Although I don't pretend to be an expert, this being (basically) the first time I've played Mafia, I hope to shed some light on possible clues.
Firstly, and most notably, the manner of Moose's death:
Right before the battle is about to intensify, a light appears from one of the mafia. The light goes straight through the chest of Mini Moose 2707, killing him and setting fire to a house behind him. Their mission complete, the mafia retreat back into hiding to plan the next night's attacks.
Upon waking, a shocked town tries to piece together exactly what happened. Upon examining the corpse of Mini Moose 2707, it is noted that the word "Owned" is burned through his chest. Three chunks of his flesh, presumably the middle of the "O", "e" and "d" were found as well, given that no flesh was there to support the inside part of these letters.
The tool used here is clearly an energy weapon, as evidenced by the light, so one might think that a Battlecruiser's Yamoto Gun is a safe assumption. There are, however, two major flaws with this theory:
1: There are at least two players this round (DTBK and KrayZee) whom have Battlecruiser avatars: Who would this clue apply to?
2: A Yamoto Gun blast, being an anti-structure/vehicle weapon, is, by design, thoroughly indiscriminate. It wouldn't blow a hole in Moose's chest; it would vaporise him. The carving in his chest is clearly the work of a presicion weapon: A cursory investigation shows that Greo's avatar and Echo's signature depict characters wielding energy weapons; Greo's being more suspicious, as it appears to be a lightsaber-like device.
Quick edit: The initial blast through his chest could easily have been the work of a weapon like Megaman's arm cannon, go figure.
Quick Edit 3: Just remembered something else, based off DTBK's post: |)ark_ssj9kevin's username pays homage to DBZ, which is renowned for it's characters shooting ridiculously overpowered beams of energy from their hands.
In other news:
-"We are the mafia" replies the nearest mafia. Has an uncanny lack of punctuation
-On a whim, I decided to sift through the day post for capital letters; this is the result:
AM. T. A. W.
T. T. I. V. H. A. T.
T. HMM. W. WMM. W. M. H.
R. TMM. T.
U. UO. TO. T. A. T. I. The second line herein is of particular intrest: "TT IV (4?) HAT". (Quick Edit 2: As soon as I sbmitted the post, I noticed that the two T's made a symbol not unlike PI. "Pie for Hat"?) Additionally, it contains the obligatory [MM] homages, as does the rest of the post, such as here:
The prime objective is to break the leadership. The majestic mayor's mansion sits in the middle of the town, a symbol of order. In the middle of the night, the roof of the mayor's mansion catches fire. Villagers rush in to try and evacuate the building and search for survivors.
-Finally:
"We are the mafia" replies the nearest mafia. Moose charges at the mafia and pulls the trigger. However, the shot spreads harmlessly through the air because the mafia has disappeared into the ground.
The only way I can think of that the Mafia hauled ass into the ground, without actually thinking, is that they burrowed; like Zerglings, perhaps?
It's 2 in the morning now and my brain has officially quit for the night.
Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Sep 20 2008, 2:18 pm by HailFire.
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