Sprites!Mafia [Game]

[Mai]

The townsfolk do not stray from their homes as the night passes, kept by fear and suspicion - though they had just caught a mafia member, they fear retaliation, as if they had woken the sleeping beast. Each person is late to their daily daily meeting in the square, and as time passes, the absence of Chiaki gets particularly noticeable. Nervous and starting to worry, the townspeople head to her house, where the doors are locked and the curtains drawn on the floor-to-ceiling windows. As they quickly find out, save for the curtains and glass, those windows are unsecured; the Blob quickly smashes through the wide window and leads the expedition in. Some come, some don't, looking disdainfully at the pile of broken glass on the floor; debris from the dramatic entrance had flown across the room and embedded itself amongst the furniture. Vriska was the first to notice it was embedded in something else, too - Chiaki's corpse, collapsed near her bed and clutching nothing but a pen. Shards of glass had just flown into her body, but the rope marks around her neck clearly indicated strangulation.

Tailsy is dead. She was innocent.
Day has begun. It will end in 48 hours.

 

[M&F]

Go figure, it was inactivity all along, duh.

All the more reason to get these claims rolling, since we don't have anything to lose now.

Also, I can do like the sleepy human does now, but...

... It didn't happen last night and it's probably not going to happen now that everyone knows about it. D'uh!

 

[Keldeo]

Chiaki...

She died from being strangled with a rope! Flavor is a clue - I'm an Olympic athlete so I know basic first aid, that's what my PM said. Which character would be able to use rope to strangle her...?

1. I liek Squirtles - Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney series) - ???
2. Vanilla Mongoose - Godot (Ace Attorney series) - ???
3. Ether's Bane - Vriska Serket (Homestuck) - Doctor.
4. Tailsy - Chiaki Nanami (Dangan Ronpa series) - Dreamer, claim confirmed by MF. Mafia-killed by strangulation with a rope. Holding a pen when she died.
5. Alligates - Aoi Asahina (Dangan Ronpa series) - Doctor.
6. Metallica Fanboy - The Blob (Clayfighter series) - Universal backup. Copied Dreamer from Tailsy/Chiaki Nanami.
7. Majora - Sunflora (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series) - ???
8. hopeandjoy - Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney series) - MAFIA (role other than this unknown, if any) and lynched.
9. Eifie - Henry (Fire Emblem series) - ???. Thinks massclaiming is boring.
10. DarkAura - Corphish (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series) - ???
(If the people who haven't claimed could, that would be great...)

Hmm... I don't think anyone is totally exempt from suspicion right now, except maybe Sunflora since leaves can't really hold rope, but you never know.

Since Mr. Blob copied her powers... we know who's going to be targeted tomorrow night! The mafia is almost guaranteed to target Mr. Blob, and if we heal him he won't be able to dream. If you haven't claimed, please do it now! There's probably only one mafia left in a game of this size, so all we need to do is narrow it down based on whose claim is suspicious! ...I've been healing myself for the last however many nights and won't heal another unless I find there's enough reason to do so.

Oh, and...

On Night 2 I received the names of hopeandjoy, Metallica Fanboy, and Eifie, and last night I received hopeandjoy again, Majora, and Vanilla Mongoose.

...was what Chiaki said! We know hopeandjoy is mafia, which doesn't give us anything because there's the at least one mafia, so none of the dreamed aren't uncleared of suspicion.. But, who blocked her dream on nights 0 and 1? Mr. Vriska hasn't healed her, and I definitely haven't either... And an innocent roleblocker would have no reason to stop blocking her because they might have thought she was mafia...
I'm stumped! Does anyone have any ideas or claims?

Also, Mr. Blob, what do you mean by "it was inactivity all along"?

 

[Eifie]

Ooh, blood!

Ugh, fine. You know, Godot and I go way back. So far back, in fact, that I've been covertly placing (totally bloody and gory) hexes on one of you each night, ready to go if my pal gets hurt! Don't worry, I've still got a lot of training to do, so the hexes only last twenty-four hours. But if Godot should die that night or be lynched the next day, well... the person I last hexed goes kaboom! Neat, huh? Apparently he'd do the same, but with less hex-casting awesomeness. (fishing brothers, for the uninitiated.)

So, I can assure you that VM is innocent, if you care to believe me, of course.

1. I liek Squirtles - Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney series) - ???
2. Vanilla Mongoose - Godot (Ace Attorney series) - Fishing brother.
3. Ether's Bane - Vriska Serket (Homestuck) - Doctor.
4. Tailsy - Chiaki Nanami (Dangan Ronpa series) - Dreamer, claim confirmed by MF. Mafia-killed by strangulation with a rope. Holding a pen when she died.
5. Alligates - Aoi Asahina (Dangan Ronpa series) - Doctor.
6. Metallica Fanboy - The Blob (Clayfighter series) - Universal backup. Copied Dreamer from Tailsy/Chiaki Nanami.
7. Majora - Sunflora (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series) - ???
8. hopeandjoy - Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney series) - MAFIA (role other than this unknown, if any) and lynched.
9. Eifie - Henry (Fire Emblem series) - Fishing brother. STRONGLY ASSERTS THAT massclaiming is boring.
10. DarkAura - Corphish (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series) - ???

That leaves three people who we don't know anything about (although we still have no full reason to trust the people who claimed, of course. I still find Vriska's behaviour pretty strange myself): ILS, Majora, and DarkAura.

By the way...

Since Mr. Blob copied her powers... we know who's going to be targeted tomorrow night! The mafia is almost guaranteed to target Mr. Blob, and if we heal him he won't be able to dream. If you haven't claimed, please do it now! There's probably only one mafia left in a game of this size, so all we need to do is narrow it down based on whose claim is suspicious! ...I've been healing myself for the last however many nights and won't heal another unless I find there's enough reason to do so.

Wait, what? Where'd that come from? I was thinking when I saw that post, why the hex did nobody bother to heal Tailsy... did she say something about healing stopping her from dreaming anywhere? I don't recall that.

I actually really agree with what Tailsy said yesterday about the roleblocker likely being mafia-aligned. That's the only reasonable explanation I can think of for someone to have stopped Tailsy from acting for the first two nights but then ceased to do so. An innocent roleblocker should have kept blocking her (and claimed by now, after all of us asking so many times?), but a mafia roleblocker would stop, thinking they might have targeted the mafia don and be impeding kills. I'm thinking of the usual version of mafia roleblocker that inspects and flips innocent on death and doesn't know who the mafia are, by the way. That must have been what Tailsy was thinking, too.

 

[Vipera Magnifica]

To just confirm what Eifie has said, she and I are fishing brothers.

I'm still a bit skeptical about Metallica Fanboy not copying hopeandjoy's role, but I suppose I'll let that slide for now.

ILS, Majora, and DarkAura, I think it's about time you kids claimed.

 

[Keldeo]

No, the normal dreamer can't dream if targeted with a night action, and Tailsy didn't give any sign her role was abnormal!

I don't doubt your claims, as there probably aren't 3 mafia in a game of this size, and you couldn't be collaborating unless there are...

Anyway, all the mafia resources I could find are pretty fudgey about whether Universal Backup copies mafia roles or not, simply stating that they copy "power roles" (i.e. non-Vanilla)... I don't have any reason to believe Mr. Blob, but I don't have any reason to doubt him either.

 

[M&F]

Also, Mr. Blob, what do you mean by "it was inactivity all along"?

Well, see, hopeandjoy wasn't exactly partying around here, and the mafia got a kill right after we took that one out. Doesn't look like a coincidence to me, duh. At least no more than us stopping the mafia four times in a row without something that made that happen every single time.

Now cannon we please finish up this list? Unless one of the last ones wanna get shot, duh.

 

[I liek Squirtles]

You call us kids?!

I think it's time for you to face...

The Chords of Steel!

*cough cough* Maybe *cough* not...

Jokes aside, I'm a Bodyguard. Last night, I targeted Alligates.

According to the flavor, Chiaki was holding a pen at the moment of death. Why would she have a pen?

One reason: she realized her action. That either means no one targeted Chiaki besides the Mafia, or that she could dream regardless if someone targeted her. We can't rule out a roleblocker, either. Could've been blocking the mafia.

I'm also pretty sure Sunflora can use vines. Suitable substitute for rope, don't you think?

 

[kyeugh]

I was going to claim earlier, but, like, I got busy! I feel like you're always, like, pushing the blame on me, Squirtles!

Anyway, I'm, like, a bleeder!

And don't, like, take that the wrong way...

Anyway, if I'm targeted, I will survive, like, an extra day! Since that's not particularly endangering or otherwise useful, I figured there would be no reason not to, like, claim!

I don't have, like, vines, anyway. They're leaves, you dumby!

 

[M&F]

The epicmafia influences are strong in here, duh.

1. I liek Squirtles - Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney series) - Bodyguard
2. Vanilla Mongoose - Godot (Ace Attorney series) - Fishing brother.
3. Ether's Bane - Vriska Serket (Homestuck) - Doctor.
4. Tailsy - Chiaki Nanami (Dangan Ronpa series) - Dreamer, claim confirmed by MF. Mafia-killed by strangulation with a rope. Holding a pen when she died.
5. Alligates - Aoi Asahina (Dangan Ronpa series) - Doctor.
6. Metallica Fanboy - The Blob (Clayfighter series) - Universal backup. Copied Dreamer from Tailsy/Chiaki Nanami.
7. Majora - Sunflora (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series) - Bleeder
8. hopeandjoy - Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney series) - MAFIA (role other than this unknown, if any) and lynched.
9. Eifie - Henry (Fire Emblem series) - Fishing brother. STRONGLY ASSERTS THAT massclaiming is boring.
10. DarkAura - Corphish (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series) - ???

That leaves DarkAura, then.

 

[Vipera Magnifica]

You call us kids?!

I think it's time for you to face...

The Chords of Steel!

*cough cough* Maybe *cough* not...

Jokes aside, I'm a Bodyguard. Last night, I targeted Alligates.

Are you sure you haven't gone to the dark side like your mentor?

Come to think of it, didn't you claim bodyguard in the fandom mafia game? Well, we all know how that turned out..

 

[I liek Squirtles]

I'm completely sure. The evidence found with the body... Not even the best defense attorney can clear him of innocence.

I did claim bodyguard in Fandom Mafia, didn't I? But the RNG (or Maipril if she doesn't trust robots with roles) doesn't take that into consideration.

 

[DarkAura]

Hey hey, what's with all the eyes on me?

You expecting me to claim or something? Alright. See, I got myself this power. I just ask Maipril a yes or no question that's "indirect", and presto, I get an answer! I'm thinkin' it's 'cause I got that main character's Dimensional... uh, Dimensional Shrieks? Ah, whatever. I guess you can call me an oracle.

... and I haven't used it once. Well, what'dya expect? I can hardly join these meetings 'cause of something called "no chance to get on the internet". It didn't bother me much; in Fandom Mafia, I kinda-sorta overtook the game, and I didn't want the same thing happening here. Gotta give it some variety, y'know?

Where was I? Oh, yeah. So anyway, last night phase, I actually got the chance to get on the internet, and I sent in my question, hey hey! Buuuut it wasn't a yes-or-no one, and by the time I got back on, it was already day.

That's my alibi, all right, hey hey!

 

[Vipera Magnifica]

Sounds a bit phishy to me.

 

[Mai]

Time is running out for you bastards, and yet, not a single vote has been cast...

How despair-inducing! I don't get to watch another execution!

... Wait a second. I can extend the day!

Another 24 hours, just like that.

And if you don't convict someone before then...

It'd be unbearable! I might lash out in rage and kill one of you on the spot!

(((OOC note: probably not, but.)))

 

[Mai]

(((I can't believe I used OOC for a mafia game. I wish the RP forum wasn't basically dead.)))

 

[M&F]

Wait a sec, how the hell is there a bodyguard AND two healers?

Unless Mai just really wanted to make fun of the people in the mafia, I think ILS has got to be lying, duh.

 

[I liek Squirtles]

I'm sorry, amorphous friend, but I am the bodyguard, regardless of what you believe. I'm surprised there are two doctors, but hey, what can I do? Roll with it.

Instead!

I'm voting you, Metallica Fanboy! (ooc: finally I get to use this sprite. took long enough.)

The universal backup takes the role of the first person that dies! And who was that?

None other than one of the mafiosi.

 

[M&F]

If we were in our game, I think that's what they'd call a Lame Combo, duh.

Oh, no, wait, you need to land five successful hits for that, instead of zero.

 

[kyeugh]

If we were in our game, I think that's what they'd call a Lame Combo, duh.

Oh, no, wait, you need to land five successful hits for that, instead of zero.

hahahaha oh my god

Anyway, is having one bodyguard any more viable than, like, having two healers? Having a bodyguard would, like, make a lot more sense if there were, like, only on healer. Am I, like, missing something here?