A Beasthood · The Towers
WAGMI Way
You back yourself out loud, before you're ready, in front of everyone.
Their gift: The Call. A dare called on the mic bends luck toward the Beast who does it. The cost: The bad week comes later, for the caller; a dare on yourself only.
About 500 Beasts call WAGMI Way home.
The place
Neon left on for a market that doesn't close, Beastcoin's price on every surface, floors going up on dares. Electric-green tracksuits, cart sugar. The Way sees no day or night, only the count. At dawn a visitor sees pink sky; the caller beside them sees the next countdown.
Their gift, and what it costs
The Call. Dare yourself on the Countdown Corner mic, the street counts three and you shout the call, and if you go through with it, luck bends your way: the song lands, the coin doubles. The cost: luck borrowed is luck owed; the bad week comes later, for the caller. The limit: it bends only the caller's luck, and only at home.
What they want, and what they fear
Want: the biggest night, first. Fear: missing it. Not failing: being somewhere else the night it happened.
People you might meet
- Rafa Quintero (Wolf, Spotter captain). Wiped on the twelfth day; wants no bad week sat out alone. Wears their old Sender glove "to remember which side I was wrong on."
- Big Yes (Ape, countdown voice): "I'm the count. The count doesn't jump."
- Marlow Fisk (Wolf, call-writer) words newcomers' first calls. Senders say they're too small to miss.
- Juno Vega (Ape, first-caller). Has rehearsed the year's biggest call for two years, and spent all Eleven Days in the Back Booths with a sore throat. "I'm ready. Nearly."
Neighbours and old business
- Bullhattan. Needed and resented; the money runs between them. A word under a Way call makes the luck hold harder and the bad week bigger.
- Faded Heights. Had the biggest night once, in the Grey Year: half the ridge faded. Its old-timers warn the Way off; the Way calls something bigger.
- L33T Labs. Times every countdown. The Way runs four seconds late, and demands a recount.
Books from WAGMI Way
A Beast's Book is written from their holder's choices.
No Book from WAGMI Way is open yet. A holder of a Beast from here can begin theirs in the game.
More about WAGMI Way
Their scarEighteen months ago, for eleven days, every bold call came off, Beastcoin included.
Eighteen months ago, for eleven days, every bold call came off, Beastcoin included. On the twelfth it all came due: every countdown stuck at one, every song came out wrong, half the street wiped in front of a crowd. The Twin Plinths stand for those who stopped at eleven and those who called on twelve.
In the Grey Year, the Way says, its crowd called "one more hour" at the Grey all night. Every countdown since ends on a call.
What they argue aboutSenders vs Spotters, over the mic.
Senders vs Spotters, over the mic. Senders: a dare with a crew behind it isn't a dare. Spotters: don't call what your friends won't sit through with you. Senders hold the mic.
This seasonThe Senders want the moving Edge called, the biggest dare since the Grey Year.
The Senders want the moving Edge called, the biggest dare since the Grey Year. The Spotters forced a vote for the mic first, by cheer, so both sides are resting their voices and the Way is whispering.
A customMiss Night.
Miss Night. At every week's end a caller stands up at the Landing and tells their miss. The best-told gets its sign turned face-out in Neon Yard, which outranks coming off. Rafa has won four times and is suspected of missing on purpose.
PlacesCountdown Corner: three, two, one, the call.
- Countdown Corner: three, two, one, the call.
- The Landing: whatever happened, a cheer and a plate.
- Neon Yard: a sign for every call; a miss hangs face-in.
- The Back Booths: where a bad week is sat out with friends.
What they think is going on"The Edge is a dare,"
"The Edge is a dare," and you don't turn down a dare. First to volunteer for a dark stretch of road.