PetroleumJelly lowers her eyes in an annoyed fashion, and sets her jaw firmly.
"Tamuz and Werebear, have you really given much thought to the Masons? For days you have been trying to cast suspicion on us. I say your attack is unjustified.
"Some of this argument will
of course
be classified as 'wine in front of me', but that does not take away from it's inherent truthfulness. Give it a moment of thought and you will realize your aspersions towards us are quite ridiculous.
"Firstly: Now that we are in the open, upon reviewing this game, it is very apparent that all three of us were together ever since the beginning of the game. We all dropped role hints, and MikeBurnFire explicitly encrypted our names into one of his conversation pieces. No other names were in that encryption, and that is because there are no other members in our Masonry, and that there will be no other players here who will be affiliated with us.
"Secondly: Our roles match our restrictions. As a Satanist, Cogito Ergo Sum (Sister Grace Voluble) must say SATAN each day when sifting through her first five posts each day seeing that she is a Satanist. Sister Gabriella Gregarious must use include "gg" in each of her posts, as she is vain about her name (GG being her monogram). I, Sister Mary Loquacious, must address at least one person directly in each of my speeches, as I am in the Order of the Chattering Nuns, and I am somewhat of a gossip.
"Thirdly: We have never
once
tried to cast suspicion on each other, and this is an inherently Masonic thing to do. Scum, on the other hand, naturally will try to dissociate themselves from their partners, whereas we have made it blatantly obvious that we will not do so.
"Fourthly: We have clearly not gained
any
other members into our Masonry (if you for whatever reason suspect us to be a cult), as you ought to be able to see. There have been five nights in this game, and if we had converted even in only three of those nights, there should by definition by six (maximum of eight) of us, which would be enough to declare a cult win. Also, a cult that
begins
with three players is utterly preposterous, especially with what seems to be so few killing roles in this game.
"Fifthly: As all of you can clearly see upon looking at the death scenes, all of the deaths so far seem to be attributed to Pooky, the late Serial Killer, who clearly forced others to commit suicide using telepathy. To say that we are responsible for any deaths (although I suppose you could feebly argue the death of Pooky) is quite absurd.
"Sixthly: It certainly cannot be expected that in a game with twenty players, there is no Masonry. This is of course not guaranteed, but there have also been
no other
Masonry claims during the entire course of this game. That is because we
are
the Masonry.
"Seventhly: I simply cannot imagine a scum group who would set up a fake Masonry claim on Day One in a twenty player game, when there is
clearly
a high chance of there being another
actual Masonry
.
"Eighthly: If we were actually scum, if even
one
of us were to be lynched, or otherwise nightkilled (from an alternate scum group, a Serial Killer, a Vigilante, or a role such as claimed by Commodore Amazing) we would all be lined up and killed in a row. I have never in my life seen scum that have presented themselves in such a manner to the town, as being all connected with
no chance
of a mixed Masonry, on the off-chance that they would go through the
entire game
unscathed.
"Ninethly: There was a
very good
reason Cogito Ergo Sum and MikeBurnFire did not name-claim yesterday, and that is because it would make it blatantly obvious that I am the third and final Mason. Seeing as the Masonry now holds 1/4 of the town, we are a
very
strong voting bloc that the scum will have to deal with eventually:
unless
the town is so stupid as to do their work for them and lynch us. We are probably the strongest force that is helpful to the town now that we are this far along in the game. Trying to paint us as evil is a waste of time when you should be searching for actual scum.
"Tenthly: To address Werebear in specific, I am surprised that you said you were
expecting
us to claim that we are each guaranteed innocent! From my experience, of late, Masonries
are not
guaranteed innocent, simply so that there will be distrust amongst the Masonry which would arise from the possibility of a mixed Masonry. Guaranteed Masons are no longer common in the least.
"Eleventhly: Most people seem to be of the opinion that LoudMouthLee was indeed scum, and as you can see, the Masonry was clearly against him. Either you think that only three members of the same scum group decided to try a fake claim at a Masonry while attacking its own partners, or you must believe there are two seperate scum groups. And considering the paucity in kills we have had, I cannot see anybody defending such a view at this point.
"Twelfthly: As we have heard from Fiasco, he says that all of the scum are indeed Popes. We are clearly not popes, nor are our restrictions related to popes. If you believe we are scum, then you must necessarily believe Fiasco is lying scum.
"And thirteenthly: As we have heard from Commodore Amazing (who has been recently 'cleared' by Seol) all three of us are on the 'not good hanging' list, and that is not a mere coincidence. The fact is we are not good targets for lynching, and we never will be. If scum want to get rid of us, force them to nightkill us. And again, if you believe that Commodore Amazing is scum with us, then you must necessarily believe that Fiasco is also scum with us (and perhaps even Seol by association since he recieved an innocent result on Commodore Amazing).
"The fact is that it is quite unfeasible for the Masonry to be scum whatsoever. I ask that you move along and try to do something constructive, rather than something destructive. We have a set deadline for each of our lynchings, and focusing on us when it should be quite clear we are not where your eyes should be looking is squandering the little opportunity we have to root out the true evil.
"Seeing as Tamuz and Werebear are already automatically on the lynching block, however, there is not need to nominate them. I will, however, nominate Fiasco, who has also shown that he is uncomfortable with the Masonry, and conveniently cannot share his 'information' he was supposed to get. He also only received that chance at information because I
unvoted
him and pushed for others to do so, otherwise he would be dead. His lack of graciousness is quite apalling."
Nominate: Fiasco
.
