Weiss Reacts to Mafia!
A/N: Welcome, one and all, to Weiss Reacts! For those who have never played Mafia before, it is a hilarious party game, which if any of you have the time to look it up- this chapter will be in no way an accurate reflection of a real game of Mafia- and play it, you should. It is just plain hilarious!
Black comedy abounds, as always!
With the gush out of the way, let's get this chapter over with!
DISCLAIMER: RWBY does not belong to me, otherwise Pyrrha would wear a spy catsuit at some point.
All mentioned franchises belong to their respective owners.
"Happy anniversary to me and Renny!" Nora blew a candle out on a large stack of syrup-covered pancakes- topped with whipped cream and strawberries, of course, and hugged Ren to her side, squeezing him tightly.
It had been a year to the day Ren and Nora officially became lovers- though, despite Nora's violent protests, she'd already loved him for a very long time prior. To celebrate, Nora decided to round up everyone she could- team RWBY, the rest of her team as well as Velvet and Yatsuhashi, Cardin, Melanie, Sun and Neptune. She'd even managed to drag Minako, Norn and Sir Lyserg out of their dorms to play- sadly, Coco was in the infirmary on account of an accident with the lightbulbs in CFVY dorm, with Fox watching over her as well as Elsa.
Yang clapped, cheering. "Happy anniversary!"
"Nora...you're crushing me a little." Ren wheezed out, grunting. Nora relinquished her grip on him, giggling.
"Sorry, Ren~ I just wuv you sooooo much~"
"Heh. Love you too, Nora." The gunslinger smiled a little, sighing at her and shaking his head.
Ruby frowned. "Why don't we ever do that..."
"Because you always end up tripping and hugging my legs when you try." Weiss responded snippily.
"Oh." Ruby looked somewhat deflated. "Okay."
Jaune looked around, sighing happily. "This is one awesome party, Nora. How much did this cost you?"
"Money is no object!" Nora saluted proudly. "Grandpa's always happy to make stuff happen!"
Pyrrha nodded at the huge amount of food in their dorm, impressed. "How much, do you say, your grandfather was willing to pay for this?"
"Grandpa Valkyrie's always spoiling her." Ren explained. "I'm pretty sure he paid for Magnhild's construction out of his own pocket."
"See? The pancake gods have blessed me with the most badass grandpa ever! He wrestled a dragon into making him his master! A dragon!" Nora squeed. "Not to mention introducing me to the worship of the Pancake Gods- to whom I dedicate this delectable meal!"
Minako scribbled down some notes, nodding at Nora. "I wonder if I could somehow get Pancake-no-Okami as a Persona if I built a Social Link with her...that'd be cool..."
Weiss bowed her head to Nora, grateful for the food. "Thanks for inviting us."
"Heehee! You guys are, like, my best friends! Of course I'd invite you!" Nora gave her a thumbs up. "So, guys, you wanna do something fun?"
"As long as it doesn't involve getting someone naked, pasting someone in custard pies and chocolate cakes, or stripping someone and shoving them into a maid costume, I'm game." The heiress declared. Ruby spoke up, raising her finger to get attention.
"Yeah, what do you have in mind?"
Nora rubbed her hands together gleefully. "Well, I've got this one game in mind, I suppose..." She tapped her chin, thinking deeply.
"It's this party game called Mafia." Ren explained, pulling out a box of white cards from underneath the table.
"Oh!" Blake nodded. "I've played it before!"
Ren held up a finger to silence her, before continuing. "Allow me to explain the rules. They're fairly simple.
There are two teams- the innocents and the Mafia. The innocents want to vote the Mafia out, the Mafia want to kill the innocents. There are always more innocents than there are Mafiosi. There are also some neutral parties who can win on their own terms.
There are also two phases; during the day, the innocents can vote to kill one person. During the night, the mafia can kill one person. In that way, there will be at least one death per day.
The innocents win if there is not a single Mafioso left, but the Mafia win if they outnumber the innocents at any point in the game. The Mafia also know who is and isn't in the Mafia. I will not be playing, as a neutral party to determine who's on what side.
These cards hold roles for each side. These roles will modify how you help your team out and so forth. Any other questions?"
Blake raised her hand.
"No, there is no role called 'Aniki'."
Blake's hand lowered. Weiss' shot up. "And will this game involve me doing stupid pervert things?"
"Not at all."
Weiss sighed in relief. "Finally, a party game that doesn't involve me doing something stupid! Better than Yang's strip poker..."
Velvet began drooling at the thought of Weiss stripping, but she was kept grounded in reality by a slap from Yatsuhashi to the back of the head.
Yang grinned mischievously, giggling. "Sure, Weiss, keep saying that. You want to see Ruby's lingerie and you know that!"
She whispered over to Weiss. "By the way, they're black."
Ruby blushed profusely. "YANG!"
"Just-OWWWWWW" Yang clutched her foot, yelping in pain. Weiss felt a vein pulse in her temple.
"Dumb Chihuahua! Quit being such a pervert."
Sun laughed, leaning back in his chair and resting his head on his hands. "Sure, I'm up for it. Sounds like a fun game."
"One has experienced worse things." Sir Lyserg sipped his tea, resting his tail on the floor behind his chair and adjusting his monocle.
"As always, the chances of this game, as Blake states and I quote, travelling towards waste matter are currently at fifty percent." Norn remarked calmly. Weiss' eyes narrowed.
"Gee, I'm just so filled with confidence at hearing that. Perfect..."
Nora produced several marked chopsticks. "Alright! The Queen has spoken! I'm going to give you all chopsticks, and the ones that have red on them are the Mafia, the black ones are innocents, and the unmarked ones are neutrals!
The Queen's word is law! Chop chop!"
Yang sighed, rolling her eyes and laughing. "Nora, that's the wrong game!"
"Is it?" The berserker pouted. "Awwww..."
Weiss slapped her head with her palm. "Good grief, Nora."
Ren studied each person's sticks, nodding, before passing out cards as appropriate, taking care to keep the contents of the cards secret.
"Right, the Mafia must know who each Mafia member is, so I've taken the liberty of writing down who your fellow co-conspirators are.
Familiarise yourselves with your roles and we'll begin soon!"
Weiss looked up, examining her own card and nodding quickly before pocketing it. "Understood. So, may we begin?"
Yang pocketed her card and chopstick. "Yeah, enough talk. Let's get to playing, okay?"
Nora merely giggled at her role, pocketing her card. Everyone except Lyserg pocketed theirs- the dinosaur instead placed his inside his hat.
Ren nodded. "Alright, then. We'll go straight to the first night phase. Everyone shut their eyes, and only those with night roles can open them when I say so. Mafia may convene as well to pick a target to kill.
Night phase starts...now!"
Night Phase 1
Everyone shut their eyes, allowing the night phase to begin.
Weiss opened her eyes shortly after, looking at her own card, Investigator- that is to say, she could find out the ability of any one person at night and only finding out at the end what their target's role was.
'Tch. Another party game. I need to win this one- I am sick of losing games, and Yang will NEVER let me live this one down...
Alright, I'll investigate Melanie. She seems suspicious.'
Weiss called Ren over, whispering. "As investigator, I choose to investigate Melanie."
"Understood." Ren nodded. "Your target works with the dead. She is either a Janitor, a Medium or a Spirit Caller."
"...right." The heiress sighed. "Thanks for the information..."
...
Day Phase 1
"Alright, it's daytime." Ren announced, allowing Weiss to open her eyes. The group looked around, realising one of their own was missing- no, two of them, two chairs were empty now.
Weiss looked up. "I'm guessing someone died?"
"Last night, Melanie was killed." Nora announced, a sniffle in her voice. "She was shot by the Mafia. She was a Medium, who could speak to the dead."
Weiss nodded. 'As expected.'
Neptune was also killed last night. He was stabbed by the Serial Killer. He was an average Innocent."
Yang sighed. "Dammit. There goes the medium, as usual.
So, anyone know who Mafia is?"
Norn shook her head. "None at all. We would need to investigate to figure them out."
Blake's eyes flitted between everyone. "Who's acting suspicious, hm?"
The heiress' eyes narrowed. "Well, you."
"Riiiight." Yang nodded. "I'll see about that, you mafia scum."
"I'm not the mafia, you moron!" Weiss snapped. "If anything, you're acting shiftier than me!"
Pyrrha raised her hand. "Let's approach this logically. We can't know who is Mafia and who the serial killer is, so clearly we have no idea who it could possibly be today.
I suggest holding back on the lynching for today and see what happens."
"You have a point..." Sun nodded. "We don't know anything about who isn't Mafia and who is."
Minako raised her hand. "I vote not to lynch anyone today."
"Seconded!" Jaune nodded quickly.
Velvet squeed. "Whatever Weiss-sempai goes with, I'm happy with~"
"Ugh...pervert, but...I suppose, no voting anyone out." The heiress sighed, adding her own input.
Everyone else began raising their hands, voting not to vote anyone else out. Ren nodded.
"Understandable. Making your move based on logical assumptions makes complete sense. Very well.
The day fades to night, and all will go to sleep, as those who act at night shall act. Close your eyes, those who can act at night may do so soon."
...
Night Phase 2
Weiss closed her eyes, before looking up again.
'Alright, who to investigate next...' The heiress contemplated briefly. 'Yang was awfully quick to call for the Medium, but Minako and Jaune were quick to call for no lynches. Wait, Blake was acting suspicious of me...so...
...I'll investigate Sun, actually.'
"I choose to investigate Sun." Weiss declared, and Ren nodded.
"Sun possesses weapons somewhere on his person. He is either a Mafioso, a Vigilante or an Arms Dealer."
"Right." Weiss nodded. 'The heck's an Arms Dealer?'
...
Day Phase 2
Weiss opened her eyes, looking around. This time only one person was missing.
"Velvet was killed last night." Nora announced, dabbing at her eyes to remove the tears. "She was thrown off a building, shot, run over and disembowelled by the Mafia. Her role was Bodyguard, who could protect one person from being killed a night and kill their killer, at the cost of their own life..."
The berserker sniffed. "Such a...honourable role..."
Outside, Velvet could be heard whining about being unable to protect her 'Weiss-sempai', followed by the loud sound of sobbing. The subsequent sounds of 'Pi' must have been Vivi coming across her to comfort her.
The heiress grumbled. "Just perfect."
Yang raised her hand. "I saw Sun target Velvet last night. I'm the Lookout. I know."
Sun stared at her. "No, I didn't! I can't even do anything at night!"
"LIAR!" The brawler accused. "You KNOW you're lying, you lying liar!"
"Yang, you're quick to accuse him." Pyrrha pointed out. "Besides, you haven't got proof that you're the Lookout."
"I can support her." Minako offered.
Sun stared at her. "What? But I didn't-"
Ruby looked around. "Well, guys? Any other leads?"
Weiss nodded. "I know Sun has weapons, but that's it."
Nora pumped her fist. "Well, that settles it then! Sun is our killer, let's grab him! Whoever wants Sun dead, raise their hands!"
Everyone except Jaune and Norn did so. Sun blanched.
Norn tilted her head. "The chances of Sun being the actual killer are very low." The Persocom pointed out. "I wonder what-"
"Bah, screw chances!" Blake waved her off. Ren closed his eyes and sighed.
"Very well. Sun gets hung from the gallows and dies.
He was a Vigilante, an Innocent who could kill anyone at night."
'Confound it!' Weiss mentally slapped herself. 'Should've known he was innocent.'
Sun sighed as he stood up, vacating his chair. "Dammit. I'm calling Yang was Mafia!"
The brawler merely stuck her tongue out at him as he strolled out of the room.
Night Phase 3
'Alright. Yang claims to be Lookout, and Sun most likely did shoot Velvet. But if he's the Vigilante, then he did kill Velvet.' Weiss contemplated carefully. 'This provides a conundrum.
Either Sun did kill her, and he's a moron, or he didn't, and one of the Mafia knew he was a Vigilante.
I'll investigate...Minako. Yes, that seems like a wise choice.'
"Ren, I would like to-" Weiss started, but the gunslinger interrupted her.
"You have been blocked from your role tonight by an Escort. You did not get any results tonight."
Weiss stared at him in shock. 'What? Are you serious?!'
...
Day Phase 3
"And so, much to Jaune's despair..." Nora began.
"HEY!"
"Pyrrha was slain last night, in the prime of her youth!" Nora continued dramatically, paying no heed to the offended knight. "She was found in her bed, stabbed to death by the Serial Killer.
She was an Escort, a beautiful woman or man with the power to distract one for a single night from their true roles!"
Yang pouted. "So why didn't I get that role?!"
Minako, meanwhile, visibly sidled up to Jaune, smiling. "Yaaaay, I get her chair now!"
"Gah! S-stop!"
"She visited Weiss last night!" Blake accused. "And as we all know, the Serial Killer kills anyone who visits them."
"I am NOT a Serial Killer!" Weiss retorted indignantly. "And if I was, I wouldn't have targeted Neptune, either!"
"She has a point." Jaune nodded. "She probably would've killed Yang off first."
"Exactly!"
The brawler gave him an irritated look. "Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence."
Blake gave a shifty look towards Yatsuhashi and Sir Lyserg. "Those two have been awfully quiet."
Yatsuhashi shrugged casually, drinking a glass of punch. "Nothing to say."
"I put my vote on Weiss." Yang raised her hand, followed by Minako. "She seems very suspicious."
"I'm voting Sir Lyserg." Blake chimed in. "He hasn't spoken a word since we started. I'm not sure it's Weiss we should be looking at, suspicious as she is."
Jaune put his own hand up. "Me too. Sir Lyserg needs to speak more."
"Thanks for your vote of confidence." Weiss grumbled. "And if it's worth anything, I vote Yang."
"We need six votes to boot someone out." Ren announced. "Are you sure you want to split the vote that way?"
"You forgot us, good sir." Lyserg fixed his monocle. "I vote on Blake."
"Abstaining." Yatsuhashi crossed his arms, studying everyone around him. "I can't make a decision as to who's the Mafia and who's the Serial Killer."
'Confound it, none of them seems suspicious, except Yang and Blake.' Weiss contemplated, looking around.
"Two for Weiss, one for Yang, one for Blake, two for Lyserg and three abstainers." Ren sighed. "Very well, no lynches. The day phase passes without incident and everyone retreats into their homes for the night."
...
Night Phase 4
"Investigate Minako." Weiss stated as soon as the night started. Ren looked around, before passing her a note.
"Huh?"
"The dead speak. Melanie has chosen to give you one final message from the afterlife. Do with it what you will." The gunslinger warned her, before looking around at Minako.
"She is excellent at handling documents. Minako is either a Framer, an Investigator, or a Mafia Cop."
'I'm Investigator. She must be Mafia.' Weiss concluded, before studying the note from Melanie.
Yang not town. Not mafia either. Investigate please.
'...she's the Serial Killer? Not that I'm surprised, but...'
...
Day Phase 4
Today, Norn and Nora were missing. Ren did the narration that day, nodding.
"Last night, Nora was found dead."
Outside, Nora's bawling could be heard, followed by a muffled Pyrrha comforting her.
"She was shot, stabbed, disembowelled, defenestrated and then decapitated by the Mafia." The gunslinger declared. "Nora was the lookout, who followed the movements of any target at night.
Norn was found dead last night. She was stabbed by the Serial Killer.
She was the Mafioso, who shot the targets the Godfather demanded of her."
'So. Yang and Minako are the Serial Killer and one Mafia role.' Weiss rubbed her chin, looking shiftily around at the remains- Jaune, who looked very concerned and Minako, who was very close to him, Blake and Yang, Ruby, who was nibbling on a cookie nervously, Lyserg, Yatsuhashi and a somewhat disinterested and quiet Cardin.
Ruby chimed in. "Anyone have any leads on the mafia?"
"I think Cardin's the mafia." Blake responded, staring straight at him. Cardin lifted his head, raising his eyebrow.
"What makes you say that?"
"You've been awfully quiet."
"I know this game as well as you do, dumbass." Cardin retorted. "If I reveal my role, I'm gonna get killed."
"Definitely suspicious." The catgirl narrowed her eyes. "I say we vote him ou-"
"Actually, I have enough proof to vote out Minako." Weiss interrupted her, causing Minako to stare at her in shock.
"I beg your pardon? I'm not guilty of anything!"
"You are good at handling documents." Weiss read out her role. "So, Minako, want to make a claim?"
"Investigator."
"Wrong." Blake shut her down. "I'm the investigator."
'Wait, what? What is Blake doing?'Weiss stared at her teammate, but Minako didn't notice as she merely stared at Blake.
"Y-you're bluffing."
"Prove it." The catgirl crossed her arms. "I'm waiting."
"Blake seems SO guilty!" Yang snapped. "I say we vote HER out instead!"
Jaune stood up, having his hands. "Wait, wait, this all seems a little too fast! I say we don't lynch anyone until we have enough proof that one of us is the Mafia or Serial Killer."
"Minako seems guilty enough." Yatsuhashi pointed out. "I say we kill her off."
"Oh, thanks." The brunette leered at him. "I love you too."
"I'm voting against!" Ruby raised her hand. "I don't like this situation."
Weiss stared at her. "What do you mean you don't? She's clearly guilty! I'm voting yes to kicking her out!"
"I agree with Miss Rose." Sir Lyserg adjusted his monocle, growling slightly and lifting a claw. "It seems altogether too obvious that she's guilty. Almost as if she was framed, naturally."
"Exactly!" Minako sighed in relief. "The talking dinosaur gets it!"
"Utahraptor, Miss Arisato." The gentleman gently rebuked her. "I prefer to be called a Utahraptor if you must label my species."
Ren interjected, cutting both parties off. "So, Blake, Yatsuhashi and Weiss vote to lynch Minako, Yang votes Blake, and Jaune, Ruby and Sir Lyserg abstain.
We need four to lynch."
"I vote Minako out." Cardin spoke up. "She's suspicious as all hell. I also want Sir Lyserg and Ruby for being the Godfather and the Serial Killer! Get 'em!"
"Very well." Ren sighed. "Minako, you've been charged and found guilty of treason to the town, henceforth, you were sentenced to death by the Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Minako was a Framer, who made all she targeted seem guilty."
The brunette sighed, strolling out of the room. "Dammit," Minako muttered. "I was hoping to snuggle up to Jaune some more~"
The knight blushed as she walked out of the room with a smirk on her face.
Night Phase 5
Weiss turned to Ren. "I wish to investigate...Yang. Yang strikes me as off."
Ren nodded, obliging to her request. "Alright. Yang is considered to be insane by the town.
She is either the Serial Killer or the Jester."
'Huh. My hunch was right. Unless she's the Jester...although I don't know what role that is...'
The heiress thought carefully.
...
Day Phase 5
Today, Cardin was missing. Nobody else had been taken.
"Cardin was found dead last night." Ren enunciated serenely. "He was found shot multiple times by gun turrets.
He was killed by the Arms Dealer in an attempt to visit him.
Cardin was the Serial Killer.
Weiss was also saved from a murder attempt by the Mafia, courtesy of the good doctor."
Weiss stared at Blake, who had a tiny smirk on her face. 'So...that Investigator claim was a gambit to get the Serial Killer to visit her...
...but then...Yang's the Jester. So what's she doing then? And why was I targeted? Do they know what my role is?'
Yang pointed her finger at Jaune. "Him! He's the Godfather! Kill him!"
"Me?" Jaune shook his head hurriedly. "What are you doing? You don't know what role I am!"
"Liar. I'm the Investigator!" Yang stuck her tongue out. "And I say you're lying!"
"I don't like this fake-claim." Ruby tilted her head. "I say we vote Yang out!"
"H-huh?!" The brawler tilted her head. "R-Rubes?!"
Sir Lyserg fixed his monocle. "Indeed. She seems highly unlikely to be the Investigator.
A vote for Miss Xiao Long, Sir Lie."
"...I don't like this. I abstain." Weiss chimed in. Blake followed suit.
Jaune looked between everyone, as did Yatsuhashi.
Jaune voted for Blake. "She already claimed to be the Investigator. I think she's guilty."
"I abstain. Like Weiss said, we have no proof." Yatsuhashi calmly stated.
"No votes today. " Ren sighed, shrugging. "Very well, onwards to the next night!"
...
Night Phase 6
'From what I know, Blake's the Arms Dealer, Yang's the Jester and trying to get herself killed.' Weiss muttered, thinking. 'But then-'
"Weiss, you are imprisoned by the Jailor." Ren announced. Weiss frowned.
"Seriously?"
"Therefore, tonight, you are unable to investigate."
'Dammit! Who jailed me?'
...
Day Phase 6
This time, Blake was gone, leaving Yatsuashi, Yang, Weiss, Sir Lyserg and Ruby, as well as Jaune.
"Blake was found dead last night, shot with her own guns." Ren announced. "She was shot by the Mafia.
She was the Arms Dealer."
Yatsuhashi and Jaune both shared a look, before nodding.
"We both vote Sir Lyserg." The knight called out.
"We believe he's part of the Mafia." Yatsuhashi claimed.
Sir Lyserg looked incredulous. "I beg your pardon?"
"...eh. What the heck." Weiss shrugged. "I vote for Lyserg too."
The monocle-wearing Utahraptor frowned- well, as close to it as a dinosaur with almost no recognisable facial expressions could.
"...even you suspected me, Miss Schnee."
Ren shrugged. "Sorry, stuff happens.
Sir Lyserg was exploded by a sudden burst gas main. He was the Mafia Cop, a Mafia-aligned Investigator."
Weiss looked around at who remained as the dinosaur walked out of the room, dejected.
Yang, who was the Jester- she didn't know what that was still.
Yatsuhashi and Jaune, who were likely innocents. One of them was the Jailor, she'd deduced.
Ruby, who was the only other person, and most likely the Godfather.
'...this all seems ridiculously hush-hush...' Weiss contemplated. 'I guess...whoever dies tomorrow night, we'll be figuring this out soon enough.'
...
Night Phase 7
Weiss declined to investigate. She'd concluded there was really no point.
Day Phase 7
This time, Jaune was missing, as Ren sighed, shaking his head.
"Jaune was found dead last night. He was, erm, exploded by the Mafia." Ren declared. "He was the Jailor.
Today, you must lynch one person or you all lose, regardless of win conditions, so choose wisely!"
'Jaune was innocent...and Yang's not the Mafia. Two innocents, a neutral party, and the Godfather.
We have to win this today, or I will lose yet another game...'
Weiss looked between her options.
"I...will vote...on...Ruby!" Weiss declared, causing the reaper to stare at her in shock.
"W-Weiss?!"
"...I trust Weiss." Yatsuhashi nodded. "Voting her out."
"...very well, Ruby was killed by a firing squad!" The gunslinger concluded. "Ruby was the Godfather, and with that, all the Mafia have been eliminated, letting all surviving townies win.
Weiss and Yatsuhashi have won. Weiss was the Investigator, Yatsuhashi was the Doctor, and Yang was the Lyncher-turned-Jester."
"I wanted Sun dead!" The brawler stated cheerily. "And my role shows up as insane, too, so nobody ever suspected me!"
"And you getting yourself killed?"
"Jesters win when lynched and can kill any one person if dead." Yang explained, frowning.
"But...it seems I lost..."
"You...lost?" Weiss raised her eyebrow. "And I...won?"
"...oh dear god, No." Yang shuddered, finally realising what Weiss was smirking at her for.
"I...I BEAT YOU AT A GAME, YANG! I WIN! I WIN! HAHAHAH!" The heiress declared, almost prancing about the room, cheering happily and smugly.
"PRAISE ME! AHAHAHAHA!"
Ruby stared at her, almost drooling.
"So...huggable..."
Yang collapsed to her knees. "What has this world become, where I am no longer the sexiest girl alive and Weiss actually won a game of something?!"
Weiss danced in victory around her, knowing for the first time since Civilization, she'd legitimately beaten Yang in a game.
It felt good.
END
A/N: Woop.
Next chapter- and you fellow Persona fans might like this- the Beacon Spring Beauty Pageant! AHAHAHAHAH
So, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your ideas, comments, suggestions, criticisms, thoughts and reviews, and I hope you have a GREAT day! Until next time!