Mafia XIX - Mafia on the Nile - Part II

[Tassadar500]

Maybe it was a red herring though...

[GeoModder]

I have really no idea anymore, guess I vote back for my first suspect, Jonny from Liechtenstein.

[Octavian X]

Skanky. I'm convinced. Kinda.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by GeoModder
I have really no idea anymore, guess I vote back for my first suspect, Jonny from Liechtenstein.

Bold it, it's easier to see.

ACK!

[Skanky Burns]

Damn all you villagers, and damn both of you mafia.
/me starts quickly guzzling as much bourbon as he can.

May your beverages for the rest of the voyage be weak and watery.

[duke o' york]

Name

Voted
for



1. Skanky

Guynemer



2. Jamski

ADG



3. ADG

Pave



6. Nuclear Master

Pave



7. Rah

Skanky



8. Theben

Skanky



10. GJRamsey

ADG



11. Spaced Cowboy

Skanky



12. Kassiopeia

Skanky



13. Tuberski

Skanky



14. Jon Miller

Pave


16. Guynemer

Skanky


19. HongHu

Skanky



22. Octavian X

Skanky



23. Pave

ADG



24. Geomodder

Jonny



26. Jonny

Skanky

Guynemer is moving house this week, and said that his internet access would be intermittent at best, but he wanted me to vote for Octavian X Skanky anyway, so it didn't make any difference.

Oops - wrong name on the list.

Next chapter coming up....

[duke o' york]

Chapter Six – DeNile knowledge

As the numbers dwindled even further aboard the Apolyton, everybody began to think really hard about the clues that the careless killers had left behind them. When this didn’t get them anywhere, they just went back to their effective tried and trusted system of block voting. It did not take long for enough votes to be cast to consign yet another traveller to the bottom of the Nile, and the Captain announced that the mafia was Skanky. The now-traditional brown leather handbag descended with dizzying speed, and before long the unfortunate barman had descended into the Nile, aided on his way by the careful attention of Geomodder.

The Captain didn’t take long to decide that perhaps Jonny was not the best person to take over the duties at the bar, and so he appointed his purser as the new barman. Secretly he hoped that the losses to spillage would be reduced, as there was no chance of a good Muslim necking the rest of the bottle after pouring a single glass of wine.
Geomodder was relieved to hear that his workload would not be further increased as a result of Skanky’s death, and immediately set to work writing out his CV in the hope of getting a sinecure on a Mediterranean cruise or something, anything better than the hunk o’ junk Apolyton. The passengers enjoyed a leisurely breakfast, sad that they had lost their barman, but pleased that the shadow of the mafia would no longer be cast upon the ship.
During the day, the noble pairing of the Earl of Octavian and the Duc de Pavelles make their debut on the tennis court against Tubbs and Jim Rockford. Inspector Morse took over the umpiring duties, and Miss Marple fell asleep in a deck chair while watching the “action”. Theben and HongHu took their card games outside, but the wind was too strong, and so they gave up after a while and returned to the empty bar. Without Skanky and Rasputin, it was far too quiet in the bar. With the suspicion that either of them could be the mafia then it was very quiet in the bar, with neither wanting to say anything that might make the other select them as a victim.
The day passed peacefully, and despite the irritating quacking of the duck perched atop the wheelroom, they were much refreshed when they went back to their quarters to prepare for dinner.

As he arrived in the dining room, Columbo felt the ship lurch to the left, a movement that nearly threw him to the floor. Other passengers started, and they raced to the wheelroom to see what had happened to the Captain’s trusty “steering aid”. Upon arrival, they could see that the trusty steering aid still had one end tied to the wheel, but that the other end was around the neck of Nuclear Master, whose body hung over the side of the ship. It took Bulldog Drummond, Jonny and Derrick to hold the rope steady while Geomodder cut it away from the wheel and put the Apolyton back on course. They dragged up the body of the strangled captain, but could tell nothing from it, and soon released the rope.
“Poetic, almost, that the good captain has been buried in the river upon which he made his living,” said Miss Marple, but none of the others were thinking about poetry at that time. As they made their way back into the dining room to discuss the latest killing, Pave knocked over a bottle on the floor of the wheelhouse. He picked it up to examine, and it proved to be a bottle of White Horse Scottish Whisky. It was inconceivable that the Captain had been drinking it, and the barman was no longer aboard, so who could have left it there? The murderer?

Taking to his new responsibilities like a duke to water, Geomodder called everybody together and instigated another vote. They would have until the morning to mull over the incidents of the day and then return their separate verdicts on the likely identity of the killer.

[duke o' york]

Name

Job

Status



1. Skanky Burns

Barman

Handbagged



2. Jamski

Oberinspektor Derrick

Alive


3. ADG

Inspector Morse

Alive


4.
Zopperoni

Deck hand

Handbagged


5. Ljcvetko

Sherlock Holmes

Handbagged


6. Nuclear Master

Captain

Hung from the rail


7. Rah

Jim Rockford

Alive


8. Theben

Billionaire Industrialist

Alive


9. Joncha

Pimp Daddy

Hung from the rail


10. GJRamsey

Purser

Alive


11. Spaced Cowboy

Columbo

Alive


12. Kassi

Miss Marple

Alive


13. Tuberski

Ricardo Tubbs

Alive


14. Jon Miller

Bulldog Drummond

Alive


15. GhengisFarb

Sonny Crockett

Stabbed 53 times


16. Guynemer

Chief Inspector Maigret

Alive


17. Snowfire

Lord Peter Wimsey

Stabbed 107 times


18. Rasputin

er, Rasputin!

Handbagged


19. HongHu

Beautiful heiress

Alive


20. DrSpike

Doctor Watson

Handbagged


21. Hercules

Hercule Poirot

Hung from the rail


22. Octavian X

Earl of Octavian

Alive


23. Pave

Duc de Pavelles

Alive


24. Geomodder

First mate

Alive


25. Chaunk

Charlie Chan

Stabbed 63 times


26. Jonny

Secret Agent

Alive

[Jamski]

You fools! If we don't get him now, ADG will kill all of us! White Horse is cockney rhyming slang for Inspector Morse!

-Jam

[GeoModder]

Do you have other clues for ADG then the slang thing?

[DrSpike]

All these detectives yet still the murders continue.

[duke o' york]

They're on holiday! Leave them alone.

[Theben]

Googling I found this tidbit:
"My comment: As for white horse as medicine, there is or was a whisky by that name. which is probably more effective. To this discussion, Ron Bracewell adds this scholarly note: "Who was Eric the Green?" Answer: a Norse of a different color". This is a cockney joke, with a silent h in horse."

Who here is a norseman*?


*- There were other things, such as White Horse being a cricket term, so take this for what it's worth.

[duke o' york]

Iss where Bush lives innit?

Er, Tehben, that's worth precisely bugger all. It amused me though.

[Theben]

Well then, I'll have to vote for everyone else, just to be safe.