End of Day 5
After a small amount of discussion, the townspeople generally agree on Keldeo to throw into the Hell Pit, and retreat to their homes. The mayor continues to sit outside, warming his hands at the Hell Pit, waiting in silence.
For a brief few moments, a few people leave their houses to talk to one another in the square. Nods and brief exchanges occur, and the townspeople scurry back inside. It's simply too cold, and they've already determined who to murder, anyway.
That's all this is. It's essentially a death sentence, with the hope that the victim turns up guilty. It's not the best way to do justice, and everyone knows it. They've essentially murdered some of their innocent neighbors, while the guilty got to live another day.
Trebek's car continues to sit empty, and the mayor briefly considers just getting in it and leaving. Nobody would have to know what happened here, he could just start a new life, he could just try to forget about the ten graves he had to dig. But he started this, it was kind of his idea, he built the Hell Pit.
The mayor decides he has to see it through to the end. He doesn't leave, even though he could just drive off into the sunset. Not that there is one anyway, the clouds continue to blot out the light of the sun. He briefly wonders if the weather is a reflection of how dire their situation is.
The wind blows around some of the loose dirt on the most freshly dug grave. There's ten graves, all hand-dug, all caused by this whole mess. At least the townspeople can try to shift blame off of themselves, with the thought that "well, there had to have been mafia members helping us throw them into the Hell Pit, so it's not entirely my fault".
The mayor absentmindedly wafts his hand through the steam rising up from the Hell Pit, and checks the time with his other hand. It's time for the townspeople to gather for the execution of Keldeo.
He goes door to door, and asks each of the five remaining townspeople to come gather in the square. They quickly confirm that, yes, Keldeo is the one they wish to throw into the Hell Pit, and ready themselves to throw him in. He helpfully lets them know that his door is open, no need to shatter any windows, and that everything they need to know is inside.
Right as the townspeople start to hoist him upon their shoulders, Keldeo grabs onto the mayor, and presses a button on a remote.
The two explode into a pile of blood, guts, and confetti.
The townspeople, with shocked faces and covered in blood spatters, agree that they need to head over to Keldeo's house. The door is open, as he mentioned, and they gently push it open.
Keldeo's house is covered in classwork and miscellaneous clown stuff. His computer sits on his desk, screen on, with a Notepad document titled "Mafia Identities". It contains a list of the four mafia members in the town: Butterfree, kokorico, Seshas, and Keldeo, along with their favorite Subway sandwiches, and how to get in the secret mafia backroom in the local Subway. Another document open on his computer is simply titled "Confetti Cannons 101".
That would explain why the Subway hasn't opened this morning: it was run by the mafia. At least the townspeople can relax now.
The mafia are dead.
Keldeo is dead. He was mafia.
Mawile is dead. He was self-aligned? I guess?
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A New Day
The townspeople sleep in, clearly relaxed after the events of the previous day. They wake up, one by one, to the warmth of the sun shining in through their windows. It's a refreshing change of weather.
The four of them eventually make their way out of their houses to the town square, where a pile of confetti waits for them beside the Hell Pit. It's the remains of the mayor and Keldeo. Everyone remaining looks solumnly at the pile of confetti, fused together with dried blood and guts. It's a shame the mayor had to die like that, at the hands of the last mafia member.
Nobody really wants to clean it, or look at it, for that matter. It's been there since last night. Everybody kind of just wants to leave it alone and go do something else.
Before everyone heads out, three balloons float out of the Hell Pit: one adorned with a snake, one with a chicken, and one with a Keldeo. The balloons float off into the sky, and are enveloped with a godly light, before disappearing.
A new day has begun, and with that, a new start for the small little town.
The town has won. Vipera Magnifica has also won.
Setup information/night actions coming shortly.
