ProgArchives Mafia: The Merriweather Murder

Night 4

As the crowd of musicians dispersed after the previous lynch, Robert Fripp walked towards his room in the basement where he decided he would play guitar for a bit before searching for someone to silence. Not long after he entered the room, he noticed an envelope appear under the crack of the closed door. He put his guitar back on its stand, walked over, and read the enclosed letter. It was time. He walked swiftly out of the room, leaving his possessions behind.

He knew whom he wanted to find. But first, he figured, it would be better to take care of his daily silencing. He ran into S~V~S once again. “I left my guitar and amp in my usual practicing room. Why don’t you watch it for me again? I’ll let you know when I return; I have something to take care of. Thanks.” S~V~S complied.

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JJLehto was on his way home. He had barely avoided being lynched just hours before and he couldn’t be happier. He arrived home and noticed that there were large extension cords surrounding the sides of his house. “I don’t remember those being there…”

He cautiously walked up the front door of his home. He slowly turned the door knob. “Is anyone in there?” He didn’t hear a response as he shut the door behind him and made his way into the center of his living room. JJLehto shrugged. It was time to relax. He decided to turn on his TV and play some video games. He found the remote and clicked "on", plugged in his Xbox 360 controller, and inserted the Halo: Reach disc. “Time to pwn some n00bs” he declared. The screen loaded and he was excited to play some matchmaking. However, he first checked his Xbox Live account and saw that he had a new friend request! It was from a screenname called Fripp.Robert. He accepted it and moments later he received a message from Robert Fripp: “How about we play a custom game with a most noble wager?”

JJLehto was excited. He was going to play Halo with Robert Fripp! Sounded like fun. He was confident in his abilities so he agreed to play the game. Robert Fripp invited him to the game and it was on a custom-created map. “This should be awesome.” As soon as they started to play, JJLehto noticed that there were weapons arranged on the floor of the map spelling out “Your game is over.” Assuming it was videogame trash talk, he searched for Fripp all across the map until he eventually found him, but his assault rifle was no match for Fripp’s battle rifle.

As his elite character died on screen, JJLehto felt a strange rumble in his controller. Immediately he felt an amazing jolt throughout his body that was being transmitted through the Xbox 360 controller. He dropped the controller, but it was too late. It was now apparent that he had triggered some sort of trap devised within the security of his own home! He witnessed previously invisible beams of light all around his living room beginning to flash all sorts of colors while carrying deadly electric current. The jolts increased in intensity with each second that passed. He couldn’t escape.

He collapsed moments later. The screen on his TV read: GAME OVER.

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ThreeLittleBirds had been missing in action from the last few day periods, and everyone was wondering where she was. She was on her way to tell everyone what had been going on, but literally ran into a hunchback maniac (or, rather, he ran into her) on the way there. “Sorry” she said, but the man simply stared at her. Damo pulled a gun from underneath his coat and quickly pulled the trigger. ThreeLittleBirds had no time to react, her body sagging to the sidewalk beneath her.

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Maynard James Keenan was out on a mission tonight for his team. He walked up to the doors of the ProgArchives record store, knowing that his victim would still be inside. He soon found The Truth chatting with some of his friends in a room of the record store dubbed “The Shred Room” by locals. “Why don’t you come with me? I have to show you something important concerning recent catastrophes.” The Truth hesitated, but complied. “I’ll catch you guys later!”

Storm clouds began to form outside as the weather took a notable turn for the worse. “How much longer until we get there?”, asked The Truth, “My feet are sore.” Eventually they arrived at an open field with one lone tree sitting in the barren landscape. Maynard made his way to the tree and his companion followed. Suddenly, Maynard let out a huge BREE that knocked The Truth over to the ground. Maynard took some rope that he found lying on the ground near the tree and tied The Truth to the tree as the storm raged. “Burn in hell, parasite!” exclaimed Maynard as he confidently walked away.

A mighty sound roared from the heavens above as lightning struck the tree.

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JJLehto was killed by Robert Fripp.
ThreeLittleBirds was killed by Damo Suzuki.
The Truth was killed by Maynard James Keenan.
S~V~S has been silenced.

There were no missing PMs.
You have 48 hours to lynch someone.