The Settlement [Concluded]

[Yoyoma1910]

Conciseness, I believe is the term you are looking for gentlemen..

[boudica]

Conciseness, I believe is the term you are looking for gentlemen..

That moit be how you posh folk call it but - "Throwin' a Con-sissy-fit" is how I'd descroibe it.. (if i cud wroite... roight).

Understood about the duellin' Little Grizzlee fella. Thanks fer explaininin. I prefer a noice hoe-down meself.

[Thermal]

No, let there be peace, let there be love, oh no one will die, our town is love of love and happiness, murder is not possible, we're loved to much happy thoughts happy thoughts....

[Reenk Roink]

How the usupers' plot was uncovered by the priest king only to have the settlers take control of the investigations

In the depths of the night an man slowly limped across the swampy trails surrounded by partially constructed structures of the settlement. He stopped suddenly in a marshy clearing and simply stood there for a few moments until a dark mist descended from the sky. The mist formed itself into a humanoid figure and handed the man a scroll.

Nothing was said, as the man nodded and the misty figure dissipated. The man then limped slowly back to the settlement, towards the temple complex.

Meanwhile the priest king paced along the unfinished halls of his temple complex. It had been a dozen days since the ship was beached on this swampy strip of land that was now his settlement and a dozen more since the attack of the sea creature. The disappearance of the dead slave still weighed heavily on his mind and he examined the amulet of Vode wrapped around his fingers. What could it possibly mean? Why would the god of wars and foreign peoples send such an omen?

Reenk Roink had time to reflect on such questions in the silence the dark brought. During the day, the immense tasks that needed to be completed along with the bickering between the settlers on socio-economic issues scarcely allowed for contemplative thought.

Somewhat jaded that he was in such a situation with such people, the priest king began to walk back to his chambers. At the door he spotted a scroll lying on the floor. Looking around, he reached for a sword placed against the wall with one hand while picking up the scroll with the other.

Breaking the seal, Reenk Roink slowly unraveled the scroll. Written in the most exquisite script were the words:

Disarm your soul

A burst of energy suddenly emanated from the text right onto the priest king's handsome face. He was not even able to let out a sound as he collapsed to the floor.

When light entered the priest king's eyes again, he believed he had went to paradise. Instead he saw the concerned faces of his Bronze Companions and a few priests around him. A feeling of disappointment overcame Reenk Roink as he looked beyond to see a crowd of settlers around him, who were also somewhat disappointed that the one they looked at looked back.

Dismissing the settlers, the priest king then was told by his closest advisers that he was found lying on the ground unconscious. The entire hallway of the temple complex and everything in it was totally scorched. Everything but the priest king and the scroll found next to him that is.

Hesitantly taking the scroll from one of the priests, Reenk Roink examined it again noting that the words had been erased and replaced with the symbol of OsiOsi instead.

The priest king got out of his bed and told his retinue to gather the people in the gathering hall in an hour. He then turned to the priests to get to the bottom of what had happened.

In the Forest of the Gods, the god of wars and foreign peoples watched with a tinge of disappointment as the priest king Reenk Roink continued to walk about the earth. He turned to the god of the sky and questioned: "Why did you save him?"

OsiOsi, the king of the gods replied: "It is not for you to affect a matter that I have forbidden to the gods. You know well enough that you must act through your followers. If you plot anything Vode, know well that I also plot, and I am the best plotter."

[Sasaki Kojiro]

A few things:

It's a remarkably BAD idea to go around discussing your duel ability or your role, or challenging people willy nilly. The more information we give the mafia the easier it is for them, and we don't know a whole lot about the dueling system yet. I'm wary of it after midgard where the system was misunderstood and it was thought that people were confirmed guilty/innocent from the description even when they weren't.

Second, the value of mason's is that they can confirm each other. By simply ignoring WE's post atpg could have avoided the whole thing. When you are about to be lynched, that's when you say "I'm a mason, I have a partner". It's a really strong claim because the mafia would have to reveal one of their own in order to make it. Now, in this game role reveal is allowed after death (just not pm quoting) so if your partner comes under fire you can step in to save him if you two are masons.

I wouldn't assume anything about anybody at this point.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Didn't get much sleep.

In my defense; I played it cool for several long minutes, several posts, even after the duel was insisted upon. I did panic, because of my terrible duel strength, and the fact that if I didn't even make a show of accepting his duel, I could easily be branded mafia or someone with a role. I could have just ignored it, but as I say; pressure does things to people. I was absolutely sure I was going to be exposed, even though to the rest of you, it might not have seemed that way. He was dead set on duelling me, and I played it as cool as I could until it got out of hand and I had to nudge him in private to stop, by revealing my role, possibly to reason with him to stop. After that, my role was exposed for everyone to see and it was too late.

My mistake was panicking under pressure. It happens to the best of us. I even use that as a strategy to get mafia to talk, even when I have a weak case or a fair but not conclusive case (See TevashSzat in Godfather). I know full well pressure gets people nervous. I am not superman... I panicked.

I have never been a mason before. I'm sorry, I didn't know what to do, and I played it as best I could, fake role and everything, duel challenge accepted, good humor, happy smiley faces, private reasoning to stop.... nothing worked.

I apologize.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

It won't matter in the long run. We still have to find mafia same as always.

[boudica]

OOC: I'm just wondering if "I'm not Superman, I panicked" is good enough for a signature quote. Made me laugh anyway

So it seems Good old King Reenk gets pished and falls on is arrrrrse just like us common men then. Maybe.. ur hurr hurr.. Maybe 'ee 'ad one too many for the 'Vode' hurr hur hurrr.

*smack*

oo, sorry, sorry me lord.

[White_eyes:D]

It wouldn't have matter....I should have challenged Sasaki.... because when one comes up with helpful advice like that....they are scum thinking in a mindset of a townie......(It's good advice though......) I used it on Godfather 3 and look how it fooled most of you.....not saying Sasaki is Mafia.....but why he is so nervous about duels is.....interesting...

[Thermal]

It wouldn't have matter....I should have challenged Sasaki.... because when one comes up with helpful advice like that....they are scum thinking in a mindset of a townie......(It's good advice though......) I used it on Godfather 3 and look how it fooled most of you.....not saying Sasaki is Mafia.....but why he is so nervous about duels is.....interesting...

Psychonaut did that on my family guy mafia as a mad killer

[White_eyes:D]

Yeah....Sasaki's Sig line is SO true.... but anything I do, could never make him panic....
but why so afraid of duels??? I feel they can be used to settle past grudges...(Reenk style) and I am willing to bet Mafia have much crapper duel scores....

Edit: I REALLY want to duel Sasaki and die....

[Sasaki Kojiro]

It wouldn't have matter....I should have challenged Sasaki.... because when one comes up with helpful advice like that....they are scum thinking in a mindset of a townie......(It's good advice though......) I used it on Godfather 3 and look how it fooled most of you.....not saying Sasaki is Mafia.....but why he is so nervous about duels is.....interesting...

I would have ignored it

You have stated that you're a peasant and your duel score is 2, is the town better or worse off after you revealed this?

[TinCow]

but why he is so nervous about duels is.....interesting...

Sasaki is correct. Fighting each other is a bad idea. The odds are that it will simply result in good, hard working men killing each other. Such challenges have never served any people well when trying to root out the evil in their midst, and I see no reason why it would serve that purpose here. The way that works best is the way of our forefathers: reason, debate, and analysis. All else is folly.