WEEK ONE

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WEEK ONE

26 Villagers

After the news from the town hall, Puffin Town might not seem as tranquil as before—if it ever did. But the sun dawns, and the rooster crows on a new week, that seems peaceful enough, for now. There's farming to be done for those who don't want to subsist off the vast canned food selection at Joja Mart, or you could take up your hand fishing or even venturing into the mines.

If you want to lay around on the grass taking count of the shapes in the clouds no one will stop you, an eager duck might even stop by to give you a pillow; but the cost of the harvest looms overhead, even if you choose not to see it.

And so too does: confetti? Monday, at precisely noon, everyone will find themselves showered with confetti from seemingly nowhere. The culprit largely seems to be the ducks, but if you're somewhere closed off like bathroom, there's no obvious instigator in sight. Though if you squint real hard, you might see the wisps of something? It's hard to see through all the colorful paper, though. Regardless, you'll soon find yourself accosted by a duck with a flyer, printed and worn:

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Festival!

The Colors You Want to See Festival!
Do you find the walls of your cottage drab? Do you want to add a special touch to make your home YOURS? Stop by the general store this week and pick up some art supplies to decorate your life! NOTE: Puffin town does not take responsibility for any damage incurred during the decorating process. Participation will be rewarded with an item from the community stockpile! Please see the event organizer in the community center to submit your polaroid photograph of your entry. (Polaroids are available at the general store.)

Maybe calling it a festival is a stretch, but it's certainly a group activity nonetheless. And hey, there's even prizes! The duck, ever eager, presses another paper into your hand, though this one is handwritten, in a cursive elegant hand.

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Gift Giving

Someone told me that receiving a gift is a reward in itself. But if you share with others, you deserve something tangible, don't you? Try it, you might be surprised at what you receive.

(( OOC: Murder proposals are due by Tuesday at 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST, for the current week's murder, but feel free to submit for later weeks if you like!))

MONDAY • TUESDAY • WEDNESDAY • THURSDAY

Locations Proposals PCs Check-in Gifts Profiles NPC Contact Main Nav

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DISCUSSION

[truthdefiler]

[truthdefiler]

[Switching from Japanese to English in the way that she does whenever she wants to sound cool, Erika speaks to the gathered would-be farmers and felons.]

(Let us begin.)

[Back to Japanese...]

To start with, I wanted to get an impression of everyone's opinions on our benevolent overlords and the terms as stated by them. A lot of this game relies on us cooperating with a particularly far fetched magical ritual.

[moonblades]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did the Alderman draw a Blade to show someone that she could at our last meeting?

[Mio can say things in a Particular Way, too, Erika. "Draw a Blade" is said with a certain emphasis makes it sounds more powerful than just describing Adela pulling a knife on them.]

If that's the case, they may have found a way to access things that we haven't, or they already had it.

[liberazoth]

[ he can't hear the Capital Letters of people saying things in a Particular Way, but he can affirm: ]

She did. Mister White, I think it was, was questioning her on whether or not magic existed, and that was her answer.

[theotherww]

[Walter nods in confirmation.]

A good party trick, maybe, but that's all it was if you ask me.

[pimpplan]

Really? All this, and it's still just magic tricks to you?

[ river in Egypt, etc etc. ]

[moonblades]

[Hm. Well. The differences between Ether and magic aside all mysteriously cut off by a very loud freight train going by in my brain, for some reason, Mio has to think that even if her own abilities are out of reach, someone more in line with Adela has to be among them.]

Has anyone heard more from her about it beyond that? Maybe it won't actually net us anything, but the more we learn about what transpired since they arrived here, the more information we have for ourselves.

[illprotecteveryone]

It's not worth it. Their terms shouldn't be listened to.

[Colette may be generally naive, but even she knows nothing good will come from cooperating with any kind of magical ritual that involves people dying. She doesn't want anyone here to die, of course, and knows there's no easy solution, but playing along to get that accursed fruit is something she doesn't want to do at all]

[truthdefiler]

Whether they're worth following is entirely up for debate. But there's no downsides to listening.

[Except people maybe dying but that's a risk she's willing to take.]

Personally, I'm in no rush to escape, so I have no interest in the offer, but it's a special kind of wilful ignorance to pretend that nobody is going to take them up on it.

[enkiboo]

[ They are here. ]

They seem like rather clever and intelligent people.

As for terms, it's really hard to tell if they're true or not. And even if they were, it seems dangerous to expect everything to happen as it should in the event of a person collecting enough for a 'harvest'.

[liberazoth]

Miss Makima said she would punish whoever killed anyone. It seems like it'd be a little difficult to hide the fact that you were growing Astera, though...

[ unless astera just looks like any other crop until it fruits, or something.

or unless everyone starts planting astera even if they have no intention of killing, just in case someone else decides to fertilize all of them for them by spilling blood. ]

[enkiboo]

[ Asteramyseryfruitproblems.png

Anyway, they just nod. ]

It certainly does, though for those who believe they are clever enough to manage it...I'd still say it isn't worth the trouble.

[lovebombing]

They seem sweet! But I dunno....the sweetest people are like...like scorpions!

[he just wanted to say this also wow so cool miss detective he's going to try to be smart for you]

[shamen]

That's a nice way of saying they need a human sacrifice.

[Whatever, he's had a few days to freak out about it. His crops are thriving in all their radioactive glory and he still hasn't attempted this ritual for obvious reasons.]

I don't think their heads are screwed on properly.

[Neither is Erika's, for that matter, but he's not saying that.]

RE: THE PROFILES

[liberazoth]

[ sure, let's get some discussion going--

vayne is. here. lurking around the walls somewhere, probably, after showing up when everyone else filters in. he is going to slowly raise his hand like he's in class waiting for the teacher to call on him, and once he gets at least a decent amount of the room's attention on him he's going to shrink away from all the attention for a moment before rallying and asking: ]

Um... I know some of us have probably talked about them among ourselves already, but since we're all in one place right now, I was wondering...

Does anyone else think some of the things on the plaques— for themselves, or other people— are kind of... weird? Or... not quite right?

[ resident haver of one of the two profiles with blocked out info on them, reporting. ]

[truthdefiler]

[Erika glances at Walter White berore nodding.]

I believe I know what you mean, but please elaborate.

[liberazoth]

[ bluntly: ] The blocked out information, for one.

And... the fact that they said they weren't trying to hide anything, but their plaques still look the way they do.

[ mysterious and full of secrets. ]

[truthdefiler]

Our plaques aren't much better in terms of giving out information. Most of mine is something you could guess about me based on me being a detective - namely that I'm a deeply unpleasant person with a drive to uncover secrets.

[Well, at least she's aware of it??????]

Not to say I disagree, though.

[theotherww]

[Walter exchanges a look with Erika as well.]

There were a lot of outliers in terms of information, yes.

I'm also interested in why it's so barebones. What's the point in giving our food preferences before anything that'd be more important?

[liberazoth]

What would you say is more important?

[theotherww]

Occupations, for one. You know more about a man with what he does for a living than how he takes his breakfast.

I'm thinking they don't fully want us to know each other. Makes bloodshed more likely if there's a bit of suspicion.

[revengier]

Do you at least have any idea what was blocked out on yours? There may be a common reason for it.

[ Or not. But it's a nice thought exercise? ]

[liberazoth]

I don't. I... don't have any idea what that might have been.

That's why I'm wondering if anyone else feels that way about anything on theirs.

[revengier]

That's a concern. Whatever it is, the spirits that conjured it up know more about you than you do.

[ A beat. ]

I'm sure you've already thought about that, though.

[rightmove]

The plaques look random.

[He shrugs.]

There's no pattern other than everyone having the same crap revealed about them. Weird, but run-of-the-mill weird compared to everything else we've got going on.