Long Game 111:The Third Great Awakening

[___ He/Him]

46 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

"Well well well," Verna breathed, taking in the house. On the outside, decay and ruin - on the inside, tapestries and velvet. "Aren't you a deceitful little thing?"

She walked to a tapestry, vivid reds and bright gold depicting another house. One in another time and place, but perhaps not so different after all. The other explorers had spread out into individuals, some questing upwards, some further into the house, some hunting for the basement entrance. 

A feeling that most would call foreboding swept over her. Madness and terror lay in the wings, like moths under wallpaper. Verna called it 'anticipation'. All her life she had searched for that which lay just behind the skin of the world. Her mind a moth fluttering in the darkness seeking for that Light that would show the world for the pale translucent thing it was. Perhaps she would go mad. Perhaps she would finally see true. 

Perhaps that was what all madness was, really. Seeing the truth of the world while all mundane things became transparent.

Now. Did she want to venture alone, or might there be a like-minded adventurer to quest with? The journalist, Talasin, another lover of words? Stars, the poetry they might make in the twisting corridors of the house! Or perhaps the figure with the cards? There was something powerfully attractive about a man who led his life by his cards, wrestling for meaning and control. Perhaps she would simply walk and see who the house placed in her path.

Laughing quietly to herself, she shut her eyes, listened for otherworldly music, and let her feet take her deeper and deeper into the bowels of the house. 

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(@Akimikoisthecutest @Mist.) Or whoever else would like to RP with this freak  

 

EDIT: I have officially made a Doc PM with everyone in the game except for Mippo, whose name I can't type into the search bar and so you don't get one  This game has so many GMs >> I hope you all appreciate my effort 

My tag rn is ____

Three underscores

[Wahrheitswächter He/Him]

as Warren Ventured deeper into the house he saw a woman who, she had her eyes shut. The light currently shimered on one of the walls, quite near to her. Apparently the light thought that she was important in some way. 

"Hi, I am Warren, may I ask what has brought you here?"

@Doc12

 

[Mystic He/Him]

2 hours ago, Doc12 said:

"Well well well," Verna breathed, taking in the house. On the outside, decay and ruin - on the inside, tapestries and velvet. "Aren't you a deceitful little thing?"

She walked to a tapestry, vivid reds and bright gold depicting another house. One in another time and place, but perhaps not so different after all. The other explorers had spread out into individuals, some questing upwards, some further into the house, some hunting for the basement entrance. 

A feeling that most would call foreboding swept over her. Madness and terror lay in the wings, like moths under wallpaper. Verna called it 'anticipation'. All her life she had searched for that which lay just behind the skin of the world. Her mind a moth fluttering in the darkness seeking for that Light that would show the world for the pale translucent thing it was. Perhaps she would go mad. Perhaps she would finally see true. 

Perhaps that was what all madness was, really. Seeing the truth of the world while all mundane things became transparent.

Now. Did she want to venture alone, or might there be a like-minded adventurer to quest with? The journalist, Talasin, another lover of words? Stars, the poetry they might make in the twisting corridors of the house! Or perhaps the figure with the cards? There was something powerfully attractive about a man who led his life by his cards, wrestling for meaning and control. Perhaps she would simply walk and see who the house placed in her path.

Laughing quietly to herself, she shut her eyes, listened for otherworldly music, and let her feet take her deeper and deeper into the bowels of the house. 

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(@Akimikoisthecutest @Mist.) Or whoever else would like to RP with this freak  

 

EDIT: I have officially made a Doc PM with everyone in the game except for Mippo, whose name I can't type into the search bar and so you don't get one  This game has so many GMs >> I hope you all appreciate my effort 

lol, Brax is looking for a playing card(King of Clubs) made out of literal nothingness, I think he’d be fine with Verna.

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Brax was shuffling his cards, his hands forming tricks on their own. It happened occasionally, but especially when he felt like this. What he’d seen of the house so far didn’t really impress him, but perhaps he hadn’t been following the card as much as he could’ve.

He actually didn’t know where he was in the house. He knew which floor yes, but he hadn’t seen any windows in the past bit, nothing to place himself against.

So picking a random direction, Brax wandered. He almost ran into Verna, her dress and veil stark against the warm tones of the mansion. It was surprising he hadn’t seen her a first glance, but he shrugged it off for now, he probably was just distracted.

“Sorry” he apologized, “I didn’t see you there, I’ve been a bit distracted lately”

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edit: I didn’t see Wahr had already responded, I guess that’s happening now then. 

Edited April 18 by Mist.

[Araris Valerian he/him]

5 hours ago, Qianweilian said:

Randal looked down at his hand. It was empty. Those s'mores were really good... After a moment of indecision, Randal went back outside to get another s'more before re-entering.

Strangely, you can’t figure out a way to get the door open. There aren’t any windows in the entrance hall either.

[Doc12]

2 hours ago, Through the living Wahr said:

as Warren Ventured deeper into the house he saw a woman who, she had her eyes shut. The light currently shimered on one of the walls, quite near to her. Apparently the light thought that she was important in some way. 

"Hi, I am Warren, may I ask what has brought you here?"

@Doc12

 

2 hours ago, Mist. said:

lol, Brax is looking for a playing card(King of Clubs) made out of literal nothingness, I think he’d be fine with Verna.

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Brax was shuffling his cards, his hands forming tricks on their own. It happened occasionally, but especially when he felt like this. What he’d seen of the house so far didn’t really impress him, but perhaps he hadn’t been following the card as much as he could’ve.

He actually didn’t know where he was in the house. He knew which floor yes, but he hadn’t seen any windows in the past bit, nothing to place himself against.

So picking a random direction, Brax wandered. He almost ran into Verna, her dress and veil stark against the warm tones of the mansion. It was surprising he hadn’t seen her a first glance, but he shrugged it off for now, he probably was just distracted.

“Sorry” he apologized, “I didn’t see you there, I’ve been a bit distracted lately”

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edit: I didn’t see Wahr had already responded, I guess that’s happening now then. 

Verna opened her eyes to two men beside her. She laughed, "Well hello there, gentlemen!" A deep curtsy. 

The boy's eyes darted here and there, a Light reflected in his eyes. How tantalizing. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, my darling, you may call me Verna. Forgive my presumption, but there is something in your gaze... You see Something, do you not?" A slow smile crept across her lips. "Something guided you here, my lucky friend. I had no guide but the call of the void that called to its own within my heart. Perhaps we shall venture forth together? I am intrigued to where you might be guided!"

The other man looked sharply over at the word 'void'. Verna reached out, straightened his coat, noting the way he stepped back as her fingers almost brushed his pockets. "And who are you, dearest? One with cards is either a gambler or a cheat - at the mercy of the draw, or hiding one up their sleeve. Tell me, which are you?"

 

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Looks like someone decided I wasn't paying enough attention to her 

Edited April 18 by Doc12

[Fizz9]

Patrick enters the house. It is very creepy here. Suddenly Patrick's palms become sweaty as he fiddles with his horseshoe. Where to explore?

[Verdance he/him]

I understand the rules now. This is definitely not your standard social deduction game, very similar to house on the hill (i miss that game, twas fun)

Edited April 18 by Verdance

[Wahrheitswächter He/Him]

2 hours ago, Doc12 said:

Verna opened her eyes to two men beside her. She laughed, "Well hello there, gentlemen!" A deep curtsy. 

The boy's eyes darted here and there, a Light reflected in his eyes. How tantalizing. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, my darling, you may call me Verna. Forgive my presumption, but there is something in your gaze... You see Something, do you not?" A slow smile crept across her lips. "Something guided you here, my lucky friend. I had no guide but the call of the void that called to its own within my heart. Perhaps we shall venture forth together? I am intrigued to where you might be guided!"

The other man looked sharply over at the word 'void'. Verna reached out, straightened his coat, noting the way he stepped back as her fingers almost brushed his pockets. "And who are you, dearest? One with cards is either a gambler or a cheat - at the mercy of the draw, or hiding one up their sleeve. Tell me, which are you?"

 

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Looks like someone decided I wasn't paying enough attention to her 

"I do see something, theres this strange light, like its shining out of nowhere through unseen crystal or glass, always landing on a surface near me. I do not know what it is. Most of the time it sort of follows me, sonetimes its trying to show me things. But the light is not the reason i am here. There is something inside me, that has compelled me to visit the house, even though every instinct I have tells me to leave. i would love to have some company while exploring the house"

 

[Mystic He/Him]

3 hours ago, Doc12 said:

Verna opened her eyes to two men beside her. She laughed, "Well hello there, gentlemen!" A deep curtsy. 

The boy's eyes darted here and there, a Light reflected in his eyes. How tantalizing. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, my darling, you may call me Verna. Forgive my presumption, but there is something in your gaze... You see Something, do you not?" A slow smile crept across her lips. "Something guided you here, my lucky friend. I had no guide but the call of the void that called to its own within my heart. Perhaps we shall venture forth together? I am intrigued to where you might be guided!"

The other man looked sharply over at the word 'void'. Verna reached out, straightened his coat, noting the way he stepped back as her fingers almost brushed his pockets. "And who are you, dearest? One with cards is either a gambler or a cheat - at the mercy of the draw, or hiding one up their sleeve. Tell me, which are you?"

 

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Looks like someone decided I wasn't paying enough attention to her 

25 minutes ago, Through the living Wahr said:

"I do see something, theres this strange light, like its shining out of nowhere through unseen crystal or glass, always landing on a surface near me. I do not know what it is. Most of the time it sort of follows me, sonetimes its trying to show me things. But the light is not the reason i am here. There is something inside me, that has compelled me to visit the house, even though every instinct I have tells me to leave. i would love to have some company while exploring the house"

 

Brax nodded at Warren’s words, thinking, a light wasn’t what he was looking for, but that was a good sign, it meant there was something here.

He looked up to meet Verna’s eyes, “Both as well as neither, I’m the one shuffling, but the cards have a mind of their own,” he held up his remaining 18 cards, “No matter how I stack it, your guess is as good as mine.”

[Conure1243 He/Him]

Liam's first regret was probably entering the house.

The next regret was having ignored the smores. Coming to himself, he cautiously stepped through the house, taking note of his surroundings. He searched desperately for somewhere that seemed safe.

[Doc12]

1 hour ago, Through the living Wahr said:

"I do see something, theres this strange light, like its shining out of nowhere through unseen crystal or glass, always landing on a surface near me. I do not know what it is. Most of the time it sort of follows me, sonetimes its trying to show me things. But the light is not the reason i am here. There is something inside me, that has compelled me to visit the house, even though every instinct I have tells me to leave. i would love to have some company while exploring the house"

 

Verna hummed, pleased, linking one deathly cold arm with Warrens. "Then let us sally forth. Tell me, darling, upwards to the singing stars, deeper into the house, or shall we seek the depths that has no entrance? Perhaps your Light might lead us to a secret passageway or some grand treasure?

1 hour ago, Mist. said:

Brax nodded at Warren’s words, thinking, a light wasn’t what he was looking for, but that was a good sign, it meant there was something here.

He looked up to meet Verna’s eyes, “Both as well as neither, I’m the one shuffling, but the cards have a mind of their own,” he held up his remaining 18 cards, “No matter how I stack it, your guess is as good as mine.”

With her other arm, she reached out, traced Brax's jaw gently. "Don't you all love thinking there's a third option?" She tapped the pocket where the cards lay, humming in a pleased fashion. "Such power, such danger you keep close to your chest!" How gloriously seductive... "Tell me, dear sir, might I be permitted to draw one?"

[Stardust She/Her]

Mabel stared at the House with contempt. It sure was fancy, wasn't it? 

Though perhaps fancy was too grand a word. Now, the house Mabel had worked at in her younger days... that was fancy. It had a huge overarching stoneway and a beautiful stained glass scene in each room... 

Shaking herself out of her reminiscing, Mabel eyed the room. There were several ornate chairs and fancy rugs in the room. Mabel snorted. That was the sign of true wealth. When you had nothing to spend your money on other than seven chairs that looked exactly the same. 

Besides, the chairs couldn't be all that good. Just because they looked fancy it didn't mean that they were comfy. Plus the food they had offered couldn't be all that good, especially if they had enough for all of them... 

Never mind all of that. Mabel was here, so she would try to make the best of things. Several of the other people who had congregated before the butler had let them in had already set off into the house. Mabel would join them. Gripping her cane, she set off deeper into the house. 

[Araris Valerian he/him]

As a small point of clarification, during Night 0, if I don't receive an exploration location from a player then I will randomly determine where they explore, and notify them of where they ended up looking.

[Miss Fallen she/her]

The House felt wrong. K had been fine before entering, but now she had the oddest sensation. It was like before a performance, when she worried one of her yo-yos was missing. And yet, each time she counted, all of them were right where she stashed them in her pockets.
The butler, whatever his name was, mentioned a kitchen and beds. It would be good to know where the kitchen was; snacks and water were a necessity. And maybe she could find an office- that’s where the good knickknacks would be. 
K pulled a black and gold splattered yo-yo out, then flicked it into a few trapeze variations to keep her fingers nimble. This was the kind of House you stayed alert in. And with that, K set off in to the left in search of a kitchen.

[Mystic He/Him]

51 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

Verna hummed, pleased, linking one deathly cold arm with Warrens. "Then let us sally forth. Tell me, darling, upwards to the singing stars, deeper into the house, or shall we seek the depths that has no entrance? Perhaps your Light might lead us to a secret passageway or some grand treasure?

With her other arm, she reached out, traced Brax's jaw gently. "Don't you all love thinking there's a third option?" She tapped the pocket where the cards lay, humming in a pleased fashion. "Such power, such danger you keep close to your chest!" How gloriously seductive... "Tell me, dear sir, might I be permitted to draw one?"

“Perhaps one, the cards speak to everyone and everything” Brax started to  shuffle the cards, making them fly through the air before landing in a deck in his palm.

“Perhaps it’ll tell something.” He offered the deck to Verna.

[Verdance he/him]

Unrelated, Harley’s favorite playing card is the jack of diamonds. 

Harley creeps up the stairs, which are disappointingly solid and not creaky or unstable at all. They open into the center of a square room, hallways stretching out in three directions. He does his best to remember which direction the balcony was in compared to his current position and orientation in the house, and with scientific precision he sets out in a completely random direction.

Edited April 19 by Verdance

[coco.pudding she/they]

There’s about half an hour left in the cycle to get in your exploration and gift votes!

[Araris Valerian he/him]

The Night has ended! Day 1 will be posted shortly.

[Araris Valerian he/him]

Day 1: A Locked House Mystery

As the night wore on, the various groups eventually split up, each individual hoping to find some secret or treasure they could keep to themselves. And despite the rather long and straight hallways, once separated, the explorers didn't bump into each other the rest of the night.

Somewhere in the house, an explorer turned to leave the room they were inspecting to find the butler's gift lying in the doorway. The explorer picked up the box and tucks it into their bag for safe keeping.

Eventually, growing exhaustion overtook the exploratory urge compelling everyone, and across the House people began to settle in for the night. The well-prepared had sleeping bags, and just conked out on the floor wherever seemed out of the way. Some other folks nestled themselves into the corner of a room, while those fortunate enough to have found a bedroom took full advantage of the House's lavish quarters. Altogether, despite a few strange happenings, the unshared sentiment was that the House wasn't yielding the excitement it had promised from outside.

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Warren wandered back into the entrance hall, yawning, and waved to Randal, who was leaning over something in the corner. Randal was distracted and failed to notice, so Warren padded over to join the taller man. As he stepped closer, Warren turned, and Randall was struck immediately by the paleness of his friend's face. Then he noticed what had been occupying Warren's attention, and the color drained from him as well. A body lay there, evidently strangled to death, given the deep bruising present on its neck.

As the other explorers trickled in, they each saw the body in turn, and a shocked silence prevailed over the entrance hall. Some time after everyone had gathered together, a rather stuffy voice spoke up.

"My friends, I believe this is what they called a 'locked house mystery,'" Harley said. The secretary had donned a deerstalker hat, which made him reasonably convincing as a detective figure. "As our good friend Randal showed last night, the door doesn't open, and I at least was unable to find a single window large enough to leave from. Thus," and he swept his hand out grandly, "the killer must be one of us!"

"Or the butler!" another voice chimed in.

"It couldn't have been the butler!" someone else shouted. "The dead fellow's got marshmallow stains on his neck. Whoever the killer was, they had some s'mores with us last night."

And then it was if a dam had burst for all the voices that began to speak up, each with their own thoughts on the situation.

Harley tried to reassert his "expertise" to gain control of the conversation, but enough of a hubbub was building that his rather quiet voice was drowned out.

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The Haunt has begun! An unnamed friend was killed! He was an Innocent Explorer.

Day 1 has begun, and will end at 8PM Pacific Time on Monday, April 20.

There will be a majority execution this cycle. There is no vote minimum, and ties will be decided randomly.

All GM PMs have been updated.

The value of C, the chance of finding a clue from the pool of clues for the scenario the game is in, is 65%.

Player List:

Spoiler

1. @___ as Mr. Monopoly, who is looking to redevelop the House
2. @Through the living Wahr as Warren the wisp-followed
3. @Fizz9 as Patrick, a friendly neighborhood smith
4. @Through The Living Star as Mabel, who is secretly not a grouch
5. @Akimikoisthecutest as Talasin the journalist
6. @Qianweilian as Randal Boar, who might be really lost
7. @Doc12 as Verna, a writer enamored by the House
8. @Mist. as Brax
9. @Frozen Mint as Luminair, a disciple of Aralis
10. @Divergent as Archie
11. @Miss Fallen as K. Tims, yoyo artist extraordinaire
12. @Conure1243 as Liam
13. @StrikerEZ as Variel the dark and funky
14. @Verdance as Harley, a secretary with a detective complex

 

Edited April 19 by Araris Valerian

[StrikerEZ he/him]

Okay, so clearly we got scenario 3 and I’m the kandra, so you all can just go ahead and execute me now.

The problem we’re facing right now is that no one knows squat about anything. Besides the elims and/or gun guy and/or kandra. Actually I think those are all just or’s. 

Anyway, I think our best course of action is to proceed as if this is a standard elim game until we get actual info proving otherwise. So, to start things off, I’m going to give a lovely poke vote to Frozen Mint to start us off. Someone’s gotta throw down the first vote. 

[Mystic He/Him]

I agree, for now it’s just a guess though. In addition to this, I suggest sharing where we explored so we can maybe guess until we know more. I don’t think we should share Gift Votes though, as depending on what scenario we’re in, that could be potentially game changing and we want them alive.

I explored the Basement. After PMing a few people, I decided that that was the best place to be.

And to add to the votes, Divergent 

Any other thoughts? I will say though that even though our exploration weights the game, it does not guarantee a specific scenario, and so it only gives us probabilities.

[Wahrheitswächter He/Him]

Yeah, so finding out what Scenario we are playing will be quite dificult. Because neither our exploration nor the clues we find will be reliable. The Clues can be wrong and N0 exploration caims can be wrong. And I think whoever is the Elims/First Gun/Kandra could share wrong N0 ecploration to be purposefully misleading. 

I will say though that I have explored the Ground floor.

Now I will poke vote Qian 

 

[Divergent He/Him]

I chose Upstairs for my exploration. It'll probably take a while before we figure out what scenario we're currently in, but I think there's something we could do with the exploration parts to speed up that process. From what I'm seeing, there are clues that are unique to specific scenarios, so perhaps we could coordinate something with that. 

Doc12

[Wahrheitswächter He/Him]

@Divergent

The problem with the Clues is that they are unreliable. Because there is a 35% percent chance to get a clue from another scenario.

So even if you got one of the unique clues, you couldnt be sure of the scenario because the Clue can be wrong

[Divergent He/Him]

5 minutes ago, Through the living Wahr said:

@Divergent

The problem with the Clues is that they are unreliable. Because there is a 35% percent chance to get a clue from another scenario.

So even if you got one of the unique clues, you couldnt be sure of the scenario because the Clue can be wrong

True, yeah, I guess we could stack our searches toward a specific scenario's clues? And the results, while unreliable, could possibly be stacked towards one of the scenarios? I guess the problem is that people might not necessarily be interested in searching for clues over trying to get items and it's still dependent on RNG.