night; hound

[gamehead]

With night's fall, you are once again locked in your cabin for the evening. Outside, a blizzard rages. The howl of the wind blocks out the sound of anything happening outside of your small room, and outside your window you can see only the white of frost covering your window and darkness beyond.

At 11 PM exactly, the candle on your desk lights, filling your cabin with a warm, yellow glow. If you are asleep, the light will wake you. You are drawn to your desk.

There, in the center of the desk, is your journal open to a page that was previously blank.

Hound, who will you choose?

Ada Vessalius
Akane Kurashiki
America
Aoi Asahina
Arya Stark
Babydoll
Beat
Bonnie Hood
Bruce Wayne
Bucky Barnes
Byakuya Togami
Charles Fei-Ong
Ciel
Clara Oswald
Damian Wayne
Edward Nigma
Eleventh Doctor
Elliot Nightray
Ema Skye
England
Gendry
Gundam Tanaka
Hermione Granger
Hiyoko Saionji
Holden Caulfield
James Sunderland
Joshua Kiryu
Kanaya Maryam
Kyouko Kirigiri
Lithuania
Luke Triton
Madoka Kaname
Makoto Naegi
Mayu
Mondo Oowada
Peggy Carter
Poland
Prussia
Rapunzel
Rikku
Robin
Sam Winchester
Sanae Hanekoma
Sansa Stark
Sayaka Miki
Sharon Carter
Spain
Stephanie Brown
Steve Rogers
Tony Stark
Touko Fukawa
Ukraine
Ukyo Kuonji
Xion

No one

You will have until midnight to make your choice, before the ink on the page vanishes and the candle flickers out.

Comments

role | description

[gamehead]

The following is written on the first page of your journal, visible only at night:

You are a hound. Your role is to track hunters and reveal them to your fellow prey.

→ There are two prey who have been given the role of hound. One is a bloodhound, skilled in tracking. One is a deerhound, lacking a talented nose.
→ Neither hound will be told whether he or she is bloodhound or deerhound. You must determine this on your own.
→ Each night, you will circle one name from the list in your journal. The next morning, you will be told whether he or she is hunter, scavenger, or prey.
→ If you are the bloodhound, your results will be the truth. If you are the deerhound, your findings will be chosen at random. They may be true or false, but they will not help you locate hunters.
→ You must not only perform your role but also determine which hound you are. Only the bloodhound's results will help the prey.
→ You will know you are deerhound if a role revealed after death is not consistent with your findings. Alert the bloodhound at all costs!
→ Upon the bloodhound's death, the deerhound will acquire the bloodhound's skill.

night one

[gamehead]

[Tonight, at 11 PM, your candle flickers on.

There is a child standing in your room of indeterminate age and gender. It is wearing a mask that appears to be a rabbit head, and waiting near your desk.]

Hi!

I picked you for something really great!

[sun_kissedhair]

[Rapunzel, already startled by the candle suddenly lighting up like that, screams when the child appears. Her frying pan is by her pillow and out of reach due to her position by the desk, but she grabs the journal and holds it in a throw-ready stance.]

Who are you and how did you get in here?

[Seeing the small stature of the intruder, she musters enough courage to not try to run, but she is still freaked and suspicious.]

[gamehead]

Ah, Rapunzel! Don't chuck that at me! You'll need it!

[ the child giggles. ] Most people call me... um... what do they call me? Oh, yeah! Critter! I'm Critter.

[sun_kissedhair]

Critter. . .

[She tries to take a deep breath to calm herself.]

Well...that still doesn't explain how you got here or- or what you're doing here.

[gamehead]

Silly, I live here. I know exactly where your room is.

I'm here 'cause I have to explain the rules of the game we're all going to play!

[sun_kissedhair]

A...game? What sort of game?

[gamehead]

It's a fun game, with hunters and prey! You get to be prey!

[sun_kissedhair]

Uhm...Okay...?

What does that mean, exactly? I don't think I've ever played a game like that before. . .

Is it anything like hide-'n-seek?

[gamehead]

For the hunters, yes! They have to hide from the prey, and the prey have to seek them.

Except in this game, you die if you lose. You see, the hunters start killing at night! They will kill one person per night, and they'll keep doing that until they're all found and taken down by the prey. But if you don't catch them in time... you're done for!

It's already arranged. There's fifty-five people here, and some of them are definitely going to start killing!

[sun_kissedhair]

[Such a game exists in the world?!]

You can't be serious! P-people are going to die?!

[gamehead]

Of course I'm serious. This is a really serious game, Rapunzel, so you'd better do a good job if you want to win.

[sun_kissedhair]

W-well, how can we catch the hunters? If they're going to start killing people, we need to get all of them as soon as possible!

How..how many are out there right now?

[gamehead]

I can't say! But lucky you, you're instrumental to catching them.

Your role is the hound. There's two of you. One of you is a bloodhound, and the other is a deerhound. Do you like the names? I picked them myself!

...Anyway, the bloodhound's always accurate. The deerhound isn't- it gets a totally random answer. I can't tell you which one you are, or who the other hound is. But every night, you'll pick a name out of everyone here, and in the morning I'll tell you what their role is. That knowledge will help you identify who to trust, and who not to trust!

Buuuut you have to figure out which hound you are. Don't go immediately chasing down your result, okay! You might get someone innocent killed! And don't go running around telling everyone what your role is. You'll immediately become the target of the hunters.

If the bloodhound dies, the deerhound will gain their powers. Hmmm... any other questions?

[sun_kissedhair]

There's only two of us who can help everyone else by learning who the hunters could be..?

Uhm.

We can end the game once all the hunters are taken out, yes...? If I'm assuming the rules correctly... I mean, you'll tell us, right?

And... how will we catch the hunters if we're supposed to be asleep at night? Will people try to listen or see if anyone is out doing something suspicious and tell everyone else the next morning or...

And will those who are found to be hunters be put in jail or something? A secure one so they can't get out and start killing again?

[gamehead]

There are others, too- other prey roles that help. But in different ways. I won't tell you what those ways are.

You win when the hunters are gone! You'll get to go home, and everyone will be happy.

But here's where the fun starts. You see, the kills happen at night, but you have to figure out who's responsible during the day. Get to know your fellow travellers! You have to find out who's super-duper-suspicious and who isn't. Eventually someone's gonna mess up... then you get 'em!

We'll hold a trial every single day. Everyone will vote on who they find the most suspicious. And then... we'll execute them! None of that silly jail stuff. Truly suspicious people deserve to be dead, right? It's too bad that usually a few innocents get killed by accident, but that's part of the game.

night two

[gamehead]

Who will you choose?

You have until 7PM EST on Friday to reply.

Re: night two

[sun_kissedhair]

Ukyo Kuonji

Re: night two

[gamehead]

[Next to Ukyo's name, a word appears: ]

HUNTER

night three

[gamehead]

Who will you choose?

You have until 7PM EST on Wednesday to reply.

[sun_kissedhair]

England

[gamehead]

[Next to England's name, a word appears: ]

HUNTER

[sun_kissedhair]

[Just this face.]

night four

[gamehead]

Who will you choose?

You have until 7PM EST on Monday to reply.

Re: night four

[sun_kissedhair]

Beat

[gamehead]

[ Next to Beat's name, a word appears: ]

PREY

night five

[gamehead]

Who will you choose?

You have until 7PM EST on Saturday to reply.

[sun_kissedhair]

Tony Stark

[gamehead]

[ Next to Tony's name, a word appears: ]

HUNTER

[sun_kissedhair]

[sobs 5ever]

night six

[gamehead]

Who will you choose?

You have until 7 PM EST on Thursday to reply.

[sun_kissedhair]

Gundam Tanaka

[gamehead]

[Next to Gundam's name, a word appears:]
PREY

[sun_kissedhair]

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