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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puss_in_Boots_(Shrek)

I'm embarassed to admit I completely don't remember how the original Puss-In-Boots fairytale went, I only know the Shrek version.

Yes, I did trust the wrong person. I'm still trying to give the benefeit of the doubt, but if Mara Jade does not PM me by the time they go offline to sleep, I am revealing their identity AND my PM chain with them. Oh, crap. I just realized...I gave this person half of my list. So, that means I have to RE-DO the entire thing. Damnit. Fortunately, there's only one person I've referred to so far whose codename Mara Jade has, and I had the presence of mind to change it for the play. They know who they are, and they will know to use the new codename for themselves in any future conversations. So that's something. Oh, whoops, looks like MJ wasn't online when I said that. I'll think up a new deadline.

And, take a look at Cinderella's full name, just after the end of the play.

Here's my past conversation with Big Bad Wolf: At this point, God revealed the number and type of the Power Roles for both sides. Also at this point, the PMs start flying out so fast they cross each other, making reading them a bit difficult. I have not changed the order in any way, so as to allow you all to see the timing of the reactions. From that I can gather there is no vig, as that would imply a neutral side (from what I understand) Is it someone we were able to trust? If so... perhaps they can give us a bit of insight if they become mafia..... A new group would indeed be ideal. I still trust Mr.Bear, Wicked Witch, Puss-In-Boots, and possibly Sleeping beauty. (Note: I actually did think Wolf was a Scum at this point, I was trying to appear as if I believed otherwise.) Not completely for nothing, the knowledge WAS exclusive up to this point, so we can trust the two PRs I found that way, as well as the Doctor. Though I am interested in hearing about that role PM deal... This is when I decided BBW was definitely Scum, thinking that he was fishing too hard for the name of the Scum suspect I was misleading. ( ) Later, thinking that my mention of Bear might direct unwanted attention onto him, I decided to try and keep the relationship with Wolf going, in case Bear was blocked. I'm such a hypocrite. So that is, in total, my entire conversation with Big Bad Wolf. Hope that clears a few things up.

These are the responses I got from asking who different people would target with the vigilante: Prince Charming: White Rabbit: Snow White: Big Bad Wolf (yes, I am aware of the cruel irony, thank you.): There were a few others who suggested Aladdin, but they weren't suggesting vigkills, they just thought he was Scum (something I'm clearly unfit to judge). Also, here's an interesting theory from Snow White: And to round this off, here's a bizzare PM I just can't make heads or tails of, so, off to the public! (Before you get too harsh, though, this was sent WELL before my play explaining who James Bond targeted and how I asked Bear to kill Wolf.) OK, back to the PM box closet to retrieve more correspondence...unless someone wants something specific and/or objects to it, my next statement will show my entire conversation with Big Bad Wolf.

On the contrary, I'm helping the Good Guys by giving them a clear picture of just what happened last night. I also should clarify: that offer about transcripts refers to posting publicly the transcripts. I will do that for my conversation with Big Bad Wolf in a bit, so you can see why I thought he was Scum, but right this second I'm gathering up everyone's vigkill suggestions, so people with better scumdar than me ( ) can look it over.

*Cinderella appears in the courtyard wearing a brown wig, a turban, and maids clothes, and carrying a bwankie.* All right, gang. Using the mad theatrical skills inherent to my family line, I shall explain just what happened last night. The Case of the Scumbag Infiltrator and the Overconfident Princess Scene 1 Cinderella: Hello. You know, you've been pretty quiet, but I think you're one of the 12 Good Guys. James Bond: I am. In fact, I'm the Doctor. Cinderella: Why would you tell me that?!? James Bond: You're acting like [Metagame] and [Metagame] did in [Metagame] and [Metagame], plus [REDACTED in case the Scum don't already know]. Cinderella: Oh...wow...that's...really good information. Do you think we can use it to find and coordinate the other Good Guy Power Roles? James Bond: Probably. Be careful though, if you're not careful you'll get us both-- *Cinderella rushes off in excitement* James Bond: --killed. Scene 2 Cinderella: Oh, hi, Samurai X! Listen, because you said [REDACTED] and mentioned to me that [REDACTED], I think you're a power role. Samurai X: Um...sure, let's go with that. (Aside to audience) If she turns out Scum, I can sacrifice myself to save one of our real Power Roles. Cinderella: Great! I know another Power Role, James Bond. Let's strategize! Scene 3 Mushu: Ha ha! Someone just said they think I could be the Doctor! I'll just cozy up to Cinderella and misdirect all of her actions! Cinderella: I'm standing right here, you know. Mushu: But you can't hear me! Cinderella: Whatever. I'll pretend I believe you so you can stupidly spill all the Scum's secrets. Mushu: Yaay! *Cinderella walks away* Mara Jade: Dude, you're an idiot. But keep being obviously Scum, she'll never lynch you as long as she thinks she can drag information out of you. Meanwhile, I'll go trick her more subtly. *Dun dun duuuuuuuuuuun!* Scene 4 Cinderella: Hi! I know James Bond, the Doctor. Mr. Bear: Oh, really? Well, I'm a Power Role, too, but I'm not saying which one. Cinderella: OK, let me go figure out a good test to see if you are a Power Role or not. *walks over to Mara Jade* Hi there, I think you're the Good Guy blocker. Mara Jade: You're right. I am. (Aside to audience) Gullible idiot. (To Cinderella) But I'm not saying which one I am. Cinderella: OK, let me go ask James Bond what a good test would be. Hey, James, how many Good Guy Power Roles are there? James Bond: Four. But-- Cinderella: OK, thanks! *runs to Mr. Bear and Mara Jade* Hey, guys, how many Good Guy Power Roles are there? Mr. Bear: Four. Mara Jade: Uh... *rolls a die, disappears and whispers to the other Scum* Er...four. Cinderella: Yaaaaaaay, I trust you! Here, let's chat all together! *whispers privately to each one* Also, in case I die, here's half of my list of names of everybody, you can match it up with the other guy I gave the other half to if you can find them. Also *whispers James Bond's identiy*. Audience: GASP! Cinderella: Quiet, you, I didn't even give you a hint. Mr. Bear: Uh, OK. Anyhow, I'm the vigilante. Mara Jade: Most excellent....MUHUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *lightning crashes* Uh, I mean, good for you, Bear, I'm still not ready to reveal what I am. Cinderella: OK! I'm going to go rush off and make an ill-informed decision about who to lynch! Scene 5 Pinocchio: Augh, I'm flailing around and making the exact sort of mistakes the Scum did in [Metagame]! Cinderella: And I'm going to go all Phoenix Wright on your wooden behind! Pinocchio's Family: Come along dear, we have an important family get-together today! *tie Pinocchio up and drag him away* Pinocchio: Nooo, you're going to get me lynched! Cinderella: Ha! Now we have time to catch another-- Cinderella's Family: Cinderella, we don't care about your stupid game, you have to come to our family event. *tie Cinderella up and drag her away* Cinderella: Nooo! I won't be able to catch any more Scum, and the Scum will try to bandwagon meeeeee...! Cinderella and Pinocchio: Family Sucks! *Intermission. The Audience cheers, if only at the last line.* Scene 6 Big Bad Wolf: So, I'm hearing from a lot of folks that you're trustworthy. Cinderella: And you talk a lot about evidence, so you must be the Cop! BBW: Uh...no...and even if I were, why would I tell you? Cinderella: Because I'm talking with three of the Good Guy Power Roles! BBW: (To audience) This guy is way too trusting, but I'll go with it for now. Cinderella: So, what are your reads on these people? In fact, what ARE your general reads for Scum? BBW: [Metagame], [Metagame], and [Metagame] are probably Scum. Also, what test are you using to confirm people? Cinderella: Just ask how many Power Roles they are. (Aside to audience) And if he asks for the answer to the test, BBW must be Scum! BBW: OK, I'll try to use that. Who are you in contact with? Cinderella: Doctor, Vigilante, and a third PR who won't say what role they are. BBW: But there's no vig...I think there's only two power roles. Cinderella: WHAT?! AAAAAAAAH! Quick, here's a convoluted plan to establish a new circle of trust, because I'm too stupid to look at the rules! Samurai X: Oh, hey, by the way, I trust you now, so I'm going to tell you that I'm not a Power Role, I'm just a vanilla. Also, something was weird with my role PM, so our ally Tarzan may actually be Scum. Cinderella: GASP! But that's everyone I trust aside from the confirmed Power Roles! (Aside to audience) She must be a Scum trying to trick me! Audience: You're an idiot! Cinderella: Shut up. (To Samurai X) Ehehe...OK.. I'll pretend I trust you, but really I don't. (To Big Bad Wolf) OK, here's the resources we have so far: Doctor, and another Power Role who won't say who they are. Also, Mushu is a Scum, and I'm feeding them fake info. BBW: Who is this guy? And how can feeding him info help? Cinderella: *Long complex dissertation that is probably wrong anyway* BBW: OK. So, who is this Scum? God (in Day topic): There's 4 Scum, 12 Good Guys. 2 Scum have Power Roles, 4 Good Guys have Power Roles. Here's what they are: *lists the PRs* Cinderella: Dammit, now I don't have a way to confirm anyone, AND I can't trust anyone I thought I could trust! Except... Scene 7 Cinderella: Help me, Sleeping Beauty-wan kenobi, you're my only hope. Sleeping Beauty: Uh...OK. Cinderella: OK! So, Big Bad Wolf thought there were only two Scum. Only Scum would think that so BBW must be a Scum! SB: (To audience) Should I point out how many ways in which that logic is faulty or would you rathr do that for yourselves? Audience: Let her get herself killed. SB: *shrugs* suit yourselves. (To Cinderella) Yeah, I'll admit that's suspicious, but I don't really think-- Cinderella: Great!Thanks!Bye! *rushes off* SB: *Sleeping Beauty shakes head sadly* He's gonna get us all killed. Scene 8 Cinderella: Lynch the Scum Puppet! *Pinocchio, bound and gagged by his Family, is helpless to respond* Cinderella: GET HIM! *Pinocchio is thrown through the mirror* Pinocchio: Stupid familyyyyyyyyyy! *The Audience applauds Pinocchio's final words.* Scene 9 Cinderella: OK, here's our plan of action. Big Bad Wolf is really scummy for thinking there's only two Good Guy Power Roles and because they kept fishing for the name of the Scum I'm misleading. James Bond: Asking twice is not fishing. Cinderella: Shut up. So, we're going to murder them in the night and Block/investigate/whatever the hell you do to Mushu. Mara Jade: OK. (To self) I told that idiot he was blatantly Scum. Mr. Bear: OK. It's not like I've got any better suspects. Cinderella: Great! And James Bond can protect Mr. Bear. James Bond: Can I state for the record that this is a terrible idea? Cinderella: Duly noted. Anything else? James Bond: You're an idiot. Cinderella: So you'll do it? James Bond: *sigh* Yes. Damn, it, yes. Bear's our vigilante, so he needs to be protected even if you're telling him who to kill. For science. You monster. Cinderella: Was that directed at me? Because you already insulted me once. James Bond: *sigh* just shut up, I'll go protect Mr. Bear. Mara Jade: (To self) Excellent...time to talk to the boys. Scene 10 Mara Jade: Alright, scum buddies, James Bond is going to protect Mr. Bear, and Mr. Bear is going to kill Big Bad Wolf. If we block James Bond and kill Mr. Bear, that'll be a quarter of the Good Guys dead! Mushu: What? Seriously? He's going after another Good Guy? Man, for a Good Guy, he's a better Scum than we are! Mara Jade: I know, right? Mushu: So, who do I block? Mara Jade: *whispers James Bond's identity* Audience: GASP! Mara Jade: (To audience) Seriously?! We already did that gag! (To Mushu and the other Scum) Best of all...by the way tonight goes, Cinderella will be scummier than ever! We'll lynch her tomorrow and have a free night of evil, without fear of being stopped! WE! WILL BE! INVINCIBLE! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *Thunder and lightning* Audience: This play sucks! Curtain So, that's what happened yesterday and last night. Any questions? I think today we should lynch Mara Jade, unless they give me a damn good defense in private. But, I will gladly defer to the opinions of others, considering my track record. I will say this to Mara Jade, if they are Scum: Hello. My name is Cinderella Harrietson Attabar. You killed our Vigilante. Prepare to die. ALSO: if anyone wants to see detailed transcripts of ANY of my PMs last night, I will gladly lay my portion of those conversations out for you. I will be 100% open and honest, I am unworthy to keep the secrets of the Good Guys.

Oh. Shit. Damn, I... Oh god. We're all screwed. Sorry, guys, I've apparently ruined everything. I fully expected to die last night, and now I kind of wish I had.

Emphasis on include--obviously, the staff wouldn't be the only thing in the set.

My main gripe is that $75 is a lot to spend on a theme that, franky, is a low priority for me. If it had been $50, I wouldn't have complained; between 2 or 3 different sets, I would have TC-14, and I'd be happy. $75 takes a huge chunk out of my budget, especially with a second promo later in May. Ironically (considering my main gripe is about money), my other problem is that the big SW sets are just not as appealing as the big sets in other lines. I have to spend tons of time and effort into figuring out how many of set X plus how many of set Y I need to get to $75...whereas if the Hulk promo followed the same rules as this one, I'd just buy the Quinjet and be done with it, one set, one calculation, boom, I'm done. The pricing for the LSW sets are just weird, and it's a pain figuring out how to maximize value while saving enough for sets later in the month and later in the summer. It also doesn't help that I had no idea LEGO did an annual May the Fourth promo until December of last year, the last time I heard about it I thought it was a one-time thing. As a result, and because the early leaks for LSW this year didn't look as promising as I would have hoped, I budgeted for a completely different spread of sets, and that budget is in shreds now if I want TC-14.

Eh, I'll try again tomorrow, unless I'm busy with Mafia. I just want someone on to hold my Knight gear that you guys loaned him until I restart at Level 1.

As Arthur squinted to line up his blast, he saw a strange sight. "...De'kra?" The ghostly figure hovered, apparently without effort, a few meters from the top of the tower, its eight eyes glowing dimly in the darkness. As the being whirled a rusted chain above its head, Arthur saw it was missing its right arm. With a sudden, nigh-imperceptible flick of its wrist, the chain snaked out, passing through the body of Lord Leorry in almost slow motion. The world dimmed. Arthur became aware of only three people: himself, the figure, and Leorry. The same seemed to happen to the elven lord, as he appeared not to even notice the burning arrow the keen-eyed Harkenshire fired across his shoulder, ripping apart the flesh and rendering it useless. Count Knyghton, too, seemed unable to penetrate the effect, as his attack went wide of the Elf, his surprised body language indicating his target was nowhere near where he saw it to be. As the tip of the whip passed through his flesh, Leorry stared down in surprise, as if the noncorporeal blow had already sealed his doom. Arthur's concentration broke. Surprised and bewildered, his Wood magic burst forth unexpectedly, slamming into the Elf with great force. As the body flew over the battlements, at a speed greater than any of his skill could have mustered, Arthur saw it seem to fizzle and flicker, as if belonging to another world and being drawn to it. The moment the body dropped out of sight, the world flashed back to normal. Arthur raced to the edge of the tower. He was just in time to see the body crash to the ground of the Courtyard. The man's belongings burst onto the hard cobblestones as if from a bulging, strained sack, but the body itself appeared untouched. It fizzed with an unnatural light, seeming to dissolve and yet not at the same time, then darken. From the earlier battles, Arthur knew the pallor of death, and yet the body's grayed flesh seemed...unnatural somehow. And yet, it seemed somehow familiar. Movement out of the corner of his eye brought Arthur back to the top of the tower. The figure, fading, raised its single arm to touch the fedora atop its "head" and tug it down more tightly. It studied Arthur, and he saw what appeared to be realization as it noticed he could still see it. It nodded, once, and then, drawing its incorporeal cloak around itself, vanished into the nothingness from whence it had come. Glancing down at Leorry's body, he noticed nothing different from the other Elven corpses, aside from an odd feeling of disorientation deep in his gut. Shaking his head to clear it, he let the Emerald fall to his feet and let off a quick Ice spell at Engineer D from the Back Row. Count Knyghton, seeing that something unnatural had happened to Arthur, stands between him and the onrushing Elves and charges Engineer C from the Front Row with his Spatha.

Anyone on? I think I'm going to start my Knight super-fame run.

Shh, it has 1000 HP!

Note to self: If I ever get the chance to QM for Tamamono, be sure that dozens of bedrolls suitable only for him are part of all loot.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how overpowered would this guy be in Heroica? Although, I must confess, I've used a similar technique in planning my Historica avatar, just not quite as...extensively.

Well, seeing as it's kind of impossible for you to read the PMs... You...can't...see those...right...? EDIT: Ooh. It's 12:55 AM in Finland. Yeah, I don't think we'll be getting our next day for a few hours. Remind me again why we decided to end the day at such an inconvenient hour for Sandy?

...this was not obvious from my Day posts?

I'm desperately hoping that Sandy's internet connection remains stable in the next few minutes...I'm counting down the seconds one by one... EDIT: Also, what's up with Sandy's new title?

I ran across a most intriguing theory...A YouTube commenter on the official music video for has pointed out that the four band members are wearing the colors of the four Ninja (well, one wears gray, but it's close enough to white)...and that the kid wears green...like Lloyd. If this was a conscious decision, it was a very clever hint!

I believe that's how memes work.

I'm sorry! I did copy that to the clipboard, but then stupidly forgot to paste it somewhere before I copied Mafia stuff. Next time, I promise I'll grab a screenshot. The http 404 not found was the default Windows notification, but it only appeared for the Index; loading other pages from bookmarks gave me the forum error message, if that helps. Sorry I don't have more.

One day, someone's going to name a Mafia Scum or SK character "Suspense", and they will be able to coast to victory by saying everyone who says "Suspense is killing me!" is just speaking figuratively.

I've actually played small-scale recreations of Amazing Race, hosted by various local organizations, when I lived in Japan. Ooh...I can see it now...an Amazing Race for members of the online AFOL community...racing across the world to connect with others and spread their joy and love of LEGO worldwide... What were we talking about again? But seriously, the suspense is killing me!