The Syndicate

And thanks to everyone who played.

Murder On The OWL Express Mafia

Flips on lynch
No NK reveals
Closed setup
No claiming
10 players

3P Victim - Survive or get nightkilled
3P/Town Conductor - Wins if two mislynches happen & town wins
Town 1-shot jailkeeper - Hat Kid
Town searcher/Doublevoter (searches for other town power role at night, gets told if he/she finds the power role) - Hat Kid's Uncle's Sister
Town Vanilla - Express Owl
Town Vanilla - Express Owl
Town Vanilla - Express Owl
Mafia 1-shot lynch janitor - C.A.W.
Mafia role cop - C.A.W.

Inactives kinda messed with this a bit, but in the end mafia deserved the win. I apologize to anyone who feels like the setup wasn't balanced. Pushing it to nine players was hard, and with 3 townies gone at the start, I think it was fantastic that the game went as many phases as it did.

Hope you guys had fun, even if the game wrecked me a bit. I'm exhausted.

Props to Lunalee for making it to endgame as a new player!

"The victim did it?"

Everyone nodded. All evidence had pointed to this conclusion.

"Wait, does that make it a suicide?" The conductor pondered, considering the pros and cons of such a risque and transgressive plot twist.

"It seems you've seen through my charade," a rather not-dead owly voice says. And the victim stood, prepared to give an account for himself. Defeat colored his eyes the color of shame. Whatever color that was.

"It was my turn to clean the Owl Express," he said, "and I just decided to ... uh, fake my death, with this rubber knife. But all this trouble isn't worth it. I'll just start cleaning up now."

"Yer death just wasn't believable enough," the Conductor said, shaking his head. "Yer a failure of an actor."

"I know."

"You know what? I'm done shooting this film. It's a disaster. I think we'll film an action movie instead."


Lunalee was the Victim. Her role card:

speedchuck wrote:Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:55 pm You are the VICTIM, a 3P... Victim. You are the dead body. You do not want anyone to know that you aren't really dead.

You win if you are nightkilled or if you survive. You lose if you get lynched.

Votes cast.

Epignosis
1
33%
Voters: Lunalee
Lunalee
2
67%
Voters: Epignosis, MovingPictures07
MovingPictures07
0
No votes

Please hold.

1 minute 5 sdeconds

Lapluie has been killed. Day 4 begins. 20 minutes from the time of this post.

"Yer think that..." The conductor was flabbergasted. The majority had selected their target, but he couldn't recall who it was. "Mebbe there's some evidence to look at?"

There wasn't. The evidence used to exist, but it was gone. Not a soul knew who the lynch target was.

"Ah well, let's throw it out then."



Eloh was lynched. She was ?????????

10 minutes, get in your PMs, go go go!

Day has ended

Elohcin
2
50%
Voters: MovingPictures07, Epignosis
Epignosis
1
25%
Voters: Lunalee
Lapluie
0
No votes
Voters: None
Lunalee
1
25%
Voters: Elohcin
MovingPictures07
0
No votes
Voters: None
No Lynch
0
No votes
Voters: None

Hold for resolution

Sig has died. Day 3 Begins, and will end 20 minutes from whatever post time is on this thing.
It is now LYLO

"You did it?" the Conductor screeched as Hat Kid confessed. "Why, yes, it all makes sense!"

Hat Kid tips her detective hat, and remains as talkative as usual. The Conductor sweats as he strives to make up a story.

"You saw the Express Owl all by himself, a lonely victim in your master scheme. With a hatred for society and its rapidly increasing progress of transportation, you struck down the first passenger you saw. His body lay like a mannequin, with blood spilling everywhere, and the smell... it woke your inner demons! Then you tore off his limbs, and ate them one by one, like an animal lusting for blood. That's how it happened, wasn't it?"

Hat Kid shakes her head. No. No it wasn't. The body still had its limbs.

"Oh well. Back to the drawing board!"



Kylemii has been lynched. His role card:

speedchuck wrote:Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:51 pm You are Hat Kid, the protagonist! You are a town Jailkeeper! Each night you target a player, and that player is role-blocked and protected from death!



You are town. You win when the mafia have been eliminated.

Night 2 has begun. Get in those PMs. You have 10 minutes.

sig wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2018 4:08 pm @speedchuck will kills be randomized if mafia doesn't submit?

No.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:56 pm why are there no freakin times on the poll?

Day ends in 10 minutes.

I didn't see an option for a deadline that is less than one full day away.

sig wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:47 pm Poll seems a bit messed up?

My bad, fixed it. You'll need to vote again.

Novaselinenever has died. Day 2 Begins, and will end 20 minutes from whatever post time is on this thing.

"SO... Whodunnit?" The conductor asked, as the crow agents lined up in the train car.

"We don't know," the lead crow admitted. "We couldn't find any conclusive evidence."

"What? So you've done peck all to solve the case?!" The Conductor turned to the other inhabitants of the room, who had been discussing things whis whole time. "Who's the muderer? Which one of you did it?!"

"Ah, so I was right!" the conductor cackled. "Ms. SPDANGFO did it after all!"

SPDANGFO said nothing, not even to refuse ther ridiculous name that a few errant keyboard presses had resulted in. Then...

"Alright, you got me darling."

A male voice sprung forth. It was very... Elvis-y. Ih had vestigal Elvisian tendencies.

"But..." The Conductor seemed genuinely taken aback. "Why? Why kill-"

As you might have noticed, Darling, I'm not actually Ms. SPUDANGFOE. It's your friendly movie-makin' rival, DJ Grooves! I know you've been having trouble shooting a movie, darling, so I made up this scheme to help you create an interesting movie plot! The Express Owl was kind enough to put on the rubber knife and play dead to help me."

*CLICK*

A hidden phone went dead somewhere in the room.

"RRRRRRRHHHHHHH" The Conductor hopped up and down angrily, screeching and cawing. "I didn't ask yer for yer help, you music-makin' penguin-slavin' PECK NECK!"

"BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD!"



INH has been lynched. His role card:

You are Hat Kid's mother, a town searcher/doublevoter!

Each night you can search for Hat Kid. You will be notified if you find them. (Hat Kid is town as well.)

Your vote is worth 2 until MYLO/LYLO comes around.

You are town. You win when the mafia have been eliminated.

Day 2 begins in about 10 minutes. Get those night actions in!

Voting has ended. Hold for resolution.

Elohcin
0
No votes
Voters: None
Epignosis
0
No votes
Voters: None
insertnamehere
3
75%
Voters: Lunalee, Epignosis, Kylemii
Kylemii
1
25%
Voters: MovingPictures07
Lapluie
0
No votes
Voters: None
Lunalee
0
No votes
Voters: None
MovingPictures07
0
No votes
Voters: None
Novaselinenever
0
No votes
Voters: None

Hah linkis don't work here.




As Hat Kid explores the train, she hears a phone ringing. It's one of those old fashioned phones, with a two separate pieces for hearing and speaking. Ah, how anachronistic. Fitting, for a western movie set. But why is there a phone on the train, and how does it work?

No matter. Hat Kid is curious enough to answer, and this is what she hears.

"Is this the kid with the hat?" A distorted voice asks through the phone. "I hope you like my present... he he he. Go to the back of the train. Your uncle's sister SKDANGFO has come to visit you. You better show your fam' some love, or I'll be talking to a corpse next time."

*CLICK*

Hat Kid could not count the number of ways that the phone call had confused her, but she decided to head to the back of the train and see who this SKDANGFO fellow was.

. . .

Amid musical cues, the horror is revealed. An express owl lies slain, steak knife thrust through his back. A pool of suspiciously-brown liquid seeps out from the body, staining the floor. Oh, the horror!

And by the body stands a nice old lady, painted on a wooden board. She stands unassuming, her face frozen in a nervous but sweet smile.

The Conductor's scottish accent pierces the quiet.

"A-a-a-a MURDER?" he stutters. "On MY Owl Express!?"

Owls gather about at his call, taking in the body with aghast and nervous looks.

"I can't believe someone would murder one of the Express Owls!" he cries. "And I can't believe even more that it's yer uncle's sister SKDANGFO!" The odd bird turns to the painted lady. "What do yer have to say for yerself, SPDANGFO?"

The lady doesn't response. Hat Kid begins to regret muttering something random when asked about her uncle's sister's maiden name.

"Yer givin' me the quiet treatment, eh? That's what a murderer would do!" The Conductor babbles, stressing and rolling his r's until he resembled an engine motor rather than a human being.

"Leave this case to us." On the other side of the room, previously out of sight of the movie cameras, stood a flock of those black birds from earlier. "We're CAW," the leader says, "the Crow Agent Watch. We'll be searching the entire train for evidence. No one is allowed to go outside of this wagon."

"WHAT!?" The conductor yelled. "I can't even walk around in me own train!? How dare yer!"

The crows pay him no mind, mentioning assurances and gathering scant evidence into a makeshift trial. Hat Kid eyes the crows with distrust, and begins to gather her own evidence and discuss it with the express owls, the Conductor, and the other passengers. She has a hat for every occasion, and today she would need the hats of a diplomat and a detective. Surely the killer was in the room, and they could work things out where they stood.





Day 1 has begun! You have 20 minutes to find the killer. Day ends at 2:33 EST.

Hat Kid encounters several black birds in trench coats and fedoras. "Why, hello there, fellow owl," the first says, even though he clearly is not an owl, and neither is Hat Kid. "I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting? As you can tell, I am also an Express Owl. I do much hooting."

Hat girl remains silent, as she usually does, taking in this suspicious figure's halting speech.

"From one owl to another, we can share details, yes? What is your uncle's sister's maiden name?"

Hat Kid gives a totally bogus answer, and tries to move on.

"Oh, it is SKDANGFO?" the black totally-an-express-owl says. "I see, I see. This is the kind of uncle's sister's maiden name I would expect from a fellow Express Owl."

Hat Kid rolls her eyes, and again tries to tear herself away. This time, the black bird does not follow. But his friends do.

"Do you care about security? You shouldn't tell information to strangers. I can help you be more secure! What is your favorite combination of letters and numbers?"
"Did you know that pets can have pets? If you had a pet, what would the name of your pet's pet?"
"Can you decifer this scientific formula for me?"
"If you were a superhero, what would your name be, if entered in an online form with standardized account ID requirements?"

Hat Kid weathered the storm, hoping for the Conductor to finish his script soon.

Hat Kid, new employee of Dead Bird Studios, arrives on the train as it is in transit... somehow. She alights on the rear car, ready for business.

"Welcome, back Lassie!" a weird, yellow, toothy owl says in a heavy scottish accent. This is the Conductor, a famous, award-winning, foul mouthed movie producer. Hat Kid's Employer. "I haven't written the script for me next movie yet, so we're not recording! I'll call for yer when the script is ready."

Hat Kid shrugs, and heads into the rear car of the train to explore.


DAY 0 HAS BEGUN! 10 or so Minutes till D1 begins!

Role PMs should be out. PM me if you have any questions about roles, or if you didn't get one.

RULES:
Have some music while roles are sent out!



Players:
Elohcin ???
Epignosis - Conductor
insertnamehere Town Mom
Kylemii Town Jailkeeper
Lapluie
Lunalee Victim
MovingPictures07 - Mafia Role Cop
Novaselinenever
Sig