Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left it's seed while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

-- Paul Simon "Sound of Silence"


Evening Session, Day Eleven


Discussion at the session had been laconic at best. Though nearly 40 people remained on the committee's roster, only a very few spoke, and fewer than half voted. Nobody even bothered to toss chits into the Director ballot box until the session had nearly ended. Just before the final tally, slashandburn cast his own selection for Director and exited the Convention Center.

The tally did not take long. Beefy187 had been chosen by a wide margin. He walked forward with a slow and measured pace to accept the business card for Club30, peered briefly at the travel directions printed on the back, and then turned to face the committee.

"In Hiroshima....the eternal carp; golden....ever triumphant."

The committee stared at Beefy, askthepizzaguy rapidly making numbers and calculations on a pad, not quite sure what to make of his comment. Beefy simply sniffed in mild disapproval and walked purposefully from the Center towards Bayside and Club30.

As he crossed Atlantic Avenue -- strangely empty of traffic -- he heard the whine of a diving aircraft. Director slashandburn nosed the f-82b into a shallow strafing run, lighting up the machine guns as he lined up on Beefy. Ma Deuce executed the sentence of the committee.

Another night had begun in Fatlington. Would it be as quiet as the day?



OOC

Orders for n11 are due by 2200 Eastern on 9/11/9 (that's 0200 on the 12th gmt).

My prayers for the families of those slain on 9-11-1.



Tallies:

Lynch


1st Beefy187 = 10 (Andres, Centurion1, Crazed Rabbit, Joooray, Sasaki Kojiro, spL1tp3rsonality, TinCow, Twilightblade, woad&fangs, YLC)

2nd Ichigo = 4 (askthepizzaguy, LittleGrizzly, SSNeoperestroika, Tratorix)

3rd abstain = 1 (chaotix)


Selection


1st slashandburn = 3 (Centurion1, LittleGrizzly, slashandburn)

2nd askthepizzaguy = 2 (Jooray, spL1tp3rsonality)