After a long wait (sorry guys, we never did get that resolved. >_<), the end is finally here...
Final Execution wrote:When the clock rang out as a sign of the hour, the votes had been counted, and the two others had turned on Buster. He quivered, looking around at his fellow villagers in shocked silence.
"How could you-? ...Why me!? What is your proof!?" He yelled. Frozen Paw paused, and looked at the other two with a sharp glint in her eyes.
"It's just how they've voted, Buster. Come. We shall test you."
"No! I refuse to go!"
"Do not make me drag you." Frozen Paw said sternly. She tried to reassure him with a calm voice and a soft look, but he wouldn't buy it. He panicked, and bolted away at as fast a speed as his little legs could carry him. Frozen Paw bounded after him, taking over in only a few seconds and blocking his path. "You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide, Buster!"
"You were never supposed to find out!" He yelled. "This should not have happened, there was no REASON to suspect me!"
"Are you admitting-!?" Frozen Paw started, but she was cut off.
"I won't submit to you, witch! I'm the best killer that Smoothieville has ever seen - I've murdered six people and got away with it each time but this! I won't let this town finish me off-!" Before he could quite finish his sentence, Riley kicked the hamster so hard that he flew far over the tree line and into the distance, yelling on his way. Frozen Paw gave a startled look to Riley, who just shrugged in response.
"I hate monologues."
Over the next few days, Frozen Paw contacted all the nearby towns and villages, warning them of Buster's presence, and of his motives. Although the hamster had technically escaped justice, he had likely flown so far as to never be seen again - and indeed, none of Frozen Paw's friends had seen him.
It was after Frozen Paw had made sure they were safe that she told the two last villagers, Riley and Cuddles, that she had never killed their friends with the spell she was using to test them. After that, they began coming back - Red Queen was the first, then Cecil and Sneaky. The others, however, had chosen to move on - they had had enough with Smoothieville, and couldn't look at the faces of those they had either voted for, or been voted out by. The remaining villagers managed to put that all behind them, giving proper funeral services to their friends, who had sadly been taken from them too early. It wasn't long before Smoothieville began attracting new folk again - Frozen Paw had stepped up and organised nightly patrols, and, unsurprisingly, Riley and Cuddles were the first to volunteer for this new service. She also made an entrance policy, using the judging spell on all who wished to move in before they had settled, so as to make sure that the less-than-moral characters never got a chance to repeat what Buster had done.
Still, almost a year later, when Smoothieville was flourishing better than it had before, Buster had never been found. The fellow witches of Frozen Paw's inner circle had still not reported him seen, but Frozen Paw knew he would likely not give up easily.
She remained vigilant.
Gasp! You guys! You won! :O Congratulations to
Cuddles [ReadingRatz] and
Riley [Rogue of Mind] for making it so far! :3
Now as you all should know by now,
the wonderful Blaze Crimson is going to be running the next game. You're all welcome to discuss this last game or in particular it's finale, but please wait until Blaze Crimson has made their post to start signing up and the like! They will run a game from a separate post in this topic so that they can manage it independently of me. There will be a link to said post in big writing at the top of the front page post while the game is running, however, so you don't lose it. ;P