FG: Mafia 48: Galactic Intrigue

[civman2000]

I have always spelled it Basileus Naviniwat. I have since GO9, when I was Basileus Naviniwat.

Min Grah (Chaunk) is the only voter remaining. Basileus Naviniwat has 5 votes and Agath Agathari has 4. I once again preemptively flip a coin in case Chaunk votes for Agath. Anyone can call the coinflip on the behalf of either Basileus or Agath.

[civman2000]

Oops, forgot the attachment.

[Nikolai]

In case of a tie, heads.

[civman2000]

The password is longliveeventis, and the text file says "tails lives". No matter who Chaunk votes for, Nikolai is dead. This means that I update now, unless I get so tired I all but fall asleep while writing the update, in which case I'll update first thing tomorrow morning.

[Chaunk]

Agath, since I don't think it's Basileus any more

[civman2000]

Chapter 4: Teh DOUBLEKILL of doom!



Even though his innocence in the case of Colony I's death had been clearly established, my cousin Basileus still seemed to be the favorite scapegoat of my advisors. Basileus and several of my other advisors did suggest that it might have been Agath Agathari, who, after all, was wise and clever enough that he might have come up with the hidden hints inside the two notes. Nevertheless, at the end of the week, it was clear that Basileus Naviniwat had received the most votes. My eyes were blinded with tears when I realized what I would have to do. Then, I thought for a minute, and smiled. I summoned Basileus to the palace, and he promptly arrived 51 hours later.

"Basileus, you know that my advisors have accused you of murdering Danz and Zol Ventis," I solemnly said to him upon his arrival.

"Yes, Your Highness," he said, looking quite frightened.

"I don't believe any of their accusations. Quite frankly, you've never been a particularly bright bulb, and the mastermind of these murders is the brightest of us all. And you would never have any silly ideas about some 'Ultimate Society Zone' either. But, my advisors will get mad if I don't execute you. So here's what we'll do. You'll secretly go off to live on Jamskisol IV, and I'll find some peasant who looks like you and execute him to keep my advisors happy. But you'll be under a very strict house arrest; you will have absolutely no contact with anyone else. Understood?"

"Yes, thank you, Your Excellency."

And so, it was done. Thankfully, my plan succeeded, and my advisors believed that Basileus was dead.

I decided to hold a grand conference with my advisors on Coruscant to have a more thorough discussion of the recent murders. One by one, my advisors (or at least the ones that were still alive) arrived at the capital. Finally, all had arrived, and they all came to the Palace one afternoon to begin to the discussion.

That is, they were all supposed to come. But one hour after the conference was supposed to start, Captain Imperium and Barchild had still not arrived. Worried that something had happened to them, I dispatched the Imperial Police to search for them. Their bodies were found together in an old abandoned government building. Their heads, however, could not be found, and the cause of death had clearly been beheading. And, once again, there was a note left by their bodies:

What a silly little idea, holding a "Conference" to catch me! No Conference will ever figure out who I am. Before long, my Ultimate SZ (that's Ultimate Society Zone, of course) will be up and running, and then I'll be unstoppable. You'll never find the clue hidden in THIS MES--SAGE, and you can quote me on that!

I announced the grave news to the seven of my advisors who were at the Palace, and asked them to carefully debate and investigate the clues and find the killer.

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Emperor Kimsja Naviniwat III
  
civman2000
  
GM
 
 

  
Lord Vetko
  
Rasputin
  
Executed, Chapter 3
 
 

  
Senator Danq
  
Ljube
  
Alive
 
 

  
Zol Ventis
  
Skanky Burns
  
Lazorgun-whipped by Mafia, Chapter 2
 
 

  
Ciann Pollus
  
Adagio
  
Alive
 
 

  
Min Grah
  
Chaunk
  
Alive
 
 

  
Agath Agathari
  
rah
  
Alive
 
 

  
Colony I
  
Spaced Cowboy
  
Ice-picked by Mafia, Chapter 1
 
 

  
Barchild
  
duke o' york
  
Beheaded by Mafia, Chapter 4
 
 

  
Captain Imperium
  
Hercules
  
Beheaded by Mafia, Chapter 4
 
 

  
Mr. Y
  
Jonny
  
Alive
 
 

  
Polly Siffan
  
snoopy369
  
Alive
 
 

  
Professor Morissa
  
Sparrowhawk
  
Alive
 
 

  
Basileus Naviniwat
  
Nikolai
  
"Executed", Chapter 4
 
 

  
Crystal Gonhu
  
Leirosa
  
Executed, Chapter 2
 
 

  
Danz
  
Whoha
  
Strangled by Mafia, Chapter 3
 

[snoopy369]

Hmmmm. Although the red herrings continue to point to Agath Agathari, I have to say that Professor Morissa just became the capitalist's number one suspect.

After some careful research, my researchers came to the conclusion that the last winner of the Society game was ... Sparrowhawk

Hence is the Society clue pointing directly to Sparrow/Morissa.

Oh, and token protest to the lack of execution of Naviniwat.

[Nikolai]

What, you think I might behind this from house arrest in another world?

[snoopy369]

I think there may be a conspiracy at work here greater than even you know ...

[Adagio]

Originally posted by snoopy369
After some careful research, my researchers came to the conclusion that the last winner of the Society game was ... Sparrowhawk

Hence is the Society clue pointing directly to Sparrow/Morissa.

Maybe the clues that points at Agath Agathari are actual clues, or maybe they're just red herrings. This turn I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and vote Professor Morissa instead

[Chaunk]

I have no doubt that the killer is Ciann Pollus.

On day two, there was a hidden message in the message. The MES--SAGE text was in white, thus making us think it was something to do with a sage, or merely that the text being white was the hidden message. However, if you quote the post, you see this: [color=white]MES-<a href="ACP"></a>-SAGE[/color].

ACP, or Adagio, Ciann Pollus.

Day 3, [color=white]MES-<a href="dio"></a>-SAGE[/color] dio, combined with the repeating letters to again point to adagio.

Day 4: [color=white]MES-<a href="aal"></a>-SAGE[/color]. I admit to being stumped as to how this fits in But it was day 4 that gave me the idea of hitting quote post and seeing what might be hidden

[Nikolai]

Brilliant detective work! And brilliant GM work too...!

[Jonny]

Sound Reasoning. Ciann Pollus

[Sparrowhawk]

I have to agree. Ciann Pollus

/me

[Hercules]

Now that was clever all round.