[Rikae]

Well, I'm back.

I must say, I suspected Nogrod of being either an old or new thing this morning, and after reading the posts, I'm inclined to go with my original instincts. Nogrod, it seems to me, practically ran around screaming “I'm gifted!” yesterday, which is strange enough by itself, but added to the fact that yesterday's ranger is today's new thing, is pretty condemning.

He made that giftedish post about us knowing the truth today (which only told us he know a gifted would be attacked last night).

He also posted this strangeness:

“*my keyboard suddenly started acting in it\s own way and I will have to close the thing to get it working normally again... if that is possible*...it is not only that Jenny knew the rules, there was much other things more pressing than that”

the following could be taken at face value, or seen as another ranger hint:

“I'm a bit worried about my operation I might not get to sleep so easily”

Now, maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it looks like he's trying to tell us he's the Ranger and Jenny is a thing...which may very well mean that Nogrod was a thing and Jenny was innocent.

I see these possibilities:

1. Nogrod was a thing and was bluffing with this stuff – therefore, lynch Nogrod

2. Nogrod was the ranger, and so is now a thing – therefore, we should lynch hum

3. Nogrod was the seer or weaver, and expected to be attacked during the night – therefore, we shouldn't lynch him

4. Nogrod is an innocent sacrificing himself to protect the gifteds – in which case, we're better off lynching a thing, but better off lynching Nogrod than accidentally lynching the seer or weaver.

As far as #3 goes, It seems unlikely that the real seer or weaver would expose himself like that on Day One, and if he did, that the things wouldn't attack him that night.

Regarding everybody else's posts:

Volo and Mac made sensible arguments & I agree with them. Like I said yesterday, Mac looks pretty innocent to me at this point, and Volo still seems to be acting strangely, but I can't come to any definite conclusion about him.

Our silent players (Gil, Naria, Eonwe and Glirdan): I'm tempted to lynch one of them, both out of fear of a thing flying under the radar and to keep the contributing players in the game, but on second thought, the death of a silent player won't give us any real leads, regardless of whether they are proven guilty or innocent. The death of someone who has been active will at least give us a trail to follow.

Jenny: Already looked suspicious because of the whole Nogrod situation, and nothing she's said so far has made her seem less so.

Kitanna: Her suspicion of Menel and Naria due to vote placement seems logical, but I think we have stronger leads at this point. Kitanna seems to want to shift the focus away from Nogrod. This especially looks like a strange thing to say, regarding Jenny and Nogrod: “I think if one is a Thing, the other is not. I form that opinion mostly because of the Ranger debate from yesterday” is an odd thing to say, indeed, considering that things are different today than yesterday in any event. She doesn't seem to have a logical reason for the assumption that Jenny and Nogrod are not linked. If Nogrod turns out to be a thing, I will definitely be more suspicious of Kitanna

Menel- seems to be acting differently today (and I miss the in-character posts!) - he now suspects Mac and is less suspicious of Jenny? Why? Perhaps Menel is not himself toDay? He also said “I can't find anything especially revealing about last Night's death.”, which is very odd indeed, knowing the ranger was attacked seems pretty “revealing” to me. .

As it stands, I'll probably vote for Nogrod tonight, but I'm holding off for now so I can take as much of today's discussion into account as possible.