Hey sorry just woke up. Long post, so it's has section titles now.
Intro
First, I guess this might not have been clear, I'm not convinced that Irene is mafia, but she was on my "suspicious" list (I'll say why in a moment). We had all already agreed that it was better to lynch someone than no one, and the only other lynch choice that people were talking about was Xuan.
Why we should not have voted off Xuan
I think that it is/was a complete waste to lynch Xuan, BECAUSE she is inactive. Either she is an inactive townsperson, which counts towards us in numbers, or she is an inactive mafia, which also helps us because she won't kill us. So either way, it would have been best to lynch someone else. Irene happened to be the only other choice.
I presented this logic, in Di's room(?I think?) to Steven, and a whole bunch of other people (Di, Yi, Katherine, Joy, ?). I think it's most interesting how Steven responded. He adamantly defended lynching Xuan, saying that if she didn't want to be active, we should vote her off. He told me that I was "using logical reasoning, but [he was using] emotional reasoning, in the spirit of the game". After we pointed out how unlogical this sounded, he very quickly changed and said, 'Ok let's all vote for Irene, I've thought she was suspicious from the beginning', and started getting other people to vote for Irene. [I left after this to cast my vote. This happened between 11:30-11:53ish yesterday.] Interestingly, Steven did not vote for Irene after this.
Please, can other people tell their versions of this story, too? I promise I've told this story, quotes included, as well as I remember.
Why I thought Irene was suspicious
Whenever I meet anyone in this game, I directly ask them if they are mafia. Everyone except Irene said "no, I'm not the mafia". Irene said "Oh come on, give me a break" and changed the subject slightly. Later in the conversation, I requestioned her, and she finally said "no, I'm not the mafia" but then immediately left. [Someone else witnessed this besides Alex and my HMC friend. You were female and Asian and playing mafia, and I'm sorry I don't remember who you were.]
Remember her weak argument:
Quote:
You know me. I would never kill anyone.
This kind of exudes Irene's personality, and I think she tries to never lie, also. So, it's even more suspicious that she did not immediately say that she's not mafia.
Other notes
PS - It's possible the Fraudster didn't know which to vote for and voted once for Irene and once for Xuan. I think someone did this last year.
PPS - Sorry mafia I have no clue what my schedule is today. I was gonna go rock climbing in Boston but my hand/wrist hurts so I'm not going. I have a pset to do at some point. EC is probably the best bet for finding me. Also, I'm disappointed that you didn't kill me in the shower yesterday.