Episode Four - Dear Abby

[Bunni]

Dear Abby,

It seems like I only come in contact with the same people over and over. Some people I never see on AIM, even though I sign on different times during the day. I never see Leon, Madison, Damon, Cain, or Kip. People I talk to sometimes accuse them of being spies, but as I don't really know them, I can't judge. I wish I could talk to them more. What should I do? Should I trust the people who say they suspect them, seeing as I have little else to go on? Or should I remain in my innocent until proven guilty in my eyes theory?

Yours,
Judging Wonderer

[Judge Sam]

Dear Abby,

I hate stupid citizens. How can I make them Smarter?

[Bunni]

Well, dearie, you can't. Maybe they aren't as stupid as you think, or maybe you aren't as smart as you think. This is going on the idea that you mean smarter, as in less dumb. If there is some deeper, poetic meaning behind the word, as you would seem to indicate with the capitalization of it, then I'm afraid I don't quite know what you mean.

It's like the Salem Witch Trials or the Communist hunts in this game. Mass hysteria. Mass. As in everyone, or nearly so. One person yells, "Commie!" and gets the rest thinking. I don't really think that's a bad thing, either, so long as it doesn't go as far as burning people, or exiling them, just because one person says so. However, getting people thinking is what this game is about. So, my advice to you would be to state anything you feel is important, however small, and get people to thinking. In return, though, you have to listen to every little thing everyone else brings up, too, even if it seems like you should just blow it off. The spies aren't going to overtly tell people they're spies, so you have to look for the small things, and they may be very small at that.

Love,
Abby