"I am interested," Azahul spoke up, "What exactly are my crimes, that indicate that I may be a traitor? That I gave the deciding vote in some of our previous executions? How does that implicate me? Had I cast my vote only a few moments earlier, I would have been the second-last, the third-last. I would have voted the same. When I voted, from the way I see it, has no bearing on anyone's guilt or innocence."
(OOC: for the record, I don't have a lot of time to make posts, which means that I tend to end up throwing in some last moment posts towards the end of each night :grin: no idea how to incorporate that into a post...)
"As for my calls for 'inaction', well, you stated it yourself Darkreaver. We have an 1/4 chance of killing a traitor. Have you thought to reverse the statistic, to see that we have a 3/4 chance of killing one of our own? The odds were even greater at the start of this meeting, and we had no prior evidence to go on. I voted for Gildus's death simply because there was a chance, unlikely, but a possibility, that he may be a traitor. With him already virtually condemned to death, there was nothing I could do to halt his execution, so I simply decided to hope for the best. Regardless, my calls for inactivity are long gone. We have many nights of evidence to call upon now, and it should be possible to find a traitor.
"Now it is time for me to cast my own vote. I see Darkreaver throwing out accusations with little heed to any true evidence. There is Batholis, who has reacted suspiciously many times before. Christophe, to whom much prior evidence has pointed. We find Boorelius appearing to delay the voting process. And Damek, who has little in the way of initiative and simply supports the others. These are those who I see have votes against them. With opinion so divided, and so many suspects, with so few of us remaining, this makes it impossible for anyone to gather enough votes to convict another. My own vote will make little difference within this mess. Five suspects, and only eight of us alive to vote.
"Then of course there are those who no one has accused. I have been brought under suspicion for the reasons I argued against above. We have Cromenon, who, considering the attack upon his life last night, can likely be viewed as above suspicion. Therefore it appears to me that everyone who could possibly be accused, has been accused."
Azahul paused. So far he had been stating the obvious, now he had to make a move, taking into consideration what each accusation had in favour of it.
"For once I support Christophe. Darkreaver acts erratically, switching from target to target, changing his vote on a whim. He is making little attempt to locate the real traitor, let alone think things through long enough to come up with a serious argument in his favour. He accuses others of delaying, of making sure that the traitors have the time to pick us of, one by one. And yet, what exactly do his random accusations achieve? The answer is simple. Nothing. Whenever he votes for another with little argument and no support, he effectively wastes his vote. He makes it harder for us to eliminate a traitor, by throwing away his support on some frivolous end, rather than helping us achieve the majority. In the end, his wild attacks upon other members of this party do more to delay our progress than any other act could achieve."
Vote: Darkreaver (Fodderboy)
