Tamamono

I was addressing you in the first sentence and Patrick in the second one.

I was addressing Patrick.

Really? Samuel, why would you pull a bluff like that? This makes you look a bit more innocent. I have to admit, most of the 'evidence' for suspecting you have now turned out to be false (the talking with Dmitri, the followed by the Peeping Tom). About the posts, it's not the length that's the problem. Making long posts is actually a good thing, but most (if not all) of what you say is just repeating what others have said. I'm really having a hard time sorting this all out. The scum have only been killing every once and a while, so I think they've been converting instead. At this point, there's probably around eight scum (from two different factions of course) and eight townies, so voting out a member of the town is not an option. I just don't know who to believe. Do I believe Dmitri and Patrick or do I believe Samuel? I'm going to have to think this over some more...

Sorry, I meant if people are willing to vote for him.

I suppose I could understand why he told you he was the inventor, but why on earth would he tell you about the supposed vest? So you could just steer clear of him and not waste a kill? That's pretty easy to say now that Stan's dead. The Peeping Tom watched you last night? Sandy, can you confirm this? What was Patrick doing? Has everyone already forgotten about Denis? He's a suspect too, y'know. Like Petra said, that's not a very good sign. It's only a good sign if the people who are the most suspicious aren't voting for him (Patrick isn't!). I'm still convinced that Patrick is scum, but nobody wants to vote for him. I guess I might as well Vote: Dmitri (Dragonator) I will switch my vote to Patrick if people actually seem willing him.

No, absolutely not! Earlier in the day I was curious to see who Dmitri 'investigated', but decided it was best if he kept it to himself to avoid that person getting killed off or converted. That's exactly what I have in mind, I'd just like to hear what Patrick has to say for himself first.

Okay, now I really believe you're naive or a scum. It's obvious Patrick is scum; it's like Samuel says, he's 'reeking of scum'. The way he puts together long drawn out posts filled with nothing but what everyone else has said is definitely something a scum would do- in fact, it's what Donil did! This contributes even more to my suspicions of Patrick and Dmitri. I've also been suspicious of Wilem. He was really outspoken and helpful on Day 1, but after that he barely spoke at all, and was almost never helpful. My theory is that the Russian Mafia converted him on Night 1.

"Since Jess has the least health, I'll heal her from the back row."

I agree; no Cop would give themselves away so easily. However, as I said earlier, I'm not ready to go killing off someone who could very well be our investigator. Against my better judgement, I'd like to hear who Dmitri investigated last night. You know, I remember a book called The Forest in which a red cow claimed to be an 'arsonist cop' to look for the furry creature who was burning down the village, but she made the mistake of claiming that she investigated those most pro-town, and was (rightfully) convicted for it. Dmitri's choice of targets seems rather like this type of scenario. He investigated Stanislav on Night 3 to test his results, when there were plenty of people (Ruxana in particular) who deserved to be investigated. Testing your results is not a bad idea, but it's best to do it on a slow Day/Night. That's very true. Just because someone is dead, that doesn't mean that they're automatically right. Well, I remember a soap opera I saw about a family of freakishly tall and articulated fleshies (I'm sure you remember that one too! ), in which a perfectly innocent character was wrong about everything- absolutely everything-, but he was still innocent. That's true. It could be that Samuel decided to tell several people about his role so that he could push suspicion off on them when Stanislav died, or it could even be that both you and Dmitri are town, and Wilem is scum. I understand; there really isn't any defense a vanilla can make for him/herself. I too am vanilla, so I wouldn't know what to say if someone decided that I was the best choice for a conviction. And really, you do make a pretty good case for yourself (even if most of it consisted of you explaining to us all that Samuel is wrong) in spite of that. However, it seem obvious that it's between you and Dmitri today, and I really don't want to lose the Town Cop, so I don't know what to do. I think it's important that we get a scum conviction today, so not voting isn't really the best idea in my opinion. Maybe now would be a good time to analyze voting records and behavioral patterns from the past few days.

I know. I remember hearing about a mafia family who had a problem with rats, and when five (or was it six?) of them got arrested, the rats were the ones wearing blue overalls. However, I think something along the lines of what Barbara noticed would be more likely.

Like I said; voting out Dmitri isn't a good way of testing him. I still think there's a chance he might be scum, but I'm not willing to risk losing the Cop- especially after what happened yesterday. Exactly. There was no reason for him to claim a poisoner role, especially if he really was one. Oh, no. That means she must have been the Strong-Arm Jack-of-All-Trades. I don't think it means anything. At first I was looking for clues in the plays, but they seem to be just for fun. Well, I'm sort of a dirty blonde, but I doubt Nazis let their soldiers have hair as lustrous unkempt as mine, so Dmitri was really the only choice for the role. I'm ready to vote out Denis, but I want to hear his defense first. Denis, why shouldn't we vote you out?

Another thing just occurred to me. Maybe Stanislav (unlikely, as he was the inventor) or Petr was the poisoner. They were killed on Night 3, and Barbara died on Day 4, but wouldn't she have died anyway if the poisoner had already given the poison.

Well, it may be that he thought the grenades would be fully functional, or are only functional when you target someone unprotected, but that could very well be the case. Or maybe he decided to target Nika last night, or maybe he even decided to target Dmitri, and for some reason the vest protected him against the poisoning. Either way, I suppose we can count ourselves lucky that there was no kill, because it would've most likely been a townie who died.

Well, that's certainly interesting... Maybe Ruxana or Nika was the poisoner (although I highly doubt it), or maybe the poisoner was blocked, or maybe even converted. Anyhow, who does everyone think we should vote for today?

While Dmitri's claim is bold and hard to believe, I actually think we should do it the other way around. If Dmitri really is the Cop, then we will have lost a great asset. I think we should vote out Denis first.

"I'd like to attack the Dire Wolf from the back row."

That's my thinking as well, but it makes you wonder if Dmitri's attempted murder would've been shown (at least with both figures darkened). Or maybe the scum decided not to target him and to instead leave him alive so he would still be a suspect. Or maybe both the scum teams decided to convert last night (I think at least one of them must have). Or maybe one of them targeted Dmitri while the other one was blocked. The list goes on and on. I agree. The two proved to be Town by Dmitri (if he really is the Cop, and if he's sane) are Samuel and Yan, so either of them would've been a great choice for converting on their part. Good point. Samuel's been acting pretty trustworthy so far, but he was investigated on Night 1. Plenty of time for a converter to get him in the following nights. Maybe that's why his vote started working on Day 3? However, I really don't think he's scum. Like I said above, I don't think you're scum, and I have no intention of voting you off today (unless something comes up). I'm really reserving judgement until after the poison kill.

I suppose that makes sense. The scum do already know who is and isn't scum, but they'll definitely want to kill those who are 100% cleared of being scum (although, you could be a naive Cop). Our blocker was Yuri, remember?

Congratulations, Ricey! I know you'll do a great job!

No, of course not, but there have been one-shot vigilantes in books I've read about before, and there was a wand in a book called The Forest which would either A. Kill the target, B. Kill the owner, or C. Make something hilarious happen. And considering the authour of The Forest is the same author as the one who wrote down the events of what happened in Moonlight before, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case.

No, I'm simply pointing something out. And if Nika was a vigilante, you do realize that her target might've been town as well, right? Well, maybe one of them tried to kill Dmitri but failed, or maybe one of them was blocked. However, I think it's very likely that at least one townie was converted. We should definitely look at those who've seemed the most 'townie' over the last few days.

"Too bad about Black Sheep; maybe Chubby Ewe would be a good idea?"

Good people of Moonlight, I believe I've found something: Take a look at this picture. Nika (the one with the apple grenade) is following another dark figure who she finds suspicious. Of course, we know that she unfortunately blew herself up, so we were unable to learn who the other dark figure is. But then take a look at this picture. Notice that Ruslana, Wilem, and Polina all arrived from the same direction the dark figure was walking in. I have come to the conclusion that one of them was Nika's target.

Oh, no! How could this happen! My dear sister Nika! And how could Ruxana have turned out Town!? It must be some crazy coincidence that she targeted Petr on Night Three (or maybe she was a vigilante or she received a gun from Stanislav). I wonder why there wasn't a tommy gun kill (or a revolver kill) last night. Maybe the two mafias blocked each other, or maybe they converted townies last night. People, we need to start looking everywhere, and not writing things off as 'impossible'. The question remains, 'Who is scum? Who do we lynch?'. There are only sixteen of us left; if we don't start lynching mafia members, then they will take over!

I love the ending, Hinck! Venison doughnuts for all!