Week 1 News

Saturday, 3 February


[08:11 AM] The game is live and will begin at 10am! The Dragon Queen and Water Ghost wish you good luck and happy hunting!

[10:00 AM] Kitsu-neigh cannot track down the mythical infinitetriangle!

[13:30 PM] Apophis lays in ambush to pierce their fangs into Cu Chulainn. The great serpent strikes upon their target only to have a door slammed in their face

[20:30 PM] Apophis sinks their fangs into Cu Chulainn(Taylor McGrath)
Apophis reports:

Apophis had come to claim their first victim earlier that day but had somehow missed the poor mortal. The unsuspecting man had opened his door like nothing mattered and still had been shot at just past the arm. Apophis doesn't know what had caused them to hesitate but they did and the man had escaped. Apophis had replayed this throughout their head until suddenly they spotted the man later that evening. They carefully picked his time to strike and stabbed the man with his knife, as he looked at Apophis with discontent and familiarity. Apophis basked in the chaos not knowing their next victim had just gone past them. As fate would have it they walked back in Apophis and with some remorse Apophis stabbed them too. Apophis didn't know why they felt remorse for their victims, they think maybe their host knew these victims once ago, perhaps they had even been friends, before Apophis possessed their body and used it spread disorder....


[20:40 PM] Apophis swallows 30-50 Feral Hogs(Alessandra Laird) whole

Sunday, 4 February


[17:21 PM] manic pixie dream frog stabs Apophis(Ahmed Tayee), who wasn't one of their targets. manic pixie dream frog goes Wanted!

Monday, 5 February


[10:55 AM] 14 cygnets, business days tuesday and friday, aided by Capitalism (the scariest monster of them all), set out to kill a manic pixie dream frog but instead attack an innocent and go Wanted!

[10:57 AM] 14 cygnets, business days tuesday and friday immediately redeem themselves by killing the actual manic pixie dream frog(Moss North). Alecto(Sophie Connell) tries to stab manic pixie dream frog but also dies to 14 cygnets, business days tuesday and friday!

Tuesday, 6 February


[23:34 PM] The Rouge Rogue sinks his dagger into the heart of Fire Emoji(Jesse Wilson )

Wednesday, 7 February


[16:58 PM] medusa65's snakes fatally bite Ardenne(Billy Laws)!

Thursday, 8 February


[10:07 AM] gorgonzola(sophie ring) is crushed under the merciless gears of Capitalism (the scariest monster of them all)

[14:30 PM] the spiller of some blood spills the blood of sachinbhogal(Wentao Huang) and barely escapes from being turned into instant noodle at the hands of StirFriedNoodle

[18:47 PM] Vendetta wants you to meet a friend.
Vendetta reports:

hi everyone, i want you to meet my friend snowy the chillet. lmk what you think of him :) he can shoot snowballs, and dragon energy, and is wanted for thirty seven counts of first degree murder

Friday, 9 February


[18:00 PM] Ashen-Shugar (Thomas Brockett) is illicitly slain by Vendetta and his Chillet! Vendetta goes Wanted! (Snowy is let off for being cute.)
Vendetta reports:

Imagine if it happened this way
"You see that syndicate thug, Snowy?" I whisper to my fluffy ferret dragon as we watch from the trees. The gentle, crackling flame of the campfire lit the rough dirt ground surrounding it. Though a small group of ruffians surrounded the burning wood, only one stood out. "That's the one. He led the raid on our base earlier."
Snowy trilled, and his eyes narrowed, starkly changing from the innocent, wide-eyed look that usually graced them. I watched him ready himself before taking a deep breath in. Within a moment, he darted forward, three icicle shards shooting rapidly out of his mouth and impaling Ashen-Shugar fiercely in the back. The other syndicate thugs looked up in shock, watching their friend slump forward into the fire. Snowy began to take in another breath, but the other thugs were already scattered before he could manage to let out another icicle.
I emerge from the trees. "You're a very good boy, Snowy!" I scratch him underneath his chin, eliciting a chirpy trill from my adorable friend. "He's roasting to a crisp! Well done!"

What really happened
Oh man, this is a story and a half!
A few days ago, I was entering [REDACTED LOCATION 1] when I saw Ashen-Shugar absolutely death-stare me for five seconds. Immediately following my entrance, he stood and left the area while I waited for someone else. Those five seconds were all I needed to tell something fishy had changed, as Ashen-Shugar had not reacted to my presence previously this term. I was pretty much entirely on guard the rest of the time I was in [REDACTED LOCATION 1] on that day.
I messaged about this to a few of my allies, and one of them mentioned having told him about [REDACTED THING ABOUT ME] and suddenly went radio silent. The rest of us went mildly mad with speculation about whether there was a betrayal until [REDACTED ALLY] returned to the group chat and quickly put our concerns to rest. To think my alliance nearly blew up over a five-second stare!
Anyway, I was already completely certain something weird was going on with Ashen-Shugar, and I was certain it involved me in some capacity. Sure enough, I ran into him again two days later at [REDACTED LOCATION 1]. As I minded my business there, I noticed him and several of his friends constantly taking glances. I remained on guard but was mostly just bemused. I sent some of my allies a message to let them know something was up, but as Ashen-Shugar didn't seem to do anything, I didn't feel the need to react.
The very next day, not one but TWO different allies independently sent me a direct message to warn me of a plot to kill me as I traveled to [REDACTED LOCATION 2]. Apparently, the plot had been discussed openly in several different locations. Word of mouth had traveled through several different hops of assassins before making it back to me (although it is somewhat funny that it arrived two different ways). I was very intrigued but wasn't worried. Whoever was planning this attack evidently didn't have me as a target, as in my notes, I've requested to be out of bounds at [REDACTED LOCATION 2], so any attack there would backfire (though had I been attacked, I would have just offered a shadow game to get a chance at licitly killing me as I thought the plan was actually pretty cool). I wasn't told the perpetrator-to-be, but I was told I should remain on guard. Given the past few days, I was sure it would be Ashen-Shugar.
I was curious how my presence there was known, but it wouldn't surprise me if Ashen-Shugar managed to infer it based on discussions with his friends. I made my way to [REDACTED LOCATION 2], and sure enough, there were Ashen-Shugar and his friends. I've never seen such a conspicuous bunch, constantly taking glances at me and looking away when I looked over. Eventually, I just gave them a few waves. They didn't go for the kill (maybe they realized my OoB status?), which was a shame as I thought the shadow duel would have been fun.
By this point, I was pretty sure there was no chance Ashen-Shugar was going to let me live until the end of the game without him illicitly killing me. Indeed, I eventually found out about a conversation he had with someone else I knew in which he was trying to get information to aid his plot to kill me. As he correctly predicted, such a plot would result in his death if I were to find out (but only for my own survival :)). Alas... illicit kills really aren't my style, but times call for measures. It doesn't make sense to let someone at your own college stick around if they're actively plotting to kill you, right?
As someone whose M.O. is revenge, I understand the desire to avenge your allies (and yourself!) whom I killed last term. So... now is your chance. C'mon, Homerton, make my pseudonym ironic and give me a warrior's death for all the lives I've taken over these eight games!
P.S.: How much do you trust your allies, Ashen-Shugar? Through some analysis, I eventually tracked down the leak's initial source. You may be interested to hear that one of them leaked it plenty of time before I traveled to [REDACTED LOCATION 2]. I'll give you a hint - it wasn't the one you think leaked it.