A Room in the Castle Volant

 

 

Scenario:

 

Hey, you know those jokes which start with the punchline first? This is one of those:

 

Maurice Kennedy is dead.

 

Hahaha!!!! No, really, it's funny. It's funny in that ironic way, where the man best suited to the 'situation' (as we shall call it) is already taken out of the equation. And it's a shame, too, as he was really a thoughtful and sensitive guy. He liked flowers, and had an impressive library. Well, the library is a bit more, archaic, shall we say than most you will find provided by your local living community - big focus is evident on the damned, the dying, and the not-really dead.

 

In fact, you could say he was investigating some people in the community... which is why his demise may have been more than 'natural causes.' But, not being one to start a witch hunt (or a necro-hunt, in this case) he took his time - and took a little but too long, as someone most likely now took all the time he had left.

 

Anyway, let's rewind and tell this story forward. But FIRST, the RULES!

 

CONFIRMED PLAYERS:

1/ Falzis

2/ CanucksDynasty

3/ ScoutX

4/ Aquinas

5/ Narsis

6/ AKCPLUTO

7/ junkahoolik

8/ KevinH

 

Rules:

[01] Votes should be in bold. If you do not bold your vote, it will not be counted, unless you're clever and add it to the spreadsheet also. Failsafe system!

[02] Please put some effort into making posts longer than 1 or 2 sentences. I can't force you to do it, but it would be helpful.

[03] Lynching will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, their pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. The exception to this rule is if the deadline is reached, and no majority has been achieved - see below *

[04] You may vote: no lynch. Majority votes of this kind are necessary to end the day without a death.

[05] Once your death scene has been posted, you’re dead. You can make a single “Bah!” post but no relevant information.

[06] No small text. Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts either.

[07] Don’t quote any PMs from me. If you do, I will destroy you.

[08] If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you. If you do not submit a choice to me, I’ll flip a coin or get creative, depending on how much I've had to drink.

[09] If you anticipate being unavailable for more than a 24-hour period, please post a notice to that effect in the thread. Treat this game as a commitment. Be considerate – don’t leave us hanging.

[10] If you have any questions at all, please PM me or post the question in the thread.

[11] Remember, it’s a game and it’s supposed to be fun. Be nice to your fellow players.

 

*"What happens if the deadline is reached, and there is no 'majority'?" This is most likely to happen if either (1) some people are inactive, or don't vote or (2) the spread of votes is evenly distributed. In scenario 1, all those unvoting members at the deadline become "abstaining" and lose their vote that round, and in the case of (2) whoever has the oldest vote of lynch gets it. Believe it or not, this is to HELP the townies, trust me.

 

Vote for a player to be lynched by posting and using the NIFTY SPREADSHEET BELOW. The spreadsheet shows you (at any moment) how things stand, the posting is so historically people can look back and decide how evil or decent you are. Yes, we can also post votecounts, but the spreadsheet is the best way to make sure I don't miss something or screw up. If there are 2 players with the same amount of votes at deadline, then I will lynch the one who reached that number of votes first.

 

Finally....

THE NIFTY SPREADSHEET OF AWESOMENESS

 

The above link is to a spreadsheet which lists everyone still alive, and a column for each player. This is to save me the endless back and forth that I've seen here. Open the sheet, find the column at the top with your name, and then place an X in that column under who you want killed (list of candidates is on the left).

Okay, back to the story:

 

Scenario Part 2:

 

Every 15 years in the village of Mo'Merde a strange gathering of clouds and lightening occurs. Thunder rakes the sky, rain lashes down onto the houses, and it gets rather chilly. Predictably, the townspeople named it 'the fifteen year storm.' Travel advisories recommended people stay away during this time (although the town never really had much of a tourist industry anyway) and as the 15 year anniversary approaches only one traveler is staying at the inn.

 

Through a sequence of random events, this traveler is invited (along with a drinking companion) to come stay at the Kennedy residence - a foreboding structure which looms over the town and is named.... Castle Volant (did you guess?). Maurice Kennedy's house is known for many things, and now as the storm gathers it is not only inhabited by his children and these two guests, but also by those retained by the Kennedy family. Nine people in all, including the lord of the dance manor.

 

But as the house servant arrives at the castle and immediately begins to draw up the castle's bridge, a scream echoes throughout the manor. All rush to the source of the noise and see the tragedy: Maurice Kennedy, benefactor and town leader, has been stabbed through the heart. Was this suicide? Possibly - his hands are bloody and wrapped around the letter opener (bearing his initials) - but were those hands pulling the opener in, or pushing it away?

 

Shocked, all wander away and return to their designated rooms. Kennedy's personal footman quietly shuts the door of the library (where the body was found) and locks it. He will deal with the situation when he has absorbed the death (and its ramifications) later. For now, dead is dead - and nothing else can be done to save Maurice.

 

Later, as the cook serves up dinner, our traveler from the beginning of the story timidly announces he discovered a book among his belongings while changing for dinner. On opening the parcel, he finds the book is about horrific demon-lovers called the Vampy Fanclub. Apparently, while this book is of ancient origin, someone had taken the time to annotate the pages in loopy script the children of Maurice admit to being their father's handwriting. On the first page, that same hand scrawled 'Please read this, I will come find you later - we have much to discuss. Something is going on here, and you may be the key.' Leafing through the pages, the traveler noticed "death by the victim's item" to be listed as the Vampy Fanclub's opening salvo when taking on a township. Could this mean the letter opener, with MK carefully polished into the wood, was a murder weapon?

 

Over the dinner table, all eyes meet each other. As no-one left the castle, this is now a locked room inquiry, and the footman vows he will not let anyone leave until his master's murder is solved.... or everyone is dead.

 

CHARACTER LIST aka Cheat Sheet:

1/ Falzis - Stephen Fry

Comedian, author, star. Dead.

 

2/ CanucksDynasty - Jan Hiroshima

Caregiver to Léone, born and raised locally.

 

3/ ScoutX - Albereé une Balle de Brass

Former personal footman of Maurice Kennedy, born and raised locally.

 

4/ Aquinas - Giséle Kennedy

Daughter of the dead Lord of the Manor, younger sister to Léone.

 

5/ Narsis - Hereé Coq

House servant of the Castle Volant, born and raised locally.

 

6/ AKCPLUTO - Léone Kennedy

Son of the dead Lord, older brother of Giséle.

 

7/ junkahoolik - Dorian Gray

Young wanderer, student of the world. Invited with Fry to come stay at the castle.

 

8/ KevinH - Elena le Pickle

House cook of the Castle Volant, born and raised locally.

 

DAY 1 COMMENCES

If we don't have a majority vote (which starts the lynch), deadline is MIDNIGHT MONDAY 2/15 your time.

 

 

YOU SHOULD ALL SHORTLY HAVE PMs SITTING IN YOUR INBOX WITH CHARACTERS. LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY SNAGS.

Edited February 16, 201016 yr by Bastille Hades

... have a 1/7 chance of being scum individually.

 

I stand corrected. You know what I meant: everyone has an equal chance to be scum.

 

the Olympics in town

 

Too cool!

 

Did I see you on TV?

 

sorry. with the Olympics in town i've been away.

 

Vote: Falzis

 

yeah i know save my own skin blah blah blah. i would much much rather vote Kevin...but it is a vote that would go unheeded i'm afraid.

 

Ok then my vote stays on you. Had you voted someone else I would have changed my vote too.

waw, nice. we get a extra day... but the bad part about it is the lack of activity...

Ok then my vote stays on you. Had you voted someone else I would have changed my vote too.

 

I sincerely doubt that.

IF you did remove your vote...you would have ended up lynching yourself as you would have 2 votes for you.

 

No really I would have. Anyway I think I will be the first to die here and I'll do a KevinH and say "I told you so!" after I die.

No really I would have. Anyway I think I will be the first to die here and I'll do a KevinH and say "I told you so!" after I die.

 

 

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Unofficial Vote Count...

 

Narsis (2) - Falzis, AKCPLUTO

Falzis (3) - CanucksDynasty, junkahoolik, Narsis

SinKon (1) - ScoutX

Aquinas (1) - KevinH

 

Not Voting (1) - Aquinas

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You are ahead in the vote count but who knows...maybe KevinH/Aquinas/ScoutX may change their votes and you may still live.

 

But yeah...IF you are a townie...then KevinH will say "I told you so".

Falzis: change your vote to Kevin and i will gladly follow suit.

First, why KevinH? Second, if you believe KevinH is scum, why didn't you vote for him the first place?

 

@CD

 

No. I will be the one to say "I told you so!".

why Kevin? cause i still think he is scum based on his sudden no lynch stance. why not vote for him in the first place? because i think you might be scum(although less so then KevinH) and a vote against Kevin would have been a worthless vote yesterday with little chance of anyone else voting him)or so it seems to me).

I'm still not sold on the why-i-didn't-vote-for-him-in-the-first-place. If you really believed he was scum, and believed him to be more scum than me, he should have been your first choice.

 

As it stands, even if we do both vote for KevinH, my head will still be on the chopping block since I got 2 votes earlier. Not that I want to save my own skin but changing both our votes won't get KevinH lynched (if that's your goal). Plus, I don't think KevinH is scummy for his immediate reversal of stances and I think you are for your false dichotomies.

 

I'm fine with dying. We can let our votes stay where they are.

If a no-lynch band-wagon gets started, I will happily join it.

 

There's a small chance of lynching a scum and a large chance of lynching a townie. No-lynch, anyone?

 

... equally have a 2/7 chance of being scum.

Kevin, Narsis and I only have a 1/7 chance of being scum individually. Together, it's misleading to say we have 2/7 chance of being scum.

 

It's like saying if all of us had one vote placed upon each one of us, then we have a 7/7 chance of being scum (which is 100% and quite impossible)!

 

I've been thinking about this.

Assume there are 2 scum out of 8 players.

I am 100% certain that I am a townie so I am faced with finding 2 scum out of the other 7 of you.

Each of you has a 1/7 chance of being scum #1.

Each of you has a 1/7 chance of being scum #2.

Taken together, each of you has a 2/7 chance of being one of the two scum.

 

"Always go with your first instinct..."

The vote was taken, and all in the town distrusted the outsider. Sure, in the first world he might be some witty superstar, but here in this town he was just another stranger, and strangers in the third world are *not* to be trusted. I refer you now to Wikipedia:

 

Stephen John Fry (24 August 1957-15 February 2010) was a British actor, writer, comedian, television presenter and film director. He first came to attention in the 1982 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation, "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster.

 

Fry has been described as a "national treasure", a phenomenon, and "an epitome of the Renaissance man."

 

Death

Although not much is known about the death of Fry, the Translakistan consulate has released a statement that the star was found dead by the townspeople of Mo'Merde, and that there were signs of a struggle. The British Government has demanded an inquiry into Fry's final days, but a strange storm is affecting both the airspace and communications, prohibiting airborne traffic from reaching the town, and severely limiting contact with the townsfolk. The statement released by the consulate indicated that he had been hanged, but there was no mention of who his murderer was. The British associated press has speculated that such a remote town as Mo'Merde might still carry out arcane and ancient traditions as ritualistic hangings, as Fry was a known homosexual and might possible have been a target. Ironically, his latest work was rumored to be on strange happenings and cultist traditions - with a number of chapters dedicated to those who worship the Vampire as a deity.

 

Unfortunately, due to the relatively short amount of time Mr. Fry was in the town, and his passing relationship to all that knew him in Mo'Merde, there was never any real possibility that he was one of the Vampy Fanclub.

 

NIGHT TWO BEGINS

So, who died? Guys, I'm struggling with understanding the script...

So, who died? Guys, I'm struggling with understanding the script...

 

Sorry. I'll simplify from now on: Falzis got hanged, was townie.

Cheat Sheet:

1/ Falzis - Stephen Fry

Comedian, author, star. Dead.

 

2/ CanucksDynasty - Jan Hiroshima

Caregiver to Léone, born and raised locally.

 

3/ ScoutX - Albereé une Balle de Brass

Former personal footman of Maurice Kennedy, born and raised locally.

 

4/ Aquinas - Giséle Kennedy

Daughter of the dead Lord of the Manor, younger sister to Léone.

 

5/ Narsis - Hereé Coq

House servant of the Castle Volant, born and raised locally.

 

6/ AKCPLUTO - Léone Kennedy

Son of the dead Lord, older brother of Giséle.

 

7/ junkahoolik - Dorian Gray

Young wanderer, student of the world. Invited with Fry to come stay at the castle.

 

8/ KevinH - Elena le Pickle

House cook of the Castle Volant, born and raised locally.

 

Edited February 16, 201016 yr by Bastille Hades

what's with the Stephen Fry biography??

what's with the Stephen Fry biography??

 

Yeah, totally didn't add a list of characters on my first post. Edited, and also posted above for easy reading. No further worries, all other characters are 100% Hades' creations. Sorry if using a RL celebrity confused the peeps, I am suitably chastised.

no prob. i was just curious if it was part of the gameplay or if falzis was actually stephen fry. i love fry in the last season of Blackadder hehehehhehehehhehehehhe

Hello Hades,

 

It would be alright if you actually did everything...i.e., the biography, then a simple "____ died, was townie," then the "cheat sheet of remaining players."

 

Signed,

Pluto

Hello Hades,

 

It would be alright if you actually did everything...i.e., the biography, then a simple "____ died, was townie," then the "cheat sheet of remaining players."

 

Signed,

Pluto

 

No problem. Check back shortly for the update, let me know if it's what you want.

DAY TWO BEGINS

And predictably, it begins with a death.

 

Jan Hiroshima came to the Castle every day for years, and each time he wondered if this would be his last. Not because of himself, of course, but as Léone's doctor - once the older Kennedy died, there would be no reason for his continued visits. How ironic that the sickly Kennedy heir would outlive the stalwart doctor.

 

Elena le Pickle found the body, as he had spent the evening hovering around her abode, as if expecting an attack to be made on her life. Had something happened he would have surely tried his best to save her, but noone could save him. Elena found him stooped over his medical bag, one of his many leather pouches of pills had been shoved down his throat. He had suffocated then, and the assailant had held him down as he choked on his own medicines. "Death by the victim's item" again - the favored modus operandi of the Vampy Fanclub.

 

Once again, the townsfolk and Kennedys in the Volant must decide how to handle this, if they are ever to escape alive.....

 

 

 

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SUMMARY: RIP CanucksDynasty, dead, proven 100% townie

 

Cheat Sheet:

1/ Falzis - Stephen Fry

Comedian, author, star. Dead.

 

2/ CanucksDynasty - Jan Hiroshima

Caregiver to Léone, born and raised locally. Dead.

 

3/ ScoutX - Albereé une Balle de Brass

Former personal footman of Maurice Kennedy, born and raised locally.

 

4/ Aquinas - Giséle Kennedy

Daughter of the dead Lord of the Manor, younger sister to Léone.

 

5/ Narsis - Hereé Coq

House servant of the Castle Volant, born and raised locally.

 

6/ AKCPLUTO - Léone Kennedy

Son of the dead Lord, older brother of Giséle.

 

7/ junkahoolik - Dorian Gray

Young wanderer, student of the world. Invited with Fry to come stay at the castle.

 

8/ KevinH - Elena le Pickle

House cook of the Castle Volant, born and raised locally.

 

 

DAY 2 COMMENCES

If we don't have a majority vote (which starts the lynch), deadline is MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 2/21 your time.

Edited February 17, 201016 yr by Bastille Hades

"I told you so."

 

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Unofficial Vote Count...

 

Narsis (2) - Falzis, AKCPLUTO

Falzis (3) - CanucksDynasty, junkahoolik, Narsis

SinKon (1) - ScoutX

Aquinas (1) - KevinH

 

Not Voting (1) - Aquinas

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FOS: CanucksDynasty, junkahoolik, Narsis

 

or maybe from the text ...

 

ScoutX - born and raised locally

Narsis - born and raised locally

KevinH - born and raised locally

 

Aquinas - Daughter of the dead Lord

AKCPLUTO - Son of the dead Lord

 

junkahoolik - Young wanderer, student of the world

 

If there are two scum, the daughter and son make a nice pair ... but that's too obvious.

 

 

 

"I told you so."

 

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Unofficial Vote Count...

 

Narsis (2) - Falzis, AKCPLUTO

Falzis (3) - CanucksDynasty, junkahoolik, Narsis

SinKon (1) - ScoutX

Aquinas (1) - KevinH

 

Not Voting (1) - Aquinas

**************

 

FOS: CanucksDynasty, junkahoolik, Narsis

 

or maybe from the text ...

 

ScoutX - born and raised locally

Narsis - born and raised locally

KevinH - born and raised locally

 

Aquinas - Daughter of the dead Lord

AKCPLUTO - Son of the dead Lord

 

junkahoolik - Young wanderer, student of the world

 

If there are two scum, the daughter and son make a nice pair ... but that's too obvious.

 

i think you're getting too much into the mod WIFOM. who knows what the mod's sick mind came up with?

 

anyway...i'm still suspicious of you for the same reasons as before. that sudden lynch stance just doesnt sit right with me. that said it would be nice to hear what others have to say...

"I told you so."

 

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Unofficial Vote Count...

 

Narsis (2) - Falzis, AKCPLUTO

Falzis (3) - CanucksDynasty, junkahoolik, Narsis

SinKon (1) - ScoutX

Aquinas (1) - KevinH

 

Not Voting (1) - Aquinas

**************

 

FOS: CanucksDynasty, junkahoolik, Narsis

 

or maybe from the text ...

 

ScoutX - born and raised locally

Narsis - born and raised locally

KevinH - born and raised locally

 

Aquinas - Daughter of the dead Lord

AKCPLUTO - Son of the dead Lord

 

junkahoolik - Young wanderer, student of the world

 

If there are two scum, the daughter and son make a nice pair ... but that's too obvious.

 

i'v very much like to hear from someone else other the Narsis and Kevin. seems like everyone is pretty quiet...