Malazan Empire: Mafia 27: The Escape of the Benses (Game Thread) - Malazan Empire

“Yes, Lord, I am certain. As soon as I heard their names, I went to make sure. It is them, no mistake. I put them in good guard, then came right away to tell you, as you requested so many times”

Silence. A few steps in from of him, the blurry silhouette of Hood seemed to flicker in and out of existence, so intense and swift his pace. In eons of service, Serkis never saw his Lord so excited.

As they made their way to through the desolate wastes of his warren, his Lord barely seemed to register his words. Not a flicker of recognition that He even heard them.

But still, he kept talking, if only to dissipate the discomfort he felt after what he saw in Hood’s bedroom a few moments ago. Well, he should have knocked, indeed, but he got caught in the excitement of the moment, contagion of years and years of hearing his Lord talk with such emotion about those damned Benses.

“Apparently the Empire caught up with them in Erlithan, in some old abandoned building. A messy business, that was, many elite soldiers arrived at your gate shortly before them. Some were quite messed up, apparently some of them even killed each other, others kept rambling about “silencing” and “soul-shifting”. But they are here, they are here allright. I put my best mages to keep an eye on them as I went to fetch you. Ah, here we are”.

As they passed the summit of the low hill, the spectacle that opens in front of them quickly shows that something is wrong.

One of the mage is sitting on the grass, gnawing on his big toe. A throaty bird song from a nearby tree helped them locate the second mage, swinging upside down on a low branch. As for the third one, it is hard to tell where he went, assuming one can go somewhere while leaving behind smoking leg stumps in dirty boots.

Floating a few centimeters above the ground, the unmistakable trace of a closing rent.

For a few moments that seem to stretch to infinity, Hood stands there, his expression hidden under his heavy cloak.

The dry, heavy air noticeably chills by a few degrees.

“Serkissssss?”

“Yes, Lord of Death?”

“I am displeased”


**


“I swear to you, he must have added at least five “s” to my name”

As the small party makes his way through the deep mass of gnarly roots and thick vegetation, the silence is oppressive. All your comrades are deep in thought, considering every angle of the threat “Bring them back or I’ll show you there are realms worse than mine”.

Well, at least, the trace is hard to miss. You even seem to be gaining on them.

In front of you, another portal, slowly shrinking. Another warren violated, do these damned Mages respect nothing? After the slightest of hesitations, you all jump through.

In a flash, your head seems to twist in a painful, unnatural way, as a heavy feeling of flesh seems to invade your whole being. You bounce on the ground and for a few seconds the universe becomes light. Then, pure dark.

**

As you wake up, you roll slowly on your side. In front you, a small puddle of water shows you the reflection of a face you don’t even recognize. It seems your soul could not exist in this world without some manifestation of the flesh. Well, at least you’re not too ugly.

Around you, the rest slowly gets on their feet, groaning.

Something is wrong. It takes you a few second to realize what it is. You were 13 going through that rent, and now there are 15 of you stumbling around.

You caught up with the Mages.

And you have no idea what they look like.

Game mechanics and roles:
Days last 36 hours
Nights last 12 hours
There will be a coroner-finder in effect
Inactivity modkill: 24 hours.


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The Benses (evil team)

One of each of the following roles WILL be present:

Big Ben (killer) – Although your mastering of Meanas allows you to remain undetected, you are also able to draw from various other warrens, allowing you one lethal attack per night, when the others are sleeping.

You are a soul-shifter, when you die, you are able to transfer your soul into the player of your choice. Upon death, the player chooses another alt to carry over his role. The player playing this alt now becomes Big Ben and gains his role (on top of anything he already had), and changes his winning conditions accordingly.

This shifting happens ONCE, so if the second Big Ben dies the evil team loses.

Uncle Ben (symp) – You don’t really agree with Big’s mentality of killing your fellow man, even if they are Mezla. However, your mastery of Meanas allows you to silence one player per day. You do this by sending the mods the name of the player you want to silence.

Once silenced, a player can no longer speak, but he can still post and contribute. The posts can only contain: votes, quotes, emoticons, player's alts and images (uploaded or linked from the web).

This power can be used every day and as many times as wanted, although it can’t target the same player two days in a row. It can be used on himself, or on Big Ben if wanted. The silencing is in effect from the end-of-night to the end-of-day post from the mod. This silencing apply to PMs between pairs, so please don’t cheat

Note: upon investigation/CF, Uncle Ben will come up as “Innocent”

Note 2: The two Benses can NOT communicate off-thread, although they will know of each other. When the first Big Ben shift, Uncle Ben will be made aware of the identity of his new master, and vice-versa.

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Innocents (good team)

Any combination of the following roles will be used. No role not described here will be used.
Upon investigation/CF, any of these will come up as "Innocent"

Dead Nobody: Once you were alive, and then you died. You have no special power, nothing special happened to you until you became drafted by force for this mission. Next time you see Hood in his realm, looking pissed, you'll know not to come and "check it out".

Vig: In your previous life, you were a powerful mercenary. However, you learned one day never to play baseball with a Malazan Sapper prisoner, specially if he supplies the ball. You have a vig kill that you can use once, at the night of your choice, during the game.

Healer: In your previous life, you were a wandering surgeon, offering your services in exchange for food and shelter. However, you learned one day that "Please, hand me this scalpel" and "I want to have sex with your mother" differ, in a small Seven Cities dialect, by one accent. Your mastering of Denul allows you to heal one player per night. Note: this skill does not affect Uncle Ben's silencing ability.

Finder: In a previous life, you were yourself a practitioner of Mockra. However, you learned one day why there was no first-hand report of what happens if you look in a mirror and try to convince yourself that you do NOT possess knowledge of Mockra. Despite the paradox-induced head explosion, you retain your old knowledge, and by focusing on one player per night, you can determine if this player is Big Ben or not.

Guard: In a previous life, you were a guard in the Seguleh Imperial Harem. However, you learned one day that when the queen says "Well, fuck me, my husband is home early for once", it should NOT be understood as an order. Every night, you chose the name of one player to guard. This player will be prevented to perform a night action for this night. If this player is part of a pair whose partner is still alive, the night action is not blocked.

Note: Any of these roles can exist as a PAIR. If this is the case, and the pair is roled, they have together ONE action per night, that they must agree on. Note that pair of Vigs have 2 night kills at their disposition, although they can't use both in the same night.

For all pairs: You can communicate off-thread at all times. For a night action to be accepted, if must be confirmed by BOTH players (exception: if a provisional was been sent by both players, it can be confirmed by only one player).

If one of the players from a pair becomes Big Ben, the other remains unaware, and stays in the good team with corresponding winning conditions. It is possible for a pair to target one of the two players from the pair as long as both agree.

If only one from a pair is still alive, and becomes Big Ben, he keeps his other power to use as he pleases. Exception: if he is the lone member of a vig team with vig kills left, he loses the vig kills since he’s already killing at night. (If he’s part of a vig pair, he’s welcome to use the vig kills as long as his partner agrees )

Playing alts (in alphabetical order)

Barghast
D'riss
Fener
Galain
Gamelon
Hoods Path
Kaschan
Liosan
Mockra
Omtose
Ruse
Serc
Shadow
Telas
Tennes



For those who played the last games, the only differences are:

1) Not all roles are necessarily paired
2) After the soul-shifting, if UB is still alive I'll tell the new BB who he is, also.

It is day 1, and since we start on Sunday day 1 will be exceptionally 48 hours long

15 players alive, 8 to lynch and to go to night

15 have not voted (Barghast, D'riss, Fener, Galain, Gamelon, Hoods Path, Kaschan, Liosan, Mockra, Omtose, Ruse, Serc, Shadow, Telas, Tennes)

Game on!

First!

Ahahahaha....Oh wait...

Let me see
What prick shot me?

Is that right?

It's on!!!!

now to ask kaschan some questions that are hard to explain in pictures,. DOH!

Kas, what does your avatar mean?

Kas, what is the relationship between normal tides and astronomical tides?

Kas, where do babies come from?....WAIT!!!! don't answer that!!!!.....lol

Gamelon;373998 said:

I think he means silenced him.

I think he is trying to say he has a cold sore.......yes?

Silenced...Right....

Galain;374004 said:

Just shaved off his Hitler mustache and is ashamed by the white spot...

Galain;373999 said:

Galain;374001 said:

I think he is into some sort of bondage.........electrical tape fetish?

Galain;374004 said:

Gamelon;374006 said:

Galain;374008 said:

ok in that last picture, you are pointing both your thumbs at the "prick" right above you? Gamelon silenced you?

now your pointing it at me?

:eek::eek::eek: