The Scourge of Ephesus [Concluded]

[Jolt]

I'm a controversy provoker/agitator. :P

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Care to explain that vote change? As I see it, the case against Jolt is the weakest out of all 6 of the lynch contenders. He is a curious choice to put out in front without any explanation.

I just did not want to see 6 people to get lynched.

[Jolt]

So you pick the one of all of those, which is more proven to be an innocent.

(Wait, 5 people are lynched at the same time? I thought one of us was randomly lynched, instead of all five of us.)

[Andres]

Note:

In this game, voting "No Lynch" will be counted as an abstain. When a tie is reached at the end of the day, the game host will randomly (as in "completely at random") lynch one of the players in the tie.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Yes, but we can never know when you have some devious plan to kill 6 people.. well.. in-game that is.

[TinCow]

So you're now basing your vote change on the notion that the person running this game won't follow his own rules?

[Ibn-Khaldun]

No.

But it's better to lynch someone ourselves then let game host to randomly pick one.

[Andres]

Is my infallibleness being questioned?

*** prepares earthquakes and lightning bolts ***

[TinCow]

No.

But it's better to lynch someone ourselves then let game host to randomly pick one.

I agree, but the question remains why you decided to go with Jolt rather than any of the other 5 contenders. You have not yet given such an explanation.

[Quintus.JC]

Vote: QJC

If I say the reason why, ill end up dead

It seems that Beefy knew I was blocked the previous night, and the number of deaths decreased dramatically. He didn't want to reveal that fact so went for a blinding vote against me and hoped for someone to jump on the bandwaggon, this would suggest he is town. am I right Beefy? or have you got any other reason to vote for me, people doesn't like it when a person votes for another person without giving any reason for their choice.

[Quintus.JC]

I understand. I just thought QJC is scummy for me and thats my personal opinion. If everyone ales disagrees then his not going to get lynched.

Reason I voted for QJC is because ATPG was killed. I suspect the murderer are the player who played with ATPG in the last few games and considered him a threat. However by saying this, I realized that ATPG accused me before I died and thus ill be seen as a likely suspect. Which I am not, because by killing ATPG it will pretty much confirm him innocent and makes it even more dangerous for the mafia then it originally were. But by saying this its a WIFOM and its going to get my lynched.

Here I signed to the letter of death for me. Hang me, crucify me, do as you wish

Sorry for the poor performance so far. If not in this game.

ATPG made himself a murder bait by saying all the stuff he said. Your accusation would also apply to all the other players that played numerous games with APTG, it just doesn't build up...

[GeneralHankerchief]

Frankly I don't think any of the favorites for this round look guilty.

Boudica seems innocent to me, I don't trust Sigurd (who voted for CA) as far as I can throw him, Quintus is helping out, and Beefy would be playing a better game if he was mafia (see Golden Rule) and Jolt doesn't stand out enough in my mind to be lynched.

[White_eyes:D]

I think I know who is Manfredo but I will wait one more night to be sure.....(if I say...he could change his target and do nothing or be killed by others......)

[shlin28]

Vote: Woady

I think evidence points to my innocence, than my guiltyness (ie me being blocked the previous phase)

[El Diablo]

There seems to be better reasons to vote for people than the one I had thus

Unvote Boudica Vote Abstain

[Ibn-Khaldun]

After carefully thinking this through I Unvote: Jolt and Vote: Abstain

[glyphz]

...


Vote: Abstain
*Steps a distance away from Ibn-Khaldun, lest he be struck by forces of nature*

(I'll) Let Andres decide...

Tally:

Jolt: 2 (Chaotix27, Yoyoma1910)
187Beefyz: 2 (Lord Winter, CountArach)
CountArach: 2 (Sigurd, Jolt)
Quintus.JC: 2 (187Beefyz, GeneralHankerchief)

shlin28: 1 (woad&fangs)
boudica: 1 (YLC)
woad&fangs: 1 (shlin28)

[Andres]

Voting concluded.

Stand by for execution.

[Andres]

The Scourge of Ephesus - Day 4 - Conclusion



The Gate of Augustus - 8.30 pm

The tourists started to discuss again.

Arguing, quarrelling, bickering, discussing, they continued and continued but today, they didn't seem capable of reaching a consensus.

At the end of the day, four tourists had the same amount of votes.

The athletic man started to get nervous.

"Come on, this isn't possible. I just have a coin, I can break a tie between two people, but four... How will I do that?"

All of the sudden, Ignoramus stood up.

"I will make the decision!"

The gathered tourists stared at him. It was the first time since very long they heard his voice.

Ignoramus walked forwards and with a dramatical gesture, he turned to the four suspects. All of the sudden, he stopped.

"I, Ignoramus, have decided..."

He took a deep breath and stepped forward.

"That the person to be lynched today is...."

He stopped, took another deep breath and dramatically ran towards the suspects. Unfortunately, he stumbled. He tried to keep his balance, but fell on a rock. His face covered in blood, he stood up again, yelling: "This is proof! This means I was right, but he's using his unnatural powers to stop me. Ha! I will point at him now."

Ignoramus points at a pilar and walks up to it. "It is you! You! You!" And he hit the pillar with his fist. Unfortunately, this caused a piece of marble to fall down, crushing his skull, killing Ignoramus instantly...

The tourists looked at it in agony.

"Okay, okay, enough of this idiocy!" Rythmic said. "I will cast the deciding vote!"

He turned to the four suspects, who were starting to feel rather bored by now. Some of them preferred to be lynched over standing in the sun for an eternity until one of these clowns would finally take a decision.

With a sardonic smile, Rythmic said: "And the winner is..."

All of the sudden, Rythmic stopped.

"My heart..., oh no..."

He fell down, struck by a heart attack. Within 5 minutes he was dead.

The athletic man stood up.

"Ok, enough of this! Bring the four suspects to me. I have used my blade to make 4 straws. Each of you will draw a straw. The person with the short straw will be lynched."

He offered the straws to Jolt.

"You pick first."

Jolt drew the short straw...

"Ok, it seems like you're the one who's going to die... The blade or the gun?"

"Before I go," Jolt started, "I would like to thank my travel agent, for arranging this wonderful holliday. I mean, it all looked so real, the drama, the blood. You guys are fantastic actors. And the scenery! Wonderful! When I asked my travel agent to give me a special treatment, I didn't quite expect this. You there with the blade, can I take one last picture from you? You're so good, man!"

"The gun or the blade, you idiot!"

"Hahahaha! You guys don't know when to stop, do you? Fantastic! F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C ! If this were a movie, you'd all get a nomination for..."

The athletic man took the blade and with a blow quick as lightning, he chopped of Jolts' head.

"At last, this day is over. Let us all go to sleep."

The tourists looked at the fresh body.

"Will we burry him?"

"Why would we? Everytime we burry somebody, some madman digs him up again. Threw him somewhere out of sight. That should do."

The tourists all left the scene, looking for a place to sleep.

***

Tally:

Jolt : 2 (Chaotix27, Yoyoma1910)

187Beefyz : 2 (Lord Winter, CountArach)
CountArach: 2 (Sigurd, Jolt)
Quintus.JC: 2 (187Beefyz, GeneralHankerchief)

shlin28: 1 (woad&fangs)
boudica: 1 (YLC)
woad&fangs: 1 (shlin28)

Abstain : 3 (Ibn-Khaldun, El Diablo, glyphz)
Not voting: 8 (boudica, 'khaan, Rythmic, Tiberius, Quintus.JC, Caius, Seamus, Ignoramus)



Alive (19)

boudica
GeneralHankerchief
seireikhaan
shlin28
Tiberius of the Drake
187Beefyz
Chaotix27
Quintus.JC
YLC
Sigurd
woad&fangs
Yoyoma1910
Ibn-Khaldun
Lord Winter
CountArach
Caius
El Diablo
Glyphz
Seamus Fermanagh

Killed (5) :

777Ares777
TheFlax
White_Eyes :D
Reenk Roink
Askthepizzaguy

Lynched (4) :

TinCow
Tevashzat
FactionHeir
Jolt

WoG/Suicide (2):
Rythmic
Ignoramus

It's now night. PM's please

Night will last for +/- 23 hours 30 minutes.

[Beefy187]

It seems that Beefy knew I was blocked the previous night, and the number of deaths decreased dramatically. He didn't want to reveal that fact so went for a blinding vote against me and hoped for someone to jump on the bandwaggon, this would suggest he is town. am I right Beefy? or have you got any other reason to vote for me, people doesn't like it when a person votes for another person without giving any reason for their choice.

Actually... I didn't know that. This suggest that I have to read write ups more carefully

[Askthepizzaguy]

The writeups seem to indicate I was a scummy character, without justification. As such, I won't be contributing to the discussion anymore.

Good luck, town. At the end of the game, you will see I was town all along. But because of the writeups I refuse to waste your time defending myself or distracting you. If you actually want my opinion, you will have to ask for it. Otherwise I am operating under the assumption that you think I'm guilty, and the night murder numbers will prove otherwise.

If you come around, contact me.


EDIT: Reason not being because I'm upset at being dead or wrongly accused, but because I choose not to be a distraction to town post-mortem. Although the ambiguous/scummy behavior written for me in the writeup does not jive with the information I was given.

[Jolt]

Oh well, bad luck on the dices. I suppose I can confirm that I was a townie all along, as was perfectly clear. Anyways, good game.

[boudica]

"Before I go," Jolt started, "I would like to thank my travel agent, for arranging this wonderful holliday. I mean, it all looked so real, the drama, the blood. You guys are fantastic actors. And the scenery! Wonderful! When I asked my travel agent to give me a special treatment, I didn't quite expect this. You there with the blade, can I take one last picture from you? You're so good, man!"

"The gun or the blade, you idiot!"

"Hahahaha! You guys don't know when to stop, do you? Fantastic! F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C ! If this were a movie, you'd all get a nomination for..."

The athletic man took the blade and with a blow quick as lightning, he chopped of Jolts' head.

great write-up Andres.

Our lynches are getting worse by the looks of things

RIP Jolt

[Quintus.JC]

Jolt didn't look the type... but who knows, nothing is certain in this game.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Keep this vote in mind, folks, as well as the last moment changes that created such a tie.

There will be no conclusive evidence from this one vote, but placed in context with others and other comments, it could well prove valuable.

G'night.

[Andres]

The Scourge of Ephesus - Night 5 - Conclusion



The Gate of Augustus - 0.30 am

A man dressed in black wandered around in the vicinity of the Augustus' gate.

He touched his chest and remembered the old wounds.

"I've only just begun to fight!"

A sickening laugh could be heard over the archeological site. When it stopped, there was only silence. Even the wind stopped blowing.

The man ran away.

***



The Prytaneion - 2.00 am

Quintus.JC couldn't sleep and so, he went to the Prytaneion that night.

"What a mess! What a bloody mess! Why are we all following those idiots? That athletic man and the old guy, only the stars know how much they annoy me! Like they know everything. Nothing is certain here. Nothing! Well, except for one thing, the heat. Why has it to be so damn hot!"

"Are you sure that is the only certainty?"

Quintus.JC turned around and saw a man, lurking in the shadows.

"Did you follow me?"

"So it seems... Or was that a rethorical question?"

"Did it sound like a rethorical question?"

"That certainly is a rethorical question!"

"Stop playing games!"

"But this is a game!"

"No, it's not, it's serious and it's about life and dead!"

"Dead... Everybody has to die, no?

"Well, eventually, yes."

"Aha! That's another certainty! You lied about there not being certainties, except the heat!"

"Are you calling me a liar?"

"Liars need to die!"

The man drew a silenced gun and shot Quintus.JC in the head. The man slowly walked to the body and looked at Quintus.JC surprised expression of unbelieve.

"Don't give me that look. You guys have been lynching each other for far sillier reasons than that."

Two more bullets reduced Quintus.JC face to pulp.

The killer lit a cigarette and slowly walked away.

***

The Odeion - 2.00 am

A man was hiding in the shadows when he saw his target slowly walking into the Odeion.

He jumped out of his hiding spot.

To his surprise, the target wasn't surprised.

"I'm not so easy to kill, you fool!"

The target kicked the attacker on his right knee. A fist in his face put him down. Another kick on his right hand and the silenced gun was floating through the air.

The target took some distance, allowing the attacker to get up again.

"You're good. Very good," the attacker said, nodding respectfully to his target.

He then quickly turned around, picked up his gun and ran away, yelling:

"But you won't be so lucky next time!"

"Next time... Next time you die..." the target said.

***

The Scourge of Ephesus - Day 5



The temple of Hadrianus - 8.00 am

The old man stood at the temple of Hadrianus. He seemed agitated and talked fast, making large gestures.

"Another one! I found another body! Quintus.JC! I had a hard time identifying him, since his face was one bloody mess! Things are starting to look bad! When will this nightmare end? We are doomed! I tell you all, we are doomed!"

"Oh shut up, old man," one of the tourists said.

"Please, have some respect for old age," the athletic man intervened. "It seems like our work isn't finished yet. Let's discuss these last events and try to find ourselves a suspect, shall we?"

The tourists started to become angry with the athletic man; they wouldn't accept his authority for much longer.

***

Alive (18)

boudica
GeneralHankerchief
seireikhaan
shlin28
Tiberius of the Drake
187Beefyz
Chaotix27
YLC
Sigurd
woad&fangs
Yoyoma1910
Ibn-Khaldun
Lord Winter
CountArach
Caius
El Diablo
Glyphz
Seamus Fermanagh

Killed (6) :

777Ares777
TheFlax
White_Eyes :D
Reenk Roink
Askthepizzaguy
Quintus.JC

Lynched (4) :

TinCow
Tevashzat
FactionHeir
Jolt

WoG/Suicide (2):
Rythmic
Ignoramus

It's now day. You can start voting. Day will last for +/- 24 hours.

[ULC]

GAH! When will it end? Why do I so accurately guess who is going to die each night? I say you to the mafia, and the Vig/SK - stop trying to frame me, I'm not your shield! If I say I want Sigurd dead tonight, what are you going to do? If I say Boudica, what will you do?

*breathes* I see the win in front of me, and oh how bitter does it taste...

[GeneralHankerchief]

Sigurd and boudica blocked this round. Awaiting feedback PM. Leaning towards Sigurd.

-edit- Feedback PM received, nothing out of the ordinary.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Vote: Sigurd

I'll give my case in a few hours.

[Reenk Roink]

Are none of you even remotely wondering why GeneralHankerchief remains alive?