I'm ready to
shorten.
Here's how I see this playing out.
I'm going to use the term SK - but when I do it could be SK or any other malicious 3rd party.... SK is all I can think of.
When I use the term Town, I mean Town or benign 3rd party - functionally identical for my purposes here.
We lynch NQT. Pray the gods he is Scum. Whether he's Scum or not - if the game goes on - we have either:
1 Scum 3 Town.
2 Scum 2 Town(game over for Town, I won't waste time with that one)
1 SK 3 Town.
1 SK 1 Scum 2 Town.
1 SK 2 Scum 1 Town. (game over for Town, I won't discuss that one)
So if we go to N4, there's 3 possibilities worth talking about:
1 Scum 3 Town: Everyone does what I suggested, and what they have said they would do. No one dies - Persus reports another sword attack - we still have to figure out who is the Scum. We talk a LOT.
1 Scum 3 Town - Tiruin's Scum and sneaky version - Tiruin Redirects Toaster to Toaster (can she? Dunno.... but it's worth it). D5 Toaster is dead due to sword wounds (if that's possible to do). Persus reports no attack made on him. We start talking.
If its not possible to get Toaster to kill Toaster - Toaster can still report what he experiences. Persus reports no attack made on him. We start talking.
1 Scum 3 Town - Imp's Scum and sneaky version - Tiruin does the plan, Toaster does the plan, Imp kills Tiruin or Toaster (if Imp doesn't, it's the 'everyone does what I suggested' version). Persus reports he was attacked by the sword wielder. We start talking.
1 Scum 3 Town - Persus's Scum and sneaky version - Identical to the Imp's Scum and sneaky version - save that Imp's a possible kill target (but a stupid one... if Imp dies AND Toaster knows he targeted Tiruin but Tiruin's still alive - Tiruin didn't kill Imp... AND Tiruin knows she redirected Toaster, so Toaster didn't kill Imp... only person left that could is Persus. So really it's the same as the Imp's Scum version.
1 Scum 3 Town - Toaster's Scum and Sneaky version - If Toaster's Scum, he can probably pick to use his sword kill or the Scum kill. He's still getting redirected to Persus - He still possibly could be redirected to himself - Toaster more or less has to play nice, but he could choose to not attack to avoid the chance of being redirected to himself (Town Toaster would probably be accepting of that possible death - trusting us to lynch the Scum who said she'd follow the plan then did something different). Persus reports being attacked or not, and we start talking.
1 SK 3 Town - This version's identical to the Toaster's Scum and Sneaky version. Only difference is Toaster only has the sword kill, not a choice of killing methods. We start talking.
1 SK 1 Scum 2 Town - This is the headache. It would almost certainly play out identical to a mix of the 1 SK 3 Town + whichever Scum individual version. I expect we do a LOT of talking.... and that no matter what, we're not going to see a Town win.
But if we're lucky - Toaster's Town, and NQT is the Scum I so deeply believe he is. It may end with this lynch.
Everyone: Thoughts today? What is your output on a No Lynch?
Oh, gods not no-lynch. I
highly suspect NQT of being Scum and I really don't suspect anyone else of being Scum. I have to wonder and worry about a possible 4th Scum and/or a possible hostile 3rd party, but that's just because I want to win so very very badly, and my interpretation of my Wincon -requires- me to attempt such mental gymnastics because the exact current circumstances are what they are.
Please lets not no-lynch. Egads.