— House on Coney Island, noon.
The rain fell in torrents outside. Nachomamma8 thought the weather made their little vacation that much more depressing. Had it really been only three days? He could have sworn it had been longer since the game began. Beyond the common room, he could see the hallway lined with doors to each of the players' personal rooms. His own, marked by a green light on the card reader, was visible from where he sat. He supposed that his light would be changing soon. He turned back to face his accusers, and he saw them nod at each other. They stood up; he did, too, and he followed them toward the back of the room. The static in his right ear came in bursts, but he heard nothing from his teammates.
He looked up at SocioPath, and in those eyes he saw that there truly was nothing that could be done. singersigner and Zachrulez pushed Nachomamma8 against the wall, and Captain Falcon draped a burlap sack over Nachomamma8's head. He felt something being looped around his neck, and he was lifted up. There came whooping sounds from underneath him; from the sound, he guessed it might have been Johhog or Matias. He twisted, hoping the rope would give way, but now he couldn't take in air, there was so little air. Nachomamma8's struggling released a small, black object from his back pocket, and the mob gathered at his feet gave a collective sigh of relief.
Nachomamma8,
mafia goon
, was lynched on Day 3!
A win condition has been fulfilled!
SocioPath took out his own gun and set it down upon the gravel. His eyes still on the angry mob before him, he put his hands up to indicate his surrender. He prayed that they would spare him, their bloodlust having just been sated. For a few moments, the only sound that followed was the unrelenting rain. Briefly, he pondered grabbing the gun and shooting at random, but that would surely lead to the end of him. This way, he had a chance, however small, of being allowed to run back to the don. The don would not take the news kindly -- he had never taken failure well -- and SocioPath would be relegated to punitive tasks for some time, but he would be alive.
The crowd set their pitchforks and torches down, and SocioPath felt the relief wash over him. Matias stepped forward and kicked SocioPath's gun away. Behind him, Benmage and Bub Bidderskins took a piece of rope and bound SocioPath's hands with it. In the back of his mind, he wondered what they had done with Llamarble; the last he had heard, Llamarble had washed away into the ocean, and he would need a token of some sort to bring back. But then again, he would deal with that later. Today, he was relieved of his duty, and that was all that mattered. The two triumphant townsmen pulled SocioPath up, and together they marched past the gallows and toward the town's only police station.
SocioPath,
mafia goon
, surrendered on Day 3!
Two beeps sounded from the hallway, followed by the louder sound of thirteen doors unlocking at once. There was no need to check what was behind those doors; they knew well enough that the only occupants were the dead, and now they would be joined by one more. Matias dragged Nachomamma8 back into his room and left him on the floor. When Matias returned to the common room, he found the main door ajar and SocioPath on the floor. Were they free at last? He ran out into the rain. Six of the other townies had already gone down the hill before him, and he ran after them. The game was over at last.
In the common room, SocioPath was in a bind. With some difficulty, he was able to take the white card that had been in his back pocket and drop it onto the floor. He was supposed to have entered that into the card reader by the front door during his surrender, but, in their excitement, the town players had not let him. It didn't matter now; the door had opened anyway without his help. The problem now was his earpiece, still buzzing in his ear. He rolled toward one of the chairs and rubbed his ear against its leg, but it was no use. He had nothing else to do, however, so he kept trying. The buzzing went on and on.
Benmage, Bub Bidderskins, Captain Falcon, Johhog, Matias, singersigner, and Zachrulez,
townies
, survive and win the game for the town!
