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Nisgeis
05-24-09, 04:58 AM
Raptor is fine for my leader vote, not really any evidence to go on for the lynching. I can't quite work out the significance of the red gown, perhaps a clue to someone's name :)? Abstain from lynch vote.
UnderseaLcpl
05-24-09, 05:11 AM
Abstain from lynch vote
Abstain from leader vote
"Yaargh!"
*Oberon jumps and smacks his head on the edge of the hatch.*
"OW! ****!!"
*He rubs his head and looks around.*
"Well...that's a relief, well, as much as a relief as this can be...damn those nightmares..."
*He shudders*
*He examines the wiring again and after a few minutes, traces a wire to a big black box, he taps the box with a screwdriver and then finds screws on it and undoes them. He lifts the cover of the box off and then yelps and swiftly puts it back on again.*
"Just as I thought..."
*He gets up and heads towards the mess hall, he hears of AVSM and Romans deaths.*
(to himself)
"AVSM is dead? Oh...oh...that's not good. Not good at all. Hmmm...and Roman some kind of tentacle monster...just like the one I saw...no...no, that's just not possible..."
*He looks around at the gathered men.*
"Raptor seems to be doing a good job as leader, well, better than the invisible Admiral did until he got killed...I still distrust Chad."
Jimbuna
05-24-09, 05:46 AM
Jimbuna steps up to the bar and pours himself a concoction (a mixture of all the different bug juice flavours/colours available) and downs the lot in one go.....*wipes his chin and burps*
"You know something?...If I were a detective in a previous career and looking at the deaths up to this period in time, I'd say seeing that the rescue team is now down to a 50% staffing level and apart from the Vice Admiral, the sub and science crews are pretty much at 100% staffing levels"
*Pauses for a few seconds to ensure he has all their attention*
"Now if I were a gambling man I'd say the rescue crew have been pretty much cleansed and someone or something is engineering peoples suspicions away from the real source of the threat....namely the occupants of the two remaining crews"
*He pours himself another large mug of bug juice and looks in the general direction of those assembled before him*
"Now who amongst the other two crews has yet to taste this vile sh!t?"
Jimbuna
05-24-09, 06:29 AM
I honestly don't see the need to vote for a new leader unless the existing one is killed or steps down.
Looking at #251 :hmmm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrasque_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)
Tarrasques are gigantic lizard-like creatures which exist only to eat, kill and destroy.
My lynch vote is for Tarrasque
Raptor1
05-24-09, 06:51 AM
*grabs his flashlight and checks that it works*
I'm going to check the communication logs and documents in the comms area and the Admiral's quarters, maybe I could find something interesting there...
*walks to the conning tower and begins inspecting random papers*
NIGHT 3
LIGHTS OFF
The lights flicker and die again.
The strange sounds of the sea rise up again.
baggygreen and JALU3 go to a quiet part of the ship and start talking.
Soon they are arguing.
Baggygreen reaches into his pocket and raises a knife above JALU, but before he can bring it down into JALU's chest Raptor1 grabs
Baggy's arm and with the help of some other survivors, drag him off to the brig.
Baggygreen now sits alone in the brig.
Votes:
UnderseaLcpl --- Science Team Abstains
CaptainHaplo --- Science Team DID NOT VOTE
Chad --- Crew 1 lynch votes DID NOT VOTE 2nd warning
Raptor --- Crew Abstains
Tarrasque --- Crew - Votes to lynch Tarjak 1 lynch votes (0 former votes)
Jimbuna --- Rescue Team - votes to lynch Tarrasque
Nokia -- Rescue Team Abstains. 1 lynch votes (0 former votes)
Oberon --- Rescue Team Votes to lynch chad
MookieMookie --- Crew DID NOT VOTE
Nisgeis --- Crew Abstains
baggygreen --- Crew - Votes to lynch Jalu3 1 lynch votes (0 former votes) (Lynched by random selection, but put in the Brig by Raptor instead of death)
TarJak --- Science Team - Abstains 1 lynch votes (0 former votes)
Jalu3 --- Science Team - Votes to lynch Baggy. 1 lynch votes (0 former votes)
Sandycaesar --- Crew Abstains
SilverRaptor --- Crew - - Votes to lynch Nokia
Raptor1
05-24-09, 07:57 AM
*hands Oberon the knife*
Take this and throw it into the flooded compartment
*returns to the Admiral's cabin and continues searching*
*Oberon takes the knife and retreats into the rescue sub and examines the knife closely.*
Jimbuna
05-24-09, 08:44 AM
*Jimbuna already in the rescue sub carrying out systems checks*
"What you got there Oberon......looks like the implement of some back stabber"
"Eh? Oh...it's a knife baggygreen tried to stab Jalu3 with it...Raptor told me to throw it into the water, but I think I'll hold onto it. Two reasons really, one is to give myself something to defend myself with, and two is that, although those so-called sea monsters do a fine enough job killing us without weapons, I'd rather not be the one to arm them."
*He holds the knife to the torch.*
"And besides...something just doesn't seem right about it..."
*Finished the coffee left in the mug and goes to the rescue sub with his thermos and said mug now again filled with coffee*
"So you two are already here, good. I really think someone should keep watch tonight, I don't see the point in everyone just sleeping and hoping nothing happens. And what you got there Oberon? A knife? Good good now at least some of us have a way of defending ourselves. So what you think we should do next?"
Silverraptor
05-24-09, 10:09 AM
"I can't believe Baggygreen snaped like that! God, I hate this place!"
Jimbuna
05-24-09, 10:28 AM
*Finished the coffee left in the mug and goes to the rescue sub with his thermos and said mug now again filled with coffee*
"So you two are already here, good. I really think someone should keep watch tonight, I don't see the point in everyone just sleeping and hoping nothing happens. And what you got there Oberon? A knife? Good good now at least some of us have a way of defending ourselves. So what you think we should do next?"
"Oberon was just saying that something doesn't seem right about the knife"
"as far as keeping watch tonight goes....be my guest, I doubt I'll be getting much sleep anyway"
I'll tell you both this though....we're the last of the recue crew so it's quite obvious something or things don't want this iron coffin rescued!"
Who's left watching the brig? Make sure it's someone we can trust :nope:
Silverraptor
05-24-09, 12:52 PM
Who's left watching the brig? Make sure it's someone we can trust :nope:
"The brig is locked from the outside. I don't think baggygreen is going anywhere."
CaptainHaplo
05-24-09, 12:53 PM
And who would that be Chad?
*Walks over to test the newfound stocks of bug juice and make sure they are not sea water based.
Silverraptor
05-24-09, 12:56 PM
And who would that be Chad?
*Walks over to test the newfound stocks of bug juice and make sure they are not sea water based.
You know CaptainHaplo, alot people still haven't drank anything yet.:shifty:
Raptor1
05-24-09, 01:12 PM
*walks to Chad and salutes*
Your concern is valid, Mr. Chad, but the brig has no windows, so such a guard wouldn't be able to peer inside. Also, if Mr. Baggy tries to break through, we will surely hear it...
*sips his bug juice*
...those doors are mighty thick...
TarJak and the science team have finished examining Roman's body. In hte darkness they confer over the data.
"I can't believe that guy tried to kill you Jalu!"
"You seem to be taking it very calmly."
"Perhaps we should move AVSM's body in here and examine it as well."
"Even though he looks nomal, I think we need to check for signs of the same changes."
The medical team grope through the darkness to where AVSM lies, pick him up and move him into the medical facility.
Jimbuna
05-24-09, 04:16 PM
*Jimbuna approaches TarJak*
"Your findings could well prove enlightening. I'm looking at other means to decouple the rescue craft and get us off this Godforsaken tub"
*Oberon tucks the knife in his pocket and chews the inside of his lip.*
"Tis the hunting hour once again..."
*He looks around the corridor outside the rescue submarine.*
*To himself*
"...Who of us will be slain by Him tonight?"
DAY 4
LIGHTS ON
No one had a good night's sleep, but everyone apart from baggygreen
(who is in the brig) turns up in front of Raptor1 for roll-call.
Still nervous, the survivors call another lynch vote.
You may vote for any survivor.
CaptainHaplo
05-24-09, 08:02 PM
My lynch vote goes for Chad - he seems to want someone off on their own "guarding" something that doesn't need guarding - and he hasnt drank anything verified as non-seawater.
"I say there is something about that Chad fella. Not to mention he was all about killing a fellow scientist that has demonstrated they CAN'T be the monster. Go after someone you know isn't the culprit? Either your psycho or your a monster. Either way - you need to be - scientifically speaking - rendered ..... inert."
Silverraptor
05-25-09, 12:43 AM
My lynch vote goes for Chad - he seems to want someone off on their own "guarding" something that doesn't need guarding - and he hasnt drank anything verified as non-seawater.
"I say there is something about that Chad fella. Not to mention he was all about killing a fellow scientist that has demonstrated they CAN'T be the monster. Go after someone you know isn't the culprit? Either your psycho or your a monster. Either way - you need to be - scientifically speaking - rendered ..... inert."
"It's true that Chad hasn't been around much. But that's not enough evidence to go by. I can't decide."(abstain)
Raptor1
05-25-09, 01:56 AM
*sits down and gets another mug of bug juice*
So, nobody is dead? That must mean that either Mr. Baggy is...the beast...or somebody is trying to get us to think he is...the beast...
I will keep him in the brig for now...
::Acting Calmly::
Well first the head injury when the boat went down::
Wake up, and I almost get stabbed.
I guess it is like being down in Barrio Logan again, messing with those surface guys from 32nd Street. :haha:
Well better than the Trophy Lounge I guess.
Thanks for the assist Raptor1, a knife in the chest would have been a bad thing me thinks.
I wonder what I can do to help.
Maybe the scientist need to all start investigating, because that's what we do right?
::motions to the other scientist to beginning searching for clues::
Past 0700PDT 25MAY I will be AFK until 1900PDT on 27MAY
I am going to visit family in LV, NV.
Leader Vote - Abstain (NO NEED TO ROCK THE CRADLE)
I would like to do some investigating before I start Lynching
Abstain on Lynch Vote, for now
SandyCaesar
05-25-09, 02:37 AM
"Or it could be that these monsters are just screwing with us. Baggygreen surely isn't the only one, right?
Once again, another round of ABSTAINs on lynch vote and Raptor as the crew captain. Regarding the bug juice, though...what if the monster isn't allergic to it after all?"
Nisgeis
05-25-09, 02:45 AM
Vote Raptor for continuation of leader - no one has died. Not sure about a lynch vote, baggygreen is in the brig and no one died, so that's a possibility, but as has been said the things (at least two with two deaths in one night) may be trying to put suspicion onto him. Abstain from lynch vote.
*Wakes up after having slept on the floor outside the rescue submarine*
"My back is killing me!"
*Goes to the bar and hears the news that no one has died during the night.*
"So we actually got as lucky as I was hoping. And Baggy is still in the brig, yes? But I ask you to remember that this does not prove anything, the monster might be playing games with us or then someone got attacked but something was protecting them."
*Goes to the coffeemaker and fills his thermos once again then takes the filled mug and drinks.*
*After some time gets some food, goes to work on the sub then back to the bar after a couple of hours*
"Chad has been acting a bit weird as captain said and he has still not dranck anything that's why I vote for him to be lynched. Raptor1 is doing fine leading so I think he should continue to be the leader"
***In school and will not be able to post before the night***
UnderseaLcpl
05-25-09, 04:18 AM
Lynch vote: Silverraptor, subject to change.
Leadership vote: Abstain
More on this later.
Tarrasque
05-25-09, 04:43 AM
*Looks strangely reluctant to vote*
"It has to be Silverraptor to go.
"Leader doesn't really matter."
*Walks off as though he's signed a pact with the devil.*
Raptor1
05-25-09, 04:51 AM
I shall Abstain from the vote once more, it is my duty to keep the people alive...
*drinks more bug juice*
...Not randomly slay them based on hunches and fairy tales.
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 06:05 AM
Thinks are definitely turning farcical on this tin can.....it would appear people are turning into sheep. They are quite happy to trust one another from day one and form alliances apparently without any evidence to support that, yet use the same excuse for abstaining from day one.
Insufficient evidence to vote for a lynching should equally mean insufficient evidence to form an alliance :hmmm:
I vote for Tarrasque....that name still bothers me.
*Oberon stretches and yawns*
"Wow...actually slept well for once..."
*He listens for the inevitable death report, and hears none.*
"Oh ho...tricky, tricky...either the beast is trying to trick us into thinking old baggygreen is the killer or he really is. Well, a few nights should tell us, Raptor is doing a good job as leader, and since there has been no deaths, I shall abstain from any lynch votings."
Night 4
Lights Off
Raptor informs the survivors that the lights will be off for a shorter time than
usual tonight to avoid overcharging one of the battery cells.
As the noise of the day dimms a new sound can be heard in the dark. A faint
ping...ping...ping... After a while it quietens and dies away.
Lieutenant Chad made his way upstairs to search the captain's quartos
under torch light. As he reached the top he looked up and saw Nokia and
CaptainHaplo. They look at Chad with disgust, certain he was the foul
monster that roamed the ship at night. Swiftly they pushed him down the
flight of stairs he had just climbed and he was dispatched on the steel floor
below.
Oberon, who tried to have Chad lynched before, looked on in
silence as the blood drained from the back of Chad's skull.
*Oberon sighs and looks down.*
*He punches a bulkhead, injuring his fist.*
"Dammit..."
*He picks up Chads corpse and takes it away to the Cargo Hall to put him in a bodybag alongside the others.*
*After disposing of Chad, Oberon finds Raptor.*
"Hey...look, I know that you're a nuc but, does this boat have a sonar room? It's just...not long after you put the lights out...I could have sworn I heard pinging..."
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 08:20 AM
*Jimbuna approaches Oberon*
"Nice one.....less than half of us poor unfortunates are bothering to rid us all of this menace and the real culprit/culprits are sitting back enjoying the show"
*As he walks off in the direction of the rescue vessel he is heard to say "Yep....a right bunch I've been landed with this time. They should have called this tin coffin HMS Petticoat or better still, HMS Abstention"*
"I.....I....I can't believe this... I can't believe I've just killed and innocent man...this....this must be a dream! THIS CAN'T REALLY BE HAPPENING!!"
*Sits down on the floor and tries to calm down*
How could we....how could I....this is the reason I haven't voted the previous days...
*After calming down goes to the cargo hall and sits down beside Chads body*
"I know this won't help you but...I'm sorry...I voted for you for the wrong reasons and I know I should not have done so... Rest in peace my friend."
*After sitting there about 15 minutes goes back to the bar passing jimbuna on the way and hears what he said*
"If you think that then apparently you don't know how fitting the name Thanatus really is"
*Enters the bar area*
"Gentlemen, don't you think the name of the sub is a bit strange, at least that's what I thought that the first time I heard about it. And I finally remember why it sounded strange and familiar, Thanatos was the personification of Death in Greek mythology. And guess what, in Latin the name is translated Thanatus, now earlier Raptor1 said the explosions looked like sabotage. But I'm afraid it might be worse! Now I don't believe the name and sabotage are mare coincidence I think this was planned by someone higher up. Now I'm loyal to the government but this is just too strange to be coincidence! What i'm thinking of is that these "things" might be the product of some experiment gone wrong or something.
Raptor1
05-25-09, 09:54 AM
They killed Chad?!?!!?!
*sighs*
See, this is the sort of thing that happens when you go about slaughtering random people...
*walks to Oberon*
What was that you said about pinging?
*Oberon stratches the back of his head*
"It was strange, just as the noise quietened down, I heard pinging, like sonar pinging...if there is a sonar suite on this boat I must have a listen, it could be that someone is attempting to contact us."
Raptor1
05-25-09, 10:40 AM
Yeah, there's a sonar room in the conning tower, don't know if anything works there anymore though...
*Oberon shrugs and grins*
"Only one way to find out...of course, I'm no sonar techy, but I can tell a ping from a fish farting."
*He heads up to the conning tower and sits down in front of the sonar console.*
"Hmmm, looks a bit like the Swiftsures suite, so, in theory..."
*He puts on the headphones and starts sweeping the waters.*
Silverraptor
05-25-09, 12:45 PM
*Sits with his back to the wall, facing everyone. His life could end in an instant. Something attacking them at night, or a mob in the day. He proved he could stay up 24 hours. Now it looks like he needs to break the record.
He sips coffee to keep him awake.
He sure hopes that Raptor1 can keep him safe from those who are out for blood.*
DAY 5
LIGHTS ON
No one had much time to sleep before the lights came on again.
They will not go off again until 5am tomorrow because the batteries need
to be loaded for a while in order to prevent cell 5 from overcharging.
Everyone not in the brig turns up for a quick roll-call.
The lynch vote has almost become routine and is called again.
You may vote for any survivor.
Silverraptor
05-25-09, 01:25 PM
"Guys! I think I heard propeller noises from outside! Is it the other rescue sub!?!?!"
*Oberon puts down the sonar headphones*
"Well, I'll be damned if I can figure any of that out..."
*He puts the print-out in his pocket.*
"I wonder what that pinging was..."
*To Raptor.*
"The murders only happen when the lights go off, so, surely if we keep an eye on him and keep Jalu3 away from him, we can escort Baggygreen to the sonar station and get some sense out of this?"
The printout from the sonar room:
http://www.b3tards.com/u/57a418c694bc7c6296b3/bed.jpg
Silverraptor
05-25-09, 01:35 PM
*Oberon puts down the sonar headphones*
"Well, I'll be damned if I can figure any of that out..."
*He puts the print-out in his pocket.*
"I wonder what that pinging was..."
*To Raptor.*
"The murders only happen when the lights go off, so, surely if we keep an eye on him and keep Jalu3 away from him, we can escort Baggygreen to the sonar station and get some sense out of this?"
"I agree with Oberon, sir. The sooner we get out of here, the better."
*Runs to Oberon*
"I have something to tell you. Last night I got up to get some coffee because I could not get any sleep and something weird happened. It was quite faint so I put my ear to the hull in hopes to hear it better. It was definitely propellers! But they did not sound like those on a rescue sub, at least none of ours, maybe a surface vessel or some other sub I could not tell."
Tarrasque
05-25-09, 01:42 PM
*Overhears Nokia*
"Aye. I heard them too. Couldn't tell you from what vessel they were from though."
*Oberon ponders and then nods.*
"I didn't hear them...but I did find something in the printer in the sonar room, and this boats sonarman is in the brig..."
*He strokes his chin, now getting bristled with stubble.*
"Raptor...I think that a meeting in the bar room might be an idea, so that we can all talk about the current situation and any thing we might have heard, such as those propellors, or found, such as this printout."
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 01:57 PM
*Jimbuna enters the room*
"If you've got the sonar to work why not send out intermittent pings...especially if you hear propellor sounds overhead?"
"It was probably a merchantman anyway...a search vessel would have been sending active soundings to try and pinpoint us"
*Oberon looks a bit sheepish*
"Frankly Jim, I haven't got a clue how to work it. I just hit a few keys and found the printout sitting in the queued items tray. I'd be just as likely to send out dimensions on playmate of the month as send out a ping."
Silverraptor
05-25-09, 02:03 PM
"But is there anyway to attract their attention?"
*Oberon thinks for a moment.*
"We could bang on the hull...but...think about it..."
*He lowers his voice and looks around.*
"Do we REALLY want to draw more attention and perhaps more monsters, towards us?"
SandyCaesar
05-25-09, 02:07 PM
"I'm worried about the active sonar, though. Given the battery condition, we might not have the juice to do it.
If we do...what frequency were those pings? If they were high-frequency, that means it was close. Low-freq, less likely. We're deep in the SOFAR channel here, and low-freq sonar can travel almost around the globe...
What can it be? Do we have any sonarmen on board? I only have minimal training in this sort of thing..."
*Oberon sighs again.*
"The Thanatus's sonar man is in the brig. I don't know about any of the civilian crew though...this is one of the reasons I'd like us to hold a meeting so we can sort out who knows what."
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 02:12 PM
"Why does it have to be a monster? Couldn't it be a simple case of a deranged and deformed collection of retards....a throwback from some top secret experiment? Some transformation that only takes place in a darkened environment?"
"Get everyone in the same room overnight....rig a small light so everyone is visible...then I'll be happy to depend on my little friend"
*Taps on the 9mm Browning under his tunic*
SandyCaesar
05-25-09, 02:17 PM
"Sirs, I have a suggestion. Because the mob mania has died down a little, can we ask Raptor1 to take Baggygreen out of the brig, for now? He might know something, it's his sonar suite after all. Besides...how much food is in there anyway?"
Raptor1
05-25-09, 02:19 PM
*rummages through the papers in the captain's drawers, before noticing a strange tome lying on the floor, partly obscured by a heap of papers*
What's this...
*picks it up. it is a heavy book, with a strange inscription on it's cover. Flaps through the pages and sees that it is full of strange markings and texts, describing strange rituals, monsters and black magic. the book appears quite worn and used*
*runs to the bar, places the book down upon the counter*
Maybe you people would like to take a look at what the Admiral has been reading...
SandyCaesar
05-25-09, 02:23 PM
"Hey, Call of Cthulhu! Who's got the percentage dice?":haha:
CaptainHaplo
05-25-09, 02:25 PM
*poking my head into the room.
"I overheard the idea of a meeting - and I concur. I don't like being partially responsible for the death of a fellow human, but we are sitting in a precarious place. If we want to all work together, we better start somewhere. As for why its a monster - unless you seem to think that Roman was just some freak of nature by mere coincidence, its safe to say that there are more than just humans on this boat. Also the way some have died have been due to injuries no human could create.
As a scientist, I deal only in cold facts, as hard as that is. There IS at least one "something inhuman" among us, and I suggest we find it or them and remove them from the equation - so that we have a chance at survival."
Raptor1
05-25-09, 02:27 PM
Quiet, Mr. SandyCaesar, this isn't the time to be playing role-playing games...
*Oberon takes a look at the book.*
"This is dark magic...dark indeed...perhaps he was a follower of the beast which devoured Romans soul..."
*He pulls out the print-out from his pocket.*
"Let me tell you the two things I know, firstly, AVSM, rest his soul, was a guardian, a man who protects others from attacks by fierce beasts, it is regrettable that he lost his life in his line of duty, however a guardian protects another, and cannot protect himself."
*He takes the print-out and pins it up on the notice-board.*
http://www.b3tards.com/u/57a418c694bc7c6296b3/bed.jpg
"This is what I found in the printer in the sonar room...I do not understand what it means...to me it looks like a piece of modern art, but perhaps one of our civilian scientists would be able to understand it better than I."
*Oberon turns and puts both hands down on a table.*
"Now...who else has information?"
Raptor1
05-25-09, 02:43 PM
*looks at the printout*
Could this be a sort of...sonar map of the landscape around us?
I know that makes no sense, but sense stopped being important in the last few days
*pauses for a few seconds*
...Does anybody know the location we were in before the explosions started?
Tarrasque
05-25-09, 02:50 PM
"Baggygreen had a copy of that in his belongings aswell.
It appears to be a sonar map of the area where we've landed. I'm guessing that the black spot is the Thanatus but as for the surrounding shapes, I've no idea. They seem too regular to be natural to me though.
Also there appears to be some kind of conspiracy onboard as well. They call themselves the 'Investigation' and appear to have a number of people onboard involved. They claim that they 'are on the human side' but they also claim that should someone go against them, they have sufficient clout to have that person lynched."
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 03:07 PM
"Looks like paranoia is beginning to set in....nice one. Why doesn't everybody just abstain at every vote, then we can all die together due to lack of air or starvation"
*Bangs down his emptied cup of bug juice and leaves the room*
"Looks like paranoia is beginning to set in....nice one. Why doesn't everybody just abstain at every vote, then we can all die together due to lack of air or starvation"
*Bangs down his emptied cup of bug juice and leaves the room*
*Grabs jimbuna by the arm before he leaves the room*
"Well what do you suggest then? That we continue killing innocent people? And you seem a bit too bloodthirsty for my taste, seems you want us to kill someone but . If it is so then tell us who we should murder. Now understand this, this is nothing personal and I'm really not trying to make you my enemy but if we keep killing innocent people we we'll just die twice as fast."
Raptor1
05-25-09, 03:20 PM
I have to agree with Mr. Nokia here...
*gulps down bug juice*
...we can't just kill random people...
CaptainHaplo
05-25-09, 03:25 PM
"And its easy to slam down an empty cup - why not put some bug juice in it - then slam it down empty after drinking?"
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 03:28 PM
*Grabs jimbuna by the arm before he leaves the room*
"Well what do you suggest then? That we continue killing innocent people? And you seem a bit too bloodthirsty for my taste, seems you want us to kill someone but . If it is so then tell us who we should murder. Now understand this, this is nothing personal and I'm really not trying to make you my enemy but if we keep killing innocent people we we'll just die twice as fast."
"Is that a scientific fact?. Look at what has occured so far....almost half the poor bloody unfortunates down here have either yet to vote or have abstained repeatedly and some piece of sh!t is sitting back feeling real cosy just watching us pick each other off one by one. Ever played 'Texas Hold-Em'? It's a great game, but only if your holding the aces"
"If your house is riddled with vernom and you can't find their nest, you sometimes need to take drastic measures to flush em out"
"When in doubt, apathy and indecision is your biggest enemy"
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 03:31 PM
"And its easy to slam down an empty cup - why not put some bug juice in it - then slam it down empty after drinking?"
I do believe the text read "emptied" as in 'was full but was now empty as a result of having been drunk/consumed'
*Refills the cup...drinks it and slams the bugga down again (seeing as how it has once again been 'emptied') for 'impact' purposes.
"Nokia I heard those noises too. I didn't know what they were but if they are propellers, then somebody must be using a boat nearby."
"Is there a way we can contact them?"
CaptainHaplo
05-25-09, 03:54 PM
"well jimbuna - thats good enough for me!"
*Oberon looks over at Tarjak*
"Tarjak, you've been busy with that laptop of yours. What have you found?"
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 04:08 PM
"well jimbuna - thats good enough for me!"
"Righteo....let us hope we are looking at an end to the apathy and indecision......BE MORE AGGRESSIVE"
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 04:19 PM
"I'm going back to the rescue sub to have another go at sorting out that faulty seal. If any of you are willing to help or are thinking of popping over to see how I'm getting along....make a little noise and warn me of your approach....unless your wearing a bullet proof brain"
*Taps the 9mm Browning underneath his tunic, fills his mug with bug juice, takes a hefty gulp and proceeds to the rescue sub*
"I'll come with you jimbuna."
*Follows jimbuna and on the way out leaves the pistol taken from the captains cabin on the table*
"I won't be needing two pistols so I believe I can trust one of you with this"
*Takes the standard German P8 service pistol from his pocket and puts it back in it's holster where the captains pistol just had been.*
***AFK until about 6.30am (GMT)***
Jimbuna
05-25-09, 05:25 PM
*Turns to Nokia*
"I've a few Claymores I'd put aside for 'any extreme eventualities' I hope your not adverse to fireworks. We'll share the watch over the integrity of the rescue sub during the night"
*They both proceed to the rescue sub*
Nisgeis
05-25-09, 05:56 PM
"Let me tell you the two things I know, firstly, AVSM, rest his soul, was a guardian, a man who protects others from attacks by fierce beasts, it is regrettable that he lost his life in his line of duty, however a guardian protects another, and cannot protect himself."
*He takes the print-out and pins it up on the notice-board.*
http://www.b3tards.com/u/57a418c694bc7c6296b3/bed.jpg
Firstly, how do you know AVSM was a Guardian? Did he have an amulet or some such about his person? I was also under the impression from the old folk tales that a Guardian COULD protect himself from an attack, from all, but the most powerful of creatures? Furthermore, if the guardian was felled in the line of duty, then his charge would also have been slain, and if AVSM was felled in the line of duty, then AVSM must have been protecting Roman. But... you seem to know things that I think you should explain further, as your current explanation is lacking in detail.
Secondly that image, if the brightness corresponds to height, then the thing with a balck blob on it has the same shape as a square based pyramid. Surely though, the sub should be at the centre of the sonar scan, not to one side, where the black blob is?
Silverraptor
05-25-09, 06:59 PM
"Baggygreen had a copy of that in his belongings aswell.
It appears to be a sonar map of the area where we've landed. I'm guessing that the black spot is the Thanatus but as for the surrounding shapes, I've no idea. They seem too regular to be natural to me though.
Also there appears to be some kind of conspiracy onboard as well. They call themselves the 'Investigation' and appear to have a number of people onboard involved. They claim that they 'are on the human side' but they also claim that should someone go against them, they have sufficient clout to have that person lynched."
"Me too. They've been bugging me to vote their way or they'd kill me. I think they tried to do it the night Chad was killed, but the comotion stopped them! I don't know what to do, but we need to stop them!":nope:
CaptainHaplo
05-25-09, 08:23 PM
"Well - if its down to who we suspect, I have to say UnderseaLCpl is the most suspicious of the lot that has refused to drink anything. Baggy would be right on that list too, but seeing as he is locked in the brig, I can't say he has had a chance to drink anything. Not to mention, the chances of 2 monsters in the rescue crew are unlikely.
Unless..... maybe the "rescue crew" isn't really a rescue crew at all....
What if some of them ARE the monsters - sabotaging the rescue sub so that even if someone else found us, the couldnt rescue us in time? Something we will have to consider going forward."
"I strongly suggest anyone that wants to avoid being voted into the next world get into the bar and drink some known good bug juice before the next death occurs."
"Also - if someone is "on the human side" - how can they be if they threaten a lynching? Either your human - or not. You may have some special ability, but your still human, no? If yes, then lynching someone on their own team makes no sense. Anyone who would threaten to lynch another human KNOWINGLY to coerce - can't be trying to survive, as we need ALL our talents and wits to live through this. I suggest anyone making such a threat is very likely a monster among us, one way or the other!"
*Votes Undersea for lynching
**edited to correct an error**
UnderseaLcpl
05-25-09, 08:30 PM
What Silverraptor says is true. Everyone on this boat has been contacted by the investigation at one point or another,whether they know it or not. Some of you have spoken to, or been interrogated by me, as well.
Silverraptor has been under investigation for a while now, but the move to lynch him yesterday was thwarted by too little action too late on our part while we waited for some more evidence.
What you all need to know now is that the investigation is on your side, and that Silverraptor is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, a monster. When the time comes, we expect to see everyone on this boat vote to lynch him, with no brig sentence.
@ CH, lynch SR today and then decide if I'm the enemy.
SandyCaesar
05-25-09, 08:41 PM
"Interesting conclusion, UnderseaLcpl. I've known for a while that you've been suspicious of him...but 'beyond the shadow of a doubt', hmm?
On the other side of the coin...how do I trust you on this one? By your own admission no less than five people have claimed to be guardians, and Silver was one of them. Now it would make sense for them to do that, so that the monsters wouldn't go for them...where's your proof beyond that? Am I to believe that all five are monsters? Or is this just another hunch?"
Silverraptor
05-25-09, 08:47 PM
What Silverraptor says is true. Everyone on this boat has been contacted by the investigation at one point or another,whether they know it or not. Some of you have spoken to, or been interrogated by me, as well.
Silverraptor has been under investigation for a while now, but the move to lynch him yesterday was thwarted by too little action too late on our part while we waited for some more evidence.
What you all need to know now is that the investigation is on your side, and that Silverraptor is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, a monster. When the time comes, we expect to see everyone on this boat vote to lynch him, with no brig sentence.
@ CH, lynch SR today and then decide if I'm the enemy.
"Ha! You suspect me? More like trying to get revenge since I didn't agree with your Merciless acts of 'It's me or death' talk. Who knows who you will organize against after I'm dead. But this has to stop. I will vote against, UnderseaLcpl."
*Pulls out knife that SandyCaesar let him borrow*
"And This is to defend myself if your mob decides to take justice into its own hands!"
CaptainHaplo
05-25-09, 08:52 PM
"According to what I know - SC cannot be a monster. He has, in full view of everyone, drank something that isn't sea water. You havent. By doing so he has shown he isn't a monster - at least to my understanding. Now, if my grandfather was wrong, then so be it, I may go meet my maker.
But Undersea - I am a scientist. I cannot act on mere supposition. I have no fact that tells me that I should go with your advice. What I do have is as close to fact as I can get right now that your wrong about SilverRaptor. That means either my facts are wrong, or you are. As a scientist, I have to go with the limited data that I have. To lynch someone who has validated themselves as human to the best ability I think we have, on the word of someone who has not - is against the scientific process. I have to go where the data takes me."
"Well if Haplo's grandfather is correct then the simple act of drinking some bug juice or coffee will sort the matter in Haplo's mind anyway."
TarJak has completed his examination of A Very Super Market and is about to move onto Chad's body.
"These autopsies are starting to get me down."
"What was that about a guardian and an amulet?"
He then proceeds to work on Chad's cold dead body to try to determine if there was more to his death...
UnderseaLcpl
05-26-09, 02:48 AM
"According to what I know - SC cannot be a monster. He has, in full view of everyone, drank something that isn't sea water. You havent. By doing so he has shown he isn't a monster - at least to my understanding. Now, if my grandfather was wrong, then so be it, I may go meet my maker.
Fine. *Drinks a full cup of bug juice*
Will that suffice or shall I have some more?
Now, I understand that you want proof of our accusations against SR, but the fact of the matter is that we cannot go around just plastering all our information about for everyone to see. It would compromise security and hamper interrogation effectiveness.
Lynch him today, and if he isn't a monster, I'll vote to lynch myself tommorrow, and encourage everyone else to do the same. I spent four days interrogating the guy, believe me when I say I know, and I will stake my life on it.
And speaking of Lynch votes;
Lynch vote: Silverraptor
Leadership vote: abstain
Once again, I would like to ask for the support of persons outside the investigation, and the timely votes of those who are members.
SandyCaesar
05-26-09, 04:44 AM
"I will abstain from the lynch vote, despite some new, very interesting information. And I will not vote to change leadership either."
Raptor1
05-26-09, 04:52 AM
I will not stand by while the life of a member of my own crew is endangered by a bunch of people calling themselves "investigators" yet refusing to show any evidence.
I think UnderseaLcpl has gone too far with his accusations.
"Well Haplo, I hope you are satisfied. If your drinking theory holds any water, then you are voting to condemn a human and fellow scientist to death."
Lynch vote: Silverraptor
SandyCaesar
05-26-09, 05:18 AM
"Before we get carried away, though...do we know that the monsters are allergic to bug juice? Your test seems to hinge on that factor, which is decidedly uncertain."
Jimbuna
05-26-09, 05:19 AM
"I'm beginning to formulate a picture in my mind....but two questions first if I may"
"I've never been contacted by this supposed 'investigation' team...why?"
"Who in Gods name are they?"
*Walks in to the bar to get some coffee just in time to hear what UnderseaLcpl is saying*
"Interesting, so you are willing to bet your life that Silverraptor is the monster? Sound fair enough, but before I cast my vote I would like to know just what proof you have. Oh and a second question if the so called "investigation" is able, as reported, to get any one of use lynched then why don't you just get Silverraptor lynched?"
*Gets the coffee and returns to the rescue sub.*
**Silverraptor to be lynched. leader Raptor1**
CaptainHaplo
05-26-09, 05:55 AM
CHANGES his vote from undersea to ABSTAIN due to undersea drinking non-seawater.
"I'm getting bloody puzzled here."
"We don't have a positive test for whether someone is a monster and there are these accusations of an investigation of which I know nothing.'
"It would be easier if we had an idea on what is turning people into monsters."
"The information we have makes it look like it might be an infection or something that alters human DNA into something else."
"I propose we do a blood test on everyone to see if this "infection" exists in anyone else."
"More than likely anyone who is a monster is not going to want to take that test."
Tarjak rolls up his sleeve and takes a syinge and needle from his kit bag and draws a sample of blood.
"I'll take the test myself and let Jalu, UnderseaLcpl and Haplo run my test.
"Who's next?"
Jimbuna
05-26-09, 06:48 AM
*Jimbuna roles up his sleeve and is the second to take the blood test, turns to Haplo*
"You know the rules....no changing of votes or abstentions once cast"
Quotes Nokia if the so called "investigation" is able, as reported, to get any one of use lynched then why don't you just get Silverraptor lynched?
"This is now beginning to intrigue me greatly.....the sheep are beginning to bark back at the collies"
"I am as yet unconvinced of the suspicions cast upon Undersealcpl yet still await an answer as to who these 'investigators' are. It's pee or get off the pot time"
"I am quite confident of one thing though....there must be at least one dark presence amongst the science and observation team....but who?"
"Thanks Jim. Now who's up?"
"I guess I'm the next one."
*Rolls up sleeve*
*TarJak draws a syringe full of blood from Nokia and labels it.*
"OK Next!"
Raptor1
05-26-09, 07:18 AM
*rolls up sleeve*
"There you go Lieutenant. Hold the cotton wad down hard till it stops bleeding."
"By the bye, how are we going to test Baggygreen?"
Raptor1
05-26-09, 07:35 AM
We're not, he stays in there until he is either proven to be the beast, at which point we will liquidate him, or it is proven that he is not...and that he can keep himself from trying to hurt other people here...
Tarrasque
05-26-09, 07:40 AM
*Pulls up the sleeves of his shirt*
"I hope you know what you're doing."
"Don't worry it will just be a small sting and then it will be over."
"Next!"
"Can someone call the men in the rescue sub?"
*Oberon rolls his arm sleeve up*
"Alright, stick that bloody thing in me if you must."
"So...this investigation, heh, sounds familiar to something I heard about that U-13 story, there was an 'investigation' there too, they say, and several of the 'investigators' were monsters themselves, so I'd think twice before accepting the word of those who think they know everything."
"In regards to AVSM, I have known the gentleman for some time, however it was only when this situation arose that I realised just what he meant by 'guardian'. Heh, at first I thought he was a journalist."
Nisgeis
05-26-09, 08:32 AM
I vote for Silverraptor for lynching and Raptor1 for leader.
"What can you tell me about the amulet you mentioned?"
*TarJak extracts Oberon's blood and labels his vial.*
"I vote Raptor for leader...and abstain from voting for lynching"
Tarrasque
05-26-09, 08:54 AM
"Well I've given them a chance.
UnderseaLCpl for Lynch
Abstain for Leader"
"What can you tell me about the amulet you mentioned?"
*TarJak extracts Oberon's blood and labels his vial.*
"The amulet...it is a strange crystal like object, I don't know where it is right now, it's possible that whoever retrieved AVSMs corpse has it. Whether that makes them a guardian or not, I do not know."
"Anyway, what else have you found? I have put all of my information forward, would you care to do the same?"
Raptor1
05-26-09, 09:10 AM
Oberon, mind checking that book I found in the Admiral's cabin for info on these...guardian things? Maybe it can tell us something.
"Sure..."
*Oberon plonks himself down at the table and starts reading the book.*
Raptor1
05-26-09, 09:36 AM
I'm going to check the radiation in the lower levels, it's been a few days and I want to make sure everything is stable.
*grabs the geiger counter and heads down*
UnderseaLcpl
05-26-09, 10:02 AM
*Checks the lynch votes*
"What!?:stare:"
Jimbuna
05-26-09, 10:15 AM
Looks like a clear case of 'us v them' and a 4-4 draw....I've never considered myself a piece of lamb but I'll vote for Tarrasque.
I hope both sides will see fit to advise me of just what in hells name is going on.
I also expect people to keep their word if an innocent byestander is lynched.
I'm still convinced there is a wrongdoer in that scientific group (unharmed thus far).
Tomorrow looks even more promising than today.
NIGHT 5
LIGHTS OFF
The master switch is thrown again and main power turns off in Thanatus.
A small group of four set out to seek revenge for their former comrades. They
walk through Thanatus' corridors in silence looking for their victim.
UnderseaLcpl looks straight at Silverraptor. Neither of them have become
well trusted over the past day. Nokia, Nisgeis and TarJak join UnderseaLcpl
and they corner Silverraptor.
Alerted by the noise, Mookiemookie wanders over. The lynching group seam
certain that Silverraptor is the monster, however Silverraptor protests
loudly and look nervous. A thick, black liquid starts to drip from Silverraptors
sleaves and touser legs. The colour drains from his face, but then his skin
flashes bright blue, then red.
shocked, the lynching team hesitate for a second, but it is long enough for
Silverraptor to dart aside, many tentecles splaying from where once where
his arms. He leaps upon Mookiemookie and engulfs his head within the vast
beak that now takes up the few bits of Silverraptor's face that are not
coverd by his vast watery eyes.
Overcoming their fear, Nokia, Nisgeis, TarJak and Undersea jump in to the
flailing mass of tentcles.
Silverraptor and Mookiemookie's corpses are laied out in the hall for all to
see. The lynching mob go off to attend to their bruises.
Night five begins...
Raptor1
05-26-09, 11:34 AM
Hmm, so he was one of them after all...a beast...
*looks at UnderseaLcpl*
I have suspected him since he begged me to save him from you a few days ago, but that doesn't mean you can go around and accuse people of being monsters without any evidence...
*glances back at the hideous corpse*
...Speaking of which, now that he is dead, can you show us your evidence?
*Oberon ponders a moment.*
"He took the samples of the water below decks...which means he probably altered them..."
*He heads down to the lower deck and takes a sample of the water in a cup, returns to the hall and gives the cup to Tarjak.*
"For the love of god, DON'T drink it! It's the water from the reactor room, can you test it for chemicals? It's urgent, if that water is harmless, then we can work on draining the reactor room and trying to refloat this boat."
Jimbuna
05-26-09, 11:37 AM
"Bugger me..."
Err....no thanks :oops:
Err....no thanks :oops:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7493/ohu.jpg
Raptor1
05-26-09, 11:40 AM
For all it's worth, that water is not much more radioactive than the water we've been drinking from the start of the voyage...and, no, those aren't too radioactive either
For all it's worth, that water is not much more radioactive than the water we've been drinking from the start of the voyage...and, no, those aren't too radioactive either
"The radioactivity doesn't bother me too much, since the reactor uses lead coolant and the core has not been exposed then the chances of radioactivity escaping is reduced as the coolant would have solidified upon SCRAMing. However, before I go swimming in the stuff, I'd like to know if there's nothing nasty like Hydrochloric acid at a high concentration down there."
Raptor1
05-26-09, 11:45 AM
We don't know that the core hasn't been breached.
"Surely you would be able to see the glow from it or feel the radiation from it? I mean, it's not a big room and the reactor is not shielded behind a wall, as soon as someone went in there they would probably start to feel sick if the core was breached, plus the water would be radioactive from exposure to the core."
Raptor1
05-26-09, 11:54 AM
As I said, the water isn't radioactive, so the core probably isn't breached, but we don't know anything for cert...
...what if there is something in the water that prevents the radiation from getting through...more than normal water, that is...?
Jimbuna
05-26-09, 11:56 AM
*Jimbuna approaches Oberon*
"Are you going to put a stint in at the sonar section?"
UnderseaLcpl
05-26-09, 12:10 PM
Hmm, so he was one of them after all...a beast...
*looks at UnderseaLcpl*
I have suspected him since he begged me to save him from you a few days ago, but that doesn't mean you can go around and accuse people of being monsters without any evidence...
*glances back at the hideous corpse*
...Speaking of which, now that he is dead, can you show us your evidence?
We do not accuse people without evidence, but that evidence is not made generally available with good reason. We are not in the habit of giving our enemies puzzle pieces to put together.
As I said, the water isn't radioactive, so the core probably isn't breached, but we don't know anything for cert...
...what if there is something in the water that prevents the radiation from getting through...more than normal water, that is...?
"Which is why I want that sample analysed, it's the only way to know."
*Oberon turns to Jim.*
"I would, but the sonar suite makes as much sense to me as Sudoku, mate."
"Well now that was something! Thank god it's now gone. And it seems that he "investigation" was quite right of what they said. Thank god I didn't vote for undersea..."
*Sits down at a table to ponder over what just happened.*
"OK we'll get to the seawater analysis, but first I want finish getting the blood samples from each of you. Who hasn't given a sample?"
SandyCaesar
05-27-09, 06:30 PM
"Here, doc."
Day 6
Lights On
Last night there where problems getting the power running.
The whole place was down (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=152191) for 24hours and a day/night cycle was missed.
Without warning, the lights come on again.
CaptainHaplo did not attend roll-call after the light's came on. After a ship
wide search parts of his blood stained clothes where found in one of the
crew cabins. There is no possibility that he has survived.
Another lynch vote is clearly needed!
"Ah at last. At least I can see what I'm doing with these needles now!"
*Extracts a sample from Sandy. labels the vial and puts it with the others.*
"What? Haplo missing? How did that happen?"
SandyCaesar
05-27-09, 07:53 PM
"Ah at last. At least I can see what I'm doing with these needles now!"
:o
"Tarjak, I will try not to think too hard about the ramifications of that remark..."
"Oh don't worry, I made sure that I got yours out of the kit bag and not out of the sharps container.":D
Raptor1
05-28-09, 02:20 AM
*walks over to TarJak*
Have you started analyzing that water yet?
SandyCaesar
05-28-09, 02:47 AM
"Before I forget...I'm not sure who's responsible for the murders. I'm abstaining for now, and Raptor1, you still get my kapitan vote."
::wakes up from his unconcious state yet again::
I hate waking up from a concussion, again.
::he feels his throbbing head bellow his bandages::
I am back from Vegas, and one 1.10USD after losses due to the Cleveland Indiands. Thank you Cleveland
So what is going on here?!? I wake up to the roll call and another one is dead!?! I guess i have to start examining this body. Anyone other scientist want to join me?
::moves towards the body::
Well lets move this to someplace where the examination can be done properly. We need to document all findings, including but not limited to any bites or unusal marks on his body.
Leadership Vote Raptor1
lynch vote = ???
UnderseaLcpl
05-28-09, 04:07 AM
Investigation lynch vote is: Vote extension
Lynch vote: Vote extension
Leadership vote:Abstain
Let me say this, I am not a were-thingy, cathulu, or whatever. Any lynch vote against me is a waste of time.
I for one want off this boat like everyone else, and want to get whatever is killing our fellow boat mates. Right now what I see is a crew who haven't been given direct as to how to fish out the "anti-town" "mafia" faction. So if this keeps up, I might as well just stop playing.
Am I suppose to be a detective? And ask to do faction checks?
Am I suppose to be a medic? And ask to heal someone from poison or give an additional life?
Am I suppose to be a bodyguard and protect someone from being hit in the night?
Raptor1
05-28-09, 04:43 AM
*glances at JALU*
What the hell are you talking about?
...Hmm, you don't think he was struck by the madness that claimed our colleagues before the explosions, do you?
Tarrasque
05-28-09, 05:07 AM
Lynch and Leadership both abstain
"I don't trust the investigation, but they were right about silverraptor"
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 05:39 AM
*Jimbuna approches JALU3*
"Looks like paranoia has well and truly settled in for you doesn't it?"
"Always remember one thing....It doesn't mean a man is a mouse just because he eats cheese"
*With that he goes over to the drinks dispenser and fills a mug with bug juice....gulps it down, burps and mutters "A right lot I'm lumbered with here. This is a bah bah bad situation" as he heads toward the rescue sub to make another attempt at fixing the seal*
*walks over to TarJak*
Have you started analyzing that water yet?
"No not yet. it can wait until we have gotten blood samples from everyone. There are still people who have not given a sample."
Leadership vote = Jimbuna
Lynch vote = Raptor1
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 06:16 AM
"No not yet. it can wait until we have gotten blood samples from everyone. There are still people who have not given a sample."
Leadership vote = Jimbuna
Lynch vote = Raptor1
*Jimbuna reappears*
"And who might they be?"
UnderseaLcpl
05-28-09, 06:20 AM
*Approaches Tarjak*
Here, you can get my sample now, but I don't think it will do much good. I've been studying the physiological changes in our specimens and they are remarkeable. We might even be looking at a complete chromosomal reconfiguration, with nearly instantaneous cellular metamorphosis!
I can't be sure, though...... I've been busy with other things.
Raptor1
05-28-09, 06:31 AM
Mr. TarJak, have you found out something that you vote me killed and give no reason?
Day 6 continued...
Everyone has had about enough of the darkness.
UnderseaLcpl talks to Raptor1 and they both agree to extend the lights on
period by 4 hours.
Any night activity may be conducted now if you can't wait four hours.
Mr. TarJak, have you found out something that you vote me killed and give no reason?"Give me a reason not to.":D
"Who is next on the blood sample list?"
Raptor1
05-28-09, 07:28 AM
Well, for one I thought you were taking those blood samples to find out who is the beast, rather than randomly kill people...
...or maybe not as randomly as you want us to believe...
"Is the pressure of command getting to you? If you are concerned about it stick me in the brig with Baggy."
"i'm sick of the lack of leadership on this boat!" We need to work together or we are all going to get picked off."
UnderseaLcpl
05-28-09, 07:42 AM
I would like to submit a request to Raptor1 for brig time to whomever gets lynched. We do not yet have enough evidence for a conclusive conviction, but we are close.
Just one day, two at most, and we'll have something substantial.
*Oberon hears of Haplos death.*
"So...the beast still walks amongst us...just when we felt safe. How many can there be?!"
"...eleven of us remain, I along with Nokia and Jim are all that remain of the crew that set out to rescue this boat. Tonight, someone else will die, be it at our hands or at the hands of the beast."
*He sits down near the heavy lift.*
"More of the crew remain than of the civilian staff or rescue submarine crew...it is logical to assume, therefore, that the beast may lurk amongst the crew. I will go with Jim on this one."
"I vote for Raptor to continue as leader, and for Tarrasque for lynching. God help us all."
I would like to submit a request to Raptor1 for brig time to whomever gets lynched. We do not yet have enough evidence for a conclusive conviction, but we are close.
Just one day, two at most, and we'll have something substantial.
I echo this request.
Raptor1
05-28-09, 07:45 AM
I will gladly put whoever is decided on in the brig, if it saves an innocent from random lynching.
"Well I'm going to get on with testing the samples I have. Anyone who hasn't provided one yet is a suspect in my book"
*Starts work on examining the results of the first sample which appears to be human*
"This will take some time and concentration so please don't disturb me whilst I still have light to work by."
Raptor1
05-28-09, 08:17 AM
I don't think the beast is actually bent on killing members of other crews, but as long as we have no more evidence to go on, it is likelier that it's from the submarine's crew simply because there are more than other crews.
*Stumbles in the bar and to the coffeemaker*
"Damn, I need some coffee. And is this commotion about Haplo being dead true? I guess it was inevitable that someone would die."
*Takes the coffee and heads back to the rescue sub*
"I'll keep working on the sub so we can get out of here ASAP."
**I vote Jimbuna for leader and also agree with Undersea and Oberon that whoever is voted for lynch is put in the brig.***
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 08:33 AM
FFS!!!!!!!! People were just beginning to take teir lambswool cardigans off, prise the fence post they were sitting on from out of their ar$e and now they're putting freakin sheepskins back on!!!!
What's the bloody point of voting at all????
Why not everyone just abstain till the end of time????
Someone please tell me this is the draft for the script of a return of Monty Python :doh:
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 08:55 AM
*Jimbuna storms into the room and confronts the cosy/jolly boys congregation*
"Right!! Now I get that uncomfortable feeling....you know what it is when your pi$$ starts to boil!!
I'm up for a leadership contest if those that have any misgivings on progress so far are prepared to come up from under their blankets and suddenly find the courage of their convictions.
Never ask a boy to do a mans work....cometh the hour cometh the man, and all that.
This boat is now firmly stuck in the mud....time to get it free.
Time to vote.....no need to choose a lynching....what's the point now?
Your alternative is to maintain your pacifist type stance and be shoehorned into one camp or the other and get picked off one by one.
I WILL BE VOTING BEFORE THE 16:00GMT DEADLINE.
No prizes for guessing which way either"
*Fills his mug with bug juice, pulls a hip flask from inside his tunic, pours a sizeable measure of its contents into the mug, turns toward them and says "Do you know what this is?......Dark Rum, better known as Nelsons Blood......Christ he'd be embarrassed to know some of you consider yourselves to be naval men!!". Replaces the hip flask and storms off out of the room, heading towards the rescue sub*
Raptor1
05-28-09, 09:25 AM
Right, and I am sure Lord Nelson would have gladly participated in the indiscriminate killing of his own men in a situation like this...
If you think you can do a better job as leader and the rest of the crew thinks so too, by all means, go ahead. My duty as the ranking officer is to do what is best for the crew, which I will continue to attempt to do even if another leader is chosen.
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 09:29 AM
Can you feel the 'scales' on the back of your neck starting to rise?
*Oberon fingers the knife in his pocket and mumbles to himself.*
"Looks like our biggest enemy is ourselves."
*He trundles off to the gym to work out.*
Raptor1
05-28-09, 09:46 AM
*sits down*
Tell me Mr. Jimbuna, have you ever seen a group of civilians...lined up and shot, not because they were accused of anything, but just because they were of a different race or faith?
*drinks bug juice*
Have you ever seen something like that happen, then watched as the ones who refused to participate in the slaughter were themselves shot?
*gulps down the rest of the mug*
You might be keen on randomly killing people now, but I'd think you would know better if you had seen what I saw...
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 10:05 AM
*sits down opposite Raptor!*
"Let me tell you one thing about Lord Nelson. He was British, as am I. He did not dither or pussyfoot around when he was in sight of his enemy, and that is why Britain has a military backround that is second to none.
Because of your failure to act, people have been forced to hide behind one another and accept the inevitable slow, random, slaughter we have all seen thus far.
Better to live a short eventful life than a long meaningless one"
I vote for Jimbuna as leader.
I also vote for Raptor1 to be lynched (but knowing full well that is not going to happen).
Let us proceed and make meaningful progress.
Why not choose your sign everyone.
http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/wolfinsheepsclothing.gif
Nisgeis
05-28-09, 10:18 AM
The death rate has slowed since Raptor1 took over, so he is doing a good job. I fear a new leader would let Briggygreen out and I don't think that would be good. I vote Raptor1 for leader and abstain from lynch vote.
Raptor1
05-28-09, 10:21 AM
Right, and those very same British are the ones who sent us down here in a submarine rigged to sink straight out of dry dock...
Raptor1
05-28-09, 10:39 AM
*decides against brigging Tarrasque in order to save himself*
I shall Abstain from the lynch vote, though I might well die. Perhaps then the rest of the crew would see that Jimbuna is nothing more than a power-hungry madman that cares nothing for killing a human on purpose.
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 10:54 AM
Oh how so very potentially magnanimous of you.
"power-hungry madman" you say?
Pah! I have never accused you of being non human.....but looking at 10 users votes (shouldn't there be 11?).... 60% in favour of abstaining....your lack of leadership qualities now aids those who would harm us and has probably painted the best picture to date on who resides on which side.
We now witness yet another ineffectual/wasted day.
Raptor1
05-28-09, 10:58 AM
Haven't accused me? What was that about scales on my back?
Can you feel the 'scales' on the back of your neck starting to rise?
Besides, if you claim you never accused me, that is even worse, for you vote for knowingly killing a human.
If the rest of the crew didn't like my leadership, they would have chosen another leader already.
Tarrasque
05-28-09, 11:01 AM
"Perhaps that's because those of us who aren't positive of the identity of those amongst us who are less than human aren't willing to just randomly kill lest we become less than human ourselves"
"What was it Nietzsche said? 'He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.'"
*Oberon sits alone in the gym, sharpening the knife with a sharpener he found in the galley.*
Oberon: I'm not getting involved in this powerplay, but if they come for me....
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 11:28 AM
Haven't accused me? What was that about scales on my back?
Originally Posted by Jimbuna
Can you feel the 'scales' on the back of your neck starting to rise?
Besides, if you claim you never accused me, that is even worse, for you vote for knowingly killing a human.
If the rest of the crew didn't like my leadership, they would have chosen another leader already.
That was quite a good one in a rhetorical sense I thought.
The problem you and certain members of your crew must face now is the fact that it is now quite clear who's colours are pinned to which masts.
Now those who would harm you have less detective work to carry out.
Now what realy really annoys me is the fact that some of them bad boys might use this little spat to move even stealthier now.
SITTING BACK WITH YOUR FINGER UP YER AR$E WILL ONLY END UP WITH YOU GETTING SH!TTY FINGERNAILS....AND PICKED OFF ONE BY ONE.
So come on Napolean....your move.
Answer me this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua28XJY8fWY
Night 6
Lights Off
Jimbuna and Raptor1 are still arguing as the lights finally go off.
Before long it comes to blows. No one could tell who lashed out first.
TarJak ran over to the fight and helped Jimbuna wrestle Raptor1 to the floor.
Jimbuna declares him self the new leader with support from Nokia.
Raptor1 is tied up whilst his fate is decided...
UPDATE:
After some thought Jimbuna decides to throw Raptor1 in the brig with baggygreen.
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 11:52 AM
*Jimbuna looks at the 9 survivors gathered before him*
"What you have just witnessed was something that I felt was necessary for the greater good of us all. To demonstrate and prove I am human and not devoid of compassion, I have demonstrated what I have posted and not killed Raptor1. There are now 2 less to consider.
6 abstentions yesterday in my view was a totally unacceptable state of affairs....you will never make an omelette without cracking an egg.
You are all still free to vote as you feel inclined but be advised...I am confiscating those sheepskins so many of you are hiding under and will be watching how votes are cast with the deepest interest.
It is probable that not voting will only bring attention to yourself and resentment from others who see an innocent or two fall as a result.
This ship is a man of war gentlemen. If you were expecting to live like sheep you should have signed up for the Arc.
I am more than happy to accept PM's, but get off this cursed boat we will....and without any monsters....SPECTEMUR AGENDO"
*Oberon climbs inside the rescue sub, and shuts and locks the hatch.*
"Dammit, it's not safe out there. I never thought Jim would go so power mad..."
*He frantically starts trying to sort the wires out in the little box which he found earlier*
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 12:15 PM
*Jimbuna walks toward the rescue sub and notices that the hatch has been locked, contrary to standing orders....he returns to the room with the others in*
"I'm off to the cabin Raptor1 was using to check if there is any incriminating evedence I might be able to find. I could be a little while so feel free to speculate and decide what flock your most comfortable with. I will be deeply interested in the developments of the next few hours"
<I'm off now for a jar or two with Kratos and the boys>
"OK. Now we are getting somewhere!"
*TarJak hols up a test tube and refers to his laptop once mor to be certain of the results.*
"I think I've deveolped a test that I discovered using complex chemical reactions to discover if someone's DNA is tainted. The only problem is that it takes at least 8 hours in complete darkness for the chemicals to react in the appropriate manner and there is only equipment to test one sample at a time. This is why firstly it's taken so long to discover it and secondly why we can only test one person per night."
"This tube holds the chemical evidence from samples of Silverraptor and I now have a second sample which proves one of us us human. For that persons safety I will not reveal their name just yet."
"Excellent news TarJak! This is probably the best new all week. This I'll have to celebrate!"
*Takes his flask from his pocket and pours some Vat 69 in the coffee.*
"Now we just have to start eliminating suspects."
Nisgeis
05-28-09, 03:59 PM
I don't understand the science entirely, but I do know that the 'bug juice test' was a bogus test based on superstition and nonesense, who was it that suggested it again? Based on someone's grandfather's ramblings wasn't it? Before everyone gets too excited about this new miracle break through, can we have another scientist verify the results? How does this test work? If the sample weighs the same as a duck, then...?
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 04:46 PM
*Jimbuna returns from the cabin used by Raptor1 and thinks*
"It's gone awfully quiet since I took command....perhaps the two camps are realligning their positions"
Nisgeis
05-28-09, 04:47 PM
*Nisgeis shakes his head in frustration and takes a piece of A4 and begins to sketch out a comic strip.*
He draws a man in a small fishing boat sitting opposite a large wolf-like creature. The man says to the wolf-like creature in the form of a speech bubble 'The only way to be sure you aren't a werewolf is to shoot yourself in the head with a non-silver bullet and to then set yourself on fire.' The werewolf strokes its long chin and says 'Excellent test! After you...'.
*Nisgeis, still not feeling sufficiently vented, reaches for a second sheet and starts drawing again.*
The first cell shows a flock of sheep, with one sheep that looks suspiciously large. Its white fleece does not sit well and there is a definate grey colour showing as though it was wearing a bad wig. The legs do not match the rest of the sheep. The snout and eyes look decidedly lupine. The rest of the sheep are facing this larger sheep, with blank expressions. This wolf-sheep is drawn with a speech bubble saying 'DON'T BE SHEEP! DO EXACTLY WHAT I SAY!'
The second cell shows the normal looking sheep collectively bleating 'Bah-bah-bahrilliant idea!' in unison.
The third cell shows the wolf-sheep grinning evilly and saying 'Good Sheep, Goooood Sheep.'. The name tag sewn into the false fleece reads 'Wolfbuna'.
*Nisgeis checks no one is watching and posts the cartoons up in the bar and hurries away*.
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 04:51 PM
*Jimbuna returns from the cabin used by Raptor1 and thinks to himself 'It would appear things have quietened down, both camps look like they are realligning themselves.....tomorrow should be of real interst, they now should appreciate the gift of being able to express themselves.....or do they?'....Jimbunas final thoughts before addressing the survivors is.....DON'T ANYONE JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALISE HOW POWERFUL EACH CAMP IS....YOUR NOT EVEN AWARE OF WHO IS TALKING TO WHO*
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 04:58 PM
*Jimbuna looks at the catroons and laughs to himself*
"Nothing like making yourself a target" he thinks.
"I'm sure the poster doesn't realise the attention they are bringing upon themselves.....sad/silly bastid. Votes speak louder than cartoons....PUT UP OR SHUT UP"
Nisgeis
05-28-09, 05:03 PM
Which do you favour Jimbuna, the bug juice test, or the new scientific test they have discovered?
Jimbuna
05-28-09, 05:25 PM
Which do you favour Jimbuna, the bug juice test, or the new scientific test they have discovered?
"Either....take your pick. But tomorrow we move forward, and the dark forces in the meantime make a meal of the dissention you spread"
"Perhaps this is part of your game plan?"
Day 7
Lights On
In the night everyone was woken up by some banging from the reactor room.
Everyone turns up for roll call.
UnderseaLcpl
05-28-09, 06:19 PM
Investigation Lynch vote is for Jalu3
Leader vote Abstain
Jalu3 is being subjected to a lynch vote because he has absolutely refused to cooperate. We are by no means certain that he is an enemy, but he is ading our enemies by forcing us to waste time and effort that would bebetter spent discovering traitors.
I don't understand the science entirely, but I do know that the 'bug juice test' was a bogus test based on superstition and nonesense, who was it that suggested it again? Based on someone's grandfather's ramblings wasn't it? Before everyone gets too excited about this new miracle break through, can we have another scientist verify the results? How does this test work? If the sample weighs the same as a duck, then...?
" 'She's a witch! Burn her!' Yes I get the reference. I'm happy to let either Jalu or UnderseaLcpl verify my theory. It has taken me days and nights to work this thing out and at the moment what other hope do we have?"
*Dreams wistfully of winning the Nobel Prize...*
Nisgeis
05-29-09, 02:39 AM
"Either....take your pick. But tomorrow we move forward, and the dark forces in the meantime make a meal of the dissention you spread"
"Perhaps this is part of your game plan?"
Hmm, well now I'm a bit confused, as there was no attack last night and Raptor was in the brig. :hmmm:
I thought you were a monster, because, shortly after it was revealed that there was an organised investigation and they had detected a monster, you started encouraging people to vote randomly to lynch people. This would be a good way to cause confusion and disrupt the organised investigation.
You also said that it was pointless to just put people in the brig and we should be lynching people, but the first person that is voted for, you put in the brig and do not lynch. I thought that this was to try to put suspicion on Raptor, as long as he was alive, then you could claim he was a monster, rather than lynching as you said you would.
Third reason to suspect you was that you were taking very large drinks of bug juice at regular intervals, when we alread knew that Silverraptor was a monster and he had also been drinking the bug juice. I thought this was a way for you to hide your monsterness. We know you have a good attention to detail and this is surely something you would have noticed. You still maintain that the bug juice test is valid, when it is not.
Fourth reason, you mentioned about military ships and how they are run, compared yourself to Nelson, but then mutinied, more Fletcher Christian than Nelson I think.
However, I've been advised that you may not be a monster, so I'm a bit confused now.
I vote Jalu3 for lynching.
Undersea for Leader.
Jimbuna
05-29-09, 04:09 AM
*Approaches Nisgeis*
"I'll respond to your comments this one time, but only as an act of good faith and as a means to consolidate some clarification"
I thought you were a monster, because, shortly after it was revealed that there was an organised investigation and they had detected a monster, you started encouraging people to vote randomly to lynch people. This would be a good way to cause confusion and disrupt the organised investigation.
I have never and will never encourage people to vote 'randomly' or 'indiscriminatingly', but I will encourage them to act on their instincts and suspicions.
It is pointless doing nothing, that way you give the monster/s a distinct advantage....like a flock of ship locked in a pen waiting to be picked off one by one.
What is more confusing than everyone trying to bring an end to their plight yet totally paralyzed by a state of inertia?
DOING NOTHING IS NO LONGER AN OPTION
You also said that it was pointless to just put people in the brig and we should be lynching people, but the first person that is voted for, you put in the brig and do not lynch. I thought that this was to try to put suspicion on Raptor, as long as he was alive, then you could claim he was a monster, rather than lynching as you said you would.
As I have made clear previously, my intention was to remove what was in my opinion the main obstacle to progress.
I am not decided on what I believe Raptor1 to be so what better alternative than to put him in the brig....narrows the field of suspects by two and will hopefully encourage people to decide for themselves.
I DID HAVE THE OPTION TO HAVE HIM KILLED, BUT CAN'T CONDONE INDISCRIMINATE SLAUGHTER
Third reason to suspect you was that you were taking very large drinks of bug juice at regular intervals, when we alread knew that Silverraptor was a monster and he had also been drinking the bug juice. I thought this was a way for you to hide your monsterness. We know you have a good attention to detail and this is surely something you would have noticed. You still maintain that the bug juice test is valid, when it is not.
I honestly wasn't totally convinced of Silverraptors position for a while and the bug juice test I went along with because I actually believed it was a realistic part of the storyline and as such was accepted by all of us.
What of the new blood tests?
I await outcomes and will fit in with the storyline there as well.
Fourth reason, you mentioned about military ships and how they are run, compared yourself to Nelson, but then mutinied, more Fletcher Christian than Nelson I think.
I find it rather humorous that you introduce the word 'mutiny' and in so doing also sully the name of one of the greatest seafarers of all time.
The only comparison I used was a one of national identity.
I am not a crew member of the Thanatus but rather the rescue sub and beside, under existing military articles an individual can challenge the authority and competence of the leader if they consider the actions or inaction of said leader to be tantamount to endangering the lives and or craft under their control.
Was this not the case here?
If I am to agree with your use of the word 'mutiny'....was Fletcher Christian not justified in his actions?
Many would say he was.
I see you challenge my position as leader at the earliest opportunity.
Duly noted.
*walks once again to the coffeemaker and fills his mug and sits at a table*
"Now there happened something strange last night. So I heard this strange noise and I went to investigate. What I saw was a foul creature with glowing eyes. It escaped into the water just as I was going to jump it. Now I was not able to to recognize who it was."
***i vote jim for leader and jalu to be lynched*** //i wrote this on my phone so i'm not sure you will be able to read it//
Jimbuna
05-29-09, 05:18 AM
"I thought I had freed you of your constraints and fears of reprisals"
"45 mins left to vote"
"If you don't vote...don't complain after....sheep can't talk"
Nisgeis
05-29-09, 05:29 AM
Perfectly understandable Nokia.
Tarrasque
05-29-09, 05:37 AM
"As I still have no idea as to who is something other than human, and I will not vote to lynch someone without evidence although it might be tempting, my Lynch vote is abstain."
"As for leadership, my support is still with Raptor as the legitimate ranking officer on this vessel. Therefore I abstain"
Lynch vote Jalu3.
Leadership abstain.
Pee of or off the pot people...
Jimbuna
05-29-09, 06:01 AM
I'm sticking with my day 1 theory that there must be at least one monster in each of the crews.
There has yet to be one uncovered amongst the civilian/scientific so my instincts are to select from that group.
I vote to lynch Jalu and myself to maintain leadership.
NIGHT 7
Lights Off
As nights draws in it is clear that JALU will be lynched.
Tarjak, Jimbuna and Undersea make their way to JALU's room.
As they approach the door they hear a gun shot and run for cover. After
several minuets of silence they make their approach again.
They see JALU with a pistol next to him on the floor and a hole in his temple;
the boat's first suicide.
*TarJak yawns and stretches and looks at his watch*
"Three days and nights I've been at this without sleep. I need a nap. Good night all."
*Gets up and walks to his rack, slides and and drifts off into a deep peaceful sleep*
*The hatch slowly opens, Oberon looks around, holding his knife in his right hand.*
"I heard that noise..."
*He slowly creeps out, shutting the hatch behind him and sneaks down into the reactor room to investigate.*
((Sorry I didn't vote, was at work.))
Jimbuna
05-29-09, 08:41 AM
*Jimbuna suddenly appears behind Oberon, who nearly jumps out of his skin*
"Where the hell were you? Hiding in that rescue sub shatting your pants?
I can't think of a better way to bring attention to yourself".
*Without waiting to hear what miserable excuse he might offer he walked off and turned his head sideways to say "And put that pen knife away, uou might cut yourself"*
"Back...monster! Away with you!"
*He skulks down to the reactor room*
"The beast lies within us...within us all, but not us, no...no...we are too clever for him, we see past his lies. We see past his mask and see him revealed!"
*He chuckles to himself as he climbs down into the reactor room*
Tarrasque
05-29-09, 10:49 AM
*Fed up with how the boat seems to turned in to a hive of machiavellian plotting, he heads to his bunk and pulls the covers over his head*
"Wonder if it's true - do the monsters go away if you can't see them?"
((Off out, hope to be back before 00:00, but may not be))
Jimbuna
05-29-09, 02:16 PM
*Jimbuna is sitting at the bar looking at Oberon at the other end of the room pacing up and down whilst gibbering like an idiot*
*He thinks to himself "So Jalu was human after all. It can only be one of two ways now....either one or both of those in the brig is a monster, hence the lack of killings, or there are still one or more roaming free but daring not kill anyone for fear of drawing attention to themselves and wanting to fool us the monsters are in the brig"*
*A plan starts formulating in Jimbunas head....."Wheres that bloody convict with the test results?"*
UnderseaLcpl
05-29-09, 02:29 PM
*walks in and sits down near Jimbuna*
"You look awfully perturbed, Jim. Something I should know about?"
Jimbuna
05-29-09, 03:30 PM
*walks in and sits down near Jimbuna*
"You look awfully perturbed, Jim. Something I should know about?"
"I'm looking at what is left of us yet when weighing up the imponderables the choices are beginning to look clearer whilst at the same time I'm disturbed at the feeling of frustration.....it's like not being able to see the wood for the trees"
"The crew first....2 are in the brig, they could both be human, monster or one of each. The killings have stopped yet that could mean absolutely nothing. Those in the brig can be discounted for now, either that or I give the order for their execution and find out for sure.
What would be the point of jeapordising two lives when they are no risk to anyone whilst incarcerated....it's not as if one will turn on the other and give their true identity away.
Sandy Caesar has gone AWOL....that discounts him.
Tarrasque has a name that troubles/disturbs me.
Nisgeis has shown open defiance of me but qualifies it with reasoning...I like men like that but remain wary of them at the same time.
Next, the Science Crew....2 of you 4 are already dead and no sign of a monster yet. Just you and the con remain yet in the main we appear to have shared our concerns as proven by the voting pattern, at least from day 3 onwards.
Next, the Rescue crew...3 are dead and one was proven to be a monster. Nokia has shown unstinting loyalty and support of me and Oberon has been reduced to a gibbering wreck.
If my senses aren't fooling me and I am to believe you and the con are human, there must still be a monster within the ranks of the crew or the rescue sub.
Find it and the rest should be plain sailing. Those in the brig are currently neutralised"
UnderseaLcpl
05-29-09, 04:37 PM
*Takes a draught from his flask and looks at in disgust as he realizes it is empty now.*
Well, I can tell you that you don't need to worry about Tarrasque, if that puts your mind at ease. We're all over him.
I have to rest now, though. Goodnight, Jim.
*and with that, Undersealcpl shuffles off to his bunk*
*Oberon squints at the rest of the crew*
"He's out there...we hear him, don't we? He calls to us...he calls to us and we listen...those who speak without words speak the loudest. He will come to us...and we will see the beast within."
*He holds the knife uneasily.*
Day 8
Lights On
In the night everyone heard propellers above quite clearly.
SandyCaesar went out into remote parts of the sub to see if he could hear
them any better. he did not turn up for roll call after the lights went back on
and everyone feared the worst. His mangled corpse was found in the sonar
room. Parts of it look like they have been eaten.
Another lynch vote is called.
UnderseaLcpl
05-30-09, 03:44 AM
Investigation vote is for Tarrasque, Brig time.
Leadership Vote: Jimbuna
Jimbuna
05-30-09, 05:34 AM
Oberon has been acting very strangely to say the least and locking himself in the rescue sub could have a hidden meaning or bluff.
I vote for Oberon.
I vote for myself to continue as leader.
Tarrasque
05-30-09, 05:47 AM
"As the senior military rate not brigged I vote for Nisgeis as Leader"
"Lynch vote is for Jimbuna, albeit I would rather see him brigged and face a court on return to land"
Vote for brig time for Oberon.
Leadership vote for Jimbuna
*TarJak stretches and wakes to the sound of muttering and general weird behaviour by Oberon.*
"Jim I think he is in need of isolation and disarming him of that knife. Any chance we can stick him in the brig?"
*Goes back over to his laptop to check on the results of last nights testing.*
"Looks like we have another human!"
*Begins working on setting up the next sample for testing.*
"BTW anyone who didn't voluntarily give a sample has now been taken whilst you were asleep. Sorry about the invasion of privacy gents but under the circumstances I think it was justified."
Nisgeis
05-30-09, 06:03 AM
Oberon's behaviour has become increasing erattic. I say we put him in the brig, shackled so he can't harm the others in there.
Lynch vote for Oberon
Jimbuna for leader
Thanks for your vote Tarrasque.
*Wakes up after a long nights sleep and reaches for his thermos*
"Damn, what time is it??
*Hears that SandyCaesar is dead.*
"Bloody he** we are running out of people. I guess now we know at least one sitting in the brig is most likely human. I wonder what TarJak has found out... Well maybe well have better luck getting the rescue sub to work today....but somehow I don't think that will be the case"
*Goes to the bar to get something to eat*
***Lynch vote: Oberon. and Jim to continue as leader.***
"The beast, he walks and talks amongst us...he speaks loud and carries a big stick. The sheep, the sheep shall be lead by the wolf. The wolf barks at them to walk into its mouth and the sheep continue on their merry way...We see you, we see you and we hear your bark Jim."
*Oberon stabs a piece of fish on his plate with his knife and then eats it.*
"Lynch vote for Jimbuna, leadership vote for Undersealcpl."
Night 8
Lights Off
On, Off, On Off the light cycle continues.
Oberon waits patiently in the rescue sub for the lynch mob that he knows will
come for him. Indeed, they do. Nokia, Nisgeis, Tarjak and Jimbuna enter the
rescue sub. After a brief struggle the executioners do their work and another
body is piled upon the heap that is already spreading a foul stench throughout
the sub.
Jimbuna did not signal to send him to the brig.
UnderseaLcpl
05-30-09, 02:59 PM
*Pacing angrily, casting occassional glances at the handful of survivors. Finally, he speaks*
Would someone like to explain to me why there is a dead Oberon on this vessel? Anyone? I mean, there shouldn't be one, but there is. Anyone want to shed some light on that subject? I really need help understanding WHY PEOPLE INSIST ON MUCKING UP EVERYTHING!!!!!
*sighs, regains composure, and continues*
Now, I can understand why some of you voted as you did. There were a few communications mix-ups, and things got out of hand. No problem.
What I do have a problem with is the spontaneous decision to kill a crewman that no one was told to kill.
There seems to be a misunderstanding here, so I will attempt to clarify it right now. When the investigation fell on Silveraptor, there was a good reason for it. When we voted to lynch JALU3, there was also a good reason for it. And when we say "put Tarrasque in the brig", there is a good reason for it. Some of you seem to be under the impression that our decisions are open to interpretation. They are not. When I come forward as the public face of the investigation, and cast the first vote, to put Tarrasque in the brig, IT DOES NOT MEAN KILL OBERON!!!!! WHEN WE SAY ABSTAIN, IT DOES NOT MEAN LYNCH WHOEVER YOU FEEL LIKE LYNCHING!!!!
*places two fingers at his temple*
I have had it up to here with all the nonsensical crap that goes on on this boat! I swear to God if it isn't cockamamie seawater tests it's worthless hearsay or deceptive voting or some other assorted garbage! We have wasted more than enough time and lives because people continue to hinder our efforts.
So here's how we're going to do this from now on. In the morning, I am going to cast my vote, on behalf of what is left of the investigation, and then you are all going to vote the same way, unless you hear otherwise, from me. If I say put them in the brig, Jimbuna is going to put them,*gasp*, in the brig!
If I die tonight, Tarjak is going to do what I would have done, and you will vote the way he does. If Tarjak dies, the next one in line will step up, and so on and so forth.
Now, for those of you who are not a part of the investigation, I am sorry that you don't get much of a say in the ultimate decisionmaking process.
You can indirectly be a part of it, by contacting me if you find anything suspicious or have any thoughts, but that is pretty much it.
Since you didn't go to the trouble to assemble a proper investigative team that doesn't go around killing people at random, you can help the most by helping the only one that does exsist.
Let's have no more senseless killings, gentlemen. Good night, and good luck.
Day 9
Lights On
In the night clear, sharp hammering is heard on the side of the hull as well as
the propellers above. Two gunshots where also heard from inside the sub
during the night.
Every one turns up for roll call.
"WTF was all that noise last night?"
UnderseaLcpl
05-30-09, 06:13 PM
*awakes after hardly any sleep at all, both due to the hammering and vexation over Oberon's death. As he storms to the bar area, he forcefully tells each person he meets.....*
"NO votes! No freaking votes until I vote! Then you copy that vote!"
*upon reaching the bar, he sits down heavily, pours a cup of bug juice and gulps it down. He places his head in his hands and remains motionless for a few moments before he sits up with a start, and sets off to find something suitable to tap against the hull*
Tarrasque
05-30-09, 06:24 PM
*Tarrasque sees the light go on but can't be bothered to stir from his bunk*
I will be busy in the sub all day, so will miss all the morning discussion and voting. Therefore put me down for a double Abstaintion
*Walks into the bar*
"What was all that hammering and propeller noises last night all about. It's hard enough to get some sleep without the noises."
*Gets coffee and sits down at a table.*
"Well at least we all survived the night. Hopefully we will end this soon."
*Takes out the P8 and two 9mm rounds from his pocket and puts them into the magazine and load it back in the gun.*
"Great thing this pistol, I never go anywhere without it, I got it back in the day when I was in the KSK when I left I got to keep it. And it sure has saved my life many times after that."
*Finishes the coffee and goes to the rescue sub.*
UnderseaLcpl
05-30-09, 07:07 PM
* Tries tapping again with the length of pipe he has found, and presses his ear to the hull, hoping for a response.*
* Tries tapping again with the length of pipe he has found, and presses his ear to the hull, hoping for a response.*
Something/someone outside taps back a few times. Then all is silent again.
ed: oups.
UnderseaLcpl
05-30-09, 07:12 PM
* Runs, about the ship, asking everyone he meets:*
"Morse code! Does anyone know morse code!?
* Runs, about the ship, asking everyone he meets:*
"Morse code! Does anyone know morse code!?
*Hears undersea*
"I know mores code, what do you need help with?"
UnderseaLcpl
05-30-09, 07:42 PM
*Hears undersea*
"I know mores code, what do you need help with?"
Thank God! Tap out a message on the hull: "Do not come aboard, yet. Danger within!"
"Alright, give me that pipe"
*Starts tapping on the hull.*
" -.. --- / -. --- - / -.-. --- -- . / .- -... --- .- .-. -.. --..-- / -.-- . - .-.-.- / -.. .- -. --. . .-. / .-- .. - .... .. -. "
***Sleeping: back at 08.00-09.00 GMT***
*TarJak taps out a message on a section of the hull near his bunk.*
"-.- -. --- -.-. -.- / - .-- .. -.-. . / .. ..-. / -.-- --- ..- / .- .-. . / .- / -- --- -. ... - . .-."
Jimbuna
05-31-09, 05:28 AM
*Hearing the tapping sounds drwas Jimbuna into the room*
"Let's hope they get the message boys...only someone out of their minds would want to come aboard"
*and only someone out of their minds should be aboard....he thinks to himself*
Day 9 continued....
It is decided to keep the lights on a while longer to give everyone the chance to VOTE.
I vote for Jimbuna for lynching and TarJak for leader.
<Been out most of the day and just got back>
Jimbuna
05-31-09, 06:44 AM
Suprise suprise.....quizzling.
No option other than to reciprocate TarJak lynch and Jimbuna for leader
Nisgeis
05-31-09, 06:47 AM
I thought it had been agreed upon to put Oberon in the brig, but instead a death occurred. For that reason, I vote to lynch Jimbuna and vote TarJak as leader.
Undersea for leader and Jimbuna to be lynched.
Night 9
Lights Off
Again, the lights flick off.
Again, the lynch mob sets out for the leader.
Tarjak is declared leader and Jimbuna is tied up to await Tarjak's judgment.
Jimbuna
05-31-09, 08:38 AM
Jimbuna breaks free of his bonds and reaches quickly for the 9mm Browning underneath his tunic for such an eventuality (the quislings had forgotten to frisk him).
He puts the barrel to his left temple and his last words to them "If your prepared to be dictated to and treated like cattle....don't be suprised if you eventually find yourself being betrayed and preyed upon. Dwell on it and wonder which one of you will be next."
Ed by L: (Jimbuna is dead)
Then so is TarJak. BI BI
Nisgeis
05-31-09, 03:19 PM
"Is tonight's sample set up and ready for lights out Tarjak?"
Day 10
Lights On
After a short night the crew wake up to hammer taps.
Nisgeis grabs some paper and records the sequence:
.-. . ... -.-. ..- . / --- - .-- / -..- / ... . .- .-.. / --- ..-. ..-. / .-. . ... -.-. ..- . / ... ..- -... / -..- / .... --- .-- / -- .- -. -.--
Everyone turns up for roll-call.
A lynch vote is still called.
Nisgeis
05-31-09, 05:09 PM
"TarJak! Message received". Nisgeis hands TarJak a piece of paper on which is written:
"RESCUE OTW X SEAL OFF RESCUE SUB X HOW MANY"
Nice of them to put kisses in it.
UnderseaLcpl
05-31-09, 08:56 PM
*adressing the small group of survivors in the bar area*
It looks like this nightmare may finally be over, gentlemen. However, the last monster is, in all likleyhood, still among us. It's just too bad that Jim shot himself before we could expose the monster and release him from the brig.
By process of elimination, the last monster is Nokia, without a doubt. Let's expose the beast for what he is and get off this blasted boat.
Lynch vote: Nokia
Leader vote: Nisgeis
"Oh I see what is going on Undersea. So you were not absolutley sure about the monster like you said. And if you go accusing innocent people and think that you are absolutely sure, maybe with proof from someone else then maybe you have been fooled or maybe the monster really is you. And if it really is true that you are not a monster and merely go on with the accusations thinking "I don't believe the others are so he must be" then maybe you should have a go at those in the brig. In my perspective it appears that "the investigation" is trying to make us lynch each other. And as a interesting side note the investigation informed me that they have the seer but if they have then why would they vote for me? And they also were sure it was either Nisgeis or Jimbuna. And if you vote the same as the investigation and you vote me to get lynched you will be killing the last one that is able to protect you against these monsters and thus sealing your own fate."
**Lynch Undersea. leader: Nisgeis.***
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