The Legend of Saffron Stronghold II [Vampires Win]

[Valerian]

Though Val had not voted for her, she still had hopes that undisclosedtoyou would prove to be a good leader for them all in these dark, frightening times.  And, since it was all guesses and hunches at this point anyway, their new Estate Keeper's suggestion was as good a one as any.  Ty might be the best place to start, and she chimed in her vote quietly, listening uneasily as the speculation continued.  There were so few clues, yet there was no choice -- they had to try to find the evil lurking among them.

[Ty]

 Spluttering and coughing Ty was in shock. "Wh--What? How can you think I.. I? I think we have much more reason to be worried about Darque Devil!" He got himself a cup of tea and slumped into an armchair. "This is all ridiculous! Madness!"

[Autumn Sativus]

Votes

• [5]Darque Devil - (Moirae, Ty, Marg, Remiel, Kendra)
• [2]Ty - (undisclosedtoyou, Valerian)
• [2]Izu - (ClockworkShadow, Aiden)
• [1]Aiden - (Izu)
• [1]ClockworkShadow - (Darque Devil)
• [1]Kendra - (Ryven)

Yet To Vote:
Azhdeen



Votes are due within the next 12 hours. I will have to advance the game at that point.
I will be going for a four day vacation tomorrow morning and I do not know how my internet availability will be. I am bringing my laptop but may not be online much as there are many better things for me to make use of! (IE; Hotel Pool, Hotel Bed, Hot Tub, Shopping, Good-Eats, Major Convention, etc.)

[Marguerite]

I vote for Darque Devil.

[Aiden]

"I do not trust the meek ones personally, Izu, what have you been up to late at night"

[Remiel]

Remiel had his own suspicions, but for now he decided follow the majority in voting for Darque Devil.

[Izu]

"What? I did nothing wrong!" Izu frowned when he heard that he was being blamed for this horrible murder. He looked at Aiden and rolled his eyes. "Porn, of course. What else? Like you are not addicted to it too." He sighed and shook his head. "I'm innocent, I assure you of this. And I am not meek. I'm human and like such I feel bad when people that I've known are being killed. If you call this 'meek'.... then I think it is you Aiden, who might be cruel enough to kill another one of us."

[Kendra]

It was awful, the sight of those punctured marks; first Sir Morgan and now EvilEye. Kendra shuddered to think who would be next and turned disgusted when every one began blaming one another. She put her hands over her ears for a moment as if to drown the sound out but it was useless. Finally she stomped her heeled foot as she glared at everyone.
"Another person has just been killed and you are all acting like ... like ... ooooohh!" her temper got the better of her and she clenched her fists, words failing her for a moment. She wanted to stamp her foot again but that would have been beyond childish so instead she pointed her finger and went from one to the other singing a little ditty ...

"Eeny meeny miny mo, catch a tiger ..." by the time she finished her finger was pointing directly at Darque Devil, "what?" she asked the others incredulously, "at least I used some methodical approach instead of just guess work."

[Autumn Sativus]

As Ahzdeen has not logged in for the past two days and mentioned during the last vote that he was having computer troubles, I am going to go ahead and advance the story.



Final Votes

• [5]Darque Devil - (Moirae, Ty, Marg, Remiel, Kendra)
• [2]Ty - (undisclosedtoyou, Valerian)
• [2]Izu - (ClockworkShadow, Aiden)
• [1]Aiden - (Izu)
• [1]ClockworkShadow - (Darque Devil)
• [1]Kendra - (Ryven)

It is decided among the group that it is Darque Devil who must be responsible for the horrible murders occuring in the Stronghold. Lady Saffron's men escort the man outside with his belongings and there are faint sounds of a struggle. The sounds that had come from outside were followed by a loud crack and a thump, but there were no guarantees of what had happened as the sound of a car speeding away greeted them with the door opening to the two men. After several silent moments pass within the house, the men return and confirm that Darque Devil was a Suite Owner wrongly accused. Too little, too late. Darque Devil was gone - to where, no one was quite sure.

Night would fall upon a quiet house, mourning the loss of two beloved friends and now a third, at the decision of the group. The group's next concern would be to ensure they made it through the night and to hope that they would not make the same mistake the next day.

[Autumn Sativus]

Morning comes and all are accounted for at the breakfast table. Not a single person was missing. A bright sun shone through the glass roof of the dining room and it seemed there was a break in the storm, finally. Or perhaps it was only the eye in a whirling tornado, only time would tell. But still, a murderer walked among them and "Someone must surely be lying in wait to take another life, only hoping to build a false sense of security among the group. Who shall stay... and who shall go? The choice is yours, my friends."



Players

• Aiden
• Azhdeen
• ClockworkShadow
• Darque Devil
• EvilEye
• Izu
• Kendra
• Marguerite
• Moirae
• Remiel
• Ryven
• Ty
• undisclosedtoyou
• Valerian

Roles

• Angel
• Doctor
• Humans x6-7
• Priest
• Sire
• Vampires x2-3
• Thief

[Aiden]

Aiden had decided to dress casually that day in a pair of dark blue jeans, black boots and a black dress shirt. Taking a seat at the table he stretched before settling in. "Well it is good to see no one has died, mind if I get some breakfast in before we start pointing fingers?" He asked.

[Azhdeen]

Walks into the dining room looking a little tense and breaths a soft sigh of relief as he sees no one else is missing. Suddenly recalls the situation and know that more accusations will soon fly.  Tries to appear relaxed and nonchalant as he takes a seat and asks "So what’s for breakfast?"  His voice is mostly calm but with only the slightly trace of tension and worry. Decides to wait for the moment and see how things shape up this morning before he speaks up, wanting nothing more than to be unnoticed.

[Autumn Sativus]

Please include a vote in the first post you make, everyone.

[Ty]

 He shuffled into the meeting room, bleary-eyed and yawning. "I do truely regret my part in Darque Devil's departure. And I fear I reacted out of fear of someone pointing a finger at me. I think Moirae will have to take responsibility for pointing the finger at the innocent. May God have mercy on our souls."

[Aiden]

"We since we are in such a haste, even if I think it is wrong of accusing someone of murder before they have a cup of coffee...I will stick my suspicion back on the person I doubted last night, Izu."

[Ryven]

"And where were you last night, Kendra, hmm?"  He asked again after emerging from the kitchen with a fresh batch of pancakes and waffles with assorted toppings of fruit, whipped cream, and homemade syrups.

[undisclosedtoyou]

Dis walked hesitatingly into the dining room, relief that no one had been murdered during the night written clearly on her face.  She carried her small cup of coffee, and bowl of fruit to the table and took her seat, her eyes scanning those around the room, taking a mental inventory of what people were saying.

"I'm glad that no one was...murdered last night, but you are all right, there is still a killer or killers among us.  I say we question Azhdeen."

[Remiel]

"There's something suspicious about Ty," he said, "but I can't put my finger on it."  He watched Ryven for a while, pondering, but left his vote as it was for now.

[ClockworkShadow]

Her mood had grown more and more surly.  Now, Darque was gone, and by his peers' own decree!  Sure, he was an odd sort of bloke... cool as a cucumber when everyone else was out of sorts, but he was man enough; plenty more-so than she suspected others to be. 

Like Izu.

Despite her increasing sense of edginess around everyone, he seemed to make her skin crawl the most.  She couldn't even really place her mental finger on why...

But if he was around, she made absolute certain that she made herself as scarce as could be feasibly managed.

[Azhdeen]

Begins to pour himself a cup of coffee and pour it over his hand when he hears his name. Hisses in pain from the hot liquid running over his hand he turns his eyes to the one who spoke "I could say the same to you as well undisclosedtoyou. What were you doing last night?" Begins to dry his hand with his napkin the skin obviously red and slightly inflamed.

[Autumn Sativus]

Votes

[3]Ty - (Remiel, Moirae, Valerian)
[2]Izu - (Aiden, ClockworkShadow)
[1]Moirae - (Ty)
[1]Azhdeen - (undisclosedtoyou)
[1]Kendra - (Ryven)
[1]undisclosedtoyou - (Azhdeen)
[1]Aiden - (Kendra)

Yet to vote:
Izu, Marguerite

Votes are due! Please get them in ASAP, I would like to continue progressing the game within 24 hours.

[desert ashes]

"I was taking a guess," Moirae said with a small frown to Ty.  "I did not mean to cause any harm, but a guess had to be made, and unfortunately I have nothing but guesses at this point."

[Kendra]

Kendra got up to move along the periphery of the table, making her way to the coffee pot and taking it up poured herself a large mug. The blame game began again but she felt secure that she would not be voted for. After all she was beyond cute for crying out loud, who would even consider her capable of such things. At least she thought this until Ryven came out with his delicious smelling pancakes and waffles. Making her way to her seat so she could help herself she glanced up at him.

"Now you know a lady never kisses and tells but I'm sure like the rest of you I was alone ... all night .. in my big bed" she pouted a little before sitting down and glancing up the table, "and what were you up to last night Aiden?"

[Valerian]

Relieved as she was to learn that none of their little group had died during the night, Val was still unhappy at listening to all these accusations and counter-accusations.  Alive they might be, but safe was another question entirely, and it seemed impossible that anyone might trust anyone else ever again.  Finally she sighed and added her vote quietly, wondering if perhaps she'd been right to suspect Ty to begin with.

[Aiden]

"Well if you would have answered the knock at your door, you, to be blunt. Maybe tonight will be different." He grinned at Kendra, sending her a wink, unmoved by her accusation of him before he slid over towards Ryven and made the attempt to steal some pancakes...