He's not mafia, but he outed himself as an investigator early (so did Mis). Would make sense for 9701 to try and recruit both at some point. Mis being mafia means a no recruit, but Soc.....
I don't doubt the Mis part, because four town investigators (at least initially) would seem a bit overkill. I question whether or not removing an investigator from the game is the best option when cult seems to be cruising by unchecked, even if he is mafia.
I see where you're coming from but I'm finding it a bit hard to believe that Soc would throw himself under the bus, why would he either
a) Choose to be part of a cult just so he can remove himself from the game
or
b) Forcibly recruited and then help the cult that he may have not wanted to be in by removing himself from the game.
Neither of these possibilities make sense to me so the chances are that Misanthrope is bad.
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Now your other argument seems to be that we keep a mafia investigator alive to eliminate the cult, I see the merit in that particularly if he only uncovers faction but if he is telling the truth about uncovering roles then he could be feeding mafia info about our vigilantes, our role-blockers et cetera.
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This is getting a bit longwinded but there is another possibility. Misanthrope is mafia but is NOT the investigator, is keeping the mafia investigator underwraps because he is the mafia leader and has protection.
