WWJ X: Hithlum Zydeco Blues; Hísilómë in Hísimë

[Valesse]

Action. Adventure. Spit valves.

RULES:

Roles:
- 3 werewolves
- 1 seer
- 8 ordinary camp members

Werewolves: Each Night it is the werewolves' responsiblity to choose one camp member to attack. After doing so, message the moderator/co-mod with their victim's name. As always private messages to other wolves are not allowed during the Day, and (if it should come to it) if the number of wolves out weighs or matches those of the ordinary camp members the game is over.

Seer: Like the wolves, the Seer is to report into the mod/co-mod the camp member they have selected to dream about for the night. (We promise we won't tell ) They will be informed about that camp member's role. Seers are on the OCM's team and are treated accordingly. Feh! Seers!

Ordinary Camp Members (Ordo): Besides macho music skills, you have the power of majority. Good luck with that. Just like any other camps you might have gone to as children, there is to be no talking at Night. ..And no giggling either!


The Nitty-Gritty:

- Players must be in invisible mode.

- 24/24 Day-Night cycles. (Traditional)

- Revealled roles upon death.

- Werewolves are only to message one another (period) and should only do so at Night. The only exception to this is the first Day: because of time issues, the first night will not be part of the game ergo the wolves will be allowed to plot only on the first Day. (The Seer will also be allowed one day-dream, don't worry. ; ) )

- Limited retractable voting will be allowed.

- Players are to be in invisable mode at all times while they are in the game.

- There is to be no Double-lynching.

- Players have a two day Missing-In-Action limit. That is, if they fail to post and/or vote in two days they will become an additional victim. This fate does not exclude werewolves.

- No narration clues will be given even if it is very tempting.

- Editting is for grammar or spelling only. You are encouraged to take your time in making your posts as accurate as possible originally.

- Traditional vote style (++ M31k0r) and in the case of a retraction (-- LOLeves). Votes are to be made in a line all of their own for easy spotting, and are encouraged (but are not limited) to be in and or near the end.

- Posts concerning conflicts should be stated in the TiG Jr thread

- As far as urgent matters are concerned PM Valesse and Gil-Galad.

[Valesse]

An Afternoon in Hìsimë...:
It had been a long day's trek.
Currently the team found themselves in some sort of clearing, if one could call it that. It was getting late, and a mist had enveloped them a few hours ago, growing thicker and thicker as time went on. Now it was nearing sunset and visibility would only worsen until the heat of the next day would drive it off. In short, it was time to put up their tents and build a fire. Fortunately, the camp members were almost humorously well prepared with their tents, and pails, and plates, and spoons. Within an hour the fire was blazing, and each person had their own private tent furnished with everything from bed rolls and buckets to candlesticks and in the case of Eomer, the publican, a fully functional wet bar... but most imporantly they all had their instruments.

It was Gil-Galad and Valesse's idea. He, an artisan spoon player, and she, a Master accordionist, had sent word far and wide over the less wilder lands that a great Zydeco Camp (unconventional instruments welcome) was to be held. However, what skill they had with their music or over-packing, they lacked in actually camping, and there-in laid the first problem.

It was quickly growing dark, and the camp members formed a circle around the fire for their first lesson. But before it started the two camp leaders had discovered something dreadfully wrong. In charge of directions it was Valesse's responsiblity to lead the team to their proper destination but, in actuality, she had the map turned up-side-down most of the journey and now --as best as they could figure-- they were deep in Hìsilómë.

...

Hoping that the camp go-ers were none-the-wiser of their mistake, Valesse asked "What is music?" as she and Gil-Galad joined them at the fire.
Taken back by the simplicity of the question, Kuruharan quickly replied "Melodic sound."
"I've always considered it a kind of way to communicate without speaking" let out Roa_Aoife, thinking deeply.
"You're all off." Glirdan sighed, rolling his eyes. "Music is art."
Gil-Galad sat nodding, agreeing with everyone as they took their turn to reply before speaking up himself. "Music is all of these things...but most importantly, it gets me money."
"And how!" Macalaure cried merrily, raising his glass.

Valesse cleared her throat sternly and continued into lecturing the different theories of music and it's effects. After an hour of this it became obvious that the speech wasn't completely original, as she had to excused herself to replace the batteries in her walkmen. While she was gone, Gil-Galad raised his hands in the air and promised he wouldn't let this happen again, and instructed the camp members to go get their instruments before Valesse had time to return.

They did, and as a reward, were allowed to break the ice by playing their favorite songs until it was time to call it a night.



Day 1, Morning:
Not only was the mist still around in the morning, it seemed to be thicker... Now to the point where only the torches of each respective tent were blurry signals of something beyond the five feet of visable world. This did not dampen the camp's moral, however, and around the camp fire they waited for the leaders to instruct them on their first day's lesson.

"It's been an hour" moaned Valier, the town pickler, who's claim to fame was her successfully pickled zebra.
Mormegil nodded "And it's also been wet. I didn't expect this kind of weather at all."
"Maybe..." Formendacil hesitated "Maybe we should check to see if they're up?"

Using her unique skills, Mithalwen shooed her peers over toward the camp leaders' tents, but as they closed in, each became more and more aware of the eerie tingle of hair raising on the back of their necks. First, they peaked inside of Gil-Galad's tent, eager to wake him before the Valesse in fear of another kind of lecture. What they discovered terrified them.

The utter silence of their screams echoed around inside of the tent, which had been obviously quite well sacked. It was simply amazing to them that no one had heard the noise at all during the night. Inching closer, the campers found Gil-Galad at a folding table which he had brought in order to write his nature-inspired spoon melodies on. He was slumped over, and carefully, Nogrod the idle fanatasist surveyed the damage quietly. Gil-Galad, the talented artisan, had been choked by his own spoons.

Out of fear, the group rushed to Valesse's tent, throwing open the flap to see her leaning over her accordion strangely. With extreme caution, JennyHallu nudged her shoulder and shrieked to find that, not only was the B Flat key off of the accordion broken and removed, but it was replaced into the accordionist. Without further hesitation Jenny let out a loud cry "She's been stabbed with... with... A Sharp key!"

"Who could have done such a thing?!" Kitanna studdered, fighting back tears.
"Not 'who', but 'What', didgeridoo-er" replied Nogrod. "These crimes were not commited by people, but wolves! Just look at the fur and the scratches all over the victims!"
Curious, Eomer inquired "But how does a wolf choke..or stab someone?"
"Not just any wolf..." gasped Macalaure, pointing at a typical calling card and taunting letter "Werewolves!"

Quickly the mass of campers circled the scrawling, squinting and mumbling as they read out loud the message:

'Trust us three, we did you a favor by bumping off the Accordionist,
But we're serious about kill you all! Thats why we nabbed the Spoon-artist, too.

Sinc...- Your's Truely,
the three wolves.'

"Three!" choked Roa_Aoife. "Three werewolves!"
"And they're all probably standing right here with us, playing along..." grumbled Nogrod.

The Living:
Roa_Aoife- trick pilot, double-necked electric guitar.
Valier- town pickler, piccolo.
Macalaure- unskilled inventor of funny fake occupation ideas, on the verge of bankruptcy, tuba.
Mithalwen- cat-herd, viola.
JennyHallu- street corner doom-sayer, aeolian wind harp.
Nogrod- idle fantasist, tin whistle.
Mormegil- non-practicing wizard, triangle.
Formendacil- pirate, pipe organ.
Eomer of the Rohirrim- publican, double-bass.
Kitanna- hermit, didgeridoo.
Glirdan- town musician, sax.
Kuruharan- condottieri, flute.

The Dead:
Valesse- Master Accordionist (Mod) stabbed with A Sharp key.
Gil-Galad- Artisan spoon player (Mod) choked on his musical spoons.
______________

Day One has begun.
Wolves- plot,
Seer- day-dream
And Ordos start discussing.

[Formendacil]

Well. Here we are again... Day 1.

Do I really need to repeat how much I rather dislike them?

No?

Excellent.

Okay, since post-by-post analyses are all the rage these days, and also since no posts have occurred yet, let me give you a rundown of what WILL happen:

Lot's of in-character posting, followed by lots of misinterpretation thereof, followed by voting that is either random or based on misinterpretation. Day 1 will be completely useless as long as it lasts.

Of course, once Day 4 rolls around, it will be found supremely useful, but at the moment it will be no help in catching a werewolf. If we're lucky, we'll do that by accident.

People will disagree with me.

Morm, in particular, will disagree with me, unless and/or until one or the other of us is found to be Innocent.

Eomer of the Rohirrim will set off all sorts of instinct alarms before being lynched. He may or may not be guilty.

We will kill various Innocents.

We will kill or come close to killing the Seer. If we don't get him, the Werewolves will.

I will come back in the next hour or three... to respond to people who disagree with me.

[Kuruharan]

Lot's of in-character posting

Far be it from me to disappoint...

Saluti, Amici! How are things? Hmm…not so good perhaps, eh? Put’s me in mind of the time that Francesco Sforza tried to murder me by seeding my bodyguards with assassins. Ugh! Everybody was stacked up like…but perhaps this isn’t the time for that story!

Rather than bemoaning our DAY ONE fate, I'm going to ask if anybody has any bright ideas for improving this silly comedy that traditionally ends up with an innocent bambino being strung up leaving a wide range of clues pointing in all the wrong directions…

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

Rather than bemoaning our DAY ONE fate, I'm going to ask if anybody has any bright ideas for improving this silly comedy that traditionally ends up with an innocent bambino being strung up leaving a wide range of clues pointing in all the wrong directions…

Just a quick comment to this. Let's play hard on Day1 too. Just check here what may happen on Day1 - and how it can be played...

[JennyHallu]

*JennyHallu walks up with an odd-shaped wooden contraption. She sets it down, adjusts it carefully, and walks away as it begins to produce all manner of delicate breathy un-melody. As she sits by the campfire, she wipes a tear from her eye*

Ah, I am just such a maestra.

Anyway, to settle down to business, the WORLD is GOING to END.

Eventually.

Someday.

Soon.

But not today. At least not if I can help it. These malevolent monsters may indeed be the sound of Armageddon, but I have lived my life with one goal, and one goal only: to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming like the passengers in his car.

These wolves offend my sensibilities. The end of the world should be a calm, civilized affair. No blood.

I am all for killing them first, and certainly I believe it can be done today.

[Kuruharan]

It is usually considered bad form to make direct reference to other games, much less link to them.

[JennyHallu]

#18

This post appeared two after Glirdan's vote for Form. It is mainly an attack on Form, with a brief aside to oppose Morm's watchers plan. Potentially, this could make me feel MUCH better about Roa. Her attack is based on an interpretation of Form's usual Day 1 ennui as insulting, and I won't disagree that it is at least annoying. I feel comfortable when Roa is taking umbrage. Well...more comfortable than when she's reasonable. Roa just makes me nervous. I like that she is declaring herself to be anti-Form from the outset, but not that Form was already a vote candidate before she said a word.

#20

This post is fairly brief. A plea to get on track, and a schedule update. Not really much to say.

#22

A continuation of her discussion with Morm of his plan. This really felt like a comfortable discussion, and not an argument. Honestly, it did not seem that suspicious to me, as I largely agreed with Roa, and she makes it a point to argue against most grand schemes, always.

#33

Seems mostly to be a lament of quiet villages.

#35

Jokes with Nogrod about trusting her. Makes me a little nervous. Then says Valier usually needs a day or two to get in the groove. This corresponds to my own assessment of Valier's weird ability to pinpoint a wolf, so not so suspicious, and Valier had not put forward any list yet, so she's not trying to cover for it being unexpectedly correct. At least it puts no more nor less weight to the Day 1 list Val made. She finishes with a long explanation of her vote for Form rather than Glirdan. Each of these had at this point garnered one vote. She probably gave the best explanation of any of the day one votes, but one thing makes me a little nervous: She said she was deciding between Glirdan and Form, but she had at no point mentioned Glirdy before this. Nogrod had also accrued one vote at this point: If Roa turns out guilty, he is definitely worth a second glance.

#74

A defense of her vote yesterday. Why should she feel defensive? Only Morm said anything against her. On the other hand, a suspicion from a known innocent can carry more weight than perhaps is justified.

In Summary

Roa could really go either way in my mind, but I have definitely seen enough to put her on my suspect list, at least.

[JennyHallu]

#32

Kitanna goes into a long explanation of why Form/Noggie/Roa might contain at least two wolves, suggests we try Morm's plan Day 3, and in an edit (Bad! Bad puppy!) mentions a passing dislike of Glirdan's random vote.

#37

Votes for Glirdan, based on that fairly minor suspicion earlier, on his random vote. Mentions the Form/Noggie/Roa theory, but says she doesn't "want to act on this yet." What? Your main suspicion, and you vote on the minor one you editted in?

Kitanna is throwing all sorts of red flags. Would really like to see how she behaves today, but she's definitely not on my good list.

[JennyHallu]

Noggie, there were 12 villagers, from all over the world, and you choose to harp on who was around at the deadline on Day 1, after determinating that a third of the villagers were there?I didn't see you doing anything to save the SEER. You had no way of knowing whether Glirdan was innocent more than anyone else, and I really don't see the point of scolding people for not voting the same way you did.

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Votes for Glirdan, based on that fairly minor suspicion earlier, on his random vote. Mentions the Form/Noggie/Roa theory, but says she doesn't "want to act on this yet." What? Your main suspicion, and you vote on the minor one you editted in?

I don't recall ever saying either suspicions were major. They were both loose and minor since at the time I voted I didn't feel I had much to go on. And I'm glad I didn't act on my theory about Form/Nogrod/Roa because a) for that theory to work Form would have to be one of the wolves, which I wasn't convinced of and b) I wanted to see how the three acted toDay. So I picked my next suspect, which happened to be Glirdan.

Nogrod=
Eomer, I'm not blaming you of not saving Glirdan. What I find suspicious - or should we say convenient for a wolf - is the silence when being around. You could have said: "Hi, here I am, what shall we do as two likely innocents are about to die. Let's see, we have ten minutes time - any better candidates?" I think that an involved ordo would have tried to do his best.

An involved wolf could do the same leading the votes from one innocent to another. Besides it looks terrible if an innocent comes out and helps get another innocent lynched to save one. He/she ends up looking like a wolf that tries to be helpful. Also what if an innocent hanging around honestly thinks this "likely innocent" is guilty? You're going to ask them to change their vote because of how you feel on the subject? Even if that's not what you're saying Nogrod, that's is what it looks like to me.

Kuru=

None of this follows or makes any sense. If Signore Formendacil had made his seerness clear during the DAY, the wolves would have had every reason in the world to vote for him early and often so they could kill him as soon as possible and have the NIGHT to pick off innocents. And I don’t see that the last section of his paragraph means anything at all. This whole post just strikes me as a whole lot of sound and fury signifying nothing…exactly as a werewolf would do.

First off, I agree that this really makes no sense. I have no idea what you're trying to say in all that Mac.

I'd also like to mention something from what Kuru said.

If Signore Formendacil had made his seerness clear during the DAY, the wolves would have had every reason in the world to vote for him early and often so they could kill him as soon as possible and have the NIGHT to pick off innocents.

Yes, very reasonable, but couldn't the wolves (one or two, but not all three) try to save and defend Form during the day and then lead the votes to another innocent? So once Form was killed at Night at least one wolf looks better for trying to help save the seer.