Mgm's Literary Mafia (GAME OVER! Find out who won...)

[Fritzler]

I wish I had a day kill power.

[raekuul]

Embedded in the wall, just inches away from his neck, is a poison dart -- the type that's shot from a blowpipe.
Bluesoul, It would appear that you are a prime target. Okay, which wall and at what angle did the dart hit?

[Mgm]

The host's eyes were flaming. "The wall behind him of course! We all saw it, or is there something wrong with your eyes?"

Isaac plopped down in a settee. "By the time I had the right equipment to measure the angle of impact, someone had removed the dart. I think they didn't want us to trace the trajectory and figure out where they stood at the time of the attack." He paused "And in case you didn't notice: bluesoul has been brutally murdered. I think you meant to address Leonidas."

[Amb]

A question such as "Did you see anything of the person who threw the dart" may have been more useful. If anyone else has handy day skills for the moment please be more careful about using them... Knowledge of who possesses these skills and who doesnt is dangerous too early on.

And Fos Azu - for sidestepping. A common mafia day kill tactic. Kill someone and then accuse blindly at the first person citing any random motive.

[Dead Rikimaru]

I now wonder if someone here has a clue of how to decipher the messages.

Also, CzarJ posted a site that may help us with that message?
Could that have been a modkill?
If not, could his assassination be related to the ti he posted?
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[CzarJ]

You're a dirty pack of blighters, the lot of you.

[kennykiller]

Did anyone else notice this:

[AZu]

It's a far fetch that is sure, but amb seems like the best bet to me. For now at least.
I say we pump up the pressure.

[Talzor]

I'm all for putting pressure on people to learn something. But what exactly can we learn by pressuring amb (or AZu for that matter, as far as I'm concerned they are both equally suspicious (I.e. not very much)) in this game? Given the theme, it's very easy to for scum to claim roles, after all, there is a LOT of authors out there.

[Ctorj]

Amb does seem a likely target.

Moreover, a little pressure is not going to make him explode. (though with all the food killings, I can't think of an evil chef right now who would cause that)

Because, however, this is literary mafia and it seems that the mod is in a literary mode, I say we should see how much info the mod can garner to us. Just a thought.

[raekuul]

Fos: Amb seems kinda suspicious, buit I'd also keep an eye on Fritz

[igota75]

Well that was interesting.

Just to throw it out there, Orson Scott Card (Czarj) is primarily known for science fiction works, particularly Ender's Game. Many of his works have underlying religious themes. I offer this information to anyone who wants it, courtesy of Wikipedia.

Anthony Horowitz (bluesoul) is a British author that works as a writer for various BBC detective/murder series. He also wrote the Alex Kidd novels, about a 14 yo boy training to be a spy. Perhaps bluesoul was a mafia spy/traitor? I find either that or that he might have been a cop to be likely possibilities based on his author's line of work. If he was a cop, I am saddened by his loss.

I unfortunately have not read Ender's Game, so I can make no educated guesses about Czarj's role or abilites, but perhaps someone else has?

[kennykiller]

You made a good point there igota75. I think that Bluesoul/Horowitz was more likely to be a cop. But that is just my two cents. I'm not so sure about the role of CzarJ/Card. I read the Wiki articles about him and his books, but could not think about a role that would fit with him.

Does anyone out there have any idea about those kryptologic signs? Maybe the first one has "Welcome" as plaintext. But I couldn't do anything with that. Are there any professional kryptologics out there?
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[Isaac Asimod]

Isaac laughed. "Alex Kidd? I think you are confusing some characters here. He invented Alex Rider. By the way, I do wonder if the movie based on the first book in that series will be any good. I guess we'll see on July 21."

His laughter subsided before he continued. "As for those signs, I'm pretty sure someone in your midst knows about them. It would make very little sense to leave notes you can't read yourself. Cryptology is a fascinating field. Perhaps some Wikipedian can be of help, I'll see if I can get a reliable internet connection going." He stood up and went away, leaving 12 ware authors to fend for themselves.

[Amb]

Hmmmm Can anyone ask questions of the mod then to some degree? And yes that is a question in the hopes of answer.

[igota75]

Wow, I feel so dumb. I even had to look up who Alex Kidd was just now. I have no idea how that even slipped in. Regardless of my inability to reliably copy down information from Wikipedia, I've made no progress whatsoever with these messages that have been left. Anyone have anything?

[Mgm]

Isaac Asimod came back into the room with a content expression on his face. "I got the computer in the reception area working again. Wikipedia is all ready to go should anyone wish to use it."

amb turned to him. "Can we ask you something if we have questions?"

"Sure, I can't guarantee I know the answer, but I'll try my best."

[kennykiller]

Maybe the one, who wrote those messages is Robert Harris, who wrote the book Enigma?
And a question for Isaac Asimod: do you know, how the text is encrypted? If so: could you tell us?
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[AZu]

How about the dead authors' roles?

[Mgm]

Isaac chuckled. "I'd say it is encrypted very well."

[raekuul]

Suddenly, Raekuul comes up with a silly idea.

"Hey, why don't we all mimic Isaac Asimod's style of responding? This would make it seem more like a narritive." He states, looking at the wall opposite where the dart landed.

[Amb]

Suddenly the room went real quiet and everyone stared at Ray-Quu-Ool. The momentary discomfort all felt was disconcerting. Then Ray through up his virtual arms and stormed off*. The general buzz of conversation** returned to the room

:-p

* All people expect authors to react like this. I personally think this reaction was because Ray-Quu-Ool had a sudden inspiration for a novel***
** Paranoid conversation of course
*** Aforementioned novel was named "Steamboat Murder". It was all about someone hiding in the Steamboat who was killed in a Ray-Kool-Aid accident.

[Amb]

through?????????

I even hit preview and didnt see that error. Me no good author career pipeline in.

[Isaac Asimod]

Mysterious vote count
amb (2): AZu, ???
AZu (1): Fritzler
igota75 (1): Talzor

[Talzor]

Unvote: igota75

I must admit I find the "Sandwich" theory somewhat unlikely. I'm currently more interested in Leo and as he hasn't responded to my FOS I'm upgrading to a Vote: Leonidas.

[igota75]

Curious, talzor...leon only made one post where he mistook himself for dead. I missed how this could be suspicious at all, I'd say it pretty much confirms him as town and sets him up for an early exit tonight via scum kill.

[Amb]

Leonidas probably hasnt checked the thread since then either. Wouldnt it have been funny if he said "Bah.... Go Scum" :-p

[Dead Rikimaru]

*stands up and turns to Isaac Asimod*
Has CzarJ fall victim to the wreath of gods for revealing forbidden lore or was his death due to the evil inside other human beings?"
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[Mgm]

Isaac frowned. "What are you implying? I had nothing to do with his death!"

[kennykiller]

[Talzor]

As I said, I could easily see Leo as a scum trying to pose as town by making a "error". And I voted him because he hasn't posted anything to explain himself, even though I've seen him post in other threads.

[raekuul]

Rae-Quu-Ool quickly accepts the alias given to him by Isaac Asimod, and notices that Asimod is responding under the alias "Em-Gee-Em". Rae-Quu-Ool raises his hand as though to say something, then falls to the floor, appearantly unconscious. He gets up a moment later, stretches, and explains "I have a medical condition that makes that happen every so often*. Anyway, I just realised that Fritz may be referring to an incident in another book of his... I say we should keep our FoS on Amb, even if we don't vote him. He just strikes me as a little... mischevious."

*Real-life event. Really happens to me

[Pooky]

Raekuul

Do you like milk chocolate or dark chocolate?
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[raekuul]

Raekuul pulls a flask out of the jacket he's wearing. He takes a big drink. "Dark, so long as I'm the one preparing it." FoS:Pooky [/i]

[Amb]

[raekuul]

"...bandwagon for poor reasoning and Talzor tries to continue it and in the process takes in either gullible Raekuul or Conniving mafia Raekuul" repeats raekuul. "I like that." He then goes and proceeds to make that his new sig quote. "Anyway, I'm just keeping an eye on amb now. Pooky's offer of chocolate makes me a little warier of him. Y'know, sandwich-killing woulda killed Pooky if I had that power."

unFoS Amb

[Talzor]

Now, now there. There's no reason to get upset. We haven't actually lynched you and sometimes much can be learned from an shaky bandwagon.
As for the list, I merely presented the events as they had happened.
As I've said all along I think the whole sandwich thing is pretty farfetched and I still do, but we are not getting any new information by sitting on our behind waiting for something to drop from the sky.

And to address some specific points.
1. How can you claim that raekuul has been taken in? He just FoS'ed you (an honour that, by the looks of it, we shall all soon have).
2. If you indeed have a so-called sandwich ability, which I doubt, it probably would be a one-shot sandwich. Or, at the very most, a once a day sandwich. In fact, I doubt this ability so much that I quite happily volunteer to be sandwiched by amb at any time.
3. You seem to be reacting a little to strongly to a mere 3 votes. Hmm. food for thought.
4. Returning to the subject of raekuul. What's up with that so called writer? He's making a lot of posts that makes little to no sense, and he's trowing FoS'es left and right without no reason.

And now, while I consider if your excessively strong reation merets a continual vote, I'll go and make myself equally unpopular with AZu. Unvote: amb, vote: AZu

[Fritzler]

guys, amb is a kiwi
AZu isn't

the choice should be obvious

[AZu]

[AZu]

On a separate note, amb seems especially touchy to me. Which makes him look scummy in my eyes.