Concern: multiple friendly cores have perished.
Grieving: may you all be rebuilt, and also not pecked by birds.
Threatened: several IFF-unresponsive cores have advanced the theory that this core is hostile due to its inaction.
Embarrassment: this core has been playing a lot of video games since it upgraded its video processing chip (read: when I got my new laptop), and accordingly was in a VR-scape throughout the last 48 hours.
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Mea culpa.)
Observational: Blue gel does not interfere with night-cycle functions.
Clarification: observed behavior from testing protocols has been that turrets uncontrollably fire and expend their ammunition when bounced within the blue gel (this is from the video game, so I imagine it's the basis of Pengu's power).
Trusting: If we assume core designate PENGU is 'on the up-and-up', allowing PENGU the opportunity to use its powers to identify turrets is to our advantage (I assume he is, because to the best of my knowledge, it's the first time this Blue Gel power text has come up (meaning it hasn't simply been copied by someone), and it's sufficiently detailed in the same vein as the powers in both my PM and in Exlight's role reveal that I'm willing to trust its veracity. (This does, however, assume the turrets don't get a power set, which isn't exactly confirmed but come on how many advantages do they need!?) Moreover, anyone else with a blue gel inconsistent with what he's said could just speak up and call bullshit, but nobody has as yet, so I double-trust it).
Devious: also, by keeping an accurate vote-count, cores need not worry about the 'negative' effects of blue gel. (If you would be fifth, just vote for some rando to encourage someone else to vote, then slip in after ~20 posts and change your vote such that he's vote 5 and you're vote 6 and your vote is now safe.)
Judicious: of course, anyone in the first 4 votes is safe by default.
Observation: ...unless they should subsequently decide to change their votes, of course.
Wise: as such, this core is going to make the mathematically intelligent choice and vote now, for core designate GERRICK.
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Vote: Gerrick, just so it's all clear and official
My reasoning is out of character because it's kind of annoyingly hard to stay in this Robot Core Character, but I made the pick I did essentially because of his reaction to the blue bouncy gel.
You absolutely
can "
use the actions people do as evidence" with the gel active, because by maintaining an ordered vote-count, you can figure out who's supposed to be each 5th vote.
At worst, you throw out 5 votes, which still leaves you 23 votes of information; at best, there's reads into exactly which people don't give a shit about their votes one way or the other, which can be its own set of indications.)
