Murder On The Owl Express [Mafia Win]

[speedchuck]

The first game of an 'A Hat In Time Mafia' trilogy

A closed, flavorful setup for 9 Players

RULES:

Spoiler: show

1. This is a closed setup, but still NO ROLE CLAIMING! I'll be sad and might have to do something.
2. Day phases are 20 minutes and night phases are 10 minutes. Day 0 will be 10 minutes. Please be aware this may change depending on circumstances, and there may be a little bit of lag during phase resolution.
3. Flavorclaiming will not save you and is also discouraged because meta.
4. Majority lynch at deadline. Ties are randomized. No lynch will be an option.
5. Is just a game. Please don't get angry at your fellow passengers.
6. No copying things from role PMs.
7. Just the usual stuff, okay? No smoking on the train, leave your bombs at home, etc. Let's have some fun!

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

[speedchuck]

DAY 0

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.

[sig]

Lets do this!

[Kylemii]

leeeets go (get on a train)

[Lunalee]

*hops aboard*

[Epignosis]

Y'all hear about this?

[Lunalee]

Y'all hear about this?

Wow, Amtrak just can't seem to get it together.

[Tangrowth]

Yay game!

[Tangrowth]

Y'all hear about this?

[speedchuck]

DAY 0.2

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.

WAITING FOR A MAJORITY OF PLAYERS TO CHECK IN

[Kylemii]

why is it decimals

[Elohcin]

I'm here, I'm here. I am multi-tasking...talking to potential customers. Got get dat money.

[speedchuck]

Hah linkis don't work here.

Day One

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.

[Tangrowth]

why is it decimals

Decimals are awesome, that's why.

[Tangrowth]

Yeah, linkitis was turned off for the Burglary subforum because it would hinder most people from being able to post given the quick nature of the game.

[Kylemii]

Speedchuck I love you but there's no way I'm reading any of the flavor text until after the game is over. Time is all we have.

[Tangrowth]

Speedchuck I love you but there's no way I'm reading any of the flavor text until after the game is over. Time is all we have.

This guy is town.

[Epignosis]

Day phases are twenty minutes.

speedchuck writes a novel before each Day phase.

speedchuck is mafia.

[sig]

Decimals are the devils friends

[Tangrowth]

INH, Luna, Lapluie, and NVN, get on this train!

[Tangrowth]

Day phases are twenty minutes.

speedchuck writes a novel before each Day phase.

speedchuck is mafia.

[Tangrowth]

Decimals are the devils friends

sig is bad.

[Epignosis]

INH, Luna, Lapluie, and NVN, get on this train!

Why are you yelling at Luna?

[sig]

Decimals are the devils friends

sig is bad.

NO U

[Tangrowth]

INH, Luna, Lapluie, and NVN, get on this train!

Why are you yelling at Luna?

...

Oh, because I'm an idiot and didn't realize Luna had posted somehow.

[Lunalee]

INH, Luna, Lapluie, and NVN, get on this train!

Hello Moving Pictures, I've been on this train a while. What's the rush?

[Tangrowth]

INH, Luna, Lapluie, and NVN, get on this train!

Why are you yelling at Luna?

...

Oh, because I'm an idiot and didn't realize Luna had posted somehow.

Twice, even. Wow.

[sprityo]

it hasnt even been 20 minutes and you guys arent even on page 2? shame

[Tangrowth]

INH, Luna, Lapluie, and NVN, get on this train!

Hello Moving Pictures, I've been on this train a while. What's the rush?

Hello there! Is this your first online mafia game or have you played before?

Gotta catch those baddies, that's why.

Are you one?

[sig]

MP not paying attention inattentiveness = mafia? yes no maybe thoughts

[Tangrowth]

it hasnt even been 20 minutes and you guys arent even on page 2? shame

It's because you and Jay aren't playing.

[Epignosis]

Votes are changeable.

[Tangrowth]

MP not paying attention inattentiveness = mafia? yes no maybe thoughts

sig is town.

That said, you wrong boy.

[Kylemii]

MP not paying attention inattentiveness = mafia? yes no maybe thoughts

does MP have a tendency to not pay attention when bad in burgles?

[Tangrowth]

Votes are changeable.

Good to know, thanks Marmot.

[sig]

MP not paying attention inattentiveness = mafia? yes no maybe thoughts

sig is town.

That said, you wrong boy.

Why?

[Lunalee]

INH, Luna, Lapluie, and NVN, get on this train!

Hello Moving Pictures, I've been on this train a while. What's the rush?

Hello there! Is this your first online mafia game or have you played before?

Gotta catch those baddies, that's why.

Are you one?

First online mafia, so sorry if I'm a bit slow catching on.

[Elohcin]

Speedchuck I love you but there's no way I'm reading any of the flavor text until after the game is over. Time is all we have.

This guy is town.

maybe he is just lazy and trying to come up with a game-related excuse not to read.

[Tangrowth]

[mention]insertnamehere[/mention]
[mention]lapluie[/mention]
[mention]novaselinenever[/mention]

[sig]

MP not paying attention inattentiveness = mafia? yes no maybe thoughts

does MP have a tendency to not pay attention when bad in burgles?

Not much time in each phase I feel like mafia is more likely to make mistakes with less time to think on things and plot.

[Epignosis]

I am punching the tickets of anybody who fails to show up.

[Lunalee]

[mention]Kylemii[/mention] , you seemed to be in a rush earlier, but haven't posted anything else. Watsup?

[Tangrowth]

MP not paying attention inattentiveness = mafia? yes no maybe thoughts

sig is town.

That said, you wrong boy.

Why?

Why which?

I think you're town because this is a typical town-minded hair-brained sig theory.

I'm town because my role card says I am. Watch out, baddies.

[sig]

MP not paying attention inattentiveness = mafia? yes no maybe thoughts

sig is town.

That said, you wrong boy.

Why?

Why which?

I think you're town because this is a typical town-minded hair-brained sig theory.

I'm town because my role card says I am. Watch out, baddies.

[Kylemii]

Speedchuck I love you but there's no way I'm reading any of the flavor text until after the game is over. Time is all we have.

This guy is town.

maybe he is just lazy and trying to come up with a game-related excuse not to read.

I mean I do usually skip the flavor text so I can read the results sooner anyways but I'm especially going to skip it even harder when we have to make all our decisions in 20 minutes or less.

[Tangrowth]

INH, Luna, Lapluie, and NVN, get on this train!

Hello Moving Pictures, I've been on this train a while. What's the rush?

Hello there! Is this your first online mafia game or have you played before?

Gotta catch those baddies, that's why.

Are you one?

First online mafia, so sorry if I'm a bit slow catching on.

No worries! Cool. Well, glad to have you.

What about it though, are you mafia or not? If not you, who is?

[Epignosis]

Like, insertnamehere isn't, you know, here.

[sig]

I am punching the tickets of anybody who fails to show up.

Why>

[Kylemii]

@Kylemii , you seemed to be in a rush earlier, but haven't posted anything else. Watsup?

what rush?

[Lunalee]

I am punching the tickets of anybody who fails to show up.

Why>

Less people for Epi to murder?