Maf-Terra

[Remilia Scarlet]

"Are you you going to drink that?" Remilia asked as she looked upon the desecrated corpse of their former... friend? Acquaintance? Fellow blood drinker? The body was clearly was left of a message, but the young vampire could only find the display inelegant. So brutal, but without refinement. Never the less, it did leave them with one less person and now with a unknown number of suspicious ne'er-do-wells. Unfortunate, as she had hoped to work over the place at her own pace. Still, no need to work on an empty stomach. She looked up to Yuuka, eyeing her as she wondered if the youkai would greedily take the meal for herself.

"Well, I was hoping for more excitement in this town" She shrugs, placing her hands over her collar bones, slight smile on her pristine face "Life and death? I could handle that." But the vampire couldn't help and laugh at the frog god's 'solution'. "Would be a nice change to pace to be on the other side of those."

 

[Omelette Robotnik]

Forgot to mention this: if you want to vote to lynch someone, BOLD your choice in your post. I won't count unbolded choices. If you want to change your vote, just BOLD your new choice and I'll swap it around.

 

[Ohm Zui]

"Zoo-ee..." Ohm muttered under their breath as they gazed on the sorry sight. The zoombini buzzed anxiously in the air overhead, propeller working hard to keep them aloft.
"This is unpleasant. Unfortunate, even. This would never have happened in Zoombiniville. Abductions, embezzlement, near slavery at times, but murder? No no no..."
The inventor swooped down to peer at the three townsfolk who had spoken.
"How can you be so callous? This is the death of a person! A desecration of our fine community! Where else would robots, small amorphous beings, vampires and other assorted beings of strange stature and physique live together in peace and harmony?"
There was a brief pause.
"... I suppose not Crimington. Because this is a murder! Who's responsible? Who's capable? Who's got the character, the motive, the opportunity?"
The zoombini settled down to perch on their propeller, all three feet of them grimly looking at the town hall. They gave another low noise of distress.
"This is not the type of puzzle we should have to solve in this town. But it seems we have to do so."

 

[Rebecca Chambers]

Starscream really did not care about this fleshy juvenile insect lying dead on the ground, bleeding her disgustingly organic fluids everywhere. What he did care about, however, was that apparently he HADN'T been asked to participate in this flagrant murder, and that none of the tiny creatures present seemed to suspect him! It was such a foreign experience that the seeker was honestly stunned into a very rare, non-screechy silence. Imagine that, not being accused of trickery at every turn...

Which meant... he needed to implicate another in this pathetic crime, lest the much-coveted status of "innocent" be wrenched from his servos! The seeker tapped thoughtfully at his chin, considering the, ah, zoombini's words. Hmmm...

Abruptly, Starscream whipped around, leveling an accusatory digit at one of the minuscule creatures (why were they all so small?!), who he had selected purely for the weird look on their face. "YOU!"

The girl in the frog hat looked up, and then up at him, because she was about the size of a literal ant. Suwako or some other ridiculous Earth name. "Huh?"

"It was YOU, wasn't it?!" Starscream accused, bending down a little to be more or less on her level. Not that he would ever stoop that low; the little frog rolled about in the muck enough that he felt compelled to keep his distance. "Only the most devious of individuals would seek to incite additional violence after a murder has already been committed!"

 

[Solomon Grundy]

Okuyasu groaned and sneered, smoking a Cigarette to show that this was an Okuyasu who fit into such a town as Crimington. He threw an empty can at the Zoombini. "Ghhccgghlrr, Crimintong's a great town! Ya just gotta know to watch out for all the crime!"

He sniffed, staring up at Starscream. "Me and ZA HANDO think it was the Giant murder robot that did it!"

 

[Rebecca Chambers]

"Wh-what?! Me?" exclaimed said giant murder robot, placing a hand over his spark. "I have never done anything wrong, ever, in my life!"

 

[Yuuka Kazami]

"Ladies, please. Can you at least wait for us to finish breakfast before throwing accusations around?"

Yuuka nodded to Remilia, whose man-eating-measures were less, ahem, destructive than hers. Not that she figured Remilia would have any weird blood-drinking related powers like Toga did. Woulda been useful if she could like, see the history of the people she tasted blood from or something. Maybe that was too cool.

 

[Frieza]

Frieza grimaced slightly at the bloodied corpse strewn across the steps of Town Hall--though, knowing him, he probably just found the mess distasteful.

"How troublesome," he said, not letting his unease show on his features. "Somebody will need to clean that up before it starts to decompose."

If Frieza were literally anyone else, a line like that would probably be cause for suspicion. But his reputation as an evil bastard had already been well established, even though he was very much not responsible for this particular crisis.

He folded his arms behind his back, and mulled it over. If the Mafia were serious, he was in as much danger as anyone else. Maybe even moreso, if the townspeople were quick to start pointing fingers at anyone who looked remotely suspicious. Which was... a list his name was probably near the top of, for reasons entirely unrelated to the present situation.

Frieza strode over to the center of the town square, and cleared his throat. All eyes were on him.

"Let's not act rashly, everyone," he said, smacking his tail to the ground for emphasis. "As of now, we don't have enough evidence to start pointing fingers. From our current vantage point, everybody here has an equal chance of being affiliated with the mafia. And I think it's safe to assume that the mafia comprises a minority among us. Otherwise they would have just killed us all the first night and been done with it, no? Therefore, if we lynch at random, we're statistically more likely to be hurting our side, rather than cornering the mafia.

"But it's not as if we're powerless. Among us, there are townspeople with exceptional abilities that I believe will be helpful in defeating the mafia. For instance, there is a police detective among us who will be able to determine the guilt or innocence of any given townsperson, as well as a doctor who should be able to save targeted individuals from death. For the time being, I believe these people should remain anonymous, unless they want to find themselves targeted.

"So I propose the following: we, as a group, will vote on who should be investigated this first night. That way, we'll have some actual evidence to act upon tomorrow." He raised a hand. "All in favor?"

 

[Azula]

Azula was late.

What? It had been a busy morning, comprised muchly of complaining about her brother and plotting her eventual hostile takeover of Crimington. Yes, she’d barely slept - but she had also not left her cute, decked-out-in-flame-decor apartment, so the sight of a murder loli mangled and broken on the City Hall steps came as quite the shock.

Shocking, too, was just how... boring Frieza’s diatribe was. The Fire Princess has come upon the crowd in the midst of the alien’s speech, which had to be the fifth one of its kind this week at least, and stood near the back of the crowd, dreaming of going undercover as one of his precious elite guard - the Ginyus? - and sticking a syringe in his bulbous, alabaster neck.

Yes, if she’d been the murderer, there would’ve been much more style... much more panaché. It’s why she was meant for greater things.

“You talk too much,” she scoffed, crossing her arms and dropping her weight onto one hip. “Are you done?”

 

[King Shark]

Bakugo materialized from the shadows, arms laced akimbo. His eyes, small rubies each, scanned the crowd assembled. Mere minutes had elapsed since the grisly discovery, and already there were accusations flying about.

As far as he could tell, nearly all of these fools seemed as guilty as the next. A whole bunch of shady villains at worst, and anti-heroes at best...himself included.

He stood, patiently (or as much patience as he ever showed) listening to their arguments, hasty accusations, and well-reasoned solutions.

"I'm with the robot. Suwako did it."

Hell, why not? If he was wrong, they were one more bizarre actor in their comedy of errors lesser...and if he was right, they were one step closer to a Mafia-free citizenry.

 

[Star-Lord]

"Woa woa, can we stop putting blame on the building tall murder robot?" Quill finally decided to speak up.

"If movies have tought me anything, it's either the butler, the girl or the alien" The guardian's eyes glance over the group. "Who's to say mister common sense over there isn't guilty?" Quill pointed at Freeza.

 

[Omelette Robotnik]

Current Votes:
Starscream: 1
Suwako: 2

 

[Frieza]

Frieza sighed. He expected to have baseless accusations hurled his way from the start, but he'd expected the focus to be on... you know, his history of mass genocide, rather than just being an alien. So much for progressive society!

"Blatant xenophobia aside, I'm not even the only alien here, you know." He gestured towards Starscream, who was also very much an alien. "Is that all?"

 

[Gilgamesh]

Gilgamesh rolled his eyes and let out a heavy sigh. Although it infuriated him that this ‘Mafia’ thought that they could take this town from him, the townspeople were even worse. Giving into paranoia would not help them find the detestable cur that had committed the murder.

“You mongrels are playing right into the Mafia’s hand,” he sneered. “If you do not wish to perish; listen to your King,” he commanded. “It is likely this will not be the last killing and these Mafia-mongrels are bound to make a mistake.”

 

[Frieza]

Frieza nodded at Gilgamesh. "Exactly. The greatest weapon of the Mafia is not the murders themselves, but rather the ability to sow paranoia and lead us to tear ourselves apart. Let us remain calm so we can assess the threat rationally. Rather than vote to lynch anybody who seems suspicious, how about we vote to have them investigated first? It wouldn't do to needlessly thin out our numbers."

 

[Jak]

The eco warrior stretched, walking out and looking out into the group. The arguing was getting heated.

He looked over at the group pointing fingers at each other. "Stop pointing fingers, lest the mafia play us against each other."

 

[Azula]

“I am calm,” Azula spat, not calmly.

“But... I’m also seeing no solid evidence as to why any of these people are the guilty party,” she shrugged. She glanced at the one who insisted on being called ‘Star Lord.’ “First of all, you’re just a racist,” she glared. “I may love torturing people and lording my power over them, but that blatant anti-alien talk is just low.”

She stepped over toward where Frieza and Gilgamesh had taken a position of leadership. “You, Frieza, you talk too damn much to not be suspicious, but your knowledge of the intricacies of those careers makes me think you are employed as one of those, so I’ll let it slide.”

She turned her gaze to Okuyasu. “And I don’t appreciate your insinuation that any giant robot must be a giant murder robot. That’s also a little racist.”

“You, frog girl,” she barked at Suwako, “you’re the only one who’s had accusations with any level of legitimacy thrown your way. Where were you last night? Defend yourself.”

 

[Ohm Zui]

Ohm looks back and forth between the inhabitants of the town in slowly increasing confusion. The zoombini keeps their mouth shut for a short while, but several times they seem about to speak.
Instead, the zoombini scratches out some lines in the dirt with their flagella, peering intently at them. After a few moments they look over at the people who propose waiting.

"So that's Jak, Freiza and Gilgamesh in agreement with each other? You support and trust each other's logic?"

They look down at their incomprehensible diagram and then back up at them.

"The only winning move is not to play... there is something to be said for simplicity, but... there's something off with it..."

 

[Fenix]

Suwako shrugged and looked Azula straight in the eyes. "Where was I last night? I was at my shrine, where I usually am. Enjoying a nice meal, touching some people's hearts... Cursing someone's soup to attract flies 'cause he looked at me funny...." Suwako noted with a lick of her lips. "....I'm a god. why in the world would I kill someone I wanted to worship me. That's literally my lifeblood I'd be cutting." Suwako added with a withering look. "I saw a problem, and figured 'hey, how about we advocate for an action more helpful than cannibalism', since you yutzes were standing around. and yet here we are minutes later and the only thing that's been decided on is the Yokai feeding order for one order of Toga Himiko with Fries and a large shake, so clearly that wasn't all that effective. The big robot was just waiting for someone to open their mouth for him to put the blame on!"

At the same time, Suwako shrugged. "...Though he seems more like an idiot than a mafiso eith- it's mafiso, right?" Suwako asked with a raised eyebrow. "...I don't get western culture."

 

[Remilia Scarlet]

The eternally young smiled as she watched the fingers begin to be pointed, a desperate attempt to solve the problem quickly. While others tried to remain aloof, hiding behind an air of cold logic and authority. Though who among them were pointing their next victim, and who were hiding something else. As Remilia wiped blood from her mouth to her sleeve, she looked over the options. Certainly, playing wait and see had an advantage of gaining clues.... yet, that only made sense when you didn't have the threat of being stabbed in the gut in the night by some thug with delusions of grandeur . At that, a scheming smile began to show itself on the Scarlet Devil as wheels began to spin.

"Well, of course, the robot wouldn't have done it. Look at him, he'd look suspicious from very moment a body was found. Same with our pale friend from outer space or everyone's second favorite frog god. No no no, it's the normal ones you have to watch out for." She said, enjoying the sensation of lukewarm blood while Yuuka probably tore into the remains behind her. "Okuyasu, perhaps you're the one who's covering something up?"