Mafia VII: Shadows of the Mafia [Concluded]

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I'd bet Kommodus for what I've said here and beefy for kommo's defense of him + what I said at the time.

[Kommodus]

One of them is Kagemusha. I am 99% sure of this. Too bad I couldn't figure it out until it was too late.

The other, I've really got no idea. For a while I thought it was Husar, but at this point it could also be Beefy187, Andres, or Xiahou. For the sake of having a chance to win the bet, I'll bet Xiahou.

Doesn't matter now though. Notice how quiet Kage's being. He just doesn't want to give anything away prior to his official victory celebration.

[Beefy187]

Heh im gonna get it wrong anyway so I wont say anything..

Besides im still one of the suspect arent I?

[Xiahou]

The other, I've really got no idea. For a while I thought it was Husar, but at this point it could also be Beefy187, Andres, or Xiahou. For the sake of having a chance to win the bet, I'll bet Xiahou.

You'd change your bet if you wanted a chance to win.

[sapi]

Roadkill was mafia, or CR has just destroyed his reputation.

I am almost certain it's the former; I know for a fact that it was not Kage or Kommo

Beefy was the other mafia, imho; the kills switched to 2x Mr A.F.I.A. after his death.

[Stig]

Kommo, even tho Sapi as detective says he isn't.

Why means it's CR

[Andres]

I think the mafia was Husar and Kommodus...

*** makes mental note: must not forget to delete this post in case I'm wrong ***

[sapi]

I think the mafia was Husar and Kommodus...

*** makes mental note: must not forget to delete this post in case I'm wrong ***

*forgets if Andres has edit permission on his posts, but quotes anyway as an insurance

[Husar]

I think the mafia was Husar and Kommodus...

*** makes mental note: must not forget to delete this post in case I'm wrong ***

Too late, I've already seen it, why do you hate me so much?

[Kommodus]

You'd change your bet if you wanted a chance to win.

Unbet: Xiahou
Bet: Beefy187

[Kagemusha]

Sorry i was out last evening. My paranoia tells me that the mafia was Kommo. If you were indeed mafia i think you played astonishing game, mis leading us all with Holmes, but if not we won the game,hopefully.

[Sigurd]

I am almost certain it's the former; I know for a fact that it was not Kage or Kommo

Well well, So you know for a fact that Kage or Kommo was not Mafia?
But you got killed by the mafia.. If you were the detective then woad&fangs were a mafioso.
The other is then either RoadKill or CR ... My gut said that RoadKill was not.

Then my bet would be woad&fangs and CR

[woad&fangs]

Just because I lied about being the detective doesn't mean that I was a mafioso. Maybe I was just mad about my lynching and the fact that you were trying to "circumvent" the rules.

[shlin28]

I bet Kagemusha is the mafia

[Sigurd]

Just because I lied about being the detective doesn't mean that I was a mafioso. Maybe I was just mad about my lynching and the fact that you were trying to "circumvent" the rules.

You could just have replied to one of those 4 pms I sent you before you were lynched.. Ya know... with the words: I am not the detective.
Then how did you know Sasaki was innocent?

[Andres]

You could just have replied to one of those 4 pms I sent you before you were lynched.. Ya know... with the words: I am not the detective.
Then how did you know Sasaki was innocent?

Because Sasaki was killed night 1...?

[Sigurd]

Because Sasaki was killed night 1...?

I guess someone has followed this game closely... *cough*

[Pannonian]

I guess someone has followed this game closely... *cough*

Well done for nabbing the 1337 post.

[Kagemusha]

Vote GH for taunting us for so long!

[Crazed Rabbit]

I maintain that I did not lie, and I believe the write up will bear that out.

Though with Kommodus's behavior, I might wish I voted him instead of roadkill.

Crazed Rabbit

[GeneralHankerchief]

Day breaks in the Frontroom. All is quiet.

Storm clouds had swept over the town during the night. The three survivors had been up all night and seen the clouds roll in. In the morning their little town seemed to be a massive gray prison. It was all silent.. Even the birds and insects had been driven out by the violence. They waited. Not for anything in particular, just... waited.

Time passed, but the clouds remained. As noon approached, the three remaining villagers heard Chief of Police Beirut announce over the public address system that they should meet in the town square.

Slowly, cautiously, they made their way out from behind formidable barricades in their houses and moved to the town square. Beirut had said nothing of anyone being killed, and they were still alive; could the mafia be dead? After ten days and thirty-six deaths, could they *finally* be dead?

The first to arrive in the desolate square on that desolate day was Kommodus, carrying a laptop and a gun. He parked his car in the square (there was plenty of room), got out, and made his way to the execution platform where Beirut was motioning for him. The platform seemed more crowded than usual, with all previous execution devices (aside from the exploded electric chair) present. The Chief of Police himself was holding the gun that had been used in the most recent two executions.

"Glad you could make it, Kommodus," Beirut said, his tone giving nothing away. "What does Holmes say?"

"Nothing, as usual. It's come up as 'inconclusive' again and again. I really need to make some major upgrades if I survive."

Beirut snorted in disgust. "Let me be the judge of that," he said. "Put it on the table and open it up. We'll see if that's really its results or if you're just faking its ignorance for your benefit, mafioso."

"I'll do what you ask," Kommodus said. "But keep in mind that after my first 'inconclusive' your Detective probably investigated me for himself. If he passed the information to you then you'll know that I'm not acting."

"Well, now that you mention it..." Beirut suddenly stared down at the floor, "Well- yes. sapi did pass off the information to me before he died, but I thought that he might have been... mistaken."

"Since when has a Detective ever been mistaken in the Frontroom?" Kommodus asked. Beirut didn't reply, and the two of them stood in silence, waiting as the dark clouds lingered overhead.

The next person to arrive was Crazed Rabbit, jumping out of his car, wearing a bulletproof vest and a rather large assault rifle.

"Good God, he's coming to kill us!" Kommodus yelled, and the two of them dove for cover behind the antimatter chair. Beirut quickly regained his composure and, using reflections, aimed his gun (accurately) at Rabbit.

"Hold it!" he shouted.

"What is going on?!" Rabbit half screamed/half demanded. "I turn my house into a fortress and now you want me to leave it to come here? Out in the open?! A sniper could grease us from a thousand different spots!"

"That doesn't explain why you needed to jump out and go Special Forces on us!" Beirut yelled back, this time standing up.

"They could have captured you and forced you to say that," said Rabbit in a slightly milder tone. "Or they can be good mimics. How was I supposed to know it was you? Anyway," he said, spotting Kommodus, "We have him. What does Holmes say?"

"Inconclusive," all three said in unison. Rabbit groaned, and the yelling resumed. Since all three of them held guns they came very close to firing shots when the third car pulled up. Kagemusha got out, walking into the square with dignity, carrying a katana.

Beirut pointed his gun at Kage. "Freeze!" he yelled. "Don't take one step closer!"

"Since I'm carrying a heavy katana and am still a hundred feet away from you, I don't think that's necessary!" Kage yelled back. "Anyway, what's going on? Did we get the Mafia?"

Nobody had given that much thought. After ten days, death was expected; it was the norm. Were they finally breaking the cycle? Did they win? Did they cheat what was coming to them?

"Perhaps..."

"Maybe..."

"Did we really..."

And then, the worst of them all.

"No."

Just then, a wind rose up and began blowing through town. The clouds darkened and began furiously rolling and churning in the sky. It seemed like some malevolent force was controlling nature. The two events happened simultaneously, no nobody was sure who had said "no," or if anyone had said it at all, if it was just the wind mocking them. Unconsciously, they all drew closer to each other in the square.

As the wind rose, it almost seemed like more words could be heard on the wind, so they grew even less certain of themselves. The four of them stood looking outside the square as the wind grew even stronger, whipping leaves and trash through the air.

And there could be seen fleeting movements of ... something at the edge of the square. Dark shapes dashed between cars and bushes. In an instant, the wind stopped, and the various objects flying through the air began to gently descend. Five words could be heard:

"We have waited long enough."

Then from behind a hundred different hiding spots, from every dark spot, glimmers of light could be seen. They looked like eyes.

The clouds opened up and a deluge fell, as the villagers remained unmoving and pointing their weapons at the outside. One final word was softly spoken, almost lost beneath the drumbeat of rain:

"Vengeance."

A hundred great rabbits leaped from the edge of the square and ran towards the center. The townies all opened fire, or began slashing, but it was futile. In two seconds the horde was on them, knocking them down, tearing and slashing. All but Crazed Rabbit. He had not shot his rifle. After the rabbits had gained control over the remaining townies, he finally turned towards them.

First, he spoke to Kagemusha. "Long ago my ancestor was killed by one like yourself. They swore vengeance back then and have pursued it until today. When they learned of your presence in this town I was sent to take vengeance for my kind. And look at what you've made me do! I have become that which I hated, a murderer!" He paused for an instant. "But I have prevailed."

And then he shot Kagemusha in the head.

"But, but ... you swore!" exclaimed Kommodus.

"I'm sorry, Kommodus," said Crazed Rabbit, turning to face him. "But I did not lie. You asked the wrong question. I am in the Mafia, but not the mafia. An important difference this book might help with." He tossed a Merriam Webster dictionary to Kommodus, then nodded to a rabbit near him. The rabbit jumped and bit out Kommodus's throat. It was over quickly.

The rabbits then left, melting back into the landscape.

He turned to Beirut, who had been disarmed but spared. "You're the worst of them all," he said. "You think we are bad, killing off innocent townspeople, but look at the blood on your hands. By your hand you executed nine innocent townies, only once, by a stroke of luck, nailing my partner woad&fangs, or Waldinger, or whatever you want to call him. I think you'll have a good long time to look at the hollow shell that used to be your town and think about your actions."

He paused, staring back at the landscape. What he had said to Beirut was true, but was that the whole story? He looked around, at the death and mayhem he had caused, all for vengeance against one person. He almost gagged with revulsion. What had he done? The killings, brutal and bloody, pure murder. What terrible form of evil had he become?

He dropped his rifle, then his vest, and slowly walked out of town.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Survived: (1)
Crazed Rabbit

Suicide/Wrath of God:
Ignoramus
FesterShinetop
Fragony
Don Corleone
Pra Tha Funkee Homo Sapien
Ichigo

Killed:
pevergreen
Sigurd Fafnesbane
Caius Flaminius
Killfr3nzy
Sasaki Kojiro
Byzantine Mercenary
Warmaster Horus
Xdeathfire
Destroyer of Hope
Twilightblade
Dutch_guy
greaterkhaan
Tran
sapi
discovery1
CountArach
Proletariat
Tiberius of the Drake
Stig
shlin28
Kommodus
Kagemusha

Executed:
Sarathos
Husar
Beefy187
Andres
Lemur
Xiahou
woad&fangs
Pannonian
Brave_Sir_Robin
RoadKill

Result:

MAFIA VICTORY

~~~~~~~~~

A huge congratulations to Crazed Rabbit, the first mafioso since Kagemusha in Mafia I to survive one of my games!!!

Great game everybody. Commentary will be in a few days.

[Pannonian]

I should have stuck with my convictions instead of listening to Kommo's assurances that Rabbit was innocent. BTW CR, was I right in reading that you were trying to do a Kommodus impression with your running story?

[Csargo]

Never again CR. Remember that.

[Husar]

CR guilty? That's hilarious!

Well, congrats if it's true, I hope this "truth" stuff will end then.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Never again CR. Remember that.

Not necessarily, you just have to analyze The Truth very carefully.

-edit- Apparently, you guys didn't read it thoroughly enough.

[Stig]

So, when did I say that CR lied before?


Kommo was more suspicous tho

[Pannonian]

Also, sapi, I expect a writeup, or at least a list of names you investigated. You were killed in the 7th round, so you had 6 innocents on your list, yet you didn't reveal. Why the flippin' heck didn't you?

[woad&fangs]

Hhahahahhahhahhahahahahhaha!!!!!! I am Mr.A.F.I.A.!!!!! I killed Sasaki!!!!! I was Sigurds "detective"!!!!!! I told CR to kill Stig with Heineken!!!! You were all FOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLEEEDDD!!!
Muwahahahhahahah!!!! I might add some commentary later. By the way, Sigurd, you were spot on about Bismarck doughnuts. Notice that both mafiosos were Americans.

Chant it with me people, USA, USA, USA,......
I'll let the rabbit explain how he beat your question. I think that I should be the one to question him from now on so we avoid any of these little loopholes.

[Husar]

Not necessarily, you just have to analyze The Truth very carefully.

-edit- Apparently, you guys didn't read it thoroughly enough.

Yeah, there's always some way to pull it off I guess which is why I would disregard the truth completely.

[woad&fangs]

I should have stuck with my convictions instead of listening to Kommo's assurances that Rabbit was innocent. BTW CR, was I right in reading that you were trying to do a Kommodus impression with your running story?

Actually, I'm the one who started the crappy running story.