This makes things interesting... if KevinM is telling the truth (which I have no reason to doubt ATM), then one of the two kills he was receiving must have been the Imperials, and the other one must have been from another anti-town source. (The disappearing kill had to have been from some source besides Gheb, because else KevinM could have blocked the other one to save Gheb's life.)
I don't know how I could have been so blind though. What is the most common 3rd party killing role? Bingo, it's the SK. Which would mean the kills we've been getting would make more sense, as (see Mafia sleepover), it is beneficial to the SK to get rid of the mafia so he can win in endgame.
Take Marshy's theory that FF couldn't recruit until after the Emperor was gone. Then, FF never would have gotten a chance to recruit, period, because he died the day phase after the Emperor. This would also explain the fact that KevinM only got one kill report last night, because the imperials no longer exist.
If one mafia faction is gone, wouldn't that mean that I couldn't have been recruited, as I would have been part of the now-gone imperial faction?
The thing is though... if I'm correct and the remaining threat is an SK... my investigations may well be useless, as I have no idea if they can detect indies or not. (If you guys let me live, then I'll investigate KevinM tonight and see what happens. Innocent means that we can't trust Macman/Chaco completely, Guilty means that we can.)
Now where on earth is Kirbyoshi? I really want to see him claim.