PookaMustard: Okay so I show up today and I find two interesting things!
1. Flocke immediately votes Catventurer right out of the gate as if she hasn't heard of the phenomenon known as "quick hammering".
2. Catventurer wants to be voted out of the game so badly.
1 is IMO the most interesting thing here this phase because not only did Flocke invite scum to quick hammer with her, but also scum... didn't actually quick hammer? In all these hours? I find that hard to believe.
Unless... one of Catventurer or Flocke is already scum.
On one hand, Catventurer's increased frustration as she puts more effort into the game but still ends up under scrutiny, and now what appears to be severe pressure to the point of wanting to self-vote herself out of the game might mean she's scum. I mean, I've seen Scum Catventurer before, and she really, really, really hates being scum.
But that would be too easy of a guess, wouldn't it be? Yes, yes it would be. Because Catventurer has been a strong player from the start and has persisted throughout the game, doing above and beyond what everyone else has been doing in the game, scum included. If she was scum, she could have easily blended in the background and let a more experienced scum mate take both the lead and the fall for her. So I have a hard time believing this is Scum Catventurer, even if her frustration is worse than the last time I have seen an actual Scum Catventurer. If she is scum, she's still in a position where she neither needs to be this invested into the game nor as frustrated as she is - her two scumbuddies can and would have done the heavy lifting.
That means the real deal here is Flocke. From the get-go, as scene, he's taken something I said out of its context, twisting it to make it look like something else for his own nefarious purposes, or so it appeared at the time. If Scene had talked it out more with me, I'd have been more willing to believe it was Town-on-Town violence like some people were proposing at the time.
But as the game goes on with him being replaced with Flocke, she feels even more nefarious than the original scene! Quite an achievement if you ask me. I don't know, but the general vibe of her is just ever so off, couple that with her jumping from myself early on to Catventurer as of late during the previous phase. Of course, if Catventurer is Town, she would be the prime takedown target for scum as things have been shaky ground for Cat Savior, so it would've been easier to take her out there.
Of course the yogsloth wagon emerging out of nowhere was a gift to scum and I can't believe we just walked right into it
again. It's interesting that at the time, it appeared as if I had the final say on whether we yeet the sloth or let the Reformer Accuser do the accusing. I just double checked to see the final vote results for the previous phase and... look at that.
Flocke. Was the only vote on Catventurer, while almost everyone else piled on yogsloth. Was she distancing from her fellow scum?
I've always been serious about my scumread of scene and now Flocke. Now, the question presents itself. Are you guys actually serious about taking down some scum? If we vote just one scum out of the Conclave, they have to deal with two more phases, but now in a weaker position than before, it'll be much easier to hunt the other two if we vote out just one today. But if we vote a Catholic out, we lose. Let's not botch this up.
Investigate FlockeSchnee. This is my feeling also. I would love to vote for Flocke with you. Seeing as the game hasn't ended yet after 6 hours of your vote on Flocke makes for two possible reasons aswell.
- Either (I think less likely) you are scum and voting on a town!flocke who is voting on scum!cat.
- Or (more likely) it's scum!flocke voting for town!cat (so no quickhammer possible there unless a town joins in) and your vote on scum!flocke still stands, well because it's on scum so no quickhammer there either.
But be that as it may. I really meant what I said, I will not use my voting powers without yogs saying that and who I should vote for. Especially now that Farky is suspecting me scum, just one town vote on me and scum could quickhammer to win, so I wanna make it absolutely clear that I am not scum by giving my voting power to a proven townie.