Pratia III

[Zain]

Pratia III

"RUN!!" Aaron Anduin and a small group of others fled in a terrorized panic. Gunshots and blood-curdling screams could be heard from behind them, fueling their legs with fear and driving them further and further away from home.

The screams and sounds of war dissipated in the wind as the distance grew. They stopped next to a small stream amongst the trees, resting their racing hearts and burning muscles.

Michael Engels stood up, neck still bandaged but the wound had been healing remarkably fast, "Is everybody okay?" No one said a word, their entire world had been taken from them, and only the able-bodied had been able to escape successfully.

Michael stooped down, "It's going to be alright, we just need to find shelter near here and lay low. The Praters will leave."

The group rested for a short time and then began their quest looking for shelter. "Michael" lead the way, a smirk on his face and evil in his eyes.

The full synopsis can be read here.

Rules
Typical mafia rules stand, do not ruin the game by exposing your own role through screenshots or quoting of PM's.
Also WoG's will take place after any particular player remains inactive for more than 3 days in real time.

Roles
Roles will remain a mystery, hints will come in regards to what/who is out there through the end-turn write-ups.

Living Players: (5/17)
@Chief Pappy (2nd role)
@crys @Chaotix (Replacement)
@Darth Feather
@Ibn-Khaldun
@Makrell

Dead Players: (12/17)
@autolycus - D2
@Ferret - D3
@Chief Pappy - N3
@edse - D5
@rickinator9 - N5
@Lux - D6
@Riedquat - N6
@Ishmael - D7
@crossroad - N7
@BSmith - D8
@dcmort93 - N8
@Visorslash - D9


Complete Town Victory

[Lux]

In please

[Makrell]

New player coming in, a swashbuckler and ulfsark from Norway.

[Riedquat]

In In In!!! I promise to not suicide again!

[dcmort93]

​IN

[Darth Feather]

Battle reporting for duty again (although I might not be battle this time.)

[Chief Pappy]

Crazy people wouldn't be IN

[crys]

Ok Zain you wIN since one of the games I'm in is slow on the take off lol

[Visor]

I'll have to out sorry.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I'll be IN as well.

[edse]

Yes, I'll be in.

[Zain]

I'll have to out sorry.

I'm sorry to hear that and I hope all is well (or will be) in RL. We are losing a good man.. If anything changes please let me know.

Also thanks for the heads up before the game started.

edit:

Hey everyone, what is your time zone? I am working on some game mechanics and knowing where most of you are would be most helpful.

If you are sensitive about posting it publicly I will accept PMs, if you choose not to say please let me know regardless.

Thanks, that is all

edit:

Also throwing in what time you're most likely to be on the Org would be most helpful as well

[BSmith]

US Eastern.

[rickinator9]

GMT +1

[Chief Pappy]

I think what we have here is an intelligent malevolence, an enemy who has threatened us but has given us a chance to save our lives. If we don't answer to his satisfaction, all of us will die, so conclusively we must answer these questions morally and fully.

Let's prove we are worthy of life, and give them no reason to choose extermination over peace.

[Makrell]

I think we need some answering around here.

1. Ever since old society collapsed there has not been any grand states, the individual must decide collectiviely. Therefore, i would ask other individuals the same question, thereby coming upon the answer after a long discussion.

2. The man should borrow the medicine, and give what in return he can. He should not go to prison if he deems the payment proper, so he should flee to the next area and assume a new identity once the wife heals enogh to leave.

3. We should not die, because we are valuable, work may not be scarce, but philosophers are lacking. We think, therefore we should live.

[Riedquat]

3. We should not die, because we are valuable, work may not be scarce, but philosophers are lacking. We think, therefore we should live.

If I find philosophers living in a cave inside my property I kill them all... in any scenario. Luckily I don't have any cave in my property!

[edse]

Actually, the best we could hand in is probably:

1.
2.
3. We are not philosophers.

[Darth Feather]

Actually, the best we could hand in is probably:

1.
2.
3. We are not philosophers.

I bet the answer they'll give is : 3) Well then you are not alive either.

[Riedquat]

Actually, the best we could hand in is probably:

1.
2.
3. We are not philosophers.

Well, we aren't! We are survivors, civilian, politics, soldiers, (if there is a philosopher, he better start doing something useful like gathering food!!) from the last pratian attack, we are mobilians (for the lack of geographical context I suppose we moved away from the pratians, right?) We are in the Democratic Republic of Mobile (Alabama? Paraguay? Cyprus? Angola?) and as mobilians we need to stick together before pratians come and kill everyone!

To the philosophers among us: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave read this and come with an understandable answer! then go and gather some food or clean the crapper from the back of the bloody cave! :P

[crys]

vote darth feather

1. One life to save 5.
2. Stealing shouldn't be an option because as a group of survivors we should band togther to earn the medicine.
3. As a group of survivors you should let us live because we all have different skill sets that may be useful to you in the future.

[BSmith]

I’m fine with Elect: Darth Feather

1. Depends. Is the one man my bother or son? Are the 5 men strangers? I would gladly save my brother, father, son or even a friend even if it meant that 5 strangers died. All else being equal, let one die to save five.
2. Steal the meds and save your wife. Worry about the ramifications later.
3. This is a hostile world. While it does mean more mouths to feed, keeping us around also means more hands to help you defend your territory and protect you from outside danger.

[edse]

So, shall we try to reach a consensus? On a quick reread this seems to be the winning answers:

1. Kill one to save five.
2. Steal the medicine.
3. We are useful to you.

[Chief Pappy]

So, shall we try to reach a consensus? On a quick reread this seems to be the winning answers:

1. Kill one to save five.
2. Steal the medicine.
3. We are useful to you.

I am in agreement, in this environment upholding the numbers is our prime responsibility.

[Darth Feather]

So, shall we try to reach a consensus? On a quick reread this seems to be the winning answers:

1. Kill one to save five.
2. Steal the medicine.
3. We are useful to you.

I would also add that we are not a threat by number 3.

[Chief Pappy]

I would also add that we are not a threat by number 3.

Judging by the host's emphasis on discussion, I would also conclude that our answers need to be fairly descriptive, or at least elegantly written. No 5 word sentences posing as an answer.

[Zain]

It ends with a tie, random.org chooses edse

Please send the official responses to me, in short time I will send out role PMs within 24 hours.

Apologies, real life's got me right now

[edse]

1. Apple
2. Banana
3. We are hungry.

Wonder if they'll let us live.

[Chief Pappy]

1. Apple
2. Banana
3. We are hungry.

Wonder if they'll let us live.

I imagine so, these are men. Food is the international language.

[Zain]

Day Phase 1

edse (whose character name shall remain anonymous for now) was chosen by the people to represent them, discussing their answers they relied on the basics of necessity and survival to will their questioners to leave them be.

Forty-eight hours passed and edse alone met the tall man in the clearing across the stream.

"Please, sit down." The man pointed to a stump behind edse, sitting himself down on a large rock not a couple yards from him.

"What answers did you and your people come up with?" The man asked, piercing glare introducing itself to edse for the first time.

Shuffling to gain a certain level of uncertain comfort, edse replied, "We believe this is a time of survival, of working together and finding a way to be functional as a group. Life is precious. We cannot cast it away unwilling to accept the negative consequences of one less pair of hands to work and defend. The moralistic repercussions of allowing death is tragic, the less death, the better. One death for the life of five, theft of the medicine for the life of his wife..."

The man's stare did not cease as he listened, unemotional, stoic. "You did not answer the last question."

"I believe I did." edse's courage intriguing to the man.

A silence filled the air for some time before the tall man stood up, "Leave us alone and we'll leave you alone. You're right, we may need you someday." The stoic man allowed his face to bend into a smirk as he walked away.

Confused, edse returned to the cave where his people awaited what turned out to be a positive response. "We still live, for now..."

Explanation:
-Answers were accepted, players allowed to live.

(I am currently working on role PM's which for some reason have vanished from my server account... They will be posted tonight and hopefully the first night phase as well)