Rufus

I love this! It's a wonderfully juxtaposition of modern parts and fancy greebling techniques with the wholesome happy Fabuland animals. Any chance you could edit in some more pics for those of us too lazy to go to Flickr?

If you like theme cross-overs as much as I do, check out EB member Captain'Spaulding's Fabuland Tank! I think he's brought two of Special Themes's diverse interests together rather beautifully. Tell us what you think!

The scorpions, having delivered Nicholas Hoare to the statue, watch his unmasking.. 'Keep walking into my mouth scorpions; anything's better than the taste of this filth! Urgh!' Later that night, Ahmed Apu is washing his mucky hands in the valley's clear pool. 'I can never seem to get them clean,' he murmurs to himself. He gives up, and wanders away. He is somewhat preoccupied ... ... and doesn't notice the danger. Whump! Ahmed is sent sprawling, hands and head first ... ... straight into the burgeoning pile of camel dung, where he lies unconscious. Meanwhile, Mellifluous Murgatroyd is busy composing the headline news of her career... 'This story has everything!' she says to herself. 'Murder, intrigue, romance, mythology, beings from a fictional universe...' She gets stuck on a word, and turns to a dark, dark figure for help. 'How do you spell "definitely"?' she asks the dark, dark figure. 'Like this: D - E - F - I - A - N - T - L - Y.' says the ever-helpful, dark, dark figure, sniggering. Mellifluous is sceptical. 'Are you sure?' she asks. 'Oh yes. Definitely,' replies the figure, defiantly. 'Oh well,' sighs Mellifluous, 'it'll have to do.' 'Whatever,' says the figure, darkly, as it lunges with its drawn syringe. The figure glances at Mellifluous's copy. 'What a load of trash,' it mutters, as it throws the article onto the fire. The figure drags Melllifluous's unconscious body to the statue. It notices the body of Ahmed Apu lying in the camel dung. 'Waste not, want not,' it thinks ... ... as it drags both to IMHOTEP's open mouth. Ahmed's clothes fall from the chute ... 'Booooring!' booms the statue. Then comes Mellifluous's attire: 'That's more like it! Delicious!' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following morning, Ossie and Is have created a little ice rink from the splashes from their watery exploits of yesterday. 'That pile of clothes is rather getting in the way,' notes Ossie. 'I hope they clear up after themselves when they leave.' The remaining campies are quiet, intent upon the task in front of them. There's the sleazy Gordon Bennett, the dashing and debonair William Fitzpatrick, and the steely, determined Sheila Suxsumb... ... the inscrutable Aloysius, sporting his latest headgear; the supercilious Toulouse LePlot... ... and Ishaq Ettaq: shy and reserved, it appears, in stark contrast to his character description. By the fire stand the indomitable Roger Goodenarde, and his incomprehensible lieutenant Hugh Janus... ... while between them the sassy Jenny Taylor and the efficient Johnson Cox guard Schnookums the bear from any further verbal threats . As one, they turn and look upwards... ... to the towering statue that governs their fate. The Rules Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Innocents or the Cultists. To win the game, the Innocents must eliminate all the Cultists, while the Cultists need to sacrifice ... Virgins. Any Third-Party (neutral) characters will have their own win conditions outlined in their roles. Each day you will be able to vote to lynch a player. Voting should be done in the following format; Vote: Character (Player). Similarly, unvoting is to be done in the format; Unvote: Character (Player). No other format will be accepted. There is no limit to the number of unvotes. The player with the most votes at the end of a game day will be lynched. If there is a tie then the first player to achieve this vote count will be lynched. A game day will last a maximum of 72 hours. You may not vote in the first 24 hours. The day will end after 72 hours, unless the group are decided on a lynch. After the day has concluded, a night stage will commence, which will last a maximum of 48 hours. Night actions must be sent to the host, using the initial character PM thread only, in the first 24 hours of the night stage. They will not be accepted after this deadline has passed. The alignment of lynched players, as well as those that died during the night, will be revealed at the beginning of the next day. You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to you by the game hosts via PM. This includes all the details of your character and role, as well as any night action results. Role claims and reporting of night action results are acceptable, but in your own words only. Do not attempt to use the structure of your role PM to your advantage. Do not play the game outside the thread. Similarly, do not post out of character inside the thread. Game tactics and roles may only be discussed in the game thread or via PM with other players. Private discussion is done at your own risk and should be treated as part of the game. Any reference to previous games or “games... of life”, potatoes, books that people have read, pigeons, films or plays that people may have seen, Harriet, sluts, mathematics, 2pid Rouges or figurative suspense will be treated most harshly. Metagame at your own risk. If you are dead, you may not post in thread or discuss the game with any of the players. Any information you had becomes void, and may not be passed on. You may not edit your posts. You must post in every day thread. If you encounter a problem or have a question, please contact the hosts using your character information PM. No other communication with the hosts will be accepted or acknowledged. Violation of the above rules will result in a 5 vote penalty against you on your first offence, and the death of your character on your second offence. The Players The Great God IMHOTEP (NPC) Do not upset him. Address him correctly or face the consequences. You have been warned. The Guardians – Ossie and Is (Rufus and Pandora - NPCs) Sheila Suxsumb - Played by Tamamono Johnson Cox - Played by Cecilie Jennifer Taylor - Played by Sandy Roger Goodenarde - Played by Professor Flitwick William Fitzpatrick - Played by CorneliusMurdock Hugh Janus - Played by Eskallon Aloysius - Played by ADHO15 Gordon Bennett - Played by KielDaMan Toulouse Leplot - Played by WhiteFang Ishaq Ettaq - Played by Wuntin The Departed Mellifluous Murgatroyd - Played by Scubacarrot - Innocent (Virgin) - sacrificed Night Six Ahmed Apu - Played by Zepher - Innocent - sacrificied Night Six Nicholas Hoare - Played by Fugazi - Cultist - lynched Day Six Ophelia Balls - Played by fhomess - Innocent - sacrificed Night Five Hans Gubernaculum - Played by Bob - Innocent (Virgin) - lynched Day Five Mehmet Attabar - Played by Hinckley - Innocent - sacrificed Night Four Nadir Zenith - Played by JimButcher - Innocent (Virgin) - sacrificed Night Four Betty Swallocks - Played by TinyPiesRUs - Cultist - lynched Day Four Penelope Farago - Played by Waterbrick Down - Innocent - sacrificed Night Three Mustafa Nidia - Played by Brickdoctor - Cultist - lynched Day Three Patrick Fitzwilliam - Played by def - Innocent (Virgin) - sacrificed Night Two Melaena Stools - Played by CallMePieOrDie - Cultist - lynched Day Two Percy Pantwitter - Played by Rick - Innocent (Virgin) - sacrificed Night One Father Thomas “Tomato” Thomson - Played by Ricecracker - Innocent (Virgin) - lynched Day One Reserves zakura VolcanicPanik

Final Vote Tally Nicholas Hoare (Fugazi): 11 votes (Cecilie, CorneliusMurdock, Scubacarrot, Tamamono, Sandy, Zepher, Eskallon, KielDaMan, WhiteFang, ADHO, Professor Flitwick) Roger Goodenarde (Professor Flitwick): 1 vote (Fugazi) Day Six Conclusion The campies have all decided that Nicholas Hoare should be fed to the statue.... ... but he's not going without a fight. 'Let me live!' he pleads, 'or I'll do unspeakable things to this teddy bear.' The campies are outraged. 'Not ... Schnoookums?!' someone wails. 'You wouldn't dare!' Aloysius is so outraged he bites Nicholas on the shoulder. 'Ouch!' yelps Nicholas. 'Right, that's it!' He throws the bear at the delighted Jenny Taylor... 'Schnoookums!' she exclaims, and hugs the bear to her chest, delighted (as, perhaps, is the bear). Nicholas slaps Roger good and hard with the spatula... 'Bhaa-haa-haa yourself, you great stereotype!' he sneers. Having created a distraction, he runs through the crowd.... ... knocking Mellifluous Murgatroyd to the ground. Johnson Cox attempts to rugby-tackle him, but being American, and not wearing the requisite padding, he fails. Nicholas sprints passed the now quite wrinkly Ossie and Is, still enjoying their hot tub... 'Hi, Nicholas,' they chorus, unperturbed. He leaps up the steps, past the hithertoo ignored Spider Guardian, to the remains of the rope-bridge... 'You'll never take me alive!' he screams. '...And?' says someone. ... and plunges into the scorpion pit below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The scorpions, however, have other ideas. To everyone's surprise, not least Nicholas's, a trail of scorpions emerge from the pit, and carry him back down the steps.... ... past the astonished campies, who wisely make a gangway... ... and bear him inexorably into the mouth of the IMHOTEP. Please get your night actions to us within 24 hours.

Great, original idea! But I'm moving it to Special Themes...

Vote Tally Nicholas Hoare (Fugazi): 11 votes (Cecilie, CorneliusMurdock, Scubacarrot, Tamamono, Sandy, Zepher, Eskallon, KielDaMan, WhiteFang, ADHO, Professor Flitwick) Roger Goodenarde (Professor Flitwick): 1 vote (Fugazi) If there are no objections or unvotes within the next 12 hours, we will close the day early.

Vote Tally Nichloas Hoare (Fugazi): 8 votes (Cecilie, CorneliusMurdock, Scubacarrot, Tamamono, Sandy, Zepher, Eskallon, KielDaMan)

Such great entries.... In the end I voted for Wondermonkey's beach scene. It just appealed to me in a visceral way (and makes me want to go on holiday )

I'll vote: Sheldon Wills (Shadows) Diana Mantino (Fugazi) Sylvia Berent (Zepher)

MOD NOTE Erratum Yesterday's final vote tally should have read: Hans Gubernaculum (Bob): 14 votes (CorneliusMurdock, KielDaMan, Zepher, fhomess, ADHO, Scubacarrot, Sandy, Cecilie, Professor Flitwick, Eskallon, Tamamono, Fugazi, Wuntin, WhiteFang) My apologies.

I'll merge this into LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 6 Discussion in due course.

Seven threads below yours, in this forum, is this topic: Brickshelf up, down..who knows! Please look carefully before starting a new topic. I'll merge the two shortly.

I'm going to merge this into the 2012 CREATOR Rumours & Discussion topic.

Challenge Begin

Vote Tally Hans Gubernaculum (Bob): 9 votes (CorneliusMurdock, KielDaMan, Zepher, fhomess, ADHO, Scubacarrot, Sandy, Professor Flitwick, Eskallon) Once again, if there are no objections, and no unvotes, we will close the day early (in 9 hours' time).

Murged

What were your views before????

Yesterday, the people chose scatterbrain Betty Swallocks to sacrifice ... Another Corrupted?!! Yeuck! What have you lot got against statues anyway? Later that night, Nadir Zenith has a dirty job to do... ... because somebody has to do it. It's taking him all night. He is approached by a dark figure. 'Need a little help there?' asks the dark figure, helpfully. Nadir stretches. 'Oh, yes sir, Nadir would be most grateful for your help, sir.' Nadir replies. 'Four nights Nadir has no sleep. What does that camel eat?' 'Here, I can help you sleep,' says the ever-helpful dark figure. Ding! Nadir is dazed. 'That's no good,' says the dark figure to themselves. 'Time to bring out the bigger guns!' 'Well, shovels,' the figure chuckles. Thwack! Nadir is sent sprawling into the sand... ... and the dark figure walks off. 'Tum te tum!' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some time later ... Another figure is out and about, but they are covered with a shimmering blanket. 'Dumby dumb dumb megablock dumb-butts,' the figure seems to mutter, as they kick sand around. Beneath the bwankie, the figure doesn't hear the sound of approaching feet... ... until it's too late. 'Peekaboo!' says the dark figure, 'I can see you!' 'But... how?' replies the bwanketed figure, now revealed to be Mehmet Attabar. 'My mirror bwankie reflects all!' 'Not this time!' yells the dark figure triumphantly as they draw their syringe and prepare to leap... ... but Mehmet deftly sidesteps the leap ... ... and the figure sprawls in the sand. 'Ha ha! I'm better than you, you dumby dumb megablock Cultist!' shrieks Mehmet. 'Aren't I, Schnookums?' The teddy bear does not respond. 'I am soooo better than you, you dumby megablock! I fart in your face, megablock!' Almost overcome by the noxious fumes, the dark figure struggles to its feet... Suddenly, the dark figure grins, and strikes a match. 'Oh well, who needs that syringe anyway?' Whoooooomph! 'Duuuuuuummmmmmmbbbbbbaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssss!' is Mehmet's final word. Humpf. This one tastes of overcooked scorpion. A little later, a dark figure comes to the unconscious Nadir. 'Can't leave that lying there,' says the figure. 'Hup! we go...' Once again, into the statue goes the body. That's more like it! So... pure, so sweet! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next day dawns ... ... and the remaining members of the expedition emerge to a horrific sight. 'Well, this has all gone to shit,' says someone. 'Oh come on, don't give up all hope!' says a second. 'No, I mean... just look ' Ossie and Is are nowhere to be seen. The valley floor is littered with ... partially digested scorpion balls, three-bean chilli ... 'Bleurrrrgh!' says Jenny Taylor. ... and now, vomit. 'Sorry everyone,' says Aloysius. Everyone looks at one another. Someone pipes up, 'Wow, who knew Nadir did so much for us?' The Rules Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Innocents or the Cultists. To win the game, the Innocents must eliminate all the Cultists, while the Cultists need to sacrifice ... Virgins. Any Third-Party (neutral) characters will have their own win conditions outlined in their roles. Each day you will be able to vote to lynch a player. Voting should be done in the following format; Vote: Character (Player). Similarly, unvoting is to be done in the format; Unvote: Character (Player). No other format will be accepted. There is no limit to the number of unvotes. The player with the most votes at the end of a game day will be lynched. If there is a tie then the first player to achieve this vote count will be lynched. A game day will last a maximum of 72 hours. You may not vote in the first 24 hours. The day will end after 72 hours, unless the group are decided on a lynch. After the day has concluded, a night stage will commence, which will last a maximum of 48 hours. Night actions must be sent to the host, using the initial character PM thread only, in the first 24 hours of the night stage. They will not be accepted after this deadline has passed. The alignment of lynched players, as well as those that died during the night, will be revealed at the beginning of the next day. You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to you by the game hosts via PM. This includes all the details of your character and role, as well as any night action results. Role claims and reporting of night action results are acceptable, but in your own words only. Do not attempt to use the structure of your role PM to your advantage. Do not play the game outside the thread. Similarly, do not post out of character inside the thread. Game tactics and roles may only be discussed in the game thread or via PM with other players. Private discussion is done at your own risk and should be treated as part of the game. Any reference to previous games or “games... of life”, potatoes, books that people have read, pigeons, films or plays that people may have seen, Harriet, sluts, mathematics, 2pid Rouges or figurative suspense will be treated most harshly. Metagame at your own risk. If you are dead, you may not post in thread or discuss the game with any of the players. Any information you had becomes void, and may not be passed on. You may not edit your posts. You must post in every day thread. If you encounter a problem or have a question, please contact the hosts using your character information PM. No other communication with the hosts will be accepted or acknowledged. Violation of the above rules will result in a 5 vote penalty against you on your first offence, and the death of your character on your second offence. The Players The Great God IMHOTEP (NPC) Do not upset him. Address him correctly or face the consequences. You have been warned. The Guardians – Ossie and Is (Rufus and Pandora - NPCs) Sheila Suxsumb - Played by Tamamono Johnson Cox - Played by Cecilie Ophelia Balls - Played by fhomess Hans Gubernaculum - Played by Bob Mellifluous Murgatroyd - Played by Scubacarrot Jennifer Taylor - Played by Sandy Nicholas Hoare - Played by Fugazi Roger Goodenarde - Played by Professor Flitwick William Fitzpatrick - Played by CorneliusMurdock Hugh Janus - Played by Eskallon Aloysius - Played by ADHO15 Gordon Bennett - Played by KielDaMan Toulouse Leplot - Played by WhiteFang Ishaq Ettaq - Played by Wuntin Ahmed Apu - Played by Zepher The Departed Mehmet Attabar - Played by Hinckley - Innocent - sacrificed Night Four Nadir Zenith - Played by JimButcher - Innocent (Virgin) - sacrificed Night Four Betty Swallocks - Played by TinyPiesRUs - Cultist - lynched Day Four Penelope Farago - Played by Waterbrick Down - Innocent - sacrificed Night Three Mustafa Nidia - Played by Brickdoctor - Cultist - lynched Day Three Patrick Fitzwilliam - Played by def - Innocent (Virgin) - sacrificed Night Two Melaena Stools - Played by CallMePieOrDie - Cultist - lynched Day Two Percy Pantwitter - Played by Rick - Innocent (Virgin) - sacrificed Night One Father Thomas “Tomato” Thomson - Played by Ricecracker - Innocent (Virgin) - lynched Day One Reserves zakura VolcanicPanik

Apologies for the delay. Day 5 will be with you as soon as possible.

My vote: Diana Mantino (Fugazi) Chris Owen (Tamamono) Diesel Nolan (Dragonator) I'm still not sure what to make of my clue ... but it was nothing to do with colours, fabric, or puddles of blood.

Thanks TinyPies for playing!

Thanks! That was the intention... hence the day opening:

DAY FOUR CONCLUSION Is and Ossie crack a bottle and prepare for the day's end. 'They've been very decisive again today,' notes Ossie. 'Let's hope they know what they're doing.' 'Oh well, I guess we'll find out before too long,' says Is. 'In the meantime, nothing to do but relax and enjoy the show.' 'Too right,' says Ossie. 'Are you ready?' 'One... two... three...' 'Relax!' Today, the campies have focused on the scatty and distractable Betty Swallocks... ... but Betty is having trouble focusing on them. 'Oh look! A pebble!' she exclaims delightedly. 'Uhm... that's not actually a pebble,' warns Nadir. 'Utensils! Woo-hoo!' says Betty. The campers are worried. 'How are we going to get her into the statue?' asks one. 'There's never a carbon freezer when you need one,' says another. 'Gonna give you my love!' screeches a third. 'Every inch of my love!' 'I have an idea!' says someone clever. The campies gather round a makeshift signpost, and prepare to send Betty on her way. 'Hey Betty!' they cry, 'over here!' 'Here's your suitcase,' says Johnson Cox, helpfully. 'Oooh look!' says Betty. 'A sign pointing to France! How did I miss that before?' 'Nice,' remarks someone. 'Och, noooo,' says Mellifluous. 'Not Nice....' Betty climbs the steps, waves farewell to her friends, and prepares for the trip of a lifetime. Please get your night actions to us within 24 hours.

Final Vote Tally Betty Swallocks (TinyPiesRUs): 16 votes (Hinckley, Scubacarrot, CorneliusMurdock, Cecilie, Professor Flitwick, Tamamono, fhomess, JimButcher, Sandy, Fugazi, Eskallon, ADHO, Bob, Zepher, Wuntin, KielDaMan) Day conclusion will follow shortly.

Vote Tally Betty Swallocks (TinyPiesRUs): 16 votes (Hinckley, Scubacarrot, CorneliusMurdock, Cecilie, Professor Flitwick, Tamamono, fhomess, JimButcher, Sandy, Fugazi, Eskallon, ADHO, Bob, Zepher, Wuntin, KielDaMan) Again, if there are no objections and no unvotes, we will close the day early at 7 pm GMT today (about ten and a half hours from now).