Was Hector's rationale for acting on Imp N1 ever properly explored?
This is what was said:
Esteemed Imp, consider it the price of my protection. Don’t worry about it, you’ll be immune from kills from the end of the day.
There was another cost to it, but… hopefully it doesn’t have to be revealed. It’s nothing to worry about. Probably. You will find out what that was at the end of the day too, but not in a threatening way, it’s already happened. /ooooo cryptic
I tried to use veiled language to state:
1) I have no price to pay, I don't need to follow this, especially today, though that can change later because anything can change with me, but the price I see is just a cycle, so I can fix that later if that matters.
2) Since I don't have to follow it, I can completely hide that you did this to me, and I'm willing, especially if doing so protects/hides you.
3) Give me more information though, so I actually can feel more sure I want to protect you, because I only have flavor to go on that this is positive for me.Esteemed Imp… you are correct in your assertions, but it might have wider benefit if you stick to it.
I’ve already claimed it was me anyway, and it’ll be pretty bleedin’ obvious too. I will readily admit that either way it doesn’t affect me a jot.
That mention of 'a wider benefit' was a bit of a shock to me to see mentioned, because I sure didn't mention or imply that except to say
"I laugh at the idea of maddening rules, and it may be a joyous laugh."
But I accepted that as a possible handshake, though clearly it's not, as far as Esteemed hector13 goes - but that's fine, the paper a message is written on doesn't need to understand the message they carry -
And I started following the rule from that point, and I haven't stopped following a rule that I consented to yet. Clearly I have my own reasons. Clearly they are connected to my original role. Clearly I am not agreeing to let that go. This is no longer between Esteemed hector13 and myself. The moment I stepped into following that rule, this became as well between myself and Most Esteemed FallacyofUrist. I already have stated:
I... I... I... claim to worship Most Esteemed FallacyofUrist and while I live, I actually 'deal' with that worthy night and day.
Once I consent to follow a rule in this game, to me it becomes part of my dealings there. I am not done with that game.
I cannot imaging discussing or explaining that further, because
I do not intend to recognize or respond to further challenge to my decision to uphold my possible link to my deadnamed role.
But I do agree to explain that portion of my original response to Esteemed hector13's imposition upon me, and have above.
Back to what Esteemed Hector13 has stated about why me N1:
My protection wasn’t for N1, it’s… a little more complicated, but you’ll be immune from kills after D2. I know it doesn’t seem that way, but I’d rather not go into more details about it right now.
Actually no, the thing I did wasn’t a protect at all in game terms, I can say that and remain cryptic.
Right…
To be clear, I have no issue with you discussing the Esteemed thing (except in relating what it does, but I won’t hold it against you if you feel the need) but… I suspect there may be other things you have to say that might relate to me, possibly maybe kinda sorta, in a random chance kind of way.
And that's it for D2 that I see.
D3, I was just swapped, so had a lot of confusion, but aware that I got told nothing about what Esteemed hector13 tried to do to me.
For that matter, kills happen pretty late in order of events, right?
Esteemed Webadict, you probably were the redirected target of whatever step 2 of Esteemed hector13's step-stuff. Did you get any information about this that you think can help us decide this stuff? I'm not overly concerned myself
now because I got that town result on that worthy. Until then, I was increasingly worried, because I still can't verify anything but step 1 of that process and apparently nobody else can either - except maybe you. However, they're town, so I'm not that worried. Except when I think about too-townie Esteemed TricMagic and Esteemed Knightwing64. But I'm not worried about the town part.
back to D3, this was said:
Esteemed Hector13, to be clear, nothing was revealed to me end of D2. I also double checked with Most Esteemed FallacyofUrist, in case something had been forgotten, and quoted what you had said in thread. The reply essentially told me that one didn't believe there was more to notify me about.
Are you interested in clarifying?
Esteemed Imp, It doesn’t bear discussing, mistruths have been spoken, benignly. The immunity was granted, I would implore you not to discuss it further.
And while that bothered me a lot, it's also clearly not part of my changed role, so I can just 'don't worry about it', except... it could be part of the connection to my lost role. Oh. Realizing that, I felt better, and have since, making it so much easier to 'don't worry about' anything else.
But when Esteemed hector13 had the weird stuff going on D4, and having already verified Esteemed notquitethere, that led to me choosing to target that one N4. Because I'm directly safe from whatever they were possibly pulling, but now they're messing with the rest of us, and now I can solve that.
So I did, to the best I can.