Crywolf - Emerald

[outstandingbalance]

[chatting goes here]

Comments

[cerealpunner]

That's one way to go about it. Definitely'll get someone sweating somewhere.

... though I'm leaning more toward Coral because of their experience compared to Tiger's Eye, if the knight with Iolite wasn't lying about that. Coral knows the game and have been around the block enough to know effective ways to play the game. If they have one newbie with everyone else they have on the team, they can easily cover for slipups.

[outstandingbalance]

I haven't talked to him yet—or with Iolite much. What did he say? That most of the Tiger's Eye players were newer teammates?

[cerealpunner]

Pretty much. Or at least weren't here to play in the last one.

[outstandingbalance]

Fair point, though neither were we.

That said, Coral's felt more defensive in private than Tiger's Eye.

[cerealpunner]

Yeah? Probably should have a talk with them myself...

[outstandingbalance]

That's your call, but I'd be interested in knowing your take on them if you do.

[outstandingbalance]

Are you sticking with Coral on this one?

[cerealpunner]

I'll have to talk it out some more. Why? Having doubts?

[outstandingbalance]

Just getting a gauge on who's on my side.

[cerealpunner]

Natasha, if you know me at all, you know I side with justice.

[it's a joke. mostly]

[outstandingbalance]

Reassuring.

[cerealpunner]

Always glad to help with that.

[cerealpunner]

Looks like people are questioning Amethyst calling Coral "defensive" when they've seemed pretty open so far. Any explanation on that?

[outstandingbalance]

I just opened my private post with Coral to everyone.

[cerealpunner]

... well, gotta say. I didn't think Emerald came across as suspicious for that. Good to know.

But as for them seeming defensive... no one likes talking about previous bad experiences in games.

[idkmybffnirvash]

It was when we first talked to them, and when they said they didn't have any insight when they had a theory.

[cerealpunner]

Conflicting messages there. That's true.

[idkmybffnirvash]

But it isn't defensive.

[cerealpunner]

It might not read that way to others. Defensive posturing is more like... acting like someone's responding to an accusation. Here, they started in with the act of victims. They weren't reacting necessarily to anything that was said.

[idkmybffnirvash]

[nods]

It's defensive when something is said, not when nothing is said.

[outstandingbalance]

You're looking at the wrong part. Look at their earlier comments, before the conversation turns that direction.

[cerealpunner]

[holds up hands]

Okay, one sec. Lemme think this over

... the whole "we're suspected no matter what we say"? I guess I saw that more as "we're in the clue, of course we're suspected", or it could even be something lingering from the other game. That one kid, Shark? Dropped mention to it when I was explaining how I don't really take much stock in "random" choices in this game.

[outstandingbalance]

Starting by calling it an interrogation, for one. Then that part, yes. The thing about it is it makes them equal with the other two people in the clue. They shouldn't be. A mouse will want to be seen as equal to everyone else in the clue. A child will know they're innocent. It's not a matter of shouting or arguing, but there's something off in their perspective.

[cerealpunner]

It still isn't defensive necessarily. They started with the act, they didn't react to what you had to say. That says pre-planning. Which is more suspicious than a kneejerk.

Careful with how you term things because people who support them will use misuse of description to get them off the hook. Classic tactic.

[outstandingbalance]

I used the word I meant. To me, it feels defensive. They started on guard in a way that the other two teams didn't.