WW LXXIII: Arkham Asylum: Holding Cells(Game Thread)

[Morsul the Dark]

Batman sat in the Stopped Elevator alone. He Bangedthe Console. The Welcome Screen Fizzled to life. "Hey Bats! Sorry for the Delay! We had to tweak the party a bit before the Game could begin. HAHAHA"

With that the elevator shuttered into motion. He descended into the depths of the madhouse. When the bottom was finally reached he walked into a Hallway with rooms on either side not marked in any way.

Another screen was at the end of the hall. . "Hey Bats! Change of plans. We have 5 Wackos down here Two Guards. Two Bad Guys and Twoface! Tick-Tock Tick-Tock I hear a Croc. And I'm Itchy maybe some Poison Ivy? Have fun trying to sort it out! HAHAHA"


2 Guards
5 Patients
2 Baddies
1 Cobbler(NOT cursed)
1 Ranger

Alive(For Now HAHAHA)

Nerwen
Glirdan
Sally
Durelin
Boro
Nogrod
Wilwa
Isabel
Kitanna
Pitchwife
Loslote

[Morsul the Dark]

DL will still be tomorrow night at Midnight however I've made you wait long enough you may begin posting when you feel so inclined!

[Boromir88]

Woot! This means I get first post.

I actually have a humorous topic-related story. So, this one time, there was a high school test over Immigration and an ID on Jane Addams. To which the student answered "I have no idea, so I'm going to draw you a picture of the batmobile exploding and batman tripping off a tall building...you know you're jealous."

Aside from the fact it was a pretty good drawing, I wanted to award full points for the question for the very fact that Batman was defeated by tripping over his own feet and falling from a great height, even though it had nothing to do with Jane Addams. Clearly this student was mocking the failure of the most disturbingly insane villain ever, the Joker, at defeating the Great Bat.

[Loslote]

In that case...

Originally posted by Pitchie

Now where's Lottie to start the Day properly with a song and pointing out that we're probably both evil?

Here I am! All sparkly and fun and singing so awfully the wolves will have no choice but to flee!

Party in the Barrow Downs!

I logged online at five today
with a role and some time to spare
welcome to the game of werewolves, (woah)
am I gonna survive?

Went to the Downs,
Here I'm posting, I'm the first one
Look up above and I see only the mod's posts
This is all so boring
Nobody's posted

My eyes are rolling and I'm feelin a little boredom
Not much pressure and I'm not very nervous,
That's when I clicked reply, googled the lyrics
and chose a silly song
and chose a silly song
and chose a silly song

So I click reply now
And parody the song,
And the werewolves run away
Typing the words like yeah,
Singing the song like yeah,
And I google lyrics,
To parody the song
I know I'm gonna be normal
Yeah, It's a party on the Barrow Downs
Yeah, It's a party on the Barrow Downs

Well I'm the first post of the day
Everybody's lookin at me now
Like “who's this Lottie, that's posting first?
She's gotta be a werewolf, yeah.”

So hard without a seer playing
Its definitely smaller than I'm used to
Cause nothing's going on yet
But I'm not good at quiet

My eyes are rolling and I'm feelin a little boredom
Not much pressure and I'm not very nervous,
That's when I clicked reply, googled the lyrics
and chose a silly song
and chose a silly song
and chose a silly song

So I click reply now
And parody the song,
And the werewolves run away
Typing the words like yeah,
Singing the song like yeah,
And I google lyrics,
To parody the song
I know I'm gonna be normal
Yeah, It's a party on the Barrow Downs
Yeah, It's a party on the Barrow Downs

Feel like lynching a wolf now (a wolf now)
Win the game for the crazies (the crazies)
Something stops me everytime (mean wolves)
Then people post more and I feel alright!

So I click reply now
And parody the song,
And the werewolves run away
Typing the words like yeah,
Singing the song like yeah,
And I google lyrics,
To parody the song
I know I'm gonna be normal
Yeah, It's a party on the Barrow Downs
Yeah, It's a party on the Barrow Downs

So I click reply now
And parody the song,
And the werewolves run away (running away)
Typing the words like yeah (typing the words like yeah)
Singing the song like yeah, (singing the song like yeah)
And I press submit reply,
In the Arkham Asylum
I know I'm gonna be ok (I'm gonna be okay)
Yeah (Yeah), It's a party on the Barrow Downs
Yeah (hahaha), It's a party on the Barrow Downs (Party on the Barrow Downs!)

PS. Y'all are evil.

EDIT: Boro beat me to first post. He's must be evil. *grumps*

[Loslote]

Nerwen - evil. First post in the admin thread.
Glirdan - evil. Just look at his avie!
Sally - evil. Has a themed avie.
Durelin - evil. I've never played with (her?) before, so clearly evil.
Boro - evil. Messed up my first post song plus spoke sense last Night.
Nogrod - evil. Signed up later than several other people.
Wilwa - evil. Likes Alice in Wonderland.
Isabel - evil. Is sharing a room with Nerwen, which clearly means they're in cahoots! And, as Nerwen has already been established as evil, she must be too!
Kitanna - evil. I've never played with her before, either.
Pitchie - evil. Predicted exactly what I just did.
Lottie - amazingly good. Just sayin'.

[wilwarin538]

Oooh, it's starting. *claps*

More Alice quotes?

There's a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is -- The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours

Lottie, Alice in Wonderland is the bestest story ever. You're clearly evil for thinking otherwise.

All of the players are as follows:

Nerwen
Glirdan
Sally
Durelin
Boro
Nogrod
Wilwa
Isabel
Kitanna
Pitchwife
Loslote

That is 11. So hypothetically if we never lynch a wolf then it would take them until about Day 4 to win. Which is 4 lynches. That is also assuming though that the Ranger never makes a save. SO, we have quite wonderful chances, since 4 lynches is a lot and we have a Ranger. But I guess there's a cobbler too out there, so we kinda have to watch out for them, but them not being cursed is actually one less thing to worry about.

Anyway, I'm exhausted and have 2 tests tomorrow, so I need to go sleep. I should be on randomly in the morning.

[Durelin]

So is this a party? I don't like parties. They make me nervous. Too many people, all acting like they like each other.

And I have a headache.

They tell me I should be left alone, but I don't really like being alone. But I'd really just rather you all went away.

I'm hungry. I think I could lunch any of you right now. I mean lynch.

[Glirdan]

Okay, so Boro is a Wolf because he talked about a student killing Batman in a picture, and had first post, and I just plain think he's going to be no help on this camping trip. Sure, he's good at cleaning and cooking, but we're in the middle of the Sahara Dessert with no bathroom in sight!

Durelin is a Wolf because of the lunch thing. We're all hungry, but if we don't get rid of this peskiness now, we'll be hearing it for the rest of this camping trip. Oh, and I call NOT sleeping in the same tent...or doing dishes for that matter....that's just a big no....

Oh, and Wilwa is a Wolf just on principle.

Originally Posted by Lottie

Glirdan - evil. Just look at his avie!

I resemble that remark!!

[Loslote]

Originally Posted by Glirdan

Okay, so Boro is a Wolf because he talked about a student killing Batman in a picture, and had first post, and I just plain think he's going to be no help on this camping trip. Sure, he's good at cleaning and cooking, but we're in the middle of the Sahara Dessert with no bathroom in sight!

Actually, if there is any merit to that, he could be Two-Face trying to hint. That should definitely be taken with a hint of salt, though, and hinting is always doubtful.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by wilwarin538

So hypothetically if we never lynch a wolf then it would take them until about Day 4 to win.

Yay! Go wolves!

(Hey, I AM insane, you know...)

Originally Posted by Loslote

Actually, if there is any merit to that, he could be Two-Face trying to hint. That should definitely be taken with a hint of salt, though, and hinting is always doubtful.

Or he could be a wolf hinting to Two-Face.

[Loslote]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

Yay! Go wolves!

(Hey, I AM insane, you know...)

Or he could be a wolf hinting to Two-Face.

Or that could be a hint. Really, we can't read too much into this...and I do think we're blowing it quite out of porportion. My "hints" the last game were a) I meant to include a line in my song parody of "everyone's got a helpful cobbler" but forgot and b) I said "we're all evil". My hinting failed. But I actually did have a point with all this: cobbler hinting is not neccessarily straight forward, and I don't think we should automatically assume Boro's evil. However, I'm also not saying he's cleared, either - just don't blow it out of porportion. Much. Some blowing out of porportion is fun, methinks.

[Isabellkya]

Tick-Tock and Crocodiles make me think of Captain Hook and Peter Pan.
Batman makes me think of Captain planet.
The joker makes me think of Jack Nicholson.
Jack Nicholson makes me think of The Shining.
The Shining makes me think of Stephen King.
Stephen King makes me think of IT.
IT makes me think of Clowns.
Clowns make me laugh.

Summation: I hope no one is afraid of Clowns, I like Clowns. xD

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Glirdan

Okay, so Boro is a Wolf because he talked about a student killing Batman in a picture, and had first post, and I just plain think he's going to be no help on this camping trip. Sure, he's good at cleaning and cooking, but we're in the middle of the Sahara Dessert with no bathroom in sight!

Oh, but you won't need a bathroom in the Sahara, Glirdan. Just rub yourself down with sand. It's a wonderful exfoliant!

Originally Posted by Glirdan

I resemble that remark!!

Look– a confession! Lynch him!

Originally Posted by Loslote

But I actually did have a point with all this: cobbler hinting is not neccessarily straight forward, and I don't think we should automatically assume Boro's evil.

*shrugs* Oh you want a serious answer? Well, then: wolves and cobblers don't often jump straight in and start hinting away in the very first post of the game. So it probably wasn't a hint. But then again it might be. Or maybe not. Who knows?

Originally Posted by Isabellkya

Tick-Tock and Crocodiles make me think of Captain Hook and Peter Pan.
Batman makes me think of Captain planet.
The joker makes me think of Jack Nicholson.
Jack Nicholson makes me think of The Shining.
The Shining makes me think of Stephen King.
Stephen King makes me think of IT.
IT makes me think of Clowns.
Clowns make me laugh.

Summation: I hope no one is afraid of Clowns, I like Clowns. xD

Me too. Why, none of us would be having such a wonderful time right now if it wasn't for the Joker!

[wilwarin538]

Originally Posted by Glirdan

Oh, and Wilwa is a Wolf just on principle.

Ditto. After last game I'm never ever trusting you again. <3


I don't like clowns.


and the moral of that is--be what you would seem to be--or if you'd like it put more simply--never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.

[Nerwen]

Now I am eating a dear little apple named Jonathan.

"Please! Please don't eat me!" Jonathan begged. Alas! He was so crisp and tasty, I swallowed him in half-a-dozen delicious bites.

Poor, poor Jonathan.

Luckily, though, all Jonathan's friends are named Jonathan too, so they'll never know he's missing.

EDIT:X'd with Wilwa.

[Glirdan]

I don't like clowns either.... they're scary and evil and are out to get me!! HELP!!

And I think Lottie and Nerwen are reading into this whole first post thing a little too much. Starting to unnerve me and if they don't stop I'm going to go and tell mom!!

Anyways, I have to go see these people in white for some happy pills and probably won't be back until MUCH later in the Day to post again (please refer to admin thread). See ya everybody!!

[Morsul the Dark]

How Wonderful Everyone's enjoying my little game!

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Durelin

I'm hungry. I think I could lunch any of you right now. I mean lynch.

Does this mean you're going to revert to eating everyone who is lynched? I don't think I like that idea.

Originally Posted by Loslote

Or that could be a hint. Really, we can't read too much into this...and I do think we're blowing it quite out of porportion.

This whole post blows it out of proportion seems to me. Though you're advising us not to do so. Interesting.

[Nogrod]

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

And poor, poor old Granny Smith as well... and all her cousins & relatives.


Otherwise it has been just like I thought a madhouse would be.

Whatever her role, Dury's "I think I could lunch any of you right now" looks plain calculated.

Or Lottie saying "I don't think we should automatically assume Boro's evil" looks just soo out of place. I mean really.

And talking of cobbler hints, Nerwen's "Yay! Go wolves!" is on a class of its own. That she pleads insanity doesnt't do away the fact that she decided to voice that sentence in the first place.

[Pitchwife]

Well, blowing things out of proportion is, I think, a legitimate way to start a discussion on Day 1 - often the only way, with nothing but banter and in-character lunacy to go on. So please stop jumping on Lottie for her attempt to get the game going (she seems to consider that her special duty of late, and she does it quite well).
Glirdan, it's way too early to be unnerved yet. Unless I misunderstood something, the whole cobbler-hinting-to-wolves-or-vice-versa business was about Boro, not you, so what reason do you have to be unnerved (unless you happen to be packmates, of course)?

Originally Posted by Isabellkya

I hope no one is afraid of Clowns, I like Clowns. xD

Violator? No, sorry, wrong comic...

EDIT: x-ed with Nog

[wilwarin538]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

I love you. Just sayin'.

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!



The whole Boro thing, I don't know. I suppose it could be a cobbler hint, but then I suppose it could not be. But really, is our objective to kill the cobbler or to kill the wolves??? Cobblers, in my oppinion, are more dangerous later on in the game, not really as much in the beginning.

Though like I said earlier it would take 4 Days with no wolf lynch in order for the wolves to win, so that does give us a lot of wiggle room, I suppose lynching a cobblerish person wouldn't be a totally terrible idea. And I wouldn't put it past a wolf to act like a cobbler in order to slip through anyway.

My point: I personally do not see it as cobblerish, and I personally would rather look for wolfish behaviour rather then cobblerish behaviour, but lynching a cobbler would obviously not be a wasted lynch, and we do seem to have a wide window.

I need food. *follows Glirdan and the white coats*

x'ed with Pitch

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by wilwarin538

I suppose lynching a cobblerish person wouldn't be a totally terrible idea. And I wouldn't put it past a wolf to act like a cobbler in order to slip through anyway.

That's exactly why I think we should also pay heed to cobblerish looking action early in the game... That would be the easiest cover early on if there is a general feeling that the possible cobblers will be "dealt with" only later on.

Talking of which... could somebody tell me what was that "cobbler hint" you guys read from Boro's post? Beats me.

[Nogrod]

Hey Wilwa, I can see your green dot!

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

could somebody tell me what was that "cobbler hint" you guys read from Boro's post? Beats me.

This:

Originally Posted by Boro #3

I wanted to award full points for the question for the very fact that Batman was defeated by tripping over his own feet and falling from a great height

Could be read as "Likes Batman to fail -> is evil", I suppose - but only if you ignore the context. After all, the same post ends with

Originally Posted by Boro l.c.

Clearly this student was mocking the failure of the most disturbingly insane villain ever, the Joker, at defeating the Great Bat.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Could be read as "Likes Batman to fail -> is evil", I suppose - but only if you ignore the context. After all, the same post ends with

I read the ending as you did and that's exactly the thing which made me confused. I was afraid there was some intertextual / cultural reference I had totally missed...

[wilwarin538]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Hey Wilwa, I can see your green dot!

I know! I'm usually good for remembering that, but I guess I forgot. All fixed now.

*Wilwa starts to disappear, her large grin being the last thing to go*

I don't see anything weird in Boro's post. I think it was just a funny story he wanted to share with the class, since it fit the theme and all.

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by wilwarin538

*Wilwa starts to disappear, her large grin being the last thing to go*

That little line was delicious. In fact....


Wilwa regrets to inform the rest of you that she won't be returning to the game. She seems to have been eaten. Oh shuckmuffins. (Or rather, Wilwamuffins.)



Popping out now but I'll be back and when I am I'll have mad interwebs. ^_^

[wilwarin538]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

Oh shuckmuffins. (Or rather, Wilwamuffins.)

om nom nom nom nom nom

wait....I don't want to be eaten.

I think Sallycakes would be far more desirable.

*Goes back to paying attention in class.*

[Pitchwife]

Examining the alleged hints a little further, here's my tuppence on Nerwen. Sure, anybody who cheers for the wolves is asking for being questioned. I'm ready to make allowance for being in character and hence in poor mental health, but the problem is, it's quite easy to use lunacy as a disguise.
That said, I think a Cobblerwen might amuse herself by playing crazy and confusing the brains out of our poor skulls (see her resreveR act in Boro's D-League game!), but I can't quite see her doing something that blatant. And a Nerwolf would, of course, be waaaay more circumspect.

Originally Posted by Nog #19

Or Lottie saying "I don't think we should automatically assume Boro's evil" looks just soo out of place. I mean really.

I see your point - like "Of course I'm not saying he's a wolf, but I'd like to keep the idea hovering in the background". Subconscious doesn't know negations, and all that. Hmmm...

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by wilwarin538

I think Sallycakes would be far more desirable.

++Wilwa for representative

Because Sallycakes is probably my favorite nickname ever. ^_^

[wilwarin538]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

++Wilwa for representative

Because Sallycakes is probably my favorite nickname ever. ^_^

for Sallycakes:

[satansaloser2005]

Haha! That is amazing! ^_^



Okay, so I should actually look at stuff with a critical eye now rather than just enjoying my new nickname.

Back in a tick, circumstances permitting.

[wilwarin538]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

That said, I think a Cobblerwen might amuse herself by playing crazy and confusing the brains out of our poor skulls (see her resreveR act in Boro's D-League game!), but I can't quite see her doing something that blatant. And a Nerwolf would, of course, be waaaay more circumspect.

I think this is also more likely. Every Day 1 there has to be atleast one person who jokingly says they're for the wolves/are a wolf, when they likely are not, just to joke around and stir the pot and whatnot. Especially in a nut house like this one. I wouldn't put too much into something like that, it's almost impossible to know if someone is joking or not. Could be more useful in a few Days though I suppose, if other stuff piles up about her or something.

I have to leave again, eye appointment. I will be back on later for some seriousness and not so many muffins....

[Morsul the Dark]

Boy Watching You guys no wonder your in here you act like your in your own little worls with lives, jobs, hell even families HmHmHMHMHAHAHAHA

[satansaloser2005]

Guys, I'm a bit worried. Boro said he was living in room 4 (among others, but still) but I don't see any of his stuff.

Well, that's not entirely true. I found a knife under his pillow. Worried? A bit.

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

Boy Watching You guys no wonder your in here you act like your in your own little worls with lives, jobs, hell even families HmHmHMHMHAHAHAHA

Well, since you, as the guy who's running this loony bin, obviously haven't heard of occupation therapy, we've got to make things up for ourselves, don't we?

[Pitchwife]

sally, if you call that 'looking at things with a critical eye', I suggest you go back to your bakery.
And why jump on the Boro train? It's not like there isn't lots of other folks around...

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

sally, if you call that 'looking at things with a critical eye', I suggest you go back to your bakery.
And why jump on the Boro train? It's not like there isn't lots of other folks around...

Heh. Actually, I just couldn't resist the comment. I'm reading through stuff right now. ^_^

[Boromir88]

Why is it always me at the focus of controversy on Day 1s!? Why!?

My time in this stint's limitted because usually I want to pass out by 10 pm, and have to be up at 6 am, and as the week progresses I get more and more cranky. I have to go in about 15 minutes to take care of some RL business, but should be back for about 4-5 hours until I am ready to knock out for the night.

Anyway, I don't know who pointed it out first, but my first post was a funny story that happened when I gave a test last Friday, and you know how long I waited to be able to share that realizing it was perfect in this situation! I wanted to give some kind of credit for the creative brilliance, but alas it had nothing to do with Jane Addams.

Sorry for disrupting your first song-post Lottie. Ok, not really. But please people, stop using me as a guinea pig. How many times do I apparently say something controversial on Day 1, and how many times does the discussion start reverting to what I actually 'meant,' what I was hinting, and than who jumped on an attacking bandwagon, then who defended it, and who jumped off, back on, all around...and where does it lead?

(Lots of ands and incorrect grammar, in the above paragraph...yep I know that, but I needed to point out this entire conversation over what I said, what I didn't, what hints is silly. Buh bye, catch ya later).

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

sally, if you call that 'looking at things with a critical eye', I suggest you go back to your bakery.
And why jump on the Boro train? It's not like there isn't lots of other folks around...

There are other folks around? Surely you jest!

On a serious note I don't see how there could possibly be a Boro train at all. Though I'd hardly call what's going on as a train. Most of the comments made about Boro's first post/game's first post have been wishy-washy statements like "could be a cobbler hint, but maybe it couldn't be." Obviously I'd be naive to expect anything else at this point, but these sorts of posts worry me because in the days to come wishy-washy statements like those are easy for baddies to hide behind.

Originally Posted by Boro

But please people, stop using me as a guinea pig. How many times do I apparently say something controversial on Day 1, and how many times does the discussion start reverting to what I actually 'meant,' what I was hinting, and than who jumped on an attacking bandwagon, then who defended it, and who jumped off, back on, all around...and where does it lead?

Awfully touchy, aren't you? No one likes being the sacrificial lamb on Day 1, yet someone must fill the void. And no one has really committed to you or your post as anything substantial. As I said before most comments revolve around "It's a hint, but then again it probably isn't." So far no one has really pointed an accusing finger at you and screamed "WOLF!"