Life according to Niklas, part I
Ok, since I seem to procastinate over writing my entirely too long AAR, and also seem to be very tired these days, I've decided to chop it up into smaller chunks and write each when I feel up to it. Hopefully that'll get me rolling.
Startup
For me the game started with a shock. Ok, so I'm a prophet, again.... and I'm also the killer of the Captain, who admittedly was a really nasty guy, but who would believe that if I told them? I'm also a thief, having stolen some ruby-like crystal thingey, and people will be after me for both the murder and the theft. Hey, I'm a good guy! I swear the orb compelled me to take it with me! Needless to say I decided to stay very low initially, having zxcvbmn's game fresh in mind.
First day I can't even remember, except that I defended Renata in the thread. Good move that. Anyway, later that night I decided to scan Chand, who could be a good ally and was also my in-game daughter. But when the scan came up "neutral" I didn't dare to make that contact, not knowing if he might betray me later on. I also spoke Backwards Logic's name into the orb. I didn't know what it did at the time, but my reasoning was this: if it's a good thing, BL will make a good ally - if it's a bad thing, I'll have hurt the one who is most likely to want me dead after killing her husband. Turns out
that was a good move at least, could have been nasty, BL has later confessed that he planned to check me the upcoming night.
Shocks aplenty
Second morning, and I got quite a shock. Not only was I a prophet, a murderer and a thief, I was also seemingly responsible for the "wolf kills". Further, Pinman (GM) told me that I somehow "knew" that if I spoke a wolf's name into the orb, I would die instead. Ok, so that confirmed that there
were wolves, at least in the metaphorical sense, meaning I wasn't the only one killing people. I decided to stay even lower, but that proved difficult since several people wanted to talk to me about the game. In particular I talked to Kol, who outright told me he was neutral, making me wary of him too. But he pushed me hard on several points, and in a weak moment I told him I had a crystal - big mistake. I also talked a bit to Methos, but neither of us fully trusted the other. I also sent out a few feelers to people who might have tools of some sort that could help me take care of the orb (which was my objective). Hitti-Litti answered openly, but negatively, which made me believe he was innocent...
Second night I killed Hitti-Litti, not knowing who could be a wolf or not. I felt really bad for abusing HL's openness, but I saw no other way out. Then I got another shock. My orb was stolen! Yikes! And now someone knew about it, and what it did. Ok, only one person who could possibly have done that, since I had so stupidly mentioned it - Kol!! So I angrily called him up, and he didn't even deny it. Instead he blackmailed me to tell him everything about it, in order to give it back to me. I told him enough that he would give it back to me, which he did! From that point on I was certain Kol was innocent, otherwise he would have kept it, and I decided to work with him, though still a bit wary due to his professed neutrality. But I realized that his thieving ways would be very handy in case I was killed or betrayed, since he could then steal the orb back from whoever got it after me.
... and some more shocks
That night I scanned Izipo, whom I had worked well with previously, and who was also "my wife" - evil! Whoa, good luck already, we've got our first wolf! Now several interesting things happened. First of all, since Izipo had voted for Tolis the day before, that made me believe strongly that Tolis was innocent. So I contacted him, told him about Izipo's guilt which would prove my own innocence to Tolis. I also told Methos and Kol, as well as Chand, so I could be sure to have some support in voting for Izipo. I didn't tell anyone
I was the prophet though, but they all figured it out sooner or later anyway.
We decided to lay low for a bit early on in the day though, to give Izipo a chance to vote for someone (who would then be innocent), and give me a chance to talk to him to try to milk him for information. Ok, so there's the next shock. I call on Izipo, and he says "hey, I've been meaning to talk to you, I have the most weird character you could imagine - evil but with an innocent victory condition". And that before I had a chance to tell him anything at all! Pressing him, what he told me didn't make total sense (like that his objective would be to betray the wolves), but enough made sense that I actually believed him. He showed me his book, and let me hold it. I was quite confused, but still decided that Izipo didn't deserve to die after all. So I tell my contacts what has aspired, and go to bed for the night. When I get back the next day, it turns out that Methos (and Tolis, though I didn't know at the time) were suspicious of my motives for wanting to save an evil character, and had set things in motion on their own. Methos contacted Renata, and a bandwagon formed on Izipo. I felt quite bad about it, he had told me everything and because of that he would be lynched.
Then came the next interesting thing. Methos and Tolis came out of the closet with their relationship, both vouching for the other to be innocent. Ok, so either both are wolves and taking a huge risk, or they are telling the truth. I found the latter much more likely. But I still didn't like that they had gone behind my back regarding Izipo, and I was debating with several people if and how Izipo could/should be saved. Izipo played along as well as he could, without being kept in the loop at all. Finally we decided to lynch Stuck in Pi instead in a quick upset - but literally seconds before we start a bandwagon on him he shows up to support Izipo. Hmm, time for plan B. Brisingamen was a valid target due to the slip up regarding the "wife voting", and for being adamant regarding Izipo. I cast the first vote, and a lot of people followed, more than I expected. I afterwards said that I thought people were waiting for someone to point out a valid target, and I still think that's true. A pity we killed a prophet though.
Aftermath of a bandwagon
That night I killed Charles Li. He had gone inactive, and Tolis had hinted that he had him under his wing. Knowing Tolis and knowing Charles Li (and perhaps in particular knowing Pinman), I was pretty sure I could count on Charles being innocent, which he was. I also scanned Catharsis that night. Methos claimed to have contact with "his sister" already, so I let him do the first approaching and talking. Another bad move it would turn out, since it nearly led to my death.
The bandwagon on Izipo felt like a turning point in the game. Suddenly we had a group of people who were actually actively working together. I had the orb and could steer the kills, and we could pack a good punch in the voting as well. Izipo was still kept out of the loop though, since no one completely trusted him. He
was evil after all. But he
claimed to be content with being used, despite what he said in his AAR.
The other side of the coin was that our growing power also made me even more of a target for the wolves. But that'll have to come in a part II, too tired to write on right now.
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