Day 8
A lone figure, running.
Or should I say, flying. And frightened. So very frightened.
Daenym flew for his life, being chased by
Yeti. Though he could fly, however, she was gaining on him...and if he didn't find protection fast...
Suddenly, however, he spies salvation:
billymills and
Spiffy are standing off to the side, observing the rest of the conflict with a smug look on their faces.
He falls down to the ground at their knees, begging "Please, PLEASE help me
Dark Samus!"
Though
Spiffy appears sympathetic,
billymills appears unconcerned. He slowly looks from
Daenym, to the rapidly gaining
Yeti, and finally back to
Daenym before muttering:
"No."
It was all over in a matter of moments.
Daenym barely had time to cry out in exclamation before
Yeti unleashed a Super Missile on him.
XMax said:
Dear XMax, you are the Chykka Larvae.
A massive insect that with the ability to undergo rapid metamorphoses at a moments’ notice, you were appointed to protect the Dark Torvus Temple from the Luminoth following the Ing’s seizure of the energy of Torvus. Additionally, you have the ability to swim in toxic liquids and pop out at a moment’s notice.
Every night you may submit a PM titled “NX-Dark Liquid Spray <Alias>”. You will spray <Alias> with dark liquid, resulting in you being able to take a look at the win condition, lynch affects, and current held items of <Alias>.
During the day you may submit a PM titled “DX-Ram into devious organisms around <Alias>”. <Alias>’s vote will not be tampered with this day in any way, shape, or form, and will therefore both count for who <Alias> posted a lynch ballot for in the thread and will show up as having voted as such.
Additionally, since you are hidden underwater, you can survive one kill at night. A lynch will expose you to the light of Aether, however, resulting in your death.
Your lynch affects are: Lynched, Hooked, One-Time Hook.
Your team ability is that, once every three days, you may submit a PM titled “DX-Dark Blast around <Alias>”. If <Alias> was going to be harmed from the lynch in any way, shape, or form apart from being lynched in the first position, <Alias> will not be affected.
Your team’s steal is currently successful a maximum of twice every three nights. Your team’s kill is currently successful a maximum of once every three nights. For the kill, you will leap out of the water and flatten your target into a puddle of dark liquid. For the steal, you will release your Chykklings to attack your target, and they will make off with your target’s items while your target is busy trying to defend him or herself.
Your safe claim is O-Lir, allied with the Luminoth. The Luminoth win condition and team ability are as follows:
-Win condition: You are allied with the Luminoth. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Ing, Dark Aether, and Dark Samus factions are eliminated while the Sky and Sanctuary Temples are restored.
-Team ability: Your team ability is that, once every three nights, you may submit a PM titled “NX-Going into stasis chamber”. You will retreat to the safety of the stasis chambers and be protected from all killers that night. You may still perform any other actions you may be able to do.
You are holding the Torvus Temple Key #2.
You are allied with Dark Aether. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Light Aether, Luminoth, and Space Pirate factions are eliminated while there is at least one temple unrestored.
This was obviously Daenym.
With the death of Daenym, Dark Aether has been eliminated!
Meanwhile,
Accent runs into the
Sky Temple, panting and exhausted. It isn't hard to see why:
Nachos is chasing him with a determined look on his face. As Accent ran through the temple to the doorway in the center with ten large, looming keyholes,
Nachos continued to close...and close...and close...
But not quite quickly enough. Lunging out,
Accent crams a number of keys into the massive doorway moments before
Nachos catches up to him.
Accent barely had time to be jubilant about this, however, and
Nachos almost instantly fired a grenade launcher that hit him square in the chest. As if this wasn't enough, just to make sure,
Nachos body slammed him, resulting in
Accent's corpse being a bruised, beaten husk of a (wo)man.
UncleSam said:
Dear UMax, you are Specialist Angseth.
You are the only female member of Task Force Herakles, and, as a feminist, are an avid Samus Aran fan. Like all other Galactic Federation troopers you possess great weaponry, but unlike the others, many conspiracy theorists believe you survived the Ing attack on the Galactic Federation unit stationed on Aether and that you were just playing dead by leaving your damaged suit behind.
Each day you may submit a PM titled “DX-Play dead around <Alias>”. In a similar manner to how conspiracy theorists believe you survived the Splinter attack on the Trooper Security Station, you will merely seem dead to <Alias>, who will thus not bother following through with any votes made that day against you or kills targeted at you the following night. Additionally, <Alias> will tell everyone in <Alias>’s faction that it is a waste of time to try to kill you, so any votes made that day by anyone in <Alias>’s faction or kills by <Alias>’s faction that night aimed at you will fail. In the event you survive a night kill with this ability, in a completely unrelated manner *cough cough*, you may just find an alternate route to the storage cache in your base that got blocked off by the Collapsed Tunnel.
Because you are so good at playing dead, the first information role that targets you will fail. However, “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”, so don’t expect this to work twice. This protection will be in place until the end of the first turn on which you are targeted by an information role, so if you are double targeted by information roles while this protection is in place, they will all fail.
Your lynch affects are: Lynched, One-Time Steal, None.
Your team ability is that, once every three nights, you may submit a PM titled “NX-Open Fire on <Alias>”. You will open fire on <Alias> using your state-of-the-art weaponry, resulting in <Alias> being unable to perform any actions that night due to taking cover from your barrage.
Your team’s steal is currently successful a maximum of twice every three nights. Your team’s kill is currently successful a maximum of once every three nights. For the kill, you will play dead and, when your target walks by oblivious to your presence, you will take a rock and crush the back of their skull in (after all, feminists must prove their physical superiority to males of any species). For the steal, you will rig a nearby monitor to release a flash of blinding light towards your target, and you will grab his or her items while he or she is stunned.
Your safe claim is the Hunter Ing, allied with the Ing. The Ing win condition and team ability are as follows:
-Win Condition: You are allied with the Ing. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Galactic Federation, Luminoth, and Samus factions are eliminated while there is at least one temple unrestored.
-Team ability: Your team ability is that, once during the entire game, one of the Ing may submit a PM titled “NX-Calling the protection of the Ing Storm”. You will call the Ing Storm, and your lynch affects will be permanently changed to Lynched, None, None.
You are holding the Phazon #7. You do not know what it does, but you know that you have no use for it.
You are allied with the Galactic Federation. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Light Aether, Space Pirate, and Ing factions are eliminated while the Sky and Torvus Temples are restored.
Once again, this was
Accent.
Elsewhere,
Da Letter El once again took up a post in front of the
Torvus Temple. However, this time it seemed...suspiciously quiet.
However, suddenly a ripple runs through the waters surrounding the temple and, startled,
Da Letter El jumps into attention. He eyes the marsh in front of him suspiciously and takes a tentative step forward.
It was only then that he looked up.
billymills was right above him, and had transformed into a massive boost ball.
He swiftly boosted into the startled
Da Letter El, and threw him into the bog.
"Now would you PLEASE not fuck this up again?" he asks a trembling
Spiffy, who scampers up to the
Torvus Temple gate and quickly rams the keys into place.
"Yes sir!" he says dutifully, as the gate swings into action.
It appears that the Torvus Temple has been restored!
Nachos hears this rumbling from the direction of the
Torvus Bog and gets up from his position standing over
Accent's body.
"Shit" he says quietly; still, an ally winning isn't the worst thing in the world...
"Oi! Forget about something?"
Startled, Nachos turns around just in time to watch
MK Ultra place the last of the
Sky Temple keys into their slots.
The Sky Temple has been restored!
"NO!" shouts
Nachos. He couldn't let an enemy win this war, he just couldn't...
Unfortunately, at that moment a thunderous voice roared from the heavens:
"THE TEMPLES HAVE CLOSED. WITH THE SANCTUARY TEMPLE REMAINING UNRESTORED, THE REMAINING FILTHY LUMINOTH AND SPACE PIRATES WILL NOW BE CLEANSED FROM THIS WORLD."
"Oh" is all
Nachos manages before getting enveloped in the cleansing flames. When he finally finished shrieking in agony, nothing but a mound of ashes was left.
UncleSam said:
Dear OMax, you are the Pirate Grenadier.
You are a standard-issue Pirate Trooper with one exception: you carry an EMP Grenade Launcher. Though you lose the ability to use your standard assault rifle, you gain the ability to pack a huge amount of punch with your grenades.
Every night you may submit a PM titled “NX-Use the comm chan to warn <Alias> of incoming grenades”. If this is used on an ally, he or she will pick up on your warning and dodge the grenades. Any non-killers targeting them will likely have a harder time getting around the barrage, however. If this is used on an enemy, he or she will not know how to pick up on your secret communications channel, and so will get hit by the barrage, knocking him or her unconscious for the entirety of the night and thus disabling your target from performing any night actions, including anonymous messages or item passing. For the purposes of this game, an “enemy” is defined as a member of a faction you need eliminated, while an “ally” if everyone else.
Your lynch affects are: Lynched, Hooked, None.
Your team ability is that, once every three days, you may submit a PM titled “DX-Rig Explosives around <Alias>, and stealth submit <Alias1>, <Alias2>, and <Alias3>”. Should <Alias> submit a ballot, it will be negated due to being blown up, and regardless <Alias>’s vote will count as having voted for <Alias1>, <Alias2>, and <Alias3>, in that order. <Alias>’s vote will show up as having voted for your submitted ballot rather than the original, but <Alias> will not be specifically informed what tampered with his or her vote. However, it will be announced publicly that there was an odd explosion in the Day update.
Your team’s steal is currently successful a maximum of twice every three nights. Your team’s kill is currently successful a maximum of once every three nights. For the kill, you will fire grenades at your target and then body slam them when they are stunned, resulting in a mixture of bruises and explosive wounds. For the steal, you will simply walk up to your target from behind and smack your target with your grenade launcher, stunning him or her long enough to grab his or her items.
You are holding the Sky Temple Key #2.
You are allied with the Space Pirates. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Galactic Federation, Samus, and Dark Aether factions are eliminated while the Agon and Sanctuary Temples are restored.
With the death of Nachos, the Space Pirates have been eliminated from the game!
MK Ultra takes one last look at the mound that constituted his final enemy before turning his attention to his fallen comrade's corpse.
"It was a long, harsh battle
Accent, and I never would have pulled through without you. Thank you for your help; you shall not be forgotten."
Stooping low,
MK Ultra picks up
Accent's body and walks off slowly, determinedly. With the walk of a champion.
Nothing but a slip of paper is left behind.
UncleSam said:
Dear YMax, you are the Dark Missile Trooper.
You are a missile trooper who has been incompletely possessed by an Ing. However, you still maintain some semblance of your former self, and, though it causes you to move slowly, you are still fighting the parasite within you. Let’s hope your faith in the Federation stays strong!
Every night you may submit a PM titled “NX-Missiles around <Alias>”. Since you are so slow and bad at aiming, this will not do much, though the missiles will cause such a stir that any thieves attempting to steal from <Alias> will be scared off.
Additionally, since you are partially undead, normal attacks will not hurt you. For the purposes of this game, “normal attacks” are any kills directed at you by a member of a faction that is not Light Aether. Note that you can still be lynched off during the day, however. To boot, since you are so hard to make out behind your visor, the first time you are targeted with an information role of any kind, it will fail. If you are double targeted while this protection is in place, all information roles will fail. After that, however, information roles will see through your outer shell to the being beneath.
Your lynch affects are: Lynched, One-Time Robot Vote, None.
Your team ability is that, once every three nights, you may submit a PM titled “NX-Open Fire on <Alias>”. You will open fire on <Alias> using your state-of-the-art weaponry, resulting in <Alias> being unable to perform any actions that night due to taking cover from your barrage.
Your team’s steal is currently successful a maximum of twice every three nights. Your team’s kill is currently successful a maximum of once every three nights. For the kill, you will take careful aim at your target, destroying him or her with a series of concussive blasts. For the steal, you will take less careful aim, throwing your target back but missing, though, fortunately for you, you will dislodge any items they may be carrying with the explosion.
Your safe claim is the Pirate Skiff, allied with the Space Pirates. The Space Pirate win condition and team ability are as follows:
-Win condition: You are allied with the Space Pirates. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Galactic Federation, Samus, and Dark Aether factions are eliminated while the Agon and Sanctuary Temples are restored.
-Team ability: Your team ability is that, once every three days, you may submit a PM titled “DX-Rig Explosives around <Alias>, and stealth submit <Alias1>, <Alias2>, and <Alias3>”. Should <Alias> submit a ballot, it will be negated due to being blown up, and regardless <Alias>’s vote will count as having voted for <Alias1>, <Alias2>, and <Alias3>, in that order. <Alias>’s vote will show up as having voted for your submitted ballot rather than the original, but <Alias> will not be specifically informed what tampered with his or her vote. However, it will be announced publicly that there was an odd explosion in the Day update.
You are holding the Phazon #3. You do not know what it does, but you know that you have no use for it.
You are allied with the Galactic Federation. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Light Aether, Space Pirate, and Ing factions are eliminated while the Sky and Torvus Temples are restored.
It appears that MK Ultra has secured victory for the Galactic Federation! Congratulations to the first winners of Metroid Prime 2 Mafia!
Just before sunset, the beaten Da Letter El finally crawls out of the bog, gasping for air. He had failed his mission.
Suddenly, he heard the flames behind him.
He turned to see the pillar of fire sweeping towards him, and for a moment considered jumping into the waters of the bog, to stay under until he drowned.
No, that would be the coward's way out; dignity was worth much more than a few extra minutes of life.
Especially for a Luminoth, the last Luminoth.
He did not scream when the flame wrapped itself around him. Indeed, it was almost as if he was...welcoming it.
UncleSam said:
Dear DMax, you are I-Sha.
You were the Guardian of the Agon Temple during the Luminoth-Ing war. You assisted Samus by telling her how to navigate the corrosive atmosphere of Dark Aether, proving that you are a loyal guardian indeed.
Every night you may submit a PM titled “NX-Giving <Alias> my blessing”. You will give <Alias> your blessing, protecting them from all killing actions that night. <Alias> will be so grateful that they will tell you their lynch affects and win condition in return.
Your lynch affects are: Lynched, One-Time Anonymous Message, Vote Discounted.
Your team ability is that, once every three nights, you may submit a PM titled “NX-Going into stasis chamber”. You will retreat to the safety of the stasis chambers and be protected from all killers that night. You may still perform any other actions you may be able to do.
Your team’s steal is currently successful a maximum of twice every three nights. Your team’s kill is currently successful a maximum of once every three nights. For the kill, you will unleash a powerful energetic wave at your target, destroying him or her without leaving a trace (except a magical slip of paper with his or her Role PM, of course). For the steal, you will telekinetically stun your target and grab any items he or she may have.
Your safe claim is the Power Bomb Guardian, allied with the Ing. The Ing win condition and team ability are as follows:
-Win Condition: You are allied with the Ing. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Galactic Federation, Luminoth, and Samus factions are eliminated while there is at least one temple unrestored.
-Team ability: Your team ability is that, once during the entire game, one of the Ing may submit a PM titled “NX-Calling the protection of the Ing Storm”. You will call the Ing Storm, and your lynch affects will be permanently changed to Lynched, None, None.
You are holding the Sky Temple Key #9.
You are allied with the Luminoth. You win if a member of your faction is alive when the Ing, Dark Aether, and Dark Samus factions are eliminated while the Sky and Sanctuary Temples are Restored.
With the death of Da Letter El, the Luminoth have been eliminated.
And with that, just three stood standing on the surface of Aether:
billymills,
Spiffy, and
Yeti.
However, they were soon joined by a fourth:
McCoyMax.
billymills only smirked at this.
"Not even the entire cast of Star Wars could save you now,
Yeti."
Yeti seems incredibly indignant at this.
"THAT'S STAR TREK NOT STAR WARS YOU FILTHY GODDAMN REPLICA."
Fuming at each other, they stood face to face for what is the final battle on this war-torn planet.
Congratulations to the Galactic Federation for winning Metroid Prime 2 Mafia!
It is now Day 8. Day 8 will end whenever I can get all actions from the three remaining players.