Possible, yes. Still unlikely.You give Gorf a helping hand, Gorf will accept without hesitation. Now why would a scum help someone who is town like that? Gorf concludes you're town.
Now Ryker and Gorf are a front. And you know how strong you two both are with convincing other players. Not to mention, there's probably a scum-partner for you out there, Ryker. If Gorf is town, this would've been one of the best moves possible to make as scum, simple as that.
What happens when Gorf calls my bluff?
I have to preserve that "masonry" through the game until LyLo. Whereupon Gorf claims that we weren't actually masons and I have to somehow get him lynched anyway. The long and short of it is that it would lead to short term success with no long term gain.
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Examine the other possibility today.
You lynch Gorf. He flips scum. You lynch me.
You lynch Gorf. He flips town. My actions are given more weight and Axel becomes a hot topic. I turn up an investigation on one of you.
What you're saying is that you aren't certain of my alignment (you can't be). You have two investigative claims IN DIRECT CONFLICT. You would rather not lynch the one you have a claimed guilty on, have read as scum, and matches the investigation result of the claimed player you trust more.
Bull****.