Night Five
It had been dawn by the time Vern and Olivia had left the clock tower with baby Susie in tow. The fighting had died down by now, with most of the residents either lying crumpled in bloodied heaps on the floor or seated on the sidewalk while medics treated their wounds. The Londoners decide to head back to Percival?s house, but something in an alleyway catches their eye.
?Is that???
A hulking mass of muscle sits atop a throne of bones. She holds a human thigh in her red-soaked hands, as her teeth sink into the pasty flesh and strip it right off of the bone. Her teeth are like knives and she chews with her mouth wide open, spittle gathering in her beard.
?Vernon??
?Not now, Olive.?
Vern doesn?t wait for her rebuttal. He runs forward, picking up the remains of a fibula and holding it out like a sword. The woman spits out the meat she?s chewing.
?What the hell do you out-of-towners want?? She throws down the limb. ?Here to laugh at the bearded freak in a dress??
With that, the bearded woman pulls at her frock. It tears at the seams. This leaves her stood merely in a pair of leopard print briefs and a pair of flip flops. The bearded woman is a man.
?No, Miss Andra??
?You can call me Gus.? The man steps down the tower of human bones, picking up the remains of a femur and licking the length of it. ?But you can?t fool me with your fancy talk. I know that there kid you tout as your brother is just a wench in disguise.?
The two men meet in the centre of the alleyway. Less than a meter apart, they shake hands and bow. Vern wields his fibula and Gus his femur.
Then the two begin to spar. Gus is sloppy but aggressive, making every blow. Meanwhile Vernon Luckette plays defence, parrying each move with the elegance only a man accustomed to city ballrooms can muster.
Susie wails in Olivia?s arms as she watches the two men dual. Others have begun to crowd around, watching as the two men try to settle their differences in an honourable English manner. Until finally Vern strikes Gus hard in the chest. Blood weeps from the wound and he crumples to the floor.
The residents cheer. But then their faces turn grave. Vern turns around a minute too late as Gus, seemingly recovered from the attack, wields the femur like a club and whacks Vern around the head with it. The stylist drops to the floor with the force of the blow. Olivia runs to him, dropping to her knees, but he is out cold. She looks up in time to see Gus once more hit the ground.
?I didn?t know I could manipulate the dead. That?s a good skill to know.? From behind the throne of bones, the magician Quentin emerges. He stands before them, hands on hips, and smirks as he wrenches the fibula from Gus? chest. ?What a shame that clumsy oaf perished. But, luckily for us, he was only the muscle.?
Olivia?s growl is audible even over Susie?s screams. ?What in the devil?s name is your problem!??
?This city is ours, as is the treasure beneath it.? He licks the bone in his hand clean of blood then tosses it to the ground. Instead he picks up a decapitated human head. Olivia?s stomach turns as she realises it?s the head of the kind town crier Percival. ?Cut your losses, little girl, and go home to your precious London Town. Marry that foreign Prince of yours and forget what you saw here. There is no longer a place for you in Caxnival.?
Dolby aka
Gus the World?s Strongest Man (Mafia Strongman) was lynched.
Gus the World?s Strongest Man (Mafia Strongman)
Other people may carry weapons, or have mystical powers, but you don?t need smoke and mirrors to showcase your worth. You are the world?s strongest man, which aids you in your quest. Once per night you can physically kill another player in the game.
Each night you may PM the host the name of the person you wish to kill. This kill cannot be blocked.
As your role name is indicative of your role, you have been provided an optional safe claim of: Andra the Bearded Lady.
Your win objective is to equal or outnumber the town. If there are any threats remaining once you accomplish this you must also take them out before you?re declared the winner.
Night Five is scheduled to end Monday 23rd October 11pm BST / 6pm EDT / 3pm PDT.
