Tamamono

Oh you have got to be kidding me! Nobody flocked to me for information! I only know of three roles! I go to people to talk, and since I'm nosy (like I ALWAYS am when I'm town), I ask what their role is. I'm only coordinating the ones who were willing to tell me. There aren't herds of night action townies following me around. There are THREE! And about Chieko, SHE came to ME! We started talking, and the only reason I asked her to be part of my alliance (I do keep people separate) is because I think she's SCUM. She's not nearly as vocal in the Day threads as last time - that's a dead giveaway of a scum. I was in private messages with her because I thought I might be able to get something out of her! And I'm going to pt my vote where my mouth is. I don't expect anyone to follow me, but it's my choice: Vote: Chieko (Scubacarrot) Now why on Earth would I make up the story about Roadrunner!? This whole blocker thing is not doing me any good, and I'm not a COMPLETE idiot, so I wouldn't have made it up if it weren't true! I brought it forward because I thought it would reveal useful information about Nobuo and Norio. No other reasons. As for me flinging around accusation, I'm paranoid! I was never good at town, and I'm even worse at it since I was scum last time and my team and I knew everything. Everything everyone does this game seems scummy to me. It doesn't matter what it is. I immediately think that everyone is scum. How could you expect me not to accuse those who I think are scum!? Oh, look, the scummies are all jumpin' on the bandwagon! How quickly they learn! That is exactly what I was trying to do! I did so well last life that I figured my town game needed to be upped as well. It was stupid of me, and I bit off more than I could chew. However, I have been working my megablocks for the town all day every day! And you people are LYNCHING me for this!?

So you're more willing to believe a stretch like that than to believe the obvious truth, which is that I'm town? I understand what it feels like you to be on 'the hunt' for a scum - you'll pretty much believe anything or delude yourself into thinking anything for your hunch to be right, but you need to stop and take a step back. Consider the two possibilities: 1 (the truth). I am town and I made some bad decisions yesterday, or 2 (your theory). I am the scum Godfather who purposely decided to look scummy so he would be investigated. Hmm, I wonder which one is more likely? Face it, Kenta-kun, you're getting tunnel vision, and nothing good can come of that. Not scummy at all. I am trying to take responsibility for as many of my fellow Yakuza members as possible, so there's no reason not look for useful and trustworthy townies. To be honest, I actually sent you that message because you really don't sit right with me and a few others. You say almost nothing all Day (yesterday), and then you come out with quite possibly some of the most unhelpful, useless comments I have ever seen. How could you expect me to not think you're scum? I don't even know what to make of this sentence. What?

I suppose I phrased that poorly. I do not play town like a scummie and scum like a townie. That would be silly. I mean that I have my own distinct style for scum, and I would have no reason to change it. Also, I said I don't mess with success. If I recall correctly, very rarely do I do much succeeding as town. Hoo, boy, we're talking an awful lot about past lives, aren't we? I can't imagine Grandfather is very happy about this. Sorry, Grandpa! Fair enough. It's human nature (or lizard nature, in Lizzy's case) to hate being under suspicion, so I suppose it is understandable that you would want to avoid suspicion. I certainly don't like being suspected, and I've been under quite a bit of suspicion today, but it doesn't bother me because I know I'm innocent. I'm not doing anything to 'get out of' being suspected because I've been working hard for the town and I trust that my pro-town actions today and yesterday (no matter how stupid they were yesterday) will speak for themselves. One suggestion though: maybe a good way to avoid suspicion would be to stop taking the middle road the scum usually take and actually start being helpful? I know, it's a bit of a stretch, but it definitely helps in the long run. I don't think you'd make a comment like you did if you had thought long and hard about it, and you may have meant it as a joke, but I'm seeing it as more of a Freudian slip, myself.

I've got agree with Manga about this. The votes were stacking up against Yasu-chan, and there was no way she was not going to get lynched, so Manga put the remaining time of the Day to good use. Just because we find a target for lynching doesn't mean we should get tunnel vision and think it'll be an 'easy day'. Even if that person is going to get lynched, that doesn't excuse laziness. Time spent lounging around and waiting for the Day to end is time that could be spent finding scum. Plus, if Manga were scum, then why on Earth would she not vote for her teammate at that point? That's a newbie mistake. Yes, I admit that what I said earlier was a tad sloppy. As someone who is helping the town, it was irresponsible of me to let information slip, and for that I am very sorry. I now know to hold my tongue next time. However, I think the info I have can and has helped the town. It may not be much, but it's definitely something, and that's much better than nothing. 'Get you out of suspicion'? Do you have any idea how scummy this looks? If you're a townie, then you should not be afraid of suspicion. By just being yourself and being helpful you can prove that you're town. You shouldn't have to rely on things to 'get you out of suspicion'. (And no, I'm not just saying that because you used me as an example ) The only reason I'm not counting your statement as a scumtell is because you're experienced to know not to say something like that if you're scum. But then again... Things worked out well last life considering how organized the town was so early. Why would I need to change my style? I don't mess with success, you know. The reason I'm a bit clumsy this time is because I'm not used to the way I'm trying to play this game. And the second part of that statement doesn't make very much sense. Why would I want to 'obliterate' the scum if I was one of them with Yasu-chan?

Once again, I thought Emi-chan was scum for meta reasons. She did bring up the vote against a scum, though, so now it looks like she's town. I am a sucker for roleclaims. Seriously, my philosophy in this game was going to be 'everyone is guilty until proven innocent', and now it appears to have changed to 'everyone is guilty until proven innocent unless they claim a power role, in which case they're innocent'. Sure, I made a huge mistake yesterday, but that doesn't make me scum. I defended Yasu-chan tooth and nail yesterday - why would I do something like that if I were scum? And why would I show my reaction like that in-thread? I remember a past life in which I was a scummy archaeologist, and a character a lot like Shizuko, who happened to be on my team, made a huge slipup. Did I react in public? No sir! I played it cool in public and ranted at the rest of my team in private. What makes now any different? Oh yeah, because I'm town this time.

Friends and Enemies, it could be called.

This is going too far. I'm not saying anything else. Sharing this much info in-thread only helps the scum.

I'm working on finding a way.

What? I never said I found a watcher and an investigator/role cop. I found the blocker, and he/she claimed to me, for whatever reason. I'm hoping to get him/her checked out tonight. No, I've been talking to the blocker who told me he/she blocked Norio-sama. No one else told me that the blocker blocked Norio-sama. I heard it from Roadrunner himself/herself, if he/she really is the blocker. Like I said before, I'd like to get him/her checked out tonight. And this is another ridiculous accusation by you. You think that since I think Norio-sama is town that everyone thinks he's town? The logic in that assumption made by you is so bad it hurts. What's to say that the blocker isn't on the same page as you when it comes to suspecting Norio-sama? I used a simple process of deduction - two people complaining about being blocked, and someone claims to have blocked one of them. It only makes sense that the other blocker targeted the other one. Sure, there are other explanations. I'm just working with Occam's Razor here. You're just scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for reasons to suspect me, Momoe. I am almost completely sure you're scum. Oh yes, good thinking, Kin-kun! I believe hijacker also gives blocked messages. However, both Father and Norio-sama say they were hit on the head with the hilt of a katana - I don't think that's a very 'protector' sort of action. I'm not 'very sure' he's town. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. If, later, there is any indication that he/she is scum, then I'd be more than happy to fling him/her into the dragon's mouth myself. Wait - now that I think about it - if both blockers use katana hilts, then it would be possible for the scum blocker to pretend to be the town one. Thank you, Yoshiko-san, Momoe-san, and Noriko-san for helping me to get this 'a-ha!' moment. Now I'll be doubly sure to get Roadrunner checked out tonight.

As far as I know, there are no third parties involved here. The town blocker, who we'll just call the Roadrunner for now, blocked Norio-sama last night. Happy?

I have been talking to a few people behind the scenes, and I found out that it is likely that Father was blocked by the scum blocker. That's all I'll say. Giving things away in the threads never helped anyone.

Yes, I was wrong, you were right. I'm very sorry if I was disrespectful to you yesterday, and I'm sorry for hastily believing Yasu-chan's role claim. I will treat other role claims with a bit more scrutiny from now on. There, isn't that better than bickering? I suppose calling your behavior 'anti-town' was a bit much. I misspoke - sorry. And after some chats behind the scenes, it appears that you were blocked by the scum blocker (assuming too many people aren't lying). Sorry for automatically assuming the opposite. Like I said to you in private, you and I have really gotten off on the wrong foot this game, and I never wanted that to happen. I was a bit insensitive to you yesterday, so for that, once again, I am sorry. I hope you will come to trust me soon, as I am genuinely working for the town, and if we are constantly bickering at each other, then the Mutineers will be able to slip under our noses. You're talking about Norio-sama here, right? I think he's pro-town for meta reasons. I know you hate that, but that's how I play. Sorry if it annoys you. Anyways, I've been told by God to be less obvious in my metagaming, so I'll stop mentioning it. Also, like I told my dear wife, take my opinions and suspicions with a grain of salt. My scumdar has been broken for a very long time, as we saw with Yasu-chan. I called you out on roleplaying too much because it looked to me like you were basing your opinions on roleplaying (which looking back now, you weren't) and frankly, excessive roleplay kind of pisses me off at times. If I were scum, there is no way that I would ever put my neck out there for a teammate. If I were scum, I would have absolutely no qualms with bussing a teammate almost immediately. Especially a teammate like Yasu-chan who was kind of bound to screw things up at some point or another. If I were scum, I would have clamped up shut when Emi-chan brought up her lynch, and then I would have voted with the crowd a little bit later. There was no need for me to go to Yasu-chan and offer her a chance to privately defend herself - I did it because I'm stepping up and taking responsibility for the family. Father, I am town, and I have been working incredibly hard behind the scenes so that we can catch the Mutineers. I just made a bad choice yesterday, that's all. We have very different priorities, then. While I do feel like an idiot for getting duped by Yasu-chan (), I still think that power roles are very important and should not be taken lightly. Even if she was very likely to misuse the role, if she had a town leader helping her, she would have been able to use it correctly (this is all if she had been town). Anyways, this is just becoming an argument between the two of us, and that's not what I want. I sent you those messages offering a hand of friendship, because certain past circumstances have taught me that it is never worth it to snap at people, and I was trying to make amends with you. I invited you to be my ally because your attack of Yasu-chan does seem pretty pro-town now that we know she was scum. And are you referring to me agreeing with Emi-chan that Lizzy is suspicious? I find Lizzy genuinely suspicious because of what's she's 'added' so far, just like I'm suspicious of Akio (or Aiko Whichever one has the beard.) because of what he's 'added.

Absolutely. I'm pretty sure it's a joke, though.

Okay, I suppose I did exaggerate a bit there. I'm sure we both know that it isn't unheard of for the scum to vote for their own. I'm just pointing things out, not 'flinging suspicion'. I went over Day 1, and I looked at the reactions of people when Emi-chan first brought up Yasu-chan for a lynch. Yours and Hanako-san's were the most suspicious. Things are never going to get done for our family if people aren't willing to point things out. You should take my suspicions with a grain of salt right now.

Oh, wow. Yasu-chan was scum! Sorry everybody! I screwed up pretty bad. It's too bad about poor Lloyd Jr. He seemed like a pretty trustworthy fellow to me, and I think we could have worked well together. Rest In Peace, buddy. You two were the most outgoing yesterday, but I was pretty outgoing too and I didn't get a smack on the head last night. I think both of you got blocked for different reasons - you for being generally kind of anti-town (I hate to say it, but it's true! Your play style is so unorthodox! ), and Norio-sama for being pro town (and because the scum are a bunch of metagamers). I'm pretty suspicious of Lizzy, myself. Not only did she go along with the crowd, but she completely avoided saying anything useful at all. Thank you, Norio-sama. Yes, once again, I'm very sorry for my completely idiotic defense of Yasu-chan yesterday. I'm a real sucker when it comes to role claims (now watch as all the scum come to me claiming gunsmith and alarmist and I believe them all ). She even said, "I am a rolecop. You know this role. It is a pro town role." The fact that she had to explain it to me just reeked of scum, and I completely ignored it. Although I hardly think I should be addressed as 'kun'. I will be inheriting the company, after all, Norio-sama. You know, to be honest, I actually think Akio is scum. Manga really did make a great point yesterday, and I hope Akio has a good explanation for his behavior yesterday. If Manga was scum, there's no way she would do something like that. I've been looking back over Day 1 (to see how people responded when Emi-chan brought forward Yasu-chan's slipup), and I've found a couple of suspicious things. Firstly, the statement by Hanako stood out to me: 'Null-and-void', huh? Sure you aren't just trying to subtly defend your scummy teammate, Hanako? Secondly, these statements by Shizuko also stand out to me: Now why would she call a plain slipup like that 'vague'? Even I was completely sure of Yasu-chan's guilt before she claimed to me. Trying to subtly plant seeds of doubt in our minds, Shizuko? And when Emi-chan asked her about it, she responded with this: No shit it wasn't concrete, but Yasu-chan's case was basically giftwrapped with a little bow after a slipup like that. Why try to make it look like it isn't a very good lead? Maybe because she's your teammate, darling?

Indeed! It's gorgeous! I figured you were going to do something like Fred the Lion for lynches.

I'm intrigued.

Bloodbrick III?

I agree. I was pretty quick to believe her roleclaim, but no true Yakuza would simply throw in the towel and walk away when something like this happens. I certainly hope we've caught our first Mutineer in Yasu-chan!

It doesn't matter if she votes or not - the day's already almost over.

Well said, Lloyd Jr. Norio-sama has been dealing with these sorts of situations for a long time now (in the secret service, of course), and if he doesn't feel ready to share info he has yet, then I completely understand. No one can blame Father for being curious, but he was definitely mistaken if he thought he could just 'say the word' and receive any info he wanted. Very often in these sorts of situations, the top two 'towniest townies' end up bickering at one another very early on, and I'm inclined to believe that's what's going on here. Both Norio-sama and Father have been outspoken and hardworking for our cause so far, and I doubt that the Mutineers would risk putting their necks on the line in such a way this early.

Yes, welcome to the game, Kiel!

I believe it was Big Butthole.

Yeah, sorry to see you go, ADHO. It's too bad when real life interferes with these sorts of things.