Mini 2243: Chromatic Ascension || Game Over!

[Ydrasse]

MINI 2243 || CHROMATIC ASCENSION

The final weeks of chivalry.

Co-modded by Hectic.

^{Setup designed by Ydrasse, reviewed by Hectic.}

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ALIVE

Spoiler:

Knight Lavender

* = 1 prod

DEAD

Spoiler:

Knight Azure
Knight Beige
Knight Burgundy
Knight Chartreuse
Knight Crimson
Knight Daffodil
Knight Indigo
Knight Magenta
Knight Marigold
Knight Seafoam
Knight Rose
The Rainbow Knight

[Ydrasse]

RULESET

^{_{Lifted from Plotinus (and Hectic), edited by Ydrasse}}

• GENERAL RULES:
  
  
• Please follow all site rules.
  
• My mod color is
  this
  . You can use it, but don't impersonate me.
  
• Any and all Private Topics will be open at all times.
  
• My co-mod for this game is Hectic.
  
• If you would like a notes PT, please PM me and I shall create one.
  
• Please PM me or Hectic if you have questions, see important errors, and the like.
  
• Ask for a deadline extension when necessary; it may or may not be granted.
  
• Please inform me of any V/LA via PM or through the thread in a bolded message addressed to myself or Hectic.
  
• This ruleset may be edited at will when necessary.
  
• A contentless "bah" post is allowed.
  
• Play to win, and play to have fun!
  
  
  DAY PHASE RULES:
  
  
• Day phase lasts for 7 days, give or take a small margin. The exception is the first day, lasting 4 days.
  
• Please format your votes as VOTE: Player-Player or
  Vote: Player-Player
  . I would highly appreciate the former. Abbreviations are acceptable, so long as the players in reference are obvious. If I think it counts as a vote, I'll count it.
  
• You are not required to unvote, though it is appreciated.
  
• Days end early when a simple majority of players (50% of living players + 1 rounded down) vote to eliminate a pair. If a majority is not reached at deadline or if a majority of the players vote for no elimination, the day will end without an elimination.
  
• Twilight begins when a majority is reached. It lasts until the thread is locked. Until this point, players may post in any and all game threads that they may have access to; they will have this ability until I arrive to flip them. Votes and unvotes in this phase do not count.
  
• Please post at least once every 48 hours. If you fail to do so, you will be prodded. If you fail to respond to said prod within 24 hours, you will be replaced.
  
• If you get three or more prods, or fail to respond to a prod by posting in thread within 24 hours (or by PM if at Night), I will begin seeking for a replacement (this means the third prod functions like a notice that you are racing the search for your replacement.)
  
  
  NIGHT PHASE RULES:
  
  
• Night phase lasts for 48 hours, give or take a small margin. If everyone votes to do so — actions available or otherwise — via PM, fast nights may be enacted.
  
• You may PM me to submit your night actions. If you choose to post them in a PT (such as a mafia PT), I would greatly appreciate you still PMing me regardless, though unrequired.
  
• If you fail to submit an action, no action shall be taken. You may submit an action until deadline.
  
• You may change your action as many times as you want until deadline.
  
  
  CAPITAL OFFENSES:
  
  
• Behave nicely with others. Don't get toxic, don't do personal attacks, keep it a fun time for everyone. If people ask you to tone it down, you should do so. If you don't comply, I'll ask you to tone it down. If you don't stop, you may find yourself force-replaced.
  
• Do not speak about ongoing games. Do not speak with one another about this game save for the threads I have created for it.
  
• Do not quote your role PM or private communication (real or fabricated) with the moderator, co-moderator, backup players, PTs, or anything of that sort. Paraphrasing your role PM is acceptable.
  
• Please make all text readable.
  
• No invisible posts, no codes, no cryptography.
  
• Do not edit your posts if you have the ability to do so.
  
• If any of these rules are egregiously broken, I reserve the right to force-replace you or, with Listmod permission, modkill you.

[Ydrasse]

SPECIAL RULESET

• PLEASE READ:
  
  
  This game is an
  ANONYMOUS GAME
  . This means that there will be no references to your main accounts. None. Please play as if you do not have a main and your Knight account is your only account. This includes examples such as:
  
  
• "I think I know who [x] might be!"
  
• "If only I could reveal who I was to everyone..."
  
• "My meta definitely isn't like that at all."
  
  I will issue you one warning if you engage in this sort of talk, but if you break the rule after that I will replace you. This may be harsh, but I want everyone to do their best to keep this as anonymous as possible.
  
  Please do not change any of the login information for your account. Please do not change anything about your profile picture or signature. You may change the pronouns and site theme for your account. If you want to change something else specific, please ask me.
  
  If you alt-slip, I will be forced to replace you. Please be careful when you are posting and make sure you are on the correct account.

[Ydrasse]

GAME SETUP

• The roles in this game are as follows:
  
  
• 6 Warm Knights
  
• 6 Cool Knights
  
• The Rainbow Knight
  
  During Day 1, people will create Palettes, which consists of one Warm and one Cool Knight paired with one another. You may only pair with one other Knight for the entirety of the game. This will continue until there is only one person remaining, who will then be automatically eliminated from the game. Warm Knights may propose to Cool Knights, and Cool Knights may propose to Warm Knights.
  
  I will accept any reasonable variation that indicates you wish to create a Palette with someone, whether it is to propose, ask for a dance, etc. Please make sure to either
  bold
  these requests, or use the VOTE: vote feature to make apparent who you are pairing with.
  
  From here, you will receive access to a PT for your Palette, where you may speak at any time. These PTs will remain open until your death.
  
  From Day 2 onward, you will vote to eliminate a Palette of Knights each day via majority. Within a Palette, a Knight may choose to leave if they wish, and their Palette will exit the game.
  
  The Cult of Achromaticism will receive a nightkill to use Night 2. There will be no other nightkills.
  
  The game will end when, either, the Knights successfully eliminate all Cultists of Achromaticism, or when the Cultists have reached parity. The name 'Cultist' is for flavor purposes; there are no Cult mechanics in this game.
  
  The Rainbow Knight is a special role that will be expanded on upon gamestart.

SAMPLE ROLE CARDS

You are

Knight Green

, from a land of honorable knights.

You are a

Warm

/

Cool

color, and aligned with the

Knights of Hue.

Your login information is as follows:

[Example Username]
[Example Password]

The game thread may be found here.

You are

Knight Red

, from a land of red-blooded heroes.

However, you wish to drain the blood from these heroes.

You are a

Warm

/

Cool

color, and aligned with the

Cult of Achromaticism

. Your Cultist PT may be found here.

Your login information is as follows:

[Example username]
[Example password]

The game thread may be found here.

[Ydrasse]

All role PMs have been sent. Game will start with 11/13 confirmed, as well as a small countdown.

Please let me know if you have any issues logging into your Knight account.

Confirmed: 3/13.

[Ydrasse]

Update: Game will start around 6-7 CST tomorrow, so long as all confirmations are good and settled. I want to try having a set time period for things to start to make it more accessible for people, as well as making it smoother on my end. Hope you all understand!

Also, please let me know if the mod color is unreadable for you, trying to make it easy on the eyes. Thanks!

[Ydrasse]

DAY ONE

The Rainbow Knight’s home manifests itself for one week of every year, with enough room for a table and fifteen chairs settled in the middle of a ballroom. Every color of Hue shines down from the stained glass ceilings, and from the stained glass walls, and the stained glass floors that everyone is careful not to step too harshly on.

There are two seats open at the table, on either end. When everyone eats, they look away and instead at each other, at the bright planes that make up the colors of their skin. Their arms make a light tinkling noise when they meet the table, the same as their forks on their plates.

The Rainbow Knight is the first to speak, their voice as light as the colors rippling over them. For their final week they’ve decided to be Cool. When they move, their very being is made up of blue and green and purple.

“Now, I know this is a little sad, and I know that this is going to be a little sadder, but I’m glad you’re all here.”

“Of course!” cries out Crimson, and Lavender nods their approval.

“We’d not be anywhere else to see you off,” says Chartreuse.

“It’s been an honor to know you!” Azure and Indigo state in unison.

The Rainbow Knight quiets everyone with a wave of their hands, seeing all of the other Knights preparing to pledge their love and respect aloud. “There, there. It will be okay, I know. But I’ve seen you all grow so much over the years, that I know the lands will flourish fourfold until I return one day.”

With a flourish, they stand suddenly. The iridescent cloak clasped around them flies askew, knocking over their wine glass. They do not react at all, save to kick it underneath the table for now.

“But my fellow Knights, we are not here to dwell on my ascension yet. It is a great tradition that we have to undertake, to celebrate the brightness of our colors and land. And for that, we must dance! Create beautiful Palettes as the Knights of old did!”

“There are thirteen of us though, and a Palette cannot hold more than two before turning ugly,” says Marigold, their face twisting in concern.

“Ah, well…” The Rainbow Knight thinks to themselves for a moment, and then shrugs. “One of us will have to be a good sport, then, and sit this one out!”

• [7] Unpaired Cool Knights:
  
  
  The Rainbow Knight
  Knight Azure
  Knight Chartreuse
  Knight Indigo
  Knight Lavender
  Knight Magenta
  Knight Seafoam
  
  
  [6] Unpaired Warm Knights:
  
  
  Knight Beige
  Knight Burgundy
  Knight Crimson
  Knight Daffodil
  Knight Marigold
  Knight Rose

The deadline is in (expired on 2021-10-08 19:30:58).

ADDITIONALLY:

The Rainbow Knight was given the choice of Warm or Cool. They have picked Cool.

Tonight, The Rainbow Knight will be able to visit someone to host a very special, very private chat. A great honor, given from the most illustrious Knight of Hue. Do you hope it will be you?

[Knight Azure]

First

[Knight Azure]

So Rainbow Knight is confirmed town, right?

[Knight Lavender]

Greetings, salutations.

Many a strategy for this setup has been passed onto us by our elders.

I dare suggest that anyone not familiar with the tales of old read up on the exploits of the party with all sorts of mystical creatures.

https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=83843

May we be so lucky as to follow in the footsteps of giants.

[Knight Daffodil]

It is my suspicion that the Rainbow Knight can be trusted. But I won't assume it until proven.

I hope nobody has chosen to view my messages on Sepia.

[Knight Daffodil]

I am not reading this entire game, so if you have a point you wish to make, please make it more concisely.

[Knight Seafoam]

Knight Lavender, wouldst thou share thy ancestral strategems that we might, in thy own words, become wiser in the hearing?

Knight Daffodil, indeed am I reading thy words on pages of sepia, but as a knight of grace and learning, it is no inconvenience to me to read as thou intends to be perceived.

[Knight Seafoam]

So Rainbow Knight is confirmed town, right?

While it is folly to presume anything, given the circumstances I would not besmirch our host's honour with baseless accusations. I am certain that the esteemed Rainbow Knight is aware that all eyes are upon them.

[Knight Marigold]

Who's up for a dance?

[Knight Marigold]

"A cool knight" sounds so much better than "A warm knight". I wish I were "cool".

[Knight Lavender]

Knight Lavender, wouldst thou share thy ancestral strategems that we might, in thy own words, become wiser in the hearing?

The false prophet put it best:

Subject: A warlock, a werewolf, and a vampire... [Game Over]

Some more game analysis: I believe that the scum team was particularly weak this round. Getting left out as scum in pre-dance should be avoidable as long as you didn't roll 3 gentleman or something ridiculous like that, and none of the scum players were much influential in the day game. Staying quiet and looking okay is passable, but you're never going to make the endgame pair like that. The mafia wins of the previous iterations had strong dayplay from the scum players, with possible exception of the summer waltz where Luna Fox threw. I agree with Something_Smart that losing the original gentleman 1 was quite a blow.

We go extremely hard to scrutinize every warm-cold blossom of love, and we leave one of the nasties out in the pasture.

[Knight Daffodil]

Perhaps cool is in the eye of the beholder, Knight Marigold.

[Knight Azure]

Who's up for a dance?

I'd join you for a dance just because your color fits the closest to being my complimentary color

But you know,

strategy

and et cetera.

[Knight Azure]

It is my suspicion that the Rainbow Knight can be trusted. But I won't assume it until proven.

I hope nobody has chosen to view my messages on Sepia.

Please for the love of

GOD

do not use that color.

[The Rainbow Knight]

Who's up for a dance?

I like your enthusiasm!

[The Rainbow Knight]

I would like someone to sweep me off my feet.

My ideal dance partner will have to be charming, dashing, witty and kind.

He must be able to protect me during a storm,
be gentle in times of storm and turmoil,
be a rock that I can rest peacefully knowing that I can trust.
be the laughter that I can count on to cheer me up.

I must warn you about myself.
I am very very very paranoid,
Skittish to a fault almost.
I will stay up nights worrying about your alignment.

I promise I will give you time, support, and more thoughts than you care to read.
I will support you, treasure you, and protect you as long as I trust you.
Show me what lies inside your heart and trust me to see you for what your true alignment is.

[Knight Azure]

Does having 7 cool mean there is guaranteed scum in the group by the way?
I'm not really used to these so-called dance games.

[The Rainbow Knight]

So Rainbow Knight is confirmed town, right?

I'm not an innocent child per se but I am aligned with the Knights of Hue.

It will become more obvious over time, I very rarely get misread when I am town.

[Knight Chartreuse]

I'm here to have some fun, and leave some of my woes behind! So let's make this a dance worth remembering!