Lewwyn Wrote:The thing that made me turn my vote BACK to Catwalk is that he kept his vote on me while he was arguing with Serdoa even though it seemed he was saying that Serdoa was suspicious.
I very specifically suggested that Serdoa was far more likely to be a misguided villager than scum. Ironically, Serdoa is pretty low on my suspect list now even though I seem to be #1 on his. I left my vote on you rather than Bob because votes were still a bit indecisive and you're my prime suspect. If Bob turns out to be scum that mostly clears you, of course. If he's innocent, I'm inclined to think you're trying to establish an alibi by pulling the trigger on him.
There was less tension on the second day, as the guy with the canines had devised an ingenious procedure for manufacturing ice. It was all awfully complicated, as he explained with ill-concealed pride. Water had to be drained from the reservoir tanks in exact quantities, and exposed to the void in a carefully monitored process. Serdoa had personally instructed the AI on how to perform this task; everybody else was suitably impressed. (Besides, any lack of enthusiasm was quickly remedied by Mr. Toothache throwing a sharp glance in the direction of the airlock.)
Nevertheless, there was a certain impatience to get the portal back on-line, which would be hard to achieve with lunatic saboteurs on the loose. The party was dying; people were getting slightly restless. Nobody wanted to be the last one to leave, getting stuck with the bill.
Sadly, nobody possessed any expertise on how to diagnose SCUM. Stuffing their brains into the recyclotron ought to do the trick, but people were reluctant to part with their brains voluntarily. It was argued that the cat boy should go first, since his brain was the smallest. However, he claimed to be "special", and was generally pitied for it. Unfortunately, everybody else quickly adopted the same defense, and so the argument kept going in circles.
- Throw that guy 'ere a bus! said one of them, with a thick, archaic accent.
- Or that one, he's done enough liwwin! urged another.
- Let's just settle this like space men, said Bobchillingworth, rolling up his space sleeves.
- Excellent suggestion, said Lewwyn, jabbing a Mercurian fire-cracker straight into Bob's fat and recently exposed underarm vein.
- Bobchillingworth's eyes temporarily bulged, while his body suffered violent spasms. After a short while, steam escaped from his ears. He slumped to the floor, fried dead from the infernal nano-drug overdose.
The recyclotron didn't accept the body, correctly rejecting it as hazardous toxic waste, infected with hostile nano-agents. Fortunately, the AI, who was really quite clever for someone struggling so hard to produce a few ice cubes, was able to reverse engineer Bobchillingworth's mind state from the pattern of steam erupting from his ears. The body was instead dumped into the Piranha tank, where it was greedily consumed by the specially bred killer fish. As the fish concluded their meal they chillingly turned their attention to the on-lookers outside the tank, with fire in their ominously bulging eyes. On balance, the spectacle proved less entertaining than anticipated.
Bobchillingworth is dead:
Bobchillingworth, you are a regular nutcase, but NOT afflicted with SCUM. You are an innocent pilot, and want to root out the SCUM so you can repair the spacetime portal and get out of here. (Or at least, bring in some fresh beverages.)
As your friends (if you had any) could attest, you like to drink. In fact, you find it hard to stop. Luckily, your body sometimes makes the call for you.
You may cast a lynch vote every day. You win the game if/when all remaining players are innocent, like yourself.
You also have the following one-shot day-time ability (can only be used during the DAY phase):
- Pass out: Invoke this ability by posting Pass out in yellow and bold. Once you post this, you must stop posting for the remainder of the day, and for all of the following night. This also means you cannot change your lynch vote after passing out. You are allowed to cast the deciding vote in a lynch and immediately pass out, by voting in the same post where you pass out. In the narrative, this action will be reflected as you passing out and snoring loudly until the next morning. On the next morning (if you are still alive), it will be publicly confirmed that you performed no night action.
Important note about day-time abilities: If a lynch has been reached, you may no longer invoke any day-time abilities, even if the lynch results have not been posted yet. Please make sure to double check that no lynch has been reached before invoking a day-time ability.
Night 2 begins. Night actions must be submitted by Sunday, October 2, 18:00 GMT
Well, that sucks. Lewwyn, why didn't you give Bob the chance to use any abilities he may have? That's the second we've made that mistake now. He might have declined (as I did), but we wouldn't be any worse off for that. In this case he most likely would have used his ability, and even though it's not exactly conclusive evidence he's innocent (until the next day), it probably would have moved some votes off of him. To me, I suppose. His ability was actually worth a little more than mine since it 100% would establish him as innocent.
To be fair, I'm surprised Bob didn't use his power at the end of day 1. He had nothing to lose by establishing his innocence, especially since it'd happen after night time and he wouldn't automatically be targetted by the scum. He'd probably only gain minor credibility by using his power on the lynch block, it sounds rather scummy if all we'd be told was that he passes out.
I don't understand why Lewwyn was in such a hurry. Still, I'm not sure if it makes him suspicious or not. As scum, the only reason he'd be in a hurry would be to save me. Even so it'd be a weak play, and doesn't match up with him spending most of the day almost getting me lynched. Even though it doesn't feel right, I think I have to move Lewwyn closer to my innocent camp based on his mislynch.
