Capo de Tutti Capi [Concluded]

[The Stranger]

I was thinking of that 2... it prolly wont happen now... but when the game gets smaller... i think it will happen... Seamus... what about that? I think he dies because a director is protected from lynching

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I'm gonna tell your mama
Yeh I'm gonna blackball your name
Ain't no way you'll go without me
Every chance I'll make you pay
-- Alice in Chains (Staley?)


Sunset Day Five

Redleg called the committee to order at a little after 5:00PM. He’d been chatting with various people all day, and knew that the discussion had ebbed and flowed. To prepare, he had a couple of ornate hand-carved wooden cases with him. Inside were the means to resolve any ties – it would turn out they were not needed.

The committee was called to vote by secret ballot, though many chose to remain in their seats. The first tally, for selection of a new director, was quickly resolved. Though Redleg's supporters had worked hard that afternoon to sway the undecided, a groundswell had clearly built for a fresh face to take his place. Sasaki Kojiro was selected as the director for days 6 and 7. Redleg congratulated him.

Redleg counted the lynch ballots especially carefully, with his designated guards dutifully checking the tally. What he thought might have ended as a two – or even three – way tie had been broken.

“Lord Motep of Kendermore,” Redleg announced. “You have been found guilty of treason against the City of Fatlington. This committee sentences you to be keelhauled. If you manage to survive that, you may, as tradition holds it, go free.”

“You’re not serious?”

Motep looked more stunned then scared.

“I told you I didn’t actually kill anyone. I only voted to lynch Beirut and he was mafia! I tried to Protect YOU, Redleg! Okay, well, I tried to help pevergreen too, but that was before I knew he was mafia…I…”

The full personal significance of Redleg’s announcement finally began to sink in. Motep stood quietly as the guards handcuffed him and then left the room under escort.

Fermanagh stood.

“I have some sad news, folks. While assisting some of the committee to attend the meeting, two of my officers discovered Banquo’s Ghost in his bathtub. He had slit his wrists sometime this morning. His note – and we confirmed he wrote it in a steady hand -- said he was tired of being scorned as a slipshod detective and tired of being the butt of everybody’s “nice-guy” jokes. Not sure what the finish of the note is – seems like an odd bit of poetry:

I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table,
And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss;
Would he were here! To all, and him, we thirst,
And all to all.

Anyway, that’s how his note ends. We’ll check him out as well.”

It was now time for the committee to see justice done. Motep was taken by the guards and brought down to the beach. At the same time, the remainder of the committee filed out, went down to the boardwalk, and walked to the end of the fishing pier where Kralizec had met his end.

Perhaps 50 yards from the end of the pier was a largish fishing trawler, it’s twin screws turning fairly rapidly to maintain its station relative to the pier against the tide and wave action. Rust-streaked and just a bit shabby, the “Alice In Chains” had seen better days.

Motep was taken out to the “Alice” in a launch. Once aboard he was shackled to four long chains and then, at a signal from Redleg on the pier, tossed over the bow of the little ship. Each of the 4 officers pulled up on one chain and began a slow steady walk, 2 to each side, towards the stern.

Keelhauling is a brutal punishment. The condemned holds their breath as long as they can while being dragged along the bottom of the ship. The bottom of a ship is rarely clean and the barnacles and other parasites encrusting the keel act like razors as the condemned is scraped along the underside of the vessel. Survival was almost impossible and even those who did were usually mutilated. Motep was a bit luckier in that the metal hull of the “Alice” was not home to nearly as many barnacles and pests as were the old wooden hulls of the vessels when this punishment was invented. Nor was the “Alice” so large a vessel that he was doomed to drown. Motep was cut, torn and bleeding and the pain was like fire across the front of his body, but the officers were nearly finished their slow walk.

Unfortunately for Motep, though the hull was metal and clean enough to survive, the Alice had one thing those old-time rag wagons had lacked – twin screws churning at 900 rpms. Motep was very quickly reduced to chum and the officers quickly tossed the chains – and what little came up with them – back into the sea.

The committee stared at the dissipating red cloud at the stern of the trawler, and then turned to move away. Just as they began to do so, a Narwhal broached the water near the end of the pier and, with a fantastic leap, skewered MarcusBrutus straight through the heart. It hung there for a split second…

<> thought Redleg, puzzled.

…and fell back into the water. MarcusBrutus was dead before his body hit the pier.

It was a poor omen for the night to come.


OOC

The Butcher’s Bill to Date:

Attacked: Proletariat (N1), Sasaki Kojiro (N1), Redleg (N2), Moros (N3), theRTWGuru (N3)

Lynched: Kralizec (D2) [mafia don], Beirut (D3) [mafia made], pevergreen (D4), Lord Motep of Kendermore (D5)

Murdered: GeneralHankerchief (N1) [mafia luca], Stig (N2) [wise guy], AggonyDuck (N3) [wise guy], Major Robert Dump (N3) [mafia made], Caius Flaminius (N4), Sir Boo (N4), Sir Moody (N4), AndrestheCunning (N4)

Suicided: Ichigo, (D2) [townie], Tribesman (D2) [townie], Copperhaired Berzerker (N4), Banquo's Ghost (D5)

WoGged: MarcusBrutus (D5)


Tallies:


Director (Day 6 & 7) Selection:

Sasaki Kojiro = 11 (Crazed Rabbit, Dutch_Guy, Luigi VI di Fatlington, Moros, Orb, Pannonian, Pindar, Proletariat, Sasaki Kojiro, Sigurd Fafnesbane, The Stranger)

Redleg = 6 (CountArach, Cowhead418, Ironside, Ituralde, Redleg, Xiahou)

Banquo’s Ghost = 2 (JimBob, Omanes Alexandropalites the Idiot)

Omanes Alexandropalites the Idiot = 2 (HughTower, Kagemusha)

ByzantineKnight = 1 (ByzantineKinght)

Kommodus = 1 (Kommodus)

No Selection = 20 (Alexander the Pretty Good, Banquo’s Ghost, Big King Sanctaphrax, Destroyer of Hope, Doc_Bean, Drisos, Hepcat, Ignoramus, MarcusBrutus, Masy, Lord Motep of Kendermore, Papewaio, Peasant Phill, Reenk Roink, theRTWGuru, Tom_Hagen, Ultrawar, Warluster, Xdeathfire, Zalmoxis)


Lynching Votes:

Lord Motep of Kendermore = 10 (Big King Sanctaphrax, Crazed Rabbit, Doc_Bean, Dutch_Guy, Luigi VI di Fatlington, Moros, Omanes Alexandropalites the Idiot, Pannonian, Saskai Kojiro, The Stranger)
The Stranger = 6 (Ituralde, Kagemusha, Orb, Pindar, Proletariat, Sigurd Fafnesbane)

Sasaki Kojiro = 5 (ByzantineKinght, CountArach, Ultrawar, Warluster, Xiahou)

Abstain = 2 (Cowhead418, Ironside)

Moros = 1 (JimBob)

Pannonian = 1 (Kommodus)

No Vote = 18 (Alexander the Pretty Good, Banquo’s Ghost, Destroyer of Hope, Doc_Bean, Drisos, Hepcat, Ignoramus, MarcusBrutus, Masy, Lord Motep of Kendermore, Papewaio, Peasant Phill, Redleg [director], Reenk Roink, theRTWGuru, Tom_Hagen, Xdeathfire, Zalmoxis)


Night Five Begins. PM's due by 1400 EST 1/27/7. Warning: weekend schedules are not my own. I will try to keep to our 24 hour cycle as best I can but....family trumps gaming.

[Caius]

You didnt believed Motep.you must be ahsamed!

[Seamus Fermanagh]

What happens if someone wins both votes?

An immediate re-selection for a new director. The newly selected director is:

a) not yet serving, so the old director would off him.

b) not protected from a lynching only from night attacks.

If lynched or suicided, a new director will be selected immediately to fill the balance of the term.

[Major Robert Dump]

So one of two things have happened:

The 4th member of the Corleone family has fooled the rest of the town into thinking he is a rogue detective

or


My Don puts me in contact with the 4th member of our family, with whom I open a direct line of communication discussing my investigations and my concern for my Don's excessive posting habits and my contacts with townies who I am trying to screw over on protection groups. And the 4th member turns out to be a freakin cop.

Either way, its rich. Very rich.

-I have no relevant PMs to post for either argument because I deleted most of them as they came and just made little notes on paper in order to keep my box clear. I had no reason not to trust people on my "team," a mistake I made in my last mafia game where the entire town got blown up. I will learn from this mistake.

-I will not make my investigations public or speculate on peoples guilt/innocence simply because I think its in poor taste since I'm eliminated, and some people (including some who were eliminated) have engaged in excessive, pointless spamming of the thread, which makes it difficult to read and turns off new players and mature players. Grow up, people.

[The Stranger]

You have investigated Redleg... Haven't you?

[Louis VI the Fat]

You didnt believed Motep.you must be ahsamed!

We didn't so much NOT believe Motep. We simply had no choice. Six thousand posts and page upon page of rubbish, nonsense and silly internal town strife immediately following last nights' murders prevented the town from constructive dialogue on whom to hang.


And I would rather not see that spectacle repeat itself :

You have investigated Redleg... Haven't you?

Pevergreen, I don't think I'm very popular with you right now. But I must pay you a compliment. You very nearly did get your exposer lynched the very next day. Something which most mobsters can only dream of. Well done.

Edit: one of your exposers. I'll give you your due credit, The Stranger.

[The Stranger]

And who is his exposer...?

Allright... You have it your way... I stop posting unconstructive posts...

Just this last to announce that :P

[pevergreen]

Good work Luigi, you fooled me.
Sasaki bluffs his way out. Nicely Done.

The Stranger...would be nice to see you dead, just because you've been after me.

But the thing that screws me over, is that if Sasaki isnt pro-mafia, then why is he listed as it in my role pm?

Could it be an attempt by seamus to balance the game? But the townies band together! Its hard enough for the mafia already.

Im not making any of it up, but i doubt any of you believe me.

I also believe that Seamus should change the rules, so the dead cant post.

And TS gets banned from posting

Anyway, if i was making this up against Sasaki, why would i put him in contact with my made?

None of this make sense. I demand an explanation when/if Sasaki dies Seamus!

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

lol Act of God.

The Jersey Shore's seen worse.

[ByzantineKnight]

Sasaki, is there a way to raise PM limit without changing User Group?

I'd kinda like a larger PM box, lol.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Let's bring this out of pm's and into the public. Redleg and luigi are doing some weird things and I'd like an explanation.

Just to let you know Redleg is trying to make a case against you and trying to get me to give up information. From what I've heard their's a lot of people who link he is the last Don, but that's all heresay. Just thought I'de warn you.

Now I have had finally a discussion with The Stranger that I could understand. I kind of see his point about Sasaki now that its not so convoluted with the spam. If your still interested in making a case against him I need information. Whatever you are willing to give. I think if I have enough information I can find the weakness in the information posted by him in the thread to actually get him to stumble - but I need the intel that will allow me to do this.

Tell me what you know and I'll try to fill in the gaps that I know of. Sir Don.

So still working on that rumor that was planted by Major Dump - rather interesting. TS informed me of alot of different things - and I am trying to confirm his story. That requires information that from another source that is independent of his. So decide to help lynch Sasaki if you have information that contradicts what he posted in the thread or not? Your choice.

Well that's just it I haven't read anything that the Stranger has claimed cause most of his posts are rubbish. If you tell me what he claimed then I might be able to help you plus what MRD said.

Ichigo

Then I will get back to you in a day or two, because its going to take a bit to sort out what TS actually stated in the thread and what he has given me for now and what he has promised to provide me.

I started pm'ng luigi and redleg asking them what's up:

Of course it follows. What you're playing at?
I'm asking people if they can confirm rumours or not.
You ask me about Warluster, I poke around asking about you and everybody else.

Why are you getting so nervous about that?

That doesn't follow. Are you pro town or not?

If you think I'm lying then you should now why. So why don't you tell me?

What kind of cryptic answer is that? If I knew why you were I wouldn't have asked you.

Sasaki

Why don't you tell me?

Why are you lying to me?

Oh, TS is convinced of your innocence allright.

Redleg and TS hate each other with a passion, I think he was hoping to lynch TS.

I haven't heard from Pannonian for a while.

I'm still trying to figure TS out. I'd like to be more sure of his innocence. You have any more pm's from him.

I feel I should be up to date on what Redleg and Pannonian have been doing behind the scenes as well. Redleg seemed eager for a tie between me and TS originally.

Sasaki

Oh that - from that conversations I think I figured out who the last Don is. Because the follow-ups with those two confirmed my suspecions about a statement made by Pannonian. You know using their anger at you to milk a few other responses out of them. It also place The Stranger as something other then the townie that he claims to be, but I don't think he is mafia, just a wiseguy that was approached early to become part of K's family.

So I am waiting on Pannonian to respond on something also - because of his statement about the evidence would condemn him to a lynching. To bring up in the next voting round.

Do you have anything specific on Pannonian? In your detective role have you investigated him?

I am just waiting on a PM in response that confirms from him to confirm it.

[QUOTE=Redleg]

He struck me as town. I'd have to see the evidence first.

He should be investigated don't you think.

I'd also like to knew what you and luigi are talking about and what this means:

Again how do you gain information. You find out who wants to destroy you, and you caiter to their fear and desire. Ichigo was the point of contact given by The Stranger. So I played into him to get information. Again notice how he thinks I am the Don. Rather interesting isn't?

Just to let you know Redleg is trying to make a case against you and trying to get me to give up information. From what I've heard their's a lot of people who link he is the last Don, but that's all heresay. Just thought I'de warn you.

ratfink?

Ratfink is a term to strike an interest. Nothing other. If they were mafia it would imply the query is about wether they felt you had set them up.

That particuler query leads me to the conclusion about who might be the last don. It seems Ichigo has a different conclusion - but he offed himself at the beginning of the game. A simple matter of whom to investigate. You could do both me and Pannonian and that will determine a town victory if I am right. And if Ichigo is right it would still determine a town victory.

He doesn't tell me why he is pm'ing luigi, but a few seconds later I get my message back to me with this note attached to the top:

Here is the last message he sent me. My reply to follow

What is your goal here?

[Motep]

at least I died with my dignity............................

[Louis VI the Fat]

Game over, Sasaki.

Unselect: Sasaki

Vote: Sasaki

Why don't you tell the townies what's going on with your family, hey?

[Motep]

Game over, Sasaki.

Unselect: Sasaki

Vote: Sasaki

Why don't you tell the townies what's going on with your family, hey?

ummm...its night time

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Look it's simple. If you were townie you'd have made your argements publically. You wouldn't have secretly pm'd trying to contrive a case.

[Redleg]

Let's bring this out of pm's and into the public. Redleg and luigi are doing some weird things and I'd like an explanation.

What was happening Sasaki is a comparing of notes on what information we could gather concerning the previous discussion. It seems that as allegations were made earlier in an inconsistent manner, I overlooked some critical information. That is what was being discussed. Now I had some guesses about the duplicity that was being played by some, and wanted to confirm it one way or the other.

What is your goal here?

To discover the truth. Could I determine if Pannonian, Pevergreen and the Stranger were actually telling a lie in order to get you lynched or were they telling the truth and you have been using duplicity to ensnare us all.

In your rush you have made a critical mistake, because the simple fact is, the amount of evidence available was inconclusive. Now me and luigi have figured out a few things, are they conclusive as of yet, maybe, especially given your attempt here.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I'm sure it will be as conclusive as yesterdays. Post away.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Look it's simple.

It is indeed, Wolf.

[Motep]

Look it's simple. If you were townie you'd have made your argements publically. You wouldn't have secretly pm'd trying to contrive a case.

is that arguements? I really didnt use the grapevine...and youll find out in a couple days that I am indeed a townie.

And why the hell did you have to keelhaul me with the motors running! Thts just sick!!!

[Sasaki Kojiro]

is that arguements? I really didnt use the grapevine...and youll find out in a couple days that I am indeed a townie.

And why the hell did you have to keelhaul me with the motors running! Thts just sick!!!

Redleg wrote your lynch scene.

[Motep]

Redleg wrote your lynch scene.

sooo...its sick!

[Redleg]

I'm sure it will be as conclusive as yesterdays. Post away.

As stated in the PM, I await a PM that will either confirm or deny my conclusion. Now it seems for a individual that is sure of their innonence you are in a rush to figure out what information I have or don't have? Why is that Sasaki?

Now when I have an hour or two to write down all of my findings and conclusion I will gladly present it, but right now its just a thought, some facts, and a couple of things to double check.

But I will leave you with a small thought to ponder. For a man who used duplicity to ensnare a few others (as claimed earlier by yourself) into revealing their roles so they could be lynched - you are rushing to attempt to prevent a gathering of information? Realize that the information that I was looking into could very well clear up the accusation made and left hanging by three indivduals.

Yes I was using a age old tactic in gathering information. Attempting to convince the three that I was indeed looking into their allegations to bring a case against you. That I had suspecions based upon earlier comments in the thread and PM, just made the arguement I was using more truthful then not. I find it interesting that you seem to be upset that I might be wanting to investigate your activities for just such an activity. If you are as innocent as you claim my attempt would of not born fruit and I would of dropped the issue completely. However your own neverousness has actually done you more harm then good.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

As you recall, I had to defend myself yesterday against something that started exactly like this. I posted the pm’s in this thread to derail the same process. If you were awaiting a pm, then why did luigi post in giant text "The game is up Sasaki" and vote for me? What conclusion am I supposed to draw from this? You've obviously made up your minds.

And also, I was almost lynched yesterday when someone decided they believed a lynched mafioso. Of course I don't have any trust in that your investigation will discover the truth, you said yourself you were talking with TS and I saw you pm'ing MRD. Great sources you have.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Come on, Wolf.

Who's going to be your patsy this time? I'm dying to find out. Will you claim that Pannonian is the don? Redleg? The Stranger? Me?
Will you go after some poor schmuck like Motep again?

Or are you to busy sending rushed PMs to your Barzini family now? Trying to find excuses you can send them for your monumental cock-up?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Reminder to all and sundry.

Use of screenshots -- even if done privately -- is forbidden by the rules of the game. I will WOG immediately anyone who I can confirm is doing this from this point forward. Please heed this. Thank you.

Games have to have rules, otherwise they become reality -- and that's just not a pretty thought.

[Redleg]

As you recall, I had to defend myself yesterday against something that started exactly like this. I posted the pm’s in this thread to derail the same process. If you were awaiting a pm, then why did luigi post in giant text "The game is up Sasaki" and vote for me? What conclusion am I supposed to draw from this? You've obviously made up your minds.

However in your defense you made a critical mistake that was not spoted right away, I actually missed it several times, and luigi pointed it out to me, that was exactly what we were discussing when you asked what we were discussing, I ignored your question because well frankly I didn't need to tell you what I was discussing at the time. In your rush here you only confirmed my suspecion (SP) of your attempt at duplicity, and it seems you confirmed what luigi was telling me, because of that rush. People who are attempting to hide things normally give themselves up, I made a mistake because of that, and you posted it thinking that it would break up and defeat the information I do have.

To get the complete write-up you will have to wait until I have all my facts and thoughts down on paper, and have a change to sort through 50 PM to insure that my information is accurate, then the cross check in the thread itself, and (yes I will be looking at the date stamp of the edit.)

I have to hand it to you, you wove a very complex weave to untangle, and I am not sure its completely untangled, but your rushing to get me to come forward helps confirm much of what I learned during the time I had available at work.

[Redleg]

Reminder to all and sundry.

Use of screenshots -- even if done privately -- is forbidden by the rules of the game. I will WOG immediately anyone who I can confirm is doing this from this point forward. Please heed this. Thank you.

Games have to have rules, otherwise they become reality -- and that's just not a pretty thought.

Rest assured no screen shots have been used by me in my looking at information. Especially since I will be writing this on my home computer versus the one I am current at - which is my work computer.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Redleg, I've never been patient with regards to accusations:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...49#post1263549


@Seamus: I won't post any screenshots.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Reminder to all and sundry.

Use of screenshots -- even if done privately -- is forbidden by the rules of the game. I will WOG immediately anyone who I can confirm is doing this from this point forward. Please heed this. Thank you.

Games have to have rules, otherwise they become reality -- and that's just not a pretty thought.

We're not using any, nor asking for any.

Are these screenshots?