TIG LXIX: Meeting at the House of Usher

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Let's start with the begging time then as I can see that as our only possibility.

Our lives are in your hands, oh deeply respected lovers. *bows deep*

Well, your precise circumstances depend on who exactly ‘you’ are. But, whoever (or whatever) you are, this is not strictly true. Your destiny still lies in your own hands (or paws, as the case may be).

Originally Posted by Nog

We know you fine and gracious lovers could call this game off already by making a voting-alliance with the wolves.

That’s really rather up to the Wolves, don’t you think?

Originally Posted by Nog

But would you wish the game to end that unsportily?

It’s not at all unsporting from our perspective. Given how difficult it is for Lovers to win, surely you can’t blame us for seeking to make the best of the circumstances in which we find ourselves.

Originally Posted by Nog

I'm appealing to the "player" in you, to your inner detective wishing and willing to try and solve a mystery …

Oh, believe me, my ‘inner detective’ is not idle. He is just choosing not to make his deductions and suspicions public.

Originally Posted by Nog

Otherwise it's just meaningless even to try anything toDay.

Come now, Noggie, this is poppycock, and you know it. If the Innocents find another Wolf toDay, then it is very much still game on. If they do not, then they probably lose.

And the playing field is not too uneven. The Innocents benefit from our revelation in that they have the advantage of being able to eliminate us from their enquiries (and I hardly think that it is in our interests to give them any further advantage). The Wolves, on the other hand, know that we are open to offers, should the situation arise whereby we can both share the victory.

Originally Posted by Pookie

So if they take that route, then Sauce and I are irrelevant.

Save, of course that, if it becomes clear that they have taken that route, we shall be doing our darndest to ensure a Village victory.