Pirate Ship Mafia III [Concluded]

If we have repeatedly supervised the actions of certain individuals and have a good idea of what they have been doing, then perhaps we should first eliminate the individuals whom we have not supervised.

Unvote; Vote: JHT

Seriously, all this ado about nothing.

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Originally Posted by Ishmael

Attention: In the interest of blatant self-preservation, I am offering a reward of gold to those who switch their vote to TheFlax.

8 gold will be given to the first person to switch their vote to him, 6 to the second, and 4 to all thereafter, until such point as TheFlax is two votes clear of me. I will also award 2 gold to those already voting for TheFlax (that is, autolycus), as a disincentive to switch.

The gold will be paid tonight (which, as the particularly astute will note, will only occur if I survive the day). If you have no preference as to who should be lynched between myself and TheFlax, this is your chance to earn some easy gold.

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Sure, I'll take your offer, I see little compelling reason to vote for anyone else. Vote: TheFlax

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

Hello Pot.

I'm not defending him without reason. He has claimed to me - and the role is 100% impossible to be French. AA can back it up - he claimed to him as well.

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How are you so sure he couldn't possibly be French? And that he's telling the truth?

And even if you're sure he's not French, can we be sure he's not some kind of third party role?

Or is that it? You're 100% certain he's not French because you know he's something else that still isn't on our side?

How do we know you're not French or some kind of third party role, for that matter? Why should we just take your word for it that TheFlax is a bad vote when "Just don't vote for him" is all you have to offer?

Because he claimed a proveable role. I'll get him to prove it tonight.

And I'll equal the deal Ishmael made.

If you switch from Flax to Ishamel, 8 gold for first, 6, 4.

I'm not doing this out of the kindness of my heart. I believe 100% Flax is not french.

Where is his support? Where are his teammates?

You can't name em cause they don't exist.

If all you care about it gold, I'll pay for players to switch to Ishmael. I'm not winning the gold race anyway.

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Originally Posted by Zack

Yeah honestly the French could be any officers or the captain at this point considering none of them have been scanned in any meaningful way.

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I'd be more than happy to solve that problem in some way tonight. Maybe scan Visor to ease everyone's suspicion, and then trade the position out with someone to have them scan me?

DC can scan me tonight. And continue the scan on sprig or choxorn after me. If you're really worried and interested on wasting scans.

Why did you mention Choxorn there?

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

If we have repeatedly supervised the actions of certain individuals and have a good idea of what they have been doing, then perhaps we should first eliminate the individuals whom we have not supervised.

Unvote; Vote: JHT

Seriously, all this ado about nothing.

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This is precisely my point. Let's focus on those we don't know much about rather than those that have been doing provable actions.

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

Why did you mention Choxorn there?

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Chox and sprig were scanned L1 last night by Jim. DC should absolutely L2 scan Visor tonight. Then switch with him and have visor scan him next night. Chox and sprig can wait for their second scan. We need to know we can trust our officers.

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Originally Posted by BSmith

We need to know we can trust our officers.

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I trust one of them

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Chox and sprig were scanned L1 last night by Jim.

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Was this mentioned publicly anywhere?

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

Where is his support? Where are his teammates?

You can't name em cause they don't exist.

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What a silly argument. There could only be one Frenchie left for all we know. For that matter, who are Ishmael's teammates?

DC cannot L2 scan me until tomorrow night. Then he l2 scans one of sprig or choxorn, then we switch places.

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

Was this mentioned publicly anywhere?

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Yes.

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

DC cannot L2 scan me until tomorrow night. Then he l2 scans one of sprig or choxorn, then we switch places.

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What?

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

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What?

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There are two levels of scan.

You all seem to want to throw away scans on obvious townies, so DC is scanning me tonight, then he is scanning me the next night. Then he finishes a scan on sprig or choxorn.

Then we switch places and I scan him/AA.

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Originally Posted by Andres

@BSmith
I am interested.

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Great. I'll let you know details once night is upon us. Tell me now if there is anyone you don't want vigged and why.

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

There are two levels of scan.

You all seem to want to throw away scans on obvious townies, so DC is scanning me tonight, then he is scanning me the next night. Then he finishes a scan on sprig or choxorn.

Then we switch places and I scan him/AA.

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The mechanic may be different this game, but last game the FM could scan one person and go straight to a second scan result, or scan 2 people for first level results. Are you confirming the difference?

That's not what my confusion is about.

Last night we got:

Sprig L1
Chox L1

My own targets for the scan are obviously not in accord with the popular currents, but what I am taking from your post is that you will do this:

N5:

Nothing

N6:

Visor L2

N7:

Chox or Sprig L2

Why would you throw out half the scan-power?

First Mate role from the last game:

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Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

You have been appointed to:

First Mate

“Heaven, you fool? Did you ever hear of any pirates going thither?”
~ Thomas Sutton, shortly before his execution

Congratulations on your promotion! As long as you hold this position, you’re trading in a life of drunken debauchery for one of trying to keep order and making sure that the ship does not completely fall into the hands of the Guardacosta or other enemies. You think you prefer the debauchery, though you can’t complain about the pay rate.

Your goals: Your goals remain the same as they were before you took office. You will not be able to be converted while in office, even if you are susceptible to Letters of Marque.

Powers: Your nighttime abilities as First Mate override those you had previously. Upon your removal from office, you will get your original powers back.

- If you are attacked at night, you stand a 50% chance of dying before factoring in protections, larger-than-usual kill groups, and the like. This immunity may be reduced or eliminated in the endgame at my discretion.
- You may kill one person per night on your own.
- Alternatively, you may investigate two people per night to determine their actions and other information. The first investigation will reveal the target’s actions that night. The second will reveal their susceptibility to Letters of Marque. The third will reveal their true affiliation as well as provide a list of activities they have been up to through the current night.
- If you wish, you may choose to only investigate one person per night to immediately jump to Tier 2 results on the target.
- Your salary as First Mate is 12 treasure per night. This overrides any treasure you would have ordinarily received for night actions, however, you still get the 2 per night you get for submitting an order.
- Unlike the Captain, you have a vote in the daily proceedings. If there is a tie vote, you, the Captain, and the Quartermaster will vote to break the tie. If the three of you cannot break that tie (say, each of you votes to execute a different person), then the Captain has the final say.
- So long as you hold this office, you cannot Abandon Ship.

Lastly, in addition to your orders, you have the option to leave the Captain vulnerable at night. This is not the default option – i.e. you must specifically let me know that you are doing this. If both you and the Quartermaster choose to leave the Captain vulnerable for a night, then the protection his office provides is removed and he is liable to be murdered at night. However, you cannot be the one to deliver the killing blow – the Captain must be murdered by an outside source. The Captain does not know about this ability. Good luck!

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N5 he scans me and some other guy

n6 he scans me l2

n7 he scans chox or sprig

VIER DUBLOEN! unvote; vote: The Flax

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n6 he scans me l2

n7 he scans chox or sprig

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That's dumb and a waste of half the power. The following would be a much less stupid schedule for accomplishing the same.

N5:

Visor L2

N6:

Sprig L2
Chox L2

Eeek! Wee Visorslashie be payin' eight doubloon.

unvote; vote: Ishmael

If that is the way it needs to be, then that some other guy better be AA

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Originally Posted by BSmith

First Mate role from the last game:

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NJ never posted his pm, just what the role did. I'm waiting to hear from DC in case he didn't read correctly.

Ok, so, Visor, let me get this straight for the end of the day:

Ishmael, Golden, and Auto are super-scummy, but Flax and JHT are almost-certainly not scum?

And I thought some of Zack's proposals were out-there...

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

There are two levels of scan.

You all seem to want to throw away scans on obvious townies, so DC is scanning me tonight, then he is scanning me the next night. Then he finishes a scan on sprig or choxorn.

Then we switch places and I scan him/AA.

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No need for the extra night I can scan you T2 right off.

I expects yer money order shortly, wee Visorslashie.

WELP

apparently NJ never read his role PM correctly

so I can be l2 scanned straight off the bat.

sorry about that.

@ monty

flax is assuredly not french, jht i have no read on, but I think ishmael is far more likely to be french then him henc ewhy i am pushing against ishmael

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Originally Posted by El Barto

I expects yer money order shortly, wee Visorslashie.

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I'll send it in the night after the lynch - same as Ishmaels deal.

Nae. Ye sends it now an' it's cashed in next dawn.
unvote; vote: The Flax

At this point I've heard enough to let The Flax off the hook. Unvote; Vote: Ishmael

Your outright bribe to stay alive just doesn't sit right with me pirate or no.

Which is what my list was based on.

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Originally Posted by BSmith

This is precisely my point. Let's focus on those we don't know much about rather than those that have been doing provable actions.

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My post above was reply to this.

I only count actions confirmed by narrator, for further clarification.

Ishmael has been confirm in action 3 nights out of 4 - this is far better than then someone like ATPG who has no actions confirmed.

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Originally Posted by Ishmael

Attention: In the interest of blatant self-preservation, I am offering a reward of gold to those who switch their vote to TheFlax.

8 gold will be given to the first person to switch their vote to him, 6 to the second, and 4 to all thereafter, until such point as TheFlax is two votes clear of me. I will also award 2 gold to those already voting for TheFlax (that is, autolycus), as a disincentive to switch.

The gold will be paid tonight (which, as the particularly astute will note, will only occur if I survive the day). If you have no preference as to who should be lynched between myself and TheFlax, this is your chance to earn some easy gold.

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Pffft... I could easily top that, but I find this ridiculous. Will voting now consist of a bidding war of whom offers the most cash? Pah! If I walk the plank because of bribes, I hope you follow in my demise tomorrow. :stare:

unvote, vote: Ishmael

anyone have a tally?

5-4 Ishmael.

Oooh, one hour remainin'… send in yer bids afore it ends, laddies! It bain't over jus' yet.

I can take Visors word on flax for now. But forget Ishmael there are much tastier and scummy people that deserve to walk the plank.

An' wha would they be?

I have given my list.

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Originally Posted by Sprig

I can take Visors word on flax for now. But forget Ishmael there are much tastier and scummy people that deserve to walk the plank.

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Alright, who?

Here it is again.

Gaius Scribonius Curio
johnhughthom
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
Choxorn

Vote: Abstain

Sprig, woudl tha' be yer claims 'gainst ATPG an' Curio? Curio's me cobber, mon, an' ye's still no' explained tha'.

@Visorslash: Git ready, mon! Wha' be ye biddin'? Ye's no' th' only one doin' biddin' tonicht -ye could be outbidded soon enough.

"Are you you a little bit deaf or do you need things explained to you like you are a street urchin *Squawk*"


They have not had or less than others, Accountable actions.

Bu' they's bin gud fer accountin'! I's sure ta have received over a dozen doubloons fram them awready.

Well, 11 minutes remainin', seems the eight gold pieces will do.

unvote; vote: The Flax

Voting closed.

What a surprise.

I wonder if you were even paid in the first place.

Vaarwel.

Day 5

Tensions were running high aboard the Presence, with the familiar tone of distrust against the officer corps being taken. The Quartermaster was coming under increasing fire, the Captain was being questioned about his effectiveness, and the First Mate looked like an entirely different person than he did yesterday! Nonetheless, the general discontent never morphed into a mutiny, and eventually the voting went in different directions.

Lots of different directions.

Perhaps as a result of the sentiment toward the officer corps, nobody quite had enough pull to lead the crewmen in one direction or the other. At one point in the day, a full half the sailors aboard had somebody writing their name down - or an approximation of such - to face the plank. As this was not particularly an appealing situation for anyone aboard, it was only a matter of time before somebody took action to rectify the situation. This person ended up being Ishmael. Currently in the lead with three votes, Ishmael stepped forward and addressed the full crew.

"All right laddies, it be obvious to me that there be no consensus aboard. Seeing as I be the leadin' candidate, allow me to offer such: Anyone who votes for TheFlax gets a share out o' me big pile of gold!" This was enough to cause a commotion. Instantly all eyes turned towards TheFlax, looking for his response.

TheFlax looked unimpressed. "A paltry sum," he said. "This be the goin' rate for votes nowadays?"

"Aye!" somebody shouted out. That was El Barto, of course.

Flax was done, saying no more on the matter. Visorslash, however, was not. Convinced - or at least, appearing that way - of Ishmael's guilt, he offered to match Ishmael's price should any sailors place their vote on him instead, with the added unspoken benefit of being in the Quartermaster's favor as a result. El Barto, for his part, looked like all his dreams came true at once.

From there it was off to the races, with the votes quickly coalescing around Ishmael and TheFlax, with El Barto in particular running back and forth between the two, looking happier and happier with each new exchange. Meanwhile, both lynch candidates were seriously starting to sweat.

Finally, Captain Double A stood up, ready to call an end to proceedings. El Barto and Ishmael were currently deep in discussion.

"Right then, by my count it be 5-4 in favor of-"

"STOP!" El Barto cried out. Everybody looked at him quizzically.

"I be changin' my vote!" he said.

"Barto, you've already changed yer vote four times in the past hour or two!"

"Well I be changin' it a fifth time! I switch from Ishmael to TheFlax!"

Instant bedlam. Double A sighed in exasperation. Visorslash started cursing up a storm. Ishmael breathed a huge sigh of relief. TheFlax paled. El Barto looked pleased with his handiwork. The rest of the sailors just stared in shock, wondering what on earth had just happened.

"Right then, Flax, to the plank with ye," Double A said. TheFlax automatically complied, still trying to process what had just happened. "Any last words?"

"Shoulda tried negotiatin', laddie!" That was El Barto. "Ain't nothin' that a good bit o' business can't solve!"

"Yes. Business," TheFlax said absentmindedly, almost to himself, and was summarily booted off the Presence.

Day 5 tally:
TheFlax: 5 (Ishmael, autolycus, Zack, Choxorn, El Barto) :skull:
Ishmael: 4 (Gaius Scribonius Curio, Visorslash, TheFlax, dcmort93)
Golden1Knight: 2 (Ituralde, Andres)
johnhughthom: 2 (BSmith, Montmorency)
Zack: 1 (Askthepizzaguy)
Gaius Scribonius Curio: 1 (Sprig)

Abstained: 3 (Double A, Csargo, Golden1Knight)
Didn't vote: 1 (johnhughthom)

It is now Night 5. Please send in your orders. Night 5 will conclude on Saturday, October 10th, at 10:00 US Eastern Time.



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Attacked: spaceman98 (n1), Askthepizzaguy (n1, n3), Csargo (n2), Andres (n3)

Killed: TFT (n1), seireikhaan (n2), Ice (n3), landlubber (n4), Lissa (n4)

Mutinied: Kagemusha (d2)

Abandoned Ship: Ironside (n2)

Walked the plank: Xiahou (d3), spaceman98 (d4), TheFlax (d5)

Souls aboard: (18)
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
autolycus
BSmith
Choxorn
Csargo
dcmort93
Double A
El Barto
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Golden1Knight
Ishmael
Ituralde
johnhughthom
Montmorency
Sprig
Visorslash
Zack

[2:44:08 PM] No Lynch: flax got lynched
[2:44:12 PM] No Lynch: last minute vote to save ishmael
[2:44:16 PM] Askthepizzaguy: Bleh
[2:44:25 PM] Askthepizzaguy: Real quick though
[2:44:33 PM] Askthepizzaguy: Sprig says I have zero actions confirmed?
[2:44:40 PM] No Lynch: narrator confirmed
[2:44:43 PM] No Lynch: as in in writeup
[2:44:58 PM] No Lynch: you could be 'stealing' from mafia partners etcv
[2:45:08 PM] No Lynch: so yeah, zero narrator confirmed actions
[2:46:07 PM] Askthepizzaguy: stealing from mafia partners, eh?
[2:46:14 PM] Askthepizzaguy: I'm switching targets every night
[2:46:24 PM] Askthepizzaguy: seems like a foolhardy plan to out my team
[2:46:25 PM] No Lynch: i'm just saying
[2:46:28 PM] Askthepizzaguy: Yeah
[2:46:35 PM] Askthepizzaguy: but we both know that's silliness
[2:46:43 PM] Askthepizzaguy: I just wanted to say so because I can't log in and say so
[2:47:01 PM] Askthepizzaguy: If you would pass that along for me it would be pretty sweet
[2:47:16 PM] No Lynch: just copy paste the chat?
[2:47:19 PM] Askthepizzaguy: Yes plz
[2:47:22 PM] No Lynch: kk doing
[2:47:27 PM] Askthepizzaguy: Muchas gracias


ATPG can't access the Org hence the chat.

Gold sent to those who voted for TheFlax.

You had a good run Ishmael. Care to tell us how many left?

Did someone order a pizza?

Don't forget to leave a tip, just saying.

Since I'm far too lazy to organise this privately - I want a vig hit on Ishmael. I'll pay 3 gold to each player who joins a vig group (and ccs me) to kill him.

^I'm also matching that offer.

You'll be well paid but it is first come first served.

Some folks may be turned away due to suspicion, but if we approve, you're in.

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

^I'm also matching that offer.

You'll be well paid but it is first come first served.

Some folks may be turned away due to suspicion, but if we approve, you're in.

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I'll approve basically anyone. Just say you're in and its easy money.

I wouldn't approve a suspected French guy, but they won't volunteer for this unless they're dumb.

The people involved in this group are gonna get scanned + vigged until they're all dead or clear if it fails, period.

Can the First Mate PM just be posted, or at least the part about the scans? I know the level two scan did not reveal alignment last game, only susceptibility to conversion, so I find the result on BSmith odd and suspect it might just be NotJim misinterpreting the results.

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Originally Posted by Zack

Can the First Mate PM just be posted, or at least the part about the scans? I know the level two scan did not reveal alignment last game, only susceptibility to conversion, so I find the result on BSmith odd and suspect it might just be NotJim misinterpreting the results.

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Here you go

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- Alternatively, you may investigate two people per night to determine their actions and other information. The first investigation will reveal the target’s actions that night. The second will reveal their susceptibility to Letters of Marque. The third will reveal their true affiliation..
- If you wish, you may choose to only investigate one person per night to immediately jump to Tier 2 results on the target.

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I'm guessing his (my) results are correct since he (I) scanned BSmith twice, once with someone else and the second time on his own.

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

What a surprise.

I wonder if you were even paid in the first place.

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I war!

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

Since I'm far too lazy to organise this privately - I want a vig hit on Ishmael. I'll pay 3 gold to each player who joins a vig group (and ccs me) to kill him.

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

^I'm also matching that offer.

You'll be well paid but it is first come first served.

Some folks may be turned away due to suspicion, but if we approve, you're in.

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*sniffs around* I smells money here.

Delete

Eh? Wha' have ye deleted, Zack?

All hail King Pizza!!!

We be pirates -wha' be this kin' ye be talkin' aboot?

You never heard of a pirate king?

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

You never heard of a pirate king?

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I've heard of Gol D. Rogers :pirate:

Too bad he's dead.

Andres and Gaius. You better show up tonight.

Night 5 has ended, no more orders will be accepted.

I have a limited amount of time to get resolutions done before I have to go to another commitment, apologies if the quality seems rushed and/or I'm not able to get to feedback PMs.

Night 5

Even aboard a pirate ship, there was always some semblance of order, of structure. Anarchy and ineffectiveness went hand-in-hand, after all, and the Presence had been anything but ineffective over the years. As the ship continued its journey towards Nassau, however, and the number of sailors decreased, there was definitely a notable breakdown in order. Nobody knew who to trust and everyone was out for themselves.


The fight was two-on-two: johnhughthom and a lone guardian angel against an equal amount of attackers clearly focused on just john. He wasn't sure of his ally's effectiveness, having already accidentally dropped his cutlass a few times during the fight, but the amount and quality of insults hurled in the attackers' direction was certainly appreciated nonetheless.

"Ohhh, is that the best ye've got?" the protector shouted out after one particularly questionable attack that john easily parried. "I've heard tales of a man who fancies such a move. He lives in the city and goes to the theater and spends time with soft boys though! Haw haw haw!"

After several minutes of this, the attackers started to get incensed, getting ever-sloppier with their attacks, which in turn caused the protector to get even louder and more vicious with his insults, causing a recurring feedback loop. By the end of it, the attackers were little more than cavemen, inarticulately grunting and swinging their cutlasses wildly at anything that remotely resembled their target. John eventually and mercifully ended the engagement by whacking the two of them upside the head with a large block of wood. Nodding to his protector, the two of them went their separate ways.


Gaius Scribonius Curio and three fellow crewmen were above decks, having a drinking contest. It had been almost a week since they had done this, and, well, that was just an unacceptably long time between drinking contests. Clearly this situation had to be rectified immediately. And so they broke into the Presence's kitchens, snatched a large amount of rum, and raced above decks to let the contest begin.

"Nassau?" Curio began. "Nassau's taverns ain't worth the piss I spray them with every time visit 'em! Nay, mateys, the best drinking establishments be located in Cork, back in the Old World. All the fine quality of Dublin's beers plus the added bonus that ye be drinking with dockworkers and their ilk!"

"Cork, the best?" another said. "That rum already be gettin' to ye! I be old enough to remember this one lovely establishment in Port Royal, before the earthquake threw it back in the sea. Ah, granted, the ale wasn't the best, but the clientele couldn't be beaten! I swear, that was the only place where everybody knew me name..."

"You just be sayin' that because that place had the only wench in this part o' the world that actually gave you attention!" said a third. "Nay, the best drink I've ever had was in the Spice Islands. Me ship back at the time - this was before I'd turned pirate - was runnin' through as part of a usual trade route, when we ran aground on an island I'd never seen before and that wasn't on our maps. I went out to look for a water source with a couple other crewmen, but we got separated due to the thick jungle. I called for 'em and tried to retrace me steps but there was just no sign of 'em. So I was startin' to think that this might be it, see? After a couple o' hours of walking around without any real destination in mind, I finally stumble across it - it be a full native village, untouched by the trade! I might have been the first outsider to actually see it! I go in expectin' the worst, but the natives were very friendly and nice to me - maybe because they all knew I could take on any three o' them in a fight! So the chief has me in his hut, and his daughter comes up to me, lookin' all sweet and pure and innocent fer the world. Without saying a word, she offers me a cup o' this magnificent brew -"

"Stop right there," said the second sailor. "I call shenanigans! Ye turned pirate what, fifteen years ago? This places ye at around age 13 when it happened! Nay, I don't buy it."

"Alright alright, I mighta put a bit o' embellishment on a detail or two," the third admitted. "Say, what about ye? Where be the best place to have a drink?"

Everybody turned to the fourth sailor, who suddenly looked nervous. "Well," he started, looking sheepish, "I've always enjoyed a glass of sangria on a hot summer's day in Barcelona..."

"SANGRIA??!?!" And then an argument erupted about proper piratical liquor and behavior, it eventually getting so intense and heated that the three sailors completely forgot that they were supposed to kill Curio, who had a very enjoyable and peaceful night indeed.


autolycus sniffed the air around him. In times like this, somebody might say they were able to detect the stench of death, or the winds of change, or something equally foreboding and poetic, but autolycus was just a regular pirate and had no such literary tendencies. He could smell the salt of the ocean. He could smell the tang of the Presence. These things hadn't changed much ever since they set sail from New Tortuga. He could smell the grog on the hot breath of two figures edging closer to him...

Wait, this was new. Turning around, acting purely on instinct, he cried out in shock and swung his cutlass wildly. To everyone involved's surprise, he connected, making a wide slash that caught both would-be attackers in the gut. Each immediately doubled over in pain. The wound wasn't particularly deep and they'd live, but they were in no condition to fight that night, leaving autolycus to make a clean getaway.

He would spend the rest of the night with a bottle of smelling salts close at hand, determined to stay awake in case anyone else tried anything.


There were worse things than death. Ishmael knew this, believed this, had this instilled in his mind from a very young age. Despite this, death, specifically rapidly-approaching death, had a particular way of making people forget about things worse than it in the heat of the moment. Now was such a time for Ishmael, who saw two sailors advancing on his position with purpose.

"Not today, boys!" he called out. "I not be survivin' the lynch yesterday to have it end like this!"

The two men didn't respond, instead closing the distance and drawing their cutlasses. Ishmael responded in kind, and the fight was on. Iron clashed against iron, grunts of effort and pain grew louder, and the Presence rang with the sounds of the clash. The two attackers had the numbers, but Ishmael was a wily enough swordsmen to always ensure that he had room to maneuver. Indeed, the attackers were never able to fully corner their target, leaving them more and more frustrated.

As the duel went on and Ishmael escaped certain death for yet another time, one of the attackers threw his cutlass to the ground in anger, clearly not thinking. This was Ishmael's chance. As the attacker went down to pick it up, Ishmael parried a blow from the other attacker, moved into position, and kicked the man picking up his cutlass hard, in the face.

It was a perfect connection. Ishmael kicked him so hard that he actually sent him in the air, flying, only to land spread-eagled on his back a second later, out cold. Ishmael, cursing in pain and realizing the fact that kicking something that hard inevitably hurt *you* too, limped back below decks as the other attacker went to check on his buddy.


That morning, Captain Double A gathered the crew together to address them. "Right lads," he began, "I got good news and bad news. The good news is that there were no deaths today!" The crew actually managed to look disappointed and angry at this, causing Double A to pause for a second out of uncertainty. "Anyway, the bad news is that there were four separate attacks tonight, which means that there were no kills due to incompetence and not peacefulness aboard the ship! Seriously mateys, we need to get ourselves together if we want to make it alive to Nassau to spend our haul!!"

"Yeah yeah," a sailor called out, "we've all heard this speech before. Get to the good stuff! Did we bag any Frenchies?"

"Ah, right," Double A said. "Nay, not on Night or Day 3 at any rate. Xiahou and Ice were both loyal crewmen. Let's hope we have more luck today. Get votin, ye bloomin' bags o' barracuda bait!"

OOC: It is now Day 6. Voting will last until Sunday, October 11th, at 17:00 US Eastern Time.



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Attacked: spaceman98 (n1), Askthepizzaguy (n1, n3), Csargo (n2), Andres (n3), johnhughthom (n5), Gaius Scribonius Curio (n5), autolycus (n5), Ishmael (n5)

Killed: TFT (n1), seireikhaan (n2), Ice (n3), landlubber (n4), Lissa (n4)

Mutinied: Kagemusha (d2)

Abandoned Ship: Ironside (n2)

Walked the plank: Xiahou (d3), spaceman98 (d4), TheFlax (d5)

Souls aboard: (18)
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
autolycus
BSmith
Choxorn
Csargo
dcmort93
Double A
El Barto
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Golden1Knight
Ishmael
Ituralde
johnhughthom
Montmorency
Sprig
Visorslash
Zack

What on earth

Vote: Ishmael

of course

There better be some answers