Whispers of the Dark Group 7

Keen Eye / Lovely Creature / Healing Sage / Calming Presence / Animagus
Stamina- 10 / Evasion- 13 / Strength- 5 / Wisdom- 14 / ArcPower- 11 / Accuracy- 13

Interacting With | @Mahlioz Evethisawe, @Noah Jupe, @Mylo Atkins, @Avis Marlong, @Cassian Clarke, @Meiyu Xiang, and @Lindsey Springhall as Maximilien de Fostoncy
Speech | Feline form

Rose watched the others as they entered, hoping for any clues as she watched. The girl who was assigned the role of Carlo Bianchi nodded back at her, and a boy introducing himself as Giovanni came in soon after, offering to help her.

And then, a familiar face entered. Maxi. Their interaction three years ago at a ball had been short, but pleasant. He was charming, and one would have to be blind to say he was unattractive. But he had changed, and she supposed three years could do that to you. He had grown, and though she supposed that should be obvious, she couldn't help but smile as he came in. Their interaction had been so short all those years ago, and she never truly got to get to know him. The tent had randomly fallen on them all, injuring some and overall wreaking havoc on the ball that started out lovely. (One of the many, many cases of disasters that hindered Rose from even wanting to go tonight.) She kinda helped in saving him when he was on top of that floating tent, but they hadn't talked after that.

Even if he looked older and so much time had passed, Rose knew the voice as he addressed her the same way as three years ago. "Maxi," she said, the recognition clear in her eyes. "I'm doing very well, and you?"

His slight changes over the years made Rose realize that she had changed, too. Sure, maybe she was still a little nervous that everything would go wrong here, but wasn't everybody? It was a Hogwarts ball, after all. But remembering back to her third year, she inwardly cringed. So much had happened since then, and so much good and bad had changed. She was more confident in herself, now, more skilled, and her American accent had faded to taint only the occasional word she said. It was strange to know that they both had changed, and yet it was at an autumn ball that they met again.

He then introduced himself to Giovanni and Carlo as Anthony DeLuca, attempting to make friends with the others there.

It was then Mylo who walked in, saying hi and complimenting her outfit. "Thank you," she said gracefully. "You, too- I like your outfit," she said, smiling. He then corrected himself, getting into character and introducing himself as Sophia Mancini.

Admittedly, Rose would not be an incredible actress. She kept breaking character when recognizing her friends. But Rose honed in her focus (or "locked in" as the muggles said these days), and once again took on the air of Luca Marino. She fixed her gloves for a moment, and as she looked back up, adopted Luca's demeanor again.

"My name is Luca Marino," she responded to Mylo, also sharing her name with the others that had walked in since she said it first.

One more entered as she said it, though the younger girl didn't say anything to any of them.

Noah banged on the wall. Rose jumped. Well, there certainly was a more ceremonious way to announce that the lights were being turned off, but she supposed that worked, too.

And when the lights were back on, Noah announced that there was no clear majority in the votes. The murderer was still among them. Giovanni was left with only one arm, so the murderer must have hit him and the doctor must have helped him.

Carlo asked if any of them had any suspicions.

Rose took a look around. Who were the suspects?

Well, herself, of course- Luca Marino. And then there was Mylo, playing Sophia, Maxi playing Anthony, Giovanni, Carlo, Mahlioz’s character, and the mystery girl. Rose couldn’t say she really had a suspicion of anyone yet- it was reckless, too, to throw around accusations on the first round.

But she had to assume two things- the killer had a motive for going after Giovanni, and the doctor had a motive for helping him. He seemed friendly enough, so maybe the doctor had just helped him because of his demeanor, or maybe Giovanni was the doctor and healed himself. Either way, Rose didn’t have enough information to really accuse anyone.

She shook her head finally. “Has anyone ever had a fight with you, Giovanni?” she asked him, trying to pry more clues. “Maybe someone you’ve disagreed with or wronged?”

Action: greeting Maxi and Mylo, participating, thinking

Allies: Mahlioz Evethisawe and Mylo Atkins

Inventory: ID Card, Wand (won't be used)

Roleplaying as Maximilien de Fostoncy [x]
English | French
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He grinned at Rose as she precisely recalled his name. “That’s so good to know.” He told her. “I’m…yeah, I think I’m doing well.” There was a slight hesitation visible as he almost immediately had his mind on the explosion, but stopped in time to wear a smile on his face. Mademoiselle Rose had a tender soul, and no, he wouldn’t want her to worry.

Then another boy (Mylo) who addressed Rose in her own name joined the group and greeted them, and counting the emerald-eyed student earlier (Mahlioz), it was quite surprising that so many people in this group knew Rose. Maxi glanced around. Seemed that the majority of group had already arrived, and soon they’d officially kick off the game - good to finally feel some real anticipation after all these days.

The young girl whom Giovanni was attempting to lend a hand to snickered when he introduced himself, probably recognising his rather strange pronunciation of the name, then presented herself as Carlo Bianchi. And so he politely smiled at Carlo, the latter waved at him with much friendliness and later on bounced up in a very vigorous manner. Ah, young people. He’d wish he can go back to his first few years of school, chattering and laughing lightheartedly. Then, a raven-haired girl (Meiyu) who seemed quite young as well approached in silence and kept so ever since. For these newcomers, Maxi would similarly greet everyone in polite smiles and nods.

The sudden bang on the wall almost sent shivers down his spine, the frightening memories of the explosion again flooding into his mind. Panting softly, Maxi pressed his eyelids together in the darkness, endeavouring to chase the unpleasant sensation away. Another slap against the wall, and Maxi was much calmer this time, steadying his stand and covering his eyes with his palm as the light was suddenly turned on, taking peeks through the fingers. The light flickered off as soon as it was turned on, and when their visions were restored, dark grey gaze found that Giovanni had, unfortunately, lost a left arm. Intriguing. Was it because that there was some story going between the murderer and Giovanni, or was it merely because Giovanni was the one that said and did the most things so far? And the doctor. That was somebody who should definitely be protected. Yet who were them?

Maxi glanced around. People weren’t sharing much about themselves up till now, and he had to say that he really didn’t have a clue. Everybody seemed perfectly innocent, yet perhaps was concealing something. Rose - sorry, Luca, had apparently decided on doing some real investigation. He nodded approvingly at the redhead, who went on, inquiring Giovanni about his past encounters - might actually help, if the murderer chose him as the victim because there was something wrong between them.

“Luca has a point.” He said quietly, backing her up. “And maybe…adding to this,” He paused, carefully observing the reactions of others. “I wonder if we can all share something about ourselves? It doesn’t matter if it’s small, I think, we just really need to get to know each other better.”

“Er…personally, I fix up cars for citizens around the town.” Maxi said, trying to make himself as genuine and friendly as possible. It would probably make him much less suspicious if he started first, as he had to let others know that he had no ill intentions.

@Avis Marlong @Mahlioz Evethisawe @Rose Moon @Cassian Clarke @Mylo Atkins @Meiyu Xiang

Interacting with: @Rose Moon,@Lindsey Springhall,@Avis Marlong, @Noah Jupe & others
Cassian roleplaying as Giovanni Moretti. Speaking color: #286a80

During the darkness, Giovanni felt a light jolt in his left arm. The foam nerf bullet didn’t hurt, but it surprised him and he tried not to cry out in surprise. When the lights were turned back on, Noah informed him that he had indeed been shot in the arm by the murderer. Luckily for Giovanni, the healer had been able to save him and that the shot hadn’t been lethal. Giovanni slipped his left arm out of his Italian suit coat to symbolize the amputation.

Which begged the question, who would want to kill Giovanni? His gaze flipped to Avis, who was playing as Carlo Bianchi, but surely they wouldn’t want Giovanni dead? Sure, they had disagreed in the past, but those were professional disagreements, nothing personal. At least, Giovanni hoped so. He’d tried to make sure Carlo understood there were no hard feelings, but to be completely honest, Giovanni wasn’t sure if that feeling was reciprocated.

Apparently Giovanni wasn’t the only one curious to know who was out to get him. Carlo had asked the group if there were any suspicions and Rose, as Luca Marino, asked Giovanni directly about any past conflicts or disagreements.

“Well, I honestly don’t think anyone here would want to kill me. At least, for personal reasons.” He paused, unsure if he should share further. But, if they were to all make it out of this alive, they’d better get to the bottom of this quickly. “Carlo Bianchi and I have had professional disagreements in the past. Before today, I hadn’t met anyone else here.”

Maximilien, who had introduced themselves as Anthony suggested that they all share something about themselves. Giovanni wasn’t sure if now was the time to share his secret. It wasn’t anything bad, in fact, most people probably respect him and admire him for it. But Giovanni wasn’t the type to flaunt his good deeds; he preferred a more humble approach and focus on individual connections with people. “Ah, Anthony, you’re an automobile mechanic. That’s truly remarkable. I personally don’t understand a bit of how they function. The town is truly lucky to have someone of your profession here to serve the community. Anybody else wish to share something as well?”

october 19 2024 | evening

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English | French | Thoughts

@Mylo Atkins @Rose Moon @Avis Marlong @Cassian Clarke @Lindsey Springhall @Meiyu Xiang @Noah Jupe

Stamina: 9 | Evasion: 9 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 10 | Arcane power: 7 | Accuracy: 9
Wandmaker | Perfectionist | Calming Presence

Action: discussing, observing

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Andrea

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Interacting with @Rose Moon | @Avis Marlong @Mahlioz Evethisawe | @Cassian Clarke Maximilien de Fostoncy@Lindsey Springhall	Date - 19/10/24
WC 305/200	Color Legend - Mylo | Thoughts

Mylo was glad that Rose was here, otherwise they were sure he would have found it a lot more difficult to interact with the other people. Now it was just a case of going with the flow as things had already been started. Rose reintroduced herself, who he assumed had just like Mylo had forgotten to do so in the beginning.

Apparently she was playing someone called Luca Marino, although Mylo couldn't dwell on it for too long. As one of the other people that were here came up to them and started talking to them, and Mylo immediately cringed. Their wish of none of the people that were already there not knowing them hadn't been granted. Because as soon as the student who knew Rose had started talking about runes Mylo immediately recognised them, and they felt very very bad about not doing that from the beginning. Hoping that they hadn't had a look of trying to figure out who they were, or where they knew them from on his face Mylo turned towards Mahlioz.

"Oh hey! Uhm, yeah yeah that's me." He chuckled nervously, hoping that they didn't notice. "Nice to meet you Alessio Ricci." He added, just before there was a loud noise followed by the lights going out. Nerves coming to the surface as Mylo wasn't quite expecting it. Before they could get too deep into it though the lights were already back on, and one of the other players had his arm behind his back, amputated by the doctor if Mylo remembered correctly.

At least they didn't get shot, which was a plus point in a game like this. As they saw their friends go to ask for clues Mylo decided to hang back a little, hoping that there would come an opening where they could maybe also ask something.

ABILITIES | STATS
Perfectionist | Wandmaker [Dragonheart, Elm wood]
sta • 8 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 9 | arc • 6 | acc • 6

Code by Ara Villa

He smiled just as he normally does, and he walked up to each person, looking around them to make sure they weren't hiding anything. Anything like a gun, that was. He couldn't find it. It must've been hid real well.

Well, might as well begin eh?

He walked over the wall, and he banged on it as hard as he could, his arm and hands turning redder than a sea of blood. 'LIGHTS OUT!' He proclaimed loudly. The room went dark, but the hair glistened in the natural light. It was pretty, but as Noah watched a bit mesmerized, he heard a thwack.

He slapped the walls again for the attention then turned on the lights.

The thwacking wasn't too far away from him and he knew that Mahlioz was the detective. They couldn't die.

"My fellow folks, this lil dude is immune to shots by the murderer."

He looked around, then he decided he'd start the next stage of this round. "So, while you had no murder, you also had no majority vote, which sadly means that no one is eliminated. Everyone except for Pyxis is here, which means you still have the original amount of people alive now that you did when the game began."

Information Section: Please Read

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Information
- Posting DEADLINE: Friday
- Intended Mod Post and Rolls: Saturday
- Post at least ONCE per round
- Murderer must owl me their target by Posting Deadline.
- Detective, Doctor and Citizens, must owl me who they think the Murderer is by Posting Deadline. Please send individual owls with the subject "Group #: Round # Vote"
- If you are eliminated via murder you do not have to post in this thread, you could choose to leave or sit out and watch.

Posting Information
- Please follow site rules and ratings
- Please be registered in the Index to sign up
- 200+ wc minimum
- Deadline to Post: From recent mod post to Friday of that week

Notice
Every mod post, you will notice that the light goes out every time there is a murder. The light stays out for 1 minute to allow the murderer to conceal the weapon in some way and to avoid suspicion. When the light goes out, you'll hear a bang from the nerf gun and if you feel yourself getting shot with a foam bullet, you have been killed. You may lay down on the ground and play dead. You may find a funny pose to be in, whatever. When the light goes back on, a vote will be held to accuse someone of the murder.

I've been accused of a murder! What do I do?
Well dearie, you would've been considered "executed" if the majority votes you as murderer. This means that you are out. The game is over when all of the players are dead except for the detective and murderer, or when the murderer has been accused and executed.

How do I vote?
Every round, you need to send me an owl of who you're voting or accusing. Additionally you MUST post otherwise your vote will be seen as invalid.

I did not post for a round or more, what happens? (if you don't send me your vote but post, it's okay, don't worry about it.)
The murderer will likely kill you the next round.

I'm the murderer! What happens now?
Post each round. Send me your target via owl. In Character, when the lights go out, you can pull out your nerf gun and shoot your target. You will have the rest of the minute to hide the gun or conceal it.

I'm the detective! What happens now?
Post each round. Send me your accused victim via owl. You cannot be killed.

I'm a doctor! What happens now?
Post each round. Send me your accused victim via owl. There will be a second blackout in the mod post in where you will have a CHANCE of healing the shot victim.

I was a shot victim! I was healed!
Good for you, you may continue in the game. However, one of your limbs have been ic AMPUTATED so in roleplay, you would not have that limb because the doctor amputated the shot limb.

What if I have to leave Out of Character and I'm the Murderer or a Doctor or a Detective?
That's fine, just please notify us at some point. We will owl another person and give them an additional "title" for their character that they are already playing. For example: Baker is now Murderer but still the same character, you don't gain another. When it comes to a detective and a doctor, unfortunately, we won't pass it on. The game continues until its over.

Please note: We are taking actions via owl so that actions and votes are anonymous to keep the mystery. What you choose to say or do in your post whether ooc or ic can be used against you so do your best to keep your "secret" role anonymous. If you are a detective or a murderer it can be used against you if you say it out loud. We suggest coming up with an undercover job to conceal the fact. Not required, you could be vague, but what you say and do whether oc or ic can be used against you.

Mod Post Content: Mods

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Order of Mod Post and of What Order it is in:
1. Blackout #1
-> Murderer Shot Accuracy: 1d100 [1-49, miss. 50-100, hit]
-> Murderer Body Part Hit: 1d6 [1 - Left Arm, 2- Left Leg, 3- Right Arm, 4- Right Leg, 5- Torso/Chest, 6- Head]
2. Lights On [this is so that they see that the victim is shot and allows the doctor to see who they're healing if they can.]
3. Blackout #2
-> Doctor Healing: 1d100 [1-49, failed to heal. 50-100, successfully healed but amputated the limb]
--> Additional notice re healing: If the torso or head is shot, the victim cannot be healed. This is simply skipped if the torso or head was shot. If a limb [right leg/arm, left leg/arm] was shot and the doctor successfully healed you, then you are amputated. If they failed to heal you and you were shot anywhere on your body, you are dead.
4. Lights On
5. Accusation/Execution Time
--> Additional notice re Accusation/Execution: If a person is accused via majority, they are eliminated from the game. If there is a TIE, the people accused remain in the game for another round.

Rolls [if any]

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@Mahlioz Evethisawe, @Mylo Atkins, @Rose Moon, Maximilien de Fostoncy (@Lindsey Springhall), @Avis Marlong, @Cassian Clarke, @Meiyu Xiang

october 19 2024 | evening

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English | French | Thoughts

@Mylo Atkins @Rose Moon @Avis Marlong @Cassian Clarke @Lindsey Springhall @Meiyu Xiang @Noah Jupe

Stamina: 9 | Evasion: 9 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 10 | Arcane power: 7 | Accuracy: 9
Wandmaker | Perfectionist | Calming Presence

Action: discussing, observing

Keen Eye / Lovely Creature / Healing Sage / Calming Presence / Animagus
Stamina- 10 / Evasion- 13 / Strength- 5 / Wisdom- 14 / ArcPower- 11 / Accuracy- 13

Interacting With | @Mahlioz Evethisawe, @Noah Jupe, @Mylo Atkins, @Avis Marlong, @Cassian Clarke, @Meiyu Xiang, and @Lindsey Springhall as Maximilien de Fostoncy
Speech | Feline form

Giovanni replied to her question, saying that while he didn't think anybody would want to kill him, that he had some professional disagreements with Carlo in the past. Carlo seemed absolutely aghast at this admission, sharing with everyone that Giovanni had fired her. So there was some drama between the two of them. Carlo wasn't helping his case by saying they found some satisfaction in Giovanni losing an arm, though, as Alessio carefully pointed out. Even if they did add that they weren't the murderer (which is exactly what the murderer would say).

Maxi, who was playing Tony (the parallels of their preferred names being their nicknames was ironic, and Rose appreciated it, whether it was orchestrated by a ball organizer, or if it was just a happy coincidence.) suggested they all share information about themselves so that they could get to know each other a little bit better. Rose nodded, liking this suggestion. Tony shared that he was a mechanic, to which Giovanni gushed about shortly, not sharing anything about himself. A little suspicious, but Rose doubted that it was allowed (or produtive) to shoot yourself.

"I'm a lawyer," Rose said. "I mostly deal with smaller cases, though, so murder mysteries are not my forte," she added. From what she understood from her ID Card, Luca was in no position to take charge of the investigations just because of his job. But being a lawyer gave way to her fancy and sultry interpretation of his personality.

But they would soon learn who was viable to take charge of the investigations.

After the lights went out and came back on again, Noah announced that as the detective, Alessio was immune to being murdered, since they were the detective. That was good, at least. Mahlioz was smart, and if anybody could solve the mystery, it would be Mahlioz. That also took suspicions off of one person, and inched the group ever so slightly towards the truth.

Still, they had very little more information than they started with, and nobody had died yet. Alessio and Giovanni... what was the motive behind taking out the two of them?

Action: participating, thinking

Allies: Mahlioz Evethisawe and Mylo Atkins

Inventory: ID Card, Wand (won't be used)

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Andrea

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Interacting with @Rose Moon | @Avis Marlong @Mahlioz Evethisawe | @Cassian Clarke Maximilien de Fostoncy @Lindsey Springhall	Date - 19/10/24
WC 201/200	Color Legend - Mylo | Thoughts

Well, at least they now knew who the detective was. Mahlioz had apparently been targeted during the lights out, but hadn't died. This did mean that for the third round in a row they had the same amount of people as in the beginning. He didn't know whether that was a good thing or not, but they were still in the game, so that must count for something.

Knowing that they hadn't gotten very far with their own investigating Mylo decided it was time to go and find out some information.

Seeing as Mahlioz had been hit but didn't die he walked over to her, wanting to see if she maybe had any ideas.

"Hey, do you have any idea's yet? As we know it's not you or Cassian as he was shot as well. That leaves four people including me, who could be suspects." He asked, not knowing much beyond that and hoping that Mahlioz would have a bit more of an idea, seeing as she had been speaking to people previously.

Mylo was enjoying themselves, they hadn't been hit yet but the clues were starting to come in and he was very curious as to how this would continue.

ABILITIES | STATS
Perfectionist | Wandmaker [Dragonheart, Elm wood]
sta • 8 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 9 | arc • 6 | acc • 6

Code by Ara Villa