Chapter I - The Jutting Watchtower - Red Burns (Night 3 - 17 Remain - Thread 1)

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The Butterflies’ Coffin

Mikhail di Neiro

Empire Usurper

The elder of the two di Neiro siblings and the heir apparent to the Crown States after Lucifer’s passing the previous year. A former Lion, she graduated out of the university the previous year. This year, she is in the Crown States, managing state affairs for her ailing father.

Ability: Guard of the Futures
Mikhail can, by concentrating, scry on a person to observe the world through their senses, without any distance limits. In order to do this, she needs to have physically touched them before. She can only do this for one person at a time, and she has no perception of her own senses while doing this. The observed person can feel something foreign in their mind.

Female — March 5 — 18 — FRAGILE


On Borrowed TimePassive
You know there is a Prince, an Empire player with a fullcop ability.
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Never Make Me Cry AgainNight, 2-Shot
Choose a player.
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You are aligned with the Empire.
You win when all Ancient Spirits are banished.


Those Bound by the Golden Lock

@ArtemisDied Night 2, ???
@Kiiruma
@Italy
@Silviu200530
@Litten
@Scorbunny
@guavagudetama
@WindwardAway
@HazardwasteDied Night 2, Acheron de Villefort, Empire Forger
@JarekDied Day 2, Bianca Gaetani, Empire Coercer
@CreatureDied Night 1, Maximillien Bordeaux, Empire Jailor
@RubyDied Night 1, Dalya Maryaszky, Empire Private Investigator
@Millium
@Frostwolf103Executed Day 1, Antoine d’Eglesie, Empire Underhand Dealer
@min
@beancat
@Jaiden
@Atlas
@Sadbi
@MagnusExecuted Day 2, Tisiphone, Ancient Spirit Assassin
@Vulgard
@Zenon
Marluxion @WisdomExecuted Day 3, Castor Valois, Empire Tormentor
@L.una
@Cassandra

Records

Creative Contest — Portrait of Katze
Day 1 Begins
Something very bad has happened
Frostwolf is executed — Night 1 Begins
Creative Contest — A Player’s Avatar
Creature and Ruby die — Day 2 Begins
Jarek dies
Magnus is executed — Night 2 Begins
Creative Contest — A cat frolicking in the meadows
Hazard and Artemis die — Day 3 Begins
Wisdom is executed — Night 3 Begins


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@Apprentice
@Arete
@catbae
@Prophylaxis
@Arctic

Theatergoers

@Icibalus
@Ashlyn
@Marshal
@IcetFeelsPain
@YoubutWorse
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@Moonwink

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Creative Contest!

In an initiative to raise confidence and morale in our student body during these trying times, we are hosting a contest! You may submit any piece of media related to the prompt, as long as it is entirely your own work: plagarism is a no-no! Get out there and have fun expressing yourselves! XOXO

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@Kiiruma
@Italy
@Silviu200530
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@Scorbunny
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@WindwardAway
@Hazardwaste
@Jarek
@Creature
@Ruby
@Millium
@Frostwolf103
@min
@beancat
@Jaiden
@Atlas
@Sadbi
@Magnus
@Vulgard
@Zenon
@Marluxion

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Dalya set her hand on the table and gestured to a chair: Athena reluctantly took a seat and examined her surroundings. Lions banners lined the walls and the furniture was frillier and more ostentatious than the unstated teak of the Eagles’ lounge; a solid gold ingot on a dresser drew her eye. She sighed to herself.

“Something wrong?”

She jumped to see Adrian sitting a few chairs away. “Uh… no, not really. Thanks, though.” She fidgeted with the letter. She was so preoccupied with the contents that she hadn’t notice her enter.

“I’m here because Dalya wanted me… but I wouldn’t want to inconvenience you two.”

She relaxed. “No, it’s fine.” She watched Adrian scan the room for a minute and pull a set of needles and a ball of yarn. Comforted, she unbagged her notebook and doodled schematics for her newest project.


Dalya set her cup of coffee down with a clink, then slapped a folder of papers on the table. “I called each of you here for a specific reason.” Athena and Adrian shared confused glances. Dalya abruptly continued. “Athena, can you show me your letter again?”

She obliged, handing the envelope gingerly to Dalya. Dalya removed the letter from inside and showed it to Adrian. “Adrian, do you know this magic circle?”

Adrian promptly responded: “Second pentacle of Saturn. It’s used to repress the pride of spirits.”

Dalya nodded. “The existence of this pentacle sheds an interesting light on our killer’s motives. They wanted to present an image to the world that they are not one to be trifled with… a stark image of the repression of pride would be consistent with that, correct?”

Adrian stammered as Dalya took a sip of coffee and continued without skipping a beat. “However, this circle is crucial for one other reason: it means we’re dealing with a serial killer.”

Athena let out an audible gasp. The thought of being in this school with a psychopath terrified her. “Umm… a-are you sure about that?”

Dalya nodded without mercy. “There have been two murders so far whose circumstances and crime scenes feature this magic circle prominently. Both of these cases occurred with students on this campus. The details of these cases were furthermore secreted from the general public due to the high profile of the victims. The letter and this murder threat are no coincidence: the Flower Dragon has returned. This is why I secured the dining hall so meticulously with you: we’re dealing with an experienced perp. They’re taunting us.”

Athena gulped. “But w-why me?”

“One of the two victims was Lucifer di Neiro, the heir apparent to the Crown States. Though he was murdered at the imperial palace, this exact circle was found painted in blood in his dorm room. The other one was the eldest daughter of the Crown States Underground with ties to organized crime—”

The world began to swirl around Athena, spots of black dancing around her vision.

“—Pallas di Angelari.”

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VOTE: Guava
So it was you

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