QF79 Cycle 1 - All Under Control

[coco.pudding she/they]

Hm, Qian is an interesting one. I can get behind that, the vibes are certainly off.

(Penguin)

2 minutes ago, Myst said:

He and Star joked about how they would be a lot of actions. Something they can’t know unless they have lots of actions themselves or if they’re in an Elim doc with someone who does. 

Oh that’s a very interesting point actually. I’m not sure it’s completely alignment indicative since it’s a pretty logical assumption to make, but definitely something to watch. 

[___ He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Myst said:

It actually does, just not towards E!Qian

He and Star(edit: Qian and Coco) joked about how they would be a lot of actions. Something they can’t know unless they have lots of actions themselves or if they’re in an Elim doc with someone who does. 
 

edit: sorry, it was Qian and Coco

Well true

That second part is still true tho

[Myst He/Him]

3 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

Hm, Qian is an interesting one. I can get behind that, the vibes are certainly off.

(Penguin)

Oh that’s a very interesting point actually. I’m not sure it’s completely alignment indicative since it’s a pretty logical assumption to make, but definitely something to watch. 

It’s why I’m sure we’re in a high power scenario. I’ve gotten a PM, and TUM has implied one, and I have a few(edit; I have a few abilities myself) which is 5 people.

As such, balancing a game means that the Elims need to be moderate to high power, so that means Qian right now

Edited May 9 by Myst

[___ He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Myst said:

It’s why I’m sure we’re in a high power scenario. I’ve gotten a PM, and TUM has implied one, and I have a few(edit; I have a few abilities myself) which is 5 people.

This is true, I also have a couple

4 minutes ago, Myst said:

As such, balancing a game means that the Elims need to be moderate to high power, so that means Qian right now

That makes sense

[Myst He/Him]

1 minute ago, ___ said:

This is true, I also have a couple

That makes sense

Slightly suspicious of Ver for claiming not to have any, but that can wait till tomorrow 

[___ He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Myst said:

Slightly suspicious of Ver for claiming not to have any, but that can wait till tomorrow 

Sure

I doubt though that everyone has lots of abilities 

[Myst He/Him]

Just now, ___ said:

Sure

I doubt though that everyone has lots of abilities 

Yeah, not as high on my radar as some other people.

[Doc12]

18 hours ago, coco.pudding said:

Azren was shuffling paperwork again. Only today, everything was important. No more small issues. With the events of the previous day, and the escaped human on the loose, everyone was panicking. They signed off on medical leave for several of the injured (though it would need to be delayed until after the crisis was averted, which, they assumed, would be happening quickly), then on overtime for the soldiers, as an increased number of guards would be needed in the halls. Next, they went to work reading the employee handbook for the station, making sure they knew exactly what would be needed in an emergency situation like this one. They had already read it three times cover to cover, of course, but one can never be too knowledgeable. They also made sure additional printouts of the relevant sections were distributed throughout the station. It wouldn’t do for them to be the only one prepared.

Today was a big, terrifying day. But Azren took comfort in their paperwork and in the knowledge that there were protocols in place for this. That nothing could happen to them while those protocols still stood. That soon, everything would return to normal.

(btw qian I don’t actually want to vote you, at least not yet)

16 hours ago, DrakeMarshall said:

"Everything is under control."

Quoth-Yithuqoth chewed these words carefully, turning them over in his mind, contemplating their meaning.

It did not seem like everything was under control, he thought.

By now, the graffiti in the public square read only "The Superiority Will Not Pro." He felt some lingering satisfaction at that - he and his cleanup crew had been hard at work scrubbing away the offending letters. The supervisor had specifically complimented his efforts before giving him permission to take his lunch break.

But the evidence was still there, so the thoughts stayed with him as he went about his day, like a pebble that refused to be dislodged from one's boot. It wasn't just the message in the square, either. People were on edge. His head-tendrils danced in dissatisfaction.

"Everything is under control."

But why would the Administrator lie? That would be counterproductive. Quoth-Yithuquoth was of lesser intelligence, and even he could see that.

Everything must be under control, then. Whatever unrest was transpiring, the Superiority must have intended it all along. Quoth-Yithuqoth did not understand how that made any sense, but surely it did. Somehow. (Maybe it was all a test? No, again, even he could tell that would be foolish, and the Superiority was not foolish.)

Quoth-Yithuquoth thought that was enough thinking for now. This was all too far above his paygrade. His lunch break was almost over, and it was almost time to get back to cleaning up the Superiority's messes.

14 hours ago, Through the living Wahr said:

Zrraii was located in the life support controll room, which by now looked like a giant green geode, he had noticed some sort of unrest but his inability to move resulted in him not knowing what exactly was going on. So he waited if anyone would inform him.

6 hours ago, Through The Living Star said:

The Superiority Will Not Protect You

The words rang in Kitar’s mind as she continued her work. As a medic, she was expected to do that. There were some that had been injured in the darkness- she tended to those now. 
“Can you tell me where the pain is?” She said kindly, asking a young Kitsen. The Kitsen grimaced, then pointed to their head. Then their foot. Then their hand. 
“all over?” Kitar asked. The young Kitsen nodded, and Kitar made a mark in her notes. “I’ll be right back.” Striding away, she turned to talk with one of her co-workers, Quall. “What happened?” Quall hissed. “I was in here!” 
“A human escaped.” 
“What?! I-“

”Get back to work.” That was the voice of the head medic, who was glaring at them. Kitar nodded, returning to the young Kitsen. But still, her mind wondered, what would happen next? 

54 minutes ago, Myst said:

Naux twirled his pen, thinking. He was looking over the lights at the Administration Buildings, and something was off.

He called out of the hole he’d entered the electrical from. “Hey! I found something, circuit breakers on the power lines.” He looked closer, “there’s radio waves coming off of it, probably able to control the circuit remotely”

Naux got out of the wall, quickly changing out of the jumpsuit. “One more thing, the circuit breakers were normal sized”

“Human…” someone whispered 

A large golden Tenasi in crimson tactical armor - Winnifred, chief of the Diplomacy's Security Force - approaches each and every one of you, accompanied by a small squad of armed officers. "Good afternoon, friends, I must ask all of you to come with me down to the Station. You have been identified as a potential suspect in this morning's terrible events, and all of you - yes, even the slugs - are asked to come peacefully. I ask, very calmly, that you do not attempt to resist. This is still the Superiority, after all."

(Loving the RP, everyone! Keep it up!)

Edited May 9 by Doc12

[coco.pudding she/they]

I do agree we’re probably in a high power scenario. And even if we’re not we should probably proceed as if we are just to be safe.

12 minutes ago, Myst said:

As such, balancing a game means that the Elims need to be moderate to high power, so that means Qian right now

Okay here’s the question though—do the elims have a lot of abilities or just a lot of actions? Because there is a difference there, especially when they have to use one action for the kill (or am I wrong about that? @StrikerEZ @Doc12 )

6 minutes ago, Myst said:

Slightly suspicious of Ver for claiming not to have any, but that can wait till tomorrow

Statistically speaking, at least one person probably has no abilities, but that’s also something that would be very easy to lie about. 

[Doc12]

1 minute ago, coco.pudding said:

I do agree we’re probably in a high power scenario. And even if we’re not we should probably proceed as if we are just to be safe.

Okay here’s the question though—do the elims have a lot of abilities or just a lot of actions? Because there is a difference there, especially when they have to use one action for the kill (or am I wrong about that? @StrikerEZ @Doc12 )

Statistically speaking, at least one person probably has no abilities, but that’s also something that would be very easy to lie about. 

Killing does take up an action slot, yes. 

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 hour ago, Qianweilian said:

Wahrheitswächter

 

(jk Wahr I'm going with TUM)

Hmm.

Any reason? (No reason/random counts, I'm just wondering)

1 minute ago, coco.pudding said:

Statistically speaking, at least one person probably has no abilities, but that’s also something that would be very easy to lie about. 

I don't think statistics quite work that way when it's 100% GM decided, but I still agree.

[Myst He/Him]

1 minute ago, coco.pudding said:

I do agree we’re probably in a high power scenario. And even if we’re not we should probably proceed as if we are just to be safe.

Okay here’s the question though—do the elims have a lot of abilities or just a lot of actions? Because there is a difference there, especially when they have to use one action for the kill (or am I wrong about that? @StrikerEZ @Doc12 )

Statistically speaking, at least one person probably has no abilities, but that’s also something that would be very easy to lie about. 

I’d say actions, especially since I’ve been told I can use the same ability twice (I thought one would go to waste) 

But having access to a couple of options as well would be powerful

9 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

I do agree we’re probably in a high power scenario. And even if we’re not we should probably proceed as if we are just to be safe.

Okay here’s the question though—do the elims have a lot of abilities or just a lot of actions? Because there is a difference there, especially when they have to use one action for the kill (or am I wrong about that? @StrikerEZ @Doc12 )

Statistically speaking, at least one person probably has no abilities, but that’s also something that would be very easy to lie about. 

7 minutes ago, The Unknown Medallion said:

Hmm.

Any reason? (No reason/random counts, I'm just wondering)

I don't think statistics quite work that way when it's 100% GM decided, but I still agree.

Well, there’s a following ability, so we can check that

[coco.pudding she/they]

6 minutes ago, Myst said:

Well, there’s a following ability, so we can check that

Ooh I forgot about that one we should definitely check

[Myst He/Him]

4 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

Ooh I forgot about that one we should definitely check

The only thing it can’t check is hyperjumps, since that’s not an action 

[Qianweilian He/him]

7 minutes ago, The Unknown Medallion said:

Hmm.

Any reason? (No reason/random counts, I'm just wondering)

Mostly random.

 

Wow, everyone seems to have turned against me. I guess my jokes weren't that funny after all.

The reason why I am saying there will be several interactions to resolve is that there is probably at least one person who can take three actions per turn. In addition, abilities like roleblock and a very very broad sensor ability make it so that our GMs are going to have to consider several actions when resolving other actions. I suspect that it will be a high power game like others here have said.

For myself, I have the cytonic sensing ability. Afaik, it's pretty useless as it picks random people and if a selected person has multiple targets, it only shows one. Also, it only senses cytonic actions, so not even kills by the elims. But, despite it's relative uselessness, our GMs are going to have to select a random person, select a random amount of their actions, give me a random target, and so on. Many other people might have similar abilities that have to be taken into account for almost every other action.

Please don't exe me. I am a loyal member of the Superiority (albeit maybe one who makes jokes in ill taste).

(I don't want to die)

[Myst He/Him]

1 minute ago, Qianweilian said:

Mostly random.

 

Wow, everyone seems to have turned against me. I guess my jokes weren't that funny after all.

The reason why I am saying there will be several interactions to resolve is that there is probably at least one person who can take three actions per turn. In addition, abilities like roleblock and a very very broad sensor ability make it so that our GMs are going to have to consider several actions when resolving other actions. I suspect that it will be a high power game like others here have said.

For myself, I have the cytonic sensing ability. Afaik, it's pretty useless as it picks random people and if a selected person has multiple targets, it only shows one. Also, it only senses cytonic actions, so not even kills by the elims. But, despite it's relative uselessness, our GMs are going to have to select a random person, select a random amount of their actions, give me a random target, and so on. Many other people might have similar abilities that have to be taken into account for almost every other action.

Please don't exe me. I am a loyal member of the Superiority (albeit maybe one who makes jokes in ill taste).

(I don't want to die)

That’s not what it says in the rules 

Nowhere does it say Sensing is random

edit: who you target at least

Edited May 9 by Myst

[Through the living Wahr He/Him]

27 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

A large golden Tenasi in crimson tactical armor - Winnifred, chief of the Diplomacy's Security Force - approaches each and every one of you, accompanied by a small squad of armed officers. "Good afternoon, friends, I must ask all of you to come with me down to the Station. You have been identified as a potential suspect in this morning's terrible events, and all of you - yes, even the slugs - are asked to come peacefully. I ask, very calmly, that you do not attempt to resist. This is still the Superiority, after all."

(Loving the RP, everyone! Keep it up!)

As Winnifred entered Life Support Control, Zrraii formed a face in the middle of his Geode as he started to vibrate: "I would love to come with you sir, but I think you are aware that I am physically umable to move, and I think by now I am to large for you to move"

[Doc12]

5 minutes ago, Myst said:

That’s not what it says in the rules 

Nowhere does it say Sensing is random

edit: who you target at least

Rules as written, Cytonic Sensing does not target. Apparently its just like a Seeker just listening for random pulses. So. yeah. 

I didn't write the rules I'm just here  

[Myst He/Him]

1 minute ago, Doc12 said:

Rules as written, Cytonic Sensing does not target. Apparently its just like a Seeker just listening for random pulses. So. yeah. 

I didn't write the rules I'm just here  

Does it take an action? Cause if so that’s a kinda terrible ability 

[Qianweilian He/him]

1 minute ago, Myst said:

Does it take an action? Cause if so that’s a kinda terrible ability 

Yes, but I have nothing else to do with it.

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

"The Superiority Will No"

That sounded vaguely menacing. Quoth-Yithuquoth was unsure exactly what it meant, but it was all in a day's work of scrubbing and scouring. Whatever paints the renegades had used were serious business. Thankfully, nobody had gotten seriously hurt, and the peace was ultimately kept. There were rumors about a rampaging human, but Quoth-Yithuquoth didn't personally place much stock in them. He was pretty sure the area wasn't populated enough to sustain an apex predator like a human, so it must just be fearmongering.

He boarded a tram to go home, and noticed a questionaire waiting in his inbox. It was flagged important. Apparently, the Superiority wanted its citizens to report on any unusual sightings. Quoth-Yithuquoth shrugged, and began typing up his report.

Dear Superiority Intelligence Agent,

00:01 - Funny shaped cloud. Looks a little bit like a bow tie if you squint. I thought it was pretty.

00:13 - Dispute between Myst and Qian, quickly defused. Diagnosis still uncertain. May be a slight positive.

13:49 - Several individuals spontaneously drew laser swords, yelled something about the senate, and began dueling in the streets. However, it turned out to be LARP.

Note - Really not a lot has happened so far. The lack of anything happening is probably more noteworthy than anything in particular that happened.

14:53 - Wahr uses probabilistic divination to infer rebellious actors. Mildly negative, in my opinion (not so much the act of using randomness but drawing attention to it in that way), but also not the sort of thing you call a crusade over so shrug.

16:17 - Myst resumes hostilities with Qian. I actually kind of read this positively? I don't actually suspect Qian though, I just like the commitment I guess.

Addendum - Currently looks like a lot of ties and multiple people consulting randomness for decision making. This is not very productive course for democracy to take and I would personally recommend consolidation. However, the Superiority must know best.

Yours truly,

Quoth-Yithuquoth

 

...see, this is why I like pinch-hitting. Don't gotta deal with D1s 

8 hours ago, Qianweilian said:

It depends on your point of view.

Sometimes I wonder if the dissidents may be ri

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking of this 

4 hours ago, TwinStorm said:

Drake lol

that fellows a bit too sneaky for comfort

excuse you I've actually never done anything sneaky ever 

4 hours ago, Through The Living Star said:

Thank you! 
And not really. I feel like it’s really early in the game to tell anything.i don’t think I’m gonna vote anyone right now (unless something else major happens)  because I don’t want to accidentally ex another villager like last time. 

that's fair, but... I'm afraid accidentally exing villagers is a largely unavoidable part of the game imo

the alternative is not exing at all but that's not exactly a winning strategy now is it

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take and all that 

like I get not wanting to make mistakes me too  but my advice is we should still try to exe an evil every day despite that

4 hours ago, Myst said:

I think you’ve got PMs…. : ) and if not you someone else.

that makes 4 other people I can reasonably say have at least one cytonic ability, and 2 of those people probably have 2+, and this is just the things I’ve noticed. So yeah. I can confirm say we’re in a higher power game 

well, those are indeed all the options

PSA that we should probably practice some amount of infosec here and not be too loose with hinting our roles in public too much, although it's not quite as mission critical in a high power game

[Myst He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Qianweilian said:

Yes, but I have nothing else to do with it.

Ah, nvm then, you’re right. Huh. 

1 minute ago, DrakeMarshall said:

"The Superiority Will No"

That sounded vaguely menacing. Quoth-Yithuquoth was unsure exactly what it meant, but it was all in a day's work of scrubbing and scouring. Whatever paints the renegades had used were serious business. Thankfully, nobody had gotten seriously hurt, and the peace was ultimately kept. There were rumors about a rampaging human, but Quoth-Yithuquoth didn't personally place much stock in them. He was pretty sure the area wasn't populated enough to sustain an apex predator like a human, so it must just be fearmongering.

He boarded a tram to go home, and noticed a questionaire waiting in his inbox. It was flagged important. Apparently, the Superiority wanted its citizens to report on any unusual sightings. Quoth-Yithuquoth shrugged, and began typing up his report.

Dear Superiority Intelligence Agent,

00:01 - Funny shaped cloud. Looks a little bit like a bow tie if you squint. I thought it was pretty.

00:13 - Dispute between Myst and Qian, quickly defused. Diagnosis still uncertain. May be a slight positive.

13:49 - Several individuals spontaneously drew laser swords, yelled something about the senate, and began dueling in the streets. However, it turned out to be LARP.

Note - Really not a lot has happened so far. The lack of anything happening is probably more noteworthy than anything in particular that happened.

14:53 - Wahr uses probabilistic divination to infer rebellious actors. Mildly negative, in my opinion (not so much the act of using randomness but drawing attention to it in that way), but also not the sort of thing you call a crusade over so shrug.

16:17 - Myst resumes hostilities with Qian. I actually kind of read this positively? I don't actually suspect Qian though, I just like the commitment I guess.

Addendum - Currently looks like a lot of ties and multiple people consulting randomness for decision making. This is not very productive course for democracy to take and I would personally recommend consolidation. However, the Superiority must know best.

Yours truly,

Quoth-Yithuquoth

 

...see, this is why I like pinch-hitting. Don't gotta deal with D1s 

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking of this 

excuse you I've actually never done anything sneaky ever 

that's fair, but... I'm afraid accidentally exing villagers is a largely unavoidable part of the game imo

the alternative is not exing at all but that's not exactly a winning strategy now is it

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take and all that 

like I get not wanting to make mistakes me too  but my advice is we should still try to exe an evil every day despite that

well, those are indeed all the options

PSA that we should probably practice some amount of infosec here and not be too loose with hinting our roles in public too much, although it's not quite as mission critical in a high power game

Your assuming I’ve been telling the complete truth 

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

Just now, Myst said:

Ah, nvm then, you’re right. Huh. 

Your assuming I’ve been telling the complete truth 

I assume no such things, just be intentional about sharing information is all I s'pose

I'm not particularly directing that at you even if it was a reply to your message, just commenting bc you say you've noticed some likely hints and I've also noticed that so yeah

[Qianweilian He/him]

7 minutes ago, DrakeMarshall said:

that's fair, but... I'm afraid accidentally exing villagers is a largely unavoidable part of the game imo

the alternative is not exing at all but that's not exactly a winning strategy now is it

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take and all that 

like I get not wanting to make mistakes me too  but my advice is we should still try to exe an evil every day despite that

I agree

[Verdance he/him]

5 hours ago, StrikerEZ said:

@Myst @Verdance @coco.pudding @TwinStorm @___ @Through The Living Star @Fizz9 @Through the living Wahr @Qianweilian @DrakeMarshall @IcedOutPenguin @The Unknown Medallion Just a reminder that y'all have just under 8 hours to get any votes and actions in before the cycle ends.

Current Vote Count:

Verdance (1): Through the living Wahr
Through the Living Star (1): ___ (Mippo)

The scud are you talking about

Wahr why