Shadows

We could drink some more... I'd like to get home to your wife my wife any wife too! I've been here so long, I'm not even sure if I have a wife! As for a vote... I don't know, at this point it would be pure random guessing. Nothing that I can see has given us anything good to base a vote on, with maybe one exception, and it's too vague, really. I'm stumped. If only we had an anagram to decipher! Maybe someone could ask dead Pedro for help...

I'm sure that's what they'd like us to believe, but why go after us lower ranks when we don't have access to the important information. Oh no, you can count on a few high ranked rats in the bunch, looking to save their own pathetic hides from the big house and maybe plotting an easy way to take over the family in the process. Bottom line... We're all in this together, and anyone would have just as much reason to sell us out as any other. Finding out who did is all that matters. Then my boys can clean up the mess when we're done with them.

You know, an accusation is a very serious thing, so when we make one, we need to be pretty sure of it and realise that sometimes people are going to hold us responsible if we end up wrong, especially when we really don't need to be losing loyal members of the family, blood related or not. That said, I have no clue about Boyd and am not comfortable voting yet, but I am certainly willing to consider any actual information that someone would share. Otherwise, I don't see how we can make an informed decision.

Why do I get the distinct feeling that we've been overrun by the mob and all of our players are being distracted elsewhere? A fence? I'm stumped here. I really am. Maybe we could search for the triggering device to the chandelier, assuming one exists. I'd like to check along all bookshelves for hidden switches or levers or buttons.

I think he's trying to make the point that the rats may be able to turn more of the family into rats, so even the people we think are loyal today might not be tomorrow.

Welcome to EB, diabloiij, looks like you got your answer. Thanks for helping out, Skipper 24! And just in case anyone out there is having this or any other Brickshelf problem, you might want to refer to the Tutorials Index pinned to the top of this forum. Inside, you'll find a number of useful guides including How to Deeplink and Post Images.

*pours an espresso into half a bottle of whiskey and hands it to Wynona* Cheers!

Let's look at what we know for certain. Iris is back, having escaped death row, to lend us a hand (or 3). Pedro was loyal, but an ill-mannered jerk. Still... he wasn't a witch was loyal. He did a lot of rambling and vague pointing in his short life. It looked bad, but maybe he wasn't just being a jerk, maybe he knew something? He certainly seemed to think he did. I think we might want to take a closer look at what he said and see if we can make any sense out of it.

I just wanted to make sure no one misunderstood our purpose and thought we were paying protection or something, since that would give us a motive. I don't know what the other fronts do, specifically, but I know that my role in the family business is an important one that I take very seriously. It's certainly possible. We can also assume that some blood relatives and possibly their partners have as well. It's all very upsetting to think about. It's sad to see the rats trying to tear apart a family, but at least we know it's happening and can try to stop them. Are they allowed? I certainly hope they wouldn't be, that would definitely upset the balance of things. He was asking for it. Miss A. gave it to him, but good.

We're spinning in circles and not really getting anywhere. Or maybe that's my head after all this whiskey. Seriously though, we vote privately, the ladies have their club, we've already seen one loyalist killed (though I must admit, at the end of the day, I would have probably voted for Pedro myself, just because he was creating confusion with no obvious purpose). I can't see anything in the information we have so far that points at anyone specific and the chatting isn't making it any clearer. No one is really saying anything except chit chat and speculation about possible rules to this game ... of life. Remember, we've already seen that the voting is going to be very different from the usual, so I think we can expect a lot of things to be unusual and should try to avoid planning our moves based on typical game ... of life ... behaviour. That said, I have no idea who to vote for, but I should clarify something in relation to the fronts. We don't pay you. At least I don't, I can't really say what the others do. You use me to legitimize your operation, laundering money and for other purposes that I might not specify right now, but I can assure you, it's important to the family. I need you to stay in business, or I don't stay in business, plus I consider the Baritones the family I never had growing up. I hope the other fronts feel the same. That's a scary thought, but then again, Iris discovered that the Darlene chick was going around killing people and she was supposed to be a goody two shoes. Nah, I don't want to think that way, there's no proof. If it keeps happening, though...

Personally, I think the lovely ladies should have whatever they want, whenever they want. I'm just like that. And Adalaide is a better shot than me. (though I sort of wish her name was spelled Adelaide so I wouldn't keep thinking I'm going to get it wrong and end up with additional ventilation)

Nice shooting Adalaide! I just checked with the boys and they say they took good care of that little mess, they say it's cleaned up so nice and tidy that the only memory of Pedro will be a faint scent of burritos in the air for a few hours. You know, with all of these adultery rules in the family, it might be time to open up a new branch of operations providing female entertainment to us single men, if you know what I mean. Still, that's something for later, first, we've got that pest problem to deal with.

So, who has any ideas about how we track down these rats? I know we're all giving one particular person the eye, but I don't know if that's enough to condemn him completely. I guess we should wait until everyone checks in before we get too serious anyway. I worry about a man who can't hold his booze or his tongue. Makes me worry that he has that problem elsewhere... Speaking of holding booze, how about another?

Don't mind if I do, thanks! Mmmmm, smooth. Play our cards right and maybe they won't notice how much we've been drinking.

I don't believe there's a purist solution for this, unfortunately. I'm hoping TLG starts producing some form of trench coat when (if) we get an Endor Han Solo. If they'll put it out in the same colours as the fedoras (or better yet, start making both in exciting colours like dark tan ), we'll be set. Indy Squarepants is interesting, but not really working. That said, I'll tell a funny story! Well, it's funny to me anyway... For those unfamiliar with them, the 80's era Star Wars figures sometimes had capes and when they did, the capes had armholes as their means of attachment. With both arms pointing backwards, slip it on one or both at the same time, put the arms in their proper positions and you'd have a wrap around cape. So, it's 1999 and I see a LEGO SW set and everything floods back. I make my first attempt to escape the dark ages and buy one of everything they had, which included a Darth Vader figure. At the time of my dark ages, capes didn't exist, or I'd never had one (I'm not sure which). Suddenly, I'm faced with a figure with a cape to put on, so I do it exactly like the old days, one arm at a time. Somehow, I managed to get one on without actually damaging it, and it looked pretty cool but was a little too long and the back was, well, weird. Confused, I decided to look at the instructions. Flash forward to today. TLG just needs to make a shorter, straight sided cape with wider hole spacing. A folding collar would be wonderful. And now, in the words of Father Alexander, "let us all pray."

Pedro isn't really impressing me with his crooked words, like he's trying to say something but not say something, trying to make us all suspicious of each other. We've got enough trouble without someone trying to stir more up. Now he's turning on the dames? I don't like it.

Ok, seriously, I had to pull the Hitchhiker's Guide babel fish routine so I could get rid of that accent, it was killing me. Ivan? IVAN? He's the one I want revenge against! Dat bastard killed my brudder! *adjusts his fish* Ooof, still annoying. OH! RULE CLARIFICATION PLEASE! Does the lovely Iris mean anonymously, perchance?

Wha? Youse guys up and startin' widout me? Noive. So yeah, I'm Ian and I'm an alkiehaulic. Haha. Youse get it guys? It's like one of dem AAA meetin's. *a voice from the back of the room calls out* Don't you mean AA? AAA is the automotive people. *Ian pulls out a pistol and parts the hair of the guy in the back* Maybe I was meanin' da NRA? *everyone laughs* So yeah, back ta bidness. You know I'm runnin' the 'Waste Management' side of tings 'round here, keepin' Moonlight clean and tidy so's we can keep up da behind da scenes action without attracting da five oh. *someone walks in the room and places a fish in everyone's ear* Right, what was that about? Well, I've lost that annoying accent, I hope no one minds. It was getting on my nerves already. Where was I? Ah yes, the business. As some of you may recall, when certain members of the family were a little reckless a few months ago and starting killing people in the streets, it was my company that didn't pick up the bodies for disposal, leaving them as a gentle reminder to the pathetic citizens of town that they might want to shut their faces. There was one particular resident I've been looking to get revenge upon, but it seems he's disappeared. I'll find him. What more do you want to know? Clearly, the family knows what I'm doing and where my loyalties stand, and I fully intend to keep things running smoothly despite the dirty rats who seem to have infested our fine organization. In my line of work, we know how to deal with rats. *stomps foot* And Iris, let me be the first to say, you look as lovely as ever, it's truly a pleasure to have you back. Thursday nights haven't been the same without you...

And every "Not a witch" on the site would be after Tinypies... :skull: Vote: TinyPiesRUs What? I was just practicing. Oh, new voting rules this time around? Nevermind.

That's actually a pretty good question. At this point, my best information says that they're perfectly normal figures that can be removed and taken apart. The bottom brick is the only magnetic part, theory being that kids can't swallow something that size.

Yeah, dey should buy dat cover story. Good job.

Construction? I ain't one o dem sit-around-playing-with-bricks types, hell no. I'se in waste removal, so if you needs ta take a trip, I've got da experience movin' ya, Flushface. Yeah, dey ain't gots no manners, sweet thang. Why don't you come around ta my place later for some, ah, tea? Much like da bullet dat kills ya. Uh huh, dey always loves da husband, his name's on da credit card. Still, if'n ya lookin fer some fun, you knows my address. Dat's not what she says. Uh huh. I'll leave da light on fer ya. Oh, and some wiseass threw a potato in my window wit dis stupid note on it. I'll be lookin ta return da favor, punk.

If youse end up being a rat, we'll do da carving for ya...

Sure thing, Mutt.

Now you're just being mean. Confirmed! Off to order that torso... Just had to make him a one shot from 2005, huh?