Pandora

Announcement! Before we all become overrun with Ninjas ( ) it's time to wrap this up! The run-away winner of the Staff Category of the Summer of Friends Building Contest, and thus claimant to the Staff Bragging Rights is...... <drumroll please> DarkDragon! Congratulations DarkDragon, and a big thank you to all of you for making Summer of Friends so much fun! There have been little parcels of Friends happiness winging their way all around the world regularly since the start, and the very much larger parcels of Friends goodies are now well on their way to the Building Contest winners too. So once more, thank you to everyone who got involved, commented in the various Building Contest entries, entered the contests, changed their avatars and voted for the numerous winners. As I said, you guys really made it so much fun. And now that Summer is officially over, grab your scarf and gloves and Ninja throwing star, and backflip your way over to the Action themes forum for the latest theme month!

Day Two Interlude "Beep boop, sniffle" says Little Gary "Aww, I think the robot's caught the nasty cold that's been going round" sympathises Randy, sniffling himself "No" replies Poppy, between sneezes "I think he's actually just sad. Don't worry, Little Gary, we'll make sure you're looked after. " You may now vote. With 13 players remaining, 7 votes are required for a majority.

Absolutely, huge thanks for playing and being so active.

Nyx follows Boomingham up the stairs back onto deck, wondering how she's going to keep an eye on people she can't see. On hearing Skrall's repeat of the Captains words, she can't help but comment. "I knew it, he was the guy in the ridiculous hat! Although I didn't think it was ridiculous, more dashing, but it was described as ridiculous by somebody. Anyway, Ru, Atters, remember when we fought that skelly guy whose name nobody could pronounce or remember? Well Captain Lorenzo was there too, it's true! And we did have some strong words with Patsy about letting people go, so his story is quite believable. And he is very dashing. Do you think we could have a bit of a rest now? I could do with recharging some Ether, and I think others might need to, too."

~~~~~~~~~~ It is the middle of the night, and Poppy and Randy are attending to some business. Namely chucking the corpse of Jean out of the back door of the Police Station. "We should probably do a sweep of the Station while we're up" says Poppy "There'll probably be more." ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile, Gary is wide awake and spending some quality time with 'Little Gary'. "Beepety beep boop" says Little Gary "You're just the bestest friend ever!" replies Gary "Beeeeepety beeeeeeeeeeeep!" shrieks the little robot, but it is too late.... ...Gary is decapitated swiftly, and unbelievably, with a lightsaber "Booop" wails the little robot, as it too suspends its disbelief "Bahahahaha!" chuckles the black figure as it runs off into the night. ~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea is taking the opportunity to catch up on some filing, drinking some herbal tea to soothe her nerves. She hears the slightest sound behind her, and in her heightened anxiety she spins round. "Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa-aaaaargh!" are her unfortunate last words as a dark figure advances with its axe "Tee-hee-hee-hee-hee" laughs the dark figure as it quickly chops Andrea up into little pieces, before it too runs off into the night ~~~~~~~~~~ During their sweep, Randy and Poppy discover the mutilated body of Andrea, gather her together as best they can and take her down to the back door. They also pick up Gary, and his head, and take him away as Little Gary looks on making sad beeping noises. They load the bodies out the back, along with Jean, while Randy makes a call. "Hi, it's me." Randy speaks into his phone "Get the boys on this pronto, I want answers by morning. Yeah, at the back." he nods into the phone "Good, get on it." "Hurry back inside" calls Poppy "I'm starting to get cold" ~~~~~~~~~~ The next morning everyone gathers in the main office space, sitting or standing wherever they can. "You might notice that there's a bit more space this morning" starts Poppy "We found the lifeless bodies of Gary and Andrea last night. Both of them were pretty badly mutilated." The crowd is shocked, although a few seem to be faking their surprise. Everyone looks around, shifting uncomfortably. Randy's phone rings. "This is the news we've been waiting for" continues Poppy "I'm sure you're as interested to know as we are" The room is silent, as if everyone is holding their breath "Yeah, I heard you. Thanks." Randy finishes his call "Well" he says, sighing "That was my team at the KIA. They've thoroughly examined the bodies and they can confirm that.." people grumble at the addition of unnecessary suspense ".. Jean was in fact an innocent member of the Town..." there is much gasping from the crowd ".. Gary was also an innocent member of the Town..." further gasping ".. and Andrea... was also an innocent member of the Town." there is stunned silence "Huh, well that could have gone better" says Poppy to the crowd "I suggest you get talking about who you wish to have interrogated next. It seems you have quite a bit to talk about.." she stares sternly at the assembled inhabitants The Rules Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Town or the Mafia. To win the game, the Town must kill off all the Mafia, while the Mafia needs to outnumber the Town. Third-Party (neutral) characters, if any, have their own win conditions as outlined in their roles. Each day you will be able to vote to lynch a player. Voting should be done in the following format; Vote: Character (Player). Similarly, unvoting is to be done in the format; Unvote: Character (Player). No other format will be accepted. A majority vote is required to lynch a player. A game day will last a maximum of 72 hours. You may not vote in the first 24 hours. The day will end when a majority vote has been reached. After the day has concluded, a night stage will commence, which will usually last a maximum of 48 hours. Night actions must be sent to the host in the first 24 hours of the night stage. The alignment of lynched players, as well as those that died during the night, will be revealed at the beginning of the next day. You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to or from you in PM with the game host. This includes all the details of your character and role, as well as any night action results. Role claims and reporting of night action results are acceptable, but in your own words only. Do not attempt to use the structure of your role PM to your advantage. Also, you may not quote PMs from other players. Paraphrasing is allowed but no direct quoting. Please refrain from quoting PMs in the game threads and in private. Do not play the game outside the thread. Similarly, do not post out of character inside the thread; you must always play the role given to you. Game tactics and roles may only be discussed in the game thread or via PM with other players. Private discussion is done at your own risk and should be treated as part of the game. If you are dead, you may not post in thread or discuss the game with any of the players. Any information you had becomes void, and may not be passed on. You may not edit your posts. You must post in every day thread. If you encounter a problem or have a question, please contact the hosts via PM. Violation of the above rules will result in a vote penalty of half the required majority against you on your first offence, and the death of your character on your second offence. Violation of rule 7 will have a heavier penalty, made at the discretion of the Games Moderator. Everyone in the station has caught a mild cold, so you must make a cold-related noise (a sniff, a sneeze, a cough, ...) in every post. Violation of rule 12 will result in a one vote penalty for every offence, but only after voting starts. Role PMs All players have been sent a Role PM in the following format: Characters Non-Playing Characters Poppy, Chief Inspector and new Chief of Police, played by Pandora Randy, Special Agent of the KIA, played by Rick Players Adam, Motorcycle Cop, played by badboytje88 Amelia, Desk Sergeant, played by TheBoyWonder Christine, Coffee Lady, played by konze Henrietta, Undercover Cop, played by Masked Builder Ian, Lawyer, played by TazManiac Isaac, Janitor, played by TrumpetKing67 Jared, Beat Cop, played by Ferrik Kendra, Beat Cop, played by Stormblessed Mark, Team Leader Vice Squad, played by JaseTJ Phil, Detective, played by Scorpiox Phyllis, Beat Cop, played by Superficial Username Samantha, Local 'Masseuse', played by DarthPotato Zachary, Forensic Officer, played by zakura The Deceased Jean, Local Bum, played by Endgame, Town, Lynched on Day 1 Gary, Bomb Disposal Officer, played by Adam, Town, Decapitated on Night 1 Andrea, Secretary to the Chief of Police, played by PsyKater, Town, Chopped to pieces on Night 1

"Oh, hello Purple, nice to meet you. I knew a Purple once, a looong time a go (remember, Rufie?), but she was a girl. Not that I'm saying it's a girl's name, nope, a fine name - good and strong. Very manly... " Nyx coughs, smiles sweetly and carries on. "So what are your companions' names? And do you have any special skills? I assume you must be handy with your weapons, given the state of those orcs there. "

Nyx nods and turns to whisper back to Ellaria, doing a slight double take as she does so. "Yeah, they don't look like people we want to annoy, but hopefully they're on our side. For now I think we should use our womanly wiles and just smile and wave. T&T sweetie, T&T. " Nyx smiles enchantingly at the strangers before continuing to whisper to Ellaria. "You know, not many people can wear the 'pirate look', but you're really working it; gives you an edge. Oh, and I think I remember who Captain Lorenzo is."

Happy Birthday prEtzel! May you have many pretzels, much beer and a whole heap of LEGO!

And from me too, thank you for playing Endgame.

Nyx rolls her eyes at the comment about giving attitude, and rolls them further at the suggestion she might blow the ship up. Despite that, she does have a fleeting image of what the explosion might look like, and it really is tempting.. "Of course I'm going down there, you may not appreciate it, but you need me. Captain Lorenzo, I do have to ask, but why the hell are you carrying black powder? In a hold with Patricia's men?? Did that not strike anyone as a.. recipe for disaster?"

Day One Conclusion As the day draws on, everybody seems to be pointing fingers at everyone one else... "You're scum!" cries one "No, you're scum!" cries another "No! YOU are!" cries a third "Well, have you made a decision yet?" asks Randy "We can't interrogate you all, well not all at once, anyway" says Poppy "Om nom, caaaake" says Christine "Wurble-beep" says Gary Jr So there is much more murmuring before a decisive number of fingers are pointed at Jean, the local beer-swigging bum "So you've made a decision, I see" says Randy "Don't worry Jean, Randy can occasionally be very gentle, we just want to ask you some questions" Poppy reassures Jean "No!" screams Jean, jumping from desk to desk and swigging from his bottle "I'm innocent, I tell you! Innocent!" "Why won't anyone listen to me?" another jump, another swig "I'm innocent for.... aaaaaaaaaahhhh!" And Jean in his drunken haze forgets where he is as he loses his balance and topples backwards, over the balcony To land most unfortunately in the cell's toilet. "I'm so not cleaning that up" someone says The day was officially over when the majority vote was reached, however, for this first day we will extend the Night Action deadline to 24 hours from this post. For more information about Night Actions, please read the relevant lesson here. Please note that you may change your Night Action target at any point during this time up until the deadline. I shall also reiterate this: any and all pictures are purely for fun, and are not to be taken as a comment on any players play or allegiance and there are no clues in the pictures whatsoever.

Nyx sighs, contentment spreading. "Hmm? Oh, yes, of course Captain. It would be my pleasure. " Nyx focuses on her Aquamarine, and attempts to draw up a swell in the ocean, to rise on all sides of the slaver's boat, and to crash down upon it, sinking it completely without trace. "What?! I just decimated..." Nyx gestures around at the various dead, lost for words, but sees the look in Boomingham's eyes. "Gah, you know what, fine, whatever." Nyx replies exasperatedly as she walks away "But you had better sort it out." She calls over her shoulder, just loud enough for him to hear.

Vote Tally Jean (Endgame): 8 votes (TrumpetKing67, Scorpiox, Masked Builder, DarthPotato, badboytje88, Ferrik, JaseTJ, Superficial Username) Amelia (TheBoyWonder): 2 votes (PsyKater, Tazmaniac) Zachary (Zakura): 3 votes (TheBoyWonder, konze, Endgame) With 16 players, 9 votes are needed for a majority. Just over 6 Hours remain in Day 1

Nope you didn't miss anything. I blame Rick entirely. (It's true!) Apologies all.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeees!!" Nyx roars ferociously, her arms raised in triumph, once more feeling her force directed at more than one foe, but this time in a glorious combination of subtle and devastating magic with pure brute force. She pants a little, feeling the bloodrush. This battle had brought more of her physicality to the fore with each successive punch, and the inner fire was raging, only partially satisfied. She looks round, unashamedly, and grins widely and wildly at her teammates and the crew, almost speechless with the joy of her expansion in destruction.

I think Nyx would love to see everyone she's interacted with before again, for a wide variety of reasons, and I'd love for her to meet some of the other characters too. Everyone wants their time with Wren, and Nyx is no exception, but she'd really like to see Poletad and XX most. I think Tarn will be disappointed at the lack of Ella, though. If it isn't already obvious, I really want Nyx to go on that final Wren quest. And by really, I mean really.

The tally I originally posted was incorrect. I corrected it by editing the post, but put in a note to make sure it was noticed. The current vote tally was correct at the time of my post noting my correction.

Mod Note Please note a correction to the vote tally.

Vote Tally Jean (Endgame): 7 votes (TrumpetKing67, Scorpiox, Masked Builder, DarthPotato, badboytje88, Ferrik, JaseTJ) Amelia (TheBoyWonder): 2 votes (PsyKater, Tazmaniac) Zachary (Zakura): 2 votes (TheBoyWinder, konze) With 16 players, 9 votes are needed for a majority. 8 Hours and 30 minutes remain in Day 1

Nyx looks at her staff with annoyance, was he mocking her even from so far away? He mind drifts of and wonders what he's doing, but Boomingham's comment draws her back to the here and now. She giggles a little, before replying. "He's useful, isn't he? I've had the... pleasure... of seeing him evolve and I must say his Witchiness suits him well and he uses it effectively. Plus he's far less annoying than he used to be. " Nyx once more looks at her Explosive Staff, and a look of determination settles on her face. The only way was to just keep trying, and there was still the opportunity to do so. Despite Boomingham lowering his shield, she stays in the Front Row and charges Darkness magic at Orc D. Mac once more shows an impressive display of swordsmanship with his cutlass, switching his attack this time to Orc E

Mod Note With 16 players, 9 votes are needed for a majority.

Day One Interlude Some of the station's inhabitants are taking a well deserved nap, while others are refreshing their minds with coffee. A cake has been baked, the coffee machine is being well tended to by Phyllis, and Gary once more proudly shows off Gary Jr to his co-workers. Randy and Poppy are chatting about old times and the games they used to play, and wondering how the others are getting on. They step out of the office to make an announcement. "You may now vote!" declares Poppy, over the balcony so that everyone can hear. "Ooooh, cherries!" says Randy, grabbing a mouthful of rather odd cake. Voting is now open. Mod Note I can't guarantee there will be pictures for each interlude, as it's likely my work schedule will get in the way at some point, but I just had to include the crazy cake! That said, I don't want to encourage the posting of pictures as part of the game, and it'd probably be for the best if the only people posting pictures are we hosts. Thanks.

Mod Note We know it's Day One, so here's a gentle reminder, however as Day One wears on there will be consequences for breaking the rules. To learn what those consequences might be, read the rules.