CAT ROLE/MINGLE IN GAME

[infiniteregress]

Cats will NOT participate in regular mingle. They will have their own special mingle where the rules are explained to them!

The game is called KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE and when game starts, the Cats will be expected to introduce themselves (you can go wild here, as long as it's flashy).

Cats will be HOSTING each rounds, two Cats to a team/team combination. I will post the tentative assignments here but you guys are free to make requests or anti-requests. These are subject to change. As hosts/announcers, they are allowed to riff to each other and will be reading the questions and potential answers to the questions, and answering dramatically when people succeed or fail.

For each participating character, they will have three questions each. Everyone else will have a ten minute period in which to guess the answers. The first THREE answers will be accepted, and Cats have to cut them off after then. If the Cat hams up their hosting role correctly, they'll be able to offer hints to the teams later (ask a teammate, charades, etc). I'll let you know at the end of the hosting round how your characters did.

-If the Cat attempts to help the teams, hint at or outright state an answer, their words will be bleeped out as if they were swearing (feel free to have fun with this), and they'll take on a penalty, as will the team(s) they're hosting for. Please let me know if this happens, though I'll be keeping an eye on it myself.

AT THE END OF ALL THE ROUNDS, teams will (or intermission if it drags on too long) spin a Wheel of Torture for what the penalties entail, and Nyssa will offer the chance for a Cat to lessen or erase their penalties if they agree to deal out the penalties themselves. Other incentives will be provided, as well, specific to your Cat. If they take this option, they will be unable to reveal their motivations in any capacity until the game is over. (IE; you can't hint or tell teams you're doing this for their sake. This is only for the duration of the game, once it's over, it's fine)

Another option for Cats to lessen/erase penalties is if they make a special deal with Nyssa. If you take this option please be advised this involves become Nyssa's puppet or otherwise owing her a "favor" in future happenings, (Opening you up to Plot and which she will likely use to harm others) and it cannot be undone or retconned. Make sure you're prepared for the consequences of this if you should choose to take this option.

Cats are allowed to visit team rooms and interact with team characters in between rounds, however, they cannot offer hints or information or aide. Furthermore, they must treat the team members as if they're being cheezily interviewed, and can only interact with them in that capacity.

Aka: How are you feeling becomes -> AH, OUR GUEST OF HONOR! How are you feeling? Nervous? Accomplished? That was quite a round!"

I'll update things accordingly when R2 rolls around and add any tweaks.

All of this is IC knowledge EXCEPT that they'll be able to reveal their true motivations when the game is over and what will happen to them if they make a deal with Nyssa. (obviously they can guess it'll be Terrible)

Comments

OOC QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS

[infiniteregress]

Questions? Ideas for mechanics or bonus things? HIT ME

Re: OOC QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS

[nodo]

PSA really -

but I'm going to be in transit (from work to home) when the game starts out around 8 PM EST until like... 9 EST. I'm guessing this is fine?? you would have fish slapped me before it not, I think.

IC QUESTIONS

[infiniteregress]

Talk to Nyssa!

Re: IC QUESTIONS

[femmefailtale]

[So guess who has never met Nyssa, and has no idea what she looks like?]

[She's highly unsure about all these rules, though.]

Um... Hey. Isn't this a little bit... Maim-y?

I mean, I can go ham. I love hamming. But isn't a wheel of torture a bit..?

Re: IC QUESTIONS

[tormado]

Go to hell.

[Not a question.]

After amalthea's round

[femmefailtale]

Ex-godsdamn-cuse you?

That freezing bullshit? Yeah. I caught that.

Are you trying t'make my nips poke out through this admittedly fabulous dress you got for me with literally everyone watching?!

Can't stand the heat, maybe you shouldn't have asked me to put on a good show. Which I did. Real A++ stuff, seriously.

Re: IC QUESTIONS

[primetimehero]

Hey! Hey, Nyssa! That's your name, right?

MINGLE

[infiniteregress]

[All cats find themselves dressed in dazzling suits or dresses with with oversized bowties]

Re: MINGLE

[unlimitedcoffee]

[ He could have lived without seeing Nyssa... ever again. Alas, sometimes that's not in the cards. With the rules and everything, he's going to be on edge and leaning against wall nursing a cup of coffee. ]

Could have lived without this today.

Re: MINGLE

[endsintheocean]

...Great.

[that's really all he has to say about this]

Re: MINGLE

[femmefailtale]

[...Huh.]

[I look good.]

...Is the bowtie optional?

Re: MINGLE

[nodo]

[ why the over-sized bowties... ]

Re: MINGLE

[ladychapels]

[ Wolfwood could probably bite through steel right about now. she goes to sit, hands clenched in her lap.

her heart is already beating faster. ]

Re: MINGLE

[primetimehero]

[ tugging at his oversized bowtie 8/ 8\ 8/ ]

This is so tacky.

Re: MINGLE

[tormado]

[Tama's by himself, pulling at the bowtie, looking really, really uncomfortable.

He has absolutely no idea how he's gonna get through this and it is really showing on his face.]

DAY 1 ASSIGNMENTS

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Day 2 will rotate them (so I'll try to give everyone a shot with their preferences) and I'll tweak this if availability changes!

if you have an objection please hit me

AMALTHEA ---> PEARL + TAMA
TAKSHAKA ---> PANTHER + COYOTE
HENWEN ---> CARACAL + TAMA
BARGHEST + EPONA ---> COYOTE + CARACAL
TIAMAT + DAWON ---> ARMIN + PANTHER
RATATOSKR + ALECTRYON + VANARA --> PEARL + BEN

INTERMISSION MINGLE

[infiniteregress]

[that went totally great, right]

Re: INTERMISSION MINGLE

[endsintheocean]

[EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE]

Re: INTERMISSION MINGLE

[tormado]

[Looking towards everybody who went after him and Pearl when they come back in, the most torn up look on his face.]

INTERMISSION MINGLE 2

[tormado]

[THAT WENT...WELL...?]

Re: INTERMISSION MINGLE 2

[femmefailtale]

[...flopping over now.]

...huu... this takes a lot outta' ya.

OOC talkies!!!

[infiniteregress]

Okay, so we know what the score is. Which teams do you guys want to spare?

Bear in mind taking on penalties doesn't change loser teams.

I'm giving a limit of three teams per Cat. Feel free to discuss amongst yourselves.

Re: OOC talkies!!!

[femmefailtale]

Pearl has a 50-50 shot on wimping out at the last minute.

If we're picking BY TEAM, she'd go for rats if nobody else would but other than that she's. a bit scared to do things on her own. Which she'd play off as 'do your own dirty work. I'm not your godsdamn toady.'

...because pearl is a pearl.

[infiniteregress]

SO, based on Cat performances in PART 1, the following get bonuses:

PEARL -> FOUR
TAMA -> FOUR
ARMIN -> ONE
PANTHER -> TWO
CARACAL -> ONE
TIGER -> TWO
COYOTE -> ONE

Cat bonuses are basically lifelines! They can use them in any round, ie: ASK A TEAMMATE, CHARADES, HINT, anything you can come up with that doesn't give it away (just check with me beforehand) to help out the teams.

TALK TO NYSSA PART 2

[infiniteregress]

[Since penalties are upcoming, making a deal with Nyssa is also on the table.]

[Bargain, do whatever]

Re: TALK TO NYSSA PART 2

[tormado]

[Glowers at.

Says nothing.]

AFTER EXITING THE STAGE

[unlimitedcoffee]

[ Yeah, so much for keeping it together. ]

Re: AFTER EXITING THE STAGE

[ladychapels]

[ no comment. just a brief, levelled look. ]

[infiniteregress]

Cats! Will you have mercy?

I will allow you to choose three groups. Perhaps you can save them.... if you're willing to dirty your hands?

[yet another infuriating smile, and:]

Choose wisely.

[unlimitedcoffee]

Epona-Barghest, Ratatoskr-Alectryon-Vanara, and [ ...well. ] Dawon-Tiamat.

[ Since Panther was a shitlord and asked him to not with Takshaka. Get this over, Overlord. ]