Capo de Tutti Capi [Concluded]

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Night One Wrap Up


Sasaki Kojiro walked home through a drizzle of sleet after a quiet dinner at a local café/diner. The food had been good, the wine had imparted just a bit of a pleasant glow. He looked up as the big Packard rounded the corner, splashing water and slush onto the folks waiting for the light to change.

He was in the middle of the block, standing there as the Packard cruised closer, windows dropping and shotgun muzzles coming into view.

A jolt of adrenaline gave him speed – but there was nowhere to go!

Then the even more unexpected happened. As the Packard slowed, two figures in trench coats and hats leaped out coming, seemingly, from nowhere. One got between Sasaki and the Packard, took a shotgun blast in the gut and went down. The second swept Sasaki’s feet out from under him, knocking him flat and stunning him…just as the steel doors of the loading elevator for the café snapped up – absorbing the shotgun blasts that didn’t go over the now-prone Sasaki. The second figure never stopped moving, rolling through Sasaki’s legs, into the slush of the gutter and then getting up and sprinting into the shadows across the street.

The Packard stopped suddenly, an arm sticking out from inside lobbing a grenade back at the still stunned Sasaki. A third figure swept out of the shadows, whipping a Louisville Slugger around to bat the grenade back toward the Packard. It exploded in mid-air, doing no harm except to the paint. With sirens already closing, the hit team in the Packard sped off into the night. By the time Sasaki got groggily to his feet, all three of his masked saviors had disappeared….one leaving a trail of blood. Sasaki warily returned home – sleep no longer an option.

Across town, Proletariat was pulling out the key to the front door of her Brownstone, when a shadow broke away from the alley between her home and the neighbors place – a cloaked shadow with a very long knife! She dropped her keys in alarm as the shadow rushed forward, bracing herself against her door for a desperate struggle – only to have the door open quickly behind her. She fell through the doorway to safety as her would-be attacker rushed at her – only to be met with a door slamming into his face. A cry of pain was following by the sound of retreating footsteps fading into the dark and rain. Prole’ looked at the now-locked door…she was virtually certain she’d locked it as she left. Adrenaline still giving her the shakes, Proletariat decided she would open that nice Red after all. For her too it would be a restless night.

GeneralHankerchief, by contrast, worked late (nothing exciting) and then went home and slept well – and too deeply. He never heard the soft crack as the window of his back door was broken to get to the lock. Nor did he hear the feet on the stairs or the gentle tiptoeing across his bedroom’s Persian Rug. He heard the gentle <> of the silencer only faintly, and only very briefly. Then he heard nothing again. When Seamus’ micks swung by to take him to the morning meeting, they found him dead with a note pinned to his pillow. On the way to report in they managed to lose the note.

Chief Fermanagh announced the grim news of the evening’s events and quietly turned over the lynch-voting to Beirut.

He walked away silently, still shaking his head and muttering…

“Just doesn’t seem like it’d be one gang….”


OOC:

Murdered:
GeneralHankerchief

Attacked:
Proletariat
Sasaki Kojiro

Lynch Votes for Day Two due 1400 HRS EST 1/1

Investigation Results by PM shortly.

Sasaki: Please append to the info thread....when your pulse drops a bit.

[HughTower]

A couple of nice dodges there it appears.....and mafia dons get protection from their lucas, do they? Unless, protection was organised for them in advance, which would appear just to be too uncannily accurate to be true.

So from the description of the attempts (3 vs 3, and 1 vs 1), I'm going to surmise that Prole was either protected by a Luca or a Doctor, & Sasaki was protected by friendly townies. So, on the balance of this (v. tenuous) evidence, & to jostle things up a little,

Vote: Proletariat

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Hint:

PM results are easier to send to you if your PM box is not FULL TO THE POINT OF CHOKING OFF MY MESSAGE.

[Orb]

Hm. I'm not surprised that Sasaki was a) protected and b) attacked.
Nor am I amazed that our beloved hankerchief was attacked.

Proletariat could have survived for quite a few reasons. I'll wait for some more discussion before I decide a vote.

[Csargo]

The attacks on Sasaki and GH are really strange. Why would you try to kill two players that will have a lot of suspicion on them in later rounds. The attempted kills and kill baffle me.

Vote:Abstain

[Masy]

I have absolutely no suspicions at this time, and have no idea who to vote for. It will take me some time to get used to the amount of detail in this game

Vote: Abstain

[Stig]

The attacks on Sasaki and GH are really strange. Why would you try to kill two players that will have a lot of suspicion on them in later rounds. The attempted kills and kill baffle me.

Well you will kill 2 of the veterans of the game really. I'm new so I might be wrong, but from what I've read they seem the veterans and the "best" players in the game, you want to win, why not take the good players out early on, makes things easier for you


Vote: Abstain

[Csargo]

Well you will kill 2 of the veterans of the game really. I'm new so I might be wrong, but from what I've read they seem the veterans and the "best" players in the game, you want to win, why not take the good players out early on, makes things easier for you


Vote: Abstain

Yes, but veteran players bring more suspicion on themselves. Especially Sasaki I think someone new tried to kill Sasaki.

[Pannonian]

The attacks on Sasaki and GH are really strange. Why would you try to kill two players that will have a lot of suspicion on them in later rounds. The attempted kills and kill baffle me.

Vote:Abstain

I have heard from various sources that GH was a pro-town role, which may mean that pro-mafia people may have got wind of it too. I'm not sure how much information on other players Seamus gives in the introductory PMs, and I suspect he wouldn't say even if I asked.

However, to kick off discussions, I will express my suspicions about you, Ichigo. In post #169, you encouraged us to select you as Director, warning us about Beirut's axe in the back. Now since Beirut's axe has no bearing on this game, I have to say this is classic meatballing. Combined with your eagerness to get an unkillable role, I would say you are mafia, possibly even a Don, looking for safety from other gangs while orchestrating the discussion. What says you to this?

Edit: Hyperlinking post #169.

[Crazed Rabbit]

If GH was a pro-town role, and if he shared that info with some people, perhaps he could reveal who he talked to.

That might give us an idea of where to begin. Of course, those he talked to might have talked themselves.

Pannonion has a point about Ichigo's 'meatballing', but it doesn't seem that likely to me that Ichigo is mafia.

I think abstaining for now is good, but we probably want to vote this round due to the odds of lynching various roles.

CR

[Csargo]

Your Role: Townie

Your basic mode for success is to vote to lynch Mafiosi, eventually removing the mafia threat from Fatlington and creating a town win.

Role Changing:

At your discretion, however, this role can change. This will take time, effort, and coordination with other townies. If you:

Combine with 3 other townies you can attempt to kill one target per night (after two successful kills, you will become a “Wise Guy” and can progress from there).

Combine with 2 other townies you can attempt to protect one target per night (after two successful protections, one of you may become a “Doctor “ and can progress from there).

Creating these combinations is up to you however, and you will have to work out your own deals/contracts/arrangements for forming such a combo with the other players.

PM’s:

Each night you are still alive, PM me with instructions for your actions that night. These may be:

“Get some sleep” “Protect so-and-so in combination with player 1, player 2…” or “kill so-and-so in combination with player 1, player 2…”

Warning: if the requisite number of townies is NOT available, the protection/kill effort will almost certainly fail. If a townie attempts a kill/protection solo, the effort will certainly fail, and there will be at least one chance in three that the townie will perish in the attempt.

Investigations:

It is most probable that, if investigated by a Detective or by a Made Gangster, you will be discovered as “innocent.” Remember, however, that a significant minority (20%) of townspeople will register as “unclear” rather than innocent if investigated by a Made and as “criminal” (5-10%) if investigated by a detective. You will only register as “guilty” if you have participated in a killing.

Getting Recruited:

What if a Mafioso seeks to recruit you? You can respond as you wish to such an offer. However, if they believe you to be a Wise Guy and use you as part of a kill team, that team will very likely fail unless you are an “extra” and they already have sufficient killers on the team.

meh I'm the one who tried to kill Prole.


Edit:

Hello Ichigo,

I who wrote this message, am of the Maffia. Let me get to the point at once: we might be interested in recruiting you.
At this point we can't be sure if you're just a regular townie, or have a special role. As you could have derived from the rules, we only may investigate two people every night.
Since we can't be sure of you, you must start earning our trust...if you're interested, of course.
We want you to kill a person. Assuming you're just a regular townie: you'll need to find 3 co-conspirators to carry out a succesful murder. You'll need to do this yourself.
As for your victims: pick one of the following:
Banquo's Ghost, Doc_Bean or Proletariat
Your conspirators may not include: Beirut, ByzantineKnight, Cowhead418, General Hankerchief, Hepcat, HughTower, Ignoramus, Kommodus, Kralizec, Pevergreen, Redleg, Reenk Roink, Sasaki Kojiro, Sir Moody, The Stranger, Ultrawar or Zalmoxis. You may not include one from the list of potential victims either, even those you did not select for the kill.
If you manage to pull it off this night-phase, well done. The next nigh-phase would be acceptable as well, however.
You may mention to your fellow conspirators that this act is to bring you into the good graces of one of the crime families (and that they’re also eligible), but you may not mention the contents of this PM.
When you have arranged the conspiracy and sent a PM to Seamus Ferganagh indicating that you want to kill someone from the list of potential victims, PM AndrestheCunning back and ask him to deliver it to his Maffia contact, before Seamus Ferganagh posts the results. When you’ve completed your mission, we just might have a career opening for you.

Signed: a maffioso

I got this from Andres. I don't feel I'm capable of playing two games right now with things going as they are with my life. Atleast I found a mafioso this might even discourage them from trying to recruit other players. Do with it what you will what I have given. I think a GF resides in one of those bolded players.

[Csargo]

I have heard from various sources that GH was a pro-town role, which may mean that pro-mafia people may have got wind of it too. I'm not sure how much information on other players Seamus gives in the introductory PMs, and I suspect he wouldn't say even if I asked.

However, to kick off discussions, I will express my suspicions about you, Ichigo. In post #169, you encouraged us to select you as Director, warning us about Beirut's axe in the back. Now since Beirut's axe has no bearing on this game, I have to say this is classic meatballing. Combined with your eagerness to get an unkillable role, I would say you are mafia, possibly even a Don, looking for safety from other gangs while orchestrating the discussion. What says you to this?

Edit: Hyperlinking post #169.

That could be used against any of the other players that voted for themselves. Come up with some better reasons please I'de like to hear them.

[Kralizec]

So from the description of the attempts (3 vs 3, and 1 vs 1), I'm going to surmise that Prole was either protected by a Luca or a Doctor, & Sasaki was protected by friendly townies.

Murder attempts can also fail because not enough PMs were sent to make it happen.
I have no idea who to blame for this...if everybody abstains resulting in 0 votes, does the director have the authority to execute everybody?