Mini-NOTW I: "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Game Thread)

[PaulusIII]

"What Paulus? You want to kill the innkeeper? Where will I get my drink if he's gone? You shir...you..." the drunkard nods off.

"You come to me with such a dimwitted excuse for my suspicion. Does being drunk disallow you from getting the facts right?

I do not want to kill the innkeeper, I just want to convince him that being versed in magic isn't a sign of guilt among the Amurites. Please come back with a consistent story next time, maybe lay off the booze so you can think along a straight line rather than the walk of a drunk."

 

[J-man]

I'm not hiding in the shadows, Sepuku. You can't blame a newcomer to be careful with accusations and insinuations. However I understand the need for catching the murderer. Now I don't think it's a good idea to lynch our city guard without evidence when there's a killer on the loose. I want to have a chat with the maniac Tasslehof, he claims that things have been stolen from him. I'm a bit sceptical about the claims from a maniac.

 

[Ekolite]

I have reports from a prophet that Ekolite was scanned for innocence and came up negative. He is clever, claiming to be have scrying abilities, but my message about his lack of innocence came before his claims to be a scryer. If he is innocent, as he claims, then surely the "sinner" Paulus can die tomorrow.

My friend, you have just proven beyond doubt that either you or your prophet firend are the murderer. You are either manipulating, or being manipulated, by the forces of Despair. As I don't know who your friend is, yet, it is my opinion that we excecute Tasslehoff in the good name of Lugus, if he is guity he will be damned, if he is innocent the Gods will have mercy on his soul.

 

[Diamondeye]

Afternoon (day 2):

The air of the small village was filling with accusations frying back and forth. The Maniac's demands to have Thomas executed for thievery was quickly dismissed when the villagers saw hope of catching the killer; many were suspicious of Paulus, and some of Ekolite, their local guardsman. The maniac was also attracting votes, and the blacksmith, Sepuku, was still determined to see the hunter hang. With only a little time left of the day, the votes were a mess - as it looked now, no one would hang this night; there was no unity about who should actually die.

Accusations:
Sepuku: Thomas.Berubeg
Tasslehoff: Ekolite
Icekommander: PaulusIII
PaulusIII: Ekolite
LightFang: PaulusIII
Rhawn: PaulusIII
J-Man: Tasslehoff
Ekolite: Tasslehoff

Tally:
PaulusIII: 3
Ekolite: 2
Tasslehoff: 2
Thomas.Berubeg: 1

Since there is only one vote from the leader to the follow-up, nobody will be hung if this result is final.

Night falls in roughly 6 hours!

 

[Sepuku]

"You come to me with such a dimwitted excuse for my suspicion. Does being drunk disallow you from getting the facts right?

I do not want to kill the innkeeper, I just want to convince him that being versed in magic isn't a sign of guilt among the Amurites. Please come back with a consistent story next time, maybe lay off the booze so you can think along a straight line rather than the walk of a drunk."

I agree. And right now, the only evidence we have is...
1) Ekolite was out at night the first night (gathering evidence and attempting to protect us as best he can)
2) We have a thief among us stealing items. Which based off the evidence the mayor left with me and a couple others, combined with our Maniac's evidence points at Thomas with the Innkeeper as if not an accomplice, then at least a harborer of stolen goods.

We really only have two leads and we should follow them before wildly throwing accusations! Especially those that have no base and make no sense whatsoever.

Now I believe in what Winston left me and since more evidence was brought foward further adding to Thomas's guilt, I will follow the evidence presented. If he is willing to steal from people during a time like this, whats to stop him from killing them when he is seen or caught in the act?

 

[Diamondeye]

Evening (day 2):

Although the villagers had quickly gotten used to the thought af hanging someone, nothing had actually happened until now, and it looked like that trend would continue tonight; despite the vast majority of the villagers actually voting, no single individual was gaining enough votes to seperate them from the crowd; no-one would hang this night either.

So the villagers went to bed, letting the killer pick whoever had to die...

Accusations:
Sepuku: Thomas.Berubeg
Tasslehoff: Ekolite
Icekommander: PaulusIII
PaulusIII: Ekolite
LightFang: PaulusIII
Rhawn: PaulusIII
J-Man: Tasslehoff
Ekolite: Tasslehoff

Tally:
PaulusIII: 3
Ekolite: 2
Tasslehoff: 2
Thomas.Berubeg: 1

Since there is only one vote from the leader to the follow-up, nobody will be hung

It is now night! PM me night orders! Posting is CLOSED!

Day comes in roughly 24 hours.

 

[Diamondeye]

Update: Morning (day 3)

This morning, the villagers hardly noticed the sun; a huge system of clouds had taken over most of the sky, and it was as if only the knowledge that a killer was around had brought them out of their beds. They stood, nine man strong, in the center of the plaza, shivering from the cool weather. The storyteller spoke up once more:

The Amurite Empire has seen many wars, with many nations. The forces of Amure are constantly coorporating with the Elohim and the Mercurians to rid this world of the Sheaim, but recently, our otherwise quiet neighboors, the Sidar, have taken interest in Amurite lands.

There has been three wars against the Sidar, all relatively short. The last one ended in an unstable ceasefire only a couple of years ago.

The villagers pondered over this for a while - could the killer be sent by the Sidar? Awrail was close to the official border, after all, although as far as the villagers knew, the lands on the other side of that border were as deserted as on this side...

The discussion came to a halt, and the villagers decided to go get the blacksmith, who was the only one not present. They had grave concerns, but saw smoke arise from his forge - perhaps he had gone about forging a weapon to defend himself with?

As they came closer, they saw that that was not the case: Sepuku had been stabbed by the killer, and then dragged outside to his own forge, where the killer had crowned the limb blacksmith in red-hot metal from the forge. Sepuku's skin was burnt away around the now-cooled metal crown, and the expression on his face left none unsure about the fact that he had been alive while the torture had happened...

Spoiler :

Sepuku was innocent!

It is now day! Posting is OPEN! Night falls in 48 hours.
Sepuku had no items of interest.

 

[PaulusIII]

"So much dead. So many who did not deserve to die. But yet we do not even seem to attempt to catch the killer!"

Paulus then turns to the other villagers, and raises his voice.

"Rhawn, the way you have willfully misinterpreted my defense against the innkeeper's accusation as a death threat against him makes you suspect. You seem to be all too happy to convict me on the basis of your own nonsensical interpretation - the sign of a killer if you ask me!"

 

[Icekommander]

Nonsense. The drunkard was asleep in the back alley for the duration of the night. I personally, am willing to pull my suspicions away from you onto Ekolite simply sowe can get a damned thing done in finding the killer. It wasn't Rhawn, of this I'm sure. A frame of him most likely. It could be you, seeking to pour the blame onto your enimes by killing an ally, it could be our guard trying to draw attention away from himself. It could be a differnt person, carefully hiding from attention while keeping us all in commotion. The person to gain the least from this killing though, would be the drunkard.

 

[BananaLee]

The city guard has been with us for years and years, surely we could trust him more than other people who just walk in, like say.. J-Man the traveller?

 

[Tasslehoff]

I've received convincing evidence against Ekolite from no fewer than two independent sources, as well as convincing arguments from two others. Ekolite is responsible.

 

[Ekolite]

"So much dead. So many who did not deserve to die. But yet we do not even seem to attempt to catch the killer!"

Paulus then turns to the other villagers, and raises his voice.

"Rhawn, the way you have willfully misinterpreted my defense against the innkeeper's accusation as a death threat against him makes you suspect. You seem to be all too happy to convict me on the basis of your own nonsensical interpretation - the sign of a killer if you ask me!"

You have no evidence against Rhawn. It is clear that the Drunkard and the Innkeeper have a close relationship, and I have strong reason to trust the Innkeeper at this time. Therefore I trust his judgement that the Drunkard is also an innocent. You, however, I have no reason to trust, and many people believe that you are responsible for the deaths in this village. (PaulusIII)

 

[PaulusIII]

"Let us now get the facts straight, shall we? No more assumptions - just what people have said. You claim to be able to scry, and you claim to be able to guard people at night? That's an awful lot for one person to do, do you think not? I doubt anyone would have given a scrying disk to you seeing the suspicion on you instead of using it themselves, no?"

"And besides if you would actually have used it on me - as I have no doubt you would have, seeing as how I've been accusing you every day and your evidence of my innocence would surely abort my accusations - you would have seen that I am not a sinner! Your story is not consistent with itself."

"Ekolite, logic dictates that you should die. It is said that this town has had something to do with shadow magic - Esus, perhaps? That would explain it - because you are a liar."

 

[Ekolite]

I have seen that you are in fact a sinner. Your sin may not be murder, but either way you're not someone we can really risk keeping alive.

OOC: I know my character is a bit uber, but with such a small number of players some characters are bound to be IMO.

 

[PaulusIII]

I have seen that you are in fact a sinner. Your sin may not be murder, but either way you're not someone we can really risk keeping alive.

OOC: I know my character is a bit uber, but with such a small number of players some characters are bound to be IMO.

You're either suicidal... or a liar and a murderer.

 

[LightFang]

I've received convincing evidence against Ekolite from no fewer than two independent sources, as well as convincing arguments from two others. Ekolite is responsible.

Do you want to fill me in on this information, or are you just going to keep it privy?

I stand by my former accusation of PaulusIII unless I have a more concrete reason to distrust our guard.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Kol, Kol, Kol... what were you thinking! lies and more lies wont help you now... Ekolite to die

 

[rhawn]

If my friend the innkeeper thinks Ekolite is the killer then he must be... well off to fill me belly with mead.

 

[Diamondeye]

Update: Afternoon-ish (day 3)
Lots of attention had been on the guard, Ekolite, this day, and it was certainly not looking good for him; he had claimed to be able to protect the villagers while using a certain item to identify the killer.

While protecting the villagers had not seemed to happen, the guard had pointed his finger at the magic adept, PaulusIII, claiming that his scrying had told him that PaulusIII was a sinner. But the general opinion of the village was against him - it looked as if the villagers would have someone to hang tonight...

Accusations:
PaulusIII: Ekolite
Icekommander: Ekolite
BananaLee: J-Man
Tasslehoff: Ekolite
Ekolite: PaulusIII
LightFang: PaulusIII
Thomas.Berubeg: Ekolite
Rhawn: Ekolite

Tally:
Ekolite: 5
PaulusIII: 2
J-Man: 1

If nothing changes, Ekolite will be hung at nightfall.

Night comes in roughly 7 hours!

 

[J-man]

I've laid my eyes on evidence that Ekolite is one of the killers. He should hang.