Zounds! I thought things were exciting when I was last here. It’s ten times more so now.
Still, I have two Owls declaring me innocent, which can’t be a bad thing!
But I am totally confused. It has taken me an age to catch up and now it is very late in my personal village time zone. I have a busy day's Scarecrowing tomorrow, so I really oughtn’t tarry long.
Mith’s Owl claim seemed entirely credible to me when she made it, as she was under a fair bit of suspicion, not least from me, and her lynching was looking a distinct possibilty. Because Owlish behaviour can often look very much like Duckish behaviour, her claim made a lot of sense of my earlier suspicions of her. And the hints were there (though I did not spot them) in the run up to her declaration. Added to that the fact that she declared Nogrod and me to be innocent (I know that I am and I suspect Nogrod to be), her claim was (and still is) looking entirely believable to me.
Glirdan’s claim looks a lot less credible to me. If he’s a Duck, it was senseless for him to make his Owl claim when he did, since it would mean that his death would follow swiftly (in the next Day or so), leaving only one Duck against a well-populated village. The Owl had been identified, so there was little sense in a Duck declaring. However, it was a good tactic for a Goose, which is what I now suspect Glirdan to be.
Which means that spawn is probably innocent, yet is now going to die. Problem is, if Glirdan is the Goose, then, even after we lynch him, we will still have two Ducks to catch with very little to go on (unless an Owlish Mith survives tonight and delivers us a Duck tomorrow).
My vote will make no difference to today’s outcome. Even if both Elu and I vote for morm, spawn will still die because she has 6 votes and was the first to reach that total.
But vote I will. And, while I think her innocent, spawn’s death will at least be highly informative. So:
+ + dancing spawn of ungoliant
If she is guilty, then Mith is a Duck or the Goose. If she is innocent, then Glirdan is a Duck or the Goose. Either way, the Nightingale will know whom to protect tonight, and we will be one enemy down and quite possibly two by the end of tomorrow.