villainy commenced [[1x1 w/ the-nug-king & hexspecs!]]

[grey matter]

Lucas paused, contemplating his reply. "I give a knowing nod and say "It happens to us all. I will offer you a proverb: Guttulis aequalis saliva lacrimam; saliva can be worth just as much as tears. Out of character, don't ask me what that means, Lazarus said it once and it stuck with me and it's Inamonthian Latin, so it's definitely a bit different from the Latin I learned in what was my world and might be something you knew from your worlds, so..."

"Lucas," Lazarus said, "you need to learn to use your context clues! When did I say that last?"

"You were sleepwalking and you said it in my direction in a very ominous manner and I woke you up because I thought you were being possessed by some sort of dream entity that was all too aware that I had been drooling in my sleep that night... despite it being hard to tell because I was wadded up in multiple blankets."

"Well? What does that tell you?"

"Nothing."

Lazarus sighed. "I refuse to explain it to the likes of you, Lucas."

"Whatever. Uh, back to the game, I spot some of the water out of my peripheral vision and give Three a notion that it's there and... Oh, Platform? Is it okay if I declare the outside weather as rainy? It just feels right as a theme of... whatever's going on at this masquerade."

"Approved."

"It's a dark and stormy night, hah!" Lazarus said. "Great!"

"Oh- and I scoot one tile away to leave Three with the someone ominous proverb and reminder," Lucas said, ending his turn.

DVS started his turn, only to be told of a random event he was stuck with.

"You must go to the bathroom."

"...But it's flooding. And there's a ferret and someone else in there. And it's probably locked. Do you mean this literally, or not literally? Because if it's not literal, whatever, I can handle myself and I'm rolling anyways."

"Are you making this a supplementary goal?" Lazarus asked.

"What?"

"Y'know, supplementary goals! They effect the game and I think you get bonus points if you manage to go through with them successfully... It's typical rules to not mention them to newbies until someone thinks up something that could work as a goal based on gameplay. And it's gotta be based on gameplay- not anything out of character, like if I was trying to just hunt down Lucas's character because they're Lucas's character. If I was hunting down Lucas's character because they invoked some sort of in character, interaction-acted suspicion in my character, then that'd maybe be allowed. The Platform knows intentions."

"This would be allowed as a supplementary goal. It will effect your gameplay."

DVS gave a tense glance to the Platform. "Fine. I'll take it, and a roll, thank you. I hope I don't end up regretting this. I don't even know the parameters.

"5," the Platform said, answering no questions.

DVS moved his mask piece to the stairway leading to the mezzanine, finding he could probably just interact with Lazarus's character if anything. "I end my turn without doing anything of note."

Bon Voidage was holding back laughter from the two amusing events that had just happened. "I don't even need a number, I'm cheesing myself back into this position."

"Odd number. You would be one tile away if you went back and forth."

"Close enough," Bon Voidage said, moving her piece on the other tile of the bathroom. "I prepare some... character specific equipment! Do I need to say what it is?"

"THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO. REVEALING DOESN'T DO TOO MUCH USUALLY ANYWAYS," Lucdust spelled.

"Mm," Bon Voidage replied. "I am preparing portable reanimation equipment. And also attempting to open a hole in the roof since it's stormy out. Aftershock skips my next movement turn though. I can still interact, so... uh, can I retcon that into having been in an interaction with Scorpius?"

"No," the Platform said.

"Darn. Alright, my turn's over."

[[Oh boy I've just slapped more things into this game,,,]]

[the-nug-king]

"I would... possit that saliva generally does more for the body than tears do," Three told Lucas. "Though I am unsure how releasing either of them from my body helps the current situation."

"Wait, where am I now?" Scorpius asked. "I got summoned away earlier. Um, I guess I don't want to be in a storm though? That's bad for ferrets. So I use my tiny ferret size to jump down a hole between some tiles and now I can run along under the board!"

"Can you... simply declare there is a hole there?" Three asked.

"Yes! I did! I do declare a hole!" At zir words, a hole opened up next to zir. "See! I go down the hole!"

[grey matter]

"There is a hole," the Platform said.

"Ohhhh. That's what that was for..." Lazarus said, as if this hole-crawling mechanism made something finally make sense.

[[...did i mess up turn order earlier i realize mind went stupid last night but i'm not sure if it did here. maybe just my anxiety squealing lol]]

[the-nug-king]

"Okay, so, no one's doing anything interesting, except boat girl and whatever she's doing," said Cazenar.

"I'm doing dark magic!" Aurion objected.

"And I'm a ferret!"

"All of Morgan's suggestions and actions are excellent," said Three.

"Right, whatever. I turn myself invisible, sneak up behind Aurion, and get a dagger round his neck."

"I hear him coming and fight back!"

"No you don't, still my turn!"

"Perhaps you could do a contested roll for it?" Three suggested.

((I don't think so?? Did not notice anyway))

[grey matter]

The Platform seemed very aware of these two being disagreeable. "Roll will be each a D6." It did not wait for anyone to reply to this, making the executive decision. "Player 8 rolls... 6. Player 9 rolls... 6. Re-roll?" it offered, (probably mistakenly) assuming they might find themselves a way to roleplay that out.


[[Also that saliva and tears thing - the actual meaning is probably something like "If you find your emotions are utter disasters, sleep might help." It's just a badly worded mental health tip.

also BOAT GIRL. wonderful nickname 11/10
also man. i CANNOT wait to execute Voidage's strats next turn they're gonna BE RIDICULOUS and she's gonna reveal her goal because it's A Rule Of The Card and I think if nobody stops her she might win by special condition??
but there's also the Raw Points winner, the Goal winner, and the Special winner to think about... so I think it'll probably come down to three-ish (perhaps more) winners (boy do i like invoking the Rule of Three, I blame Three's presence) and they'll be gaming to the in-game death, probably.
also i almost randomly picked the numbers but then Cazenar got a 6 and I really wanted to see what would happen if Caz and Aurion had a roll-off and I thought it'd be entertaining to see their reactions- forgive me if this is unwanted]]

[the-nug-king]

"Wait, what about modifiers?" asked Aurion. "No, nevermind, I assume that as the spy, all of Cazenar's modifiers are in sneaking."

"Liar! You're the spy! But if you want me to have the modifiers..."

"I am the wizard. As I shall once again demonstrate," he said smugly, calling another black flame to his hand.

"I demonstrate that my magic is better, because it's actually real. I set Three on fire."

"I am immune to fire, I believe."

"What?"

"And I am unsure all of this would constitute only one turn."

Aurion ignored them, smirking at Cazenar. "Well, I think we can all see who the true wizard is here! Unless you'd prefer another demonstration of my power!"

"I'll show you my true power!"

At that moment, the courtyard on the board caught fire.

"You see!" Aurion and Cazenar both yelled, before starting to argue about who had actually set it.

Three sighed. "Apparently I can take bonus actions on other people's turns. May I put out the fire?"

((Cazenar is glad you approve, he just doesn't remember Bon Voidage or DVS's names. tbh he's only just got Lucas'.))

[grey matter]

"Granted," the Platform replied.

"Objection!" Lazarus objected. "Not to the putting out of the fire, but how it didn't put itself out. It's raining."

"Magic fire is immune to rain? Like, I dunno, maybe they got it from a power-up." Lucas suggested.

"This game has power-ups?" Bon Voidage asked.

"No, I'm just making a... very vague joke-slash-reference."

"But we do need a ruling! Does the fire put itself out?" Lazarus asked of the Platform.

"...No," it replied, "But Player Four may put it out."

[the-nug-king]

"Right. I do that. And tell whoever started it that I'm very impressed with their true power. Have Aurion and Cazenar used up their turns now?"

"No!" said Cazenar. "Aurion was sabotaging me! Let me take him hostage!"

[grey matter]

"Because of the intervention, all of this interaction has ended. If Player Nine decides to interact again, you may take him hostage. Or, if you have any card abilities that let you take him hostage now, you may," the Platform replied.

[the-nug-king]

"I do," Cazenar lied.

"I interact," said Aurion, at the same time. "I wish to take him hostage."

((asdhgafsgdg sorry these two take A While on their turns idk if they need to just roll again here or what??))