Looking at the final hours of the day phase, here are some thoughts about voting behavior of players:
MickD-Last moment vote for ri'orius. Was even too late. Ri'orius was already certain of being lynched at that point. Could be scum panicking and wanting to have someone on the vote.
Weemad- Stayed on haly the whole time, even when it was clear it was either Ri'orius or kristoffer being lynched. Could be scum not wanting to bus Ri, but also not voting for kris to avoid suspicion.
Camjo-Z- Sigh. Well, at least you didn't had an override this time
Kristoffer- voted to safe himself. Doesn't say much, leaning town depending on how many scum ended up voting for him with some more flips.
Freakingchair- Had an early Ri'orius vote. I still think his reasoning was weak, even now that ri'orius flipped scum. Went to kristoffer to safe himself, switched back to ri'orius when called out. Could be scum trying to get off the vote since it unexpectedly took off, but that's unlikely. Feeling town for now.
Haly- stayed on kristoffer. Don't know if he was around during the ri'orius shift though. Could be scum.
Magnum- Was one of the votes that pushed ri'orius in the lead. feels town.
EzekelRAGE- one of the heaviest pushers for kristoffer. Looks pretty suspect. No idea why he got targeted, maybe they thought he was the hidden partner because of that? Possible.
Never forever- pretty late vote for ri'orius, he was already in the lead at that point. Could be a scum bus.
Seath- Early vote on ri'orius. Moved it later, but came back. That doesn't feel like a scum bus to me. Think he is town.
Mazre- one of the latest Ri'orius votes. It was already obvious he was going to be lynched at that time. Could be scum bus.
Palmer- The one that pushed the heaviest for a Ri'orius lynch. I doubt scum would bus a partner that wasn't in that much danger yet like this. Town.
Squidyj- helped palmer with the Ri'orius push. Didn't want to jump on the chair vote. If he was scum, he could easily stayed on kris or jumped to chair, but he didn't. Unless chair is also scum, I feel him as town.
Kalor- One of the votes that pushed Ri'orius into the lead. Like magnum his vote it doesn't feel like a bus to me.
Rereading the flip, I'm leaning towards two person team. "You are not alone." Also, keep in mind he didn't need to give up killing to find his partner. It said an attempted kill would still recruit and then give them a double kill the following night. A larger team it would make more sense to have someone killing and someone searching. What I'm curious about is whether the partner knows they can be recruited and what they would be doing in the meantime. If it was a team of two, did they both have killing abilities? If not, did the other's activate when Ri'Orius left?
I'll leave my mechanics speculation there. I'm not terribly far into the actual game so i couldn't speculate that much on factions but i also don't want to get too bogged down. What would be useful is anyone familiar with the game's lore looking for breadcrumbs in day one. If people are aware they need to be recruited, there should be some broadcasting.
He wouldn't have to give up killing to find his partner, but he would have to give up killing to use his power after it activated. Which doesn't make a lot of sense to me for a 1 person scum team with a hidden partner.
Also, since this hidden partner could get recruited by being targeted by the kill, broadcasting wouldn't be as important. The partner could even try and play very towny to become a natural target for the night kill, and get recruited that way. With the risk of accidentally getting friendly fired out of the way, a hidden partner has a lot more options.
I agree about looking at the players who didn't vote for Ri'orius. It was so close near the end that holding out on a Kristoffer or inconsequential Haly vote could have been a bountiful risk.
I disagree about pressuring nudull. If you look at his posts, you'll find that he... doesn't really have any. They're a couple of posts apologizing for not dropping by sooner. Considering that he's also a new player, I'd say this is just a case of an inactive player being inactive (same as Mazre). It'll be a waste of time. He might even get dropped from the game.
Pressuring inactive players is never a waste of time imo. Inactivity doesn't make you scum per se, but it does give us very little to work with, which could become a serious problem later in the game if they are still around.