Mini 1046 - Murder in the Desert (Game Over!)

[Slaxx]

...You listed two other scum reads...

Xvart. I thought you were possibly being deflective but I think you're really just that dense.

[charter]

I'll still be shocked if Xvart isn't scum, despite his elaborate ploy here.

[Slaxx]

I was thinking now since after his lynch he could be pushing on Socrates so much to try to direct attention away from him but my gut is still just meh. I feel almost "guilty" about this lynch.

[Nicodemus]

Vote Count 2.12

xvart (6): charter, DemonHybrid, Socrates, Lowell, Slaxx, Parama

Slaxx

(2): xvart, Xine

charter

(1): WeaponsofMassConstruction

Xine

(1): boberz

xvart has been lynched!

It is now Twilight. Everyone may post until the lynch scene and flip are posted.

[Nicodemus]

The sun seems hotter Today. It beats down upon the inn with a terrible ferocity, and soon all are sweating in its fiery rays. Some, though, have more to sweat about than the heat.
“We’ve been over this a hundred times!” yells a hulking figure from the corner. “It’s gotta be him. It’s

gotta

.”
You nod uncertainly and stand to refill your glass. The hot air in the room makes it difficult to concentrate, and you need a drink to calm your buzzing brain.
“I tell you, it’s not me!” screams another figure back at hulking man.
“Who then, if not you?”
Their voices continue to rage as you reach under the bar, hoping to find the inn-keeper’s secret stash of liquor. Instead, your hand runs across something far more interesting: the spine of an ancient book. You glance over the bar to confirm that no one is looking, and then surreptitiously wedge it under the waistband of your pants. A private book hidden by the initial victim? It could provide crucial clues to solving the murders.
You return to the circle in a haze of liquor, heat, and adrenaline, hoping that your discovery has gone unnoticed. It takes you a moment to realize that it is your turn to vote. Motioning vaguely into the air in front of you, you collapse in your chair, rubbing your aching skull.
“That’s it then! We’ve all voted, and

he’s

the one to die!”
The man in question,

xvart

, shakes uncontrollably in his chair. “It’s not me,” he repeats, “I swear!”
His screams go unheeded as the noose is placed around his neck, and in minutes there is nothing left but a lifeless corpse, swaying gently in the desert heat.
Silently you approach the body and search his pockets. Unlike the saloon’s bar, however,

xvart’s

pockets contain no secrets. He was an innocent man.
Slowly the reality of the situation sinks in, and the men sit in stunned silence over the brutal murder that has been carried out by their own hands. One by one they drift away to their separate rooms. You, however, stay behind. Reaching behind you, you bring forth the book. Are the answers you so desperately seek contained within its pages? As the sun sets behind the hills for the Night, you begin to read.

xvart, Townie

, lynched Day 2!

It is now Night. No more posting in this thread until Day begins again. Deadline for Night 2 can be found here

[Nicodemus]

"

From The Journal of Obadiah Walker

April 7, 1884

A wealthy man came to the inn today. A man who kept his face hidden beneath his hat, no matter how I might try to peer under it. Every instinct told me to refuse him lodging, but money is hard to come by these days, and he paid well. Very well indeed. He is up in his room now, but for the past several hours he sat at the bar, ordering drink after drink. As much as he drank, though, his speech never slurred, and his mental faculties seemed unaffected. He asked me all sorts of questions – private things, things I’ve never told anyone. I mostly kept silent, but he pulled enough out of me to get what he wanted. Still, I have my money, and that’s what I want. I’ll watch him closely though.

April 8, 1884

The man was back at the bar today, and just as shadowy as the day before. I could get nothing from him besides trivial tidbits, but he continued to question me. Names, dates, family, how I was doing, where I’ve been, where I’m going. I lost track of it all. And he didn’t miss a thing.

April 9, 1884

I told him about the money! I don’t know why I told him, or how, but he knows. Obi, you fool. You know nothing of this man, yet you told him about your fortune. Still. He doesn’t know where I’ve hidden it, and he’ll be gone tomorrow. I got that much out of him at least. Oh, but I wish he’d be gone!

April 10, 1884

He’s gone, all right. Gone, and with the gold from his room as well. Hopefully it is enough to satisfy him – and hopefully it’s enough to teach me my lesson. I have the gold spread out in every room, yes, but if I tell any man who asks that I have it, it’s only a matter of time before I lose it all. If only I had gotten a look at his face! But, no matter. He got the gold in his room, mayhap he’ll just let me be. Please, just let me be."

You put the journal down and shield your weary eyes from the early morning light. Gold. That's what these murders have been about. And, with yesterday's sensless lynch, you are no closer to finding the culprits than you were the previous morning. You sigh heavily, and as you do, a shot rings out - but it comes from outside. Startled, you spring to your feet and tear out the door, looking frantically around. You see the barn door is ajar, and you run to it and peer inside. There, in a pool of his own blood, lies

Parama

. Around his neck is a pair of binoculars that he was using to look into the windows of the inn. But what he might have seen remains a mystery now. As the other inn-mates arrive at the scene, though, a bigger mystery is at hand. Who is responsible for

Parama's

death, and will you be able to stop the murderers in time?

Parama, Watcher

, Killed Night 2

Vote Count 3.01

Not Voting:

boberz, charter, DemonHybrid, Lowell, Slaxx, Socrates, WeaponsofMassConstruction, Xine

5

to lynch.

Deadline for D3 can be found here

[DemonHybrid]

A tracker and a watcher?

I don't think so.

Regardless, what did you find, Xine?

[boberz]

I want to know what xine found as well???

But to get the ball rolling

vote xine

Reasons pretty much as before but we are getting ever nearer crunch time there is only so long you can let someone live.

[charter]

Yeah, this is looking bad for Xine.

[Xine]

The Person I tracked came to see me. Would you like me to say who you are?

[Slaxx]

Not Parama the hell is this D:

[Slaxx]

Also why can't there be a tracker and a watcher? I know its very common over at EM.

[Lowell]

The Person I tracked came to see me. Would you like me to say who you are?

I wouldn't. Though I'm sure proving that you are in fact a tracker actually proves anything.

[Lowell]

EBWOP:

I'm NOT sure that proving...... actually proves anything ABOUT YOUR ALIGNMENT.

(Man I must be drunk today)

[boberz]

I am now fed up of xine. He has now half claimed whatever he is claiming. It just feels really contrived.

[DemonHybrid]

Please do, Xine.

[Xine]

Ok, I tracked Demon Hybrid

[boberz]

Demon?

Lowell am I correct in thinking you think Xine is a mafia tracker?

[DemonHybrid]

Xine is town.

[DemonHybrid]

Vote: boberz

. See my early D2 case.

[boberz]

Xine is town.

Why? confused...

[boberz]

Also I cant see your day 2 case because we are into day 3 and day 2 was long.

[Slaxx]

Dh... Hm.

So a tracker watcher and dh. Idk.

[boberz]

Xine is town.

Why? confused...

Hang on I just caught on

unvote

.

Ignore this DH.

[Slaxx]

?