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I see arguing much more this cycle pointless, since y'all won't believe anything I say. But I am also going to vote for Hrathen to kill Meta. Interesting assumptions you make, indeed, oh Ruler of Shadows. While I agree that screwy things are happening, I am not actually lying, and I am as incredibly confused as you are. I am not certain what happened, all I know is what I was told. There is always the possibility of a secret bodyguard-esque role--it is partially a Joe game, after all. It just seems like you are making a lot of assumptions on how things must have happened. Nevertheless, you will see soon enough next cycle, since a tie vote means I will move from injured to hoed. Maybe you'll believe me when I flip Village.

So, I am not sure what happened last cycle. The GM's pmed me saying my target was protected, and that I was attacked and also protected. So I am honestly super confused by what the heck is happening. Also, I won't be on much today. I woke up at 6 30 this morning and was throwing up until 10 30. I am starting to feel better now, but.

I was under the impression that the Spirits could have a max of six players? With two already being dead, that's why I figured the are three to four left.

Alright, so. When I first saw that three good peoples died this round, I kinda gave up hope of being able to win anymore. But then I realized, by looking through the rules and everything, that it is still entirely possible for us to win. In order for the Spirits to win, they have to either outnumber us or kill/convert Shaor. We now know that there are at least three Spirits, and a max of four Spirits. If there are four spirits, they have no conversations left. Meaning that Shaor would be safe from conversion. [to note, this is not at all me telling Shaor to claim, since there is no way for us to know for sure if the Spirits have used all their conversations or not.] Now, the ways that someone can currently die are by the lynch or by a Wildmen kill. Meaning that the lynch is the only way to kill Shaor, since it is not possible for the Wildmen to attack Shaor. So as long as we don't lynch Shaor, we should be safe from that win-con. With there being a max of four Spirits, we have a bit of a cushion left for the second win-condition of the Spirits. As long as we are more careful with our Wildmen kills, we still have a few cycles to root out the remaining Spirits. As for the Independents, I think we should closely watch Fifth. Since they seemed like such an obvious choice for conversion--for being the leader of the Shqueeves lynch--that made us pseudotrust him not being converted. As was mentioned when I brought this up in the Wildmen doc, it is a huge IKYK situation, because our thinking the Spirits wouldn't convert Fifth because of how obvious they were makes them actually a really good conversion, since we'd think they wouldn't convert such an obvious choice. ----I am more inclined to agree with Bard after reading his post, that it seems unlikely for it to be Fifth, which leaves the plausible options as Meta and five others that I don't really have a read on. I don't really trust Bard at all, so I am wondering if Bard and Meta are the two Spirits in the Independents. [Also, @Fifth Scholar, mind shooting me a PM?] On the other Independents, I don't really have a read on Devotary, Drought, or Walin, so not much to say there. I have had a bad gutread on MetaTerminal for a long time--which I did bring up in cycle two, I believe. Ahhhh, I'm just not sure what to think right now. Haha, yea I would like us to stop the self-targeting. I am not sure who attacked Alvron and Lopen--although it was brought up in the doc that it is possible that Lopen was the bodyguard and was guarding Alvron. I was under the impression that the Wildmen were targeting Steeldancer, since his posts had felt off. The attack on Alvron has made me slightly less suspicious of him--but I'm not entirely certain of that.

My suspicions of CadCom had mainly been due to getting a weird vibe from their posts in-thread, but I have since become more suspicious of Bard, as well.

Considering [now confirmed by @I think I am here.'s scan] that there is a Spirit in the Wildmen, they already know the list of possible Shaor's. I still think it could be CadCom, as I have held suspicions of them since the beginning, but I will hold off on voting for now. I didn't realize you knew who all the Independents were, but as far as I know, you are the only person that has that information. While it is good to keep information hidden from the elim team, we're at a point where they likely know more than we do, so collaborating as best we can would be to our benefit. The reason I was making the suggestion is because, at this point in the game, it seemed unlikely that the Spirits don't know who everyone's faction is. I'm not really sure how else to defend myself, so I will leave it at that for now. I somehow managed to stay awake until 5 33 in the morning again, so I kinda wanna sleep. I'll pop on later today, once I awaken.

Oh my goodness, that write-up was hilariously amazing @Domi in the Dark. At this point, I feel like we should reveal who is in our remaining factions, so we can try and sort out all the Independents. It seems likely that there is at least one spirit in each faction, so it would do more good than harm now.

I don't know if it applies to conversations or not--I doubt it. It also doesn't apply to lynches, I'm fairly certain? Could be wrong on that though, would have to consult @Jaddeth in the Bush and @Domi in the Dark on that for clarification.

Wait, what? I'll admit, I forgot that Fifth couldn't have been converted last cycle, since Karata was. But, he is a prime conversation this cycle--or they could throw a curve and not convert him since it is the obvious thing to do. Also, Karata was not added to another doc, as confirmed by @Jaddeth in the Bush in the faction doc I am apart of. Another thing to note that is in the rules, it doesn't matter who the Bodyguard decides to protect, because that protection is automatically rerouted to Shaor should he/she be attacked. Additionally, I have been saying I've been suspicious of CadCom since I posted last cycle.

I am going to hold off on voting for now, but I think both Elandera and Fifth should be targeted. Fifth obviously has a lot of useful information, shown by the Shqueeves lynch, so it would be within reason to think that the Spirits converted them by now. On the other hand, I agree that Elandera is most likely to be the newly converted Karata. So I think one should be targeted by the vote, and the other should be the target of the Wildmen.

Hahaha, I was wondering if anyone was gonna call me out for lurking. Sorry I've not been active on the thread. I have just been watching interactions and posts from the shadows, and keeping track of my thoughts in my fancy lil spreadsheet. But! I am here, and I will post my reads~ Fifth Scholar; I have slight suspicions against Fifth right now, because it hasn't felt like they have offered all that much in the way of useful information for the village. Their attempt to start a lynch on Shqueeves makes me a bit less suspicious, since it throws a very large amount of suspicion onto them should Shqueeves flip innocent. xinoehp512; I don't have any reads either way on xinoehp so far, as everything they've said has felt pretty nai. Kidpen; I have a stronger Spirit read on Kidpen than I do many others, because they haven't seemed to offer anything useful for the village. Even their vote on Shqueeves doesn't offer any reasoning. It just feels really suspicious to me. Brightness Radiant; The biggest reason I have a slight suspicion of Brightness is because she has proven very good at appearing village when evil. But she is offering things that feel villagery. Devotary of Spontaneity; Hasn't really given much useful information and, like Kidpen, doesn't really offer a reason for also voting on Shqueeves. Elandera; Feels pretty village to me, because they offer explanations for their actions and overall I just get a village read. Steeldancer; I am fairly suspicious of Steel this game, since he hasn't really said or done much. Walin; Much like with xinoehp, I don't really have any read one way or another on Walin. Cadmium Compounder; CadCom is actually the person I am the most suspicious of. I don't know exactly why, but all their posts have felt incredibly off to me. They also vote on Shqueeves without really giving their own reasoning or suspicion, which makes me even more suspicious. Mailliw73; Not sure what it is about Mailliw, but I do have a very small amount of suspicion for him. It is not a very high suspicion, since he has been so helpful to the village so far. I am unsure what to think about him. I think I am here; The reasoning they give to vote on Shqueeves feels a bit off to me, so I am slightly suspicious of them. Alvron; You just always have to be suspicious of Alv. It's obligatory. Regardless, I don't have a read one way or another on him--unsurprising, tho. Straw; I have a small amount of suspicion of Straw, but that is more gut than anything else. Droughtdrinker; Drought feels pretty village to me, but there is still a tint of suspicion from gutreading. I am conflicted. TheMightyLopen; I have no reads on way or another on Lopen. Shqueeves; I don't actually really have much of a read on Shqueeves. I am going to refrain from voting on them until they offer counter on suspicions lobbed at them. I am leary to take Fifth at their word, as well. MetaTerminal; I am vastly suspicious of Meta. I dunno. They say they are a new player, and a lot of their actions feel like what a new player would do. However, they talk like they know what they are talking about, and don't blatantly play the new player card. It feels a lot more subtle than that, which makes me really suspicious. As someone who tried to play the new player card when I first started playing SE on this site, I am predisposed to be suspicious of those who seem to be deflecting suspicion by being a new player. ElephantEarwax; Again, just going with the flow on the vote on Shqueeves without giving their own reasoning or suspicion. Coop772; Coop feels very suspicious to me. They've been posting a lot, but it has mostly been rp. There isn't anything wrong with posting rp, by any means, but their rp feels empty. It is a good way to seem like you are contributing without actually offering anything. So! Now that all that is out of the way...I am going to place a vote on Cadmium Compounder, since as I said, they are who I am the most suspicious of. As has been said, we still have another day to discuss things, and I don't want to have us only focus on Shqueeves. On the off-chance that Fifth is a Spirit trying to waste two cycles, this way we are still having discussion on other possible Spirits.

Just popping by to say sorry for being inactive this first cycle. I'll be able to do stuff tomorrow, but I just started a new job yesterday and today, so I don't have any energy left right now.//cant remember how to bluetext on mobile, sorry//

drawn out sigh Sure. Why not. I'll sign up. Because I love torture, evidently. =p I'll join as a black-haired woman who likes chaos, Astraea.

Hm...unfortunately I think I am going to have to bow out. I am realizing that starting a game at the same time of the first week of the term is likely a very bad idea. xP Might I collect a link to the spec doc instead?

Mm, this looks like a fun game. I would like to sign up as Altea, a mysterious young woman.

I just voted with where the vote flow had just moved to. The flow of the thread had shifted after I started reading, so I just went with what had been the most recent. Apologies for not answering your question sooner.

So, I'm not entirely certain how to defend myself at this point, because I played this game very stupidly. I was wanting to get back into SE'ing, and thought a QF would be a good way to go about doing it. There's been a lot going on between school, work, and life in general, so my attention has been a bit split. The voting on Orlok day one really was an honest mistake--even though it would be amazing to say that I had a meticulous plan all along. At least my suspicion of Elenion was right, so that's neat. Although, my reason for suspicion was false, which is amusing. Based on gut-reads alone, I would say that Eternum is the next person I am suspicious of, without much to really back my claim up. I suppose his posts have just felt generally 'off' to me, and he hasn't really been saying all that much this game. Granted, nor have I, but still and all. I am accepting and welcoming of my death, as I don't really see a way out of it, lol. I just hope y'all are able to find the real Sophie before she kills the rest of you. Imma stay up on the thread while working on homework, so I will try and answer any responses to explain my stance or anything of that sort more.

Just popping in to say I will respond and post my thoughts once I get home from work. My lunch break is going to be ending soon, so I don't have time to post anything more than this now. Just, I am here, and I will elaborate and post more thoughts in a few more hours.

Okay! Now that I no longer have [medically prescribed] drugs in my system, I can actually think clearly! I should still be taking aforementioned medication, but I decided I didn't want to anymore so...I stopped. This means that I just spent the last hour or so going over all the posts in the game so far, and finally got to do some lovely analyzing~ So, the players that stick out the most to me as suspicious are Elenion and Elandera. A lot of how I go about analyzing and gathering my suspicions is by gut-reading, but I do have reasons other than just that. That being said, I am only covering the three I mentioned above because they are the ones I got the biggest vibes from. I don't have feelings towards Drought one way or another, since he hasn't posted enough for me to get a solid read yet. For @Elenion, my main reason for suspicion is from the first cycle. He seemed to push the idea that a lynch for day one would help the village, when it doesn't give any real information to the village. My suspicion on him are soft, as the majority of his other posts have felt more village-y. @Elandera is the person I am most suspicious of, after reading through everything up until this point. So far, their posts haven't really seemed to help us gain any real information. They haven't really voiced any suspicions, only why they have village reads on players. Other than that, their posts have just felt off to me. They feel like they are making an effort to appear to be contributing to discussion, without it really looking like they are. Their posts have felt like they lacked any real discussion, other than more or less going with the flow and giving non-committal reasons for why they are.

Mm, I apologize for my lack of contribution thus far in the game. Have been having issues with focusing lately, as well as schoolwork fun things. I haven't really been able to get many reads from people, so I am just going to go with the flow of votes this cycle, and place my vote on Bort, as well. I will try and actually do some speculations in the next cycle or so, I am just currently on annoying medication that makes it reallllllly hard to focus on things.

See guys? I knew what I was doing! I just wanted to make sure Orlok would be the one who became immune. I am really sorry, I panicked in the last second. I was going to be adding my vote to Coop, but my fingers decided otherwise.

Mm, might as well throw my own vote on Orlok, then. Won't be super active next cycle, apologies.

@Bort I apologize for my silence in the game thus far. I have been observing from the shadows, as I do not really have anything to add at this point in time. I haven't felt any contribution I could make would be worthwhile, so I instead decided to watch how other players would speak and interact with each other in an attempt to potentially find out who Sophie is early on. Thus far, I have not come up with anyone.

yesssssss. join ussssssss.

I have decided that I would like to sign up, please~ I will get back to you with a name as soon as I finish reading the first chapter~ //EDIT// I have decided that I will play with the name of O7npC.