Araris Valerian he/him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 (edited) 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. 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. 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 @___ as Mr. Monopoly, who is looking to redevelop the House @Through the living Wahr as Warren the wisp-followed @Fizz9 as Patrick, a friendly neighborhood smith @Through The Living Star as Mabel, who is secretly not a grouch @Akimikoisthecutest as Talasin the journalist @Qianweilian as Randal Boar, who might be really lost @Doc12 as Verna, a writer enamored by the House @Mist. as Brax @Frozen Mint as Luminair, a disciple of Aralis @Divergent as Archie @Miss Fallen as K. Tims, yoyo artist extraordinaire @Conure1243 as Liam @StrikerEZ as Variel the dark and funky @Verdance as Harley, a secretary with a detective complex Edited April 19 by Araris Valerian 4
StrikerEZ he/him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 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.
Myst He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 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.
Through the living Wahr He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 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 Posted April 19 Posted April 19 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
Through the living Wahr He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 @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 Posted April 19 Posted April 19 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.
Doc12 Posted April 19 Posted April 19 I also chose upstairs for my exploration. As I didn't receive a role and am still a villager, it's for sure scenario 2 Jokes aside, I do think it would be interesting for everyone to share where they explored last night. Won't be of any help in scenario 1, where (14x20%=3) players are motivated to lie, but in scenario 2 and 3 there's only 1 person motivated to lie would lie. One of the actual concrete hints could be the butler's gift. If in the vote count tonight a player's vote counts twice, we know we're in either scenario 1 or 3. The other way is clue-searching. I'm not completely sure of the mechanics between searching the house for clues or items, but from what I understand we have a 65% chance of finding a relevant clue and a 10-70% chance of finding an item (70% for the shoe, 10% for a useful item) It seems like searching for clues for the first couple rounds would be the helpful to determine exactly what kind of situation we've found ourselves in, but not after that. ------------------------------- Quote “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. Verna gasped in delight. Placing her hand on the deck, she closed her eyes. Her slender fingers tapped the cards, before settling on one that called to her. She pulled it. A great crescent moon in the sky, a goddess watching, moon motes like possibilities drifting into the city below. "Art thou pale for weariness Of climbing Heaven, and gazing on the earth, Wandering companionless Among the stars that have a different birth,— And ever changing, like a joyless eye That finds no object worth its constancy?" Verna let out a happy sigh. "What a gift. Thank you, dearest." She lifted her veil, just slightly enough that Brax might catch a glimpse of a pale face and dark lips curved into a smile. "Now, you must name something I might give you in return." (Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley)
StrikerEZ he/him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 I explored the basement for no particular reason. I do want to point out that we maybe shouldn’t gang up on anyone who is reticent of sharing where they explored N0. I do agree that it is most beneficial for the village, but I can understand the possibility of someone being reluctant there. Granted, that might not even be necessary caveat. For all I know everyone will just come out and share where they explored and we’ll just have to reason out what scenario we ended up in.
Verdance he/him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 I explored upstairs for no reason other than RP cause that’s what my character would do And I didn’t read the rules until after I explored upstairs
Stardust She/Her Posted April 19 Posted April 19 I explored the ground floor because tbh I had no clue what to do and figured that ground floor was as good as any. Also it kinda makes sense for my character.
Myst He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 I’m seeing a lot of ground floor and upstairs. So unless the luck went wonky, that seems to suggest scenario 1 or 2. Just going by weights(remember this is all chance do there’s no guarantee that this is accurate) In scenario 1, that would suggest an Elim in Striker or I(I admit, I explored the basement for the express purpose of weighting my chances of being Elim, since I felt scenario 1 was likely from what people said) or perhaps both. In scenario 2, that suggests the gun in Wahr, Fizz, Star and ____ *these aren’t complete lists and it’s very chance based, so I’m not sure how helpful it’ll be, but the weighting should be mostly accurate in scenario 1, since there’s 3 chances of Elim. I think either way though we can soft clear the people who explored upstairs for now(obviously not anyone after this post, but the people who claimed before this) because while it’s not bulletproof, it leaves the chances in our favor Striker
Mint11 she/her Posted April 19 Posted April 19 (edited) okay so I thought the scenario would actually be revealed on D1. this should be interesting 13 hours ago, StrikerEZ said: 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. hello! I don't have much going, except that I chose to explore the basement. also that doc PM'ed me my guess yesterday was that most people would choose to explore either the upstairs or basement, which would lead to scenario 2 or 3. I wanted to be village this game, so I figured basement would be my safest bet. of course, if I do get converted later, I will show no mercy current tally: Upstairs: doc, divergent, ver Ground: ___ (aka mippo), wahr, fizz, star Basement: mist, mint @Through the living Wahr @Divergent @Doc12 @Fizz9 @___ any particular reason you guys chose to explore the floor you did? edit: I put my vote in the wrong place :') fixed now edit2: last time, unless I got something else wrong.... Edited April 19 by Frozen Mint
___ He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 9 minutes ago, Frozen Mint said: okay so I thought the scenario would actually be revealed on D1. this should be interesting hello! I don't have much going, except that I chose to explore the basement. also that doc PM'ed me my guess yesterday was that most people would choose to explore either the upstairs or basement, which would lead to scenario 2 or 3. I wanted to be village this game, so I figured basement would be my safest bet. of course, if I do get converted later, I will show no mercy current tally: Upstairs: doc, divergent, ver Ground: ___ (aka mippo), wahr, fizz, star Basement: mist, mint @Through the living Wahr @Divergent @Doc12 @Fizz9 @___ any particular reason you guys chose to explore the floor you did? edit: I put my vote in the wrong place :') fixed now edit2: last time, unless I got something else wrong.... I forgot to vote, it was randomized
Through the living Wahr He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 11 minutes ago, Frozen Mint said: okay so I thought the scenario would actually be revealed on D1. this should be interesting hello! I don't have much going, except that I chose to explore the basement. also that doc PM'ed me my guess yesterday was that most people would choose to explore either the upstairs or basement, which would lead to scenario 2 or 3. I wanted to be village this game, so I figured basement would be my safest bet. of course, if I do get converted later, I will show no mercy current tally: Upstairs: doc, divergent, ver Ground: ___ (aka mippo), wahr, fizz, star Basement: mist, mint @Through the living Wahr @Divergent @Doc12 @Fizz9 @___ any particular reason you guys chose to explore the floor you did? edit: I put my vote in the wrong place :') fixed now edit2: last time, unless I got something else wrong.... There wasnt really a reason for why I explored the Basement
Myst He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 1 hour ago, Through the living Wahr said: There wasnt really a reason for why I explored the Basement Huh? Didn’t you say you explored th ground floor? 12 hours ago, Through the living Wahr said: 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 See?
Fizz9 Posted April 19 Posted April 19 1 hour ago, Frozen Mint said: any particular reason you guys chose to explore the floor you did? Just seemed like the best option. *Shrugs* I'm going to poke someone, so I might as well poke Through the living Wahr.
Myst He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 Alright, the tallies I’ve seen have had wrong information, or have been missing stuff, which is weird, because this isn’t even a page long, so here: Upstairs: Dive, Doc, Ver, Middle Floor: Wahr, Star, ____, Fizz, Basement: Mist, Striker, Mint. hmmm, I might need to take back what I said earlier, this is a pretty even distribution, so no more soft clearing of the upper floor people from me. Unless the remaining people who haven’t declared yet all went to the same floor, I think the numbers are close enough that we can’t figure it out based on that. 1
Through the living Wahr He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 1 hour ago, Mist. said: Huh? Didn’t you say you explored th ground floor? See? The Basement Quote was just a Mistake by me, english is not my first language and it was just a mix up in the Moment which I didnt noticed. 1
Miss Fallen she/her Posted April 19 Posted April 19 So to continue our exploration declarations, I went upstairs. Also, people with roles doesn’t entirely clear them. The rules have this whole thing about 50/50 for the weighting. “After the scenario is selected, the elims/Kandra/Gun are handed out per the specific scenario. For each choice, a coin flip determines whether the player is selected from the Floor Exploration pool, or from the entire player pool. For example, if only Araris explores the Ground Floor during N0 and Scenario 2 is selected, there is a 50% chance Araris receives the Smoking Gun, and a 50% chance that anyone gets it (Araris could also get it from this roll).“ -this is in the exploration on N0 section So floor and roles don’t equate scenario, but can help. We should definitely prioritize searching for clues; while some may be from the wrong scenario, getting lots of clues will hopefully narrow down which scenario we’re in. This seems like the most solid way to solve the scenario, especially as these will be info we don’t already have.
Myst He/Him Posted April 19 Posted April 19 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Through the living Wahr said: The Basement Quote was just a Mistake by me, english is not my first language and it was just a mix up in the Moment which I didnt noticed. Alright, I assumed so but still wanted to check. 14 minutes ago, Miss Fallen said: So to continue our exploration declarations, I went upstairs. Also, people with roles doesn’t entirely clear them. The rules have this whole thing about 50/50 for the weighting. “After the scenario is selected, the elims/Kandra/Gun are handed out per the specific scenario. For each choice, a coin flip determines whether the player is selected from the Floor Exploration pool, or from the entire player pool. For example, if only Araris explores the Ground Floor during N0 and Scenario 2 is selected, there is a 50% chance Araris receives the Smoking Gun, and a 50% chance that anyone gets it (Araris could also get it from this roll).“ -this is in the exploration on N0 section So floor and roles don’t equate scenario, but can help. We should definitely prioritize searching for clues; while some may be from the wrong scenario, getting lots of clues will hopefully narrow down which scenario we’re in. This seems like the most solid way to solve the scenario, especially as these will be info we don’t already have. Yeah, but it’s all a numbers thing, regardless, with clues it’s numbers, with exploration it’s numbers. I actually think the gift is the best way to figure it out, whoever has the gift knows they do, and can watch their vote to see if they got anything(unless their Elim or Kandra or have the gun) Edit: I suppose I should clarify, the person with the gift should only claim that once they know for sure what the scenario is, if we haven’t figured it out by then(the NK could be helpful in figuring it out) until then do not claim it. Edited April 19 by Mist.
Divergent He/Him Posted April 20 Posted April 20 4 hours ago, Frozen Mint said: okay so I thought the scenario would actually be revealed on D1. this should be interesting hello! I don't have much going, except that I chose to explore the basement. also that doc PM'ed me my guess yesterday was that most people would choose to explore either the upstairs or basement, which would lead to scenario 2 or 3. I wanted to be village this game, so I figured basement would be my safest bet. of course, if I do get converted later, I will show no mercy current tally: Upstairs: doc, divergent, ver Ground: ___ (aka mippo), wahr, fizz, star Basement: mist, mint @Through the living Wahr @Divergent @Doc12 @Fizz9 @___ any particular reason you guys chose to explore the floor you did? edit: I put my vote in the wrong place :') fixed now edit2: last time, unless I got something else wrong.... I signed up because I thought either Scenario 2 or 3 would be interesting to play, and between the two, I liked Scenario 2 more because of the survival aspect So I chose Upstairs to give Scenario 2 better odds of being picked
Verdance he/him Posted April 20 Posted April 20 Erm i will try to participate but am very busy with school and graduation coming up soon so forgive low effort decisions and observations 1
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