Posts from Mafia 26. Lady Mallowen's Last Caprice

Then why don't you vote against him?

I'll vote before I leave, but I'm afraid we might be wrong.

You're just like Haven, revealing everything to the left and right =\

Just look at his face! It is filled with hatred, cynicism, and cruelty! How can someone like that not be shot executed?

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Well, you're just like Nebo, giving yourself away left and right =[/QUOTE]
After this game, many will realize that I give myself away even when I'm not playing as the mafia)) and next time they'll think twice before executing me "based on behavior")

Come on, Haven. I was just kidding, you didn't give yourself away this time. So don't worry, you won't be punished for your behavior.

Many people want to vote against Arandor... but don't actually vote :D

Execute Arandor, because I will be going to sleep soon.

I only have a minute, but take a look at the information on Commissioner Rex (Pandora's Box). The action takes place in Vienna - a postcard with a view of Vienna, in the first episode, Rex finds the main character (the boy Moser) after wandering through the night (a-la dark, a-la black) forest (Black Forest). The second one is completely off, but the first one is not bad. Check all 6 clues (Montecristo sticker, Black Forest, hooded cloak, horned monster, postcard with a view of Vienna, and an exotic "matryoshka" toy). And keep in mind that if Jane was definitely active for the first two nights, on the third night, she could either repeat her "feat" or someone else could commit the murder. We're eliminating Ara anyway; I've already explained why removing the blocker is more important. Check Pandora. Hastings, check the status as you see fit. Still, it's not worth taking unnecessary risks. I won't be able to return before nightfall. Good luck in the city!

The day is over, gentlemen. Arandor to be executed - 6 (Gil4, Nebo, Hermit, Leang, Neyra) Ta Kotoraya... to be executed - 2 (Ta Kotoraya..., Arandor) Pandor to be executed - 1 (Pandor) Xostor to be executed - 1 (Xostor) NNV - 1 (Gur) Based on the voting results, Arandor has been executed.

Thank you, Flandre. A noise and shouts were heard in the courtyard. The police led Arandor, handcuffed, out of the house. The inspector was laconic and reluctantly answered the questions of the frightened residents of the estate: "No, this is not related to the murders. We found no evidence of his involvement in them. However, we found prohibited drugs in his room, and now he will have to answer before the law for his crime." Arandor was pushed into a police car, with two policemen with impassive faces sitting on either side. The door slammed shut, and the car sped away. Living players: 2. Hermit 3. Гур 5. Ta Kotoraya... 7. Leang 9. Небо 10. Пандора 13. Xostor 15. Gil4 16. Нэйра Дрейк Killed or arrested: 6. Зедзи 11. Вегтам 12. WhiteLizard 8. Ple-Sen 4. Flandre 1. Registr 14. Arandor Gentlemen scoundrels and villains, send your night actions. Peaceful citizens are also welcome to do something similar. :smile01:

The pale morning sun illuminated Lady Mallowen's bedroom. Not a single sound disturbed the silence of the room, and not surprisingly—for its mistress was dead. Gil4 lay on the bed breathless, his face contorted in suffocation. One of his hands was tucked under the pillow, as if he had been trying to retrieve something from there, or conversely, hide it. Xostor entered the room, fully dressed and wearing a tie. Looking closely at the body, he lifted the pillow and cursed quietly. The lady was clutching some scribbled piece of paper in her hand. Xostor quickly snatched it from the dead fingers and scanned it:
«Will:
I, Gil Ford (that is how I write my nick as a first and last name—a formal method of writing is more appropriate here), write this will so that in the event of my death, the chances of victory do not fall, but rather increase. As you have probably guessed, if I die today, Charles killed me. And the evidence will point exactly to him. Perhaps he also killed on the third night—remember my link between the postcard with a view of Vienna and Pandora? Well, I found a link to the second piece of evidence—by nick. Look:
"In the 17th century, Pandoras were called dolls—mannequins used for fashion demonstrations."
There is your link to the matryoshkas. I am not 100% sure, but I haven't found any other links to matryoshkas at all. A small note: I thought about the logic behind why such evidence was chosen and couldn't understand... In theory, when planting evidence, the mafia should think of fake clues so that they point purely to some townie, without even grazing a member of the mafs with their logic. This is my first time playing and I haven't played as mafia before, but it seems logical to me, with one exception. What if someone of their own is intentionally framed? Jane, for whom evidence is about to be found? After all, one can successfully exploit the existence of common murder methods. With the person who was the man—a mistake. They could have just as easily mistaken Flandre's role. And what if they considered a version where Flandre is Lady Beatrice? After all, they could have sent Charles on the job to guarantee the kill (every living townie counted, they couldn't afford to be without an execution). And then, by the murder method, shift it toward Jane... Only they were hoping for that 50% chance where the evidence would just be planted. And if anything, everything could be shifted onto Gur, whose avatar already shows figurines (yes, not matryoshkas, but something remotely resembling them). Gur, who was Red Jane, who is about to be found anyway. There is a chance that in saying this, I am wrong. But I realized how I messed up with the man—because the evidence on the second night was so obvious precisely because of its vagueness (Flandre's signature, Ara's quote). And I have the same feeling now about finding evidence on Gur. After all, it was so obvious; there is hardly anything to search for in his profile. And still, while reviewing Guinness's biography, I missed this (this is all Russian wiki, on the English one I noticed immediately)... His most famous modern role is Obi-Wan Kenobi, to which an interesting picture has been added on the English wiki (but not on the Russian one...). Judge for yourself—a pronounced cloak with a hood made of stiff fabric: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Ben_Kenobi.jpg
So far I haven't found links to other evidence, but he almost certainly killed on the second night. And judging by the fact that he might be framed, apparently on the first night too—as if there are plenty of clues anyway and he will die soon. I repeat: I may be wrong in my assumptions about the mafia's logic regarding the third night, but you see the evidence yourselves. Since I haven't yet solved other clues linked to Gur, you should double-check everything in the event of my death. As you have probably found out yourselves, the quote from his signature belongs to Sherlock Holmes. But so far I have failed to find a specific use of this quote in the books; apparently, I searched poorly. Besides that, I saw a mention that this same quote was used in the recent movie "Sherlock Holmes." Perhaps it will be necessary to watch the movie for this quote as well. All these are leads on how to link Gur to other evidence if, due to my death, I cannot bring the matter to an end myself. You were convinced of my correctness regarding Arandor—listen to me here as well. By the way, the version about Pandora-Charles might be confirmed by the head maid. After all, we still haven't received the results of the first day's check when the Head Maid visited her. If I understood the newspaper correctly, Pandora did not leave the room after all, since the servants managed to bother her somehow. This means it is quite likely that she is Charles/the In-Love maid. Other roles are possible, I don't dispute that. But still, the evidence turned out quite good. If I were planting evidence on her, I would do something similar, and specifically by nick—the 25th mafia proved that nicks are looked at last, because the first night's evidence was so obvious: a green face pointing to a green nick...
Thus, I lead you to the thought that Gur and Pandora are mafs. And, by the way, before I forget—the only player whose townie status I am 100% sure of is Neyra Drake. There are others I am practically sure of, but in case of error and due to incomplete certainty, I name only her. There are reasons for this; I learned her role after a small analysis (strange that I didn't think of it sooner). In total, besides me, Neyra, Gur, and Pandora, there remain these 5 players: Hermit, TaKo, Leang, Nebo, Hos. If the evidence is interpreted correctly by me (I am almost sure that Gur did not kill on the third night because no matter how hard I try, I cannot find a link to Vienna—neither through Guinness nor through Sherlock; but you think too, whether he can be linked to Vienna, don't assume others will work for you!), among these five players there remain three townies and two mafs. Who is who—I do not know. I suspected Gur of being mafia long ago due to inactivity and such indifference to day discussions, while Pandora—not so much. I think I have given you plenty of thoughts. If I survive—all the better. This will reduce the number of my huge posts by one... But I had to play it safe, and I am doing so. Check all my thoughts, and together, as a team, everyone who can—work! For I too may be wrong, but if there was an error, someone among you will surely notice it. And the chances that I am right are still quite high. I bequeath my knowledge to you, my friends. Do not fail me, and good luck to you.»

- Old witch! – Xostor said almost with tenderness. – Still fighting back from the other side.
With these words, he carefully tore up the paper and threw it into the fireplace. Taking some document from the inner pocket of his jacket, he quickly scanned it: "I, Beatrice Mallowen, bequeath my movable and immovable property to Charles Burnell...", nodded with satisfaction, and placed it under the pillow.
Then he walked quickly out of the bedroom and headed to Pandora's room. Carelessly dressed, she stood by the window and, whistling, polished her nails. Two champagne glasses stood on the table, and a half-eaten pastry lay on a plate.
- Well, did everything go well? – she asked without turning around. – I almost dislocated my finger while strangling her. Stringy as an old chicken!
- She trained her neck with diamond necklaces, - Gur purred, stretching on the rumpled bed, - Let's see how they will look on me.
- Diamonds suit fiery hair, - Xostor noted gallantly, kissing Jane's hand and sitting on the edge of the bed. – You earned them, enchantress. What would we do without your elegant skilled hands! By the way, Charlie – he turned to Pandora, - what are you going to do with Ta Kotoraya...? Why does a maid need such money? She'll be snatched up in a month.
- What one same money, - Pandora smirked, - I'll give her the lady's old dresses, she'll sew them and be happy. And I'll write good recommendations so she can find herself a new job.
- Be careful, Charlie, - Gur noted, - I don't like the way your girls then run through dark corridors with a knife. Maybe I should help her try on the hat left by the lady? I handle hatpins wonderfully!
- No need, dear, - Pandora said, sitting on the bed and gently kissing Gur on the shoulder, - let her live, I am not devoid of gratitude. Perhaps I will even give her a hundred pounds for a dowry. After all, she gave me the key to the old woman's bedroom today, although I didn't need it.
- However, Charlie, it's time to put the house in order, - Xostor urged. – Let's go.

The news of the mistress's death quickly spread through the house. The cook Leang, the head maid Neyra who was cleaning Xostor's room, and the postman Nebo who came with the morning correspondence all found out. Even the tramp Hermit lurking in the coal cellar heard the news.

Nebo sadly threw his note into the trash:

«You guys are such lols, I'm alive (although they might kill me tonight). A letter from Registra, though he is already dead, but I think it won't hurt: "My dear, thank you for the invitation to drink tea with you. I will come, just let me smoke a pipe or two." And the author of this note: "Was at Xostor's, his letter: 'My fickle friend, taste a bit of magic!'. Today I am going to TaKo. Your postman.", is a troll, a liar, and a virgin. Your long-nosed letter carrier.»

Neyra, looking around fearfully, hastily shoved her note into the stove:

«The ex killed Registra. And her name is Flandre (I am sure of this). Result of the first night – Pandora did not leave the room. Result of the second night is missing, as one malicious and white housekeeper locked me in my room. Today I am going to Xostor, I will drink tea with him and eat cookies. Wait for the result tomorrow P.S: I am just a butler maid.»

Xostor stepped out onto his room's balcony and took several notes from his pocket:

Announcement: Gil, as expected, has good status. Flandre was the Ex; additional evidence for his murder is "Double Five". Today I check Pandora. Signature: Detective.

Announcement: Based on the results of the check, Gil has good status. Flandre was the maniac; additional evidence for his murder is "Jazz". Today I check Hermit. Signature: Detective.

"I, the postman, am alive! The mafia is playing you! And they wrote the second note themselves! Letter to TaKo: 'My lady, for you I have prepared something that will leave you speechless. I'm going to Pandora. Your postman.'"

Smirking, he tore them into small pieces and let them fly in the air.
The scraps slowly swirled together with the first snow beginning to fall over the Mallowen estate…

Mafia won.
With an equal number of votes on both sides, townies can no longer execute any mafioso and will be killed off one by one.

Thanks to everyone for the game, I'll post the log by chapters in about an hour and a half, I need to step away. Password for the archive with roles - keptboy

Good job, Mafia, you worked well. We were lucky to get rid of the strong roles. We only made one mistake when we suspected Gill was the killer, completely forgetting about the cook's pies, which he wouldn't be able to get if he were the killer. But nothing, luckily it worked out. Flandre was second in line for suspicion of being the killer; we also thought it could be him or Ling - Beatrice. Then we realized that Ling was the cook because he went to the players with avatars from Death Note xD. And the fact that Nebo was the postman was also easily determined because he came to us with Hosh and messed up with the note in the newspaper (Ling and Flandre would have quickly fixed it, as Gill might have, but Nebo isn't very active on ICQ and rarely goes on the forum, so the note appeared quite late).
As for me, I think you understand that I didn't really try to prevent my execution because my execution was beneficial to us in the sense that it would prevent you from starting to look for Charles, who was the only one who could lead us to victory on the fourth night because he immediately kills Beatrice. If Gill had thought a little more, he would have realized that he needed to look for Charles because other roles wouldn't be able to kill Beatrice immediately, and therefore she would live longer, and the peaceful citizens would have more votes for one more day, which would allow them to execute another Mafia member, and then only 4 peaceful citizens would remain against 3 Mafia members. So this was the only time I was glad to be executed)). I don't think it's worth mentioning the note. So, Gill, unfortunately, you made a mistake, not us. We had our moves planned in advance. But overall, I liked your game; well done, it was interesting. Thank you.

And yes, this is the first time I've played Mafia in a game where there's only one Mafia and complex clues (Zubr had easy clues, and I'll talk about him later). To be honest, the game was easy and a bit boring for me (maybe that's why I didn't write much, I don't know). That is, when there are two Mafia, there's a default tension, you think a lot, and you spend a lot of nerves. But here, there isn't any of that, and you just sit quietly, waiting for victory. Well, but in Zubr's last two Mafia games, even though there was only one Mafia, the clues were easy, which kept things interesting and pushed you to take action, just like in the game with two Mafia. Based on this, I want to say that it's more interesting when there are two Mafia in the game (and complex clues look good in such a game). If the GM makes one Mafia, then the clues should be easier so that the Mafia are under pressure (but not like Zubr's!). Or maybe giving the neutral roles fewer abilities would help. This is basically it. The experience of this Mafia game turned out to be valuable; thank you, Slonysh).

P.S. I'm tired of playing Mafia. In the last seven games, I haven't played as a peaceful citizen even once, although there were two opportunities, but I was killed on the first day. If I'm Mafia again, I'll choose my victims from those who don't let me play as a peaceful citizen

Well done, Mafia, you did a good job. We were lucky to get rid of the strong roles.

We were lucky that the serial killer, "who is useful to the city," only killed townspeople, reducing the number of days needed to win.

Ling is the cook because he went to the townspeople with the avatars from Death Note xD.

I went to Zedzi because he has been playing with us for a very short time, and I didn't want him to be killed on the first day. But, unfortunately, it didn't work out.
Although, at first, I forgot about the special ability of my Neutral Detective. Then, when I determined that Gil4 was Lady Beatrice, I gave him a pie for the third time. And again, no luck.

quite late).
As for me, I think you understand that I didn't really try to prevent my execution, because my execution was beneficial to us in the sense that it would prevent you from looking for Charles, who was the only one who could lead us to victory on the 4th night, because he immediately kills Beatrice. If Gil had thought a little more, he would have realized that he should be looking for Charles, because other roles cannot immediately kill Beatrice, and therefore she will live longer and the townspeople will have more votes for one more day, which will allow them to execute another Mafia member, and then only 4 townspeople will remain against 3 Mafia members. So this was the only time I was glad to be executed)). I don't think it's worth mentioning the note. So, Gil, unfortunately, you messed up, not us.

You're exaggerating. The Mafia played normally. Not badly, but not well, and Gil4, as a town member, played great.

Well, I said that Gill just made a mistake in the execution. Otherwise, he did a good job. (the remark about the blunder is a reference to his words about the Mafia, when he wrote that we made a mistake and in the note).

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As for the Mafia, they did a good job in the discussions within the group, and in the main thread, there was nothing special, but that wasn't necessary.

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And doctors really don't have luck, it's a cursed role.

The town was taken down with four votes, and that's what ultimately doomed it. The mafia's plan to only target town members failed spectacularly.

Of course, one could also mention the strong mafia team (which certainly helped), and the unsolved clues (though it's hard to blame the difficulty when, before "The Will" of Gil, no one even bothered to ask who was in Gur's avatar! It was obvious that it was a specific person, not just "a guy in the style of the era," but Gur was ignored completely).

Yes, the thesis that "killing the mafia is more beneficial to the mafia than to the town" was completely shattered in this game.

It was a good game, I enjoyed it. The only downside was that the clues were **too** difficult. Damn, the most annoying thing is that on the first night, I initially wanted to go to Zedzi, oh, stupid head... :( I was even about to go to Hosu :D But then I thought: either Pandora or Zedzi (stupid, I chose Pandora...).
The Mafia players played well; interestingly, none of them voted against Ara :O Cool)

P.S.: Gur, aren't you afraid of Zubrik's wrath? :smile42: