# Mafia in Space! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641 "2003-09-10T00:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Werebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Werebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werebear)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/101 "2003-09-16T19:54:21Z")
[ooc]Didn’t save him THIS time… ROFL[/ooc] ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/102 "2003-09-16T22:00:59Z")
[ooc] For the record I didn’t expect everyone else to follow my vote… I was just saying him because he was one of the first ones to post befor e me. [/ooc] Ronin’s at the bar again, drunk and passed out - the life of another on his conscience. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/103 "2003-09-16T22:37:00Z")
Ok, Night Deadline is 48 hours. Anything after that and you perform no action at all. **Werebear** , I decided I’d rather have the people come up with it themselves. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/104 "2003-09-17T02:55:17Z")
MannyL groggily wakes up in his cabin. Looks around and realizes he is not in his room at home. Stitting up his pounding head hurts. Slowly his eyes focus and he hears the hum of the ship. He doesn’t know why he is on a ship, the last thing he can remember is he was at his own batchlor party and is due to be married in one week, well less than one week now. hell he doesn’t even know if it’s been more than one week since he was out… ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/105 "2003-09-17T03:38:36Z")
Mirror sat in her room, shocked and slightly sick to her stomach. She’d seen the death procession pass by her peephole last night, and she’d seen the hopeless eyes of a man about to die. Even knowing that he was a killer hadn’t softened the blow. How could she have been wrong about him? He hadn’t seemed like a killer. There was only one thing to do: get up, and go on with her day, and hope that her next moves could help stop the killing of innocent people. My vote is the same as yesterday: **XWalrus2** ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/106 "2003-09-17T03:58:28Z")
[Eh? The night hasn’t passed yet… so you can’t vote until you know who is still alive.] ---
**Author:** ![Thizzlewit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@Thizzlewit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thizzlewit)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/107 "2003-09-17T04:02:24Z")
[ooc]Hold yer horses, **Mirror**! Night isn’t over yet. During the night, the mafiosi, the cop, the reporter, and the doctor e-mail the game master to submit their moves. In the morning, those who were killed during the night post death scenes (or the GM does it for them), and then voting for the second day starts. If you vote during the night, you could be voting for someone who is dead in the morning, and that really wouldn’t do, would it? :)[/ooc] ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/108 "2003-09-17T15:53:14Z")
percypercy retires to her cabin, clutching a bottle of fine Mercurian whisky. She drinks a salute to \*\* d\_redguy \*\*, hoping to speed him along to wherever his next destination might be. It was always necessary to drink after a death, even of a man with evil intent. ---
**Author:** ![Werebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Werebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werebear)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/109 "2003-09-17T18:10:07Z")
_snore_ _snore_ Oh yeah, more BBQ sauce, you know that’s hrrrzzzzz… ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Mr\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Kami)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/110 "2003-09-18T22:37:20Z")
[ooc] It looks like the 48 hours is up… does this mean no one died tonight? [/ooc] ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/111 "2003-09-19T01:24:57Z")
There is a knock on **XWalrus2** ’s door, but no one answers. The lock is forced open, and inside, sprawled across the bed, lays **XWalrus2** , a thin red line across his neck. A note lies near the headboard. Inside a cabinet, a to-do list is found with one item:“Huge Jass.” There is a check next to the name. The former mafioso has met his end. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/112 "2003-09-19T02:09:05Z")
Night Two Results Living- \*\* Mirror Image egamI rorriM aaaaaarrgg percypercy Sir Dirx MannyL Topaz Heller Highwater poiema Ryle Dup Jonmarzie Mikie Werebear Thizzlewit shadyforce Lisa-go-Blind Super Gnat Ferg SaberKitty Mr. Kami Dutchboy208 Spurious George Mr2001 Kantaloopi Toaster Aesiron Ronincyberpunk \*\* The Dead- **Huge Jass** , Tourist. Killed by Mafia. **Nvme77** , Tourist. Killed by the Bounty Hunter. **d\_redguy** , Bounty Hunter. Lycnhed. **XWalrus2** , Mafia. Killed by Mafia. It is now Day Two. I need your lynch votes. 13 votes is now Majority. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/113 "2003-09-19T03:41:45Z")
Ohhh, my _head_. I’ve never had that much liquor before. I hope I didn’t say anything silly. I said _ **WHAT** _?!?!?! Gee, that’s embarrassing. My gracious, who possibly could have done all of this? Methinks **poiema** has a rather shifty look in her eyes. I think we should kill her next. Lynch Vote: **poiema** ---
**Author:** ![Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/114 "2003-09-19T05:08:06Z")
Toaster slowly woke up from shouts and whimpers from the corridor; glancing out, apparently there were more murders, and such were being discovered and noticed. Silly creatures. So much fuss over what, really? It’s not like any aboard have much say in whether they live or not if something comes in the night. What, are they gonna be all, ‘Oh no Mr. Evil Killy Man, don’t kill me, I have a family/house/collection of mold spores,’ and expect Mr. Evil Killy Man to let them live? Eh? Toaster shrugged, made sure clothes were being worn appropriately for public, and wandered over near Super Gnat. “Hey, thinkin’ about what you said yesterday, you’ve got a sound head on your shoulders. And you’re right, **poiema** sure has been looking rather _naughty_ as of late. You just can’t trust those dames, eh? Oh! Can you show me how to make one of them nifty hats o’yours? I really, really, really need one. Really. I have an infestation of brain slugs in my luggage, makes getting out the green Jell-O an anti-snap.” Oh silly Toaster, what won’t you wear to keep the brain slugs away? Vote: **poiema** ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/115 "2003-09-19T05:17:07Z")
I also vote for the shifty-eyed and nefarious **poiema**. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/116 "2003-09-19T05:19:12Z")
I think \*\* Thizzlewit \*\* is being a bit too solicitious. Vote: \*\* Thizzlewit \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/117 "2003-09-19T10:03:20Z")
I’ll happily follow the bloodthirsty mob! (As long as it isn’t the Mob.) **poiema** ---
**Author:** ![shadyforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@shadyforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadyforce)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/118 "2003-09-19T10:28:38Z")
Shadyforce awoke to find himself startled. His surroundings seemed alien to him. He had no idea where he was or what he was doing there, so he preceeded to search his quarters for clues, the same thing he had done every day for the past 3 years and 1 day. After exploring the ship for a bit, he eventually stumbles across a large crowd gathering in the mes hall. Then he notices something in the corner… “Oh my god! 4 people have been killed! How did this happen?” He sees the mob moving towards poiema, led by Super Gnat. “She seems to have an air of authority around her” he thinks to himself. Could she know something we don’t? We have to pressure somebody though. Hmmm… **vote: poiema**. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Mr\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Kami)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/119 "2003-09-19T13:15:51Z")
Sitting at the bar drinking, Mr Kami sees the mob organizing and decides to join in. vote: **poiema** ---
**Author:** ![Thizzlewit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@Thizzlewit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thizzlewit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641/120 "2003-09-19T14:32:31Z")
Thizzlewit was at the bar again, his trusty lemonade within arm’s reach. He’d been quietly scribbling notes on a notepad all morning, looking for evidence from last night’s votes. Suddenly his face brightened, as if the chubby little janitor in his brain had suddenly flipped on all the lights. “Wait a minute! **poiema** ”, he said, gesturing toward the woman in the corner, “isn’t the one we should be pointing fingers at.” “It is true, she defended **d\_redguy** before his death, and he turned out to be the assassin. Before we lynch her for defending a baddie, though, we need to remember that the assassin was in all likelyhood a lone operative. She couldn’t be d\_redguy’s partner, because d\_redguy had no partners. She just guessed wrong about d\_redguy’s identity.” Thizzlewit paused, studying his notepad for a moment. “Why hasn’t anyone asked why the mafia killed one of their own last night? That’s the real issue we should be thinking about here. Had they been planning to kill **XWalrus2** since yesterday, or did they make the decision during the night? Of course, I don’t know the answer to that question, but I think it’s possible that they had been planning XWalrus2’s murder since yesterday.” “If I were a mafioso, and I wanted to kill another mafioso, I could do it during the night, but that would waste a perfectly good night that could be better spent murdering innocent tourists. No, I wouldn’t do my own dirtywork; I’d let the tourists do it for me. I’d try to convince them to vote for my enemy.” “Yesterday, **Mirror Image** was the first passenger who voted to lynch XWalrus2. Is it possible that she was trying to get us to do her dirty work?” * * * **vote: Mirror Image egamI rorriM** , because she tried to get us to kill XWalrus2 yesterday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-in-space/200641.md?page=7)