Message #72955

[Fury]

NIGHT 3 EVENTS - Surprise!


(1) VOTE Barek by: Lefanis (#82)
(2) VOTES Lanyon by: Barek (jerm) (#85), Velax (#87)


Velax was the first not to believe that the alien creature threat was gone. Tonight, Velax was the first to die from an alien creature attack.

Lefanis also did not believe that the threat was gone and started a vote to have Barek lynched but couldn't get enough support. No one seemed to believe his tale that Barek was "infected". The other scientists were either too drunk or partying somewhere in the complex to take much heed of Lefanis' warning that "it wasn't over." In fact, Zakilevo boasted that he knew Slapsticks was the Thing all along. Ketchum was simply ecstatic that they got the Thing. Only Lanyon kept silent, presumably shell shocked over all the violence.

Barek wasn't buying it though. He voted to have Lanyon lynched on the premise of the 'bad guy lying low' strategy. He was a little drunk and said "Layton" but as he had said Lanyon earlier and "Layton" wasn't too far off the mark, it got through. Somehow, he got Velax to vote with him. Indirik tried to tag along in the voting but missed the deadline by 11 minutes and 25 seconds.

Lefanis had earlier stormed off somewhere after no one believed him so Velax and Barek headed to Lanyon's personal quarters and dragged him out. They hung him up by his hands somewhere and took turns to whack him with the microscope and bunsen burner alternately. Still, Lanyon kept his silence and this goaded the both of them to increase their tempo. They had gotten a good rhythm going for sometime before realizing he was already dead. Still, they took turns to poke him with a stick but to their disappointment, he did not change into any Thing (anything - get it?). Ashamed, they went their separate ways.

Lanyon - Researcher is lynched.

As, Velax walks slowly back to his personal quarters he is professionally disturbed that he did not see the tell-tale signs of Lanyon's innocence. Of course he didn't say much. The poor kid was relatively new to the expedition. He turned round the corner and is stopped by the sight of someone wringing his two tentacles in delight.

"YOU??!" gasped Velax in shock.

"Yes," smiled the Thing. "So, tell me, Velax - What was your relationship with your mother like?"

Velax - Psychologist is sucked dry and killed.