Episode One Letters

[Judith]

Letters to my dearly deceased husband Bill about my misfortunes in this heinous Burg.

[Judith]

Dear Bill,

Today I was able to meet two wonderful woman! I wish you were here with me, even if this Burg is hell! Jessica is a young mother with a troubled past, but has remarkable wisedom and spirit! Reicheru, the other woman I met, is Japanese and is slowly but surely improving her English. She, too, had a troubled past, but does not show similar wisdom to Jessica's.

Jessica and me were able to discuss many of life's mysteries. Positives in tragedy, the aftermath of love, and how wisedom is intelligence. She revealed to me a secret that she asked me to keep, which I will! She has told the Burg that she is almost finished her schooling, but she revealed to me that she is barely along. She felt that she was stupid because of this, but I told her not to be ashamed; her secret was safe with me. She said she felt very comfortable with me, which I completely loved to hear, but she could also be trying to fool and old woman, which she will not accomplish if that is her game!

As for Reicheru, I had a difficult time communicating with her. It was not her English that was confusing, but it was her content. She didn't seem to treat me with much respect and seemed to constantly disagree with me. She has the smarts of a wise woman, but her wisedom is corrupted. She let me know that she is on the run from a horrible man in Japan. She took a stand and did not kill, which is very honorable. I offered my home to her as a hiding place, but Tenchi had already done so. My door remains open to her. I hope that she comes clean of her corrupted blood, because her visibly slow recovery is shaping her into a better woman. I expect great things from her someday!

Always loving you,
Judy

[Judith]

Dear Bill,

Oh, I miss you so! Jennipher got me thinking about you. I went on another spasm, praying to God that you would return to me! I know you are with me in spirit, my love. I met two more people today! Jennipher and Jakub, who are both great!

Jennipher and I had an excellent chat. Almost as excellent as my chat with Jessica. She is very interesting and very nice. I cannot wait to keep talking to her! I do, however, felt like she was holding back on me. She insisted on asking me who I might not like, so, if Reicheru's rumors are true, her possibility of wanted to be involved with a spy orginization is not out of the question! She was wonderful, regardless!

My chat with Jakub was brief and quaint. He seems like a nice boy, Bill. Oh, just like David, such a nice son we had. I hope you are two are together. I'll be joining you two soon. Oh how I miss you both so!

Lots of love,
Judy

[Judith]

Dear Bill,

I have the most dreaded news to deliver to you! To top things with the terrible Burg disaster, there are spies amongst us! We cannot leave until we catch them! This is going to be so difficult. I am so worried. There is also rumored reports of a suspect being imprisoned tomorrow. I am horribly frightened! I was able to speak to a phew new faces today, and rekindle with some familiar ones!

I respoke with Jennipher, Jessica (briefly) and Reicheru. I still cannot get a very strong vibe on Reicheru! The woman is very paranoid or very sneaky. I do think she is untrustworthy. She was trying to make me doubt Jennipher, which could place suspicion or immunity on Jennipher, and then knew I was talking to Anneliese when I didn't mention it! She knows way more than she needs to, and seems to be playing THE hardest out of everyone that I have spoken to thus far. Apparently, according to Jennipher, Jack is playing rather hard too, but in an efficient way.

Jennipher and me are very close, however, I still think she may be very smart and could potentially be a spy. I would hate to think that, however. She seems to have met a lot of people as well and I was able to get information from her about each person she had met. That way I don't feel completely out of the loop, especially on how people were acting pre-meeting!

I met two new people today. Tenchi and Anneliese! Both are really great! I had a very fun time speaking to Tenchi (he tricked me into thinking you were present!) and I think he enjoyed me. He is close to Reicheru (again, a suspicious girl). He wanted to have a chat with Jennipher and I (according to Jennipher) but then had to leave. Jennipher seems trustworthy (or at least I'm making her think she is) but there are also many reasons to be suspicious of her type.

Anneliese is a wonderful lady, and I do believe she's a citizen. She's very nice and very bright. She reminds me a lot like Emma from the original spies! She was apparently a lovely lady, and Anneliese sure is! I look forward to working with her down the road. She told me I was very popular amongst most of the burg, which worries me so!

I need to find these spies very soon, Bill. Poor Hermes is at home and needs me there! I need to find them for Hermes, for you, for David, and a little bit for me. Yes, for me too. I do not want to go to jail! Hopefully if I appear like a so-so citizen yet remain slight suspicion. That way I would be a help to the spies in imprisonment views, yet in exile I'd be in full spy-weeding mode! I need to get out of here, Bill!!

If I were to make a very early spy prediction, it would consist of Jennipher, Reicheru and Tenchi. Then again, I have met so little people! Miles is also a strong possibility. Apparently he is very personable! Always suspicious!!

I love you,
Judy

[Judith]

Dear Bill,

I was able to meet Miles today! Such a personable and sincere man. I do, however, think he has the makings of an excellent undercover spy. I am hoping that this is not true, but Bill hunnie, these people all seem so nice. These spies must be the most devious.

We had a chat with Jakub, Jennipher, Jessica, Tenchi and myself. We all had nice conversation and worried about the upcoming imprisonment and exile. I was interested to spot Jessica saying "You sure are good at making us feel so comfortable". If she is a spy, that could easily be perceived by citizens that I am clever socially. It could have been innocent, but it shot her up near the top of my spy list. Other than that, everyone was their same selves. We all predict to see Imagine getting imprisoned, as she is of no use to anybody.

I love you so,
Judy

[Judge Sam]

Thank you for posting all these conversations and confessionals - I'm really enjoying them!

[Judith]

You're very welcome! I'm definitely enjoying myself, again. I wanted to apologize for IMing you again which led you to block me. I am known to sometimes get so excited that I over-talk the hosts about their game. I guess it's something I'll fix with age. I also want to apologize for asking you to do this and that, I don't mean to be bossy, but it comes with my organization-crazy nature and just to give input. I'll try to avoid IMing you since it seems to become a problem.

Anyways, I'm excited to see how far Judith goes! She's a great character and I'm having tons of fun whether I win or not!

[Judith]

Dear Bill,

Oh Bill! Oh the most terrible thing has happened! A trusted citizen amongst us has been put to jail under false accusations by these pesky spies! When will the madness end?

Poor Imagine, a rather unique person, was the untimely victim the spies. I was shocked to find that Imagine's lack of social skills was of his own fault, and not of rehearsal. It just goes to show that it could have been any one of us accused falsely. Why Imagine? I cannot know for certain, but my best guess would be that his lack of communication was of no use to the spies. Foolishly enough for the spies, Imagine did not help the citizens either.

The Judge has announced that we are all to vote for somebody in the Berg that we believe to be a spy. I am unsure of how I am going to approach this exiling. I would love to listen to the ideas of my fellow citizen and make a vote that will not risk my safety in this exile, will not risk my safety of being put in jail in the following days, and a move that will not put the citizens at a further disadvantage. I hope I can find a move that suits all of those categories.

Wish my luck,
Judy

[Judith]

Dear Bill,

Today has been an extrodinary day. Many game styles, many suspicions, many events. It is difficult at my old age to keep up with it! I was also able to meet Leena and Jack today! It is always nice to meet new people, especially new people who I feel strongly are citizens, adding Anneliese makes three strongly trusted!

To start the day off I had Tenchi and Reicheru, who seem to be in very close "kahoots" with each other question my suspicions and such. I am rather sure that they, like may others, may like me but are suspicious of me. Tenchi seems to strongly suspect Jessica and Jennipher. Jessica and Jack, according to Tenchi, were also having a very interesting friend-to-foe relationship. It is all rather confusing, as my mind is not as sharp as it used to be, but nonetheless Jessica and Jack are either tight or highly suspicious of each other.

A large chat was then made by Leena, Jessica, and Jack. Tenchi let wild on his suspicions of Jennipher, and I even had to ask Jakub what it was all about! Jakub, as usually, gave a rather impassive careless response. I question his dedication and citizenship. Jack had many ideas as did I on how we should approach this exiling. I wanted to have a set group of those that I trust the most and keep quiet about our vote (which would be against somebody that we heavily suspect) and have everybody else blindly vote, as they all panic (such a sadistic plan for a woman of my age and class, but it is a very intelligent move!). This way we would be able to see more clearly who trusts who, who told who how to vote, and even possible see groupings that we were unaware of (such as spies). If the spies are clueless on how to vote, they may feel forced not to split their votes and vote united, and we may see them (my prediction is that there are 2 spies) try hard to get the rest of the group to vote a certain way. Oh Bill, so much planning and deceiving, but I must get home to my precious cat Hermes! He needs me!!

At the end of the day I was tired, and I attempted to plant the seed that Miles is a good candidate. He remains my top suspect as his personability is curious. Jessica, Jennipher, and even Carrie who I have not yet met are close behind. The only three people I feel rather safe with are Anneliese, Leena, Jack, and slightly Tenchi. I am not as strongly suspicious of Reicheru as I used to be, but I doubt my suspicions will ever fade.

Your spirit is strong with me,
Judy

[Judith]

Dear Bill,

I apologize for writing to you so late, but these old bones have not had the energy to write any longer after the most intense event the other day. We exiled Jakub, a very strong suspect, and unfortunately he was a citizen. Such a loss! These spies are good, indeed.

Earlier on the day of the exile, Bill, I had made a decision. In this game I believe that my old mind cannot make it alone. I must place my trust in one person, and pray to the Lord that they are a citizen. There is about an 80% chance (or 87% chance, in my opinion) that they would be a citizen. I did not want to choose somebody who was I felt strongly was a citizen, as they could be imprisoned fast, and I did not want to choose a wonderful person who had the potential of being a spy (a strong suspect). I decided upon somebody who had slight suspicion but who I felt I could feel comfortable trusting and working with. I found this person in the lovely Reicheru! With Reicheru also came Tenchi.

Reicheru glady accepted my offer, and I was thrilled! She informed me that the only main occurances that had gone on were that Tenchi wanted Jennipher out, Jessica wanted an inactive out, and everybody else wanted to vote either an active or inactive person. The vote was very uncertain! As the day progressed, Tenchi had received a strong following for Jennipher. This worried Reicheru and I! Would a spy receive voters with such ease? I would think not! Reicheru and I, mainly Reicheru, brought up the possibility of Jakub. I was frightened to ponder that I had not even considered him! He had been very impassive in our conversations, and constantly stated that he was "out of the loop". The suspicions could not leave my mind, we had to take him out!

Reicheru and myself got Jessica, Miles, and Leena to join us rather (and unusually) quickly onto this bandwagon. Tenchi was being very stubborn and wanted Jakub out but refused to change because of imprisonment fears if Jakub was indeed a spy. This certainly dropped Tenchi very low on my suspect list!

Carrie, who I believed had kahoots with Jakub as they played similarly, became very suspicious as well. She wanted to follow what I wanted to do because I was wise! She also used Tenchi's opinions and stated them as her own! Oh the woman is tricky, I say, tricky!! The madness did not end there! Shane did not want to vote for Jakub but did not want to follow the Jennipher-train. Jack, Tenchi, and Carrie seemed set on voting for Jennipher. It was pure madness! The votes were very intense.

The re-vote result at the exiling was very unexpected, Bill! Tenchi urged me to change to Tyl,er, but I had no suspicions of him. That was ridiculous. It was very possible that he would become active again. I will never know Jakub's identity until he is out! He had to go. Oh, and Arthur voted for me. How silly! Such a grumpy old man, he is! Oh, I've run off topic. Well, Jakub was a citizen, such a shame. The exiling did, however, give us a very good idea on where people stood.

Carrie's switch to Jakub in the re-vote could either be out of anger that Jakub voted for her or a spy wanting to keep an inactive around. I am strongly curious of the latter. I believe that the spies either split their votes in or all for the favor of Jakub to go. Keeping somebody who may "idle" out in the future is very important for the spies. My Miles suspicions shot up very high as well after this exiling, which worries me of going at the next imprisonment. Jessica is rather close to him as well. Leena's ability to join the Jakub-campaign-train was very curious. We only said "Jakub" and she was in! Such a curious move.. However, I must be running, dear Bill! My love for you never ceases to amaze me.

I'm here for you,
Judy

[Judith]

I was interested to spot Jessica saying "You sure are good at making us feel so comfortable".

Oh, why didn't a follow up on this!?

[Judith]

Jack had many ideas as did I on how we should approach this exiling. I wanted to have a set group of those that I trust the most and keep quiet about our vote (which would be against somebody that we heavily suspect) and have everybody else blindly vote, as they all panic (such a sadistic plan for a woman of my age and class, but it is a very intelligent move!). This way we would be able to see more clearly who trusts who, who told who how to vote, and even possible see groupings that we were unaware of (such as spies). If the spies are clueless on how to vote, they may feel forced not to split their votes and vote united, and we may see them (my prediction is that there are 2 spies) try hard to get the rest of the group to vote a certain way.

I thought this was quite a smart plan! I was onto something!!

I wonder why Tenchi was so opposed to it?

[Jessica]

judith said:

I was interested to spot Jessica saying "You sure are good at making us feel so comfortable".

Oh, why didn't a follow up on this!?

It actually was just playful and innocent role-playing, I never saw that it made people suspect you.

And I loved reading these letters, you truly are a master of role-playing. I half assed on my role-playing when I got into game mode.

[Judith]

Master? Oh you are so charming! Tori/Gigi holds that title, I must say!

[Jakub]

God, even your confessional is in character.

::vomits::

[Tenchi]

judith said:

Jack had many ideas as did I on how we should approach this exiling. I wanted to have a set group of those that I trust the most and keep quiet about our vote (which would be against somebody that we heavily suspect) and have everybody else blindly vote, as they all panic (such a sadistic plan for a woman of my age and class, but it is a very intelligent move!). This way we would be able to see more clearly who trusts who, who told who how to vote, and even possible see groupings that we were unaware of (such as spies). If the spies are clueless on how to vote, they may feel forced not to split their votes and vote united, and we may see them (my prediction is that there are 2 spies) try hard to get the rest of the group to vote a certain way.

I thought this was quite a smart plan! I was onto something!!

I wonder why Tenchi was so opposed to it?

My citizen plan was to get everybody's reasons for voting out so we know the motives of each person. I'm not against voting together. But I am against bandwagoning and voting for a person because Person A said so. It was not a spy strategy to conflict with your plan. Rather, it was the citizen part of me finding a different approach in catching spies.