WW121: The Haunting of Lupine Manor—Chapter 9

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You climb the stairs with shaking legs, and you are almost sick with anticipation and relief when you make it to the top landing. The people ahead of you have discovered a panel in the ceiling, and they have since gone into wherever it led.

There is only one other person trailing behind you. The old man is slowly climbing up the winding staircase, taking one step at a time and interjecting each step with very colorful curses.

[spoiler title=’The Winding Staircase’] [/spoiler]

“This damn staircase is a death trap!” The Chessmaster grumbles. “It’s a miracle that no one has died falling from it. Well, died by accident, I suppose.”

You watch him climb, extending a hand to help him up when he’s close enough. But before he could reach out to grab your hand, a horrible tearing sound comes from the staircase, and you watch with horror as the bearings that support the structure detach from the wall completely.

The staircase comes tumbling down with a deafening crash, taking the old man along with it.

The Chessmaster (Ralph) is dead. He was an Ordinary Guest (Vanilla Town).

You take a shuddering breath. There’s nothing you can do now. Sparing one last thought for him, you turn your back on the carnage and follows the rest of the guests up into the panel in the ceiling.

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[spoiler title=’DAY 9 EVENT’]

No event today.

[/spoiler] [spoiler title=’FACTIONS’]

TOWN

• 16 5 Vanilla Town – Ordinary Guests
• 1 Town Cop – Theodora (Submits a target each night to be investigated. Wolves return as “Scum” (except the Wolf Spy), Town and SK return as “Town”. They cannot target the same player twice in a row.)
• 1 Jailkeeper – Mrs. Dudley (Submits a target each night to be roleblocked and protected. Target will not be immune from being investigated. They cannot target themselves or the same player twice in a row.)
• 1 Doctor – Dr. Montague (Submits a target each night to be protected. Target will not be immune from being investigated. They cannot target themselves or the same player twice in a row.)
• 1 Three-Shot Vigilante – Luke Sanderson (They can submit a target to kill three times in the night phase. The target will be killed unless protected. The shot is used even if the kill fails. They cannot target the same player twice in a row.)

WOLVES

• 1 Wolf Spy – Poppy (Returns as Town if investigated.)
• 1 Wolf Role Cop – Bent-Neck Lady (Submits a target each night to be investigated. Town players with roles will return as “Roled”. Vanilla Town and Serial Killers will return as “Vanilla”. They cannot target the same player twice in a row.)
• 3 1 Vanilla Wolvesf – Manor Ghosts

Wolves have the combined ability to roleblock for the first three nights. This ability will disappear after the third night. They cannot target the same player twice in a row.

SERIAL KILLERS

• 2 Serial Killers – Religious Fanatics (Submits ONE target TOGETHER each night to kill. The target will be killed unless protected. They cannot target the same player twice in a row.)

[/spoiler] [spoiler title=’RULES’]

• Order of night actions – Roleblocks and protections go through first, then all other actions go through in the order that allows the most actions to happen.
• Ties result in RNG between the top vote-getters.
• Wolves share a QT. Serial Killers share a QT.
• Win condition for all players – You win if your faction is the last one standing or if it’s mathematically impossible for another faction to win.
• Any player spreadsheets should stop being updated at the player’s death. Another (living) player can continue the same spreadsheet.
• The header will always indicate through flavor text which faction/s killed a player. Feel free to ask for clarification if the header is unclear.
• NO EDITING COMMENTS.
• Mod note: I will add all the answers to any questions I receive to this list for visibility.

[/spoiler] [spoiler title=’PLAYERS’]

1. Louie – Shaggy
2. Hoho – Jason Voorhees VANILLA TOWN
3. Tiff – Laura Roslin, President of humanity SERIAL KILLER
4. Spooky – Ma (replaced by Goat for one night phase) VANILLA TOWN
5. Grump – Nanami Tsukino VANILLA TOWN
6. Cop – Troy McClure TOWN JAILKEEPER
7. Lindsay – Willow VANILLA TOWN
8. Indy – Father Lankester Merrin WOLF ROLE COP
9. Owen – Dolly Levi, matchmaker to the stars VANILLA TOWN
10. Side – Wirt TOWN COP
11. May – Gilda Joyce, novelist, spy, and psychic
12. malthusc – Lady Edith Sharpe
13. Hicks – Personification of In Search of Colour VANILLA TOWN
14. Gramps – That Guy TOWN DOCTOR
15. Raven – Jenny with the ribbon VANILLA TOWN
16. MLA – Eleanor Vance TOWN VIGILANTE
17. abstractnoun/Goat – Black Philip
18. Thoughts – Casper the friendly ghost
19. Ralph – The Chessmaster VANILLA TOWN
20. Jake – Freddie the skeleton VANILLA TOWN
21. Creeper – Talky Tina VANILLA TOWN
22. dw/Emm – Annie
23. Pug Lady – The Pug Lady!
24. sagittariuskim – The Box Ghost VANILLA WOLF
25. Affogato/April – Forgetful Tom Hanks VANILLA TOWN
26. Jude – Drunk Shirley Jackson – VANILLA WOLF
27. Britta – Jonas the Cat – SERIAL KILLER

[/spoiler] [spoiler title=’HALL ASSIGNMENTS’] [/spoiler]

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