Pirates Mafia V: Day Two

[Bob]

Pirates Mafia V: Day Two - Murdered!

The crew awoke the next morning to find Robert Blake hanging by a hook, deceased.

"Arrr, this is most unfortunate." Redbeard said.

"Robert was a member of the town. He was a loyal pirate!"

The town gasped, collectively.

"Someone cut him down! And bring me a traitor today!"

The town turned to each other, committed to finding the traitors.

--

Players (5):

James "One-Leg" Hammond -- Trekkie99

Michael "Navigator" Cassidy -- KotZ

Percy "Quick-Shot" Neville -- Classic Spaceman

Duncan "Parrot-Keeper" Gage - Def

Paul "Eagle" Prescott -- Duvors

Deceased (1):

Robert "Cannonball" Blake -- Tariq j (Loyal Pirate)

Rules:
1) You are either a Loyal Pirate or a Traitor. The town needs to eliminate the mafia and the mafia needs to outnumber the town. In the hopefully unlikely event of a one to one parity, the mafia will likely win. There are no third parties in this game.
2) A game day will last 72 hours. You may vote after 24 hours. Even if a majority vote is achieved, the day will not end early. Nights will last at most 48 hours, during which you can send in your night actions to the host. Do not talk about the game outside of the threads.
3) Private communication is not permitted during the day time, even by the scum. Any private communications must be done at night time only. They may begin when the day has concluded and must cease when the next day's thread is up.
4) Each day you can vote to lynch a player. Voting is mandatory. It should be done in this fashion: 
                     Vote: Character (Player)
                     Unvote: Character (Player)
    Ensure your vote is in bold so I don't miss it please!
5) When a player dies, they are able to use a one-time only ghost vote by posting in the thread. They can say nothing else when they vote and are not allowed to unvote. 
6) The alignment of players who have been lynched, as well as those who may have died during the night, will be revealed at the beginning of the next day. 
7) You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to you by the game host via PM. This includes the details of your character and role, as well as any night actions results. Role claims and reporting of results are acceptable, but in your own words only.
8) If you die, you may not post in the day thread or discuss the game with any players. Any information you had is not allowed to be passed on under any circumstances. Due to the ghost-voting mechanic, there will not be a deadboard and the dead may not communicate with each other.
9) Please don’t edit your posts!
10) Please try to post every day!

Please read the rules carefully, if you notice there's some slight differences and additions that may or may not blow up completely! 

[KotZ]

Argh, blast it. We lost Cannonball.

I think we need to look at who would want to off Cannonball, myself included. He voted for me towards the end of the day, which then was jumped on with Parrot-Keeper, for my vote following the latter's initial vote on Eagle. It would be a silly revenge kill of me to target Cannonball for a vote on the first day with as few crew of us as there is. Perhaps somebody wanted to frame me to be lynched during the day? I don't have the answer for that.

[Duvors]

It may be the case that he was killed because his actions yesterday wouldn’t provide any actionable information. So perhaps the correct course is examine what he didn’t do (or wasn’t done to him, at any rate).

[def]

Well, that is an interesting choice. Ultimately I ended up voting with Cannonball, for Cassidy. In my books, that somewhat clears Cassidy. The Redcoats have but a day or two to get their dastardly scummy deeds accomplished, and their kill should elicit debate in what it means. To me, it means the quick suspicion goes on Cassidy, but I think it’s more likely the scum weren’t involved in that half the group at all (me Duncan, Cannonball, or Cassidy).

[Classic_Spaceman]

“Blimey! An’ here I be thinkin’ thar wouldna be a kill on th’ first night! Might the privateer scum be hopin’ t’ get a lynch ‘n their favour today, puttin’ this little game t’ an end by th’ morrow?” 
 

[Classic_Spaceman]

7 hours ago, KotZ said:

I think we need to look at who would want to off Cannonball, myself included. He voted for me towards the end of the day, which then was jumped on with Parrot-Keeper, for my vote following the latter's initial vote on Eagle. It would be a silly revenge kill of me to target Cannonball for a vote on the first day with as few crew of us as there is. Perhaps somebody wanted to frame me to be lynched during the day? I don't have the answer for that.

“Aye, that it would - Unless ye be wantin’ t’ throw suspicion off o’ ye’self. Even odds, I say, whether ye be loyal o’ scum.” 
 

52 minutes ago, def said:

Well, that is an interesting choice. Ultimately I ended up voting with Cannonball, for Cassidy. In my books, that somewhat clears Cassidy. The Redcoats have but a day or two to get their dastardly scummy deeds accomplished, and their kill should elicit debate in what it means. To me, it means the quick suspicion goes on Cassidy, but I think it’s more likely the scum weren’t involved in that half the group at all (me Duncan, Cannonball, or Cassidy).

“I be findin’ th’ rush t’ clear Cassidy a mite suspicious - Not t’ mention th’ lockstep o’ you Duncan, and Cassidy. A bit o’ yer colours be showin’, an’ they be red methinks.” 
 

2 hours ago, Duvors said:

It may be the case that he was killed because his actions yesterday wouldn’t provide any actionable information. So perhaps the correct course is examine what he didn’t do (or wasn’t done to him, at any rate).

“Actionable information matters only if ye be a loyal pirate - Do ye think we’ve a killer on our side, an’ they jus’ hit the wrong target?” 
 

[Duvors]

16 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

“Actionable information matters only if ye be a loyal pirate - Do ye think we’ve a killer on our side, an’ they jus’ hit the wrong target?” 

No, that would run the risk of ending the game too early if there are two killers.

My point is that he may have been targeted simply because he did the least of note yesterday, thus limiting how much could be gleaned from his actions on the morrow.

There is also the point Duncan raised, being that Robert's death seems to exonerate two living players. If this is true then suspicion would naturally be directed toward the remaining three, being you, myself, and James.

[Trekkie99]

A quiet day that it had been,
need not a motive to be seen?
 

45 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Unless ye be wantin’ t’ throw suspicion off o’ ye’self.

Ayy

As stated, such cause is tad hard to find
WIFOM that old friend, a trick of the mind

[def]

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

“I be findin’ th’ rush t’ clear Cassidy a mite suspicious - Not t’ mention th’ lockstep o’ you Duncan, and Cassidy. A bit o’ yer colours be showin’, an’ they be red methinks.” 
 

Whatever you say. "A rush" in a situation where we literally have about two days left if Pirates are unsuccessful.

Combined with your desire not to vote anyone off day one (wasting votes) which I already called out day one, you're my top suspect today. 

35 minutes ago, Duvors said:

There is also the point Duncan raised, being that Robert's death seems to exonerate two living players. If this is true then suspicion would naturally be directed toward the remaining three, being you, myself, and James.

I wouldn't say "exonerate". Just that I know I'm a pirate, Cannonball was too. That has me leaning toward Cassidy as one as well.

You folk will have to make your own judgment as well.

[KotZ]

13 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

“Actionable information matters only if ye be a loyal pirate - Do ye think we’ve a killer on our side, an’ they jus’ hit the wrong target?” 

13 hours ago, Duvors said:

No, that would run the risk of ending the game too early if there are two killers.

My point is that he may have been targeted simply because he did the least of note yesterday, thus limiting how much could be gleaned from his actions on the morrow.

There is also the point Duncan raised, being that Robert's death seems to exonerate two living players. If this is true then suspicion would naturally be directed toward the remaining three, being you, myself, and James.

I concur with Mr. Prescott here that with how many of us, two killers running loose would be ludicrously fast, unless it's a role madness type situation, but that would also get messy very quick.

12 hours ago, def said:

Whatever you say. "A rush" in a situation where we literally have about two days left if Pirates are unsuccessful.

Combined with your desire not to vote anyone off day one (wasting votes) which I already called out day one, you're my top suspect today. 

I wouldn't say "exonerate". Just that I know I'm a pirate, Cannonball was too. That has me leaning toward Cassidy as one as well.

You folk will have to make your own judgment as well.

Aye, it seems lines are being formed now, and voting is soon to open according to the captain.

[def]

I’m fluctuating between Neville and Prescott.
 

Neville has been supremely unhelpful, just offering “that be scummy’ type comments, and proposing not to secure a lynch day one.

Prescott used that word ‘exonerate’, which was simply wrong. Scum have been known to sidle up to known pirates in order to hide in their shadow.

While I dislike Neville, Prescott is the one on paper that seems scummier.

[Bob]

Voting is now open! With five players left, a majority of three is required to lynch. 

[KotZ]

Well, we may as well start.

Vote: Paul "Eagle" Prescott -- Duvors

As was said by Mr. Gage, on paper Mr. Prescott seems scummier. Neville is bloviating but with so few of us at it begins, sometimes it is hard to find what to say.

[Trekkie99]

I bee’s vibin that if it t’will be a red coat between def or kotz, then it shall be the both of em. If it most definitely not be both then I could say ay to yeeting Duvor. 

From memories of past in the snow with the jolly man, CS don’t strike me different here. Arrr!!!

VOTE: Michael "Navigator" Cassidy -- KotZ

UNVOTE: Michael "Navigator" Cassidy - KotZ

VOTE: Duncan "Parrot-Keeper" Gage - Def

Actually I’s feels this be better

[Classic_Spaceman]

19 hours ago, Duvors said:

My point is that he may have been targeted simply because he did the least of note yesterday, thus limiting how much could be gleaned from his actions on the morrow.

“I don’t be followin’ yer line o’ reasonin’ - Be ye sayin’ his death limits what we can infer fro’ it? ‘Tis possible, though methinks th’ clearin’ angle holds mo’ water, so to speak.” 
 

19 hours ago, Trekkie99 said:

WIFOM that old friend, a trick of the mind

“Rum in front o’ me, doncha mean? Wine be fo’ Bluecoats, mate!” 
 

[Classic_Spaceman]

19 hours ago, def said:

Whatever you say. "A rush" in a situation where we literally have about two days left if Pirates are unsuccessful.

Combined with your desire not to vote anyone off day one (wasting votes) which I already called out day one, you're my top suspect today. 

“Th’ lynch o’ a pirate, combined wit’ a nighttime kill by th’ scum, would be a win fo’ th’ Redcoats by morn o’ day two - I merely am bein’ cautious, is all.” 

“Th’ assumption Cannonball’s death clears Cassidy o’ suspicion is suspect in itself, methinks, as yer not considerin’ th’ possibility it may be a ruse.” 

“Come to think o’ it, how ye figure we got two days? By me own count, ‘twould only be one, shouldna we get a Redcoat ‘n today’s lynch!” 

[Classic_Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Trekkie99 said:

I bee’s vibin that if it t’will be a red coat between def or kotz, then it shall be the both of em. If it most definitely not be both then I could say ay to yeeting Duvor. 

“I agree wit’ ye - Methinks they tried startin’ a bandwagon on Eagle yesterday, then he Duncan got cold feet fro’ th’ attention it drew, so he tried throwin’ his mate Cassidy under t’ draw suspicion off th’ other, should one o’ ‘em be made t’ walk th’ plank.” 

“Eagle’s a bit suspicious too, wit’ his general unhelpfulness, so should th’ scum be less organised, he be me choice fo’ th’ second Redcoat amongst us - He Duncan be too scummy fo’ us t’ ignore, though!” 

Vote: Duncan “Parrot-Keeper” Gage (def) 

[Duvors]

6 hours ago, def said:

Prescott used that word ‘exonerate’, which was simply wrong. Scum have been known to sidle up to known pirates in order to hide in their shadow.

You're using extremely tenuous reasoning here. I was simply repeating your comment as I understood it. The use of the word ‘exonerate’ is hardly a telling detail. And on the matter of ‘tenuous reasoning’:

On 7/28/2025 at 6:29 AM, def said:

I know I’m a pirate, so I suspect we have a 40% chance (2/5) of voting correctly today. I think it’s worth the vote.

This is a quote from yesterday, from you, in which you assert you are a loyal pirate as if it was an acknowledged fact—instead of an unproven assertion—and then when on to state that this gave the crew a 2/5 chance of voting correctly, which is incorrect. Your knowledge of your own role does not effect the chances of the crew successfully voting off a redcoat unless it is a proven fact acknowledged by the rest of the crew—which it emphatically is not.

21 hours ago, def said:

Well, that is an interesting choice. Ultimately I ended up voting with Cannonball, for Cassidy. In my books, that somewhat clears Cassidy. The Redcoats have but a day or two to get their dastardly scummy deeds accomplished, and their kill should elicit debate in what it means. To me, it means the quick suspicion goes on Cassidy, but I think it’s more likely the scum weren’t involved in that half the group at all (me Duncan, Cannonball, or Cassidy).

Today, I note, you continue to write as if your status as a pirate is a proven fact, and your opening post is clearly written in a way that implies that you should be seen as exonerated even if it doesn’t explicitly say so

19 hours ago, def said:

I wouldn't say "exonerate". Just that I know I'm a pirate, Cannonball was too. That has me leaning toward Cassidy as one as well.

You folk will have to make your own judgment as well.

When my explicit use of the word ‘exonerate' (born, frankly, from not having enough time at my disposal to examine the issue throughly and taking your words a little too much at face value) inadvertently put you on the spot, you immediately backtracked, repeated your assertion that you know you are a pirate (and, implicitly, above suspicion), and then added a line about ‘making your own judgement’ that was not present in the original post—implicitly or otherwise—and seems intended to make the original post retroactively appear less leading than it is. And then you immediately choose to vote for me over what amounts to a petty question of semantics.

Incidentally, I should also note that most of your criticisms of Neville could just as easily apply to Hammond. He spent entirely too long yesterday choosing who to vote for, and didn’t vote at all until pressured into it (by me) and wasted it on a throwaway vote against Neville before proceeding to be completely unhelpful for the rest of the day. And now he’s made two seemingly random votes in rapid succession—seemingly random, because they seem to be based on ‘who’s voting for Paul Prescott’. Blow me if I know what the heck he’s up to.

Thank you, by the way. I haven’t been taking this game as seriously as I should up till now, both due to mental exhaustion and a lack of free time on my part, but your logical ineptitude has angered me sufficiently that I can finally engage with this game properly.

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

“I don’t be followin’ yer line o’ reasonin’ - Be ye sayin’ his death limits what we can infer fro’ it? ‘Tis possible, though methinks th’ clearin’ angle holds mo’ water, so to speak.” 

Look, I was just going off the standard tactics I‘ve used when playing scum in the past. If you think that it was done specifically to clear Cassidy then that’s a perfectly logical assumption.

I don’t know who to vote for at the moment. Duncan could be the right choice, I’ve just built a rather elaborate case for suspect behavior on his part, and with the number of votes on him now I could easily hammer him if I wanted. But frankly it could all just as easily be poor reasoning on his part. And I’m still suspicious of Hammond, he’s been acting strangely and flying under the radar since the game began, and as he was the first person to vote for Duncan that makes me leery of following his lead. You, Neville, have done the Pirates more harm than good with your constant vacillation, and Cassidy is in my mind the least suspicious.

We have some hours left, so I’ll be able to come back and make a decision when I’ve given it some proper thought.

[Duvors]

Well, after some thought, Duncan is either a manipulator or a fool. I’ll choose the less insulting option.

I vote for Duncan "Parrot-Keeper" Gage (Def).

[def]

Well, if this be the last day, I’ll let you know I am the doctor, and I was blocked last night.  

I proudly proclaim it, because there won’t be a counter-claim, except by a Redcoat giving themselves away. 
 

It’s funny, in these situations, so many people assume active Pirates who put there ideas out there are scummy. Better to say nothing and give others nothing to play with, I suppose.

1 hour ago, Duvors said:

This is a quote from yesterday, from you, in which you assert you are a loyal pirate as if it was an acknowledged fact—instead of an unproven assertion—and then when on to state that this gave the crew a 2/5 chance of voting correctly, which is incorrect. Your knowledge of your own role does not effect the chances of the crew successfully voting off a redcoat unless it is a proven fact acknowledged by the rest of the crew—which it emphatically is not.

I’m going to use this as the telltale quote, along with ‘exonerate’. I never said we were exonerated, and again, I never stated my being a Pirate was an acknowledged fact except for myself, which was true. I do in fact know my place. All loyal pirates had a 2 in 5 chance, assuming there are two Redcoats. Scum love to manipulate words, which you yourself have done twice with me now.

Vote: Paul "Eagle" Prescott -- Duvors

Cassidy could well be scum too. A split no-vote will serve the scum as well as a misvote at this point.

Bottom line, I’m the doctor, you three have misvoted.

[Bob]

Vote Count:
Paul Prescott (Duvors) - 2 (KotZ, def)
Duncan Gage (def) - 3 (Trekkie99, Classic_Spaceman, Duvors)

With 5 players left, a majority of 3 is required to lynch. About 41 hours remain in Day Two.

5 hours ago, KotZ said:

Vote: Paul "Eagle" Prescott -- Duvors

4 hours ago, Trekkie99 said:

VOTE: Duncan "Parrot-Keeper" Gage - Def

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Vote: Duncan “Parrot-Keeper” Gage (def) 

50 minutes ago, Duvors said:

I vote for Duncan "Parrot-Keeper" Gage (Def).

28 minutes ago, def said:

Vote: Paul "Eagle" Prescott -- Duvors

 

[Trekkie99]

Cursed by the ways of the MafiaScum forum I am. I’ve forgotten my roots.

Can one unvote here if they so choose? Or can the sentence nay be undone?

[def]

On 8/1/2025 at 12:50 AM, Bob said:

4) Each day you can vote to lynch a player. Voting is mandatory. It should be done in this fashion: 
                     Vote: Character (Player)
                     Unvote: Character (Player)
    Ensure your vote is in bold so I don't miss it please!

 

[Duvors]

45 minutes ago, def said:

I’m going to use this as the telltale quote, along with ‘exonerate’. I never said we were exonerated, and again, I never stated my being a Pirate was an acknowledged fact except for myself, which was true. I do in fact know my place. All loyal pirates had a 2 in 5 chance, assuming there are two Redcoats. Scum love to manipulate words, which you yourself have done twice with me now.

You never explicitly said you were exonerated, just as you never explicitly said that you being a pirate was an acknowledged fact. But the way you phrased your statements implied both, which is the point I was making. By constantly repeating the assertion that you are a pirate in the tone of an objective observer you are, in fact, implying that you are a proven pirate without actually saying so. There is such a thing as misleading through implication, you know. And your remark about a 2/5 chance can only apply to the chances of a single pirate voting correctly, not to the whole group. As for the 'exonerate’ issue, firstly, acting as if a single word is in any way a decisive issue is pure semantics, and makes you guilty of exactly the kind of word twisting you are impugning me with. How I phrased it is irrelevant, what matters is that I took the following remark from you at face value:

On 7/31/2025 at 6:50 PM, def said:

Well, that is an interesting choice. Ultimately I ended up voting with Cannonball, for Cassidy. In my books, that somewhat clears Cassidy. The Redcoats have but a day or two to get their dastardly scummy deeds accomplished, and their kill should elicit debate in what it means. To me, it means the quick suspicion goes on Cassidy, but I think it’s more likely the scum weren’t involved in that half the group at all (me Duncan, Cannonball, or Cassidy).

I admit to scanning the text more than reading it the first go around, which is why I assumed that you were explicitly stating that it exonerated you and took it as established that Cannonball’s death seemed to clear you and Cassidy at a stroke. But reading it again, it would be hard to say that it wasn’t worded specifically to induce that impression. It followed the statement that Cassidy was likely guilty with an assertion that implicitly lumped you in with the only proven pirate and with one that you had just declared above suspicion.

5 minutes ago, Trekkie99 said:

Cursed by the ways of the MafiaScum forum I am. I’ve forgotten my roots.

Can one unvote here if they so choose? Or can the sentence nay be undone?

It says you can right in the rules, you bloody numpty.

[def]

Case one against Prescott: Prescott doesn't want to unvote the doctor. 

3 minutes ago, Duvors said:

t followed the statement that Cassidy was likely guilty with an assertion that implicitly lumped you in with the only proven pirate and with one that you had just declared above suspicion.

Case two against Prescott: Prescott says I said Cassidy was likely guilty, which I didn't. I said the suspicion goes to Cassidy. If you wanted to ask why for clarification, you could have: scum sometimes think a poor Pirate might assume the people voting for a revealed townie are scummy, even though day one voting is blind. That is far from "likely guilty."

Case three against Prescott: And then says I declared Cassidy above suspicion, which I also didn't say. I said scum was more likely in the other group. And of course, I already acknowledged today that Cassidy could be scum.

Case four against Prescott: in his first utterance today, he seemed to support the notion I was exonerated! Until I pointed things back at him, at which point he become sure I was scum. 

You've done a horrible job making a case for me, and then further done a horrible job unvoting when you learned I was the doctor. You are by far the scummiest, and that's all based on your public actions.

More votes for Prescott! Dude is scumming up the thread.