FG: Mafia 32 The Pen is Deadlier than the Sword

[Ben Kenobi]

Might as well paint a big red bullseye on yourself. You've given mafia great incentive to kill you and frame me.

What an accomplishment.

[Nikolai]

I'm beginning to become unsire again... Is it Jon as I've thought all the time, or is Tubski right? But, seeing we have little time left before the time is up, I guess I must vote... No matter what I vote of those two, it most probably won't help though... Oh, is this irritating...

Well, since Jon Miller already has voted on me...

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Might as well paint a big red bullseye on yourself. You've given mafia great incentive to kill you and frame me.

What an accomplishment.

Nope I've given you incentive to kill me.

ACK!

[snoopy369]

 rah	        George Carlin  
 Ari Rahikkala	Bill Bryson  
 Hercules	Ann Rule
 Tuberski	Dave Barry
 Nikolai	Tom Clancy
 duke o' york	Joyce Carol Oates
 Jon Miller	David Sedaris [b]1/5[/b]
 Sparrowhawk	Joseph Ellis
 DrSpike	Elmore Leonard 
 civman2000	Robert Parker
 Adagio	        David McCullough
 Kassiopeia	Alice Sebold 
 Adrian Hon	China Mièville 
 Lord Nuclear	Jonathan Safran Foer
 Jonny	        Erik Larson 
 Nikolai        Hunter S. Thompson [b]1/5[/b]
 Whoha	        Paul Theroux [b]2/5[/b]
 Skanky Burns	Neil Gaiman
 Ben Kenobi	John Irving
 Ljube-Ljcvetko	Tom Wolfe 
 Reismark	Orson Scott Card 
 Joncha	        George Pelecanos

A recap of the characters in case you need it.

Votes:

rah
Ari Rahikkala
Hercules
Tuberski Whoha
Nikolai
duke o' york
Jon Miller Nikolai
Sparrowhawk
DrSpike
civman2000
Adagio
Kassiopeia
Adrian Hon
Lord Nuclear
Jonny
Nikolai Jon Miller
Whoha
Skanky Burns
Ben Kenobi Whoha
Ljube-Ljcvetko
Reismark
Joncha

[snoopy369]

Dave Barry and John Irving's agreement that it was clearly not one of them, and the continuing disagreement between Hunter and David Sedaris, led to the conviction of Paul Theroux, who was mysteriously silent on the issue.

He was fed to lions - at the Lincoln Park Zoo - under the cover of darkness that night. The zookeepers the next morning were rather confused as to why the lions were not particularly hungry, and were licking their chops as the zookeepers got closer.

[snoopy369]

And then there were three ...

Dave Barry, David Sedaris, John Irving, and Hunter S. Thompson stood together in McCormick center Sunday morning, each looking at each other suspiciously.

"Hunter - I don't know how you got away with it, but you better stay away from me," said David Sedaris. "I'm not letting you kill me, even if nobody else believes me."

"Well, that's good, because I'm not getting anywhere near you - you're liable to twist my head off," said Hunter. "If you can, anyway - I doubt you'd beat me in a fair fight, and trust me, I don't fight fair."

"Well, I think we're safe now," said John. "That Paul - never speaking up to defend himself, even. Crazy whacko, he was ..."

"I hope so ..." said Dave Barry. "Although you can be a bit crazy yourself, Irving ..."

"I propose we split up in 2's," said David Sedaris. "I'll stick with John Irving, and you two stick together. That way nobody is with the person they think is the murderer."

"Sounds good to me," said Hunter. "Keeps me safe from the likes of you."

"Eh, whatever you want," said John.

"Sure," said Dave Barry.

They walk away in their pairs, Dave Barry with Hunter, and David Sedaris with John.

--

"I'm glad I'm away from Hunter," said David, "but I'm worried about Dave Barry. I think he's going to end up toast ..."
"Nah, Hunter wouldn't kill him, even if he were the murderer - it's too obvious," said John. "Dave is his alibi."
"True, but we're down to only four of us ..." said David. "Ah well, at least we're safe together."
"Yeah. Let's get a soda," said John. "I'm thirsty..."
"Sounds good," said David.

They walk up to the counter.

"Diet coke, for me," said David. "Large."
"And I'd like a Cherry Coke," said John. "Medium - I don't want to have to spend all day going to the bathroom. Age does have its disadvantages, wink wink."
"Yeah, I'm sure i could handle a large with no problem," said David.

--

"Good thing Sedaris is on the other side of the exhibits," said Hunter. "I want as much space separating us as possible ..."
"Um, I think you're safe," said Dave Barry. "Two of us could take him on, I think..."
"Yeah, that Sedaris is pretty wimpy," said Hunter. "I once took out three guys at once with a couple of rolls of pennies and a steel-toed boot. I'm sure I could handle him ..."
"Sounds good ..." said Dave Barry.

They walk into a bathroom.

--

"Hmm, back to the tables, you think?" said David. "Or are you still interested in browsing some more?"
"Either way," said John. "You done with your soda yet?"
"Yeah, i'm done," said David. "Actually, this might be a good time to go take a break in the bathroom ..."
"Haha, what was that about you holding a whole large? Hmm? Guess I'm not as old as I thought ... " said John.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Ah, here's the bathroom."
"I might as well go too, i'll need to soon enough."

--

Hunter comes out of the bathroom, and waits outside for Dave Barry. A few moments later, John comes out, and nearly runs into Hunter.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" said John. "You are supposed to be with Dave!"
"And you are with that jerk Sedaris," said Hunter. "Where's the bum?"
At that point, David Sedaris walks out, and sees John (but not Hunter, who's behind John).
"Heya, ready to go," said David.
"Yeah, let's ... you don't want to hang around here," said John, trying to urge him the other way.
"Hey, that's Hunter ... what, you kill off Barry already?" said David.
"No, he's ... hm, he's been in there a while now. I'm going to go take a look ..."

--

Hunter comes out a minute later.
"Looks like I was right," said Hunter. "Dave Barry's in there alright - and has his head on in quite an odd fashion. You #$%#$%!!"
John holds David and Hunter apart as best as he can. "Okay, okay, so we just do this again, right?" says John. "Now, we vote ..."

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The vote is due by monday. I can't update again today unless the votes are in soon. I may also not update monday, as i'm working tonight AND tomorrow morning, so depends on my sleep abilities.

[Nikolai]

Yuo should bold the dead person. It's Tubski who is dead IIUC? But that doesn't help much to point out the Mafia, it could mean he was right, and Ben Kenobi is the Mafia, but then Ben would be dumb. Or, perhaps that's what he wants us to think, so that we won't vote on him, and gambles on us not taking him out. Or it could be Jon Miller who tries to frame him. Or me.

*sigh*
I hate my inability to think clear...

[Tuberski]

Told you it was Ben Kenobi.

ACK!

[Jon Miller]

yeah....

for the first time in days I am confused

I know it is Hunter

but Tuberski said his death meant it was Ben Kenobi..

I am going to have to sleep on this...

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
yeah....

for the first time in days I am confused

I know it is Hunter

but Tuberski said his death meant it was Ben Kenobi..

I am going to have to sleep on this...

Jon Miller

of course, there is the possibility that they are both mafias...





JM

[Nikolai]

If that was the case, this game would already be over...

[DrSpike]

Ooh a tense finish.

[Tuberski]

Taking forever for 3 people to vote.

ACK!

[Nikolai]

I am totally lost. Someone else wants to vote first?

[DrSpike]

You could read the clues and figure out the killer. Unless, that is, you already know.