Crywolf - Emerald

[outstandingbalance]

[chatting goes here]

Comments

[outstandingbalance]

I'm touched by the sentiment, but I meant on the teams who haven't been in a clue yet.

If you really do get eaten, that tells me something valuable. It means I can absolutely trust you.

[cerealpunner]

Assuming you're not a mouse.

... Iolite, you guys, Japser, Citrine... you haven't been put up to vote yet. Out of them, I suspect Jasper for the same reasons I suspected Coral. Iolite fell into the thought of the first round votings having merit, so that makes me suspicious. And you know I suspect you for vague reasons. Citrine's not been overtly suspicious.

Personally? I think Peridot's been pretty suspicious. But you seem to be taking their side in that.

[outstandingbalance]

I wouldn't say I'm taking their side. I thought to start off they were making mistakes that didn't feel like mouse mistakes. Since then... their behavior hasn't been beyond reproach. I'm having trouble pinning them down.

I might have a better idea about that after this round though.

[cerealpunner]

If it helps, some of my talk with Jean involved him going with the idea of using this safe game to bend the rules, push limits and experiment around with the game in case another bad one of its kind comes along.

Not sure what that does for you, but that's what he had to say when I straight-up told him that I found it unlikely that he was making those big mistakes on accident.

So could be children poking around because they can. Or could be mice.

[outstandingbalance]

...I'd believe that of him.

[frowning at that]

[cerealpunner]

. . . okay. How come whenever I think it's the end for me, it's not?

[outstandingbalance]

Plot relevance.

In this case, the mice wouldn't want to eat from the clue unless they had to.

[cerealpunner]

And they throw doubt on the one team that's been basically determined to be a sure-fire child.

Nice.

[outstandingbalance]

Will you at least ask me something, if you're so suspicious.

[cerealpunner]

I've been suspicious throughout the game.

I gotta say, Natasha, I figured Emerald was in trouble back when you pulled that move with Coral. But you're still here, Coral's still here, and Emerald's still here. That just doesn't sit right when it was that aggressive a play.

[outstandingbalance]

Strange, because it sits pretty right with me. Amethyst looks too suspicious to eat. Emerald has been in a clue. Coral... well, even if I was wrong, they've been in a clue too.

Iolite, on the other hand, looked safe and hadn't been in a clue. It was a good choice. The mice aren't stupid.

[cerealpunner]

Amethyst would only look too suspicious to eat if Coral is a mouse.

[outstandingbalance]

You're missing the point.

Amethyst has played aggressively. We pushed hard with Coral. We've got private posts with every team left in the game, and a couple of them who aren't. It's pretty clear that we've been trying to influence the course of the game. You don't get rid of that team unless they're too much of a threat to you—you keep them in the game and you make their activity look suspicious.

And as I just pointed out to Coral, Citrine put a lot of legwork into making Amethyst look suspicious already, well before we were even a team on the table.

[cerealpunner]

Considering Iolite was asking me about my thoughts about Coral and Amethyst being in an alliance just before they were picked?

Not very convincing argument there.

I don't need Citrine to make me suspicious of you, I have been since the start. You coming out of the gate aggressive actually set you up so you could use this kind of tactical argument later when people start to suspect you.

Now... I'm willing to say you still might not be mice, but that leaves me in a lurch because Iolite was taken out just when they were apparently digging into something.

[outstandingbalance]

[sighs]

Let me ask you something.

Why would I come out so aggressively about Coral if I were a mouse?

[cerealpunner]

You mean besides a ploy so you could ask this same question later down the line?

You're trying to get people to vote against Citrine, but out of the two in the clue with you, I would have said Jasper is the most suspect since they haven't been doing much of anything.

[outstandingbalance]

I'm not trying to get anyone to vote against anyone. I put out my reasons for finding Citrine suspicious, and I'll own that they're biased. They're based on the fact that Citrine has been targeting Amethyst. I know Amethyst are children... you don't.

I don't expect this to convince you.

Bacardi, I feel like we have this problem here. I'm direct. I've put what I felt and why I did what I did out there. I can accept that I'm seeing things other people aren't. I can accept that maybe I've been wrong—we were about Carnelian at least. I can accept that I have a different definition of defensive.

What I'm getting tired of is being treated like I'm pushy when I try to be upfront.

[cerealpunner]

I'm not treating you like you're being pushy. I'm treating you like a suspect.

You're being insistent. I'm actually real glad for that because this past round? You've taken on quite the passive stance on the whole Kunzite and Carnelian vote. That you're being so vocal about Citrine is what makes me suspicious.

Really, take it as a compliment that I'm giving you so much credit for thinking far enough ahead at the start of the game to be making this kind of argument three rounds later. If I were treating you like you were pushy, I wouldn't give you that consideration.

[outstandingbalance]

You just accused me of trying to convince people to vote for Citrine. I've been accused very publicly of pushing both you and Carnelian. So either you told Citrine that Amethyst was pushing you, or...? What?

We were quiet on Carnelian and Kunzite because, unlike Coral, I didn't have a strong opinion between the two. Carnelian seemed to be playing dumb, but not enough for me to layout my thoughts for other people.

[cerealpunner]

I told Citrine that you were pretty insistent on Coral, but not that you pushed for me to feel the same. They spun their own interpretation there, which I admit could make them just as suspicious.

Either way, you're getting really defensive when I'm just pointing out how it looks from my angle. You know I've suspected you from the start. I've told you every round that this was the case. Don't get defensive when I voice my ever deepening concerns when the team who was starting to suspect you more is taken out and then comment that you're getting agitated at Citrine for doing what people do in this game.

[outstandingbalance]

[takes a moment; just... taking a moment, then smiling]

I think we've covered this ground before. I don't have anything else to add.

If you have anything else to ask, you can ask it here, or you can ask me in public. I'm comfortable with either one. Otherwise, thank you for your time and consideration.

[idkmybffnirvash]

You don't have to listen to what we are saying if it is going to push you.

[cerealpunner]

I don't feel pushed. Who even said that word here first?

[idkmybffnirvash]

You did. Unless Citrine understood what you said incorrectly.

What I suspected that Emerald was doing to Amethyst is what Citrine is doing now.

[cerealpunner]

They definitely misunderstood.

I just said that you guys were suspicious to me so I was working close to you. And you were suspicious because you were literally the first team to talk to me one on one.