The sun is barely peeking over the horizon when an agonised howl rends the air.
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Around the village, all the players jerk awake with a start, some even falling out of their beds onto the cold floors. The sound of doors slamming open reverberates in every street as everyone dashes out of their homes, looking around in alarm for the source of the wild baying.
'What the fuck is that.' yells billymills from his porch, head moving rapidly from left to right, eyes widened and frenzied.
And then it stops. The howl, which had been gaining in pitch, simply cuts off with a choke. Everyone freezes; silence falls, as nobody wants to speak. The stillness is at last broken by a cold breeze, which sends a discarded crisps packet tumbling over the path. The players look at each other tentatively, and, as one, move onto the path.
It doesn't take long for everyone to realise that the crowd is somewhat thinner than usual. Furthermore, it doesn't take long to realise that splotches and splashes of scarlet blood trail all over the streets, with a few bits of mangled, bloodied fur.
'Nobody could have slept through that. Nobody,' murmurs Jimbo in a hushed voice. 'Do you think...?' His voice trails off, leaving fatal words unspoken. A few people silently mouth names as they count those missing. In fear, everyone creeps to the nearest quiet house, hoping the absent are simply sleeping in. At once, wails go up as a number of corpses are discovered in many houses...
Class's corpse is the first to be found. His feline head is surrounded by a pool of blood; his purple-tinged body lies on his bathroom tiles, where it's obvious he had an accident and slipped, falling to his death.
You are Mewtwo. Your night action is Night x - Hyper Beam USER1 and USER2. Both USER1 and USER2 will fall before your Hyper Beam's might. The night after you perform this action, you will be unable to perform a night action. You win if you are the last man standing.
Meanwhile, shade kneels over the trench-coat-clad, drenched body of
shuckles my hero, whose kitchen is flooded. 'No! Not the good detective!'
Drip drip. Over the night, his tap, which has sprung a considerable leak, has been dripping steadily onto the floor. No wonder he looks so mad; anyone would be driven crazy by a leak!
You are the Schizophrenic Detective. Your night action is Night x - Inspect USER. You will receive the alliance of USER the next morning. If you receive protection on any night you inspect a player, you will get their full role PM instead. You win if the Village wins.
In the next house,
Fishin lies, apparently unblemished, on his extremely frilly bedspread. But on closer inspection, his eyes and mouth are wide open in shock. Seems the truth occurred to him just a little too late....
You are Keigo Hayashi. Your night action is Night x - Sing for USER. Your music will flow into USER, replacing his blood. Unfortunately, music can't transport oxygen, so USER will die that night. Whoever that USER was targeting with their primary night action will fail to complete their night action that night. You win if you are the last man standing.
The blood leads the nervous villagers, fearing the worst, into the house of
BunnyMaster, who, judging from the wounds and still-wet blood covering his chest, appears to have been stabbed viciously.
You are the Anaconda. Your night action is Night x - Swallow USER whole, thus killing USER. You will gain any secondary abilities USER may have had. You win if you are the last snake slithering.
Lastly, it's made all too clear where the howling came from, because
hailflameblast's corpse is tied up and covered in bruises. His bloodshot eyes have been taped open, and he seems to have died in considerable pain. A little searching reveals several torture devices, including a thumbscrew. Well, that explains his crushed fingers!
You are Darth Vader. Your night action is Night x - Force choke USER. USER will be choked to death that night. Your second night action is Night x - Force pull USER. You will obtain USER's items. You win if you are the last man standing.
After putting their fellow players to rest and spraying air freshener about liberally, the villagers congregate in the square to discuss what to do.
'I think it's obvious what we do now,' Coronis pipes up. 'I watch a lot of TV, and anyone who watches TV knows the only answer to violence is violence! Let's lynch someone off, and maybe then the deaths will stop!'
'Good idea,' Earthworm and jumpluff say in unison. 'In fact, why don't the rest of you all vote on who we should kill brutally, and then at the end of the day, the person with the most votes gets killed?'
There are 48 hours until the end of Day 1, unless a majority is reached.