The Comic Universe Traitor Game!

[The Purple Skull]

Hey everyone! The traitor has sent me their first kill. However, the traitor listed two kills. For this game, the traitor will only be allowed to kill one person at a time. So once the traitor has sent me their choice for their kill, and once the SHIELD Agent PMs me back their guess, I'll begin the story for the game. For now, here are the rules once again:

1. The traitor will PM me a character they want killed off. The SHIELD Agent will also PM me with their guess on who the traitor is. After that, I will post if the SHIELD Agent was right in their guess, and also I will post who is killed.

2. Voting will then start on who might be the traitor. Only the remaining players are allowed to officially vote. Players are encouraged to provide a reason why they are not they are not the traitor. The players are only allowed 1 vote. However, everyone (players and observers of the game) can speculate on who the traitor is.

3. Once the players have voted, the one with the majority will be accused. They will then reveal if they were the traitor. If the accused is not the traitor, then they are eliminated, and the game will continue.

4. From there, I will PM the traitor with his next kill, and, if necessary, PM the SHIELD Agent with their guess on who the traitor is. Voting then starts again. If it gets down to the final two, then the traitor automatically kills the last character and wins.

[The Purple Skull]

I've decided to go ahead and post the first kill. I will post whether or not the SHIELD Agent is right with their guess ASAP. I'm going to give until tomorrow Noon ET for the SHIELD Agent to reply. If there is no reply, I will designate a new SHIELD Agent. So on with the game!

A mysterious time rift has brought together 13 unique individuals to an isolated, undisclosed area:

The Shade
Ambush Bug
John Constantine
Professor Xavier
Cyclops
Robotman
Batman
Spider-Woman
Bouncing Boy
Shadow King
Judge Dredd
Johnny Alpha
Lobo

Out of nowhere, the one who has brought them together appears. It is the Beyonder! The Beyonder has informed them that there is someone among their number who has agreed to eliminate everybody. If this person is successful, then they will receive unimaginable power.

The Beyonder lets the group know that their mission is to scope out the traitor and banish him or her into Limbo. Also, the Beyonder informs everyone that there is someone in the group who is working undercover for SHIELD and will assist in trying to find the traitor without revealing themselves.

Hours pass, and the traitor strikes! One axe to the back of the head later, and the Shadow King is the first to fall at the hands of the traitor!

OK, not exactly the best story ever, but whatever.

Suspect List
00 Grazzt - The Shade
00 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
00 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
00 Puma - Professor Xavier
00 mattbib - Cyclops
00 ScottDMSimmons - Robotman
00 darkkeeperjr - Batman
00 tangentman - Spider-Woman (Drew)
00 Bouncing Boy - Bouncing Boy
00 BYC - Shadow King [ELIMINATED]
00 Motormouse - Judge Dredd
00 Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha
00 Forefinger - Lobo

The voting format is similar to a Survivor game. Please ADD 1 point to the one you think is the traitor. You can only vote once! Again, giving your reason why you are not the traitor is encouraged. ONLY PLAYERS CAN VOTE! However, everyone observing the game is free to speculate on who the traitor is.

Voting starts now!

[The Purple Skull]

I just a reply from the SHIELD Agent. The Agent has made an incorrect guess. Vote now!

[Jack Zodiac]

Suicide! The Shadow King was depressed because he was such a crappy X-Men villain. :p

Or, uh... Lobo. I don't trust that fella'. :mad:

[mattbib]

I guess I'll vote out Batman. He's definitely not trustworthy.

[BYC]

Shadow King has no head! This is OUTRAGEOUS! How dare this traitor attack me. I blame Professor X for this. XAVIER!

It's kinda funny I was doing my thing today, get home, eat, watch TV, check my internet sites, PMed about the game starting, and then dying immediately.

Shadow King curses you all.

[tangentman]

Damn The Double Post!

[tangentman]

Spider-Woman shook her head. "Why would Batman kill the Shadow King? What does he gain from it?" As she challenged the accusation, Jessica locked eyes with Cyclops and the Ambush Bug. "Lobo seems like a possible choice, but from what little I've seen, the method of murder doesn't add up with Lobo's more...visceral style."

Smirking, Spider-Woman glanced at Professor Xavier. "If we wanted to go with an obvious choice, then the Professor's history with the deceased makes him a probable suspect. Too obvious a suspect?" She considered that possibility in thoughtful silence.

After several seconds, Spider-Woman turned toward one of the men who'd spoken first. She smiled as watched Ambush Bug from her "perch" on the wall. "One might even argue that I'm the killer, given my own, shall we say, colorful past. However, I think that our killer will actually be the least predictable choice. Spider-Woman watched Ambush Bug with intense focus. "If I were to guess anyone at the moment, I would say Ambush Bug is our killer. He's fast and also familiar with assassination--right, Bug?"

[Bouncing Boy]

"Going by the history tapes," Bouncing Boy thinks to himself, "Lobo seems like the most likely choice. He is a ruthless bounty hunter after all."

[ScottDMSimmons]

Cliff thought back to the dark times when the Chief, his mentor and friend, had betrayed the entire Doom Patrol. How could someone he was so close to become SO evil, or at least so misguided? As he pondered this, and thought about Shadow King, he realized that anyone could be the traitor.

John Constantine was a friend when Cliff was in Totems. Could he be the traitor? Cliff shook his head. Maybe it's the brain malfunctioning.... "You're only a brain in a robotic shell, Cliff..." he thought to himself. "Things are not always going to seem or feel right all the time."

Maybe it's the one close to you again, Cliff... the one wrestling with his own personal demons... real demons... JOHN CONSTANTINE "Hellblazer" could be the killer.

Scott

[ScottDMSimmons]

double post sorry....

[Sean Whitmore]

"Everyone I've met with 'unimaginable power' has been a right twat," John snorted, placing a cigarette in his mouth. "The only power I need is this."
John whips out a Zippo and lights the cig. "Alakazam."

"Ask Rob Zombie over there," he sneered, chucking a thumb in Lobo's direction. "Mebbe he knows what done in th' Big Floaty Head."


SEAN

[Forefinger]

"Fetal's Giz! I always get all the blame for this kind of crap. Killin' is fun and all, but just fraggin' a dude with an axe in the head seems like of.....boring." Lobo said while holding a severed head from an unknown body in one hand, and a six pack in the other.

"I think it's the crazy bastich in the green suit over there. That fragger Ambush Bug probably done it! Ya never know that that bastich is going to do next."

[darkkeeperjr]

Wasn't the bug around when shadow got it? Why do the bug look so gulity?
Cause he is gulity! Ambush Bug did it!

[Puma]

Knowing him as well as I do, and knowing that no one can be wound that tight without repercussions I say...it's my 'son' Cyclops

[The Purple Skull]

Here's how the voting has gone so far:

Suspect List
00 Grazzt - The Shade
03 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
01 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
00 Puma - Professor Xavier
01 mattbib - Cyclops
00 ScottDMSimmons - Robotman
01 darkkeeperjr - Batman
00 tangentman - Spider-Woman (Drew)
00 Bouncing Boy - Bouncing Boy
00 BYC - Shadow King [ELIMINATED]
00 Motormouse - Judge Dredd
00 Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha
03 Forefinger - Lobo

The following still need to cast their vote:
Grazzt - The Shade
Motormouse - Judge Dredd
Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha

[Grazzt]

Its hard to trust Lobo, my vote goes to him.

[The Purple Skull]

Updated

Suspect List
00 Grazzt - The Shade
03 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
01 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
00 Puma - Professor Xavier
01 mattbib - Cyclops
00 ScottDMSimmons - Robotman
01 darkkeeperjr - Batman
00 tangentman - Spider-Woman (Drew)
00 Bouncing Boy - Bouncing Boy
00 BYC - Shadow King [ELIMINATED]
00 Motormouse - Judge Dredd
00 Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha
04 Forefinger - Lobo

The following still need to cast their vote:
Motormouse - Judge Dredd
Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha

If Lobo gets one more vote, he will stand accused in the next round.

[Motormouse]

Ambush Bug gets my vote, if the cap fits........

[Jack Zodiac]

"Fetal's Giz! I always get all the blame for this kind of crap. Killin' is fun and all, but just fraggin' a dude with an axe in the head seems like of.....boring." Lobo said while holding a severed head from an unknown body in one hand, and a six pack in the other.

"I think it's the crazy bastich in the green suit over there. That fragger Ambush Bug probably done it! Ya never know that that bastich is going to do next."

I was trying to warn him! See?

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I know what this is... this is all a conspiracy. Dan Didio's behind it! He's been trying to kill us Giffen-written folk every chance he gets. Don't let him win. :(

After a few moments of recollection, Irwin realizes what he just said.

And, um... sorry about accusing you, Lobo. We Giffen-folk need to stick together. You just, y'know... c'mon, you're a !@#$% murderer! Where's Julie? He wouldn't let this happen to me. :(

[Forefinger]

"An alliance eh?" Lobo said while swinging his blood covered hook around on it's chain. "What if you are the traitor, ya bastich? Aw, hell, we can stick together then. Giffen-folk unite!.......until we can find that bastich and frag him for sticking me with Grant for all that time...."

[The Purple Skull]

We're still awaiting Joe Acro's vote. As of now, Ambush Bug & Lobo are tied with the most votes. If Joe Acro does not vote for either Ambush Bug or Lobo, then all the players will re-vote between Ambush Bug & Lobo.

[Jack Zodiac]

Too little, too late, main man. :( One way or another, one of us is getting the axe.

Eh... metaphorical axe, not literal axe.

[Joe Acro]

Johnny Alpha had waited patiently for everyone else to reveal their thoughts and votes. Observant, he noted those he deemed suspicious. Ambush Bug and Lobo had the highest number of votes, a tie. Voting for a third party would have been pointless. Alpha thought it would better for him to make the decision than trust the rest. Maybe a bit of rivalry surged in him. It could have been all the encounters he had had in the past. Whatever the reason, Johnny Alpha chose Lobo.

(Sorry for my lateness, I had other matters to attend to. Was a time limit established?)

[The Purple Skull]

It's quite alright for voting late. There's no time limit anyway. The votes are in. Is the one accused the traitor? Find out when I post the story in a few minutes.

[Jack Zodiac]

*sniff* Good night, sweet prince. :(

[The Purple Skull]

Hours after the Shadow King's beheading, the Beyonder makes his return. He asks the group if they have found the traitor. Batman decides to step up and tells the god-like being that Lobo is the traitor!

Lobo: "What the frag?!?! You can't do this to me! I'm the Archbishop of---"

Beyonder: "Enough! If that is your choice, so be it."

Then, with with a wave of his hand, the Beyonder blasts Lobo dead-on and banishes him off to Limbo. The group is relieved that this ordeal is finally over.

Beyonder: "Ha Ha Ha Ha. This is far from over. What you've done is banish an innoncent being. The traitor is still among you......"

Yup, you guys were wrong! Lobo was innocent! I'm now waiting for the replies from the traitor and the SHIELD Agent.

[Jack Zodiac]

You monsters! :( Do you have any idea how long it took him to get back into the spotlight? He was a midget running around with Young Justice for so long, everyone forgot how hilarious and brutally violent he could be, and now you've ruined it all! :mad: A pox on you!

[The Purple Skull]

The group, still shocked after making the wrong accusation, decide to reconvene in another location to eat. Around the table, fingers are pointed at one another. Accusations are being made left and right. Just then, Spider-Woman quiets everyone down. She tells them that they must think of a more coherent plan to scope out the traitor. Batman interrupts.

Batman: "You're all doing this wrong!" "Now I've put some clues tog---"

Just then, the Dark Knight, begins to shake. "Something's wrong with the wine!" In a matter of seconds, flesh eating bacteria begins to develop rapidly inside Batman's body, eating him inside out. For years, Batman's rogues have tried to eliminate him and failed. But for this night, the traitor has finally succeeded. The Dark Knight has been poisoned.

Spider-Woman: "Oh !@#$"












::ZrRrRtTt::

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[Bouncing Boy]

"Holy Grife," Bouncing Boy exclamed, "the traitor killed Batman! That's not how he died according to the history tapes. Poisoning with flesh-eating bacteria, who would have done such a thing? If I had to guess, I'd think it was John Constatine."

Suspect List
00 Grazzt - The Shade
00 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
01 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
00 Puma - Professor Xavier
00 mattbib - Cyclops
00 ScottDMSimmons - Robotman
00 darkkeeperjr - Batman [ELIMINATED]
00 tangentman - Spider-Woman (Drew)
00 Bouncing Boy - Bouncing Boy
00 BYC - Shadow King [ELIMINATED]
00 Motormouse - Judge Dredd
00 Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha
00 Forefinger - Lobo [BANISHED]

[Jack Zodiac]

Irwin vomits his cheesesteak gratuitously all over the table after witnessing the most horrific thing he's ever seen.

Are we in a Vertigo title? Jesus! *hack!* Oh man, if he weren't already gone I would've pinned that one on Lobo. That was graphic. I mean, flesh-eating bacteria? Who else is that sick and twisted and depraved?

Oh, I know. Judge Dredd is! :mad:

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[Sean Whitmore]

Constantine looked at Bouncing Boy and snorted derisively. He held up his cigarette between two fingers in front of the Legionnaire's face.

"THIS thing gives me the only flesh-eating virus I care about, sonny."

"If biological warfare is whacher after, check wi' Catain Stormtrooper over here," he added, nodding toward Judge Dredd.


Suspect List
00 Grazzt - The Shade
00 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
01 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
00 Puma - Professor Xavier
00 mattbib - Cyclops
00 ScottDMSimmons - Robotman
00 darkkeeperjr - Batman [ELIMINATED]
00 tangentman - Spider-Woman (Drew)
00 Bouncing Boy - Bouncing Boy
00 BYC - Shadow King [ELIMINATED]
02 Motormouse - Judge Dredd
00 Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha
00 Forefinger - Lobo [BANISHED][/QUOTE]

[The Purple Skull]

The SHIELD Agent has forwarded me their latest report. Unfortunately, their guess was incorrect.

[darkkeeperjr]

HOLY BAT-DEATH!!! Surely I can't be dead. Why would I be drinking on the job? Especially wine. I must have taken a bat antidote before I drank the poison. I should be coming to soon, shouldn't I?....OH MY! Mom, Dad, your alive like me. ...oh dang! they got me.

[Puma]

hmmm, flesh eating poison....my thoughts point towards Robotman

[mattbib]

Quickly regaining his composure after the caped crusader's violent demise, Cyclops regains his composure and eyes the room warily and then glares at the man across from him.

"There's only one person here capable of something this despicable. The same man who's lied to me my entire life. The same man who's held a sick torch for my dead wife since she was a girl. The same man who's demonstrated time and again that he's lost all morals. I'm talking about you, Professor X."

Suspect List
00 Grazzt - The Shade
00 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
01 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
01 Puma - Professor Xavier
00 mattbib - Cyclops
01 ScottDMSimmons - Robotman
00 darkkeeperjr - Batman [ELIMINATED]
00 tangentman - Spider-Woman (Drew)
00 Bouncing Boy - Bouncing Boy
00 BYC - Shadow King [ELIMINATED]
02 Motormouse - Judge Dredd
00 Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha
00 Forefinger - Lobo [BANISHED]

[Jack Zodiac]

HOLY BAT-DEATH!!! Surely I can't be dead. Why would I be drinking on the job? Especially wine. I must have taken a bat antidote before I drank the poison. I should be coming to soon, shouldn't I?....OH MY! Mom, Dad, your alive like me. ...oh dang they got me.

Don't worry, buddy! Trust me, I've died more than enough times to know, if a writer's got an idea for ya', you're still alive and kickin'! Hopefully the next story won't end with you being eaten from the inside out. :eek:

[ScottDMSimmons]

Cliff's human brain raced as his computerized eyes took in the horrific moment of watching one of his universe's beloved "trinity" fall before him. Poisoned, they said.

Initially, his thoughts were that poison was something spiders did. But Jessica Drew had been leading the meeting and reacted with shock when Bruce keeled over.

Eyeing the suspects yet again, he stopped when he got to The Shade. Cliff knew John drank out of habit and make a fool of himself, but with Shade drinking was like an artform and did it with dignity. Who better to kill someone with a "touch of class" than SHADE?

[The Purple Skull]

Updated voting list
01 Grazzt - The Shade
00 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
01 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
01 Puma - Professor Xavier
00 mattbib - Cyclops
01 ScottDMSimmons - Robotman
00 darkkeeperjr - Batman [ELIMINATED]
00 tangentman - Spider-Woman (Drew)
00 Bouncing Boy - Bouncing Boy
00 BYC - Shadow King [ELIMINATED]
02 Motormouse - Judge Dredd
00 Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha
00 Forefinger - Lobo [BANISHED]

[Motormouse]

Irwin vomits his cheesesteak gratuitously all over the table after witnessing the most horrific thing he's ever seen.

Who else is that sick and twisted and depraved?

Oh, I know. Judge Dredd is! :mad:

http://www.sitefights.com/community/spirit/jackzodiac//evilmonkey.gif
Trying to shift blame onto a mega-city judge is a crime citizen, right now you're looking at a 50-120 year stretch in the iso-cubes. I know that you are in fact, the traitor. Go on, admit it, and i promise to end your suffering and inner turmoil in as humane a way as a Dum-Dum will allow.

[Forefinger]

You monsters! :( Do you have any idea how long it took him to get back into the spotlight? He was a midget running around with Young Justice for so long, everyone forgot how hilarious and brutally violent he could be, and now you've ruined it all! :mad: A pox on you!
HAW HAW HAW Buncha bastiches. You know that Lobo is killing, drinking, and fornicating in Limbo or wherever he is.

[Joe Acro]

Johnny Alpha wasn't affected by Batman's death. He'd seen worse done to people he'd actually known. The important thing, though, was that a clue had revealed itself. Bouncing Boy had implied he was from the future, the future of the same world as this Batman character. He, and the cop everyone was accusing, would have access to biological weapons. Those thoughts, though, he'd keep to himself. However, he felt like pointing out something to everyone else.

"Do all of you not realize that Ambush Bug had been the first one to place blame after Shadow King died? And that when Batman voted against him, he ended up dead?"

That left three possible culprits. Johnny decided to wait until everyone had spoken to decide.

[Jack Zodiac]

Trying to shift blame onto a mega-city judge is a crime citizen, right now you're looking at a 50-120 year stretch in the iso-cubes. I know that you are in fact, the traitor. Go on, admit it, and i promise to end your suffering and inner turmoil in as humane a way as a Dum-Dum will allow.

It was me! I'm sorry! :(

Wait, no, it wasn't me! It was the sock puppet and the giant koala! They're in on this, man! Someone's trying to frame me! I have all kinds of enemies!

http://www.sitefights.com/community/spirit/jackzodiac//abug4_p.jpg

See that? That ain't normal.


"Do all of you not realize that Ambush Bug had been the first one to place blame after Shadow King died? And that when Batman voted against him, he ended up dead?"

Yeah, along with four other people, and you don't see me eyeing any of them up. It isn't my fault you hyenas are all-too ready to feast on the poor, downtrodden characters.

Uh, except you, Johnny. You're an alright fella', aside from that goofy helmet and the fact that you condemned probably the only person in any comic I'd consider a friend. Other than that, though...

[Joe Acro]

Johnny Alpha felt he must reply. "Though others did vote for you, Batman voted for you first, initiating the idea. And you are indeed targeting one who voted for you. Judge Dredd was willing to have you be disposed of last round. Do you expect me to believe this to be coincidence?"

[Jack Zodiac]

Absolutely! Look at the evidence! Shadow King is beheaded. Fella' ain't got a head to speak of, really! What kind of axe would be able to bust his metaphysical noggin'? Something from the future, probably. Or space! Hence my initial accusation of The Main Man. Little did I know that it was all a clever ruse to turn castaway character against castaway character!

Batman was the first to accuse me, but c'mon! Where the hell am I gonna' get an axe like that? It's like he didn't even do any detective work! Then he's the next to go, which obviously points towards me, right? Huh... my defense sucks. Anyway, Batman dies and of course it makes me look bad, but again, where the hell am I gonna' get a flesh-eating virus? I don't even know where the hell my costume came from, how am I gonna' bioengineer a virus?

I know what this is. You're drawing attention away from Judge Punisher because you two starred in the same anthology! Conspiracy! :mad:

[Forefinger]

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HAW HAW HAW

[BYC]

Shadow King, Batman, and Lobo sit around in limbo, until the game is completed...

Hahahahahaha. At least I didn't get poisoned. And I still blame Xavier.

In his astral form, Shadow King holds up a sign while wandering around the area.

Will Mind Control for food.

[Joe Acro]

I know what this is. You're drawing attention away from Judge Punisher because you two starred in the same anthology! Conspiracy! :mad:
"Anthology? I haven't starred in anything. If you've somehow seen adventures starring me, then you could theoretically have insight into each of our histories and know the proper way to kill any of us. You might have figured how to get a bio-chemical from any of people 'from the future' here! And you know perfectly well that axe was here when we got here. Taking down that old man first was sick."

At this point, Alpha's anger was rising. Acting on impulse, he pulled out his pistol.

"Normally, I can see into the minds of punks like you but something is stopping me. So, here's how it's going to work." Johnny paused, quickly whipping the gun in front of Ambush Bug's face. "Tell me the truth, Bug, or I blow your face off your skull!"

[The Purple Skull]

Just as Alpha was about to pull the trigger, the Beyonder re-appears, turning the gun into a potassium-filled banana (yeah your read that right!).

Beyonder: "You shall make these threats no longer! Either make your accusations in a more civilized manner, or traitor or not, you shall suffer the same fate as Lobo."

Johnny Alpha: "....Fine."

Ambush Bug then proceeds to eat Alpha's banana.


Hey Joe, am I to assume your vote goes to Ambush Bug? Or are you still waiting for everyone to cast their vote?

[Jack Zodiac]

Ambush Bug then proceeds to eat Alpha's banana.

Ewww... Keith never wrote anything that gross. You're a sick man! And you, Johnny. Ever heard of the Fourth Wall? I don't just break it. I climb it and pee off the other side.

[The Purple Skull]

Yeah I just realized what I wrote...I meant the gun that was turned into a banana is what you ate...Sicko! Get your mind off the gutter!

[Grazzt]

The Shade feels uncomfortable about the way John Constantine was looking at Batman (although that could just be because Batman put out one of John's cigs). The Shade also puts in a vote for John Constantine.

What happens in case of a tie?

[Joe Acro]

Still angry, Alpha decides Ambush Bug is the one that needs to go. "I vote Ambush Bug. He ate my gun and insulted my helmet."

Disgusted, Johnny propped himself in the corner, muttering to himself. "That Beyonder guy owes me a gun."

01 Grazzt - The Shade
02 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
02 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
01 Puma - Professor Xavier
00 mattbib - Cyclops
01 ScottDMSimmons - Robotman
00 darkkeeperjr - Batman [ELIMINATED]
00 tangentman - Spider-Woman (Drew)
00 Bouncing Boy - Bouncing Boy
00 BYC - Shadow King [ELIMINATED]
02 Motormouse - Judge Dredd
00 Joe Acro - Johnny Alpha
00 Forefinger - Lobo [BANISHED]

(In the Werewolf Game, in the event of a tie, another voting round takes place, this time with only those who have tied being eligible.)

[Jack Zodiac]

Screw you, Spaceman Spiff! :mad: I've done worse to better!

[Joe Acro]

Johnny Alpha smirked. "Did someone give you that suit one of those times?"

[Jack Zodiac]

Nope. Found this on a laundry freighter that took out my cable one afternoon.

[The Purple Skull]

Once tangentman casts a vote, the next part of the story will be told. And Joe Acro is correct with how a tie-breaker will be resolved.

[Sean Whitmore]

Constantine blew a puff of smoke lazily into the air.

"I love it when the long-underwear types take out their dicks and swordfight."


SEAN

[Joe Acro]

Alpha pondered Constantine's statement. No, even the muttering of the smoker wasn't unnoticed. He would have responded, saying that he wore body armor, but he didn't care. He was pleased with his findings and his more recent remark. He secretly missed his good pal Wulf Sternhammer, knowing that the Viking's overly friendly personality would make even the nicest of villains uncomfortable.

[The Purple Skull]

Meanwhile...Lobo decides to make the most out of his exile in Limbo, by spreading the word of the Church of the Triple Fish-God* as only the Main Man can.

Immortus: Observing Lobo's actions ::sigh:: "Damn Beyonder."

*see recent issues of 52!--The PS

[Jack Zodiac]

Constantine blew a puff of smoke lazily into the air.

"I love it when the long-underwear types take out their dicks and swordfight."


SEAN

Weren't you in the Doom Patrol? Or was that some other walking lung cancer with a British accent and liver failure? ;)

[darkkeeperjr]

If there is any justice Ambush Man will join me, the Batman here in limbo, and he will see how bats eat bugs!

Unofficially voting from the dead.

[Jack Zodiac]

Justice? I've been dead, buddy. I've seen Limbo. I've got a summer home there. I haven't had a speaking role in a comic in years! You've got, like, eight books!

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[Sean Whitmore]

Weren't you in the Doom Patrol? Or was that some other walking lung cancer with a British accent and liver failure? ;)


"Watch who yer gettin' lippy with, sonny jim. I could speak a coupla words an' have you buggerin' Cheeks, the Toy Wonder behind an outlet mall in Cardiff."


SEAN

[Jack Zodiac]

Y'know, I was wonderin' where I left him! Thanks, Johnny!

[Bouncing Boy]

Guys we really shouldn't fight like this, we're trying to find a traitor here.

[The Purple Skull]

Tangentman still hasn't voted, and I really want this game to move forward. So here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to give tangentman until 5:00 ET to cast their vote. If there is no vote, then tangentman's vote will be forefeited. Everyone will then re-vote between Ambush Bug, John Constantine, and Judge Dredd for the tie-breaker.

[Joe Acro]

Tangentman still hasn't voted, and I really want this game to move forward. So here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to give tangentman until 5:00 ET to cast their vote. If there is no vote, then tangentman's vote will be forefeited. Everyone will then re-vote between Ambush Bug, John Constantine, and Judge Dredd for the tie-breaker.
(This is precisely the reason the Werewolf Game has a time-limit every round.)

[The Purple Skull]

(This is precisely the reason the Werewolf Game has a time-limit every round.)
I think I might have to do that next round.

[The Purple Skull]

Well it looks likes tangentman will forfeit their vote for this round. So now, there will be a tie-breaker round:

Suspect List
Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
Motormouse - Judge Dredd

To help ensure the progress of this game, there will now be a time limit for voting. This round's voting will end at 12:30 am ET. Anyone who doesn't vote within the limit will not get their vote counted.

[mattbib]

Angry that Xavier has eluded punishment, Cyclops scowls and looks over these three strangers. "This Constantine fellow reminds me of Pete Wisdom," he thinks," and this Dredd character seems like he'd get along great with Bishop.

"I've always hated insects," he says as he points to Ambush Bug.

[Puma]

hmm, Ambush Bug has certainly been trying to deflect interest on to others...yet Constantine is being a bit more smug than usual and Dredd is too obvious. My vote goes to Constantine

[Puma]

Angry that Xavier has eluded punishment, Cyclops scowls and looks over these three strangers. "This Constantine fellow reminds me of Pete Wisdom," he thinks," and this Dredd character seems like he'd get along great with Bishop.

"I've always hated insects," he says as he points to Ambush Bug.

Scott, we really need to have a session to talk about your deep abandoment issues and the resultant internal rage and paranoia you've recently been displaying in transferring the anger you have for Corsair unto me.

[Sean Whitmore]

"Considerin' Helmet Head an' Bat Boy have never been able to be in the same room together without beating the shite out of each other, I'm sayin' the killer is Judge Dredd. In the pantry. With the flesh-eating bacteria."


SEAN

[Joe Acro]

The Beyonder had requested a recount. He'd taken every name away that wasn't in the tie. It didn't matter to Johnny Alpha, though. Unwavering in his previous decision, he declared that Ambush Bug be the one banished.

02 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
01 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
00 Motormouse - Judge Dredd

[Jack Zodiac]

"I've always hated insects," he says as he points to Ambush Bug.

Hey, at least I never tried laying eggs in your stomach. I can't be all that bad.

I'm still convinced Dredd's the killer. He's the only other person besides Lobo I can think of who's that twisted. I mean, except Constantine, but he's twisted in a sophisticated British sense!

RETCON: Oh, and where the hell is Lil' Miss Hydra? I think we're all being misled.

[Jack Zodiac]

Hey! Wouldn't it be cool if it said, "Last retconned by... when you edited a post?! :D

Irwin snorts and hocks a nasty one on the Fourth Wall.

[ScottDMSimmons]

Tough call... none were who I voted out.

I say Judge Dredd.

[Grazzt]

The Shade realises that patience is a virtue, and keeps his vote directed at John Constantine.

[The Purple Skull]

Updated Votes:

02 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
02 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
03 Motormouse - Judge Dredd

Still waiting on votes from:
tangentman
motormouse
Bouncing Boy

[Motormouse]

It is obvious even without the aid of PSI Judges that Ambush Bug is the traitor in our midst. Perp, you're going down!
http://www.evolvedgames.com/images/cover-dreddA.jpg

[BYC]

Meanwhile, in limbo...

Shadow King, bored with pointless conversations with Lobo, has been trying to take over Batman.

After the Beyonder announced voting has been reopened to only 3 suspects, the Shadow King takes notice.

"I can't respect a man who was played by Keanu Reeves, not that I respect any man."

Shadow King now tries to focus all his psychic might to convince others to vote for Constantine.

[Jack Zodiac]

Irwin Schwab can read between the lines. The lines of reality and imagination. Between his world and the real world and inbetween.

Aw, Keanu wasn't that bad. I mean, sure, he didn't have the hair... or the accent... or the demeanor... and Chaz was played by some kid going through puberty... and John didn't drink or curse enough... and he quit smoking... and The First of the Fallen was played by that weird guy from "Fargo," not Steve Buscemi, but the other one...

But... he wasn't all that bad. Beat the hell out of the "Fantastic Four" movie. The only thing in that movie I'd touch with a ten foot pole is Jessica Alba. :o

[The Purple Skull]

Updated Votes:
03 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
02 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
03 Motormouse - Judge Dredd

Still needs to vote:
tangentman
Bouncing Boy

[Joe Acro]

(What happens if there is another tie?)

[tangentman]

Batman's violent death shocked Spider-Woman into a plaintive silence. Although Jessica hadn't known the Batman long, she had respected his brilliant and disciplined mind. In some respects, she sensed they were kindred spirits.

Tragically, the exceptional detective was lost to the world. Because of the assassin among them. Spider-Woman said nothing as the accusations flew among them. From what she saw, the "Judge" apparently had the means to kill a person so gruesomely. For all the apparently alcoholism, Constantine was an accomplished mystic. Surely he could conjure up a flesh-eating disease, right?

However, Jessica's thoughts kept returning to the most seemingly innocuous one among them. He acted the part of the clown, yet he also managed to distract the accusations away from himself. Jessica stared at the man she accused earlier with a grim smile. "There were good points raised about why and how John and the good Judge could be our killer. They each possess the means--and frankly, the nastiness to pull it off." However...I'm not convinced that Ambush Bug is innocent. After all, the bacteria could've been teleported into Batman's body."

[The Purple Skull]

(What happens if there is another tie?)
If there is another tie (i hope to god not), then there will be another tie-breaker round with an even shorter time limit.

Updated Votes:
04 Jack Zodiac - Ambush Bug
02 Sean Whitmore - John Constantine
03 Motormouse - Judge Dredd

Still needs to vote:
Bouncing Boy

[Jack Zodiac]

Batman's violent death shocked Spider-Woman into a plaintive silence. Although Jessica hadn't known the Batman long, she had respected his brilliant and disciplined mind. In some respects, she sensed they were kindred spirits.

Tragically, the exceptional detective was lost to the world. Because of the assassin among them. Spider-Woman said nothing as the accusations flew among them. From what she saw, the "Judge" apparently had the means to kill a person so gruesomely. For all the apparently alcoholism, Constantine was an accomplished mystic. Surely he could conjure up a flesh-eating disease, right?

However, Jessica's thoughts kept returning to the most seemingly innocuous one among them. He acted the part of the clown, yet he also managed to distract the accusations away from himself. Jessica stared at the man she accused earlier with a grim smile. "There were good points raised about why and how John and the good Judge could be our killer. They each possess the means--and frankly, the nastiness to pull it off." However...I'm not convinced that Ambush Bug is innocent. After all, the bacteria could've been teleported into Batman's body."

Looks at the bubbly words above Jessica's head with an array of facial expressions reacting to each sentence.

Clown? Don't get all high-and-mighty just because Bendis picked you while he scraped the bottom of the barrel looking for characters to fill out his New Avengers! If it weren't for him, you'd be in Limbo with me and the Main Man, just waiting for the day good ol' Keith decides to dust us off for another "Nothing" Special! And you aren't so innocent yourself!

http://www.sitefights.com/community/spirit/jackzodiac//unmasked.jpg

http://www.sitefights.com/community/spirit/jackzodiac//spiderwoman_origin_02.jpg

http://www.sitefights.com/community/spirit/jackzodiac//sledge.jpg

I rest my case.

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[tangentman]

Spider-Woman groaned and rolled her eyes. Not that the Bug could see that gesture, thanks to the opaque masque, but her tone made it clear. "Do you even know what you're saying when you spout off like this, or did you just forget to take your meds?"

[Jack Zodiac]

I didn't forget, the editor did! And don't you roll your eyes at me! At least, if you do, don't narrate it. :rolleyes:

[tangentman]

I didn't forget, the editor did! And don't you roll your eyes at me! At least, if you do, don't narrate it. :rolleyes:

Spider-Woman sighed. "That's what I thought. Skipped your anti-psychotics." She hastily added with a huff, "I still think you're the killer."

[Sean Whitmore]

"This is gettin' ridiculous. You want I should just ask Batman who killed him so we can all go home? Take two minutes."

[Jack Zodiac]

That's right, you can make with the mojo! So, make with the mojo! Just... don't summon Nergal or some horny dog-monster instead, or one of The Fallen, or the Shadow Dog, and try not to kill anybody else, or send them to Hell, or lock 'em in a morgue slab on LSD with a liquifying corpse... or...

Y'know, I think I'll go stand over there while you do this. :(

[Joe Acro]

Alpha was glad to hear someone else becoming fed up with the Bug, too. When Constantine spoke, though, Johnny realized he needed to warn him. "When I tried to get a direct answer, the Beyonder took away my gun. You might suffer a similar fate. I wouldn't risk it."

[Jack Zodiac]

Pfft! "Risk" is one of John Constantine's middle names, and one of my favorite games! Holy crap, I'm rhyming, man! Don't tell the Demon, Etrigan. :(

Knock it off Jack, you !@#$%!

[The Purple Skull]

Minor change: Bouncing Boy's voting deadline has now been reduced to Midnight ET. The Beyonder has grown tired of, as you humans called it, "waiting". :p

[Jack Zodiac]

Maybe he was retconned out in the Waid reboot? That'd suck. :(

[Sean Whitmore]

John awakened from his trance and lit another cigarette.

"Well, Batman didn't see who slotted him, so he's beating up random people until someone tells him. Some bloody detective. And Lobo's apparently been kicked out for doing ungodly things to 'Mazing Man, so Limbo is ANOTHER place he isn't allowed anymore."


SEAN

[The Purple Skull]

Voting has closed. The next part of the story will be posted in a few minutes.

[Jack Zodiac]

I may be hanging from the bottom rung of the DC Universe's ladder, but I'm still better than all of you! I can't die! Haha! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

http://www.sitefights.com/community/spirit/jackzodiac//abspecial_p.jpg

[The Purple Skull]

With the group reconvened, all but one had to yet to cast their vote. If Bouncing Boy voted for Ambush Bug, then he would be next to stand accused. Just when Bouncing Boy was about to cast his vote:

With all the clues I've gathered, I deduce that the traitor is Ambu--- ::ZAP::

Bouncing Boy has mysteriously disappeared! Unbeknowgnst to the group the Legionnaire was teleported to the cell of the monster known as Doomsday!

Dredd: "I knew it! I F#$@# knew it!"

Ambush Bug: "Whoops. Too early?"

Just then, the Beyonder appears.

Beyonder: "So have you made your decision?"

Constantine: "We voted for the damn bug, and he helped us out a bit by zapping the lardo!"

Beyonder: "You are correct! Ambush Bug is the traitor. Now you shall meet your fate at Limbo!"

Ambush Bug: "Nooooo! I demand a recounnnnnt!" ::Am. Bug is now in Limbo::

Beyonder: "Well done. First, I shall bring back the ones who were eliminated from the game. There. Now, you shall receive your prize....."

The group ponders how they can handle having unimaginable power.

Beyonder: "......a lifetime supply of soup! Congratulations to all!"

Lobo: "That's fraggin it?!?!"

Meanwhile, in Limbo
Ambush Bug: HAHAHAHAHA! Losers!

Professor Xavier: ::Sigh:: "Damn Beyonder."

[Joe Acro]

"He should've let me blow his face off. He'd have spent less time with him that way."

[tangentman]

Spider-Woman's theory paid off--the traitor was exposed. Good riddance to irritating bugs. When the Beyonder promised to return those who'd been "murdered", Jessica felt a profound sense of relief. Then, the prize was revealed. She raised an eyebrow. "Do you have Cream of Broccoli or French Onion?"


OOC: Do I rock or do I rock? :D

[Jack Zodiac]

OSTIC (Oh So Totally In Character!): You rock at sucking, ya' sucker! I wasn't even doing it out of sheer evil, I was just bored. Y'know, they had me in mind as the mysterious villain in Identity Crisis, right? You? They gave you to Bendis! Ha!

Now, time to guess the SHIELD agent. I'm saying... Johnny Alpha. Only because Spider-SHIELDra would've been too obvious. And I'd be seriously offended, Johnny-Boy, if you weren't some nobody British comic book character!

See ya' in hell, suckers! I'm off to do my Nowhere Special!

[The Purple Skull]

Hope everyone had fun with the game. I know we hit a bit of a snag with the voting delays, but overall I enjoyed. It got my creative juices going. I hope to continue hearing responses from the players of the game (in character would be swell!).

In the meantime, I'd like to start signups tomorrow (or should I say later today) for a new game. This time, time limits will be enforced each round to help keep the game moving. Hopefully, more players signup and maybe this time the next traitor picked can outlast his opponents.

[Sean Whitmore]

"Fuck am I gonna do with soup? Ya can't smoke soup! Ya can't drink sou--Well, you can drink soup, but who the hell wants to?"

John threw his spent ciggy on the ground and stormed off.

"Sod this fer a game o' soldiers. Oh, an' Johnny Alpha's the SHIELD agent. Cheers."


SEAN

[The Purple Skull]

Oh before I forget, the SHIELD Agent well let Nick Fury tell you guys:

Nick Fury: "Robotman, you're fired!"

Yup it was ScottDMSimmons

[Jack Zodiac]

I'm up for the next game, Skull, whenever you get it goin'. And it's a good thing Bouncing Boy didn't show up, 'cause Joe was gettin' the axe next round. :p

[Jack Zodiac]

Oh before I forget, the SHIELD Agent well let Nick Fury tell you guys:

Nick Fury: "Robotman, you're fired!"

Yup it was ScottDMSimmons

Why me, Cliff old buddy old pal!? :(

http://www.sitefights.com/community/spirit/jackzodiac//dc52_p.jpg

[tangentman]

Robotman as the SHIELD agent makes sense! :D

Yeah, I'm up for another game.


IC: Spider-Woman clucked her tongue at Bug's retort. "Says the guy with more tired jokes than the last 10 years of SNL combined!"

[Jack Zodiac]

Ha! Says the woman with more pity appearances than the last ten years of my career combined!

[BYC]

Shadow King was slipping at his soup, while in Batman's body.

"I hate mushrooms, and I hate Xavier. And now, I hate Ambush Bug. Maybe I should take over his body..."

[Bouncing Boy]

With the group reconvened, all but one had to yet to cast their vote. If Bouncing Boy voted for Ambush Bug, then he would be next to stand accused. Just when Bouncing Boy was about to cast his vote:

With all the clues I've gathered, I deduce that the traitor is Ambu--- ::ZAP::

Bouncing Boy has mysteriously disappeared! Unbeknowgnst to the group the Legionnaire was teleported to the cell of the monster known as Doomsday!

Dredd: "I knew it! I F#$@# knew it!"

Ambush Bug: "Whoops. Too early?"

Just then, the Beyonder appears.

Beyonder: "So have you made your decision?"

Constantine: "We voted for the damn bug, and he helped us out a bit by zapping the lardo!"

Beyonder: "You are correct! Ambush Bug is the traitor. Now you shall meet your fate at Limbo!"

Ambush Bug: "Nooooo! I demand a recounnnnnt!" ::Am. Bug is now in Limbo::

Beyonder: "Well done. First, I shall bring back the ones who were eliminated from the game. There. Now, you shall receive your prize....."

The group ponders how they can handle having unimaginable power.

Beyonder: "......a lifetime supply of soup! Congratulations to all!"

Lobo: "That's fraggin it?!?!"

Meanwhile, in Limbo
Ambush Bug: HAHAHAHAHA! Losers!

Professor Xavier: ::Sigh:: "Damn Beyonder."

Aw man, I was at work, and I missed the revote, so because of that I got teleported to Doomsday, that sucks ass. Though I still maintain that Bouncing Boy could beat Doomsday.

[darkkeeperjr]

See I told you the bug was no good! Hmmm These cans of soup will make a good weapon in my war against crime and stupidity.

[Forefinger]

Why me, Cliff old buddy old pal!? :(

http://www.sitefights.com/community/spirit/jackzodiac//dc52_p.jpg
Good job on being the psycho traitor Jack.

[Joe Acro]

I'm up for the next game, Skull, whenever you get it goin'. And it's a good thing Bouncing Boy didn't show up, 'cause Joe was gettin' the axe next round. :p
(That's only because I had Johnny be willing to kill you, I mean, Ambush Bug. Besides, that would hopefully just fuel my earlier logic instead. You probably could've maybe lasted a round longer.)

[mattbib]

I STILL say it was Xavier. He telepathically fooled everyone into thinking it was the Bug.

[Puma]

I STILL say it was Xavier. He telepathically fooled everyone into thinking it was the Bug.

*shakes head* "Scott, Scott, Scott, when will you ever grow up?"

*telepathically implants the desire to strip naked and run through Salem Center screaming "Warren I want you!" into Scott's fragile and easily manipulated mind*


heh heh heh *Emma, how about we do the Marquis de Sade again?*

[Jack Zodiac]

(That's only because I had Johnny be willing to kill you, I mean, Ambush Bug. Besides, that would hopefully just fuel my earlier logic instead. You probably could've maybe lasted a round longer.)

My "continually implicate myself to make everyone think I was being framed while secretly taking out the people against me" idea wasn't working very well. :(

[ScottDMSimmons]

Well, that game was over fast!

Yep, I was the SHIELD agent. I took it rather seriously and had a whole list going, and likely suspects as the game went on.

It was hard trying to figure out who was the traitor. It was pretty early on in the game, and I think one or two more rounds and I might have figured it out. Ambush Bug was my next guess if Judge Dredd had been eliminated.

In my PM guesses, I had guessed Constantine and Johnny Alpha. I wasn't sure about the SHIELD agent rules the first round, so that's why the vote and guess were the same. The second round I thought Shade was a good choice. Then it was between Bug and Dredd the second round tie-breaker, and I thought Dredd was the most likely of the two.

Sorry, "Fury".... but I only joined up with SHIELD to meet Sharon Carter anyway.

Scott

[Joe Acro]

I was genuinely surprised that after I wrote that outburst no one thought Johnny was the traitor. I'd have considered that suspicious.

[BYC]

So when's the next game? I look forward to having a longer life this time.

[Chris Lang]

OOC: This game over already? Seems like it was just starting. But of course, there's more. There's a lot more!

More on that in a minute, but first, the curtain call pics...

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/Esrom_album/Otherscene/traitorfirstgamepics.png

[Chris Lang]

OOC: And that's a wrap!

Since this game was so short, not sure there's a point in doing credits.

But okay...

Executive Producer

The Purple Skull

(vanity plate while advertisements for the next show play. Meanwhile credits too small to read zip by)

For more info on the Traitor Games, check out The Traitor Game Questions and Discussions Thread (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=360011)!

Oh, and stay tuned for the eventual sequel to this game, Revenge of the Shadow King! Check the aforementioned Discussion Thread for further details! :wink: