I will not be available again until after the deadline. Preemptive
extend in case we need it.
GlyphGryph, why are you ignoring my questions?
Servant Corps:I think it's a problematic line of reasoning, but it's not invalid. I won't bring it up again.
Well, yes, fair enough.
His story is untenable due to the information provided by the roleclaims that make his explanations about Bookthras' protection/death more and more tenuous and the suspicious nature of his own pilot claim (which could be used to lure out other pilots for him to be NKed).
The fact that he was not targeted was meant as an addition to the case, but not the central part of it. The roleclaims and his pilot claim makes up the core of my case.
I don't understand. What roleclaim information makes his story untenable?
The last part also sounds like working backwards. Imiknorris
could have been using his roleclaim to lure out pilots, therefore he was and is scum.
The middle part is interesting though. Are you referring to the fact that he suspected he was still alive due to being protected? What about that makes you think he's scum and not just mistaken? Did you ever bother to confront him with this information?
If you don't think the discrepancy is a problem, why would it be a problem that we don't think the discrepancy is a (lynchworthy) problem?
Because that's...not how these things works. "Town" generally are paranoid, distrust each other, and tend to mislynch each other over silly misunderstandings...this sort of "trust" that you have with each other does not make any logical sense. Yes, there could be some reasoning for why the "discrepancy" happened, but are we to assume that the "discrepancy" just happened for giggles? There must be a reason behind it, but your ability to just slide it on by and push it aside like it's no big deal...that's something that deserve some inquiry.
Town is paranoid and thus if we were both town, we'd be mislynching each other.
Great. Are you admitting that you're
not town, then, since you
aren't paranoid and on edge regarding this issue?
How long have you cared about this topic?
...Not much, but that's why I asked. You could answer the question, tell me the "town" tells, and if I believed they were sufficient enough, then it'd explain your "buddying", and that'd be end of that questioning. Is it really that hard to explain why you and Jim think each other are town?
I ask because both me and Jim have explained this before, so I'm wondering if you wanted to hear it again or haven't been paying attention or didn't care until now or what. Seems like a combination of "Didn't care until now" and "Didn't notice it before."
Is that about right? Why does it suddenly interest you if it didn't before?
In any case:
Jim spent a fair amount of effort attempting to explain to Powder Miner that he was town. This doesn't seem like something he'd have bothered to do as scum.
Jim has otherwise acted fairly townlike. He's been questioning people, including people he doesn't yet suspect. He hasn't seemed overly concerned about image or excessive explanations, while still having what seem like credible reasons for his suspicions. He's been pondering mechanics, but not excessively or in a way that seems odd. In short, I don't have any reason to suspect him that isn't consistent with Town Jim (like being terse and blunt regarding who he wants dead).
Finally, Jim and Dariush were both Reporters. Given the spread of roles, it seems highly unlikely we've got two of the same role on the same team. We've got two types of scientist, every investigative role, and if you can believe TolyK and Toony, possibly a Tough Dopp and two separate Guardians. Frankly, I'm surprised there's duplicate roles
between teams, but everything seems to point that way.
So, given that Dariush was scummy as fuck and admitted to the kills, the only way I could see Jim being scum is if he was different scum than Dariush, and/or Dariush lied outright about killing two people. Terrible RIA is one thing, but fessing up to two murders you didn't do and your team didn't do is beyond pointless. I can't see him doing it.
In short, Jim seems townlike, Dariush is obvscum, Dariush and Jim are on separate teams, and either Dariush or his buddies made the kills.