[Basic] Call of Cthulhu Mafia- Sign Ups

[Blackhoof]

"That is not dead which can eternal lie,

and in strange aeons, even death may die"

-Excerpt from the Necronomicon

The night was quiet in the city of Arkham. The calls and trills of the whipoorwills had subsided for the nonce, and the citizens of Arkham could sleep peacefully in their beds. Changeless, legend-haunted Arkham, where clustered gambrel roofs sway in the thin air over attics and cellars where witches hid from the kings men in the dark, olden days of the province. The people of Arkham may well have told themselves and each other that such days were behind them, and maybe they thought that they believed it. But truly, deep within the recesses of their souls, they knew that the days of sacrifice and chanting under pale moons were not truly gone.

On the dawn of April 23, 1926, Arkham was awoken by a single, piercing scream, a scream which seemed to continue for eternity.

Rushing to the source of the scream at the entrance to Miskatonic University, the citizens of Arkham found a gruesome and macabre atrocity waiting for them. Ernest Johnson, the night guard at the university, was tied spread-eaged across the ornate ironwork gate, ritualistic cuts and occult symbols carved into his naked flesh. Blood covered him, and the gate, spreading into a large pool filling the entranceway. If the sight of such a horror was not enough to break a man's sanity, then the alien words scrawled in blood across the archway- Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

The crowd gaped in shock and revulsion, many crying or yelling hysterically, throwing up or turning away in disgust, and others staring, transfixed, unable to tear their eyes away.

A man pushed his way through the crowd, and approached the woman who had first seen poor Ernest, and alerted the town with her scream. As soon as she saw him, the woman pulled him into a great embrace, sobbing uncontrollably. The man, looking increasingly uncomfortable, awkwardly patted her back. "Its ok Matilda... its ok."
Matilda sobbed more, and choked a few words between them, "B-but... Ernest... he... he...."

Eventually Matilda let go of him, and Professor Armitage turned to the distraught crowd. "Everyone, everyone please! Listen to me!"
The crowd settled down, and Armitage continued, "We all know what has happened here. Murder. Sacrifice. To call this devil-worship would be to grossly underestimate the darkness of this horror. I have known about this group for a time, but I never thought that they would move so openly and so brazenly. They are the Cult of Cthulhu."

Suddenly, Ernest gasped.

The unexpected movement and sound caused the mass of Arkhamites to stagger backwards and scream collectively in shock and fright. Ernest heaved, his eyes opening, and his mouth began moving, as if to form words, but only a whisper emerged.

Armitage approached Ernest in horrified revulsion, unable to believe that anyone could survive such torture. "How... how is this possible? Blood loss alone should have..."

Ernest's eyes fixed onto Armitage, and he rasped several more times, before finally words emerged. "They.... are planning something...."
The Professor was galvanised back into action. "Quick!" He cried, striding forward to untie Ernest, "Fetch doctor West! Hold on Ernest, tell me about their plan later, when we-"

"No!" Ernest leaned forward as far as he could, whispering into Armitage's ear, "You can't save me! You know it! I don't know the details, but... it will happen on Walpurgis Night"
Armitage's eyes narrowed, "Walpurgis Night? The 30th? That is only a week away."
"I.... know.... I was the first... I will not be the last..... more will follow..... He is coming, they said... He will return, they... AHH... said..." Ernest groaned in pain and effort, fading quickly.
"Ernest.... thank you. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. We will remember it."
Ernest slumped, and before he died he uttered three last words, sending a chill down Armitage's spine. "So... will.... He...."

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Call of Cthulhu Mafia!

This one is for all you Cthulhu fans and Lovecraft fans and horror literature fans and.. mafia fans, I guess!

This game is pretty standard mafia, basic, here are the rules:

1. Editing is allowed. I will assume you are doing so for good, honest reasons, and not removing slips, etc. If I find out you are doing so, I WILL modkill you without mercy. By editing you accept any heat that may bring you from the other players.
2. All Votes and Unvotes must be bold and red. They will not be counted otherwise. You MUST unvote before changing a vote or else it will not be counted. You may not vote for a No Lynch.
3. This is a deadline game. Deadlines are subject to change depending on activity.
4. If a majority (half+1) lynch is not reached by the deadline during Day Phase, a random player will be mod-killed.
5. NO discussing the game outside of mod PM's or assigned QT's. Breaking this rule will result in an immediate mod-kill.
6. You may reveal your role but not your character or any flavour text I have given out in your Role PM
7. No quoting the mod. Paraphrasing is allowed, but direct quotes of any outside contact with me will result in your death by modkill.
8. Dead people are allowed one "Bah!" post, which cannot contain any game-related information.
9. Play nicely. Okay, it's mafia, it's not a NICE game, but anything outside the spirit of the game will not be tolerated. I don't want to see personal attacks at all in this game.
10. All night actions occur simultaneously. Meaning the order in which I receive them doesn't matter, and no results will be given until Daybreak.
11.Players must be active. At least 1 post per RL day is expected from all players. A LOA is fine, just pm me and we can work something out. If stuff is going on and you cannot play the game, that is cool, just inform me and I will find a replacement.
12. As the mod, I reserve the right to change rules, hand out Post Restrictions, kill people, etc. Because I am Cthulhu.



Player List
1:Err
2:Ishy
3:Jack
4:Lily
5:Quibby
6:Leelou
7:Des
8:Verbal
9:Andrej
10:Zanube
11:Wombat
12:Xthrax


Back-Ups:
-nervositee
-Tglems

[WolfbrotherKronos]

Wish I wasn't dealing with my personal issues that make it hard for me to play mafia right now lol.

[nervositee]

Bugger... over-limit... backup-spot? Awesome theme

[Blackhoof]

Sorry to hear that wolf brother, would have lived you to play

 

 

A back-up spot it is, nervo :) and thank you

[Babar Hasan Khan]

i would like to join

[_CLOUD]

Awesome theme! I sadly don't have the time to sign up for another game right now because otherwise I would have been all over this.

[Blackhoof]

This seems like a bad time for the game to run aha

[_CLOUD]

I guess the stars aren't right ;)

[Blackhoof]

Hahahaha quite so!

[John E. Kelley]

Wouldn't dream of missing this theme.

 

In.

[Blackhoof]

Pun intended? ;)

hahaha

 

 

 

I just hope that it lives up to everyone's expectations haha

Its basic, but I have some good ideas for characters and such, I think :)

[John E. Kelley]

Dibs on Randolph Carter or Charles Dexter Ward.

 

<.<

 

>.>

 

Or Yog-Sothoth.

[Sedai]

I'd like to sign up. New to mafia here but love the game. ^^ here this is where the best come to play

[Blackhoof]

Hahaha we will see ishy ;)

 

 

welcome reaping! This is indeed the house of the masters haha

[Sedai]

Hate to spam sign ups. But who all are/were the legends here.

[LilyElizabeth]

I'll play.

[Blackhoof]

Yay lily! :D

 

@Reaping: ;) she is one of them. I hesitate to start a list though. We are all legends in our own right haha

[Leelou]

So, straight up basic? 

[LilyElizabeth]

You are too kind. Leelou is more of a legend here than I ever was or will be. 

[Quibby]

Been a good four or five years since the last Lovecraft Mafia game.  I'm totally in on this one.

[Leelou]

Been a good four or five years since the last Lovecraft Mafia game.  I'm totally in on this one.

 

:) yay!

 

Oh yeah, I'm in :p

[Blackhoof]

So, straight up basic?

 

yep. It is within the accepted basic parameters of the site :)

[Andrej]

I'll /in for this.

[Quibby]

That doesn't mean much, Blackhoof.  I caused chaos with a basic game before.

[LilyElizabeth]

I don't know the source material. Will that matter?