Father was not happy at all about these numbers. He paced the room furiously, with his hands behind his back, while the other homunculi sat around, waiting orders of what to do.
“Those insolent humans, thinking they can get away with three deaths! Three, do you hear me! Well I will not stand for this any longer, this must end or they will all certainly perish a most painful death.”
“Perhaps we can kill a few tonight, Father,” Pride had the courage to say.
“Yes, but we’d need to be careful. Last time that scarred man found us and killed Gluttony. I will have none of you failing tonight.”
“If I may be so bold as to ask, aren’t we here to collect the Elric brothers?” Wrath stated.
“Yes, but now we need to focus on getting out of here. We can wait a few more years for another sacrifice,” Father said, still pacing.
“Then who would you like to kill Father?”
“I don’t know. But it doesn’t really matter does it? Kill anyone you like, just make sure that scarred man doesn’t appear again.”
“Yes Father. I will carry out the death tonight, as I am fairly skilled in the sword,” Wrath flipped his sword around to show he had years of practice with it.
“Then go, and be quick.”
Father waved Wrath off to do the bidding. As Wrath quietly searched the houses, he noticed one of the towns people lurking around outside. Wrath quickly hid in the shadows to not be seen, as the boy looked up. He seemed only to be about the age of fifteen. Wrath smiled at the thought of this being an easy kill.
But what Wrath wanted to know, is what the boy was doing out here. Did he loose something? As the boy drew nearer he could make out his features better. He had blond hair, all wrapped up in a loose braid at the back. His eyes were hard to make out, as they moved around too much, but Wrath say a glint of honey in them.
The boy was also wearing a long red coat, and strangely, white gloves. It was not cold outside, so this appearance puzzled him. Suddenly the boy stopped. He looked directly in Wrath’s direction. The boy smiled, with an air of satisfaction.
“Ha, I knew I’d find one of you lurking around here,” the boy said.
Wrath could no longer hide it, as the boy knew he was there. He came out with sword in hand, and the same air of delight on his face.
“It seems you have more courage than the others, boy.”
“Yeah well, I couldn’t just stand by and hope for the best while watching friends drop like flies.”
“I see. Well, then I’m glad I can re-unite you with them tonight.”
“Oh it won’t be that easy to beat me old man,” the boy said, laughing at Wrath’s remark.
“And why not?”
“Let’s just say I’ve got fate on my side.”
And quicker than anyone could have breathe the boy was at Wrath, and cutting at his skin. Although Wrath, being a homunculus, was quick also, and was able to block all of the boy’s hits. As they fought, Wrath noticed that the boy had been using his arm. But there was something else on his arm, and extension?
The boy cut and stabbed at Wrath, as Wrath could only block and dodge. As the night went on, with only a few cuts from either side, they began to get weary. When they both stopped for a breath, each still keeping his guard, Wrath decided to take a closer look at the boy’s arm.
“Automail huh?” Wrath said, panting.
“Yeah,” the boy replied, out of breath. “My mechanic made it special.”
“What happened, you lose an arm?”
“No, but I did learn a lesson.”
“Ah, so you did the most unforgivable thing an alchemist could do? Perform human transmutation.” Wrath smiled.
“What’s it to you buddy?”
“Then that means we’ve found you. You are Edward Elric, the sacrifice we’ve been looking for.”
“Sacrifice? What-“
Wrath went at him faster than ever, and this time Ed didn’t have time to dodge. The sword went straight through him, blood spurting out everywhere. Edward looked with wide eyes, giving out a painful gasp.
“Too bad we don’t need you anymore,” Wrath said in his ear.
Wrath pulled out the bloody sword, and Edward fell to the ground in his own blood.
“Y-you…”
The last words of Edward Elric were not heard, as his life was being sucked from him. And the very last thing Edward saw in the darkness was Wrath’s smile, and the bloody sword, dripping what had been in him before.
As Wrath looked on in satisfaction at Edward Elric, dying in the dirt he heard a noise.
“Who goes there?” Wrath commanded, whirling around in every direction.
It came out of nowhere, it seemed, as Wrath was gripped on the face, and a bright light was shone in his eyes. It was all over before he knew it, and life ended for him there.
Of course there was a loud commotion, and all the towns people came rushing out. The battle between Wrath and Edward had lasted almost the whole night, and dawn now drew upon them. Everyone screamed and cried as they saw the body.
But before anyone could go near Edward’s body, the girl from before came rushing out.
“Stand back!” She called.
Everyone made room, and she ran to Edward’s side. There was a deep cut in his stomach, and his eyes were open with a look of shock. She reverently closed his eyes, and picked him up. All the towns’ people moved for her to get through, and she went in the direction of the graveyard.
When she arrived, she found that the rest of the town had followed her, although she carried out her intent. As she finished burying the hole, she turned to them.
“We must go back, and continue with today.”
“But-” One of them spoke up.
“Do you want to get rid of the evils that surround you?” She waited, but only found silence. “Go back, and decide once more what you will do.”
She went to where they had been the other day, and they all gathered to decide again. Then she looked around at them.
“Excuse me miss, but who was that boy?” Pendio ventured to ask.
“He was Edward Elric, a town’s man trying to help you people. But there was one more who died last night,” She added. “He was not of the town, I know that. Judging by the numbers now you have been lowered by two, and not one. My guess is that the other was Wrath, one of your foes.”
Some of the town looked gladdened, yet sad at the loss as well.
“Carry on, and I shall be back at dusk,” the girl said, as she left them then.
They all noticed she had a sort of limp to her, and saw the blood where Lust had pierced her skin before. But before anyone could go to her, she disappeared as quickly as she’d come.
They gathered around each other, closer now that the numbers were fewer, and began the process once more.
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TheMasterSword was Wrath, a mafia member
Thareous was Edward Elric the Town Hero
The living(15):
Dracomajora
A Link In Time
Darknut_Hunter
Furie
GaroXicon
Fig
Linkdude74
Durion
Pendio
PokaLink
PK Flash
Rachel
zelda_geek
Viral Maze
GirlWithAFairy
The dead:
Axle the Beast - Sloth_mafia member [Lynched day 1]
Kybyrian - Ling Yao_vanilla townie [Night-killed night 1]
Jedizora - Gluttony_mafia Strongman [Night-killed night 1]
MonkeyFightSquad - Lust_mafia member [Lynched dday 2]
Thareous - Edward Elric_Town Hero [Night-killed night 2]
TheMasterSword - Wrath_mafia member [Night-killed night 2]
With 15 alive it takes 8 votes for a majority lynch.
I have a few notes as to mod-kills. There are people who have dropped out, and one person who was inactive the entire day period of day two. However, I did not receive a response as to if he still wants to play, so I decided not to mod-kill Linkdude74. As for those who dropped out, there are four of them. I’m not going to do mod-killing yet, as I will give a chance for getting replacements. But just know, that they are not playing the game, and will not be held accountable for any inactivity at the moment.
Fig
PK Flash
Rachel
zelda_geek
They dropped out. And if you know of anyone who wants to play mafia, please say so and invite them, because four players is a fairly large number for this size game.
Day ends on 12/26/2012 at 11:00PM ET.