Scene 1. Salem, the center of town
Casey: I have an accusation!
Mayor: Speak up then!
Casey: As you might know, I am an investigator. As such, I look for suspicious activity. I found some evidence in the seventh house that could indicate that its resident is either an innocent lookout, a controlling witch, or a forger, working for the mafia.
Lookout: I'm innocent! Please!
Sarah: We did hang a witch the other day, there's always the possibility of more.
Zach: Don't forget about serial killers.
Leo (to himself): He speaks! Be still, my beating heart.
Mayor: Very well. All votes to bring the "lookout" up to the stand. [Nearly the entire town raises their hands, except for Leo and a few others.]
Mayor: What is your defense?
Lookout: I didn't do anything! I slept in last night and forgot to do my job, but a sleep deprived lookout is never good. Please, let me go. I don't want to die!
Mayor: Everyone please take a ballot and write your vote, then place it in the ballot box. [Nearly everyone in the town goes up to vote.]
Mayor: The town has decided that you, "lookout", are guilty! Any last words?
Lookout: You can't do this! Please! [They're hanged and killed.]
Mayor: It appears that they were truly innocent after all.
Casey: My apologies. I was uncertain, simply displaying the evidence I had.
Mayor: It's not your fault, we all had a part to play. Meeting adjourned.
[Exit everyone except Leo and Zach]
Leo: Hey, uh, I'm Leo.
Zach: Great. What do you want?
Leo: Um, just wanted to talk?
Zach: Don't bother. I know I'm good looking.
Leo: Uh-
Zach: That was a joke. I look like a mess.
Leo: I was just thinking, I'm new around here, and maybe we could get to know each other sometime? Or be friends? (whispering) I think you're good looking.
Zach: So you're a new guy, huh? Let me give you some advice. [He grabs Leo's shirt and pulls him close.] Stay out of my way.
[Exit]
Scene 2. Salem, at night
[Enter Zach, Casey, Farris, and the godfather]
Godfather: Zach, as the new mafioso you shall be tasked with the duty of killing. As such, I shall bestow you with a brand new gun. [He gives Zach the gun. It has a rose engraved into the side.]
Zach: Thank you.
Godfather: I want you to get rid of that second bodyguard before something bad happens. I don't want to lose you too.
Casey, sarcastically: So you didn't care about the other guy at all, huh?
Godfather: He was disposable. Zach is my son, and I care for him much more than that failure. Now, Casey, go investigate the new guy. I want to know everything about him. Farris, you can go frame the eleventh house.
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The Fall of Salem
Fanfiction(I... don't really like this one as much as my other stories but here you go.) Leo is a young cat teen who's abused at home, so he decides to ignore his sister's prophecy and run away to Salem. There, he is immediately drawn to the closed off and ag...
