Glow of a New DayNight 2
She stood on the roof and spoke with the wind, insistently pleading for something; an hour later, thunder roared and a heavy rain began.
Xostor was tending to his affairs when suddenly the lights in his house went out. From below, the cursing of the old tavern owner and the laughter of the patrons could be heard. Looking out the window, he found the street in pitch darkness, with large droplets drumming against the windowsill.
On this night,
Neira did not sleep; a strange whisper was barely noticeable at first, but after a while, it became unbearable. Going outside, she headed toward the old doctor who lived four blocks away; in one of the dark alleys, she pricked herself on something sharp. A minute after she left, a man ran out of the alley and hurried home, already soaked to the bone.
In the middle of the night, someone knocked on
Slonysh's door. Opening it, she found an old man on the threshold in the wet robes of a cleric; he handed her a small cross and smiled, then, without waiting for a reaction, hastily departed.
A suspicious man was lingering near
Zedzi's house; it seemed he was waiting for something, but having waited in vain, he left, catching a cold.
Thorium was smoking a pipe in his wealthy home; the neighing of horses and the clanging of a blacksmith's hammer drifted in from the street. A red-haired warrior slowly entered the room, holding the head of one of the guards in her hand. Abruptly tossing it aside and drawing a red blade, she roared a strange spell, and the blade burst into flames. The sword entered the wooden floor like a hot knife through butter, and the room erupted in fire. Thorium jumped up and drew his sword, but the half-blood's blade easily sliced it in half. After a kick to the face, Thorium fell helplessly onto the burning floor; mercy is foreign to the half-blood.
Despite the rain, the house was only managed to be extinguished toward morning; Thorium never managed to get out. Also, in the morning, guards discovered
Reinhard crucified on the door of the clock tower. It seemed he wanted to defend himself, but a shooter instantly deprived him of the ability to move. Each arrow bore an intricate engraving—a fang and four elemental emblems.
The Steamgard clocks have fallen out of sync.
This time, someone simply threw the notes into the donation box near the church.
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Dear Alchemist, if you find me, forget about a sound sleep; I will find you, and then things will get very unpleasant for you, believe me.
Your Avenger.
P.S: You cowards with silver weapons, how about one-on-one without the fucking silver?
P.S: Die, Governor, Advisor, and Mistress.
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Punished. Today you jerk off to the witch. Next night I'll send a target for assassination.
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Guards report that Arandor belongs to the non-humans.
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On the back of the recipe for turning lead into gold (the paper is all stained with reagent spots): "blood analysis showed that the patient is more human than otherwise"
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Morning - non-human
Ruler of Steamgard
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Report №759
From the covert surveillance department of the Steamgard prosecutor's office
To the Advisor and head of the secret guard unit *illegible font*
Report on case №42905-dash-81 dated 14.07
Subject: Arandor
Report: Throughout the observation period, the Subject showed no social activity and wandered aimlessly through the city streets, as if studying them. Upon returning home, the Subject discovered traces of theft in his own house, yet showed no emotion and remained indifferent. Additionally, another person was following the Subject, whose identity could not be established.
Danger level: above average.
Reporter's personal number: *illegible font*
Permission for public presentation dated 15.07.
Advisor*illegible font*
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Funny methods bring interesting thoughts to mind. I thought for a long time why the mafias chose a non-optimal course of action on the first night, and something suggested one of the possible answers. Of course, one cannot rule out banal stupidity on the part of the mafia, but keep another option in mind. Imagine that Xos is the Dancer, killing the Mistress. The crippling arrow of the Archer reduces the success chance of the kill to 50%, and the Mistress's natural defense makes the success chance only 25%. In this scenario, Xos himself becomes semi-covered, plus the Mistress (Thorium) is covered—since the Mistress's statuses are completely peaceful, and the activation of the natural defense shouldn't out the Mistress, so with such statuses Thorium could easily pose as the Advisor ("lol, the mafia tried to kill me"). Yes, there is a risk in such a plan, but Xos is capable of even more complex schemes, as we all know, and the risk is quite justified; moreover, this version of events explains the irrational moves of the mafia.
Gil.
Alive:1. Morning
2. WhiteLizard
3. Гур
5. Luis
7. RiMpel2
8. Киц Кицунька
9. Небо
10. Gil4
11. Нэйра Дрейк
12. Слоныш
13. Arandor
14. WishmasteR
15. Amko
17. Зедзи
18. Xostor
19. Ta Kotoraya...
20. Werevolka
Dead:4. Hermit
16. Thorium
6. Reinhard
