[COMPLETE] Humble Vale Mafia

[Flyg0n]

Mademoiselle looked at the Palkia incredulously. "Are you trying to paint a target on your back?"

[[Bad idea. If you're being truthful, you just gave the anti-town a the means of getting rid of Town's protection. There were better ways of defending yourself here and this admittedly has caused me to side-eye you even more as it's a convenient claim to make.

Also, I am firmly against abstaining today. Not only can we give ourselves an early leg up against anti-town if we lynch correctly but I feel that we're taking a massive risk with two potential nightkills.



Could you elaborate further?]]

Fry would like to know why risking hitting a friend when everyone seems uncertain will help. He's not against it, but he is confused.

 

[Equitial]

do you actually feel jackie is at risk of being eliminated because i don’t tbh

It’s more that I want them to do something else. They’re kind of just sitting there on a target no one agrees with. Like Yellow said, I’d like if they put up a defense of themself. But it hasn’t been forthcoming, so they’re an aggrieved player so let see who else they gun for

 

[HelloYellow17]

not shading you but i am a bit frustrated that everyone’s read on me seems to amount to “her posting is fine but i vaguely don’t like her for some reason none of us can explain “ bc i can’t help but feel like that has to be on some level borne out of comparison to my previous play and i’m not sure what i can do really to emphasize that i’m playing differently on purpose and it is irrelevant to my alignment


do you actually feel jackie is at risk of being eliminated because i don’t tbh

Rui listened as the strange man spoke through…a translator of some kind? She wasn’t sure where that extra voice was coming from.

“I…I don’t know how to feel about you, yet, and I’ll admit I don’t trust you,” she said to AZ. “But you haven’t done anything to hurt anyone yet…I just don’t know.”

She glanced at DW. “I do think you’ve been sort of hurting the good guys with your accusations, though. Though maybe you don’t really mean to…but I don’t understand your logic! You seem perfectly okay with voting someone out today, even if they’re innocent!”

 

[kyeugh]

Could you elaborate further?]]

"you should vote to make people think you're town rather than to hunt who you think is scum" is what mafia should be doing, not town. pressuring someone to do that by suggesting they look scummy otherwise feels bad

 

[HelloYellow17]

"you should vote to make people think you're town rather than to hunt who you think is scum" is what mafia should be doing, not town. pressuring someone to do that by suggesting they look scummy otherwise feels bad

[[…oh. When you put it like that…HECK.

Shoot I just thought of something…what if Equi is hostile third party? And he can communicate with aliens to try to find them so he knows who is bulletproof? I felt like his fervent questioning of my role was a tad weird (though I won’t hold that against him because all these roles are weird and WHY do we have so many messengers) but this makes a lot of sense. He knows enough about aliens to fake claim as one, all while he tries to sniff out the other aliens and present as friendly???

Idk maybe this is crazy. I’m not gonna vote for him today because this is literally just a lightbulb “what if” theory that went off in my head annnnd maybe I’m galaxy-braining here—someone please tell me if I am, lol. But…it’s possible???]]

 

[Inkedust]

Fry would like to know why risking hitting a friend when everyone seems uncertain will help. He's not against it, but he is confused.

[[An abstain will benefit anti-town far more than town at this stage in the game with two potential nightkills. We abstain today and whoops! Pro-town players are down by 2 while anti-town walk away unscathed.

"you should vote to make people think you're town rather than to hunt who you think is scum" is what mafia should be doing, not town. pressuring someone to do that by suggesting they look scummy otherwise feels bad

I see. What about your feeling on DW?]]

 

[Flyg0n]

[[An abstain will benefit anti-town far more than town at this stage in the game with two potential nightkills. We abstain today and whoops! Pro-town players are down by 2 while anti-town walk away unscathed.



I see. What about your feeling on DW?]]

Fry still doesn't understand. He points out we don't have any strong 'scumreads'. He draws three lines in the dirt.

If they kill a good guy accidentally, good guys might be down three, right?

 

[Flyg0n]

Fry nodded. Mango was right. He decided he wanted to try and do something to help. Bless Shouty (AbraPunk). He had to try, after all. Then he looks at Dawning Wind and hisses.

So far he does not like this one. Maybe he will change his mind later but... Curse Dawning Winds

[[…oh. When you put it like that…HECK.

Shoot I just thought of something…what if Equi is hostile third party? And he can communicate with aliens to try to find them so he knows who is bulletproof? I felt like his fervent questioning of my role was a tad weird (though I won’t hold that against him because all these roles are weird and WHY do we have so many messengers) but this makes a lot of sense. He knows enough about aliens to fake claim as one, all while he tries to sniff out the other aliens and present as friendly???

Idk maybe this is crazy. I’m not gonna vote for him today because this is literally just a lightbulb “what if” theory that went off in my head annnnd maybe I’m galaxy-braining here—someone please tell me if I am, lol. But…it’s possible???]]

Meanwhile, Fry also appreciates Mango's ideas. Even if she isn't right she seems good. Bless Mango (Hellow Yellow)

 

[Panoramic_Vacuum]

[[…oh. When you put it like that…HECK.

Shoot I just thought of something…what if Equi is hostile third party? And he can communicate with aliens to try to find them so he knows who is bulletproof? I felt like his fervent questioning of my role was a tad weird (though I won’t hold that against him because all these roles are weird and WHY do we have so many messengers) but this makes a lot of sense. He knows enough about aliens to fake claim as one, all while he tries to sniff out the other aliens and present as friendly???

Idk maybe this is crazy. I’m not gonna vote for him today because this is literally just a lightbulb “what if” theory that went off in my head annnnd maybe I’m galaxy-braining here—someone please tell me if I am, lol. But…it’s possible???]]

Steven shook his head. Unless Amy had forged a lot of their info, it didn't make sense. From what she had told him about the way her communication worked, there was no way for her to get any sort of information about another Alien's powers. "Their communication is similar to the way the Telemarketer works. In code."

"However, I do agree that there is a distinct possibility of one of the Aliens being mafia aligned, or have a win-con that is aligned with eliminating Town and maybe even their fellow Aliens. It seems as if your role, Rui, was it? Your role is one designed to reach out and connect with Aliens via one-way communication, and the Aliens, as I understand it, can only contact their own species, but with some kind of code."

Steven was pacing now, theories tumbling out. He'd had a lot of time to think, and figured at this point he might as well say what's on his mind. "So, coupled with the Telemarketer's info, there seems to be a common thread of players confirming each other and using that information to sus out those who are not part of the communication loop. This leads me to believe this game is meant to be solved over time, as players figure out how to connect with each other and what that connection means."

"Still, I am concerned about voting someone out today. With so much information circulating among the players, losing one link in the communication by mistake is a huge blow for anti-mafia factions. I would rather hunt mafia players first, as if it comes down to it, I have a very good idea of who those in the Alien faction are."

"Because of that, I choose to abstain from voting today. If we do lose two players in the night, we'll be right where we'd be if one player had died each night. In return we gain more information, specifically a mechanical confirmation of innocence from our Telemarketer."

"Speaking of..." Steven finally stopped pacing and raised his voice slightly, so that he could be heard no matter where the person might have been. "Telemarketer, I'm not entirely sure how your powers work, but if you can grant Town an extra boon along with your message tonight, please use a color in your message to deliver any extra information you may have about what we may ask, what your powers are, or what you can share with us to help prove another's innocence."

 

[HelloYellow17]

Fry nodded. Mango was right. He decided he wanted to try and do something to help. Bless Shouty (AbraPunk). He had to try, after all. Then he looks at Dawning Wind and hisses.

So far he does not like this one. Maybe he will change his mind later but... Curse Dawning Winds




Meanwhile, Fry also appreciates Mango's ideas. Even if she isn't right she seems good. Bless Mango (Hellow Yellow)

Rui blinked and looked down at the possum. Such odd powers…and it seemed like he could use them many times!

She crouched down and scratched Mango behind the ears with a smile. “Thank you! I’m…not sure what these blessings are, but I’m grateful!”

[[Just wanna clarify: is the “curse” a vote? Or is it something totally different?]]

 

[Bluwiikoon]

Fry nodded. Mango was right. He decided he wanted to try and do something to help. Bless Shouty (AbraPunk). He had to try, after all. Then he looks at Dawning Wind and hisses.

So far he does not like this one. Maybe he will change his mind later but... Curse Dawning Winds




Meanwhile, Fry also appreciates Mango's ideas. Even if she isn't right she seems good. Bless Mango (Hellow Yellow)

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[Bluwiikoon]

Popular opinion may not affect your read, but it does mean your train won’t get any traction. So far you’re the only other one with a vote on them, so if you know you’re innocent, shouldn’t you be better off trying a lesser scumread? I know you said you’re working on it, but it will be EOD still pretty soon.

@Bluwiikoon, I think maybe someone voted abstain?

I will skim and double check! ^^ Thank you for notifying me.

 

[Flyg0n]

Fry is glad he blessed Stone.



He trots over to the Tailless with the nice hair and sniffs his leg. Yes, this is a good one.

Fry also reluctantly revokes his curse on Dawning Winds.

 

[DawningWinds]

Curse Dawning Winds

What did you just do to me.

"you should vote to make people think you're town rather than to hunt who you think is scum" is what mafia should be doing, not town. pressuring someone to do that by suggesting they look scummy otherwise feels bad

You know. I did not think of that. I was damn well not gonna change my vote just because everyone *else* thought Jackie looked good and they said voting away would make me look better. But I didn't consider the ehhness of the people telling me I should.


However people's requests for a defense from me is valid, given there's avote on me and large number of other people side-eying me. I'm sorry to say I'm not very good at writing those (my three usual response to being sussed are claiming, avoiding the thread, or admitting the suss is a valid suss and not really doing anything, none of which will be currently effective in this scenario). I'll try and find the points against me and respond momentarily, though it would be extremely convenient if someone could compile them.

 

[IFBench]

"I-I'm abstaining, too," Gen said, clutching onto his reunion cape. "I-I don't feel comfortable...e-executing someone, e-especially since w-we don't know much y-yet."

 

[kyeugh]

[[…oh. When you put it like that…HECK.

Shoot I just thought of something…what if Equi is hostile third party? And he can communicate with aliens to try to find them so he knows who is bulletproof? I felt like his fervent questioning of my role was a tad weird (though I won’t hold that against him because all these roles are weird and WHY do we have so many messengers) but this makes a lot of sense. He knows enough about aliens to fake claim as one, all while he tries to sniff out the other aliens and present as friendly???

Idk maybe this is crazy. I’m not gonna vote for him today because this is literally just a lightbulb “what if” theory that went off in my head annnnd maybe I’m galaxy-braining here—someone please tell me if I am, lol. But…it’s possible???]]

i don't think it's that crazy, i think equi has made some weird posts that are getting overlooked because people have cleared him on account of his role (which is not guaranteed to be pro-town).

I see. What about your feeling on DW?]]

i don't know. their posting is cryptic and unhelpful and i feel they're being uncooperative, but it doesn't feel agendaed if that makes sense. sorry i can't say more right now, in class.

 

[HelloYellow17]

Rui fiddled with the pendant on her necklace and chewed her lip, lost in thought. While she understood and shared Mademoiselle’s concerns, she also knew that Mango made a good point: worse case scenario, they could lose three people in one day, and that…was a very scary thought.

There wasn’t enough info for her to feel comfortable risking that outcome. She sighed and said, “I think…I’m going to abstain for today, too.”

 

[Bluwiikoon]

DawningWinds votes kyeugh. (#182)
Equitial votes kyeugh. (#206)
Equitial unvotes kyeugh. (#217)
DawningWinds unvotes kyeugh. (#233)
(#) DawningWinds votes unrepentantAuthor. (#233)
Equitial votes Sinderella. (#327)
Equitial unvotes Sinderella. (#330)
Equitial votes DawningWinds. (#330)
Equitial unvotes DawningWinds. (#500)
Equitial votes AbraPunk. (#500)
Equitial unvotes AbraPunk. (#502)
(#) Equitial votes DawningWinds. (#502)
(#) Flyg0n votes abstain. (#508)
(#) Panoramic_Vacuum votes abstain. (#549)
(#) IFBench votes abstain. (#555)
(#) HelloYellow17 votes abstain. (#557)

Vote Tally thus far:
Abstain: 4 (Flyg0n, Panoramic_Vacuum, IFBench, HelloYellow17)
unrepentantAuthor: 1 (DawningWinds)
DawningWinds: 1 (Equitial)

 

[Inkedust]

"We're not shooting blindly!" Mademoiselle snapped. "We have narrowed down a pool of potential options to eliminate, even if we are uncertain. What if nothing changes tomorrow? What if you're just as uncertain then as you are now? Will you still abstain because you're 'unsure'?"

[[Not liking the move to abstain. Feels like the worse possible option at this point. Even with an accidental mislynch, we still get information out of it. Safest options now are DW, Q and possibly (?) Sind. I'm still side-eyeing Abra but I'd rather not lynch the Doctor, even if she is very likely to be targeted this night. Want to see DW's response before I cast any votes, however.]]

 

[Flyg0n]

Fry would like to point out he is more than open to some good arguments, he simply hasn't heard anything strong yet. However, he has some ideas for tomorrow, and plans to try to do something to help. He is nocturnal after all. If someone has some good reasons to try to get rid of someone today, he's still interested.