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Night 4: Alpha's Anger
Alpha was enraged, and he had good reason to be. That night, as rain pelted down, the wolves gathered in the clearing next to the tree, and they could hear him howl and roar from within. Entering through the wide crack in its trunk, they saw him snapping and yanking at the chains that bound him to the hollow enclave. In a booming voice that was utterly inhuman, he yowled, YOU HAVE FAILED ME. YOU HAVE DESTROYED ONE OF YOUR OWN.
"Forgive us, Master," pleaded the wolf with the black mark. "We thought it would be a good idea. Those of us who voted for Dacheet are now completely unsuspicious in their eyes. We can secure victory now."
"Besides, Dacheet was a liability," interjected another. "'E was always acting real shifty, and 'e didna have the acting skills to hold out much longer."
But Alpha did not accept this justification. WOLF DOES NOT KILL WOLF! The small wolves cowered, backing away from his enormous frame. After a minute of silence, he spoke again. THERE HAS BEEN AN INTRUDER.
"What? Here?" The wolves were reluctant to believe that anyone had found this place.
DO YOU NOT SMELL IT? IT WAS JUST OUTSIDE. FILTHY MORTAL!
"The rain has washed away any trail that could have been made today," said one, but he stepped outside anyway and pressed his nose to the ground. In a few minutes of searching, he caught a very faint but unmistakeable odour. Re-entering the tree, he announced, "Master is right. There was a human here sometime today.
Gasps and murmurs then among the remaining six wolves. Some bombarded Alpha with questions about the day's events, others talked among themselves about the best way to proceed. Eventually, though, they went about voting.
As the night's representative, the group had elected buhubs. A fairly new addition to the lupine ranks, this was his first official hunt and his chance to prove himself to the rest of the pack. He climbed down the hills leading into the village in wolf form, eyes, ears, and nose open for any unusual activity. As he reached the edge of the woods, he shifted so as not to be caught by any human foolish enough to be out this late. A foolproof plan, he thought, and much better than his superior, who had nearly botched The Noid by appearing in wolf form to him. As silently as possible, he slunk towards the cottage wherein lay his intended victim. With a hairpin in hand to pick the lock, he reached for the doorknob. As soon as he touched it, however, he felt a sudden nauseating feeling. A white light poured into his field of vision from nowhere and completely blinded him. He tried to run, but he was frozen, completely paralyzed by the light. All he could do was wait as the pain got worse, his head feeling like it was going to explode. Then blackness, forever.
In the morning, Einoo was not at all surprised to find a body lying in the street. However, there was something odd about this one, so he called in MikeMcG to examine it before the meeting. Mike took one look at buhubs' corpse and said, "This isn't a wolf kill."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Look, the body is intact. We've never seen a wolf leave a whole corpse. They take limbs 'n' organs to eat. At the very least the heart should been taken."
"Do you think they're changing their MO just to confuse us?"
"It's possible, but I see no reason why they'd quit feeding."
"I'm calling a meeting anyway. A death is a death, and we know there are still more wolves among us." Einoo called the meeting and waiting for all the survivors to assemble. Once the crowd had gathered, he announced, "Last night's victim was buhubs. His death was not like any we have seen before. If it was a wolf, it was a wolf that went out of its way not to take anything from the body. I don't know why this might be. I thought you should all know this in order to make an informed vote." After this, he stepped down from the podium and let the people decide what had happened.
SUMMARY
-Story stuff: The tree was the wolves' meeting place and the place where Alpha is chained. Alpha is very mad. buhubs was killed by holy light on his way to kill, and his death baffles the peoples.
- The wolves' target was protected by the angel.
- buhubs has been killed. He was a wolf.
- It is now day. Everyone vote.
- 11 humans and 6 wolves remain.
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