Mafia XVII - Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis

[FlameFlash]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
Pfft. Rasputin was just trying to quiet FlameFlash and his Saturnalian banter down, not trying to suppress something important.

How can you say that Saturn isn't important!

[Jamski]

COINTOSS!

Ok, call "heads" or "tails" please GJRamsey or Rasputin, whoever comes first.

Usual procedure with the zipped "toss" here :

(and the BBQ turned into a bonfire + all night booze up )

-Jam

[gjramsey]

Tails again

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
That's what I said. They weren't cube-shaped, though, they were oblong or otherwise strangely shaped, if I recall correctly.

Ok... didn't know that...

[duke o' york]

Was the bonfire intentional, or just an unfortunate side effect of the other two elements of your evening?

Can we have Jupiter and Saturn on the sides of the coin to be tossed if any more are required?

[Jamski]

Sorry it was "heads" and the password is "ave"

Not entirely intentional, no... more in the spirit of "Yeah! Burn more wood! What else will burn?"

Meanwhile, back in Rome...

Episode 2

The Romans gathered together in Rah's place, as it was just too disturbing to sit in Skanky's Taverna and look at the dead barkeeper's head. Each citizen and slave had one vote, and after a cruical tie, resolved by throwing an oddly shaped bone and praying to Mercury, the fate of GJRamsey was sealed.

"Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus!" protested the scribe, but noone was impressed by his Latin, and he was dragged into the collesaum (sp?) and fed to the lions, since there were currently no Christians available.

"Well," said Spiffor, rubbing his hands together, "That's one problem solved."
"But if Saturn blesses the g..." started FlameFlash, but as usual Rasputin stopped his blathering and interrupted.
"If Jupiter blesses the good deed we have done, let us drink and celebrate!"

The Romans returned to Rah's place and Joncha went out looking for his girls. Since all the other Romans seemed to have disappeared, he came back empty handed, much to the others disapointment.

* * * * *

When Snowfire woke up in the middle of the night, with a pressing need to urinate, he climbed over the sleeping bodies of the other Romans. He accidentally kicked something round in the dark, with a metallic clang. He paused, but noone seemed to have woken up.

Upon entering the Toiletium, Snowfire was in for a big surprise. Spiffor stood before the urinal, his toga around his ankles, unmoving.

Snowfire called the others, who stumbled in, half asleep.

"He's stiff," noted Jon Miller, "And I mean as in Rigor Mortis, you fools."

Spiffor was indeed cold, stiff and very dead. The end of his penis was slowly turning from green to black.

"I wouldn't touch that!" commented Guynemer
"Neither did Mrs Spiffor," chuckled Rah.

Its time to VOTE VOTE VOTE!

-Jam

[Jamski]

Name

Job

Status



1. Zopperoni

Slave

Alive



2. Theben

Butcher

Alive


3. Alva

Retired Legionary

Alive


4. Snowfire

Aspiring Gladiator

Alive


5. General Ludd

Pretorian Prefect

Alive


6. Joncha

Pimp

Alive


7. ADG

Fish Trader

Alive


8. Kassiopeia

Slave Dealer

Alive


9. DrSpike

Champion Gladiator

Alive


10. Jon Miller

Librarian

Alive


11. Rah

Brothel Owner

Alive


12. Jonny

Poet

Alive


13. Guynemer

Blacksmith

Alive


14. Spiffor

Senator

Dead - Green Penis



15. GJRamsey

Scribe

Dead - Romans



16. Chaunk

Keeper of the Sacred Chickens

Alive


17. MattH

Tribune

Alive


18. FlameFlash

Saturnine Pontifex

Alive


19. Vlad
Antlerkov

Gladiator Trainer

Alive


20. Rasputin

Jovian Pontifex

Alive


21. Hercules

Strongman

Alive


22. Skanky Burns

Tavern
Owner

Dead - Beheaded



23. Tuberski

Chariot Racer

Alive


24. Ghengis Farb
Mosaic Artist

Alive

***A Clue***
Siphillis in its initial stages can turn the genitals green/black.

-Jam

[Chaunk]

Jon Miller

Far too much knowledge about stiffs.

[Kassiopeia]

It's spelled "colosseum".

Now, of course, syphilis is pretty damn obviously indicating the pimp. However, syphilis doesn't really turn your genitals to strange colours let alone kill you just like that where you stand, but it's not like medical knowledge or lack thereof has ever been an obstacle in a Mafia game.

Then there is a very, very unnerving question: if all the prostitutes are gone, who gave the disease to Spiffor and how exactly? Unless the Mafia version of the illness does take a few weeks or a month to kill someone, so that they could've been infected with it before the killings began. I'd rather consider that, even though Romans weren't too... intolerant when it came to homosexuality.

[Rasputin]

again i consult Jupiter and see he is leading me to know that Joncha is the one.....

[Jamski]

Now, of course, syphilis is pretty damn obviously indicating the pimp. However, syphilis doesn't really turn your genitals to strange colours let alone kill you just like that where you stand, but it's not like medical knowledge or lack thereof has ever been an obstacle in a Mafia game.

Sorry Mafia, I like to give a smal hand. Kassi is correct, I knew this, so the question is : "Why did Jamski mention syphillis, then?"

-Jam

[Rasputin]

ummm caus eyou jsut got news you have it ????

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
It's spelled "colosseum".

Any Civ player should have known that!
I think a refresher course may be in order.

Now, of course, syphilis is pretty damn obviously indicating the pimp. However, syphilis doesn't really turn your genitals to strange colours let alone kill you just like that where you stand, but it's not like medical knowledge or lack thereof has ever been an obstacle in a Mafia game.

Then there is a very, very unnerving question: if all the prostitutes are gone, who gave the disease to Spiffor and how exactly? Unless the Mafia version of the illness does take a few weeks or a month to kill someone, so that they could've been infected with it before the killings began. I'd rather consider that, even though Romans weren't too... intolerant when it came to homosexuality.

Brilliant Kass!

I'd have also thought that someone would have heard the senator's visit to the urinal were he suffering from such a disease. Screams of pain perhaps.....
I reckon that Spiffor was poisoned, and didn't die of syphilis, as has been suggested. Unless the autopsy missed something really obvious then it would have had to be a pretty hi-tech murder. It's unlikely that he was gassed in Roman times, although there is no knowing who else was in the cubicles at the toiletium, and what they had had for their lunch.

[Rasputin]

and wha t the hell was that metal clunk noise ???

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by Jamski

"Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus!" protested the scribe, but noone was impressed by his Latin, and he was dragged into the collesaum (sp?) and fed to the lions, since there were currently no Christians available.

Next time feed the mafia to the Christians!

So Starfire fell over a shield.... If anyone else would like to suggest a round metallic object apart from a shield or a wok (all right, cooking pot), then that would be good.