Mafia Mystery

Night Owl (Chapter 7)

~Cerin~

I had stayed awake a lot longer than I had intended to, worried that something would happen to me, but I eventually dozed off.  However, I was a bit later than usual the next morning to the town meeting.  Not as if it bothered me, though- I personally was more of a night owl than an early bird.  I found out that Levee had been discovered dead, though something else caught my attention.

"Grace is alive?"  I asked, startled.

"Yeah."  Javi replied.  "I revived her.  I'm the Retributionist."  He paused, glancing at Levee's corpse.  "I probably should've waited.  I was hoping if I revived her fast enough, she could save her..."  He sighed.  I felt bad for him- he had been dating Levee.  That was why you never got close to anyone in this town.  But you ended up dating Mekhi, so what happens when he dies?  I shoved the thought out of my mind.  I'd rather die than let Mekhi get killed.

"You did what anyone would do."  I reasoned.  "You were worried something would happen to you, so you contributed while you still could."  Javi nodded, seemingly feeling a bit better now, knowing that someone understood his motives besides him.  "Anyways, did I miss anything else?"

"Nope."  Aaei replied.  "Levee died, Grace was resurrected, that's all that we know.  We're not gonna be able to find anything out until everybody has their roles."  The town murmured their disappointed agreement with this statement. After a lousy excuse for a town "discussion", we all headed back into our homes.

I stayed up again for most of the night, then realized I was feeling less and less tired each night.  Something had to be wrong with me; I rushed to the bathroom to look in the mirror.  I was pale, which wasn't good.  But what really caught my attention was that my canines were pointed.  I had, at some point, gotten fangs.  Oh god, please tell me this is some kind of fucked-up joke...  I reached into my pocket, finding my rolecard there, which meant I had gained my role sometime tonight and not realized it.  Hands shaking, I pulled it out, reading the single word on it: Vampire.  I was a vampire.

I didn't want to bite anyone, but I would need the blood due to my new role.  I figured there was only one logical person to go for.  I would go for someone I could convert, but someone whom wouldn't be a target to any other evil roles.

I went for Javi.