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Introduction:
(Mod Note: Don’t expect much continuity between this and the show’s timeline. Some of you will notice that I am blatantly cherry-picking, but there are too many aspects that I like that don’t necessarily fit in a single season. And we love Mrs. Blankenship.)

 

Taking a long drag on his third cigarette of the morning, Don Draper looked out his window without seeing anything. He had a meeting with Peggy, Stan and Pete in thirty minutes and nothing worth showing. It shouldn’t be that difficult, but ever since losing the Hilton account, things didn’t feel right.

 

At least the clients they’d been able to poach from Sterling Cooper knew what they were capable of. There were rumors that CGC were making moves on some of gleanings, but the good money, and people, were with SCDP.

 

Across town, Ted Chaough was waiting to interview a young man he’d been hearing good things about. He’d never liked Duck Phillips (god, what a stupid nickname), but the man knew talent. Bert Cooper had certainly thought well of the man, and had benefitted from his finds for years. When they’d spoken, Duck had hinted that he might have something in common with CGC and was sending over an up-and-comer to prove his good intentions.

 

The intercom’s buzz broke through his thoughts and then there was his secretary, announcing his interview.

 

“Mr. Chaough?” The door opened and a young man poked his head through the opening.

 

Ted was surprised to hear his name pronounced clearly, unlike that bastard, Roger Sterling. “Yes.”

 

“Good morning, sir. Duck Phillips sent me over. My name is Bob Benson.”

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Day One
Joan moved through the office, checking the status of various departments and projects. She was feeling out of sorts and ready to take it out on the first secretary to step out of line. At least Don was getting some work done. She gave herself a mental pat on the back for assigning Mrs. Blankenship to him.

 

Things were starting to pick up since forming SCDP. New employees were attracting a few new customers which helped ease the burden created by a lack of confidence shown by some of the clients that had been enticed over from Sterling Cooper.

 

In Creative, Stan and Peggy were arguing about the approach to take on the Heinz account. Pete had been humming around, pushing them to think beyond the last ad and consider new uses for the client’s sauces. Unfortunately, that had only inspired Stan to go off on an erotic tangent which Peggy was trying very hard to not laugh over.

 

Meanwhile, at CGC:
Ted Chaough knocked on the door of his partner, Jim Cutler. When he entered, he grinned and said, “Well, good news. Phillips got it right with this one. He doesn’t have much experience, but we can fix that easily.”

 

“Just what we need,” the older man groused, “some loser to train to our standards while that damn Sterling continues to make me look bad.”

 

“Don’t worry, Jim. I have a plan.”

 

In a dive, somewhere across the country:
A slender, middle-aged man sat hunched over the bar while nursing a whiskey. The bartender watched from the other end of the bar, hoping to avoid the dark cloud that seemed to be hanging over the man’s head. The ashtray in front of him was in danger of overflowing and strangely more discouraging to the few people in the bar.

 

While the man’s lips were moving, all that the bartender could make out was a muttered, “Damn you, Roger.”

 

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It is officially Day. You have 48 hours to come to some sort of consensus, and yes, there is one clue in the story.

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Humming (birds)? Grousing? Dark clouds? Sounds like nature, and we all know what that means....

 

(Nothing really stands out to me, though I am realizing that those are all sky-related things.)

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My initial thought was that the Heinz paragraph had to contain the clue. Just don't have any idea where to go with it. 

 

Secondly, as for the dark clouds, they are pretty easily associated with storms...

 

And in conclusion, I believe when next we see her that may have an announcement...

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Not seeing a lot in the way of clues. Yes, the Heinz thing is interesting, but not seeing a clue in there. And yes, clouds could be suggesting @SilverStormm, but I'm really hesitant to point any fingers in the first round.

 

And in conclusion, I believe when next we see her that may have an announcement...

 

In other news...

 

Okay, so @TJtrack99 and I (his humble assistant) will be signing up to moderate the next game after the Game of Thrones Mafia that @egavasc will be moderating...The theme will be the shows of the Whedonverse (AoS, Buffy, Firefly, TBD...).

 

You are welcome.

 

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In other news...

 

Okay, so @TJtrack99 and I (his humble assistant) will be signing up to moderate the next game after the Game of Thrones Mafia that @egavasc will be moderating...The theme will be the shows of the Whedonverse (Buffy, Angel, Firefly, TBD...).

 

You are welcome.

 

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I am SO in!
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I am SO in!

Right now I'm planning on it being Agents of SHIELD/Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Dollhouse, with maybe some Firefly references thrown in (since that show takes place in the future). Though I've only watched through Season 3 of Buffy so far...*runs off to watch more*

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I knew I liked you!

Hey, who are those Steelers playing this week?  ;)

 

Current character inventory:

Don Draper

Peggy

Stan

Pete

Joan

Mrs. Blankenship

 

 

Possible villains?

Ted Chaough

Jim Cutler

Duck Phillips?

Bob Benson

Roger Sterling?

 

A slender, middle-aged man

 

Also, the "dark cloud" pointing to Silverstormm sounds likely to me.

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Yes it does sound likely; except there is a teensy tiny flaw in that logic...in my experience, clues are never that easy c'mon srsly!...I bloody wish they were...

To illustrate my point; I feel like a real space cadet at the moment because I don't have a Scooby what the real clue is, so cannot even throw shade elsewhere. Hopefully a higher power will show me the way asap - 'I believe'.

 

*theatrically throws hands in the air*

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Hmmmm, the only clue I see is the mention of Heinz, just like some others.  Heinz is in Pittsburgh, and Machiabelly already mentioned the Steelers are her team, but honestly, this early in the game, I don't want to do or say anything.

 

Ah yes ... we have our year shaping up quite nicely for Mafia!  A GoT game and a Whedonverse game. 

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Heinz was also a pretty major arc on the show, so it's not that likely that it itself is a clue, in my mind.

 

Yeah, I was coming in here to say that. Dougal and I are lead mods at Mad Men... not that it's a huge advantage in finding who are good and evil.

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Oh shit....I just re-read through a couple of times and picked up on this strange wordage: 'Pete had been humming around'...I have never heard that particular phrase before, so I thought I'd look up the word humming and this was one of the definitions I found...

 

'To emit the continuous droning sound of a bee on the wing; buzz.

 

Take from that what you will....but, if I die tonight, heroes, you will know why!

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So far as the Heinz thing goes, it's exceedingly rare for clues to point to some private aspect about the player; they usually just indicate the name in some way.

Rarely have Day 1 David lynches gone well in my experience; we don't even know who all the characters in the game are yet. I'm Ok with discussing until Caprevasc call time.

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I'm not suggesting a lynch yet either, but I thought it important to share what I had found.

I think that is intriguing for sure...those of you with Night abilities should consider these kind of things...but I don't think anyone really advocates for lynches on Day 1 unless, like, the story said "And then he ran into the villainous Bachia Melly..."

 

Also I won't be around too much tonight - going out for a roommate dinner, and there's a somewhat important college basketball game here in town too. #beatDuke

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I know nothing about Mad Men, but I do know that there appear to be some characters missing so I vote no David Lynch for today. And I'm psyched for a Whedonverse game, woohoo! (I beg of you, don't put Riley in the game because it will end up being me.)

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Heinz was also a pretty major arc on the show, so it's not that likely that it itself is a clue, in my mind.

 

 

Yeah, I was coming in here to say that. Dougal and I are lead mods at Mad Men... not that it's a huge advantage in finding who are good and evil.

 

 

So far as the Heinz thing goes, it's exceedingly rare for clues to point to some private aspect about the player; they usually just indicate the name in some way.

Rarely have Day 1 David lynches gone well in my experience; we don't even know who all the characters in the game are yet. I'm Ok with discussing until Caprevasc call time.

 

Well, just thought I'd share what I've been doing.  I remembered that Peggy worked on the Heinz Baked Beans campaign.  So I went looking for competitors to see if any names of those might be a clue.  (None that I could find.)  Then I went to the wiki page for baked beans in general and there is a section about flatulence. (Still nothing)  Sometimes a hero has to research some unpleasant stuff.  Just saying.

 

I'm fine with following everybody else's lead re:  the David Lynch.

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No worries BizzBuzz

Welcome Dreaming. That smell is Curious Parker...he says it is research

 

I am NOT smelly.  hee. 

 

PS.  FTR, I'm a she.

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Also I won't be around too much tonight - going out for a roommate dinner, and there's a somewhat important college basketball game here in town too. #beatDuke

 

Is tonight the 1K for Coach K game?

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*Mod Note*

Also I won't be around too much tonight - going out for a roommate dinner, and there's a somewhat important college basketball game here in town too. #beatDuke

Ooh, I saw some of that game at the pub tonight. Bummer.

 

Speaking of, there's a semi-important football game on tomorrow, right Mark? I'm hosting a neighborhood party, so... whenever the 48 hours is up, pretend I called it.

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Speaking of, there's a semi-important football game on tomorrow, right Mark? I'm hosting a neighborhood party, so... whenever the 48 hours is up, pretend I called it.

 

So assume at 48 hours, whatever has happened is the end? I just want to be clear, that we should belly up to the bar then, since some sort of sporting event is taking place.

 

Me, I'm in the land getting a foot plus of snow between now and then. And no one has told us to stay home and not go to any sporting event parties......

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So assume at 48 hours, whatever has happened is the end? I just want to be clear, that we should belly up to the bar then, since some sort of sporting event is taking place.

 

Me, I'm in the land getting a foot plus of snow between now and then. And no one has told us to stay home and not go to any sporting event parties......

Oh, after double-checking, 48 hours will be 2pm Central tomorrow. I'll be here to call it.

 

Never mind.

 

stacey, you'd be more than welcome at my party. At least, if it wasn't going to be hazardous to drive....

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Cute avatar, Mark. I could add one of my cleavage peeking out of my 'hawks t-shirt.... ;)

 

Have fun at the casino and drive carefully, Machiabelly!

 

Okay, it's Night. I'm still cleaning and in party-prep mode (thank goodness for cold winter weather - we're storing beer on the deck! I'll put finishing touches on the story tonight (depending on how late the game and clean-up go) and confer with my co-mod about details tomorrow.

 

The bar is OPEN!!

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