I targeted Barney and Lunatic last night.
"In the shadows of the night, I see a tangled fate unfold. One seeks to disrupt, but their efforts are tangled by unseen hands. A restless spirit tries to act, but is held fast by the web of fate, their actions stilled. Nearby, another moves, their intentions unclear, yet they hold the power to stop, to bind. One name stands frozen in the web, unable to escape their bindings—Barney, trapped in stillness. And beside him, a figure with a wild heart, silent in the night... Lunatic, whose hand unknowingly weaves the threads of delay."
It would appear that the action being described is a roleblock, given to Barney by Lunatic.
It’s worth nothing that Lunatic is described as “unknowingly” roleblocking Barney. It also worth noting that Lunatic’s role is about longevity, the same as Austin’s.
At first, I had felt that Austin’s role could be our bio-engineer. But if Austin is the rolestealer, what was his plan? To steal someone’s role, only to be CC’d by them or the graveyard later? The only role he could have stolen that avoids this problem is Greyparrot’s; however, stealing negative utility for the sake town confirmation is riskier, and Austin had little way of guessing Greyparrot’s role was extremely towny- furthermore, it could backfire in his face.
Meanwhile, to pursue a life greater than 120 like the days from Adam to Abraham, doesn’t have to come in the form of an apportioner. It can come in the form of a bio-engineer.
Although it should be asked: Does crab god passively roleblock? If so, is it random, or does it target anyone who visits the crab god?
Regardless, Lunatic’s action seems to contradict his claim that he visited Pie, so he seems to be a slam dunk for being scum. I believe his flip will be revealing. If he is our role-stealing crab god, Austin is most likely innocent. If he is another scummy role, Austin is most likely our role-stealer. And if he flips something like a scum apportioner, it could also flip a town lock on Savant, depending on the specifics.
I think Lunatic is obvious scum, and think he joins Joebob in that category.
From there, further debates can be had.
Did Barney inadvertently target Lunatic? If Barney targeted Lunatic, was he redirected to Lunatic by someone else? If not, he would be lying about his action and scum.
What about Whiteflame? I’m not sure I like his claim. Why does Greyparrot scumread Whiteflame?
And could Pie be implicated in any of this?