Not too much to catch up on so far, it seems.
The back and forth between Mharman and Savant with the votes (and WyIted and Owen throwing themselves in there) isn't particularly meaningful, though it at least gives me some idea of how Owen's approaching this, which is already significantly better than 420 (I know, low bar).
WyIted townreading Owen off of some arbitrary reasoning (this being that he's new) doesn't stand out, either. Most people have pushed back on that reasoning already and I'm in line with that camp. I generally agree with Luna that it's pretty common for mods to pair an inexperienced town member with an experienced one, but it's not necessarily the case. That being said, most of the players in this game have substantial experience at this point, even if there are still differences.
I think it's worth clarifying that if this is anything like the Mahabharata Mafia setup, then scum can ask about two characters and two roles, like it says in the OP. It's unlikely that they also get a fake claim (we didn't in that game and with Pie modding this one, I doubt Casey would add that in), though they most definitely will inform scum's fake claims.