Werewolf XXX - Tol-in-Elendili - The Isle of the Were-Faithfuls

[The Saucepan Man]

Well, my suspicions concerning Lal were based largely on relatively frequent posting without saying much and seemingly safe voting decisions (with the exception of that Brinniel vote, which was cast in the general flurry of confusion). My review of her posts has not changed that impression.

She has now added a bit more substance, and I find myself disagreeing with Nogrod's assessment.

She has explained her voting tactics, by reference to preferring to vote to save than to vote to lynch. I understand the point, but it does seem to me that this is more likely to be the adopted strategy of a Faithful than an innocent. I know Lalaith to be an astute player and I believe that, when innocent, her “hunches” over who might be guilty are often better than she is now claiming credit for.

Originally Posted by Lalaith

My uneasiness about him, I've realised, is that I get a constant feeling from his posts that he's trying to stitch people up rather than genuinely analyse to discover the truth, as a smart innocent should.

I could say the same about you with this comment, and some of your others in that post about me. If you think that analysing what people have said and how they have voted, and outlining my consequential thoughts, is “stitching up”, then you will no doubt continue to “feel uneasy” about me, as that is what I intend to continue doing.

Originally Posted by Lalaith

There was the business of suspecting people who had not voted for Roa, and then suddenly suspecting people who did, even more.

Did you deliberately overlook my explanation of this point? Yes, I do suspect those who did not vote for Roa, as I do not think it in the village’s interests to have done so. But I find it inconceivable that there was not at least one Faithful among the Roa voters.

Originally Posted by Lalaith

And then his top suspects always seem to be innocents.

This is a poor point indeed. Given that we have not yet caught a Faithful, most of the village’s top suspects in previous Days have been innocents. I had thought better of you than to make such a point, even as a Faithful, Lal.

Originally Posted by Lalaith

Do you really think I would be such a crass Faithful as that?

I don’t think you a crass Faithful at all. I think you a very tricksy one. But I do not discount the possibility that tricksy Faithfuls will have defended each other, either in a genuine attempt to draw away suspicion, or as a “double bluff”.

Thankfully, you have made my mind up for me.

++LALAITH