High Society Mafia: Game Thread

[Takhisis]

Really, I see none. Tell me Madam, do you really think that among the remaining guests, I am currently the most likely to be the murderer? Yes, or no.

Professor, professor, what is it that your profess, exactly? At the moment, I am not really sure, but you intellectual types sometimes forget to breathe.
My motives for voting you, dear professor, were (besides your horrible taste in jackets) that you were quoting phrases attributed to me from other… ‘threads’, whatever those are, and using those to provide a supposedly sound basis for having me thrown in the hold, to be at the mercy of whomever's doing all these ghastly killings.

Well, please tell me more. The way I'm reading things after the Day two lynch where he didn't vote to save himself from the tie, he's either an incredibly ballzy scum player or he's town. I'm leaning towards the latter.

Which is the only real reason I'm unvotign the poor, tragically incomprehensible professor Snerk for now. Oh, and the fact that he's finally withdrawn his preposterous accusations of me, as well.

It's true, I've been MIA for the last few days (OOC: the NOTW took up my time and brainpower), but I'll be around from here forward. Robbiecon, because yesterday's vote by you felt opportunistic. Your reasoning was 'everyone else was doing it.' That doesn't really help any. Snerk, Takhisis until he explains the Snerk argument further.

I've explained above, my dear Banker.

Apologies for my tardiness, but I think this Takhisis creature should be locked up in case she burns the ship down with those dreadful cigarettes.

Evidently, being blue-blooded means that not enough blood is reaching the brain in order to allow coherent thought.

Snerk

robbiecon

Takhisis

That's right, I was voting robbiecon yesterday.

So you were, so you were. A Socialite needs to be fashionable, doesn't she, robbiecon?

Now, BSmith1068 the diplomat, Visorslash the General, robbiecon the author, and johnhughthom the Duchess have contributed nothing at all to our discussion. Where are you, dears? What have you been doing? Do speak up.

 

[Takhisis]

And do add to that list autolycus the judge.

 

[classical_hero]

robbiecon

I just don't understand the point of influence.

 

[Visorslash]

takhisis

neither do i

john

 

[robbiecon]

Well, I hope you'll see all the opportunistic votes today BackwardsLogic. This has been a runaway wagon, simply because I was not active over the weekend.

I now know that Zack is alright.

Takhisis

 

[Snerk]

Unvote, vote:robbiecon then. Even if the wagon seems too easy. But I can't see a better alternative right now. Perhaps Visor but IDK.

Takhisis

robbiecon

I just don't understand the point of influence.

Could it have something to do with mafia win condition?

 

[robbiecon]

Robbiecon claims he hasn't got an item/ability. I don't suppose anybody has seen him out and about?

In relation to this, I believe askthepizzaguy was the only person who had an item mentioned in the morning/evening updates. So there appears to be many people without an item (MartinLuther, KingMorgan, choxorn,landlubber)

 

[Snerk]

At the start of the game there were 11 items and 15 players. Let's assume no player has two or more items. That leaves 4 players without an item. If all items are revealed upon death like in ATPG's case, then all remaining players should all have an item. I.e. rob is lying.

But it's very unlikely that all deaths, minus ATPG, are itemless players. So what determines if an item is revealed upon death?

 

[Snerk]

It's also possible that items are stolen on kills. Possibly affecting if items are revealed or not.

But this post suggest that is not the case. At least not with ATPG.

It's just been thrown in the sea. So, no.

 

[robbiecon]

If I was mafia, I wouldn't have made my vote yesterday so obvious.

 

[Winston Hughes]

Final Tally
robbiecon (5) - Backwards Logic, Zack, Takhisis, classical_hero, Snerk
Takhisis (3) - johnhughthom, Visorslash, robbiecon

Not voting: Autolycus, BSmith1068

Day Four has ended.​

 

[Winston Hughes]

Evening Four


​

'...slipped and fallen off a cliff.' Captain McGinty was looking especially sheepish as he recounted the latest tragedy to befall the party. 'And, erm, she sort of landed on a harpoon. I told my men to throw it over the side, to prevent further accidents, but it must have washed up on the rocks.'

'An amazing coincidence,' responded Lady Weston-Hogues with the barest hint of irony. 'But, at least now we know who was the criminal mastermind responsible for all these ghastly murders. There was a clear majority against her today.'

'Sorry, your Ladyship' replied McGinty. 'But from the looks of it, the only things she was guilty of were mild plagiarism and a wanton disregard for coherent narrative...'

Spoiler :

robbiecon (The Author) was Town

Night has fallen. Send orders where applicable and continue talking in private as permitted.

 

[Winston Hughes]

1. Zack (The Tycoon)
2. MartinLuther (The Explorer) Shot N1
3. KingMorgan (The Bishop) Impaled D2
4. landlubber (The Playboy) Impaled D3
5. robbiecon (The Author) Impaled D4
6. johnhughthom (The Duchess)
7. Takhisis (The Socialite)
8. Visorslash (The General)
9. askthepizzaguy (The Politician) Shot N3
10. Snerk (The Professor)
11. Autolycus (The Judge)
12. choxorn (The Actress) Shot N2
13. classical_hero (The Artist)
14. BSmith1068 (The Diplomat)
15. Backwards Logic (The Banker)

Time Remaining: [TIMER=09/01/2015 10:00 PM UTC+1; Night Four has ended.][/TIMER]​

 

[Winston Hughes]

Morning Five


​

Arriving on deck for a champagne breakfast in view of the stunning clifftop towers of Finale Ligure, the passengers of the Herculina were surprised to find that no further disappearances had taken place during the night.

'Maybe the Author was guilty after all, my Lady' ventured the Captain.

'Not a chance. Did you ever read her detective stories? If that woman couldn't cook up a convincing plot in her novels, there's no chance she could contrive to commit crimes of the kind on our killer's conscience.'

'So the villain's still at large, ma'am?'

'It would seem so. By the way, Captain, can you assure us that we'll have no more harpoon-related incidents today, I wonder?'

'I'm doing everything in my power, my Lady, but nothing's ever certain at sea...'


1. Zack (The Tycoon)
2. MartinLuther (The Explorer) Shot N1
3. KingMorgan (The Bishop) Impaled D2
4. landlubber (The Playboy) Impaled D3
5. robbiecon (The Author) Impaled D4
6. johnhughthom (The Duchess)
7. Takhisis (The Socialite)
8. Visorslash (The General)
9. askthepizzaguy (The Politician) Shot N3
10. Snerk (The Professor)
11. Autolycus (The Judge)
12. choxorn (The Actress) Shot N2
13. classical_hero (The Artist)
14. BSmith1068 (The Diplomat)
15. Backwards Logic (The Banker)

*You may vote in bold green to increase one player’s social influence in the group.

*You may also vote in bold red to decrease another player’s influence.

*You may vote in bold blue to lock someone in the hold.

Time Remaining: [TIMER=09/03/2015 10:00 PM UTC+1; Day Five has ended][/TIMER]​

 

[Backwards Logic]

Zack. I know for a fact you were roleblocked and look, there's no kill. To the hold with you!

 

[BSmith1068]

Well, that is fairly damning now isn't it, Zack ?

 

[Takhisis]

I can now be fashionably late and a third one on the bandwaggon again. Bankers versus Tycoons means that wealth is more concentrated in the end, and thus one single richer future husband.

Will you start having weird reactions again, Zack?

 

[Zack]

I targeted BL last night, and I was rendered unable to perform any night actions for some mysterious reason. The way BL says that, I assume he has some sort of scan immunity, which makes no sense for a townie. I have the Admiral's Spyglass, which makes we a watcher. No one targeted KingMorgan N1. Askthepizzaguy confirmed, in the thread, that he saw me visit KingMorgan N1 and thus did not kill anyone.

I think that Zack fellow is a pretty smart businessman.

KingMorgan, I've often found that religion and government don't go well together.

Your thoughts?

The above was on Day 2.

I request whoever visited me last night to please never do so again.

Zack is not the killer, whoever visited me last night please identify yourself so I can put you on the list as well.

Zack once again.

Zack, KingMorgan. You understand.

The above was Day 3. Pizza is confirmed town and a known tracker.

I now know that Zack is alright.

Takhisis

Oh, look what the dead townie said!

(For the record, I visited KingMorgan N1, Snerk N2, classical_hero N3, and Backwards Logic last night. Nobody visited the first three, and there's no reason given for why I received no night result for last night; a roleblock is a plausible explanation.)

Now, I'm fairly certain Takhisis is a scumbag.

Takhisis was one of ATPG's contacts. Pizza claims tracker, Pizza dies Night 3, Takhisis keeps voting for Zack day after day. Why would townie Takhisis keep voting for me when he knows that I didn't kill anyone Day 1? When he's in contact with the tracker who confirmed this? He comes at me with a bogus claim that ATPG supposedly targeted me that night and died, and this somehow implicates me.

Last night, the doctor claims to Takhisis, then self protects. And for the first time, there was no kill last night. Coincidence?

Finally, Takhisis claims no ability/item.

 

[Zack]

'Oh gasp' responded Lady Weston-Hogues. 'How perfectly nasty. And to think that the perpetrator must be here amongst us.' Turning to her guests, the sparkle in her eye growing yet more wicked, she lowered her voice to a stage whisper. 'There's only one thing for it. You must put your heads together and figure out who is responsible for this most heinous crime, so that the villain can be brought to justice. I'll give you until nightfall to tell me who it was, then we'll lock the culprit in the hold until we reach port.'

'Anyway, it turns out that The Bishop wasn't the killer - I know, I'm as shocked as the rest of you. But I'm afraid we'll have to cancel our trip ashore, and keep everyone on board until the villain is found. Do try and make a better fist of it than you did yesterday.'

'Never mind that there's still a murderer loose among us, I will not spend another minute cooped up on this yacht. I'm told that Isola Gallinara has some lovely clifftop walks and all manner of mysterious caves to explore...'

'What's that?' she replied when someone inquired about the latest absentee. 'Oh, I'm afraid so. Shot by a lone assassin, as is often the way for men of his profession. All that courting of popularity does tend to make one enemies of the more violent kind. I can announce, however, that he was in possession of one of the items I gifted at the start of the game.' In her hand, Lady Weston-Hogues held a small ornamental compass. 'Goodbye, Mr Holden' she said, tossing the item into the sea with a casual flick of her wrist.

'So the villain's still at large, ma'am?'

By the way, the updates clearly state that there is one killer operating solo, before anyone tries to spout off some garbage about rotating kills between the mafia or something. And since KingMorgan is dead and confirmed town, clearly I am not a cult leader or anything of that nature.

Why was I even roleblocked, BL? You'd been pumping up my influence up until this point.

 

[Zack]

I see that green button, Takhisis. Are you going to try and defend yourself or what?