* Gendo Ikari grimaces, fixing his glasses with a displeased semblance.
Oof. The last hour in the end of day 1 was absurdly ugly. Work shanghai'ed me before it got going into the disaster it turned to be and I could only even get the time to read by the time it had already ended. However inexplicable Dark Helmet's behavior was, though, now we know he was town - and now that we know Dahlia was town as well, we have two trains to look at - the Dahlia train and the Dark Helmet train. And honestly, I can't shake the feeling that there was at least a bit of heavy-handed scum maneuvering on the goings of the Rick Moranis train. I will not exempt myself from the fact I was the first one who voted for him, though, but I had my reasons (poor reasoning for his vote jumping into a train, heavy lurking and basically no substance) - and, in a sense, Dark Helmet only helped himself into the abyss further with the incomprehensibly hostile attitude and manic operations. It doesn't change the fact that the way it panned out was a mess that I'm certain scum took advantage at.
So, I'll take a look - particularly on the DH train, since it's the one I feel trainwrecked most badly. I'm still mulling over Dahliabussing, but I honestly want to see Gorgutz's hindsight on it - and he's certainly not made any favors for himself in reliability so far.
Anyhow, Dark Helmet. The one to ultimately seal the Helmet's fate was... Dr. Wily. However, I don't think he's immediately to be put into the boardwalk because of that: DH behaved hilariously badly, and that kind of attitude almost inevitably gets people lynched in the way the games roll. I'm not sure I find Wily's approach to be very agreeable in the game, but I'm willing to give them the benefit of doubt
for now - particularly Wily, due to his actually participative stance. However, there are a few more people who warrant a look among those who voted on the Helm, and those worry me more.
First, Mr. Burns. He disappeared for most of the day, then reappeared and affably gave a nod to my argument on the Dahlia train being too fast and simple, just to lay his vote and then disappear back into the shadows. That was the last we heard of him for Day 1, and there's the fact he -did- visit Dahlia on Night 0, as said by Dark Helmet (if nothing else, it's been confirmed he's town, and the description seems to match his claim. I'm going to bite here). We have two possible leads coming from him here - and suddenly, I realize killing Dahlia night 1 makes sense for scum coming off from this angle: this means we won't be able to get a feedback from her to figure this picture out, so the figure is half-complete. Probably less than half-complete if Burns is scum, because then we'll have to deal with further misdirection.
Second, Edna: all she's done was basically hop from train to train, and sitting on an explanation that's yet to come. Besides that, the typical bad combo of low posting and low content overall, which doesn't help the picture. Tangentially, I wonder where did the Pie vote come from. But her issues are basically a repeat of just about every hardcore lurker in the game as of now who's in the safe range from inactivity prod/modkill. Vegeta, who was in the Dahlia train, is just as guilty of this sin, and definitely needs pressure added to the hard side of his head. Bowser also sparks a red light here. Gorgutz, honestly, seemed manically inconsistent for the whole stints of activity we had, and unabashedly reactive - even moreso than Dahlia, which can bring out some red flags given the current context (now we know Dahlia was town, he started the train. Food for thought, but not something to be relied upon until we get more content from him).Gaston essentially hasn't existed for the whole game and that is ridiculous - however, I think he's more likely to be dealt with by the mods than by us, given how long he's been inactive. I'd rather focus on the people we have.
Ninja'd by Beatrice, by the way (and she emphasized better than I could why Edna looks bad in the train-hopping business). Many people I want to extirpate, but only one vote. In order of suspicion for the ones I singled out, I'm going Mr. Burns > Edna = Vegeta > Bowser = Gorgutz so far. I very much want to hear Mr. Burns out on this wealth of current info, and an explanation from everybody else would be appreciated as well.
