Dragon Phoenix Mafia II - Game over

[Porro]

Echoes from the past…

…the expected image of a beautiful phoenix arose from his lifeless body, and slowly faded in it's own flames.

A loud cheer shattered the silence and the remaining villagers patted each other heartily on the back.

Then, unexpectedly X fell to the ground, gasping for breath, and writhing. The others watches in stunned silence, fear renewed.

After perhaps 30 seconds, X suddenly lay still.

The others began to move towards him, but reversed their movement the instant they say a misty figure arising from X's motionless body.

The image was that of an old man.

X coughed, rolled over, and raised himself to his knees, transfixed by the sight, as to were the other villagers.

The image spoke "I am the spirit of the wise man that harnessed the dragons and the phoenix. I sense they are no more."

"You will not be troubled by these creatures again, in stead, you will make your own trouble. The creatures maintained harmony, a balance. This force is no more. There may be wars, and famine, as you have never seen before. Such things will be of man's making, unchecked by the immortal creatures."

As the image grew weaker, the last words could be faintly heard "There are dragons and phoenix within the heart of each man. You must strive now to keep your hearts in balance."



And so it came to pass

Within too few years the world was filled with strife…the gods were displeased…they discussed and argued amongst themselves…and it was decided that the dragons and the phoenix must return...must be recreated…to save man from his own destruction….



And so it came to pass…

Harmony was restored…

For a while…

Then the balance was lost, and the horror of long ago resumed.

A wise man came to save the village…

Then one fearful, horrific night a new twisted monolith had appeared in the village…

And all had been peaceful again…

…until a crack appeared…

Rules are as per the first DP Mafia. Roles may not be.

Alive:
1.Leonidas
2.mole / dybeck (replacement)
3.referee
4.Quailman
5.Mackay / LoudmouthLee (replacement)
6.Samadhi
7.mudbuck
8.Agamemnon
9.wordcross
10.Quagmire
11.cloudrunner
12.jadesmar
13.amb
14.Mgm

Dead:
amb (unpossessed human) N1
Samadhi (human under Dragon possession) D1
Mackay / LoudmouthLee (unpossessed human) N2
jadesmar (human under Dragon possession) D2
Agamemnon (human under Phoenix possession) N3
referee (human under Wise Man possession) D3
mudbuck (human under Phoenix possession) N4
wordcross (unpossessed human) D4
Quagmire (unpossessed human) D4
Leonidas (unposessed human with the ancient cloak of the Wise Man)N4
cloudRunner (human under Dragon possession) D5
dybeck (unposessed very scared human) N5
Quailman (human under Dragon possession) N5
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[Porro]

Last night the villagers cowered in their huts, as fire and lightening raged outside. And there was something else, something terrible. Roars and screams of a terrifying intensity. Some of the villagers even thought that one of the blood-curdilng screams sounded vaguely human.

At dawn the villagers crept out of their huts. First they went to their hut of relics, and discovered that the cloak, that the myth told could protect against the flames of the beasts, had vanished.

A little later, the twisted and charred remains of what might once have been a human were found. A headcount indicated that poor amb had been killed in the night.

The villagers could only reach one conclusion. They must fight the evil as the myths said their forefathers had. Horrified as they were at the thought, they resolved to lynch one person each day, in the hope that the evil will be found and destroyed.

amb (unposessed human) is dead.

Sun will set 95 1/2 hours from this post or earlier if lynch numbers are reached

NB I won't be available to answer any queries for a couple of days.

Talk or risk replacement. Deadlines will be fairly strict, as they were in the last game, so people need to participate quickly.

Good hunting everyone.
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[Mgm]

I'm awake and talking.
Random vote: Samadhi

[mudbuck]

I'm guessing two mafia or three mafia with some extra townie roles. A day 1 bandwagon seems to suit at this time.

Vote: Samadhi
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[Agamemnon]

I shall use my random votingness to randomly not vote anyone within a voting situation right now.
If Samadhi decides to squeal to whatever, then I shall invoke One's own random vote towards whoever requires it.

[Agamemnon]

I still don't know what the feck I'm doing here!

[Agamemnon]

Ah! It's Porro's game and I'm drinking Abbot's and listening to KMFDM. Sorted.

[Leonidas]

... And incidentally, you're also being random-voted for

random vote: Agamemnon

[cloudRunner]

Vote: Referee. Random, of course.
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[wordcross]

I'll jump on that bandwagon

Vote: referee
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[Quagmire]

Random vote: Mackay

[mudbuck]

Frankly, this day will not move if only half of the town talks.
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[Quailman]

Just got back this afternoon from business trip...

vote: Mudbuck for placing the second vote on someone with the day's second post. Sheesh! At least get a couple of random votes and randomly pick one to bandwagon.

[Samadhi]

*squeals to whatever*

Since there's already enough random out there, I'll throw a random vote on one of the people with votes already (excluding my innocent self naturally;-) )

Vote: Agamemnon
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And he lived happily ever after. Except for the dieing at the end and the heartbreak in between.

[mole]

Vote: mudbuck. Same reasoning as Quailman. We're not going to get very far bandwagoning the first person we come across with no reasoning.

[mudbuck]

I wasn't suggesting that we did bandwagon the first person. It's just that I rarely randomly vote.
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[referee]

OMGUS Vote: Wordcross
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Jan 21st, 2008: The pillaging continues.
Mar 4th, 2008: Rest in Peace, Gary Gygax. May your dice always roll a natural 20 wherever you are.

Be the Ultimate Ninja! Play Billy Vs. SNAKEMAN today!

[Porro]

Vote count:

Samadhi (2) Mgm, mudbuck
Agamemnon (2) Leonidas, Samadhi
referee (2) cloudRunner, wordcross
Mackay (1) Quagmire
mudbuck (2) Quailman, mole
wordcross (1) referee

Less than two days of daylight remain.

7 votes are required for a lynch, or 4 at sunset
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[Agamemnon]

Can't a man be semi-drunk without being mobbed!

Samadhi.....................why?

Vote: Samadhi

Why?
Because he lives in San Diego. San Diego is a city in California. California is run by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria. Austria shares a border with Italy. Italy has an island called Sicily. Sicily is home to the Mafia.
Need I say more!

[wordcross]

*cracks up* Haha, way to stick it to 'em Blighty Chap

Unvote: Referee

Vote: Samadhi
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[Samadhi]

[jadesmar]

vote: mudbuck

Mostly for the first weird double vote thing. I'm confused how a 1st day band wagon fits the second (non-mod) post of the game.

[Porro]

Vote count:

Samadhi (4) Mgm, mudbuck, Agamemnon, wordcross
Agamemnon (2) Leonidas, Samadhi
referee (1) cloudRunner
Mackay (1) Quagmire
mudbuck (3) Quailman, mole, jadesmar
wordcross (1) referee

About 10 hours of daylight remain.

7 votes are required for a lynch, or 4 at sunset
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[Porro]

Samadhi was grabbed by a small mob, dragged into a clearing on the outskirts of the village, and beheaded.

The image of a dragon rose from his motionless corpse, and faded away into formless whisps of smoke.

It is night. Choices must be received no later than 6pm (GMT) on Tuesday.
Please remember to send choices by e-mail
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[Porro]

The haunting noises returned to the village overnight.

Not many could sleep. The ones that could, had exhaustion to thank for the small mercy it brought. Though the blessing of being unconscious of the screams, screeches, and roars was lessened by the nightmares...

In the morning a crowd gathered near to LoudmouthLee's hut. Poor LoudmouthLee was barely recognisable. The burns were not a pretty sight, and his face bore a twisted, pained expression.

LoudmouthLee (unposessed human) is dead.

6 Votes required to lynch
3 Votes required for a lynch at deadline

Sun will set 8 days from this post, or earlier if lynch numbers are reached

Talk or risk replacement. Deadlines will be fairly strict, as they were in the last game, so people need to participate quickly.

Good hunting everyone.
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[Mgm]

What are everyone's thoughts on Samhadi? She didn't mount a defense, so I'm doubting dragons are good in this game. Though, if I'm wrong I don't want any dragons to blow their cover unnecessarily.

I'll start the day by putting in a vote: jadesmar, random.

[cloudRunner]

Samadhi's a "he".
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[referee]

for the moment being, I'm gonna remove my OMGUS vote.

Unvote: Wordcross
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Jan 21st, 2008: The pillaging continues.
Mar 4th, 2008: Rest in Peace, Gary Gygax. May your dice always roll a natural 20 wherever you are.

Be the Ultimate Ninja! Play Billy Vs. SNAKEMAN today!

[wordcross]

uh, hello? The day has completely changed, and the votes are reset. Your unvote is pointless, useless, and stupid to boot.
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[cloudRunner]

I couldn't help but to laugh myself to death after reading that, ref.
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[referee]

[Quailman]

vote: referee I have no better basis than his slip in unvoting yesterday's vote.

[mole]

Mgm: In the last game the Dragons were a good (one could protect and one could kill) and the Phoenix was evil.

[Mgm]

[mudbuck]

Simple. The deadline was unexpected, so when it was imposed, Samadhi was automatically lynched. Why he didn't mount a defence? He wasn't very close to being lynched, that is, before there was a deadline.

Now I have an urge to vote: jadesmar. This time for a reason: he has only posted once in the entire game so far, and that was to provide a third vote on me.
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[mudbuck]

Deadline? I mean sunset. Bah.
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[wordcross]

I don't know. Early sunset non-withstanding, Samadhi knew that the deadline was that day. Especially in a game like this one, where the mod has made it clear that things will move quickly, most people would be more inclined to either get the vote off of them, or give some sort of information to get people to leave them be. It's possible that samadhi was just procrastinating, but with a role such as dragon, one would think he'd be more interested in keeping himself alive

FOS all the samadhi defenders
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[Agamemnon]

I second the.....

vote: jadesmar

....thing.

[Porro]

Votecount:
jadesmar (3) Mgm, Mudbuck, Agamemnon
Wordcross (1) referee
referee (1) Quailman

6 Votes required to lynch
3 Votes required for a lynch at deadline
Sun will set approximately 28 1/2 hours from this post, or earlier if lynch numbers are reached

Talk or risk replacement.
Not posted yet today:
Leonidas
Quagmire
jadesmar
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[Quailman]

I saw this before Porro's post this morning. I don't have much to say, except that (1) I see no reason not to lynch jadesmar - he's not responding, though it is the holiday season and I've had precious little time myself, and (2) he has enough for a deadline lynch, so I'd prefer to see if he has anything to say. Even if he does I doubt it will be either convincing enough for people to unvote or that they will see it in time to unvote, but I'd like to hear from him anyway, and (3) Mgm makes a good point, in that the Dragons are probably not good in this game. An important factor in the last game was the uncertainty of whether or not Dragons were good. Of course, rather than switch them in this game he could have made them good again because he knew we'd expect him to reverse them, or meybe he knew we'd think of that, so...