Turnabout Mafioso [Concluded]

[Secura]

[Turnabout Mafioso]
A Mini-Mafia Game presented by Secura

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Inside the famous DeLaude Hotel's ballroom...

This is Keiko Koike, live from the DeLaude Hotel, where the press are gathering for a big announcement from the police regarding alleged gang activity here earlier today.

Little seems to have been said thus far, but as far as Five Live News understands the situation, there has been not one, but two murders in the Statesman's Suite!

Wait... here comes one of the police now... hey! HEY, DETECTIVE!

Yeah, pal, I know what you're all sayin'. There's two dead guys upstairs and it's a real bloodbath.

And you know what, pal? This time ol' Gumshoe won't be caught out! Wohohohoho... we've got a solid suspect this time; Madame Elizé Da Silva!

The Game
Participate in a courtroom drama as you try to get to the bottom of the State vs. Da Silva trial, a case where all the evidence points to the defendant but the witnesses say differently!

- Can the city's crime organisation kill the witnesses and ensure the true criminal remains free?
- Will the Prosecution and Defense work together to learn the truth, or try to outdo one another?
- And more importantly, will Gumshoe ever learn to shave?


Rules
The rules are simple:
- The criminal is permitted one kill per evening, and must eliminate three of the four witnesses to the crime to ensure Da Silva is found guilty.
- Both the Prosecution and the Defense need to uncover the true story behind the trial, with varied narrative outcomes dependent on their cooperation and survival or lack thereof.
- As with the Ace Attorney games, there is a limit to the number of days the trial can continue for; should this limit be reached, the Judge will make a decision himself.
- Should the either the Defense or Prosecution be attacked during the night or lynched during the day, the player is out of the game, but a replacement character will be introduced for narrative reasons. Should both be incapacitated, it falls to the witnesses to bring justice to the court. No calling this trial off!

- The mafia wins if they kill/lynch three of the four witnesses.
- The town (everyone else) wins if the mafia is found.
- The Defense and/or Prosecution will recieve a special 'victory' if they are still alive at the end too.

Phases will last for 24 hours, give or take depending on real-life commitments.

The game begins with a Night Phase. Voting occurs during Day Phase, whereby the person with the greatest number of votes is called to the stand and there will be a narrative piece regarding the character they're playing. Voting is as standard (vote: X and unvote, vote: X). Abstaining and No Voting are allowed.

All talking must take part in this thread unless you have been provided with a QuickTopic link in your Role PM, whereby you are permitted to talk there. The arrested/dead are permitted to talk.

Copy/Pasting Role PMs, QuickTopic posts/links or anything else is prohibited, but that goes without saying.


Signups 7/7
- SplitPersonality
- A Very Super Market
- Beskar
- Centurion1
- Methos
- Cultured Drizzt fan
- Captain Blackadder - Assassinated

Replacements
- atheotes
- Renata

[Splitpersonality]

Gumshoe! :D

I am so in.

[A Very Super Market]

Oh what the hey, in

[Beskar]

I think Gumshoe looks like Matt.

[Secura]

Wohohoho, two signups! While this is Secura's first game and there's still alot of things to learn, there's a good story behind it all, pal!

Yeah... what Gumshoe said ^

[Beskar]

Also, In. Though, I don't know what to think of the crazy .gifs. Where did you get them from?

This is what Phoenix Wright has to say about this game.

[Secura]

You don't like them?

There're animated rips from the game series themselves; they're taken from the fantastic Court Records fansite, whereby anyone is free to use them as long as they're not hotlinked directly from the site.

So, before I forget, many thanks to Court Records for the images and Capcom for the awesome characters and world they've created.

[Centurion1]

wow this looks good. in. i like the pics actually add flavor to the game.

[Secura]

Oh... hey, pals. Secura has finally completed the Role PMs... you guys should signup soon, or I'm not getting paid and I'll be eating instant noodles again...

Oh hey, Gumshoe, didn't see you there... where's my sandwich?

[atheotes]

this sounds interesting...put me down as a replacement if you need

[Methos]

I'm in.

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

against my better judgement, IN


Not sure how much time I can put in another game.

[Captain Blackadder]

I'm in

[Secura]

Start of Night Zero
Phase Ends at 21:00 GMT Tuesday (24 hours from now)

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Inside Courtroom #2, 4:37pm, 8th December 2013.

I believe that brings an end to today's proceedings. It is such a shame when someone with so much hope and potential makes such a mess of their life... do you have any final thoughts to add, Mr. Edgeworth?

This case is pretty open-and-shut; in the early evening of November 4th, Madame Da Silva murdered the Ducall family. All five pieces of evidence, from the murder weapon itself to the cigarette ashes in the Stateman's Suite, point to her. There is no doub-

The evidence may point in one direction, but we haven't heard from the witnesses yet! We're overlooking vital testimony!

Miss Fey, I see no reason to question the witnesses when the evi-

No, your honour... the Prosecution accepts the Defense's request for testimony. Perhaps we can truly ascertain the defendant's guilt this way...

I see... since both Defense and Prosecution have requested to speak to the witnesses, the trial is adjourned until the morning. I will see both Miss Fey and Mr Edgeworth in my chambers.

It is now night. Please send in your orders.

[Renata]

I'll join if there's still a spot.

[Secura]

Just an update to say that the Introduction is now up. Hope you guys enjoy the game, t'is my first go.

Role PMs are now out, so check your inboxes!

Should any member be unable to commit, simply PM me and I can pass your role onto atheotes or Renata.

[Secura]

Just to add that I'm still waiting on orders from someone.

I'll be posting the writeup for the night's events around 20:30 GMT, and then will proceed to post the day phase afterwards at 21:00 as promised.

Hope you enjoyed your characters and stuff! :3

[Secura]

End of Night Zero

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Inside the DeLaude Hotel's wine cellar, 9:18pm, 8th December 2013.

Gerard Duquesne, long-serving butler at the DeLaude Hotel, is busy rummaging around the wine stacks for a particular vintage:

I don't think we even have a '83 Sauvignon... he shall have to settle for a '91.

The gentle clinking of green-hued glass masks the footfalls of the older gentleman who has joined him in the cellar. The man speaks, his voice crisp with an upper-class British accent:

My dear boy... you ought to be more careful where you go alone in these dark times...

The man discards his tray, raising a pistol at Duquesne; in a single, muffled gunshot, the bellboy crumples to the floor before he could even turn around. The gentlemanly assassin departs as silently as he came, closing the cellar behind him.


Captain Blackadder, AKA Gerard Duquesne, is now dead.

[Secura]

Start of Day One
Phase Ends at 21:00 GMT Wednesday (24 hours from now)

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Outside Courtroom #2, 10:26am, 9th December 2013.

I apologise for the delay; I have just been informed that one of the witnesses, Gerard Duquesne, has been found dead in the DeLaude Hotel's cellar...

...silence...

Yes... it is a blow to the case, for certain.

I'm afraid court will convene shortly, as I have delayed things long enough as it is; you must evaluate the witnesses now while there is still time... who will you call to the stand?

It is now day. You may now vote for the day's 'lynch'.

[Beskar]

I say call Centurion1 to the stand.

[Secura]

You have to vote in the standard format of vote: X or unvote, vote: X.

The calling to the stand is merely a narrative thing; you're essentially voting as you do in a normal mafia game.

And thanks for voting, Beskar, had a feeling people might've forgotten my game :<

[Captain Blackadder]

Ohh my only mafia game I am in right now and I die first round. Ohh well

[Secura]

If this game is a success and people like it and rate it highly, then I'll make more for certain. I'd like to perfect the rules and stuff before I try to upgrade it to a bigger game whereby the time spent on the narrative and such can be better utilised.

Many thanks for signing up though, and I'm sorry you were killed so soon. :<

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Vote: split

[Centurion1]

vote: beskar

pure revenge vote nothing else.

[Beskar]

Well, that is obviously a silly place to put it Centurion1.

Why are you saying Splitpersonaity, Cultured Drizzt fan?

[Centurion1]

nothing i do is silly you little island man (yes i feel like being incredibly juvenile today)

its like a first round vote. ill probably end up changing it to abstain i hate voting blind

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Well, that is obviously a silly place to put it Centurion1.

Why are you saying Splitpersonaity, Cultured Drizzt fan?

Honestly I have no real reason. Which reminds me, are we allowed to vote No lynch? I assume no because it ain't in the rules anywhere.

[Centurion1]

always vote split because split is a conniving trickster.

[Secura]

Honestly I have no real reason. Which reminds me, are we allowed to vote No lynch? I assume no because it ain't in the rules anywhere.

You are permitted to vote: no lynch, yes.

I amended the rules because I realised I would screw the town over if they got their lynch wrong; the killer has two witnesses left to get, so could end the game before the next day phase otherwise.

It should balance out my indiscrepancies for the time-being.