Werewolf XIII: Halloween '04

[Finnius]

Ayshela shrugs, looking at Finnius. "How about some exploring of our own? That door we were going to try...?" The little blue man nods. "Gwaihir? Elwen?" asks again Ayshela. Gwaihir sighs, but joins them silently.

 

"Hmmm... I'm not entirely sure that splitting up is a good idea right now. Granted, if there's someone behind this, and I'm not saying there is, it'll give that person less targets. But it'll also give them less witnesses, which means more chances to hurt someone."

 

The little blue man looks over the group, grinning at Dean.

 

"And since when have I dealt in harmful pranks? Ok, ok, so there was that one time that I got all possessed and demony, but I'm fairly sure that I'm not possessed right now." The diminutive semi-mage nods towards the glowering forms of Vahktang and Cryptomancer. "Now those two, on the other hand..."

 

Finnius once again shakes his head.

 

"Of course, that'd be the obvious choice, and the obvious is very seldom true around here." Cocking his head and grinning one last time, the little blue man winks at Ayshela. "So I'm with her."

 

(OOC: A vote for YanYan.)

[dragonqueen]

Looking around at the abruptly empty room, Dq edges closer to its well-lit center. She glances at the piece of paper in Papa Smurf's outstretched hand and shrugs.

 

"Pointing fingers, hmm... There's not much evidence." Dq ponders for a moment. "Who's up for exploring?"

 

In the space of a couple minutes, the shadows seem to have grown friendlier. Dq hesitates, then takes a deep breath and walks over to the wall. She starts tapping on the walls and listening for hidden passages.

[Gnarlitch]

Gnarly, instead of simply looking at the paper in the smurf's hand, actually takes it and then points at Cryptomancer, "YOU! You have already shown your truly evil nature in casting a malevolent spell over this hapless beautiful young lady! YOU ARE THE PRANKSTER!"

 

OOC: yep, a vote against Cryptomancer. Oddly, I seem to be voting against him in both games. Wonder if he's a "wolf" in both games....

[Merelas]

Merelas shrugs, looks behind him at Ayshela and Finnius, and winks at them both, as if to say, I'm with you two.

 

OOC: Vote for YanYan

[Mynx]

CheerMynx begins to make soft whimpering noises and clings closer to Cryptomancer, before wailing loudly to the general gathering, her high pitched voice echoing throughout the mansion.

"Why does everyone have to fight?! Can't we please just stop yelling and get out of here?"

She attempts to glare out at the arguing guests, but lets out a squeak of fear and ducks once more behind Cryptomancer when Gnarlitch looks at her.

[Tanuchan]

~SCORECARD as of Oct 22nd, 1:30am EST~

 

YanYan => 3 votes

Cryptomancer => 2 votes

Gnarlitch => 2 votes

Finnius => 1 vote

 

Nave has tied his vote IC to "the first who takes this paper", which happened to be Gnarlitch. However, as all votes must be confirmed with an OOC line, I will rule that unless he confirms that with an OOC line, this was just Papa Smurf's idea of a joke.

 

Though, I am open to accept that tying even so, if the players agree to that by a majority of votes. Any comments on this, please take to the OOC thread; any player can PM me if they think it should be accepted.

 

Also, any vote-tying will be considered for just one day phase. As I said, PM me if you have to be absent for a few days and want to assign your vote to someone else. I'll post that vote into the scorecard before closing the day phase.

 

Please, you don't have to justify your vote... we all know how the first lynching goes

[LeifTheBunny]

{

OOC: Sorry, I'm running late and I've got to leave town for the weekend. Vote for Yan Yan.

}

[Gwaihir]

Gwaihir shook his head and sighed. "I really really hate having to do this, but if this must be done then I guess I'll have to say--I can't trust YanYan right now.

 

OOC:Vote for YanYan

[Vahktang]

"Why does everyone have to fight?! Can't we please just stop yelling and get out of here?"

Going towards the library:

 

"Well, I'm just saying, has anyone actually tried the front door? Is it actually locked? Or are we just assuming?

And the windows? Glass, right? Everyday, ordinary, easily smashable glass? _Baseballs_ go through those things like anything else. Has anybody tried to smash a window to get out?"

"I'm just saying this isn't a movie, right? Are we really trapped by forces unknown?"

He looks to from one companion to the other, each nods in turn.

"OK, then."

 

They reach the library.

 

"Someone smart once said 'We burn the book.'

Are we doing that?

Is there anything I shouldn't touch/look out for."

He points to one thick, bound volume, glancing at the spine.

 

"Necro- comi- con," he slowly prounounces.

"This one can get us out, right?

[dragonqueen]

Dq abandons her search for secret passages and rubs her chin. "But if it's Cryptomancer, somebody else'll have to deal with the cheerleader... We really ought to stop focusing on the prankster's identity and start having some fun. Where's the fun in suspicion? But if I must..."

 

OOC: YanYan

[YanYanGanaffi]

I'm so sad... ....I'm going back to the party and drown myself in booze and blackjack...In fact, forget the blackjack!

[Gryphon]

Vahktang says:

"Necro- comi- con," he slowly prounounces.

"This one can get us out, right?

As Vahktang glances at the others with him to ask this question there is a hideous blood curdling shriek that echos around the entire haunted mansion. A dark shadow with two glowing blood red eyes seems to leap from the bookshelf holding the Necronomicon and passes through his body leaving his heart racing and all his hair standing on end.

 

All those watching see a dark shadowy shape resembling a dismembered corpse lurch through Vahktang causing him to blur for an instant before the shape disappears into a wall.

[Nave]

OOC Vote is tied to Gnarlitch Sorry for the lack of OOC earlier

 

Itchy, I smurf you're right!

[Mynx]

there is a hideous blood curdling shriek that echos around the entire haunted mansion

CheerMynx shrieks and all but leaps onto Cryptomancer's back, knocking him briefly off balance as she slams into him in a panic.

"What was that?!"

[Lady Celes Crusader]

Celes walks over the book Vahktang discovered and pays close attention to it.

 

- I hope is not a real copy of that dreaded book.

 

The candidate looks at the Frenchie dubiously.

 

- What is that dreaded about this book?

 

- My Nether mages friends told me about it and it contains very powerful magic that is very dangerous to use.

 

Vahktang decides to open the book confidently, but Celes grabs his hand.

 

- Do not touch it! In fact, I doubt that it is wise to open it.

 

- Awww Celes, don't be so overly cautious. It's just a book.

 

He frees his hand from the girl's grab and opens the book

 

 

 

(OOC: I'm voting against YanYan)

[Tanuchan]

At the Library, Vahtang catches a book. "Necro- nomi- con," he slowly prounounces. "This one can get us out, right?

 

As Vahktang glances at the others with him to ask this question there is a hideous blood curdling shriek that echos around the entire haunted mansion. A dark shadow with two glowing blood red eyes seems to leap from the bookshelf holding the Necronomicon and passes through his body leaving his heart racing and all his hair standing on end.

 

All those watching see a dark shadowy shape resembling a dismembered corpse lurch through Vahktang causing him to blur for an instant before the shape disappears into a wall.

 

At the gallery upstairs, CheerMynx shrieks and all but leaps onto Cryptomancer's back, knocking him briefly off balance as she slams into him in a panic.

"What was that?!"

 

At several other points of the house, there are the same reaction. Many rush into the Library, where they find Vahk and Celes glaring at each other, talking about a book. YanYan, unnoticed, enter softly and goes to the back of the room.

 

Vahk looks at Celes dubiously, "What is that dreaded about this book?"

 

"My Nether Mage friends told me about it and it contains very powerful magic that is very dangerous to use."

 

Vahktang decides to open the book confidently, but Celes grabs his hand. "Do not touch it! In fact, I doubt that it is wise to open it."

 

"Awww Celes, don't be so overly cautious. It's just a book." He frees his hand from the girl's grab and opens the book. As soon as he does that, there's a loud, crashing noise, and something hits Celes back. She screams, turning around with a spell ready.

 

YanYan falls on the floor, laughing. At his feet, a candleholder and a broken vase -- responsible for the crashing sound -- and, at Celes', the small book that had hit her.

 

"You ...!" she shouts in anger.

 

Ayshela and Finnius grab YanYan's arm, glaring, as Merelas and Leif enter with swords drawn, followed by Tanny.

 

"What's happened? YanYan! We were looking for you!"

 

As YanYan apologizes, still chuckling, Dragonqueen mutters, "How do we know he isn't the one responsible for what happened to Salinye?"

 

"He could well be... he had alread pulled one on Tanny, hadn't he?" nods Ayshela.

 

"Hey!" protests YanYan. "I did it just for fun, we are friends! I would never hurt anyone!" As the glares and mutter don't abate, he looks at Tanny, "Tanny, please... tell them. It was only for fun..."

 

"Unfortunately, Yan... this doesn't seem so fun anymore... Katz is sending some help, she must be already at the tunnel. Maybe you should go back to the party... there are people there who still need a good DJ.

 

Her voice is sharp, annoyed. "You chose a bad place to play... this place is wrong."

 

"Wrong? What do you mean?" asks Vahk, curious.

 

"Just wrong. I tried to reach the earth energy. It's twisted. It's... it feels wrong. I do think we'd better take care. "

 

Some of them escort YanYan out, back to the tunnel, as Celes sighs and turns back to the bookshelves. Vahktang, at the door, shakes his head.

 

No one notices the Necronomicon, open on the floor, start to glow.

 

 

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OOC

YanYan has probably drunk a bit too much... a tendency to pranks, but harmless ones. He was an innocent guest.

 

It's Night Phase. Wolves/Seer/Baner, please send me your targets. Day phase starts in about 24h, or as soon as I have the necessary PMs. Feel free to RP further events (Hmmmm.... why is that book glowing, after all?)

 

Scorecard is at OOC thread.

Edited October 23, 2004 by Tanuchan

[Vahktang]

Suddenly, Vahktang shudders, holds his forehead and almost falls.

"What is it," says Ayshela.

"A pun. From the manor. Wyvern, I think. So bad it even affects me here."

[cryptomancer]

Cryptomancer picks up the book, it begins to glow a very nice shade of red in his hands and seems to mirror the glow starting in his eyes.

 

"!senur wen emos nrael ot tsoj elihw a rof siht gniworrob em ot snoitcejbo yna, rof gnikool neeb evah i taht ti ni ffuts fo tol elohw a sah koob siht, nam ho"

 

Cryptomancer grins at the gathered group that seem to be looking at him with a mix of horror and surprise.

 

CheerMynx looks at him, then whispers something in his ear.

 

Cryptomancer looks startled, "?sdrawkcab gnikaeps ma I naem uoy od tahw"

 

Mynx giggles, "I mean just that, listen to yourself."

 

Cryptomancer stares at the young feline, "?won sdrawkcab gniklat I ma"

 

Mynx giggles louder as she nods furiously at the confused look on Cryptomancers face.

 

Cryptomancer looks at the book in his hands, grins, and closes it, tucking it under his arm, then announcing to all in the room, with all seriousness,

 

"Koob siht gnipeek yltinifed ma I, ko"

 

[Finnius]

Finnius chuckles at Crypt's antics, shaking his head sardonically.

 

"If you're going to keep a cursed book, at least be careful with it... after all, the last thing we need is Azathoth waking up in the middle of the Courtyard."

 

Ayshela glances over at the little blue man, raising an eyebrow.

 

"What was that about Alzorath?"

 

"Not Alzorath, Azathoth... y'know, insanely swirling mass of nuclear chaos who burns at the core of the universe? We went to high school together... he had the biggest overbite you've ever seen."

 

'Shela stands still for a moment, then raises the other eyebrow and lowers the first one.

 

"Is there anyone you didn't go to school with?"

 

Finnius grins absently, shrugging and pulling his cloak tighter around himself.

 

"Y'know, I'm not sure..."

[Mynx]

CheerMynx continues to look at the book in her shield's hand, taken in by the pretty red glow it emits.

"Koob siht gnipeek yltinifed ma I, ko" Cryptomancer states, causing CheerMynx to giggle louder, for some reason understanding him easily despite everyone elses confusion (perhaps it is something all drunk cheerleaders can understand?).

Reaching over Crypt's shoulder, CheerMynx goes to open the book with a pompom clad paw.

There is a bright flash and a squeal of pain.

The smoke clears to show CheerMynx dancing about, her pompom not quite on fire, whimpered noises of pain coming from the feline's mouth.

Succeeding in putting out the embers, CheerMynx removes the pompom from her paw and inspects her claws.

"I broke a nail!" She utters in a dismayed tone, causing all of the inhabitants to wince involuntarily at the cliche'd line. Except for Cryptomancer who just shakes his head and chuckles.

"!yttik yllis" he sniggers as he watches his drunken feline friend pout and suck on her singed paw, regarding the glowing book in his hand with newfound dislike.

[Gnarlitch]

 

!lla su fo niur eht si ti erofeb ,won koob live eth yortsed dluohs ew knith I

 

With that said the dwarf hefts his warhammer and glares at both Cryptomancer and the book, looking ready to kill something.

[Katzaniel]

At the end of the tunnel, a figure peers into the mansion. "Not the Underworld," it mutters. "Nuts. Lucifer is going to be so mad when I actually make it back." Entering the house, Horace spies the hulking piano.

 

"I think I've heard of these," she muses. "I wonder if I could summon Him with it?" The demon sets her briefcase by the instrument and sits on the stool. Something inside the briefcase groans.

 

"Now, this can't be too difficult..." Horace readies her hands above the keys, picturing the evil audio dance that they are about to perform. And then, because Horace has the odd ability to bend reality around her unique form of ignorance, the fact that she thinks she can play means that the piano actually does perform for her. A twisting, twirling, uncanny unearthly swell begins to fill the mansion. For a full minute Horace plays, as most of the house's occupants stand spellbound by the sound. Then she stops abruptly, shrugs, sighs, and picks up the briefcase, leaving the room.

 

Before she exits, she trips, dropping the case onto a harp that rests by the doorway. The cacophany is in distinct contrast with the piano's sounds, and Horace curses loudly. "In the name of the Lord of the Dead!" she screeches, standing up and finally leaving the room, moments before the first curious person peers in to find no one there.

[Tanuchan]

The spell created by the piano music is suddenly broken by a loud, dissonant stringy noise that seems to be a harp in its death throes. Wincing, Gwaihir turns and wonders who, besides himself, would so treat any musical instrument.

 

Others also seem to wonder, and exchanging wary looks Merelas, Vahktang, Gnarlitch, and Leif meet at the big ballroom, having backtracked from the different rooms they had been to investigate the cause of the sound.

 

"Oh dear..." whispers Dragonqueen, peeking from behind Elwen, "... was that piano open when we left?"

 

A loud shriek comes from behind, but this time a few recognize CheerMynx and just sigh. What calls their attention, though, is an echo of that shriek coming from the entrance of the tunnel. An oddly double-voiced echo.

 

Cryptomancer pushes his way into the room, while CheerMynx clings to his arm yelling, "Don't leave me behind!". A faint "Don't leave us behind," in the same shrieking tone, is heard from the tunnel.

 

"?lennut taht ni no gniog s'tahW"

 

"Creepy," mutters Papa Smurf, going towards it with a bold face.

 

"Dumb little blue man, get out of there before something eats your head!" shouts Dean.

 

"I beg your pardon?" a hand stops the mage before he can decide whether to go after Papa Smurf.

 

"Hm... sorry... I mean... *that* little blue man there...." mumbles Dean to Finnius, who nods in a satisfied way and lets him go.

 

Papa Smurf peeks into the tunnel, when suddenly something crashes into him and sends him flying across the room, to land on top of Ayshela. Celes hurries to the screaming tangle of arms and legs, helping sorting out Papa Smurf, Ayshela, and two blonde, screaming girls.

 

"A ghost... we..."

 

"... saw a ghost..."

 

"... there back at..."

 

"... that creepy dark place..."

 

Heads turns from side to side, trying to follow the alternate speech of the twin blondes that, finally, hug each other and start crying.

 

"Why did I have to bring them here?", comes a voice, sighing deeply.

 

The guests turn, finding Katz already in the room and Yui, Aegon, Gryphon, Inbi, and Tamaranis following her with wondering looks at the room.

 

"Well, someone had to come and rescue you! Now, what's going on?"

 

Katz talks to Tanny, while the others try to make some sense of the other guests' babbling stories about ghosts, disembodied spirits, and cursed books.

 

 

A heavy candleholder crashes amidst them, no one having paid enough attention to notice the direction where it came from.

 

Sometimes you win

Most of times you lose.

Beware of this House

We'll catch you again.

We were tricked,

But...

 

The treat isn't yours yet!

 

 

 

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OOC: There have been no kills tonight. We're in Day Phase; RP and don't forget to place your votes. You have until Wednesday around noon (EST) to try and find a wolf.

 

More information and Scorecard at the OOC thread.

 

 

Good hunting!

 

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Edit: wording, typos;

Edited October 25, 2004 by Tanuchan

[Nave]

As Papa Smurf gets out of the pile, he makes innocent looking movements with his hands as he's getting up that appear as if he's trying to get up, but he keeps managing to put his hands only on the females in the dogpile.

 

After everything is calmed down, he looks at his particpants in the mess

 

Any of you all want to be my Smurfette?

[YanYanGanaffi]

*Dooker McStinky, a ghost that used to live in the house, floats down around Nave's shoulders, releasing a stench that would make maggots gag* Mwahahahah....*Dooker then flies through a nearby wall and disappears, leaving Nave very foul smelling*