Mini 1501: We're On A Boat! (END?! results inside)

pitoli · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Wed Sep 25, 2013 2:34 pm

Mini 1501: We’re On A Boat!

Moderator

:

Pitoli

Backup Mod

:

Titus

Reviewers

:

Mykonian, Llamafluff, Empking

Thirteen strangers have arrived as guests on the S.S. Vendetta, a luxury cruise liner set to sail the world in 60 days. They hail from all different walks of life, with different stories and different reasons for their pleasure seeking. But some are harboring a secret: their own murderous intent. As scum hide among the witless tourists, we must wait for unpredictable events to unfold. One thing we know for sure: It won’t be the getaway that everyone was hoping for…

Everyone get your towels ready and hit the deck; it’s about to go down.

Current Information:

Passenger manifest:

SpyreX
Grimgroove

YYR

notscience
Empire

Maestro

Yates

ChannelDelibird

fferyllt
Albert B. Rampage

SleepyKrew

Aeronaut

CrashTextDummie
Garmr
LolWagons

Smudger

Peabody

Kazekirimaru

Plum
Brian Skies

Spoiler: Still partying with T-Pain (Alive)

Spoiler: In a watery grave (Lynched/Killed)

Spoiler: Fu*ked a mermaid (Modkilled)

Spoiler: The plot thickens (Important Events)

Spoiler: Trial at sea (Current Votecount)

pitoli · Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Wed Sep 25, 2013 2:39 pm

My 10 Rule Things:

[01]

ANYTHING HERE http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6470 WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

No bringing outside influences (“trust tells”, alliances, etc.) into the game. No talking about the game elsewhere or talking about ongoing games in this thread. No quoting your Role PM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

[02]

THIS SHADE OF GREEN IS MINE.

Seriously, there’s the entire rainbow if you’re feeling a flamboyant post. No impersonating the mod! (I have no idea why you’d want to, anyway…)

[03]

I AM MOD. I AM NOT GOD.

This is my first try at modding, and I could use your help! If you notice mistakes of any kind, post in the thread something bolded like “

@Pitoli: blah blah blah

”. Please use your best judgment in whether or not what you want to tell me should be public knowledge before telling me in-thread. You can also PM me to be safe.

[04]

DON’T BE A JERK.

It should be a surprise to no one that forum mafia gets really unpleasant sometimes, however - that’s no excuse to be disrespectful towards other players. Excessive cursing or derogatory attacks targeting another player that bear no relevance to the game are grounds for a modkill.

[05]

BE ACTIVE.

Prods will be sent after 48 hours of thread inactivity. Players must respond within 24 hours of a prod before replacement. If you require a 3rd prod, I will begin searching for a replacement immediately.

[06]

Day 1 will be 3 WEEKS LONG, after that Day phases are 2 WEEKS LONG. Night phases are 48 HOURS LONG

. All actions not submitted by deadline will be left unused. I will extend the deadline at my own discretion depending on either severe inactivity or excessive replacements.

[07]

A single “BAH” post

is allowed from dead players. After that please stay dead.

[08]

RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Just because I haven’t covered something thoroughly here, does not give you the right to exploit it – use your common sense. Please let me know of any changes I should make.

[09]

PLAY TO WIN.

[10]

HAVE FUN.

Hate to sound like your mom, but this is the most important rule!

This game follows the

Mini Normal

standard for games, meaning it’s an original 13p closed setup with only normal roles. That means no cults, jesters, or lynchers! YAY! I will not deliberately lie to you about anything in game, though I cannot promise you complete information, either.

There is guaranteed to be at least one Vanilla Townie role, and as a sample, Role PMs will look something like this:

Hello,
______
! And welcome aboard the S.S. Vendetta.

You are a
Town Vanilla
. This cruise turned out to be way more exciting than you’d hoped. You don’t have any outstanding skills in particular, but will do what you can to survive.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to lynch threats to town. You win when all threats to town are eliminated.

pitoli · Post Post #2 (isolation #2) » Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:43 pm

Whew! All Role PMs have finally been randomized and sent out!

Please confirm promptly by PM. I will open the thread when I receive 11 out of 13 player confirmations.

Confirmations received: 11/13

11 confirmations have been received. Game thread will be unlocking shortly!!

Plum is V/LA until Saturday, 9/28.

pitoli · Post Post #3 (isolation #3) » Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:22 pm

All through the first night of the

Vendetta

’s voyage, the seas are peaceful. The wind, however, is unusually chilly for September, and only promises to grow colder during the rest of the trip. The cold drove all the passengers indoors early in the evening; even the nightwatchman, assigned to patrol the decks, retreats to the bar for a drink and several quiet hours to himself.

A calm, wide sea. Too kind, too gentle.

Suddenly a shriek is heard from somewhere on the ship, startling its inhabitants awake. One by one the groggy guests open their doors into the corridors, beginning to gather and ask what is going on. As the shouts continue, the quizzical glances turn alarmed. The group clambers up to the deck to investigate the disturbance, trying to locate the source of the commotion.

Fresh traces of blood are discovered at starboard side, just outside the officers’ quarters. No one knows who it belongs to. Panic quickly begins setting in.

Suddenly, somebody exclaims in horror: “There!” They lean over the railing, pointing at waters below. Floating in the ship’s gentle wake is the broken body of

Pitoli,

Ship Captain

, thrown overboard Pregame!

You watch helplessly as the gently lapping waves carry the captain further and further away from the side of the ship. Two crew members run off to check the radio room, only to report that all telecommunication systems are inexplicably down. The crew has been instructed to continue on to the nearest major port city in case of emergency. However, with the captain dead and communications down, the crew cannot reliably determine how far the

Vendetta

veered off course during the night. It will take some time to reorient – time that you do not have, considering there is a murderer on the loose.

The passengers begin to slip into a tense paranoia. However, it’s soon clear that they haven’t completely lost their wits. Together they go through the ship manifest and reason that whoever is responsible for the crime must be among their number.

Luckily, the culprit has nowhere to go. Since everyone is gathered out on the deck already, they will decide then and there who to put to death for the crime.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn, and as the accusations begin flying, the sun peeks over the horizon and starts its climb into the sky…

Day 1 begins!

Deadline: Thursday, October 17th, midnight PST

pitoli · Post Post #4 (isolation #4) » Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:23 pm

VOTE COUNT 1.0

Not Voting:

SpyreX, YYR, notscience, Maestro, ChannelDelibird, fferyllt, Aeronaut, Garmr, Brian Skies, CrashTextDummie, Smudger, Kazekirimaru, Plum

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Wat is flavor lol

Plum is V/LA until this Saturday.

pitoli · Post Post #25 (isolation #5) » Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:47 am

VOTE COUNT 1.1

Brian Skies:

Garmr, Kazekirimaru, ChannelDelibird

Garmr:

Brian Skies, Smudger

Not Voting:

SpyreX, YYR, notscience, Maestro, fferyllt, Aeronaut, CrashTextDummie, Plum

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

This boat is

real!!

Plum is V/LA until this Saturday.

pitoli · Post Post #50 (isolation #6) » Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:38 pm

VOTE COUNT 1.2

Brian Skies:

Garmr, Kazekirimaru, ChannelDelibird, CrashTextDummie, Aeronaut

(L-2)

Garmr:

Brian Skies, Smudger

Not Voting:

SpyreX, YYR, Maestro, fferyllt, Plum, Notscience

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Plum is V/LA until this Saturday.

pitoli · Post Post #77 (isolation #7) » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:04 pm

VOTE COUNT 1.3

Aeronaut:

notscience, YYR, Kazekirimaru

Brian Skies:

Garmr, ChannelDelibird, CrashTextDummie, Aeronaut

(L-3)

Garmr:

Brian Skies, Smudger

Not Voting:

SpyreX, Maestro, fferyllt, Plum

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: fffuuuu
Plum is V/LA until this Saturday.

pitoli · Post Post #136 (isolation #8) » Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:01 am

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
~ Alfred Hitchcock

VOTE COUNT 1.4

Maestro:

fferyllt

notscience:

Garmr

Aeronaut:

notscience, YYR, Kazekirimaru, Smudger

(L-3)

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, CrashTextDummie, Aeronaut

Garmr:

Brian Skies

Not Voting:

SpyreX, Maestro, Plum

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Plum returns from V/LA today.

pitoli · Post Post #137 (isolation #9) » Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:02 am

SleepyKrew replaces Aeronaut effective immediately.

Aeronaut, good luck with your real life responsibilities!!

pitoli · Post Post #142 (isolation #10) » Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:27 pm

Brian Skies and YYR are being prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #176 (isolation #11) » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:31 pm

VOTE COUNT 1.5

Maestro:

fferyllt, Smudger, Kazekimaru

notscience:

Garmr

SleepyKrew:

notscience

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, CrashTextDummie

Kazekirimaru

: YYR, SleepyKrew, Plum

Not Voting:

SpyreX, Maestro, Brian Skies

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Yah I'll probably stop being anal about pagetops now

pitoli · Post Post #203 (isolation #12) » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:12 am

In post 202, SleepyKrew wrote:
@mod

Can we see sample Miller, Mafia Goon and Serial Killer Role PMs?
No clue if that's actually allowed

Nice try, but no lol

pitoli · Post Post #204 (isolation #13) » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:15 am

Prodding ChannelDelibird and CrashTextDummie soon...

pitoli · Post Post #258 (isolation #14) » Sun Sep 29, 2013 2:30 pm

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the off chance of being drowned.
~ Samuel Johnson

VOTE COUNT 1.6

notscience:

Garmr

Maestro:

fferyllt, Smudger

SleepyKrew:

notscience

Garmr:

Kazekimaru

Smudger:

CrashTextDummie

Kazekirimaru

: YYR, SleepyKrew, Plum

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird

Not Voting:

SpyreX, Maestro, Brian Skies

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Post Post #330 (isolation #15) » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:31 pm

YYR is due for a second prod soon.

pitoli · Post Post #353 (isolation #16) » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:30 pm

What would the ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark?
~ Werner Herzog

VOTE COUNT 1.7

Maestro:

Smudger

SleepyKrew:

notscience

Garmr:

Kazekimaru

Smudger:

CrashTextDummie

Kazekirimaru

: YYR, SleepyKrew, Plum, Garmr, SpyreX

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird

Not Voting:

Maestro, Brian Skies, fferyllt

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Post Post #358 (isolation #17) » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:26 am

Sorry about that. Fixed...

pitoli · Post Post #381 (isolation #18) » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:55 am

Thanks SK for being my personal mouthpiece about the ongoing games rule. Not in my game. Not in any game.

pitoli · Post Post #390 (isolation #19) » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:38 pm

Thanks for letting me know. LolWagons replaces Smudger effective immediately.

pitoli · Post Post #394 (isolation #20) » Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:29 am

Maestro and ChannelDelibird have been prodded.

Why is the site stuck in mafSilver /cries

pitoli · Post Post #406 (isolation #21) » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:08 pm

Whew, two replacements in 24 hours...

Empire replaces Maestro. Thanks Empire!

pitoli · Post Post #474 (isolation #22) » Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:44 am

Don't mind me.

pitoli · Post Post #475 (isolation #23) » Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:44 am

Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land; the big ones eat up the little ones.
~ Pericles

VOTE COUNT 1.8

Spyrex:

LolWagons, Plum, Empire, Notscience

YYR:

CrashTextDummie

Garmr:

Kazekimaru

Kazekirimaru

: YYR, SleepyKrew, Garmr, SpyreX

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird

Not Voting:

Brian Skies, fferyllt

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: YYR is V/LA till this Saturday.
Empire is V/LA till this Sunday.

pitoli · Post Post #506 (isolation #24) » Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:25 am

Garmr and ChannelDelibird have both been prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #525 (isolation #25) » Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:16 pm

LolWagons has been prodded!

pitoli · Post Post #543 (isolation #26) » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:26 am

Prodding Plum~~

pitoli · Post Post #557 (isolation #27) » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:53 am

Can’t make an omelette without killing a few people.
~ Neil Gaiman

VOTE COUNT 1.9

Spyrex:

Plum, Empire, Notscience, CrashTextDummie

YYR:

fferyllt

Empire:

Kazekimaru

Kazekirimaru

: Garmr, SpyreX

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, LolWagons, SleepyKrew

Not Voting:

Brian Skies, YYR

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: I've been "prodded" to provide more frequent votecounts. Sorry guys, that's my bad and I'll try to be more on top of it!

pitoli · Post Post #592 (isolation #28) » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:28 am

Searching for a replacement for YYR.

pitoli · Post Post #606 (isolation #29) » Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:03 pm

Today, civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.
~ L. Neil Smith

VOTE COUNT 1.10

Spyrex:

Plum, Notscience

YYR:

fferyllt, CrashTextDummie

Empire:

Kazekimaru

ChannelDelibird:

Brian Skies

Kazekirimaru

: Garmr, SpyreX

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, LolWagons, SleepyKrew

Not Voting:

YYR, Empire

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Still looking for a replacement for YYR... :/

pitoli · Post Post #611 (isolation #30) » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:07 pm

Okay ;____;

Searching for replacements for YYR and Kazekirimaru.

pitoli · Post Post #613 (isolation #31) » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:28 pm

Dorcas replaces YYR! Let's welcome them to the game.

pitoli · Post Post #619 (isolation #32) » Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:25 pm

Peabody is replacing in for Kazekirimaru. Yay!

pitoli · Post Post #622 (isolation #33) » Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:41 pm

LolWagons prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #629 (isolation #34) » Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:51 am

So that's ChannelDelibird's fourth prod. Might think about looking for a replacement if this keeps up but for now I'm too lazy -____-

pitoli · Post Post #633 (isolation #35) » Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:53 am

In post 631, CrashTextDummie wrote:Dorcas needs to get his ass in here already.

If Dorcas still hasn't picked up their role PM in 24 hours, I intend to replace them as well.

pitoli · Post Post #664 (isolation #36) » Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:14 pm

Here we go mother on the endless ocean.
Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.

~ Anne Carson

VOTE COUNT 1.11

Spyrex:

Plum, Notscience

notscience:

SpyreX

Dorcas:

fferyllt, CrashTextDummie

Empire:

Peabody

ChannelDelibird:

Brian Skies

Peabody

: Garmr

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, LolWagons, SleepyKrew

Not Voting:

Dorcas, Empire

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Try to be as active as possible guys, I don't want to have to replace any more people with deadline approaching. Thanks <3

pitoli · Post Post #680 (isolation #37) » Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:11 pm

Well that was a bust >> looking for a replacement for Dorcas.

pitoli · Post Post #701 (isolation #38) » Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:39 pm

We need to stop saying we can’t rock this boat when it needs to be rocked.

~ Sibel Edmonds

VOTE COUNT 1.12

Spyrex:

Plum

notscience:

SpyreX, Garmr

Dorcas:

fferyllt, CrashTextDummie, Notscience

Empire:

Peabody

ChannelDelibird:

Brian Skies

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, LolWagons, SleepyKrew

Not Voting:

Dorcas, Empire

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: SpyreX is being prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #704 (isolation #39) » Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:39 pm

Grimgroove has graciously filled the YYR/Dorcas slot.

OP is now up-to-date too~

pitoli · Post Post #734 (isolation #40) » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:18 am

Just prodded Plum.

Brian got a prod literally two seconds after he posted, so sorry about that.

pitoli · Post Post #757 (isolation #41) » Sat Oct 12, 2013 5:36 pm

There will be killing till the score is paid.

VOTE COUNT 1.13

Grimgroove:

CrashTextDummie, Notscience

notscience:

SpyreX, Garmr

Empire:

Peabody

ChannelDelibird:

Brian Skies

Peabody:

Plum

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, LolWagons, SleepyKrew

Not Voting:

Grimgroove, Empire, fferyllt

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Sorry Grim, don't think I'm extending the deadline.

pitoli · Post Post #782 (isolation #42) » Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:19 am

Garmr prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #791 (isolation #43) » Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:44 pm

In post 784, SleepyKrew wrote:
In post 782, pitoli wrote:
Garmr prodded.

mod

So no deadline extension?

No... the game has already stalled out a bit and I don't want to possibly contribute to that by making day longer. Sorry guys.

pitoli · Post Post #807 (isolation #44) » Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:56 pm

A sailing ship is no democracy.

~ Sterling Hayden

VOTE COUNT 1.14

Grimgroove:

CrashTextDummie, Notscience

notscience:

SpyreX, Garmr

Empire:

Peabody

ChannelDelibird:

Brian Skies

Peabody:

Plum

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, LolWagons, SleepyKrew

Not Voting:

Grimgroove, Empire, fferyllt

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: LolWagons prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #843 (isolation #45) » Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:55 am

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

pitoli · Post Post #872 (isolation #46) » Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:03 pm

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

pitoli · Post Post #875 (isolation #47) » Tue Oct 15, 2013 4:18 am

Mine, thank you.

pitoli · Post Post #930 (isolation #48) » Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:17 pm

VOTE COUNT 1.15

Grimgroove:

CrashTextDummie, Notscience

notscience:

Garmr

Empire:

SpyreX, fferyllt

ChannelDelibird:

Brian Skies, LolWagons

CrashTextDummie:

Grimgroove

LolWagons:

Peabody

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, SleepyKrew, Plum

Not Voting:

Empire

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: I'm limited access at the moment, but going to do my best to be prompt with VCs and deadline. And prods too.

pitoli · Post Post #949 (isolation #49) » Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:34 am

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

pitoli · Post Post #954 (isolation #50) » Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:40 am

VOTE COUNT 1.16

Grimgroove:

Notscience

notscience:

Garmr

Empire:

SpyreX, fferyllt, LolWagons

SleepyKrew:

Brian Skies, Grimgroove

ChannelDelibird:

Peabody

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, SleepyKrew, Plum, CrashTextDummie

Not Voting:

Empire

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Let me know if there are errors. Phoneposting's kind of a bitch lol.

pitoli · Post Post #982 (isolation #51) » Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:52 pm

VOTE COUNT 1.17

notscience:

Garmr

Empire:

SpyreX, LolWagons, Brian Skies, fferyllt

SleepyKrew:

Grimgroove

ChannelDelibird:

Peabody

Brian Skies:

ChannelDelibird, SleepyKrew, Plum, CrashTextDummie, Empire, Notscience

Not Voting:

With 13 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Post Post #1000 (isolation #52) » Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:48 pm

In post 998, Peabody wrote:I will hammer if I need to. I don't think Brian is scum, but I'm not letting us go without a lynch. This is my intent to hammer before deadline. I don't know, maybe a half-hour? Hour?

Are you asking when deadline is? I include countdowns with every votecount.

pitoli · Post Post #1010 (isolation #53) » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:48 pm

Killing is not so easy as the innocent would believe.

VOTE COUNT 1.18 (FINAL)

notscience:

Garmr

Empire:

SpyreX, LolWagons, Brian Skies, fferyllt

SleepyKrew:

Grimgroove

Brian Skies (L-0):

ChannelDelibird, SleepyKrew, Plum, CrashTextDummie, Empire, Notscience, Peabody

A lynch has been achieved!

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-10-17 00:00:00)

pitoli · Post Post #1011 (isolation #54) » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:49 pm

The air is tepid and the wind still. The sun is soon to set, but a consensus can hardly be formed aboard the

Vendetta

.

Whether from the languid weather or the slowly-advancing discussion, several of your group have gone rather quiet, even as the day begins winding down.

Frankly, it's a little weird. You thought there'd be more shouting and throwing things by day's end.

Is progress being made? Are you any closer to catching the sea-scum?

You have to wonder, because taking away a life - even one you suspect to be guilty - is not something any of you can take lightly.

”How many times are we going to go over this? If we don't do it today, we'll just end up doing it later,”

says someone in the corner, having just repeated their argument for the nth time.

”He has to die.”

There are murmurs of agreement, some more reluctant than others.

With that, all of you converge on

Brian Skies

.

“I’m telling you - I already know what it looks like,”

he says desperately. There’s a short struggle, but with so many people to hold them down, you make quick work of stringing up his limbs. He seems tired.

"I know what I am. Don’t waste today on me –"

Brian Skies

is forced to a kneel, eyes glossing over as the rope is lowered over his neck. You expect the scum to confess to the crime, to beg, but there is only silence now as he looks ahead resolutely and shakes his head.

Brian Skies,

Town Miller

, was lynched Day 1.

Night 1 begins!

Deadline: October 19th, midnight PST.

pitoli · Post Post #1012 (isolation #55) » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:54 pm

You have

(expired on 2013-10-19 00:00:00)

to PM me any night actions you might have. If you have access to a quicktopic, you may now post in it.

pitoli · Post Post #1013 (isolation #56) » Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:10 pm

It was a sleepless night for many.

The next morning, you find a tiny, white-faced stewardess standing outside in the hallway. Several of you attempt to question her, but the woman seems to have gone mute with fright. She gestures to a door left ajar at the end of the passage, hand trembling.

A brave few of your group pass inside wordlessly. A man in a pristine white bathrobe lies wordlessly on his side with his back to the door, looking to be in a very peaceful sleep. You inch closer, waves of dread churning inside you.

There is a scorched black mark right above his ear, with congealed blood appearing to have oozed down his neck. They must have died instantly.

LolWagons,

Vanilla Townie

, was killed Night 1.

Atop the bedsheets is a nautical-themed pashmina afghan. While musing on its rather tacky design, you turn it over and find a circular hole burnt straight through the center. You realize it was most likely used to silence the shot.

There are shouts from across the hall. Another member of your party lies sprawled across their bed. They have been shot through the heart, the blood having already darkened their striped pajamas. But it's not who you expected...

Empire,

Mafia Roleblocker

, was killed Night 1.

One of you searches

Empire

’s body while the others look on dispassionately. Rifling through his luggage produces some stiletto knives and a small case of white, odorless tablets.

”I’ve seen something like this before,”

someone slowly offers,

“it must be a sedative of some sort. I think he could have been using it on us to make sure we wouldn’t get in the way of what he was doing at night.”

Someone begins laughing with relief, loud and unreserved. But underneath that brief respite, the rest of you can only think of finding the remaining scum – because surely

Empire

was not alone.

Several people talk of sharing cabins tonight, and the idea is certainly tempting. But with no one sure of who to trust, you must rule out the possibility. And don’t forget - there’s still the day to get through.

Day 2 begins!

Deadline: Sunday, November 3rd, midnight

pitoli · Post Post #1014 (isolation #57) » Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:10 pm

VOTE COUNT 2.0

Not Voting:

SpyreX, Grimgroove, notscience, ChannelDelibird, fferyllt, SleepyKrew, Garmr, CrashTextDummie, Peabody, Plum

With 10 alive, it takes 6 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-03 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: ChannelDelibird is V/LA for the weekend.

pitoli · Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:34 pm

At sea a fellow comes out in his true form. Salt water is like wine in that respect.

~ Herman Melville

VOTE COUNT 2.1

Grimgroove (1):

Plum

notscience (2):

SpyreX, CrashTextDummie

SleepyKrew (3):

notscience, Peabody, Grimgroove

Plum (1):

ChannelDelibird

Not Voting:

fferyllt, Garmr, SleepyKrew

With 10 alive, it takes 6 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-03 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: No prods to be given? You guys are awesome!

pitoli · Post Post #1109 (isolation #59) » Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:16 am

VOTE COUNT 2.2

notscience (2):

SpyreX, CrashTextDummie

SleepyKrew (2):

notscience, Peabody

Plum (1):

ChannelDelibird

ChannelDelibird (3):

Garmr, Grimgroove, Plum

Not Voting:

fferyllt, SleepyKrew

With 10 alive, it takes 6 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-03 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: I have internet issues right now but trying to keep up with VCs still

pitoli · Post Post #1116 (isolation #60) » Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:23 pm

Garmr has been given a prod. CTD is due for one in a couple hours.

Edit: Lol really? All y'all dodging???

pitoli · Post Post #1120 (isolation #61) » Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:33 pm

Notscience prodded.

In post 1119, Garmr wrote:Oh shit that seems like my third prod I still think i'm right with my vote. I also find it hard to pick out scum now.

As should be obvious, I'm not adhering to "three prods = replacement" rule as advertised, as I think that would be too many replacements to not severely disrupt the game. :>

pitoli · Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:36 am

ChannelDelibird, Plum, Peabody, and Spyrex were all prodded.

Prodding is my raison d'etre apparently

pitoli · Post Post #1149 (isolation #63) » Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:33 pm

CTD prodded.

pitoli · Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:59 am

Only the man who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

VOTE COUNT 2.3

notscience (2):

SpyreX, CrashTextDummie

ChannelDelibird (4):

Garmr, Grimgroove, Plum, fferyllt

SleepyKrew (1):

Peabody

Plum (1):

ChannelDelibird

Not Voting:

SleepyKrew, notscience

With 10 alive, it takes 6 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-03 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Post Post #1167 (isolation #65) » Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:33 am

Searching for a replacement for SleepyKrew. Definitely should have gotten on this sooner but SK kept promising me things ;____;

pitoli · Post Post #1175 (isolation #66) » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:29 pm

VOTE COUNT 2.4

notscience (1):

SpyreX

ChannelDelibird (4):

Garmr, Grimgroove, Plum, fferyllt

SleepyKrew (1):

Peabody

Plum (2):

ChannelDelibird, CrashTextDummie

Not Voting:

SleepyKrew, notscience

With 10 alive, it takes 6 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-04 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Post Post #1187 (isolation #67) » Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:41 pm

CDB prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #1191 (isolation #68) » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:37 am

Albert B. Rampage graciously replaces in for SleepyKrew!

He is also my favorite person at the moment, let it be known to all <3

pitoli · Post Post #1195 (isolation #69) » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:18 am

Deadline extended because of replacement.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-04 00:00:00)

pitoli · Post Post #1201 (isolation #70) » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:39 pm

CrashTextDummie prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #1214 (isolation #71) » Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:44 pm

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-04 00:00:00)

pitoli · Post Post #1226 (isolation #72) » Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:07 pm

One leak will sink a ship; and one sin will destroy a sinner.
~ John Bunyan

VOTE COUNT 2.5

notscience (1):

SpyreX

ChannelDelibird (4):

Garmr, Grimgroove, Plum, fferyllt

Albert B. Rampage (2):

Peabody, notscience

Plum (2):

ChannelDelibird, CrashTextDummie

Not Voting:

Albert B. Rampage

With 10 alive, it takes 6 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-05 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: I extended the deadline again. Please mind it.

pitoli · Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:50 pm

In post 1248, ChannelDelibird wrote:Fuck. I'm so sorry. This isn't fair, I'm not going to have enough time over the next few days to catch up with this. Particularly sorry to CTD 'cause at least I've completed games with some of the others here.

Mod:
Huge apologies. It's best if I request replacement. Sorry for not manning up and recognising as much sooner.

Eep. Okay now looking for ChannelDelibird's replacement...

pitoli · Post Post #1271 (isolation #74) » Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:32 pm

VOTE COUNT 2.6

ChannelDelibird (2):

Garmr, Plum

Albert B. Rampage (5):

Peabody, notscience, Grimgroove, CrashTextDummie, fferyllt

Plum (3):

ChannelDelibird, CrashTextDummie, Albert B. Rampage

With 10 alive, it takes 6 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-05 00:00:00)

Mod Notes: Sorry if this sounds heartless, but I will not be extending deadline.

pitoli · Post Post #1276 (isolation #75) » Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:38 pm

Killing is killing, whether done for duty, profit, or fun.

VOTE COUNT 2.7 (FINAL)

ChannelDelibird (1)

: Plum

Albert B. Rampage (L-0):

Peabody, notscience, Grimgroove, CrashTextDummie, fferyllt, Garmr

Plum (3)

: ChannelDelibird, SpyreX, Albert B. Rampage

A lynch has been achieved!

pitoli · Post Post #1277 (isolation #76) » Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:03 pm

Even though you truly have no reason to believe so, you think today might go differently.

One scum down, how many more to go?

The circumstances of the night before have given you a ray of hope.

But maybe that hope was twisted to complacency somewhere along the way, because it was a long and tedious day. Without a cloud in the sky, your group has barely any respite from the sun beating full force through the morning and afternoon. Perhaps it is the persistent rays that suck all energy out of you, for even though there is an important item on today's agenda

(ahem: LYNCH SCUM)

, people are barely talking. Some even slip in and out of consciousness from the heat. You're worried you can't take any more of this. You have to find a way to end it, and soon.

So by the time the sun begins slipping beneath the horizon, the group has regained a small sense of urgency. You have finally decided the next to die.

The accused,

Albert B. Rampage

, stands before the group.

Full of righteousness and indignation, you surround him swiftly. He is tired from the day’s proceedings and can barely keep from fainting. So he doesn't resist. The condemned quickly disappears underneath a trample of limbs. In a moment they are lying on the ground with their neck broken.

Just a second ago, you were all so sure that this was another heartless murderer. But as someone searches the corpse, all confidence slowly melts away.

Albert B. Rampage,

Vanilla Townie

, was lynched Day 2!

You were already burdened by yesterday's lynch, but lynching another innocent today seems to erode the optimism in the room.

Heads hung, everyone retires to their cabins for the night. No one expects to get any rest. Just as you hoped today would be different, you hope that tomorrow will be different.

It must be different.

Night 2 begins!

Deadline: November 7th, 7PM PST.

pitoli · Post Post #1278 (isolation #77) » Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:30 pm

It is now Night 2. You have

(expired on 2013-11-06 19:00:00)

to PM me any night actions you might have. If you have access to a quicktopic, you may now post in it.

I will also be searching for a replacement for ChannelDelibird during this time. I don’t plan to reopen the thread for Day 3 until a replacement is found. I’m sorry if this further delays the game.

pitoli · Post Post #1279 (isolation #78) » Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:07 pm

Yates replaces ChannelDelibird! Thanks Yates!

pitoli · Post Post #1280 (isolation #79) » Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:24 pm

And of course, like you expected... there were plenty of bumps in the night. You were far too terrified to leave your room and investigate where exactly they were coming from; after all,

the killer could be at work as these very thoughts occur to you

. You woke up at one point during the night in a restless fit, and in your brief moment of consciousness you hear something strange.

Or at least, you could have sworn you heard it.... A frenzied ragtime tune coming from the lounge at this ungodly hour?

You nervously chalk it up to your overactive imagination and force yourself back to sleep, burying your senses under the warm covers, lulled away by the slow movements of the ship.

At dawn, your group hurriedly rises. There is more work to be done. You begin banging relentlessly on suite doors until each one has been thrown open and the entire group has seemingly emerged out in the corridor.

Once all the suites are cleared, you stagger with relief to see zero corpses in the cabins.

“Maybe we

can

find them before they kill us,”

somebody blurts out, reassured. The rest of you aren't so sure, and remain quiet. There is some attempt to make small talk -

"How did you sleep?"

and

"I hope it's not too hot out today"

- but mostly you're all lost in your own thoughts as you ascend together to the main deck.

Before you begin the day's proceedings, someone wises up to perform a routine headcount.

There is one of you missing!

You do a quick recount - it's not a mistake. Rather than go around the group - deliberately, one-by-one, double-checking with the ship manifest - in order to determine whose face is absent, the passengers fly into a panic.

Barely thinking, you divide into small groups to sweep the ship for the missing passenger, already knowing what you will find, but hoping -

still hoping

- that you might find them before it's too late... For all you know their body has already been lost to the sea...

After overturning the restaurant and bar searching for your lost member, your group enters the lounge. Its sleek modern décor is all in perfect order, but over by the grand piano there is a limp, huddled mass. Your stomach drops as you approach.

You find the poor victim slumped over in an awkward position - not quite kneeling, not quite standing. Their head has been forcefully wedged under the instrument’s lid, cracked open and bleeding onto the white keys. Their attacker must have slammed the instrument’s cover down on their skull repeatedly… who knows how many times?

This was no shot through the skull or the heart like the night before. Your friend suffered tonight.

What a horrible way to die.

notscience,

Town Neighbor

, was killed Night 2.

Day 3 begins!

Deadline: November 21st, midnight PST.

pitoli · Post Post #1281 (isolation #80) » Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:09 pm

The best way to hide a body is to convert it to saltwater and then dump it into the ocean. This is why you don’t drink saltwater.
~ Jarod Kintz

VOTE COUNT 3.0

Not Voting:

SpyreX, Grimgroove, Yates, fferyllt, Garmr, CrashTextDummie, Peabody, Plum

With 8 alive, it takes 5 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-21 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: Crappy internet again so please be patient with votecounts ^^

pitoli · Post Post #1334 (isolation #81) » Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:21 pm

VOTE COUNT 3.1

Yates (1):

Grimgroove

Plum (2):

Peabody, Yates

Not Voting (5):

SpyreX, fferyllt, Garmr, CrashTextDummie, Plum

With 8 alive, it takes 5 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-21 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Post Post #1386 (isolation #82) » Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:30 pm

VOTE COUNT 3.2

Yates (3):

Grimgroove, Garmr, Plum

Plum (4):

Peabody, Yates, SpyreX, CrashTextDummie

Not Voting (1):

fferyllt

With 8 alive, it takes 5 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-21 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Post Post #1456 (isolation #83) » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:19 am

VOTE COUNT 3.3

Yates (3):

Grimgroove, Garmr, Plum

Plum (4):

Peabody, Yates, SpyreX, CrashTextDummie

Not Voting (1):

fferyllt

With 8 alive, it takes 5 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-21 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: SpyreX has been poked and prodded.

pitoli · Post Post #1468 (isolation #84) » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:39 pm

I might survive a few days at sea. Probably not as long as Pi.
~ Suraj Sharma

VOTE COUNT 3.4 (FINAL)

Plum (L-0):

Peabody, Yates, SpyreX, CrashTextDummie, fferyllt

Yates (3)

: Grimgroove, Garmr, Plum

A lynch has been achieved!

pitoli · Post Post #1469 (isolation #85) » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:39 pm

The discussion seems to make its way in slow circles throughout the day. After various people are accused, the group slowly begins to settle on one as the culprit. She tries to defend herself, but the will of the many is too much for even her to overcome. One by one the others finger her as the person to die today. As the pressure mounts

Plum

begins to falter and finally cracks.

Before anyone can stop her,

Plum

has leapt to her feet and pulled out a gun hidden inside her coat. After a quick scan of the lynch mob around her, the infiltrator raises the gun to her temple.

”Mazel tov,”

Plum

says evenly, without a shred of hesitation. The rest of you are too shocked to react –

why isn’t she aiming at any of you? she’s not trying to take anybody down with her?

Before anybody can spring themselves into motion, she pulls the trigger. She is dead before she hits the floor with a final, sickening thud.

You lament that she didn't give up any more clues before she died - whether she had partners, for instance, and if so - how many.

Like with the last scum you found, you decide to search the corpse thoroughly. You’re a little more reassured than last time, though. Going through her clothes pockets, you find several extra bullet cartridges and an elegant silk scarf. After you are done, you condemn the corpse to the sea, carrying the burden across the deck and heaving her overboard.

The search for evidence leads back to her room, but yields nothing out of the ordinary.

Plum

had apparently brought nothing aboard the ship with her, besides the clothes on her back and the intent to kill.

You say a small prayer of gratefulness to no one in particular. You’re glad the scum didn’t have the chance to use up the rest of the bullets.

Plum,

Mafia Goon

, was lynched Day 3!

Night 3 begins!

Deadline: Saturday, November 16th, midnight PST

pitoli · Post Post #1470 (isolation #86) » Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:28 pm

No one’s congratulating themselves on the successful lynch today, however – it does seem like a small burden has been lifted from the group. You thought there might be a chance that you had eradicated all the scum, but even then how would you know for sure?

You take a leisurely dinner out on the deck, trying to ignore the circumstances and enjoy the sea air. What you are really doing is avoiding the retreat indoors, which would quickly be followed by night, which would quickly be followed by… more death?

You’d have to wait and see.

When you finally do get back to your cabin, you decide to drag the ornate wooden armoire behind your door. Just in case. If the scum decide to visit you tonight, the obstacle might not hold them off for long, but it would at least buy you some time. And that could make all the difference.

The furniture is relentlessly heavy. After it’s moved, you’re so drained that you let yourself fall into bed without another thought.

You sleep perfectly soundly, running through dreams upon dreams, none of which you remember when you wake up.

Hours later, you are rudely woken by a sharp rapping on your door, followed by someone trying to turn the knob on the door. Your heart starts with panic, until the person on the other side calls out, “

No sleeping in! C’mon, what are you playing at? It’s time to get this over with.”

You laugh to yourself quietly. Of course scum don’t announce themselves before entering a victim’s room. This whole thing has turned you silly.

Quite insane, actually.

With another laborious effort, the armoire is moved out of the way and you emerge from your room. You’re apparently the last to have risen, and the others are all nerves and impatience.

You fall into step as the group heads to the main deck. This is a morbid routine by now. You begin thinking of possible ways this day might go.

As you surface on the deck, the sunlight is harsh and in your eyes. You’re blind, thrown off for a moment.

Then you hear a loud thud.

Then another. Faces dissolve in panic.

Yes, with this voyage – you can always assume the worst. You are right to assume the worst.

You look overboard to determine the location of the foreboding sound; perhaps there is something hitting the sides of the ship? Some stray flotsam, perhaps?

No, there’s nothing there.

One by one eyes are cast skyward. Subconsciously you know what the sound is before you even see the body. It hangs by the main mast, clumsily swaying in the wind.

Grimgroove,

Vanilla Townie

, was killed Night 3.

Day 4 begins!

Deadline: Friday, November 29th, midnight PST

pitoli · Post Post #1471 (isolation #87) » Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:28 pm

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson

VOTE COUNT 4.0

Not Voting:

SpyreX, Yates, fferyllt, Garmr, CrashTextDummie, Peabody

With 6 alive, it takes 4 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-29 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:19 am

VOTE COUNT 4.1

fferyllt

: Yates, Garmr

Not Voting:

SpyreX, fferyllt, CrashTextDummie, Peabody

With 6 alive, it takes 4 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-11-29 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

:

pitoli · Post Post #1583 (isolation #89) » Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:43 pm

VOTE COUNT 4.2 (FINAL)

fferyllt (L-0):

Yates, Garmr, SpyreX, CrashTextDummie

Not Voting (2)

: fferyllt, Peabody

A lynch has been achieved!

pitoli · Post Post #1584 (isolation #90) » Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:43 pm

The rain began that morning, shortly after you had retrieved last night's body from the masts. At first the droplets were easy enough to ignore, and you decided to wait it out, not wanting the weather to get in the way of the deliberations. But by midday the skies had been rent open, assailing the ship with brutal rainfall.

Your group hurriedly seeks refuge in the lounge (though you remember that there was a death here only the other night, you try to put it out of your mind). You can see the veins of lightning through the bay windows, elongating the forms of the furniture. By now the sky is black, and your thoughts are punctuated every now and then by the discordant symphony of blaring thunder.

The deliberations are swift. After all, you can only stand the discomfort of sharing the same closed quarters with scum for so long... knowing they could be seated on the chaise lounge right beside you makes you so uncomfortable you could scream. Everybody lays out what they know on the table, hoping to find discrepancies in the individual claims. Something's just not adding up. You have decided the last scum must be

fferyllt

.

She bolts to her feet, shocked. She maintains her innocence and keeps questioning the others, telling what is to happen tomorrow when she "flips town". You of course are impatient. This scum is the cause of all your problems - she killed innocents and made you kill innocents yourself! -

and still has the nerve to lie about it

. Rage fills your heart.

One of you grabs her roughly by the arm and begins dragging her towards the door that leads outside. The rest of you follow, some more bloodthirsty than others. She does not flail, only keeps shouting and asking questions. Anything to stall the fate that awaits. You still have the rope that hung last night's victim; it would be an effective (and appropriate) weapon, vindicating the deaths of the innocent with the blood of the guilty.

In the torrential downpour, everything is made slippery, and it's hard to hold anything down with firm grip. Frustrated, one of you shoves the scum against the side railing, a little unexpectedly. As she falls, her head knocks squarely upon a metal rigging fixture protruding from the ship's side. Her eyes lose focus as she slowly slumps to the ground.

The rain continues cascading down, blooming into a red puddle on the deck beneath your feet. She hasn't lost consciousness yet, but she's fading fast. Now she sits in a state of statuesque calm, whispering something lightly.

There's no use for the rope now. "

Well,

" someone says coldly, "

any last words?

" If the question is heard it is ignored, as she continues to murmur distractedly until finally, she doesn't.

The only crime

fferyllt

had ever committed was caring about the passengers aboard the Vendetta.

That had been enough to end her life.

fferyllt,

Town One-Shot Bulletproof

, has been lynched Day 4.

Night 4 now begins.

Deadline: Tuesday, November 19th, noon PST.

pitoli · Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:13 pm

During the night you decide to stay awake, trading physical rest for peace of mind without much difficulty. Again you use some heavy furniture to block the entrance, and your vigilant gaze is set towards the door for hours. Every now and then you get up and look through the peephole to see if anything is going on in the corridor.

You have no real weapons but you have taken apart the bronze lampstand that was on the desk and hold it loosely across your lap. It would have to do. If the scum had decided to visit you they would have found you like that, sitting on the edge of your bed in your bathrobe and slippers.

But not tonight.

No – as the sun rises and someone comes to your door to collect you, you are still alive. Sorely sleep-deprived, you are cannot even find the energy to be happy to be spared.

The passengers have a brief conversation with the crew about the Vendetta's confused trajectory over the last several days. Despite the early sabotage of the ship's navigational systems, the staff says landfall is due within a couple days.

We don’t have a couple days

, you think tiredly.

This has to end today.

It's either them - or you. All the optimism of earlier days is gone.

So you are unsurprised when a crew member reports another one of the passengers was found dead this morning. You to be escorted to where the body was found. Unexpectedly, the staff do not lead you up to the deck, but to the level below the rooms, deeper within the ship.

Finally you come to the ship’s boiler room, and the crew member gestures you inside.

The space itself is large, though clearly designed to fit as much bulky equipment as possible – so nothing feels spacious. In fact, it is just the opposite. With large, bulky fixtures and pipes sticking out from every surface - even the ceiling - you're very cramped. Even though you are down to only a handful of people left, you feel very claustrophobic inside.

Nevertheless, you make your way around the narrow metal scaffolding used for maintenance checkups. As you turn a corner, the victim comes into view. They are collapsed against vertical piping. There is a glinting silk scarf skewed across their collarbone; looking closer, you notice the skin on their neck to be badly bruised. You realize the accessory must have been used as a garrote against the piping, so that the victim was slowly strangled to death.

Here, deep within the recesses of the ship, no one heard him die.

Yates,

Town Doctor

, was killed Night 4.

In his right breast pocket you find the keys to his cabin. You gingerly take the keys off his corpse. As with the others, you decide to head up to his room to search for anything that will help find the last scum.

Once you open his luggage, your heart drops. You expected to find nothing useful inside, but... in every compartment, you find a large assortment of instruments, painkillers, and gauze. This is no rudimentary first-aid kit. But none of you possess the medical training required to use these items safely. Based on the way some instruments have been strewn about on the wooden desk, you suspect

Yates

might have used them during past nights. But you can't be sure.

Everyone is taking this loss particularly hard. After all, the longer you kept the doctor alive, the longer you kept yourselves alive. But now that you have failed, the safety net is gone…

Day 5 now begins!

Deadline: December 4th, midnight PST.

pitoli · Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:25 pm

History does seem to be just one long succession of murders, doesn’t it?
- Jeanne Dams

VOTE COUNT 5.0

Not Voting (4)

: SpyreX, Peabody, Garmr, CrashTextDummie

With 4 alive, it takes 3 votes to lynch.

Time until deadline: (expired on 2013-12-04 00:00:00)

Mod Notes

: This is how I'm procrastinating for grad school exams \o/

pitoli · Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:58 pm

There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle

VOTE COUNT 5.1

CrashTextDummie:

CrashTextDummie, Garmr, SpyreX

Not Voting (1)

: Peabody

With 4 alive, it takes 3 votes to lynch.

Mod Notes

: Sorry for the delay, my wifi issues never end T____T

pitoli · Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:58 pm

The day feels like it has hardly begun with a wide port harbor comes into view in the distance.

The Vendetta’s crew already has enough on their hands, but one member rushes up to tell the group that the ship will be taxied to the nearest docking platform within the next hour. Communications was finally able to reach the authorities ashore and fully disclose the homicidal situation onboard while requesting backup. Now you are simply awaiting further instructions.

Nevertheless, the passengers still desire to end this before stepping back on land once again. There’s a part of you that wants to leave all the bloodshed on the ship and wash your hands of it once you leave. Knowing you are close to shore does not relieve you of this burden. So you presses on, deciding they have narrowed down the last remaining suspect.

Except this one is going willingly.

CrashTextDummie

stands before you, insistent that he is today’s lynch. He even grabs the rope and places the noose around his neck. While he does this, he lays out a plan for the survivors to follow tonight and tomorrow.

With a sigh, he steps gently onto a crate that had been placed beneath the noose. He can’t help it; all he can think of are the other countless, wasted corpses that had been littered across the ship. There is still hope for these people. The remaining members tighten the coiled rope’s hold about his neck, making the fibers itch fiercely against his skin.

The group’s faces are set with utter perturbation, but

CrashTextDummie

’s serene nature in the wake of death shakes them all to the core.

SpyreX

steps forward cautiously, preparing to knock the crate out from underneath his feet. The condemned gives him a final look and nods resolutely; there's the cue.

The crate is sent skirting across the deck.

CrashTextDummie

drops instantly, and the rope is pulled taut. The noose swayed back and forth from the mast, finally satiated.

CrashTextDummie,

Vanilla Townie

, was lynched Day 5.

Someone is laughing, piercing the moment of silence.

The remaining townies turn their faces from the lynchee’s swaying body to the man standing beside them. They had been fooled, utterly fooled. Their faces betray their shock and horror, but it is simply too late...

Two loud shots ring out.

Garmr,

Vanilla Townie

, was endgamed Day 5.

Peabody,

Town Cop

, was endgamed Day 5.

When the crewmen make it up to the deck a minute later, the scum is no where in sight. Could he have jumped into the ocean? Could he have retreated, hiding in one of the hundred rooms aboard the ship?

As the harbor rolls closer and closer, the crew begins a search in vain. They know they will never find him. They will tell the authorities about the Vendetta’s madman, how he managed to fool the other passengers while he acted only from his own bloodthirsty impulses – how he managed to escape.

One man emerged as the victor from this bloody carnage. What was his motive? What was his purpose? He alone will live – only to kill again.

SpyreX,

One-Shot Bulletproof Serial Killer Neighbor

, survives and wins the game!

pitoli · Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:59 pm

MINI NORMAL SETUP

5 Vanilla Townies

– LolWagons, Albert B. Rampage, Grimgroove, Garmr, CrashTextDummie

1 Town Neighbor

– Notscience

1 One-Shot Bulletproof

– Fferyllt

1 Miller

– Brian Skies

1 Cop

– Peabody

1 Doctor

– Yates
-

1 Mafia Roleblocker

– Empire

1 Mafia Goon

– Plum
-

1 One-Shot Bulletproof Serial Killer Neighbor

- SpyreX

Neighbor QT: http://www.quicktopic.com/50/H/pD6y3mmDXTW
Dead QT: http://quicktopic.com/50/H/49qd9SX2PfBf

Team Mafia can choose to out their QT if they wish.

pitoli · Post Post #1625 (isolation #96) » Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:07 pm

ROLE PMS

You are a

Town Vanilla

. This cruise turned out to be way more exciting than you’d hoped. You don’t have any outstanding skills in particular, but will do what you can to survive.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to lynch threats to town. You win when all threats to town are eliminated.

You are a

Town Neighbor

. Concierge messed up your reservation and now your room shares an adjoining door to SpyreX’s room, allowing you to communicate freely with them at night.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to lynch threats to town. During the Night, you can speak with SpyreX in this quicktopic: http://www.quicktopic.com/50/H/pD6y3mmDXTW. You do not know their alignment. You win when all threats to town are eliminated.

You are a

Town One-Shot Bulletproof

. Your caution allows you to survive a flirt with death.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to lynch threats to town. If you are targeted at night for a kill, you will survive once (but will not be notified). You win when all threats to town are eliminated.

You are a

Town Miller

. Though you can hide your criminal past, any investigation is sure to turn up interesting results on you.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to lynch threats to town. If you are targeted at night for a cop investigation, it will return a “Guilty” result. You win when all threats to town are eliminated.

You are a

Town Cop

. You

would

be forced “on the job” during what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to lynch threats to town. During the Night, you may investigate one player by sending me the name of your target via PM. You will receive a result that says “You believe [target] to be [Guilty/Not Guilty]. If the investigation was for some reason unsuccessful, you will receive “No Result”. You win when all threats to town are eliminated.

You are a

Town Doctor

.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to lynch threats to town. During the Night, you may protect one player by sending me the name of your target via PM, and any kills sent to that player will be negated. You win when all threats to town are eliminated.

You are a

Mafia Roleblocker

. You are Plum’s trusted ally on this mission. You have a unique way of derailing threats to yourselves.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to blend in with the rest of the group. During the Night, you and your partner may talk here http://www.quicktopic.com/50/H/4hpv6js6XN5. Either you or your partner can target one player for a kill every night by sending me their name via PM. Every night you can also roleblock one player, causing any attempted action by them to fail. You win when you outnumber the town, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

You are a

Mafia Goon

. You are an agent of a widely feared crime syndicate, come to wreak havoc among the civilians on this ship. You are Maestro’s trusted ally on this mission.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to blend in with the rest of the group. During the Night, you and your partner may talk here http://www.quicktopic.com/50/H/4hpv6js6XN5. Either you or your partner can target one player for a kill every night by sending me their name via PM. You win when you outnumber the town, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

You are a

One-Shot Bulletproof Serial Killer Neighbor

. Through some stroke of luck you find yourself with the perfect cover to whet your bloodlust. Your suite shares an adjoining door to notscience’s room, allowing you to communicate freely with them at night.

During the Day, you have your voice and vote to try to blend in with the rest of the group. During the Night, you can target one player for a kill by sending me their name via PM. You can also speak with notscience in this quicktopic: http://www.quicktopic.com/50/H/pD6y3mmDXTW. You do not know their alignment. If you are targeted at night for a kill, you will survive once (but will not be notified). You win when all other factions are eliminated.

pitoli · Post Post #1626 (isolation #97) » Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:07 pm

NIGHT ACTIONS

Night 1:

Peabody investigates notscience (result: not guilty)
ChannelDelibird protects SleepyKrew

Empire roleblocks fferyllt (successful)
Plum kills LolWagons (successful)

SpyreX kills Empire (successful)

Night 2:

Peabody investigates Plum (result: guilty)
Yates protects SpyreX (successful)

Plum kills SpyreX (unsuccessful due to doctor)

SpyreX kills notscience (successful)

Night 3:

Peabody investigates Garmr (result: not guilty)
Yates protects CrashTextDummie

SpyreX kills Grimgroove (successful)

Night 4:

Peabody investigates CrashTextDummie (result: not guilty)
Yates protects Peabody

SpyreX kills Yates (successful)

pitoli · Post Post #1629 (isolation #98) » Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:11 pm

POST-GAME MOD THOUGHTS:

As was stated by several players already, the mafia team was probably underpowered this game (although I swear it didn’t seem that way during setup review) and could have used an extra member, perhaps a Traitor. They had a severe disadvantage pretty early on as I hadn’t anticipated crosskills until near endgame. I think it’s very much worth mentioning that Empire had a BRILLIANT initial read on SpyreX and if he had gone with his gut for his N1 roleblock, the game might have gone very,

very

differently. Plum did what she could after Empire was killed, but there wasn’t a whole lot of wiggle room.

That being said, I don’t think another person on the playerlist could have pulled off what SpyreX did for as long as he did. At first I thought SpyreX was going to screw himself by killing off the competition so swiftly, but it worked out for him.

That was possibly the smoothest SK win I’ve read onsite, I’ve never seen a vigilante claim go over that well! Peabody could still have investigated SpyreX Night 4, as I did not make him investigation-immune – he would have turned up guilty.

As for the miller, I’ve never played in a game with one, so Day 1 was interesting to watch. I’ve always thought neighbors intriguing and knew I wanted to see how different factions would try to use the hood. In the end I decided the Serial Killer would have an interesting time with it, presenting a race of sorts to see if the Town Neighbor would suss him out in time.

Ffery’s vest was never used. I was also pretty amazed that town’s PRs survived so long without necessarily finding each other before massclaim, as I was expecting some to drop early game. The last couple lynches surprised me, as I thought both fferyllt and CTD had presented solid town play. I was puzzled by CTD’s self-voting and really couldn’t wrap my head around how it was optimal play (admittedly I find it impossible to get into a townie’s head given mod knowledge).

And since CTD said he expected our correspondence to be posted in-thread:

Spoiler: CrashTextDummie’s Night 3 Speculation

CrashTextDummie, you get bragging rights because 99% of your predictions were spot on, but in the final hour where they really mattered… they were off by just enough.

Thanks to everybody for giving this game a shot and putting up with my modding! (And the setup… I learned a lot). And special shoutout to our replacements, who saved me a great deal of frustration midgame <3 Also thanks to backup mod Titus, who kept an eye on the thread even when I was slacking...

pitoli · Post Post #1631 (isolation #99) » Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:13 pm

I almost did make a Godfather, but I was told by my reviewers that more than one false result in a Mini was a bit too much. I think it might have ended up being okay though, because there's no way the Miller was going to get investigated really :>

pitoli · Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:22 am

In post 1653, Yates wrote:
In post 1647, SpyreX wrote:The only thing late I was really concerned with (after Godfather gate started up) was Peabody actually inspecting me.
Would you have returned guilty? That isn't very typical.

Like I said, SpyreX didn't have investigation immunity. I went strictly off the definitions on the mafiawiki page (where SKs are by no means guaranteed to show up not guilty) and the suggestions of my reviewers, who basically told me to choose from NK-immunity or investigation-immunity.