Tanuchan

This will be fun Naturally, being just the mod of WW XIII, I'm all for another concurrent game... Question: Do Mummies have background and "friends"? Not talking about PM alliances, just the background ties we create most of times. (Do they keep their ties from the land of living?) I take it that night phases will be our usual 48h for voting, and day phases 24h for PMing you... just reversing the period because of the theme... right? ~Tanny

LIST OF PLAYERS (at the beginning of 3rd day phase) At the Haunted House... Leif Mynx => she has just got Intoxicated by cryptomancer's magic drink, so she's stuck with CheerMynx for the durations of the game... Lady Celes Dragonqueen => there's a nice description on her profile Elwen Cryptomancer Vahktang => Mr. Vahktang, Presidential Candidate Nave => Papa Smurf Gwaihir; Ayshela Merelas Finnius Gnarlitch => bitten by CheerMynx... it seems we have now a CheerItchy... Back to the Party... YanYan => for liking pranks too much... but innocent ones. (villager) Dean => too drunk, but not one for pranks... (villager) Degenero Angelus/Transe => caugh in a net... scary vampire, but not a prankster (villager) NPC: Tanny Katz HappyBuddha MOD NOTES Day phase ends in about 48 hours, around 10 pm EST on Saturday. Enjoy the time! Listkeepers for this game: Katz and YanYan (that means they know who got all the roles and can act as backup mods if I go MIA) The Rescue Party (aka Cannon Fodder ): Yui Aegon Gryphon Tamaranis Inbi Infusco Horace (but no one knows she's at the Haunted House... Kerry & Terri, blonde twins Official Ghosts written by... Gryphon YanYan

"Help me, please, help me... please" The words trail off with another quiet sob. Vahktang freezes, his fingers nerveless when just before he had been fumbling to open a window. Gnarlitch and Mynx have a mirror-like reaction, Mynx jumping and holding Cryptomancer very tight, while the dwarf does the same to Ayshela. The fighter looks down in surprise at Gnarlitch, who's at the moment whimpering in perfect echo of Mynx right above him. "Was that an effect of the falling down? Did he hit his head?" wonders Finnius, frowning. Others, bracing themselves, peek outside the room. They can still listen to a faint whisper, coming now from the direction of the staircase. "Help me... please, help me..." "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" "What... hmmmph...." Leif falls down as an extremely frightened Dragonqueen bowls over him, scared by the tall figure that suddenly detaches from the shadows. Merelas and Celes close in on them, one with Brillemire drawn and another ready to cast a spell. Both sigh in relief at recognizing the vampire. "Transe." Merelas sheathes the sword, while Celes and Leif help Dragonqueen. "Where have you been?" The vampire just pushes them out of his way, shaking his head and pointing to the staircase, slowly going towards it. Gwaihir plants himself in front of him, frowning and trying to question him, but Transe just steps aside whithout bothering with the elf. There's a moment of general hesitation, the sudden appearance of the until then silent soul-vampire filling more than one with some kind of foreboding. Tanny~wolf peeks in, hackles raised and immediately shimmering back into human form. "No, take care!" Her shout comes too late. Transe growls in surprise as he sees himself suddenly caught in a net that tightens around him and pulls him fast and straight against the ceiling, where he crashes in with considerable force. Splinters of wood fall on those who ran to try to help and are now right below Transe, who's groaning in dizzy pain. "Look out!" cries Papa Smurf, retreating hastily under a table. The net bursts, dropping Transe noisily into the floor. Sometime later, when Katzaniel finally gets a way of transporting the vampire back to the Manor, Tanny and Ayshela get the net from the ceiling. They look at each other as they find the small note. You live for the souls That you cannot have The net you use Is made of magic charm Now see how we caught you In a simple fisher's net. Do fishes have souls? Trick or Treat! ~~~~~~ OOC Transe/Degenero Angelus was a silent vampire, maybe looking for souls to feed upon. But he never acted through pranks. He was an innocent guest. It's Day Phase and you have about 48 hours, until Saturday around 10 pm EST, to cast your votes and find a wolf. Good luck! List of player's at the OOC thread.

Sorry for interrupting the flow, but... hey, when did Heinrich die? I think I lost a thread somewhere... Great story, Pered! Loved reading it! *hugs* ~Tanny Edit: Soli gently sent me the link to the story where Heinrich died. It's at a forum open for Pages and up, so I apologize to those who can't access it yet...

lol Anyway, night phase extended for about 8 hours. Still need PMs or targets will be forfeited... (sent notifications to those involved) Feel free to RP, meanwhile

A wolf rushes into the room, having heard the news, and jumps on Ozymandias (still being held by Ayshela), tackling him (them) to the floor and licking his face thoroughly (ever been drowned by wolf licks?) before shimmering back to human form and hugging him not less ferociously than Ayshela. YAY!! Glad to see you back!!!!!! Helps Ayshela hold Ozy, not wanting him to disappear again either.

Loved the game! But I had more fun with all the IC PMs between us than with the posting... lol ... Saria and Shamus got a whole life of their own, maybe we'll be writing something about those two crime bosses yet. About the PMs: There are two views on PMs.... that they favor the villagers when the Seer is allowed to reveal its role, or that they just balances the game to compensate for the planning the wolves do. Personally, I think that it does favors the villagers, so I like when we cannot reveal the roles. Merelas was never completely sure I wasn't a wolf, but decided to trust me. It's a challenge I like However, one must be aware that a wolf can bluff *very* well on PMs also. Specially if the roles cannot be revealed at all, and they aren't revealed after the lynch/kills (except for the wolves). Just comments, really. PMs have always been somewhat controversial. ~Tanny ~~~~ Edit: Formatting

Mynx and Cryptomancer look at the ceiling (floor?), one smiling and going back to his book, the other whimpering and wining. Cryp's shadow moves and sits down, observing intently what goes on up (down?), apparently cleaning his weapons while doing so. Down on the floor (or up... if you were with CheerMynx), Ayshela looks around and decides to do some exploring with a different purpose. "Finn, I want to check on the missing ones... where are Elwen and Transe?" "They were there... no, no, there... " he points to one direction, then, confused, to the opposite one, "Eeeh... I could swear they were ... mmm... well, I don't know." Gnalitch, brandishing his warhammer at the runemage sitting on the ceiling, is suddenly interrupted by a tugging on his sleeve. "Say... how do we get up there? It seems fun!!" The dwarf turns to glare at Papa Smurf, and walks away grumbling about people stinking worse than him. A double scream makes everybody wince, and once again when CheerMynx echoes it by reflex. Katz' cursing is heard, "Stupid girls! Stop screaming!", and anyone paying attention would hear a deep sigh coming from the ceiling. Dean, however, on hearing the screaming rushes into another room, pushing away both Tanny and Leif, who were talking quietly and completely unaware of Dean. "Aaugh..." Tanny grabs Leif by reflex, and both stumble on the ground. "Er... sorry, Leif... it seems that lately I'm a bit... prone... to tangles... "I wonder if it's some kind of curse from Wyvern... Ignoring the mutters that follow him, Dean rushes out of the house and into a back garden, finding the two blondies, Terri and Kerri, holding each other and looking up a tree. "Wassshup sthere?" "We saw..." "something..." "big..." "floating..." Dean gazes at the higher branches, frowning for a second, and then seems to decide something. He starts to mutter and gesture, clearly intending to cast some spell. However, first a squirrel then a very different, oddly-shaped and oddly-colored big leaf call the attention of his somewhat wandering mind. His words blur and his hands tremble due to the alcohol peaking in his system, and the twins step backwards suddenly afraid. In the ball room, Merelas throws open some curtains, tired of the permanent gloom of the room. A blinding flash and crackling sound make everybody turn at once, and Celes runs to Merelas, who had thrown his hands over his eyes to protect them. "Merelas! What happened? Are you alright?" "Yeah... yeah, I think so... " the elf blinks, trying to get his focus back. "Something... in the garden..." At the foot of the tree, they find Dean unconscious and the twins babbling incoherently. Tanny quickly arrives and examines him, while Ayshela tries to talk to the weeping girls. After some time, after Dean is sent back to the Manor to be properly healed, Tanny and Katz talk. "The girls said that Dean tried to cast something at what they think they saw on the tree. Probably he was too drunk to it adequately... the spell backfired." "I hope it was just that, Tanny. This place is.... well.... creepy." Tanny nods, sighing. Above them, between the normal tree leaves, a big, oddly-shaped, oddly-colored leaf moves against the breeze, almost glowing. ~~~~~~ OOC Dean was drunk, enough to assume a fault that was not his. The pranksters may have been affected by a spell cast by a drunk Mage, but Dean wasn't him. He was an innocent guest. Poor Phil D. Cat... will he live as a Penguin forever? It's Night Phase. Wolves/Seer/Baner, please send me your targets. Night Phase ends in 24 hours. RP at will... No accusation/speculation, please. By the way... what's that odd leaf?

((OOC Quick note You have 24 hours to vote. Current tally is Dean and Celes, 1 vote each.))

Peeking from under a table, Tanny~tanuki sighs deeply. First, Wyv and those arms and legs. Now, Pered with a cake made by Wyv... what did I ever do to the gods of Greed?? She licks at her frosting-covered tail. At least it does taste good... Grinning, she leaps over Pered in a hug (leaving frosting smears all over his shirt and face) and darts out of the room, decided to take a nice plunge in the nearest pool to wash her fur.

Saria hangs up with a pensive face, while both Paolo and Mariah wait in silence. "Mariah, I want you and Arlene ready for... battle, let's say. Paolo, I need about 10 of the best guys with me and as many as necessary around the cafe." "You are goint, then. It's a trap, m'lady..." "Probably. However, I am curious. She sounded genuinely ill. She chose a cafe that's pretty my territory, even if we call it 'netural'. It is a public place, so if anything happens, police will be warned quickly by any panicky patron. She even tells me that she will take people with her." "It's pretty uncharacteristic of the Lotus, I agree..." Saria nods to Paolo. "Yes. As I said, I'm curious to know what game she's playing right now. Contact The Gator and whoever's taking care of Shamus' business while he's hunting down Molly's kidnappers. By the way, any news on that?" "No, m'lady. He's uncharacteristically silent." As he should be. Just be careful, Shamus... Aloud, Saria completes, "If anything happens to me, you know what to do." Some time later Saria arrives with Mariah, who positions herself in a table next to Saria and Lotus' . Others come soon after, quickly picking several tables around them and near the entrance. Saria sits, examining in silence the very fragile woman sitting in front of her. The Lotus is obviously ill, although trying to hold herself together in her typical Chinese dignity. I recognize at least 3 of her assassins... She glances around surreptitiously, letting her sharp mind register the faces in the shadows. What means that she must have at least twice that humber aroun. Paolo has better have them covered. "Good afternoon, Lotus. So, what did you want to talk to me in such an urgently way?"

Tanny~tanuki enters softly in the room, being small enough that YanYan doesn't notice her while looking for beer and cakes. With a mischievous grin, she climbs on a table behind him, then shimmers into her wolf form at the same time as she launches onto his back with a gleeful howl. YanYan screams and falls entangled with the wolf, heart pounding, as Tanny shimmers back into a tanuki and quickly dashes out of the room, making a giggling sound. She returns a minute later, interrupting the Scout's string of curses with the sight of a big cake. Consider that a tacklehug and a pay-back for the Halloween thread AND your birthday is tomorrow, unless you happen to live in the other side of the world! Happy birthday, anyway! ~Tanny

LIST OF PLAYERS (at the beginning of 2nd day phase) At the Haunted House... Leif Mynx => she has just got Intoxicated by cryptomancer's magic drink, so she's stuck with CheerMynx for the durations of the game... Lady Celes Dragonqueen => there's a nice description on her profile Elwen Cryptomancer Vahktang => Mr. Vahktang, Presidential Candidate Nave => Papa Smurf Gwaihir; Ayshela Dean => mage, a little over protective of booze; has a familiar (Phil D. Cat); Merelas Finnius Gnarlitch Degenero Angelus => Transe, the KindaVampire; he's tall and pale. He has no lower jaw, so he has learned to feed on the souls of victims. He's a very cheesy, old horror movie style vampire. Back to the Party... YanYan => for liking pranks too much... but innocent ones. (villager)NPC: Tanny Katz HappyBuddha MOD NOTES There has been no kill tonight HappyBuddha had to bow out of the game due to RL interference... I probably won't be able to post an end for Day Phase until Wednesday afternoon, so you have an exceptionally long day phase. Enjoy the time! Listkeepers for this game: Katz and YanYan (that means they know who got all the roles and can act as backup mods if I go MIA) The Rescue Party (aka Cannon Fodder ): Yui Aegon Gryphon Tamaranis Inbi Infusco Horace (but no one knows she's at the Haunted House... Kerry & Terri, blonde twins Official Ghosts written by... Gryphon YanYan

The spell created by the piano music is suddenly broken by a loud, dissonant stringy noise that seems to be a harp in its death throes. Wincing, Gwaihir turns and wonders who, besides himself, would so treat any musical instrument. Others also seem to wonder, and exchanging wary looks Merelas, Vahktang, Gnarlitch, and Leif meet at the big ballroom, having backtracked from the different rooms they had been to investigate the cause of the sound. "Oh dear..." whispers Dragonqueen, peeking from behind Elwen, "... was that piano open when we left?" A loud shriek comes from behind, but this time a few recognize CheerMynx and just sigh. What calls their attention, though, is an echo of that shriek coming from the entrance of the tunnel. An oddly double-voiced echo. Cryptomancer pushes his way into the room, while CheerMynx clings to his arm yelling, "Don't leave me behind!". A faint "Don't leave us behind," in the same shrieking tone, is heard from the tunnel. "?lennut taht ni no gniog s'tahW" "Creepy," mutters Papa Smurf, going towards it with a bold face. "Dumb little blue man, get out of there before something eats your head!" shouts Dean. "I beg your pardon?" a hand stops the mage before he can decide whether to go after Papa Smurf. "Hm... sorry... I mean... *that* little blue man there...." mumbles Dean to Finnius, who nods in a satisfied way and lets him go. Papa Smurf peeks into the tunnel, when suddenly something crashes into him and sends him flying across the room, to land on top of Ayshela. Celes hurries to the screaming tangle of arms and legs, helping sorting out Papa Smurf, Ayshela, and two blonde, screaming girls. "A ghost... we..." "... saw a ghost..." "... there back at..." "... that creepy dark place..." Heads turns from side to side, trying to follow the alternate speech of the twin blondes that, finally, hug each other and start crying. "Why did I have to bring them here?", comes a voice, sighing deeply. The guests turn, finding Katz already in the room and Yui, Aegon, Gryphon, Inbi, and Tamaranis following her with wondering looks at the room. "Well, someone had to come and rescue you! Now, what's going on?" Katz talks to Tanny, while the others try to make some sense of the other guests' babbling stories about ghosts, disembodied spirits, and cursed books. A heavy candleholder crashes amidst them, no one having paid enough attention to notice the direction where it came from. Sometimes you win Most of times you lose. Beware of this House We'll catch you again. We were tricked, But... The treat isn't yours yet! ~~~~~~ OOC: There have been no kills tonight. We're in Day Phase; RP and don't forget to place your votes. You have until Wednesday around noon (EST) to try and find a wolf. More information and Scorecard at the OOC thread. Good hunting! ~~~~ Edit: wording, typos;

OOC Accusing The Opium Lotus/Lady Celes Crusader

Saria is so stunned that she actually laughs a full minute after hearing that. "So, that are the rumors? Well, let them go on. But see that you find out who started them, and make sure that they lose their taste for gossip." The man gulps and leaves in a hurry, knowing well the meaning of the cold glint in his Mistress' eyes. "Now, for more important things. Paolo! Mariah! Arlane!" All three enter in a hurry, and Saria stands up. "Our suspicions have been confirmed. My deep network of information, the same one that pointed out Mickey "The Skin" as the one behind all the attacks on every single boss, has found his ally. Find all the bosses. Tai Rong Xiang, The Opium Lotus, is our target now. This," she rests a delicate hand over a thick dossier, "is our proof. She is doomed." "Will they believe you, m'lady? Others have come with doctored proof before." "If I die, the dossier will come out. Then they will believe. Shamus wanted to protect me and come out with the dossier on Mickey; I made him not to. I didn't completely trust X even when it was quite clear from his position against Mickey that he wouldn't be the ally; I hope he forgive me, as I know he also has tried to protect me. I owe both of them a lot. We will be helping Shamus finding Molly, but if you touch anyone involved on that after they're caught alive, I will hand you to him. Shamus is the one who will decide on their fate, understood?" "Yes, m'lady. It will be so. And X?" "See if we find anything about his whereabouts, see if we can help him or if he needs us. Keep the customary channels open for his communication." "The Sakura, who sided with The Lotus?" Paolo snickers. "That is my problem, Paolo. Go, you all know what to do."

As Katzaniel, with Anna on her back, and YanYan skirt a lake in their way back to the Pen, they come upon an oblivious black wolf sunning on a rocky ledge protruding somewhat over the clear blue waters. Anna gives a muffled cry of surprise, and the wolf immeadiately stands up, alertness in her eyes. Recognizing both Katz and YanYan, she relaxes. "Tanny!" calls Katz, patting Anna's hands to calm her. Tanny shimmers back into her human form, startling Anna. "Are all of you... shapechangers, then?" whispers her, wondering. "Not all, don't worry," says YanYan with a grin. "Hey, Katz! What do you have there? I thought you didn't like playing the horse... " Tanny grins, teasing. But as soon as she approaches, she notices Anna's raggard face and the wound YanYan has bound. "What happened?" "Tanny, do you know any healing arts by any chance? She needs help, and a safe place." There's urgency in the tigertaur's voice, and Tanny nods. "We found her deep in the forest," explains YanYan while helping Anna dismount, "She was being attacked by a... well, vampire lord... " Tanny turns sharply to him, and both him and Katz nod grimly. She then turns her attention fully on Anna, taking her near the water and undressing her wound. "What's this?" "Fire algae paste. It has narcotic properties." Tanny promptly finds earth's energy, grounding and centering automatically in that place that she is most familiar with. Carefully straightening Anna's arm, she channels the energy into it. A green glow involves the arm as broken bones start mending and torn flesh smoothes itself, closing the wounds. As she finishes the more urgent task, Tanny starts channeling water energy, weaving it together with earth's. Anna sighs, feeling a sudden cool wave of soothing involve and relax her. Tanny catches her as she slumps into the ground. "She'll sleep now. It will help her body while the healing finishes." Tanny lets the flows go, knowing that the energy infused into Anna's body will work slowly towards complete healing in some hours, nothing else happening. "Now, what?" asks her, as YanYan picks Anna in his arms and deposits her carefully on Katz' back. "We need to find a safe place for ther to rest, and stay for a while. We don't know anything about her... " "The Keep. If it was a vampire lord, I cannot offer any protection." Tanny shimmers into her wolf form, and the four of them proceed towards the Pen.

Tanny closes the door, putting aside the package for the moment. Holding the Fire and Ice rose, she finds a crystal vase and pours pure water in it. Then, closing her eyes, she lets her mind find earth's resonance. A flow of energy fills her, and she directs it delicatly to the flower in her hands. A soft green light surrounds it for a fleeting second before disappearing. The same happens to the water in the crystal vase. Smiling, Tanny lets the flow go, and puts the rose into the water. You're both infused with energy from earth. You'll live, pure and beautiful as when you were picked. She goes back to Merelas' gift, and finds a leather-bound manuscript without any title or identification. Curious, and still lightly bonded to earth, she opens herself again to its energy and rests an open hand over the leather cover. Faint... so faint. But definitely here. Traces of his lifeforce. She blushes slightly, aware of how easily and quite unconciously she had picked the pattern of Merelas' lifeforce when he'd put his arm around her shoulders. I must tell him about it. About how my people can pick and identify the energy pattern of a living creature... Knowing now that the manuscript is personal enough that it has been imprinted with the pattern of his lifeforce, and old enough for it to have left just the faintest of traces, she opens the volume carefully. It starts with some political notes on the affairs of the Mirénoré, written in a flowing and careful hand, and then takes the form of a diary. It can only be... his term at Shirénedra. She reads on, wondering here at his intelligence, smiling there at his strong sense of right and wrong, and once grinning mischievously at his not-so-honorable way of swinging a vote. An amazing... no, brilliant politician... However, towards the end of the diary her smile gives place to a slight frown. She reads and re-reads some passages, going back and forth as if checking some thought. Her eyes linger on the last lines, dated from about a thousand years ago and smeared as if at some time they had been in contact with water. "If only my mother were here." Tanny closes her eyes, deep in thought. A hearing of the Shiré, after freeing a human from slavery imposed by the Flamekeeper. Of course. Some nights later, quite deep in the forest near the Pen, Tanny sits by a lake wearing the flowing robes she favors when doing energy-manipulation tasks. In one of her hands, a blue, tear-shaped gem reflects the light of the stars. She dips her fingertips into the cool water, breathing deeply and concentrating on two different energy flows. A flow from earth, woven to give strength interwoven for healing threaded for protection. A flow from water, washing sorrow cleansing the heart soothing the spirit. She murmurs the old teaching as if a cantrip, letting the complex flow fill her and then weaving the different strands into a pattern clear in her mind.

*raises a hand* Excuse me? Wasn't this supposed to be about *knife* fight?

LIST OF PLAYERS (after first day phase) At the Haunted House... Leif => Piazza of Portraits Mynx => Piazza of Portraits; however, she has just got Intoxicated by cryptomancer's magic drink, so she's stuck with CheerMynx for the durations of the game... Lady Celes => Piazza of Portraits Dragonqueen => there's a nice description on her profile Elwen => description Cryptomancer => Piazza of Portraits Vahktang => Mr. Vahktang, Presidential Candidate Nave => Papa Smurf Gwaihir => a story; Ayshela => Poetic Portrait Dean => mage, a little over protective of booze; has a familiar (Phil D. Cat); HappyBuddha => at another party Merelas => at Hostel Fox Finnius => a story Gnarlitch => Dwarf tales Degenero Angelus => Transe, the KindaVampire; he's tall and pale. He has no lower jaw, so he has learned to feed on the souls of victims. He's a very cheesy, old horror movie style vampire. NPC/mod: Tanny => Piazza of Portraits Katzaniel => Piazza of Portraits Back to the Party... YanYan => for liking pranks too much... but innocent ones. (villager)It's night phase! RP, but no posting accusations/speculations, please

At the Library, Vahtang catches a book. "Necro- nomi- con," he slowly prounounces. "This one can get us out, right? As Vahktang glances at the others with him to ask this question there is a hideous blood curdling shriek that echos around the entire haunted mansion. A dark shadow with two glowing blood red eyes seems to leap from the bookshelf holding the Necronomicon and passes through his body leaving his heart racing and all his hair standing on end. All those watching see a dark shadowy shape resembling a dismembered corpse lurch through Vahktang causing him to blur for an instant before the shape disappears into a wall. At the gallery upstairs, CheerMynx shrieks and all but leaps onto Cryptomancer's back, knocking him briefly off balance as she slams into him in a panic. "What was that?!" At several other points of the house, there are the same reaction. Many rush into the Library, where they find Vahk and Celes glaring at each other, talking about a book. YanYan, unnoticed, enter softly and goes to the back of the room. Vahk looks at Celes dubiously, "What is that dreaded about this book?" "My Nether Mage friends told me about it and it contains very powerful magic that is very dangerous to use." Vahktang decides to open the book confidently, but Celes grabs his hand. "Do not touch it! In fact, I doubt that it is wise to open it." "Awww Celes, don't be so overly cautious. It's just a book." He frees his hand from the girl's grab and opens the book. As soon as he does that, there's a loud, crashing noise, and something hits Celes back. She screams, turning around with a spell ready. YanYan falls on the floor, laughing. At his feet, a candleholder and a broken vase -- responsible for the crashing sound -- and, at Celes', the small book that had hit her. "You ...!" she shouts in anger. Ayshela and Finnius grab YanYan's arm, glaring, as Merelas and Leif enter with swords drawn, followed by Tanny. "What's happened? YanYan! We were looking for you!" As YanYan apologizes, still chuckling, Dragonqueen mutters, "How do we know he isn't the one responsible for what happened to Salinye?" "He could well be... he had alread pulled one on Tanny, hadn't he?" nods Ayshela. "Hey!" protests YanYan. "I did it just for fun, we are friends! I would never hurt anyone!" As the glares and mutter don't abate, he looks at Tanny, "Tanny, please... tell them. It was only for fun..." "Unfortunately, Yan... this doesn't seem so fun anymore... Katz is sending some help, she must be already at the tunnel. Maybe you should go back to the party... there are people there who still need a good DJ. Her voice is sharp, annoyed. "You chose a bad place to play... this place is wrong." "Wrong? What do you mean?" asks Vahk, curious. "Just wrong. I tried to reach the earth energy. It's twisted. It's... it feels wrong. I do think we'd better take care. " Some of them escort YanYan out, back to the tunnel, as Celes sighs and turns back to the bookshelves. Vahktang, at the door, shakes his head. No one notices the Necronomicon, open on the floor, start to glow. ~~~~~~ OOC YanYan has probably drunk a bit too much... a tendency to pranks, but harmless ones. He was an innocent guest. It's Night Phase. Wolves/Seer/Baner, please send me your targets. Day phase starts in about 24h, or as soon as I have the necessary PMs. Feel free to RP further events (Hmmmm.... why is that book glowing, after all?) Scorecard is at OOC thread.

~SCORECARD as of Oct 22nd, 1:30am EST~ YanYan => 3 votes Cryptomancer => 2 votes Gnarlitch => 2 votes Finnius => 1 vote Nave has tied his vote IC to "the first who takes this paper", which happened to be Gnarlitch. However, as all votes must be confirmed with an OOC line, I will rule that unless he confirms that with an OOC line, this was just Papa Smurf's idea of a joke. Though, I am open to accept that tying even so, if the players agree to that by a majority of votes. Any comments on this, please take to the OOC thread; any player can PM me if they think it should be accepted. Also, any vote-tying will be considered for just one day phase. As I said, PM me if you have to be absent for a few days and want to assign your vote to someone else. I'll post that vote into the scorecard before closing the day phase. Please, you don't have to justify your vote... we all know how the first lynching goes

OOC Vote for Mickey "The Skin"/Cryptomancer

A sudden hand offers Shamus a glass of water, and he looks up dazedly to find Mariah. Sharia is seen at the door of the cafe, supported by a cane and Paolo's strong arm. "Antidote for Vinny's drug, Shamus. Trust me." Then she turns to Mickey. "You know that Vinny is innocent, Mickey. You have been plotting and setting things up since Avocado's death. There's a network of information that knows what you are doing. There are people who know that you are planning to kill or take out of comission every one of us." "And I think also that you and either the Opium Lotus or the Sakurazukamori are allied. Both are supporting you. I wonder how the next to be betrayed will react... and I think the surprised one will be the Sakura."

WW MODDING POST Day phase is extended. It will end in about 36 hours or so, on Saturday at around noon EST. Currently, players are divided into four groups; you are completely free to change places/groups while exploring, this was done just to help a little bit with the RP and setting. The grouping was defined mainly by a-) players who haven't posted so far, so they don't have a group; and b-) dice rolls 1st group: gallery upstairs * Cryp * CheerMynx * Merelas * Leif * YanYan 2nd group: looking for the Library * Vahktang * Celes * Gnarlitch * Dean 3rd group: exploring another room * Ayshela * Finnius * Gwaihir * Elwen 4th group: either undecided or at the "main" room * Papa Smurf (Nave) * Transe (Deg) * HappyBuddha * Dragonqueen Feel free to RP and don't forget to post a vote! (And we need cannon fodder... )