[LoM] Aftermath

[Ashe]

By now I've been addressed on vent with accusations and shenanigans being called. What had been a series of unfortunate and snowballing luck against the mafia from day one was being read as the game being rigged. It didn't help that I made mention of Mordekaiser's appearance and use of his ability, though I declined to announce who the target was. This didn't matter to the townspeople, who were systematically figuring things out (or trampling through things with the stupidest luck, I'm still unsure).

The mafia won an ally by taking the greatest asset the townsfolk had, Kaden. It, unfortunately, cost them both as the townspeople figured out exactly who Mordekaiser targeted and just decided, with no real proof, to ignore anything he said that day. Rose, at the same time, had just completely randomly, with no forewarning, decided to eat the mafia playing Urgot before this ability (that I was concerned would completely break some interactions) could even be used. I am still just... dumbfounded. He later even said it was just a random gut decision, and to this day I don't know how that could have lead to there. I completely do not blame the mafia for speculating a rigged game at that point.

To further seal this fate, I had to begrudgingly (and I hated doing this, because I felt things were just collapsing for the mafia) give Mal Nova his PM informing him of the results of his Destiny...:

Johnathon Meer is Mordekaiser, the Master of Metal!

Once per game, he can use Children of the Grave on someone, causing them to lose all abilities and become a Ghost under his control.

The timing could not have been more upsetting.

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At the same time I had sent Kaden and Meer both the following message: "Mordekaiser has created a Ghost of you!
You have been slain by Children of the Grave, piercing any attempts to protect you. You are now respawned as a Ghost of Mordekaiser! You are now a member of the Mafia, only winning the game if the Mafia win and if you survive. If Mordekaiser dies, you will die. Your death will not affect him. You are unable to vote for Mordekaiser in a lynch vote. You will be able to communicate privately through PMs but you will not be informed who the other members of the mafia are unless Mordekaiser chooses to bestow such knowledge upon you. Serve your master well... his success is your very existence at this point."

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This lead to Mal Nova being able to swing the votes against Meer, causing them to be:

Meer - 8 votes
Waffuru - 3 votes

Meer has been lynched.
Kaden has died as his Ghost.

Additionally, I finally had to drop Orion for simply not participating.

The results of this did not help the opinion that the game had been rigged in any way, leaving only Vad and Whompt as mafia.

This moved us into Night Four...

--Continuing--