GCRP Event: Clue
Hecate has been reborn. A wise woman, she knows not to fight the senshi head-on; instead, she used her witchcraft to possess (2) of the girls with the planetary glow and orchestrated a party for the other planetary guardians. Once they entered, she put a jynx on the house so the entrants could not leave the premises; her (two) insiders would get the job done. Once all the senshi are knocked out, she can seal the house and continue with her plans on global domination!
She is variously associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, fire, light, the Moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, necromancy, and sorcery
Key:
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The Party Begins:
·         Setsuna faints.
o   Ami injected her with a precise dosage of sleeping serum, designed to make Setsuna faint after she had left the room.
§  The injection was covert, aimed in the bicep (she didn’t feel anything thanks to Ami’s training). Were Setsuna’s body to be examined, one would find a dark mark on her upper arm.
§  The empty syringe was hidden in the couch of the study, where Setsuna had been and was returning to with her tea.
o   She had been reading a book on Greek mythology; the book was opened to Hecate.
o   There was a small store of scented candles
o   Other starting positions were inconsequential; players chose their own.
·         Setsuna’s Body was recovered
o   Haruka revealed that Setsuna had shared her bad feeling with her.
o   At Ami’s question, Michiru revealed that she had also felt something bad.
o   Original plan was to put Setsuna in her room (Ami suggestion), but instead they moved to the living room (Minako’s suggestion).
o   Hotaru suggests meeting in the kitchen.
o   Hotaru reveals she knew that Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna had been discussing their bad feeling before the party. Haruka shared.
o   Hotaru suggests checking the house to find out what happened. Rei agreed. Usagi looks to Haruka for leadership in searching the house.
o   Usagi asks Hotaru for a First Aid Kit.

·         Blackout One
o   Haruka and Hotaru pair up and search the upstairs hallway.
§  Nothing was recovered.
o   Rei and Ami pair up and search the Kitchen
§  Nothing was recovered.
o   Usagi and Chibi-Usa pair up and search the living room
§  Nothing was recovered.
o   Michiru, Makoto, and Minako search the dining room
§  Michiru recovers a flashlight!
·         Flashlight gave Michiru another face of the die, increasing her chance at successfully searching a room at night.
·         Flashlights are transferrable through gifting or examining a KO person.
o   Makoto puts a Hecate-enchanted poisoned cookie in the dining room for Michiru.
§  Mostly a ‘just because’ vote.
§  Michiru ate the cookie (no choice).
·         Poisoned food is a slow kill – person conscious until the light phase following the next blackout phase. Sickness is followed by KO.
·         There was an antidote hiding in the kitchen.

·         Light Phase
o   Reconviene in the Kitchen
o   Usagi finds a chocolate cake and offers to share with everyone except Chibi-Usa
§  Eating the chocolate cake would render a character unable to search during the next blackout.
o    Rei and Usagi leave to search the rec room.
o   The girls discuss who would pair with whom to search.

·         Blackout Two
o   Rei and Usagi search the rec room.
§  They find rope.
o   Haruka, Hotaru and Chibi-Usa search the study
§  Haruka finds a syringe in the couch.
o   Ami and Minako search the upstairs hallway
§  Nothing was recovered.
o   Michiru and Makoto search Setsuna’s bedroom
§  Michiru finds Setsuna’s Diary
§ 

”Setsuna” wrote:

Dear Diary,
It came up at dinner that we should host a party at our place, and I couldn’t be happier. Hotaru is growing fast now, and her relationship with Small Lady Chibi-Usa is heartwarming; I’d love to set up a sleepover after the party for them!
But… despite the happy days at hand, I can’t help but feel there is something stirring… perhaps a talk with Haruka and Michiru is in order…
They agree; we will bring it up tonight, during the party. The girls should be arriving any moment now.

o   Makoto delivers a Hecate-enchanted cookie to Haruka!
§  I believe the strategy was “Let’s take out the outers! :DYay!”
o   Ami stabs Hotaru in the rump with her syringe!
§  New formula: victim drops during next day phase.

·         Light Phase
o   Ami cheerfully voices that it didn’t seem anyone had been hurt. (Not really an orchestrated part of the game, but lmao)
o   Hotaru faints. Hotaru is KO.
o   Usagi recovers Hotaru’s Diary.
§ 

”Hotaru” wrote:

There’s a party this weekend! I’m so excited to have Chibi-Usa~ coming over to play!! I’ll show her all of my favorite hiding spots and we can camp out and talk about the others. :p Setsuna-mama called Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama in for a ‘secret meeting’ in the living room; they spoke quietly but I get the general gist – something’s not right. :/ I wish evil forces would just leave us alone! But it’s no matter – we’ll destroy it quickly and move on with our lives. I believe in Usagi-chan!

 
Ami found Setsuna-Mama on the floor in the hallway. None of us know what happened but Haruka-Papa thinks it might have something to do with what they were talking about earlier. The power was knocked out for a short time and Haruka-papa and I decided to check the hallway we found Setsuna-Mama in and the study. We didn’t find anything or at least I didn’t I don’t know if Haruka-Papa found anything or not. As soon as we got downstairs we found everyone in the dining room apparently they all want to eat dinner now. I suggested that we all go into the kitchen and cook dinner together but Usagi-chan found the chocolate cake and decided she was going to eat that well I guess we’ll see what happens I hope we can find out who did this to Setsuna-Mama and take care of everything.
 
Haruka-Papa, ChibiUsa-Chan, and I have decided to go check the study. The power went out again I’m not sure what we’ll find but I’m hoping it will tell us something about what happened to Setsuna-Mama I’m hoping we get to the bottom of this soon.

§  Usagi shares the diary with the group.
o   Haruka reveals Syringe.
o   Michiru reveals Setsuna’s Diary.
o   Ami and Makoto examine the syringe.
§  The syringe was empty, but not because it had never been used; it had had the perfect amount of liquid in it.
o   Michiru starts feeling ill.
§  Poison coming into effect.
o   Voting:
§  Rei suspects Chibi-Usa
§  Minako suspects Haruka
·         Suspicion from poisoned party foods being set out by hosts
·         Anyone who wanted to take out the outer family would turn one of the outer family in an attempt to seem less suspicious
§  Chibi-Usa suspects Rei
·         Rei seemed to be speaking for Usagi; suspected teamwork
§  Usagi suspects Haruka
·         (Also suspicious of Chibi-Usa)
·         Agrees with Minako
·         Reason: two downed people (Setsuna, Hotaru) would notice if there were something off about either of them (Haruka, Chibi-Usa); had to take them out.
·         Chose Haruka over Chibi-Usa thinking it was a frame-job
§  Makoto suspects Haruka
·         Agrees with Minako and Usagi
§  Michiru and Ami want to hear from Haruka
§  Rei changes her vote – suspects Haruka
·         Still suspicious of Chibi-Usa
·         Suggests to tie Chibi-Usa
§  Haruka rebuttal:
·         Couldn’t’ve attacked Setsuna based on position (was not a factor)
·         Reveals cookies could have made Michiru sick
·         Reveals she ate a cookie when facing away from Hotaru and Chibi-Usa
§  Haruka suspects Ami
·         Minako: position reasons (inconsequential)
·         Rei: eager to investigate (cover tracks?) position reasons (inconsequential), eager to OK Usagi’s innocence
·         Usagi: hasty diary finding and assertion hotaru’s diary cleared her name.
·         Chibi-Usa: close to Hotaru at time of death
·         Makoto: Cookie, possible Ami setup
·         Ami: First to notice Setsuna was down; assumedly in the study, health concern, Opportunity to attack Hotaru.
§  Rei feels iffy about Haruka
§  Ami suspects Haruka
·         Plant
§  Usagi suspects Haruka
·         Tie up
§  Ami votes to tie Haruka
o   Michiru faints.
§  Rei votes to tie Haruka
§  Haruka accepts being tied
§  Chibi-Usa votes to tie Haruka
o   Haruka is tied up.

·         Blackout Three
o   Usagi, Rei, Chibi-Usa, Ami search the pool room
§  Rei discovers Haruka’s Diary
§  Rei feels an evil presence! She’s saved someone in her room!
o   Minako and Makoto search the garage
§  Nothing was found
o   Ami targets Chibi-Usa, but Chibi-Usa was protected from harm
§  I believe the phrase (by Sailor Mars/Makoto) was “Down with Chibi-Usa! Make Usagi suffer! Like a true villain!”
§  Chibi-Usa was under the protection of Rei, who is the protector. She is able to protect anyone in the room with her from malicious events. (like poisoned cookies and syringe stabs)

·         Light Phase
o   Most return to study
o   Accusations
§  Usagi suspects Makoto
·         poisoning food
§  Rei suspects Makoto
o   Chibi-Usa finds Michiru’s diary
o   Haruka starts to feel sick
§  Haruka suspects Makoto
o   Chibi-Usa shares Michiru’s Diary
§ 

”Michiru” wrote:

Er... needs to be recovered

o   Accusations:
§  Ami soft suspects Usagi and Rei
§  Chibi-Usa suspects Rei
·         Suspicion of Rei and Usagi
§  Usagi wants to tie Chibi-Usa
·         Defense of Rei
·         Outed Rei as Protector
§  Rei soft-suspects Chibi-Usa
§  Haruka wants to tie Chibi-Usa
§  Ami wants to tie Chibi-Usa
§  All but Chibi-Usa and Ami abruptly turn around and vote to KO Makoto
o   The groups split
§  Rei and Ami to Garage
§  Usagi, Minako, Chibi-Usa to Dining Room
o   Haruka faints.
§  The poisoned cookie takes her out.
o   …they realize they never knocked out Makoto
o   Rendezvous in Dining Room
§  Usagi, Minako, and Rei join together to find and take out Makoto. They locate her in the garage and Minako uses a serving platter to subdue her.
·         They heard a scratching sound before Makoto was KO.
·         If they searched Makoto’s body, they would find it covering an ancient rune that, if checked against a book in the study, would reveal that Makoto was in leagues with the goddess of magic, Hecate.
§  Usagi returns to the Dining Room.


·         Blackout Four
o   Usagi, Ami, Chibi-Usa search Dining Room
§  Ami finds poisoned cookie crumbs!
·         Don’t eat the cookies!
o   Rei and Minako search Garage
§  Rei found a flashlight!
·         Increases chances of finding objects
§  Rei noticed the hood on Haruka’s car was left open!
·         Haruka must have been in here when Setsuna fainted!
o   Ami targets Usagi.
§  Both she and Chibi-Usa had to whisper something to Usagi during that phase, so it would’ve been interesting and confusing if she hadn’t claimed, but she did in the most vicious way ever and I love it.
§ 

”Ami” wrote:

She'd have to move quickly, so Chibi-Usa wouldn't notice.  Leaning in close to Usagi, she whispered, her voice hardly above a whisper: "I need to tell you something about Chibi Usa." And then, with a quick and subtle motion, she stabbed Usagi with the syringe. "You were wrong."

·         Electricity on
o   Chibi-Usa and Ami return to the study.
o   Rei moves to search the kitchen for Makoto’s diary
§  Rei finds the antidote!
·         The antidote would have cured anyone poisoned by Makoto’s evil cookies.
o   I made a mistake here and didn’t clarify that the antidote would only work to prevent passing out, not healing a KO’d partner.
§  Rei runs to the study and revives Haruka.
o   Chibi-Usa returns to the dining room
§  She found Usagi’s body!
·         Examining Usagi’s body would reveal another syringe mark.
o   Rei and Haruka join Chibi-Usa in the dining room.
§  Rei calls everyone into the room.
o   Chibi-Usa goes to the rec room and attempts to find Makoto’s Diary
§  Nothing was recovered
o   Rei and MInako join Chibi-Usa in the rec room to keep an eye on her.
o   Haruka moves to the theater room to look for Makoto’s diary.
§  She finds the moving “the covenant” playing
o   Haruka and Ami return to the rec room
o   Chibi-Usa, Rei, and Minako vote to tie up Ami
§  Ami was tied; she is unable to do any blackout actions

·         Blackout/lights on?
o   Haruka moves to upstairs bathroom to search for Ami’s Diary
§  She was unsuccessful
o   Rei moves to the downstairs bathroom to search for Ami’s Diary
§  She was unsuccessful
o   Chibi-Usa searches the hallway
§  She was unsuccessful
o   Minako searches the pool room
§  She finds Makoto’s Diary. [quote="Makoto"]Um... to be recovered.[quote]


·         Light Phase
o   Ami is untied
o   Minako shares Makoto’s diary
§  Makoto is proven guilty
o   Rei suspects Ami and Chibi-Usa
§  Both were in the room with Usagi
§  Chibi-Usa
·         Acting scummy
·         In rooms where conspiring was easy to do with Makoto
·         Quick to suspect and to vote
§  Ami
·         Physical evidence
·         In the room when certain people were KO
·         Defended Makoto
·         Tied and no kill
§  Votes to knock out Ami
o   Chibi-Usa votes to knock out Ami
§  Haruka KO after linking the syringe
o   Ami votes to knock out Chibi-Usa
§  More likely to knock out Usagi
o   Minako votes to knock out Ami
o   Ami is knocked out
o   Rei searches Setsuna’s Bedroom
§  She was unsuccessful
o   Haruka searches the study
§  She finds a noticeable gap in the books in the bookshelf. Had Setsuna been reading something important when she was in the living room before the party began?
o   They gather in the dining room to share their discoveries.

·         Blackout
o   They split up again to search the house.
o   Rei searches Michiru and Haruka’s room
§  She finds nothing
o   Haruka searches the bathroom
§  She finds sleeping pills, but no diaries
o   Chibi-Usa searches the dining room
§  Usagi reawakens! Brainwashed, she knocks out Chibi-Usa!
§  Chibi-Usa is KO
o   Rei searches the garage
§  There’s an evil aura in the air
§  Rei finds Ami’s Diary!
§  Makoto starts to wake up.
o   Haruka returns to The Dining Room and attempts to tie Usagi.
§  After a scuffle, her attempt was successful
o   Haruka was KO by Ami
§  Who had also been knocked out in the study.
o   Minako joins Rei in the kitchen; they move to the theater, and then Haruka and Michiru’s bedroom, and then Hotaru’s bedroom.
§  They eventually found Chibi-Usa’s diary.
o   They move to the Garage
§  Rei fights Makoto and is KO
§  Minako destroys Hecate’s summoning drawing.

Minako wipes out Hecate’s control of the girls. Innocent Partyguests win!