[Kitanna]

Lommy started with a crash and a bang of accusing Rikae of being suspicious. She continued to say that Rikae was getting less and less suspicious in her eyes, but then finishes her Day 1 career by voting for her. It’s an irksome thing, it really is. That’s what she did to me last time and I dislike it.

But Lommy said this:

She seems to be the most suspicious this far. Ironically, the more I read her posts, the less I suspect her, but as there's no one other I suspect, I "must" vote her.

So would you rather have had Lommy just pull off a random name or go with the one person she had the slightest suspicion of?

I see there was a bit of a back and forth between Nogrod and Jenny and then Nogrod and Volo. There's something in that trio that I find suspicious, but I can't quite explain. I have only a little bit of time now, but for Day Two I will be able to examine and give reasons for my uneasy feeling. Unfortunately time is against me.

So, it is now vote time for me.

++ Macalaure

I have moved Rikae my other main suspect farther down. She is still my second suspect, but as I said with each post I suspect her a little less. Mac on the other hand I haven't been given a reason to suspect him less.

Rikae, please, tell me, how can I defend myself from drawing attention towards you without drawing attention to you while I do so? It's not possible!

You brought attention to her in your second post (#12), that helped throw Rikae into the village eye. In your third post (#13) you discount what Lommy said about Rikae, keeping her in the spotlight while "defending" her not "thought all the way through" reasoning. In your fourth post (#15) you defend your own actions and natural reaction. But in your fifth post (#20) you continue to use Rikae and your points about her as your own defense, still keeping Rikae at the fore front of everyone's thoughts, but making sure everyone knows you don't find her overly guilty. In your sixth post (#27) there's another natural response to what Rikae said in response to you.

It wasn't my intention to cast a bad light on you. After this post, I'm rather fond of your innocence actually. Also note that I defended you against Lommy.

Yet more defense of Rikae, reminding us if something bad should happen to her, hey look who thought she was innocent all along. Your seventh post (#30) was (aside from the first post) the only one so far not bringing up Rikae in some way or another. In your eighth post (#43) more defense of Rikae, when you've made yourself perfectly clear already. The ninth post is really nothing more than a dispute over the rules and role of the Ranger. Tenth post (#63) again, defending himself and Rikae, pushing her into the spotlight and using her as an almost human shield against attacks on himself. Eleventh post (#72) finally a post about other villagers with no mention of Rikae. However he gives little by way of suspcions. Twelfth post (#75) I quoted above where he asks Rikae to say how he could not bring her up. Thirteenth post (#77) defense of himself over following Folwren's thinking on Lommy. Fourteenth post (#81) lists everyone and votes for Lommy. Last post so far.
Soooo, out of fourteen posts nine contain some reference to Rikae, often times restating what has been said by Mac over and over again. Two of those nine seemed like natural responses, that most anyone would have had. I worry about Mac because he has been putting Rikae in the spotlight and keeping ehr there, while at the same time trying to completely cover his own tracks. Look at Mac's defenses almost all defense posts (which there are quite a few) center around Rikae. I feel he is pushing her forward and drawing many eyes to her, but at the same time telling us all to think she's innocent. This way should she be lynched and found innocent he will look good by being her defender from the get go. I smell a piggy-backing Thing in that whole setup.