Mafia 2020 #3: 14 Stories Above the Sea

[WillBy]

Ok is it Noon Eastern Standard Time phase will end or?

Noon central daylight time (2 hours, 40 minutes from now). I'm on lunch then, so itll happen during that hour. I cant give a hard deadline, as phase changes are time consuming work, especially if people are changing around votes.

[Hookecho]

Sorry, trying to learn a bit more about the game reading through here and it has been... unhelpful.

I guess I should say that my name is Dory, and I'm a maid on the ship.

Exalt seems very unstable to me, sounds like he's the type of passenger that you just cringe at the thought of cleaning their stateroom.

[Vehicle]

This is a dangerous time to try to start a bandwagon but I just want to remind everyone that Willby specifically said the players would be STAFF on the ship. So something seems up to me.

[Jessup]

There's something they're not telling us. You can see the mistrust of others in the eyes of everyone around- crew and passengers. Trapped at sea, no contact with the outside world for fear of "spreading the disease". What disease? People are as healthy as ever. They're partying, socializing, eating like normal. Why doesnt the government want us back seaside? 17 days into our 5 day tour aboard the "Leviathan" and I've about had enough. I want some answers.



A distinct bang is not quite masked by the music. Several staff members and I rushed into a restricted area and saw only him lying there, no gun or shooter to be found. While the staff tried to shove me back out of the helm, I did see enough to identify him: WillBy, Captain of the Leviathan, is dead. It is unclear who is in charge now...


Begin Day 1

Ok so wondering about this opening paragraph and it appears once again to be narrated by someone in the first person who is playing the game with us. As per usual in willby games which I love. So far Exalt has gone on and on about government conspiracies and aliens and it almost seems like it is forced or like a condition to his game role. It sortof fits this narrative so I wonder if this is part of his roll. This is why I don't want to vote for exalt.

On the other hand we have had Voth explain he has a part of his role description that seemed obtuse to him so he could also be this person too or somehow have fiit into the narrative which is making me sort of trust Voth. Maybe he has a read on Exalt, he has showed some concern.

Who is this first person talking in this opening paragraph? Are they friend or foe? They are NOT staff it appears by how I read this. Definition of staff so we do not get confused is -"

all the people employed by a particular organization."

Also if this is Covid-19. I think we may start having to worry about CULT type gameplay where people get recruited/infected. There may be no mafia even..

Wild wonderings by Jessup/Wilkes (Staff/Event Coordinator)

[Jessup]

I agree vehicle .. ur getting somewhere I think. Props to you!!

[the_paul]

I personally am not reading too much into what Exalt is doing, he has played games like this before. I think he's adding a layer of nuance to entertain himself, but I could be way off base here.

I am also a crew member on the ship, I am the chef, Johnie. Edify, please make sure you keep the plates level when you take them out. And don't you dare leave any fingerprints on the rim of any of these dishes.

[Jessup]

Thinking about it and because my hand is forced. The most concerning player both to me personally and to the game is Exalt. He and kass just threw votes on me when I tried to be upfront and help town. Exalt seems like he is purposely going on and on just to create confusion too. I have to

VOTE EXALT

[Hookecho]

Thinking about it and because my hand is forced. The most concerning player both to me personally and to the game is Exalt. He and kass just threw votes on me when I tried to be upfront and help town. Exalt seems like he is purposely going on and on just to create confusion too. I have to

VOTE EXALT

Agreed -- trying to find any scum on board is just going to be more difficult with someone who can't give an answer to anything without bringing up the lizard people.

[Edify]

Had to read through 2 pages of this to find out that people are voting Exalt now? He's only slightly more active than the_paul, Hookecho, Missa/Bioture in that order. Yes, he's definitely suspicious as heck for his random mutterings. He's probably an Insane Townie of some kind, if that role even exists. If he is town and just behaving like an idiot per usual Exalt-behavior, at least we would potentially have him on our side against mafia.

• Beast has been silent as all for about 12+ hours, especially once there was 3 votes on him.
• First he said he has a powerful role that he dares not name.
• Then he said he's "also a coordinator" which I understood as he's helped to run a Mafia game before. I had misinterpreted that as he then said he's a "Supply Coordinator" as a job on the ship. It reeks of fishiness. Why not say the shipboard job upfront?
• When he was getting votes for lynch, he then volunteered to be the sacrificial lamb and said he has no special role. Scum identified.

Contradictions all over. My vote stays on Beast.

[the_paul]

Had to read through 2 pages of this to find out that people are voting Exalt now? He's only slightly more active than the_paul, Hookecho, Missa/Bioture in that order.

What does in that order even mean? Are you saying that Exalt is the 5th least active participant, followed by the next 4 in order? Because I would have to disagree and say that that order list isn't even close and has some glaring ommissions.

[Jessup]

I trust you edify for some reason. I hope you realize my hand is forced atm with my vote. Beast I agree seemed a bit over the top often to me and I had a little red flag go up. Supply coordinator could be legit claim though too. Exalt I have tried to open dialog with but to no avail. I'm trying to start Westworld and learning how to make sourdough because the f-in store has no yeast in it and I'm sick of flat bread. The hour is so late on voting. I'd love to hear from exalt. I wanna watch my show and make some bread but am forced to hold for exalt in hopes we can maybe make a truce this phase but his behavior so far is really upsetting me. I said I'd rather not vote him if I don't have to because I sense he is either really good or really bad.. Def something is up with exalt this game. He is being extra weird.

[Voth]

Yeah, I have my suspicions on Exalt because I feel like he is playing in his classic scum Exalt fashion, but I am not willing to vote on him Day 1 based on what has happened so far. Night 1 will be telling because if town-aligned and barring doctors and bodyguards intervening, neither myself nor Exalt tend to last very long into the game once the night phases get moving.

My vote stays on Beast as well. With his utterly idiotic statements and ramblings, even if he is town, and even if he is a power role, we can't trust him to play it properly. Don't get me wrong, my gut feeling is that he's scum or my vote wouldn't be on him.

[sdrawkcab]

Unvote backwards VOTE EXALT

First of all, it's either feast or famine with you guys. The last two games were like pulling teeth to get anyone to post, now we're 9 pages deep on the first day phase and I am admittedly confused about half of what's going on in this thread.

I did, however, remember Willby's explanation of the game in the sign-up thread and then ran across Exalt posting that he's "just a passenger," which doesn't seem to fit in with the rules/theme of the game. At best I'm thinking Exalt is some third-party (with an insane angle since he does love to role play), at worst I'm thinking he's mafia. And, from my experience, third party roles are either neutral or anti-town (ie: survivor), so I'm voting for him.

The rest of this noise seems to be semantic fighting, although Beast's roleclaim does seem a little sus.

Good fucking catch vote exalt

[ixt]

I’ve seen worse.

Vote Tally:
beast-2 (edify, voth)
jessup-2 (kassius, exalt)
voth-2 (ixt, the_paul)
exalt-2 (Hookecho, vehicle)
bioture-1 (beast)
kassius-1 (jessup)
halp-1 (sdrawkcab)
ixt-1 (halp)


Missing votes: Missa, Bioture. I am considering subs. I'd also like to see more activity from Hookecho. If anyone seems him online in spaceships, please remind him to
post

i removed off voth

[Exalt]

I'd advise town to unvote me immediately, but then again, not everyone voting me is town. Vehicle is scum, and its obvious. He didnt post all game, yet as soon as Voth says something about me, the votes pile on. I've posted more than 90% of this game, and it isnt my fault you are all too dumb to read breadcrumbs.

That said, Voth why the fuck would I be playing like this as scum? If I was scum, I'd have these fuk fuk idiots wrapped around my finger by now thinking I was the most townie mother fucker that ever existed. Instead, I get a bandwagon on me on Day 1. Yeah, like these morons caught scum on day 1 for the first time ever? Lol gimme a break.

Anyway Vehicle is scum guys. Its obvious as fuck, which is why none of you will vote for him likely until toown fucking loses on day whatever, but I digress...

VOTE: Vehicle

This shit is easy mode. Caught our first reptilian scum on Day 1. As for nighttime, the truth is out there if you know how to investigate it.