I'm tempted to believe that the Mafia wants Kratos dead but wants us to lynch him ourselves, but that doesn't really make sense: why wouldn't they just kill him? From the Mafia POV, an innocent is just an innocent, and if you want someone dead because they're good at the game, shouldn't you kill them first? Why do they want us to kill him?
...Or, on the other hand, maybe he is mafia and all that is exactly what they want us to think.
Does the phrase "two birds with one stone" come to mind? They kill a random (or not random, I don't know, maybe they also saw rock-ground(p) as a threat) innocent and then set up another innocent that is easy to make look suspicious. If I am, in fact, innocent, and they turn all of you against me, they guarantee that one of their own will not be lynched today. If they didn't set anyone up then you would all fall back on random nomination, or picking someone off because they were annoying or unhelpful (don't pretend that wasn't why most of you voted to lynch Kam and Twiggy, please), which could potentially result in a Mafia death.
But you know what? Go ahead and fall into an easy trap if it makes you feel better about yourselves! I don't mind, honestly. I do enjoy Mafia and would rather be allowed to keep playing than not, but I made it past the first damn day this time and so I'm relatively content with that. Besides, the time I spend defending myself against a trick you really ought to be intelligent enough to see through is time I could be spending studying or working on NaNo.
In fact, feel free to nominate me. Anyone, anyone at all, step up, be the first one, don't be shy! I won't nominate you back (unless you legitimately do something that gives me reason to suspect that you're actually Mafia and not just
stupid paranoid). You don't even have to worry about me being MurrMurr(r), as Negrek made it quite clear that this was a proper Mafia killing and not healer clash or what have you. I'll just go back to my novel, laughing quietly as I watch you all run around like headless chickens, continuing to nominate people for ridiculous or far-too-obvious reasons, and the Mafia picks you off one by one. It'll be fun! You can say goodbye to poor old Grass King(r) and any help he might've been able to provide. For example, I know that the second Dragon/blazheirio(r) player chose their Thunder Wave effect and can potentially use that to stop night actions--maybe save you from a mafioso if they're innocent, or shut down a doctor if they're Mafia. And I have a strong suspicion about who one of those doctors might be, although for their safety I won't say the name because if I'm right the Mafia will just kill them and leave you all that much more vulnerable. But nope, can't figure out anyone's roles for you if I'm dead. Heck, I could even draw the Mafia away from one of you one night if I make an unlucky guess, but I suppose you're forfeiting that protection now, aren't you? Your loss! :D
(And no, don't be a smartass and tell me to "prove it". I mean sure, I
could, but then Negrek would kick me out of the game anyway for breaking the rules. Unless you think there's something else I can tell you to change your mind without violating the terms, anyway, in which case I'm more than happy to oblige if I can.)
If you do kill me, though, do me one last courtesy. Look over yesterday's thread--second page, I believe, although I don't remember offhand and don't feel like verifying the page number at the moment. There's a deleted post in there, originally made by Loco Mocho. Now, in most Mafia games it is against the rules to edit or delete posts. Negrek didn't bother making that clear this year, though (or didn't care), so new players wouldn't know that it was generally taboo. All the same, though... why delete a post? What did it say? Did anyone see it? Now, if someone did see it before it was deleted and knows that it was innocuous then by all means disregard this, but if no one saw it before he removed it, what might it have been? Something stupid, something incriminating? What didn't he want us to see, hm?
Oh, and for the record I'd keep my eyes on FMC(p). She's seemed a little hasty to start pointing fingers right at the beginning of the day threads, sometimes on logic that I, frankly, don't find terribly persuasive. Just because Flora fell asleep, the first Dragon/Blazhy(r) role is likely Mafia and trying the same strategy they used last year? Oh, so is Loco Mocho a mafioso to throw us off the trail, too? What about tomorrow's sleep victim? There's no reason to believe that Flora was part of such a trick any more than anyone else who might be targeted with Grasswhistle later. I don't know that anyone else would've thought that way unless she brought it up first; you also don't know that the Mafia would think the same way. I'd think it was more likely that someone
in the Mafia would throw out such a suggestion to make a perfectly innocent sleep target look guilty. She was also the first to nominate Kam (an innocent), let's not forget.
So go ahead, kill me. Honestly. I'm not upset about it at all. I doubt my arguments will sway any of you above posters from your little witch hunt. I fact, I almost want you to kill me, just for incontrovertible proof that I'm innocent and not the careless idiot you seem to take me for, since I'm sure that if I
do survive the day and the next lynchee is innocent you'll just suspect me all over again. It's okay. When Negrek posts "
Kratos Aurion is dead. He was not Mafia", after the poll, I reserve full rights to laugh about how easily duped you all are.
Really, I'm more offended that you think I'd do something so utterly obvious and stupid than I am that I'm under suspicion in general. Give me
some credit, jesus.
Happy trails, Mafia! Thanks for not killing me on the first night; I appreciate it. Have fun with your second win!
