Mini Mafia III- [Concluded]

[Askthepizzaguy]

Thomas Aquinas: "Could my God have let me down? Is this... Pizza Lord truly responsible once again???"

Lao Tsu: "It is the only logical choice. This... God of yours... is he always so treacherous?"

Thomas Aquinas: "It's not in his character to be this unfair to his own followers, though... but I suppose I could not put it past him. He seems to delight in this kind of twist."

Lao Tsu: "Your Lord must not be very kind and merciful, then... why do you follow him?"

Thomas Aquinas: "I had to choose to have faith in something... I felt if I could trust... the Pizza Lord... everything would be all right..." *cough*

Lao Tsu: "Yes, it seems as if your Lord has let you down. Has left you to suffer and die. Do you not see now the error of your ways? Don't you realize now that the only true path is the path of leadership? Of gaining power for oneself?"

Thomas Aquinas: "I suppose so... I see it has its uses... but that sounds very strange coming from you, Lao Tsu."

Lao Tsu: "Accept now that your God has failed you... and the only true path towards wisdom is obtaining the power to defend yourself."

Thomas Aquinas: "All right, all right... so what is the plan? Do we gang up on the Pizza Lord?"

Lao Tsu: "What do you mean, we? You foolish old man... I have just proven your faith in God is pointless... He will not save you now. It is nothing but tragedy and pain for the rest of your life, which you'll be happy to hear, won't be a long wait."

Thomas: "What is all this? Why were you trying to get me to turn my back on the Pizza Lord?"

Lao Tsu: "Because I wanted to prove that your faith is fleeting... you don't truly believe in anything. So that makes you a hypocrite. You were ready to toss aside a lifetime of faith, all because of one mortal wound. You are nothing more than a coward, hiding behind the disguise of belief... now I see it was all an illusion. But you are not the only deceiver here... I have been hiding behind a disguise as well."

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Lao Tsu removed his mask.... and revealed himself as Niccolo Machiavelli, The Creature of Malevolence.

"And now that I have shown you the path of mercy and belief is for the weak, allow me to demonstrate my philosophy, for you... and what we do with sheep."

Thomas Aquinas watched in horror as Niccolo Machiavelli unsheathed his sword once again, and shoved it swiftly through his neck, impaling him against the wall.

"There is no morality... not in this most dangerous game. You live by the sword, and you die by the sword. And don't expect the Lord to save you every time."

The bloody business finished, he walked out of the modest home, and went back to Thomas Aquinas' much nicer mansion, and delighted in the fact that all his enemies lay vanquished once again. So many dead bodies.... he would dispose of them in the morning. For now... Paradise would be much quieter... and it was all his for the taking.

Malevolent Victory.


Beefy187- Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarian Ethicist (in the guise of Ashoka the Great)
Taka- Niccolo Machiavelli, Moral Nihilist (in the guise of Lao Tsu)

The End... well played, winners.