Don't be alarmed if you were tagged by the ghost of Mr. Krome. He just wants you to join. (And if you weren't tagged, he wants you to join too!)
Rules of The Storybook
What'll be going on in the main thread.
Spoiler
1. The SB will progress at an average of one round a month.
2. Each round is bookended by the butler’s posts.
3. Characters are only permitted one post every round.
4. The plot of the SB is largely guided each month by SB challenges.
5. If life happens and you don’t think you’ll be able to post during a round, that’s okay! Just let us know.
2. Each round is bookended by the butler’s posts.
3. Characters are only permitted one post every round.
4. The plot of the SB is largely guided each month by SB challenges.
5. If life happens and you don’t think you’ll be able to post during a round, that’s okay! Just let us know.
Rules of the Game
While the plot in the main SB thread carries onward, a game of interrogation will be held in the DT. The rules are actually quite simple, so I'm sorry that I wrote so much. I just wanted to be thorough and cover as many questions as I could ahead of time.
Spoiler
1. Your object is to determine who, of the ten characters, is the murderer of Mr. Krome.
2. You are an alibi to one other character in the SB. This character will be PMed to you by yours truly. Keep this information under top security, and reveal it only when directly prompted to (as in #8) or when discussing with your PIC (as in #11).
3. Everyone who is not the murderer has one alibi.
4. The butler is not an alibi to anyone, nor is he the murderer.
5. One of the ten characters is an alibi to the butler.
6. Only one person knows who the murderer is - Wolfical. Not even the creator of the murderer is fully aware of their precious charrie’s bloody tendencies.
7. The Storybook is concluded once someone is able to claim, without a doubt, who the murderer of Mr. Krome is. If they guess incorrectly, they cannot guess again.
8. Information is gathered from one alibi at a time after finishing a 500 word+ post. For example, after @Steggy finishes a post of appropriate length, she can report to the DT and ask one question to one alibi. The question must be formatted as follows: “@[User], are you the alibi of [character name]?” Steggy might therefore ask, “@Lumi, are you the alibi of Miss Moss?” This is done publicly, in the DT.
9. The content of your post and your question do not need to be logically connected. Steggy’s Miss Blue does not need to be talking to Lumi’s character in her post in order to ask them a question.
10. Alibis must not reply to such questions in the DT, but only via PMs. Lumi would privately answer Steggy with either a “Yes, I am Miss Moss’ alibi,” or “No, I am not Miss Moss’ alibi.”
11. As you can imagine, such accumulation of information is guaranteed to be slow. Therefore, a few rounds into the SB, characters will be paired into Parters in Crime (PICs), a pair which is permitted to share knowledge and attempt to solve the mystery as a team. Their characters will be forced into teamwork within the plot as well.
12. If you choose to opt out of posting for a round, you cannot ask an alibi a question. No worries - there’s ample time to catch up on the mystery next round!
13. If you have reason to believe that your character is the infamous murderer, splendid! You can still win the game by correctly identifying your character as the murderer.
2. You are an alibi to one other character in the SB. This character will be PMed to you by yours truly. Keep this information under top security, and reveal it only when directly prompted to (as in #8) or when discussing with your PIC (as in #11).
3. Everyone who is not the murderer has one alibi.
4. The butler is not an alibi to anyone, nor is he the murderer.
5. One of the ten characters is an alibi to the butler.
6. Only one person knows who the murderer is - Wolfical. Not even the creator of the murderer is fully aware of their precious charrie’s bloody tendencies.
7. The Storybook is concluded once someone is able to claim, without a doubt, who the murderer of Mr. Krome is. If they guess incorrectly, they cannot guess again.
8. Information is gathered from one alibi at a time after finishing a 500 word+ post. For example, after @Steggy finishes a post of appropriate length, she can report to the DT and ask one question to one alibi. The question must be formatted as follows: “@[User], are you the alibi of [character name]?” Steggy might therefore ask, “@Lumi, are you the alibi of Miss Moss?” This is done publicly, in the DT.
9. The content of your post and your question do not need to be logically connected. Steggy’s Miss Blue does not need to be talking to Lumi’s character in her post in order to ask them a question.
10. Alibis must not reply to such questions in the DT, but only via PMs. Lumi would privately answer Steggy with either a “Yes, I am Miss Moss’ alibi,” or “No, I am not Miss Moss’ alibi.”
11. As you can imagine, such accumulation of information is guaranteed to be slow. Therefore, a few rounds into the SB, characters will be paired into Parters in Crime (PICs), a pair which is permitted to share knowledge and attempt to solve the mystery as a team. Their characters will be forced into teamwork within the plot as well.
12. If you choose to opt out of posting for a round, you cannot ask an alibi a question. No worries - there’s ample time to catch up on the mystery next round!
13. If you have reason to believe that your character is the infamous murderer, splendid! You can still win the game by correctly identifying your character as the murderer.
