Day 12 - Conclusion



The last daggers were beginning to gather their courage in one final accusation of Kagemusha. They accused him of infiltrating and destroying their organization, of raising the dead to serve his will, and of jaywalking. When faced with all of these accusations however, the man they knew as Kage Al Musha simply shrugged. "Wasn't me. But I have it from a reliable source over at the CivFanatics that Diamondeye is a vampire!"

From beyond the grave was heard the moans of the fallen CFCers "Oh God, not again!" Briefly counciling with these honorable spirits of Niklas, Renata, Methos, Choxorn and many others, Diana Abnoba soon turned on Kage Al Musha again; "Is this reliable source of which you speak a man named Earthling?"

Kage Al Musha laughed. "On the contrary. His name is Diamondeye."

Diana Abnoba turned around, apprehension slowly dawning upon her as she saw the wide smile on Diamondeye's lips. Quietly and controlled, Diamondeye spoke; "He's right... For days I've been holding my breath - well not literally since I don't breathe - as you removed my enemies one by one, dear Diana, and now I believe it is time to reward you..."

"Now wait," Diana Abnoba suggested. "No! Shut up!" Diamondeye countersuggested, quite forcibly, his voice trembling with thunder. "You no longer have any authority over me, Naib! For too long I've been bowing, kissing boots, delaying important phonecalls and running petty errands for you matriarchs. No more! The Masquerade ends here!"

Diana Abnoba looked around and saw that Kagemusha, the loyal slave of the Vampire, was standing next to DiamondEye, a wooden club in his left hand, a razor sharp katana in his right hand. Diamondeye spoke again, "I should probably thank you for removing Caine, he who Alim and I imprisoned so long ago. The last contestant to my throne has fallen to the Silver Daggers. And now, the Silver Daggers fall to me. You have been a valuable tool, Diana, perhaps more than you know. Perhaps even more than Kagemusha here - or Romanic, who sadly isn't here to celebrate with us..."

"Wait, so, Atheotes-"

"SILENCE for the sake of eternal life, woman! Your reward for this is that you can die while still carrying the title of Naib. You won't have any daggers to command over, that goes without saying. But from my impression of your rule until now, I believe that's only a slight hindrance to your megalomania."

Diamondeye unsheathed his long silver blade, running it straight through the chest of Diana Abnoba. The Naib looked at him, too shocked to have reacted and even now too shocked to wail or scream in pain.

"So, this is it? We lose?", she mumbled. Diamondeye beamed, his fangs glinting. "I'm glad you asked... Yes. You lose... Which means..."

"WE WIN!"

The Ancient Vampire bowed over to his loyal slave and sank his teeth in his neck. After he was done sucking the blood of his slave, he stood up and watched how Kagemusha was on his knees.

"As I promised, your reward: the second embrace and the gift of eternal life. Stand up, dear Kage Al Musha; you're a slave no longer. From now on, you'll be my trusted ally. An immortal, just like me!"

Kage stood up and felt the power running through his body.

The daemonic laughter of the Ancient Vampire, Nikolaos, and the newborn vampire Kagemusha, pierced the silent night for miles and miles around. The Silver Daggers were no more.

Sitting in a cave, Caine was still recovering. He could hear the laughs of the traitor and his follower. He tried to hit his fist on the stone wall, but even for that, he was too weak. He whispered through his teeth: "One day, I will have my revenge, Nikolaos. One day, I will destroy you!"


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Alive (2)

1. Kagemusha - slave
2. DiamondEye - Nikolaos (The Ancient)

Killed (25)

autolycus
Yaropolk
Chaotix
Centurion1
Ibn-Khaldun
Psychonaut
Sasaki Kojiro
Yaseikhaan
Peasant Phill
Death is yonder
YLC
Secura
Captain Blackadder
GreyBlades
Niklas
TinCow
Kukrikhan - Caine (secret role)
Renata
Choxorn
Jolt
TheFlax
Beefy187
pevergreen
Double A
spL1tp3r50naL1ty

Lynched (11)

Csargo
Askthepizzaguy
Seon
GeneralHankerchief
White_Eyes:D
Romanic - slave
atheotes
Beskar
The Stranger
Scienter
Methos

WoG (1)
AVSM

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MAFIA VICTORY -


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