Crywolf - Emerald

[outstandingbalance]

[chatting goes here]

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[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.

[cerealpunner]

Um... not necessarily. Defensive is when someone reacts to something they perceive as an accusation. That can be construed through words or actions.

I guess you could say they were reacting defensively to you guys pulling them in to talk, but getting pulled in to talk with people should actually get people to think that the other party thinks they're solid to talk with.

[idkmybffnirvash]

So, it can be seen as defensive by some, but Peridot or Coral doesn't think that it is.

[cerealpunner]

Right.

And Coral seems to be using their previous experience in this game to explain most of their odd behavior.

[idkmybffnirvash]

There are dangerous games and safe games. This one is safe.

[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.

[cerealpunner]

I guess if you look at it from being defensive at your invite to talk... makes sense.

[outstandingbalance]

I do. In particularly compared to the other two teams.

They should have known they were going to have to talk to people.

[cerealpunner]

One problem: you revealed your hand here. If they're mice and you're children, they're gonna have their buddies target you this round.

[outstandingbalance]

Which is why that was in private, and you don't see me or Luna all over the public conversation.

Now... It's possible.