The Island [Concluded]

[Lewwyn]

I like LazyMcCrow's view. I'd forgotten that Ishmael was the one who made that Visorlash comment. Definitely a possibly throw suspicion to make an easy target down the line. It's almost like "I'm going to compliment you, but get you lynched for it" type of thing.

Also, I'm willing to give Sasaki's vision a shot.

Vote: Ishmael

[Xenoneb]

Why should he? He is dead and therefore: Not scum. I asked him to elaborate myself already today with no response as yet, but I've got no problem with a player who has been killed shifting the onus of uncovering the killers identities onto the players who remain alive! If he's good enough to point the finger at who he thinks it is that's a bonus in my book.

Its entirely possible that the mafia and SK are lurking right now, but I'm of the opinion that a lynch needs to be made, and that there are various posts that Ishmael has made that seem more than a tad suspicious

" Visor can always get away with it somehow. In Capo he was making the most outrageously scummy comments, yet nobody suspected him. I really wish I had his abilities. "

and

" I think edse just has a bit to learn about acting innocent. It's necessary to do so all the time, even when you're a townie (especially when you're a townie); a lesson I learnt the hard way. "

Those are two that stuck out for me. There are plenty more.
I just voted for the person I think is most likely to be scum. Seems a better reason than just hitting random.org. - bandwagon or not.

Yeah. Both sound very townie to me. He realized he didn't play the game to the best, but it's how he plays. He's not scum.
Edit: Visorslash is outrageous with some of his claims. One game, he took the list of players and went down it, accusing every one. And he wasn't scum.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Anyway, back to this game. Sasaki, could you please provide some reasoning. Even if you're dead you can say more than "Kill Ishmael".

I take as my premise that the purpose of the game is to lynch scum, i.e. mafia or the serial killer. I will henceforth refer to this as Premise Alpha.

Given Alpha, it follows that if someone is scum, i.e. mafia or the serial killer, we should lynch them. I call this Premise Quantum.

Given that Ishmael is scum, i.e. mafia or the serial killer, and given both Alpha and Quantum the conclusion therefore inevitably follows, ipso facto, concordantly, vis a vis, ergo: We should lynch Ishmael. I call this Conclusion KILL ISHMAEL NOW.

[Skooma Addict]

I take as my premise that the purpose of the game is to lynch scum, i.e. mafia or the serial killer. I will henceforth refer to this as Premise Alpha.

Given Alpha, it follows that if someone is scum, i.e. mafia or the serial killer, we should lynch them. I call this Premise Quantum.

Given that Ishmael is scum, i.e. mafia or the serial killer, and given both Alpha and Quantum the conclusion therefore inevitably follows, ipso facto, concordantly, vis a vis, ergo: We should lynch Ishmael. I call this Conclusion KILL ISHMAEL NOW.

Well said my Undying Maste...er uh, Sasaki.

*bows in uncomfortable reverence*

[autolycus]

Let's try Sasaki's preternatural instincts.
Vote:Ishmael

On a side note, will we be told/will it be indicated in the write-ups if/when one of the mafia dies? If not, we shouldn't rely on any one killed by the SK to be innocent, since they could be mafia.

[Riedquat]

Well said my Undying Maste...er uh, Sasaki.

*bows in uncomfortable reverence*

Yesterday the great Sasaki wanted you lynched... Quantum my sandy ...

[Beskar]

Only time Sasaki is not right is when he is left.

[DaveShack]

I've heard enough to Vote:Ishmael

[Frozen In Ice]

Sasaki is good, but that doesn't make him always right. Ishmael's posts do come across as jokey most of the time, which might be considered as scumy, but Sasaki's accusation seems pretty jokey as well.

[Andres]

Voting concluded. Stand by for execution.

[Andres]

The Island - Day 2 - Conclusion

While the tourists were enjoying their barbecue, they discussed the events of the past nights.

Suddenly, a voice could be heard whispering through the palm leaves. A voice calling Ishmaels' name.

Slowly, the conversations came to an end and most tourists simply stared at Ishmael.

"What?" he said.

"It's you! The voices are telling us and the voices never lie."

"Voices? Have you all grown mad?" Suddenly, Ishmael stared at the meat in his hand. "What are we doing? We're eating human flesh! And we claim to hear voices! We pretend that we're looking for murderers, but look at ourselves! What has become of us??"

"You won't fool us, Ishmael!"

"No! I don't want to end up as your next meal! No! No!"

A loud voice could be heard in the sky: "You never seemed to have a problem feeding humans to the Trollocs!"

"No! Not me! Not me!"

A tourist grinned and said "Fine. We'll eat shark tonight."

An hour later, a hook was pierced through Ishmaels body and several cuts were made all over his body. The hook was attached with a roop to a big tree.

The tourists threw Ishmael into the water, close to the place where they had spotted a giant white shark.

Allthough he was losing blood fast, Ishmael kept screaming and yelling, in panic.

Soon, the shark came near.

The last thing Ishmael saw in this world was a giant mouth with teeth the size of daggers, sharp as razor blades.

"Bingo!" the tourists yelled as they saw the shark not being able to get rid of the hook in its' mouth. "Tonight we eat shark!"

None of them noticed the giant black hand grabbing Ishmaels' soul and putting it in a cour'souvra. The Great Lord of the Dark Andres laughed hysterically at Ishmael's soundless screaming. Eternal torture would be his. Such is the faith of all those who mock The Great Lord.

***

Tally

Ishmael: 8 (Skooma Addict, Tiaexz, Daveshack, Lewwyn, autolycus, Seon, LazyMcCrow, Arjos)

Skooma Addict: 3 (Ishmael, Xenoneb, landlubber)
Taexz: 2 (Earthling, Riedquat)

Arjos: 1 (edse)
God Emperor: 1 (Jarema)
LazyMcCrow: 1 (Frozen in Ice)
Cahoma: 1 (God Emperor)
Earthling: 1 (Warman)
Xenoneb: 1 (Visorslash)

Abstain: 1 (Memnon)
Not voting: 7 (scottishranger, hero di classico, Chaotix, Cahoma, Oh TLD, robbiecon, Montmorency)

Alive (26/32):

Montmorency
Arjos
landlubber
robbiecon
God Emperor
Oh! The Last Days
LazyMcCrow
Cahoma
Riedquat
Seon
autolycus
Lewwyn
Chaotix
Jarema
Daveshack
Tiaexz
edse
Earthling
hero di classico
scottishranger
Warman
Xenoneb
Visorslash
Memnon
Frozen in Ice
Skooma Addict

Killed (4)
Sasaki Kojiro
Death is yonder
Askthepizzaguy
Bow-wow-wow

Lynched (2)
Beefy187
Ishmael

WOG/Suicide (0)



Replacements:
Choxorn
TinCow

***

It's now night. PM's please. Night will last for +/- 24 hours.

Note: For those not getting some references in the write-up, here's some clarification: Ishmael is a character in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. He is the most powerful of the "Forsaken"; mighty Chanellers of the One Power, chosen by the Great Lord of the Dark. Ishmael is the nemesis of Rhand Altor, the Dragon and Champion of the powers of the Light.

Trollocs can be compared with Tolkiens Orcs. They eat human flesh.

A cour'souvra is a mind trap.

[Ishmael]

Love the references Andres, although technically it's Ishamael that's the Forsaken (I made a typo when creating the account, but decided to leave it as 'Ishmael' is easier to type). Very nicely done though!

EDIT: Although now that I think of it, the whole 'shark bait' thing works equally well if we're talking about the Ishmael from 'Moby Dick.' Food for thought...(terrible pun intended).

[TheLastDays]

Thanks for not making us eat human flesh again. Using fellow humans as shark bait is perfectly fine with me

Anyway, sorry Sasaki, your logic makes sense, the problem is, it's not a given that Ishmael is/was scum and I still doubt it.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Christ I'm still........



ALIVEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

[Frozen In Ice]

Andres can you flip the names for my vote in the tally? Currently its backwards.

[classical_hero]

Love the references Andres, although technically it's Ishamael that's the Forsaken (I made a typo when creating the account, but decided to leave it as 'Ishmael' is easier to type). Very nicely done though!

EDIT: Although now that I think of it, the whole 'shark bait' thing works equally well if we're talking about the Ishmael from 'Moby Dick.' Food for thought...(terrible pun intended).

You can change your name.

[Ishmael]

I know, but as I say 'Ishmael' rolls of the tongue more easily, and is easier to type, than 'Ishamael'. It's also slightly less likely to be abbreviated to 'Ishy.'

[Beskar]

Hi Ishy.

[Andres]

The Island - Night 3 - Conclusion

Rain was pouring down on the Island.

Soaked through, autolycus was running, looking for a cave. The roof he had made from some palm leaves wasn't exactly a succes.

Suddenly, somebody yelled at him.

autolycus looked into the direction of the sound and he saw a figure waving and pointing at what seemed to be a cave.

Grateful, he ran towards the gesticulating figure. Too late, he saw that the man was holding a rock which he threw straight into autolycus' face.

He fell down, but wasn't unconscious, just a little dizzy.

The man walked over to him and said softly:

"Are you the Gorbachev? I am the only one who is allowed to kill here."

"What? What man? What are you talking about? Are you completely out of your mind? I'm not one of the murderers."

His attacker came near, carrying a rock in both his hands. He threw one of them, again straight into autolycus' face, breaking his nose upon impact. The man quickly kicked autolycus a few times in the stomach, on his back, against his head and finally in the groin. With a giant swing, he finished the job by smashing the other rock with full power against autolycus' head.

Constantly moving his head back and forth, the killer kneeled down and started to write a message in the sand...

***

Dimitri saw the lone tourist on the beach. Because of the rain, they were the only ones outside.

He walked over to the tourist, waving his hand.

hero di classico waved back.

"It's high tide now. The sea is a bit rougher than otherwise, but that makes it the more beautiful. And I love how the rain is pouring down. It makes me feel... clean."

Dimitri nodded and came a bit closer. Suddenly, he punched hero di classico in the face. Three or four more punches followed quickly and hero di classico fell on the ground. After a few more kicks in the face and against the back of his head, he fell unconscious.

Dimitri took the rope out of his pocket and bound hero di classico's feet together and then threw him in the ocean.

He lit up a cigarette and left the scene, leaving hero di classico to drown in his beautiful sea...

***

The Island - Day 3

The tourists came out of the cave where they had all found shelter against the rainstorm of that night.

Shocked, they stared at the body of autolycus. Next to him, a message was written in the sand:

" A mercenary is a friend - as long as he fights.
If you are brave, contact me. Let us use each other before the end.
We're going to have a great time together."

Since they still had some shark left, they buried the body instead of eating it and walked over to the beach.

It was low tide now and one of them saw how hero di classico's head bobbed above the water.

A couple of them jumped into the ocean to retrieve the body.

The tourists looked at each other and with a depressed feeling and they started the proceedings again.

***

Alive (24/32):

Montmorency
Arjos
landlubber
robbiecon
God Emperor
Oh! The Last Days
LazyMcCrow
Cahoma
Riedquat
Seon
Lewwyn
Chaotix
Jarema
Daveshack
Tiaexz
edse
Earthling
scottishranger
Warman
Xenoneb
Visorslash
Memnon
Frozen in Ice
Skooma Addict

Killed (6)
Sasaki Kojiro
Death is yonder
Askthepizzaguy
Bow-wow-wow
autolycus
hero di classico

Lynched (2)
Beefy187
Ishmael

WOG/Suicide (0)



Replacements:
Choxorn
TinCow

***

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

[TheLastDays]

How come no sharks ate classical during all the time his body was floating in the water?

Anyway, vote: Lewwyn Hello there, scum.

[Visor]

I get it. I'll work with you.

Explain first.

Uhhhh...

" A mercenary is a friend - as long as he fights.
If you are brave, contact me. Let us use each other before the end.
We're going to have a great time together."

You sure you thought this through, then?

I'm just going through the list of individuals who conceivably could have written those SK writeups.

If you are the SK, don't worry. I'll fob the others off with something, you're safe. I just want to know hat you meant by that message.

ANd why am I one of those individuals?

The rest I don't know enough about, or believe their material would have typos.

Vote: Montmorency

[Visor]

I was approached by Monty an hour maybe ago? I can't remember the time. This is what I got and I think it's a fair enough call to vote him.

[Cahoma]

Sounds reasonable.

Vote: Montmorency

[Montmorency]

How is it reasonable? What here points to an anti-Town stance?

[Visor]

Working with a serial killer. Serial killer is anti everyone by defintion.

[Montmorency]

But this isn't Capo - it's not like players can switch sides.

That'w why I wanted to know what the SK meant by it. As I've pointed out, according to the writeups (which you believe to be flavor), it has started going after Mafia specifically.

[Visor]

I believe it to be either flavour, a joke, or actually going after mafia.

I need to think some more.

Unvote

[Xenoneb]

Vote: Montmorency best lynch so far.

[Beefy187]

*Runs to the corner of shame.

Apologies for getting my self lynched...

[Chaotix]

Confirmed.

Monty sent me a similar PM.

Either he is mafia or he was trying to confuse the serial killer into revealing himself. This is vanilla mafia; there is no sense in taking any chances.

Vote: Montmorency