Pokémon Mafia: Arceus - Game Thread

[lolfoxes]

good morning chat

busy most of the day, around if there's anything urgent?

~w

 

[haneko]

my role is cogita & abra, all i can do is protect myself from kills (with a decreasing chance each time i use it - Detect)

we discarded an abra card though? that seems kinda hmmm

~w

tbf cogita doesn't have her own Pokémon in the game, but she collabs with is cyllene's Abra so it must have stuck out to qenya. not really that weird

If there's a villager who always has a chance of healing themselves that merely decreases, doesn't that mean the situation where "nothing can prevent this from happening" simply cannot happen until they eliminate that specific player, which could take several shots if they're unlucky?

in a game where there are 3p factions as well as multiple scum factions - all of which may have ability to kill - this seems like it would balance the game. imo

posting now BC I am on mobile and don't want to lose what I've written. I will write more asap

 

[haneko]

i think that bfee kill is good
they were prob my first kill personally yesterday because i think a lot of ppl were worse

-nya

ok I've changed my mind. I also think that Butterfree kill is good BC then we can see if rnp really is a cop like he claims. if bfree flips town... then at least we know he is lying and can Yeet

but your second sentence here doesn't really make sense. if other people were worse why wouldnt you vote for them instead of bfree???

@haneko
did you not that there was a red claimed on butterfree?

~w

no, I skimmed the thread really quickly when making my earlier post and must have missed it.

you are sus.

 

[Herbe]

[gone fishing]
[not that much is happening right at eod anyway today]

 

[Herbe]

ah shit hadn’t refreshed till my post made stuff happen. still fishing though no promises i’m reading

 

[lolfoxes]

tbf cogita doesn't have her own Pokémon in the game, but she collabs with is cyllene's Abra so it must have stuck out to qenya. not really that weird

why did you assume that it was "oh not really that weird" instead of us lying?

~w

 

[JackPK]

tbf cogita doesn't have her own Pokémon in the game, but she collabs with is cyllene's Abra so it must have stuck out to qenya. not really that weird

why did you assume that it was "oh not really that weird" instead of us lying?

~w

wait, in this hypothetical in which haneko is telling the truth about her pokemon, how could you have been lying? your abra rolecard was posted publicly by qenya, not by you

 

[JackPK]

("your discarded abra rolecard", I should clarify for anyone following along who may have gotten confused)

 

[qenya]

apparently there was not anything urgent.

The day has ended. Please let me know asap if there are errors in this votecount

Elimination votes:
Butterfree - RedneckPhoenix (#173), JackPK (#177), Herbe (#184), Zero Moment (#186), haneko (#203)
haneko - Butterfree (#191)

Conspiracy votes:
Conspiracy - JackPK (#166), Butterfree (#167), Herbe (#172), RedneckPhoenix (#181), haneko (#182)
No conspiracy - lolfoxes (#168)

 

[qenya]

Night 1

The day feels shorter than it was the first time around, perhaps because of the subdued atmosphere. Around lunchtime, one of the villagers pipes up, insisting he has strong evidence that a young girl named Sabi is secretly working against the village, and that she must be disposed of urgently as a matter of security. This seems like a fine idea. After all, if it turns out to have been a mistake, they can always murder him instead - a win-win situation.

Unlike Anthe, Sabi doesn't bother to put up much of a fight. She makes a half-hearted attempt at defending herself but then concedes her loss, rolling her eyes as if she'd rather just get it over with. The townsfolk drag the kid to Prelude Beach and throw her into the sea, trusting the waves to keep her from causing more harm to the village.

As soon as she touches the water, she explodes in a huge gout of flame and heat, evidently covered with some highly toxic or flammable substance. It's not clear what her stratagem was, but undoubtedly she must have been a representative of a nefarious criminal organisation, bent on killing the villagers as they slept!

Secure in the knowledge that they were correct and morally justified in their paedicide, the townsfolk turn in for the night. That unnatural thunderstorm seems to be blowing in again... perhaps it heralds some new age of prosperity for the village.

Butterfree is dead. She was Diamond Clan.

RedneckPhoenix correctly identified the conspiracy against him. His vote will count twice in the next Day phase.

Night 1 has begun. Please send in your night actions. It will end on 2022-09-11 (Sunday) at 23:00 UTC.

Spoiler: Pings / Playerlist

M&F
@JackPK
@lolfoxes (@Wisper & @Zori)
@Zero Moment
@RedneckPhoenix
@Herbe
@haneko
Butterfree
(@Eifie)

 

[qenya]

Day 1

A bright summer's morning dawns, a faint pleasant breeze blowing gently down Floaro Main Street. Against all odds, the world is much the same as the people of Hisui left it the day before. This is getting a little ridiculous; how long will the village be caught in this weird time loop? Many of the townsfolk mutter darkly, insisting that they should be doing their best to find the person responsible.

Unlike the previous iteration of the day, however, all is not well with the remaining villagers. It doesn't take long for someone to notice all the bloody footprints and smears leading towards the village gates, and follow them to the ghastly scene.

The corpse nailed above the entrance is just about recognisable as Sanqua, the captain of the Construction Corps. Her beautiful silver-blue hair, the pride of the village's hairdresser, is still mostly attached to her scalp, but the skin on her face has been ripped to shreds and her ribcage and abdomen have been torn open. Entrails and organs spill out and dangle over the ground below. Her three mischievous Bidoof, who the townsfolk have warmed to and grown to love since they turned up in the village, are arranged neatly in a row to the side, their limbs twisted and their skins flayed.

At the back of the gathering crowd, several people turn aside to retch. Somebody incredibly sick and twisted must have orchestrated this.

It doesn't take long to figure out who is responsible. The gory trail leads in the opposite direction, too, to a house on the outskirts of the village. The door is locked, but the guards beat it in with only a few blows. It collapses easily, the hinges breaking from the frame in a shower of splinters.

Inside they find Irida, the leader of the Pearl Clan. Sketches of human anatomy and deranged scrawlings about blood and death lie all around, making it clear that she played a major part in Sanqua's death - although someone else must have carried out the deed itself, since her hands and clothes are pristine, unmarked by the ichor spread around the village. But whatever crimes she may be guilty of, it seems she has already paid for them: she lies on her futon, unmoving and unbreathing, staring sightlessly at the rafters, a greenish foam spilling from her lips.

The note warning of mysterious conspiracies is back in its position on the walls of the sleeping quarters, of course, but nobody spares it much of a glance. There are more important things to worry about. And anyway, they all know what it says by now.

Spoiler: Anonymous Role PM Fragment

While you are alive, at the beginning of each day phase, a random living player will be selected, and all other living players will be privately informed that they are conspiring against that player. If you are selected, instead only you will be informed that there is no conspiracy that day.

During the day, all living players may vote on whether or not they believe there is a conspiracy, in addition to the ordinary elimination poll. If there is a conspiracy and the target of the conspiracy correctly identifies this, they will be granted 1 extra elimination vote during the next day phase. If there is not a conspiracy and a majority of living players correctly identify this, then each player who guessed correctly will be granted 1 extra elimination vote during the next day phase. You do not have a conspiracy vote (although you may pretend that you do and it will be included in vote totals).

If nobody gains an extra vote as a result of this minigame, you may target a player during the following night. That player dies.

This role PM, excluding your alignment and identity, will be published to the thread at the beginning of each day you are alive to clarify these mechanics.

Zero Moment has died. He was a Villager.
haneko has died. She was Pearl Clan.

Day 1 has begun. 48 hours for discussion. Voting will end on 2022-09-13 (Tuesday) at 23:00 UTC.

Spoiler: Pings / Playerlist

M&F
@JackPK
@lolfoxes (@Wisper & @Zori)
Zero Moment
@RedneckPhoenix
@Herbe
haneko
Butterfree
(@Eifie)

 

[lolfoxes]

same as it ever was

~w

 

[lolfoxes]

right so does anyone wanna claim the conspiracy role?

~w

 

[lolfoxes]

also does anyone wanna claim the haneko kill

that also feels kinda prudent

~w

 

[lolfoxes]

also there is a conspiracy against rnp

have thoughts, am keeping Quiet until more people post

~w

 

[Herbe]

Eh..... huh. Final four eh? The last nights flavor makes me think there's definitely an arsonist in the mix. Also, I guess there has to be one pearl clan fella left too, based on flavor. Maybe thats the same role all rolled into one or maybe its two seperate fellas out of the 4 we got.

 

[JackPK]

Inside they find Irida, the leader of the Pearl Clan. Sketches of human anatomy and deranged scrawlings about blood and death lie all around, making it clear that she played a major part in Sanqua's death - although someone else must have carried out the deed itself, since her hands and clothes are pristine, unmarked by the ichor spread around the village.

So this basically means there's another Pearl Clan running around for sure, right? There's no way I'm misinterpreting this is there

 

[JackPK]

haneko/Irida's death flavor also reads like poisoner to me? If we want to speculate on the flavor, that is

 

[Herbe]

haneko/Irida's death flavor also reads like poisoner to me? If we want to speculate on the flavor, that is

Yeah, i think flavor is probably pretty trustworthy here

 

[JackPK]

also there is a conspiracy