Mafia VIII [GG] - Page 83

They breathed a sigh of relief, but it was short lived. LTT turned just as something bowled into him, knocking him down into the now crimson waters.

Someone exited the hotel into the garden in time to see this struggle unfold. He charged towards the struggle and rammed into the plant. The jaws unclenched and Caller’s bones spilled to the ground. Letting out a cry, the would-be savior pulled on the stem until the plant was uprooted. He proceeded to trample dreamflower until only green goo remained.

- Both appearances he's made so far have been very brief and unexpected interventions, and both of them very specifically involve ramming.
- Has not spoken, and the death of Dreamflower seemed primitive in it's delivery.

Qatol turned to see what was happening when a voice spoke from behind him.

“You no longer control this town. It is ours now.”

Qatol turned to face this new threat, but was unable to locate the speaker. Suddenly, Qatol saw a blur as his assailant leapt at him, planting a knife in Qatol's chest. LTT's attacker came over and helped push Qatol into the water with the others.

Two oddly mismatched men were sitting at a table, pounding the table with their fists.

"Well, there is someone over there" noticed the smaller man.

infundibulum let out a sigh of relief before realizing the smaller man's attention had never left him.

"Well, if you aren't going to cook anything for us..."

The smaller man snapped his fingers and infundibulum burst into flames.

- It is well established that the attacker is a short person, by Qatol being unable to locate him, followed by the killer leaping to hit his chest, and finally, Morning 3 states it up-front.
- Possibly practices pyrokinesis.
- Displays a potential emphasis on hands. (post hoc reasoning, of course)

Meanwhile, the second intruder, initially transfixed by the brutal killing, suddenly remembered that there was another target and began the hunt. He climbed the stairs and poked his head into each of the bedrooms but couldn't find anyone. After passing the set of curtains with a conspicuous pair of shoes sticking out for the third time, he heard mikeymoo sneeze. He turned around and shot both feet, causing mikeymoo to fall from his hiding place. The man approached the writhing mikeymoo, dropped his gun, and grabbed one of his fingers. He slowly put pressure on it until it snapped and mikeymoo let out a scream that dwarfed any sounds he had made before. The attacker continued until he ran out of fingers upon which time he pulled out a knife and stabbed mikeymoo in the throat. As his life left him, mikeymoo chuckled at the absurdity of the knife solving the problem of his hoarse, sore throat.

- May be easily distracted/forgetful.
- May be blind/vision impaired, due to being fixated by the sounds of Caller's killing and only locating Mikeymoo upon hearing a sneeze. Also, note that he kills Mikeymoo in such a manner that is focused on the audible (the snapping of fingers and prolonged screaming) aspects, initially.
- May have something to do so-called ironic circumstances, though this may just be entertaining writing instead of an actual clue.

In a different part of town, Fishball was running for his life. His left arm was hanging uselessly at his side, the result of a blow from the man calmly following him. Fishball finally reached the tool shed behind his house. He started fumbling with the lock in an attempt to get the axe inside. He got the door open in time for a kick from his pursuer to knock him to the floor. Fishball coughed while the other man surveyed the inside of the shed. Having made his selection, the attacker grabbed one of the tools leaning against the inside of the shed and kneeled down next to Fishball.

"This would have been a lot less painful for you if you had faced me like a man. You need to develop a stronger backbone; I am going to help you with that," quipped the hit man.

He then shoved the rake in his hand into Fishball from behind, handle first, as far as he could. He left Fishball flailing on the ground, coming to terms with his newfound confidence but lacking the strength to do anything with it except die.

- Is confident/has a calm demeanor.
- I honestly don't know where to go from there, so possible .

L recoiled from the piercing gaze and ran screaming back into the kitchen. infundibulum watched in confusion as L ran through the kitchen, yelling and flailing his arms in terror. L opened up the walk-in freezer and quickly shut the door behind him. infundibulum tried to figure out what was going on while continuing to man his wok.

The two strange customers entered the kitchen, startling infundibulum and finally separating him from his spot in front of the stove. infundibulum was slowly backing away, trembling, when the larger one spoke again.

"Where did he go?"

Seeing no recourse, infundibulum pointed a single finger towards the freezer. The larger man nodded and moved in that direction. infundibulum let out a sigh of relief before realizing the smaller man's attention had never left him.

L hunched in the corner of the freezer, trying to make himself as small as possible. The banging on the freezer door was only interrupted by infundibulum's screams. The screams went from muffled to painfully loud as the larger man finally managed to solve the problem posed by the door. He quickly spotted L and started punching him repeatedly. Surprisingly, the blows didn't seem to hurt L as much as he had expected. With the hope of escape now flashing before him, L looked for something to ward off the attacker. He immediately noticed that infundibulum had clearly not defrosted the freezer in months. He was thankful. He broke off one of the icicles and tried to stab his attacker's face with it, but he couldn’t figure out exactly where to stab. L was trying to sort out his confusion when a blow from a blunt object crushed his head. L toppled to the floor. The larger man left the door ajar as he left, ensuring that the freezer would get its long overdue defrosting.

- This Mafia member is an unusual creature, as indicated by several things. Both L and Infundibulum respond to it's presence in terror. It is especially made evident that it is this Mafia member, and not the other, that is the source of this emotion as Infundibulum is relieved after directing Mafia F away. Additionally, L does not know where to stab the creature/apparition if he were to aim at the face and Mafia F has trouble opening the freezer door.
- Note that it says that L died because of being hit with a blunt object rather than by the killer's own attacks, which didn't hurt much at all. Don't know what to make of that yet.