Aaaanyway, given that the hunting is sort of hohum at this point, I'm back to the puzzle.
Yesterday I thought there were two teams, red and blue, with two masonchats composed of a red and blue who didn't know anything about each other, and that the puzzle was for the Blues to break off that, and team up against the Red Menace. We saw how well that worked out.
There
is, however, an element of colour around the game, which we evidently haven't figured out yet, unless (dare I entertain such thoughts?) Toaster and Vector have been untruthful in their claims.
See here:
1. Vector
2. Zathras
3. Toaster
4. Solifuge!
5. webadict
I am painted in Orange, and my role is blue. Thus I tried Orange colour against some (web, and after he died, Vector), and Blue against the one painted blue: Toaster. No effect, but I think there is something there we're not seeing.
Toaster, I'm blue and you're painted blue.
Vector, Soli is red and you're painted red.
"Blue cat" doesn't make any more sense than "red dog". If Toaster was Bull instead of Cat, we could at least have "blue dogs and red bulls", which were quite in vogue a week ago. But a cat makes sense as he seems to have
nine fucking lives.Is it possible that there is, after all, a team win condition hidden here? Toaster, is there anything you wish to say that would make me think we should team up? Is there anything you or Vector wish to say about Orange or Green?
Another remainder from the original post:
You get to know nothing in advance about the role setup, the setting, or even the win conditions.
[PPE]: Shut up, web, we all saw that, and it's obvious they are both covering up for each other. I don't buy
anyone's claim of "town" at this point, as I find it
utterly implausible that I'm the only scum; in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if there were three others. Lynching me and you three living happily everafter is
not the puzzle's solution. Some combination of two-vs.-two, or four-way-free-for-all, are much more plausible than "pin the tail on the Zathras donkey and let him lynch himself". Aren't they?
For the nth time:
"bastard" ain't a compliment.