Last round, the vote somehow ended up being both crazy and pretty straightforward. So two rounds before, Lockhart trying to pull some slick shit behind the scenes to make sure one of me and Fred left without him getting any blood on his hands, but as you saw it all blew on his face. For all of that I had Maxime and Mira (and Ron) to thank, so I wanted to repay them the favor and vote with them. Well, as soon tribal was posted, we got all the troops ready. All three of them, and myself, Fred and Draco, and all we had to do was decide who we wanted to target, Angelina or Amos. Maxime made a group with all of us, and we all gave our thoughts on who we wanted to go, and me, Fred and Ron expressed wanting Angelina to go, but no! Maxime then starts using the excuse that the best way to get Draco is to target Amos, basically using him as an excuse to push her own agenda. I was not really here for it, but fine whatever, I was willing to do that.

I decide to go to bed early like the grandma I am, but so far everything is going great! Well not for long, cause Mad Max came in full force. I wake up news that Maxime, for some reason decided to tell Angelina that she was the target, but that thanks to her she was staying and Amos was leaving instead. And who does she blame for all of it? Me and Fred! Why? Who the fuck knows. And it's like, why would we want to vote with someone who's throwing us under the bus like that? Thankfully, Maxime hasn't exactly been the most reliable person this game. She was sketchy as fuck during the Minerva boot and during the Lockhart boot, so I don't think Angelina fully believes what Maxime was trying to sell, which was actually a bit true, but she doesn't need to know that!

So everyone decided to turn the vote against Maxime because everyone could do without her paranoia in the game. Even her #1 Mira was willing to let her go because of how much of a headache she was. It's sad because during challenge days she was a joy, but come tribal days she was something else. I think she took it a bit too hard, but thankfully she was drunk throughout the entire thing so maybe that eased the pain? I doubt it though.

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I think this actually might be for the better though. That group of Amos, Angelina, Lily and Cormac is still going strong, so I think everyone that was on that failed alliance, minus Maxime of course, might actually need to stay together for another round to get rid of one of them, preferably Angelina. Mira has actually thrown here and there how Angelina talks to everyone, so I think she's somewhat threatened by her (as is everyone), so hopefully it actually becomes a thing this time around. Speaking of Mira, I decided to finally break the ice about like, actually working together and she seems to be all for it, so I think that's good! I still don't want her anywhere near FTC, but for now I think me and her can work great together!

My only worry right now is that I feel like everyone sees me and Fred as this tight af duo when that is not the case. Like I do consider him one of my closest allies, but my real ride or die is Ron. For now I don't think I want him with me at FTC, so if he does end up leaving I feel like that only helps me cause I won't have that target on my back anymore, but I also still trust him so I need him for a bit longer. I don't even know if I'd want to sit next to Ron, but it would be really hard for me to cut him so I won't get ahead of myself. I think this round is crucial for my game, but if it goes like I want it to go, I think I have a really good chance of at least making F5.

I feel like these last couple of rounds have been about weeding out the crazies, but the game is finally kicking in and I'm ready for it! Especially because I think I have the upper hand right now.

Ever since last round, Angelina has been claiming that she opened the Slytherin common room and that it was empty, and that she thought Mira had it. At first I thought she was just bullshitting around, but she was actually spot on! Soon after challenge results, Mira comes to me, Ron and Fred and tells us she has the Slytherin idol and that she wants to make a move against Angelina, which is music to my ears. I do love Angelina, but she's on everyone's ears and as Fred said, she thinks that we're all vegetables who can't think for themselves! She's trying to befriend and work with everyone, but when you're allies with everyone, you're allies with no one. Like even after the Lockhart boot when she was declaring war to Maxime, one hour later they're watching movies on rabbit together and she's passing her her challenge advntage. It just makes it very clear that she has to G O.

So the plan of course to put all our votes onto Mira, but instead Mira, Fred, Ron and I will actually vote for Angelina, and Mira will save herself with an idol. We're just gonna tell the others that we're gonna be pretending to be voting for Amos with Mira, which is obviously a blatant lie. Of course the problem lies in the fact that of course no one wants to put all their votes into Mira when there's a good chance she idols. So that's where everything get's a bit complicated.

I message Angelina a bit after challenge results and we start talking about the vote, and she starts talking about how she's suspicious of Ron and that she thinks him and Mira are closer than they're letting on because after last tribal council, he was telling her that he thought someone told Mira about the plan to like get in between them. Of course I know where this is going, and it's only a matter of time before she suggests a Mira/Ron split plan, which of course I don't want, but I go along with it because if I seem too pushy about putting all our votes on Mira, that might look a bit sketchy. Of course I tell Ron all about it because why wouldn't I?

Well, an hour later I get a message from Ron saying that Angelina came to him and she was telling him that I was suggesting doing a split vote between him and Mira, but that Lily and her had his back. I was trying to get her out last round, so I can't say I blame her for trying to throw me under the bus, but sadly I'm three steps ahead of you boo! I know she also went to Fred and told him that it was my idea, and as annoying as it is, I think it might actually not be that bad of a thing. I don't think they're trying to get me out this round, I think they're just trying to get on Ron's good side, so they can turn him against me next round. And by her going around saying that, people won't think me and Ron are close, when in reality we're tight af.

I think somewhere along the line, the split vote actually changed from Mira/Ron to Mira/Draco which I obviously prefer. We just have to make sure at least 1-2 out of me, Fred and Ron are "voting Draco" so this split vote plan doesn't ruin shit.

Where it gets really interesting is, believe it or not, with Cormac. I actually had a really good conversation with him that I feel like I should probably just screenshot instead.

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So we have to thread carefully cause right now I think we have Cormac's loyalty and trust, but if we keep him in the dark this round, who knows if that relatioship will be tainted. Right now I think the smartest move might be to tell Cormac about it, but have him stick to his vote so they don't think he's with us. That way, we can get information of Lily/Amos from him, and he can get information of Mira from us, and we can just compare notes. But there's also always the chance that he will spill the beans and ruin everything, and I could go, so it's a risk we have to decide if it's worth to take.