The journey has been long, and bitter, and cold, but you have made it. You are in the North Pole, heading straight for Santa’s home.
Day begins, though it is so dark it is hard to tell. You have barely taken a step before there is a sudden flash of red light. And, there, standing in front of you, is a holographic Santa Claus.
“Halt!” he booms. “My security system has detected that not all of you mean well. Yes of course I have a security system, I have a bio-engineered reindeer with a glowing nose and the biggest toy factory on the planet, why wouldn’t I have security? My security brings me grave news. Two among you are werepenguins, while two serve that den of villainy called NASA.”
At those words, you look among yourselves, all bundled up. The cold in your bones is no longer purely from the arctic air.
Two muffle alarmed honks at the discovery of their subterfuge. Two clutch the mystical amulets they had been given by their superior to protect themselves against penguin attacks; it was a pity NASA did not have more of them.
“Be sure you are rid of them by the time you reach me,” Santa says. “Unfortunately they are too well concealed for me to locate directly, but they are there. Oh, yes, they are there.”
The hologram blinks out, and now the group stands alone, burdened with terrible knowledge.
Rules
During the day, the villagers can vote to lynch any of their number. A majority wins. Someone can also vote to cancel another’s vote. Whoever ends the day with the most votes dies; if there is a tie, no one dies. Simply write [I vote to lynch ___]
If a character wishes to commit suicide, they do not require a vote, they can do it to themselves instantly. Any votes for them to be lynched are immediately cancelled, and those that did so are free to vote again. This option is only open to villagers, and is only available should there be fewer villagers remaining than the total sum of penguins and NASA agents. Any command for the narrator in the thread should be in square brackets [] to make sure it doesn't get overlooked.
During the night, many things happen. There is no vote, but:
The psychic can do one of the following each night: they can ask after the alignment of a specific character, or ask for a hint towards a random threat be posted in the main thread. The psychic is on the side of the villagers.
The penguins will alternate nights, and can also choose between two options. They might decide to ask after the alignment of a player, or they could decide to kill. If they target a villager, the villager dies. If they target a NASA agent however they will be unable to kill them, and instead their identity will be outed to that agent.
The NASA agents perform the same as the penguins, with the roles reversed. Should a penguin and NASA agent target the same individual, the individual survives and once more the identity of the penguin is revealed to the NASA agent, and the identity of the NASA agent revealed to the penguin. The target learns both.
The only way for a penguin or NASA agent to die is by lynching. A majority, meaning villagers most of the time, is required.
Days and nights last 24 hours of real time. The time this post was put up is the time of dawn and dusk.
If anyone wants to reveal their role in PM or the main thread they are free to do so, however it is still a bit of a stupid thing to do so you are advised against it. It is entirely possible for someone to lie.
However, as the villagers are required for NASA agents to defeat the penguins, or vice versa, there may be cause for an uneasy alliance.
The penguins win when the NASA agents and villagers are wiped out, or such a thing is unavoidable.
NASA wins when penguins and villagers are wiped out, or such a thing is unavoidable.
The villagers win when both NASA and the penguins are defeated.
Alternatively, no one wins should all villagers be dead, and the NASA agents or penguins both have one or both have two survivors, so don’t be too free with your killing.
Dead players may post only at night, but living players may commune with them even during the day via PM. This includes talking with dead penguins/NASA agents should anyone wish to pull a ‘the enemy of my enemy.’
When someone dies, it is revealed whether they were a penguin, NASA agent or human; any special roles are the ghost’s to reveal. Any knowledge on the alignments of other characters remains secret, and will be dispensed by their ghost as and when they wish it.
Any questions, let me know!
The two werepenguins have human names during the day, but their true penguin names are Piplup and Mumble. In the penguin language they roughly translate as, respectively, ‘Enemy of all that is good and holy, crusher of bones and drinker of souls,’ and ‘To speak quietly.’
The two NASA agents operate under the codenames Neil A and Neil DGT. An alarming number of NASA agents are called Neil.
Neil A and Piplup will PM me on night one. Neil DT and Mumble on night two, and so on. If Neil A dies, Neil DT will PM in their place also. If both members of one team are killed, their counterparts still only get one PM a night.
Lynching the narrator is enabled. Should this option get the majority of votes, the narrator will be killed and a figure better or worse will be forced to take my place. However, this person will be unaware of who’s what and so will randomly reassign all roles among players living and dead. It could assign all penguins/NASA agents to dead players, or resurrect them, or be entirely neutral. Keep on your toes.
There are two werepenguins, two NASA spies, and one psychic among the villagers. This is all that is known for certain. Everyone except the psychic has an additional role on top of their alignment.
Expedition Manifest:
Jura-Glenlivet II - Werepenguin Piplup discovered and killed
Boydster - the Boydster is flat
Crouton
TheLordBarst - One small step for NASA
Space Cowgirl
Chicken Fried Clucker - NASA agent Neil A discovered and executed
Shifter - NASA agent Neil DT executed and Christmas saved
DuckDodgers- Roasted, then resurrected
NotSoSkeptical - Werepenguin Mumble discovered and killed
Wise
Colonel Gaydafi
Bullwinkle - Should've watched out. Also, wildcard.
JimmyTheCrab - Reindeers do not forgive