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[TOWN WIN] Darkwhite's Role Overdrive Mafia

Inkedust

Harbinger of Sunrise
Location
Pokémon Square
Pronouns
she/her
Partners
  1. ninetales-inkedust
  2. solgaleo-inkedust
  3. xerneas
  4. zoroark-inkedust
  5. zoroark
[[Then why continue bringing up how it might be a night action, despite it being taken during a day phase?

Either way, I do think that this conversation should end here, as we know nothing about the diamond mark other than the fact that it exists and arguing/speculating about an unknown is distracting us from actually scum hunting. I do want to hear more from @Bluwiikoon before I engage with this point again.]]
 

bruh moment

mewtini + kyeugh
Location
Bruh City, USA
Pronouns
she/her (both)
Then why continue bringing up how it might be a night action, despite it being taken during a day phase?
[[ because it might be a night action, and the fact that you think it may fire at the beginning of the night is conjecture and doesn't actually conclusively negate that like you seem to think it does. you're welcome to scumhunt, at any rate. doesn't seem to me like i'm obstructing any existing scumhunting conversation here.

anyway i'm not sure i actively believe this is what happened and it's probably not provable at the moment but i'm interested in pursuing the line of thought because—while as dragonfree/dave say it could have been someone else's—i think it makes some amount of sense for it to be bluwii's. i also still suspect the power may be anti-town and i think it's wise to monitor it.

also, there's like, not really anything else to talk about right now. the dread confirmation seems pretty straightforward to me and i don't see anything interesting in equi's death, but if anyone else does by all means let us know. -q ]]
 

Dragonfree

Moderator
Staff
Location
Iceland
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Partners
  1. butterfree
  2. mightyena
  3. charizard
  4. scyther-mia
  5. vulpix
  6. slugma
  7. chinchou
Also, put me firmly in the category of “trusts Free/Dave;” her playstyle here feels very different from the Christmas mafia last year (which was the last one I was active in).
[[Incidentally, while I'm thrilled you trust me, I do feel obligated to note that in Christmas mafia, which was pure RP, I was playing Mia, who is a very different character, and was kind of wrestling with her throughout - I doubt my playstyle would look much like Christmas mafia regardless!]]

"...You were fucking what."

[[Never mind! Ignore!]]

"Leave her the fuck alone!" Dave snarled.

[[Genuinely planning on it! She wasn't a great character to mafia with, in hindsight.]]

"Fuck you. Which fucking Mia?"

[[Real one, but--]]

Dave growled into the badge's receiver, eyes blazing. "You fuckers bring people back from the dead just to make them play fucking party games with you?"

[[...I mean, if you put it that way.]]

"Here's a fucking thought: how about instead of doing that, like a sadistic prick, you snap your fingers and bring her back in the real world where she belongs?"

[[I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.]]

"Oh yeah. You're fucking hilarious. Just like the evil AI from the movie. Glad you're having fun playing cartoon villain."

There was a sigh from the device, and then nothing further.

"Hope you get fucking cancer."
 

IFBench

Rescue Team Member
Location
Pokemon Paradise
Partners
  1. chikorita-saltriv
  2. bench-gen
  3. charmander
  4. snivy
  5. treecko
  6. tropius
  7. arctozolt
  8. wartortle
  9. zorua
[[...note to self, be careful with my characters.]]

"What do you mean, your characters?!"
 

Dragonfree

Moderator
Staff
Location
Iceland
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Partners
  1. butterfree
  2. mightyena
  3. charizard
  4. scyther-mia
  5. vulpix
  6. slugma
  7. chinchou
[[ i'm still not clear on why most people who have spoken about it seem to consider bluwii's power a daytime action. as far as i can tell the power affects the person he's voting on at the end of the day, according to a condition that isn't evaluated until the votes are final, which to me doesn't really feel like a daytime action at all. it would not go in effect until night definitionally -q ]]
Dave's head snapped back. "I mean, that's possible in theory but it seems pretty fucking convoluted to me. If the power's not supposed to tell them anything, then why would you assume this thing that's being publicly broadcasted is the same thing, instead of just being one of the one billion other things in play here? Obviously that doesn't mean Slakoth can't be lying about their vote power thing, or that it absolutely can't be the diamond shit, but it shouldn't exactly be our working assumption right now that the action really takes place at night and can be redirected to somebody else and somebody decided to redirect it and Slakoth was unaware or lying about the bit where it puts a glowing diamond on the target, for some reason."

[[Dave's a bit, uh, agitated right now. I'm not actually quite this dismissive of it; I do think it's a bit of a reach, but it is reasonable to like, want to keep it in the back of your mind. I definitely don't think it's the most likely explanation, though, given how many other powers we've got running around in this thing and the number of specific circumstances necessary for it to be true. I'm still wary of Bluwii's power, just kind of doubt that's what the diamond is.]]
 

Dragonfree

Moderator
Staff
Location
Iceland
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Partners
  1. butterfree
  2. mightyena
  3. charizard
  4. scyther-mia
  5. vulpix
  6. slugma
  7. chinchou
("Shut the fuck up," Dave growled.)
 

Blossomleaf

Ace Trainer
Pronouns
she/her
"Hmm. Whelp. To be honest I'm of the personal opinion that Sans might be a red herring that mafia is hoping town will focus all their attention for D2." Nanu surmised honestly. "However...given that we are currently in D2 I have to ask, do we normally vote someone out at this point? Or is a Day 2 lynch not ideal?" The Island kahuna asked, figuring now would be a good time to get more information about this 'mafia game' and how it works.
 

bruh moment

mewtini + kyeugh
Location
Bruh City, USA
Pronouns
she/her (both)
[[Dave's a bit, uh, agitated right now. I'm not actually quite this dismissive of it; I do think it's a bit of a reach, but it is reasonable to like, want to keep it in the back of your mind. I definitely don't think it's the most likely explanation, though, given how many other powers we've got running around in this thing and the number of specific circumstances necessary for it to be true. I'm still wary of Bluwii's power, just kind of doubt that's what the diamond is.]]
[[ wish i could just click the like button... but yeah this is basically where i'm at too. -q ]]
 

Persephone

Infinite Screms
Pronouns
her/hers
Partners
  1. mawile
  2. vulpix-alola
The pattern of your—of Kekoa’s thoughts changed. He didn’t notice. The reason why is known to only the gods, probably.

Kekoa glanced at the stone rotom. If it had to happen to someone at least it was the ghost that had already had two lives.

And that brings things to the diamond. “Diamonds, diamonds…” Mythology was more Cuicatl’s thing, but he’d picked up some things in Japan and Alola. “I know there’s a cult in Japan that uses a diamond as a symbol. They worship a time god. Time could do anything, though. Change the length of the day, undo votes, reverse actions… who knows. Or it could be Diancie. Rebirth. Protection. I hope it’s Diancie. That’s less ominous.”

[[I will also be less active this day because I am addicted to PLA and will be driving for eight hours Saturday.
 

HelloYellow17

Gym Leader
Pronouns
She/Her
Partners
  1. suicune
  2. umbreon
  3. mew
  4. lycanroc-wes
  5. leafeon-rui
Puck listened quietly. He wasn’t sure he could make sense of all this “nighttime action versus daytime action” talk. He was barely keeping up with everything from the day before…

He looked at the Skiddo and waved a flipper. He hadn’t noticed before, but it looked like she had two talking stones to guide her. Huh.

[[Yeah this is me saying I did NOT realize @bruh moment was a hydra account, my bad!

Also I’m too tired to go back and quite the specific post but @ShiniGojira I acknowledge your point for now.]]

Puck looked over to the Delcatty, who appeared to be fretting over a mark on her chest. It didn’t seem to be hurting her, though, so it couldn’t be all bad. Right?

Hmm. He had some thoughts to share. But speaking up wasn’t really his style…

[[It’s okay, Puck! You can do it!]]

Hmm. He liked his Rock Friend.

He waddled over to the group and began.

He does not wish to say too much, but currently, he has reason to believe there is a swapper among the group somewhere. And he suspects that the mark on the Delcatty is not related to the Slakoth.

And somehow, inexplicably, he managed to say all of this with a single “Quag.”

[[Yeah so. I don’t want to say too much but I’m pretty sure Bluwii’s power is not involved with Chibi’s condition. I can elaborate if needed, but just know I have good reason to believe this.]]
 

HelloYellow17

Gym Leader
Pronouns
She/Her
Partners
  1. suicune
  2. umbreon
  3. mew
  4. lycanroc-wes
  5. leafeon-rui
He squinted at the Delcatty, then the Slakoth. "Well, what he said yesterday was the recipient of the vote power thing wouldn't know anything about it, so I definitely took it they wouldn't get a glowing fucking diamond on their chest. That's besides the whole redirecting daytime actions thing. So unless he's got something to say that makes that sound even remotely likely, I'm guessing this was somebody else. Fucking everybody has a bunch of powers in this thing; why wouldn't there be another person who can put diamonds on people? We just plain don't have the information right now to guess what's up with it, but at any rate it doesn't look harmful, so I think we're fine to ignore it for now. Person who did it probably shouldn't speak up about it."

Puck blinked at the Mightyena. He was grumpy, but he was making sense. He nodded in agreement with an enthusiastic, “Quag.”

He didn’t approach him, though. He was feisty. And had sharp teeth. Puck was happy to stay where he was.
 

Blossomleaf

Ace Trainer
Pronouns
she/her
"None of us, other than the one who placed that mark, will know whether or not it's helpful or harmful until we see what it does," Mademoiselle thought aloud. "If it's harmful, then it is natural for the one who placed it to keep quiet so they can hide in our midst. But, if it's helpful, we encounter an impasse. Which one is more beneficial? The perpetrator outs themself and explains what the mark does giving us valuable information; or, do they keep themselves safe by not speaking up--which would paint a target on their back, thus removing us of a potent ability?"

Mademoiselle leaned over the delcatty to give herself a closer look at the mark. "I am saying to not be surprised if no one speaks up about it today, as there are many reasons as to why no one will take responsibility."


[[I was referring only to his claim to grant a passive via a vote not his own passive/one-shot.]]

He squinted at the Delcatty, then the Slakoth. "Well, what he said yesterday was the recipient of the vote power thing wouldn't know anything about it, so I definitely took it they wouldn't get a glowing fucking diamond on their chest. That's besides the whole redirecting daytime actions thing. So unless he's got something to say that makes that sound even remotely likely, I'm guessing this was somebody else. Fucking everybody has a bunch of powers in this thing; why wouldn't there be another person who can put diamonds on people? We just plain don't have the information right now to guess what's up with it, but at any rate it doesn't look harmful, so I think we're fine to ignore it for now. Person who did it probably shouldn't speak up about it."
"...Yeah I can get behind what Mademoiselle and Dave are saying for now. Unless Sans or @Bluwiikoon have some additional input to provide." Nanu nodded in agreement. Since he also agreed that there wasn't much else to say for now. Until they steadily got more information from the other players or guardians.
 

Dragonfree

Moderator
Staff
Location
Iceland
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Partners
  1. butterfree
  2. mightyena
  3. charizard
  4. scyther-mia
  5. vulpix
  6. slugma
  7. chinchou
[[Heading to bed! Tomorrow hoooopefully I can take a closer look at some of my suspects, if the thread isn't full of some groundbreaking turn of events by then.]]
 

Panoramic_Vacuum

Hoenn around
Partners
  1. aggron
  2. lairon
The morning brought with it new sights and sounds, festive colors and fluttering banners, booths with games and prizes, the smell of food cooking on grill tops and fryers wafting over the air. Sidney sauntered out from between two brightly colored stalls and made his way over to the group. He stretched his arms over his head, folding them atop the back of his pointed hat, and scowled at a particular spot on the ground. The cold gray of the Rotom's petrified device stuck out like a sore thumb; mockingly lifeless against the vibrant energy of the fair. He exhaled heavily, letting his arms swing heavily back to his sides.

mad_front.png"Fuck, man."

He looked like he was going to say more, but nothing else came out, he simply shook his head. He'd taken a liking to the, what was it? A DS or something like that? The little guy was hilarious, and smart, too. Maybe that's why they'd targeted him? Still, though, the DS wasn't the only person talking sense yesterday, so why them?

Sidney shook his head again, this time more at himself than anything else. I just sucked that there wasn't anything he could have done, not that he could have known in the first place. This was starting to feel more and more like playing hold 'em, and the house took more than just your money when you lost...

They had to find a way to game the system, and fast. Otherwise, the house was gonna win. They always did.

"Okay, so. Yes, I targeted the Froslass, like I said I would yesterday. I don't know how 'Okay, the dread thing works. I've got dread on me rn' could be interpreted other than it did go through."

He squinted at the Delcatty, then the Slakoth. "Well, what he said yesterday was the recipient of the vote power thing wouldn't know anything about it, so I definitely took it they wouldn't get a glowing fucking diamond on their chest. That's besides the whole redirecting daytime actions thing. So unless he's got something to say that makes that sound even remotely likely, I'm guessing this was somebody else. Fucking everybody has a bunch of powers in this thing; why wouldn't there be another person who can put diamonds on people? We just plain don't have the information right now to guess what's up with it, but at any rate it doesn't look harmful, so I think we're fine to ignore it for now. Person who did it probably shouldn't speak up about it."
heh_front.png"Heh, I like you, Dave. And not just 'cause you're a Mightyena either. You're makin' an awful lot of sense. Can we forget what I said yesterday 'bout doubting your powers? Everything played out like you said it would, so I don't see any reason to keep being so skeptical. Can't be too careful, especially since who knows what the fuck else we have to contend with. At least you were up front and honest about yours, so you're all right by me. From one dark-type to another, are we cool?"

[[It’s okay, Puck! You can do it!]]

Hmm. He liked his Rock Friend.

He waddled over to the group and began.

He does not wish to say too much, but currently, he has reason to believe there is a swapper among the group somewhere. And he suspects that the mark on the Delcatty is not related to the Slakoth.

And somehow, inexplicably, he managed to say all of this with a single “Quag.”
what_front.png"Wait, what?" Sidney wasn't sure if he was more surprised that he got all that from a single "quag", or at the information itself. The voice from his guardian badge had suspected that something like that was possible, both the swapping and that the diamond wasn't actually part of the slakoth's powers, but the Quagsire being so sure about it. This meant something. Or at least, it sounded like it did.

Thing is, there had to be like, a hundred different ways the Quagsire could be so sure. Did they know something about the diamond? Or about the recipient? Or maybe they saw something or someone moving about at night? Or did they try to do something last night and it didn't end up where they thought?

neutral frown_front.png"Ugh, there's too many powers in play right now. The Quagsire's onto something though. Can we quit arguing about whether the diamond is related to the Slakoth's powers now? It seemed pretty obvious that it wouldn't be obvious. Or at least not some glowy diamond mark saying "hey look at this cool new power" or some shit. Hell, the Skitty had some good ideas. Maybe it's related to someone's patron because of how it looks?"
 

Bluwiikoon

waow!
Location
Gensokyo, Past and Present ~ Flower Land
Pronouns
He/him
Partners
  1. nosepass-bluwiikoon
sans pensively regarded the remains of Bartholomew for a moment, eyes closed and head bowed. While it was a relief that only one loss had occurred during the night, the sight of the mangled device wasn't very comforting, either.

Sighing, he turned to the rest of the group. "hey gang. i have some ideas about the diamond-shaped-thing here," he gestured to Ajia. "-but, that depends on whether we wanna be speculating about patron legendaries. not sure whether it's a positive or negative effect."

"oh yeah. needless to say, nothing to do with me."
 

Panoramic_Vacuum

Hoenn around
Partners
  1. aggron
  2. lairon
sans pensively regarded the remains of Bartholomew for a moment, eyes closed and head bowed. While it was a relief that only one loss had occurred during the night, the sight of the mangled device wasn't very comforting, either.
neutral frown_front.png"Y'know, that's another thing. Only one elimination last night? In a group of almost twenty? My guardian's makin' a lot of noise about this. They're nervous about some kind of mass elimination event or ability? With at least three people claiming to be able to give some kind of ability or effect to others, not to mention the whole Strings thing... Like, I know we shouldn't panic, but... should we be more nervous about these kinds of things?"
 

HelloYellow17

Gym Leader
Pronouns
She/Her
Partners
  1. suicune
  2. umbreon
  3. mew
  4. lycanroc-wes
  5. leafeon-rui
Puck looked to his Rock Friend. Should he say more?

[[Hmm. Perhaps we can give a little more insight. Not too much.]]

Okay, then.

There is a swapper in play. Most likely, this swapper is a bad guy, but they might be a neutral guy. They could be a good guy, too, but Rock Friend doesn’t find this super likely. But…it could happen.

If the swapper is a bad guy…hmm. Then that would make a certain player look bad, right? It didn’t make as much sense if it came from a neutral person. And if it was a good guy, then they were probably protecting someone.

Huh. This was confusing.

“Quag.”
 

Blossomleaf

Ace Trainer
Pronouns
she/her
The pattern of your—of Kekoa’s thoughts changed. He didn’t notice. The reason why is known to only the gods, probably.

Kekoa glanced at the stone rotom. If it had to happen to someone at least it was the ghost that had already had two lives.

And that brings things to the diamond. “Diamonds, diamonds…” Mythology was more Cuicatl’s thing, but he’d picked up some things in Japan and Alola. “I know there’s a cult in Japan that uses a diamond as a symbol. They worship a time god. Time could do anything, though. Change the length of the day, undo votes, reverse actions… who knows. Or it could be Diancie. Rebirth. Protection. I hope it’s Diancie. That’s less ominous.”

[[I will also be less active this day because I am addicted to PLA and will be driving for eight hours Saturday.

sans pensively regarded the remains of Bartholomew for a moment, eyes closed and head bowed. While it was a relief that only one loss had occurred during the night, the sight of the mangled device wasn't very comforting, either.

Sighing, he turned to the rest of the group. "hey gang. i have some ideas about the diamond-shaped-thing here," he gestured to Ajia. "-but, that depends on whether we wanna be speculating about patron legendaries. not sure whether it's a positive or negative effect."

"oh yeah. needless to say, nothing to do with me."

"Hm. Well given how some folks have already started speculating what patron the diamond could be connected to. I don't see it being a problem necessarily unless we're still concerned about how the "strings" might correlate to the patron or legendary reveals." Nanu replied, glimpsing over at Sidney's pensive frown.

View attachment 2176"Y'know, that's another thing. Only one elimination last night? In a group of almost twenty? My guardian's makin' a lot of noise about this. They're nervous about some kind of mass elimination event or ability? With at least three people claiming to be able to give some kind of ability or effect to others, not to mention the whole Strings thing... Like, I know we shouldn't panic, but... should we be more nervous about these kinds of things?"

"But I think the Cacturne makes a good point here about how we should consider the possibility of abilities capable of eliminating more than one player each night. Since there's a good chance a whole bunch of us might not make it into the next day cycle at this rate. Depending on what other abilities or roles that become active." Nanu contemplated beneath his breath. Before turning his attention towards Puck the Quagsire and his guardian.

Puck looked to his Rock Friend. Should he say more?

[[Hmm. Perhaps we can give a little more insight. Not too much.]]

Okay, then.

There is a swapper in play. Most likely, this swapper is a bad guy, but they might be a neutral guy. They could be a good guy, too, but Rock Friend doesn’t find this super likely. But…it could happen.

If the swapper is a bad guy…hmm. Then that would make a certain player look bad, right? It didn’t make as much sense if it came from a neutral person. And if it was a good guy, then they were probably protecting someone.

Huh. This was confusing.

“Quag.”
"...Okay. So this tidbit sounds interesting, huh. Does your guardian mind sharing her theories as to why she suspects there's a swapper in play? Or does she feel it'll be too risky to speculate the theory out loud?" Nanu inquired curiously, in hopes that maybe there'll be a more solid answer within Puck's one worded yet adorable"Quag" answers.
 

Chibi Pika

Stay positive
Staff
Location
somewhere in spacetime
Pronouns
they/them
Partners
  1. pikachu-chibi
  2. lugia
  3. palkia
  4. lucario-shiny
  5. incineroar-starr
Ajia exhaled slowly. "Right, so... I'm the one with the diamond, and I'm okay with not knowing what it does for now. I don't have enough information to know if it interfered with me last night. For now, I don't want to risk putting someone in danger if it turns out to be a good thing."

"Y'know, that's another thing. Only one elimination last night? In a group of almost twenty? My guardian's makin' a lot of noise about this. They're nervous about some kind of mass elimination event or ability? With at least three people claiming to be able to give some kind of ability or effect to others, not to mention the whole Strings thing... Like, I know we shouldn't panic, but... should we be more nervous about these kinds of things?"
"I'll be honest... I was surprised, too. And my guardian..."--Ajia cast an uncertain glance at the stone--"my guardian was very convinced that this game would have multiple deaths per night. I don't know if we got lucky last night, or..." She trailed off.

There is a swapper in play. Most likely, this swapper is a bad guy, but they might be a neutral guy. They could be a good guy, too, but Rock Friend doesn’t find this super likely. But…it could happen.
Ajia blinked at the Quagsire. "Whoa, uh... I'm less surprised by the fact that we have a swapper than the fact that you know we have one. Aren't there only so many ways you could know that?"

[[Right so... obviously I want to speculate on how you know that, but also I don't want to mess up and put you in danger if I guess right? Uhh.]]
 

bruh moment

mewtini + kyeugh
Location
Bruh City, USA
Pronouns
she/her (both)
[[Right so... obviously I want to speculate on how you know that, but also I don't want to mess up and put you in danger if I guess right? Uhh.]]
[[ my honest opinion is that the mafia's guess is probably as good as yours at this point and by claiming this knowledge yellow has already sort of taken the toothpaste out of the tube, so we might as well unpack it for all it's worth now, but i'm open to argument here and naturally if yellow doesn't want to divulge any further i will not press it. -q ]]
 
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