Posts from Mafia 26. Lady Mallowen's Last Caprice Auto-translated

The first night is coming.

A thunderstorm raged all night over Mallowen Hall. Thunderclaps and the noise of the downpour penetrated the tightly closed windows and heavy curtains. By morning, the clouds parted, letting in a dim gray daylight.
WhiteLizard woke up unusually late and for some time looked in surprise at the unfamiliar bright ceiling. Suddenly, he remembered everything, jumped up, and rushed to open the window. Looking out, he saw a police car near the main entrance, surrounded by a disorganized crowd of servants. Something had definitely happened.
And something truly terrible had happened.
The events of the past night shocked the inhabitants of Mallowen Hall. In the morning, the body of Vegtam was found in the corridor. The unfortunate man was covered in dried blood that had flowed from numerous wounds. Whoever his killer was, he acted with incredible cruelty and rage. The body was literally riddled with blade strikes. It seems he didn't bring a four-leaf clover with him that night... Judging by the bloody trail, he crawled along the corridor for some time until his strength failed him near the door of Ple-Sen. With his last convulsive movement, he grabbed the doorframe and remained lying there, blocking the entrance to the room. He remained loyal to his duty until the very end.
The arriving police officers bustled around the body, and the senior inspector wrote something in his notebook, muttering to himself: "Strange... judging by the traces, the deceased stood near Leang's room for a long time, and then suddenly moved sharply towards Ple-Sen's room. Somewhere along the way, the killer caught up with him..."
He was interrupted by the hysterical scream of one of the maids, coming from Zedzi's room. Those who rushed there saw a terrible sight: Zedzi was sitting at the table, motionless and almost stiff. Strangely, he was not only fully dressed, but his packed bag was also standing by the door, as if he was not going to bed, but going somewhere. However, he did not manage to do what he intended. Someone carefully and skillfully thrust a long, sharp needle into the base of his skull – death, apparently, came instantly. It seems that Zedzi knew the killer, as he was sitting at the set table with traces of a small tea party for two. "And what is this?" the inspector asked, squinting, as he picked up a small sticker from the floor with the inscription "Montecristo." It was impossible to tell what item it might have fallen off of.
The inspector carefully questioned everyone living in the castle, but this did not shed any light on the events of the night. Arandor said that someone knocked on his door at night, but since he was already undressed, he did not open it, limiting himself to the question: "Who is it?" A male voice from behind the door replied that he had mistaken the room and apologized for the inconvenience.
A puzzled Xostor noticed that the chair in his room was moved to the fireplace in the morning, although he clearly remembers leaving it in its place, near the table. But, thank goodness, the heavy oak door to the room was firmly locked all night, and he was sure of that.
Ta Kotoraya... timidly noted that there seemed to be mice in the house, and Pandora complained about the obtrusive and rude behavior of the servants.
But all this, however, did not advance the investigation by an inch...

Living players:

1. Registr
2. Hermit
3. Gur
4. Flandre
5. Ta Kotoraya...
7. Leang
8. Ple-Sen
9. Nebo
10. Pandora
12. WhiteLizard
13. Xostor
14. Arandor
15. Gil4
16. Neyra Dрейк

Killed:
6. Zedzi
11. Vegtam

Wow, men come to visit me at night :O

Wow, men come to visit me at night :O

Well, you have a rather effeminate voice ;)

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And no men come to visit me at night :(

This is probably why you came to me! We don't have many fans of...
Okay, enough with the silly talk.

Hmm, Zedzi and Vegtam were clearly important roles for the town. Vegtam was walking around the house, which means he went before the killers, and Zedzi was just about to go out, which indicates his turn after the killers, and therefore the maid or the doctor. I don't think the butler would be healing on the first day.
It's more complicated with the neutral roles; not all of them are clear... Hosa was probably blocked by the economist, since his door was closed all night. A boy visited TaKo, and I don't know about the others yet. Maybe there were some checks.

Zedzi seems to have been a postman. His Neutral Damage after all the killings is quite high, although there's still some Neutral Damage with the doctor and the butler, but the bag...

WhiteLizard - was a Smoker. Vegtam - seems to be a Butler. Killed by his ex. His night shift was transferred from Ling to Plesen. Zedzi - probably a Doctor. Killed by the mafia. Arandor - Detective check. Hostor - blocks the Economist and protects the Tempman. Ta Kotoraya... - visit from a Thief. Pandora - visit from the Head Maid.

I don't have much time, but I'll share my thoughts on deciphering last night's events.
Lisa was likely blocked by the opium smoker.
According to the description, Vegtam killed a man. Or rather, a woman. Veg's role is more interesting: initially, I thought he was a protector. He was protecting Leang, but his target was redirected by the lawyer to Ple-sena. However, I don't see any evidence of this. And that makes it possible that Veg is a vagrant. Although, of course, I might have simply missed the evidence, and "blocking the entrance to the room" still seems to indicate a protective role. I think the reason for the target redirection is clear. Oh, and also, this "clinging to the doorframe" could be a clue – a similar scene could have appeared in literature.
Since Vegtam killed a man, Zedzi was already killed by the mafia. This boils down to the fact that the mafia performed three actions during the night: a block, a target redirection, and a kill. Zedzi, according to the description, was a postman. He was killed by Jane – you'll agree that a block, complete removal of protection, and target redirection are more important than her ability with a 25% chance of bypassing protection, and that only when attacking a male role. That's why she was sent on the first kill, which is confirmed by the method of the murder. The clue is the Monte Cristo sticker, but I don't have time to investigate it right now. I'll go home and study the possible scenarios.
Arandora probably checked if the butler left the room. I'm not sure about this yet, because everything else is quite confusing.
Pandora, it seems, was checked by the Head Maid – this is the easiest to say, because the three actions of the mafia during the night did not include removing the protection of the Enamored Maid (and this is pointless against a player who already has immunity on the first night).
Then, for Hostor and The One, the remaining neutral roles were the Cook, Doctor, Tapman, Hastings, and the Maid. The description about the mice is associated with a vagrant who quietly stole food; in this case, Veg was either the Tapman or the Butler. Accordingly, if Veg was the Tapman, then the clues need to be searched for. If Veg was the Butler, then someone else checked Ara. Judging by the male voice, for example, Hastings checked the status. Hosa might have been blocked by the Maid – a door locked shut. But in this part of the newspaper, it's hard for me to say anything. For now.
In general, I think we have two initial goals: to figure out what all the neutral roles did and who did what among the unclear (although, perhaps, it's already clear to more experienced players), and to find Zedzi's killer, because even if he isn't the postman, which I doubt, it's obvious that he's a town member.

Hermit, the non-player character (NPC) postman, remains within his room. He should not leave.

And Vegtam might have been an economist – he compared the stats of Leang and Ple-Sen, let's see.

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Yes... If they killed both the doctor and the butler, that's bad.

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Interesting title "Black starts" – is there any connection to WhiteLizard here?

Theoretically, both the mailman and the doctor have bags. The first one supposedly shouldn't be walking around at night, but you never know... He allegedly has NDs, although it' same more likely a Dimension Door. And the description says he delivers letters, but that wasn't mentioned in the newspaper before, so I'm inclined to think Zedji was the doc.

I came up with an interesting Barbarian. First, the newspaper headline says that the city moves first, followed by the Mafia (white, WhiteLizard), and besides, its address is Beneath the waves, and Count Monte Cristo, when he was thrown into the sea in a sack, was actually under the waves for some time...

If we look at the statistics, Zedzi should be a doctor, because doctors are always killed at the beginning (in the first two days, especially on the first day).

It’s a pity for Zedzi, a good player was killed =\ I’m only glad that his brother is still alive x) although, if he’s the mafia, that’s not good at all...

Men don't come to visit me at night, lol.

Because you don't have a high-pitched voice.

And Zedzi was definitely a skilled player. Just like the fact that the defender was redirected to me.