DAY 2: a new statue in town

Mayor Whipple woke up that morning full of hope. As she walked the few easy blocks to her office she reflected on what occurred at sunset the evening before. Her faith in the town was somewhat restored, Jacob’s death had made Salto Ancora a safer place to be.

Once in her office, she noticed the light on her answering machine blinking. Who would have called her at such an early hour? She sat down and pressed the button. “You have seven new messages,” the monotone voice said. Seven messages?! Each townsperson, save one, had called that morning saying a strange, new statue has been erected in the middle of town and wondered who had commissioned such a thing and would she please come down to see it. What the heck?

Slipping her Nerf gun into her purse (she hoped this wasn’t a set up) she bolted out the door. Up ahead, another block or so, she saw a large, bronze something standing on a wooden platform. She couldn’t make out the shape of the statue, it seemed to have been hastily formed. Upon arriving, still panting from her sprint, the townspeople bombarded her with questions. Brushing their questions aside, she strode closer to the statue wanting a good look. It wasn’t a very good likeness of Gemarie, the bronze seemed to have been splashed around a bit, but you could tell it was her by the long hair. Wondering why Gem would have made a statue in her honor, she turned around to ask her…but Gemarie wasn’t there. Every other person in town had come, but not the creator of this interesting and somewhat horrifying piece of art. Mayor Whipple sent several people to Gem’s home, but they came back empty-handed. It then occurred to the mayor that Gem was, infact, there. She was inside the bronze, she had been cast in bronze and placed in the center of town as a reminder by the remaining mafia member that they were not happy with Jake’s death and would continue to fight.

Stunned by this revelation, the mayor shook her head. Now the town’s best chance of success had been murdered, the town’s detective was dead.

It is now DAY until Monday at 10am. There are seven people left, and you need four votes to execute. Gem, as you are now dead, you may not communicate with anyone, on the blog or otherwise.