The Scourge of Ephesus [Concluded]

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Uh, yeah, that's a fake role PM. I won't even bother with the formating from the QUOTE= lines. Instead, there's an even better way to spot the fake. On the second to last line, Ibn's PM says:



The real PM (as posted by Andres here) shows the line as:



If you can't tell, Ibn's is missing a space between the words and the smiley. While I am dead and cannot comment on my own role PM, anyone with a townie role PM should be able to verify whether that space is in theirs or not. There is no way for that space to be missed if the role PM was quoted. PMs can be quoted in their entirety, but quotes in threads cannot. Thus, in order to copy a post from a thread, one has to copy and paste it and then add the editing back in. Thus, because of the missing space, Ibn copied and pasted his role PM, he did not get it directly from a quote. Yet, he felt the need to add all the bolding back in and put something in the QUOTE= line. The only reason to do this is to make it look like it was quoted in the first place.

Copy and pasted role PM + intentional effort to make it look like it was quoted = scum

Don't con a conman.

If that is a fake pm then from where did I got the exact message of the Townie pm??

[GeneralHankerchief]

From the thread.

[Askthepizzaguy]

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Oh I just give up!

Edit: Who posted that pm in this thread and where? Unlike you I don't go through this thread to look something 'scummy' or 'weird'.

[Andres]

The Scourge of Ephesus – Night 9 – Conclusion



The Ancient City of Ephesus – 0.00 am

***

The wind was blowing in the ancient city of Ephesus. The wind was an old friend to the city and they had been companions for centuries. Ancient gnarled trees, bent over by decades of exposure to the natural forces, moved with creaking noises in the ruins.

GeneralHankerchief was moving along the ancient site.

GeneralHankerchief was wary as he walked; looking up and down the path to see if anyone was following or watching him. For some reason, he felt very uncomfortable that night.

He felt the urge to hurry up.

He was almost at his destination, when suddenly a pain shot through his heart. He slumped down and felt as the world came crashing down.

“No! Not now, I can’t be having a heart attack now.”

The pain disappeared as fast as it came, and GeneralHankerchief was able to get up from sand. A faint laughter was heard and his heart started beating faster. He looked up and down, left and right, but saw no-one. This was getting creepy. He’d better get going.

A sudden cold enveloped GeneralHankerchief and he started shivering. What on earth was going on? The light from the stars seemed to dim and all of the sudden, they were extinguished.

In the dark he heard a maniacal laughter. He was getting really nervous now. A pair of glowing red eyes appeared a few feet from GeneralHankerchief's faceand an inhuman voice boomed:

“Hello GeneralHankerchief, I hear you are telling stories.” GeneralHankerchief slumped to his knees and turned his eyes away from the red glowing eyes hanging in the air. Despair washed over him and the mere presence of this creature, gave him immense fright.

“I shall not undo you. I have a message for you”. The booming voice changed to a whisper that appeared to be inches from his ear.

“Get rid of the woman!”

The booming voice echoed: “Do as I tell you and the tourists will survive. Do nothing and the forces that besiege the city will prevail”.

As sudden as the creature appeared it was gone leaving. GeneralHankerchief crouching on the floor in a fetus position.

***


The theater – 1.30 am

187Beefyz was in the theater, watching the stars and the moon.

With a sigh, he walked to the stone benches and sat down. It was still very hot that night, but a cool breeze brought refreshment.

“I hope there will be no more killings tonight,” he said to himself. “I want to go back home. I’ve had enough of this.”

He looked around him and tried to imagine how it had been in this place, so many centuries ago.

“There are far worse places to die,” a man sitting behind 187Beefyz said.

187Beefyz quickly turned and watched the man.

“Oh, it is you,” he said, friendly as always. “Well, there may be truth in that statement, but I’m too young to die. Allthough I agree with you that this is a beautiful place, I prefer to stay alive, if you don’t mind.”

“No, I wouldn’t mind,” the man said, “but sometimes, a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.”

187Beefyz stared at the man, not really understanding what he was trying to say. His eyes widened when he saw the man holding a .44 Magnum.

“But…”

“There are far worse places to die, my friend.”

One shot from the mighty gun ended 187Beefyz’ life.

The man stood up and calmly left the scene.

***

The Scourge of Ephesus - Day 9.



Near the last statue of Artemis - 8.00 am

The tourists gathered near the last statue of Artemis.

They watched the remnants of the two other statues.

"Another dead body has been found," one of the tourists said.

"Poor 187Beefyz, he was such a nice guy," a woman said, in tears.

"Yeah."

"It seems like we don't have a choice, but to vote again," the old man said, looking depressed.

"Indeed," another tourist added.

7 were left. 7 looked at each other. Would it be the last day of this drama? They didn't know. The only knew that it would be a very, very hot day.

Again...

***

Alive (7) :

boudica
GeneralHankerchief
YLC
Ibn-Khaldun
Lord Winter
Glyphz
Seamus Fermanagh

Killed (11) :

777Ares777
TheFlax
White_Eyes :D
Reenk Roink
Askthepizzaguy
Quintus.JC
woad&fangs
shlin28
El Diablo
Yoyoma1910
187Beefyz

Lynched (8) :

TinCow
Tevashzat
FactionHeir
Jolt
Sigurd
seireikhaan
CountArach
Chaotix27

WoG/Suicide (4):
Rythmic
Ignoramus
Tiberius of the Drake
Caius

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

[GeneralHankerchief]

Huh.

I blocked Lord Winter and IK tonight, meaning this would seem to clear IK.

Although considering what the *#%! happened to me, I don't know if this applies.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Townie

You are one of the tourists.

During the day, you have to vote for the person you think is guilty. The person with the most votes, will be lynched.

When all mafiosi and other bad guys are lynched or killed, you win the game.

Good luck

Andres.

versus

Townie

You are one of the tourists.

During the day, you have to vote for the person you think is guilty. The person with the most votes, will be lynched.

When all mafiosi and other bad guys are lynched or killed, you win the game.

Good luck

Andres.

Plus the spelling error.



Can you explain any of this, or respond to any of my points, or reveal exactly why you behaved the way you did all game?

Defense = nonexistent or shoddy.

[Askthepizzaguy]

There was only one murder, though.

And beefy is dead.


That does narrow our suspect list a lot.

I blocked Lord Winter and IK tonight, meaning this would seem to clear IK.

[TinCow]

Well, I think that takes care of that. No dynamic duo kills and proof that GH isn't the supernatural thing. Obviously Ibn-Khaldun is today's lynch, so let's just get that done and start talking about the remaining roles.

Supernatural thing wants us to kill boudica? Why does it hate her? Is she the one that smashed the statues? Did that wake it up? Does that make her the .44 killer?

[ULC]

Alright, I have a partial lynch write up analysis going, but I need to get milk and a few things from the store before it closes. Will be back soon to post it.

I am fairly confident at this point however, that it is RR who is the wind spirit - I will wikipedia anatolian daemon's (from classical greek to turkish) to see what I can come up with.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

versus


Plus the spelling error.



Can you explain any of this, or respond to any of my points, or reveal exactly why you behaved the way you did all game?

Defense = nonexistent or shoddy.

It's called Real Life that kept me from participating more or read all those posts.

[GeneralHankerchief]

...yeah, but I blocked the other two!

And Beefy was shot, not supernaturally screwed with (that would be me). Which means either our suspect is totally off-the-radar or I myself was rendered inactive this round because of the spirit thing.

Still waiting for a PM, BTW. It would also be nice for IK and LW to show theirs to see if I took them to the cave this round.

-edit- ohhhhhhh, the woman could mean boudica. I only thought of what's-her-name, Isabel.

[TinCow]

...yeah, but I blocked the other two!

And Beefy was shot, not supernaturally screwed with (that would be me). Which means either our suspect is totally off-the-radar or I myself was rendered inactive this round because of the spirit thing.

Or, Ibn-Khaldun was the supernatural thing. Perhaps he tried to kill you, but couldn't because you blocked him, but Andres let him simply speak to you, since you two were together at night.

[TinCow]

-edit- ohhhhhhh, the woman could mean boudica. I only thought of what's-her-name, Isabel.

Actually, ignore my mention of boudica. I just noticed that the woman just showed up in the write-up. It's definitely Isabel. IIRC, she's the psychotic one that's obsessed with her uncle or whoever, who is almost certainly dead now. Perhaps she was the one knocking over the statues, what with all the laughter and being psychotic. Thus, the mention of the woman would be a female role, not a female player.

So, looks like we just need to find Isabel and that's probably a win for the town.

[edit]Er... wait. I need to stop posting before I read things through fully. The .44 killer is specifically said to be a man. How many roles do we have left?! Male .44 killer, Isabel, and Supernatural thing. Plus GH's Guide? That's 4 out of the 7 people left!

[Askthepizzaguy]

It's called Real Life that kept me from participating more or read all those posts.

Feeble. I'm sorry, my friend. No offense. You gave a good effort, but you do need to be lynched.

[GeneralHankerchief]

At the moment (still without a PM), I'm going to operate on the assumption that because of the spirit's visit to me, I was not able to complete my usual night actions, thus leaving IK free to kill. Any other explanation at this point is going to make my head spin.

Vote: Ibn-Khaldun

[GeneralHankerchief]

Okay, PM arrived:

You were wandering around the temple of Artemis.

Something appeared and scared the out of you.

"What was that?" you wonder. "It didn't seem... human..."

Be afraid, tourist, be very afraid...

***

After your encounter with the... supernatural thing? Anyway, you get up and hurry.

You wake up Lord Winter and Ibn-Khaldun and take them to the secret hiding spot.

You started to tell them about Ancient Rome and the history of Turkey. Again, adding stories about Emperors and their pets doesn't help.

They both fall asleep.

Andres.

Note the fact that I "hurried" to IK and LW. The last time this happened, I wasn't in time to save ATPG. Thus, (I think) my theory still holds.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Okay, PM arrived:

Note the fact that I "hurried" to IK and LW. The last time this happened, I wasn't in time to save ATPG. Thus, (I think) my theory still holds.

Your ability may not work at 100% effectiveness.

[GeneralHankerchief]

And why am I a "tourist"?

The last time Andres put something like that in my PM, he specifically said "Be careful, Guide".

Maybe the thing sucked up my powers?

[Sigurd]

I wouldn't walk down the Ibn path just yet.
GH claims he blocked Ibn... why are you continuing to follow pizzaguy in this? You need to find the .44 shooter and lynch him.

Remember... players were killed by the blade master for a reason. Do not forget this in your considerations.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

GH, you want the pm from Andres, right?

Here it is:

An old man wakes you up and takes you with him. He wants to show you something, he says.

He takes you to a secret hiding place and starts talking to you. He tells you several stories. They are boring and you fall asleep.

Andres.

I don't know whether I was allowed to do so, though.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Hmmph.

YLC does tend to play the same way no matter what role he has.

Still, very ballsy/impressive.

[GeneralHankerchief]

But I did block YLC last night two nights ago, when there was still a gun kill.

And there was no spirit to get in my way, either.

[TinCow]

I wouldn't walk down the Ibn path just yet.
GH claims he blocked Ibn... why are you continuing to follow pizzaguy in this? You need to find the .44 shooter and lynch him.

Remember... players were killed by the blade master for a reason. Do not forget this in your considerations.

Ibn faked a townie role PM. No reason to do that at this point if he was a pro-town role.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Sigurd, you wouldn't happen to be a lynched scumbag trying to fool us, now would you?

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Ibn faked a townie role PM. No reason to do that at this point if he was a pro-town role.

There are rules how to quote pm's in mafia games????

Edit: And if there are rules for that then sry for just copy-pasteing that message instead of choosing Respond and then copy-paste it.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Tally:

Ibn-Khaldun: 1 (GH)

[Sigurd]

I am just saying that the focus should be on the fact that there was a kill involving a gun. Not a silenced gun, but a distinct brand. the 44 Magnum. I know I have seen it in a night report earlier.
The Mexican stand off?

Ibn was blocked was he not? Have you received your results GH?
Should we conclude that perhaps GH can't block either? There is a chance that they can still do night activities?

[GeneralHankerchief]

Yeah, I showed the PM a way back.

Judging by the wording, there is a chance that I failed in my blocks (similar to the ATPG post-block PM). Therefore, I'm still going for IK.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

If GH couldn't block us then it must be Lord Winter who is guilty. Easiest thing is to lynch both me and Lord Winter then.

Vote: Lord Winter