Akallabeth

Happy belated birthday!

Though the WW portion of the game is over, I'm requesting that the remaining unlynched, unkilled (undead? ) jurors decide the verdict. I've allowed a large window of time for this, but please post soon as disagreements may arise and require time to be sorted out. Roles, etc: Jurors: 1. Shine Royce NPC 2. Stella Hulric NPC 3. Natasha Allan NightFae SEER 4. John White-Toe Patrick 5. Catherine "Cat" Barnes Ayshela 6. Katelyn Smythe Mynx WOLF (Lynching #2) – Replaced by Rikki Coleman 7. B. A. Peterson Giles Jordan (Lynching #1) 8. Jerry Fernendez NPC 9. Johnathan Deere Savage Dragon (Kill #2) – Replaced by Nicolas Easter 10. Millie Dupree NPC (Kill #1) 11. Herman Grimes NPC (jury foreman) 12. Jimmy Thompson srsizzy Alternates: 1. Nicolas Easter NPC 2. Rikki Coleman NPC 3. Lonnie Shaver NPC Important non-juror NPCs: Judge Harkin Wendall Rohr – Plaintiff’s (Jacob/Celeste Wood’s) principal lawyer Durwood Cable – Defense’s (Tobacco Companies) principal lawyer

The plaintiff's last witness had taken the stand the day before, and now the defense was given its turn. The first witness was Martin Jankle, a cigarette company CEO and a former lawyer. Cable started with his questions, and a smiling Jankle very readily answered them. He realized that many people believed that cigarettes were addictive, but researchers weren't all in the same opinion. He didn't believe that they were addictive, and he had smoked for twenty years because he enjoyed smoking, and could quit whenever he wanted to. He'd chosen to go with a low tar cigarette, and smoked twenty a day, while staying in great physical shape. His company made many brands of cigarettes, each with it's own amount of tar and nicotine, some with filters, and some without. He was very proud that his company provided so many choices in their product line. Just like it was a choice to smoke, there were many choices provided for smokers, and many choices of smoking habits were given. Certainly, if their products were abused they could hurt, just like guns, sugar, and alcohol. And with advertising? They made ads for adults, but kids also saw them. It was unavoidable, and just part of advertising. The court broke for lunch, and afterwards the testimony resumed. "What is your company doing to combat underage smoking?" Cable asked him, and Jankle gave an hour's worth of replies, detailing how his company had spent eleven million in the last year to fight underage smoking. After this, he was turned over the Wendell Rohr for cross-examination. Rohr started out with tough questions, attacking a weak point that Jankle, the former lawyer, had insisted on being the base of his defense: abuse. "You're telling me that your cigarettes do not cause sickness and death?" "Only if they are abused." "Are your cigarettes supposed to be lit by a lighter? Is the smoke produced supposed to be sucked through the end opposite of the one that is lit? And is this smoke supposed to enter the mouth? And do most cigarette smokers inhale?" "Yes." "So how is this product abused?" "By smoking too much, say, more than two packs a day." "And what study do you base this on?" "It's my opinion." "And how have you warned the public that smoking more than two packs a day is dangerous?" Jankle did not have a quick reply of a sort that would be acceptable in court, so he thought for a bit, and said, "I think you misunderstand me." Rohr then turned to butter and sugar, two of the substances that Jankle had compared to cigarettes, and pointed out differences between them and cigarettes. Shortly afterwards, he finished with the cross-examination, and court was adjourned for the day. Jankle's pride in his "abuse" line of thought was thoroughly taken from him in a verbal lashing by Cable after they had left the courtroom. ----------------------------- The next morning, Katelyn Smythe and Natasha Allan were summoned to the Judge's office. Harkin looked at both of them, and said, "I believe both of you have something to tell me." Katelyn looked at him. "No sir, I have nothing to say." "Very well, you have are in contempt of court, and further charges will be found at your trial. You have been accused of accepting a bribe, and attempting to bribe another juror." She did not reply, and a young deputy took her from the judge's office. "And you, Miss Allen, do you have something to say?" Natasha stood with a bowed head for a couple seconds, and said, "Yes, I do. I have been watching other members of the jury closely over the past days, though all I have seen is that Mr. Thompson is as untainted a juror as any may be. Sir, I realize that I have not been the best juror, but I have not been influenced by anyone other than the witnesses. Please let me remain on the jury." Judge Harkin gravely replied, "You will remain on the jury, but I will remove you if rumor comes to me that you have been spying on your fellow jurors." She was allowed to join the other members of the jury, and Judge Harkin called Rikki Coleman, the second alternate, to take Katelyn's place. The second and last expert for the defense was one Dr. Gunther. He believed that cigarette smoking didn't really cause cancer, as most studies showed only 1 out of 10 smokers getting cancer. He couldn't prove anthing either way, but a motto he repeated throughout his questioning by Cable was, "More research is needed." About midway through the afternoon, Dr. Gunther was handed over to Rohr for a cross examination. Wendall Rohr yelled at Dr. Gunther for an hour and a half, and by the end of that time the only person in the courtroom with calm nerves was Wendall Rohr. The jury returned to the Siesta Inn for the last night, and came to court the next morning. Both Rohr and Cable summed up their cases, and Judge Harkin then handed the decision over to the jury. Filing back into the jury room, they began their deliberation to decide who had won, and who had lost. ------------------------------------------- Mynx / Katelyn Smythe was the wolf, and has been lynched for accepting a bribe to rig the jury. NightFae / Natasha Allan was the seer, and is still on the jury. Remaining Jurors who can vote: Natasha Allan NightFae John White-Toe Patrick Catherine "Cat" Barnes Ayshela Jimmy Thompson srsizzy You are now left with the decision of which side gets the win: the plaintiff or the defense. Of the four of you, three must agree on the verdict. The general variations are: -Jury finds for the defense: No money for the plaintiff -Jury finds for the plaintiff: No money for the plaintiff -Jury finds for the plaintiff: Money for the plaintiff, 2 million for projected loss of income for Celeste Wood due to Jacob Wood's death, no extra damages -Jury finds for the plaintiff: Money for the plaintiff, 2 million for projected loss of income for Celeste Wood due to Jacob Wood's death, extra damages awarded to punish tobacco companies (any amount) ------------------- I'd suggest that you work your way along this like a tree diagram (deciding if you find for the plaintiff or defense, if plaintiff, then does the plaintiff deserve money, etc.) I'll allow five days for this stage, unless the jury decides in a shorter amount of time. The NPCs will follow the majority. Phase ends June 29, 2006 at 5:30 AM GMT.

Perhaps so :/ However, you now have company, as one of your fellow jurors who was a popular removal choice has joined the ranks of the Wolfed. Savage Dragon/Johnathan Deere is no longer a free vote, but one that has been purchased. He is still able to RP in game, but he is not allowed to vote for lynchings, and is not allowed to try to influence other players. Happy lynching to all those still alive and able to vote!

The jurors filed into the courtroom. Wendell Rohr had a feeling that the jurors were ready for more interesting material. His jury consultants concurred. His next witness was to be Lawrence Krigler, and as the name was said, all members of the defense became very tense. Lawrence Krigler was a tanned and fit man in his sixties, and had worked for a tobacco company for thirty years before leaving after a lawsuit he had with the company. He started out with a brief introduction. He'd recieved his degree from North Carolina State, and gone to work in the study of tobacco production. He had studies how best to grow the leaf, and was an expert in this field. About 30 years ago, he had completed a three year study on the feasibility of growing an experimental tobacco plant containing a third of the nicotine of regular tobacco. It could be produced just as well as any other tobacco plant, and he highly recommended it. He was devestated when the company higher ups ignored his work. Two years later, he found out why his work had been ignored. An intercompany memo found its way into his hands, telling management to do whatever they could to discredit his research. Keeping his cool at this betrayal by his company, he began to look into the cause of this memo. The answer soon became clear. His company could not afford to produce a tobacco plant that had lower nicotine levels, as that would lower profits. The industry knew nicotine was physically addictive. More nicotine meant more smokers, which meant more sales and more profits. He pointed out that though nicotine was not a cancer causing agent, it was a poison that caused addiction, and allowed carcinogens in the tobacco to eventually take care of those who used the tobacco, which was why it was so dangerous. At this time, the court broke for lunch, and Durwood Cable was given his turn at cross-examining Mr. Krigler. He started out with a simple, "Good afternoon," and began the tough questioning. He quickly established that Mr. Krigler did not hate anyone or anything (besides broccoli), was not being paid to testify, had smoked for twenty years and quit, and felt that the company was partly to blame for his smoking, due to special prices on cigarettes for employees, and free cigarettes in meetings. Cable was not having a very successful cross examination. However, he soon hit some more tender areas. He discovered that Mr. Krigler's sister died from lung cancer, giving him the reason that he had to be in the courtroom. The day before she died, Mr. Krigler he promised he would quite smoking, and stopped over a period of three years. At this, Cable changed his line. He began to bombard Krigler with questions about his company performance, and why he had continued working for a tobacco company at a salary of $90,000 a year for ten years after his sister's death. This continued for the rest of the day, and the jury was dismissed. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Deere recieved a phone call to his unlisted room number, and picked up the reciever. The voice sounded familiar, but somewhat muffled. "Hello Deere. You have a vote we want, and we intend to get it. We wouldn't try straight out bribery, but we have something that might be of interest to you. Look beside your door." John set down the reciever, and slowly walked to the door. A sheaf of papers lay there, obviously slid under the door without him noticing a thing. They contained the blueprints to a new series of tractor that Case-New Holland was in the process of designing, something that he was sure their CEO hadn't even seen. And he had them. Returning to the reciever, he picked it up again, and said in a low voice, "How did you get them, and are there more?" A chuckle sounded over the line. "Oh, yes, there are more. Many more. If you wish to have all of the 89 complete blueprints we have, you will vote as we wish. How we got them is not your concern. Just vote as instructed, and the other 88 are yours." His hands shook as he said, "It's a deal." "Good. Now just listen for your instructions..." ---------------------------- The next day, they were taken to the courthouse in another bus, and filed into the jury room after another dull evening and night at the motel. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnathan Deere / Savage Dragon was an innocent villager, who has been bought and paid for by a corporate windfall. (For those who do not know, John Deere and Case - New Holland are both tractor/farm equipment manufacturers, and very much competitors.) Savage Dragon, you can RP if you wish, but you may not try to influence other jurors in their decisions. And I hope that the "kill" is acceptable. Day phase has now begun, lynch if you wish, and day phase will end in two days time, on June 24, 2006 at 5:30 AM GMT.

The first lynching victim was: B.A. Peterson/Giles Jordan (courtesy of random.org) As I've stated in the game thread, day and night phase will each be 2 days long to allow for an easier RP schedule for those who wish to post. Thus the "night phase" will end Thursday, June 22nd, at 5:30 AM GMT. Also as stated in the game thread, Specials are to PM me, and anyone who has questions, PM me. Also, bribes are currently not being accepted. Please try again some other time.

Shortly before going to the courtroom, one of the jurors was summoned to the Judge's chambers. The juror stepped through the door, and immediately saw that the judge was not alone, that there was also a deputy sheriff in his office. "Please, be seated." Judge Harkin stood, and began pacing around the room. "In these trials, there have always been attempts by both sides to change the jury, to buy a verdict. I did not expect this trial to be one of those." He turned to the juror. "I've done my best to protect you all from the influnce of others, but it seems that I have not entirely succeeded. I have been informed by a source that I will not name that you recieved a bribe of one hundred thousand dollars to vote for the plaintiff upon being selected for this jury, with an additional five hundred thousand promised upon a successful verdict. You will be given your day in court, but until then, you will be a guest in our jail." B.A. Peterson bore a visibly shocked look upon his face, though the Judge could not tell if it was from being discovered, or from disbelief in anyone accusing him of such dishonorable action. The deputy escorted him out as the Judge proceeded into the courtroom. ---------------- As the jury filed into the courtroom without Mr. Peterson, they wondered at his absence, as most of them assumed he would meet them in the courtroom. Instead, they found Judge Harkin in his place, gazing sternly at the remaining members of the jury. "Due to reasons which will not be named at this time, Mr. Peterson has been removed from this jury. The first alternate, Mr. Nicolas Easter, will take his place. Also, for the protection of the jury, they will be sequestered for the remainder of the trial. Each member and alternate will be escorted home, and allowed to pack one bag. They will then be taken to the place that will be their residence for the next several days." After this, Mr. Easter took his place among the other jurors, and fourteen displeased faces watched the testimony of the day. The next witness for the plaintiff was Dr. Hilo Kilvan. He was a Canadian doctor who had been brought from Montreal to testify for this trial. For the past twenty years, he had been studying the ratios of lung cancer mortality between smokers and non-smokers. He used simple speech whenever possible, and pointed out several of the findings of his studies to the jurors: -The risk of lung cancer is ten times greater for a smoker who goes through fifteen cigarettes a day over a period of ten years than for a non-smoker. -If three packs are smoked per day, as Mr. Wood smoked, the risk is twenty-five times greater -Cigarettes kill four hundred thousand Americans each year, and thus are the single deadliest product on the market. Except for guns, nothing else comes close. Also, while guns are not designed to be aimed and fired at people, cigarettes are designed to be lit and puffed, and are thus used properly. They are deadly if used exactly as intended. After some hours of his testimony, the plaintiff finished with him, and handed him over to the defense for cross-examination. After discussing some rather meaningless statistics, Durwood Cable, the primary defense lawyer, started to get warmed up. After a series of questions, he found that Dr. Kilvan would admit that he believed only ten percent of smokers actually got lung cancer, though he always pointed back to his findings saying that smokers had a much higher risk of lung cancer than non-smokers. Cable asked Kilvan several more questions about some studies showing that there was a greater incidence of lung cancer for urban smokers than for rural smokers, with Dr. Kilvan staying with the same answers. He finished with some more questions about a study from the University of Stockholm that pointed to heredity as a possible cause for lung cancer, which Dr. Kilvan did not wish to comment on as heredity was not his specialty. Upon Cable's completion of his cross-examination, the jury was released to pack, get their affairs in order, and return to the courthouse to be taken to their home for the next days. Several hours later, they were all lodged in the Siesta Inn in a coastal town thirty miles to the west. The next morning, they were all more than happy to return to court, and try to get through the case that would keep them in cheap quarters until its completion. ---------------------------------------------------------- B.A. Peterson / Giles Jordan was an innocent juror, a Villager. It is now "night phase", which I will allow to run for two days, ending on June 22nd at 5:30 AM GMT. Specials, PM me.

Once again, I do not have a post to offer. On checking Nightfae's profiles, I noted that she has not logged into the Pen since the 15th. As she is will be lynched unless votes change, I will allow one more day for this phase, giving her a chance to post and possibly vote, and will then post. My apologies once more.

I'm extending day phase by two days, so the next posts and the lynching votes will be due by Monday June 19 at 5:30 AM GMT. My apologies for not making this clear before.

Giles- Evidently there are braille "monitors" which enable people to read text that is on the screen, or that they have written. There is even a braille version of ASCII code. Here's a link to a little article about this topic, should you wish to read more. -------------- Some lynched players will be removed from the jury, others will merely be bought and paid for, and therefore no longer willing to influence the other jurors, and change the trial. As always, feel free to drop off questions, and I'll try to answer them in some way. (edit: I'll also try to use correct spelling in my answers, or leave something like this at the bottom )

-Name - Herman Grimes -Sex - Male -Age - 59 -Basic appearance - white, casually dressed, normal looking eyeglasses, does not look blind -Background - Works as a computer programmer, has lived in area for about 3 years, married, no kids

-Name - Millie Dupree -Sex - Female -Age - 43 -Basic appearance - (none yet) -Background - Her husband Hoppy works a real estate agency, 5 kids, 3 of which are in junior colleges, other 2 in high school, stay-at-home mother of teenagers

-Name - Jerry Fernendez -Sex - Male -Age - 38 -Basic appearance - (none yet) -Background - Has a failing marriage, is a used car salesman, enjoys excessive gambling, is a smoker

-Name - Stella Hulric -Sex - Female -Age - 51 -Basic appearance - A lower class woman who wishes to appear to be from the middle or upper class. She is a large lady. -Background - Married, husband's name is Cal. She enjoys mixed drinks, and is easily panicked.

-Name - Shine Royce -Sex - Male -Age - 47 -Basic appearance - slovenly, living model of the "white trash" generalization -Background - He doesn't work, and considers his earning fifteen dollars a day for sitting around to be an absolutely wonderful thing. He'll hop on the first bandwagon he thinks has enough support, and is perhaps the dimmest juror.

The trial's first witness was the deceased, Jacob Wood, testifying by a video deposition taken a few months before his death. Monitors were rolled into place for viewing, and situated so all could see them. Jacob Wood was on what looked like a hospital bed, wearing a plain white t-shirt and covered in a sheet. He was thin, gaunt, and pale, and received oxygen through a tiny tube running from behind his bony neck into his nose. His voice was raspy and sick, and he suffered from emphysema. Though he was only fifty-one, he looked seventy, and was clearly pounding on death's door. He shared his life, beginning with his birth and going to his current age, and this took nearly an hour. Though the jury found watching a dead man talk compelling at first, they soon realized that he had led a normal life, much like their own lives. Boredom set in. Fortunately, Judge Harkin began to suffer from this ailment also, and he called for a quick recess, which the smokers in the jury were in need of. They were walked over to a small room near the restrooms which had an open window, and Jerry Fernendez said, "Here's to Jacob Wood," as they lit up. A while later, the deposition started up again. Jacob had moved on to his personal history of smoking, starting with the unfiltered Redtops he had smoked with his friends when he was sixteen, and then moving on to the filtered ones his wife made him get when he had left the Navy at the age of twenty-two. By the time he was twenty-five, he had gotten up to three packs a day, which he remembered, since his first child was born then, and his wife said he wouldn't live to see his grandchildren if he didn't stop smoking. He had been desperate to quit. He had put them down for two weeks, then sneaked out at night to start again. He'd cut back from three packs a day, working down to one a day, but was back up to three again before he knew it. He had tried doctors, he had tried hypnotists, he had tried acupuncture and nicotine gum, but he couldn't stop. He couldn't stop after he was diagnosed with emphysema, and he couldn't after he was told he had lung cancer. He talked of all the things he'd miss: his wife, kids, grandkids, friends, fishing, etc. His widow began to cry, and soon Millie Dupree was crying also. Finally, he had one request for all who saw the deposition: "Please, if you're smoking, stop." After this, Judge Harkin dismissed the court for the day. ------------------------- The next morning, Hoppy Dupree, Millie's husband, had some unsettling news to share with her. Two men had approached his real estate office the day before, and had flashed their badges at him. They were from the FBI, and he was informed that he had been illegally transferring some property. He would be excused from forty years of imprisonment if his wife voted for the defendants. Millie and Hoppy argued and shouted for some time, but in the end a tearful Millie gave in, and promised her husband that she would vote against the plaintiff. Though neither one of them knew it, no FBI agents had visited Hoppy the previous day. The illegal land deal, and the visit by the false agents had been carefully arranged by a firm paid by the defendants to secure jurors. The information telling that Millie's vote could be secured in this way came from a person whom the defense had not hired. As a token of their good will, honest, and willingness to deal in dirty matters, a member of the jury had provided them with this tidbit of information, as well as a plot that made use of it. Requests for payment would be arranged later. After it was understood that this juror was capable of securing whatever verdict they wanted. (Adapted from The Runaway Jury by John Grisham) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first "kill" was Millie Dupree, who chose her husband's freedom over her honest service in this jury. She is still on the jury, but will almost certainly not change her vote. For those who may have wondered, assume that the year is 1999. Also, please note that (except for the wolf) no one knows what has happened to Millie Dupree, other than that she seems sad this morning. You are meeting in the same room to wait for the day's trial to start. I must say, all of you are making excellent posts, and I like the way you are debating about the trial, and what has/has not been revealed. Just let me know if I should add more to my posts, or if they're getting too far to the long side. I am going to try to give short descriptions for each of the NPC jurors so that they may be more usable in your posts. They'll be put in the OOC thread, and linked to the list at the top of this thread, which will also display kills, lynchings, and the roles revealed by each. Remember, no in character reason is expected for your choice of a person to lynch, but be sure to leave an OOC line at the bottom of your posts saying who you are voting for.

He is physically blind, and he can write. However, don't expect him to proofread his written work, unless you convert his writing to braille. --------------------------- On another little note, phases.... For reasons I cannot understand, I began with a day phase post, and have allowed 2 days to pass during the time that should be night phase (and therefore only 1 day long). Oh well. This next phase will also last two days in real life, as it is day phase on the third day of the case (each phase will last one in game day in this lawsuit, should allow more witnesses to be brought through before the jury gives a verdict). As it is day phase, feel free to lynch one among yourselves, or I will knock off an NPC. And as you may have noticed, I am running behind once more .

srsizzy, your post looks excellent. ------------- I'll try to provide additional information on each of the juror NPCs, but time is catching up with me once more. ------------ Expect that the next days will consist of witnesses, starting with the ones brought by the plaintiff, and followed by those the defense has chosen. They are to be key in giving the jury information to decide the verdict, though it is expected that the jurors will also follow their own opinions and experiences. ------------ On another note, I've made a slight change to the special roles. The baner has been removed due to the number of players, and there will be one wolf, and one seer. And as you have probably seen, your roles have been sent.

At exactly ten in the morning, Judge Harken studied the packed courtroom, and decided that everyone was in place. He pecked his gavel lightly, and the whispers ceased. Everyone was ready. He nodded at Pete, his ancient baliff in a faded brown uniform, and said simply, "Bring in the jury." All eyes watched the door beside the jury box. The chosen twelve filed in, and went to their assigned seats, with the first juror selected sitting at the far left in rear one of the box's two rows, and juror number twelve placed in the right corner of the first row. The three alternate jurors took their seats in folding chairs placed to the side of the box. After a few moments of settling in, the jurors grew still and of course noticed that they were being gawked at. "Good morning," His Honor said, "I trust you've found the jury room and gotten yourselves organized. Do we have a foreman?" The twelve nodded in unison. "It's me, Your Honor," Herman Grimes said from the first row. The lawyers and their consultants, none of whom were particularly glad to have a wild card like Herman on their jury, all suffered a collective chest pain, while making sure to maintain the image that they had the greatest love and affection for the blind foreman of the jury. As the judge droned on about various rules for the jury's conduct, one person in the jury tuned out the judge's voice, and looked about the room while acting as if they were paying just as much attention to His Honor as the other jurors. At the front of the courtroom, the lawyers sat packed around their tables, like vultures ready to pounce on roadkill. All were staring at the jury. The second and third rows contained suits, the worried persons from Wall Street who had been sent to watch the trial, and to report back to their heads in the market. What they saw happen between the jury and the witnesses would decide how the price of tobacco stocks on the New York Stock Exchange would react to the trial. The person gave a mental smile, as they thought of the commotion it would cause among these persons if they suddenly jumped to their feet and shouted, "I think the plaintiff should get millions!" In the first row, the tortured souls of the jury experts watched every movement of every jury member, taking notes, and judging what they believed the different jurors thought, and how they would vote at the end of the trial. Other persons sat around the courtroom: bored local lawyers, the odd reporter, and various other courthouse regulars. Judge Harkin stopped his lecture, and gestured to one of the lawyers on the plaintiff's side, Wendell Rohr, who would be the main lawyer for the plaintiff. Flashing his false teeth, Rohr stood slowly, and strode to the lectern and gave his opening statement, in which he would outline his case to the jury. He would prove that cigarettes cause lung cancer, and, more precisely, that Mr. Jacob Wood had developed lung cancer after smoking cigarettes for almost thirty years. He was killed by the cigarettes, Rohr solemnly announced. Rohr would bring in proof that cigarettes cause lung cancer. Distinguished experts from across the country would testify. Former tobacco industry employees would tell of the dirty laundry that their companies hid. In short, the plaintiff would prove cigarette smoke, because it contains natural carcinogens, and pesticides, and radioactive particles, and asbestos-like particles, causes lung cancer. He finished with a somber appeal to justice, thanked the jurors for their attention, smiled, clicked his dentures, and sat down. Durwood Cable was the next to the stand, and was short and to the point. He assured the jurors that the tobacco industry had experts that would explain that cigarettes do not cause lung cancer. He expected members of the jury to be skeptical of this, and asked them to be patient and open minded in listening to those who would come to testify. He spoke without notes, and his gaze passed over all the jurors. He was a man whom all wanted to believe. After this, and some warnings about all jurors being sure to report anyone who attempted to initiate contact with them due to their being on the jury, Judge Harkin dismissed them until 9:00 AM the next day. Taking their fifteen dollars for the day, the jury returned to their homes. (Adapted from Runaway Jury by John Grisham) ----------------------------------------- Day phase will begin in the jury room on the second day of the lawsuit. The jury room is about 25 feet long by 15 feet wide (about 8 meters by 5 meters), and has a table running down the middle with chairs on each side. A chalkboard is on one wall, there are three windows on another wall which look over the courthouse lawn, there is coffee in a corner along with some doughnuts, and two restrooms for the use of the jurors, as well as a small smoking area. Night phase will begin roughly two days from now (June 15 @ ~5:30 AM GMT) in which the first NPC will be eliminated.

OOC Thread Link Jurors: 1.Shine Royce NPC 2.Stella Hulric NPC 3. Natasha Allan -Seer- NightFae 4. John White-Toe -Villager- Patrick 5. Catherine "Cat" Barnes -Villager- Ayshela 6. Katelyn Smythe -Wolf- Mynx (2nd Lynching), replaced by 2nd Alternate :Rikki Coleman 7. B. A. Peterson -Villager- Giles Jordan (1st Lynching), replaced by 1st Alternate :Nicolas Easter NPC 8. Jerry Fernendez NPC 9. Johnathan Deere -Villager- Savage Dragon (2nd Wolf Kill), still on jury but vote is bought 10. Millie Dupree NPC (1st Wolf "Kill") 11. Herman Grimes NPC (jury foreman) 12. Jimmy Thompson -Villager- srsizzy Alternates: 1. Nicolas Easter NPC (now Juror #7) 2. Rikki Coleman NPC (now Juror #6) 3. Lonnie Shaver NPC Important non-juror NPCs: Judge Harkin Wendell Rohr – Plaintiff’s (Jacob/Celeste Wood’s) principal lawyer Durwood Cable – Defense’s (Tobacco Companies) principal lawyer

List of players: -Savage Dragon (Johnathan Deere) -Mynx (Katelyn Smythe) -Ayshela (Catherine "Cat" Barnes) -NightFae (Natasha Allan) -Patrick (John White-Toe) -Giles Jordan (B. A. Peterson) -srsizzy (Jimmy Thompson) ---------------- I may run slightly late (15-30 minutes or so) with the first post due to working an hour or so later than I had planned.

Sweetcherrie, thanks for giving srsizzy the link to the WW questions/answers thread. srsizzy, if the thread doesn't answer your questions, please leave a post here or in that thread, and someone will answer your questions. If you'd like to play in this game, I'll need your character's name, sex, age, basic appearance, and background before the game starts on Tuesday at 5:30 AM GMT. Details of the background of this game are in the first post in this thread, and further ones may be discovered by PMing me. To everyone, I'll be sending out roles (villager, baner, seer, wolf) to all players after the first day phase. Day phases will run the standard 2 days, and night phases will be 1 day long. Roles of lynched/"killed" players will be announced with the post of their lynching/"death". ----------- Those signed up so far... -Savage Dragon (Johnathan Deere) -Mynx (Katelyn Smythe) -Ayshela (Catherine "Cat" Barnes) -NightFae (Natasha Allan) -Patrick (John White-Toe) -Giles Jordan (To be announced) srsizzy, I'll add your name and character once you confirm that you wish to be in the game. ----------- Also, as a note to everyone, I'm only online and replying to messages/posting between about 3:00 AM and 5:30 AM GMT due to time limitations, so make sure that you ask questions well before you require answers. Feel free to post, PM, e-mail, or IM via MSN Messenger if you wish to talk to me.

Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far! I'll be closing signup on Saturday, and intend to start the game on Tuesday, at about 5:30 AM GMT. ------------------------------------ Those signed up so far... -Savage Dragon (Johnathan Deere) -Mynx (Katelyn Smythe) -Ayshela (Catherine "Cat" Barnes) -NightFae (Natasha Allan) -Patrick (character to come) Vahktang, did you intend to play? ------------------------------------ I must admit that I did not accurately portray the possible verdicts. The following could be possible "positive" results for the plaintiff: -Tobacco companies are to blame for the death of Jacob Wood, the plaintiff's deceased husband. -As the Tobacco companies are to blame for the death of Jacobe Wood, they should pay the estimated earnings that Mr. Wood would have made if he had not died at an early age. -As tobacco companies would not feel the loss of several hundred thousand or a couple million enough for the verdict of "guilty" to change anything, they should be charged punitive damages of an unspecified, signifigant amount. For the defendants, the following would be the possible "positive" result: -Tobacco companies are not to blame for the death of Jacob Wood. -------------------- I'd be thrilled if more players signed up, but if none do, I will greatly speed up and compact the game. Regardless of the number of players, the game will begin on Tuesday, 5:30 AM GMT.

As a villager or a wolf, I like knowing the roles, but it was acceptable (in my eyes) for the roles to be hidden due to the role of the Ringbearer. However, I might prefer it more if the Ringbearer role remained hidden, while the other roles were revealed after the removal of lynched/killed players. But that's just me. Very willing. I'd most likely be a man of Gondor, a Dunadain, or a Rohirrim if I'd be human, or else a serious male dwarf, kinda like Gimli in the books.

There is no limit to the number of characters. I have decided that there will be no player characters who are alternates, and I may deviate greatly from having the standard 3 alternate jurors, depending on how well the wolves do. If there are more than 12 players, I will begin the game with jury selection (picking the jury and alternates from among the several hundred prospects). Again, please ask any and all questions that you may have about the game. Just don't expect too quick of answers if they are complex.