The Last Homely House
General => Council of Cobra => Topic started by: DáinIronfoot on June 24, 2008, 06:38:19 AM
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So...we're back on.
As long as Incog trusts me not to abuse the IP tracking I have at my disposal (but not readily available without some digging), I'm back on the force. I'd hate to give my badge up now....
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why not?
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I'm in again, but I'll be gone for a few days.
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Btw, do we even HAVE a new Incognito yet?
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apparently...
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How does one join?
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Typically there is one assassin and five cops. The assassin posts clues about his/her next intended target, with a deadline. The cops have until then to decipher and deduce what the clues mean, and each cop can then "protect" one person...including other cops or even themselves. If the correct person is protected by a cop by the deadline, the assassin is foiled and chooses their next victim, and the process repeats. Of course, if the victim is NOT protected by the deadline, they are assassinated--and if that victim is a cop, they normally cannot be replaced on the police force, so the cops are then shorthanded--and the process STILL repeats, with Incognito choosing another victim, posting clues, etc.
The ultimate goal is for the assassin to be caught by the cops. The cops each get two "arrest warrants" with which they can guess Incognito's true identity. If they are correct in a guess, Incognito is caught, the game ends for that round, and another person anonymously takes over the Incognito persona, with new cops being chosen and a new round beginning. If a cop guesses incorrectly, however, then they lose a warrant. If a cop loses both warrants (two wrong guesses), he or she is off the force for the rest of that round. So these guesses usually come later in the round and are based on clues to the assassin's identity that any decent Incognito will usually sprinkle throughout their postings, and also on information based around the assassin's personality, victims, and methods of assassination. It takes a lot of guesswork sometimes, but that guesswork is usually based on more and more evidence as time goes by.
Does that all make sense? ???
Anyway, to sign up as a cop, all one has to do is be one of the first five people to say they wish to join. If one wishes to be Incognito for a round, they must send a private message to the current Incognito indicating they wish to play the assassin next round, and the first to "call it" usually gets it.
So far, it looks like some of the "usual suspects" are signed up as cops: AgentDrake, sickofpalantirs, and myself. So there's still room if you'd like to join this round as a cop, Ulmo. It would be nice to have some new blood on the police force. :up:
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Yep, it all makes sense.
I enjoyed reading the last round.
This is my application to join the cops, in blood as required.
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/me shall join as well.
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That should be our five, then:
AgentDrake
sickofpalantirs
Dáin Ironfoot
Ulmo
Lurtzy
Now we just need Incog.
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Which, as far as I'm concerned, hasn't been chosen yet...
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Yeah, I guess it's possible that we do NOT have an actual assassin waiting in the wings behind the last. Hmmm.
I say give it a couple more days, and if no one steps up, we may have to have someone volunteer for the role. Perhaps Kralik could ask for PMs from those interested and select one to step into the role. I would do it myself, but that would...uh...require me to leave the force, for rather obvious reasons. :roll:
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I checked with the old assassin, and as of right now a new assassin hasn't stepped up to the plate. Any takers just PM Incognito!
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NOLINKi am here
let us play a little game
i try to kill a person
and you try to stop me
irony is a beautiful thing
unless you find and warn my victim
they will burn to death
at the tanning booth
and even if you do
they might still die of skin cancer
irony is a beautiful thing
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Not to be rude, Mr. (Mrs.?) Assassin, but it's customary for us to have some manner of timeframe.
Unless the rules are changing on us again....
EDIT: Aw, poo. I just realized we're down a cop for now with SoP out of town. Guess you're getting thrown right into the mix your first time out after all, Ulmo.
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Are you actually making DEMANDS to an assassin?!? Wow, all those years of serving the force sure have made you tough!
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So is there an assassin yet?
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...uh, did you not read the last post on the first page? I'd say that YES, there is, Lurtzy. :roll:
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Guess you're getting thrown right into the mix your first time out after all, Ulmo.
That's fine by me. It's sink or swim. Or would that be think or die?
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Not to be rude, Mr. (Mrs.?) Assassin, but it's customary for us to have some manner of timeframe.
Unless the rules are changing on us again....
That's a rule which I, for one, would rather not have change on us... 'Twould be nice to know how fast to think.
That said, any idea what the clue means? The 'irony' phrase is repeated twice, but I wonder if it might have something to do with dying anyway, of skin cancer, if we do save him/her?
Weird. not even sure what part's supposed to be clue and what's not.
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NOLINKi am here
the cops are unhappy without a net
the net stretches until saturday
that is july 5
think
can you solve my riddle
or will the victim fry
despite your best efforts
and his
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and his
Ah, so the victim's not SM! ;)
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Ah, cunning, cunning, Kralik! Only 29 potential victims left!
And we have a deadline now.
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I protect Dain.
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Odd duck, this Incog is. :ninja:
Okay, lots of references to burning and tanning...but that doesn't lend any immediate help. Tanning makes me think of vacationing, which we have several folks doing now, but there's hardly anything concrete there.
I'll do some research on tanning salons tomorrow and see if I come up with anything.
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Okay, well...
Burning.
FM has fire on his avatar. SoP has a fiery eye in his avatar.
Yeah, that's what I got so far. Weak, at best.
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Isn't SoP on vacation? I thought of the irony=DainIronfoot connection, a good idea to protect our own.
I protect SoP. "despite your best efforts or his" suggests that the victim is trying to catch Incog.
Tanning/tan/tannery/horses?
Tanning/tan/beige?
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Tanning/tan/tannery/horses?
Tanning/tan/beige?
Good thoughts, but unfortunately not immediately helpful. Not raising any red flags.
Hmmm. Tanning, nets, frying, and irony. Sounds more like a punchline than a clue. This is a toughie.
I'll keep digging. We have two more days, after all.
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There is also the "and even if you do they might still die of skin cancer" link.
Tanning/skin cancer => UV light or blue light.
Now I think I've got it: What helps prevent skin cancer? Something with SPF.
Someone protect HawkeyeSPF.
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lol that is great Ulmo. You can protect Hawkeyespf all you have to do is be a cop and post I protect [members name] :up:.
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He already protected SoP though...
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He can always "unprotect" him... ;)
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Yeah, I got Hawkeye.
Nice catch, Ulmo. Makes sense with the 'irony' comment, too, since the victim apparently burns to death.
Should probably protect Dain, too, if we haven't come up with anything else by the time the deadline rolls around.
EDIT: Nevermind, Lurtzy already got Dain.
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NOLINKi am here
hawkeyespf was given
a better spf by the cops
than i anticipated
perhaps his skin cells
are safe as well
perhaps not
only time will tell
but I suspect
he will avoid tanning
and sunburns
from now on
let us play a little game
i tell you a deadly story
and you try to stop me
the enemies broke into the city
but about the gate
resistance was still stout
maybe a police fortification
will save this defender
the end of the story
is up to you
you have 2 days
to rescue the city
or it will fall
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I protect garrisonofgondor.
"While you can spot a fortification, Garrison of Gondor becomes defender +1."
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Yeah, that has to be it.
The lore matches, too:
"But about the Gate resistance was still stout...."
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Jeez, you guys don't even need me this round. Great detective work, Ulmo. Brilliant, in fact.
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wow me being gone had no effect whatsoever...
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Well, we're only on the second victim so far....
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Great detective work, Ulmo.
Cheers. My minions got ripped apart by a Gondor fortification deck recently, so they've been on my mind lately. :P
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Well, looks like some good comes out of everything ;)
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I like this incog, its the first one in a long time i havent been instantly able to roughly guess at the ID from the personality in their posts. Plus the writing font and style is ever so slightly freaky, kinda like they actually ARE a killer. :-\
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NOLINKi am here
garrisonofgondor was relieved
by police reinforcements
and survived the destruction
of the city
let us play a little game
i snipe a victim
and you try to stop me
the next target to die
bears a target
the next victim to die
will not be easy to save
can you find
the objectives name
or will you have to
clean up a blood-soaked mess
your move
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First thought is ShieldMaiden as a shield could be a target. Will have to think some more on this.
How long do we have Mr. Assassin?
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Um. Could be SM. Good thought there.
But the lines "can you find the objectives name" suggests that the 'objective' (victim, I assume) is somehow named in here. First letters of lines? Don't see anything there.
I dunno. Will look further.
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I protect menace64.
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6 sides to a die? I like it. Also, there is to + to = 4. :mrgreen:
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Wow. Brilliant, Lurtzy!
I've been looking at the memberlist, and a 'hawkeye' is someone with great eyes, often for hitting targets. Maybe HSPF again? Seems a little... obsessive of Incog to go after the same guy as first and third victim, but with this sorta message style, I'm not sure I'd be surprised at obsessive targeting. :P
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Somebody protect shieldmaiden and hawkeye.
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I protect hawkeyespf.
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I protect shieldmaiden.
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Incognito, you there?
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Wierd. He seems to have disappeared. :ninja:
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NOLINKi am here
my delay was unavoidable
my disappearance unpreventable
or at least
thats what im telling you
nevertheless the cops
protected shieldmaiden
in time by providing
another type of shield
than a target
unless my next victim
learns to swim
they wont be wearing
concrete overshoes
drowning isnt
a pleasant job
you have till wednesday
to learn to swim
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Alright, well concrete overshoes I think is when the mob dips some guy's feet in cement, then drops him in the lake and he drowns. Lots of references to swimming, which makes me think water. Ulmo, maybe? Though it seems weird that Ulmo would drown.
Of course, there's always fishfleas (ditto on the Ulmo problem) and mecheteman's connection with aquatic chickens. Okay, so those two are stretching it a bit.
Also, OneFathom, since fathoms are used to measure the depth of water. Actually, that one seems pretty likely to me, since there's a lot about sinking/swimming.
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...and I just noticed that Incog seems to have left off his normal "lets play a game" line. Not sure if that's significant or not.
EDIT: And just found this. I thought "concrete overshoes" didn't sound right.
It should be cement shoes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement_shoes
Again, don't know how that could be significant, and it looks like "concrete shoes" isn't that uncommon in the references.
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concrete overshoes? That makes it sound like Incognito doesn't speak English as a first language. We'd say concrete shoes.
I think you've hit the nail on the head AD. It would make sense to after a cop, but I think One Fathom is the right choice at this stage.
Just to be on the safe side, I put on a scuba tank and protect myself. :ninja:
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OneFathom seems to be correct, though we should protect some others just in case.
I protect fishfleas.
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Right. I protect OneFathom, then.
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unless my next victim
learns to swim
they wont be wearing
concrete overshoes
Just thought I'd poke my head in here... shouldn't that read "they will be wearing"? Trying to figure out the grammar otherwise... ???
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I think there is a clue as to who our assassin might be... I'll have to wait and see if it pans out.
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NOLINKi am here
a waterlogged corpse
was found in the river
surrounded by the ducks
mallards mostly
and a few geese
as for identity
the body had decayed
beyond all recognizability
the autopsy revealed drowning
as though it weren't obvious
despite the lack
of cement on the feet
only rusty boots
a victim has died
further instructions
will follow soon
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rusty boots? Is DainIronfoot the victim?
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that would make sense..I guess dain is dead...though he hasn't explicitly said so...
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Um. Okay, so if it was Dain, I really screwed that up. :-[ Seems that it was, but I dunno. Is incog not going to tell us who he killed?
I wonder what "further instructions" means. Just the next clue? It sounds more like its something unique. Weird.
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Well, we all screwed up - it is our job to "serve and protect" so to speak. With all that water reference, we all got snookered.
I'm still trying to see the connection between Dain and the clues - the only one I see is shoes.
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unless my next victim
learns to swim
they wont be wearing
concrete overshoes
Just thought I'd poke my head in here... shouldn't that read "they will be wearing"? Trying to figure out the grammar otherwise... ???
Oh... I get it.
Normally the cement shoes are used on people... but they're not necessary if his feet are already too heavy. I guess.
I dunno if the rest is even relevant, or just menacing babble.
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NOLINKi am here
let us play a little game
i aim the gun
and you try to stop me
an enemy is waiting
i am in danger
marked by a sniper
i shall deal
with the problem
and no need to NOLINKworry afterwards
none of the cops
has an aim
like that of my victim
you have until monday
before i fire
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Maybe someone with a rank of marksman?
Edit: I protect menace64, as he's the only one with aim. :mrgreen:
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Could be. Actually, that makes sense, but it seems a bit of a 'volatile' clue, though, as some marksmen could potentially change rank by posting before the clue is solved.
None of the cops are Marksmen, so that's in keeping with the "none of the cops / has an aim / like that of my victim" lines.
The Marksmen -- at the moment -- are:
bibfortuna25
Ellessar's Socks
gil-estel
Glamdring
Josiah_of_Rohan
Mythdracon
NappyKorn
TheJord
Any of them seem to fit into the clue better than the others?
Incog seems to be saying that the victim is potentially dangerous-- which could point to Mythdracon, along with the line "before i fire." Granted, that's Incog firing, but it might have something to do with Dragon's (dracon) fire.
Or not. That doesn't quite seem to fit.
I'll keep looking, in case it's not based off marksman.
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Not that I think it is, but a sniper is said to have a hawkeye. I don't think the assassin would go after the person twice.
I think Lurtzy has it. "marked by a sniper" -> takes aim. aim is mentioned twice. Great catch.
I'll keep looking...
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Edit: I protect menace64, as he's the only one with aim. :mrgreen:
Nice! took me a little while to figure out what you were talking about, but surely that's it.
Just found a third mention of aim, too:
an enemy is waiting
i am in danger
marked by a sniper
An enemy...
I am...
Marked...
I'll protect Hawkeye again, just in case, but I think Lurtzy has it.
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you have until monday
before i fire
Annnnnnnnnd it's wednesday.
I arrest Kralik.
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I'm innocent, innocent I tell you! Those aren't blood stains, they're... err... umm... tabasco sauce! Yeah, that's it! Too many tacos! ;)
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NOLINKi am here
it seems lurtzy
has detected an anomaly
unfortunately for him
he has arrested
the wrong person
honestly
why would kralik
want to kill someone
i wander off
for a few days
it just means
im evading you
or throwing you off
maybe im flying north
for the winter
that was a joke
ha ha
fat chance
anyway
it seems to work
eh
the enemy NOLINKmenace
was protected
by the cops
i shall have to
watch my back still
let us play a little game
i kill an entire planet
and you try to stop me
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F4%2F47%2FNeptune_symbol.svg%2F50px-Neptune_symbol.svg.png&hash=021aa900af277a2ad909761ff03b7414cc17835d)
monday
again
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Neptune. Easy one. Water again?
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Or Poseidon.
A new planetoid was named just recently, MakeMake. The only member with make in their name is Rathmaker.
http://www.nineplanets.org/days.html (http://www.nineplanets.org/days.html) is a site with all the planets names in different languages.
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that was a joke
ha ha
fat chance
Someone's been enjoying moist, delicious cake.
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Neptune, lord of the water in Roman mythology.
Lord of the water in Tolkien mythology, ummm, ... me.
"I kill an entire planet" - genocide? Just throwing thoughts out ...
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I protect ulmo
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I protect OneFathom...
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What the heck? I protect fishfleas.
ES: What in sam-hill are you talking about? Cake?
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That's part of the ending credits (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/132029.html) to the game Portal. I was just amused. ;)
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That's part of the ending credits (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/132029.html) to the game Portal. I was just amused. ;)
Oh the humanity!
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I don't see anyone with a link to Portal, that video was pretty funny though.
I protect Rathmaker.
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NOLINKi am here
well well
you deciphered my clue
ulmo
the god of the seas
is safe for now
let us play a little game
i destroy the inhabitants
of the entire island
and you try to stop me
and you might want this
g
it seems to be missing
anyways this cake
is great
so delicious and moist
elessars socks knew
what i was talking about
though it had no bearing
on anything
i just like the song
if you really want
to know who i am
ive already given
you more than enough
hints
you have till thursday
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I protect Gillian.
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I protect MythDracon.
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I protect leokula
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Why does everyone just randomly protect ppl and not post any breakdown or interpretation of the clues anymore?
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I have this nagging feeling he's refering to Gil-Estel.
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The clue was:
I destroy the inhabitants of an entire island, and you might want this, g, it seems to be missing.
Gillian is Gilligan without a g - gilligan's island.
So I protected Gillian. :D
Also Incog says s/he has left clues to their identity. The previous message had "flying north for the winter" and "eh", so it could potentially, possibly, umm, maybe someone from Canada or someone that has been to Canada recently, eh.
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Fellow cops, I've sent you a PM.
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Interesting theory indeed....
I protected leokula b/c if I remember right from my rather insuccessful run as Incog, "kula" is an island in hawaii.
Or something like that. Pretty sure Ulmo's got it with the gillian, though,
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I arrest Felipe Musco.
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WTF?!? Are you SERIOUS? I mean, look at my avatar! HOW can you arrest me?!?
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just answer the charges...
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Well, Señor, it seems I'll be having a talk with internal affairs after I get your badge numbers, and until my lawyer arrives I'm exercising my Miranda Rights! I'm innocent, for God's sake!
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NOLINKi am here
it seems that
the brazilian government
is more than mildly annoyed
that you extradited
one of their citizens
to make matters worse
it appears that felipe musco
is not me
how embarassing
you should know that
to everyone i meet
i stay a stranger
both lurtzy
and ulmo
have a black mark
gillian on the other hand
along with his entire isle
is safe
for now
let us play a little game
i kill a hero
and you try to stop me
i kill a villain
and you try to stop me
my victim is a defender
my victim is an avenger
my victim wears purple
not green
monday
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Btw, It's supposed to be Felipe, with an "e". Well, can't trust a killer to spell properly, eh?
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Mr. Musco,
I apologize for placing you under arrest. My badge number is 10-21-69.
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Well llook at that, I CAN edit the post! Ok, corrected. Hope that was not part of a clue or something...
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I protect MR. Lurtzy.
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let us play a little game
i kill a hero Aragorn, Heir of Elendil
and you try to stop me
i kill a villain Uruk
and you try to stop me
my victim is a defender Aragorn - 4C109
my victim is an avenger ?? avenges Boromir perhaps ??
my victim wears purple Gondor
not green Uruk
I protect Elendil!Urukfear
Not sure about this one, will keep looking.
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Yeah, I can't figure out who would be both a hero and a villain, otherwise. Nice reasoning, though I'm not sure about the "whole wears certain colors" part. That actually makes me think Thranduil, sonce purple is the color of royalty... so he would (figuratively?) wear purple instead of green...? Yeah, just about as weak as the Gondor = purple, Uruk = green logic.
Unless there's two victims. Seems an odd set of parallels.
Victim 1: Hero, defender, purple(?)
Victim 2: Villain, avenger, purple(?)
Incog didn't specify 2 victims, but it seems to be a possibility....
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Hmmm.... You could be right.
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NOLINKi am here
since you didnt
seem to try
too hard
its no surprise
that a corpse was
NOLINKdiscovered
unrecognizable of course
after i had finished
with it
cant be letting you all
know whos dead
now can i
its sort of funny actually
let us play a little game
i take out a victim
and you try to stop me
my target lives in a hut
or else a hole
my target is the son
of john
or else of murphy
thursday
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I protect Hobbit_Pizza.
Hobbit (hole), Pizza (hut), Son of John (Papa John's pizza), Murphy (missing this one)
Now I'm going to obsess over who the last victim was.
EDIT: Papa Murphy's pizza, gotta love google.
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Ulmo, you are amazing!!!! No clue who the last victum was though. Check the member list for Gondor peepes who could fit that desciption.
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Already checked for the last victim.
Weird. No idea who it could be. :cpunch:
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I arrest AD on charges of murder...and stealing moist delicious cake ;)
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Eh? Me? Whatever gave you that idea?!?
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Are you kidding me. I'll be your lawyer Agent Drake if this ever goes to court.
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I exchange PMs with some people...it made sense...I arrested...
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I'll be your lawyer Agent Drake [...].
Wanna bet?
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NOLINKi am here
yet another arrest
are you not
getting tired
well well
it seems that
...
At this point, the entire police force burst into the locked computer lab where AgentDrake was busily typing away his latest threats against society while eating a nice chocolate cake with mint icing.
In the ensuing struggle, AgentDrake whipped out a gun, and the cops were saved only by the quick thinking of sickofpalantirs who stabbed AgentDrake to death with his own plastic fork, hastily grabbed from where it still lay, half-sunk into a bite of cake.
Later analysis confirmed that the cake was indeed stolen.
(That, of course, explained what happened to that missing slice from Shieldmaiden's birthday....)
Afterwards, the following paper was found on Drake's dead, cake-and-blood covered corpse:
In the event of my discovery, an open letter to my "comrades":
It seems you know who I am. Well, well. what gave me away? Was it the cake crumbs on my uniform? I certainly hope not. It took me long enough to get the thing dry-cleaned every morning.
Ironfoot had it figured out. I made good on my vow as Incog last time to kill him first, and just in time, it seems.
Here's your record:
HawkeyeSPF - protected
GarrisonofGondor - protected
Shieldmaiden - protected
DainIronfoot - drowned; Kralik was on to something with that grammar. The victim wouldn't need cement shoes. With feet as heavy as DainIronfoot's, cement wouldn't be necessary.
meance64 - protected
Kralik arrested - 1 mark against MRLurtzy
Ulmo - protected
Gillian - protected
Felipe Musco arrested - 1 mark against Ulmo
HawkeyeSPF - slain; The Marvel Comics character Hawkeye begins his career as a villain, then becomes a hero. He is a member of the Avengers and the non-group called the Defenders. He wears a purple costume, while the very similar DC comics character Green Arrow wears a green costume.
Hobbit_Pizza - protected
Identity clues:
DainIronfoot's corpse was surrounded by ducks and geese... a drake is a male duck.
Along those lines, ducks... drakes... migrate. Which hemisphere they're in at the moment is beside the point.
"Eh" Yep; I've been in Canada twice in the recent past.
"to everyone i meet / i stay a stranger" The lines "To everyone he meets / he stays a stranger" are from the song "Secret Agent." Incidentally, the main character of the show from which the song originated is an agent named Drake. As I have said in the past, hence my username.
But believe me,
I am still alive.
I'm doing science, and I'm still alive.
I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.
And when you're dying, I will be still alive.
And when you're dead, I will be still alive.
Still alive....
And as they read the last lines, AgentDrake's dead corpse was dropped into the dirt and buried. :P
Yeah, I'm morbid right now.
I hereby award sickofpalantirs with the prestigious "Cop of the Day" award for saving his comrades by killing me with a fork. good luck explaining that one to the chief.
There you go, guys. The position of NOLINKIncognito is now open for the first person to PM me (as Drake. I'm not gonna log in as Incog anymore, so it won't do you any good to PM the dead guy....)
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Ok, I'm srry for the newbyness in me but i just don't exactly get how to play this game, do you just solve the assassins riddles and save the day?
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wow...I killed you with a fork...that takes some skill if I do say myself...
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wow...I killed you with a fork...that takes some skill if I do say myself...
And a plastic one at that.
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Ok, I'm srry for the newbyness in me but i just don't exactly get how to play this game, do you just solve the assassins riddles and save the day?
Dain put a great post on page 1 of this thread.
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Especially a plastic fork.
Okay, now that this round is over...AAAARGH! I had Incog pegged the day I was uncerimoniously dumped in a river and covered in duck poop. The Canada trip gave it away for me, as AD didn't cover his tracks very well with the timing of all that (particularly by explaining approximately the same gap in time between Drake's last post before leaving and his first after returning with Incog's lack of posting during the same time period).
That plus Drake's uncharacteristic cluelessness this round led me to have my search warrant in hand when I was killed. I ALMOST protected myself too, as I had a hunch about the iron feet thing (since a past Incog had designed a clue around the same thing), but I didn't want to seem petty or anything since I hadn't done much this round to that point, so I held my tongue just a LITTLE too long.
Blast you, Incog!
*cough*
Okay, now that I finally have that off my chest, I understand that the new Incog has been chosen, and they've asked me to split this and prepare for "the end of all things". So, let's get this split and get ready for the next round, eh?
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thnx Ulmo.
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Nice style, NOLINKIncognito. Fun reads. :)
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Nice style, NOLINKIncognito. Fun reads. :)
Well, after they got me on my grammar last time, I figured I needed something a bit more... anonymous.