I know you already unvoted but I kinda want to nuke this one in the bud so to speak, I didn't really defend ST beyond saying I knew someone named Lavendar which I do and that it wasn't that uncommon a name (coming from someone named Isaac and my sister's got a flower name too) but that's kinda not the point. ST's dead, he got his head bashed in, he was Japanese and I was 'defending' him, for me to have bashed in his noggin would mean I wasn't Japanese, I'd have to be Russian.

Only I can't be Russian anymore then FT, because of Yuna. Yes you were vote 4 of 5 and me vote 5 of 5 but she was sitting there idling at "Because she's Russian" for a while with FT, Danny (japanese scum) and ST (also Japanese Scum. Then after a while of dubious remarks on that I got irked she hadn't replied and threatened to kill if she didn't roleclaim and Fox (Italina) backed me. That's when it became real bussing-territory, and you didn't vote when she RC'd, you voted after this exchange:

Isaac: All right, we might as well move forward [...] 3/5 votes on Yuna, and as much as I hate to admit the Russian vs Italian Mafia spectrum of options are really the closest thing we have to a lead right now [...] So I'd like to get a roleclaim from Yunalesca and if she doesn't produce one in the 24 hours or so I'll add my vote on to pile and if she does RC we can move on from there. She hasn't spoken up in 5 days so we are in a post or die zone anyway.

Fox: I'll back you up here.

Yuna: My Roleclaim - Sorry to disappoint but nothing special here, just a boring old vanilla.

Isaac: Any background or flavor to disclose?

Yuna: No, all I know is that I'm Irina Sokolov and a vanilla.

You (Rana) : Vote: Yunalesca - I was waiting to see your roleclaim. Now that I have, I don't buy it. Easy lynch.

Why was that an easy lynch? More like easy bus. Yeah you've got an earlier line way at the beginning mentioning how the Russian thing was suspicious and you'd probably vote for it but it was sandwiched between a remark about Hobo and an lead up on ST, whose head you just bashed in. Now we know FT isn't aligned to Yuna or Hobo, he might be scum, with Danny-jap and ST-jap follwoing his leads as Yuna votes 2 and 3, but he's not a Russian. I could believe right about now that maybe you and Hobo are Russians and he's Japanese and you caved in ST's skull tonight but frankly I find it a lot easier to believe that FT, J-Scum or not, tweaked to Yuna and/or Hobo somehow and you're aligned to Yuna and maybe also Hobo and bussed her. I'm not really seeing how I fit into the equation on this one. In fact we can pretty much conclude with certianty that the only people who could have killed ST would be you or Hobo and you're the one who thought Lavendar as a name was a big deal. It apparently was but as motives for a NK go that's better than what appears to be only a Russian-possible hit to which FT can't possibly have wanted to do be town or J-Scum, and which would require me have basically deicded to kill an ally for no reason if I was R-scum with Yuna or the obviously non-true me=J-scum you just proposed then withdrew.

Also probably worth pointing out that Danny-J went after me pretty intense on Day 1 then HC'd me 'unsure' on Day 2, and is dead scum, that kind of sounds like he had an ally warn him off during the night. Which is a touch disturbing since while brand-new-ST might have thought of it, or the various remarks about how suspicious it was might have done the job, there is a smell of vet-player on that one, the third hypothetical J-scum.

So... thanks I'm prob-town now, which is a rarity, hell I might get lynched just because me as prob-town is so unbelievable. I can't be Italian because they are presumably extinct, I can't be Russian with Yuna dead as one, and I can't be Japanese.

So option 1: We were 3T-3I-3J-3R and are now 1-0-1-2... FT's the J-scum, Danny-J and ST-J jumped on his Russian bear Yuna-wagon (kind of like a Unicycle? Bear riding a uni-wagon haha... sorry) and Rana-R bussed her when it was obvious me and Fox would finish the job, and Hobo-R didn't vote for her. In this one you're all scum, 100%

Plausible, I like it in a I-am-totally-screwed kinda way.

Option 2: 4T-3I-3J-2R, same only you or Hobo is Town, or maybe Hobo Japanese but I really have FT lined up for that, obviously you're not as even if you didn't bash in ST's head he certainly wasn't your ally with the name-call on Lavendar. Anyway this implies 2-0-1-1 and is the one that worries me. Basically each of you has a 67% chance of being scum.

Option 3: 5T-3I-2J-2R, this one FT is def-town and either you or Hobo is scum, probably you.

Now there's variation on these but it comes down to what do I do, in #1 it doesn't matter, I vote for you as OMGUS over Hobo and hope FT kills Hobo and him FT tonight in which case I win. For option 2 I still vote for you because I know for sure FT and Hobo aren't aligned, but it is possible either is aligned to you in which case they won't vote for you, but if neither is and you're town then same scenario, tonight hopefully they kill each other. On #3, where FT- is def-town and you or Hobo is scum, I still go with you, because if I'm going to flip a coin I'll pick the side of the guy who just tried to get me lynched.

Now, the caveat on those is what if you are scum but not the only scum and in killing you I leave myself open to be cut down by the scum either tonight or tomorrow night after a 1-1 day 4? Answer, I'm fine with that, because its Russian Roulette either way, very appropriately.

I like this totally wild ass gamble Vote: Ranagrande