The Red Phoenix [Concluded]

[Askthepizzaguy]

Subotan is quite guilty.

You should know that this doesn't affect my opinion that he's guilty.

You WIFOM'er you.

[A Very Super Market]

Vote: Paulus

Xun Yu may not be the traitor, we'll be tying up a loose end.

[Paulus Tertius]

I can assure you I am not a guilty party to this and do not intend to be.

Yes, it is true that I am Xun Yu, and also he speaks the truth of my ability. However, I never had the intent of going mafia - even if I would have fulfilled the requirements.

Catch the historical traitor first. I do not intend to betray you, and certainly not now that Sprig has basically threw this out in the open. Spare me, and I will not be involved in any killings - and you will not need waste your time on me and go on to one of the real culprits. I beg you, spare me.

vote: abstain. I wish to take my time rather than run to conclusions.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Hmm...

Nevermind.

unvote, vote: Subotan

[FactionHeir]

I can assure you I am not a guilty party to this and do not intend to be.

Yes, it is true that I am Xun Yu, and also he speaks the truth of my ability. However, I never had the intent of going mafia - even if I would have fulfilled the requirements.

Catch the historical traitor first. I do not intend to betray you, and certainly not now that Sprig has basically threw this out in the open. Spare me, and I will not be involved in any killings - and you will not need waste your time on me and go on to one of the real culprits. I beg you, spare me.

vote: abstain. I wish to take my time rather than run to conclusions.

That means that you can go mafia if you wanted to. Thanks for sharing that with us

[Paulus Tertius]

That means that you can go mafia if you wanted to. Thanks for sharing that with us

Probably I'm just a convenient scapegoat for the real culprit now.

unvote, vote: FactionHeir

[Jolt]

Day 3 is over. All votes after the deadline are invalid. Stand-by for execution.

[Sprig]

Standing by....

[Death is yonder]

Just got back, should be back to full status soon.

Yes, it is true that I am Xun Yu, and also he speaks the truth of my ability. However, I never had the intent of going mafia - even if I would have fulfilled the requirements.

Bolded section.

Spare me, and I will not be involved in any killings

Okay, one loose end tied up I suppose.

[Joooray]

Sorry guys, I'm away for the weekend, so I won't be able to vote on Saturday and Sunday. Hope that causes no mayor inconveniences.

[Jolt]

Sorry guys, I owe you an apology as to my dropping off the face of the Earth.

My grandmother friday had a minor accident in Setubal, and she is practically alone there. I was contacted by the hospital, and since of my familly, I'm the closest person to her in distance, I left in a rush without saying anything to anyone. Since she is elderly, I remained with her in Setubal for the weekend, and I just returned now. I would have remained longer with her, but tomorrow I got a test, thus why I came sooner.

The simplified version of what happened during Day 3:

Final Tally:
Paulus Tertius (4) - Sprig, ATPG, Joooray, FH
Faction Heir (2) - Yaropolk, Beskar

Abstain (1) - DiY


Advisors argue, Cao Cao stands up calls Xun Yu, berates him for being unloyal, etc, etc. Orders him to be executed.
Guards take out Xun Yu, Xun Yu protests his innocence, he dies.
Advisors go back to their tents, Cao Cao sits thinking Xun Yu was one of his greatest advisors but apparently since Sprig had uncovered bad a conspiracy in the brewing, then he accepted the council's decision reluctantly.

Alive (9):
Death is yonder
Subotan
A Very Super Market
Beskar
Yaropolk
Joooray
Sprig
AskthePizzaguy
FactionHeir

Executed (3):
Centurion1 - Mao Jie
Yaseikhaan - Xu Shu
Paulus Tertius - Xun Yu

Assassinated (2):
Diana Abnoba - Xiahou Dun
atheotes - Jia Xu


Night 4 orders are due in 11 PM GMT / 6 PM EST, 22nd of November.

[Sprig]

So day or night now? Oh and let me remind you all that it was only a one time investigation power, so stop sending me pm's to investigate certain people.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Yeah I'm accepting ideas on who to investigate. Since I kinda blurted out what I was earlier and someone pointed it out.

Defenders would be nice if there are any.

[Diana Abnoba]

@ Jolt

I hope your grandmother will be okay, my best wishes for her.

[Death is yonder]

Jolt, take all the time you need, RL always comes first, we understand.



Its night now I think, Jolt concluded saying Day 3 was over, and now the summary appears.

[Jolt]

Thank you guys for the recovery wishes. It wasn't nothing too serious, but unfortunately the major problem is that my grandmother has Parkinson's which severely restrains her movement, which partially caused the accident. Regardless, she is well-enough now.

Beskar is right. It is Night 4.

Night 4 orders are due in 11 PM GMT / 6 PM EST, 22nd of November.

[FactionHeir]

I'm sure you meant 23rd of November

You concluded D3 at that time afterall.

[Beskar]

Death is Yonder is not Beskar. :o

[Jolt]

I'm sure you meant 23rd of November

You concluded D3 at that time afterall.

True. >.>

[Jolt]

Night 4 is over. Stand-by for execution.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I investigated Death is Yonder!

*please still be alive, please still be alive*

[Death is yonder]

Please, please be alive so I can be vindicated

[Sprig]

Please, please be alive so I can be vindicated

You hoping that you were role blocked so your kill order on ATPG fails?

[Death is yonder]

You hoping that you were role blocked so your kill order on ATPG fails?

If only mafia were that easy

[Jolt]

The Red Phoenix - Night 4

After Xun Yu had died, the advisors went to their daily duties, inspecting the armies and drilling the soldiers. Once night had fallen once again, the patrols were more light than in the previous two nights, phreaps since Cao Cao had noticed that they were barely doing anything useful. As such, at the second watch, someone had considerably more easiness going through the camp unseen until he came towards the tent of Askthepizzaguy. The person knew that despite the patrols being more scarce, all tent guards had been diven strict orders to remain guarding the tent under any circumstance. The usual ploys to distract them wouldn't thus work.

Meditating for some minutes on what to do, he decided the only chance he'd have would be to unusually bold, as doing so, he went back to his tent, changed clothes to more soldierly ones, donned his armor and helm, but removed any signs that would indicate him as a major officer. Afterwards he quickly forged a small order on paper using Cao Cao's writing. Having achieved these things, he went back to the tent and presented the guards the document to allow him to enter as he had urgent business to consult with Askthepizzaguy at night. The guards closely looked at the order, and appeared to have been done in some fine paper, with Cao Cao's caligraphy, they allowed the assailant passage. The attacker approached silently to a sleeping ATPG, unsheathing his dagger. As he went for the kill, he heard a voice from the shadows, in one side of the tent which was completely dark "Now what do we have here? Are you attempting to murder an high minister of the State?" By then the attacker was taken completely aback, even more so, as Askthepizzaguy turned from his bed and rose as active and awaken as it was still day, and the figure that sprung out of the shadows was none other than the fearful Xu Chu, Cao Cao's personal bodyguard.

Quaking in fear, his helm fell, but by then he was already on the run, cutting through the tent with his dagger. Xu Chu thought during the glimpse he had at the attackers face spotted phreaps Pang Tong, but he couldn't be sure as it happened too fast. Regardless, Xu Chu followed hot on his pursuit as Askthepizzaguy called the guards to aid the bodyguard.

The guards quickly sprung into alert mode and shouted that an intruder had been found, and went after Xu Chu and the attacker. Xu Chu, obviously much more fit than the attacker, was quickly upon him, until the attacker turned into a tent and vanished momentarily. Still with the adrenaline rushing through his body, soon enough the soldiers which were following him called that they spotted the attacker escaping through a hole dug beneath that tent, and thus the pursuit was back on. Strangely enough, the guards soon spotted another intruder which had also been sighted around where the attacker came from, and the guards went after him, thus leaving Xu Chu alone persuing the attacker.

Xu Chu quickly began catching up to the attacker, when he went into a side entrance of the inner-courtyard armory. Xu Chu knew there was only one way in and no way through, because the armory was not made of cuttable cloth but of wood. As he reached the door and came to a complete halt before looking into the armory which was completely dark, Xu Chu knew he had the attacker trapped and with no way out. Pang Tong too knew he had been trapped as he was hiding behind a crate with weapons, in the darkness of the building. He tried to calm himself down so his heavy breath wouldn't allow Xu Chu to know where or if he was there, but peeking over the crate towards the entrance, he could only see Xu Chu grin towards the darkness, and he knew Xu Chu wouldn't move from there until someone came with torches to light the room up and finally catch him. Young Phoenix began realizing he was going to meet his end that night and that his plans had come to naught.

However the Heavens would not let it be so.

As Xu Chu stood grinning at the armory's entrance, soldiers from elsewhere called Xu Chu for help as they had spotted the attacker and he was escaping. "Phreaps the attacker had already opened a passage from the armory and had already escaped as I stood here looking towards the darkness? What a fool I am." thought Xu Chu. Thus Xu Chu began getting doubts if Pang Tong was there, so he abandoned the entrance of the armory to go help the guards with the sighted man. Once he had reached the guards, they reported the man had evaded them and disapeared. But that second man was not Pang Tong.

Pang Tong couldn't believe as Xu Chu left the armory and ran off elsewhere. He then quickly reached the armory entrance and probed around, seeing nobody. "Thank you Heavens!" Prayed Pang Tong, while gasping heavily from his near-capture. He then presently went back to his tent.

Half hour later the entire camp was under full alert for the 4th consecutive night, and all reported back to Cao Cao as to the events of tonight. Cao Cao congratulated Xu Chu exceedingly for predicting who would the rebellious advisors attack this night gave him plenty of gifts in pearls and gold. Xu Chu refused it all on the grounds that they were in a campaign, and it was only the proper duty of any servant of the Prime Minister to combat rebellion and the murder of high officials anywhere. Xu Chu decided not to tell his Lord that he thought the man behind it was Pang Tong, as he wasn't certain he had seen him, and it could have been someone else. Cao Cao himself was rather distressed at the second intruder which was also lost, but regardless, the very next day he called his council and bade them "This last night, my friend Xu Chu has foiled a murder of our friend Askthepizzaguy. Furthermore, another person was found snooping around near the ATPG's tent where the assassination occurred. Now gentlemen, let us find who was behind the foiled attack.

The advisors looked sideways to one another, certain that at least three of the 9 had been active, including General Xu Chu.

Alive (9):
Death is yonder
Subotan
A Very Super Market
Beskar
Yaropolk
Joooray
Sprig
AskthePizzaguy
FactionHeir

Executed (3):
Centurion1 - Mao Jie
Yaseikhaan - Xu Shu
Paulus Tertius - Xun Yu

Assassinated (2):
Diana Abnoba - Xiahou Dun
atheotes - Jia Xu


Day 4 votes are due in 8 PM GMT / 3 PM EST, 25th of November.

[Jolt]

For those who might have been confused by all these chasing here is what happened:

Two people were spotted doing something. Pang Tong attacked Askthepizzaguy, and someone else was doing something around that area.

[atheotes]

looks like PangTong has been identified

[Askthepizzaguy]

Edit: Nevermind!!!

[Sprig]

ahhaahhah, I was right. DIY is Pang Tong !!!

ATPG your assumption at there being two mafia is wrong, afaik.

The unnamed person in the write up was me. I was investigating DIY last night and followed him into ATPG's tent.

Vote: DIY

[Askthepizzaguy]

Ah, Okay... the write-up was impressively long and confusing.

Vote: Death is yonder

I should have followed my instincts and acted on my scumdar which you kept triggering in the early game, instead of trying to read too much into Khaan being lynched when he could have been saved. Overthinking again.