Party Lines Mafia - Day Three: Fast-track

[Tamamono]

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January 21, 1994

New Brickland

Dawn

In the dead of night, the purr of a speeding convertible drones on.

The car screeches to a halt up onto the sidewalk.

A dark figure approaches the car as it comes to a halt.

The driver takes off his helmet, revealing...

The grumpy Representative Bryant Laughlin (Brickelodeon) of Brickshire!

Bryant gets out of the vehicle, turning to the dark figure.

"What'd you think, huh? I'm getting ready for my next illegal drag race. God, I feel so alive right now!"

Stepping back, the figure snaps a picture of Laughlin.

"What are you doing??" the old man yells.

He's got a need for speed.

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January 21, 1994

New Brickland

Morning

Justice Tate Montgomery paces around the legislature, scowling.

"You buffoons let me down again. A quick interrogation revealed that Palacios was clearly Loyal, but your actions have made him quit his job. Those Octan scumbags are one step closer to passing their bill!

And then Representative Laughlin didn't come in to work today - that likely has something to do with the article in the paper this morning about him drag racing. I don't think we can expect to see him ever again. It's a shame - he was Loyal too!"

"I expect you to bring me one of Octan's people today!" he screams, throwing his hand up in the air.

The Speaker seems rather alarmed.

In office:

The Speaker:

Siegfried Dixon - Representative from New Brickland: played by Speedy

The Old Dogs:

Maurice Teichman - Representative from Technic Valley: played by mostlytechnic

"Tiny" Peter Rutherford - Representative from Brickshire: played by TPRU

The Legislative Veterans:

Addie Tremain - Representative from Galactic City: played by adventurer1

Lloyd Spalding - Representative from Super City: played by Lego Spy

Bobby Benedict - Representative from New Brickland: played by Bob

Bjorn Borchard - Representative from Owlville: played by badboytje88

Sinclair Viola - Representative from Puesta del Sol: played by Scaevola

Gerald Hatley - Representative from Silver City: played by Goliath

The Freshmen:

Pierce Davy - Representative from Puesta del Sol: played by Piratedave

Archie Matthews - Representative from Galactic City: played by Adam

Molly Callaghan - Representative from Brickshire: played by Mencot

Stanley Figurelli - Representative from the Mesolithic Farmlands: played by Stickfig

Out of office:

Douglas London - Impeached Day One - Octan

Carol Nottingham - played by Calanon - Impeached Day One - Loyal

J. Leroy King - played by jluck - Photographed Night One - Loyal

Winnifred Karchevsky - played by Walter Kovacs - Photographed Night One - Loyal

Jacob Palacios - played by JackJonespaw - Impeached Day Two - Loyal

Bryant Laughlin - played by Brickelodeon - Photographed Night Two - Loyal

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The Rules

1. Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Loyal Representatives or the Octan Corporation. To win the game, the Representaties must remove from office all the Octan Lobbyists, while the Octan Co. needs to outnumber the Reprsentatives. Third-Party (neutral) characters have their own win conditions as outlined in their roles.

2. Each day you will be able to vote to impeach a player. Voting should be done in the following format; Vote: Character (Player). Similarly, unvoting is to be done in the format; Unvote: Character (Player). No other format will be accepted. A majority vote is required to lynch a player.

3. A game day will last a maximum of 72 hours. You may not vote in the first 24 hours. The day will end when a majority vote has been reached. After the day has concluded, a night stage will commence, which will last a maximum of 48 hours. Night actions must be sent to the host in the first 24 hours of the night stage.

4. The alignment of impeached players, as well as those who are removed from office, will be revealed at the beginning of the following day.

5. You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to or from you in PM with the game host. This includes all the details of your character and role, as well as any night action results. Role claims and reporting of night action results are acceptable, but in your own words only. Do not attempt to use the structure of your role PM to your advantage.

6. Do not play the game outside the thread. Similarly, do not post out of character inside the thread; you must always play the role given to you. Game tactics and roles may only be discussed in the game thread or via PM with other players. Private discussion is done at your own risk and should be treated as part of the game.

7. If you are out of office, you may not post in thread or discuss the game with any of the players. Any information you had becomes void, and may not be passed on.

8. You may not edit your posts.

9. You must post in every day thread.

10. If you encounter a problem or have a question, please contact the host via PM.

11. Violation of the above rules will result in a warning from the host on your first offense, and a removal from the game on your second.

12. Violation of rule 7 will have a heavier penalty, made at the discretion of the Games Moderator.

[def]

Too bad. I had my fingers crossed. If we learn one thing from this, nobody needs to follow me.

I have no idea who is scum.

[Mencot]

5 loyal.

I have a suggestion, lets try and see what our dear Mr speaker really is?

[StickFig]

OK, so my question is this: was Representative Laughlin brought down by scum or a vigilante? The only person Rep Laughlin targeted yesterday (aside from that embarassing bit after the voting had closed) was our esteemed Speaker.

[Bob]

If we've learned anything from last night, it's that one of the photographers was blocked, or the target was somehow protected. If we do have an investigator, I urge him/her to get into contact with someone you've already investigated as loyal. Unless our investigator has already been impeached. Then we're in some serious hot water.

Myself, I was sure that Representative Palacios was scum, considering the self-preservation he displayed. I guess he really was a loyalist.

[mostlytechnic]

Hm. Only one extra photo overnight. So were the scum blocked, or did our vig choose to not go out or get blocked in some way? I want to say that the scum took down Rep Laughlin, but then again, why would they? He was the most silent player so far and I was planning to hammer him on that today. I'd think he was the last target they'd have gone after. So maybe the scum killer was blocked (or their target protected) and the vig took out Laughlin since his quiet was pretty scummy?

Also, from yesterday... what about Rep Spaulding at the end of the day? Unvotes and then waits a bit and then votes with bad form so it doesn't count right before the closing hammer. I want to call that scummy, but it was a completely meaningless vote since the lynch was already sealed. But in his comments, he was more worried about HIS appearance than finding scum. Worried about bandwagoning, etc. Might not be proof of Octan, but certainly doesn't appear loyal.

[Bob]

Too bad. I had my fingers crossed. If we learn one thing from this, nobody needs to follow me.

I have no idea who is scum.

Either you're playing your laziest game yet, or you're trying to hide something. Which is it, Mr. Speaker?

[mostlytechnic]

Something else that hasn't been mentioned anywhere yet... I'm now assuming (and yes, I know what ASSUMING does) that there's no serial killer photographer in this group. There is the explicit option of third parties in our instructions, but I have yet to see any sign of them.

[Scaevola]

I'm certainly leaning toward Laughlin as a vig kill. He wouldn't have been my choice but he's been an infrequent poster and jumped on the bandwagon after an impeachment was achieved. Which means the scum killer may have been blocked?

In any case there are a few people I'd like to address for their actions the antecedent day.

Rep. Spalding bandwagoned against Palacios after a majority was reached (so did Rep. Hatley), however improperly formatted his vote. I'm incline to believe this was a mistake (why stage it after a majority has been reached?) however the vote was an attempt to endear himself to the majority? On the other hand I'm merely curious why he chose to bandwagon at all? Care to illuminate Rep. Spalding?

Furthermore, Rep. Hatley is in a similar position. Hatley wanted to reaffirm his allegiance to the majority by bandwagoning on Jacob, and also to support the caucus that eliminated him as a contender for impeachment.

Here is the voting tally from yesterday.

Final Vote Tally

Jacob Palacios (JackJonespaw) - 10 (Scaevola, Adam, badboytje88, adventurer1, Bob, Speedy, TPRU, mostlytechnic, Goliath)

Gerald Hatley (Goliath) - 2 (Piratedave, Stickfig)

Siegfried Dixon (Speedy) - 1 (Brickelodeon)

Abstaining - 1 (Lego Spy)

Ten votes on Palacios leads me to believe there's obviously some scum on there- Palacios was too scummy to pass up. Doubtless there is some evidence to be derived from this. For anyone curious here is the voting from Day 1.

Vote Count

Carol Nottingham (Calanon) - 10 (Brickelodeon, Speedy, TPRU, jluck, Piratedave, Walter Kovacs, Stickfig, Lego Spy, mostlytechnic, Adam)

Addie Tremain (adventurer1) - 4 (Bob, Goliath, badboytje88, Scaevola)

Bryant Laughlin (Brickelodeon) - 1 (adventurer1)

Abstaining - 2 (Calanon, Mencot)

[def]

Before I go to bed, I'll address a couple things aimed straight at me:

5 loyal.

I have a suggestion, lets try and see what our dear Mr speaker really is?

Yeah? Why is that? Because I was part of two majority lynches on townies? It's flattering that a noob like yourself gives me as much attention as you do, but I really suggest having some reason to justify that sort of thing. As Ive already spelled out for you, it's easier to clear me by methods other than lynching, since when a new speaker comes up, you'll be in the exact same position all over again. Sure, I super-duped you last time I played with you and made your butt hurt, but one of the rules of mafia is "no baggage." Your 'special attention' of me isn't helpful to town, it just supports this inane amount of attention I get, such as...

Either you're playing your laziest game yet, or you're trying to hide something. Which is it, Mr. Speaker?

What the hell are you on about? Sorry I haven't won the game for you day three. Again, I realize that a number of my wins have been by absolutely destroying your game, but demanding a superlative performance from day one in every game is unreasonable. I've PM'ed a few people, I know no roles other than my own, I'm basically relying on thread info to catch someone lying. Are you expecting me to turn water into wine?

Sorry to sound pissy, but attitudes like this suck a lot of fun out of the game. If there was an ounce of strategy other than just trying to annoy me, I'd respect it, but I just see frustrated guys thinking, "I'll show him!"

If you want to put me in my place, win the game for your team, don't meta-game me because I've teased you in the past.

[Bob]

What the hell are you on about? Sorry I haven't won the game for you day three. Again, I realize that a number of my wins have been by absolutely destroying your game, but demanding a superlative performance from day one in every game is unreasonable. I've PM'ed a few people, I know no roles other than my own, I'm basically relying on thread info to catch someone lying. Are you expecting me to turn water into wine?

Sorry to sound pissy, but attitudes like this suck a lot of fun out of the game. If there was an ounce of strategy other than just trying to annoy me, I'd respect it, but I just see frustrated guys thinking, "I'll show him!"

If you want to put me in my place, win the game for your team, don't meta-game me because I've teased you in the past.

The reason I said it is because you're usually much more proactive. I understand you couldn't have won the game by Day Three, but your first post sounds dismissive, almost as though you're sort of giving up. It was a bit meta-gamey, but that's only because it sounds like you're surrendering. Your scumdar might have pointed you in the wrong direction initially, but that doesn't mean it's always wrong.

[Lady K]

I too believe that Rep Laughlin was a possibly a vig photograph vs. a scum photograph. He hasn't posted much, other than to cast a vote (with little explanation) and then disappears, which looks scummy. It seems to me scum would benefit more by keeping him around as he wasn't contributing.

Both Rep. Hatley and Spalding voting patterns seem suspicious. Rep. Hatley voted Day 1 for the second choice for impeachment vs. the first, even though he could have been the deciding vote that day he chose not to. Why? On Day 2 he jumped on the bandwagon after the final impeachment vote came in. Why?

Rep Spalding voted Day 1 near the end of the majority and then on Day 2 he voted for Rep Hatley then pulls his vote and trys (in poor format) to vote for Rep. Palacios even though the majority had been reached. Why?

Could they both be scum? Could they be working together? No accusations here, just lots of questions. Things we might want to consider for today.

[Yzalirk]

Looking at the votes, I think we should have eyes on Addie and Siegfried.

Addie has posted quite a bit of fluff for the first two days. I found that a bit unnecessary but Addie voted against Bryant (Brickelodeon) on Day One then he gets impeached last night. So, I'm thinking, she could be an Octan or a Vigilante. Who else would have a motive to get rid of Bryant who turned out to be a Loyalist?

Or maybe Siegfried wanted Bryant gone because he was the only one to vote against him the other day. The only voter against our speaker turns up to be impeached and a Loyalist as well. I don't think it's a coincidence. Could our speaker be with Octan or maybe a vigilante? I'd lean more on Octan with this one.

I suggest we keep our eyes on those two. You guys can keep an eye on me, I have no problem with it. If anyone wants to counter my idea, I'd like to hear it because I think this is a good start and is essentially our only lead.

[badboytje88]

So only one ´kill´ last night. Which means there is a multiple of posibilities going on.

- Octan photographer got blocked

- One photographers target got protected

- Vigilante photographer got impeached already

- Vigilante photographer only has an x amount of shots and decided to save his shot last night

I personaly think Bryant was most likely a vigilante's target since he kept a bit of a low target. Which would mean that the blocker blocked the Octan Photographer. In that case I strongly suggest that person tells someone he trusts who his target was so that person can tell the rest of us. And if our blocker doesn't trust anyone, he surely would help us out greatly to block the same person tonight.

[Mencot]

Before I go to bed, I'll address a couple things aimed straight at me:

Yeah? Why is that? Because I was part of two majority lynches on townies? It's flattering that a noob like yourself gives me as much attention as you do, but I really suggest having some reason to justify that sort of thing. As Ive already spelled out for you, it's easier to clear me by methods other than lynching, since when a new speaker comes up, you'll be in the exact same position all over again. Sure, I super-duped you last time I played with you and made your butt hurt, but one of the rules of mafia is "no baggage." Your 'special attention' of me isn't helpful to town, it just supports this inane amount of attention I get, such as...

What the hell are you on about? Sorry I haven't won the game for you day three. Again, I realize that a number of my wins have been by absolutely destroying your game, but demanding a superlative performance from day one in every game is unreasonable. I've PM'ed a few people, I know no roles other than my own, I'm basically relying on thread info to catch someone lying. Are you expecting me to turn water into wine?

Sorry to sound pissy, but attitudes like this suck a lot of fun out of the game. If there was an ounce of strategy other than just trying to annoy me, I'd respect it, but I just see frustrated guys thinking, "I'll show him!"

If you want to put me in my place, win the game for your team, don't meta-game me because I've teased you in the past.

I my gosh, should I comment this or not, that is the question!

"but attitudes like this suck a lot of fun out of the game" actually it is your attitude that ruins the fun. I have already stated to you in PM that this is a game and what happens in the game is part of the and that game, no hard feelings. I may be a newbie but i know this, i would think a longtime player as yourself would know it also. But your just acting like a baby, grow up.

Why can´t we question your playing and what you have done, you do it? We are waiting for some nightinfo, but it can be that we don´t get it. 5 loyal are down and continuing on this road will bring a really fast octan win. SO i will look into everything and everyone and you come up high on the list. So does Mr Hatley and Mrs Addie also.

Don´t have so much to go on but we have to start somewhere fresh because what we have been doing so far for 2 days hasn´t worked!

[Adam]

That's disappointing. I'll admit I feel a bit guilty about campaigning so hard against Jacob (JackJonespaw), but the few comments he made seemed like possible scum-slips, and when accusations were raised against him he failed to raise a defense.

So only one ´kill´ last night. Which means there is a multiple of posibilities going on.

- Octan photographer got blocked

- One photographers target got protected

- Vigilante photographer got impeached already

- Vigilante photographer only has an x amount of shots and decided to save his shot last night

This is the question of the day, isn't it? I agree with the general assessment that Bryant (Brickelodeon) was a victim of the vigilante. If I were a vigilante with little to go on and few real suspects, I would probably go after a quiet player who placed an oddball vote.

I'm going to be optimistic and assume that this is the case, in which case I believe that the scum victim was protected. I think that this is slightly more likely than the possibility of our blocker stopping the scum photographer: it's easier to guess who might be a potential target and protect that person than it is to guess at who might be the scum photographer.

That said, if we do have a living blocker, that person should definitely block the same person again tonight.

[def]

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Or maybe Siegfried wanted Bryant gone because he was the only one to vote against him the other day. The only voter against our speaker turns up to be impeached and a Loyalist as well. I don't think it's a coincidence. Could our speaker be with Octan or maybe a vigilante? I'd lean more on Octan with this one.

Yeah, I killed Bryant because I was terrified of his power and influence, plus the way he posted after the day ended. If anyone could have destroyed me, it was Bryant.

Keep an eye on me if you must, if it makes you feel better.

In relevant to our situation news, I was investigated and found to be "not Octan." Molly will accuse me of being godfather or something, but there's a 17/18 chance it's a true read, 1/18 chance it's false. Since I welcomed confirmation by tracker as well, since I had nothing to hide, hopefully that puts an end to 'suspicions' which tend to sound more like bitterness to me anyway. Because of all the unsubstantiated noise about me yesterday, the investigator had little choice but to check me.

On that note, if you are the town investigator and you didn't investigate me, someone is trying to play me for a fool, so please filter this out, like through who you investigated day one.

Now that that hubbub is settled, shall we move forward?

[mostlytechnic]

Hm. To a large extent I believe you.... but it's still at this point unconfirmed info that doesn't PROVE anything yet.

So I'll just throw out there a couple warnings to the town.

1. The investigation said non-octan, not "is loyal" - and there's still the possibility of a 3rd party.

2. This would be a VERY gutsy play, but one I'd be tempted to to myself if I were scum. There's 5 town gone. That makes for some ok odds that the investigator is gone (and this early in the game, is unlikely to have confided in anyone). So why not have one person who's already suspect claim to be cleared. If there is still a real investigator, they'll HAVE to out themselves to dispute the claim, at the cost of one scum getting lynched. And if the scum are lucky and the investigator is gone, then they'll know that and can then have some other scum pretend to be the investigator and wreak all sorts of havoc on the town.

Do I think either of those is true? No. But am I willing yet to 100% trust anyone here? Nope to that as well. Yep, I'm paranoid because I've gotten taken before and it sucks.

Yeah, I killed Bryant because I was terrified of his power and influence, plus the way he posted after the day ended. If anyone could have destroyed me, it was Bryant.

For the record, THIS I do believe. IF you're scum I don't think you would have gone after him for those reasons. Ditto if you're the vig. However, that doesn't mean that IF you're scum the rest of the scum didn't decide to off him for some other reason.

Personally, I suspect that he was the vig target for being so quiet. I suspect the scum photo was prevented for some reason - blocked the scum photographer or protection on the target. I don't really see the scum as having gone after him over one of the more influential representatives here. And I don't see high odds of there having been protection on him since he was not a likely target, so my best guess about last night is the scum killer was blocked. It's just a guess, but it's the most logical situation to me.

(and when I said above that I believed his statement, I meant that INCLUDING the sarcasm tag!)

[def]

I don't think you know your odds very well. If I were scum, I could take a chance by claiming, but it's way too early. There's about 80% chance I would be caught, either by the investigator, or by the person investigated day one. And my call for a counter-claim if there is one is not meant to out the investigator, but whoever they investigated night one. If I were lying, and I'm not mind you, the town would be worth one confirmed townie outing themselves to speak for the investigator. It's totally worth losing one townie to catch one scum.

So, yeah, you're paranoid. There would be little reason for the scum to gamble my position if I were with them. I'm in no real danger of being lynched (do you think Molly and Hatley are going to lead the town?) and I hold the tie breaker vote as speaker. Sorry, but there's no chance scum would risk it.

But it's fair enough, with our past history, until I've personally won the game for town, some will cast doubt on me.

The people on my lynch list at the moment? Everyone who voted for Hatley after me.

[Lady K]

Looking at the votes, I think we should have eyes on Addie and Siegfried.

Addie has posted quite a bit of fluff for the first two days. I found that a bit unnecessary but Addie voted against Bryant (Brickelodeon) on Day One then he gets impeached last night. So, I'm thinking, she could be an Octan or a Vigilante. Who else would have a motive to get rid of Bryant who turned out to be a Loyalist?

Or maybe Siegfried wanted Bryant gone because he was the only one to vote against him the other day. The only voter against our speaker turns up to be impeached and a Loyalist as well. I don't think it's a coincidence. Could our speaker be with Octan or maybe a vigilante? I'd lean more on Octan with this one.

I suggest we keep our eyes on those two. You guys can keep an eye on me, I have no problem with it. If anyone wants to counter my idea, I'd like to hear it because I think this is a good start and is essentially our only lead.

We really don't have any solid leads at this point. It sounds like we are in general agreement that the vig photographed Bryant last night and the scum photographer was probably blocked. Everyone should be watching everyone else. The loyal investigator is the only one who can semi-trust those he/she has investigated. You keep suspecting me because of basic fluff on day 1, really? You also haven't answered my questions in my previous post.

Lloyd also has not commented at this point. Suspicious?

[def]

I stole Lloyds vote. I don't trust him, for bandwagoning on Hatley.

He can't speak for 24 hours.

[Bob]

We really don't have any solid leads at this point. It sounds like we are in general agreement that the vig photographed Bryant last night and the scum photographer was probably blocked. Everyone should be watching everyone else. The loyal investigator is the only one who can semi-trust those he/she has investigated. You keep suspecting me because of basic fluff on day 1, really? You also haven't answered my questions in my previous post.

Are we really all in agreement that the vigilante photographed Bryant last night? What's been said here supports that theory, yes, but we shouldn't automatically believe it as fact. Unless you're privy to information that I haven't been informed of, I don't think we can assume anything. How do we know the scum photographer didn't photograph him?

In regards to our Speaker, I'm willing to trust him. I don't think he'd lie about something that can be so easily disproved at this early stage of the game. As Maurice said, there is a possibility that one of the five people that have been impeached could have been the investigator, but I doubt that the Speaker would know that the investigator was impeached.

[Yzalirk]

Siegfried, I'll have you know I'm not the "town investigator" but I do like trying to solve things. I also didn't know you where investigated so I'm sorry. I'm also not trying to lead the town and I don't want to. I'm trying to help find people who are scum just like everyone else who is actually innocent. So if you are being truthful, I'm a bit relieved on that I suppose.

I still think Addie should be investigated after what happened last night with Bryant being gone and only she suspected him. She could be the vigilante but it's hard to determine at the moment. Maybe it's Siegfried? Thinking too much about it is making my brain hurt. But I'm still suspicious of you, Addie. If you are with Octan, I'm a bit surprised though that you haven't gone for me but I suppose it would have been too obvious.

[def]

Hatley, I take no offense. I appreciate you wanting to solve things. The reason I've been annoyed is that the accusations against me by all have been with no foundation other than 1) I have experience and 2) I was elected speaker. When experience is punished, we're just left with flailing townies.

[Mencot]

Yeah, I killed Bryant because I was terrified of his power and influence, plus the way he posted after the day ended. If anyone could have destroyed me, it was Bryant.

Keep an eye on me if you must, if it makes you feel better.

In relevant to our situation news, I was investigated and found to be "not Octan." Molly will accuse me of being godfather or something, but there's a 17/18 chance it's a true read, 1/18 chance it's false. Since I welcomed confirmation by tracker as well, since I had nothing to hide, hopefully that puts an end to 'suspicions' which tend to sound more like bitterness to me anyway. Because of all the unsubstantiated noise about me yesterday, the investigator had little choice but to check me.

On that note, if you are the town investigator and you didn't investigate me, someone is trying to play me for a fool, so please filter this out, like through who you investigated day one.

Now that that hubbub is settled, shall we move forward?

That´s good, you could be lying but as you and others said it would be very risk.

We move on for now.

I still think Addie should be investigated after what happened last night with Bryant being gone and only she suspected him. She could be the vigilante but it's hard to determine at the moment. Maybe it's Siegfried? Thinking too much about it is making my brain hurt. But I'm still suspicious of you, Addie. If you are with Octan, I'm a bit surprised though that you haven't gone for me but I suppose it would have been too obvious.

Maybe both you and Addie are Octan...

And Siegfried is the godfather hahaha