I started writing out this detailed confessional about a conversation I had with Maxime last night but everything just changed.
Maxime and I had a heart to heart and I told her she needs to talk to Lockhart.
LOCKHART HAD SNAPES IDOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Lockhart gave the Hufflepuff Idol to Maxime!
Maxime and Mira need to play both of these idols on themselves tonight. The votes are still going to land heavily on them so if they don't they will go with the idol.
Maxime is already doing Maxime things and over-complicating by trying to see how she could save the idol for future use. Lockhart has made sure the plan is going to go down so that this won't be able to happen. If one of them doesn't play it the other goes home. Both idols will be gone or one of Mira/Maxime will remain in the game if neither play their idol and only one idol will be here. Maxime wants to tell Ron I am voting Fred with her and to get Ron to vote with "us" but I have already told Maxime I can't do that and my vote is still going to be on one of them to get these idols out of the game.
Next step, Ron gave me the final ingredient to the Polyjuice Potion for the Slytherin idol, I am just waiting for it to be added to my items before I can start brewing. My goal for this idol is to make another big move, ideally Pomfrey because she is a damn good social player. Good enough that Maxime is pushing to send out Fred over her. I get it, Maxime wants to keep her people in the game, but you don't keep someone who has their hands in everyones PM's and literally EVERYONE raves about how wonderful they are if you want to win. I have had to learn this in my time playing games. I adore Pomfrey too, don't get me wrong. she's wonderful, it's just I am not playing a game so Pomfrey can skate to the end and win because she was loved by everyone. What is the point in even playing if all these great moves are made just to create a smooth path for someone with clean hands to get to the end? THIS IS ME SAYING THIS PEOPLE, WHO EVEN AM I??????
Last night Maxime told me that my name hasn't come up at all and Mira told her that at least I am talking with with them. She said that the only people talking to them this round are me, Pomfrey (shocking), Ron and Lockhart. Ron is a floppy player. He needs to be watched too. I feel like he gets to the end of games as a goat quite often and he enjoys sitting at ftc and losing. I adore him as a person, but loving someone because they talk about all the same stuff you like to talk about is much different than enjoying someone in a game because they are great to strategize and make moves with.
That's all I have for now. I guess I have immunity again this round. I am worried I am going to be voted out soon. I would like to beat my best placement in alias games, but at the very least I am so proud of how I have evolved as a player in this game. This is the most - whatever this is - I have ever been. This game minus the villainess stuff I have felt like is the closest strategically I have played in an alias game and very much represents the strategic player I have been in open ID games.
NEVER in my life would I EVER expect anyone to give up immunity in a game LET ALONE to give it to me!
I am beyond words!
Lockhart you are one wild player and I am loving it, if I were viewing this game I would be rooting for you and most likely Mira.
I can't help but love Mira, I hate how singled out she has become because who likes a majority alliance that just steamrolls. Last night in talking with Maxime we agreed we really want to work together and Maxime is very close to Mira so I hope things can be patched back up with the three of us if not only just to cause some more waves in the game... because WHY NOT!
The open ID games I just hosted had so many shifting dynamics and was such a ride to watch every round up until the end. I would love to see that happen in the alias world. I know it has happened before but of all the games I have seen or been apart of it seems they arent that wild and this cast is certainly wild!
She kept me out of this whole Lockhart vote situation and broke my trust. I will play nice with her (I have messaged her apologizing saying I didn't know the whole story BLAH BLAH BLAH but I am not telling her anymore.
ALSO
That stupid Hufflepuff Idol was cursed! That idol embodied more Slytherin juju that anything!
Just for the record I had full intentions of posting at the end of one hour and the beginning of the next to maximize time between to nap and whatnot but I am so nervous about making sure I don't mess up that I was only able to sleep for two 45 minute naps. I spent a good couple hours trying to figure out what the scrambled word was. If someone already got this Slytherin idol, good for them, it is definitely one you have to work for. As for how I would play it if I do get it, the people that I care about most in this game are Amos and Lily. Lily has done a very good job staying off anyones radar and she is just a sweetheart so if people want to go for someone not on anyones radar and I get wind of it, she is saved. I adore her! Same goes for Amos only I know he is much more visual in the game. I am really unsure about my own spot in the game. I know Ron is probably only telling me (and everyone in the game) what they want to hear, I think he was the loose screw Maxime needed to go completely rouge and make a big move last round. Honestly I would have been shocked at Lockhart stayed after giving away immunity. It's anyones game right now.
Lily wants to use her invisibility cloak on me. I am not going to let her do that. If anything I need to find out if Amos is in danger, or Lily for that matter and if one of them are then it needs to be used on them. Today has really killed all my excitedment in this game. I hope Mira doesn't have the Slytherin idol because how boring. I was really hoping to find it so I could use it on one of my allies. I'm not quite she what I am going to do at this point. I feel like a sitting duck. I'm never going to just roll over and give up but it's really hard to not feel helpless when someone who doesn't really care to talk to people has what seems like unlimited advantages. Advantages don't equal good game play. You have to play a good game in addition to having them. Sorry for those of you rooting for Mira but if she does have the Slytherin idol and does make it to the end she is going to have to prove to me she actually did something more than getting lucky if she wants my vote. Draco told me he also has the ingridents and he says he was going to start going for the idol this weekend. There is a chance this is a cover and he has the Slytherin idol which would be fun to see how he would use it! Honestly I get bored when the same person/people have all the idols (looks at Nick Parr). I like to see fun things happen with idols aside from just being used to save that same person over and over. Zzzzzzzzz. Today has really been depressing. I need to actually get some real sleep.
