Peridot.

[noisecontrol]

Hey.

We were hoping we could chat.

Comments

[theliesof]

By all means.

[noisecontrol]

What can you tell me about the other teams in the clue?

[theliesof]

I know Peridot, Kunzite, Coral, Iolite, Emerald, and Jasper. What kinds of things do you want to know?

[crueltobekind]

I don't know what he thinks, but I haven't had enough time to talk to both teams to be sure one way or the other. If you insisted that I choose right now I'd say Coral seems more innocent, but there's a lot of time before the voting ends to decide between them. And like I said in the open, I haven't gotten to talk to Tiger's Eye yet.

[noisecontrol]

Uh, well, how well do you know Coral?

[noisecontrol]

Why does Coral seem innocent?

[theliesof]

Not nearly as well as Briar, here.

[noisecontrol]

Right. Well, the others aren't in the clue, but why don't you tell me about them?

[crueltobekind]

They suggested Turquoise was probably a mouse team because of the theories they proposed in the ousting, and I agree with their reasoning. They also thought a mouse team might eat another team in the clue with them which just seems ridiculous. Why would a mouse team think reducing the number of people they could cast suspicion onto might be a good plan?

I think they're either clueless children, or mice who for some reason haven't thought through things very thoroughly. The latter doesn't seem very much like Coral to me.

[noisecontrol]

Yeah, that sounds like a lot of mistakes.

[crueltobekind]

Right? I'm going to talk to Tiger's Eye later too, so I can let you know what I think of them after that.

[unguilded]

Same here!

[noisecontrol]

That'll help. We don't really know that many people.

[theliesof]

Kunzite's domestic on the outside but they don't flinch at anything; Iolite's made up of people who could make killing us all look easy and boring, but are too noble to actually do it; Emerald are drunks and sweethearts; and Jasper's fractured but at least twice as capable as they look.

[noisecontrol]

I'm not sure any of that will help in this game.

[crueltobekind]

[LATER!!]

I still trust Coral more. Tiger's Eye hasn't done anything suspicious, but for the reasons I already explained about Coral I feel more certain about trusting them. They just seem more likely to be a team of mice who hadn't thought through things yet.

Things might change during the oustings since whoever's up in those is going to be talking a lot and giving everyone more to go on, but that's how I feel right now.

[noisecontrol]

Can't Coral have not thought things through, too?

[crueltobekind]

Coral are the ones I'm saying haven't thought things through. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that.

I guess Tiger's Eye might not have thought through either though, but they haven't said anything to me to suggest they're as naive as Coral. Coral has. And I'm sure that if they were a mouse team, it'd be much more likely for them to take the time to think through something like that before talking about it.

[noisecontrol]

All right.

Have you spoken to Amethyst yet? They're trying to get Tiger's Eye and Coral up to vote. Not you guys.

[unguilded]

Mm, one of the Tiger's Eyes seemed a little ornery about things, but that's not exactly suspicious, either.

Or, well, it could be. But we don't really know what's acting and what's not, so it's hard to tell. He just said "I don't care what you do."

[crueltobekind]

I'm talking with their knight now. She's told me she thinks Coral's being defensive.

[crueltobekind]

If it was the angry looking blond, that's normal.

[unguilded]

--Haha, really? I've never met him before this game! So not that suspicious, after all.

[theliesof]

Unfortunately, that's about the limit of my knowledge.

[crueltobekind]

Really. He's cranky all the time, even when he's trying to be nice. It's cute sometimes.

[noisecontrol]

Defensive how?

[crueltobekind]

I don't know. I think it was while she was talking privately with them, so I only have what she told me to go off of. In her words they were situating themselves as being under attack or unfairly interrogated. She also said they told her they didn't think they could offer her insight since they're in the clue . . .

[noisecontrol]

Sounds like more stupid mistakes, honestly. Tiger's Eye is acting like it's unfair, too. Maybe they just don't like the game.

[crueltobekind]

The whole point of the game is interrogating and being interrogated . . . I guess if they don't find the challenge fun then it's natural they'd be upset.

[noisecontrol]

If there really was a bad version of this game before ... maybe they aren't into it because of that.

[crueltobekind]

Mm . . . There was a horrible version before. A lot of people died. I don't know if Tiger's Eye's players were around for it, but Coral's definitely were.

[noisecontrol]

Then maybe that's it. But that doesn't explain why they wouldn't wanna answer questions. "Who's suspicious to you" ... isn't so bad, is it?

[crueltobekind]

Not at all. Have they both been refusing to answer that?

[noisecontrol]

Yeah. Tiger's Eye doesn't know why it's strange that they randomly chose, either.

[crueltobekind]

The random choice isn't strange though. Most of the votes in the first round and ousting were random since there wasn't anything to go on yet. It even came up to a tie in the end.

[noisecontrol]

Yeah, but they seem to think that's why they're up instead of you.

[crueltobekind]

Really . . .

[noisecontrol]

At least that's what I took from it.

[noisecontrol]

So ... what now? And I'll try to make sure I get what you're saying from now on.

[crueltobekind]

Now I'm not sure yet. I want to talk more with the teams in the clue, but I'm going to wait a while for them to figure out what they actually think first.

First impressions are that Carnelian's a little off I guess. The younger one said she suspected Emerald a little since they'd been voted on in the very first round, but that's just a first impression for her too. It struck me as odd since both teams who voted for them said it was random selection.

[noisecontrol]

Carnelian has spoken to them before. I think. Outside of here. I'm not sure. She seems to be bad at people ... like me.

So you think Tiger's Eye and Carnelian moved together?

[crueltobekind]

It's a possibility, but it's really too early to say something that solid yet. It's just a first impression like I said. It's only something to keep in mind while we're talking to them and the other teams before the ousting.

[noisecontrol]

All right.