Thanks for all the reviews, guys! I'm really happy about all the feedback here, because, like I said on my profile, I really like this one out of my stories. ;) Oh, and I'll give you guys this; out of everyone's predictions, you guys nailed down at least one mafia. But, no more dilly-dallying! On to the next chapter!

"Hey, can we start the voting now?" Dry Bones asked, looking at Grubba inquiringly.

"Oh, sure, y'all!" Grubba confirmed, nodding joyfully."Oh, yeah, but I forgot. Mario-boy!"

Mario looked over at him, raising an eyebrow in questioning.

"One of the mafia used an ability on ya. You can't vote today, and, if ya have any, ya can't use abilities tonight." Grubba told him. Mario dropped his jaw.

"Seriously?" he asked meekly, disappointment apparent in his voice. Grubba nodded, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Ya can still take part in the discussion!" Grubba said brightly, before heading back up to the stairs and over to his perch on the balcony. "A'right, y'all, votin' starts now! The majority is nine! Shoot!"

"I vote Dimentio!" Luigi shouted, pointing at the jester. Dimentio blinked in surprise.

"…What?" Dimentio asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Heh heh heh! You can't back out of this one!" Luigi laughed. "I have an ability that lets me read one person's profile every night! I read yours last night, and YOU came back as a mafia!"

Dimentio seemed genuinely confused. "I…I don't understand…"

Kalmar looked at Luigi accusingly. "What? You're insane, you insolent mortal! I have that ability! I scanned Dimentio, and he is a townie!"

Luigi stared at Kalmar in confusion, but his face quickly turned to anger. "You can't have that ability, because I do, you twit!"

"Don't mouth off at a Star Spirit, fool!" Kalmar returned, gritting his teeth in rage. "Things won't be pretty for you once I return to Shooting Star Summit!"

"Guys, guys, stop it! Break it up!" Bowser Jr. ordered, in his high-pitched tone. Both grumbling, Kalmar and Luigi both took their respective places, looking away from each other.

"Me, I'm gonna vote Kalmar, 'cause I think he's lying." Bowser Jr. said bluntly.

"Little twerp," muttered Kalmar. "I will vote Luigi, because HE is lying. I am the one who can look at profiles every night, no joke!"

"I vote Mario." Watt chimed in.

Everyone stared at her.

"What?" she asked, looking around curiously.

"Well…it's pretty obvious Mario is a townie." Waluigi informed her.

"Obvious? How do you know? He could be tricking you." Watt reminded him, as Waluigi rolled his eyes at her.

"You know, I'm a little suspicious of you." Waluigi said warily. "You threw us off Daisy's path last time and convinced us to vote out Toadette; who was a townie. How do we know YOU'RE not mafia? I think you're the best choice right now."

Watt was taken off guard, but managed to recover. "Puh-leaze! You're just trying to make yourself fade into the background. Mario is thrusting himself forward and pretending to support the town. He really just wants to hurt us. He's obvious mafia!"

"If anyone here is obvious mafia, it's you." Mario spoke up. "You have no decent reason to vote me, and you're trying to support yourself with an attempt to act more relaxed than Toadette was; but we can see right through you."

"Mario, couldn't have said it better myself." Dimentio said gratefully. "I vote Watt."

"Yeah, I'll go ahead and vote Watt, too." Waluigi agreed.

"Um…" Peach hesitated, biting her lip. "I'll…vote Watt."

"THE Chuck Quizno will make an argument!" Chuck Quizno shouted. "Peach is hesitating; DESPITE the great evidence put towards Watt! I vote PEACH, for this heinous act of pausing and indecision!"

"You don't vote Watt, DESPITE the great evidence put towards HER?" Yoshi asked, his imitation of Quizno's dramatic speech pattern making a few people snicker.

"THE Chuck Quizno does not enjoy following trends!" Chuck Quizno claimed, crossing his arms and turning his head away from Yoshi. Yoshi sighed and mashed his hand against his cheek.

"I'll go with Quizno. I vote Peach." Daisy stated.

"WHAT?" Luigi asked incredulously.

"Eh?" Daisy asked, turning her head to face Luigi.

"I promise, things WILL turn out good for us if we get rid of Dimentio." Luigi said forcefully, giving an ensured smile to Daisy. "Believe me on this."

"Well, I-" Daisy stammered.

"Mario is best! If we dump him, a mafia will be lynched today!" Watt yelled, glaring daggers at Luigi. "Don't believe this goofball, if you know what's good for you!"

"I'm not a goo-"

"Hey, I wanna RAWK a mafia today!" Rawk Hawk shouted. "I don't like Mario very much, soooo…RAAAAAWWWWK MARIO! Or…VOOOOOOOTE MARIO!"

"I'm chunkin' Mario, too!" O'Chunks added.

Vote Count:

Mario (3): Watt, Rawk Hawk, O'Chunks

Watt (3): Dimentio, Waluigi, Peach

Peach (2): Chuck Quizno, Daisy

Dimentio (1): Luigi

Luigi (1): Kalmar

Kalmar (1): Bowser Jr.

Unable to vote (1): Mario

Yet to vote (6): Yoshi, Bowser, Toad, Rosalina, Doopliss, Dry Bones

"Hmmm…I think Watt sounds like the most reasonable choice," said Dry Bones. "I'll vote Watt, but I think Daisy is pretty suspicious as well." Dimentio gave Dry Bones a thumbs-up, which the skeleton Koopa returned with a firm smile.

"Watt, why are we even coming to blows over this?" Luigi asked. "Dimentio supports Mario and he's voting for you. Why not go for him?"

"…Well, now that I think about it, you're right." Watt said decidedly. "Unvote Mario, vote Dimentio."

"Uh, I guess I'll unvote Peach and vote Dimentio." Daisy said, lingering hesitation in her voice.

"Hm hm hmmmm…THE Chuck Quizno will unvote Peach, and, yes, AND, vote…Dimentio! He's TOO much of a schemer!" Chuck Quizno announced.

Dimentio grimaced, quickly realizing how bad this situation was becoming. He gave a pleading look towards Mario, who shrugged in a way that said "I've got nothin'." Dimentio put his face in his palm, groaning.

"Wait!" Kalmar shouted, making everyone look at him strangely. "I unvote Luigi, and vote Watt. I…think she's more suspicious."

"I vote Dimentio. The constellations have always been unfavorable of him, and I'm getting bad vibes." Rosalina stated.

"Hmph! I unvote Kalmar, and vote Mario…he's a bad man!" Bowser Jr. shouted, raging. Mario chuckled in amusement.

"Bowser Jr., Dimentio is Mario's associate." Watt explained. "It's better to vote for him!"

"Hmph!" Bowser Jr. said defiantly. "I unvote Mario, and vote Watt! She's trying to manipulate me! That's not nice!"

Watt grumbled in anger, looking around the room.

"Anyone else?" she asked.

"I'll vote Watt." Yoshi stated. "I don't like Dimentio, but Watt seems like the more sensible choice."

"Raaaaaagh! I vote Mario!" Bowser cackled. "The plumber will die…because he's stupid! Er, and he's mafia! Yeah…he is!"

"I vote Mario, too." Toad added. "I think he gave himself away more by supporting Dimentio, although I think Dimentio is definitely mafia, too."

Vote Count:

Watt (7): Dimentio, Waluigi, Peach, Dry Bones, Kalmar, Bowser Jr., Yoshi

Dimentio (5): Luigi, Watt, Daisy, Chuck Quizno, Rosalina

Mario (4): Rawk Hawk, O'Chunks, Bowser, Toad

Unable to vote (1): Mario

Yet to vote (1): Doopliss

"Hey, Doopliss, you going to give any thoughts on all this? Or, y'know, at least vote?" Mario asked, hoping against hope that his former enemy wouldn't vote for him or Dimentio.

"Hmmm…." Doopliss paused in thought, tapping his feet on his floor. "I…don't really like any of the ones being voted for. This is hard."

Everyone leaned in, intent on hearing Doopliss's decision.

"I'll…vote for Watt." Doopliss said decidedly, making Mario lean back and wipe his sweaty brow, and Watt's fury grow.

"One more vote needed for Watt to be lynched!" Grubba announced.

"You're all making a huge mistake!" Watt screamed, sparks buzzing around her.

"Sorry that we lynched you, mafia. Try not to cry." Waluigi said, his tone of voice mocking the Li'l Sparkie.

"One, I'm not a mafia, two, you haven't lynched me yet!" Watt reminded him. "Someone needs to change their vote for me to go; that's not going to happen!"

"Everyone, wait!" Mario shouted, catching everyone's attention. "The day ending in no-lynch means our only hope of eliminating a mafia is the neutral; and who knows where he's gonna swing? Listen, I have an idea. What if Dimentio has a negative handicap? You know, if he's scanned by Luigi, he comes back as a mafia?"

Watt just laughed, grinning at Mario.

"Nice attempt, you conniving little mafia, but that's not going to fly. That's ridiculous!" Watt told him. Luigi, meanwhile, seemed to be deep in thought, taking a wrench and turning it over and over in his hands. Kalmar looked confused, his face twisting up.

"Come on. It's possible." Mario argued. "Somebody, anybody! Change your vo-"

"Unvote Dimentio, vote Watt."

Watt's jaw dropped at Luigi, who looked up at Grubba with confidence in his eyes.

"That's majority, right?" Luigi asked.

"Sure is, sonny!" Grubba said brightly. "Watt, I'm gonna hafta to ask ya to leave, little lady."

Watt, sighing frustratedly, went up to her room, grabbed her things, and headed outside, ignoring Grubba's mentioning to her that the helicopter was waiting for her.

Grubba threw Watt's profile to the floor. Mario scampered to it, picking it up and reading it quickly.

"Yes!" Mario shouted, pumping his fist in the air. Everyone swarmed around him and read the paper.

Watt,

This is your profile for the game of Mafia. Remember your role, cause I ain't showin' to you again.

You are a MAFIA, and you can "paralyze" one player every night, making them unable to vote the following day and unable to use abilities the following night.

With Southern hospitality, Grubba

"All right! This is great!" Toad cried. "We can definitely trust Mario and Dimentio now…sorry about that, Mario."

Mario smiled at his mushroom-topped friend. "No problem, Toad." The duo shook hands.

"I believed you, bro, and it paid off, but…" Luigi said meekly, scratching his head. "I still don't understand how that ability could be in this game."

Mario shrugged. "I read up on Mafia and I found out that that role is given out sometimes, but the player doesn't know about it."

"But…we can't trust Kalmar." Luigi noted, turning to the Star Spirit with a hard face. "You lied about your ability. Confess, and we might believe you."

"I already told you, I DO have it!" Kalmar said defensively, sighing angrily. "Why won't anybody believe me? I can scan players!"

"Two players with that abilty?" Daisy asked. "Sounds unlikely…"

"Wait…maybe I can go past limitations?" Kalmar suggested.

"Yeah, I think you're our stronger cop, and Luigi is a weak one." Waluigi added.

"Well, no point in strategic talk right now." Peach said, smiling sweetly. "Tea, anyone?"

DAY 2 ENDS

NIGHT 2 ENDS

"Sorry, but you ain't allowed to eliminate that player." Grubba said, catching the person facing him off guard.

"…What?" The person asked.

"An ability is protectin' that player tonight. Ya gotta pick somebody else." Grubba stated.

The person smirked, taking back the scrap of paper and crossing out the name previously written there, and scribbling down another name. "Luckily, we have a backup."

Grubba looked at the paper, and nodded in approval. "A'right, this is okay."

The person left Grubba's office, sighing in relief. Good thing that the mafia had planned for something like that.


Everyone bounded down the stairs sleepily, some rubbing their eyes, others mustering up energy to try and meet the day enthusiastically. However, it was hard, because it had already been noticed that two players were missing. One of them valuable.

"A'right, everyone, as you noticed, two eliminations happened last night." Grubba explained, accordingly waving two profiles in one of his hands. "The first was the mafia's. The main man himself, Mario, was the mafia's choice. And the neutral's pick was a little strange, but I guess they had some reasoning for gettin' rid of Rawk Hawk."

Dimentio took the profiles, and fire burned inside him when he read them both.

Mario,

This is your profile for the game of Mafia. Remember your role, cause I ain't showin' to you again.

You are a TOWNIE, and have no abilities.

With Southern hospitality, Grubba

Rawk Hawk,

This is your profile for the game of Mafia. Remember your role, cause I ain't showin' to you again.

You are a TOWNIE, and have no abilities.

With Southern hospitality, Grubba

"Y'all look kinda tired…you wanna start the vote later?" Grubba asked.

Dimentio walked forward, his sleepiness leaving him immediately. "I'm not tired. Let's start the vote."

Hope you guys like this one. I tried to give it a little more substance than the last chapter. Please review, and remember,

~Stay awesome