Nerwen, who had gone back to her eerily familiar room to complete the transcription of the
Inziladun Files, returned looking even more pleased with herself.
"Ready for the next installment?" she asked.
"
Inziladun began Day Two by feigning dismay at
Boro's death.
Replying to
Nessa's naive (or perhaps pseudo-naive) statement that the people who voted for
Fea couldn't be wolves, he said:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inziladun
Well, I can conceive of scenarios when they might vote for a fellow who is caught with no hope of escape, just to deflect some suspicion from themselves. But I don't think that's a concern in this case.
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Then he tried to butter up
McCaber.
Then
Pitchwife asked him why he thought the innocent
Boro had voted him, and he said:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inziladun
I can't say what his thoughts were, of course. But he asked things of me which I complied with, then he immediately voted and left the room before hearing my response. Why? I don't know.
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Which of course, sounds like an explanation, but isn't when you look at it closely. A lot of what he said was like that. I'll tell you what,"
Nerwen added, with real admiration, "he may have been evil, but he was good at it!
Well then, after that he's clever enough to defend
McCaber against
Eönwë's semi-suspicion.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inziladun
I can see no logical reason a Wolfcaber would have given up his fellow on the first Day. If this is a ruse devised by the wolves, it's insanely risky for them.
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He explains (at
Nogrod's request) why he voted
McCaber after suspecting
Fea, and denies that he has shown the "trust" in
Nogrod that the latter says makes him uneasy.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inziladun
I did say I found her a bit unnerving, but I didn't think it enough to induce me to vote for her. I certainly never said she was innocent.
'Overwhelming trust for you'? I'm afraid not, good sir. You've been making sense, and I don't see in you anything in particular at the moment that gives me chills, but you are certainly not beyond suspicion.
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Now
Nogrod flip-flopped on
Inzi, saying that he was "considerate and reasonable" and "made good points", but also that his vote the day before looked bad, and that he made him uneasy.
This could be a wolf deliberately throwing out a weak suspicion of a comrade.. or an innocent disarmed by
Zil's move in defending
McCaber.
Inzi also denied
Pitchwife's accusation that he was twisting
Shasta's words. Then he went to bed, saying he "eagerly awaited"
Shasta's case against him.
That's all he'd said about
Shasta by that point– by this time
Nogrod was after
Shasta pretty strongly; I suppose
Inzi thought he could sit back and relax.
On his return he finally made a definite accusation, against
Nessa:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inziladun
I don't know Nessa well, as she hasn't been a part of our Downs community terribly long. However, such an adamant statement, that the Fea voters could not be wolves, and Fea saying no one should vote for Nessa makes me uneasy. Again, my suspicion of her (and McCaber in turn) the previous Day was based upon the fact that she voted for Fea immediately after Fea voted for her, and, after it was posited that Nessa's was a revenge vote, she denied it. Her 'explanation' of the vote never rang true to me. Couple that with her urging McCaber to reveal his dream after he's already said he wished to keep it to himself for the moment, and Nessa is highly suspect to me.
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I think this looks like a genuine attack, which makes
Nessa look more innocent.
He then casts suspicion on
Pitchwife,
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inziladun
Another one wanting McCaber to divulge information about his dream. And for credibility? He gave us the name of a wolf on the First Day! What more do you need?
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Eönwë (sort of– at least he castigates him for apparently continuing to doubt
McCaber), and throws some more fuel on
Shasta's pyre:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inziladun
Shasta I still don't trust. He seems to have pretty well continued his previous pattern of popping in and out without saying anything to help our cause.
I have yet to see his case against four of us, of which one was me.
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Then he voted
Shasta.
Conclusion? Well, I'm inclined to leave
Nessa out.
Nogrod's attitude is... odd: he made some telling points against
Zil, and yet was full of praise for him. Finally, there continues to be a sort of link between
Zil and
Eönwë. Whether this because
Zil is using him, or because they're in it together, I couldn't say at this point."
EDIT:X'd with three
Rikaes.
EDIT2: fixed quotes,