TWG XLIII - My Name is Mephistopheles

[Mephistopheles]

TWG XLIII: My Name is Mephistopheles

15 Players:
1 Master Wolf (green)
3 Wolves (red)
Faust - Seer* (blue)
Gretchen - Guardian* (blue)
9 Humans (green)

*There's a 50/50 chance for seering and guardings to be effective. A coin flip will occur (best two out of three) between the two and the winner's power will work. The loser will be told (s)he lost the coin flip when they'd normally get results.

Let's make a deal,

I have four of my agents scattered amongst you, the goal of the game is to seek them out and kill them. I have given to you, and only by the Grace of God, two allies to help you in this task. I'd rather have nothing more to do with these people, but my hands here are tied.

Your allies aren't terribly effective though, but I'm no monster so I'm willing to shift the balance. You want something to help you, and I can help you get it. I don't care what it is, and you don't care how you get it. There is a catch, though, as nothing in this world comes for free.

This is not an ordinary game of TWG, as each player can make a deal with the devil for any reason at any time. You can make a deal for whatever you wish, and I will tell you what it will cost you. I can deny any deal I wish, and you can only have one contract at a time.
Be creative in your deals, you can get anything your heart desires. There are a few ground rules, however; a few deals that the powers that be will not permit me to make:

 - You cannot kill anybody; no insta-lynchings or additional wolfings.
 - You cannot violate the laws of time and space, no phase extensions or reductions.
 - You cannot resurrect anybody; I'm not in the saving business, death is permanent.

I have a few ground rules of my own that you should understand before making a deal. I may not be holy, but I never said I wasn't fair:
 
 - All deals revolve around fair trade; something must give for you to get.
 - I get to decide what is given up for you to get what you want, and you will be told the cost, but not who will pay it or how.
 - Once the deal is struck, it is final; you cannot back out of it for any reason.
 - You cannot ask for information regarding deals with other players.

Making a Deal:
If you want to make a deal, all you have to do is call me via PM:

"I, [insert name], wish for [the deal you wish to strike] to be executed in the following manner:
List the details."
I will reply:
"I, Mephistopheles, agree to grant [name] the [deal you wish to make] in the following manner:
Details,
 At the cost of [to be determined]."

All you have to do then is reply with the phrase "I agree to this contract" and give your signature, or state that the deal is off. Once the deal is struck it will be given an identification number, randomly generated, and all parties will refer to it as such from that point on.

I advise you to be as clear and detailed as possible, otherwise you will give me the right to execute the deal in any manner I see fitting. If you feel I haven't lived up to my end of the bargain, you can take your case to the thread and allow them to resolve it by popular consensus through a jury of the damned. Whatever they decide will be final and I will abide by it. You cannot strike the same deal twice, if you back out from an earlier deal you cannot ask me about it later.

Once more to be perfectly clear:
You cannot discuss any aspect of these deals with anybody. You cannot tell anybody that you've struck a deal, the nature of a deal, or question other players about deals they might've had.

Jury of the Damned:
Comprised of all deceased players, it is their duty to decide the legitimacy of the claim against the host and look over all material pertaining to the issue. This happens in real-time and will not interrupt the game, meaning whenever they reach a decision is when they reach a decision. No deadlines, no idle periods of play. Once the player announces he has an issue with me, I will convene the jury and we will handle the matter in private. Once the Jury has made their decision it will be total and final, and their decision will be announced to the thread.

To summon the jury, make a post in the thread saying:
"I want to contest Deal X on the grounds that [state your issue]."
After which I will summon the jury via PM and we will handle it from there. We will both state our cases, with the plaintiff presenting first, and hand the Jury all PMs regarding the deal. They will deliberate with no input from either of us. If necessary we will bring in a third party to resolve the matter, such a party will not be a current player.

All deals with me are confidential; you will not be allowed to discuss your deal or its terms to any other player. Doing so is a breach in contract and I have every right to collect your debt. "What is your debt?" you may ask. In order to play this game, you will agree to sign over your soul to me until this game is completed. You have no obligation to sign this contract, and there will be no penalty against you if don't. However, if you can survive my game I will give you something in return, but only if you survive. Dying will get you nothing. All you have to do is sign on the dotted line.

Name your price,

Mephistopheles

The Undersigned Parties hereby Agree and Consent to the Above Terms:
1. Hercules
2. SocialFox
3. gzgregory
4. FSM-Reapr
5. davy
6. Waddle Bro
7. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
8. SlowPokemon
9. BlackDragonSlayer
10. blueflower999
11. Dude
12. Bird
13. the_last_sheikah
14. Bubbles 7689
15. shadowkirby

[Mephistopheles]

It is now Night 1, Night 1 ends 12:00AM CST, Friday Nov. 9

There are NO deals on Night 1.

I'll update this with the other time zones, just give me which ones you need.

Chat: #TWGNSM

[vermilionvermin]

My name is Hercules.  Also nobody should claim. 

[Bird]

i just made a deal with mr. meph

[Bird]

oh shoot we're not supposed to talk about it, huh

[Mephistopheles]

Apparently I fogrot to address this:

The wolves do not know each other., this means that I'll only accpet the first wolfing I recieve.

[vermilionvermin]

Disregard any PM you've gotten from me in the past ten minutes or so.  It was supposed to determine who was a wolf, (the people who were wolves would correct me on my assumption that wolves didn't know each other) but when I asked Mephistopheles he posted something about it!  I also misread his response, so I accidentally said that the wolves didn't know each other when I should have said that they did.

I don't want to form any voting alliances, they're dumb.

[Yugi]

I am Lillian Lust, the Girl with the Bust.
Claim to me.

[Yugi]

Also does that mean that wolfings will be like Uprising Madness?

[BlackDragonSlayer]

I'm a-here!!!

I am a guy-with-a-big-sword-nobody-wants-to-encounter-in-a-dark-alley. Vermilionvermin seems a little suspicious, but I'll let it pass for now... unless anything else comes up.

[Yugi]

are you ichigo kurosaki?

[vermilionvermin]

Three important logs that coincide with each other.  I bolded the important stuff.  Note the timestamps on these logs, they're pretty important.

Log #1 with Bird (it's first because it starts earliest).  Bird is Savvy-Sauce and I am Nighthawk.

21:40   Savvy-Sauce   i think the seer should hella claim
21:40   Nighthawk   i think not
21:40   Savvy-Sauce   i don't think the wolves will risk a 50% guarding
21:41   Nighthawk   i would.
21:41   Savvy-Sauce   why
21:41   Nighthawk   especially knowing that if the seer's guarded, their seer is useless
21:41   Nighthawk   http://www.ninsheetm.us/smf/index.php?topic=4956.msg176215#msg176215
21:42   Savvy-Sauce   do the wolves know each other this game
21:43   Nighthawk   i would assume so, but i'm not sure if he says anywhere
21:43   Nighthawk   lemme look
21:43   Savvy-Sauce   i thought maestro always made independent wolfs
21:45   Nighthawk   i don't know, i didn't find it in the op
21:45   Nighthawk   i'm trying to think of a way we can use this to possibly catch a newer wolf
21:45   Nighthawk   i'm thinking of posting something which suggests one way and hoping that a new wolf corrects me on it
21:46   Nighthawk   should i go for suggesting the wolves do or don't know?
21:46   Savvy-Sauce   what do you mean
21:46   Nighthawk   so basically
21:46   Nighthawk   If someone knows that the wolves do or don't know each other, they must be a wolf because the initial instructions aren't clear
21:47   Savvy-Sauce   honestly we could probably just send a pm to everyone
21:47   Nighthawk   and by knows, I mean is certain enough that they'd correct people on it.
21:47   Nighthawk   what would we say in the pm?
21:47   Savvy-Sauce   if the wolves are gullible enough to answer with certainty, they'll also probably be gullible enough to respond through the PM
21:47   Savvy-Sauce   say "maestro is offline, so i just wanted a quick answer: do the wolves know each other?"
21:50   Nighthawk   all right i'll bcc everyone on it.
21:50   Nighthawk   If I put Maestro as in the main message and he responds, do the people bcc'd get the response
21:50   Nighthawk   ?
21:50   Nighthawk   actually, it's probably too risky to include maestro in the pm
21:50   Savvy-Sauce   he can't see the bcc'd people, so i don't think so
21:50   Nighthawk   if he gets it he might post the response in the thread
21:51   Nighthawk   actually, I'm not too sure if this will work.
21:51   Savvy-Sauce   what other suggestions do you have
21:51   Nighthawk   I think I'll have to suggest that wolves don't know each other, and then hope people correct me
21:51   Nighthawk   like propose some dumb alliance or something
21:52   Nighthawk   that way, we can see how people respond to it
21:52   Nighthawk   and by dumb alliance, i don't mean seer claiming
21:52   Nighthawk   i mean players forming voting alliances
21:52   Nighthawk   i think fsm's done that before
21:54   Nighthawk   Since the wolves don't know each other this game, I think it's imperative that we form voting alliances.  We won't be able to detect the wolves' voting patterns because they don't know each other, so it's hard to determine who might be wolves with each other. 
21:54   Nighthawk   that was what i'm planning on sending
21:54   Savvy-Sauce   wait so do the wolves know each other this game?
21:54   Nighthawk   i'm guessing probably not
21:55   Nighthawk   waith
21:55   Nighthawk   the other one
21:55   Savvy-Sauce   well then nobody will correct that
21:55   Nighthawk   i think they probably do since it hasn't been specified otherwise
21:55   Nighthawk   i'm looking thru host signup threads to see if he's ever specified
21:55   Savvy-Sauce   i can ask maestro
21:55   Savvy-Sauce   he's in the chat
21:55   Savvy-Sauce   err
21:55   Savvy-Sauce   "mephistopheles"
21:55   Nighthawk   ask him
21:55   Savvy-Sauce   okay
21:58   Nighthawk   i sent the pm
21:58   Nighthawk   but i could only send it to 10 people
21:58   Nighthawk   because nsm has a rule to prevent spammers
21:58   Savvy-Sauce   who'd you leave out
21:58   Nighthawk   i tried to take out people who would figure it out/wouldn't respond
21:58   Nighthawk   let me check
21:59   Nighthawk   sent it to dude, slow, gz, blueflower, sheikah, social, bds, fsm, tbwcw, and waddle bro
21:59   Nighthawk   hope they respond
21:59   Savvy-Sauce   y not bubbles
21:59   Nighthawk   idk i had to take someone out and i didn't think bubbles would respond
22:00   Nighthawk   probably not the best choice
22:00   Nighthawk   i knew i wanted shadowkirby out
22:00   Nighthawk   then i took out davy because i thought he would see through it, but that was a horrible idea because he might see it before since he's from europe
22:00   Nighthawk   probably should have taken out dude instead of bubbles
22:03   Savvy-Sauce   whoa shit were there always 4 wolves?
22:03   Nighthawk   no
22:03   Nighthawk   there were 3 when there were 15 players
22:03   Nighthawk   *12 players
22:12   Nighthawk   so uh
22:13   Nighthawk   i just got a pm from social
22:13   Nighthawk   asking me to explain more
22:14   Nighthawk   what do i do
22:17   Savvy-Sauce   confess that you're a wolf to him
22:17   Savvy-Sauce   be really convincing
22:17   Nighthawk   what would be my reason for confession?
22:17   Savvy-Sauce   that you think he's a wolf as well
22:18   Nighthawk   why don't you do it?
22:18   Savvy-Sauce   say "that's why I asked if the master wolf knew himself"
22:18   Savvy-Sauce   because he's talking to you, isn't he?
22:18   Nighthawk   oh rite i sent him the PM
22:19   Savvy-Sauce   honestly i do suspect him
22:19   Nighthawk   why?
22:20   Savvy-Sauce   his first real post in the thread was a question relating to how the wolfings worked
22:20   Nighthawk   oh shit
22:20   Nighthawk   that's actually a good question
22:20   Nighthawk   because it means that the wolfings may already be decided
22:21   Savvy-Sauce   what do you mean
22:21   Nighthawk   that's how they worked in his last game
22:21   Savvy-Sauce   but... how
22:21   Savvy-Sauce   who would have decided the wolfing
22:21   Savvy-Sauce   i dont understand
22:22   Nighthawk   the first wolfing pm counts
22:22   Nighthawk   that is all
22:22   Nighthawk   could have been anyone who has gotten their pm
22:22   Nighthawk   and sent one in to meph
22:22   Nighthawk   this changes things
22:22   Savvy-Sauce   but is that how it works
22:22   Nighthawk   Probably!
22:23   Nighthawk   also
22:23   Nighthawk   i confessed to being a wolf to fox
22:23   Nighthawk   somewhere between 1.5 and 2 minutes ago
22:24   Savvy-Sauce   thank you for the accurate time estimate
22:25   Savvy-Sauce   what's he saying gimme the goods
22:25   Nighthawk   i sent you the log
22:25   Nighthawk   he's not saying anything
22:25   Savvy-Sauce   hm
22:25   Savvy-Sauce   it would be hilarious catching a wolf 15 minutes into the game
22:26   Savvy-Sauce   and if he's taking a long time to respond
22:26   Savvy-Sauce   maybe he's weighing his options?
22:26   Nighthawk   I think he is
22:26   Savvy-Sauce   i asked him a silly quesiton in teh chat
22:26   Nighthawk   want me torespond?
22:26   Nighthawk   oh he got back to me
22:26   Savvy-Sauce   i was going to say, if he answerd the pokemon question first, he was thinking about your question rather than afk
22:28   Nighthawk   22:27   FaustVII   I think that you are trying to make me claim wolf? 22:27   vermilionvermin   Wolves are weighing their options. 22:27   FaustVII   *wolf. 22:27   vermilionvermin   I'm not trying to make you claim wolf. 22:27   vermilionvermin   I'm trying to see if you've sent in a PM 22:27   FaustVII   No.
22:30   Nighthawk   22:28   FaustVII   Because I'm Human. 22:28   vermilionvermin   I don't think you are! 22:28   vermilionvermin   And I'm confident enough in that. 22:28   vermilionvermin   Confident enough to tell you I'm a wolf
22:31   Nighthawk   at what point do we post this?
22:32   Nighthawk   I guess it's safe to wait until he posts that he knows i'm a wolf
22:32   Nighthawk   or leaves the chat.
22:32   Nighthawk   he's gotten off-topic
22:33   Savvy-Sauce   i'd keep at it
22:33   Savvy-Sauce   i would think that if he was human, he'd tell the thread
22:33   Savvy-Sauce   or at least tell the thread come day phase
22:33   Nighthawk   why wait?
22:33   Savvy-Sauce   what do you mean
22:33   Nighthawk   why would he wait, i mean?
22:33   Nighthawk   until day phase
22:33   Nighthawk   that risks that he dies
22:34   Savvy-Sauce   i could see him not thinking it was very important to bring up until day phase
22:34   Nighthawk   I don't.
22:34   Nighthawk   I feel like he'd be impulsive
22:34   Nighthawk   though i don't know why
22:35   Savvy-Sauce   well as long as you've confessed then
22:35   Nighthawk   I feel like he'd at least have told you
22:35   Savvy-Sauce   if he doesn't say anything by day phase though, we can figure something out
22:36   Nighthawk   who is lillian lust
22:37   Nighthawk   sounds like a porn star
22:39   Nighthawk   oh shit we have a confession
22:39   Nighthawk   22:38   FaustVIII   I may or may not have sent in my own PM. 22:38   vermilionvermin   sounds like you did. 22:38   vermilionvermin   who did you wolf? 22:39   FaustVIII   Dude.
22:39   Nighthawk   22:39   FaustVIII   If Slow dies I trust you. 22:39   FaustVIII   Wait no.
22:39   Nighthawk   time to post methinks
22:40   Nighthawk   22:39   FaustVIII   I chose to kill FSM. 22:40   FaustVIII   If FSM dies then your lying. 22:40   vermilionvermin   when did you send that in? 22:40   vermilionvermin   and why did you think it used to be dude? 22:40   FaustVIII   Just now.'
22:41   Nighthawk   Savvy-Sauce: are you there?
22:41   Nighthawk   he's not responding
22:41   Nighthawk   i think he may be doing the same thing i'm doing to him
22:42   Nighthawk   this is inconsistent
22:42   Nighthawk   fuck it i'm posting this

Log # 2 (general chat, Socialfox is variations of Faust.)  Bolded parts are bolded just because they show when Socialfox was typing and such. 

22:15   vermilionvermin   hey Mephistopheles, question about the wolves
22:15   vermilionvermin   does the master wolf know who he is?
22:15   Mephistopheles   Yes.
22:15   vermilionvermin   all right
22:15   vermilionvermin   good to know
22:16   FaustVII   Why is that so Good verm.
22:16   FaustVII   ?
22:16   FaustVII   ?
22:16   vermilionvermin   It's good to know because then we know how to expect him to behave.
22:16   vermilionvermin   If a player seems like they want to be seered a lot, then there's a chance they're the master wolf
22:17   vermilionvermin   that's not really the case if the MW is just told he's a wolf
22:17   FaustVII   Okay.
22:22   FaustVII   Hello Bird how are you today?
22:22   bird   i'm pretty good
22:26   bird   FaustVII: favorite pokemon???
22:27   FaustVII   Absol FTW.
22:29   vermilionvermin   I'm partial to Teddiursa, though the Snivy line has grown on me.

Log #3, my private chat with SocialFox.

22:19   vermilionvermin   that was convincing, wasn't it?
22:19   vermilionvermin   the pm
22:20   vermilionvermin   people will think i'm human, right?
22:21   vermilionvermin   I sent in the first wolfing PM.
22:21   FaustVII   Why are you asking that?
22:21   vermilionvermin   Because you're a wolf too.
22:21   vermilionvermin   I can tell from the question you asked about the way wolfings work.
22:23   vermilionvermin   Slow is going to die tonight, unless you sent in a PM earlier
22:25   vermilionvermin   have you sent in any pm?
22:26   FaustVII   You said that you found me just by me asking that.
22:26   FaustVII   Somehow.
22:26   vermilionvermin   I did.
22:26   vermilionvermin   It's not something a human would be interested in.
22:27   FaustVII   I think that you are trying to make me claim wolf?
22:27   vermilionvermin   Wolves are weighing their options.
22:27   FaustVII   *wolf.
22:27   vermilionvermin   I'm not trying to make you claim wolf.
22:27   vermilionvermin   I'm trying to see if you've sent in a PM
22:27   FaustVII   No.
22:28   FaustVII   Because I'm Human.
22:28   vermilionvermin   I don't think you are!
22:28   vermilionvermin   And I'm confident enough in that.
22:28   vermilionvermin   Confident enough to tell you I'm a wolf
22:30   FaustVII   do you know who faust Vii is?
22:30   vermilionvermin   Not too familiar, no
22:30   vermilionvermin   I know who the original faust is
22:31   FaustVII   Could He revive?
22:31   vermilionvermin   All I know is that the original faust made a bargain with the devil.
22:32      *** FaustVII is now known as FaustVIII
22:33   FaustVIII   http://shamanking.wikia.com/wiki/Faust_VIII
22:33   FaustVIII   Now you know.
22:35   FaustVIII   Also.
22:35   FaustVIII   If you are a wolf.
22:35   FaustVIII   What wolf are you?
22:35   vermilionvermin   Not the master wolf
22:35   vermilionvermin   I don't know which one
22:35   vermilionvermin   that's why I asked the question
22:36   FaustVIII   You are Lillian Lust.
22:36   FaustVIII   The Girl with the Bust.
22:37   vermilionvermin   sounds cool
22:38   FaustVIII   I may or may not have sent in my own PM.
22:38   vermilionvermin   sounds like you did.
22:38   vermilionvermin   who did you wolf?
22:39   FaustVIII   Dude.
22:39   FaustVIII   If Slow dies I trust you.
22:39   FaustVIII   Wait no.
22:39   FaustVIII   I chose to kill FSM.
22:40   FaustVIII   If FSM dies then your lying.
22:40   vermilionvermin   when did you send that in?
22:40   vermilionvermin   and why did you think it used to be dude?
22:40   FaustVIII   Just now.
22:43   FaustVIII   I was choosing who to wolf.
22:43   vermilionvermin   okay
22:44   FaustVIII   Both Bird and Dude were possibilities
22:44   vermilionvermin   yeah
22:44   vermilionvermin   i was thinking about bird as well, but i decided he was too likely to be guarded
22:44   FaustVIII   I was trying to not pick the odvious choice.
22:53   FaustVIII   Leaving now.
22:53   vermilionvermin   okay

Summary of this is that Bird asked me to claim wolf to Socialfox.  I did, and Socialfox took a really long time responding to me.  He was hesitant to admit to being a wolf and openly denied it at points but slowly admitted to being a wolf.  Here's the kicker:  He left without posting anything detailing my "confession".  I would have thought that a human would be excited about catching a wolf, no?  But he said nothing, not even to Bird.

[Yugi]

Actully, I was trying to lead you on. I was Fake claiming wolf to you.

[Bird]

Then why would you not mention Nighthawk claiming wolf to the thread? That seems pretty important, and a human would likely want to share that information.

[FSM-Reapr]

SocialFox, you suck. You want to wolf the man who might never see TWG ever again.

ninja'd

Actully, I was trying to lead you on. I was Fake claiming wolf to you.

woah, i didn't see this coming