In Progress The Calamitous Chronicle of the Codex Cannibals

[Nevill]

yes but he didnt join in on the accusation when it was important (aka when i accused you) instead he wrote "i dont know who to accuse anymore". A statement that hurt my plan because it undermined my accusation.

Because no one was buying it. The votes against me didn't get traction, so piling them together when it's just the two of you wasn't a smart move.

Instead he wrote he doesn't know what to do immediately after your plan backfired and there was an accusation against you. Not conspicuous at all.

1)if i was the killer, youd already be dead. youre way too dangerous to be kept alive

But you didn't know I am a stalker until just now, and you tried to hang me during the day as the most 'suspicious' person.

You killed Viata and conjured some Kunning Plan to throw an accusation at me, which, upon reviewing it, was pure bullshit. Why waste a night action if you could make paranoia do your dirty work?

And you are counting on it to work even now.

2) why should tigrane make you a special innocent character two times in a row?

Because I can't keep my mouth shut, something that is not generally recommended for a special person, be it a killer or an innocent.

And look, it did lead to something interesting in the end.

 

[Tigranes]

I would like to ask Tigrane wether i am allowed to PM hello friend ONCE to tell him wether hes innocent, or the doctor, to strengthen my credibility without putting the doctor in danger.

PMs between characters are not very kosher. People will have to make their own judgments about what you say publicly - including the fact that you have asked me to allow such a test of credibility.

 

[Doktor Best]

Allright. So no PMs.

Posing as the stalker would still not make any sense at all if i was the killer. Even if i succeeded in getting you killed i would have exposed both of the killers by doing so. We would still lose.

 

[Nevill]

Allright. So no PMs.

It was outright prohibited in the first game. It is easy to ask for a test of credibility when you know it won't be granted - and hey, there is still a 75% chance to win a lottery if you say he is an innocent.

Posing as the stalker would still not make any sense at all if i was the killer. Even if i succeeded in getting you killed i would have exposed both of the killers by doing so. We would still lose.

If you hang me, there will be 3 of us, and 2 of you. Then it's night.

If you kill another (nighttime!), it's 2 vs 2. Next day we can't hang anyone, as the numbers are equal. So what if people know who you are? Getting that low is an autoloss condition for the innocents.

Funny how you "don't see" that.

 

[Grimgravy]

Things ARE interesting now. Nevill and Doktor Best both claim to be the stalker. Nevill claims to have checked out Viata (dead - and definitely someone Nevill would check if he were the stalker) and Mr. Pink who he's accusing now. Doktor Best claims to have investigated Nevill (killer) and hello friend (innocent or doctor) who happened to accuse Pink.

Doktor has accused Nevill three times now (2 per Duece Traveller's listing and again now). That supports his story.
Nevill's actions are consistent with his story.

I'll wait for the others to chime in and check after work (10 hrs or so.)

 

[hello friend]

Well. That's something.

I think I'll WITHDRAW my accusation of Mr. Pink, fingers crossed. I'll ACCUSE Nevill instead.

If this is a gamble on Doktor Best's part, it sure is a risky one. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and if Nevill's right one of the killers' lives are on the line.

At least I'm confirmed innocent either way. I'll probably be dead soon. I only ask that my death be quick and painless. If an innocent dies today - hey, I contributed to that. That's got to count for something, right? If not, well, serves you right for not sharing motherfuckers.

 

[Nevill]

You guys are being played like a fiddle.

With Pink's vote - and there will be a vote once he logs in - I think it is just enough votes to sink me.

I am not sure what else to say that wasn't said already. Best and Pink are working together, it is obvious if you reread the first pages of this thread.

To lose the game when you have the killers spelled out for you, why, that takes the 'Dex to pull off.

 

[Mr. Pink]

I think its weird that Nevill would ask for a stalker to come out, and then claim to be a stalker unless he is trying to root out a killer.

I will abstain because I honestly can't think of a reason for a killer to act in such a blizzare way.

 

[Mr. Pink]

Reading Doctor Bests post again, I trust him more than nevill. No matter what happens I think we will catch a killer this round or the next.

Of course if Nevill turns out to be innocent, Doctor should use his heal on someone else.

I ACCUSE Nevill

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Nevill, can you explain why Doktor Best would accuse you first if he were not the stalker and you were not the killer? It doesn't make logical sense to me, since it just makes Doktor Best the logical target of a lynching if we were to kill you and find you to be innocent. And of course I would expect a killer to accuse his accuser.

 

[Tigranes]

3 - Nevill (Doktor Best, hello friend, Mr. Pink)
1 - Mr. Pink (Nevill)

Four to eat. Two voters remain (Deuce Traveler, Grimgravy)

Given the weirdness of requiring 66% of the vote rather than 50+%, I will discount any no-shows from the vote; i.e. if someone never comes to cast a vote, it will be 3/5, 3/4, 2/3, etc. However, you can always say I ABSTAIN, whether to prevent a death or to truly vote for a no-eat (which is again an option, having nourished yourselves on Jew yesterday).

 

[Nevill]

Nevill, can you explain why Doktor Best would accuse you first if he were not the stalker and you were not the killer? It doesn't make logical sense to me, since it just makes Doktor Best the logical target of a lynching if we were to kill you and find you to be innocent.

We lynched Jew for being suspicious, and I don't think anyone became a lynching target for that. Saying oops and chalking it up to a tragic mistake is always a possibility.

Reading Doctor Bests post again, I trust him more than nevill. No matter what happens I think we will catch a killer this round or the next.

Because you are totally not a team.

That delayed vote was a cute touch.

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Anyway, the game ends here, with this choice.

If I am right, we hang Pink today, Best kills a man tonight, and we hang him next day. End of the line.

If Best is right, we hang me, and there are only two suspects - Grimgravy and Deuce Traveler. hello friend is innocent in either case, and if Best isn't the killer, Pink isn't either (would I try to hang a killer?). So the alleged stalker would investigate Grim or Deuce, and either find a killer and hang him, or find an innocent and hang the remaining one as the only possible killer left.

The only difference is if the remaining killer can't kill a man tonight, but it won't influence the outcome. He will be hanged next day.

The only possibility to prolong that game is to tie it, and that only delays the me vs. Best vote. Why bother?

So the game is decided now. There is no need to abstain. I urge Grimgravy and Deuce Traveler to vote. Choose the one you believe. It's not like not choosing will change anything.

 

[Grimgravy]

I like everyone pointing simultaneously at who they want to lynch. Makes things less messy and less stressful. Moving on...

I ACCUSE Nevill . You can die knowing you're correct about me and I'm innocent. Let's eat. Now it's my fault if we lose.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Nevill, I asked for a good reason not to accuse you and you failed to provide one. If you had given some logic on why I should believe you are the stalker and not the good doktor, things might have been different. I truly hope we are not wrong in this, but I also accuse Nevill.

 

[Tigranes]

DAY 3 ENDS.

It took three innocent deaths, but the Codexers were finally troubled. Could it really be that they were in a position to die a slow death, picked off one by one, until none but the killers remained?

After all, let it never be said that Codexers are not learning animals. They are just very slow at it.

The furious argument took up most of the afternoon, and as the sun set, Doktor Best and Nevill were still fighting it out. Each of them seemed determined to say that they were the licensed stalker, each wishing they could produce the restraining orders and ankle monitor electronic tags they had unfortunately left at home.

In the end, the Codexers converged on Nevill. It appeared that talking eight times as much as everyone else wasn't quite so effective at saving his own skin. To his credit, he never stopped talking - even as his teeth were knocked out and his face pounded in by the hungry Codexers.

"Wait!" Cried out Grimgravy, even as the Codexers were training their kitchen utensils on poor Nevill. "What is that, down his pants?"

A receipt. For a.... cauldron?

Cost him quite a few crowns.

The Codexers exchanged joyous looks. Hurrahs were had. A couple of them kissed, and then quickly wiped their mouths and looked away. They had finally discovered a killer - the man who had, no doubt, masterminded the death of Viata!

But was the only one? Given that all the Codexers are similarly weak and unfit, it seemed unlikely that Nevill alone could subdue the various Codexers each night. No, there had to be an accomplice - and he was still alive, still feasting.

Before they could digest this important information, however, night fell. Everyone falls asleep immediately.

Who will rise unharmed, come the morrow?

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It is now night. We have one killer, doctor, stalker, and two innocents alive.
Remember: the Codexers win only by lynching the last killer. The killer wins if he reduces their numbers until he can no longer be lynched.

 

[Viata]

:kwanzania:

 

[Mr. Pink]

 

[Grimgravy]

Eh, we got one!.

 

[Doktor Best]

Well done bros, but we have not won yet.

The remaining killer has a 33% shot at killing the doctor, and if he does so he will immediately kill me which would leave me with only one night to stalk whereas i need 2 nights to be absolutely sure who the killer is.

If the doctor survives and i dont guess the correct killer i say we can stay hungry for one more day, one more innocent dies and we will still outnumber the killer 2 to 1.


Also, chapeau to Nevill

You really had shitty cards, but you played them well.

 

[Mr. Pink]

Who didn't vote for nevill...

And who did nevill formally ACCUSE?

 

[Doktor Best]

Everyone voted for Nevill, the big question is how fast did they realize that they had to sacrifice Nevill in order to keep the second killer undetected, how fast did the second killer chime in to kill Nevill?

 

[hello friend]

I suspect Grimgravy. Nevill's been trumpeting his innocence since the start, and was never able to provide a convincing reason. He's been posting actively, while making no effort to ferret out the killer ("let's hope the doctor saves someone") Inciting towards eating someone, anyone. Was onboard for lynching Corporate_Jew_Master, despite the dearth of suspicious activity - except for inactivity. Added his vote as a tiebreaker regardless of the accused - albeit citing work reasons. Also wanted to kill the lurkers - again a nonspecific target, which would be of most benefit to the killers, as someone pointed out earlier.

On the other hand, Deuce Traveler has instigated two lynchings early on, on the basis of little to no suspicious activity. After that he hasn't joined in on any lynchings, nor has he instigated any. Could be an attempt to fly under the radar, withholding his vote unless it was the needed tiebreaker to avert a killer being eaten - thus being no impediment to the murder of innocents while drawing no undue attention himself. Withheld voting on Nevill's demise, despite giving the impression of being suspicious of him. He requested additional information before making a decision, but when the outcome was clear, this suddenly didn't matter anymore. Similar virtue signaling as Grimgravy ("Crap, we killed Corporate Jew Master and he was innocent, so sorry." "Really hope we're not wrong, but I accuse Nevill" ~paraphrasing).

In both Grimgravy and Deuce Traveler's case, I'd say there's not much to go on, but the case against Deuce Traveler seems a bit more thin. Nevill might have been setting Grimgravy up for seeming more suspicious on the off chance he himself was killed, but I think that's a bit of a stretch.

Would be hilarious if it was actually Mr. Pink. I would be very surprised.

Anyway, well played Nevill. I'll be thinking of you when I shit you out before going to sleep.

Edit: Oh, and I fully agree with not accusing anyone today and letting the stalker do his job.

 

[Grimgravy]

Nevill plays a good game. He acted just like last game. He said I was innocent both games. This time he knew for sure, and now his proclaiming my innocence shields his accomplice.
I also have acted the same as last game. Make of that what you will, but I stand by offing lurkers. Why sign up and then not play? That is the essence of I don't regret voting to lynch Jew_Master, only that he was innocent.

So assuming Doktor Best and and Nevill aren't playing some krazy deep game and aren't both killers, Deuce or Pink is the second killer.

 

[Duraframe300]

From beyond the grave

Yessssssssssss. I knew it.

You did good my fellow codexers p. Justice has been served.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

We have a confirmed stalker now with Doktor Best, so I think we are going to win this one, unlike last game.

Since we just killed one person, we can skip a lynching tomorrow night and give him time to find the killer. The suspects are Deuce Traveler (suspected by Grimgravy, hello friend and Doktor Best), Grimgravy (suspected by Doktor Best, hello friend and Mr. Pink), hello friend (not suspected by anyone) and Mr. Pink (suspected by Grimgravy). This game seems about wrapped up, unless our detective gets killed off before the killer gets him. Personally, I think Mr. Pink is the guilty party, but I will defer to the detective figuring it out.