Okay. So now. Peter is gone, I feel like I can breathe again and I have at least a cordial working relationship with basically everyone left in the game.
Oh but, Oracle? Isn't this the part of the game where they start picking off well connected people?
Why yes specs, great question I'm so glad you are asking! This is something I've started planning in my head and I have no idea how this specific plan is going to work out, but I'm starting to see a semblance of a path to the end for me.
This is likely going to involve me garnering a lot of trust and making sure I break that trust at the very right moment.
1st, I need to make sure Margot and Madame are solid with me, after taking somewhat of a stance that I preferred Peter to go here, I'm sure they are wary of me. So now I need to give them what they want. This game you can't get everything you want or it blows up in your face. So if Writer doesn't win immunity this time around I'm likely going to offer his head on a silver platter. Gustave wants it. Duke wants it. Margot wants it. Madame wants it. And I'm going to need it if I want to get farther. The longer Writer continues on, the more deeply Richie buries himself in this game and I need to knock him down a peg or two so that he has to work with me going forward.
2nd, if Writer loses immunity, then I'm going to pitch Herman. His name was briefly brought up, but I need Margot and Madame on my side and I need to get it through their brains that we need to take out a few goats or everyone is going to let them go. I'm pretty sure they could use this to turn around and blindside me, however that would leave them as the next 2 boots and I'm pretty sure they aren't that stupid. They'll recognize that getting out OG Ivanhoes is what is best for their game. Honestly, Herman is next on my list anyways after Writer, so that was going to be my next suggestion anyways.
3rd, I'm sure Richie and Suzy are going to disown me, however, Suzy's not actually in that bad of a position because I know Margot and Madame like her. So really at this point Richie will be in a bad spot without me and Gustave.
So assuming I get my way and Writer and Herman are the next two to go, the game looks like this:
Madame
Margot
Me
Duke
Richie
Suzy
Royal
Buckley
Gustave
So I could continue picking off people from OG Ivanhoe, however at this point it should be a 5-4 split unless idols come out or people don't follow suit. So next it's going to be setting up one of Royal or Buckley to take the fall, I don't care which, but if they try to go for Richie Suzy or Gustave, I need to shut that down. The more "threats" that are in this game, the more likely I am to get farther. So at that point I need Buckley and Royal to go and I'm still going to have numbers on my side because without me Richie, Margot, Madame, Suzy and Gustave will all start to go after each other.
So then 4th, after getting rid of one of Buckley or Royal, then I need to gun for the big one, Richie. I hate the idea of going after him, but after removing writer and herman, he will be down and once I have the numbers back in my court I can safely take a stab at him.
So this is where the game gets tricky for me:
Suzy
Me
Duke
Gustave
Margot
Madame
Royal or Buckley.
Realistically I'm going to be somewhat of a high profile target because Suzy's not going to be super thrilled with me, however I'm going to have to assume Margot is going to be looking like a really tasty jury snack, plus I'll have pissed off enough people by this point that I can sell how people aren't going to be happy with how I've been playing and be less of a threat than her.
However I fucking still need Margot in the game, so what am I going to do?
I'm going to target Madame. She's too sweet, she's too nice and really she's going to probably sweep this jury. Plus we know she has presence in challenges, I think at that point she will be public enemy #1.
Then at this point, no matter what I do, I have Duke and Gustave in my corner. With Suzy in tow as a fourth, I think we can safely take out Margot and the remaining person from Buckley/Royal.
That would leave a final 4 of me, suzy, gustave and duke. In theory so long as Suzy doesn't win this challenge, she's another jury darling at this point and in theory I'm hoping the 3 of us manage to get this done.
Then in the end, it's going to be a bit of a split. I think Gustave is going to get some votes that I won't. I think I'll have just pissed off too many people by that point, but I don't know if anyone's going to give Duke votes unless he starts actually waking up and playing this game rather than following, which becomes a wrench in my plans if he does. But in theory, if I've played this right, I should get votes over Duke, and the votes Gustave doesn't get I should mop up for having somehow made the end in spite of entering merge as a popular social threat.
This is a work in progress, but I think right now it's my best path to the end. It's not pretty, and there is a lot that can go wrong, but I have to keep reading the situation and appealing to emotion whenever I can.
If anyone has said concerning things about Oracle in their confessionals, note to specs and mods, I'm fine. I just needed a night off so I sort of made up having a jarring day. The lie I told (which so far only have said directly to Duke but may have to if more people pry) is pretty dirty, all things considered, and might make me seem like a psychopath. It was a very Johnny Fairplay thing to do, but at this point I need to shift the target off of me and start playing these sides. It could blow up in my face, but I've played this game too hard not to start getting blood on my hands and slowly over time seeming less and less like I'd run away with this thing.
Either way. I'm hoping that Duke and Gustave are the two sitting next to me, as I don't think Royal and Buckley have any need or desire to take me far, and I'm not putting myself in a position where three goats suddenly take over the game. If the threats can just...put the knives away for a few rounds, I think we all stand a much higher chance of making the end. The strategy of taking goats to the end and putting all the pressure on yourself to perform is a hell I never want to put myself through again if I can avoid it.
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