Summerwood (Monsterhearts 2)

Game Master neonblues

Serves her right. She could probably remind Eva if she wanted to though :)

Hell no!

Hayden's substantially off-course with her plan at the moment, but bringing that up helps no one and nothing whether she's trying to be nice or enacting her schemes.

Just wanted to say I am greatly enjoying all the drama. :)

Got to get some sleep now, be back on in several hours.

Ashton's not being a bad wingman on purpose!

We haven't heard from Jess in a while. I hope she's still around!

I have a staycation planned next week from Monday through Wednesday. My posts will be less frequent until I go back to work on Thursday.

I could easily see Deirdre and Hayden's excursion getting derailed if we bumped into the many other groups wandering the house, so I'll hold off for at least a little before assuming we find a private place.

Going to wait to see who's in the hot tub.

Quick question: would Ashton have closed the secret passage again before returning to the party?

Yes, I think he would have.

Fahed, you still here? I can dangle a plot thread to get you involved with the other players, just want to check and make sure you're still around.

Yeah everytime I try to post something takes me away

No worries man, just keep trying. We're here when we can. (We seem to have lost Jesse's player a couple weeks ago, unfortunately. Rather keep folks where we can.)

And yeah, no, Ashton, so far, EVERYBODY at Summerwood seems to be gay (or bi, but same-sex-leaning). Hah. Didn't realize it would become THAT kind of game, but it's amusing enough.

Dance, puppets, dance!!! >:)

Also, just a reminder to anyone who rolls low: remember to take an XP for each failed check.

Assuming that was taking Ashton's side enough to qualify, I'll take the Fake move from the Hollow playbook.

I'll be out of town from Friday afternoon through Tuesday night. Wi-fi access might be spotty, so I might not be able to post much until I return. GM, please bot me if necessary.

I'm going to take Howl at the Moon for my level up. Is there currently any moonlight where we are?

Did I get an XP, GM?

Did I get an XP, GM?

Yep! (Made a note in the gameplay section)

I see it now, thanks. :)

I don’t know that Ashton actually let slip that he’s a werewolf to the group yet (though Hayden seems to have figured it out)

Okay, scratch that last comment from Deirdre's diatribe then. :)

Just making sure, I'm assuming that the entire group is heading to the dorm? (Minus Jess, who is I guess... off doing something else)

Fahed and Eva, I forget if this has come up, but do you also live in the dorms, or elsewhere?

Yeah, back to the dorm sounds good.

Dorm it is!

Eva lives in the dorms but has no room mate.

Off campus

Off topic-ish, but how f%*#ing good is the new Sabrina?!

Anything else any characters want to do before the night ends? I got the impression Hayden and Deirdre might have some private time.

I’m thinking we might do a short time jump, this feels close to the end of an “episode.”

Off topic-ish, but how f!~*ing good is the new Sabrina?!

Oh yes, it's good.

Deirdre would want to spend time with Hayden, but we can backpost it irvsave it for another game day if you want to move forward. I wouldn't want everybody to have to wait on us.

Short time jump is fine - though as Deirdre indicated, some slightly fuzzy timeline might be involved...

It kinda depends how much more RP y’all would like to do leading up to “the deed.” I think the two of you have had enough chemistry up to this point that a “fade to black” reasonably soon could be appropriate.
(Plus, Deirdre’s sex move is such that Hayden will likely soon become her Darkest Self, which could open up some more plot)

Mmmm... Well, I certainly wouldn't rule out the chance that they'd have sex, but Hayden's currently not planning on it.

Then again, there's certainly been temptation in both directions tonight ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ball's in Dee's court for now in any case.

Deirdre's leveled up again. Still trying to decide on my new upgrade.

Okay, decided to take another Mortal move: Sympathy is My Weapon.

Aaaaaand fade to black

Aww, it was just getting good... ;)

I'm cool with fade to black though.

So, just to be clear, are Hayden and Deirdre’s sex moves being activated tonight? Or at any point within the next week or so?

Dee is willing, but Hayden has the final say.

(FYI, if y’all do decide to do sex tonight, I have some plot ideas to keep the other PC’s occupied for a bit while the two of you resolve the aftermath of that, if need be.)

If we're doing a time jump of a week or so, then they would Definitely have had sex, so let's just go with it happening tonight. Hayden would definitely tease Deirdre more first, but honestly further descriptions feel a bit R-Rated ;-)

And I think the dynamics of the night are already pretty clear...

Okay, cool! So, for the two of you, let's cut to something post-coitus; you can resolve Hayden's sex move and perhaps set up some impetus for Hayden to go Darkest Self. I don't know if you already have something in mind for that, Hayden, but it could be as simple as your passionate connection with Deirdre somehow awakening some feral fae ancestry within you.

I've got some thoughts - Hayden sort of walks around in something close to her Darkest Self a lot of the time, so it's sort of a short putt for her anyways.

The big difference is that instead of collecting metaphysical debts, she won't have mercy...

Oh, mind if I wake up first, Deirdre? I've got an unfinished draft that I like that uses that as a baseline.

Go ahead. :)

I've been thinking about this, and would Hayden really have been able to figure out Ashton was a werewolf based on so little, especially since you said there weren't any werewolves in Faerie? Him sniffing at the air and standing in front of a window doesn't seem like enough to go on.

I've been thinking about this, and would Hayden really have been able to figure out Ashton was a werewolf based on so little, especially since you said there weren't any werewolves in Faerie? Him sniffing at the air and standing in front of a window doesn't seem like enough to go on.

This is a fair point; I think she probably suspects that there’s something supernatural going on with him (especially since he could sniff out Trixie when no one else could), but hasn’t necessarily narrowed it down.

My thought was that she noticed the basking in the moonlight and it gave her a further refinement, but it's still just her top guess. More importantly, all her werewolf knowledge is based on things like Universal Monsters and Twilight, so she has very little idea of what it means that Ashton's a werewolf.

I'm happy to play up her uncertainty next scene with him though!