Swords in the Moon [Concluded]

[Andres]

I can't remember when the deadline is and I keep missing it--to me it's a choice between peasant phill and seamus. No one else is voting peasant phill unfortunately and we need to bump seamus over wishazu.

If it can help, this round will end within 1hour 40 minutes.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Unvote: Seamus
Vote: Peasant Phill

Call it cold feet after FH's revelation.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

unvote:Seamus
vote:peasant phill

Wishazu 4 (beskar,ajaxfetish,rhyfelwyr,Dutch_guy)
Seamus 5 (Gobblydegook, White_eyes,Kage,stephen asen,atheotes)
Peasant Phill 2 (GeneralH, Sasaki)
Yarapolk (Wishazu)
Psychonaut (Ichigo)
Dutch_guy (woad & fangs)

I would prefer peasant phill but the risk of wishazu lynch is not good...I think we can swing it though.

We absolutely need three more on peasant phill though...I'll switch back to seamus before deadline if we don't get it.

[Prince Cobra]

Unvote: Seamus

Vote: Peasant Phill

The word of Lord Takeda and a strange Pm activity of PP during the night phase.

Edit: Takeda servants from all Nippon: Unite!

[Yoyoma1910]

*blip*



Putting vote in unedited post.

[Yoyoma1910]

Sometimes Haiku's are hard,

Sorry for the sprawl of posts.

[Yoyoma1910]

I shall now today,
Lend you the blade of my tongue:
And Vote: Peasant Phil.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Wishazu 4 (beskar,ajaxfetish,rhyfelwyr,Dutch_guy)
Seamus 4 (Gobblydegook, White_eyes,Kage,atheotes)
Peasant Phill 4 (GeneralH, Sasaki,Stehpen asen, yoyoma)
Yarapolk (Wishazu)
Psychonaut (Ichigo)
Dutch_guy (woad & fangs)

Hmm, will need two more on phill. Since he can vote...

[FactionHeir]

OK.
vote: Phil

[Csargo]

Unvote:, Vote:PP

[Peasant Phill]

And here I thought I could stay alive this time.

Vote: Wishazu

If it helps I sent CA my ratring several days ago. I can also state that noting suspicious can be unvealed from my voting record.
Also I find that this voting for me went just a little to fast. Orchestrated perhaps? Maybe something someone should look into.

Better start writing my euligy.

[Andres]

Voting concluded. Stand by for execution.

[seireikhaan]

They did? Gah, I'm worthless in this game.

At least you've been keeping pace... I keep drowning in the flood.

[Andres]

~~~ Swords in the Moon ~~~

Day 7 - Conclusion

Hour of the Monkey

It was a bitter cold evening, but Maeda Kaito (Peasant Phill) hardly noticed it. It snowed. Big flocks made the silent white carpet thicker. A carpet, softer than his bamboo mat.

Silly that at this moment, his latest moments on this world of love and tears, he was thinking about his bamboo mat. But not so silly once you realized how much time a man spends on his mat. Sitting, eating, meditating, cleaning his weapons, resting, all of it occured on that bamboo mat. He wondered how the old vendor, who had sold him the mat would be doing right now. Would he still be alive? Or would he be up there?

Maeda looked up and saw a little bird flying. Is it the reincarnation of the old vendor, he wondered. The old man was nice and friendly. A lower class man, of course, not a samurai, but still, a friendly old man. And his mat was of outstanding quality.

The condemned looked down. He wasn't sitting on a mat right now, but on cushions, covered with clean, white silk. In front of him a sharp knife, clean as well.

He opened his white kimono. It was also clean. For this occasion, this moment of a noble death, the clean white, cushions, sheets, kimono, snow, were fitting.

His strong arms pierced the dagger through his skin, through flesh and organs. The blade of his kaishakunin ended his suffering swift and mercifully.

Lord Takeda nodded respectfully to the remains of the condemned.

In the meanwhile, Kamui Gunshin (Psychonaut) and Obana Yusuke (taka) had been busy. In fact, they had been very busy the last couple of days and nights. They had been so busy, that they had forgotten to put on some clothes and to eat. Unsurprisingly, running around naked and without food nor sleep, at these freezing temperatures and in this climate, was deadly. They were so busy, that they didn't realize that they were severely undercooled. Now they were very busy with dying...

~~~

Tally:

Peasant Phill: 6 (Stephen Asen, GeneralHankerchief, FactionHeir, Ichigo, Sasaki Kojiro, Yoyoma1910)

Wishazu: 5 (Peasant Phill, Beskar, Dutch_guy, Rhyfelwyr, ajaxfetish)
Seamus: 4 (Gobbledygook, atheotes, Kagemusha, White_Eyes:D)
Yaropolk: 1 (Wishazu)
Dutch_guy: 1 (woad&fangs)
abstain: 1 (Seamus Fermanagh)

Not voting: 6 (taka, Psychonaut, Yaropolk, Chimpyang, CountArach, Caius)

~~~

Challenges:

1. White_Eyes:D vs. atheotes
2. Wishazu vs. GeneralHankerchief
3. GeneralHankerchief vs. Beskar
4. Yaropolk vs. atheotes

~~~

Alive (21):

GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
Caius
Ichigo
Wishazu
White_Eyes:D
Sasaki Kojiro
Stephen Assen
Gobbledygook
Rhyfelwyr
Beskar
atheotes
Kagemusha
CountArach
Chimpyang
Yoyoma1910
Seamus Fermanagh
woad&fangs
ajaxfetish
Dutch_guy
Yaropolk

Killed (24):
Khazaar
spL1tp3r50nal1ty
Lord Winter
The Spartan
Iskander III
Shinseikhaan
Olavi
Thermal Mercury
Chaotix27
pevergreen
Gregoshi

Reenk Roink
LittleGrizzly
Louis VI the Fat
Crazed Rabbit
A Very Super Market
Glenn
Husar
Death is yonder
Haudegen
Captain Blackadder
glyphz
Banquo's Ghost
Kukrikhan

Fallen in battle (6):
Northnovas
Ignoramus

El Diablo
YLC
Beefy187
AggonyDuck

Lynched (7):
Askthepizzaguy
Sigurd
shlin28

TosaInu
TinCow
Quintus.JC
Peasant Phill

WoG/Suicide (6):
Xehh II

Jolt
Beaver
Tristan de Castelreng
Psychonaut
taka

~~~

It's now night. PM's please. Night will last +/- 24 hours (that's until 22.00 GMT+1).

[atheotes]

Alright sorry everyone for my complete absence from the game for the last 4-5 days. Things just keep building up on me and I've been incredibly busy (And drunk...). I will try to get through as much of the thread as I can tonight (Though I have a Latin assessment due tomorrow that was brought forward... and I haven't started) and try to comment on something... anything...

CA, your absence is hurting the town ...Can you confirm if Sasaki's PM quote is true? Were there any PMs from BG about his investigations?

[atheotes]

At Andres: you forgot to remove taka and psychonaut from the Alive list....

[Quintus.JC]

Gunshin and Yusuke are idiots.

We love you Andres

[Gregoshi]

It appears we missed the mark again.

I'm reminded of this exchange in the Star Trek movie The Wrath of Khan:

Kirk: Khan, you bloodsucker. You're going to have to do your own dirty work now! Do you hear me? Do you?
Khan: Kirk? You're still alive, my old friend?
Kirk: Still, "old friend!" You've managed to kill everyone else, but like a poor marksman, you keep missing the target!

Unfortunately, we are playing the role of Khan. Ours is a superior intellect.

[TinCow]

It appears we missed the mark again.

I wouldn't count on a smoking gun in the lynch write-up even if we were accurate. Andres' hints are very, very subtle, and are often difficult to detect except in hindsight. For PP's lynch, the thing that stands out is the "mat." Does anyone with greater knowledge into the time period know whether the ninja had some time of special (training?) connection to sitting on a mat for extended periods? More so than samurai?

[Gregoshi]

TinCow, the thoughts of the condemed are extremely serene for a killer. The thoughts of "love and tears", the mat, comfort, the "nice and friendly" vendor and the repeated emphasis on "clean" stand out to me.

However, just to drive myself crazy, perhaps you are right. Perhaps it is a bit too serene. Take Sasaki's post about Privateerkev in the Trapped in Taormina game:

Night 3:
Privateerkev wasn't in his room when you investigated it. You found his belongings. Nothing out of the ordinary. Privateerkev seems to be a boring townie.

And Privateerkev was mafia.

I don't see how you guys play this all the time and maintain your sanity.

[FactionHeir]

I'm trying to figure out if the bird thing might be any hint.
Problem is, not every day has a bird appearing during lynch time (the hour of which also differs).

The only time the bird was very different was when QJC was lynched - a crow. So maybe its only 1 confirmed guilty lynched.

[Reenk Roink]

Amazing how fast someone can be condemned in this game!

[seireikhaan]

I don't see how you guys play this all the time and maintain your sanity.

Maintain our what?

[glyphz]

I wouldn't count on a smoking gun in the lynch write-up even if we were accurate. Andres' hints are very, very subtle, and are often difficult to detect except in hindsight. For PP's lynch, the thing that stands out is the "mat." Does anyone with greater knowledge into the time period know whether the ninja had some time of special (training?) connection to sitting on a mat for extended periods? More so than samurai?

The mat?
My first impression of the lynch write-up, including that of the mat, was that of someone who was very much inactive during the course of the game ...which would fit PeasantPhil's activity this game (5 posts by the end of Day 7, not including sign-up post), and the reason behind his lynch.



:edit: Time spent on the mat, compare it to say time spent on duty, contributing to the discussion (w/ Andres making use of a person's behavior to make the write-ups unique).

[Gregoshi]

The mat?
My first impression of the lynch write-up, including that of the mat, is that of someone who was very much inactive during the course of the game ...which would fit PeasantPhil's activity this game (5 posts by the end of Day 7, not including sign-up post), and the reason behind his lynch.

Good observation glyphz.

[Peasant Phill]

I wouldn't count on a smoking gun in the lynch write-up even if we were accurate. Andres' hints are very, very subtle, and are often difficult to detect except in hindsight. For PP's lynch, the thing that stands out is the "mat." Does anyone with greater knowledge into the time period know whether the ninja had some time of special (training?) connection to sitting on a mat for extended periods? More so than samurai?

He opened his white kimono. It was also clean. For this occasion, this moment of a noble death, the clean white, cushions, sheets, kimono, snow, were fitting.

I think this says it all. Subtle but persisting hints.

Probably good catch on the use of the mat in the write-up. Laying low is a tactic of mine.

[Gregoshi]

Laying low is a tactic of mine.

Is six feet under low enough? I should talk - I'm a rottin' geisha.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Is six feet under low enough?

Burn!!

[glyphz]

LOL

(though my current position, in game, isn't any better either. Can't keep my head on, while trying to come to my comrade's aid. How lame...)

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Your continued presence, 'postmortem,' is much appreciated, Gregoshi.
Here's hoping to see you in future mafia games.

[Crazed Rabbit]

I don't see how you guys play this all the time and maintain your sanity.

Well it's actually quite easy when you've got the bears in your attic doing the soundtrack for your homework.

CR