WW LXXXVIII: What Lies in the Dark (Game Thread)

[the phantom]

*frowns* I'm really having some trouble with Boro here. On Day 1 his first post reads-

Originally Posted by Boro, first post yesterday

But, but, I've only just caught a bad case

Which, as much as anyone else, would invite the attention of Sam's cure, if it weren't for the fact that in the following post he seems not to know if Shelob has a Spiderling or a sting victim. If Boro was indeed the Been-Stung, he did us quite a disservice, throwing Sam off the trail like that. But if he wasn't the Been-Stung, why say that initial bit in the first place?

And then he leads off today hinting either- 1) "I was cured", 2) "I'm the Doctor", or 3) "I survived Shelob's attack" (i.e. "Sam protected me" or "I'm Sam").

Originally Posted by Boro, first post today

First things first...well two things actually.

Legs! Good. Arms! Nice. Hands! With lots of fingers. How many? Oh great there's ten. Ears! Even better. Nose! Woot, I'm fine.

I'm going to dismiss option three immediately, leaving 1 and 2. But wouldn't option 1 have been given in the narrative? Not to mention it would be darn unlikely given the likely Sam cure choices. So that leaves option 2.

But I'm debating whether or not a Doctor would hint much anyway. His "powers" aren't useful except for his own reasoning, and in the event that he knows something others don't seem to realize. But hint too much too early and you run the risk of being converted to Shelob's side. I'm not sure I buy it, unless Shelob happened to be lucky enough to select the Doctor for her Night 1 sting. (I'm assuming she was allowed to select Night 1, or was her Been-Stung just handed to her?)