The silly love song awaited their date with the dark and gloomy rock band, Bauhaus. They took Bauhaus to the arcade. The date began well enough, with both of them racing in a racing sim, dancing in a dance dance danseurmania machine, but then they tried karaoke.
Bauhaus’s cover of his partner was so incredibly depressing that the song no longer seemed silly. Nothing seemed silly anymore. The love song, now bereft of silliness, simply left the date. Bauhaus, seeing the destruction wrought by their own vocal cords, couldn’t keep up the act. Both parties went home and deleted their CupidCorp accounts.
Kimberly Hall and Float were never meant to be. Kimberly was Ryuki Keisaiin, the Glamour Parasite (Wolf Investigator). Flubba/Goat was a Regular Client (vanilla town).
Sometimes, when dates go poorly, they say you can hear the sound of a gloomy love song with mismatched lyrics
The group mixer cooking courses were going okay, but you didn’t end up finding matches that month among the attendees. Each time the classes got together, everyone was too on edge from the initial ejected attendees–who had lied about something in their profile or didn’t pass the background check–to relax and mingle.
“It’s okay!” the literate chicken assured you when you came in for your 1 month consultation. “It says in your profile that you enjoy relaxing physical activities. Why don’t we try having you join the Saturday morning beginners group yoga singles mixers events instead?”
That didn’t seem like the worst option. Maybe a morning activity would be a better way to meet like-minded singles.
It‘ll be easier to say yes to coffee after yoga than it was to go out for dessert on a weeknight after the cooking class…
As you head out of the Cupid Corp. headquarters, you catch the sound of an argument in a hallway.
“I’m done working here. I’m so busying managing your mistakes that I don’t even have time to find love. Don’t you think I want to get married and have children someday too? When am I supposed to ever have time to date people when I’m too busy managing your love life?! I quit!”
A door slams and a man with wavy hair storms out of the building, whoosing right by you in a flurry of frustrated tears.
Indy left Cupid Corp. He was Owen Herriot (Town Doctor).
Clients & Cupid Corp! (a.k.a. Vanilla Town and Roled Town!)
128 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!
- Do not edit or delete posts on the daily Open Thread (OT), for any reason.
- Do not quote directly or post screenshots from Discord in the daily OT.
- Do not discuss specific gameplay with other living players outside of the daily OT or Discord.
- Only votes posted directly in response to the designated vote thread are counted.
- Be accommodating of different playing styles and different levels of role play (RP). Attack arguments, not people.
Players!
Josephus @JosephusBrown:disqusClient (VT)- sic humor @sic_humor:disqus
- Lindsay @gaydisaster:disqus
- MSD @DekaTria:disqus
Kim Hall @disqus_ifspnTt6XE:disqusRyuki Keisaiin (Wolf Investigator)- April @April_LKD:disqus
- Chum @chumjoely:disqus
- beinggreen @beinggreenbeingondisqus:disqus
- Cork @2bruce2:disqus
- Lamb @theprincethatwaspromised:disqus
- raven @ravenampersand:disqus
- jake @forget_it_jake:disqus
Nate @NateTheLesser:disqusClient (VT)- copy @copywight:disqus
- Eleanor @disqus_Alanna:disqus
Indy @inndeeeeed2:disqusOwen Herriot (Town Doctor)- Grump @Grumproro:disqus
- sagittariuskim @sagittariuskim:disqus
“Float”: Flubba + Goat @goatfuldead:disqusClient (VT)- Kappa @TheKappa:disqus
Quee @mrsqueequeg:disqusClient (VT)
Backups, Spectators, Mentors!
Backups:
- Greenwitch @disqus_XPBaffH88o:disqus
Goat @Goatfuldead:disqusSubbed in for Flubba
Spectators:
- Blip @thegreatdistortion:disqus
- Pablo @Taffy_0831:disqus
- Sport Ponies @sportponies:disqus
Mentors:
- Pablo @Taffy_0831:disqus
- Moolissa @disqus_6nGGCKBk8m:disqus
Twilight is on Friday, February 9th at 8PM EST! The Vote Spreadsheet can be found here.
