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Green Crayons · Daedalian Member

Mod: Are we allowed to use outside sources to help us solve the riddle?

esme · ^^^^-- is female! Get the pronouns right

I am thinking undertaker.

People see doctors, lawyers, ministers etc.

but "*everyone* will lay with him" points to inevitable things like death and taxes.

It could also be death, but this would fit better with "He who seeks him needs him."

If lay points to lay people in a church, it could also be something like minister, but then the turn of phrase would not be very good.

Wall-E · Daedalian Member

raekuul · Lives under a bridge & tells stories.

How Ironic that I forgot I was playing in memory mafia...

MNOWAX · 0.999... of a Troll

oh that looks more like a puzzle to me! lol

it does look like undertaker or doctor.
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Wall-E · Daedalian Member

I'm going to try to solve the puzzle by saying Undertaker.
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Wall-E · Daedalian Member

Do we even know HOW to solve the puzzle? IE the format to use?
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Green Crayons · Daedalian Member

Mod said to bold it. But he said that was just preference.

I suppose we could just make a post just of bold words. Like, copy and paste a list from the dictionary, sans definitions. ...Would that be discounted?

The Great Crep'er · 2% Spambot

undertaker is the answer

The hint is this:
All members of the mafia have no less than two different vowels in each of their names.

An update:

All of the keys on the keyboard had gathered around, truly one of them was about to be touched for the last time. Or maybe not so...however, when little timmy hunt and peck tried to take a whack at typing his report, he noticed something. To his shock, one of the keys had gone missing, he had not necessarily gone completely out of existence, yet still, something was amiss.

Irgy has been captured, as a result, his vote in this choiceblock is now nullified, he will be released in the time of three days from this post. He may still post however.

The keyboard shook, truly this was no time for scrolling or putting things in lock, it was a time for war.

With 15 alive, yet only 14 able to vote, it will still take 8 to lynch. (4 at deadline).

Ms. Lovett · Daedalian Member

Irgy · Daedalian Member

Gosh, captured, that's a bit exciting. I might as well unvote then just to remind myself. If that's three physical real life days then I'm probably going to get a vote in this choice block anyway at the rate we're going Revenge most foul!

I'm not really very convinced by 'undertaker' as the solution but I'm not going to complain. I'm happy with the hint too, it's a lot more helpful than I'd have expected.

I would have said it clears me as well - I mean I guess there is a bit of ambiguity with the whole substitute-vowel business going on with the 'y', but I would say TGC would be putting himself in serious danger of some fairly valid complaints if he gave that as the hint in a game where I was one of the mafia.

If you read it carefully, it also clears:
Green Crayons
Ms Lovett (arguably - if 'Ms' counts as one of her names)

Maybe even Wall-E, although I'd say on balance the hyphen makes it one name and puts him back in the running.

Wall-E · Daedalian Member

I agree with the most literal interpretation of the rule. I will keep myself in the suspects list (despite being town woo) to keep things fair and maintain credibility.

The suspect list is:

isauteisika
thedragon'sprincess
MNOWAX
raekuul
Leonidas
jayfin3
Irgy - May not vote in the time of three days.
Wall-E
Undercover Monk

I vote we limit our bandwagon for D1 to the above list. Agreed?
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Ms. Lovett · Daedalian Member

Irgy- Yeah, the first time I read the hint I didn't interpret it that way, but I see what you mean. But that means that you are also forgetting Undercover Monk as well.

Yeah, I wasn't too sure about "undertaker" either, but I can see how that would work. I'm not complaining, this hint was definitely VERY helpful!

Irgy · Daedalian Member

Ahh yes you're right about Mr Monk too Ms Lovett, I think I just saw too many vowels in his first name and moved on.

So, following Wall-E's example, I'd say that leaves us with just six serious candidates:
isauteisika
thedragon'sprincess
MNOWAX
raekuul
Leonidas
jayfin3

And three unlikely but still theoretically plausible possibilities:
Wall-E
Ms. Lovett
Irgy

There could also I suppose be a serial killer or some other sorts of anti-town non-mafia hiding among the vowel-deprived though.

That's pretty good odds though all in all. If I could vote, I'd still stick to the vote-for-a-non-participator policy which, now that raekuul's joined in and made a post leaves just Leonidas.

Wall-E · Daedalian Member

Good enough for me. Vote: Leonidas

This. Is. Easy.
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esme · ^^^^-- is female! Get the pronouns right

I don't agree that this clears Wall-E and Ms. Lovett.

I will change my vote to Leonidas from Irgy, though.

vote: Leonidas

raekuul · Lives under a bridge & tells stories.

I may have missed something important, but why are we attacking Leonidas?

esme · ^^^^-- is female! Get the pronouns right

A vowel-compatible non-poster.

Green Crayons · Daedalian Member

Short post.

Unvote, Vote: Leo. I can get behind that - isn't Leo usually verbose in his games? I believe this puts him at three.

Also, I'll be away until sunday.

isauteikisa · Daedalian Member

I have no reason not to bandwagon the inactive until they post Extreme Delectation

unvote: vote: Leonidas. Post, let's clear this out, and then let's get to scumhunting with our new clues.
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isauteikisa · Daedalian Member

Alright, that's 5 I see. Let's hold off on anyone else piling on for the moment... let's not risk an accidental lynch here.
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esme · ^^^^-- is female! Get the pronouns right

MNOWAX · 0.999... of a Troll

i have to agree
unvote, Vote Leo

and esme is right.
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The Great Crep'er · 2% Spambot

"What is the battle plan, great sire?" said the replacing Aide de Camp, while Leonidas was off somewhere, getting hopped up on baguettes most likely.

"We are not quite sure yet, young intern," replied a random general, with a brittle, grey moustache, "while we are assured it will be quite magnifique, there are a few certain lynchings to do as our council seems to be infiltrated with the most vile of traitors."

The generals and marshalls had begun to walk back into the council room, however, once they had heard a small ticking sound, they began to worry. One marshall in particular, had pried up the floorboards, and held out a bomb. isauteisika had gulped his final gulp as he saw the bomb go off.

BOOM! isatiesika has been killed.-he will remain killed until reality changes.
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You hear a rumour that raekuul is scum!

raekuul · Lives under a bridge & tells stories.

lolwut? I'm scum?

Well, that's news to me.

I really want to reconsider voting for Leonidas. Isau started this bandwagon, and now he's dead. unvote

Ms. Lovett · Daedalian Member

Leonidas · Membre Daedalien

What's going on here?

Wall-E · Daedalian Member

Someone may have just killed isautiska? A day vig? It could be a lot of things. Let's not worry about it until it happens again, but if anyone has any thoughts, please post them. I'm going to read his/her posts and look for clues before I post again.
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isauteikisa · Daedalian Member

lolwut?

Go town!

I'm a he.

*dies - hopefully temporarily*
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Wall-E · Daedalian Member

Wall-E · Daedalian Member

Do any oldbies here remember a temporary death mechanic in any game? I know my role flavor is directly ripped from another game.
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esme · ^^^^-- is female! Get the pronouns right

Wall-E · Daedalian Member

Yeah, who the hell are you? Nobody? Ok.
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esme · ^^^^-- is female! Get the pronouns right

Wall-E · Daedalian Member

Just startin' stuff. You got a problem with that?
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esme · ^^^^-- is female! Get the pronouns right

unvote
vote: Wall-E

MNOWAX · 0.999... of a Troll

well i can tell you from my knowledge base we have at least three mafia games stuff.

My role is from manatee mafia,
we have Killer Has A Voice ( ohhh! my favorite! Razz

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Deep South
French mafia (cant remember what its actually called)
Time travel Mafia (from what the mod has said)

I also want to note that Isau posted on post 100, which is a nice even round number, and i think the bomb was there.
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Wall-E · Daedalian Member

Wall-E · Daedalian Member

also you're fat
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