When I envision the prevailing attitude of this mafia team before TH's death, I think it had to be quite positive. They were fully in tact, the civilians did not seem to be settling into a sound posture and probably expected three mafia total anyway, and with four votes they could command the final lynch to close the game.
With Turnip Head dying and two avatars descending upon the land, that comfort level had to collapse quickly. A mafia team that has held itself fully together deep into a game is well-positioned to win but also at risk of a house-of-cards effect. It's difficult to get that far without forging some connections between one another publicly -- the idea is to just win before those connections are relevant.
Turnip Head opened the door for the civilians to find connections. nutella and I represented an immediate new certainty that a huge effort would be taken on to find those connections. This had to be extremely frustrating to the mafia. It was immediately visible in Epignosis's first response to our arrival: "Hey". I frankly could have lynched him after that post. I said earlier that I felt bad to some extent, because I know the mafia team couldn't predict or readily prepare for this. But here we are and we play to win.
Epi's annoyance may well translate to his teammates, as can the visibility of the connections. Epignosis and Turnip Head fit together perfectly, and many of us saw that straightaway when the investigation got started. He saw the development and threw out a desperate role claim to try to stave off the tidal wave. Eventually he submitted that he was cooked, and then promoted a little paranoia to try to shake the confidence of the civilians -- both in my specific effort and in everyone's confidence in my effort. He of course failed to address the prowess of the civilians not named JJJ -- nutella could kick his ass without my help every time.
I say all this to assert that the present morale of the mafia team is likely dampened. For that reason, low-presence among them in this thread as we fervently work to solve the game before the avatars depart, is highly compatible with such a state of morale.
speedchuck has largely left the game behind. He only briefly returned today with an extremely opportunistic attack upon Tony for his weird role claim. speedchuck is a mafioso.
Long Con has largely left the game behind. His only significant act today was to attempt to speed Epignosis through a hammer which would have silenced nutella and I. Long Con is a mafioso.
