Welcome to Mafia X – The Death of Donald X. Vaccarino.
Indianapolis --
The day has finally come. The Dominion World Championships! All of you have practiced your little brains out to compete against the best dominion players in the world. Days were spent online playing. Your hands were raw from shuffling. Each one of you wanted the glory, honor and complementary prizes that come with winning this prestigious tournament. However, some of you are suspected for nefarious and disreputable behavior during national championship games. Hidden mirrors! Oh my! Cards up your sleeves! The horrors! Illegal point counting! Gasp!
Alerted to these alleged acts Sir Donald thoroughly investigated the allegations. He sent out his spies and his minions and assembled his torturers for interrogation. In a week’s time he had all the information he needed. He sent out a message to all the World Champion participants saying that he would make a major announcement regarding cheating, ethics and disqualification the night before the championships at a small feast.
After the feast was coming to an end Donald stood at the head of the table. “Man…” was all he was able to say. There was a blinding flash! No one could see a thing. Everything was in chaos. Feet trampled, dishes fell to the floor, and someone could be heard swinging from the chandelier above! No werewolf howled—Donald didn’t allow pets to come to the World Championships, no not even your lucky pet turtle that you nick named Jay Tummelson.
As the lights came back on everyone noticed a tragedy! All of the dominion sets had been opened and scattered on the table. And… it is too hard to say. It was such a tragedy. But, as the narrator I must say it. All… sob… of the cards… were… they were all lying… lying in a… in a… in a pool of water! Ruined! The cards were ruined! They were soaked through. Never to be played with again! Some dolt knocked over the water pitcher in the bustle. (What were the cards doing on the table during dinner? I don’t know. Dominion cards are best stored away from the table while food and drink are around… personal experience talking here).
But wait! What was this… juice hadn’t been served at the dinner table. Why was the water tinted red? Everyone looked up from the tragic card disaster. The red tint wasn’t juice, it was blood. Blood from Donald X. He laid dead, his face on the table and a knife in his chest. Someone rushed to the lone open door grabbed the key, locked the door, threw the key out and slammed the door shut shouting, “We will not leave until this injustice is solved!”
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Two of you are the worst kind of scum. You are murders. You delayed the National Championships! You are cheaters! You have made a secret mafia pact with each other to prevent being outed. Your goal is to kill off your opponents until you are the only ones left. It is the only way you can be champions.
The rest of you are town and must solve this crime. Find the murders, restore justice and ensure that the National Championships can be played.
For Donald!