Murder in a Small Town - Game Over

[bcxanth]

Your town is a small town. A farming community in the middle of nowhere. Not really much to look at, but you are proud of it. It was quiet, and in a small quiet town, everyone knew everyone elses business. Who's sneaking around with who, who's in debt to who, and whose kids are nothing but trouble.

 

You were driving home from work, the sun just barely starting to rise, when your cell phone rang. It was the local police chief, BCXanth. There'd been a murder back at the ranch. Everyone who worked there over night had to come back for questioning. You knew you were innocent and had nothing to hide. You told the chief you'd be there, swung a u-turn in your truck, and headed back to the ranch.

 

You arrived to find the place crawling with cops. Blue and red lights flashing, throwing the whole place in stark relief in the dim morning shadows. Parking your truck in the employee area you headed inside to the employee lounge. A pair of officers at the entrance made you turn over any cell phones or weapons before letting you inside. There you found all your co-workers hanging around, their looks ranging from nervousness, to boredom, to mild curiosity.  You threw yourself into an armchair near the window and settled in to wait.

 

However, you don't have to wait long.  After only a couple of minutes the chief came in carrying something in his hands.  He didn't look happy, that was for sure.  He stood in the center of the room near the table and looked each one of you in the face before finally breaking the silence.

 

"The ranch owner, Frank Downing, is dead."

 

The chief tossed what he was carrying on the table, and everyone looked. You heard someone gasp in shock, and you felt like doing the same.  There was Frank, dead on what looked like the floor of the kitchen. His face was a bloody mess of cuts and bruises, and his throat was a mess. At least, what was left of it. You had to struggle to not be sick and turned away.

 

"There are no guests at the ranch currently. The last family left yesterday. We checked with his wife and she said nobody but employees were around today. The lot of you make up everyone that had the opportunity to do this to poor Frank.  Now, under normal circumstances, we'd question you all down at the station and keep you in lockup until we got our answers.  However, as you all know, Frank was my brother."

 

Reaching up to his chest, chief BCXanth ripped the badge from his chest and tossed it down on top of the photos. As he did, the officers that had been watching you all quietly left the room.

 

"Here's what's going to happen. We're all going to stay here in the ranch house until this is figured out. No contact with the outside world. The phone lines have been cut, and nobody is getting their belongings back. My boys have all the exits covered, with orders to shoot on sight anyone that tries to escape. We spend every waking minute together. And if you think that holding out until night time will get me to relent, you're wrong. Day or night, we stay in this house until I know who murdered my brother."

 

Rules:

 

1) You are not allowed to communicate about this game outside the game thread unless notified otherwise in PM from the Mod.

 

2) You are not allowed to quote PM’s given you by the Mod.

 

3) You are not allowed to edit your posts.

 

4) Days will last no longer than 3 days (72 hrs) unless otherwise stated.  If no lynch is made by the end of the time limit, the person with the most votes will be lynched. In case of a tie, a person will be randomly selected by the mod from among those tied.

 

5) Nights will last no longer than 24 hours, or when all night actions have been resolved, whichever comes first.

 

6) You must confirm your role/alignment via PM to me, the Mod, before posting on the game thread.

 

7) All votes must be [glow=red,2,300]glowed red[/glow] or they will not count.

 

Role Info:

All roles were assigned randomly using random.org. The following are the confirmed roles to be active in the game. Other roles may be at play known only to the player and the mod.

 

Private Investigator - Each night, the PI can investigate one player (by sending their name to the Moderator), and finds out whether that player is Mafia or not. The PI is on the Town's side.

 

Doctor - Each night, the Doctor can choose one player to protect (by sending their name to the Moderator). If an attempt is made to kill that player, they will fail. The Doctor is on the Town's side.

 

Murderer - The mafia.  Each night they send in one name to the mod to be killed. The mafia wins when the number of mafia players is greater than or equal to the number of innocents.

 

There will be other roles, but those will be surprises. :)

 

Player List:

1. Jaydena - Innocent Mason, killed Night 5

2. Barm - Doctor, killed Night 3

3. Tharengore - Role-less innocent, lynched Day 2

4. Naeann - Private Investigator, lynched Day 4

5. Tigara - Murderer, lynched Day 3

6. mayleigh - Innocent Mason, killed Night 1

7. HotW Moiraine - Murderer, lynched Day 1

8. Danya - Innocent Mason, survived until last day then killed

9. Wes/DPR - Double-Agent, won as last player standing

10. Illiara - Role-less innocent, lynched Day 5

[Barmacral]

We have 3 days to get this game rolling, I'm gonna start with a random vote: [glow=red,2,300]HotW Moiraine[/glow]

[bcxanth]

Oh, thank you for reminding me Barm. :)

 

Day 1 will end on Tuesday night at 8pm EST. 

[Naeann]

Not wasting any time are we Barm?

[HotW Moiraine]

What the heck?

 

[glow=red,2,300]Barmacal[/glow]

[bcxanth]

Moir did you get your PM from me?  Because you never replied to confirm before you posted. :P

[Tigara]

Hmmm, ya know. I'd really really like to vote HotW ;D , but I know my bandwagoning powers have severe reprocussions. I'll think for a bit.

[MsDanya]

Just posting to say I'm here  :P

[DPR]

 

I'm here as well. Not quite ready to vote, but here.

[Mayleigh Aes Sedai]

I'm here pmed my conformation bcx!

[Tharengore]

ummm...yea dido me their as well

[HotW Moiraine]

Moir did you get your PM from me?  Because you never replied to confirm before you posted. :P

 

It's not like my role is complicated *rolls eyes*

[Barmacral]

Helloooo-ooo-oo-o *hear's an echo*

 

Good of you folk to play this game, c'mon!

[DPR]

 

Hmmmm. SG seems to be losing a bit of it's steam. I'll sleep on it, but then I'm going to start making cases. Fair warning.......

[Naeann]

SG?  This is Small Town not Shayol Ghul.

 

For the sake of moving the game... anywhere... [glow=red,2,300]Moir[/glow].

[Barmacral]

Casing exactly... what?

[Jaydena]

I am here as well, since we need to get this moving at some point, I will vote for [glow=red,2,300]Moir[/glow] at well.

[Tigara]

*bandwagons against my better judgement*

 

[glow=red,2,300]Moir[/glow] ;D

[MsDanya]

[glow=red,2,300]Moir[/glow]

[DPR]

 

*Looks around. Looks down at map. Taps GPS unit*

 

This isn't SG?  No wonder everybody is so nice  :P

[bcxanth]

*chuckles*

 

That's what you get for letting me talk you into playing Wes. :P

 

Current Vote Count:

Moir (4): Barm, Naeann, Jaydena, Tig, Danya

Barm (1): Moir

 

Not Voting: Tharen, may, *Ura, Wes, *Illiara

 

With 11 alive, it takes 6 to lynch.  Day 1 ends Tuesday at 8pm EST, in approximately 14 hrs 50 mins.

 

*Have not yet confirmed their PMs. eminders have been sent. If they have not confirmed by the end of Day 1 the game will continue without them.

[MsDanya]

Moir has 5 votes, not 4  :P

[Mayleigh Aes Sedai]

ok for the sake of moveing along [glow=red,2,300]nae[/glow]

 

sorry nae!

[MsDanya]

Nae makes things move along?  ???

[Naeann]

Lol that's what I'm wondering Danya.