The Scourge of Ephesus [Concluded]

[Sigurd]

Woah ...

Sorry about not participating at a crucial point in the game yesterday.

Good to see others making sure that GH was not lynched. I too got an obscure PM from Andres on the first night about listening to a boring old man.
I didn't know what to make of it, but now I know.

[Jolt]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...96#post2099096 (1/4)
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...77#post2098677 (1/3)
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...75#post2094075 (12/28)
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...86#post2093686 (12/27)


Explain how I've just proven you were online, not only online, but posting in this forum, on both days of two consecutive weekends.

Why, if you are a townie, would you post such a blatant lie?

It is simple. Its called Christmas Vacation. When we have a said vacation, we don't have to be in a distant city studying. We can be at home, where he have a thing called internet. Explained?

EDIT: "Never" was a bad choice of words. "Never" meant: "Never (Better yet "Very, very rarely", since I have cousins in Lisbon to whose houses I rarely go in the weekend which do have internet) when I'm staying in Lisbon (City where I study)". I can confirm, however, that I shall possibly be in the internet, the forthcoming weekend as I'll be going home on this weekend.

EDIT 2 (Just had the opportunity to stroll around the thread for reasons about lynching or not):

Jolt:
Last Activity: Today 05:50
I've already questioned his behavior in this thread. Not a happy camper until he explains how he could possibly have been so mistaken.

Look at his posting style. His votes seem thoughtless, and his words undermine his innocence. No offense Jolt, and nothing personal. Indeed, I enjoy your posting outside of this game. In this one, you're just making me suspicious of you.

Main explanation given, my votes are rather thoughtless because I only voted in the first day and this is my first Mafia game. And no worries, I don't mind getting lynched (It's just a game.). I'm townie since I didn't even know what other roles, those could do (Didn't know mafia guys killed in the night, didn't know they could be investigated, and I don't know what "blocking" is, though I suppose it is a byword for investigating?).
Still, its fun I'm suspected. >_> makes for all the suspense.

Just as for Yoyoama's reason to vote for me, yeah I didn't even know if I was allowed to use other games as an argument for defence, but apparently its alright (Since noone said anything wrong).

EDIT 3: Since I'm leaving college where I have internet, I will only post a reply to anyone & vote tomorrow. Curious I have to say my activity in these forums so people won't lynch me. >_>

EDIT 4 (Missed this one):

Please explain yourself on this, a couple of days off-line never clears anyone off crime, and now others have been accusing you of blantly lying; this is particularly foolish for a mafia to do, and assuming you're town, what is the reason for you to lie?

That is covered by my main response. It was a poor choice of words, and neither was I aware that the way I said things meant so much in this game.

[boudica]

OK......why did you guys kill FH?......shlin and bodica are up to something....

Ok - When I voted FactionHeir it was - as i said at the time - at the bidding of the ghost of TinCow, who suggested we might coax some of the more veteran players who were lurking out of the shadows. WHen I logged in to check, FH hadn't responded and no-one else had voted so i didn't think to change my vote.

Hindsight is of course a marvellous thing and given that the write up makes plain that FH was inactive due to being bunged up with mucus and slightly ga-ga on night nurse, he was clearly not the correct choice for the lynch.

Having said that, I'd hope that maybe lynching an inactive townie with a contagious bacterial infection - instead of a boring old man who seems to be able to block people - should turn out to be the lesser of two evils.

RIP snot-boy FactionHeir

[TinCow]

I wouldn't feel too bad about FH. Someone had to be lynched and with the deaths of Tevash and RR, there weren't any good targets left. It's a shame he didn't get an opportunity to defend himself, but that's somewhat inevitable when we get a last minute vote change scramble.

Barring the arrival of more interesting evidence in the next night write-up, I would urge a closer look at Sigurd and Quintus.JC. They were both blocked on the first night, when there was only one kill. It's possible that the mafia only chose to kill one person that night, but it's also possible GH got lucky.

[Jolt]

Anyways, editted my reply so much so to better word it, that it looks like a new post altogether.

EDIT: My last post before this one. *sigh*

[El Diablo]

Seems that everyone is answering the questions that ATPG has put to them.
Apparently I am a "borderline lurker" probably true and about to get worse when I go on holiday in a couple of days (will attempt to get online at some stage).

However as for posting a question and then doing nothing about it?

I wanted to know if anyone knew the importance of the statue of Artemis being destroyed. I have no real knowledge of this game or story (people talking about Isabella and whoever) so I was trying to point out things in the write up that may trigger someones memory as it did nothing to mine.

No one replies - I assumed it was done for drama?

[shlin28]

OK......why did you guys kill FH?......shlin and bodica are up to something....

Yes... if we were working together to take on FH, we could voted him earlier, but no, we vote him like an hour before the lynch. No mafia would cut it this close

To: ATPG

I am on invisible mode because I have it on for 2 years, and regarding the tallies... well, I only did them cos I was bored

[Andres]

The Scourge of Ephesus - Night 4 - Conclusion



The ancient theater - 1.00 am

A shady figure strided over the sands of the theater.

He looked around him and noticed the enveloppe.

The man picked it up and read the short note inside it.

He grinned and walked away, calmly.

***



Ephesus - later that night.

Two dark figures walked to the new graves of the dead. They both carried shovels.

One of them sighed deeply.

"5 bodies... Damn, I hate this part of my job."

"Me too," his colleague added. "Well, we don't have a choice. Let's start digging."

Both started to dig. They clearly had some experience with this and in no time the five "fresh" bodies could be examined.

"Bah, that smell. I'll never get used to it."

His companion said nothing and passed a sharp knife to his colleague.

"You take those two, I'll take the others. Let's hurry up."

Both started to carve into the bodies, disecting them cautiously.

"Ok. We did what we had to do. Let's get out of here before anyone notices us."

"We leave that as it is?" (points at the bloody mess)

"Yeah, let those idiots burry them again."

Both figures walked away, both carrying their shovel on the right shoulder.

***



Ephesus - The remnants of the Artemis temple

The moon was getting fuller every day. Askthepizzaguy was smugly contemplating the latest events here at Ephesus as he strolled along the path to the Temple of Artemis in the moonlight.

“This is even going better than I first planned. If I'm quick, I'll be out of here without anybody noticing it..."

"I wonder what that old man is up to. Oh well, I'll know soon enough. He chuckled a little and stopped dead when he realized that he had made a sound. Making sure that he was alone, he turned and continued towards the temple. “I wonder if John really did write his revelation here like they claim. This place just Reeinks of ancient ghosts”. He laughed out loud and stooped down when the sound echoed in the ruins. As he entered the site, he went to the designated place and waited.

“I hope he isn't too late, I'm dying of curiosity about what he has to tell me”.

"Dying of curiosity, huh?"

A dark shadow leaped down from the ruin wall a few feet from Askthepizzaguy.

The shadow sneered: “So this is what's going on here? You think you can escape me? My sword will liberate you today”. The shadow stepped out in the moonlight and a black clad man with a silver scull embroidered on his chest, drew a sword from the top of his left shoulder.

In the meanwhile, an old man was walking to the the temple of Artemis. He was nearly there when he heard the voices, followed by a horrible scream.

Askthepizzaguy screamed for help and turned away from the man. But before Askthepizzaguy could run away into safety, the sharp edge of the sword had cut through his neck. He fell to the ground, strength gone from every limb. The man in black stood there looking at him, blood dripping from the tip of his sword. “One less to worry over now”.

The man in black with the silver scull listened to the rasping of a struggling breath that finally died out before wiping off his sword on his victim’s clothes. He replaced the sword in its scabbard and jumped back up on the ruin wall and disappeared into the night.

The old man noticed a shadow on the ruin wall. He quickly duck and waited. Then he stood up again only to notice Askthepizzaguy's mutilated body. The old man cursed. How could this have happened? It's impossible!

***

The Scourge of Ephesus - Day 4



The Gate of Augustus - 8.30 am

The tourists gathered near the formidable ancient structure. They found the old man, trembling. He seemed to be talking to himself.

"Impossible! It's impossible! It wasn't supposed to happen! How? How?"

One of the tourists gave him a slap in the face.

"Shut up! Annoying old fool! What's the problem?"

"He found the decapacitated body of Askthepizzaguy. That's the problem." The strong athletic man jumped down from a nearby rock. He stared at the tourist who had slapped the old man. "And you better leave that man alone, or you'll have to deal with me."

Some tourists started to protest.

"Oh yeah? And why should we listen to you? People keep dying! You fool!"

The man draw the attention of the tourists to the blade and gun on his belt.

"Let's start voting, shall we?"

Frustrated, the tourists started to vote. Again...

***

Alive (22)

boudica
GeneralHankerchief
Jolt
seireikhaan
Rythmic
shlin28
Tiberius of the Drake
187Beefyz
Chaotix27
Quintus.JC
YLC
Sigurd
woad&fangs
Yoyoma1910
Ibn-Khaldun
Lord Winter
CountArach
Caius
El Diablo
Glyphz
Seamus Fermanagh
Ignoramus


Killed (5) :

777Ares777
TheFlax
White_Eyes :D
Reenk Roink
Askthepizzaguy

Lynched (3) :

TinCow
Tevashzat
FactionHeir

WoG/Suicide (0):


It's day. You can start voting

Day will last for +/- 24 hours.

Good luck

Note : some participants risk to get WoG'ed at the end of this round.

[GeneralHankerchief]

FWIW, I tried to protect/block ATPG and boudica tonight. I have no idea why I failed.

-edit- Will post the Andres PM as soon as I get it.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Here it is. I guess I just wasn't fast enough, dunno.

You hurried to the place where you were supposed to pick up Askthepizzaguy. You hear voices and a horrible scream. As fast as your old bones can carry you, you run to the temple.

You see a shadow on a wall. Frightened (you're not exactly a hero) you seek cover. You wait a bit and sneak carefully towards the designated spot, only to find ATPG's dead body.

How is this possible? This wasn't supposed to happen! You're starting to tremble, but you still remember your other protégé of the night.

You took boudica with you, to the secret corridor.

You started to tell boudica about Ancient Rome and the history of Turkey.

Like all the others, boudica fell asleep, bored as hell...


Andres.

[TinCow]

Looks to me like a mafia kill on questionable scum. ATPG appears to have had a role, and based on his dialog in the write-up, it doesn't look pro-town. The sword attacker reminds me a lot of the Yakuza mafioso in the first game. In that game, the Yakuza role was particularly good at killing other mafioso and could even defeat them if he was attacked first (which actually happened). Notice the specific dialog that ATPG uses:

“This is even going better than I first planned. If I'm quick, I'll be out of here without anybody noticing it..."

This indicates a goal that seems along the lines of what Günner and Fehrad would want to accomplish. Find an object and survive. Thus, my money is on a Yakuza mafioso offing Günner or Fehrad.

[White_eyes:D]

"This place just Reeinks of ancient ghosts”

Anyone guess why Reenk wanted to be Killed or lynched now????

[Reenk Roink]

Askthepizzaguy's death is by blade and not gun, suspecting me to believe it was by the same guy who offed me and not Mafia.

White_eyes:D I never wanted to be lynched, though that clue basically gives my role away I guess...

[White_eyes:D]

Askthepizzaguy's death is by blade and not gun, suspecting me to believe it was by the same guy who offed me and not Mafia.

White_eyes:D I never wanted to be lynched, though that clue basically gives my role away I guess...

The man drew something from atop his left shoulder and before Reenk Roink could utter another word, he felt a sharing pain in his throat. He fell to the ground feeling tired and as his life force ebbed out from the gash in his throat, the shadow bent down and whispered in his ear.

The shadow sneered: “So this is what's going on here? You think you can escape me? My sword will liberate you today”. The shadow stepped out in the moonlight and a black clad man with a silver scull embroidered on his chest, drew a sword from the top of his left shoulder.

Same M.O.....yep, you got yourselves a SK/vigilante

[ULC]

It would appear so - I am trying to look through and figure out, by reading the previous mafia, what roles are. It appears we have grave robbers of some sort, other then that, they are bit inscrutable.

Also, I'd like to point out we had only ONE kill tonight. This makes me suspect Boudica slightly, since it's possible we nailed a killer a while back and thus are down to two and the "grave robbers" are capable of killing, but that's the best lead I have now.

[ULC]

Oops, forgot to add my vote

Vote:Boudica

[TinCow]

Same M.O.....yep, you got yourselves a SK/vigilante

On what basis do you conclude that it is SK/vigilante rather than mafia?

[White_eyes:D]

On what basis do you conclude that it is SK/vigilante rather than mafia?

silver skull embroidered on his chest

Ever watch the movie....."The Punisher"?

I mean...reenk and ATPG...were likely Mafia......

[Reenk Roink]

On what basis do you conclude that it is SK/vigilante rather than mafia?

On the differing kill methods... Frankly a more solid base than the Yakuza theory.

[woad&fangs]

Sorry for not being active. I was paying attention to the golden rule game and couldn't convince myself to read the 100s of posts that were piling up in this one. Bad excuse, I know.

So I'll read the thread tonight and then try to be an active participant from now on...

[Beefy187]

Vote: QJC

If I say the reason why, ill end up dead

[Quintus.JC]

School coursework taking its toll...

Vote: QJC

If I say the reason why, ill end up dead

And the reason is?

[GeneralHankerchief]

I would caution those who vote a certain way because I simply targeted a person at night. There could be a number of explanations for the fluctuating kill rate.

[Lord Winter]

Okay so we have to trends:

1. Scummy people keep getting off'd
2. Grave robbers instead of kills.

For 1. My guess is that its merely the effects of the two mafia famillies going at each other. One familly is clearly trying to eliminate the other before turning on the town. Ethier that or we have a vigillante, but I'm less inclined to belive that. So that means that any scum will e lurking as to not draw suspicision when they don't die. We all know that the players that talk the most always come under the most fire. Or else if there're inexperianced they'll stick out and can be dealt with from there. Nethier of these theroies are perfect, there's some WIFOM that has to be dealt with but its a thought.

My guess for the kill rate differences is the Mafia has some sort of investigation power that they can use as an alternative for killing.

[Beefy187]

School coursework taking its toll...



And the reason is?

Gut or natural instincts.. Take your pick See now im good as dead

[woad&fangs]

My guess for the kill rate differences is the Mafia has some sort of investigation power that they can use as an alternative for killing.

I believe this was the case in Taormina, so its plausible for this game

...read to page 10....will be back later....

[Caius]

Oops, forgot to add my vote

Vote:Boudica

How do you come with that vote? the PM of GH revealed says that (she?) was blocked.

[El Diablo]

Vote Boudica

Note that a no deaths night could just be the result of Mafia killing every second night - but I have no other clues and at leats this has the slightest hint of a possible mafia killing.

Am up for changing votes if someone can give a better reason. I don't know the story that everyone else is going on about.

Who are Günner and Fehrad for example?

[ULC]

How do you come with that vote? the PM of GH revealed says that (she?) was blocked.

*sighs* I am not saying boudica is our "skull" SK, I am saying boudica may be mafia because we are at 2 kills per night now, and there was a lack of a kill tonight - if boudica was mafia, and was blocked, that would explain it. I could be wrong, but at the very least it's a lot strong then other cases currently. However, I fear our "Guide" will die tonight, however much I hope for something else, such as QJC dieing, I think the SK is done playing games and will off GH.

[TinCow]

For those looking at boudica because she was blocked, I will again point out that Sigurd and Quintus.JC were also blocked on a night with just 1 kill.