Mafia 10: May Apolyton Find Its Assassins

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by vovan
PS: Oh, and also: great story, Kassiopeia. Maybe you should join the Storywriters' Guild.

I've written my share of Alpha Centauri fiction in my time, so why not.

[Theben]

Originally posted by vovan
I'm guessing either Pave or alva... What's with them roaming the mountains alone, away from the people's sight. Who knows what evil they have agreed to do?

[kindly old man voice]
Ahh, there yer wrong, my laddie. I've traveled on many trips with the youngsters and never a hint o' trouble out of them... if you ask me, the young duke has been wanting his daddy's estate and wealth fer awhile now... and there have been plenty o' rumors about that accident... pray watch what you say a'getting righteous folks in trouble when thay ain't done no harm. Could come back to you.
[/kindly old man voice]

[Theben]

note to self: Get avatar that doesn't look like deranged psychotic killer.

[Frozzy]

A Tennessee Titans tattoo was observed on the left buttock, which just disturbed the heck outta me.

As it would to me. It is obviously a sign of all that is evil in the world.

Did I mention I hate Tennessee? Greatly?

[Frozzy]

Flaming Thumbtacks must die! Vote Jonny! Oh... he's already dead? Damn.

Be off with you Jon Miller! Evil Mafia!

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Theben
note to self: Get avatar that doesn't look like deranged psychotic killer.

[Kassiopeia]

FlameFlash, duke o' york, Jon Miller, rah and CapitanGarlic have yet to vote. With five votes pending, and five votes being the difference between the current leader and the two runner-ups, we might get the needed majority soon.

Edit: The 24 hour mark is also drawing near, so things really don't look too good for Drogue.

Edit2: Silly me. Duke left me voting instructions in that PM he mentioned in the sign-up thread, as he's busy during the weekend, so I'm going to present his vote now: Duke o' york votes rah.

Therefore, since the runner-ups can not receive the needed votes to reach a tie with Drogue any longer, he shall be executed by the village.

[rah]

I would have docpiled Drogue anyway

[Kassiopeia]

Act One (cont.)

Lord Jon took out a piece of paper and a pen. The villagers sat in their chairs, the atmosphere as tense as could be expected.

"This shall be an open ballot. No one should have anything to hide, after all", Jon said. "Whoever is deemed guilty, shall be punished by death. That has been the tradition."

The other villagers nodded, and one after another started to cast their votes - who they thought was behind the murder of Jonny, according to the rather small amount of evidence provided.

After a while, even though Jon hadn't given any numbers yet, the banker started to feel very uncomfortable. "Drogue", many villagers said, with only a few stray votes given to various people.

Finally, when four votes were yet to be cast, Lord Jon nodded to himself and stood up. "One person has received eight votes, while some others have received three. Hence there is no need to hear the remaining four votes." FlameFlash, Rah, and CapitanGarlic let out a sigh of relief - the arbitrator usually voted last, so Jon didn't have to vote either.

"Who is it?" someone asked.

"Drogue", Jon said with slight anxiety. Obviously a prominent position wasn't a healthy one, as he personally wasn't quite assured that Drogue was the Mafia. In fact, he had received a few votes himself. The villagers were eyeing each other very suspiciously through the whole process, and Jon started to think that an open ballot wasn't such a good idea.

"How shall he die?" asked another.

"I plead as my last wish that I be executed by poison. Doctor Guynemer must have some substances that he uses to make medicine that can be lethal with the right amounts", Drogue exclaimed, very distraught by the sentence. He was too shocked to even argue his innocence.

"We shall honour your wish", Jon Miller said.

"I can not give the poison myself because of my oath", Guynemer noted, "but I will let the other villagers use my chemicals in the way they see fit. The cabinet is at my practice."

"Doctor, do you have any cyanide?" asked DrSpike. "It's poisonous, I believe, as long as it's not mixed in wine."

"Yes. How did you know?"

"I've read about Rasputin", the journalist explained. Nobody knew what he was talking about, but the villagers nodded in mock understanding.

Drogue had never read about the execution of Socrates either, but he drank the poison sitting on his bed in a very similar fashion, closed his eyes, and passed away. He was buried the same evening.

The villagers returned to their homes to a restless night of sleep, haunted by the sight of a demolished yet stoic man accepting his own death. Had they succeeded? Did the killing end with the glass of water Drogue had in his bedroom?

Alive
Name	Vote	&nbsp	Name	Vote
ADG	N/A	&nbsp	Guynemer	N/A
Skanky Burns	N/A	&nbsp	Zopperoni	N/A
DrSpike	N/A	&nbsp	Rah	N/A
Pave	N/A	&nbsp	Theben	N/A
Jamski	N/A	&nbsp	FlameFlash	N/A
Alva	N/A	&nbsp	Vlad Antlerkov	N/A
Spaced Cowboy	N/A	&nbsp	Vovan	N/A
Spiffor	N/A	&nbsp	Frozzy	N/A
Jon Miller	N/A	&nbsp	Hercules	N/A
GhengisFarb	N/A	&nbsp	Duke o' York	N/A
CapitanGarlic	N/A	&nbsp	HongHu	N/A
Dead
Name	Cause of Death	&nbsp	Name	Cause of Death
Jonny	Mafia (Impalement - R1)	&nbsp	Drogue	Village - R1
Village Status		&nbsp	Votes
Night		&nbsp

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by rah
I would have docpiled Drogue anyway

That's the spirit, if you don't have a choice anymore you might as well be happy with it.

[rah]

Yep, I had a long night last night, and didn't get a chance to check in until it was immaterial.

[DrSpike]

Cool story Kass.............you're English is first rate.

[alva]

'T isz indeed

[Jon Miller]

HongHu

is the mafia

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

oh, that vote was for last time

I might think somoene else is the mafia for next time

Jon Miller