Day 3

[Funkii]

The Mafia's second victim is successfully saved! Who is the Mafia?

[THodges]

I SWEAR IF THEY VOTED TO KILL ME I WILL FIND OUT!! THEN I WILL KILL THEM.................. ok, anyone have an idea?

[luminos]

I vote Laexio. My vote is final.

[THodges]

already?.... ok...

[Funkii]

Votes:
Laexio- luminos

Again you have 48 hours, but this time it is from 3:00 TODAY!!! So make sure to get deducing as soon as possible.

[belthazar666]

eh, I can wait on my vote.

I've got a decent idea of who I want to vote, one of three people. Gotta read stuff over and figure it out.

[kelsielove]

I am sticking with my previous vote of belthazar. Nothing has changed. He has a decent idea who to vote.... of three people. No names no nothing.

[luminos]

I decided that I might want to put up some info about laexio since I'm so adamant about lynching him. The following is a brief account of all that he has done in the game so far. The first part will simply be a listing, and the second part will be my attempt at interpreting some of his actions.

Part 1:
(Day 1) Laexio starts off by agreeing with the building majority about no lynching. A few posts later, he explains that it would be bad to hit an overpowered town role on a random lynch, which is his explanation for his no lynch vote. Laexio later says that one possible reason to lynch day 1 is that mafia don't know each other yet (1), but that the risks outweigh the benefits of a random lynch. Laexio points out that me and THodges won't be against each other if one of us is lynched day 2 (2).

(Day 2) Laexio supports the suggestion of lynching a player who "ninjas it" by pushing the button before a consensus. He asks for some clarifications about the button, then votes not to push it. Muses over which party is holding the hostage (3). Like many others including me, he jumps on rawr for apparently pushing the button. Pushes on Kelsie, claims it was for a reaction (4). Suggests Belth is fool. Votes for rawr, and stands by that vote on the basis that rawr hasn't given justification for her actions, and is not taking the game seriously enough.

Okay, so there is a lot to like in that, but some things give me a little trouble.
(1) Why does he assume mafia don't know each other? Granted, there were a lot of assumptions happening on day one, so that could be overlooked.
(2) Why does he assume that me and THodges will be alive long enough to try to lynch each other? As mafia, he'd know because he wasn't planning on killing either of us.
(3) He seems confused over whether the person held hostage is one of the town, and whether it is really mafia holding them hostage. This confusion may very well be because the special event was not planned out by the mafia, but something that Funkii did on his own. Thus, explaining why he would wonder about a third party.
(4) What was his reaction test on Kelsie for? First he gets on her for using emotional appeal, then he basically gives her a pass for being emotional.

[THodges]

uhh.. too lazy to hit the quote button and fix it, but " Why does he assume that me and Belth will be alive long enough to try to lynch each other?"....uhhh wtf is the belth for? shouldn't it be me and THodges, instead???

[luminos]

oh, sorry thodges, thanks for catching that.

[THodges]

hmm.. making that note just in case.... never know if it was a real accident, or a slip... *makes note*

[luminos]

Your defense is decent, but that changes absolutely nothing. I will do everything in my power to ensure you are lynched, Laexio. Do not refrain from OMGUS'ing, it may be your only chance to survive this day.

[luminos]

Laexio, I must compliment you. You have handled my lynch vote and antagonism very maturely. If this was a reaction test, I'd say you passed. This was not a reaction test. I am not acting misguided. I am pushing everything I have into lynching you. I am willing to put my own reputation in this game on the line to accomplish your lynch. The time for you to calmly deflect attention from yourself has passed. You have to convince the town that I have an anti-town agenda to get out of this.

You are mafia. Die scum.

[luminos]

For those of you who are curious, this is Laexio's current strategem. He does not intend to fight directly against me (which I'm doing my best to change) because he currently believes that I look too pro-town for him to directly oppose. A normal person would probably throw that careful kind of calculation out the window, and go for me anyways, because after all, I'm out for blood. It is not typical for people to dismiss such threats so casually.

So, what he needs is a distraction. The best way to achieve this is to wait until someone to trust me and vote for Laexio based on my intensity. Then he will be able to jump them for bandwaggoning without actually gaining new enemies, and may have a chance of providing a new target to take the lynch for him. This is the safe play. It is also the mafia play, the one that ignores the direct threat, me, and goes after the person easiest to get lynched.

[belthazar666]

I vote to lynch Eritas.