Mini 2308 | Blood over Utopia | Utopia fell.

[Flavor Leaf]

alright, 10 hours until deadline.

If anything, to stop the turn on Snivy while im sleeping

VOTE: Infinity

[Cat Scratch Fever]

was that hammer?

I really hope that was hammer, I was gonna come in and hit y'all with another prod dodge lol, but at least now I don't have to feel so bad for peacing out of the thread for so long

(for context, my team at work is trying to get ready for a new feature release this week and I worked another 16 hours today my schedule should free up by the time the weekend rolls around though!)

[meowmeow]

yeah that's hammer

i don't really see the point given that it's plurality and we could still talk to the rn replacement but shrug it's not exactly the end of the world, there were only 10 hours left and the replacement can read up at night

[meowmeow]

if infinity flips red i will give you all gifts in the form of mice

humans like that right?

[biancospino]

Votecount 1-FINAL

With 13 alive, it took 7 to hammer.

flavor

Spoiler:

execution votes

Infinity 324 (7 = HAMMER):

camelCasedSnivy (1057), Cat Scratch Fever (1354), SirCakez (1358), Aureal (1368), Deal With The Devil (1419), RCEnigma (1446), Flavor Leaf (1450)

camelCasedSnivy (2):

Merlyn (982), Infinity 324 (1376)

SirCakez (1):

marcistar (492)

Not voting (3):

Random Nurse, Roden (1325), meowmeow (1423)

projects votes

Bureau of Investigations (5):

Aureal (110), meowmeow (258), SirCakez (267), Deal With The Devil (565), Flavor Leaf (608)

Intelligentia (5):

Cat Scratch Fever (560), Merlyn (982), RCEnigma (986), Infinity 324 (1195), Roden (1327)

Elected Jury (1):

marcistar (294)

Printing Press (1):

Random Nurse (345)

Sacrifice (1):

camelCasedSnivy (1082)

Not voting (0).

notes

• The Deadline is due in (expired on 2023-08-09 15:40:33).
  
• Random Nurse is being replaced.

[biancospino]

I'll recheck that the last VC is accurate, and if it is I'll post the flip and start the night in no more than one hour from now.

[biancospino]

flavor

Spoiler: Obituary

Infinity 324 was executed.
They were a

Citizen

.

It is now Night 1; the deadline is frozen until a replacement for Random Nurse is found.

The following projects will be undertaken tonight:

• Bureau of Investigations;
  
• Intelligentia.

Since none of them require targets, there will be no councils tonight.

[biancospino]

Enchant replaces Random Nurse.

[biancospino]

Deadline unfrozen; N1 will end in (expired on 2023-08-11 06:35:22).

[biancospino]

Roden has requested replacement. The deadline is frozen again, at

1 day, 15 hours, 50 minutes

from this post.

[biancospino]

Hu Tao replaces Roden.

The deadline is unfrozen, and is now due in (expired on 2023-08-11 22:27:51).

[biancospino]

Dawn of the Second Day

Spoiler: Transcription

The Utopia Times

Vol. XX/N

o

7306

13^th September 2079

---

HEINOUS QUARTET

The corruption runs deep, peraphs more t
han it could be hoped for.

The Eye, which watches over us all, has been looking at the foofaraw of the Night. Listening at the wispering of the ghostly streets, and at the spirited murmurs of the tavern. Inquiring on the ideas and minds of the citizenship, sieving the communal nous of the spurious thoughts.

The nightly shadows of the cobblestones have been violated by spectral silouettes, shady figures complotting in the cover of the Moon. The wine-satiated tongues, by blasphemies against our order, and praises of the Rapacious enemy.

Heresy is here. Dear readers, dear citizens, dear Utopians: be alarmed.

Do fear.

For there are not two or three, but even four of the foul curs. Four disceples of the grotesque egotistical Old World that must be excised and exterminated as the loathsome roaches they are.

For the greatest good of Utopia.

---

Enhancements to the Inquisition

The All-seeing Eye is now less blind.

The Inquisitorial Subdivision in Utopia has been enhanced, to combat the raising eversive risk.

This is part of a larger project, willed by our wise Overseer, to ultimately move the main Headquarters of our sacred Inquisition in the Utopian New World, for which the blueprints have been finally finalized.

This, even partial, enhancement, offers much needed capabilities for more effectively track

them

down. There are now in place all the required equipment for the Telecommunications division to integrate fully in the internal policing of Utopia, so that may they may provide the utility of their advanced algorithm to analyze the patterns in the democratic processes, and catch any unauthorized form of eversive communication.


Shall the need arise, some more

enhanced

interrogation techniques are also on the table. The methods are harsh, but there is no doubt that any devout Utopian can't but rejoice at the prospect of a greatest begign panopticon, in the interest of the collectivity. No doubt that any devout Utopian shall offer themselves gayly to even the worst torture, if that sacrifice would better this most noble hunt.

---

Flowery Surprise

A florist's workshop is now in operation, close to the silvan groove at the edge of town.

As a sign of goodwill, the first bouquet has already been given out to one lucky Utopian!

---

Today's weather report

No adverse meteoreological events foreseen for today, beside a slight clouding in the early afternoon.
Low 11°C, high 19°C, humidity of 59-63% through the day.

---

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(N.B.: Image generated with OpenAI.)

Public Announcements:

• Everyone survived the night!
  
• The following new projects have been unlocked: Wiretap, Torture, Recount.
  
• There are 4 Insurgents.

[biancospino]

Today's billboard:

Billboard

Investigatives

• Autopsy ($10,000)
  -- discover alignment of a dead target.
  
• Inquiry ($40,000)
  -- discover if the mod has ever lied.
  
• Census ($50,000)
  -- discover if, among five targets, exactly two are Insurgents. This project can't be bought unless 8 players are alive and at most one Insurgent is dead.
  
• Wiretap ($20,000)
  -- discover how many posts were made in the Insurgents' PT the last Day and the last Night.
  
• Torture ($40,000)
  -- torture target. Insurgents will always confess, but innocent Utopians also have a 25% chance of confessing just to escape the supplice.
  
• Recount ($60,000)
  -- discover if there were one or more Insurgents on the wagon for the last execution.

Voting Manipulation

N.B.: all effects that would set vote weight to two or more, or that would grant extra votes to single Utopians, are disabled if the number of living Citizens is less than two greater than the number of living Insurgents.

• Mayor election ($10,000)
  -- one Utopian is elected Mayor, and their vote (both for execution and for projects) is worth one-and-a-half for the rest of the game. The Mayor can be deposed during Days if a simple majority agrees. If a new Mayor is elected, the previous one is deposed.
  
• Election Security ($10,000)
  -- tomorrow, there will be no voting tricks (all vote weights will be one, secret extra votes won't count, etc.)
  
• Appointed Jury ($20,000)
  -- 3 targets Utopians get a PT during the next Day to decide for an extra shared vote to cast for execution.
  
• Injunction ($30,000)
  -- the vote for execution of target Utopian will be worth only one-half tomorrow. This project can only be bought if there are at least 5 players.

Miscellanea

• Sacrifice ($0)
  -- if target Utopian is not an Insurgent, they die and town gets $20,000 more in tomorrow's budget.
  
• Raffle ($10,000)
  -- 50% chance that a random Citizen gets a fruit.
  
• Neighborhood Watch ($20,000)
  -- tomorrow, Insurgents have no daytalk.
  
• Marriage ($20,000)
  -- two Utopians are united in marriage (if any of them is already married, they divorce first). They gain access to a Spouses' PT. When one of them dies for any reason, the other dies of a broken hearth.

Developments

• Inquisition Headquarters ($30,000)
  -- unlocks even more investigative projects.
  
• Board of Elections ($10,000)
  -- unlocks more voting manipulation projects.
  
• Guildhall ($20,000)
  -- unlocks more miscellanea projects
  
• Trading Outpost ($20,000)
  -- ups the daily budget to $70,000.
  
• Printing Press ($20,000)
  -- the Journal will also publish a page detailing future projects, hinting at currently locked higher-tier actions.
  
• Assassination ($60,000)
  -- Kill target Utopian with no flip. This action is guaranteed to go through exactly as planned.

[camelCasedSnivy]

man

[Hu Tao]

Hi

[Hu Tao]

I havent been able to catch up yet. Reading 59 pages seems hard to do

[camelCasedSnivy]

hi there, im gonna make a vote

VOTE: RCEnigma

HURT: Torture

doubting the leaf read too

[SirCakez]

Wow there are four? Fuck

[SirCakez]

Well Intelligentia was a good pick then

[SirCakez]

Fuck with 4 I kinda feel like we need to choose violence this game, it is called Blood over Utopia
Torture, Assassination, Sacrifice we need to be using these tools to hit back

[SirCakez]

HURT: torture

[Cat Scratch Fever]

HURT: torture this seems like the obvious best choice for today

[Cat Scratch Fever]

Though we can't unlock the next level of investigative development if we do torture because the times are tough and we are strapped for cash y'all

Maybe the other can be trading outpost today? Or yolo gamble on guildhall

[camelCasedSnivy]

I wish we could do Torture Sacrifice and Trading Outpost all in one

[Aureal]

Can I, uh, move to a different town?

HURT: Guildhall