Posts from Mafia 49. Monday starts on Saturday. Auto-translated

This night, the center of general attention became the office of Ment, who decided to stay overnight at the institute. First, he had a difficult conversation with a plump man in a suit, the result of which was that Ment did not leave the office all night. Then someone visited him, attempting over a cup of tea to find out details of Ment's past and his attitude toward certain employees. Soon another interlocutor joined this company, slender and proud, who first inquired whether anyone had disturbed Ment's peace before his arrival. Even after leaving the office, he continued to wander nearby for a long time. Moreover, in the morning Ment complained that strange hallucinations prevented him from falling asleep - at times it seemed to him that he had entered a fairy tale.

At the same time, during his night work in the laboratory, Wulfgar was haunted by a persistent feeling that someone was watching him.

Drakkoshka, having attempted to leave her office, was shocked - right at the doors she was met by a huge fellow of Eastern appearance, whose gaze clearly expressed that Kosha would be better off returning... Which she obeyed, spending the rest of the night in the office.

Nephela was visited by a stranger who examined her very strangely - perhaps trying to guess her origin or assess how strong her magical aura was.

Returning to his laboratory toward morning, The_awe was horrified - everything turned upside down, furniture broken, documents scattered across the room... It is unknown who felt the need to cause this outrage, however, it was not the villain's only goal - several valuable items disappeared from the laboratory.

However, this strange robbery was not even the most frightening event of the night. Right near the exit from his own office, in the institute corridor, Spear was killed. The employees learned of this with regret - for the deceased was a very benevolent mage, always ready to help; moreover, his research had once helped in the struggle against the Trio. In the killer's handwriting, one could easily recognize the person who killed G. Penetrating - a stealthy approach to the victim and a deadly blow of a dagger... As last time, the killer worked cleanly, leaving no traces.

At the beginning of the night, it seems nothing in the institute foretold trouble, however, the employees did not lose vigilance. In the evening, a man in a glossy suit visited Arandor and announced with an authoritative voice that he should not go anywhere this night. Arandor was forced to obey. Soon an elderly mustachioed man also entered, who, to Arandor's surprise, began to inquire about what they had discussed yesterday.

Siverfale, waking up in the middle of the night, thought he was still sleeping when his cat spoke with a human voice, and the houses outside the window turned into huts on chicken legs. When he realized it wasn't a dream, he became genuinely frightened, but the visions ceased quite quickly.

And the center of general attention this night shifted to Drakkoshka's office, which, as it turned out, was not in vain. First, an elegant man with a cane appeared on the threshold, offering to keep Kosha company. With him she felt much safer and did not expect trouble, when suddenly the doors were smashed by a powerful blow. In the doorway appeared a huge Arab levitating above the floor, resembling yesterday's uninvited guest. In his hands he held a cluster of lightning, clearly preparing to launch a deadly attack... But the protector reacted instantly: hiding behind the same Gyan ben Gyan shield standing against the wall and pulling Kosha with him, he placed one hand on the handle of the cane, while with the other he began making passes in the air, reading a spell. Seeing this scene, the enemy vanished as if dissolving into thin air. The savior rushed to calm the mistress, simultaneously glancing at the door and fearing new attacks, however, he saw only a short, shaggy figure timidly observing the proceedings. Toward morning another guest visited the office - a plump man in glasses. Seeing the smashed door, he hurried to help, but having convinced himself that everything was fine and Kosha did not need him, he departed, citing business.

At this, however, the troubles in the institute did not end. The mysterious killer with a dagger continues to rage in the corridors, and today his victim was ToX. It cannot be said that this fact was received by employees with great sadness - ToX had managed to annoy many quite a bit, and he performed his work far from the best way. This time, however, the culprit failed to disappear as tracelessly as before - at the crime scene they found an image of the god Thor that he had dropped. One of the employees, who saw ToX alive for the last time, said he saw some stranger examining him closely.

Strange, very strange things happened in the office of the everyone's respected employee Ment. The same elegant man with a cane visited him, believing that it was exactly Ment who needed protection this night more than anyone else. Ment complained to his interlocutor that before his arrival he had seen now a talking pike in the washbasin, now Baba Yaga flying across the sky on a broom... Someone very short watched this conversation quietly from around the corner. But suddenly, before the eyes of the stunned guests, the same thing happened to Ment as yesterday with Siver: he simply disappeared, as if dissolving into thin air. Simultaneously, many things in the office vanished without a trace. Out of several packs of documents signed by the director of NIICHAVO, only a lonely sheet remained in the cabinet, on which one could read: "Act of Rationalization. Case No. 197. Name: Ment. Brief essence of inexplicability: it is beyond doubt that he is only one, but at the same time there are two of them. Exists in two personas. Decision: recognize this phenomenon as irrational and transcendent, and therefore, not actually existing". And then the night visitor who read this began to understand: he had just been talking to one of Ment's forms, but he hadn't seen the second one anywhere in the last day. The second Ment disappeared yesterday... He looked at the act. The date standing near the signature and ominous seal was yesterday's. Glancing at the shelf where the act lay, the guest saw with bewilderment that there was another sheet - a piece of newspaper with an announcement for the movie "Die Hard".

Meanwhile, unprecedented disorder occurred in the vivarium. Several ghouls were released from the enclosure, for which the vivarium overseer, also a ghoul, was reasonably suspected. Having drunk too much, they opened the enclosure with hecatoncheires, who, although very good-natured, threatened to cause quite a bit of trouble with their huge bodies, and then almost released Dracula himself... Fortunately, Lord Mortulus and The_awe, arriving in time to help, were able to settle the situation.

Naira Drake, preparing to go for a walk in the corridor, was met by an unexpected "guest"-Arab, who blocked her path and did not wish for her to continue the walk. An annoyed Naira returned to the office.

And another Arab, who for three days had been plotting (if, of course, he is capable of plotting) something very unkind, but could not implement it in any way, was determined today. He flew into one of the offices (where even the door happened to be open) and, without hesitation, released a huge energy of lightning into the room. Powerful discharges first killed GoedenDag, who was treated with such trepidation by many ordinary employees, and then spared not even the invisible Loreley, who was never destined to demonstrate the success of his work... At the same time, the owner of the office continued to sit motionless and calmly at the desk: not a single discharge caused him harm. The killer glanced at him and vanished, apparently fearing trouble. Later, an academic work from 1908 was found at the scene of the tragedy, having somehow gotten there.

Merlin (Tox) - silenced Humer (didn't manage to - assassination)