Swords in the Moon [Concluded]

[ajaxfetish]

Possible hints in Andres' writeup of Quintus' death.

The man known as Fujimoto Kumiko (Quintus.JC) looked around him. They had accused him of being the notorious ninja, Hisao Majurama.

'The man known as Fujimoto Kumiko,' rather than just 'Fujimoto Kumiko.' Also he doesn't show any reaction to the accusation of being Hisao. He doesn't acknowledge it as truth, but neither does he deny it or express frustration at being wrongfully incriminated.

He had failed his master and he would now die. He was at peace with himself. There was no dishonor nor shame in dying in the service of your Lord.

He cares only about serving his Lord, but there is no indication of who that lord is. It could be Takeda Shingen. Or it could be the ninja master, or even Uesugi Kenshin. Also, he regrets failing his lord. If he's loyal to Takeda, I'm not sure what he might consider his failure. Failure to find and kill all the ninja? It can't mean just failure to protect Takeda as CountArach is still alive and well. However, if it means failing the ninja, it has clear meaning. He has failed to take Takeda Shingen's life.

Andres said the hints would be subtle. I don't think we could expect much more than this.

Ajax

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Sasaki:

You are correct, I have not posted in this thread for some time. Fri-Sat-Sun AM were the Virginia Knights of Columbus Convention, Field agent attendence is mandatory (as well as decent business practice). My Laptop battery malfing and failing to take a charge left me without internet access. Here at home, I have options.

Cannot blame you for pressuring me, I deserved it. Glad I didn't end up dead.

I though BG was a player -- he'd been too quiet in the BR for his norm -- but I was thinking ninja, not detective. I had thought Gregoshi a detective.

Vote: Kukrikhan

BG's suspicions plus a sense of your posts that is off. You're the only one trying to scream "it's the endgame" already -- and it strikes me that you are trying to elicit some desperation.

Your math is off, by the way. We can rapidly dispatch players we suspect of being anti-town by a)lynching and b) duels with Count Arach suggesting a challenger for any suspect. CA's data will make selecting a good champion relatively easy.

[Beskar]

Seamus, you voted for a dead guy.

[glyphz]

Vote: Kukrikhan

BG's suspicions plus a sense of your posts that is off. You're the only one trying to scream "it's the endgame" already -- and it strikes me that you are trying to elicit some desperation.

Your math is off, by the way. We can rapidly dispatch players we suspect of being anti-town by a)lynching and b) duels with Count Arach suggesting a challenger for any suspect. CA's data will make selecting a good champion relatively easy.

KukriKhan died already, rather unexpectedly...
Had expected the killers to comb through Banquo's list of innocents, and hopefully a night or 2... but, man... tough luck.

[Gregoshi]

My Laptop battery malfing and failing to take a charge left me without internet access. Here at home, I have options.

Didn't your hotel have electrical outlets? I hate when that happens.

[Louis VI the Fat]

The ninjas are clever. By attacking two names from the list, they increased the chance of the town lynching an innocent today. Not, however, as clever as they may had hoped: by their very act of attacking both BQ and two names from the list, the ninjas showed to all that BQ's reveal was genuine.

There would've been attacks on innocents anyway. Making last night's ninja actions a net plus for the town: we would've lost to kills anyway, but now we know the list to be genuine.

Furthermore, I think it was a good idea to make the list public. The scum by definition knew who was innocent, whereas we did not. Pity that BQ couldn't be protected.


In the absense of anything remotely resembling a case, maybe Wishazu would make a decent lynch target.

Possibly he wasn't paying close attention when he both voted Beskar and challenged GH, both innocent. Possibly, he was. However that may be, lynching him will prevent his duel with innocent GeneralHankerchief.

But, that will leave GH v Beskar as today's sole challenge. Innocent v innocent. So lynching Wishazu is only sensible when there are other challenges around - lest we be sure that an innocent will die in a duel. I would propose some challenges on possible suspects today. Currently, of the four dueling players, three are innocent. So if you have always wanted to make a challenge, today would be the right time methinks.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I think atheotes and yarapolk should challenge each other.

Peasant phill needs to die too.

[Quintus.JC]

Possible hints in Andres' writeup of Quintus' death.


'The man known as Fujimoto Kumiko,' rather than just 'Fujimoto Kumiko.' Also he doesn't show any reaction to the accusation of being Hisao. He doesn't acknowledge it as truth, but neither does he deny it or express frustration at being wrongfully incriminated.


He cares only about serving his Lord, but there is no indication of who that lord is. It could be Takeda Shingen. Or it could be the ninja master, or even Uesugi Kenshin. Also, he regrets failing his lord. If he's loyal to Takeda, I'm not sure what he might consider his failure. Failure to find and kill all the ninja? It can't mean just failure to protect Takeda as CountArach is still alive and well. However, if it means failing the ninja, it has clear meaning. He has failed to take Takeda Shingen's life.

Andres said the hints would be subtle. I don't think we could expect much more than this.

Ajax

Andres is probably mirroring real life actions, I didn't berate town badly for this, so he wrote it in the write-ups. While for your second point, didn't Tincow had similar lynch write-up, and he was supposed to be 'innocent' on BG's list...

I'm really perplexed about BG's death...