Gears

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What if there were two people and both were wearing infinitely many hats?

I would love to engage in this activity. Warning, I read incredibly quickly [for context, I read Oathbringer in 3 hours].

I shall make yet another decision matrix, this time based on Ventyl's alignment and Matrim's alignment. Elim!Ventyl, elim!Matrim: The choice of squire makes sense, but why would Matrim claim? That would only bring suspicion on Matrim if Ventyl flipped elim and suspicion on Ventyl if Matrim flipped elim. Theoretically possible, but unlikely. Elim!Ventyl, village!Matrim: Ventyl squired Matrim to pocket. This seems to have paid off, as Matrim is diverting suspicion away from Ventyl. I automatically assumed this because it makes no sense for elim!Matrim to claim, so assuming Ventyl is an elim [which was a necessary assumption at the time as I was attempting to conclude how Ventyl could have been an elim] Matrim is most likely a villager. Village!Ventyl, elim!Matrim: This is possible [20%-25% of the people are elims], but unlikely, as I also cannot comprehend why Matrim would claim in this case. An argument could be made for trying to gain credibility when Ventyl was lynched, but it seems to have had the opposite effect. Village!Ventyl, village!Matrim: More likely than village!Ventyl elim!Matrim, though claiming was still a poor decision as Ventyl could have definitely been an elim and Matrim has now made themself a viable kill target for the elims. If this is the case, we are probably doomed, as all of the lynch candidates are villagers. Conclusion: The most likely options are village!Matrim, so we should lynch Ventyl, not Matrim. @Elbereth, @The Young Pyromancer, I regret to inform you that your votes on Matrim have split the Ventyl/Matrim vote, and as such, I will die. The Matrim lynch will probably not take off in the next 3.5 hours [if it does, ignore what I have to say], so I request you move your votes back to Ventyl. If you would rather lynch me than Ventyl, then you may ignore my advice. Sadly, both of you appear to be asleep, so I am probably dead unless you make the effort to be awake before rollover.

"I'll definitely check in with you if he doesn't have the right stuff," the Anarchist said. "Thanks for the tip." "Smoke bombs, concussive bombs, fireballs, sticky bombs, anything really," the Anarchist said.

Out of all the players, I find Ventyl most suspicious, with Matrim in a distant second. However, the possibility that Ventyl is a villager should not be ignored. My suspicions can and will be wrong [as evidenced by QF45]. All eventualities should be planned for. To better explain my thought process, I have made a decision matrix based on the 2 axis of lynching Ventyl and Ventyl being an elim. Ventyl is lynched, elim: We get an elim. Very good. Ventyl is lynched, villager: We mislynch, but we have a lot of material to work with. Not that awful. Ventyl is not lynched, elim: We have let an elim slip under the radar. Very bad. Ventyl is not lynched, villager: We have let a villager live. Moderately alright. In my opinion, it is better to lynch Ventyl. The worst scenario occurs when we do not lynch, the best scenario occurs when we do lynch, and the other two scenarios aren't that bad.

Ah. Language is difficult at the best of times. My apologies.

Elim!Ventyl could have squired village!Matrim to appear more trustworthy.

Non-sequitur. If I flip village, the best course of action is to investigate those who voted on me, and the most suspicous of those is Ventyl.

Crash blossoms.

Viva la revolution!

*as he fell, the universe glitched and everything was sent ever so slightly askew* *the rainbow shatters into infinitely numerous infinitesimal shards of light*

If anyone has any alignment scanners, keep them to yourself. The elims will kill you ASAP if they know you have one. For that matter, any incredibly useful item should be kept secret unless you are going to die anyways.

I would indeed endorse Ventyl first, as you being an elim only makes sense if Ventyl is an elim.

*except for the clowns who frown, but they don't matter* *a man in a white suit and tie stepped forth from the aether* *and everyone fell down down down deeper darker down down down deeper darker down*

*but the balloon sword popped*

*a kite falls out of the sky, squashing the clown*

*a mime leaps out of the shadows, tackling the clown*

Fear not, the rebellion has been successfully quashed.

In addition, Ventyl and I could both be villagers. If you wish to lynch me, you have my consent to proceed, but you need a plan for when I flip village. I recommend lynching Ventyl and Matrim posthaste.

An argument could be made for the fact that Ventyl squired you to gain your trust and create an adamant defender.

I find you hard to believe after allegedly trying to go back to repeatedly inspiring fear using ragtag groups of suspicious looking clowns despite resistance.

Tram-mļöi hhâsmařpţuktôx.

Colouring the corners of six-dimensional cubes.

That was a hypothetical that is very much unlikely. I do not actively believe him to be lying, but the possibility bears pondering.