And I don't live on my computer (well, at least not on DM; most of it is spent in Sakai, Innoslate, NSERC, and Word and Excel and Powerpoint) and I don't access DM on my phone. I check in when I can. 

I guess my brain doesn't work that fast. I had put in a very long day, saw the claim, asked the wolfy question, saw the answer, and then my next post was cloudflared. I was up against the deadline and even if I HAD unvoted, he'd still have been lynched. I'd have felt better about myself but he'd still be dead. 

The priority at this point should be getting an answer for why Turin & Daruya did not unvote.  Based on those answers, we can continue to analyze votes and discuss......but this is a major issue that needs to be resolved, pronto.

Worked till 12:30, in class till 5:15, back to work till 7:30, grocery store stop on the way home, home after 8:30, supper, homework,and then checking in at DM just before 9:00 (central time) and getting Cloudflared.

I did post at what I thought was just before deadline and my post was Cloudflared. When it went through, I saw Darthe's post about it being night. My post actually posted after his so mine ended up posting after deadline. I had no time to change my vote or query Darthe further re: his claim. I had thought he was claiming Lupin with his "wolfy" comment which is why I asked what it meant.

And, yes, I am pretty much accusing Zepp of being mafia. I haven't voted him but he's at the very top of my list of suspects. I think he may have changed his vote when he realized Darthe had enough votes for a lynch so that he wouldn't be suspected but I'd have to go back and look how the voting went down there at the end. I can't do that now because I'm headed to class.

Rhea, in answer to your question to me, yes.

Dear Rita Skeeter,

I just read your assassination piece on the Weasely family. Although I am not close to them, they are an old magical family well-respected by anyone of integrity. As for you, you are a disgrace to the journalistic profession. If you can't find facts to back up your claims you make up outrageous lies. Your success is as shallow as you are and when all is said and done, you will not be remembered as a hard-hitting journalist or accomplished author. You will be remembered as a washed-up witch desperate for relevancy.

If you want relevancy and fame, I would suggest you begin anew. Return to the basics of journalism. Report facts, not sensationalism. You could be loved or you can continue to be hated. It's your choice.

Sincerely,

Cho Chang

So Zepp got the contents of the small chest and the large chest is in pieces. 

*climbs through the rubble to see what is beyond* Is there anything left of the large chest?

Correction: I meant to say, "Why vote Verbal?"

Let's stop a moment here. 

Zepp claims that I noted Dice's claim of Seamus. All I noted was that Dice claimed town. I didn’t even make the connection between Dice’s choice of a Seamus gif as being his character claim.

Zepp voted for me first. Then Dice voted for me because he mistakenly believed I didn’t want us scum hunting.  Then Darth voted for me. Then Gentled Ben.

Who, I say, who is the SOLE person still alive that was on my train?

Also note that Zepp is NOT voting for me today? Why? If I was "worthy" of a vote yesterday, and the death of Darthe, Dice and GB makes me that much more suspicious, why vote Turin? 

Right now, Zepp is seriously pegging my scum-meter. This isn’t about him being suspicious of me. It’s because of all of the first 4 people that voted for me, he’s the only one left alive. If I was scum, I’d never have been stupid enough to kill Darthe, Dice, and GB because suspicioun would then shift automatically to me. I don't play often but that's just common sense. Personally, I think he’s playing a clever game with his scum-buddies. And I fully expect that if I'm not lynched today, I'll end up getting killed tonight because if I can suss out one of them, they're all at risk.

My best friend was killed last night . . . It’s time to get serious about hunting scum because we lynched one of our own yesterday and the scum took out 2 of us last night.

M

L

Sorry about your dad's dog, Kathleen.

Thanks again, everyone! I have such amazing friends . . .

It's been a bit of a tough week. I'll be so glad when I finish this MSSE program. It'll give me more time to get my work done. Today, I worked till 12:30, went to class from 1-4, stayed after till after 5 to finish a project due at 7, and went back to work till 7:30. Then I had to stop at the grocery store on the way home. I didn't get home till after 8:30 p.m.

I. Am. Frazzled.  

Oh, heavens! What a terrifying fish!

RIDDIKULUS!

The shark turns into a bristlenose peco.

But not for long . . . suddenly, it turns into . . . 

A Hungarian Horntail

Are we name-claiming already on Day 1?

Darthe, when I first saw you post something about a wolf (or wolfy) I thought you were hinting at being Lupin and I started rethinking my vote. Now you're claiming Harry which really makes me rethink. Light! I wish we had more time before deadline. 

What do y'all mean by wolfy?

Dear Mr. Malfoy, 

It has come to my attention that you may have some interest in certain collectibles that have come into my possession. I have set these aside into our Special Collection. They are available for your immediate viewing. You will, however be required to provide the code word of which we spoke upon your last visit to Borgin & Burke.

Please destroy this missive as soon as you have digested its contents so as to prevent it from falling into Ministry hands.

B.

Rhea, I beg to differ on being a seasoned mafia player. If I play, it's not even once/year and I can probably count the games I've played since joining DM in 2006 on 2 hands. I don't know why people always think I'm a seasoned player . . .

Because of that, I am not familiar with how any of you play so when someone who plays regularly says "Oh, he always plays like that" is not sufficient for me to go on.

So that I can get a vote in before deadline, I'm going with Darthe. This isn't an OMGUS vote. He has contributed little to the speculation and has avoided direct questions.

Vote Darthe.

By the way, can someone refresh my memory what the html code is to do the votes other than changing the color and bolding? 

Go go Gryffindor!  Go go Gryffindor!  

Dang, I should have done more trimming in the first quoted post! Sorry about that!

 

 

 

Ben, you haven't struck a nerve. Granted, I don't like your vote but at least you are trying to reason it out, which is more than Darthe has done. 

 

I'm actually a bit suspicious of Devil's Advocate at the moment. All of the "let's not judge a person by their House" could be scum trying to come across as all fair-minded and Hufflepuff. So the way I see it Devil's Advocate is either the most Hufflepuffy Hufflepuff ever or scum.

 

Dice is correct; canon is that there are NO Slytherins in Dumbledore's Army. Are there Slytherins that aren't scum? Absolutely but you'll have to pardon me if I tend to be a bit (okay a lot) more suspicious of them. That said, most everyone seems to be overlooking the fact that more than likely one of the scum is NOT a Slytherin. One of the scum is a member of Dumbledore's Army.  However, if the concensus is to go after the Inquisitorial Squad first, I'm all in. But let's not forget the snitch.

 

What is the point in speculating what House scum are in?  How does it matter?

 

This really just smacks of people trying to make pointless conversations look like gameplay.

 

 

I agree about the speculating about which house scum are in. There are examples in the books/films that show characters who are terrible people who weren't in Slytherin.

 

I also think worrying too much about canon might be destructive to the group though, but at the same time it's getting everyone talking and thinking about who the scum are. I think Dar is just wanting to keep in mind that there is a snitch and not to forget about it in searching for the Inquisitorial Squad.

 

 

How do you know this?  The OP speaks to the squad having basically infiltrated our ranks, but nothing about a specific snitch AND a squad (scum team).

 

This looks a lot like TMI.

 

@Dar, care to discuss?

 

 

With that, you pocket your coin and join in on the practice. This is harder work than you first imagined, but it feels good to go actual magic again, outside of Umbridge's ban on casting actual spells. As time goes by, everyone in the DA seems to be moving along well with their practice, and we all have a firm grasp on at least the basics of each spell.

It wasn't destined to last though....

It was a normal day of practice, or so it seemed, but there was something ominous in the air today.

Just as someone cast "reducto!" a booming crash sounded throughout the room, and the safely barred door splintered. We don't know how, but they have found us.

As the door was rammed again, a hole opened up in the floor, dropping everyone into a tunnel that took us deep beneath the castle.

The Room of Requirement was trying to save us!!

Landing all in a heap at the bottom of this winding tunnel, in the belly of the castle where it seemed no one had been for years, Harry Potter

stood up and announced, "someone has betrayed us!" With that, everyone jumped to their feet and started looking suspiciously

at those who minutes ago had been your most trusted of friends. Unfortunately, no one was wearing a sign that read

!!!!TRAITOR!!!!

We were going to have to use other means to find out who among us was working for Umbridge. In the mean time, we need to explore this place...

 

Verb, we know the Squad is out to get us. However, it requires a traitor for them to find us. See Harry's comment, above (purple, underlined, bold).

See also the orange underlined sentence. 

That is what led me to believe there is at least one snitch and it was someone we trusted as a member of Dumbledore's Army. So my assumption was at least one snitch and at least 2 Squad members.

At the very least it seemed like a place to start. 

Ben, you haven't struck a nerve. Granted, I don't like your vote but at least you are trying to reason it out, which is more than Darthe has done. 

I'm actually a bit suspicious of Devil's Advocate at the moment. All of the "let's not judge a person by their House" could be scum trying to come across as all fair-minded and Hufflepuff. So the way I see it Devil's Advocate is either the most Hufflepuffy Hufflepuff ever or scum.

Dice is correct; canon is that there are NO Slytherins in Dumbledore's Army. Are there Slytherins that aren't scum? Absolutely but you'll have to pardon me if I tend to be a bit (okay a lot) more suspicious of them. That said, most everyone seems to be overlooking the fact that more than likely one of the scum is NOT a Slytherin. One of the scum is a member of Dumbledore's Army.  However, if the concensus is to go after the Inquisitorial Squad first, I'm all in. But let's not forget the snitch.

Dear Hermione,

I didn't finish my History of Magic homework again. Can I copy from you? Professor Binns will never know.

Love,

Ron

We were plunged into a lost extension of the RoR but it was very dark.

Daruya cast LUMOS to light the path, revealing 4 doors (one from each House).

Zepp opened the Slytherin door using ALOHAMORA and voted Turin.

The Slytherin door opened revealing a cavern. On the right, a great pool of water with a small chest at the far end. On the left an angry troll.

Ben casts CONFUNDO at the troll and the troll lumbers away to a corner.

There’s an endless magical explosion now barring our path.

Dice appears and claims town and casts FINITE INCANTATUM which stops the explosions but also unconfunds the troll.

Darthe casts WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA. The troll levitates and drops off a bridge.

Rhea casts ALOHAMORA at the small chest and it opens but it’s still at the far side of the pool.

Zepp takes exceptions with Daruya’s choice of words; unvotes Turin and votes Daruya.

Daruya rebuts because words are just words. Recruit, blackmail, threats . . . regardless, Toad Face now knows about us because of the snitch.

Lessa asks about possibility of Polyjuice potion being used to disguise an Inquisitorial Squad member as a DA member (namely, the snitch).

Daruya agrees it’s possible. Daruya also says that Zepp may have opened Slytherin’s door because they are usually scum but it’s also possible he chose it to throw us off the snitch. Daruya suggested she may have selected Ravenclaw first because Hufflepuffs are unfailingly loyal, thereby less suspicious.

Zepp claims to have chosen Slytherin on a whim.

Lessa opens a large chest (where was this chest again?) using ALOHAMORA and gets the contents.

Turin uses ACCIO to obtain contents of small chest and votes Zepp.

Dice says that Daruya doesn’t want us scum hunting and votes Daruya because he says the Squad would most likely be Slytherin.

Daruya agrees that the Squad are most likely Slytherins but there is a traitor that isn’t because there are no Slytherin DA members. (DA members would KNOW this, by the way). Daruya is watching Zepp and Dice but isn’t going to OMGUS vote.

Darth votes Daruya without any reasoning. Turin asks why.

DJ uses Alohamora to open the Hufflepuff door. Inside is a small locked chest. Beyond it is a great pit. At the bottom is a keystone and slot for it in the rock wall.

Lessa asks Darth why he likes the Daruya vote and peers into the pit.

Devil’s Advocate expounds upon why it’s wrong to hate on Slytherin and says he won’t for Daruya because she chose to open the Slytherin door. He then uses Alohamora to open the Hufflepuff chest and receives its contents.

DJ agrees with DA to not judge based on house.

A couple people explain that Daruya isn’t the one who opened the Slytherin door.

Ben votes Daruya because he thinks the other thread she was talking about was the QT thread. (Aside: Has he even looked at the other HP Week events? For example, the Troll Hunt thread?)

DA says Daruya’s posts have been a bit confusing but isn’t lynch-worthy yet.

Various discussions about the game.

Rhea says she understands and agrees with Daruya about the snitch.

Ben says his vote for Daruya is grasping at D1 straws.

Charis says she doesn’t see anything yet to merit a vote.

Daruya explains what the confusion was between the two games (Troll Hunt vs Mafia). 

Does that about cover it?

But the troll hunt has nothing to do with looking for mafia or opening doors. 

Let me try to explain this more clearly . . . I got the two games mixed up because I had just read that thread before coming to this one! 

The mafia game is not a troll hunt. Yes, there are trolls but the theme of the game is not who released the troll, like it is with the Troll Hunt Game. The mafia game is about Dumbeldore's Army and who betrayed us. 

Let's find the scum who betrayed us and the scum who forced him/her to do it. Deliberately misconstruing what was said will not help us achieve that goal.

I'm going to post a recap in a moment. Stay tuned.

 

Sorry, getting my threads mixed up! LOL! 

 

I need to re-think this. I don't think Slytherin is the way to go. Will be back in a few to post why.

Which threads? The game thread and the Mafia QT? 

[v]Daruya[/v]

 

No, the Troll Hunt which is another HP Week event.

Why don't you want to go after the snitch, Dice? We already know the Inquisitorial Squad are all Toad Face's pet Slytherins. I want to know who ratted us out.  

You go after the knowns if you want. I want to find the unknown, the one who gave us up.  Although I certainly won't have a problem if we identify one of the Inquisitorial Squad along the way.

I'm loving this new twist on the game, by the way. Adventure game meets mafia. Totally awesome!

Not enough people posting yet for me to vote so I'm holding off for a bit longer. Although, Zepp and Dice, I've got my eyes on you!

James, stuff happens sometimes. We are all very familiar with that. Sometimes a lot of stuff happens at once. It sounds like you've had more than your fair share lately!  Please know that we understand. I, for one (and I'm sure I can speak for others) appreciate you taking the time to post this. It speaks a lot to your integrity.