Crywolf - Emerald

[outstandingbalance]

[chatting goes here]

Comments

[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.

[cerealpunner]

Try "very likely".

And if you don't get targetted if Coral gets ousted... gotta say, it'll make me more than a bit nervous.

[outstandingbalance]

You think I'm stupid enough to draw this kind of attention if I was a mouse?

[cerealpunner]

I don't think it's that stupid. It actually makes you look more like a concerned and stubborn child more than a mouse.

What I'm saying is that if you're not a mouse, you made yourself a target if Coral is one.

[outstandingbalance]

I'm aware of that. It wasn't exactly the plan, but that's a conversation for another time.

Assuming that I'm around for it to matter.

[cerealpunner]

Yeaaah... and depending on what happens with you, Emerald could be in a pickle.

[shrugs]

[outstandingbalance]

That all depends who's in the next clue.

[cerealpunner]

If Coral's a mouse... Iolite, Tiger's Eye, you guys, and us all saw them as suspect and count for the four votes... so that's something.

[outstandingbalance]

There's more too it than that.

[cerealpunner]

Shhh... this is me trying to be the optimist after being the paranoid pessimist.

[outstandingbalance]

Your optimism worries me.

[cerealpunner]

In the "are you a mouse" way or the "how did you even survive to be in your mid-20s" way?

[outstandingbalance]

The second one.

[cerealpunner]

Talent's how, for the record.

[outstandingbalance]

I'll make a note of it.

[cerealpunner]

Uh huh.

Though it's probably a lie. Grueling drilling and training from Batman is probably the real answer.

[outstandingbalance]

If we do get eaten, Amethyst had private posts with everyone in this clue, with Iolite, Carnelian and Citrine.

That's who could have known where we were going behind the scenes.

[cerealpunner]

Guess Citrine had a change of heart.

[those votes, man]