The Werewolf Game V: Aquarium

Sky · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (im lost @ May 10 2005, 03:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Is anyone up for the instalynch vote?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I feel like giving Muffin something to work with tonight. Sky.

Quaunaut · May 2005

Ah, sorry for screwing ya'll up. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

Sky · May 2005

Jeez, I sure am lingering. Must have been a sloppy suicide. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' />

Xentor · May 2005

Shhh! That was instalynch, so it's nighttime now!

TheMuffinMan · May 2005

It is now night four! No posting!

Sky was desperately running for his life, and so far he was doing fairly well. He had managed to lose lolfighter in the dense weeds that he was now hiding in, but he was finding it near impossible to escape without alerting lolfighter to his presence.
Crap, what am I going to do? There is no way I could jump out of the tank. Hell, Kerotan only just managed it. What am I going to do?
Suddenly, lolfighter made the choice easy for him. A single tentacle shot out of the weeds to his left, followed by several more and an extremely **** off octopus. Sky did the only thing he could do – he turned and ran as fast as he could.

Meanwhile, Freak83 and Snidely were helping SaltzBad get to his feet, so to speak.
SaltzBad groaned in pain. “What happened to me?” he managed to ask.
“We cornered Sky, and he attacked you.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. For a while there, we didn’t think that you were going to make it.”
“Well, thank God that I did”, SaltzBad managed a weak smile. “I tell you what though, I saw some interesting things while I was…” he gave an uncomfortable pause, “nearly gone”
“Oh, like what?” Snidely inquired.
“Well, at first I got this feeling of lightness. Sort of like I wasn’t bound to anything any more. All the stress, everything was just… somehow gone.”
“Then, I saw a bright light.”
Freak83 laughed.
“Yeah, I know it sounds cliché, but I saw it anyway.”
“And then?”
“I swam towards it. No idea why, it just seemed like a good idea at the time.”
“What happened?”
“I finally reached the light, and I started to take in my surroundings. I saw you two staring at me, and I woke up.” SaltzBad explained.
“Freaky…”

“I wonder what happened to Snidely and the others”, said Xentor.
“They seemed pretty secretive. Any idea what they were going to do?”
“Not really, but I got an impression that it had something to do with Sky”, answered Quaunaut.
“Yeah, I’m beginning to wonder where he is, as well.” PlanetKiller said.
“Actually, lolfighter did tell me something before he left”, said BadKarma
“Oh? What’s that?”
“He told me that there were still some of those… things in the tank.”
“Really? You’re not joking, are you?” asked im lost. The look in Soul Rider’s face gave him his answer.
“Oh God, I really don’t think I can take this any more…”
“Well, lets wait for lolfighter to get back before we jump to any conclusions”, said Hellfire3k.

Sky was in a dead race with lolfighter, but was steadily loosing ground. In the distance, he saw his one chance for survival – the castle.

“Come on guys, just that one last pellet left and were done!” ZeroByte shouted from his perch on the battlements.
“Oh, come on! We have enough in there!” Soul Rider shouted back. Indeed, they had quite a large pile of food in the castle, just waiting to be eaten.
ZeroByte was about to shout back, but something caught the corner of his eye. He turned to focus on it. It was still too far out to identify, but whatever it was, it was approaching. Fast.
“Guys, drop what you are doing and get inside!”
“What? Why?” asked Pithlit.
“Just get in! Now!” he shouted as he squeezed through a window. The others followed.

Sky was getting closer to the castle with every passing second, but he was beginning to tire. He had run a good chase, but lolfighter was slowly but surely gaining on him. If only I could get into that castle! It would be a tight fit, but I would be safe. At least, for a while!

The three young fish rushed to a window and stared at the incoming fish.
“Any idea who it is?” asked Pithlit
“It looks like an Angelfish. Maybe its Sky”, ZeroByte answered, leisurely chewing on a blue pellet.
“Yep, it’s definitely Sky”, said Soul Rider, who had the best eyes out of the three.
“What’s that behind him?”
“Those look like tentacles. Its got to be lolfighter”
“Is he chasing Sky?”
“It looks like it. I wonder why.”

Come on! Only a little bit more!

“Guys, hide! Quickly! He is coming this way”, shouted ZeroByte as he darted into a corner along with the other two fish.

As Sky approached the Castle, he began to slow down and aimed himself at an open window. It looked like a tight fit, but perhaps he could make it. Certainly, lolfighter would be too big to squeeze through.

In one fluid motion, he put all his excess energy into one final dive aimed towards the open window. He managed to fit his head through easily… his neck… his body…Come on! Just a little bit further! He stopped suddenly. Trapped and unable to move, he let out a sigh of defeat. It was then that he noticed the children, and with them his last chance for escape.

“Hey…children…” he said, gasping for breath.
“Please, help… me. Pull me through”,
ZeroByte was confused. His brain told him to help Sky, but his gut told him to wait for lolfighter to arrive. Surely he could sort this mess out!
“Why should i?” he responded.
“Just…please! Pull me through! Please!” he pleaded, still trying desperately to wriggle his way out of the window.

Suddenly, he felt something tug his tailfin. For a brief moment, he thought that the three fish were somehow pushing him through the window, but then he realized that lolfighter had finally caught up with him, and was about to end the chase. Another tug caused him to violently cough up a fine black mist, which settled over the three fish. A final tug, and Sky was pulled through the window. His screams echoed through the castle, while the three fish stared in horror through the window.

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Players left in the game:

lolfighter
im lost
Pithlit
Hellfire3k
Xentor
Planetkiller
Quaunaut
ZeroByte
Freak83
Soul Rider
BadKarma
Snidely
SaltzBad


Night four will end at 19:00 GMT on Thursday 12th May. This means that the night will have been on for about 36 hours. This is a pain, but unfortunately the instalynch caught me at just about the worst possible time. Sorry about the slight delay with the story.

TheMuffinMan · May 2005

It is now Day Four! Post away!


By the time lolfighter had gotten back to the clearing, the three younger fish in tow, he was surprised to see that all the other fish were already there, waiting for him. Half of them looked annoyed, and the other half confused. lolfighter put on his guard.
BadKarma broke away from the crowd and approached lolfighter. He skipped the pleasantries completely and got straight to the point.
“What the hell did you do to Sky?” he asked angrily.
“Why, what do you think?”
“Well, from the looks of it. You’re one of those things. You killed Sky, and you’re going to go after us next.”
lolfighter was taken back by just how direct he was, and gave no retort. Instead, he gave BadKarma a penetrating stare. BadKarma stared back. They fought a silent duel between each several seconds, until BadKarma turned his head and gave lolfighter a dismissive wave.
“Anyone else have any questions?” he asked fiercely. im lost began to step forward, but another one of lolfighter’s stares made him shift backwards.
“You guys call me a thing. Have Snidely and Freak83 told you what happened out there?” he asked, his voice wavering.
“We tried lolfighter, but most of them don’t believe us”, Freak83 shouted from the back of the crowd. “Perhaps they will believe you.”
“Yeah! What happened?” asked Xentor.
lolfighter began to explain his part of the story.
“After Sky had attacked SaltzBad, I gave chase while Snidely and Freak83 stayed behind in order to help SaltzBad. I chased him around the tank a good few times, and finally I caught up with him at the castle.” He paused, choosing his words carefully.
“He tried to attack the younger fish, and I was forced to kill him. I tried talking sense with him, but he left me no choice.” He had said it as gracefully as he could, and indeed, it seemed to be working. The crowd broke apart slowly, and several fish swam up to lolfighter and gave him a pat on the back.
“Good job!” said Hellfire3k
“Yeah, good on you, mate” shouted Snidely from across the clearing.
Pithlit drew him aside and whispered in his ear:
“But, that is not what really happened. Why don’t you tell the truth?”
“Well”, he answered, “When we met them, they didn’t look very happy, did they?”
“No, I suppose not.”
“Now they look pretty happy, wouldn’t you say?”
“I suppose so…” Pithlit conceded.

“I’m not happy with this”, said Hellfire3k. “I’m not happy at all.”
“Why not?” asked Quaunaut.
“This whole business with those things. Doesn’t it seem a little strange to you?”
“You don’t trust lolfighter?”
“I trust him well enough, but this whole thing just seems to far-fetched.”
“How so?” asked PlanetKiller inquisitively.
“Well, lets have a look at what exactly happened. First, a mysterious and violent fish is dropped into the tank. Fish start dying, and soon enough the new fish is blamed. We kill him, but the deaths continue.” He explained.
“What’s your point?”
“What if someone else was the original killer? What if we got the wrong fish?”
“What if we didn’t?” reasoned Quaunaut. “You really should drop this idea right now. Continue this line of thought, and you could well be the next fish to go...”
Both PlanetKiller and Hellfire3k stared, open mouthed, at him. He quickly explained.
“What I mean is, the chances are that there are still some of those things, whatever they are, in this tank. Unfortunately, they will probably get to a few more fish before we can stop them. The more you stick yourself out, the more of a target you are.”
“Fair point, but could you be a little more optimistic? You seem to have given up hope pretty quickly.”
“Me? I have plenty of hope. I am just a realist”, explained Quaunaut.

“So, what was all that about?” asked lolfighter.
Him and SaltzBad were alone in the clearing, talking about what had happened just ten minutes ago.
“A few people have been spreading some doubts about you. A few of them seem to be convinced that you are one of those things, and that Sky may have been just a normal fish.”
“What? How bloody stupid is that?”
“Aye, very stupid. But you need to understand, most of them are really confused about this whole ordeal. It may seem clear cut to you, but to us we really have no idea who to trust. Are you telling the truth? Was Sky telling the truth? They just don’t know what to think.”
“Well, fair enough”, lolfighter responded. “I suppose with every passing night, we come a little closer to the end of this, one way or another.”
“You think that some of those things are still alive?”, SaltzBad asked.
“Yes, I do. I also reckon that if we don’t find them as soon as possible, there are going to strike again”, he said in a serious tone. “I’m off to bed now. Watch your back…”
With that, the tank slowly came to a stop. Lights off. Darkness. Silence. No activity, barring a few brief shadows creeping around, slowly…

Soul Rider woke up suddenly, surprised about the lack of light. Why am I up this early? Normally I’m asleep until way into the morning.. He was about to settle down again and drift back to sleep, but something caught his eye. It was only a small black shape, but from his vantage point on the battlements it stood out against the long, thin weeds.
Intrigued, he swam closer to the shape. From a few inches above it, he could still not make it out. However, as his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he was able to make out the general shape of it. What looked like a tailfin… a body… and a head. Soul Rider started to panic. He turned to wake the others, but curiosity had gotten the better of him.

He turned to look again, and what he saw shocked him. The body was twisted and broken in many different places, but Hellfire3k was still identafiable. The cause of death was no mystery - his neck was broken in several places and a bundle of weeds was wrapped tightly around his neck. They were soaked in blood, and glistened red as the lights turned on and a fresh day began...

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Players left in the game:

lolfighter
im lost
Pithlit
Xentor
Planetkiller
Quaunaut
ZeroByte
Freak83
Soul Rider
BadKarma
Snidely
SaltzBad


The day will end at 20:00 GMT on Saturday 14th May. This is an hour later than normal, just so you guys are aware.

BadKarma · May 2005

To sum up my actions last day, I was confused and ****. I was confused as to what was really going on and **** about Saltzs' seemingly frivolous deception. After talking with some folks, I truely believe Saltz to be human. My belief that someone in lol's group has remained. Planetkiller for right now.

Planetkiller · May 2005

I have been told to inform you all that there are 3 wolves left. Sky was a wolf. Please don't ask me why I got nominated to tell everyone this, I have no clue myself. Voting Badkarma for now, to return the random. Hopefully the seer will return a better target.

Planetkiller · May 2005

Arrgh, forgot about no editting. Was just to correct a typo.

SaltzBad · May 2005

We all knew this would happen - everyone in the merged human network is a target. Theres no need to be intimidated though - we're already large enough to instalynch, and we don't need to lie low. And to those humans still outside the network - just trust us. Report anyone trying to convince you of something else to us in PM.

Hellfire3k was a great fish - he networked early, gained my trust unwittingly by his ingenuity and smarts and was distintinctly unafraid to put himself at risk he knew well would be fatal for the win. In the process, he even identified the Gaurdian and Seer and saved them from being wolfed tonight. That said, **** better be on my side next game.

@BadKarma:
What makes you think PlanetKiller is a wolf? I've found him suspicous as well, but maybe you've got better reasons than I do.

SaltzBad · May 2005

Wow, the entire 'son of a [female dog]' thing is edited out? Yikes.

BadKarma · May 2005

Dude, the word "s natch" is edited out.

At this point, it was just a random, although he's as good a candidate as any.

BadKarma · May 2005

Also, what makes your group so secure Saltz? Surely you, or whoever you speak for, hasnt seered them all?

SaltzBad · May 2005

I can't reveal every detail, but they've proven themselves - trust me. The majority are seered by now, but other than that I've spent a fair amount of time checking peoples storys inside my network - who distorted information and to whom, who told the same story and who didn't, and who was doing what behind my back pre-night3. I'm not overly trusting in the first place, and I wouldn't be saying its a sure thing if I didn't know.

That aside, ZeroByte.

Byeka · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (BadKarma @ May 9 2005, 06:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I wash my hands of this. Vote for Saltz.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
BadKarma, this is still the primary reason why I am casting my vote for you.

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ("BadKarma")</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
To sum up my actions last day, I was confused and ****. I was confused as to what was really going on and **** about Saltzs' seemingly frivolous deception. After talking with some folks, I truely believe Saltz to be human. My belief that someone in lol's group has remained. Planetkiller for right now.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

It seems as if you're basically saying "Oh crap, I figured all was lost for the wolves so I cast that vote giving up. Now I've had more time to think and realized what a mistake it was so I'm going to try and cover my tracks."

I don't like to hold a vote unless I'm absolutly certain about it. In this case - I'm not. If you can convince me that you're not a wolf then I'll gladly change it. Otherwise it's sticking.

BadKarma · May 2005

There's no real way for me to do that. If you wish to take it like that, it's your opinion. lolfighter chose to take it as "someone confused and on the outside of a large ploy". That's how it was, my "hands washing" was directed to Saltz and his crew. But still, there's no way to convince you, no evidence to my case. Take it as you will.

im_lost · May 2005

I'm going to follow SaltzBad's vote for ZeroByte, since I have nothing better to work with.

SaltzBad · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>[5/8/2005 6:49 PM] === Goober <~connortay@142.176.225.10> ``connor''
[5/8/2005 6:49 PM] === Goober: member of +#ns-twg
[5/8/2005 6:49 PM] === Goober: attached to *.GameSurge.net ``The GameSurge IRC Network''
[5/8/2005 6:49 PM] --- End of WHOIS information for Goober.
[5/8/2005 6:49 PM] <Goober> Saltz has approached me as the seer
[5/8/2005 6:49 PM] <im_lost> i see
[5/8/2005 6:50 PM] <Goober> I don't know if he's legit, but I think he is
[5/8/2005 6:50 PM] <im_lost> i don't
[5/8/2005 6:50 PM] <im_lost> he says he seered me
[5/8/2005 6:50 PM] <Goober> and?
[5/8/2005 6:50 PM] <im_lost> through talking with others, i'm quite sure he isn't legit
[5/8/2005 6:50 PM] <im_lost> because others have told me they were also contacted by him
[5/8/2005 6:50 PM] <im_lost> and the information doesn't fit together
[5/8/2005 6:51 PM] <Goober> hmmph
[5/8/2005 6:51 PM] <Goober> a wolf spreading confusion?
[5/8/2005 6:51 PM] <im_lost> did he say he had checked you?
[5/8/2005 6:51 PM] <Goober> well, yes actually
[5/8/2005 6:52 PM] <Goober> how wouldnt it fit together?
[5/8/2005 6:52 PM] <im_lost> he told me sky was a human, and i've heard that he told another group of people (lolfighter and company) that sky is a wolf
[5/8/2005 6:52 PM] <Goober> oh, yea that's bogus
[5/8/2005 6:53 PM] <Goober> well what the hell, that pretty goddamned incriminating
[5/8/2005 6:53 PM] <Goober> do you have logs?
[5/8/2005 6:53 PM] <im_lost> the only question is the trustworthiness of the source
[5/8/2005 6:53 PM] <Goober> i mean to him
[5/8/2005 6:54 PM] <im_lost> of my conversation with saltzbad?
[5/8/2005 6:54 PM] <Goober> of his saying sky is a human yes
[5/8/2005 6:54 PM] <im_lost> i'm actually not sure
[5/8/2005 6:55 PM] <im_lost> i switched from hydrairc to chatzilla
[5/8/2005 6:55 PM] <Goober> bummer
[5/8/2005 6:55 PM] <im_lost> because hydrairc didn't want to connect to gamesurge
[5/8/2005 6:55 PM] <im_lost> and i discovered that chatzilla wasn't logging user conversations
[5/8/2005 6:55 PM] <Goober> well if we can get lolfighter to come out, we can confront him with this thing
[5/8/2005 7:06 PM] <Goober> hello?
[5/8/2005 7:06 PM] <im_lost> i'm here
[5/8/2005 7:06 PM] <im_lost> how would you want to confront lolfighter?
[5/8/2005 7:06 PM] <Goober> not lol, Saltz
[5/8/2005 7:06 PM] <im_lost> i see
[5/8/2005 7:06 PM] <im_lost> i'm not sure that i trust lolfighter enough, though
[5/8/2005 7:07 PM] <im_lost> or that he trusts anyone else enough
[5/8/2005 7:07 PM] <Goober> hmm
[5/8/2005 7:07 PM] <Goober> well, it's not like he'd be putting his **** on the line for this thing, really he'd just be providing testimony
[5/8/2005 7:08 PM] <im_lost> what would lolfighter say, though?
[5/8/2005 7:08 PM] <Goober> in the thread i mean
[5/8/2005 7:08 PM] <im_lost> he would have to reveal who his seer is for a real case to be made, and if he doesn't trust us, that isn't going to happen
[5/8/2005 7:08 PM] <Goober> same as he said to you, that Saltz talked to him, said Sky was a wolf
[5/8/2005 7:09 PM] <Goober> oh hold a minute, does he think Saltz is legit?
[5/8/2005 7:09 PM] <im_lost> he thinks his seer is legit, i think his seer is saltzbad
[5/8/2005 7:09 PM] <Goober> ah ****
[5/8/2005 7:10 PM] <Goober> im gonna cypher on this for a minute
[5/8/2005 7:11 PM] <Goober> right, could you explain what you meant by "lolfighter and company"?
[5/8/2005 7:12 PM] <im_lost> the network that he is forming
[5/8/2005 7:12 PM] <im_lost> there should be another person in it tonight
[5/8/2005 7:12 PM] <im_lost> and pithlit followed his vote
[5/8/2005 7:13 PM] <Goober> you reckon he's stringin them along?
[5/8/2005 7:14 PM] <im_lost> yep, just like he planned to do with me
[5/8/2005 7:15 PM] <Goober> well, I never really figured lol, but i didn't know about his little posse either
[5/8/2005 7:16 PM] <im_lost> i have a feeling lolfighter is going to start out tomorrow with a bold statement of some sort
[5/8/2005 7:17 PM] <Goober> well, if he is a wolf, i might have a slight prob, i got enough suspicion as is
[5/8/2005 7:17 PM] <Goober> but I reckon I can throw some back at him if it comes to that, worked on Nem
[5/8/2005 7:17 PM] <im_lost> lolfighter could be a human, just manipulated by his seer
[5/8/2005 7:19 PM] <Goober> what's with the trust though? You said he was wary of most other folks, why Saltz (assumption)?
[5/8/2005 7:19 PM] <im_lost> lolfighter said he trusts his seer, openly in the channel. i just doubt he would easily trust others that contradict that line of thought
[5/8/2005 7:21 PM] <Goober> think Snidely has a hand in any of this? I got my suspicions about that guy
[5/8/2005 7:21 PM] <im_lost> i don't have a clue what snidely is up to
[5/8/2005 7:22 PM] <im_lost> i think it's time for me to reread the thread with the perspective that i've gained today
[5/8/2005 7:22 PM] <Goober> right, thanks for the info
[5/8/2005 7:34 PM] <im_lost> when did saltzbad contact you?
[5/8/2005 7:35 PM] <Goober> second night I reckon
[5/8/2005 7:36 PM] <im_lost> that definitely contradicts what he told me
[5/8/2005 7:36 PM] <Goober> he told you sky was clean?
[5/8/2005 7:36 PM] <im_lost> yes
[5/8/2005 7:37 PM] <Goober> well me too, and that he seered me. He's clearly up to something
[5/8/2005 7:38 PM] <im_lost> the games were so much simpler when i was constantly in the dark
[5/8/2005 7:38 PM] <Goober> ignorance is bliss
[5/8/2005 7:39 PM] <im_lost> and knowledge is supposed to be power
[5/8/2005 7:39 PM] <im_lost> but i don't know what to do with my knowledge
[5/8/2005 7:40 PM] <Goober> something to counter lol's posse would be ideal, but I know you don't exactly trust me. And maybe starting a war is would just make the wolves laugh at us
[5/8/2005 7:41 PM] <im_lost> lolfighter is the big unknown in this case, i don't know whether to attack him or try to work with him
[5/8/2005 7:45 PM] <Goober> im apt to think he's being manipulated
[5/8/2005 7:46 PM] <Goober> wheter by saltz or someone else, i don't think he is a wolf
[5/8/2005 7:46 PM] <Goober> nonetheless dangerous though
[5/8/2005 7:50 PM] <Goober> gotta sleep, good talk
[5/8/2005 7:50 PM] <im_lost> talk to you later then
[5/11/2005 12:57 AM] [ERROR] Connection to irc://irc.gamesurge.net/ (irc://irc.gamesurge.net/) closed.
[5/11/2005 1:00 AM] [ERROR] Connection to irc://irc.gamesurge.net/ (irc://irc.gamesurge.net/) reset.
[5/11/2005 10:35 PM] [QUIT] Disconnected from irc://irc.gamesurge.net/ (irc://irc.gamesurge.net/).</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

BadKarma

ZeroByte · May 2005

Uhm? I don't get how that log incriminates BadKarma tbh. I'm not going with you on this for now since it's not a seered vote. Also, wth me?

SaltzBad · May 2005

I never PMed BadKarma. Should I connect the rest of the dots for you, or are you okay?

Snidely · May 2005

BadKarma.

ZeroByte · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SaltzBad @ May 13 2005, 02:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I never PMed BadKarma. Should I connect the rest of the dots for you, or are you okay?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Hmm okay, the explanation would have helped along with the logs <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /> Didn't help that you accused me earlier but uhmkay. BadKarma

im_lost · May 2005

BadKarma

im_lost · May 2005

Vote count

Planetkiller - 1 (BadKarma)
BadKarma - 5 (Freak83, SaltzBad, Snidely, ZeroByte, im lost)

Instalynch is at 7.

SaltzBad · May 2005

Just in case this day ends before I wake up again, trust Freak83 and Planetkiller as far as any (uncoded this time) legacy messages from me go. Don't trust any of these five unless Freak83 or Planetkiller say so :

Xentor
Quaunaut
ZeroByte
BadKarma
Snidely

Good luck to everyone.

Pithlit · May 2005

well, i guess Badkarma could be it, but who can be sure these days?

Don´t you have another seering for us Saltzbad?
Even if you are fake, you should now know the real seer, after what Freak said.
So, can we be sure that Badkarma is a wolf?

Snidely · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Pithlit @ May 13 2005, 06:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> well, i guess Badkarma could be it, but who can be sure these days?

Don´t you have another seering for us Saltzbad?
Even if you are fake, you should now know the real seer, after what Freak said.
So, can we be sure that Badkarma is a wolf?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I'm guessing PlanetKiller was seered.

If Saltz knew whether BK was a wolf or not, he wouldn't have pinned up a list of five possible wolves. Unless this is just another elaborate ploy.

Soul_Rider · May 2005

Badkarma

As i said, i have voted for him for the last couple of days, i feel he is a wolf.

I just hope i'm right

Soul_Rider · May 2005

Ooops thats instalynch

IT IS NOW NIGHTTIME, NO POSTING

TheMuffinMan · May 2005

Instalynch!

It is now night five! No posting!

Ten minutes later, and Soul Rider had managed to wake mostly everyone else in the tank. They groggily followed him, and were now assembled at Hellfire3k’s body. Someone had been kind enough to cover him in sand.
“What happened?” asked im lost.
“Yeah, what happened, Soul Rider?”
“Well, I woke up in the night”, he began to explain “I was about to go back to sleep, but something caught my eye. I went over to investigate, and I found him.”
“And then you came and woke us up?” asked lolfighter
“Yep.”
“Fair enough, sounds like the truth.” lolfighter concluded, before stepping forward and addressing the rest of the fish.
“Right, does anyone have any idea what is going on?” he shouted
PlanetKiller gave Quaunaut a nudge in the ribs, but Quaunaut kept his mouth shut.
“I still don’t quite trust him”, he whispered.
lolfighter gave the crowd an unappreciative stare, but then sparked up as he thought of an idea.
“Right, thanks to all this confusion we have not been able to collect any more food, and for some reason the little that we had seems to have disappeared-“
ZeroByte laughed.
“So, I suggest that we get some work done. The owner should be dropping us some food in an hour or so. The busier we are, the less we have to think about all of this.”
With that, the crowd dispersed in several different directions.

“So, I guess you were right about Hellfire3k. How the hell did you know?” asked and intrigued PlanetKiller.
“Know about what?” said Quaunaut.
“You know, about Hellfire3k dying. You told him that if he did not keep a low profile, he could well be the next fish to go.”
“Did I? Well, I assure you that it was nothi – Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Nothing, nothing at all. Just forget about it”,
“Forget about what?” asked a confused Snidely, who had just managed to catch up with the pair of them.
“Like PlanetKiller said, forget about it”, answered Quaunaut firmly.

An hour later, many fish were grouped in the clearing, taking lolfighters advice to start. Another ten minutes or so and the owner would drop a barrage of fish pellets into the tank. The younger fish liked to pretend that they were in the middle of a battle, dodging bombs and missiles. lolfighter thought that it was pretty fun as well. On the tank floor, Freak83 was discussing his new plan to collect food.

“Right, see this?” he pointed towards a piece of plastic with a stick. A diagram had been crudely drawn, representing the tank, several smiley fish and lots of fish food.
“Rather than waiting for the food to drop to the bottom, like we normally do, we should all swim up towards the surface and collect the pellets are they drop. With any luck, we should be able to get most of them before they disappear into the cracks in the floor.” He explained.
“Are all of you alright with that?”
“Sure, sounds like a good idea”, said Pithlit.
“Yep, now all we have to do is wait for the pellets to be dropped.”

“So, why have you brought me all the way out here?” asked SaltzBad.
“Oh, just a friendly chat”, replied BadKarma.
“About what?”
“Well, among other things, lolfighter”,
“What about him?”
“I’ve had this conversation before, but how is it that he kills Sky, he threatens to kill other fish, and yet we let him off scott free. Hell, we are even congratulating him at the moment.”
“What are you trying to say?” SaltzBad asked carefully. Other fish had warned him about BadKarma. He remembered those warnings as clear as day. Eccentric. Mad. Scheming. Stay away from him..
“What I am saying, is that we should not trust him any more than we trusted Sky or Isamil.”
“No, what you are saying is mutiny.”
“In simple terms, yes. We need to take him down before he can cause any more harm.”
SaltzBad was about to come up with a retort, but something cut him short. A rustle in the weeds was the only warning, and a second later the attack came. It caught both fish completely by surprise…

The fish saw the human hand stretching above the tank, and were eagerly waiting for him to drop the pellets into the water. ZeroByte was especially keen, and was swimming around in tight circles. Him and the other young fish were going to see who could catch the most pellets – and he was going to win.

The outstretched palm opened, and the handful of pellets splashed noisily onto the waters surface. They fell slowly, but no fish was there to catch them. They all stood still, perplexed. Was that a scream?

Snidely was the closest to weeds, and after a brief moment of shock, he darted forward at his full speed. Within several seconds, he had reached the weeds, and the place where the scream had come from.

His muscles tense and alert, he slowly brushed aside the long, green stalks. What he saw left him confused, but in a roundabout way it all began to make sense. BadKarma lay on the floor, clearly dead. Above him, SaltzBad stood still, covered from head to toe in thick, red blood.

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Players still left in the game:

lolfighter
im lost
Pithlit
Xentor
Planetkiller
Quaunaut
ZeroByte
Freak83
Soul Rider
Snidely
SaltzBad


Night five will end at 19:00GMT on Saturday 14th May.

The Werewolf Game V: Aquarium

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