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My interpretation.
The title symbolizes that the Man in the Mask has become a puppet. After watching the 19th mafia game, I'm convinced that Nebo doesn't give titles "at random," but links them to events.
Regarding Hosa, I agree. Apparently, it was a visit from the Guitarist + a visit from the Vegetable.
Morning is more interesting. My first thought was a mafia block. Remember how the Tamer blocks — a troop of monkeys. But the version with the unicorn block is also interesting. For now, the unicorns have the edge: if it were a mafia block, where is the unicorns' special ability (SA)? There's a chance that one of the unicorns was the one blocked, which is why their SA is missing, and this is a mafia block. On the other hand, if it's a unicorn block, then it's obvious that the second used SA is the target redirection from the Illusionist. In terms of the order of SAs, the version where Morning was blocked by unicorns fits better; moreover, this is indicated by the phrase about the "banana emperor," which fits the mention of the "banana king" in the video (or emperor, I didn't watch it personally). Thus, it all boils down to the unicorns blocking Mon. But not only them. Mr. Death also did his part regarding the same target. In that case, the second mafia SA is a redirection that isn't mentioned in the newspaper...
Again, in the order of SAs, what follows next (after the unicorn block) is exactly the check from the Drawn Man — the comparison of KostyaN's and Slonysh's statuses (I can't imagine it being anything else — other SAs are described as visits to residents, and how do you describe it if you need to visit two people at once? Correct, bring them to one place where they will be compared).
Arom was watched by the gramophone. Doubt it? What else could this "something" have been? Moreover, it's quite logical that the one who spots killers responded to Ara's request for protection.
In the order of SAs, the Illusionist's redirection happened somewhere around here. Only I'm not sure who was redirected to whom...
Next — the key moment of the night. The Puppeteer enters the game. And, judging by the title, recruits the Man in the Mask. It's logical that the nickname isn't mentioned — you can't blow the puppet's cover right away. Here is a question for Nebo: evidence is also given for the Puppeteer's recruitment, did I understand correctly? If so — the threads point to the recruitment itself, and the olive pits are the evidence. We could also consider the presence of a hat, but more than one character has a hat — so for now, I lean towards it being part of the literary description.
Toria was checked by the wanderer. Apparently, TaKo was this wanderer... I believe this because I see no other indications of the role: someone was prowling under the windows -> TaKo was found there -> "Jelly will punish those who prowl under my windows!". Jelly is a separate topic, that's for later. The cloak — I think it's evidence. Why I think so:
1. Based on the role indication, it couldn't be the Man in the Mask, who was already recruited (SA after recruitment). Among the mafia, only the Illusionist has a cloak, but if he had killed, there would be an indication of TaKo being split in half.
2. Given the second murder (Flandre) and the lack of evidence (I don't see any yet, at least) — the Acrobats killed (both of them), and the cloak is evidence for one of them. There is no description of the murder method in either case, and jelly is mentioned in both — I think this is also an indication of the Acrobats (and it's logical — the Man in the Mask couldn't kill, so it must have been the mafia, and given the number of kills — the Acrobats).
However, I cannot insist on my version of the cloak as evidence: so far I haven't found an explanation for that gelatinous note... For now, I allow for the possibility that the cloak is planted evidence. Reason: it doesn't even need to be solved, but it allows finding links to other players and, because it fits several people at once, it can delay the execution (= extend the life of one of the acrobats). Apparently, this is partially or fully a setup against me — even in the 26th mafia game, for the "hooded cloak" evidence, Ar used me as an example with my DMC outfit, whose main hero is always in his cloak. Only it was a bust back then — Dante's cloak has no hood. Here, apparently, they took advantage of that. In that case, the note is the real evidence. But I can't give guarantees yet. I haven't fully figured it out myself.
Flandre visited Morning with some SA (Morning is popular today, which is why I assume one of the SAs was redirected to him by the mafia, but then again, Hosa was also very respected on the first night in the previous mafia game). What SA and what role Flandre has is still a mystery to me. The colored body could indicate the Jester or the Drawn Man — in the first case, I think the description would be different. Multicoloredness isn't a characteristic of the Jester, in my opinion, but I don't see other options yet... On the other hand, it looks more like the Drawn Man (based on the image). But he seems to have already performed his SA — Slonysh and KostyaN. Then who was Flandre? Perhaps the "warm earth" is also significant.
Oh, and yes, the jelly is not evidence. Evidence is given for one murder.
Consequently, I don't see the SAs of:
- Thief;
- General;
Maybe Flandre was the Thief? Though I see no indications of this... nor his SA. Let's not forget who Flandre visited — Mon. Perhaps the colored body is an indication of one of the unicorns. In that case, the note is basically pointless, as Charlie is already known to the remaining unicorn. I'm not certain about this.
Also, note that the "Cloak" could be an indication of the role of another player who visited Toria, although that is unlikely.
Naturally, we need to finally figure out the newspaper. Besides that, we look for evidence on the Puppeteer and the Acrobats.
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