Bob

I most certainly am not lying. I said I protect/blocked Momoe on Night Two because I was under the impression that I was a protector. I went back and said that I protect/blocked her because in reality that's what I did. I didn't know I was going to block her too, I found that out later. By "finding out if she had an action or not" I meant that since I found out later that Jirou's results also picked me out to be a blocker too, I would have been now able to see what action wasn't done on Night Two that may have been done on Night One. At the time, yes. Emi and I were working very closely, and when Ichirou managed to screw everything up for himself and Hiroki got Tadao killed, it was soon Emi, myself, and Hiroki. Hiroki turned out to be a mutineer and then Emi abandoned helping me after several days of working with me. I'm not sure who you were talking too, but that certainly doesn't sound like how he spoke to me: And my response: And his response: That's when Jirou first started talking to me during Day Three. I've been very active except for Night six and Day seven. Other than that, I have been instrumental in getting rid of a Special Agent and two mutineers. I suppose you don't remember that though. Lie. Everyone, please go back to the first page of today and look at Norio's post in which he lists all the "evidence" against me. In a quote that he labeled from me, in private communication, he specifically posted At no time did I ever say that Norio was the investigator or had any sort of power role until he posted that. It was at that time that I said I deducted that he was likely an investigator, but I wasn't sure. Then, instead of denying it, in his next post he says that "Yes, I am the investigator." I'm reeking of scum, hm? Did Emi reek of scum? According to Norio she did, and look where that's brought us. Norio's game is to lynch off townies that he feels "aren't helping". Since I'm apparently "not helping" even though I have a rather helpful night action and I missed the opportunity to submit it once, logically I'm a threat to the town.

Yes, I've opened my mouth to explain why Norio's deductions are wrong. Would you care to explain why you're voting for me? Do you have a reason?

I wasn't speaking up in her defense because she left my group of trusted townies that fell apart. I was a bit sore that she didn't want to stick around and help out. Second of all, I did not out anyone's role in public. The only role that I've "outed" is Jirou's role and that was in private communication with Norio. I only did that because I figured that since Norio was assembling other townspeople with action roles, he'd want Jirou too. However, I didn't immediately trust Jirou since he came to me in a huff and simply said that he investigated me and found out my role and my allegiance. And yes, I'm jumping on the "Daisuke train" because we need to coalesce around a single candidate today and I'd rather it not be me. My role told me I was a protector. When Jirou told me that my protection also blocked, I reasoned that I was either a form of a paranoid protector or a jailkeeper. I suppose the official name of this is jailkeeper. I trusted Hiroki more because I had been in contact with him since Day One, which in hindsight wasn't exactly smart. Well, yeah. I didn't put two and two together and see that it was useful for protecting vanilla townies. Realizing that, I can see that I was wrong and that Norio was actually right. Look, I can realize that it was my complete stupidity that I wasn't able to protect this vanilla townie on Night Six. I'm not even going to say it wasn't my fault; it's entirely my fault that I wasn't able to do this. By voting me out you'd be making a big mistake, my role is to protect and also block potential targets, ideal for protecting townies without actions. I'll be certain to get this action in tonight, though, unlike Night Six. However, I'm not sure if Norio still wants my help in protecting this certain townie, and I'm not sure who else is vanilla, so it might suit me better to not use it. I don't know.

Jirou specifically told me he didn't trust Norio that much. I doubt that Jirou would spill everything to him the moment they first started talking. Jirou only told me everything because he found out that I was a Yakuza Protector. It later turned out I was a jailkeeper. What can I say? Apparently, according to Norio, people had flocked to him so he could lead them as a united Yakuza front. I tried my own little organization of Yakuza and it worked until Ichirou screwed everything up by telling the entire temple that Tadao was the blocker. Then it was just me, Hiroki, and Emi. After Hiroki died Emi sort of left the group seeing as how we had been duped the entire time. I outed Jirou because I wasn't sure if I even trusted him myself. Sure, he told me he investigated and found I was a protector, but at the same time I had been talking to Hiroki, who was also a similar role. I decided to tell Norio the person I trusted less, Jirou, because I was sure that he would investigate and ensure that my and Jirou's claims were sound. I suppose it can be used to protect a vanilla townie, but I'm not killing people at night nor am I hiding their bodies. Tonight is an even night, I should be able to use my jailkeeper ability again.

I was never playing a fool. I networked and reached out with others. And yes, Jirou's action could see the role but also it could see where your loyalties are. I should know, he specifically told me so. I'm not dumb, I can put two and two together. Of course I was able to deduce your role. Your logic is flawed, mostly because you're taking me for a simpleton. Trust used rather loosely. We revealed our roles and talked with each other. We shared our first day suspicions and then spoke about other things. You say it right, I didn't know that Hiroki was a Mutineer. In hindsight I can see that I was used as a patsy and this upsets me. I suppose, but now knowing that it's a rather annoying role I see no reason to use it.

And now you're voting for me based on my behaviour. We all know how good your gut feeling was yesterday, don't we? I've done plenty for the town. I helped you lead the charge against two mutineers and I reassured you when you were nervous about targeting Isamu. I also used my ability to protect/block Momoe on night two. That's when Jirou investigated my role and found me to be a protector. Yes everyone, I have been investigated and cleared. Yes, I'd like to defend myself because I'd rather not fry to death. I'd hardly say I'm combative, I'm just really surprised that after all the help I've given you, you instead turn on me and claim that I'm scum. Even though I was investigated by Jirou, it's your gut feeling that's causing you to lead another crusade against an innocent Yakuza. I also earned the trust of Tadao on Day One. I was forming an alliance with myself, Emi, Tadao, and Ichirou. Hiroki knew this because I also approached him when I was starting to network. We discussed several things until Tadao was killed. When I learned this I started to suspect Emi, but then I learned that Hiroki was actually the scum that betrayed us. Yes, I wouldn't tell you because I wanted to see if I could trust you with Jirou's role. It turns out trusting you with it was a bad idea. And yes, since you apparently knew the other roles, I felt that you should know this too. Here's where you're wrong. I protect/blocked Momoe on Night Two, since she was my wife and I figured I could try and see if she had an action based on how I blocked her. Then I protected ********, a vanilla townie. I saw no reason to protect this person again, their role was vanilla. And yes, I have obligations outside this temple/forum I attend to. I can't be expected to immediately send in my action and sit idly by at my door/computer for the next day to show up. I wouldn't have protected him even if I got my action in. I'm took a wild guess that you're the investigator because it's common for the real investigator to pretend like he's a third party talking to the investigator. Seems like a good synopsis, but I refer to my point where I had been cleared. Oh, just like Emi owes the town a behaviour. Just like you said, it's not based on investigation. It's based on your good feeling that managed to get Emi killed yesterday. I'm not going to vote for you, since you seem like a good townie that's confused that he got his gut feeling rejected yesterday. Vote: Daisuke (K-nut)

Honestly I'm not surprised that Emi turned out to be a Yakuza. Norio, I'm willing to believe that whoever identified Hiroki and Setsuku for you as "scummy" is most likely not working for you anymore. Who's next on the character list, Norio? Who are we going to lynch while we blindly follow you?

Oops, I'm dumb. I'm new at these "mystery games". Vote: Siegourney Harcourt (Siegfried)

Vote: William Falcon (Whitefang) Vote: Donna Falcon (Dannylonglegs) Vote: Siegourney Harcourt (Siegfried) Vote Sylvia Berent (Zepher) These people seem trustworthy, in my opinion. I suppose we'll find out.

I've been nothing but helpful to you and this is how you repay me? You're on a lynching crusade. It seems to me that you're just going through the character list and seeing who you haven't charged against. I won't vote for you in return, since you've been helpful to the town. Your accusation against me is weak. You even say that you're not entirely certain. I never said I was close with Hiroki, I merely said that I had talked to him and he seemed trustworthy. I had no idea that I would have been betrayed like that. And when it comes to you, I've been following your orders for the last few days. I was unable to get my protection action in for Night Six, so automatically you assume that I'm a bad guy.

I'd like to give Sheldon a hug and tell him everything is going to be alright.

Vote: Shiro /Alopex I've been suspicious of you since Day Two, and you haven't even made an appearance here today.

This points towards Sheldon again, but I'm not sure what all this means. Sheldon, do you know if you're related to anyone who has visited this temple in the past? Perhaps you are one of the last sacrifices. That being said, maybe we should go back and see what clothes that the original visitors from the flashback wore.

I'll wait before I jump on any bandwagon, I want to see some other votes.

Come on, guys. We're not going to win if we stay silent! Doesn't anyone have anything to say? Especially the quieter townies? I notice that Noriko and Shiro haven't even said a word. They're not even helping us. It seems to me like they're just laying low and trying to coast through to an easy victory.

I'm willing to believe that we've killed all the Mutineers, since this red ninja is different from the black ninja and the white ninja. Perhaps the Special Agents have gained the ability to kill, since they've lost so many members and are getting desperate. Maybe we're dealing with a new neutral character. I do agree, the idea of a Janitor is completely plausible, but we haven't yet seen this action. Perhaps the red killer can kill and be a janitor at the same time? Maybe the Janitor is someone else and there are two secret agents left. I'm not sure, I'll have to think about this. We can always wait for Norio to come with his results.

Good luck wherever your travels may take you.

It would appear that this day is almost over. Does anyone have any thoughts on who we should focus on tomorrow?

I have an idea. Let's knock down all the pillars, in order of where the blood puddle is. We can use the firetruck.

Vote: Diana (Fugazi) Seems like a logical thing to do, she has been helping and revealing her clues to try and help out.

I wish the people that have clues would share the clues instead of keeping them for themselves.

Vote: Setsuku / fhomess I trust Norio's results since he was able to nab Hiroki for us.

If there's room in the boat, I'll jump in too. Maybe we can get out of this damn room that we've been in for like, five chapters now.

I've never really heard of an affiliation of being "scummy" but apparently it worked with Hiroki so I'm willing to think that it might be true with Setsuko. I'm just a bit confused on how you can get a return result of "scummy".