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You had already stayed!

All games are over for today. Two and a half hours remaining in the mayor vote, with Murdock in the lead. After that, mandatory day one vote begins.

Alopex stays at 17. The dealer has He hits... 20! Alopex and Flare have lost their votes... If only more people had played, the odds would have changed. There will be a new game tomorrow. Not Blackjack. Something else, with slightly better odds.

Flare gets... For 22. BUST!

Heartbreaking Hopefully more will try day two, when we try something other than Blackjack. Let's begin The dealer shows... Flare shows... Alopex shows... Hit or stay?

Everyone's taking a nap, so we can wait a little bit to play. The game will start in half a hour.

The pharaoh returns. "Who would like to challenge me in a game of chance? Again, up to five people may try to best me and double their vote."

Mayor Vote: Flare 7 (Hinckley, Darkdragon, Zepher, Big Cam, CallMePie, TrumpetKing67, Flare) CorneliusMurdock 10 (CorneliusMurdock, Dannylonglegs, Scouty, Tamamono, DarthPotato, Shadows, iamded, JimButcher, Nightshroud99, Rick) It's a very interesting morning...

No, the mayor vote is not a proper vote, so go ahead.

Voting is mandatory, except in a case where one has lost their vote.

Scouty has 10 minutes, and if he doesn't check in, he's staying. You don't start a game and walk away from the table. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alright, the dealer has... I'm sorry to say, Adam, Hinckley, Scouty, and CallMePie have lost their votes today! On the other hand, Tumpetking67 now has two votes today (voting for one person will have double value). Maybe later we can do one more round. Just to show there was no funny business, here are the cards in the order they were drawn.

Currently Adam and Hinck have stayed at 18, Trumpet has 21, Pie bust, and we're waiting to see if Scouty hits or stays...

Trumpet gets... For a total of 21! Stay! Pie gets... For a total of 22. BUST!

Trumpetking has never played blackjack before. http://www.qfit.com/...kjack-rules.htm

Pie gets... For a total of 15. Scouty gets... For a total of 12.

Adam gets... For a total of 18.

"Alright, the game is Blackjack, 21. The wager? Your vote. The dealer shows... CallMePie shows... Adam shows... Hinckley shows... Scouty shows... TrumpetKing67 shows... You all have the option to hit or stay.

Morning has opened, and the crowd is full of conversation. In the corner, Big Cam squirms and crosses his legs. On the other end of the hall, in a feat of tremendous construction that was unfortunately not caught on film, the floor slides open, and a platform raises. "Behold, I am he who is the Banana Sphinx! Lo, I have wandered long and far to gather the wisdom of this world. I have heeded your demand for entertainment, and so bring you... A GAME!" He pauses and surveys the already haggard group. "The first five people who say they want to play (in thread) will play. If less than five choose to play, than we will start in half an hour." A crowd shuffles forward, curious, intrigued.

Oh yes, the full question: What homicidal 1977 new wave hit asked the question, "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" Decide on a mayor.

It's late at night and Capt. Redblade is out to drain the pretzel, as it were. "Geez, I really need to get this thing looked at. It simply can't be healthy." Zipping up, he turns and begins to make his way toward his spot on the cold floor, away from the bucket that has already started to stink. "You know what, as batshit nutty as this all is, I'm happy to be in company with all these big names. I'm going to have quite a good rep on EB when this is all over." Foot steps approach... "Oh, hai. I iz here to put you to sleep." Redblade tries to adjust his vision, since he had foolishly decided not to take off his sunglasses at night. A Cory Hart fan does as a Cory Hart fan must. "Who are you? I don't remember you from earlier." The skeletal face giggles. "Oh, don't you worry, this will only hurt for a minute." As the cloaked figure walks away, it chuckles, "See? You can't even feel it now! Ke ke ke!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A familiar face enters the room. "Good morning everyone. As you may have noticed, we are down a person. It seems someone has taken it upon themselves to remove Capt. Redblade from the room. I trust you won't miss him much." "Oh, and it seems that one of you has managed the solution to the question already. Very, very, very clever. Oh yes, I wouldn't want to be on this person's opposing team." "The answer is..." He pauses. The sound of wires twisting reverberates in the room. "What is that? Who is disturbing my announcement?" Suddenly, a chandelier plummets to the ground, landing on Cecilie and smooshing all of her vital organs. She mutters her last words, "I wanted to look like Hermione..." "Oh dear. Anyway, the answer to that question was... Psycho Killer!" "The winner will be off the table tonight. And that reminds me. There is a psycho killer among you. A rather unpleasant chap, if I do say so myself, so don't get put on their list, if you know what I'm saying." Def clears his throat. "I'm going to go back to my little room for a while. Later on today, a friend of mine will be dropping in. Please show him due respect, will you? In the meantime, I'm going to catch up on some Friends DVD sets that I got on sale recently. That Chandler is really underrated if you ask me. While I do that, please begin your vote for mayor." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The host def The players Shadows CallMePie Zepher Dannylonglegs DarkDragon Adam Tamamono JimButcher Hinckley Cornelius Murdock Scouty PirateDave84 Nightshroud99 Trumpetking67 badboytje88 iamded DarthPotato Flare Alopex Pandora Big Cam Rick TinyPiesRUs Dragonator The Deceased Capt. Redblade (Town) Chopped up night zero. Cecilie (Town) Smooshed the morning of day one. Rules (deviations from the normal EB rules are struck-through) 1. Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Town or the Scum. To win the game, the Town must kill off all the Scum, while the Scum needs to (knowingly) outnumber the Town. Third-party (neutral)characters have their own win conditions as outlined in their roles. 2. Each day you will be able to vote to lynch a player. Voting will be done in the following format; Vote: Player. Similarly, unvoting is to be done in the format; Unvote: Player. No other format will be accepted. A majority vote is required to lynch a player. The player with the most votes will be lynched. In the case of a tie, the mayor will decide the lynch, through their vote, or by PM if necessary. Voting is mandatory. Failure to vote will incur a vote penalty the following game day. 2.5. A mayor will be elected in the first 24 hours of the game day one. Voting for the mayor will be done in the following format: Mayor: Player. Unvoting for the mayor will not be allowed. One may vote for themselves. In the case of a tie, the first person to achieve that number will win. In the case that the mayor loses their life, a new mayor will be elected in the first 24 hours of the following game day. The mayors single duty will be that of tiebreaker. 3. 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 72 hours. In the case of a unanimous vote, the day may end 24 hours early. After the day has been concluded, a night stage will commence, which will last 24 hours (or 48 hours if an emergency comes up). Night actions must be sent to the host in the first 24 20 hours of the night stage. 3.5. Players may not target the same player two nights in a row, and may not target themselves. 4. The alignment of lynched players, as well as any that died during the night, will be revealed at the beginning of the next day. 5. You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to you by the host via PM. That 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. 6. Do not play the game outside the thread. Similarly, do not post out of character inside the thread. 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. 7. 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. 8. You may not edit your posts. 9. You must post in every day thread. 10. If you encounter a problem or have a question, please contact the host via PM 11. Violation of the above rules may result in a 5 vote penalty vote penalty per every 4 living players against you, and death upon further offense.

Night's over. The sun is rising. Wait 40 minutes to actually start the game.

Roughly 20 minutes to get in any actions for those who haven't.

So, everyone has checked in, and at the very least, is aware of their roles. Day one will start roughly 12 hours from now. Somebody might die, unfortunately. If you do not submit your actions tonight, you will forfeit them. In later days, failure to submit will get you a vote penalty. You have ten hours from the time of this to place your night zero actions. I didn't say riddle, I said question. And feel free to, as they say, Google it. I left a '96 Dell with a 56kbs dial-up modem in the corner for you all to share. Mwah ha ha! There's a bucket next to it. You can all use it as a toilet.

Ah, it's come to my attention that I gave you some puzzle pieces... I was planning to tell you about them tomorrow, but I can do it now. The puzzle has a question. The first person to privately tell me the answer will receive absolute immunity from night one's actions. I will not announce the winner publicly, and you all have only one chance to answer. If you get it wrong, your chance is up. So, town, you want this. I suspect you don't want a scum having an unkillable strong man ability on night one, do you? By the way, this will only be on night one. There will be no unkillable unblockable bonus gifts in later days.

Well, the people have been waking up, getting conscious. By the looks of it, we're missing about seven players.... And I'm missing almost all the night actions. You guys want to use your actions, right?