Post 2412 of main thread.

Day 9

*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

There was a rhythmic pounding on the Captain's Cabin's door all day as most of the remaining sailors on the Presence demanded direction from their leader. Captain Crazed Rabbit, meanwhile, no longer having anyone's confidence and still distraught over the death of Louis, had retreated deep into the cabin, not even acknowledging all of the calls for leadership until late in the day.

"All right," he said when he finally emerged at sunset. "What have ye got fer me today?"

The crew screamed several names at him. "ACIN!" "Seamus!" "Drizzt!" "Abstain!" But none were as frequently mentioned as taka and Yaropolk. Upon realizing that those were the two candidates with the most votes, Rabbit furrowed his brow and scowled.

"These be horrible choices," he said to the crew.

A couple of sailors, finally fed up with Rabbit's isolationism, fired back. "Well, Cap'n," they said, "maybe if ye deemed to spend some o'yer oh-so-precious time with the common folk, input during the discussions, give us an obvious lead, maybe ye'd be more satisfied with our choices!"

"Enough of this," Rabbit replied, now in an even fouler mood than before. "So the vote's tied, aye?" When there were no correcting statements, he continued on. "All right, mateys, guess this tie be needin' resolvin'. And to do so, I be needin' some officers to help me out. So as of now, Double A and White_eyes:D be yer new First Mate and Quartermaster, respectively." He waited as the two new officers took their positions beside their Captain, ignoring TinCow's howls of protest over being sacked as Quartermaster.

"Right," Rabbit continued over TinCow's swearing, "the officers and I will now resolve this tie. Shouldn't take too long." At this, he and the two new officers retired into the cabin to make their decision. As Rabbit promised, it was quick, this debate lasting less than ten minutes. After emerging from the cabin for the second time, the Captain did not mince words.

"It be taka," he said. "Grab him."

Now taka's loud protestations joined TinCow's, creating a small but manageable cacophony aboard the ship. There was one time when the crew would have simply been encouraged by this, and egged on by taka's not taking his fate gracefully, would have subjected him to even worse treatment. However, this was a different group. Harrowing circumstances had changed them, forever haunted them. Now, they simply tuned taka out. Now, they would drink, but do so in lonely silences, each man retreating to his own special corner of the ship.

Now, this terrible process was little more than routine. And so, they disposed of taka in a routine manner. Afterwards, each of them went their own separate ways, the ship now roomy enough to keep everybody occupied with their own thoughts.

And in the Captain's Cabin, despite it being newly repopulated with officers, one could find the loneliest man on board, possibly even in the New World. Crazed Rabbit commanded a block of wood with a barely-hanging mast, a pesky persistent killer that just couldn't seem to be smoked out, and trusted no one. It would be another long night.

Day 9 tally:

taka: 3 (White_eyes, Seamus, AVSM)
Yaropolk: 3 (Reenk, Subotan, A1)

ACIN: 2 (shlin, Yaro)
CDF: 2 (TinCow, Split)
Seamus: 2 (Kukri, taka)
Single votes: Centurion1 (miotas), Double A (CDF)

Mutiny: 1-3 (ACIN, AVSM(?), TinCow(?))

Abstained: 5 (CR, ACIN, DiY, Double A, Centurion)

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It is now Night 9. The round will conclude Wednesday, October 21st, at 22:00 US Eastern.

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Attacked: Centurion1 (n1, n8), LittleGrizzly (n1), taka (n2), Andres (n3), Askthepizzaguy (n4), Beskar (n5), SSNeoperestroika (n5), Reenk Roink (n8)

Murdered: LittleGrizzly (n1), atheotes (n2), gibsonsg91921 (n2), Tratorix (n3), Iskander 3.1 (n3), Beefy187 (n3), scottishranger (n4), DisgruntledGoat (n4), Andres (n4), Diana Abnoba (n5), pevergreen (n5), CountArach (n6), Psychonaut (n7), Beskar (n7), Chaotix (n7), Askthepizzaguy (n7), Louis VI the Fat (n8)

Lynched: woad&fangs (d2), Sigurd (d3), Jolt (d4), ricera10 (d5), Sasaki Kojiro (d6), Khazaar (d7), Joooray (d8), taka (d9)

Abandoned Ship: SSNeoperestroika (n7)

Committed suicide: Yaseikhaan (n6)

Removed from play: Xehh II, johnhughthom, YLC

Souls aboard (21):
a completely inoffensive name
A Very Super Market
A1 Unit
Captain Blackadder
Centurion1
Crazed Rabbit
Cultured Drizzt Fan
Death is Yonder
Double A
KukriKhan
Lord Winter
miotas
Reenk Roink
Seamus Fermanagh
shlin28
slashandburn
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
Subotan
TinCow
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk