[MAFIA] RMN: WHEN THEY CRY (TEA PARTY)

The four glare at each other over Muffle's body. Waiting. Watching for any sudden moves. After a minute (or an eternity?) Demon walks over to his son and his nephew and puts a hand on each of their shoulders.

"Cap." Demonlord stands tall. "Leave. We all know it can't be you but... We must separate the wolves from the sheep. The Aremens from everyone else."

"I-I understand, sir." Cap, the old maid, servant of the Aremens for three generations, almost a mother to Ozzy... Cap leaves the bedroom and vanishes into the dim of the manor.

The three final Aremens begin their watch. Jeroen and Yellow take turns guarding the window. Demon paces back and forth, past the three bloody corpses, rereading the letter of the witch. "PRAISE MY NAME."

Night approaches, then midnight. As the storm outside continues to rage, a ring echoes through the room. It's the phone, on the nightstand. It rings again. At the window, Yellow raises his Winchester on guard. Demon snaps to attention. Jeroen holds up the receiver for all to hear. A voice... could it be the witch? No, a scream. Cap screaming for help. And then a laugh. The laughter echoes with feedback, like it's coming from... inside the room itself?

Demonlord and Jeroen wheel around. Framed against the window, a silhouette, holding a rifle! Jero fires. Demon fires. The black figure twists and falls. But as the body lands, it becomes clear -- this was no witch, only the newly dead Yellow M. Aremen.

"No! No, my son, no!" Demon's face contorts in agony, but only for a moment. Before Jeroen can react, Demon grabs the Winchester from his hands. "Stay here. Look after Yellow. You must survive." In an instant, Demonlord is out the door. Try as Jeroen might, the door won't budge. Demon must've blocked it with something on the way out! All Jero can do now is wait as outside in the blackness --

"Witch! Show yourself! As the heir and protector of House Aremen, I challenge you!"

One final BANG. Two seconds, a laugh, and then... Jeroen feels a hand on his shoulder.



Kenton A. Aremen
-- Presumed to have died before the game began.
-- Chosen by the key of the Golden Land, offered up as a sacrifice.

Gourd C. Aremen
-- Died on the first day.
-- Killed by his own friends and kin.

Cave D.B. Aremen
-- Died on the second twilight.
-- Head gouged by the "Stake of Asmodeus."

Esby
-- Died on the second twilight.
-- Shot and killed by misguided vigilantes.

Tungerman
-- Missing on the second twilight.
-- Presumed to have died before the game began.

The Predecessor Ozzy T.O. Aremen
-- Died on the third day.
-- Executed for his crimes against House Aremen.

LockeZ
-- Died on the third twilight.
-- Chest gouged by the "Stake of Beelzebub."

PianoTM
-- Died on the third twilight.
-- Belly gouged by the "Stake of Mammon."

Muffle
-- Died on the fourth day.
-- Killed by her own friends and kin.

Yellow M. Aremen
-- Died on the fifth day.
-- Killed by his own friends and kin.

Demonlord 5. Aremen
-- Died on the fifth twilight.
-- The Witch praised his nobility, and granted him the honor of a duel.

Jeroen S. Aremen
-- Missing on the fifth twilight.
-- The Witch, whose existence he recognized and whom he prostrated himself before, beckoned him to the Golden Land.

The Witch Cap H.
-- Revived on the fifth twilight.
-- He finally opened the door to the Golden Land.