Hydra Jailkeeper 9 - Town win!

[Arete]

Welcome to Jailkeeper 9: Now Featuring Hydras!

Hosted by @Arete with VCs by @KyoDaz and @Simon

Rules:

Follow the Global Forum Rules, given in this post:

Forum of Lies

Additionally, for this game, a minimum requirement of 15 substantive, on-topic, game related posts per in game day are required per slot, unless the day ends early. Posts that are explicitly or obviously made solely for the purpose of meeting this requirement do not count towards the minimum, nor do posts containing solely a vote. The first time a slot fails to meet this requirement, they will receive a warning; the second time, they will be replaced out if possible. If a slot zero-posts, they will be replaced out without a warning.

The game will begin when it is filled.

Hydras!

This game features hydras! That is, rather than playing as individuals, each slot will be filled by two players, who must work together. Hydras sign up as a pair.

Hydras will have a private chat on the forums which they can use at any time, and may create private chats elsewhere so long as the host is added.

A note: by moderator request, all participating players will have their title changed to designate their hydra name, to minimize confusion. This will be reverted after the game.

A single member of a hydra replacing out will be handled on a case by case basis.

If there are insufficient hydra sign-ups, non-hydras may be allowed to join so that the game can fill; however, hydras will have preference.

Role List

Town Jailkeeper
Vanilla Townie
Vanilla Townie
Vanilla Townie
Vanilla Townie
Vanilla Townie
Vanilla Townie
Mafia Goon
Mafia Goon

Sample role PMs:

Summary

Vanilla Townie

You are a Vanilla Townie. Your only weapons are your voice and your vote.

Defeat the Mafia.

Town Jailkeeper

You are the Town Jailkeeper. Each night, you may jailkeep a player in the game. You will simultaneously roleblock that player, and protect that player from any number of nightkills.

Defeat the Mafia.

Mafia Goon

You are a Mafia Goon. You share a 24/7 private chat with your fellow members of the Mafia. Each night, the Mafia may kill a player outside your faction.

Reach parity with the town.

Gameplay

• The set-up consists of 1 Town Jailkeeper, 6 Vanilla Townies, and 2 Mafia Goons. Note that this differs from some other set-ups with the same name.

• Days are 48 hours unless majority is reached early and nights are 24 hours.

• Lynches are majority and plurality. In cases of a tie, the lynch will be determined randomly among the players receiving the most votes.

• No-lynch is a valid vote, and may be hammered to end the day early. In cases where no-lynch and another vote are tied at the end of the day, no-lynch will have priority in the rand.

• Self-votes are considered valid votes.

• Votes are locked in MyLo and LyLo scenarios. That is to say, in situations where a mislynch or a no-lynch will guarantee a Mafia victory, the first vote cast by a given player is final and cannot be changed.

• All votes must be in the form /vote [name of player] to be considered valid, and all unvotes must be in the form /unvote. This is to enable the smooth processing of votes. Votes for either member of a hydra, or for a hydra’s hydra name, will count as votes for that hydra.

• The Mafia factional kill is NOT mandatory.

• The Mafia factional kill IS assigned. That is, a specific member of the Mafia must be chosen to perform the factional kill. If no member is selected, the last member who submitted a kill will be assumed to perform it.

• To prevent “Happily Ever After” scenarios: if the Mafia chose not to submit a factional kill, and there was subsequently a no-lynch, the Mafia must submit a kill on the next night. This does mean that two consecutive nights with no deaths can be used to derive mechanical information. If the Mafia fails to do so, the kill will be randed among non-Mafia members.

• The Mafia will communicate through a private Discord server or forum topic.

Player List:

1. Reinforced_Concrete and Asphalt_Concrete (Composite Materials)
2. katze and Chloe (Gamers)
3. Marshal Vulgard and SirDerpsAlot ()
4. N.1 and clonedcheese (The ParagoNs of CloNNNNNNNNNes)
5. Italy and Amelia (Italia)
6. sulit and Possessed (Society)
7. DryBones and 0B L1ght (The Apex Legends)
8. Wazza and DatBird (Dangan Midgets)
9. orangeandblack5 and Priestess (Solar Opposites)

Backups:

1. Mist1422

Spectators:

1. Astand
2. Anstreim

Milestones:

[Arete]

The child raced through the forest, heavy footsteps behind her. Her heart racing, she reached out through her psychic link – help –

Her sister, four years older, lept down from the tree branch where she’d been keeping watch. I’m coming–

The younger child winced as her leg collided with a tree root. She stumbled briefly, but managed to regain her balance and continue running. She projected an image through the link, of the two linked pairs she’d barely noticed in time, trying to sneak up on her when she was at the edge of the clearing.

Her sister’s eyes widened slightly, recognizing the people in the vision. She hesitated for a moment, trying to decide whether to help her sister or bring this information to the rest of the town. The second option almost certainly would end with them both dead, but at the same time, she doubted she could take on four adults by herself, even armed. At least this way her friends and family might have a chance. She pivoted and began to sprint back towards town. I’m sorry , she sent through the link.

I’m scared.

Calm down – you’re going to be okay –

's impossible to lie through a mind link and have it be believed–

The older one swallowed and broke the connection. She had to get this information to everyone else as quickly as she could. Her lungs burned and her heart pounded as she raced towards her village. She counted the steps in her head, forcing herself to keep running. She just had to make it a little bit farther.

At last, she made it to her village. “Someone’s attacking us–” she forced out, as a pair of guards approached her, frowning.

One of the guards nodded. He glanced at the other one briefly before asking, “Who?”

She started to repeat their names–

– aaaaaaaaaa–

Her sister’s scream reverberated through their psychic link. She doubled over, and her vision flashed white.

One of the guards reached down to feel for a pulse, before looking back at the other and shaking his head. “–what are we going to do?”

“Gather up the rest of the village – we can find them, if we try, we have to–” They paused. “–we could guard a house each night, as well, make sure no one leaves or enters. Might keep people safer.”

The other one nodded. “We have to do this,” they said. “We have to try.”

[Arete]

Welcome to Hydra Jailkeeper 9! Day 1 begins and will end in 48 hours, at 2020-04-18T18:00:00Z or earlier if a majority is reached sooner.

With 9 hydras alive, majority is 5.

[Arete]

@Kirefitten and @eevee (Composite Materials)
@katze and @Chloe (Gamers)
@Marshal and @SirDerpsAlot ()
@N.1 and @clonedcheese (The ParagoNs of CloNNNNNNNNNes)
@Italy and @Amelia (Italia)
@sulit and @Possessed (Society)
@ChopChop and @Aelin (The Apex Legends)
@Wazza and @DatBird (Dangan Midgets)
@orangeandblack5 and @anon97870008 (Solar Opposites)

[sulit]

yeet

[Amelia]

First

[Marshal]

/vote gamers

[sulit]

I sniped it and I wasn’t even stalking the thread

godly

[Marshal]

/Evolve @Arete

[SirDerpsAlot]

Imagine finding scum Pre-game

[sulit]

/vote gamers

must be exterminated

[Amelia]

Feck I have failed

[Amelia]

Okay perfect

[Arete]

Votee	Voted by	Votes
Gamers	, Society	2/5

[Marshal]

wait

what

how do you have the same name

[Marshal]

have fun doing votecounts with our name sweetie

[sulit]

/vote

[Marshal]

ok

i’ve devised a strat