Evening, Day Four
The good mood from the morning persisted for most of the day. For a long time, no one seemed to want to spoil things by accusing anyone of working to ensure that the Svartalfar and the Ljosalfar remained at war. Peace was in the air! -- an impression belied only by the numerous people who craved the comfort of a usable weapon and thus voted the garrote to themselves.
After lunch, though, things changed. The Lanun representative stee, widely regarded as a graverobber, was accused of even worse things. In a fit of pique at everyone else present, he accused himself as well and withdrew, presumably to contemplate his upcoming death.
With stee gone, though, yet another rumor began to circulate, this one about the Princess Royal of the Ljosalfar, LightFang. LightFang refused to defend herself, and simply watched icily as one vote after another piled up against her. As the misty day grew darker, the verdict of the delegates became clear: LightFang would die.
Executing a member of the Ljosalfar royal family was not something to be done lightly. She was accompanied to the precipice by not only her own honor guard, but the Svartalfar one as well, along with several of the diplomats and most of the remaining members of the mediator's party. She gave no sign of listening as the rationalizations were made, nor as one or two of her honor guard made their quiet apologies. Finally, though, the talking was done, and LightFang was asked if she had anything to say for herself.
Before she could speak, an unexpected figure materialized out of the fog further up the island. It was stee, and he ran like someone had lit his coat on fire. As he approached, those watching could see that his eyes showed white all the way around, and his face was taut with fear. Stee latched onto KingMorgan's arm like a lifeline.
"I wish to change my vote," he said.
"Are you mad?" asked KingMorgan. "There is no need; there's nothing your vote can do."
Only then did stee seem to notice the solemn procession surrounding him, with the self-possessed princess at its center. "Oh!" he said, shaking his head. "I'm not to be killed, then?"
"Not today, anyway," came a mutter from someone.
"Well," said stee. "In any case, for the record, I WISH IT TO BE KNOWN that I change my vote to support myself. And I want Nictel to have the garrote, too. There, that's done."
Still looking spooked, the Lanun retreated rapidly back up the hill.
KingMorgan and the others returned their attention to LightFang. The coldness in her had retreated; she just looked sad. "I fear you may all be up against forces too strong for you, even if you succeed here," she said. "I seem not to be helping, but I wish you the best."
The Princess Royal stepped off the precipice and was gone.
There was a very quiet evening meal. Since the poisoning two days prior, most of the delegation had taken their meals alone, with closest attention paid to the preparation of their food. Today, most ate together, and perhaps that made the poisoner's job easier. In any case, it happened again. Only a minute after the Lanun representative got over his embarrassment enough to sit down with the rest, he abruptly stiffened and collapsed, the cause of death obviously the same as for PaulusIII.
Their luck the previous night notwithstanding, clearly the delegation still had much to fear.
Accusations
Icekommander:
mergle
Winston Hughes:
Stuck in Pi LightFang
reverend oats:
stee
TheForestAuro:
mergle
mergle:
stee
Catharsis:
Niklas
Splime:
stee LightFang
stee:
stee stee
BananaLee:
stee
oyzar:
LightFang
Nictel:
stee
RRRaskolnikov:
mergle
The13thRonin:
stee
CCRunner:
stee
Methos:
LightFang
ZPV:
stee
Backwards Logic:
LightFang
Niklas:
LightFang
thomas.berubeg:
LightFang
(J-man's vote was past the deadline.)
mergle: 1
Stuck in Pi: 0
LightFang: 7
stee: 0
Niklas: 1
Garotte
D'artagnan59:
D'artagnan59
oyzar:
Shadowbound Backwards Logic
Nictel:
Nictel KingMorgan Nictel
thomas.berubeg:
D'artagnan59
Backwards Logic:
Backwards Logic
RRRaskolnikov:
RRRaskolnikov
TheForestAuro:
TheForestAuro
Icekommander:
Icekommander
Winston Hughes:
KingMorgan Backwards Logic
Izipo:
Nictel
mergle:
TheForestAuro
Shadowbound:
Backwards Logic
stee:
Nictel
CCRunner:
Nictel
ZPV:
Backwards Logic
KingMorgan:
Backwards Logic
D'artagnan59: 2
Shadowbound: 1
Nictel: 4
Backwards Logic: 6
RRRaskolnikov: 1
TheForestAuro: 2
Icekommander: 1
KingMorgan: 0
It is now night. Posting is closed for the next 23 hours. Backwards Logic is awarded the garrote; if LightFang or stee had any possessions, they will be voted on in the morning. Sleep tight.
I know Renata says the GM doesn't give any hints but that doesn't mean 'don't listen to anything she says'.}
