Manifestation of Darkness [Concluded]

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The pale glow of the moon illuminated the features of the night, casting a thin shadow behind them, revealing a tiny village bordered by two cliffs. Upon the crags of the cliff, a tall gaunt man stood, his face ridged with lines of age and his eyes reflected that of one who had seen many atrocities committed. Lightning crackled overhead, but his face remained passive despite his elevated position.

He bore a staff of oak, with mystical runes of power engraved upon it at regular intervals. Looking down at the village in the valley, he grinned wickedly, and raised his staff and began chanting. Garbled phrases of an unknown language began pouring out of his mouth and the air grew fey.

The young man who crouched in the shadows felt the hairs on the back of his neck start to rise. His knuckles whitened as he gripped his dagger tighter, as if it would reassure himself that he was safe. Perhaps it was time to make good his escape to warn the townsfolk. He began to slowly sneak away but was suddenly lifted high into the air and slammed down in front of the spell caster. By virtue of his tight grip, the dagger was still in his hands, and he desperately sought to thrust it forward into the spell caster who was but a hand's span away. T'was not to be so, as he found himself not in control of his own body, his jaws refused to open, and his limbs lifeless at his side, the dagger slipping from his grasp onto the dirt with a solid thump.

“We’ll have none of that my dear, you’ll stay right here and watch this marvelous show.” The spell caster said with a manic look in his eyes.

Trying to yell or drop off the cliffs so that at least the townsfolk would know something amiss when they discovered his body, the young man failed miserably and could only lie there and watch helplessly as the spell began proper.

“One more atrocity wouldn’t hurt at all, just one more.” The man’s grin widened, to reveal teeth filed to edges, sharp and deadly.

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Welcome to my first small game, the Manifestation of Darkness! You are, well most of you anyways :laugh4:, townsfolk living in the usually peaceful lakeside village of Veridus who if not for this situation would be peacefully living your lives with your typical routine. It now falls upon your shoulders to defeat the evil that has come to plague the land, or be consumed by the encroaching darkness :devil:

Rules:

-No wholesale quoting of your role pm or abilities, I'll allow paraphrases or general descriptions. Its always best to check with me at the start of the game once you've received your role pm what you're allowed to reveal in specifics to yourself since it may vary from person to person. Just send the query along during the early game :yes:

-Voting should be done in a bolded format such as Vote: Death is Yonder or Unvote: Death is Yonder
I'm not too particular about the general formating so as long as you have bolded your vote and it has the word vote before it (basically it being obviously a vote) I won't mind

-Out of thread communication is permitted but as usual, kindly refrain from quoting over your role pm or results or similar things

-No Lynch is not a valid option for voting, however, abstains are permitted

-Especially, no screenshots of chat logs or the like, but you may type it in thread in the form of a quote or copy paste (which may bring questions of its authenticity)

-Standard gameroom rules apply

And of course, have fun! :wink:

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Extra Note:
I will be away from the 6th-9th of December noon to noon my time, which roughly translates to the 2359 5th December --> 2359 8th December [EST Time], 3 days of what should have been gameplay.

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I'm looking for 15 sign ups if possible, replacements are welcome :bow:

Sign Ups: 15/15 CLOSED
Beskar
Csargo
Sasaki Kojiro
AntiKingWarmanCake88
ArpeggiateTHIS
Diamondeye
autolycus
Tratorix
God Emperor
Seon
Sprig
YLC
classical_hero
Captain Blackadder
Joooray

Reserves:
Chaotix

In.

I'll play.

Just a gentle reminder to indicate whether the 72 hour gap will be a big issue for you or not :bow:

Other than that the game will be running smoothly.

In, nothing wrong with the 72 hour gap.

Probably won't be a issue for me.

I'm in :clown:.

The gap isn't that big of a deal I don't think.

You can count me in.

in and I haven't got any problems with the 72 hr break.

Make me a replacement/reserve in case you don't meet the 15-player mark without me.

I'm in, no problem with the possible hiatus.

I will play.

edit: Can't see a problem with the planned hiatus.

In.

In, if there are still any spaces left.

No problem with t hat 72 hour break.

I can jump in to make the numbers, no problem with the break.

If you get more than 15 please bump me to reserve.

In as well :D

In.

In

Haitus is fine

Update:

Still need 1 more player, if there are none by about 12 hours time give or take, Chaotix will be bumped up to main player :yes:

After that, the game itself will begin proper on Friday approximately 1400 GMT. Role pms will be out before that, as early as within the next 24 hours (to familiarize yourself with your role before the starting day phase begins), so during that duration, feel free to pm me any questions about your role that you may have :bow:

I can be the last missing player. Except if Chaotix decides he wants to be a full player after all in which case I'm fine with being a replacement. :bow:

Alright thanks :bow:

I'll move Chaotix to reserve.

Role pms will be out later in the day.

Hey folks, change in schedule:

The game will start instead on Sunday at approximately 1200-1400 GMT, and role pms will be out shortly before that (the day phase will be also dual utilized to ask me any questions).

Apologies for the delay, this will be the last one :bow:

It seemed just like your ordinary night, with a cool breeze drifting by, catching the scent of the flowers in the full bloom of spring. Villagers went about their usual routines, and as usual, the inn was still bustling despite the late hour. Little did those inside know, that their lives were going to be turned upside down.

It started so abruptly, yet so devastatingly effective. First, total and complete darkness to terrify the people, next, cold chilling winds to freeze the people in place, or to discourage them from coming out of their houses. Then finally, lightning would be utilized with fatal accuracy to target the densely placed wooden houses, burning their inhabitants alive to a crisp in mere minutes.

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It was supposed to have killed every single one of them, but his carelessness to not have checked the surrounding region had bungled the plan, for now instead of no survivors, there were more than a dozen and he had used up quite a lot of his power to have performed the spectacular light show. This problem would be rectified, and quickly, for if Marco the Black was to attain world domination and reign with absolute power, then he would have to make a name for himself.

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All role pms (with exception of one, owing to said person having a full pm box) are out!

Day phase 1 begins! Voting will end at Tuesday 1.59am and 59 seconds GMT time, which is roughly just under 31 hours and 20 minutes from this post.

Alive: 15/15

Beskar
Csargo
Sasaki Kojiro
AntiKingWarmanCake88
ArpeggiateTHIS
Diamondeye
autolycus
Tratorix
God Emperor
Seon
Sprig
YLC
classical_hero
Captain Blackadder
Joooray

Dead: 0/15

We clearly are dealing with something of occult power here, something, perhaps, that fancies itself vote: God Emperor?

How dare you Autolycus ! Vote: YLC As the late game will show , he is scum:idea2:

... And vote:Classical Hero is his partner, then?

Vote: Tratorix. He's our traitor.

Sprig stares in disbelief at the ruins of the village and in particular the charred remains of the inn.

“Oh man, Where am I going to get a drink from now? Alright, who’s got some alcohol? Cough it up!”

Sprig looks around and sniff the air, for a second he caught a whiff of a sweet smell. It seems to eminate from Sasaki Kojiro.

“Vote: Sasaki Kojiro, share and share alike I say. Smells like you are hiding something!”

No, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE JOOORAY!!!

Vote: Joooray.

I know you burnt down the village Joooray....all because of that cookie you took from me eh? You thought by, killing hundreds of people and burning down the village, I will forget? Oh no, I remember....that cookie....it was MINE! MINE!

Vote:AKWC88

The cake is a lie son...