The Great Mafia Game - GAME 4 OPEN [MULTI-FANDOM] [6/20]

[betulacarelica]

Votes added. Looks like this is getting exciting. :0

[Goddess Sword]

Shyama closed her eyes, shaking her head and looking down at the ground wearily. It had truly come to this. Three votes for her, one vote for Crispin, only five votes left, including her own, and so little time to think things through... The bird-creature knew all too well how this would play out.

She sighed, shaking her hat off of her head and tugging at the bow around her neck until it fell gently to the ground. "I am not the killer, nor are my spirit friends. I truly believe this. I remember clearly being at my home conversing with my long-dead acquaintances when that banging was heard on the first night. But the die has been cast, and I believe I see my fate - There is no reason to fight the inevitable. It is best that we simply get this over with as soon as possible, so that those who remain may recover and move forward to - With any luck - finding the killer faster. I hope only that you are all able to find this murderer soon, so that as few of you may suffer as possible." Shyama took a deep breath, looking up. "Mayor Frozen Paw, if you will allow it, I vote for myself, if only so that those of you who survive tonight night may move forward, and with any luck, catch this criminal." She closed her eyes, adding in a voice barely above a whisper, "I hope I do not have to see many more of you before your time has come."

Shyama's unorthodox request has been made - If the mayor will allow it, she has chosen to vote for herself.

[flightoftheowl]

Sakura looked up, and a tear dropped off her face. A tiny blue flower bloomed where it landed. She swiped the tears out of her eyes, and turned her gaze to Shyama, a determined fire burning in her eyes. "Shyama... for better or for worse... you have convinced me with your words. Please, don't vote for yourself. Mayor, please withdraw my vote. Even if the voting is for the better good, I will not condemn anyone to the rigors of the test who shows us she will vote for herself just for the greater good." With that, Sakura padded over to Shyama, and bowed her head. "You may not forgive me- you may, indeed, be the murderer- but I won't vote for you anymore. I apologize."

[betulacarelica]

Wow, this got even more interesting. :0
Shyama can indeed vote for herself, since there's nothing bad that comes of it, but she still stands at 3 votes and there have still been 4 votes in total, so I don't actually need to change anything on the first post. xD
Just half an hour left for votes!

[betulacarelica]

Lost track of time, whoops! But it looks like the votes have been counted...

Shyama nodded her head solemnly as the clock struck the hour. In a sense, she had brought this fate upon herself - but in truth, even if only by one vote, she would still have been chosen this round. Frozen Paw nodded back, and lead her away. Shyama didn't want to die, of course she didnt. But she had already resigned herself to this fate, and possibly a lot earlier than this. She was, after all, suspicious by nature. Those of the family corvidae were rarely trusted.

Some were hopeful that Shyama's resignation was a sign of guilt, but others were suspicious that it may be a bluff, that she may have intended, at the last moment, to get the same reaction out of the others that she got from Sakura. It hadn't gone the way she planned, but Shyama could simply fly off in a flash if she truly wished to escape this fate. She was either guilty and surrendering, or innocent and a martyr.

Frozen Paw returned after a short while. The others looked at her anxiously, holding their breath or twiddling their paws.
"It was not Shyama." She said. "We should know better than to judge on appearance and nature. Have we all forgotten Poopkee, the first to be killed?" Her tone was sharp, but she still retrained herself. Anger wasn't good for her. "Many of you thought him to be frightening, strange, but he was innocent as the rest of us and the first to lose his life in this horrible series of events. I can't tell who the killer is, but I implore you to think clearly about your decisions in the future." She paused, and then sighed. "Go back to your homes. I have said it before, but I will say it again. Please, lock your doors, your windows, even board up your letterboxes if you have to. Just be safe."

Sorry Shyama [PaintCIA], looks like you've been voted out! Although, I'm fairly sure you were expecting it.
Alright guys, we all wait eagerly for the next kill, I'm sure!

[Blaze Crimson]

(Whoa! I didn't expect anything that dramatic to happen while I was asleep/in school. It's a shame I missed the chance to respond.)

[betulacarelica]

Haha, I know right? :L It was very unexpected!

[flightoftheowl]

(All for the sake of DRAMAAA
I hope you guys like my writing style, I'm trying to make it dramatic and moving!)

[freewrite]

(( I'm still active by the way, so sorry I havn't been able to vote recently. I'm so much busy than I thought!!)

[betulacarelica]

Ahh everybody's writing has been fantastic so far, it's so great to read through all your posts guys. :0 It's like a story, haha!

Anyway, the killer has their next victim...

When the night came, nobody wanted to go to eachother's houses again. It may have kept some of them safe, but everybody felt like a betrayer. This had been a traumatic ordeal, that much was certain, and many of the few remaining villagers wanted nothing more than to crawl away and hide.

Crispin was not sociable anyway, but these events had made him even more sour. Some kept voting for him, throwing him under the bus though he'd done nothing but detest company. He 'humph'ed to himself as a tree rattled against his window, shaken by the cold winter wind. He became alert when he heard a soft 'pat' on the floor, and held his breath for a moment. But it was too late.

Frozen Paw gathered the last seven villagers in the town square next morning.
"Crispin has been killed." She said. "Even he, who you still suspected in your prejudice, is now gone. We really don't know who this is, but you can no longer judge on looks or personality. It is time to judge on actions. It is time to judge right."

Sorry Crispin [Neon Taile], the killer gotcha! Another short one I'm afraid, it's late and my muse is being uncooperative.
Voting finishes when everyone has voted, of course - or at 3am tomorrow (15th January)!