Mafia Murder Theater: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Understudies Win!

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Valerian

"If you want to vote for Imogen next time, fine.  I'll vote for her with you!  But the plain and simple fact is that if we don't get rid of an understudy this time, this production is doomed, and there will be no more votes.

"We have every reason to believe that Marg was right -- and you're absolutely wrong in saying that she didn't have time to know for sure.  She had the first night to learn something, and she did.  You're only proving your own guilt, Xandi, by trying to dismiss what Marg said.  You can't argue your way out of the facts, and you might as well stop trying."
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Autumn52

"I think think this vote will soon tell who is wrong and who is right. Let us see what happens and if I am wrong, then we shall soon see. The reason I think Marg was guessing as were the rest of us is because just because she had the first night to find out someones identity does not mean she picked an understudy. In fact the likely hood of her picking an understudy on the first night to inquire about is very unlikely. We shall see."
May light guide you through your turmoil and may darkness never cross your path.

White Light be upon you if that is your wish

Zelric Miras

Leo remained silent at the discussion between the two women, unsure on what side to take. Valerian's arguments certainly made sense, he had pondered some of them as well. Still he had a hard time thinking that Xandi's tears were false, but she had some experience on stage as well. Either way he stuck to his vote, he didn't trusted Aiden.

desert ashes

On Stage"A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing."   (Lynch Voting!)

Cast and Crew
Aiden (4) - Imogen, Valerian, Leorobin, Lucius Cornelius
Imogen (4) - Xandi, Aiden, Lypiphera, The Unholy Potato
Leorobin
Lucius Cornelius
Lypiphera
The Unholy Potato
Valerian
Xandi

Call Backed: 5 Thespians, 3 Understudies

Voting closed!

The final decision now lies within the Producer.

(Xandi, feel free to post your decision.)
make me forget
how to breathe

leave me with the
taste of your sin
they will lie about you, insult you, hurt you,
betray you, injure  you, set you aflame and
watch you burn. but they will not, shall not,
c a n n o t, destroy  you. because  you, like
R o m e, were built  on ashes, and you, like
a phoenix, know how to rise and resurrect.
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Autumn52

May light guide you through your turmoil and may darkness never cross your path.

White Light be upon you if that is your wish

desert ashes

"I stand by my vote. Imogen is an understudy."

At the Producer's words the red spot light fell upon Imogen as the rest of the stage fell to the darkness.  A rustle of unease trickled through the theater as breaths caught, waiting to see if the accusation came to pass. 

"My heart is true as steel," came the ringing words of Helena, the role the Thespian Imogen had been cast to be play.  The moment the last sound faded away the floor beneath the Thespian gave way and cast her to her final end. 

Did the Thespians stand even a slim chance of survival?




Cast and Crew
Aiden
Leorobin
Lucius Cornelius
Lypiphera
The Unholy Potato
Valerian
Xandi

Call Backed: 4 Thespians, 3 Understudies
make me forget
how to breathe

leave me with the
taste of your sin
they will lie about you, insult you, hurt you,
betray you, injure  you, set you aflame and
watch you burn. but they will not, shall not,
c a n n o t, destroy  you. because  you, like
R o m e, were built  on ashes, and you, like
a phoenix, know how to rise and resurrect.
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let there be beauty born from ashes

Aiden

"Well better her then me...I wish you all a sound rest this evening."
Aiden smirked at them all before departing for the night.

Zelric Miras

A hand, raised to appease his thoughts, met his troubled brow. "Another innocent death..." He whispered shaking his head. "I will retreat for the night, rest well..." He said to all in general, his eyes inspecting each before turning around and leaving the stage. He doubted he would get much sleep, there were simply too much thoughts on his head. Certainly, it wouldn't be a restful night.

desert ashes

"Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold!
The jaws of darkness do devour it up:
So quick bright things come to confusion."

Behind the Thespian Lucius Cornelius the three shadows crept.  As he lyrically spoke the lines of Lysander, the iconic lover whose heart beat for the beloved Hermia, one by one they plunged him into a lethal darkness as daggers gleamed in the bright spotlight.  Then he fell, a last breath taken before he joined his love. 






On Stage"A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing."   (Lynch Voting!)

Cast and Crew
Aiden
Leorobin
Lypiphera
The Unholy Potato
Valerian
Xandi

Marikir - Thespian/Oberon, Lynched, Act 1 Day
Kyrsa - Thespian/Puck, Killed, Act 1 Night
Marguerite - Stage Manager/Hermia, Lynched, Act 2 Day
Remiel - Thespian/Director, Francis Flute, Killed, Act 2 Night
Imogen - Thespian/Helena, Lynched, Act 3 Day
Lucius Cornelius - Thespian/Lysander, Killed, Act 3 Night

Call Backed: 3 Thespians, 3 Understudies
make me forget
how to breathe

leave me with the
taste of your sin
they will lie about you, insult you, hurt you,
betray you, injure  you, set you aflame and
watch you burn. but they will not, shall not,
c a n n o t, destroy  you. because  you, like
R o m e, were built  on ashes, and you, like
a phoenix, know how to rise and resurrect.
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let there be beauty born from ashes

desert ashes

As the Cast and Crew gathered in the wake of Lucius Cornelius death it became clear where the chips had fallen.  The Thespians no longer stood a chance against the fearsome Understudies.  With their devious plan having been successfully carried out, Xandi, The Unholy Potato and Aiden overtook the remaining Thespians, Leorobin, Lypiphera and Valerian.

While the deviants were revealed, the final act did not end well the red spotlight fell upon each Thespian before the trap doors released and each one was cast to their final fate.  With the scent of death and corruption in the air, the ghosts of the de Chantal theater howled over the silent, darkened audience as the curtain fell. 





Cast and Crew
Aiden - Understudy/Nick Bottom
The Unholy Potato - Understudy/Robin Starveling
Xandi (Producer) - Understudy/Peaseblossom

Marikir - Thespian/Oberon, Lynched, Act 1 Day
Kyrsa - Thespian/Puck, Killed, Act 1 Night
Marguerite - Thespian/Stage Manager/Hermia, Lynched, Act 2 Day
Remiel - Thespian/Director/Francis Flute, Killed, Act 2 Night
Imogen - Thespian/Helena, Lynched, Act 3 Day
Lucius Cornelius - Thespian/Lysander, Killed, Act 3 Night
Leorobin - Thespian/Thesesus, Overtook, Final Act
Lypiphera - Thespian/Peter Quince, Overtook, Final Act
Valerian - Thespian/Titania, Overtook, Final Act
make me forget
how to breathe

leave me with the
taste of your sin
they will lie about you, insult you, hurt you,
betray you, injure  you, set you aflame and
watch you burn. but they will not, shall not,
c a n n o t, destroy  you. because  you, like
R o m e, were built  on ashes, and you, like
a phoenix, know how to rise and resurrect.
· accepting new stories ·
 ·· · ideas & cravings ·· ons & offs ·· poetry ·· a/a ·· stories · ··

let there be beauty born from ashes

Aiden


Lypiphera

Woo! I survived till the end :)


Well done understudies! Lovely game!