Episode X Confessional Part Deux

[Singe]

The other Ep. X Confessional is cluttered, so I'll keep pasting conversations there and keep this little thread for theories and such.

First off, how to deal with the Bodyguard situation. Facts:

1) Several people strongly suspect I'm the Bodyguard, probably including the Spies, who know for a fact one exists.

2) If I die this turn, Candy will die next turn and the town may very well run into issues once they have no confirmed Cits. (Especially if there are still two Spies left.)

3) It's explicitly stated that there will be an Imprisonment every episode, but there is wiggle room in that statement, so I think my bullshit claim of being able to BLOCK an Imprisonment MAY slide through. Or that's just wishful thinking.

4) If I actually protect people this Impris, the Spies will know for sure I was bullshitting about protects (and self-protect) and will probably target me as the only available Cit Role. It's POSSIBLE that they'll overlook me because a) they dont know im bodyguard or b) i'm in the top 3 exile targets right now but I doubt it. I think I'll be their target Tuesday night at X.

5) If I FAIL to protect anyone, the Spies have their choice of ANYONE besides Candy. If I protect a few people Candy trusts (and she may have good reasons, like roles etc, to trust them) those roles will be safe for another TWO days. But after Gordy, Candy, Addy, Johan and myself all came up with Roles, I don't imagine there's another one out there. I think Candy and I are the only two confirmable Cits.

So I think the play is to pretend that I'm getting protected somehow, whether that's another person protecting me or a self-protect. I know it's a long-shot, but the worst case scenario here is that one of Candy's protect requests dies (Z, Sum) and I survive, which allows me to protect Candy tomorrow. I suppose I could protect Zander and Summer and still survive, but I doubt it.

[Singe]

OK, suspicions...

1) Faizah. Done little overtly pro-Cit that I can see. Maybe more than Leon, but Faizah comes across as more capable than Leon. Sometimes. Then again, Faizah sometimes seems to avoid running all the way through the logic of things, and that could be a Spy not wanting to bother. Or a Cit who doesn't want to deal with logic all the time She seems to know I'm the doc even though she pretends not to, and that's also a strike against her. She never TRULY seemed to doubt the Bodyguard, and we know that only the Spies know 100% there's a protector out there.

I rely a lot on tone, and I get alternating vibes from Faizah. She was super defensive yesterday, but I suppose I was when I was on the hot seat as well.

2) Leon - He really did seem to panic when I fake-inved him. Can't get that out of my head, and it's a significant reason why I've voted for him three times. Faizah protected him by bizarrely voting for me IX-1 I believe. He hasn't contributed much, and like Damon, promises to do better and doesn't have the motivation to.

In a game where the Cits smell blood and are FIRED up to catch spies right now, Leon sounds strained to muster that enthusiasm.

3) Summer - nothing overt. She's awfully clever and has hidden from view much of the game, gotta be for a reason. We know the Orthos are devilishly clever, and I could definitely see her as the ringleader. I had bad vibes about her early and she seemed a little TOO enthusiastic about our challenge... I almost felt like I was teaming up with the enemy on that one, even though she was quite pleasant. Call it vibes. I need to do a LOT of reading on her to see if there's any firm evidence, cause without it, I'm not getting her strung up on tone alone.

9) Candy
8) Bunni - pure vibes. seems genuinely helpful. I'll feel really dumb if I'm wrong on this, but rarely do I get such a clean vibe off someone. She's good guy *crosses fingers*
7) Kip - acquitted himself well during IX-2. Plus the way he approached me and dealt with me about the Role... so smooth if he's a Spy.
6) Zander - rereading him last night, he's been very helpful in all directions. I need to see if he's truly chased Orthos or just pretended to.
5) Hannah - Lots of Cit vibes, similar to Bunni, but also a few things like the parroting etc that rub me wrong.
4) Damon - the obvious. Did a nice job nailing Trads, kinda. Disappears, reappears to manage his image. Candy trusts him, curious.

[Summer]

LOL Todd, I love your comments on me.

"a little TOO enthusiastic about our challenge" - classic.

"Clever and has hidden from view" - I think you were the only one who picked up on that, but since you weren't a past player, you really didn't know why.

"Quite pleasant" - thank you!

[Singe]

I knew you were hiding something all game, I just couldn't figure out what. IDENTITY!