My guess is they’re waiting 'til BlasterMaster steps away from his computer.
I’m not certain, but I think it was a play on your last comment:
got it in one. 
So. Which one of us is a dead townie walking? Is the Mafia leaving it up to random.org or what?
Hey! If you’re having a craving for brains this morning…
…you might be a zombie townie.
patience, little grashopper. The deadline is in the afternoon.
For what it’s worth, I’m waiting for a particular player to respond to me anyway, for reasons I will explain when they do.
<drums fingers>
f5…
<strokes cats>
f5…
<laments lack of alcohol in office>
f5…
What time does night end again?
I checked my mail. It ain’t me. (so stop looking at me. I mean you, tirial)
No PM here…
You have office cats? That’s even better than office booze!
Dum de doo…
whistles
We’re home at last. I see the scum are taking their sweet time again.
The hell? So much for rushing back from my errands…
<throws confetti>
Hope you had a good break - now you’re back to the insanity of Ceciltown…
Well, at least we have a distraction now…
Welcome back, Cookies! How went the ceremony?
Dawn coming up.
When, damnit, when?? It’s been twenty minutes!! I can’t take the lies anymore! No more lies from the GM! No more lies!!!
<breaks down, sobbing pitifully>
There, there, Hal… It looks like you’ve had a few too many drinks last night. 
A Game Runner’s Mea Culpa
Okay, so…I realized yesterday (real-time yesterday, not game-time yesterday), with great chagrin and a whole bunch of :smack: :smack: :smack: , that on one of the no-kill nights (I’m not going to say which) I somehow incorrectly concluded that the Night Watchman had been successful in blocking the Mafia’s intended kill. In fact, the Night Watchman had been unsuccessful (and was actually the Mafia’s target)…thus, a kill should have taken place that night, but didn’t.
I really, really regret the error. Here’s what I’m doing to fix it. I’ve talked to the Mafia and the Night Watchman, let them know what happened, and given them the chance to weigh in as to an equitable solution. They’ve done so, and everyone is pretty much on the same page.
Tonight, as you’ll see in my next post, I’m going to mod-kill the Night Watchman in addition to processing the Mafia’s normal target. This will at least partially rectify the state of events that was put wrong by my foul-up (although of course there’s no way to go back and actually erase the Night Watchman’s presence from subsequent days, nor would that necessarily be desirable even if possible). I think this is the fairest way to handle things, and the Night Watchman and the Mafia all agree. I hope the rest of you do as well.
Again, sorry about that. I’d been doing a decent job up until this point, and now I feel like an utter ass. :o
D’oh.