ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ sᴇᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ's ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs.

[interpersonally]

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[ And, because they've got enough history that he doesn't feel the need to be cautious with what he's learned - ]

Saber. He has the right skillset, inclination towards violence for his own delight, and personal connection to the victim to have been responsible for Jake, and he's made it clear he intends to kill regardless of whether or not he's compelled. Given there were no other people I could say for certain were an immediate threat to life, Danny aside, it was the only vote I could cast.

Devon was framed to protect the Yellowjacket girls. Misty Quigley, a nurse at home, poisoned Ren with a foxglove in her food, a poison she'd learned about when she asked one of our number about toxic plants in the context of a possible upcoming game prior to it starting. Ren is a firm defender of Devon and had thrown suspicion on the girls, and on the day Quigley aimed her accusation Ren was unable to attend because she was too busy fighting for her life in the woods.

She's not a necromancer. That's a lie she told so she could put the final nail in the coffin of the story she was telling about Devon, and presumably line up Koby as a failsafe option for next round if that didn't stick or when Devon turns out to be innocent. His being a fleshworker is irrelevant. If somebody wanted to commit a deliberately symbolic murder like Castiel's, they'd need a hammer. Anyone who's lived in this commune for a month would know where to find those.

Be careful of the Yellowjackets, but especially Misty. She's proved she can and will do whatever she has to to keep them safe, and we can't afford to waste any cages.

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Not everyone is sharing everything they know. And, it's only natural for all of us to close ranks.

I'm going to approach the next round differently, if I'm given the chance to.

Thank you for sharing everything. Can we keep this channel of communication open next round if we're both able to?

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Please. [ To the open connection. ] And I'll try to get to you sooner next time. Everything happened too quickly to really get ahead of it.

Do you have the others' ears? If you could pass along what you know privately to anyone you trust not to feed it back to Quigley or the girls, I'd like to take the wind out of her sails without gaining her attention.

[interpersonally]

The vampires are working together. None of us were going to vote for Armand, but I didn't expect votes to completely shift altogether. I didn't even know they could.

Yes, I do. Are you okay if I share this with all the vampires? Do you know if Misty is in any of their ears?

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I hear the Yellowjackets were canvassing for votes amongst the vampires, so it's possible some deals were made. I'd ask that you don't share it with any you aren't personally confident won't feed it back to her for now, let the people you trust pass it on to the people they trust. And if you can keep my name out of it for the time being, I'd appreciate it. The poisoning ought to be enough if it's too complicated to share the rest without citing a source.

If you need evidence, I can provide public examples of her own words to support the allegation of poisoning. There's more to support that and the rest, but nothing I'm able to share at this time. Suffice to say she asked a lot of questions and made a lot of plans before any of this started.

[interpersonally]

( Whoops, but he trusts Caroline and Klaus inherently, so nobody else... will know Stephen's name. )

Let's meet in person later today. Before or after lunch.