dramatispersonae | Sterling

I really don't think it's Ruby, Emerald, Heliodor or Iolite.

My instincts say we should vote on Sapphire, uh... [is clearly just picking randomly after this] ... Peridot, Kunzite and Coral.

He said that if you're playing smart and don't have anything to hide you'd do stuff and try to lead people just to get a reaction, which seems like he's what he's doing, while the people with things to hide would be more careful.

Sounds like a plan. I'll back that one up.

I'm with Karkat, strategize by voting out the other teams in our column, that's Jasper, Heliodor, and Saphhire plus Onyx.

... I still can't tell one way or another. There's too many people to keep track of who's talking to whom. The one bracket we ought to know the most about also has very few people playing, so ...

[ perhaps a bit frustrated ]

Sapphire's been everywhere, I think. Sometimes with multiple people talking to the same team. But I can't tell what that means.

Ugh!

No. I refuse. Did you not listen at all, or are you just too stupid to understand? Your instinct are bullshit! They are no reason to vote!

Sapphire, Jasper, and Heliodor. If you feel that fucking strongly about Heliodor, then fine, it's Peridot, and if Heliodor turn out to be wolves I get to kick your ass. But I am not compromising on Sapphire and Jasper, and we are honestly morons if we don't vote for Heliodor here!

I mean, by all means, have Kunzite. I give no shits about the row. But god fucking damn it, I told you, we are playing on logic, not random instinct and who we like!

...So, compromise... Sapphire, Jasper, Peridot and Kunzite? And if Heliodor are the foxes you can kick my ass.

[JUST FACE PALMING]

Or he said that to justify his behavior. If you're playing smart as a non-fox, you'd do what I do and give up on suspicion or diverting it! He sounds like he's trying to make sure he's out and about enough so no one will accuse him of lying low!

Why our column?

The Doctor wants to vote for Heliodor, too. Let's see what the other idiotic human thinks. If he's against voting for Heliodor, then I'm fine with your compromise. If he isn't, then fuck your instincts.

They think if we vote all that way we can get one for sure, where as if we vote all over the place we might not get any. And that it might get us points for strategy. I don't like it, though.

There's a fox in every column and we know it's not us. Therefore, it has to be one of the other three.

In our column, we have one out of three odds instead of one out of four because we know we aren't foxes. If we vote for all three, we have one in the bag for sure, and a chance to pick up a second in our row.