I'm still trying to figure out why you can't *write* things for us if your throat gets sore from speaking. Still haven't bothered answering that...

Where ith Ibby, the thould be here! I haven't theen her at all, tho maybe the'th been buthy. I'm going to have to thay either Etanru or Xenthoth are the icky thcummy fink, tho... here goeth thome gnome momma reathonth for why I fink they're bad.

Firtht of all, I fink Narthrim ithn't a thcummy fink. I jutht don't fink he ith. I retherve the right to change my mind later, but for now, I fink he'th ok.

Now, Xenthoth hath come acroth like he'th very, very gnomith. Very thqueaky clean. He'th been pointing the finger a bit, tho I'm thtarting to wonder if I thould be after the leth obviouth one, becauth... (thith ith where my thoughth about Etanru thtart)....

Etanru theemth ath though he hath copied hith role from what Narthrim and I have already been thowing everyone from the thtart. It theemth very... weak, a kind of thad thrtategy that only a thtupid fink could fink up... (though I gueth there are thtupid gnometh thometimeth too).

But before I get all dithtracted and forget what I wath thaying, I want to

vote Etanru

If he ith lynched and turnth out to be a thimple-minded gnome, thorry - and my nectht choithe ith Xenthoth. FoTH Xenthoth tho I don't forget!

It's difficult for me to get online during the weekends.

Out of Xenthos and Etanru, I agree that one of them is most likely a scummy fink. Right now all evidence points towards Etanru though.

1. First random vote was against Shiri - who turned out to be a scummy fink.
2. Unvoted Shiri when Shiri was in little danger of being lynched and did not place a vote elsewhere.
3. OMGUS FOSes and voting. I haven't seen a single suspicion from Etanru that wasn't OMGUS related.
4. A rather weak claim of gnome with a sore throat in an attempt to excuse his lurking.

Before ending the day it'd be good to hear from Narsrim and perhaps any defense Etanru has though.

You guyth need to talk. Or elthe I'll have to talk more, and then everyone will be all thpathing out becauthe my thpeech (which ith fine, fank you very much) hurth their brainth.

Deadline: Thursday 20:00 GMT

I'm back, almost healthy (stupid tonsilitis), and this is moving too slowly. Refer to the rules to see what happens when Deadline hits.

Oh and I am using GMT because it is simple for me to work out my own time from that.

Get moving.

La la la. Die finkth. La la la la la.

Well, since no one has anything else to say, including Etanru, I'll end the day.

vote: Etanru

Rattling your spanners and chains, clicking your pot-rivet guns and banging hammers against the Cavern walls, you all gather about Etanru and beat him to a bloody pulp.

"Hah," one of you says "sore throat indeed!"

Etanru Gnome by the name of Ogle, has been lynched.

Now go to sleep my pretties, unless you have work to do in the night. Let me know.

"What? Morning already? Who broke the darn sun?!"

Stretching your legs and snacking on some leftover cheese, the little Gnomelings run into the rocky corridors only to find Narsrim, Gnome named Dangle, missing a few choice organs. A note is attached, with a scrwal barely worth reading. Something about steak and kidney pie...

It is Day. With 3 alive, it is 2 to lynch.

Well. This is it, then. Today's lynch ends it. We have to select the right one, or we all end up in the fink's pots. Now, I was already thinking Kiarlea and Narsrim were innocent, and last night's killing confirmed Narsrim completely. As he was innocent, so too do I think that Kiarlea is. This leaves the choice between myself, or Rhayni.

This means that it is time to come out and reveal my identity. I am Cranky, the chief engineer. It is my duty to create contraptions out of wires of widgets that will confound the finks, protecting the gnomes during the night. Apparently my job could have been done better. The first night I laid my traps about Rhayni, which is appearing to have been a mistake. Last night, my traps were settled around Kiarlea, though they once again did not prevent the finks from doing their dirty work.

I had guessed that Kiarlea would be the choice over Narsrim due to her activity and his lack of it, though apparently that was incorrect. I was not a target simply because I am viewed as an "easy lynch," an outcome of Etanru's demise. I still believe that he was making that up.

Obviously, I am going to vote: Rhayni at this point.

(Also, I will be out for a time today. I will return, however!)

Hmmm.

Thqueaky clean, thqueaky clean. *peers at Xenthos*

I'm going to have to wait for Ibby to potht, I fink. The'th good at being thneaky. Tho we'll thee.

And thank you, Kiarlea. You just proved my suspicions to be 100% accurate. If you had been a fink, you'd have just leaped on and ended it right then and there. It was a gamble, and I'm glad to see it pay off.

I am wondering why it's taken her so long to return, though.

I thmell a fink
A thtinky thtinky fink
When I cath that thtinky fink
I'll turn it into dead fink

Thtick it on a thcrewdriver
Thmooth it with a hammer
Thquath it with a mallet
And eath it'th babieth for dinner

DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!

You needth to talk more, or elthe I might come up with more finkthcummy rhymeth.

Fink thcum, fink thcum
Thcummy thcummy fink thcum,
Boil 'em, math 'em,
Thkin 'em, frath 'em,
Kil them thtinky thcumth.

More!

Well, if we aren't getting any posts from Ibaesha, I'll take more poems, please. Anything to keep the thread going, though there isn't much discussion with just the two of us. Meh!

This is why you don't kill Shiri early on.

Poemth? Hrm....

What do you do wif a thtinky fink?
Thtick it in the eye with a ruthty nail
What do you do wif a thtinky fink?
Whack it on the head with a thqueaky pail
What do you do wif a thtinky fink?
Beat it wif a thtick to make it beg
What do you do wif a thtinky fink?
Cook it'th babieth in a pot for fink a la Pegg'

What is "a la Pegg"?