I can't really discuss the Flay=DM thing, since in my mind the worst thing to happen would be a mod-kill, so even denying that I'm one of the remaining roles at this late juncture could be seen as a clue as to who I am. Sorry I can't be more specific, but that's the way the game is set up.
I can say, according to the 'abilities are fine', that I don't personally have a separate win condition. I just meant that, of the remaining roles, the DM would be MOST likely to have one, since he was aside from the major narrative of the story. Sister Mary, to my mind, is either not-present or part of the Hell faction, even if as a mafia spy. That is the scariest possibility for Pooky=scum in my world, and if we've somehow got evidence that Pooky has only fingered non-Hell scum, that could be an exciting tell. I admit I was ready to vote esme until she brought up the discrepancy of him still being alive.
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, killing the claimed, verified (after a fashion) masons was still probably the safest scum ploy, as any remaining doctor is probably betting on Pooky. Our last three night kills have been Adam, God, and the Metatron, all consigned to the flames. I'm not sure why they targeted Olio the night before that.
I think Pooky is either Agnes Nutter, if pro-town, or Sister Mary, if not. I don't have the faintest idea how to discern between those two possibilities though.
If esme is scum as Pooky has narrowed it down for us, then it's pretty likely that she's Hastur, cut-and-dried. However the GH lynch is troublesome in that regard... I do think Fuldu is overlooking how hard it is for those of us who were not outed as Masons long ago to prove who we are, under this setup. If esme is town, I feel for her in that regard.
I'm certainly not demon-scum, and I don't have a separate win condition, fulfilled or unfulfilled. I'm trying to parse my way through what's left, but barring some marvelous insight from mneme, I'm still most likely to vote esme. Occam's Razor says that we try that before lynching Pooky on the word of his remaining possible scum. Remember, Pooky got mith right, so it's not like he can only spot non-humanoid scum or something (a variant of investigation immunity, sometimes).
Fuldu, I don't understand how you find the two-scum possibility more likely, especially when it requires both two scum AND some sort of investigation immunity/flaw in Pooky's ability. From your older four-possibility post:
4) Pooky is Sister Mary Loquacious, mafia cop. This is the problem scenario. In this case, mneme is still likely to be the Delivery Man, so Hastur is either esme or Mr. Flay. Offhand, it's more likely to be Mr. Flay, since Pooky has to realize that he's set up esme to probably be lynched today and it would be an awfully ballsy tactic to do that as a WIFOM. This scenario also explains how Pooky has survived this long.
Pooky can live this long through a misguided doctor, too (though I admit I don't see a role off the top of my head that would be one). We've all presumed through most of the game that Pooky is town cop, but his survival DOES trouble me. I just don't see it as entirely likely, certainly not as likely as esme being Hastur. But I want to hear from mneme, and possibly SubtleTactix again.
By the way, Pooky, you never answered my question about vibes: Have your results gotten any more specific than good vibes/bad vibes, anything that might hint at what we're really looking at here?
