The Second Crash - Day 7

[JackJonespaw]

¬ From the Final Chapter of the Third Volume of the Chronicles of the Fallen, Translated from Norwegian to English, Recovered from the Body of an Automaton

Fire burned bright, the only source of light in an otherwise dark world. My comrades and I had discovered only a suffocating darkness in these caverns beneath the earth, so we’ve built a camp here, in the middle of Odin knows where. For what I can imagine only being miles and miles of darkness, our light is the only source of...anything here. We had come down here searching for our leader, Sir Pudding-Head, and discovered his mad realm of stairs leading miles and miles down into the depths of the earth. The bottom, for a few hundred meters, were lit with flames shooting up from the ground, but only a few more hundred meters further, and all light had been extinguished. I think the men have torn their throats out calling for our leader, and each other, as many who came down with us became lost in the darkness.

We have taken the automaton, Woodcock, with us down here, who somehow remembers the way back to the surface. If we decide that either Sir Pudding-Head is lost, or that we ourselves are, I will send the automaton back with these records that I have written - something to share with the world, just in case.

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¬ End Excerpt

¬ A Journal Scrap Written by [unknown], Titled “Dramatic Writing No. 17”

Dougal Logan, as stout and as firm as he always was, woke up in total disorientation. He could not understand why the world had suddenly turned upside down on him, nor why the only thing he could see was the nearby campfire, and the rest was pure darkness. There was a lot he could not understand, but the biggest question was why he was here, tied up.

He saw dark figures, mere silhouettes compared to the brightness of the fire. He was very afraid...had he been separated from the group who he had led down here in the first place? Kidnapped by some who would see him tortured, or eaten, or killed, or any number of horrific fates? Afraid of speaking and alerting them to his awareness, he began to, as quietly as he could, attempt to wiggle out of his constraints. But the rustling caught the attention of one of those sitting around the campfire, who stood up and walked towards him, from the side, so that the firelight could capture his face.

It was Molly. In the firelight, she looked as though she was fire, reborn, with all the power in the world to take any who dared go against her and dissipate them with a wave of her hand. The smile that had seemed to be plastered across her face was now just a memory, replaced with a look of pure hatred, the look of someone who had been forced into a situation by someone, and now having the opportunity so that that someone was now completely at her mercy. She merely looked at Dougal with her angry eyes, waiting for him to say something. After a few moments, he did, his throat raspy and hoarse. “What ‘ave you done to me, girl?” Molly shrugged her hair back and opened her eyes slightly, as if about to reveal a large secret. “Well, Dougal, you began to act quite oddly back in those caves. So we decided that it might be best to leave the cave and to tie you up.”

“Oddly?” Whispered Dougal.

“Very,” replied Molly, “very oddly.”

Dougal began to squirm frantically. “I need ta speak with someone from the First Crash, they’ll know what’s going on, they’ll ‘elp me out here.”

“I’m afraid that won’t be possible,” Molly said, very firmly, and with authority. Dougal looked nonplussed. “I’ve decided, Dougal, that you are quite a dangerous man, so I’ve forbidden anyone from talking to you or even acknowledging you. You are alone, here, even in the company of others. You led us down here, into this darkness, and here you will die.”

Dougal looked at Molly, and noticed her change of clothes, her cape, her armor. He looked towards the fire, and, in the dim light, noticed that they, too, had new different clothes. Armored...he could only wonder why that was. As if reading his mind, Molly answered. “There was a bunch of bodies around here with armor on. We took what fit. Our old clothes were quite stiff and smelled horrid.”

“How did they die?” Dougal asked.

“Maybe the same way you will. Staying here, in the darkness, until you starve to death.”

Dougal widened his eyes, and called to those sitting around the campfire. “Ray!” He shouted. “Ray, you’ve seen me like this before, you’ve ‘elped me! Help me now, again!” There was no response. Dougal tried again - “Doctor! Doctor Wynn!” Again, no response. “Elijah! Lusk!” There was bit of movement from the campfire, as if those he had called had reluctantly turned their heads away. He caught the face of Julia, and he screamed to her. “Julia! ‘elp me! For Jack! Jack would ‘elp me!” Molly, still to his left, smiled. “Jack led us down here with you. If he hadn’t died earlier, he would be tied up next to you.” Dougal narrowed his eyes and looked straight into Molly’s. “You can’t stop these people from controlling me.” He growled.

Molly stepped closer. “Dougal, let me say this in a way that you might understand...I, and only I, not you anymore...I am in control now. I lead this group. We are going to stay here until we find the rest of the Shadows, and then we are going to leave you here and try to find our way out. We’ve decided that there is no Sanctum, that you are just a Shadow trying to lure us down here to kill us all. Your...fits of insanity are only helping fuel my fire.” Dougal, with a look of pure anger, hissed out the only words fitting in a situation. “You….bitch.”

Molly laughed. “Wise words to someone at your mercy.” She pulled out a knife and held it up to Dougal’s face. “And I don’t think they’re to my liking.” With a blur of metal, she jabbed the knife into Dougal’s left eye. His screams pierced the darkness and she held her hand to his mouth to silence him. “Any more insults like that, and you lose your tongue, too.” Dougal only growled in pain, and Molly laughed, walking away, closer to the fire, with the rest of her group.

¬ From the Journal of Jack Jones, Entry Date Lost, Named Day 9

Ewan and I were sitting down, discussing events from the past few days with the rest of the group. I felt like we’d bonded over the last few days with the rest of the group, and it felt good to have a solid group of companions with me. But the question that was gnawing inside of me was - what would we do now? I felt like we all had different motives - I wanted to find Dougal and Julia, who were hopefully still alive, and get them out of here - I wouldn’t leave the mountain without them. Ewan was curious about the thing that Seamus and Joshua were guarding, and he had expressed interest at going to see it, which he had told me when we’d first landed down here. Yet I felt like it paled in comparison to finding my wife and kids and friend. Save them first, then come back here with a larger group and plan out what action we would need to take, if there was any we had to take. Montgomery seemed to have a modified version of my plan - we could go back and get my friends and family, or we could just get out of here ASAP, since Ewan knew how to get back. Seamus and Joshua, of course, had a job given to them by the ruler of the universe, so they felt it best to stay down here and guard the mountain, at least, until they found a way to get free from Cerberus’ monitoring. As for Pudding-Head, well, no one was really sure what he wanted. His life was far gone, as was Woodcock. He hadn’t said much this whole time, and I assumed that he’d just go with whatever plan won, since one thing was clear: we wouldn’t be splitting up.

For many more hours, we debated, showing the pros and cons of each plan. Eventually, it had been narrowed down to two plans - Ewan’s and mine. If I could find a way to stop Cerberus’ audio monitoring of Seamus and Joshua, they were with me, and we would come back here once we had saved everyone else. I had a working plan, but before I could write it down to show them, a piercing scream echoed through the caves - a man in pure pain. I jumped to my feet - it was someone from our group, had to be. I looked to Ewan and he nodded - he’d gotten a fix on the location of the scream, and we could narrow it down. I quickly jotted my plan for Seamus and Joshua down, and they nodded. We would enact the plan as soon as possible, and then we would go find the group.

¬ End Journal Entry.

Characters (and Players)

Jack Jones (JackJonespaw) - Jack was seperated from the group and is now with survivors deep beneath the Earth - namely time travelers. While he is separated from the group, he is attempting to figure out why all of this is happening.

Dougal Logan (DannyLongLegs) - Dougal has a mysterious past, when he first arrived at the Hall, he was known as the "Dictator" and was quite cruel. Of course, over the months and years of being stranded, he calmed down and began to be a kind leader who cared for all. But the tragedy and stress of the journey down has reawakened the "Dictator", and have many mistrusting him.

Julia Jones (CallMePie) - Wife of Jack, Julia has not expressed much greif at the assumed death of her husband, instead focusing on finding this "Sanctum", if it indeed does exist, but more importantly, finding the shadows.

Molly Tolbert (Lady K) - Molly has taken control of the group from Dougal, and has been leading the Block against the Shadows basically since the beginning. She is known to be quite cruelly decisive, and many question whether her decisions are the right actions they should be taking.

Quincy Easton (KingoftheZempk) - Qunicy is cursed with hyperhidrosis of the body, an exceedingly rare disorder. As such, he is constantly soaked with sweat, and usually isolated, since no one wants to touch him or be near enough to smell his salty sweat. Qunicy has remained largely out of the spotlight in the accusations, preferring to quietly sweat in a corner rather than dodge suspicions.

Lusk Eccleston (fhomess) - Lusk is the type of man to look in the mirror and get an erection at his own moustache. His moustache is his pride and joy, as is his dazzling smile.

Doctor Wynn (Tariq j) - Doctor Wynn is a curious sort. A few days after the First Crash, he walked into the Hall, and everyone assumed he had just woken up from some sort of coma after the Crash and had found his way into the Hall. The good Doctor knows a lot about a lot, and has absolutely no problem babbling frantically, in a varying accent from the British Isles, about just about anything while doctoring. The doctor is deeply altruistic, caring about everything and everyone, although on the rare occasion that someone annoys him, he begins to spout on about “stupid apes” and “onyx”. No one is really sure what he means, nor why he hates monkeys and gemstones so much.

Elijah (def) - Elijah didn’t want to tell anyone his last name, and no one asked after that. However, mysterious reasoning aside, without Elijah, the survivors of the First Crash would have starved to death long ago. A passionate gardener, Elijah has rows and rows of crops beneath the Hall, and he fervently forbids anyone to go down there, except Dink, who he works very closely with, to make sure that his plants are cooked as best as possible. Elijah, despite his mystery, is not a cruel man, and he makes sure that everyone is happy, well, as far as plants are concerned. Elijah also has a large interest in some sort of “special grass”, an interest that is shared by Duke.

Ray Christiansen (Dragonfire) - Ray was a Broadway star before the First Crash. A star, he’ll say, stressing the “s” and looking into your eye with an intensity not seen by many. A performer, Ray is quite flamboyant and over-dramatic, thus he loves being on the mountain and in the Hall, a perfect stage for the production he believes that he’s in. Personality-wise, nobody's quite sure, as Ray is always pursuing different characters and pretending he has been and always will be that character.

-DECEASED-

Perce Triggs (Tachyon) - Lynched Day 1 - Town

Anthony Dixon (jluck) - Lynched Day 2 - Shadows

Delwyn Couch (RangeroftheForest) - Killed Night 2 - Town

Mike Johnson (mediumsnowman) - Killed Night 2 - Town

Duke Bowman (Cutcobra) - Killed Night 3 - Shadows

Ewan Breckenridge (mostlytechnic) - Lynched Day 4 - Town

Lage “Dink” Skjeggestad (TinyPieRUs) - Killed Night 4 - Town

Woodcock (Bob) - Killed Night 4 - Town

Foorth Dyke (Tamamono) - Lynched Day 5 - Town

Gale Appleton (Piratedave84) - Killed Night 5 - Town

Rules

1. Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Town or the Shadows. To win the game, the Town must kill all enemy factions, while the Shadows must outnumber all enemy factions. Third-Party Characters, if there are any, are given their own set of conditions to win.

2. Each day you will be able to vote to lynch a player. Voting should be done in the following format; Vote: Character (Player). Similarly, unvoting is to be done in the format; Unvote: Character (Player). No other format will be accepted. A majority vote is required to lynch a player.

3. A game day will last for 72 hours. You may not vote in the first 24 hours. After the day has concluded, a night stage will commence, which will last a maximum of 48 hours. Night actions must be sent to the host in the first 24 hours of the night stage.

4. The alignment of lynched players, as well as those that died during the night, will be revealed at the beginning of the next day.

5. You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to or from you in PM with the game host. This includes all the details of your character and role, as well as any night action results. Role claims and reporting of night action results are acceptable, but in your own words only. Do not attempt to use the structure of your role PM to your advantage.

6. Do not play the game outside the thread. Similarly, do not post out of character inside the thread; you must always play the role given to you. Game tactics and roles may only be discussed in the game thread or via PM with other players. Private discussion is done at your own risk and should be treated as part of the game.

7. If you are dead, you may not post in thread or discuss the game with any of the players. Any information you had becomes void and may not be passed on.

8. You may not edit your posts. Editing your post will result in a vote penalty on the first two occasions, and a mod-kill on the third.

9. You must post in every day thread.

10. If you encounter a problem or have any further questions, feel free to contact either Danny or me via PM.

11. Generally, there are no gameplay mechanics in the pictures. However, in each opening Day's pictures, there will be something that is relevant only to those with roles that pertain to it. To every other role, it will mean nothing. There are not clues in the character flavor text. I wrote that stuff before I even decided on alignments and roles.

12. Role Play. I tried my best to make all of the characters pretty fun to role play as, so go crazy. Give them your own personality; become your character. Have fun with it and relax.

[def]

Well, maybe that's good news. Scum probably had no progress last night. Maybe one was blocked. Hmm.

[Lady K]

Well this has certainly been an interesting day. Should we sing battle songs ? A few things of interest, from the first rule it would seem there is a third party possibility. And for the record my block was successful last night and there was no shadow kill. I am awaiting reports from the rest of the town block for night results.

[CMP]

Consider me a lot more hopeful about the block. It looks like maybe we have an actual result to go off of today.

[Dragonfire]

Well this has certainly been an interesting day. Should we sing battle songs ? A few things of interest, from the first rule it would seem there is a third party possibility. And for the record my block was successful last night and there was no shadow kill. I am awaiting reports from the rest of the town block for night results.

I didn't see that before... our third party may be some sort of survivor, since a serial killer is now unlikely given the lack of kills. However, we have to kill all enemy factions, which includes this third party presumably....

1. Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Town or the Shadows. To win the game, the Town must kill all enemy factions, while the Shadows must outnumber all enemy factions. Third-Party Characters, if there are any, are given their own set of conditions to win.

Also, nice that your block was successful, hopefully we have something concrete to go on today and we can lynch a scum, aye!

[def]

Where's Lusk? What's his deal? He got of yesterday because I wanted to emphasise I wasn't the endgame. He didn't bother defending himself yesterday. Can he bother to defend himself today?

[Lady K]

Where's Lusk? What's his deal? He got of yesterday because I wanted to emphasise I wasn't the endgame. He didn't bother defending himself yesterday. Can he bother to defend himself today?

I agree with this.

The night action results have come in and we are comparing notes. We are mostly sure about the scum killer, but are disscussing the implications of the third-party and last scum. Since there are we no kills last night it would make sensce to block the same person again and lynch the last scum or third-party. However there is one idea I would like to point out from another life where I was hidden in the shadows and near the end of days we gave up the night kill one night to recruit an already cleared vanilla townie to the dark side. The shadows dominated that life......

[Dragonfire]

I agree with this.

The night action results have come in and we are comparing notes. We are mostly sure about the scum killer, but are disscussing the implications of the third-party and last scum. Since there are we no kills last night it would make sensce to block the same person again and lynch the last scum or third-party. However there is one idea I would like to point out from another life where I was hidden in the shadows and near the end of days we gave up the night kill one night to recruit an already cleared vanilla townie to the dark side. The shadows dominated that life......

Actually I disagree. If you've found a scum, we should lynch them today. If we lynch someone else and get it wrong, and we lose because of that, you'll be kicking yourself. There's only so many people that could be scum anyway. So I think we should lynch the person you blocked today, and then see if we can catch the last one through tonight's results. Aye aye!

[KotZ]

Ray has a good point. If the block was successful, and we have reason to believe they are scum, let's lynch them today. It's the best move we have right now.

[Dragonfire]

However there is one idea I would like to point out from another life where I was hidden in the shadows and near the end of days we gave up the night kill one night to recruit an already cleared vanilla townie to the dark side. The shadows dominated that life......

Remember when you kept blocking Foorth and there was only one kill? If the scum had a recruit action, I bet they used it then and not now. It's near to the end of the game and the town block is still functioning and secretive. Surely the scum would concentrate on taking the block members out rather than risk being blocked and lynched for the sake of a recruitment action?

[CMP]

Remember when you kept blocking Foorth and there was only one kill? If the scum had a recruit action, I bet they used it then and not now. It's near to the end of the game and the town block is still functioning and secretive. Surely the scum would concentrate on taking the block members out rather than risk being blocked and lynched for the sake of a recruitment action?

I think the implication Molly is making is that they've recruited a member of the block.

[Lady K]

Actually I disagree. If you've found a scum, we should lynch them today. If we lynch someone else and get it wrong, and we lose because of that, you'll be kicking yourself. There's only so many people that could be scum anyway. So I think we should lynch the person you blocked today, and then see if we can catch the last one through tonight's results. Aye aye!

Ray has a good point. If the block was successful, and we have reason to believe they are scum, let's lynch them today. It's the best move we have right now.

We have a very strong indication that I did indeed block the scum killer last night due to no kill from them. I did not send the vig out and if there is an SK he still hasn't shown his hand. However, we do need to address the possibility that the scum have a recruit, and last night decided to use that instead of the kill. Also the kill will pass to the remaining scum tonight. In addition to the strong possibility of an SK now we could lose two townies tonight to night kills. We need to all be more active to discuss these issues before the voting starts.

Who is possibly the third-party and what role do they have?

Who is the final scum?

In resposnse to Ray's above post, if they used the recruit then as well, then we could be looking at two more scum than we think or a cult.

In resposnse to Julia, from what I know from a past life, PR's can't be recruited only vanilla townies.

[Dragonfire]

We have a very strong indication that I did indeed block the scum killer last night due to no kill from them. I did not send the vig out and if there is an SK he still hasn't shown his hand. However, we do need to address the possibility that the scum have a recruit, and last night decided to use that instead of the kill. Also the kill will pass to the remaining scum tonight. In addition to the strong possibility of an SK now we could lose two townies tonight to night kills. We need to all be more active to discuss these issues before the voting starts.

Who is possibly the third-party and what role do they have?

Who is the final scum?

In resposnse to Ray's above post, if they used the recruit then as well, then we could be looking at two more scum than we think or a cult.

In resposnse to Julia, from what I know from a past life, PR's can't be recruited only vanilla townies.

This whole recruit business....there are seven of us alive. In a game of nineteen players, I'm guessing roughly four PRs. Gale was probably one, which leaves three, counting Molly and the "vig". Assumedly, they can't be recruited. That leaves four unconfirmed players, one or more of whom is scum already. So a recruit is bad, but not terrible for town, as I'm pretty sure the block isn't blindly trusting "cleared" vanillas; aye, we're all cleverer than that!

Third party-wise, I'm guessing survivor. If there was some sort of cult then we'd know by now; at least one of them would be dead. Molly, there have only been two nights with two kills (Woodcock/Dink and Mike/Delwyn). If you can attribute one of each pair of kills to the "vig" then it is almost certainly the case that we do not have a SK, or else the "vig" is the SK.

As for the final scum, I'm leaning Lusk, because I'm not sure Elijah would have put himself up for the lynch as scum. He could so easily have been lynched, if not for Quincy's No Vote...

[Lady K]

This whole recruit business....there are seven of us alive. In a game of nineteen players, I'm guessing roughly four PRs. Gale was probably one, which leaves three, counting Molly and the "vig". Assumedly, they can't be recruited. That leaves four unconfirmed players, one or more of whom is scum already. So a recruit is bad, but not terrible for town, as I'm pretty sure the block isn't blindly trusting "cleared" vanillas; aye, we're all cleverer than that!

Third party-wise, I'm guessing survivor. If there was some sort of cult then we'd know by now; at least one of them would be dead. Molly, there have only been two nights with two kills (Woodcock/Dink and Mike/Delwyn). If you can attribute one of each pair of kills to the "vig" then it is almost certainly the case that we do not have a SK, or else the "vig" is the SK.

As for the final scum, I'm leaning Lusk, because I'm not sure Elijah would have put himself up for the lynch as scum. He could so easily have been lynched, if not for Quincy's No Vote...

There are some very good points here, about the night kills. I am going back to look at the previous days more closely. I think there is a pattern here. However, if the SK has the option to not kill till the end of the game then that may be in play here. I

[Lady K]

Out of curiousity, Ray, why do you assume only 4 town PR? Why not 5 or 6?

[JackJonespaw]

Voting is now open!

[fhomess]

I agree that lynching whoever Molly blocked, assuming it was successful, is the best course of action for today's lynch.

[Dragonfire]

There are some very good points here, about the night kills. I am going back to look at the previous days more closely. I think there is a pattern here. However, if the SK has the option to not kill till the end of the game then that may be in play here. I

Usually SKs are either compulsive or have a quota of kills.

Out of curiousity, Ray, why do you assume only 4 town PR? Why not 5 or 6?

4 is just less than a quarter of 17. But that's only a rough estimate.

[Tariq j]

I agree that lynching whoever Molly blocked, assuming it was successful, is the best course of action for today's lynch.

You still haven't answered Elijah's questions about defending yourself...

[def]

I agree that lynching whoever Molly blocked, assuming it was successful, is the best course of action for today's lynch.

C'mon, you have more to say than that.

[Lady K]

I agree that lynching whoever Molly blocked, assuming it was successful, is the best course of action for today's lynch.

Glad you feel that way. My block was indeed successful, I blocked you!

Vote: Lusk (fhomess)

You still haven't answered Elijah's questions about defending yourself...

I agree. Why not address this while you were here?

C'mon, you have more to say than that.

Here Elijah is yet again asking you to respond, and you are yet again saying nothing. Lusk, with many of us bringing this up, shouldn't you say more? Saying nothing just looks all the more suspicious and makes me really regret taking the vote off of you yesterday when we had a lynch on you. However, today you can be the lynch.

[fhomess]

If you did indeed block me last night, then I can't really argue with your choice of me as lynch other than to say that there must be something else going on as to why there was no kill last night. Perhaps the protector was successful or the scum chose/could not kill. Honestly, I would lynch me at this point if I were you based on what I know. Unfortunately it won't help since I'm a townie, but only you in the block could know otherwise.

My lack of contribution to the conversation of late has nothing to do with the events here, and I am truly sorry for it. Elijah's comments that I would prefer to have more to say to these events holds true, I really would, but I'm contributing about as much as I can at the moment.

I will add, however, that I don't agree with Elijah's motives for taking the lynch off of me yesterday. You should never trade a known townie for an unknown one, and Elijah, if he was really town, ought to have taken the chance on my lynch rather than risk his own.

[Tariq j]

I will add, however, that I don't agree with Elijah's motives for taking the lynch off of me yesterday. You should never trade a known townie for an unknown one, and Elijah, if he was really town, ought to have taken the chance on my lynch rather than risk his own.

What?! You were never a "known townie", we all assumed you were scum, that's why we voted for you in the first place.

[fhomess]

What?! You were never a "known townie", we all assumed you were scum, that's why we voted for you in the first place.

I'm saying Elijah, if he is town, tried to trade a known townie, himself, for an unknown one, me, by taking the lynch away from me. To himself, Elijah is a known townie (hypothetically speaking that he really is town), and should never offer himself up unless he knows I'm more valuable to town than himself.

[Dragonfire]

Glad you feel that way. My block was indeed successful, I blocked you!

Vote: Lusk (fhomess)

Nice one! Vote: Lusk Eccleston (fhomess)

I'm saying Elijah, if he is town, tried to trade a known townie, himself, for an unknown one, me, by taking the lynch away from me. To himself, Elijah is a known townie (hypothetically speaking that he really is town), and should never offer himself up unless he knows I'm more valuable to town than himself.

That's true, if he's town it was a pretty poor move, but it's even worse if he is scum. Aye, I can't really see a scum doing that any more than I can see a townie doing that, so it's not alignment indicative.