Potentially controversial spitball.
Lennie, thoughts on purposefully doing poorly here to protect Leon and make use of the idol ourselves?
I mean y'all can control the narrative and we can idol out whoever we want. Especially if the vote starts and Lennie goes, yup I'm sick of being allied with Judy and everyone is like "Omg I love drama lets do it" and then we like idol out someone like Jake.
Nick got back to me, Jake has not by the by.
I just worry as Leon has only potential friends in Scruff and Grouch who have both had time with the others in that group. He may not make it through one more.
It's a corny name and also honestly doesn't carry the best connotation in my mind? Also it kinda makes me think of Jake as Nick Wilson (which he might be flattered by but I wouldn't mean in a flattering way).
From there, the core of the BAU seems to want to work together. Nick and Penelope approached me about post-tribal collaboration, and I would like to bring you along.
As far as I can tell, things remain in flux, monsieur. Nothing is yet cast in stone.
Allow me to be frank.
Nick and Penelope are firmly allied, and are disinclined to vote for either you or I. I have also dissuaded them from considering Lennie.
Lennie and I were allied in the 27th, and at least for my part I am not considering him. Nor have I heard anyone mention his name. He seems indifferent to most BAUers, but is very wary of being on what he sees as being on the losing side.
Lucifer remains somewhat of an enigma to me, but appears to have reached out to the safety line thrown to him by his fellow BAUers. Going forward, I don't think he has the groundwork for long-term survival.
I quite like both you and Judy, but consider the carnage of the SVU as well as the survivors of it and the 99th. Grouch Cop and Lucifer have both made new pacts with allies from the BAU, and seem poised to move on from there. Cheddar is gone, and Quentin was...well, never really there. I have made some headway with Judy, but I don't think anyone else really has. Mon ami, you have made friends where most were anticipating an opponent. I myself was quite prepared to face obdurate opposition, and you have been perhaps the most pleasant surprise of the game. I think you would personally be best served to take the hand being offered to you, and evolve into a new paradigm.
So to sum up, I am going to talk to talk to Lennie about this, but it very much looks like it is down to Lucifer and Judy, with the former BAU appearing unified. Going into the merge, I would rather have you as a friend than alienate you.
Also can I just say 'ow sketchy eet ees zat M. Wilde ees giving information about ze idol to someone who 'e supposedly ees okay with voting out? Because based on what 'e ees saying to me, either Mlle Hopps or M. Morningstar going ees fine, but if zat ees really ze case, wouldn't you want M. Lucifer to not 'ave found ze idol? Eet doesn't really make sense.
I think even entertaining M. Lucifer was just a smokescreen, and zey were always set on Mlle Hopps.
So on the subject of my role staying hidden, if it turns out the vote appears to be solidly on Judy, should I just vote that way knowing that the idol will likely be played (and if it isn't, well then it wouldn't have made a difference?)? I don't bring this up lightly, I never want to cast a vote for an ally even if it's negated, but it could help maintain lines of communication I can use to bring us back information later. Let me know what you think (Judy especially).
It's absolutely incredible to me how Penelope and Nick can hold Lucifer in such low regard as an ally and yet expect him to vote with them? Penelope is asking me if I think Jake's on board with the Nick plan because to her he's waffling between Lucifer and Judy, and she thinks the votes are potentially on her side, which can only mean she thinks Lucifer is voting with her against Judy?? I think they must just assume Lucifer is "anyone but me", which isn't far off, but when people are talking about "well it's between Lucifer and Judy", and the three of us are saying Nick, Lucifer doesn't have to be a genius to figure out it's his ostensible allies who are debating voting him out.
It has become public that Nick is the vote and that there are at least four votes on him.