Izipo
Hardcore casual gamer
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.
As it is, we have no use of it, unless we make something out of it.
NoTW XIX: The Song of the Nightingale - Game Thread
- Thread starter Pinman
- Start date
Tasslehoff
Kender
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!
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!
D'Artagnan59
The Gascon
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.
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}
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.
-------------------------
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
catch u on the flip scythe
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.
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.
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.
Tyrs
King
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!
mythmonster2
BEC NOIR! RUN!
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
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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!
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.
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.
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.
D'Artagnan59
The Gascon
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.
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:
This is way cool. 
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:
This is way cool. 
Frozen In Ice
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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 believe that Niklas is innocent, so I will support him.
D'Artagnan59
The Gascon
I'm a hippus. I love horses.
Let's just find some horses once we get on land and these crises are done with.
Let's just find some horses once we get on land and these crises are done with.
qoou
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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."
Chandrasekhar
Determined
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.
