Hey Duke! Thank you so much! Of course I don't mind, in fact I'm happy that you asked. In trying to write a concise speech I did understand I was leaving out any specific mention of some jurors. It certainly doesn't mean you had no impact on my game, nor does it indicate any ill will.
There was an element in our overall communication throughout the game and especially after the merge of politeness and understanding that we were simply in different factions. However I was always considering how and when a connection between us could come into play. I asked Royal to approach you with his own individual alliance offer in the hopes that it would lead to the three of us working together, which it eventually did... except it didn't really, since you created that trio chat for us only to target Royal that very round. The assessment I gave you in our private correspondence after the votes tied there was honest. I admired the game you were playing and the positioning you achieved. If I'm understanding your question correctly though, you mean where you stood in terms of what my plans would be following the resolution of that tie. It is really dependent on how the tie resolved.
My goal that round was to lock in the alliance of four that would soon be named the Khaki Scouts with Margot, Madame and Suzy, which would include Suzy flipping on the revote in exchange for which the rest of us would let Royal go at seven. If that comes to fruition, then you would would while Gustave joins the jury, but otherwise my plans wouldn't be any different. The eventual blindsiding of Margot isn't likely to go any differently. Knowing that the connection between you and Oracle was much closer to being unbreakable than that between Oracle and Gustave, the move I made at five isn't going to be such an easy thing to pull off if it's a question of convincing one of you and Oracle to agree to voting against the other. It's a real possibility though that the game could follow the course it did and you would be sitting in the final tribal council seat M. Gustave currently occupies.
I like to imagine that the timeline we do occupy is what would have happened if that vote went to rocks and you were the victim of the bad rock.
Your friend,
Richie