dagger, as no one else seems better suited to the weapon. Also, Frozen in Ice should certainly take the forge. The placement of the items seems self-evident. If only the matter of execution was as well... For the moment, I will not place a vote on that matter, though I resent the vote against our new captain.

Now frozen, I know how this looks, I was shocked too. I needed a smith of some sort to repair my mother's amulet - why would I choose to kill him? I think that my bodyguard must be armed now, Lightfang will have the dagger, and you, frozen, may have the forge. I know what its like to lose a loved one.

And Frozen has the Forge.

Catharsis Oceandweller is bored by the forge. She acknowledges it with a flick of the wrist, which the other sailors interpret as a vote for Frozen In Ice to receive it - whether this was the true interpretation is unclear. The dagger is much more interesting, but while her diseased mind can vaguely understand the reasons why she should not have it, she cannot bear to vote it to someone else.

ah. talky, talky, talky peoples. time to talky again

kol.7! why you still here? uhhh

throw him over the side! hes a wolf

Looks at the voting crowd and rolls his eyes.

"Way to stir the pot people."

"If someone here deserves to be keelhauled it's Niklas wavewalker. For some reason he wants to harm my family."

I agree. Niklas unsuccessfully tried to turn the tides of the vote.

Heh, what's this, a gang of dwarves forming against me? It's very true I unsuccessfully tried to turn the votes around, how does that speak against me? gandhi rules was innocent as I expected, and I tried to save him. You little ones are simply angry because I targetted one of yours. Well, whoever I chose would have been someone's family and race, what makes me evil just because I've targetted yours? Someone isn't making much sense here.

The slight young Plainsrider staggers onto the deck, a drawn and bewildered look on his face.

Brisingamen, Father, please explain how you could be one of those who helped to drive my mother to her death? She was innocent ... A better and more courageous Hippus there never was. Frozen In Ice, Kol.7, I think I understand you now. My mother is dead, and my father might as well be.

I do not know why LightFang would desire a dagger when he admits he hasn't the knowledge to use it properly. I am only certain I have no use for it myself.

Renata drags himself to the rail and stares mutely at the sea, avoiding the sight of the blood red sky. Only those who look closely would notice the tears.

Aye, allow Frozen in Ice the forge, and Lightfang the dagger. They each deserve them. Aaaagh, I see no possible people who could be accused of being werewolves; I judge accusations harshly and see no real solutions yet.

Midday 3

The shadow of the day, the blazing red dawn, went pretty much ignored up until lunch. A later writer would muse that perhaps this and other strange happenings were ignored because all those who saw them feared for their sanity. Seeing as those aboard the Nightingale already feared for their sanity in the face of so much death, that explanation could certainly have some merit.

In any event, the voting commenced as expected and at noon both item votes seemed fairly sewn up. Lightfang led by a comfortable margin to receive The First Dagger, in yet another situation where an item was voted based on the sympathy factor. The same can be said of The Forge, due to be handed over to Frozen in Ice, who seemed to recover rather quickly after she heard of the items to be allocated.


The lynch vote however, was far from over. On the beautiful third day of the crisis, there seemed to be multiple lucky contenders to die that night. Only further heated argument, accompanied by the sad Song of the Nightingale, another ignored element, would satisfy the question of who was to die.

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Voting Tally:
Kol.7 Riverking Lightfang Frozen in Ice
Lightfang RiverkingLightfang Frozen in Ice
Niklas Wavewalker
Izipo Wavewalker
zxcvbnm Wavewalker
Chandrasekhar Wavewalker Lightfang Frozen in Ice
Merciary Oceandweller
Tyrs Oceandweller
Methos Oceandweller
Catharsis Oceandweller kol.7 Frozen in Ice
Frozen in Ice Hammerfist kol.7 Frozen in Ice
Charles Li Ironsmith
Tasslehoff Ironsmith Lightfang Frozen in Ice
Rheinmetall Ironsmith Niklas
Tolis Ironsmith
Brisingamen Plainsrider
Renata Plainsrider Brisingamen Lightfang Frozen in Ice
D'artagnan59 Silver-rider Niklas Lightfang Frozen in Ice
Stuck in Pi Silver-rider Lightfang
mythmonster2 Silver-rider Lightfang Frozen in Ice

Accusations

Niklas: 2
Kol.7: 2
Brisingamen: 2

The First Dagger

Lightfang: 8

The Forge

Frozen in Ice: 9

I really, really don't think it's Kol.7. Like, at all.

Heh, what's this, a gang of dwarves forming against me? It's very true I unsuccessfully tried to turn the votes around, how does that speak against me? gandhi rules was innocent as I expected, and I tried to save him. You little ones are simply angry because I targetted one of yours. Well, whoever I chose would have been someone's family and race, what makes me evil just because I've targetted yours? Someone isn't making much sense here.

Sir, I am a HIPPUS, and don't you forget it. [pissed] I am not short. I am tall. I am skilled with horses, and so are the rest of us Hippuses.

Niklas, as I said last night, you voted against my daughter with no evidence, your only logic being to attack the 'quiet ones,' and that the charges against Gandhi were weak, and yet you had no charges against Tolis, and you didn't even vote against one who truly was quiet. You shall die this day!

What sort of mad accusation is that, Tasslehoff Ironsmith? Niklas accused your daughter, yes, but she survived, and Niklas now seems to carry no grudge. Yet you sent an innocent to her death last night, and now you seek to send another! Abandon this pointless vendetta, Tasslehoff, you hurt all of us by failing to do so.

This is ridiculous! You people are talking out of your collective arse! Where is your evidence against either myself or Niklas? Tasslehoff, I wonder if you think this is your chance to jump on the bandwagon and rid this ship of a threat? Why noot just kill him, eh? Disgusting. I have every belief that Niklas is innocent, he has proved this to me over several private conversations which if you still doubt, Pinman can confirm.

As for me? My father was found in the mess room was he not? Where is the first place you go in the morning? I go and get some breakfast. That is what I was doing when I discovered my father's body. Then the next day, I was shocked by my father's death and when I woke up my first thought was to check on my familly to see if they were alright. Then I found my mother dead in her room.

(OOC: Finally, it is a common game tactic to get rid of the inactive players at the beginning of the game when you don't know who else to hang. The first few hangings are always against random people so why not take out a few people who aren't contributing anything to the game? Niklas was clearly just voting to wake a few people up.)

Stop this insanity, you think my husband is guilty of evil?? Well, I for one would be able to spot it, seeing as we share the same bed and all. So I can vouch for my husband Niklas' innocence.

I am a tolerant woman, but this race card has been played a little too far methinks.

(OOC: Pinman, there's only one lynch vote against Brisingamen at the moment.)

I doubt our good Captain Kol.7 had anything to do with the happenings lately.

The young Plainsrider strides to the stump of the mast and waves for attention. He looks infinitely more himself than this morning. Something has given him renewed purpose.

My fellow passengers, and crewmen of this ill-fated ship! On my way up the stairs from lunch just now, I was pulled aside by someone who must remain nameless for his or her own protection. This person gave me news of the gravest import. For three days now, we have known that magic of the deepest evil has been at work on this ship, but we have made no progress in determining its source. But thanks to this brave person, now we know. Izipo Wavewalker, you count a book of necromancy among your possessions!

I trust the rest of you will know what to do.

The young Plainsrider strides to the stump of the mast and waves for attention. He looks infinitely more himself than this morning. Something has given him renewed purpose.

My fellow passengers, and crewmen of this ill-fated ship! On my way up the stairs from lunch just now, I was pulled aside by someone who must remain nameless for his or her own protection. This person gave me news of the gravest import. For three days now, we have known that magic of the deepest evil has been at work on this ship, but we have made no progress in determining its source. But thanks to this brave person, now we know. Izipo Wavewalker, you count a book of necromancy among your possessions!

I trust the rest of you will know what to do.

Izipo? Is this true? A necromancer on board my ship? Is this true? Do you kill my crew and passengers to later resurect them as your undead servants? My parents? No. I will not let you! My parents will not serve you in their undeath. Crew! Chuck 'er overboard! May Danalin's twisted realm take 'er. I will not have such evil aboard this ship! (Izipo)

I'll be damned if I let a necromancer stay alive. Izipo you will soon join those you have so coldly controlled.

Where is your evidence against either myself or Niklas?

niklas, nothing against. but...

Catharsis Oceandweller squints and bites her lip as she struggles to articulate her occasional thoughts.

kol.7 take items, power positions. captain. "mine, mine, mine" he say. innocent team, hurting.

he say "my family being targettid", uses that to... get more items. more power. tricksy. trick the others.

then he say "who has knife? who has wolf go away items". all power go through him. danger. innocent team, hurting. if he wolf, innocent team dead.

The Oceandweller daughter smiles briefly as she dredges up a thought she enjoys. She makes this new thought known to the ship in general.

i could end you, kol.7. one skewer through the heart, you dead. i do hope youre innocent, really. id like to see you... torn apart...

Yes it's true, I have in my possession a book of necromancy, it is of no use denying it.

But have you seen dead people walking lately ? Hmm, thought so. And yet, dead people we have had aplenty.

I my heart and soul I am a healer, but in the course of my life sometimes I wasn't strong enough and I was helpless to thwart death. People that were under my care died, this was too much of a burden on me. Many years I have been searching to better my healing techniques, but still people died.
Not long ago, I found a book. Some of you can call it of the dark arts, I merely saw it as a way to finally bring back life where all else had failed.
But bringing back someone to life is hard, very hard. Especially when you wish to avoid being tainted. This is why I'm still studying it, and have yet to perform the ritual.

You call it a book of necromancy, I call it a book of life.

when you wish to avoid being tainted.

"You know that the book can taint you, yet still you hold onto it!?! It would appear that it is too late and you have already lost control."

Looks up to the red sky and thinks of all the people lost so far. "I see no other obvious possibility, therefore I will follow the evidence and accuse Izipo."

be aware that killing me will not put a stop to the deaths. It will just make them final, without hope of resurrection.

I shall withdraw my accusation. Niklas, you are stirring the pot, I don't blame you for that. The book of necromancy is troubling, but I am willing to forgive that unless it is placed in the wrong hands. That I do not yet know, so I shall support Izipo.

This is troubling news. I can't say that I'm happy to hear about your necromancy practice, dear wife, but I also can't say I would like to see you as shark bait for it. We're in very dire straits here, we're headed for a place most of us wouldn't want to be within a thousand miles from, and every single day we move closer to it. My wife may be a necromancer, and may have been playing with forces better left alone, but does that make her a killer? Did she murder the Captain, or his wife, or the Blacksmith? I'm afraid if we all jump on the chance to kill someone who isn't quite like us, it will only let the real monsters have their way longer. And that's not even considering the off chance that my wife actually can resurrect someone. I support Izipo, for better or worse.

Rheinmetall, I forgive you, and hope you will forgive me in turn.

Well, thank you Rheinmetall, and thank you too my dear, I know I have been away from you for too long.
I nearly had forgotten how good a husband you were.

Slowly, Izipo takes out from beneath her robe a foreboding heavy book. A feeling of evil emanates from it and the silence makes itself deeper still. Even the song of Nightingale seems to subdue. With a longing last look, she theatrically let it fall on the bridge.

Here, if that is the thing that is standing between you and me, I'll gladly let it go. If someone wants it, help yourself, but be careful with it.
If noone wants it, maybe it will be better if it rests on the bottom of the ocean, although I cannot shake the feeling that we might still need it.

She then tentatively takes a step over the book, toward her husband, a thin smile forming on her red lips, eyes locked in those of his love.

The Silver-Rider walks about, through the commotion. Suddenly she turns, and slowly speaks.

"People. I believe Izipo. I think that she has a true value at heart, and should not die for it. "

Finally, my wife comes out of the shadows.

(OOC: I didn't realize gandhi was my "wife" until too late.)
Forgive me my son, I must not have been fully awake when casting a vote against my beloved wife, and the many names thrown around muddled me. I will trust in the good, accurate judgment that my son made. Truly a necromancer is a horror to have on this cursed ship. Izipo, go rejoin the dead you have raised.

I've speaken privately with Izipo, and I have to say, I think I was too rash. It was wrong of me to jump in there like I did. I have learnt the truth, that the ''necromancy'' this book teaches is in fact nothing of the sort. It does not teach the arts of animating and controling the deceased, but of how to bring people back for real! It is not necromancy!

While I think this book may in fact be useful to us, if Izipo wants to let go of it then I respect her decision. To the bottom of the sea with it.

I agree. Izipo is not guilty.

If you can prove more than just your word, i might reverse my vote.

How would she prove it more than she has already, by giving her powers up? No, Brisingamen, you might have sent your own wife to death but I'll stand by mine.

Looks at the book on the ground and takes a few steps back. Glances at Izipo questionally.

"If you are willing to give up your necromancy ways then I'm willing to withdraw my vote towards you. I hope this is a lesson learned."

OOC: How do you withdraw a vote? Like this? Izipo Or do I have to accuse someone else?

Edit: Just to be clear, I'll switch my vote from Izipo to Brisingamen

One who has just lost thier wife, and now is attacking others screams of injustice to me Brisingamen how dare you!

Being a wife myself, I don't like those who would kill their own Brisingamen!

Well, I thank you all for your support, and I'm glad that we finally get to hear from Stuck in Pi. It was Gandhi's wish that we wives stuck together.
Seeing the kind of husband that she had, I can easily understand why she was looking for support outside of her family.

Brisingamen, you are (in part) responsible for your wife's death.

kol.7, good job on revealing the books function to everyones :rolleyes:

Catharsis Oceandweller is looking particularly lucid this evening. Little wonder: she thrives on conflict, and there's a lot of it about at the moment. While she would, of course, much rather be hurling people over the side, any medium is preferable to none: if words are required, words will (however falteringly) be offered.

this talky, all of family. pointless. what matters family when wolfs are on board?

all this talk of family betrays your hidden weakness. all of you. i am strong, my family means nothing to me. you attack brisingamen, and why? for accusing a family woman. it is good that he did this! anyone of us is wolfs

but you let the scum - and here she flicks her wrist at the captain again - tricksy trick you with talky. family talky. we have only eight days left, i think? i dont know how big eight is, but it less than sixteen and nine and more than four, i am told. thats too short for this

but hey, do what you wants. i dont care if you all die

This is ridiculous! You people are talking out of your collective arse! Where is your evidence against either myself or Niklas? Tasslehoff, I wonder if you think this is your chance to jump on the bandwagon and rid this ship of a threat? Why noot just kill him, eh? Disgusting. I have every belief that Niklas is innocent, he has proved this to me over several private conversations which if you still doubt, Pinman can confirm.

{OOC: Yes, I realize your vote is now different, I'm just refuting your argument}

First, I have no ill will against you whatsoever, Captain. I am as certain as possible, under the circumstances, that you are innocent.

As for Niklas, my vote stems from his unprovoked attack on my daughter. {OOC: Yes, I understand weeding out the inactive is common early, but Tolis wasn't inactive.} Niklas also voted on the reasoning that there was weak evidence only against ghandi, yet he gave no evidence against my daughter. Hypocrisy indeed. And your claim that he has proven his innocence to you in private gives me nothing unless I am told why he is innocent.

Hum... A book of necromancy? I can't say that I'm happy to find out about all this, but of course I wouldn't refuse my own mother a chance to make up for possessing such a vile thing. Let Brisingamen die instead.

Izipo, you should keep the book, and maybe put it to some good use. I think that we should use what we have, instead of cowering in fear from it.

Evening 3

Brisingamen Plainsrider had always been a simple man. A Hippus Horse Breeder who had no false airs about him, he was a man of honor and integrity throughout his entire life. Some would say that he had learned these traits during his time among the horses, who know nothing of deceit and lies.

When it was decided for him to die, the man took a short moment to say a small goodbye to his son Renata, and then walked right off the ship into the water. He did this with no grand spectacle, and in fact nobody witnessed his death. It was only later after the entire ship was searched for him that his body was discovered floating peacefully in the water. He had drowned. The usual analysis of his remains netted what seemed to be becoming a trend:

The Horse Breeder, Brisingamen, was innocent.
Tears would have flowed from most reasonable men at the death of this total innocent. He was perhaps the greatest man aboard the Nightingale during that fateful voyage to doom. Indeed tears did flow, as all of the innocents cried freely into their hands. They did not notice those who remained silent, and did not cry. The song of the Nightingale seemed to beat with them at that moment, the murderers of Hitti- Litti and Backwards Logic.

It was only later that the sad and weary souls trooped off to bed accompanied by the ever constant song of the Nightingale.

The following is an excerpt from “The Greater Sorrow” a short history written about the song of the Nightingale:

It was on the third night that the werewolves seemed to assume control of the situation. Having seen 5 innocents killed, their power seemed unmatched. The horsemen of the apocalypse stood smiling in that frozen moment where the innocents wept at the death of Brisingamen, as no innocents would notice them with their heads buried deeply in their hands. Hope for the innocents seemed to die that day, although perhaps I should not be the one to speak of it.

It was written by Captain Pinman two years after the events of the Nightingale.

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Voting Tally:

Kol.7 Riverking Izipo Lightfang Frozen in Ice
Lightfang Riverking Kol.7Lightfang Frozen in Ice
Niklas Wavewalker Brisingamen
Izipo Wavewalker Brisingamen
zxcvbnm Wavewalker
Chandrasekhar Wavewalker BrisingamenLightfang Frozen in Ice
Merciary Oceandweller Izipo
Tyrs Oceandweller Brisingamen
Methos OceandwellerBrisingamen
Catharsis Oceandweller kol.7 Frozen in Ice
Frozen in Ice Hammerfist kol.7 Frozen in Ice
Charles Li Ironsmith
Tasslehoff Ironsmith Niklas Lightfang Frozen in Ice
Rheinmetall Ironsmith Izipo
Tolis Ironsmith Brisingamen
Brisingamen Plainsrider Izipo
Renata Plainsrider IzipoLightfang Frozen in Ice
D'artagnan59 Silver-rider Izipo Lightfang Frozen in Ice
Stuck in Pi Silver-rider Izipo Lightfang
mythmonster2 Silver-rider Lightfang Frozen in Ice

Accusations

Brisingamen: 6
Niklas: 1
Kol.7: 2
Izipo: 3

Supports

Izipo: 4
Kol.7: 1

The First Dagger

Lightfang: 8

The Forge

Frozen in Ice: 9

Public Posting is closed.

Send me your items, abilities and amenities.

End of Day 3.

Morning 4

After the traumatic events of last night, it came as no surprise to anybody that when they came up on deck, beneath the fiery red sky, they numbered one short. With terrible sighs, the survivors went about their daily ritual to discover the body.

He was discovered in his room, with his pound of Gold next to him. Apparently the werewolves had intruded smack in the middle of his nightly ritual of counting his earnings. This preoccupation with material wealth seemed somewhat disturbing during this time of crisis, and no doubt had he been left alive he may have done some damage. Still, despite this speculation, one thing could not be doubted:

The Shopkeeper, Charles Li, was innocent.
With the morning’s victim out of the way, the survivors geared up for today’s round of execution voting while being serenaded onwards by the Song of the Nightingale. That morning’s one excitement appeared to be the gold discovered with the shopkeeper’s body. It had to be put somewhere- so why not vote for it as well?

Still, there were worried looks among the survivors- those who remembered that there were only 7 nights left until the ship reached the burning hell that was the land of the Infernals. Perhaps salvation would come sooner than expected.

Accusations should be in Black.
Supports should be in Green.
Votes for the Gold should be in Gold.

This day will last 48 hours with the midday post coming in 24 hours.

Public posting is now opened.

*looks at list of people I suspect*

*stars one name*

The Gold, however. This will be a tough one. I don't want it. All I want is the family I have with me now by my side.

...

NO!

The dwarven housewife utters a cry of grief and pain. Sobbing, she speaks

My husband... is dead! Who could have committed such a horror?

Please, I ask that my husband's gold be passed on to his Son, Rheinmetall.

"I don't know what good the gold does in this situation, but I'm sure my father would have wanted me to have it."

"Damned me, if I ever understand you people and your motives. What was that bandwagon on Brisingamen? I've never seen anything so insane in my life! Did you really expect him to guilty? Did you even care? I regret I wasn't awake to hammer some sense into your thick skulls last night."

OOC:
I'd like to be a reserve player. Btw, Zxcvbnm has apparently been poisoned in real life (look at the NESing forum).
I thought I knew who one of the werewolves was until Izipo's book was discovered... truly confusing.

Frozen in Ice should get the gold, to use it in the forge.
As it is, we have no use of it, unless we make something out of it.

Tasslehoff Ironsmith enters, still grief-stricken, but now angry.

Niklas, you are behind the baseless bandwagon on Brisingamen, you have, without evidence, attempted to kill my daughter, and you have killed my dear husband. You shall die as the evil wolf you are!

I agree.

Tolis was accused by Niklas. How could he have gotten back at her?

Psychological attacks. Tolis was Charles Li's daughter. Tolis and Rheinmetall, you two are good people.

All of this points to Niklas.

Rheinmetall shall have the gold.

OOC: qoou, welcome to the Forum Games community. I recommend you join Rise from Medieval Kingdoms III and Birth of an Empire. They're sort of lazy-NESes.

Midday 4

Those who were there said that it could not be natural. After all, the fourth day had started out as a typical morning, in fact quieter than most. Sure, Charles Li had died, but the voting had been slow, and the deck quiet without mad orations made by the accused.

So when it did come, it came out of the blue, or perhaps red. The survivors were lounging out on the Nightingale’s deck, trying to see something hidden in their shipmates faces when it came. Suddenly, out on the horizon, the blood red sky started to turn to the black of night as all watched on in horror. Accompanying this shadow of the day, was the seaman’s eternal enemy- storm clouds.

The clouds came on slowly, as the blackness of the storm swept away the sunlight amongst the red sky. It came onward with the terrifying sounds of thunder and lightning in its midst. Powerful wind gusts that seared through the survivors aboard the deck, and drew hats and other articles of clothing away into the darkness. Even sheets of hail and rain that pelted down from the sky, bruising more than one survivor.

Still it was the lightning that scared the Nightingalers the most. The Lanun might have been somewhat used to it, and more than one of them tried to calm down those who became hysterical. Unfortunately, neither Dwarf nor Hippus was used to being stranded on a boat in the midst of a storm of terrifying electricity and their efforts were for naught. Nobody could calm the panicked passengers down.

Then minutes started to pass, and while the thunder screamed overhead, and the lightning illuminated the darkness with its terrible power, the ship had not been harmed excepting a few bruises and some lost hats. So it was understandable that when what could be perceived as the possible beginning of the end to everybody’s lives occurred, many were not ready for it. In fact nobody was ready for it.

The Nightingale after all, despite Pinman’s boosts that it was the greatest ship of the sea, was made of wood, and as everybody knows, wood has a very obvious fault. That thought seemed to strike at everybody’s mind in that moment, when the greatest impossibility of all seemed to happen. An impossibility that seemed to stop time and caused Captain Kol to scream “abandon ship”. Those were words that nobody thought he would ever say because although the Nightingale does have a lifeboat, it was old and had many holes in it. The boat was not expected to last long on the open ocean.

Still, Captain Kol did utter those words because of one simple fact. Although it seemed impossible, lightning had struck the Nightingale.

A once proud ship was burning, but the song of the Nightingale continued on with its survivors. They had all decided to obey the captain, and ran for the small boat that didn’t seem to have much life left in it, still staring at the spectacle of the brilliant blaze aboard their former home.

The following is an excerpt from “The Greater Sorrow” written by Captain Pinman.

And that moment was a climactic one, and one that had far-reaching consequences. Indeed it was only that lightning which led directly to my first appearance.
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Voting Tally:

Kol.7 Riverking
Lightfang Riverking
Niklas Wavewalker
Izipo Wavewalker Frozen in Ice
zxcvbnm Wavewalker
Chandrasekhar Wavewalker
Merciary Oceandweller
Tyrs Oceandweller
Methos Oceandweller
Catharsis Oceandweller
Frozen in Ice Hammerfist
Tasslehoff Ironsmith Rheinmetall Niklas
Rheinmetall Ironsmith Rheinmetall
Tolis Ironsmith
Renata Plainsrider
D'artagnan59 Silver-rider Niklas
Stuck in Pi Silver-rider
mythmonster2 Silver-rider

Accusations

Niklas: 2

The Gold

Rheinmetall: 2

OOC: {Please feel free to use the current situation as a great chance for role play and note that all survivors carry their possessions with them at all times. You must however understand that you have to leave the ship- no holdouts}

Catharsis Oceandweller is smiling. She is practically hugging herself with glee - the other escapees are rather regretting having to spend time in a small boat with her. The sudden storm, coupled with the sight of a burning ship, have cheered her up no end, and now she turns to the captain again, eyes flashing.

look upon your crew now, kol.7! look upon your mighty vessel! (You'll notice that as the amount of damage and conflict increases, so does her vocabulary.)

how many days has it been? four, nine? and all the time, floating towards infernals. but solution? simple. get on a lifeboat. but noooo. not for kol.7. certain death at hands of infernals is much better than possible death at sea. right?

you're unfit to lead, captain, and i do so very much hope that you will, eventually, be thrown over the side -

- and here she pauses for a few seconds, as another thought struggles its way to the front of her mind -

- but niklas is the wolf.

The Bodyguard stands, mouth agape, staring at the destruction upon the Nightingale, refusing to leave.

No! The Nightingale! The captain...we were...we were supposed to rebuild the ship and make it great again. And here, here it lies burning, struck by lightning! How could that be...

He stands at the edge of the small boat, waiting for all to get on. He refuses to leave early, savoring each closing moment aboard his former captain's ship.

Take it, take the gold, Rheinmetall, for whatever good it will serve you. You can't fix the ship with money, not now.

Well at least my daughter is completely crazy one top of this! *Saying this the exasperated mother bodily hauls her mad daughter onto the boat, calling for her family to join her* Try not to get hit by falling flaming sails!

It is burning?! What!? OK, stay calm. Stay calm. All right, how about this, Lightfang and me shall stay on the ship to ensure all get on the lifeboat? All except for Niklas. Let him stay on the ship and be burned alive.

Stuck in Pi Silver-Rider looks back upon the ship, then at the lifeboat.

It is our fate. Let us go now. We will root out the evils onboard. However, I say that it is not wolves we face. See the happenings! A storm, a red sky, the boat heading towards the land of the infernals! Wolves should be the least of our worries!

Jumps in the boat alongside his mother and sister, all the while looking at his sister like she was a loon. "Mother, I think you probably should have spanked her more when she was a child."

Glances at Lightfang oddly, "There's a major storm around us which could cause us all to die, yet you worry about who gets the gold! Let it sink to the bottom of the sea for all I care."

Edit: Added my vote for the gold.

What's this? Some people really seem to have it in for me, I don't suppose it's surprising when I stuck my neck out and called some people out in the beginning of this madness. But these accusations are rather silly, and seem like the mark of another bandwagon.

Yes, I voted for Tolis, twice even. And she returned the favor too. But to say I'm responsible for her father's death just because I dislike his daughter, well, farfetched to say the least. And to think I would carry grudges in a situation like this is rather silly.

Yes, I cast the first vote against Brisingamen. I regret his death and my role in it, but he made himself my target with his continued ire towards my wife, in a situation where I desperately needed a target, to save my wife and myself. But what followed was definitely not my doing. I can only surmise that many were desperate for a target, not wanting to cast a first vote, and I conveniently provided one. The previous suggested targets - my wife, myself and our captain - weren't really reasonable and many must have known that. The intensity of that bandwagon would almost be amusing, if it wasn't for the tragedy it caused. But if you seriously think I am a wolf, and able to control that many votes, with that intensity, you are truly out of your minds.

I cast the first stone, for which I am not proud. But it is in the pack that you should be looking for those trying to hide. I dared stick my neck out, as I have again and again. The mark of a wolf? No, I'm not a werewolf, and I will continue to stand for my opinions, loud and clear.

First you try to switch a vote towards Tolis, which was unsuccessful. Then you introduced Brisingamen, who was innocent. How would be the perfect way to harm Tolis without even touching her? Psychological warfare. By killing her father.

Now, one of us Hippuses needs to learn horse breeding. How about you, Renata? You're Bris's son.

You're worried about horse-breeding at a time like this, D'artagnan? Do you see any horses?

The young man sits shivering in the stern of the small boat, and his laughter has a hysterical edge. He does not like the sea.

OOC @ Pinman: :thumbsup: This is way cool. :D

After hastily making her way to the life boat in the middle of the storm, Frozen In Ice Hammersmith settled down in the corner thinking.

I believe that Niklas is innocent, so I will support him.

I'm a hippus. I love horses.

Let's just find some horses once we get on land and these crises are done with.

goou, I sent you a PM, but if you want you can take over for zxcvbnm.

goou, I sent you a PM, but if you want you can take over for zxcvbnm.

I read it and was just about to reply:
- I'll take over until he comes back, and then I'll give him his spot back.
- "qoou," not "goou."

My apologies for the name mix up.

I just sent you your start up PM- Welcome to NoTW XIX!

I also just wanted to point out that one of you unsavory souls stole the first dagger from me.

Yeah. That's right. I promised to protect Kol.7. I don't understand how you expect me to do my job without a weapon.

Again with this ridiculous vendetta, Tasslehoff? I wish I could say that I was surprised. There's no more room for reasoning, it seems. We'll get no more peace until you and your accusations have gone to the bottom of the sea.

Rheinmetall hesitantly leaves the ship behind. He doesn't say anything during the whole time. Just keeps staring at the water. Finally he looks at the others arguing.

"Hehehehe! Haaahaahahaahhaha! Wolves. A wolf trying to fight in a rickety boat like this could topple the whole thing."

"You keep fighting among each other. Don't you see it's pointless. Let us float here for a couple of days and all this becomes meaningless. I fail to see enemy here. Even if I think some of you are, there's a high chance you are not. My own family, other dwarves, and you accursed horse people."

"And stop talking about those beasts, or I shall start telling you about caves and mighty cities underground. Metallurgy and other interests of mine. I don't care about horses!"

[WARNING - Heavily off topic!]

HEY GUYS! I've been real busy at university for ages. But now (overlooking work) I have like nine weeks off. Looks like I missed the start of this game but I'd love to be involved in any future ones if everyone hasn't forgotten me already!

Major props to Izipo for reminding me this place still existing and a public apology for not replying to his personal messages sooner. Game on brothers!

My apologies for the name mix up.

I just sent you your start up PM- Welcome to NoTW XIX!
Don't sweat it: happens all the time. Thanks!


OOC: qoou, welcome to the Forum Games community. I recommend you join Rise from Medieval Kingdoms III and Birth of an Empire. They're sort of lazy-NESes.

Ty! I actually only came here for the mafia/werewolf games: there's enough NESes back in the NESing forum (even though the recent poisoning spree has crippled a lot of good NESes :().

HEY GUYS! I've been real busy at university for ages. But now (overlooking work) I have like nine weeks off. Looks like I missed the start of this game but I'd love to be involved in any future ones if everyone hasn't forgotten me already!
{ OOC: Welcome back! [party] No way we've forgotten you (even if many of the "old guard" have been replaced), and it's nice to have you back! :) }

[WARNING - Heavily off topic!]

HEY GUYS! I've been real busy at university for ages. But now (overlooking work) I have like nine weeks off. Looks like I missed the start of this game but I'd love to be involved in any future ones if everyone hasn't forgotten me already!

Major props to Izipo for reminding me this place still existing and a public apology for not replying to his personal messages sooner. Game on brothers!

(OOC: Welcome back, you must tell how you escaped TEH ALIENZ so that we could pass it on to others. But seriously it's good that people are coming back the cult .... erm.... Forums, right forums ... that's what I meant to say;) )

Tasselhoff! You continue to accuse Niklas, a man I know to be no killer. He is innocent I tell you! Your grudge will doom us all!

OOC : Welcome back Ronin, it's really nice to see you again. If others do like you and come back, we're in for a great summer.

IC : Holding her son by the hand, Izipo climbs down to the ship. A lot can be said about her son, after having been mute for the past 4 days, his appearance has now changed dramatically. Rapidly checking if her daughter and husband are also in the lifeboat, she then takes a long look at her son.

Well, I'm glad you're finally among us my son, I'm sorry that it took a burning ship to wake you up, but higher beings move in mysterious ways, as they say.

And what's this ? My husband accused because he tried to save me ? This is madness. I agree that the events of last night were nearly unbelievable, but is this reason enough to accuse him ? As he said, do you really think he has everyone under control ? No, I can vouch for my husband Niklas' innocence. The evil doers are among those that voted AFTER him.

{OOC: Hello again, Ronin!}

alright. alright. those of you who make support votes, you are weak. i don't want to demean myself by speaking to you.

but those of you who accuse tasslehoff: what exactly are you accusing him of? yeah, he accused niklas. but so did a lot of people. should we kill them all? is dislike of niklas a calling-card of a wolf?

the way i see it, niklas has done more wolfy stuff today than tasslehoff has in a week. of course he manipulated the vote. you don't have to stare too hard to figure that out. and every time he is accused, he answers with lots of flowery talky-talky, but no evidence.

chuck 'im over the side! and then chuck kol.7, too.

Well at least my daughter is completely crazy one top of this! *Saying this the exasperated mother bodily hauls her mad daughter onto the boat, calling for her family to join her* Try not to get hit by falling flaming sails!

i'm sure i don't know who you are, lady.

Kol gives his ship one final look before jumping into the life boat.

''Well, look on the bright side everyone! No werewolf's gonna be able to make a kill now without wakin' the lot o' us up, then all we gotta do is grab him and chuck him overboard :D.''

''I'd be very intested to see this so called evidence against niklas because so far I see and grand total of *nothing*. Is there even any evidence? For now I'll vote Tasslehoff because he everyone else seems to be pretty sure about him, however if anyone can come up with some decent evidence against anyone else I'll change my vote.''

''I'd be very intested to see this so called evidence against niklas because so far I see and grand total of *nothing*.

just saying that doesn't make it true!

here's (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6847272&postcount=202) evidence! and here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6847287&postcount=203)! and here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6850244&postcount=228)!

Hmmmmm..... Three different pieces of ''evidence'' from three different people... Perhaps you are the werewolves, trying to kill off a threat? Tch tch tch.

from what i know of werewolves, they have more... efficient ways of killing off a threat

beautifully efficient

how many times do I have to remind you of the possibility that we may not have wolves on board, possibly Ashen Veil members? It seems that you all ignore me.

*Runs on to the life boat and sits next to his wife and son.*

Sorry about being late, I fell asleep and when I woke up everything was on fire, I had to make sure we hadn't hit Infernal land ahead of my son's prediction.

Now I'm a tad confused about the accusations against Tasslehoff. I mean what besides vote for somebody did he do?

Horribly efficient. As we can see from Niklas' work on my husband.

I notice, Kol.7, that you ignore all my logic for voting against Niklas, you don't even bother to try to refute it.

I look, and now I see, Catharsis. She has repeatedly sided against Niklas and others I know to be innocent. Also, she has been trying to overturn votes almost as much as Niklas. Niklas, I believe he was trying to help the ship, with the sad exception of Brisinagmen. Now, Catharsis, I believe you to be a religous zealot who wants to rule the ship!

I see that to save my own skin I am forced to vote for Tasslehoff. He has voted for me so perhaps I should see no remorse, but I have no reason to believe he is a wolf, nor Catharsis for that matter. But I simply see no other way out for me at this point.

I look, and now I see, Catharsis. She has repeatedly sided against Niklas and others I know to be innocent. Also, she has been trying to overturn votes almost as much as Niklas. Niklas, I believe he was trying to help the ship, with the sad exception of Brisinagmen. Now, Catharsis, I believe you to be a religous zealot who wants to rule the ship!

you can't overturn what has already been overturned. in the morning, the main accusation of the ship was clear - niklas would die. but i made a prediction, and i'm sure a lot of others did too, and it came true: lots of quick-fire votes for tasslehoff and support votes for niklas, right at the end of the day when they can't be defended against. that's low. even i think that's low.

and as a matter of fact, even if you count this as an 'overturn', this is the first one that I have attempted. other two (i'm told it's less than four and more than one) days i've been active, i've voted for kol.7 both times, neither time getting anywhere near a majority.

although ruling the ship would be nice. there's very little elbow room in here

Pretty sure about Tasslehoff, Kol.7? The only ones I see voting against him are those who are strongly linked to Niklas himself -- what does that say about the objectivity of the non-existent evidence? At least the accusations against Niklas have more than one source.

I will take a cue from Catharsis and offer some of Niklas' own words as food for thought.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6820043&postcount=84
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6831054&postcount=134

A beautiful cloak of protection he threw over thomas.berubeg and myself, back on the first day of this crisis. Am I the only one to notice that it also served to cover him? And he repeated the comment, just in case anyone had forgotten the first time, in accusing as inactive a girl, Tolis, who actually wasn't. Look, too, at the wolf deaths since Backwards Logic: Hitti-Litti, a man who opened his mouth once the first day and never again; and Charles Li, someone who announced his intention to hide out in his cabin on day two and never come out! (OOC translation of the last part -- after reading qoou's mysterious comment about zxcvbnm, I went and checked out the NES forum: Charles Li has a comment in the top sticky post there saying he won't be on the internet again for weeks. I'm not really a fan of meta-gaming like that and wouldn't have sought out that information on my own, but I can't un-see it.) Who among us can honestly say that those deaths do not fit Niklas' stated biases to a T?

Niklas, I have no personal grudge against you. But I can't escape the evidence of my own eyes. That evidence says you are a wolf, probably their leader. We survivors can do ourselves no better service than to eliminate you.

(OOC: Stuck in Pi, Pinman mentioned wolves in one of his morning or evening posts a day or two ago. We probably do have Ashen Veil -- what else could those marks in Pinman's cabin have been? -- but we also have wolves.)

Evening 4

The storm’s monstrous winds tore at the boat as the tired survivors tried to complete the day’s round of voting. Although the process had been disrupted, it finally appeared that Niklas Wavewalker had been elected to die. It was decided that pushing him over the side of the lifeboat was the best method, as there was no way that he could survive the storm's ferocity in the water.

Although uneasy, the survivors led the struggling Niklas over to the edge of the boat, and in a one quick shove pushed him over the side. He appeared to be struggling to stay afloat in the midst of the vicious waves when he was last seen. His death was certainly inevitable in those conditions.

It was then that the raging storm seemed to intensify for an instant, as if guided by some foreign power. A strong wind gust came in from the east and tipped over the small lifeboat, tossing everybody into the water.

The Nightingalers all fought to stay afloat in the middle of the storm as the winds kept coming guiding them all slowly eastward, faster than the boat ever could of. Unfortunately, bit by bit all of the survivors seemed to weaken against the terrible forces of the ocean, the brutal waves and powerful currents, and even as they were carried by strong wind gusts to an unknown destination, blackness in the form of unconsciousness came to all. To many, it seemed like the end of their lives.

Some higher power however, had other plans for them despite the logical thought that when one is tossed into the ocean during a terrific storm one cannot survive. For by some incredible miracle all of the Nightingalers awoke to find themselves lying on the hot sand of an island. Somehow the wind must have carried them there unconscious amidst the waves. As they looked towards the still red sky they saw that the storm seemed to be clearing. Perhaps its unknown purpose had been fulfilled.

The island was fairly standard in its aesthetics, although in fact fairly small. It had a long sandy coastline, at the bottom of a series of hills leading to high cliffs. In the far distance, the small outlines of a dark forest could be seen.

Still, the island seemed to have properties beyond the norm, as two mysterious sights could be beheld from the rocky shore. One was Niklas Wavewalker, who had survived the attempt to kill him, waking up on the shore with the rest of them. The other sight was cause for far more concern.

Standing at the top of the hilly shoreline stood a male figure. In the first instant, many thought that they were dead and had fallen into heaven. Yet the dead man was no apparition, and nobody had died in the crash. No, what they saw before them was very real indeed.

Captain Pinman was truly standing in front of them, with no expression on his face. He had none of the blood on him that had been present in his cabin aboard the Nightingale and he seemed like he wasn’t harmed at all.

Before the survivors could react, the dead man began walking towards them. Surveying them with his poker face, he nodded towards his son and sat down on a nearby rock. As his appearance had paralyzed all of the Nightingalers, it fell to him to speak the first words.

“You seem to have gone through a terrible couple of days haven’t you?” said Pinman in a rather mild tone.

Nobody could bring themselves to respond normally to this absurdity, but somebody managed to blurt out “Your dead!”

“Not quite I fear, it takes more than a knife through the heart to take out one of us. I still reside… somewhere, but I have come to talk to you of other things.”

Although the captain’s words were strange, the remaining shipwreckees settled down on the sand to listen to his tale.

“I don’t have a lot of time, so I will say what I have to as quickly as possible. Amongst you there resides a certain…item. I’m afraid that for reasons beyond your understanding, the Infernals are being drawn to that item even as we speak. If you want to survive, destroy it to stop them from landing on this very beach.”

“How do you know any of this!” shouted a confused member of Pinman’s audience.

Sighing slightly, with his voice revealing a hint of evil madness, Pinman gave his terrible reply. “Because I did it you idiot, and if that bloody fool hadn’t intervened, you’d all be dead by now. If you want to live, destroy my orb, you must destroy the Nightingale.”

As the shocked survivors looked on, the former captain's body started to flicker, but he was able to get through a few more desperate words spoken in shrieks.

“You have six days! Destroy the Orb or die! It has the same weaknesses as a wolf!"

"DESTROY THE NIGHTINGALE!”

With that final note, Pinman vanished into thin air, leaving behind a bunch of bewildered people, forced to reevaluate their opinions of him.

It was at that instant that the former Nightingalers realized something absurd. The song of the Nightingale was still with them, echoing freely on this desolate rock that threatened to become their tomb.
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Voting Tally:

Kol.7 Riverking Tasslehoff
Lightfang Riverking Rheinmetall
Niklas Wavewalker Tasslehoff
Izipo Wavewalker Niklas Frozen in Ice
qoou Wavewalker
Chandrasekhar Wavewalker Tasslehoff
Merciary Oceandweller Tasslehoff
Tyrs Oceandweller
Methos Oceandweller
Catharsis Oceandweller Niklas
Frozen in Ice Hammerfist Niklas
Tasslehoff Ironsmith Rheinmetall Niklas
Rheinmetall Ironsmith Rheinmetall
Tolis Ironsmith
Renata Plainsrider
D'artagnan59 Silver-rider Rheinmetall Niklas
Stuck in Pi Silver-rider Catharsis
mythmonster2 Silver-rider Niklas

Accusations
Niklas: 5
Tasslehoff: 3

Supports

Niklas: 2
Tasslehoff: 1

The Gold
Rheinmetall: 4
Frozen in Ice: 1

Public Posting is closed.

Send in your abilities, items and amenities

End of Day 4.

{I'm sorry but there will be a two hour delay on tonight's post. Expect it to be 'explosive'.}

Morning 5

A fresh cool island breeze awoke the remaining Nightingalers the next morning. No signs of the previous day's storm were in evidence, and the natural features of the island appeared quite calm, even if its new inhabitants were far from it.

Pinman's words the previous night had unsettled everybody, and led to the impression that their former Captain was far from the innocent they had all believed him to be. In fact, many people were slowly coming to the realization that he may have been the cause of their current misfortune.

One person however, no longer needed to be concerned with such things. He had been found a short distance away from his makeshift tent, created the night before using wood from the island's forest, and his body looked peaceful, although somewhat torn to pieces. The loss of such a great man would have led to a time of great sorrow from his people in normal times, but as for now only the following facts seemed to concern anybody.

The Shaman, D'artagnan Silverrider, was dead and an innocent.

Indeed, the survivors seemed far more concerned with descifering the mystery of Captain Pinman's words the previous night. To that end, and with small protest from Kol.7 Riverking, it was suggested by Methos Oceandweller and StuckinPi Silverrider that his former possessions should be searched. These had been considered too trivial to vote on and were given to his son, the current captain.

Under the watchful eyes of the other castaways, the two browsed through various memorobilia that Pinman had left to his family. It was while searching through a large box that the captain had used to store his stuff that they discovered something. There was a large enclosed space between the area visible from the opened crate and the bottom. They felt inside for a few more moments before finally discovering the switch. That’s when Captain Pinman's secret was revealed at long last.

The crate's bottom opened spilling out several large volumes as well as assorted potions and some especially vile objects whose uses the survivors could only guess at. It was the volumes however that proved it. Including “The Top ten ways to be the world's greatest priest of the Ashen Veil" and "Evil for Dummies"; They ended a debate that had started only last night. Captain Pinman had been a member of the Ashen Veil.

"BOOM!" "BOOM!" "BOOM!"

Fire filled the air, as an explosion suddenly erupted from the crate containing old Pinny's possessions. Most of the survivors were able to duck away fast enough but a few were not so lucky. Both Stuck in Pi and Methos had been caught right next to the booby-trapped box and they could not possibly have reacted in time. When the smoke cleared the damage was horrific.

Stuck in Pi's right leg had been torn completely off by the blast, and Methos' left arm was bleeding profusely. They were quickly whisked away by several of the sailors, and it appeared that they would live, albeit scarred for life.

The shocking morning seemed to bode for an exciting day, and even the Song of the Nigthingale had a slightly elevated pitch. Important events were coming, it seemed to say.

Important events were coming.

OOC: {The people whose limbs wer removed were chosen somewhat at random, and it has no bearing on innocence or guilt}

This day shall last 48 hours with the midday post coming in 24.
Accusations should be in Black.
Supports should be in Green.

Public posting is now opened.

"Son of a... "

"Someone get me something to cover this with."

EDIT: Dammit, it looks like I've been killed.

All of the startup posts have been updated. If you want to, please check them for reference.

...What.

Kol.7, I'm...I'm so sorry. To know that your father was a member of the Ashen Veil. You must be shocked...as...as I am. This...my captain...he...the Nightingale...

Were we all pawns in his great master plan?

It seems so.... The bastard! And now Lightfang I want to tell me your exact relationship with the former captain. You told me that the two of you were up to something before, at the time I assumed it was something petty and money-related, I knew my father was going through financial problems. However, now the truth has been unveiled, perhaps there is something more. If you do not feel comfortable speaking about it in front of these people then feel free to come to my tent in private. Until you are truthful with me though, I accuse Lightfang for being up to something evil with my dear father, I encourage others to vote for him also, to put the pressure on him until he admits the truth.

D'Artagnan59 had been going about telling people in private that there was hard evidence of Niklas' guilt. Now he is dead. I don't like such coincidences. Niklas is surely evil. To accuse anyone else today is nothing but a dangerous distraction. We don't have the time or the numbers to play games with mere suspicions.

Kol.7, I share your concerns about LightFang. But Pinman was your father. Any suspicion relating to him must surely apply to you as much as to LightFang. You are being disingenuous to suggest otherwise. I am not liking the wild swings between accusation and support that I am seeing from you with regards to him.