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I was there the entire night because I missed the last train back to my hotel.

Oh jeez. Were you able to stay entertained at least?

Another guy was standing over him holding a sign which said that you could get this guy's photo (without his consent, I'm sure) for 100 yen. That was definitely one of the strangest things I'd ever seen.

What in the hell.

Teriyaki salmon, vegetable tempura, salad, spaghetti salad, miso soup, chicken karaage, and tempura ice cream.

... Cy~ and I decided, randomly, to go all in today while eating out.

... and we shared half of that, so don't look at me weird.

Did this just die? No pun intended.

I suppose so.

Potato Chips! (Preferably by the brand 'Kettle')

Kettle brand chips are wonderful, tbh. I love their sea salt and vinegar chips... and the spicy Thai. Honey dijon is pretty good as well.

How many plush/stuffed toys do you possess?

Cy~ has a huge collection! All sorts of animals and characters. I don't have nearly as many... I have a wonderful plushie tiger shark (adorable as hell), and a couple My Little Pony plushies... good ones, though, not the crappy things that are so common. A couple Pokemon plushes as well, though I don't much care for Pokemon.

I want more stuffed animals. Sharks especially. Big ones. And massive cats.

What would you do if your favorite stuffed animal started talking to you in a wonderfully adorable voice, speaking in rhymes of a decidedly macabre nature?

Fallen? Not that I can recall. I've had sharp objects jabbed into me, however. Generally intentionally. Couple pencils. A hot soldering iron. Kid stuff, you know?

What's your favorite snack foods?

Chicken enchiladas with refried beans, rice, and guacamole on the side.

An unexpected, and lovely spur of the moment dinner out courtesy of the lovely Cy~ ^^

Yo, I'm flattered, really, and I love your avatars, but like... I'm sorry man, I really am, but... this ain't gonna work! I'm married! :'(

I do feel the same way... but there are "just" enough good moments to make it worthwhile... I mentioned this in the Episode 13 discussion, that the recap episode was surprisingly really enjoyable as it cut through a lot of the fluff...

That's good to hear, to be honest. I think I might wait until the series has run its course before resuming... save it for a rainy day when there's not much else catching my eye.

Most definitely. I doubt it would end well for me in any way what-so-ever, but I'd hug the crap out of Bern. Lambdadelta too, if she's around!

Huh ... well, the addition of new characters probably bodes well for the series - the existing batch was getting really stale in my opinion. I wanted to love them, but questionable - imo - writing made that really hard.

Here's hoping that the series takes enough of a positive swing to motivate Cy~ and I to resume it. I still want to love it.

We have no clues or anything. Quite understandable, zinnie. Lol

The clues are your own interactions, who has voted for who, and who was killed during the night, though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Soooo, we have one vote for Nectar. Regardless if any other votes come in, the day will close tomorrow evening (Pacific time) - whoever has the most votes at that time will be dead. So like... yeah, stuff and things.

@Histoire How utterly disappointing.

Current votes:

Frost is voting for Nectar

PER-LEASE tell me how to be a moderator!!:-/

There's generally no how per se.

I joined the site and was an active, contributing member of the community, making generally high quality posts, etc. I used the forum frequently, submitted a ton of reports any time I saw anything bad, all while generally not caring if I was made a moderator or not. I was just doing what I generally always did, without a specific end goal in mind.

Eventually there came a time when the existing site staff decided that they needed an extra set of hands. When this happened, the impression that they'd gotten of me through my time here was apparently sufficiently impressive that they decided to offer me the role. I accepted it. There wasn't really anything magical or mysterious about it - it was, in fact, fairly boring overall.

So, now you know how to become a moderator. Let's talk about what happens after you're a moderator.

Congratulations, you get a fancy staff tag. Congratulations, any time there's ever a mess on the forum, you're the person that gets to deal with it. Congratulations, any time cleaning up a mess involves coming down on someone that people like for doing something really bad, you become very (note, I'm being sarcastic) popular. Congratulations, when it comes to dealing with the fallout of those messes, you're the person that has to deal with the after-drama drama.

I'll be blunt. Being a moderator isn't something to eagerly pine after. It's a pain in the ass, and it will invariably shift your perspective of a community by forcing you to always be aware of the worst aspects of it, which often go unnoticed by everyone else due to the actions of the moderation team.

please call me this forever please and thank you

May I do the same?

ah my sweet zinnie bear.

I consider this an appropriate and agreeable term of endearment for Zin.

( Hey, Hey, sorry to disturb the game, I couldn't find a discussion thread! Any idea as to when the next game starts? I'd love to play )

Hard to say! I imagine this game will be over within a week, but I don't know if people will be up for another round immediately afterwards. I definitely wouldn't mind hosting another if there's interest, though.

Anything good that isn't chocolately? I'm allergic to cacao bean, of all things...

I positively love red bean buns, and red bean anything.

Let's see if anyone else has that inner detective within him and find the killer with that murder scene.

The crime scene itself is just a bit flavor text, generally - including here. Nothing to ponder over too much.

The note is just an indication that SAO had a special non-traitor role, though he sadly did not get a chance to use it.

Oh, just to be clear - Day two has begun.

Like always, I don't understand the rules properly...I always ruin games like this...I read the rules for the millionth time today, but I still don't get it.:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(

Haha, no worries. When the next game starts up I can help you understand what's going on.

This game in progress will probably end within a week, if people stay active.

Everyone slept soundly that night, feeling satisfied that, while the act they'd taken during the day had been gruesome, they had ultimately done the right thing. It seemed so simple, so clear, so obvious that this Jobs John fellow was guilty. One person had gone so far as to suggest, during the post-execution revel, that this detective work was so bloody easy that larger cities that could afford to have police forces were wasting their money.

And so, as the sun rose, and the people began to filter out of their homes, they did so with a spring in their step and a smile on their face. At least... until they discovered the crime scene.

They found him in an alleyway, face down in a puddle of mud with a rather impressive knife sticking out of his back. Most unfortunately, the knife, when removed from the corpse, failed to reveal any hints as to the identity of the fiend responsible for @SAO LILDOOP's murder.

In his hand, tightly clutched, was the following note,

Congratulations, SAO LILDOOP, the random number generator has smiled in your favor - you are the bodyguard.

 

During each night phase of the game, you can give me the name of one player - other than yourself - that you wish to protect. If the game's villain(s) attempts to kill the player that you are protecting, you will prevent their death, and be made aware of the fact that you have done so.

 

This is a powerful role, so please be sure to give a lot of thought toward who you would like to protect during each night phase.

 

Note - you cannot share, copy, screenshot, or otherwise spread any part of this PM around to other players. Despite your special role, nobody else in the game will have any way to know that you are a friendly player... so make sure that you don't allow suspicion to linger on you, otherwise you might be vote-killed.

@zin @Frost @Histoire @Nectar @SAO LILDOOP @John jobs @ItsSammy @Scrooge

How quickly can you figure out new games?

Depends on the kind of game, and my state at the time.

PC and video games tend to come to me quickly, though hardcore strategy games tend not to be my forte. Fighting games vary heavily depending on the style - some I get almost instantly, some I never get.

As for board games, that depends of if it's physical or digital. I pick up physical games quicker than I do digital.