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WW222: Oops All Cupid Parasites Day 2

The hatch which opened in the floor slid shut with a thud and a click. Bawk hops down from the lobby desk onto the marble floor and Bwok hops onto his shoulders. They come around from behind the desk, grabbing a child-sized trenchcoat from the adjacent coat rack. With a swift flap of feathers, the trench is buttoned up, save for Bawk’s head poking out where the fourth button should’ve been fastened

“Hi everyone! Can those who are here for the Singles Mixer Cooking Class please follow us?” Bwok announces.

Everyone moves to follow the two chickens in a trenchcoat through the hallway. However, only one of you gets stuck at the entrance.

“Oooh nooooo,” says Snorlock, “I can’t fit through this lobby! And that pretty Rebecca lady who fell through the floor was the only one I was interested in… Maybe this cooking class isn’t for me anyway. I bet they have salt in that kitchen.”

With great effort, the large green slimy snail shimmied back and headed out toward the street.

Josephus left with a broken heart. He was a Client.

Without the giant snail, the class size was back to an even number. Bawk noted this with some obvious relief. The chickens hop onto a barstool at the front of the room.

“Welcome, Clients who have passed the background check. This is the first class of six, and by the end of these three weeks you will have met all of the other singles in this group. Everyone please look at your name tags and go to your matching numbered stations and introduce yourself to your partners.”

You and your partner smile at each other when your eyes meet. Cupid Corp really does bring all the cuties!

“Today, you will be learning how to efficiently prepare vegetables for a stew! Bawk here will be demonstrating all the knife skills.”

From underneath the trenchcoat, Bawk produces a chef’s knife. His eyes darken and he hunches toward onion on the cutting board in front of him. This was going to be a wild evening.

Please enjoy this song to hype you up for Day 2!
Clients & Cupid Corp! (a.k.a. Vanilla Town and Roled Town!)
  • 12 10 Clients (Vanilla Townies) — The clientele of Cupid Corp. Your vote is your power… and so is your ability to be paired off at night!
  • Lynette Mirror (Town Vigilante Cupid): Lynette Mirror is the minor goddess Cupid herself come down to Earth to learn how humans fall in love without the intervention of her arrows. Each night, Lynette must pick a player to be in a Cupid Couple. Please see the Lynette’s Current Powers tab to stay up to date on cupid’s mechanics 🙂
  • Chii (Cupid’s Bodyguard): Chii is Lynette’s divine beast companion from Olympus. Chii shares a private chat with Lynette. At the first day or night kill attempt on Lynette, Chii will die in her place.
  • Owen Herriot (Town Doctor): Shelby Snail’s very overworked personal assistant who is so busy he doesn’t have time to date. Each night, Owen may pick a player to protect from a kill. Cannot pick the same option two nights in a row.
  • Claris Tia (Town Alignment Investigator): Lynette’s best friend and an app developer at Cupid Corp. She wrote the Love Match Test matching quiz which is famous for sorting clients into compatibility pools. Each night, Claris may pick a player to investigate to learn their Alignment.
The Parasite Five! (a.k.a. Wolf Roles)
  • Gill Lovecraft (Agape/Devotion): Once during the game, Gill may pick another player who he will observe for the rest of the game. All night actions going forth taken by and acted upon this player will be reported to Gill. The formation of couples starting on observation night is reported, but if the observed player is already in a private chat its existence will not be reported.
  • Shelby Snail (Pragma/Practical): Once during the game, Shelby may attempt to make his own Couple with another available single player. Shelby’s coupling will render his partner ineligible for future couplings. For the purposes of Lynette’s and Claris’s powers, Shelby appears as “Cupid Corp”.
  • Raul Aconite (Ludus/Playful): Once during the game after the first Parasite death, Raul may attempt to recruit a Client into the Parasite 5.
  • Ryuki Keisaiin (Eros/Passion): Once during the game, Ryuki may select another player and learn their full role description with all hidden components included.
  • Allan Melville (Mania/Obsessive): Once during the game, Allan may select a player to Jail. If that player was in a Cupid Couple, the couple is torn apart and neither player may be coupled up by Lynette again.
Lynette’s Current Powers…

Some hidden mechanics may alter the specifics of Lynette’s powers. Check back here each morning to know the result 😉

  • Lynette cannot select anyone from Cupid Corp (Roled Townie) for her pairing.
  • On the first successful selection, the selected player will be told “Cupid has her eye on you!”
  • On a second successful selection, a Cupid Couple may be formed.
  • If the players are a Client (vanilla townie) and a Parasite (wolf), the couple will fall apart and both players exit the game.
  • Cupid Couples can be made up of Client/Client or Parasite/Parasite.
  • If one half of a Cupid Couple dies, the other will survive and no longer be couple-able.
  • Lynette will not be told the outcomes of her attempted couplings.
Special Mechanics and Win Conditions!

Special Mechanics…

  • Each night, in addition to their faction kill, Team Parasite may choose for one of their members to use their one-shot power. Only one Parasite may use their one-shot power per night.
  • There are hidden roles/mechanics in this game.
  • We’re going to be “playing” the game together in the header each day so movements at night will have an effect on the narrative. 😉

Win Conditions…

  • Town wins when all parasites are gone.
  • Wolves win when they make up half or more of the number of active players.
  • Hidden additional win conditions exist for some roles but do not alter the fundamentals of a town victory versus a wolf victory.
Rules!
  1. Do not edit or delete posts on the daily Open Thread (OT), for any reason.
  2. Do not quote directly or post screenshots from Discord in the daily OT.
  3. Do not discuss specific gameplay with other living players outside of the daily OT or Discord.
  4. Only votes posted directly in response to the designated vote thread are counted.
  5. Be accommodating of different playing styles and different levels of role play (RP). Attack arguments, not people.
Players!
  1. Josephus @JosephusBrown:disqus Client (VT)
  2. sic humor @sic_humor:disqus
  3. Lindsay @gaydisaster:disqus
  4. MSD @DekaTria:disqus
  5. Kim Hall @disqus_ifspnTt6XE:disqus
  6. April @April_LKD:disqus
  7. Chum @chumjoely:disqus
  8. beinggreen @beinggreenbeingondisqus:disqus
  9. Cork @2bruce2:disqus
  10. Lamb @theprincethatwaspromised:disqus
  11. raven @ravenampersand:disqus
  12. jake @forget_it_jake:disqus
  13. Nate @NateTheLesser:disqus
  14. copy @copywight:disqus
  15. Eleanor @disqus_Alanna:disqus
  16. Indy @inndeeeeed2:disqus
  17. Grump @Grumproro:disqus
  18. sagittariuskim @sagittariuskim:disqus
  19. “Float”: Flubba @flubbagunto:disqus –> Goat @goatfuldead:disqus
  20. Kappa @TheKappa:disqus
  21. Quee @mrsqueequeg:disqus Client (VT)
Backups, Spectators, Mentors!

Backups:

  1. Greenwitch @disqus_XPBaffH88o:disqus
  2. Goat @Goatfuldead:disqus Subbed in for Flubba

Spectators:

  1. Blip @thegreatdistortion:disqus
  2. Pablo @Taffy_0831:disqus
  3. Sport Ponies @sportponies:disqus

Mentors:

  1. Pablo @Taffy_0831:disqus
  2. Moolissa @disqus_6nGGCKBk8m:disqus

Twilight is on Tuesday, February 6th at 8PM EST! The Vote Spreadsheet can be found here.