Post 869 of main thread.

Day 3

For a while, it seemed as if too much heavy drinking on the Presence the night before would doom the pirates to an unproductive day. Several votes were lodged for those previously aboard the ship but had long passed, or even some old mateys back in Nassau that had never set foot aboard in the first place. This was all done, of course, to the Captain's chagrin.

Eventually, Crazed Rabbit grew more and more agitated about the direction (or directions, if one wanted to be more accurate) the vote was going in, and loudly instructed his sailors to vote for his very own Quartermaster, Sigurd.

Instantly, a heated debate sprung out of this. The accusations and defenses flew far and fast, with several people starting to openly distrust the Captain. Some sailors even defied his authority by offering other possible lynch targets, although none yet called for a mutiny. Near the end of voting, a hopping-mad Sigurd finally emerged from below decks to defend himself.

"What be the meanin' of all this suspicion on me?" Sigurd said. "I be yer Quartermaster, lookin' forward to nothin' more than-"

"Former Quartermaster," Captain Rabbit said, cutting him off. "As of right now, Seamus Fermanagh be fillin' that position."

A shocked Sigurd turned his gaze over to Seamus for a second, who only shrugged. Looking back, he started staring daggers at Rabbit. "That be all well and fine," he said, "but it still doesn't explain the meanin' of all this. Why be half the bleedin' crew be votin' for me, seemingly out of nowhere?"

"Why?" Rabbit countered, eyes getting wider with anger. "I tell ye why, ye bloomin' no-good, treasonous wretch! I have in me very hands a slip of parchment saying you're with the Mavens!"

After everyone gasped in shock, Rabbit threw his hands wide so that everybody could see the paper, if not read what was written on it or who it was from. Sigurd, meanwhile, could only sputter in shock. He was already being escorted to the plank when he finally formed the words to defend himself.

"But... but it's not true!" he shouted. "It's an out-and-out lie, Captain! I would- I would never betray the Presence, and certainly not to those louses! Besides, no Watchstander be that sharp-eyed, and clearly not even dull-eyed since they got me wrong in the first place!"

But none of this was heard, and even if it was, it was not heeded. The pirates were bloodthirsty, and Quartermaster was never a popular position amongst the crew anyway, as Sigurd was learning firsthand. He didn't even have the chance to walk off, instead getting thrown overboard. Several people fired shots into the water, some into the air. Nobody knew if they hit anything or not, but it didn't matter. Sigurd was never seen again.

Day 3 tally:

Sigurd: 20 (Split, White_eyes, Beskar, Sasaki, Goat, Chaotix, Seamus, Beefy, ACIN, slash, Louis, taka, TinCow, ATPG, Subotan, Yaro, khaan, Diana, Drizzt, CountArach)

Andres: 3 (Kukri, SSNeo, pever)
A1_Unit: 3 (Winter, Double A, DiY)
Askthepizzaguy: 3 (Reenk, Blackadder, Tratorix)
Lord Winter: 2 (A1, AVSM)
Khazaar: 2 (Joooray, miotas)
pevergreen: 2 (Andres, Jolt)
Joooray: 1 (Iskander)

Abstained: 3 (CR, Centurion, ricera)

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It is now Night 3. The round will last until Tuesday, October 6th, 20:00 US Eastern Time.

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Attacked: Centurion1 (n1), LittleGrizzly (n1), taka (n2)

Murdered: LittleGrizzly (n1), atheotes (n2), gibsonsg91921 (n2)

Lynched: woad&fangs (d2), Sigurd (d3)

Removed from play: Xehh II, johnhughthom, YLC

Souls aboard (43):
a completely inoffensive name
A Very Super Market
A1 Unit
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
Beefy187
Beskar
Captain Blackadder
Centurion1
Chaotix
CountArach
Crazed Rabbit
Cultured Drizzt Fan
Death is Yonder
Diana Abnoba
DisgruntledGoat
Double A
Iskander 3.1
Jolt
Joooray
Khazaar
KukriKhan
Lord Winter
Louis VI the Fat
miotas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Reenk Roink
ricera10
Sasaki Kojiro
scottishranger
Seamus Fermanagh
shlin28
slashandburn
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
SSNeoperestroika
Subotan
taka
TinCow
Tratorix
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan