Liberating Cityopolis - yet another Wherewolf? thread

[doctor_fruitbat]

The explosion tore the gates from their hinges, concrete shattering as the metal embedded into them was pulled away by fifty tons of wrought iron bars. An immense shockwave rippled through the palace courtyard as the gates thudded into the earth, cracking the walls and collapsing them, burying most of the soldiers unlucky enough to be near them, on top of them or, in some cases, trying to have a crafty cigarette out of the wind behind them. Dust clouds billowed up into the air, and the rumbling died away.

Ash coughed and waved away the powdered masonry drifting in front of her. "Yes," she said carefully. "I was hoping for something a little more subtle, but I suppose that worked".

<You probably picked the wrong person to rig them, then.> came Eva's voice over the radio. <Will everyone else be alright? The Agents will be doing everything they can to sabotage the coup...>

“They’ll be fine,” Ash replied, smiling only to herself. “I’ve left a pair of counterspies among them; that should help to root out any Agents.”

<You should have said something earlier. I thought there might be trouble, so I contacted Angel 2.1>

“Oh dear. Still, there’s not a lot he can do to make the city look worse than it already does.”

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The rest of Cityopolis lay in ruins; furious combat between government soldiers and a desperate populace sprang up in every other street. The city had always been like a sleeping bear, full of unerupted anger and barely-tolerated proddings with the stick of life, and this was a bear that had clearly been jabbed a few times too many and was out for blood.

Major-General Fruitbat surveyed his rag-tag group with a sharp eye; from somewhere he’d managed to drag together a determined band of rebels, and each of them had brought the spoils of their petty street fighting – pistols, tasers, laser rifles, and one particularly enterprising and worryingly enthusiastic lad, name of woodchip fivehundred or whatever rot the kids were calling themselves these days, had laid his hands on a photonic anti-matter launcher, which was usually mounted on a jeep. The boy mistook the general’s expression and gave an enthusiastic wave.

“Well lads, it seems we have a problem,” Fruitbat growled. “As you know, young Iball was found dead this morning, with a bullet through the head. Having extracted and examined it, it seems pretty clear that we have government agents in our midst.”

There was a nervous shuffling among the troops, for want of a better description. “But we’ve just begun the assault on the palace!” cried Syl. “We can’t afford to stop now!”

“I know,” said the major-general. He sighed. “And it gives me no pleasure to say this, but we need to deal with the situation at hand before it escalates. And so, we’re falling back on a good old fashioned lynching, just like the old days.” He produced a service revolver. “You have an hour. Make your choice, and have a drink ready for whatever poor bastard you choose. No arguing!” he yelled, as a cry went up. “We’ll continue to co-ordinate the attack on the palace, and you’ll have a chance to disband at intervals to check your homes and family. But I’d rather be alone than with someone I can’t trust, and if we lose now we’ve lost everything, do you understand?

“Right. Get cracking.”

[doctor_fruitbat]

1. Preparations

The players will be split into two separate teams: resistance members and agents. They will then be assigned different roles by the Narrator through a Private Message (PM). You will need to check your PMs regularly during the game. And remember, even if your role and agenda is different to someone else doesn't mean you aren't necessarily working towards the same goal!

NOTE

Each 'hour' refers to a 48-hour time slot, to allow sufficient time for all players to debate on their next target for execution. Thus, any mention from this point onwards of 'hours' should be taken to mean a 48-hour period. In other words, players with special roles may only PM the narrator with names once per two days, not every literal hour! Any extra PMs of this kind will be treated as the player changing their mind and their original PM will be discarded!

Private Messaging (PM) may only be between player and Narrator, not between player and player. Anyone caught using PMs, emails or any other form of communication other than the main game thread to contact other players in secret in an In Character (IC) or Out of Character (OOC) capacity to aid each other will be ejected from the game. However, there is a Dead thread where players may discuss the game (without spoilers or hints though!).

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2. Roles

The following details the different sides assumed by the players, as well as any sub-roles they may be assigned.

Narrator

Resistance
- Rebel
- Lovers
- Veteran
- Thief
- Bomber

Covert Ops
- Angel 2.1
- Counterspy

Agents
- Branch director
- Field agents

Narrator

The Narrator plays a purely administrative role; narrating the game, counting votes and moving the game along. The narrator will also prod other players if they are inactive. Any player who is inactive after 48 hours will be ejected from the game and may have their role filled by another player. The Narrator will move the story along at the end of each 48-hour period, and will decide when the game ends.

Good

Resistance

Rebel
As far as the Rebel is concerned, everyone is a suspect. The Rebel's role is to work out who is an Agent and to convince others that they are right, in order to execute them at the end of the hour and save the resistance. Your only abilities are those you already possess; deduction, guile and persuasion. Each day, the Rebels must indicate who they are voting to be lynched in bold text.

Lovers
The role of the Lover can be held by players of each side, either Resistance or Agent. A pair (or more...) of Resistance members have fallen for each other so madly that it overrides any other loyalties they may have. Any players who are chosen as lovers must defend their partner by whatever means necessary, no matter what side they believe their lover to be on or how great the consensus against them. No player may choose their lover to be executed, either in the general vote or Agent vote. The players are picked entirely at random; no consideration will be given to gender or sexual preference, either. The Narrator may have a good laugh about this.

Veteran
Once during the game the army Veteran may PM the narrator to indicate who they wish to kill that hour, should they believe that person to be an Agent. They may do this during any round of the game, and once they have killed they may not do so again. The Veteran is a loose cannon on the side of good, but in all other regards is identical to the Rebel. Anyone enquiring about the Veteran's role will simply be told the Veteran is an ordinary Rebel. The Veteran can be prevented from killing someone by Angel 2.1 and in that case his killing will still be used up.

Thief
The Thief may PM the Narrator with a name once per hour in order to check whether or not that player is in his quarters, something they ascertain while opportunistically looting their comrades' possessions. If that player is performing their role as Veteran, Agent, Angel or Counterspy then they will be out of their quarters, and the Thief will be informed via PM at the start of the next round.

The Thief is in all other regards identical to the Rebel. Anyone enquiring about the Thief's role will simply be told the Thief is a Rebel.

Bomber
The Bomber is identical to the other Rebels, but has taken an extra precaution – he is fitted with an explosive device. If the Bomber is targeted at night by the Agents, he will take one random Agent out with him. The Bomber will still die from this act, and cannot choose not to. He will not detonate during a lynching, nor will he deonate while targeted by non-killing roles at night.

Covert Ops

Covert Ops are on the side of the rebels, and must aid them in defeating the Agents. All Covert roles are aware of who the other Coverts are, but must not communicate with each other except in the main game thread.

Angel 2.1
Just who is Angel 2.1? Regardless, the mysterious cyborg seems desperate to aid the Rebels. During each round, Angel may PM the Narrator with the name of one person to protect from the sinister hands of the Agents. Should the Agents choose that person, they will be blocked from killing them; the Veteran will also be blocked from killing. Angel cannot protect people from being executed, only from the Agents between rounds. Angel may choose to protect the same player any number of times. Angel can choose to protect his or her self.

Counterspy
During each round, the Counterspy may PM the Narrator with the name of one player, and will be told if they are an Agent. They will not be given the exact role of other Rebels, ie. the Veteran or Thief. The Counterspy must be wary of their ability; any apparent knowledge on their part could easily get them targeted by the Agents, or mistaken as agent activity by the Rebels!

Evil

Agents
All Agent roles are aware of who the other Agents are, but must not communicate with each other except in the main game thread.

Field Agents
Each hour, the Agents may PM the Narrator with the person they wish to be killed. Unlike the general public vote between all players, for the Agents to snatch someone there must be a majority of votes from all Agents, not just from those who voted. Agents will be told who their fellow accomplices are in the initial PM sent to them at the start of the game. Agents must not communicate secretly with other Agents, through PM or any other method; they may only talk to each other through the main game thread. At the start of the next round, the Agents will be PMed to show who each of them voted for.

Branch Director
The Branch Director is identical to his fellow Agents but for one difference; any Counterspy attempting to ascertain their identity will not be able to recognise them as an Agent, and will be told by the Narrator that they are an ordinary Rebel. The Branch Director is identical to the Field Agent in all other respects and may vote with his fellow Agents to decide who should be killed. The Agents will be informed as to who their Leader is in the PM sent to them at the start of the game.

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3. Gameplay

The game is split into hours, each lasting for a 48-hour period to allow the players to debate and vote for the next execution. At the end of each hour the Narrator will move the story along by detailing events that take place in between each meeting of the Rebels. This includes who gets executed, who is killed by the Agents and who is saved by Angel 2.1. The Narrator will also PM all applicable players with details relating to their role, such as who each Agent voted for (Agent) and whether their chosen player was in their quarters or not (Thief). After the Narrator has detailed these events, it will be the next round, and another 48-hour period begins.

Each hour ends at 00:00 GMT every 48 hours. The gap in which players return to their quarters lasts until the Narrator has narrated events in the main game thread. Any votes or PMs in this period will be counted as being for the next hour.

Rounds

All players discuss who they believe to be an Agent and thus who to execute, and put their votes in bold. Unlike with the Agents' private vote, the general player vote does not need an overall majority, only a majority vote from the players who have voted.

Players may also choose to abstain, if they are unsure of who to vote for or wish to make a point to the others. Players have two abstentions in the whole game, and each abstention counts towards the total number of votes, meaning that a player can help swing the vote without accusing anyone.

The unlucky player who is chosen to be executed will be killed at the end of each round.

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4. The Dead

There is a separate thread where eliminated players, or those not playing, can commentate on the game. If you are eliminated please only post in this thread. Discuss with other players what is happening, but try not to reveal any extra knowledge you may have about the game, so as not to spoil it for the remaining players.

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5. Victory

Successful acts on the part of players, such as defending a player from the Agents by the Angel or executing an Agent, may occasionally uncover information that aids the players in very small ways, and possibly some sexy gunfights.

If the Agents can kill off enough Rebels so that there are more Agents than Rebels, then their employers will have won and the Resistance brutally crushed. If the resistance can execute the Agents before this happens, then Cityopolis will be saved! If the Agents find themselves deadlocked with the Angel, then the game will end in favour of the Agents. This is to prevent abuse of the Angel's role.

If a pair of Lovers find themselves as the only remaining players, love and chocolate will ensue, and they will live Happily Ever After.

SIGN-UP HAS BEGUN, PM ME IF YOU WANT IN. GAME WILL START WHEN ENOUGH PLAYERS JOIN.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Ooh, shiny. And a modern twist!

*PMs you*

[harryashfield]

Ooh! Ooh! Sounds interesting! *PMs*

[Small Fry]

Yeah sign me in.

[malcolio]

I've signed up, but if you need more players a blatant advert in the cheesebin might work. It did for the first game anyway.

[argh]

I want to play.

Also, with this whole fiasco, I blame Ash.

[BobbyNoShoes]

Hurrah for werewolfy games, sign me up

[friendly spoon]

sign me up pls

[doctor_fruitbat]

Players! - 17 so far

argh
BobbyNoShoes
Glitch
happy-go-lucky
harryashfield
Littleshore
malcolio
nub
PinkFish
Ryanstorm
Shalashaska
Small Fry
swarfegahead
Syl
Turkey Sandwich
Urlosenged
woodchip50

[BobbyNoShoes]

How many people will this game need?

[Small Fry]

As many as possible but I guess about 15 would be the number to hope for realistically?

[BobbyNoShoes]

Excellent, not much longer now and we can start pointing the gnarly finger of blame, although first we might need to construct some sort of swivel mechanism for the finger of blame or just an ornate plinth.

[harryashfield]

*Bump* Doesn't look like we're going to get many more players...

[doctor_fruitbat]

I'll give it a little longer, maybe PM the usual suspects.

[Urlosenged]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot about this. I'd like to sign up please.

[harryashfield]

*Bump*

[Syl]

so how many more ppl need to sign up before we start?

[BobbyNoShoes]

Probably about 5 or so i think

[PinkFish]

Don't let wherewolf die :(

[Turkey Sandwich]

If we don't get more people soon, I think perhaps we should start anyway. Otherwise it probably will die.

[BobbyNoShoes]

I agree with that one lets get on with some paranoid delusions and mindless blame. We'd probably loose a few of the interesting roles the Doc has set up which would be a crying shame.

Did the blatent advertising in the cheese bin ever happen?

[Small Fry]

It did now.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Because of rather important deadlines and to make sure we get plenty of people the game will be starting Thursday 29th at 00:00 GMT. People will be PMed in the evening before with their roles.

[woodchip50]

do do do do do dooooo
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do do do do do doooooooo
do do doooooo
do do doooooooooooooooooo



la la la la la laaaaa
la la laa
la la laaaa
la la la la la laaaaaa
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also *bump* just to like remind people this thread is still existing.....

[happy-go-lucky]

I want to play *pm*

[doctor_fruitbat]

We have 15 players so far, so I think we'll be alright. I'll try to PM people with roles before weds to keep people on the ball.

[Small Fry]

Did anyone actually join as a result of that thread?

[malcolio]

Doesn't look like it, which is a pity as the first Wherewolf? game only really worked because Zhyl drummed up support in the cheesebin. I'm not sure why people were more hostile to a nagging advert the second time than the first...

[happy-go-lucky]

me me me i joined because of the thread because i forgot about this

[BobbyNoShoes]

More for the fold Muah ha ha

[Small Fry]

Possibly because I acted like a dick? :)

[Syl]

Thursday sucks a little since i'll be extremely busy both thursday and friday, but I'll try my best to post here.

[glitch]

ooh pick me can i join

[Turkey Sandwich]

Ooh good, we're actually getting enough people to play now.

[woodchip50]

shame on you hgl!

shame on you..

[doctor_fruitbat]

Everyone will be PMed with roles later today for a midnight start.

[woodchip50]

*claps*

HORRAY!

[Littleshore]

Damn, I have a lecture in by bachelor paper at 8:15 on friday.. That means 7:15 gmt D:

[woodchip50]

so

at 12

are we all abstaining?

i suspect so!

[doctor_fruitbat]

And the game has begun.

The deadline is Sunday 00:00GMT.

Get voting, lads and laddettes.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Woo!

Okay, so. Usual practice indeed seems to be abstaining at the beginning, so...abstain I guess.

[woodchip50]

i am singing it loudly!

ABSTAIN!

[swarfegahead]

I too shall abstain

[glitch]

well i could vote for someone i don't like but i get the feeling i shouldn't so abstain i guess

also this game has entirely too many rules, i'm confused

[BobbyNoShoes]

While abstaining is probably the right move to begin it's the least fun but cést la vie i:
Abstain

Let the witch hunt begin

[malcolio]

Abstain

[Littleshore]

abstain

[harryashfield]

Edit

[argh]

Abstainage

[Syl]

Turkey Sandwich because I refuse to abstain and he was the first to post.

You're all pussies!

[Ryanstorm]

I choose...

Swarfegahead

Chose entirely at random

[Small Fry]

Playing the abstain game...

[harryashfield]

Turkey Sandwich because I refuse to abstain and he was the first to post.

You're all pussies!

Fine then! Syl!

[friendly spoon]

abstain

[woodchip50]

* rapps fingers on photonic anti-matter launcher *

[Urlosenged]

I shall abstain of course.

[Shalashaska]

Abstain

Please remember the people who "refused to abstain". :/

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 1 is over.

The Major General drummed his fingers on the table and subjected his troop to a tired look. "No-one wants to do it, eh? No worries. It takes everyone like that at first.

"Good on you for taking the plunge, Syl," he growled. "A situation like this needs initiative, whatever side you turn out to be on. You can all break for a bit, then we'll try again."

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Eva peered through the palace doors; worried eyes peered out of the gloom like meerkats. She smiled, and beckoned the others to follow.

SUMMARY:

No-one died.
No-one was lynched.
One rebel was irritated to their front door kicked in, but since it was probably the most valuable thing they owned there didn't seem any sense in making a fuss.

Hour 2 has begun

[Syl]

Please remember the people who "refused to abstain". :/


Shalashaska for subtely trying to draw attention to me.

[Ryanstorm]

Syl, for acting suspiciously...

[argh]

Ryanstorm for being above me, no offense guy, just need more time an I can not use an abstain here.

BobbyNoShoes posting after me and I didn't see any voted for him yet (changed from Ryanstorm because of the two votes)

[BobbyNoShoes]

I choose...

Swarfegahead

Chose entirely at random

For me it's now got to be RyanStorm, he waited to be the second person to pick a name, not enough to be immediately suspicious but still we can't abstain for ever

[Syl]

You guys forgot to put your vote in bold.

[glitch]

I vote Syl, for pedanticism

[happy-go-lucky]

I forgot we started :p
I abstain

[harryashfield]

Abstain

Please remember the people who "refused to abstain". :/


Shalashaska for subtely trying to draw attention to me as well.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Okay, I'm going to go for harryashfield, just because he's above me and he doesn't have any votes yet. I'll save my last abstain.

[swarfegahead]

happy-go-lucky because she hasn't been voted for yet and I want to save my abstain

[malcolio]

Abstain. No reason not to.

[happy-go-lucky]

How many abstains do we all get?

[glitch]

two i think

[friendly spoon]

I don't want to waste my last abstain so i'm going for argh because nobody has voted for her yet.

[Urlosenged]

I'm voting Nub for the same reason.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 2 is now over.

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Fruitbat banged his head on the table. “Look you rotten bastards,” he growled. “We’re going to murder someone today. I’m trying to protect our interests, do you see? When I was a lad, we didn’t even have the luxury of a pistol. You got a shot of vodka, a chair, and you tried to make the best of it. I mean you can’t even hit things properly with a chair at the best of times, they’re a tricky shape and- oh, right, fine,” he said, as the Rebels wandered off for their break. “Just leave me here talking to myself. Chair-on-man combat is a valuable skill, not that you lot care...”

Ryanstorm hummed to himself as he fumbled for his front door keys; he was one of the ones lucky enough to still have enough of a house left standing to warrant a lock. He paused as a shadow fell over him. He turned and regarded the suited Agent flanked by two soldiers.

“Mr Storm?” smiled the Agent. “I’m Agent Jones; we have reason to believe that you’ve recently been in contact with rebel sympathisers, and as such I have the authority to place you under arrest.”

“I see...” said Ryanstorm carefully. The Agent gave him another thin smile. “Will you come quietly?”

Ryanstorm thought for a moment. “No.”

In one deft movement he pulled a grenade from his coat, pulled the pin and tossed it under the Agent’s arm. He flung his arms up in defence as the soldiers spun round; a thin whining wound up from inside the device like the death rattle of a mosquito, and with no further ceremony, it exploded.

The blast wave hit the soldiers first, firing them into the brickwork so hard that they left dents. The Agent cannoned into Ryanstorm and the two of them smashed through the doorway, rolling over in a hail of wood shards and dust. The two scrambled upright, coughing terribly, and Ryanstorm froze as a pistol jabbed hard into his stomach. He coughed up a fountain of blood as he was parted with his favourite organs, and collapsed on the floor.

The Agent stood over him, producing a handkerchief and wiping the stains off his glasses. Then without further fuss, he went to report to the Branch Director.

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Summary:

No-one was executed.
Ryanstorm was killed by the Agents.

Hour 3 has begun.

[malcolio]

Well, bugger. There are two people who yesterday mentioned Ryanstorm's name last night, both twice (either through quoting or strike-through). Just scroll up to find out who. Saying that, one of them has played the game enough times to know better than to name-drop so blatantly if they were a werewolf.

If you're confused about who I'm going on about then it doesn't matter, basically I have my suspicions on two people but that's not enough to lynch them IMO. So as I'm out of abstains I will vote for the person who posted last: Urlosenged.

EDIT: Don't just scroll up, click back a page, and then scroll up.

[BobbyNoShoes]

^is refering to me as one of the people who voted for Ryanstorm, i'll band wagon Urlosenged this round on ths principle it wouldn't be useful for an agent to vote for some one who's already amassing votes as it would waste the execution.

Bring on the trumpets

[harryashfield]

NOOOOO!!!!!1!

My lover is gone... :(

Well, someone's going to pay for this!

Now I just have to figure out who...

(goes home and beats up wife)

But seriously, ....hmm.

[Syl]

Ryanstorm for being above me, no offense guy, just need more time an I can not use an abstain here.

BobbyNoShoes posting after me and I didn't see any voted for him yet (changed from Ryanstorm because of the two votes)

Argh for namedropping

[Small Fry]

Ok so I missed yesterday by accident as it was snowing (hell yeah) so I still have an abstain .

However

I don't believe now is the best time to use it as there are a few people coming up as suspicious. I am going to vote BobbyNoShoes as I believe that they wouldn't have got it from the other person's attempt.

[Urlosenged]

^is refering to me as one of the people who voted for Ryanstorm, i'll band wagon Urlosenged this round on ths principle it wouldn't be useful for an agent to vote for some one who's already amassing votes as it would waste the execution.

Bring on the trumpets

Yeah I think I'll be voting BobbyNoShoes somehow. Bit early for bandwagoning people is it not? Especially someone who, you know, didn't actually mention poor old Ryanstorm's name. Very strange.

It's also a bit strange that Syl is voting for Argh based on the namedropping but has apparently missed Bobby doing the exact same thing. Very odd indeed.

Oh, and for the sake of not namedropping anyone, I suppose I better give shout-outs to Small Fry, Malcolio, and Harryashfield.

[Small Fry]

No I think she meant about putting it in brackets afterwards.

[Shalashaska]

BobbyNoShoes

[Syl]

No I think she meant about putting it in brackets afterwards.

This, but also the fact that she changed her vote for a rather lame reason. Ryanstorm wouldn't have died from voting even if she didn't change her vote anyway.

I have to admit it also seems rather strange that BobbyNoShoes called his vote, which was only the second one for Urlosenged, a bandwagon. Especially since Malcolio didn't give a proper reason for his vote, meaning Urlosenged wasn't even a suspect in the first place. On the other hand, this could be purely because he's a new player.
Conclusively, I won't change my vote for Argh, but I definately agree we should keep an eye on BobbyNoShoes.

[PinkFish]

Apologies for no internet access recently.
Since I should really be doing my college assignments, I have only read the thread very quickly, but will be voting for BobbyNoShoes.

[argh]

I'll be voting Malcolio as a waste vote.

[BobbyNoShoes]

I feel my goose i cooked, if i change my vote then i've already name dropped so it looks worse if i don't i've prematurely band waggoned (a sensitive condition) erm well it looks like i'm a gonner

[woodchip50]

AH! sorry! snow and all.

woah

i had forgotten how this game always makes everyone look so stunningly suspicious. i think most of ya'll be agents and such! hmm

im all for the abstaining game but we have to start sooner or later.

and im all for a band wagon right now

and im all for a REAL early night right now

sooooooo

BobbyNoShoes

[Littleshore]

BobbyNoShoes

I have been busy being drunk. Doing the band wagon.

[happy-go-lucky]

voting woodchip50 as he has no votes yet.

[harryashfield]

voting happy-go-lucky as she has no votes yet.

[friendly spoon]

BobbyNoShoes seems like the most suspicious person to me so i'm voting for him.

[Small Fry]

I have a bad feeling about this.

[glitch]

i'm not one for jumping on bandwagons, so woodchip50 gets my vote

[swarfegahead]

Voting for nub as he has no votes yet (I think). I'd rather not take part in a bandwagon just for the sake of it.

[BobbyNoShoes]

How long have we got till my execution?

[malcolio]

How long have we got till my execution?No time at all, as the votes stand you're not going to be lynched. :) Which is good, as I'm rather suspicious of those who have been quick to try and bump you off.

[glitch]

why is everyone picking on bobby?

he did nothing wrong D:

[BobbyNoShoes]

i mentioned a name, it's so sad. thanks man for the backing, your a hansom man although i feel if the agents savage me it'll give a rough guide as to whose on the suspicious side

[Urlosenged]

Alternatively if I turn up dead then we'll know who was behind it.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 3 is over.

BobbyNoShoes breathed a sigh of relief; there were a few muttering from the other Rebels, but the votes had been cast and the lad was spared. And so with that, the Rebels met back up and began again.

Summary
No-one was executed, but a damn close call for BobbyNoShoes all the same.
No-one was killed by the Agents.

[woodchip50]

glitch for voting for me!

YOU BIG MEANIE!

and yep hgl did too but because no one else had yet so possibly forgiven? or OR POSSIBLY a failed attempt at bumping me off???

>_>

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

much to think on.
and i am thinking we may need to cut back on roles and rules next time as i can no longer think about everything strategicly (hence just picking up on people who SAID MY NAME!). i know i never really did before either but there was a degree of logic back then....

although i like the lovers role...

[malcolio]

Alternatively if I turn up dead then we'll know who was behind it.Not that it matters now, but that wouldn't have proven anything anyway. Even though you posted quite late I'm sure the agents would have jumped at the opportunity to put the blame on someone else.

And the fact that you haven't been killed doesn't mean much either. In fact, yet again, I'm not convinced any which way of anyone's guilt. I'd like to hear more of people's reasons for why they tried to bandwagon someone yesterday on such little evidence though!

[woodchip50]

AH! sorry! snow and all.

woah

i had forgotten how this game always makes everyone look so stunningly suspicious. i think most of ya'll be agents and such! hmm

im all for the abstaining game but we have to start sooner or later.

and im all for a band wagon right now

and im all for a REAL early night right now

sooooooo

BobbyNoShoes

i explained well.
i didn't want to abstain too long.
i kinda was in the mood for a bit o band wagoning.
annnnddddddd i was rather tired!

so i acted rashly rather than rationaly.

is rashly the right word?
I DON'T CARE! IM OFF OUT TO GO BACK TO THE SNOW!!!!!

*twirls and claps*

[Syl]

BobbyNoShoes and Argh were both under suspicion 'an hour ago' and I don't see how a quiet hour means they're clean. It doesn't have to mean they're guilty either but it's the only thing we've got.
Wolves don't usually blindly follow the new kid, so I think it would be a bit odd if they'd all vote for Ryanstorm because BobbyNoShoes said so.
Consequently, I'm voting for Argh again.

[BobbyNoShoes]

Hmm food for thought on the initial reaction fortunately the agents were just as badly organized as us.

I have my suspicions but for now i'll watch this space

[argh]

I'm bitter voting Syl because her reasoning is pretty shit. Also how many agents are there? I'm making a list of those I suspicious of and I need to narrow it down.

[Shalashaska]

Rickybobbynoshoes

that is all.

[Small Fry]

I don't have a clue really, if anyone comes up with a theory, I'd love to hear it.

In the meantime though...I'll sit and wait.

[Turkey Sandwich]

I'm going to vote for woodchip50, just because he seems pretty desperate to explain his reasons for voting they way he did. Then again he could just be really excitable, so I'm basically guessing at this point. No one's really jumping out as overly suspect.

[harryashfield]

Abstain

[swarfegahead]

harryashfield because he's the first post above me etc.

[BobbyNoShoes]

My second and last abstain

[malcolio]

TurkeySandwich, as he hasn't been voted for yet and I need to waste a vote.

This sounds bad but I need a couple more innocent lynchings or agent kills before there's enough evidence for me to want kill someone. There are a few suspects on my list but unlike some here I'm not impatient enough to want to lynch someone now, rather than wait and get a confirmation of my suspicions.

[Littleshore]

Malcolio because his sig puts my post to shame

[Small Fry]

Littleshore, he hasn't been voted for as yet and I suppose we'll have to keep on doing this until someone gets lynched.

Nasty business, wot.

[Urlosenged]

Small Fry because he's posted above me and blah blah blah.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 4 is over.

PinkFish sat on a balcony with her legs dangling idlely, watching a sobbing Fruitbat being comforted by LittleShore. There was something slightly flawed about this particular plan, she felt, but couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Maybe it was the apparent attempt to introduce democracy to an armed force that had already decided that following the manic whims of authority was a mug’s game. Still, she reflected, at least with the Agents lying low there didn’t seem to be any more danger for the time being...

------

<Major-General?>

Shalashaska looked around; no-one else was about. He flicked the response switch on the radio. “Err, yes?”

<Who the hell are you?>

“Um, Shalashaska. The Major-General is having a migraine right now, so I’m probably the only person available at the moment. Who are you?”

Eva gave an exasperated sigh. “Christ, I don’t have time for this... Alright, fine, listen carefully. Tell the Major that we’ve located the reactor core, but there’s something amiss. We’re going to try to find one of the engineers, see what they know, and we’ll call back when we’re done. Have you got that?”

<Yes, but what are you talking about? What’s a reactor co$&^%&(*)&(*%->

Shalshaska sat back, a little nonplussed as the signal died away again; he flicked the radio into standby. He sat for a minute, then gave a shrug and went to stand up.

“What was that about?”

He turned to see happy-go-lucky watching from the shadows. “No idea,” he said. “I know the Major-General is helping coordinate an attack on the palace, but if that was one of his agents then why were they worrying about the power station?”

They mulled it over in silence. “I think,” said HGL carefully, “that we’d better have a word with the Major-General.”

In the palace, Ash raised her head as the reactor gave a loud ‘clonk’. Dials began to light up, and a vibration started to emanate throughout the room. “Eva!” she yelled, dashing across the room. “Get away from there! I think it’s about to-“

------

Summary:
No-one was executed.
No-one was killed by the Agents.

[woodchip50]

I'm going to vote for woodchip50, just because he seems pretty desperate to explain his reasons for voting they way he did. Then again he could just be really excitable, so I'm basically guessing at this point. No one's really jumping out as overly suspect.

evidently you have absolutely no idea of my track history. i am excitable! AND I USE CAPITALS TO EXPRESS THIS ON THE INTRONETICON!!!!!!!!

SHOCK shock HORROR horror SHOCK SHOCK HORROR!!!!!

bitch!

:D

[happy-go-lucky]

yeeeah mentioned in the narrative :p

[Shalashaska]

Oh yes.

EDIT: And I think it's only justice that I have a revolver.

DO IT

[malcolio]

Fine, voting for Shalashaska because he's just above me and blah blah blah.

I'm annoyed at the lack of more evidence but then this is a good thing for us, as it just gives more time for the Counterspy to search amongst us. :)

[Syl]

Going for Argh again.
Four hours past and still only an innocent rebel was killed. It's time to get rid of a suspect.

[harryashfield]

Syl Because she's above me. etc.

[Small Fry]

Pinkfish because he was mentioned in the narrative.

[friendly spoon]

small fry for being above me

[argh]

HGL She hasn't been mentioned yet has she?

[Littleshore]

nub

because..uhh..beer..

[woodchip50]

woodchip50 because i can?

[glitch]

can you?

woodchip50 for cheekily voting for himself

[Small Fry]

Voting for yourself was frowned upon in previous games. And I think you should be narrated dead for even suggesting suicide.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Er, I'll go for Glitch then, basically at random. Why not, eh?

Usually by now we've identified at least one person as suspect, even if we're barking up the wrong tree. We're being rather slow this game, but I suppose that's better than lynching innocents.

[woodchip50]

Voting for yourself was frowned upon in previous games. And I think you should be narrated dead for even suggesting suicide.

i am permitted to vote for myself until it is implimented in the rules. and you ae not allowed to suggest i be killed in narrative!

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 5 is over.

Woodchip50 shuffled his feet. “Well?” he said sheepishly. “It’s perfectly reasonable. I have to vote for someone, don’t I?”

“Yes,” said Nub carefully, when no-one else rushed enthusiastically to fill the silence. “But it’s generally customary not to try and have yourself killed.” In the corner, Fruitbat fastidiously tucked a disturbed piece of cloth back into place. He wasn’t so sure he wanted the lad to find his anti-matter launcher again, so it was probably best it stayed under cover where he wouldn’t be able to see it.

------

The Agents crept through the dusty rooms of Urlosenged’s house; it was tucked a little further away from the hideout than some of the others, making it a perfect target. “God’s sake...” one of them muttered, tripping over a fragment of stone. “Where is he? He should be back by now.”

“I don’t know. Keep out of sight and we’ll jump him as he comes through the door.” He paused, “Did any of you hear that?” The Agents froze; the ground started to shake, gently at first, but growing with the ominous unstoppability of something that had a lot of bowel-loosening terror to share and was prepared to make a day of it.

*Primary weapons engaged*. The Agents looked round, none of them daring to breathe, let alone enquire as to where the grating, monotone voice had emanated from.

*Missile lock confirmed.* With a remarkable sense for danger, the Agents bolted out of any aperture or hole they could find, right before the floor caved in.

They fell over in the street, coughing, as the walls of the house collapsed inwards with an ear-splitting crunching noise, then exploded outwards in a deadly hail of masonry. They scrambled upright as a figure rose from the wreckage, jet engines screaming as they held him aloft. The monster was clad all in white metal, the air shimmering from the intense forces keeping it aloft. It stood with arms folded, glowing eyes boring into the Agents as a metal framework unfolded itself from both shoulders. The masked men crept backwards shakily, not daring to run as the complicated assemblage spread itself into the shape of wings, each strand adorned with missiles. It fired, and the sky turned black as it was filled with screaming projectiles.

The streets were narrow, and most of the Agents made it away in time. A few managed to round the corner, only to find the tiny, delicate missiles arcing gracefully after them and burrowing into the ground straight at their feet, followed by a dozen more for good measure. A couple more were obliterated on the spot, along with several square feet of ground.

Urlosenged smiled to himself, watching from on high several buildings along. He turned at a sound, and had time to draw breath before the bullet slammed into his throat and shot out the other side. He stared at a now familiar face, and saw the world go backwards as he toppled over the edge of the building. The unstoppable robot promptly became stoppable, and with no further input it ceased weapons fire and dropped like a stone. The Agent replaced his pistol with a smirk, and ran back down the stairs before he was missed.

When the Rebels arrived a number of citizens had already gathered, none daring to look closer than their respective street corner. The Rebels clambered over the top of Urlosenged’s ruined house; Glitch gave the crumpled heap of metal a quizzical prod. “Well lads, there goes our secret weapon,” said Fruitbat. “Bastards. They must have caught him out or he would have been in the armour.”

“Hold on”, said HGL. “I don’t like any of this. The team supposedly leading the coup on the palace are taking detours and now Urlosenged was a flying killer cyborg? This is crazy. I want to know what’s going on here!”

“Tough shit,” growled the Major-General, warningly. “The last time I checked, smarty pants,” he went on, prodding her in the chest, “but the Agents had already managed to kill one of our number, and now they’ve robbed all of us of the one person best placed to protect us. Follow your damn orders and maybe I’ll let you know some of the finer details when you start producing results that make me feel I can trust you, yes?”

The Rebels muttered in dissent, and began to walk away again, as a dull boom rippled from the direction of the palace. “You see?” said Fruitbat cheerfully. “Everything is right on schedule. Nothing to worry about.” As he walked back with them, he made a mental note to ask Eva what the hell just went wrong.

------

Summary:
No-one was executed.
Urlosenged was killed by the Agents.
Urlosenged was the Angel!

[harryashfield]

Cock.

[Syl]

Well, bugger. There are two people who yesterday mentioned Ryanstorm's name last night, both twice (either through quoting or strike-through). Just scroll up to find out who. Saying that, one of them has played the game enough times to know better than to name-drop so blatantly if they were a werewolf.

If you're confused about who I'm going on about then it doesn't matter, basically I have my suspicions on two people but that's not enough to lynch them IMO. So as I'm out of abstains I will vote for the person who posted last: Urlosenged.

EDIT: Don't just scroll up, click back a page, and then scroll up.


^is refering to me as one of the people who voted for Ryanstorm, i'll band wagon Urlosenged this round on ths principle it wouldn't be useful for an agent to vote for some one who's already amassing votes as it would waste the execution.

Bring on the trumpets

Urlosenged was mentioned by players twice in the entire thread.
Since BobbyNoShoes had a less logical reason to vote for him, I'm suspecting him more.
Also, malcolio voted for the person above him more often, so I don't see why the vote for Urlosenged would be special.
Because I don't want to namedrop: I still suspect Argh and I frown upon woodchip50 for his attempted suicide.

[harryashfield]

... sound reasoning. I'll also vote edit simply because we need to start pointing the finger at people, or the game will be over before it has even reallly begun.

EDIT: In light of new evidence, Malcolio

[argh]

Okay, this is what I do when I have this kind of role, because for some reason, people always pick me to claim is a bad guy.

Malcolio is an agent
Syl is not an agent, I wouldn't be surprised if she was the branch director.
HGL is an agent, and apparently like the president naked.
Bobbynoshoes had nothing incriminating in his apartment, doesn't stop things if he were the director, but my monies on Syl.

I'm just really suspicious of Syl, and I feel like I may die soon because of her, but I have no proof for that.

[Littleshore]

Is it just me that feels that if we don't speed up the days, this game will last until the icecaps melt?

[Syl]

So argh is suspicious of me because I was suspicious of her, amirite?

Because, if that's the case, it might be time to reveal I was suspicious of her for both the reasons I named ánd the fact she wasn't at home when I robbed her house.

I don't really care if I die now, this round turned out a bit boring for me (not the narrator's fault, don't worry), so I might as well tell you everything I know.

Malcolio can't be an agent (or I have to be really confused here), for he was at home when I checked him.
Argh was away, but that's old news to you.
I stole some silverware from Small Fry while he was asleep, so I'm not sure what to make of that but I suspect he is an agent who forgot to kill that night, for he was 'exhausted from failing to kill'.
Shalashaska was at home.

[malcolio]

Well, this is quite easy for me then: argh for painting me as an agent! As someone who has pretended to be a Counterspy in a previous game I now know what it's like to be on the receiving end of a dastardly lie. :(

EDIT: BobbyNoShoes instead, I want him dead less but he's more likely to be lynched than argh.

[Small Fry]

I am going to pick as many holes as possible in your theories, because a) there is no evidence you are thieves or whatever and b) you tried to incriminate me.

So...argh is saying she's the gypsy equivalent in this game, with no evidence and as soon as the angel has been killed. This is not only terrible timing, but means we will be able to see if she is the gypsy or not tonight when she gets killed (or not). I don't think there's anything we can do to stop her dying if she is genuine.

Syl claims to be the theif. Unfortunately, her data doesn't stack up against Argh's, so one of them must be lying*. Also, saying that I was exhausted after a failed killing must just mean the failed vote of legitimate killing as I am most definitely not an Agent. I might seem to be over-protective here, but I want to nip this suspicion in the bud.

*If an agent doesn't vote, do they count as at home? This would explain it, although I doubt Malcolio would not vote. Doesn't seem the type to let the side down, y'know...

EDIT: So yeah, my conclusion - I am going to vote for BobbyNoShoes as Urlosenged died an hour ago and he mentioned him. If it was Malcolio, I don't think the benefits outweigh the risks. If he is innocent, we lose a very good player.

EDIT2: Those of you who already not convinced, BobbyNoShoes was a suspect from the start and Malcolio mentioned loads of names. They'd have to be genii to vote for Urlosenged on Malcolio's recommendation, whereas Bobby has only said one name recently.

[BobbyNoShoes]

i'll go with malico, he's listed as an agent so why not. Huzzah

[woodchip50]

right

bobbynoshoes

i cannot know who out of syl and argh is lying soooo untill then lets not kill malcolio. he is too precious. however bobby has barely added to the game.

sorry

but its true.

also

I stole some silverware from Small Fry while he was asleep, so I'm not sure what to make of that but I suspect he is an agent who forgot to kill that night, for he was 'exhausted from failing to kill'

i reckon thats just dr fb making the theiving interesting.

and on smallfrys point. in previous games when me and malcolio have both been agent equilavents he has occassionally forgotten to vote. its true!

so possible they're both right.
but im more inclined to believe argh right now simply because syl is getting bored. this has been my favourite naration so far! HOW DARE YE!!!!

[friendly spoon]

I'm going to go for BobbyNoShoes because we can't vote for argh if theres a possibility of her being the gypsy and the same goes for syl, while malcolio is a too good at this game to sacrifice.
Also; yays i was in the narration.
also
HGL is an agent, and apparently like the president naked.

wat

[Syl]

and on smallfrys point. in previous games when me and malcolio have both been agent equilavents he has occassionally forgotten to vote. its true!



You're right, I believe I was an agent equilavent then too. That was pretty annoying.


im more inclined to believe argh right now simply because syl is getting bored.



I am no longer bored. You guys are finally using your brains and pointing the finger. I am of the opinion that most people wait way too long before actually participating in the game. This is also the reason I rarely abstain.

[swarfegahead]

Wow, things have gotten pretty heated since I was last active in here!

I'm going to vote malcolio.
I honestly don't see any reason why argh would be lying. She's probably well aware of the fact that everyone here would play things pretty cautiously and not vote based on her evidence straight away.
She named two Agents in her post, which would be pretty pointless if she was trying to fool us into voting for one of the Rebels, I mean, if we trust her and kill a Rebel then we'd hardly trust the rest of the evidence she's given. Also if her claims did lead to the death of a Rebel then we'd know she's an agent and execute her next, which wouldn't really benefit the Agents at all, there's a lot less of them than us.

[glitch]

[b]argh/b]

no you can't know why

[Littleshore]

I'm gonna go all bandwagon again and say BobbyNoShoes

If he isn't an agent, that's too bad. But he seems to be the closest thing we have to a lead right now. Might be a diversion though, but for the time being, I'm staying with little old bobby

[argh]

I can see where you were coming from now Syl. So, I'm probably going to die now from the agents, and maybe you next.

Small fry, I gave myself up because I thought Syl was an agent, and that she was trying to get me killed, also because the game needs more killing.

Also for nub
Wherewolf - counterspy round 3
You pick your way through the rubble of HGL's apartment, before tripping over a box hidden under an old rug. Inside you find...

A naked 2009 calender of the President! She's an agent!

[Shalashaska]

Balls, at this rate we aren't going to kill anybody.

EDIT: Wtf that is the worst plan ever Argh.

Malcolio

[malcolio]

You're right, I believe I was an agent equilavent then too. That was pretty annoying.I forgot once (not that I was the only one to) and the second time the narrator used different rules in how he played the game: Apparently werewolves could still vote on who to kill even when they're dead. :p But yeah, I'm not as amazingly amazing at this game as people make out!
I honestly don't see any reason why argh would be lying. She's probably well aware of the fact that everyone here would play things pretty cautiously and not vote based on her evidence straight away.
She named two Agents in her post, which would be pretty pointless if she was trying to fool us into voting for one of the Rebels, I mean, if we trust her and kill a Rebel then we'd hardly trust the rest of the evidence she's given. Also if her claims did lead to the death of a Rebel then we'd know she's an agent and execute her next, which wouldn't really benefit the Agents at all, there's a lot less of them than us.I see your points but if she is an Agent her second person she has named as an Agent is more than likely the person she is signalling the other real Agents to kill at night. I'm guessing she thinks myself and happy-go-lucky are good at the game and worth getting rid of? (I'm not sure how to take such a death-inducing compliment?) Besides, it seems like the agents aren't too good at the game so far, it's taken them a long time to kill 2 people so this looks like a desperate attempt by argh to speed things up. After all, it's the Agents who have time against them, as the real Counterspy must have found out one Agent by now. Plus in previous games thinning down the numbers of Agents after removing the Angel 2.0 and Counterspy is pretty good: less Agents means less chance of conflicting votes and no kills, plus more likely the Branch Director is left on his own to kill at his/her leisure!

So, yeah. I know it's hard to believe but just because someone admits they're a Counterspy doesn't mean they are one. See myself in the last game!

[argh]

Oh Malcolio, you have no idea how good it feels that I'm a counterspy, and you're an agent this game. I've explained my reasoning for coming out. Now if you die and you're an agent, everyone will get HGL too, why do you think I was asking how many of you guys there were? I'm also perfectly willing to accept my death at the hands of the agents tonight. It's martyrdom, my life in exchange for two of yours. I almost feel bad for HGL, she's so sneaky and under the radar, I only asked about her because I forgot who I was originally going to ask about and already had the PM window open. And just because I'm sure you're curious about what was said about you:
Re: Wherewolf - round 1 again
Sorry, ignore that, don't know what happened there.

You search his quarters to find Government-headed paper and a Presidential Rally '08 - Capitalism Forever! souvenir pen in his desk - malcolio is an Agent! Run for the hills!

[swarfegahead]

So, yeah. I know it's hard to believe but just because someone admits they're a Counterspy doesn't mean they are one. See myself in the last game!

It's not hard to believe at all, I'd expect to to be a pretty commonn tactic to be honest. I just think argh makes a good arguement. We have to get things rolling at some stage, this seems like the best place to start.

[BobbyNoShoes]

I've got to start pulpit pounding for a mass move against malcolio. a potential thief has singnaled it. IF they're right then the agents will more than likely take the thief out for revealing there identity and we can take an agent out in the process. If we're wrong then on taking out some one on that list will just prove that's not a thief and therefore is probably an agent.

Either way we get an agent in the next two hours. It's got to be the right move

[malcolio]

Oh Malcolio, you have no idea how good it feels that I'm a counterspy, and you're an agent this game. I've explained my reasoning for coming out. Now if you die and you're an agent, everyone will get HGL too, why do you think I was asking how many of you guys there were? I'm also perfectly willing to accept my death at the hands of the agents tonight. It's martyrdom, my life in exchange for two of yours. I almost feel bad for HGL, she's so sneaky and under the radar, I only asked about her because I forgot who I was originally going to ask about and already had the PM window open. And just because I'm sure you're curious about what was said about you:Yes, I'm sure you jumped at the opportunity to get back at me for the previous game where I bumped you off, a game where I pretended to be a Counterspy as well to get an easy kill. You explained your supposed reasons behind all this but it still seems a bit silly that you've exposed your role without having found out all the other agents. There must be more then two out there and you were in no real danger of being lynched, so it just seems like you've given up the game for a spiteful kill. And nice work on the quote, I'm sure doctor_fruitbat would be proud. ;)

[Syl]

But if Argh saw malcolio as an Agent, then why was he at home when I checked on him?

I don't get it =/




Ducking out of the meeting early, you find malcolio still sitting in his quarters. Thinking better of robbing him blind, you duck away again.

[argh]

Because he missed voting one day, as one of the other people said he is apt to do?

[Syl]

No, that's Small Fry. Malcolio doesn't often forget to vote afaik.

[malcolio]

I suppose it goes without saying that the reason why I was at home is because I'm not an agent? :p

And I'm not apt to miss a vote when I have been a werewolf, but I don't have a 100% perfect record of voting either. Real Life™ gets in the way sometimes. This is a moot point though, seeing as I haven't needed to PM anyone this game, for a change! :)

[Turkey Sandwich]

God I'm confused. Okay, let's get this straight:
One special role is claiming that a suspect is an agent, and another is claiming that he is not. So we have three options:

1) They're both telling the truth and the suspect is an agent who simply forgot to perform his evil duties one day (unlikely considering who we're talking about).

2) The suspect is not an agent and the alleged counterspy is lying, because of being an agent herself.

3) The 'thief' could be lying. The suspect does turn out to be an agent, and the alleged thief is also an agent, trying to save him.

Okay, so I'm thinking that whatever happens, we'll find out soon one way or the other. Therefore I'm not going to vote for any of these people, because if I'm wrong I'll be eliminating someone we need (either a counterspy, a thief or a very good player). Not that argh and Syl have enough votes to be killed, of course. Instead, I'm going to let this run its course, then take action against whoever turns out to be the bad guy.

In the meantime, BobbyNoShoes has been suspect for some time now, and malcolio's guilt or innocence has no bearing on that fact. BobbyNoShoes might still be an agent either way.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 6 is over.

Sweat dripped down the face of BobbyNoShoes, and his underpants as well it would seem. The barrel of the anti-matter launcher banged unsteadily against his head as woodchip5000 struggled to hold it up in a menacing manner. Fruitbat placed a shot of smooth Caribbean rum into a shaking hand, and gave BobbyNoShoes a firm handshake with the other. “Well, it’s been a pleasure,” he said gruffly. “And we all appreciate the effort you’ve put in, being new to our band. Don’t we, everyone?” There was a chorus of encouraging cheers.

“Bastards,” muttered BobbyNoShoes. Fruitbat glared at woodchip05. “Put that damn thing down, we’re doing this properly. God knows how you found it again.”

“It’s fine! I’m not going to drop it,” the lad protested, just before he did so. It hit the ground with a heavy thud. The Rebels held their breath; time stood still in the dull evening air. Eventually the collected individuals exhaled in relief. With ineffable timing, the weapon discharged.

After the dust had settled, it became clear that the hole didn’t appear to end; a series of circular shapes had cut themselves out of every wall as far as the eye could see, through every single wall and, most distressingly, though BobbyNoShoes’ torso. Woodchip500 had the decency to look embarrassed. “Well, at least we know it works,” he said sheepishly.

---------------

Argh stormed back to her quarters in fury; examination of the corpse and its apartment had revealed nothing. Their efforts had been in vain, and her mood wasn’t lightened by the two circular holes currently adorning her living quarters. She opened a drawer, and froze.

“Looking for this?” said the Agent, stepping from the shadows and tossing the emptied remains of a pistol on to the floor. He eyed the counterspy as she straightened up and turned slowly. “You did quite well,” he said, picking his way over the floor, gun still trained on her. “We didn’t suspect you at first. But I’m afraid the truth will out. There are more of us outside, including military backup; you will be placed under arrest and searc-“ He glanced downwards; the grenade sat there quietly, ticking away to itself until the noise dissipated a moment later. He paused in bowel-knotting terror. What surprised the Agent more than the supposed grenade failing to explode was the projectile that slammed through his chest as Argh drew a sawn-off shotgun from her coat and expelled the contents into his body, before dashing for the stairs.

Sounds erupted below; yelling followed Argh as she dashed silently across the rooftops, dropping to street level and head-butting a soldier unfortunate enough to be in the way as she rounded a corner and entered a wide, deserted street. She gave a smirk, whipping off her coat and pulling the wig from her head; it was a pretty good one, but a new look was definitely in order. It was a short trip to a safe house, and from there she could try to contact the Major-General and-

She noticed the tank a little too late, disguised as it was amongst the dust and debris of the city. The explosion tore away a frightening amount of soil, and of poor Argh there wasn’t anything left at all.

------

Summary:

BobbyNoShoes was executed, and was a Rebel!
Argh was killed by the Agents, and was a Counterspy!

[malcolio]

Well, that was fun. :D Thanks Syl!

[Littleshore]

OK, malcolio because he posted above me and argh sacrificed her life for getting him lynched. Dying wish and all.

[Shalashaska]

Bollocks

malcolio

[Turkey Sandwich]

Goddammit! Oh well, at least we have proof now; argh's death was not in vain.

Malcolio is going down.

[Syl]

What the hell? Why did the narrator confuse me like that?

I demand an explanation >.<

malcolio

[malcolio]

I demand an explanation >.<OK, then:

I knew it was likely the Thief and Counterspy would check me out in the first turn, as everyone abstained without anyone making themselves suspicious so the two special civilians would check people who would be a big threat if they were on the wrong side. With nothing to go on in the main thread I therefore thought it best not to vote in the first day, so not having to risk being spotted by the thief if there was no real need to.

Turns out I was right, and that the thief's role means an Agent appears as a Rebel if they aren't using their power that particular night, as any special role would do. Thanks for not working it out though, I think the confusion helped keep me alive for another day. :)

@remaining Agents: I suggest you kill off the Thief this hour, and the remaining Lover the next hour. Just a thought!

[Syl]

Goddamnit nobody left to protect me.

[Small Fry]

Yeah, that sucks.

Sorry guys that I gave bad advice, we should have trusted Argh :(

Malcolio you bad man.

[harryashfield]

Sounds fair. Well, not really. Malcolio

[Syl]

So, Malcolio will probably be voted to death today. I suggest the veteran goes after HGL.
I've got the feeling Small Fry has bad intentions, but I've had more wrong hunches this game >.<

[Small Fry]

Merely a wrong decision, although one which hasn't actually made much difference, apart from delayed us one hour.

I hardly think bad intentions.

[Syl]

It's not just that.


I stole some silverware from Small Fry while he was asleep, so I'm not sure what to make of that but I suspect he is an agent who forgot to kill that night, for he was 'exhausted from failing to kill'.

[Small Fry]

I thought we established that it was merely creative narration.

Also, we have no proof that you are the thief*; you could be the Branch Director. Stranger things have happened.


*as of yet but I'm sure we will when you die (see Malcolio's post)

[happy-go-lucky]

Ok then, looks like I might die tonight as well.
Hope you all saved your PM's. If someone isn't executed, vote for the next person on the list the next night, then when you've gone all the way through the list go back again and get the people you missed. If someone on the list is dead already, move on to the next person (duh).
Tonight, vote for the thief, like Malcolio said.
Next, vote for the one who got the most votes in round one, then the one who was third from the top in round 4. After that vote for harryashfield (sorry, scrolled up and saw your name,) then the second from the top in round three. Then vote for Small Fry, then Shalashaska. Then each person named in the second pm, in order from top to bottom, then Turkey Sandwich. After him kill Littleshore, then any remaining people from the first pm, also in order. Next, work your way through the 6th pm, bottom to top, then whoever is named tonight (round 7) from top to bottom. If as I suspect everyone votes for Syl, then do the 8th pm top to bottom. If not everyone votes for her then do the first two from the eighth, then work from the bottom to the top.
Finally, every other hour, starting after this one (so round 8, 10, 12, 14 etc) vote for these people in order, then the night after vote for the next one on this list. (So you are following the first list on odd numbered nights)
argh
BobbyNoShoes
Glitch
happy-go-lucky
harryashfield
Littleshore
malcolio
nub
PinkFish
Ryanstorm
Shalashaska
Small Fry
swarfegahead
Syl
Turkey Sandwich
Urlosenged
woodchip50

Or of course, you can ignore me completely and keep doing your own thing, which is working well so far!
Good luck, and I'm voting malcolio

[friendly spoon]

malcolio

[Syl]

Jesus HGL just give them a list of names in killing order, the angel is dead anyway.

[woodchip50]

malcolio

EDIT:

Ok then, looks like I might die tonight as well.
Hope you all saved your PM's. If someone isn't executed, vote for the next person on the list the next night, then when you've gone all the way through the list go back again and get the people you missed. If someone on the list is dead already, move on to the next person (duh).
Tonight, vote for the thief, like Malcolio said.
Next, vote for the one who got the most votes in round one, then the one who was third from the top in round 4. After that vote for harryashfield (sorry, scrolled up and saw your name,) then the second from the top in round three. Then vote for Small Fry, then Shalashaska. Then each person named in the second pm, in order from top to bottom, then Turkey Sandwich. After him kill Littleshore, then any remaining people from the first pm, also in order. Next, work your way through the 6th pm, bottom to top, then whoever is named tonight (round 7) from top to bottom. If as I suspect everyone votes for Syl, then do the 8th pm top to bottom. If not everyone votes for her then do the first two from the eighth, then work from the bottom to the top.
Finally, every other hour, starting after this one (so round 8, 10, 12, 14 etc) vote for these people in order, then the night after vote for the next one on this list. (So you are following the first list on odd numbered nights)
argh
BobbyNoShoes
Glitch
happy-go-lucky
harryashfield
Littleshore
malcolio
nub
PinkFish
Ryanstorm
Shalashaska
Small Fry
swarfegahead
Syl
Turkey Sandwich
Urlosenged
woodchip50

Or of course, you can ignore me completely and keep doing your own thing, which is working well so far!
Good luck, and I'm voting malcolio

thanks HGL. thats gonna take all the fun out of the game.

also someone said somethin bad about smallfry

hes no agent you fools!

HE HASN'T THE BRAINS!
god.

[happy-go-lucky]

Yeah but syl i was bored :D
Also if someone is left out of the list they would look like an agent, or if they were in the list but got missed out.
Also woodchip if more than three people complain I'll delete it

[harryashfield]

God damn it. The advantage of this is that all the innocent people have been named, so we can now just pick off the evil ones. Even though we probably won't last long enough.

EDIT: Malcolio then.

[Shalashaska]

Jesus HGL just give them a list of names in killing order, the angel is dead anyway.

No, because then we'd know the people whoa ren't on the list/are skipped are agents, and we'd execute them.

The agents are getting worryingly strong. I usually hang back in this game but I'll ahve to step in and do some real work. How many agents are left, after malcolio and HGL?

[malcolio]

Yeah but syl i was bored :D
Also if someone is left out of the list they would look like an agent, or if they were in the list but got missed out.
Also woodchip if more than three people complain I'll delete itI'm not going to complain, I think that's genius! :D (Unless people have got rid of their PMs, that would suck...)

Also, die malcolio die!

[woodchip50]

but unless there is a way for us to break the code its just going to be random finger pointing.

as the agents wont have to lift their heads up at all.

:(

but otherwise it is rather fitting with the theme. secret codes. agents. looks like we might all have to committe to some illegal torture to attempt to get it out of people...

[Shalashaska]

Wtf are you talking about

[glitch]

malcolio i guess

[swarfegahead]

malcolio

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 7 is now over.

Syl gave malcolio and happy-go-lucky a triumphant smirk. The Agents matched her with a look of unbridled irritation. “Well I’ll be damned,” said Littleshore with a mocking laugh. “Two of them.”

“Who cares?” fumed Shalashaska. “That thieving little bitch stole my silverware!” “And my limited edition Pogs!” roared Small Fry. “Everyone shut up!” yelled Turkey Sandwich.

“I don’t know why you’re being so nice,” said Syl coolly. “I was going after your stash next.” Turkey Sandwich span round and waved his finger under her nose. “I’m going to bloody well thump you in a minute-“

“All of you be quiet,” said happy-go-lucky mildly. “I’ll admit that this a small setback,” she said loudly to the room at large, “but in the grand scheme of things we can afford a few mistakes. You have no idea how many of us are left, and I’ve been careful enough to compile dossiers on each of you in the brief respites between killing. The others will be assigned their targets, and you will each be picked off in turn.” She nodded at Syl. “You first deary.”

Everything seemed to happen at once. Malcolio drew his pistol before anyone had time to register what he had done, save for Littleshore; the grizzled veteran raised his own shooter as six bullets slammed into Syl’s torso and sent her flying, already dead when she hit the wall behind her and fell to the floor, leaving a wet, sickly patch of blood in her wake. As Malcolio’s head exploded into a festive shower of eyeballs and skull fragments from Littleshore’s pistol, happy-go-lucky hurled a small projectile at the ground and bolted for the doorway. “Everyone down!” roared Fruitbat, as it beeped with distressing urgency.

The device failed to explode; in its place a holographic image erupted into existence, projecting a series of symbols in beautiful white light that orbited near the ceiling, twinkling like the eyes of a thousand Andrex puppies. “Ignore it!” snapped Fruitbat, as the Rebels tore their eyes away. “Get out that door and find her!” “Um...” said Small Fry. “I think PinkFish has already gone...”

------

Happy-go-lucky picked her way through the rubble, rain starting to patter down with increasing intensity. Shame, really, but at least the others should be smart enough to decipher the message. If she could make it back to the palace she could at least hand in a report, assuming the building was still under government control...

A small noise caught her attention; PinkFish stood behind her, rain-soaked hair matted over her face, tears in her eyes and a pistol grasped in two shaking hands. “You utter, utter bitch,” she whispered. “I trusted you.”

HGL stared back. “I’m sorry,” she said hollowly. “I never would have hurt you. I wouldn’t have let anything happen to you. But it was- you have to understand-“

“You said you loved me!” shrieked PinkFish. “All those times we were together and you whispered all those lies in my ear! I’ll kill you!” HGL gave her a sad look. “No you won’t,” she said, walking slowly towards her. PinkFish shook even more as the Agent reached her, and seemed to give up. She sagged, the gun dropping from her hands as HGL took it. The Agent held her tight, and stroked her hair. “It’ll be alright,” she whispered, as the shot rang out. She sat there in the rain, holding PinkFish as the girl stared sightlessly at nothing.

“I didn’t expect anything better from an Agent,” growled Littleshore, stopping in front of the huddled pair. He spat lazily on the ground, idlely twirling his gun; HGL gritted her teeth. “Still think your damn senile old president is worth it? Over an innocent girl? You people never had the human touch. That’s why this mess started in the first place.”

HGL was silent. “I’ve had my regrets,” she said eventually. “But everything I did I did so knowing I was right.” Littleshore shrugged, holstering his gun. He pulled out a knife and bent over. “Good. Be a shame to die realising how worthless your life truly is. Good luck in the next life.” Without another word he left, and the two women held each other in death, the last of the blood trickling from HGL’s neck and washing away in the rain.

------

The Rebels stared at the device; it had eventually stopped working after the Major-General had stamped on it several times. “What is it?” asked Shalashaska. “It’s a code,” growled Fruitbat. “And I’ll bet it’s a priority killing list for the other Agents. Damnit!” he roared, hurling it away. The Rebels cowered slightly as his gaze swept the room. “Time is running out!” he snapped. “We got two of them, but there are more, and suddenly we’ve got a time limit. Get cracking!”

------

Summary:

Malcolio was executed and he was an Agent!
Syl was killed by the Agents, and was the Thief!
PinkFish was removed for thread inactivity, and was a Rebel.
PinkFish wuz gropin’ happy-go-lucky’s red hot boobies.
happy-go-lucky was killed by Littleshore, who was the Veteran.

[friendly spoon]

awesome narrative although its a shame we lost two rebels. still, two agents make up for this i suppose.

[Littleshore]

Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Too bad both Syl and Argh is dead, as they were both key players, fighting the good fight. I'm guessing this is my last hour, so I'm going to share with you some of the notes I have made throughout the game, later.. Now however, i need my three and a half hours of beauty sleep :p

[Turkey Sandwich]

Wow, that's some pretty epic narration. And 4 people got killed in one go! That's exciting in itself. It was obvious Syl was going to die, but we've lost PinkFish as well which is unfortunate. 2 agents for 2 rebels is good though, since there are fewer of them than there of us.

[Small Fry]

You must spread rep etc. Wow that was amazing narration.

But now we've got no clues.

[woodchip50]

we have no clues?

oh i do!

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

LITTLE DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW!

nah.

i lied.

i know nothing either...

[Littleshore]

Fuck it, my notes are garbled and useless. I'm voting for woodchip50 because he seems so damn suspicious.

[woodchip50]

HUZZAH! well im voting for.....turkey sandwich for reasons unknown....

[glitch]

woodchip because argh why is he still alive why xxx

[harryashfield]

Woodchip50. Last time I said something that stupid I got lynched quicker than a gay black person in a hick American state.

[Turkey Sandwich]

I'll go for woodchip50, partly because he voted for me and partly because he's being odd. Moreso than usual.

[friendly spoon]

seeing as we have no real leads i'll go for woodchip50

[Small Fry]

Woh stop the bandwagoning dudes.

What in the hell are you thinking, wait for some real evidence. Patience is a virtue.

[harryashfield]

ooh, I sense a lover.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Woh stop the bandwagoning dudes.

Not really bandwagoning, he is being genuinely suspect.

[Small Fry]

He is being genuinely him. He's a prune.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 8 is now over.

The Rebels were silent for most of the hour. They’d scrubbed hard, but the blood from Syl’s body was still etched like a red tattoo into the stonework; her body had been respectfully placed in another room under a blanket. “Well, that’s it then,” sighed swarfegahead. “We don’t have any more leads. We’re back to square one and the Agents have the upper hand.”

“Ooh, I know!” chirped woodchip50. “Wait... No, no, just being silly...”

“I’m getting sick of you,” snarled Littleshore. “You’ve always been a weirdo, and you’re a blood-thirsty kid to boot. Sounds like Agent material to me.”

“Yeah, right,” said Fruitbat gruffly. “Like they’d take him. Knock it off you lot; the lad might be enthusiastic, but he isn’t one of them.”

“How do you know?” retorted harryashfield. “If you were so sure you wouldn’t be getting us to pick each other off. You don’t know any more than the rest of us! Give me your gun,” he said to Littleshore, as cries of agreement went up from the Rebels.

“I’m bloody warning you,” growled Fruitbat, standing up. “I know you’re all a little shook up, but it’s not going to happen again, at least not yet. Settle down and do this properly.”

“No!” said harryshfield; woodchip50 cried out in alarm, but was cut short as the Rebels jumped him. Glitch kicked him in the head and dived on top of him; Littleshore held out his pistol with a passive look as harryashfield motioned to him. The Major-General’s face was a picture of unbridled fury. “What’s wrong with you all?” asked Small Fry in a horrified voice, standing away from the group. “You haven’t even thought this through!”

“I’m bloody warning you,” said Fruitbat again. “Let, him, go.” Harryashfield sneered. “No.” Woodchip50’s head rocked violently as he fired, and a pool of blood splashed out. “Come on, let’s check his house!” cried nub. The Rebels ran off his a cheer; Fruitbat and Small Fry were the only ones left. Small Fry gave the Major-General a look of horror; Fruitbat shrugged, and sat back.

The Rebels returned quietly. Fruitbat was rolling a small cigarette in an unconcerned manner, apparently not noticing them. Eventually, Turkey Sandwich coughed. Fruitbat looked up in apparent surprise. “Yes?”

“Um... We have been a little hasty...”

“Really?” said Fruitbat with manic cheerfulness. “Do go on!” There was a shuffling of feet to fill the gap left by the absence of words. “Are you going to start doing this properly again?” asked the Major-General. There was a barely audible chorus of yes’s. “Good,” he said. “Get started then.”

------

Summary:

Woodchip50 was executed, and was a Rebel.
No-one was killed by the Agents.

[harryashfield]

You make it sound like it was all my fault, but I don't care, beacuse the awesome narration continues!

I'll bet I get blamed for this bandwagon, even though I joined in quite late. So my instinct is to look at who started the bandwagon EDIT
His reasoning was pretty weak, and being that it's getting so late in the game and we need to pick our fights carefully, we can't afford another mistake like this.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Oh. How disappointing; surely statistically speaking we should even have been able to guess one right by now. :(

[Littleshore]

Ah well, who should we kill next then? Or put in another way, why should we not kill YOU?

I'm a veteran so I'm excused. The rest of you got some explaining to do..

EDIT: harryashfield for wasting his vote on a guy he KNOWS is a rebel.

[harryashfield]

I'm a veteran so I'm excused. The rest of you got some explaining to do..

Can you prove that?

As for reasoning, his speech didn't make much sense...

EDIT: I didn't know, otherwise why the hell would I vote for him? I did genuinely suspect him. I guess I was wrong.

[Littleshore]

Hour 7 is now over.

Summary:

Malcolio was executed and he was an Agent!
Syl was killed by the Agents, and was the Thief!
PinkFish was removed for thread inactivity, and was a Rebel.
PinkFish wuz gropin’ happy-go-lucky’s red hot boobies.
happy-go-lucky was killed by Littleshore, who was the Veteran.

it was one hour ago, duh!

[harryashfield]

Oh yeah, missed that. Huh.

But to be fair, you're doing exactly what you're accusing me of doing - voting for someone you know is a rebel. (see the irony here is you have no idea who the rebels are either, and I can't prove I'm not).

However, If you're a veteran, I'll use my 2nd abstain for now.

[Small Fry]

And how do we know you're a rebel?

[Turkey Sandwich]

Guys this is turning into a witch hunt. Let's not repeat the mistake we just made about half an hour ago and start randomly pointing the finger at each other.

Personally I'm going to wait til tomorrow when I'm less tired and try to come up with some sensible theories about who might be a guilty party.

Also here is a list of players still in the game - it might help to have an up-to-date roster to hand:

argh
BobbyNoShoes
Glitch
happy-go-lucky
harryashfield
Littleshore
malcolio
nub
PinkFish
Ryanstorm
Shalashaska
Small Fry
swarfegahead
Syl
Turkey Sandwich
Urlosenged
woodchip50

[harryashfield]

You don't, that's my point. The idea of this game is that no-one knows who anyone is.

And how do we know you're a rebel?

You don't, that's my point. The idea of this game is that no-one knows who anyone is.

Guys this is turning into a witch hunt. Let's not repeat the mistake we just made about half an hour ago and start randomly pointing the finger at each other.

Personally I'm going to wait til tomorrow when I'm less tired and try to come up with some sensible theories about who might be a guilty party.

Good idea. [Sleeps]

[Small Fry]

Except we know that the veteran is innocent.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Indeed. If I remember, I think I'll go through everyone in turn tomorrow and make some points about why they may or may not be an agent.

[Littleshore]

Witch hunt it may be, but as I see it, the waiting game is not in the rebels favour. There are two or three agents left I think, and we are all in all seven people. I'm getting bumped off now, as the only person with a solid aliby.

Waiting, and spreading doubt is just what the agents wants. With voting for you, harry, I've got a 50-50 of being right, and your abstaining so late in the game after trying to put the blame on me, makes you a rather suspicious person in my book. It was ment to be a bit ironic at first, but you just dug your own hole there. My vote stays.

[harryashfield]

You're right - with the loss of one more rebel, we'ree doomed. So I suggest you trust me, perhaps look at previous games, in which I have been truthful every time.

[Littleshore]

how is that relevant?

[Small Fry]

It somehow backs up his story. Besides, bollocks to you lot, I should be playing the lover role.

HARRY ASHFIELD YOU MASSIVE DOUCHE!!! I LOVED THAT MAN AND YOU'VE KILLED HIM!

I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!!

You don't think I overdid it do you? :p

EDIT: That's me voting for harry, as kind of a 50/50 chance and he tried to instigate a bandwagon.

[harryashfield]

HARRY ASHFIELD YOU MASSIVE DOUCHE!!! I LOVED THAT MAN AND YOU'VE KILLED HIM!

I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!!


Okay, I put my hands up there, the narration was done in my name.


EDIT: That's me voting for harry, as kind of a 50/50 chance and he tried to instigate a bandwagon.

To be fair though, I didn't start the bandwagon. The first vote was by littleshore who we know is innocent.
And BTW, it's relevant because I havn't lied in any games, as I feel the trust is worth it. I'm telling you now, I'm a rebel. If you kill me, then boy will your faces be red.

[Turkey Sandwich]

And BTW, it's relevant because I havn't lied in any games, as I feel the trust is worth it.

But surely you would lie if you were a wolf. Otherwise you'd make a pretty bad one.

[harryashfield]

Yeah, but I have noticed a few people admitting their role when they know they're going to be lynched. It's getting pretty close to the end of the game now, and we need to be very careful, and I hope my track recoed in telling the truth will save me.

[Shalashaska]

Harry shut the hell up. You're only digging a hole.


Glitch
harryashfield
Littleshore
nub
Shalashaska
Small Fry
swarfegahead
Turkey Sandwich


Okay, so these are the people left.

Littleshore and Small Fry aren't, because Littleshore is the veteran and Small Fry protested Woodchip's death, when any agent who wasn't an idiot would have not posted at all.

Harryashfield is talking too much, when, again, an agent would have stopped.

Glitch
nub
Shalashaska
swarfegahead
Turkey Sandwich

Here's our list of suspects, including me I suppose.
Any thoughts?

[friendly spoon]

Small Fry protested Woodchip's death, when any agent who wasn't an idiot would have not posted at all.


He could still be an agent. Woodchip was going to be lynched no matter what so by sticking up for him he could have just been trying to make himself seem less suspicious.

[Littleshore]

Harry, you are a wolf. Early in the game, you claimed to be a lover. Now you didn't even use that as a counter claim.

Also, my face won't be red, I'LL BE DEAD!

[Shalashaska]

He could still be an agent. Woodchip was going to be lynched no matter what so by sticking up for him he could have just been trying to make himself seem less suspicious.

when any agent who wasn't an idiot would have not posted at all.

That's a good point Littleshore. My main suspects at the moment are nub and Glitch, because of the above post and neither have been very active, from what I remember.

[Littleshore]

as i said, there is possibly 3 left. I'm not certain you are correct in you assumptions, but i truly believe that not killing harryashfield is a mistake. I feel that some of the reservation of not wanting to kill him from some people proves my point. No one knew if woodchip was an agent, except the agents, and almost no one said anything against him being killed. Now however, it seems hard for me to get the good rebels to agree with me.

It's like this. Do nothing, you lose me. That probobly means there is a tie. Rebels lose.
Kill harry, there is a 50-50 that he is a rebel. He is not a rebel - rebels have sort of an advantage
If he is a rebel - rebels have lost. Blame Littleshore. End of story.

EDIT: crap, we are eight players left. The odds changes, higher stakes..

High stakes, but it is just a silly forum game anyways :p

[Turkey Sandwich]

I think I'm confused - who were the lovers in the end? Or have we not found ot yet?

Here's my write-up of what I think about each player at this stage, as promised:

Littleshore - Obviously innocent, because of being the veteran
Small Fry - Did defend woodchip, which could be a sign of innocence. Or it could be a cunning plan. So that doesn't really help.
Harryashfield - Ah yes, I'd forgotten that he claimed to be a lover earlier on. I'm not sure how that would help him win if he's an agent, but it is suspect. He's also using some pretty flawed logic to defend himself. Plus as I recall he usually dies really early in the game, so perhaps the fact that he hasn't this time means he's not on the death list at all? That's not really proper evidence though, heh.
Glitch - Hasn't been around much recently; seems odd, but from what I've seen, agents usually take a vested interest in the game (see malcolio earlier for example)
nub - Not too sure yet, hasn't jumped out as a bandwagoner or anything, seems sensible but we'll see I guess
Shalashaska - Again seems sensible, I'm not inclined to think he's a wolf, could be wrong though
swarfegahead - Hasn't said anything as I can see since page 13, which as I say isn't so much suspect as it is unhelpful to our enquiries
Turkey Sandwich - Well obviously I know I'm innocent, but the rest of you don't. I suppose I could say in my defence that I've tried to be logical throughout as you can see, but obviously I would say that if I were an agent as well, so there you go.

On the basis of that I'd say that I'm looking at harryashfield right now, but I really don't want everyone to jump on that, because it's just what I'm thinking about. Hence why I'm giving time for more discussion rather than voting for him.

Edit: Reading littleshore's post, I can see your point - more resistance could mean agent influence. But I'm not confident about it. The stakes are indeed high.

[Shalashaska]

Screw it, Harryashfield

[harryashfield]

Alright... looks like I'm on my way out. But one last time, you're making a mistake. I however would like to turn your attention to Shalashaka, who was incredibly quiet at the beginning of the game... In my opinion, the telltell sign of an agent. He also accused nub and Glitch because they were inactive... a little hippocritical...?

[friendly spoon]

That's a good point Littleshore. My main suspects at the moment are nub and Glitch, because of the above post and neither have been very active, from what I remember.

But why would an agent have shut up? I wasn't ignoring that point i was questioning it.

Also harryashfield

[harryashfield]

Well, looks like it's the end of the game then. Shame Littleshore is too full of himself because he was proved innocent. The same happened to me last game. At least we get to know if we liberated Cityopolis.

[Shalashaska]

hippocritical...?

http://www.dianibeach.co.uk/Hippo.jpg

I don't know, maybe I was hasty, I just know that if I were an agent I wouldn't have said anything. And I was a wolf...last game? Or the game before? I can't remember.
Anyway, the reason I was inactive at the start apart from single word votes and calls for death was because all the really good players were doing everything for me, so I didn't have to.

[harryashfield]

http://www.dianibeach.co.uk/Hippo.jpg

I would argue, but that is too damn awesome.

[Shalashaska]

You spelled hypocritical completely wrong. It had to be done.

[Littleshore]

Shame Littleshore is too full of himself because he was proved innocent.


:'[

Whatevs, I'm sorry if you are a rebel harry, but if you are not, then you just seem like a douche. Also, attacking my stand really doesn't speak to your favor. I don't believe everybody else is an agent, and I do believe they can think for themselves.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Gah, I completely forgot I hadn't actually voted yet. I'll just say harryashfield, although I don't think my vote will make any difference either way.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Hour 9 is now over

Harryashfield was a luckier than woodchip50 had been. Presumably feeling that they had a little spadework to do for old man karma, the Rebels had given him a much bigger drink than BobbyNoShoes had been given, and had managed to find a slice of pineapple and an umbrella from somewhere. His corpse was propped up in a sitting position next to Syl, glass carefully wedged back in between his fingers to ensure that, as Shalashaska put it, he had a shot of Dutch courage to keep him going on the other side.

“Never mind,” sighed Fruitbat, after a search of his apartment had produced nothing. “It was an unlucky guess. Break off and we’ll reconvene in a bit.” As the Rebels filed out of the doorway, swarfegahead said, “wait a minute. Before she died, HGL said she’d overheard your operatives in the palace talking, and something about the coup not happening. What was that all about?” Everyone swivelled round to look at the Major-General. “Fine,” he said. “I don’t suppose it matters at this point. Sit down then.”

The Rebels gathered round. “The coup was intended to take place today,” he started. “At least until a a few weeks ago. We’ve been taking measures for months now – setting explosives deep inside generators, programming our own modified maintenance robots and replacing theirs, etcetera etcetera. The idea was to trigger everything today, take down all of their power and lines of communications, then strike. That was until a few weeks ago.

“Suddenly, everywhere we went and in everything we did, someone had got there before us. Done it a damn sight better than we would have, too; we’re working largely with whatever knocked up old junk we can find, but we were looking at really professional equipment. So the reason things haven’t gone quite according to plan is...” He looked a little embarrassed as he went on. “We think that someone else is planning a coup as well.”

“I’m sorry?” said nub. “Let me get this straight; you mean to tell me that we’ve joined a group and killed off most of our friends for a cause that someone else was already doing for us?”

“Not for us,” said Fruitbat defensively. “Buggered if I know who it is. But we can’t go ahead with a coup when someone else is outdoing us at our own game, and especially if we don’t know who it is or why they’re doing it.”

“I don’t believe this!” roared Littleshore, jumping upright. “You should have told us this at the very beginning! If you-“

He paused; his jacket started to whine. He patted his pockets before his hand dived in and removed a remote explosive, red activation light twinkling on its base. He had enough time to open his mouth, but not quite enough to swear. He splashed over the opposite wall, as well as Small Fry, who tried to scream and throw up at the same time. A blackened arm bounced off harryashfield’s head on the upper floor.

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Entirely forgotten in the furore at the hideout, as Littleshore was being exploded, the palace strike team stared open mouthed. They had reached the president’s lair.

The president was long gone, and what must presumably have been his secret tunnel away from the city had been torn open and considerably widened.

His successor, a two hundred megaton nuclear bomb, sat sternly in his place. Eva swallowed. “I think we’d better report in.”

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Summary:

Harryashfield was executed, and was a Rebel.
Littleshore was killed by the Agents, and was the Veteran (of course).

[Shalashaska]

Fuck

Edit:

Status report from someone who is less lazy than me please.

[Small Fry]

Oh for fuck's sake. What the hell, I really thought he'd be an agent.

Littleshore was a really obvious choice for the agents, so we're still in square one with that too. We can't work from name-dropping.

[Shalashaska]

Glitch

[friendly spoon]

so youre voting for glitch soley beacause he wasnt very active at the beginning even though you weren't either? also wolves tend tobe more active anyway so your reasoning is a bit flawed

[Turkey Sandwich]

Incidentally, where the feck is swarfegahead? Hasn't posted since we got malcolio.

[Small Fry]

Doesn't that mean he's kicked?

Unless his activity has not been from rebel voting and has been showing his activity through PMs...

[friendly spoon]

or maybe fruitbat forgot?

[Small Fry]

Yeah, more likely.

[Shalashaska]

Meh. I'll follow anyone at this point.

I still think that Glitch is an agent, from his lack of activity now, not at the beginning of the game.

[friendly spoon]

Swarfegahead hasn't been active, is he an agent?

[glitch]

I still think that Glitch is an agent, from his lack of activity now, not at the beginning of the game.

Well I've been reading the thread fairly regularly, though I've not contributed much. This is my first game, and I don't have any strategies for working out who's an Agent and who's not, like lots of other people seem to. I guess there's no way to persuade you I'm a Rebel, but trying to work out someone's role from the amount of activity in the thread is a pretty poor way to judge it.

My vote goes to Shalashaska, for various reasons...

[Shalashaska]

Wait, how many agents are left?