[Mafia] Close Circle 2

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

... ... ... Yeah, probably. I dunno. ... Not that I'd care.

[Florien]

You know, you demanding I don't eat your corpse just makes me more likely to do that. Especially if you're guilty, but you being annoying is pretty strong reason alone.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

All right, time to die now!

Sparxxx ties Strawberry Crepe Cookie to a block of wood, which he rises up to a wood chipper with the help of some of his people.

Now, everyone, take it slow. We got to make our enemies suffer to bring fear to those who oppose us, you all feel me?

Sparxxx turns on the wood chipper as he and the group slowly lowers it down. It starts off with the wood being chipped into tiny pieces. But looking down, all Strawberry could do is scream, knowing full well what's about to happen. And eventually her legs do go into the grinder. And slowly. As the Cookie screams, what comes out is a mix of cookie crumbs, strawberry jam and shredded wood. The group keep slowly pushing Strawberry down, with her legs getting slowly mulched up and screaming louder and louder. Then it finally reaches the guts, making Strawberry scream like it's the worst pain she's ever been in. Having her guts get torn apart is even more painful than losing the legs. She quickly begs for death. But Sparxxx makes the pain linger as long as possibly, taking great joy in torturing the Cookie. After a while, he and the others slowly push down the board again where it rips right into the lungs, making Strawberry cough out the strawberry jam right before it finally reaches the heart, making the screams stop for good.

Now officially dead, Sparxxx and the others just let the wood chipper do its own thing as the rest of the body and the head of Strawberry get mulched up. Sparxxx instructs his people to take the shredded up remains of Strawberry and take it all to his marijuana plants. They use the remains for mulch for his plants and even put up some more for some more plants he's about to grow.

Nothing like something sweet to add a bit of flavor to the weed. Now that's what I call sugar cane! Sparxxx laughs heartedly before turning to the others.

Well, players, looks like you all managed to redeem yourselves some after yesterday's fiasco. Strawberry was indeed a Yarddog. You all finally stood up and voted off the actual enemy. Impressive. Now, can you get the other one?

[Kennifer]

"...never gonna be able to unsee or unhear that but fuck yeah, actually was the obvious answer. Hopefully the other Yarddog will leave behind some obvious shit and we can finish this tomorrow."

Mila pumps her fist in the air.

[Caret]

"That cookie is <Crumbled>. Long live <Power of ~NEO~>! Say, is anyone <Hungry for Blood>?"

> bake a replica of Strawberry and eat it

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> bake a replica of Strawberry and eat it (Steve)

A pretty good replica you made. Delicious, too.

[PopcornPie]

Lucky paced. What Cookie said was mind-blowing...that is, if it were true. The rabbit thought that the existence of a Hell meant that the Christians were right, not the Buddhists. But what if Cookie did simply reincarnate in some other dimension? If that happens, does the person keep the same body, or become somehing new, like Buddhists say? Unless he were to drop dead at this identical moment, he wasn't going to know for sure.

> Drown his inner ramblings with TV.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Drown his inner ramblings with TV. (Lucky)

You watch a kick-ass, ultra-violent action movie that makes you so invested, you forget about your philosophical thought over life and death.

[Florien]

Okay, cool, whatever. You ruined the chance to eat the actual body to spite her. Also, I was right that it was one of those two. So... Anyway, brutality aside... Can I get a thanks or something beyond the hundred and fifty coming my way?

Lindsey is kind of nonchalant about the whole "brutal wood chipping" thing, but does seem pleased enough to be proven right.

Anyway, stupid underpaid dangerous jobs are next, right? Because I've got ways to do all kinds of things. Though the lack of adequate compensation is really grinding my metaphorical gears. Should have stayed in Georgia. The country. Not the US State. I swear, it's like "hazard pay" is a dirty word on this country.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yes, you'll have more work shortly. And tell you what. I'll give you all a slight pay raise. How do you all like that?

[Florien]

Hell yeah, punish us less and treat it like a reward!

But yes, I would like any more money per job. I'd prefer to not live entirely off of high calorie cheap foods after I'm done here because I can't afford nutrition time-wise or money-wise.

[Kennifer]

"I could go for a pay raise, yeah."

Before the jobs start, Mila's going to

>grab something to eat

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>grab something to eat (Mila)

You enjoy a good meal, consisting of a nice steak, pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes, coated with tiny little onions. Damn good food.

[PopcornPie]

> Lucky decides to grab a meal, too.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Lucky decides to grab a meal, too. (Lucky)

You have yourself a very delicious pizza, with all the toppings you love on it.

[Weirdguy149]

Eh, why not?

>Rambo: Get yourself something to eat as well.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>Rambo: Get yourself something to eat as well.

You enjoy some pork chops and baked beans. Not too bad of a meal.

[Florien]

Eh... I don't trust the food. What if it's poisoned or some way to get us addicted to some drug or other so we'll work for cheaper just to pay for more supply? I don't work for tobacco companies for a reason.

>Smuggle in outside food

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>Smuggle in outside food (Lindsey)

You bring in some pretty good eats from the City of Trifold itself.

[PopcornPie]

Lucky's stubby little tail wagged as he chewed his pizza, stretching melted cheesy goodness between his teeth.

[Florien]

Don't know where the fuck Trifold is. Or Tripford for that matter, but these are passable. Cans. Can openers. Other non-perishable items. Perfect for hiding out. Excellent. Can hide out here for... months. Not that I'll be here that long, I'll either be dead or... not dead yet.

Lindsey eats a little, but not much, storing the rest of the non-perishables in a closet and disposing of any remaining perishables fairly cleanly.

Right, jobs soon. Going to have to decide which will do the most to shore up our position here.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Now we're all getting closer to the prize. We got one Yarddog down and there's still one more to go. And because of everything, I will definitely give you all a raise. Now it's time to earn that money.

(Remember, you can only do one challenge every day and each challenge can only be done once by each player, so choose carefully which one you'd like to do)

DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 AT 9:00 PM CST

Challenge 1: Participate in the assassination of one of Kane's high-ranking people (COMPLETED BY JETSTREAM, LINDSEY, STEVE, ̶S̶T̶R̶A̶W̶B̶E̶R̶R̶Y̶)

Time to hit the Yarddogs where it hurts them the most. They ended up killing B-Daw, now it's time to take out one of their higher-ranking members. Kane is laying low for the time being, but we can definitely hit them all where it hurts. And believe me, I know exactly where I can hurt them. One of Jebidiah's top people: Kendra. Kendra is like the eyes and ears of the streets. She can easily have the jump on anyone, anywhere, anytime. She easily can get the gang some strong weaponry and knowledge that could be detrimental to us all. Knock her off, and it will be one less thorn on our side.

1.      See Emery for weapons and equipment that you need.

2.      Go around Los Capucha into Yarddog territory and scope the area out until you discover Kendra.

3.      Take out Kendra without gaining the attention of the Yarddogs.

4.      Get out of the territory before the Yarddogs notice your presence and go after you.

Challenge 2: Distribute drug supply to the city of Singleton (COMPLETED BY MILA, ̶S̶P̶A̶M̶T̶O̶N̶)

We've got to venture out beyond the hood. Go right into the city of Singleton itself. That's where all the money lies, player. You can only squeeze so much out of Los Capucha. You have to think big. See, all my own drugs, the weed, the crack, all the goods, manufactured it all myself. Something I work on constantly because the drugs make good money, you feel me? So I want you all to go out there and sell some of this merchandise, bring in the dough, and try not to get caught by the police. It is kind of a hassle to use my connections to get you free if you all end up in jail.

1.      Take as much of Sparxxx's drug stash as you need to make money for him.

2.      Head up to the main city districts of Singleton and set up shop. Try not to make it obvious to people the kind of merchandise you're selling.

3.      Push your products and make that money. If someone tries to rip you off, feel free to extract that money from them, with a little bit of force if necessary.

4.      Do what you can to avoid the unwanted attention of the police. If they give you any problems, do what you can to evade them.

Challenge 3: Rescue someone from witness protection (COMPLETED BY LUCKY, RAMBO, STEVE,  ̶T̶O̶M̶)

I have connections with some of the cops here. Know the right ones and pay them off, things come easy in this town, you feel me? But it works the other way around too with Jebidiah Kane. He too knows people and he has the cash to make them his own puppets too. One of my major drug pushes, Charles Sculley, is under witness protection for seeing a murder. He's up in a house up West in Singleton, up in the woods. But I fear the Yarddogs may buy off the ones watching him so they can take him and off him. I need to get him as far away from the town as possible and destroy his current identity and give him a new one, as well as set up shop wherever he goes next. Here's what I need.

1.      See Emery for any of your weapon or protection needs if you so desire.

2.      Look for where Charles is. Again, like I said, he's up West somewhere in the woods.

3.      Get Charles out of the house as stealthily and safely as possible. And if you end up fighting off the ones influenced by the Yarddogs, don't be afraid to use violence if you need to.

4.      Destroy Charles's old identity and give him his new one (You will have everything in an envelope, which includes IDs, birth certificates, all that) and get him to the airport without incident.

Challenge 4: Steal weapons from trainyard (COMPLETED BY T̶O̶M̶, RAMBO, LINDSEY, S̶T̶R̶A̶W̶B̶E̶R̶R̶Y̶)

It's time to stalk up on equipment! Emery has plenty of good stuff, but we could always use more, feel me? I just got the word that a military surplus train is coming by Los Capucha, even making a brief stop. Has a lot of goods, like weapons, explosives, armor, maybe even a Jeep. Can't let all of that go to waste, you feel me? Feel free to take some of my own people with you and make your way to the train and take as much stuff as you can.

1.      Gather some of Sparxxx's people and arm yourselves.

2.      Head over to the train as it makes its stop (or if you're feeling really bold, follow the train and raid it as it moves).

3.      Steal all the explosives, weaponry, armor, anything you can find and get it off the train.

4.      Bring back everything you've taken to Emery's and hope to God the military doesn't come after you as you do all that.

Challenge 5: Fight to gain new turf (COMPLETED BY ̶R̶E̶I̶N̶A̶, JETSTREAM, MILA, LUCKY)

You know what we could use? Expansion. Us Cappers need to branch out beyond this dingy little neighborhood, you feel me? And sometimes, if you really want something bad enough, you take it. And if someone wants to fight you for it, challenge them and win. And that's exactly what you're about to do. Go up to some territory that belongs to the Yarddogs, slaughter any you see and leave your mark saying it's now  property of the Cappers!

1.      See Emery for any weaponry or equipment you need and recruit some of Sparxxx's people.

2.      Go around until you manage to find some Yarddog territory.

3.      Go in fighting! Massacre all the Yarddogs you see. Leave no survivors!

4.      Find a way to leave your mark and make it clear the territory now belongs to the Cappers.

[Kennifer]

Mila decides to choose the first option.

1. See Emery for weapons and equipment that you need.

She's going to get a gun and silencer that are easy to conceal, ammo, and a couple knives. She hopes she won't need the knives, but hey, just in case. Maybe a bulletproof vest that she can put on under a jacket. She'll ensure she can conceal everything before she heads out so she looks... well, as ordinary as someone with bright chartreuse hair can look. And of course a car, something non-descript.

2. Go around Los Capucha into Yarddog territory and scope the area out until you discover Kendra.

After driving into the territory and parking in some random lot, she'll be super casual and just... ask in her friendliest way if anyone's seen Kendra or knows her schedule. If asked, she's a friend of Kendra's from the past and just wants to reunite.

3. Take out Kendra without gaining the attention of the Yarddogs.

She'll try to lure Kendra into an alley, somewhere more private. Then she'll pull out the gun and go for the headshot. If this goes badly, well, that's what the knives and vest are for. She's not gonna back down if it comes to a fight.

4. Get out of the territory before the Yarddogs notice your presence and go after you.

Hopefully doing this shit away from witnesses will give her time to get back in her car and get back to the cul-de-sac before people put two and two together and realize that it was Kendra's "old friend" who did her in.

[Florien]

Extraction work? I can do extraction work.

Lindsey sets out on mission three.

First, supplies. Well, weapons are probably less necessary in this scenario, but one custom-grade suppressed pistol should do it, the sort that only goes "pewt" instead of a slightly quieter bang. What Lindsey's actually there for is a construction helmet, a reflective vest, a clipboard, a pen, and a fake county employee ID. Better to avoid suspicion during the search.

Next Step, it's going to be easy enough to find the house. Lindsey relies on their previous experience and general cleverness to scope out the house with the most signs of being protected. It shouldn't be too hard, there can't be that many houses in the forested area.

Third, Stealth and Safety are important, but stealth and being quiet aren't the same thing. Lindsey drives in in a pickup truck with the county logo on it, wheels in a large sturdy box and some tools, and convinces the guards that they're there to do a building inspection, waving around the clipboard and persuading them that this is necessary and won't take too long, and that their bosses called for it and why weren't they told? Once Lindsey's inside, they locate Charles, hide him in the big crate, which has been padded so that he won't make noise, do some "inspection things", thank the guards and wheel Charles out.

Fourth and finally, Lindsey loads Charles's box into the back of the pickup and drives off to near the airport and gives him the new papers. They persuade Charles to hand over his old papers "for shredding" and instead of throwing them out or anything, Lindsey holds on to them. They're effectively destroyed to everyone else like that, and Lindsey gets some blackmail material on Charles in the future, if so needed. The boss doesn't have to know.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Mila decides to choose the first option.

1.      See Emery for weapons and equipment that you need.

She's going to get a gun and silencer that are easy to conceal, ammo, and a couple knives. She hopes she won't need the knives, but hey, just in case. Maybe a bulletproof vest that she can put on under a jacket. She'll ensure she can conceal everything before she heads out so she looks... well, as ordinary as someone with bright chartreuse hair can look. And of course a car, something non-descript.

2.      Go around Los Capucha into Yarddog territory and scope the area out until you discover Kendra.

After driving into the territory and parking in some random lot, she'll be super casual and just... ask in her friendliest way if anyone's seen Kendra or knows her schedule. If asked, she's a friend of Kendra's from the past and just wants to reunite.

3.      Take out Kendra without gaining the attention of the Yarddogs.

She'll try to lure Kendra into an alley, somewhere more private. Then she'll pull out the gun and go for the headshot. If this goes badly, well, that's what the knives and vest are for. She's not gonna back down if it comes to a fight.

4.      Get out of the territory before the Yarddogs notice your presence and go after you.

Hopefully doing this shit away from witnesses will give her time to get back in her car and get back to the cul-de-sac before people put two and two together and realize that it was Kendra's "old friend" who did her in.

1. You manage to get yourself a silenced pistol that's easy to hide under your clothes and you got a decent amount of ammo and the knifes. And you got a bulletproof vest that should provide ample protection as well as a plan-looking car. You got everything you need to get the job done. (Rolled 7)

2. You ask around but people do find you a little bit off-putting, maybe even sensing how tense you are from the paranoia. Still, they trust you enough to take you right to Kendra. (Rolled 7 and 1- for your distrustfulness for a total of 6)

3. You do lure Kendra into the alley and you give her brains a nice set of lead. Nothing to it, but the job is done. (Rolled 5 and 1+ for your gun skills for a total of 6)

4. Your instincts serve you well. You wisely decide to bolt the hell out of the area. Although they don't suspect a thing. You did kill her and left her body in a secluded area. It might take a long time for them to find her. But they are none the wiser. When they do find her, they just assume that's the vicious life of the streets. No one suspects you of her death. (Rolled 8 and 1+ for street smarts for 9)

Mia has scored a total of 28 points.