This.

And. (ooc) I was driving around tonight getting some things done, listening idly to the baseball game and thinking about this game and I feel that I've said some kind of dickish things to Autumn and want to apologize.

I like Autumn. He is seriously driving me up a wall but I don't like being a dick (the kind yet direct ms.path would generally agree with this but also say that I indeed appear to enjoy acting like a dick more often than I realize. She is probably right as usual) and I don't like the feeling that I've been mean in a fucking game.

So. Sorry. (/ooc)

Now back to our regularly scheduled war you bastard brother of mine.

Just to confirm, this is war on House Baratheon of Storm's End at the land/keep Storm's End, correct?

Time for Baelish to hook chief up

(ooc - I can't speak for Autumn but I haven't read anything but in-game conflict into any of the exchanges that have gone here - apart from the brief fonting outbreak. I don't think anyone is seriously upset with anyone - we're all adults - and a bit of conflict makes things interesting).

Karstark - Theon (1)

Asha Greyjoy - Stannis, Florent, Seaworthy (4)

Axell Florent - Balon, Asha, Stark, Karstark, Tywin (7)

No vote - Baelish

Yet to vote: Renly (2), Brienne (1), Penrose (1), Joffrey (2), Tyrion (1/2), Selmy (1/2), Cersei (1/2), Varys (1/2). (8 votes)

Presuming Storm's End votes for Florent then there's more than an absolute majority on him (10 1/2 votes).

Look at me I've become all Varysy.

Lord Stannis I am afraid it would seem that you waited too long before forging an alliance against the Starks. As you pointed out there is no single house that can stand against the northmen on the field of battle now. I would imagine it would require an alliance of most of the other houses to counter his power. Robb Stark's policy of being a friend to all people pays off handsomely. Perhaps he does have a good reason for voting one of your bannermen today. But your alliance was always going to be a temporary affair. And Stark was the one who blinked first.

vote axel

Willing to change my vote for money.

I might note - Renly & company did vote.

I wonder if we can talk Chief into a fresh batch of ravens today.

[ooc] I was thinking this myself - I think it'd make sense. [/ooc]

Now is the time to embrace freedom.

Just so I am clear, we are still on the same day we were yesterday?

So if I sent a PM yesterday then it is burnt until tonight's deadline?

Yes, we are attacking the keep of Storm's End.

[ooc] see above - i think maybe if we reach consensus among the different factions we could reset the PM clock? otherwise today is going to be quiet. self-servingly it also bums me out because i rushed to get 2 ravens out right before deadline when chief came on to tell us about his RL-stuff last night [/ooc]

I haven't taken any offense from anything you said, Path. Everything I write is just roleplay, it's not getting under my skin, so if I'm coming across as a dick, people should let me know. Because then I'll know I'm playing Stannis well. *rimshot*

That is my understanding.

Yes, the Starks have been happy to stand at my side, and I applaud them for that. But meanwhile they have been happy for my reputation to take the hit as I am blamed for every vote and war that they have assisted me in. Whether it makes sense for the houses to join Stark in voting out one of my men, while the Starks take Summerhall, Casterly Rock and house no enemies of the realm, well that is up to the others to decide, I suppose. I wonder who they should worry more about though, the king who has lost land or the one who is swallowing it up.

I think you are playing Stannis extremely well. :banghead: Glad to hear it, I put it out there just in case and felt much better afterwards.

Yet you attack one that has lost land and want the one who you say is swallowing it up to help. Interesting choice.

I've been nothing but up front with you from the start. If I was going to betray you, I would not have shown my hand in an ultimately meaningless vote - I would have saved it for a key battle.

(In which case I should get two ravens as I figured the way the land was lying yesterday and hung onto mine. ;)

If we have two days because Chief is getting bogged under then I'm not sure its going to help having another barrage of Pms.)

You did not lose it, you gave it away. A poor precedent, it seems.

Let's call it a trade and go home.

*shrug* End result is the same, no?

BTW, I would have negotiated with you for the land I'm in right now if you had tried. It wasn't doing either of us any good as it was.

[ooc] Varys is open for business! [/ooc]

I am delaying and will PM you with the land by deadline.

Come now, let's not dither, brother.

I am greatly surprised by this. I would have thought Renly would take his chances defending immediately with his army against Stannis' fleet before Stark can join in. I wonder, idly, what this could mean. Nervous times for Stannis I would imagine.

So, Renly forgoes a day's worth of production from Storm's End, at the very least. Bit different, I guess.

Indeed. embrace it while you can. Methinks you don't have the manpower to see off any potential hunter.

The Iron Fleet provides the Ironborn with a certain degree of security, although you are right of course that they lack the manpower to match up with the other claimants on land. Their likeliest route to victory lies in an alliance.

Yes, their route is as you say. Theon's route to success is to run fast and hide well. Unless he finds that he wants to be caught by whoever is chasing him.

I just keep on fishing.

Perhaps there will be work for you one day soon Ser Barristan.

I don't have the manpower, but I have the plan power.

Ah the insolent arrogance of youth. Where have your plans got you so far Theon? Out of the frying pan into the fire. And then onwards to the oven. But I do like you. You have fire.

I'm not quite sure how the extended day works in terms of emissary work from yesterday, but I'm going to assume that I can return to the House Stark thread by 5PM EST today if I'm cutting off any further communication with my target effective immediately.

You can pretty much return whenever you decide to - just can't go OUT again.

Robb, your explanation didn't exactly warm my heart. I hope that the Greyjoys and anyone else who thinks they might have a friend in the Starks sees exactly how far his friendship holds.

Yes you may. Of course, you can just return whenever you like as well.

Assuming Robb is too ambitious to have his own rebellious man killed, it seems clear that the realm needs to turn their votes towards the lord with more bannermen and more land than anyone else.

UNVOTE ASHA GREYJOY
CLAPHAMSA UNVOTES ASHA GREYJOY
INBLUE UNVOTES ASHA GREYJOY

Disappointing.

Well, if it isn't lord Karstark. Take me to my brother so he can clear my honor and we can end this realms problem with not having a proper king.

Ohhh, what to do with you.

Disappointing that I have unvoted the person you're not voting? Does it matter to you who I vote as you vote out my bannerman?

(I must say I'm not enjoying the dice rolls CW is getting this game.)

Pray tell - of what do you speak Lord Stannis?

I can easily answer - I provided a rational and logical reason for voting his man today, which would have been to his longer term benefit. He chose to get offended.

let me go to war for you, Robb.

At least then I can die with some honor.

Perhaps I have not been relayed the entire reason, as I saw no benefit in it for me.

Regardless, you cannot begrudge me the right to vote wherever I please in a vote in which I am losing.

I provided your man with 2 distinct points, plus an additional note. If that was not what you received, then you need to have a talk with your man.

I will check with him. feel free to send me your captive if you feel badly about my loss.

To field a question posed to me via one of my bannermen - You're misinformed. None of the above.

Well, it seems it doesn't matter where we vote unless someone else moves. So I'll just stick to the plan.

VOTE ASHA GREYJOY
CLAPHAMSA VOTES ASHA GREYJOY
INBLUE VOTE ASHA GREYJOY

Seems to me captured bannermen tend to have a slightly longer lifespan in the North than elsewhere. Just saying.

True that.

Though, Stannis is your only competition.

Kind of a bummer that even with two entire days to vote we still have so many no-votes.

Agreed.

Alright. I'm sick, I'm exhausted, we'll continue these shenanigans tomorrow.

[ooc] Ridiculous day/night at work, will respond to PMs now. [/ooc]

[ooc] You're a beast Chief! [/ooc]

I would make a joke about hearing that alot from my (ex) GF, but given recent circumstances, that doesn't seem like a good idea. ;)

Notice, Robb, that your votes would have made it 8-7.5 Greyjoy.

Indeed. And one half a vote from one of the neutrals would have tied it. A bad risk.

Hmm. I smell mechanic change. Check the first page. Favored by the realm?

You were here at deadline. That was not much of an issue.

You want every king to be your friend, I understand.

I have no idea what that would mean, it's all the Hands.

Except for the one chosen to be my enemy, it seems prudent, yes.

You've no idea how much work I did to help you out in this little conflict. And now you're rather foolishly spurning it.

How am I spurning it? I'm annoyed that my bannerman was just voted out. Wouldn't you have been if I had voted for Karstark, no matter what else I did to help you?

If you're a man of your word I will see that soon, but until I do I have to worry. Only a blind fool would do otherwise.

Hey Robb, I still love you brother.

(Ooc apologies for the ravens I haven't replied to. It's the National Day here. And in other news - looks like you're about to be voted again hoops, unless Theon is taken in again. Wonder what happens when there's no bannermen left to vote)

It happened a day earlier than it would have had to happen anyway. That's really the only difference.

And now it seems I carry the only remaining bannerman eligible to be voted, so it's utterly moot now.

(My timing rules)

Or...not.

The others die

A lovely new wrinkle.

Robb, I hope to send my emissary to you today if available. Or if you have one available, they could come to me.

It seems many have been closeted away for the past few days, I hope that we hear from them all today.

If someone was in Dragonstone, Balon, I never heard from them.

There is a good chance that a raven somehow did not reach a given destination, and as a result instructions to the emissary were missed.

This seems likely to be a mistake of the Seven or R'hllor or most likely, George R.R. Martin. ;)

Which direction you wanna do emissaries, Stannis?