Straight up asking someone if they are town will only ever get one answer
*. The trick is in how they answer it.
I wanted to see if Shark would answer this question in a manner resembling the way in which he answered the 'how to win' question (overthinking it). If so, I would tentatively conclude that that's just the sort of person he is.
If he seemed overly reactive, I would press him for the reason for his panic. Four votes is an understandable reason to panic, so I would be lenient- but still, panicky people crack. It's always worth seeing what oozes out.
If he answered it in a very calm and rational manner- well, that would be interesting. I would question him on his sudden flip in behaviour, and perhaps concede that McArathos could be correct in identifying his previous actions as scummy.
Or something like that; those are the three reaction archetypes I was expecting, and what I would take from them.
McArathos, as I mentioned, looks to be scum looking for an easy D1 lynch; someone who made a clear mistake, which can easily be exaggerated, and through the application of (undue) pressure enhanced in a marinade of inexperience and panic. His case on Shark was valid, to an extent, but it felt... to well thought out, as it were. Like he thought "here is someone vaguely scummy, now how can I make them look scummier".
Shakerag: I was joking, of course, but I still don't like that you just totally ignore me. Mind telling me what was going through your mind as I unfolded my ridiculous assault on logic?