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So looking through Raeko's iso:

Originally Posted by Hakulyte

I secretly want to vote someone in the bottom 5 posters at EoD just because it would be so easy to coast this game and wait for town to self-destruct.

Originally Posted by mellon_collie

Don't like this post nope nope nope

Checked around a couple pages around these two posts and believe this is the only direct comment on what Haku said here, and rereading it, it's crazy it is the only comment about that post. It's beyond an anti-town mindset from the very beginning; an immediate outed distrust in town, and Raeko is the only one to have apparently noticed this (I didn't even notice this, clearly).

Originally Posted by mellon_collie

huh?? Am I missing something? AFAIK the only direct interaction I've had with Ben was at the beginning of the game talking about floats... where did I town read him?? And you want to see my flip because of this phantom interaction????

I really don't understand this post at all and tbh the vibes are off Xel plz explain yourself

This is Raeko's first vote, and it's because Xel stated he wanted to see either Ben or Raeko flip (awfully coincidental we now have both of these flips) for reasons he couldn't articulate at the time. Why I'm noting this particular quote here is because I'm actually confused about her game plan during this interaction. She was asked about committing to suspicion against Haku for the aformentioned quotes/posts, answered with she was in fact suspicious of him due to his posts, but did not vote him during the interim between both interactions. It feels a bit odd, but it also tells me that she thought what Xel said was worse than Haku's sabotaging thoughts. [Post-Edit] Seems like Star had commented on why Raeko didn't vote during the interim either and it's like I thought, she did think whatever Xel said and felt was way worse than Haku's earlier posts. Xel and Raeko also did later discuss this interaction a little and he was able to convey what he couldn't articulate earlier, but she still doesn't move her vote until later.

Originally Posted by mellon_collie

I just want to give bug more time to play, they've been busy and if they are a wolf it'll be their first time and I'm sure they will flounder at some point later during the game

Was an insane amount of trust to put into the game during d0. To me this puts a giant sign over bug's iso saying "READ ME".

Originally Posted by mellon_collie

I still don't feel great about Xel, even though he backtracked right away his accusation against me/ben seems like the sort of mistake a wolf would make when trying to connect players from the player list and grasping onto interactions. It's possible Xel truly misremembered but idk I gotta think about what is more likely and I think it's slightly more toward wolf

STILL didn't move vote at the point of this post, but it is good insight on where her mind was at and just like above with bug, it makes me feel like Xel's worth the iso time too. I also feel it's worth it for me to spend my energy continuing where Raeko left off; operating on my meta read she was my lock town in my circle and during this iso I'm actually seeing some of what she was seeing and feeling like her suspicions have some weight to them.

Originally Posted by mellon_collie

I would prefer Star over Ben and Botchi is still too neutral for me to make a decision on

Xel or Star would be my top 2 picks for today but it doesn't seem like anybody else is down for Xel

Okay so by this point, she's still voting for Xel, and now we know her lynch pool and her order of importance. I feel like by this point in the game, she's conceded the thought of Haku being suspicious and has explained it by Haku doing Haku and moved on from that.

Originally Posted by mellon_collie

I can kinda see what you're saying about Botchi's energy vs last game but I think last game was also a unique situation, he was replacing into a slank slot and had an incentive to revitalize the game. But I do see what you're saying there is a difference

my third pick is probably backpack but I think that's a bad idea in terms of flip/info and also it's mainly due to my paranoia. If Backpack was a different player but saying the exact same things I probably wouldn't want to kill him so that tells me probably don't do that (at least right now)

So it's between Xel/Star/DBP. This was just under an hour before EoD.

Originally Posted by mellon_collie

if nobody is down to go for Xel I will switch my vote to Star

I just don't feel the towniness that I would expect from Star, I got weird vibes from a few posts and I want to trust my initial feelings without overthinking things too hard

And this is where she finally swaps her Xel vote because at this point the vote is between Star and Benguin, but it seemed like she was taking her Xel suspicion to the grave so that's going to be an iso sesh. Firstly though, I will be iso'ing Haku first.