Swords in the Moon [Concluded]

[Csargo]

I thought Beskar was Tiberius Beskar. Did we just lose a player that was alive considering that both Stephen and Beskar are both alive? I'm lost.

Kage, Yoyoma changed because of a complaint about his hiaku-only posting - apparently. Not to say you aren't right though.

So, did we miss again? That's the way I read it, but there are a few things in the writeup to ponder some more.

SA said Tiberius of the Drake was replacing him, I think Andres messed up the name.

[Beskar]

No he didn't, Andres, give me both votes!

[FactionHeir]

Err I meant generic samurai of course

[Csargo]

[Beskar]

I faill to see how Yokoma doesn't help us, he doesnt help us, neither he does help us. The one that went against SA was Beskar, he has been trying to lead the town votes being very active, which is scummy indeed.

Yes, I thought Stephen Asen was a mafia-role early on and I changed my position and believed he was innocent later, especially when B-Ghost posted he was on the innocent list. That was only a normal mistake and after all, it was a convincing argument at the time, what you fail to say, are the votes other people made which were completely stupid. Some people were simply voted out for being good players.

I have very strong reasons to believe Ghost's innocent list is accurate, mainly due to a private message he replied with, giving my full samurai name. If he didn't investigate me, how would he have known?

I actually believe Ichigo is lurking because he is a mafia-role, and ever since I brought him up for his lurking, he has been voting against me basically straight. Other people just vote saying it is me for stupid reasons, or based on some one saying to vote for no real explanations at all.

Anyway, I will say it again, voting against me is a waste of a vote because I am actually innocent and been proven to be innocent several times, so any suggestion saying I am not must be due to the mafia-roles cutting their heads off in their sleep.

[AggonyDuck]

We will have more to go on after the next kills. By the way FH, isn't it somewhat ironic that you could had saved yourself bý casting a vote?

[AggonyDuck]

Anyway lets hope the Traitors and the Ninjas start killing each other.

[atheotes]

Anyway lets hope the Traitors and the Ninjas start killing each other.

hehe...looks like that is the only way the town can win... we are unable to make a concrete case against anyone

[AggonyDuck]

Updated version:

Voting pattern of the final 15 samurai

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White Eyes:D
Beskar
No Vote
YLC
TosaInu
TinCow
Quintus.JC
Seamus
No Vote

Seamus Fermanagh
Beskar
No Vote
Shlin28
No Vote
No Vote
No Vote
Abstain
Faction Heir

Beskar
ATPG
Stephen Asen
Shlin28
TosaInu
Tristan de Castelreng
Quintus.JC
Wishazu
Ichigo

Ichigo
Sasaki Kojiro
Sigurd
YLC
No Vote
Beskar
Beskar
Peasant Phill
Beskar

w&f
Faction Heir
Yaropolk
Stephen Asen
No Vote
Beskar
Quintus.JC
Dutch_guy
Rhyfelwyr

GeneralHankerchief
Beefy187
Sigurd
Shlin28
Sasaki Kojiro
No Vote
Quintus.JC
Peasant Phill
FactionHeir

Yoyoma1910
Louis VI the Fat
No Vote
General Hankerchief
Rhyfelwyr
AggonyDuck
Quintus.JC
Peasant Phill
Seamus Fermanagh

ajaxfetish
Abstain
No Vote
shlin28
No Vote
Tin Cow
Quintus.JC
Wishazu
Seamus Fermanagh

Caius
Abstain
No Vote
Abstain
No Vote
No Vote
No Vote
No Vote
Beskar

Rhyfelwyr
No Vote
Abstain
LittleGrizzly
TinCow
TinCow
Quintus.JC
Wishazu
No Vote

Stephen Asen
No Vote
Beskar
Abstain
Beskar
Beskar
Quintus.JC
Peasant Phill
FactionHeir

Dutch_guy
No Vote
No Vote
shlin28
No Vote
No Vote
Quintus.JC
Wishazu
Yoyoma1910

Wishazu
3rd vote
Haudegen
Rhyfelwyr
Beskar
General Hankerchief
Yaropolk
Yoyoma1910

Kagemusha
3rd vote
shlin28
Seamus Fermanagh
TinCow
Quintus.JC
Seamus Fermanagh
Yoyoma1910

Challenges made by the last 15 samurai

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Challenges

Caius (2xBeskar)
General Hankerchief (1xRhyfelwyr, 1xBeefy187 (duel fought and won), 1xBeskar)
Seamus Fermanagh (1xGeneralHankerchief)
Stephen Asen (1xajaxfetish, 3xBeskar)
White Eyes:D (1xSasaki, 1xAggonyDuck (duel fought and won), 1xatheotes)
Yoyoma1910 (1xYaropolk)
Wishazu (1xGeneral Hankerchief, 1x Beskar)
woad&fangs(1xRhyfelwyr)

[FactionHeir]

We will have more to go on after the next kills. By the way FH, isn't it somewhat ironic that you could had saved yourself bý casting a vote?

Chances are people would have called for my lynch the next phase anyway.

[CountArach]

I've been putting some thought into this:

CA has everyone's battle ratings. Assuming that he is town and willing to help, he could post a suspect list of anyone with a rating higher than 4, as new samurai have 3 and veterans 5 by default. In fact, anything not 3 or 5 is suspect.

The problem is that everyone alive is now either 3 or 5, so that is a dead-end. Clearly they were given cover PMs.

I was not guilty of anything at all - I was completely pro-town.

[Gregoshi]

I was not guilty of anything at all - I was completely pro-town.

Too bad. Guilt would have saved your life. As it stands, seeing the way the game is going, if the ninjas hadn't gotten you, we would have lynched you as well - Shingen or not.

Something that stands out from Duck's analysis, is Ichigo voting for Beskar almost every night since BQ put Beskar in the innocent list.

Seamus is suddenly active.

FactionHeir's "slip" about being a ninja like Seamus seems a rather unhelpful comment for a townie to make, so I'm wondering if indeed we struck a blow for justice and Shingen (may he rest in peace without his head). The constant references to "cold" in the writeup conjures up an image of a cold-blooded killer. Though his thought about disbelief in his master's death and a question about said death possibly not being real put a monkey wrench in my logic.

[Csargo]

I actually believe Ichigo is lurking because he is a mafia-role, and ever since I brought him up for his lurking, he has been voting against me basically straight.

I voted you before you said I was lurking.

[Yoyoma1910]

Yeah right. Tell it to Tee Boudreau for me.

You mean Tit Boudreaux?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

You mean Tit Boudreaux?

Mais, oui, bien-sur. I love the 'tit Boudreaux & "Ti-beh-doh" jokes. It's an illness....

[Yoyoma1910]

Mais, oui, bien-sur. I love the 'tit Boudreaux & "Ti-beh-doh" jokes. It's an illness....

Really... I have one:

What do you get when you put a little Cajun man on a 50-1 at the Kentucky derby?

[Andres]

I thought Beskar was Tiberius Beskar. Did we just lose a player that was alive considering that both Stephen and Beskar are both alive? I'm lost.

Sorry, I meant Tiberius of the Drake. Was in a hurry last night and messed up the names.

[Beskar]

You know who I predict will die tonight? The 3 others on the innocent list, and that will leave me as the only one. Then everyone will just vote to lynch me off, saying I am some made-up because obviously, being on the list where everyone is getting lynched off, continued evidence and comments from pro-town roles saying I am actually innocent isn't enough for some people.

[KukriKhan]

Here ya go, mate:



have a bit o'cheese with yer... well, you know. :)

[Louis VI the Fat]

In this hour of need, it seems crucial I make my presence known. It was not CountArach I was looking for. So far, my calls have gone unheard. The right man, I hope, will know what to do.

Ears deaf, sobs silent
Eyes blind, mourners go unseen
Tears loosed over death

~-~-~-~-~-~-~<>~-~-~-~-~-~-~


Dagger, plunge my heart
Death, cloak my mind in darkness
Soul, fly to my love

~-~-~-~-~-~-~<>~-~-~-~-~-~-~

Senryu, not Haiku
Lament my early demise
Samurai: fight, win

~~~ Swords in the Moon ~~~

Night 8 - Conclusion

Hour of the Boar

Kato Danzo was meditating on his bamboo mat. He could sit on it for hours contemplating the meaning of power. Real power. Ultimate power. The power of life and death. Occasionally, he took a nibble from the bowl of rice in front of him.

A masked warrior entered his tent and fell prone on the floor.

“Sensei,” the warrior uttered, “the hour has come near. We seek your guidance.”

Kato paused for a second and replied, “A wise man once said, strength is not found in skill in battle, it is found in wisdom...”

He reached into the folds of his kimono, and pulled out a handful of dust. With a wave of his hand, he sprinkled it over the rice bowl and pushed the bowl towards his student. The student quickly snatched the bowl of rice, bowed, and began to retreat from the tent.

Kato held up his hand and said “I have one more gift for you, an old curio from Tanegashima…”

He reached into his black chest and pulled out a long object wrapped in cloth.

~~~

Louis VI the Fat

Fujimoto Heikichi – spirit warrior

Konichi wa, Fujimoto-san

You are the spirit warrior. The master over life and death. You sleep by day, wander by night.

You are your own Lord. You live to serve only yourself.

In your youth, your life was saved by Takeda Shingen. Your hounour commands you to repay your debt. Only when you achieve this, will your spirit walk free.

*snipped*

Battle rating: 1

Abilities:
- During the day, you can vote for the players that you consider to be suspicous, as explained in the rules in the first post of the game thread.
- You can also challenge one other player to a duel during the day. If the kami of the mountain decide that you have to duel, then that duel will be fought at sunrise, right before the start of the next day.
- During the night, *snipped*

Victory conditions:
*snipped*
Gokouun o inorimasu (bonne chance)!

[Chimpyang]

Ok, I'm back - and surprisingly still alive - has nobody replaced me?

[KukriKhan]

In this hour of need, it seems crucial I make my presence known. It was not CountArach I was looking for. So far, my calls have gone unheard. The right man, I hope, will know what to do.

Uuuuuu... lookie: twist #2. "Spirit Warrior". Nice.

[LittleGrizzly]

Cometh the hour, cometh the man!

Let us hope this 'spirit warrior' is our saviour...

[Louis VI the Fat]

Come on...hurry up. I'm taking chances here, don't know if I'll make it through the night a second time...

[shlin28]

Louis, why did you quote part of Andres' write up? I don't get the significance of that in connection with your role

[Wishazu]

yep, please elaborate.

[TinCow]

Come on...hurry up. I'm taking chances here, don't know if I'll make it through the night a second time...

You've been dead for half the game. You didn't even make it through the night the first time, let alone a second.

[Quintus.JC]

Is Louis just messing around here?

[atheotes]

i just cant believe dead spirits will have a role in this story... Come on louis what are you upto?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Come on people, I've been giving clues throughout the game. I couldn't fight until just rcently, which i why I had to avoid challenges so much. Let's say that now...I've 'found' my katana.

You know what they say, Chimpyang: a Samurai, a proud man of honour, does not for a challenge flee. When faced with adversity or possible death, honourable samurais rise up, draw swords, and face whatever may come!

I myself, however, couldn't care less about honour and shall remain hidden in a cupboard all night long...

Challenges, I think, are a waste of townies, so I shall not re-challenge to lower the chance of a duel between us. :grouphug:
To scare you off, and as a courtesy to CA, who asked for our battle ratings (PM to CA or publish them, those who haven't done so!): I am a veteran warrior with battle rating 'katana 8'.

Or check CA's page, where I mentioned my 'huge' katana too, fishing for the proper response. Alas, it wasn't CA whom I needed.

Believe it or not. Hey, I seem to remember the very rules stating that CA was Shingen, which, as incredible as it sounds, wasn't so. There are more things in heaven and earth than you and I know. I guess you'll have to challenge me to find out - though I suggest townies refrain from trying.

I have spoken too much already...Must be fit for the night.