MURDER ON THE ABYSSINIA: GAME THREAD

[Jubal]

MURDER ON THE ABYSSINIA
Okay, here goes.

The fluff:

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The year is 1871. A small steam-ship, the Abyssinia, is chugging through the Aegean sea. Various British notables aboard have been visiting historic sites around the islands of Lesbos and Lemnos, and as the summer ends the ship begins its way home. But all is not well.

On September the Ninth, a young member of the crew shouts for help. The passengers bundle into the room, to see a devastating sight; the collector of antiquities Sir John Derrington, who had been visiting the island with his nephew Samuel, is dead on the floor. Stabbed repeatedly, his body lies prone in a pool of blood. Not only that, but on inspection the ship's engines have been jammed and broken.

"Hunting down the murderer - or murderers - will not be easy," mutters the captain. The passengers begin to look at one another with suspicion. One young lady heads off to evacuate her stomach, and eventually others begin to leave.

"But say," says the crewman. "Don't we have that detective chap on board who could help?"

"You called?" A tall figure appears in the doorway, along with a short companion clutching a medic's bag.

"Ah, yes, now what's your name again sir?"

Ignoring the captain, the tall man descends the stairs.

"There's been more than one murderer here, I see. And they were searching for an item of some sort. Something of value."

"But however do you know?" The doctor at his side looks puzzled, but also looks used to being puzzled.

"A knife wound in the front, but note also the slight blueness around the lips. He was dead before the knife entered him, possibly strangulation. But not too long before, mind. And his papers have been rifled through; note from the way he uses different coloured papers he was a very methodical man, and so his desk being a mess is wholly out of character. Furthermore, the empty safe open there has a mark on the wall next to it. I think whatever gem this was had been moved, and our thief slammed the safe door into the cabin wall in frustration."

"Well," said the captain. "I only hope that we can all catch the perpetrator."

The tall man began to leave the room. "I shall endeavour to investigate."

"I've no idea how he does it," whispered the doctor to the captain, "but he can."

The tall man turned around.

"Really? Once you know the signs, it all becomes quite clear. Elementary, my dear Watson."

GUEST LIST FOR THE ABYSSINIA'S VOYAGE

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Sherlock Holmes
Doctor Watson
Mycroft Holmes
Captain Johnson
Officer Dirforth
Sir James MacKenroy FRS
Lord Ganderby Elmingham
Karl Von Astergott
Professor Michael Oria
John Smith
Martin Durban, Esq.
Madame Alcinia de Quenliya
Samuel Derrington

THE PLAYERS
1. Visorslash
2. Nightangel
3. Ladyhawk (John Smith/Elenia Kalazis, Professional Thief, Lynched Day Three)
4. Comrade_General
5. Double A
6. Dimos (Karl Von Astergott, Mason, shot and poisoned Night Three)
7. Phoenixguard (Marcus Gurt, Hired Killer, aka Mark Durban, Lynched Day Two)
8. Floam (Alcinia de Quenliya, switcher, shot Night Four)
9. CN2 (Mycroft Holmes) - Hit by a poison spike, Night Two
10. Son Of The King
11. Andalus (Sherlock Holmes) - Put in a coma by a booby trap, Night One
12. Dripping D (Lord Ganderby Elmingham, Mason, poisoned and thrown overboard Night Four)
13. Mark - The Khan (Officer Dirforth) - Commuted suicide, Day Four

RULES
- When a player reaches 50% of the votes, they are lynched and day ends.
- Vote in the format Vote: Player X, preferably in bold and red. Votes in bold OR red but not both will still be counted because I'm a lovely person, but votes without bolding or being in red will not be counted.
- Days and nights will be about 3 days each.
- You may roleclaim at will.
- You may NOT discuss the game outside the thread unless it is SPECIFICALLY allowed in your role.
- Quoting mod PMs causes modkills.
- You will ALL have ability-based roles. There is no such thing as a normal townie on this voyage. Good heavens, no!
- If you're not sure whether you're allowed to do something, ASK ME FIRST.
- This is probably one of the most unpredictable game setups you will ever play, due to the large number of interesting night roles. Simple logic may not be enough.
- As an addition to that, this could be a very long or a very short game, I've no idea. Welcome along for the ride, ladies and gentlemen.
- Finally, speaking in good English is just good cricket, don'tcha know.

ALL ROLES HAVE BEEN SENT OUT. IT IS NOW DAY ONE. SEVEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED TO LYNCH.

[Gen_Glory]

So anybody feel like having a jolly old chit-chat, don'cha know?

[comrade_general]

*stands at the edge of the deck, hands held behind back, looking out at the distant horizon above gentle rolling waves*

[Captain Carthage]

*Lights pipe*

Well Gentlemen,*puff* my Lady, it appears we have some murders on board.

The question is,*puff* how do we find them?

[Double A]

It's awfully quiet today...

[Phoenixguard09]

It does seem like an awfully fine day to be taking the air, does it not?

[Ladyhawk]

A lovely day indeed my good sir.

[Cuddly Khan]

MAN OVERBOARD!! Oh wait... that's just a penguin... ICE-BURGS AHEAD!!

[Gen_Glory]

"Look at me Jack! I'm Flying Jack!!"

*Ahem* I mean, spiffing and what-what

[Dimos]

Ow, hello my friends... Let this journey be fun once again... Let's get the bad-men down

How are you people?

[Andalus]

Dear captain, I notice we have a passenger list, but I understand all those aboard go by other names too. It would be awfully handy if we could have a list of those monikers affixed to the brief, that we might know who plays this mortal game, so to swiften the cogitating.

[CN2]

Good evening everyone.

[Phoenixguard09]

Good evening my good man. How has your voyage been so far?

[Double A]

ooc: Wow. This is some of the most awkward RPing I have ever seen.

Anyway, what's up with the complete and total lack of random lynching?

[Cuddly Khan]

Vote: Dimos (seriously) He bluntly said that he was a good guy... which means he's a bady.