Quick Fix 74: Ain't Nobody Got Time For That

[Steeldancer he/him]

Hm, I wonder if there's something to the kill on Mark given that they were voting on Joe, who was also a village. Perhaps they were trying to throw sus on Nemoras? But why... 

Blech my brain is not braining

Edit: wait no never mind it was a 50/50 between Joe and Raven. If it had gone the other way there wouldn't be anything there whatsoever. Back to the drawing board. 

Then again I'm assuming Raven is village. Sorry for the edits I really need to do the thinks before I post, which work isn't the best place to do at. But... I feel if Raven were elim there would have been slightly more push to protect them? Ok that's it I need to work lmao

Edited March 11, 2025 by Steeldancer

[Ashbringer he/him]

Hmm.

Lord Spirit.

More thoughts later, I'm busy enough I'm not going to run into the post cap.

[Lord Spirit he/him]

Johnny definitely did not like the definitely not koloss blooded human voting for him. He definitely was a loyal criminal and not a turncoat. 
Ok, so maybe he should have spoken up earlier and it seemed that some didn’t like him voting for someone who already had votes, but the deaths seemed to support him. He definitely had not been defending Joe, and now they had a decent indication that Raven wasn’t a turncoat based on the lack of votes defending him.
All things considered, Johnny’s vote was definitely not something to be suspicious of. 

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

Just short of twelve hours remaining. Don't ask why I'm awake right now. 

[|TJ| he/him]

Agreed that Raven is more likely to be village with how that cycle went. Still reading Steel as village. 

Not sure about anyone else. Also not sure if there was an effort to save Exp last cycle. 

Gut-reads are all I have and it says Nemoras could be evil (and no it is not because they are the other voter on Joe). Polly has gone back to null in my books. Would be willing to join in on Spirit with Ash as well.

[Ashbringer he/him]

Let's keep track of things, shall we...

• Joe and MarkIV are gone. Honestly I was a bit suspicious of Mark, but losing Joe hurts. Joes' first read post V!read Kelsier, Raven, Spirit, TJ Ash, and Mark, and E!read Exp, Nemora, and Steel, with N!read on TwinStorm and TalnFan. (Note some of these hadn't posted.) Mark suspected Joe. Later Joe suspected TJ, Spirit, Mark.
• Nemora's first post seemed to be RP suspecting both Joe and Exp.
• Kelsier was the first post, and notably had an poke-esque vote on Exp that was not reflected in the Spreadsheet. Kelsier also voted on TwinStorm, then Joe, then finally Experience.
• Twinstorm's first post was agreement with Kelsier/Joe but didn't include a vote. Their second post was more RP and a poke on TalnFan. 
• Experience's first post was an acknowledgement of the vote from Joe. Interestingly, because Kelsier never actually voted, Exp was likely only briefly in danger. @Experience, any thoughts on a near-but-not-so-near death experience?
• Raven only posted at the very end of the first cycle. They could have died this cycle which IMO gives somewhat a village lean, but I would like to hear more from @TheRavenHasLanded.
• Spirit's first post and only vote was on Raven.
• TalnFan posted once, suspecting Exp and TwinStorm, but didn't vote in spreadsheet. Would like to see more from @#1 Taln Fan (who perhaps gets many pings) as well.
• Steel posted once with a vote on TwinStorm.
• TJ's first post was a distrust of + vote on Kelsier, and a vote count that is handy. Otherwise kept that as is, but has good insights - but also might be more willing to try and take thread control, which would make some sense with a Mark kill. 
• Ashbringer's first post was an RP post that included a poke vote on Raven. I also posted a few other times but self-analysis is only sometimes my strong suit.

 

Hmm.

@|TJ|, why put KelsierApologist / Polly in Null? I'm actually reading them more Elim as of now, with some vote discrepancies. Would be somewhat willing to go back to Spirit or to Nemora.

[|TJ| he/him]

28 minutes ago, Ashbringer said:

@|TJ|, why put KelsierApologist / Polly in Null? I'm actually reading them more Elim as of now, with some vote discrepancies. Would be somewhat willing to go back to Spirit or to Nemora.

I think it was her confusion regarding the voting system - i.e., assuming all your votes on the sheet would be counted. Sure, confusion could be faked but I don't think that's the case here. Also, her reaffirming vote on Exp looks good on her imo. We know Joe is village and if Raven is evil, she could have left her vote on Joe to save evil!Raven. If not, voting on a side-train is usually where elims hide, but in this case - Exp already had a lot of focus on him and voting for Exp really cannot be seen as hiding in a side-train imo

[OoklaApologist She/her]

7 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

not reflected in the Spreadsheet

Just going to preemptively apologize for this, I reflected it at the time, but since I didn’t really know what the deal was with the sheet, I changed the order of my votes. I just messed up lol 

For future reference, my vote went Exp -> Joe -> Twinstorm -> Exp

Edited March 12, 2025 by KelsierApologist
spag

[Lord Spirit he/him]

Johnny dislikes how quiet everyone is. There should be more discussion. Either nobody is paying attention, which is not good when your gang is being betrayed, or they plan on waiting to vote until the last minute, which he definitely does not like. It makes it hard to accurately read people when they don't talk. He's inclined to keep human around for now, and his only thought is that he finds The Crazed's vote on them to be suspicious. He definitely does not the situation right now.

[OoklaApologist She/her]

So, I’m don’t have any substantial evidence for anyone being an elim right now, but I’m going to second Ashbringer’s gut read on Lord Spirit.

[xxGaea They/Them, Fae/Faer]

Didn't have time to really post anything this cycle cuz of an allergic reaction dkfnasdk but seconding gut-read on Kelsier

[Steeldancer he/him]

Voting Easel to break the tie. Don't have a good reason for it, sorry, I just feel having some sort of definitive vote is better than leaving it to the dice gods

[xxGaea They/Them, Fae/Faer]

Just now, Steeldancer said:

Voting Easel to break the tie. Don't have a good reason for it, sorry, I just feel having some sort of definitive vote is better than leaving it to the dice gods

Current vote count:
KelsierApologist (2): Ashbringer, Nemoras Enchanted Easel
Nemoras Enchanted Easel (2): |TJ|, Steeldancer
Ashbringer (1): Twinstorm
Lord Spirit (1): KelsierApologist
Twinstorm (1): Lord Spirit
 

So still a tie, lol

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

Cycle closed!

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

"Eenie, meenie, minie, moe, catch a Turncoat by their—"

POW!

~

Welcome to QF74 Cycle Three - The Turning of the Coat!

TJ has been killed! He was a Bandit!

KelsierApologist has been executed! She was a Turncoat!

Votecount:

KelsierApologist (2): Ashbringer, Nemoras Enchanted Easel

Nemoras Enchanted Easel (2): |TJ|, Steeldancer

Ashbringer (1): Twinstorm

Lord Spirit (1): KelsierApologist 

Twinstorm (1): Lord Spirit

You can vote here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q9v6dRjeQQOR9nkhPwjhXR7pUjDDyOYMZ-NM2toAAXk/edit?usp=drivesdk

Please place your first vote in the Vote One section, your second in the Vote Two section, and so on. Please also send in a vote to your GMPM each time you do so. Tampering with the votes of anyone else is strictly prohibited. 

Things to Remember:

• You may only post 8 times in this thread! 
• No breaking the laws of causality by conversing within edits
• This cycle will end tomorrow the 13th of March at 12:30 Central Time. 
• Have fun!

Player list

Spoiler

• @A Joe in the Bush as The Suspicious Man, who's a Turncoat, just not that kind Bandit
• @Nemoras Enchanted Easel as The Nameless Whisperer, who gave the snitches their stitches 
• @KelsierApologist as The Enforcer, who you definitely don't want to mess with Turncoat
• @TwinStorm as The Crazed, a jester without a court
• @TheRavenHasLanded as Twice Fooled, Once Crazy, who really needs to learn that he can close his eyes
• @Lord Spirit as Johnny Goodman, who is making this gang a walking Spiderman meme
• @#1 Taln Fan as Billy Joe, who eats almost as much as me
• @Steeldancer as nobody, nobody worth your notice that is
• @|TJ| as a worrywart, who worries about things that I, in my infinite wisdom, have already though about Bandit
• @Ashbringer as Human, who, despite the blue skin and abnormal size, is Very Human
• @Mark IV as Lamron, who is going to explode when he tries to escape the Bendalloy bubble  Bandit

 

Edited March 13, 2025 by The Unknown Flame

[Steeldancer he/him]

Rubs temples

I'm currently caught between glee at catching an elim and complete embarrassment at my vote. In my defense, when I voted the vote totals were really all at 1, Nemora must have changed their vote right after before the turn ended. Which I apologize for voting for you Nemora, that pretty much hard clears you. Thankfully the 50/50 went our way, though I'll admit having votes go to 50/50 twice in a row is a bit distasteful in my opinion. I stand by my statement from last cycle, I feel an actual solid vote is usually much more productive than letting the dice gods decide. 

[xxGaea They/Them, Fae/Faer]

Hmmmmm I am still vaguely sus of you now Steel--but that is fair, since I only managed to get on the Shard fully 5 mins before rollover, lol.

Okay, so with the newest reveal, I think Exp is probably a Bandit, since Kelsier voted for them first post in Cycle 1. I also think that Ashbringer is a bandit, since they were the first to vote on Kelsier this last cycle.

Based on gut-feeling from re-reading the last two threads, I am vaguely sus of TwinStorm, and LordSpirit. For now, I will place my vote on Twin.

I don't currently have enough info to really have reads on anyone else tbh.

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

I swear, I swear I’m alive, just on vacation right now. Will try to talk more this cycle

[Ashbringer he/him]

Well, that's nice. Although once again the Elims keep going for people I also suspect (even if I downplay by how much).

Exp, TalnFan, Raven, we do need you all. Especially if the Eliminators are hunting for active players, getting in a scenario with too many inactive players later on is bad news.

KelsierApologist's bouncing votes would make sense as a mistake, but also could be back to a temporary bus of Exp... not sure what to make of it. Steel also did vote to try and save Polly, which... hmm.

 

4 hours ago, Steeldancer said:

Voting Easel to break the tie. Don't have a good reason for it, sorry, I just feel having some sort of definitive vote is better than leaving it to the dice gods

4 hours ago, Steeldancer said:

Rubs temples

I'm currently caught between glee at catching an elim and complete embarrassment at my vote. In my defense, when I voted the vote totals were really all at 1, Nemora must have changed their vote right after before the turn ended. Which I apologize for voting for you Nemora, that pretty much hard clears you. Thankfully the 50/50 went our way, though I'll admit having votes go to 50/50 twice in a row is a bit distasteful in my opinion. I stand by my statement from last cycle, I feel an actual solid vote is usually much more productive than letting the dice gods decide. 

Hmm. Some of this I agree with - it would be nice to not have to plead for the Gods of Luck and Chance. But some I don't, because of certain things.

Steel did hop on to Nemora, who I didn't entirely trust, as opposed to Spirit (who Polly was voting on), or TwinStorm (who I'm somewhat null on) or me (who I trust fairly well). But still.

Hey @#1 Taln Fan, you know Steel well  how genuine do you think these posts are?

 

2 hours ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

I swear, I swear I’m alive, just on vacation right now. Will try to talk more this cycle

We will watch your career with great interest...

 

@Experience, we all seem to trust you and could use your insights on things as well. (That goes for all of you, or at least the last part does.)

 

Edit: I see you, upvoting my post and not posting. Unless you're ghosts in which case I don't see you.

Edited March 12, 2025 by Ashbringer

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

I don’t know who to vote tbh, I’m e leaning TwinStorms for some reason tho. No votes for me tho

[Ashbringer he/him]

@TwinStorm @#1 Taln Fan @Lord Spirit @Experience

If the pattern of Elims killing actives holds I won’t be around to ping much longer.

TwinStorm, prepare to die!

[xxGaea They/Them, Fae/Faer]

This game has definitely gotten a lot more quiet with the most active of players dying off--doesn't seem likely that we'll even break to a second page this cycle, since there are only a little more than 2 hours left.

Currently, vote count is:
Twinstorm (2): Ashbringer, Nemoras Enchanted Easel

 

21 hours ago, Steeldancer said:

I'm currently caught between glee at catching an elim and complete embarrassment at my vote. In my defense, when I voted the vote totals were really all at 1, Nemora must have changed their vote right after before the turn ended. Which I apologize for voting for you Nemora, that pretty much hard clears you. Thankfully the 50/50 went our way, though I'll admit having votes go to 50/50 twice in a row is a bit distasteful in my opinion. I stand by my statement from last cycle, I feel an actual solid vote is usually much more productive than letting the dice gods decide. 

19 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

Hmm. Some of this I agree with - it would be nice to not have to plead for the Gods of Luck and Chance. But some I don't, because of certain things.

Steel did hop on to Nemora, who I didn't entirely trust, as opposed to Spirit (who Polly was voting on), or TwinStorm (who I'm somewhat null on) or me (who I trust fairly well). But still.

Also, the more I think about this, the more my suspicion towards Steel grows. It is definitely plausible that he didn't notice my vote--but I was actively in the spreadsheet when another anon user popped in and voted--the first name put in the vote was for LordSpirit, and then after a minute or so, the vote was switched to me. I did also post and vote roughly a minute before Steel did at the end of last cycle.

Again, I can see an argument for not having noticed my vote--but it feels odd to me that LordSpirit was the original vote, before switching to me, which tied it up with Kelsier.

I may be tunneling, but either way I think I will def be voting Steel next round.

Edited March 13, 2025 by Nemoras Enchanted Easel
updating vote tally

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Uhh.. idk

all my guesses voted the elim out, so I guess... Lord Spirit?

[#1 Taln Fan he/him]

19 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

Exp, TalnFan, Raven, we do need you all.

Sorry, I've been in bed all day yesterday with a high fever and a migraine 

19 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

Hey @#1 Taln Fan, you know Steel well  how genuine do you think these posts are?

I think they def could be genuine, but I'm not sure so I won't pass judgment this round

I'll vote for Twinstorm because he voted me first round 

[Lord Spirit he/him]

Johnny definitely is not surprised that they had managed to eliminate a turncoat with the amount of ties going on. He's glad to see that people seemed to be unified in voting The Crazed, who he had suspected last cycle. However, the lack of concern about probably being eliminated seems to imply to Johnny that the madman either was a loyal member of the gang, or he's actually mad.  He doesn't have any major suspicions, so he decides to vote for Nobody.