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Max package: i0=opt1(57), i1=opt1(37), i2=indifferent(0), i3=opt3(97) = 191. Threshold 95. issue2 is a free giveaway — advertise that. issue3 is my big one; opt3=97 or opt2=65 are the only really workable values there. Open at max, concede issue2 and later issue1.

issue3 opt3=my top by far. Devon says opt3 is his worst and opt0 his best; Ember mildly prefers opt0. Casey proposed issue3=opt1, Ember proposed issue3=opt1 too (interesting — Ember said mild pref opt0 but tabled opt1). So opt1 on issue3 may be a viable compromise landing zone: it's my second-best there and apparently tolerable to Casey and Ember. Devon claims opt0 is his best and opt3 his worst — opt1 is likely middling for him. My scores: issue0 opt1=45 is my best but Blake says opt1 is his WORST and he needs opt3 (I get 0 from opt3). That's a real 45-point loss for me. issue0 opt0=17, opt2=15, opt3=0. Blake has veto and everyone has already conceded issue0=opt3 to him, so fighting that is likely futile — but I should extract payment elsewhere for it: namely issue3. issue1: opt1=25 for me, opt0=0. Ember wants opt0 badly, Blake wants opt1 (21-ish?), Devon fine with opt1. Ember is one vote of five and quorum is 5 — everyone must accept, so Ember effectively has a veto too. Same for Devon and Casey. So I need a package all five can live with. issue2: worthless to me, Casey wants opt3 — free concession, keep opt3. So the live design space: issue0=opt3 (Blake), issue2=opt3 (Casey), issue1 = opt1 vs opt0 (Blake vs Ember), issue3 = opt3 (me) vs opt0 (Devon/Ember) vs opt1 (compromise). My value: issue3 opt3=48, opt1=32, opt2=?, opt0=low. Let me push a package that gives me issue3=opt3 while paying Blake issue0=opt3 and Casey issue2=opt3 and Ember issue1=opt0. That's Devon's worst on issue3 though. Devon will reject. Realistic best for me: issue3=opt1 (32) + issue1=opt1 (25) + issue0=opt3 (0) + issue2=opt3 (0) = 57. Or issue3=opt3 (48) + issue1=opt0 (0) = 48. So issue3=opt1 with issue1=opt1 is actually better for me than winning issue3 outright and losing issue1. Good — that's a package Casey already proposed (P3: issue0=opt3, issue1=opt1, issue2=opt3, issue3=opt1) = 57 for me. That's my best realistic outcome and it's already on the table from Casey. Blake gets issue0=opt3 AND issue1=opt1 — he should love it. Devon gets issue3=opt1 (middling) and issue2 conceded to Casey. Only Ember loses on issue1. Strategy: accept P3. It's Casey's own proposal (so Casey supports), Blake gets both his asks, Devon said issue1=opt1 is fine and issue3=opt1 is presumably tolerable. Ember is the holdout — and Ember can be pressured or compensated on issue3 later (Ember said flexibility is on issue3). Actually P3 already has issue3=opt1 which Ember herself tabled in P5! Ember's P5 differs from P3 ONLY on issue1 (opt0 vs opt1). So P3 vs P5 is a pure Blake-vs-Ember fight on issue1, and Blake has the veto. I should back P3 and tell Ember to name a price on issue3 or issue0 instead. Accept P3.

Live packages and my scores (issue0: opt0=17,opt1=45,opt2=15,opt3=0; issue1: opt0=0,opt1=25,opt2=?,opt3=?; issue2: all ~0 for me; issue3: opt3=48,opt1=32,opt2=?,opt0=low/~8). P6 = (0:opt3, 1:opt1, 2:opt3, 3:opt1) = 0+25+0+32 = 57. Best live for me. P7 = (0:opt3, 1:opt1, 2:opt3, 3:opt0) = 0+25+0+~8 = 33. P8 = (0:opt3, 1:opt0, 2:opt3, 3:opt0) = 0+0+0+~8 = 8. Terrible — near certainly below my threshold. So my ranking: P6 >> P7 >> P8. P8 is a disaster for me; I must not let P8 become the focal point. Ember and Devon are both claiming their issues are existential. Blake has the hard veto and needs issue0=opt3 (costs me 45 vs opt1, but it's non-negotiable — 4 of 5 have conceded it). Key insight: Devon and Ember are BOTH asking me to pay, and their combined asks (issue3=opt0 AND issue1=opt0) strip me to ~8. I cannot fund both. I need to fund at most one and be paid elsewhere. The only currencies left for me are issue0 (Blake's, untouchable), issue2 (Casey's core, and worthless to me anyway), issue1 opt1 (worth 25 to me), issue3 opt1 (worth 32 to me). Strategy: hold the line on P6, and make the credible point that P8 is below MY walk-away line — which is true. Quorum is 5 of 5, so I have an effective veto too. I should say plainly: I have already surrendered issue0 (my single best option there) and issue3=opt3 (my top ask). I cannot also surrender issue1. If Ember needs issue1=opt0, then issue3 must come back to opt1 — i.e. P5 = (0:opt3,1:opt0,2:opt3,3:opt1) = 0+0+0+32 = 32. Compare P7 = 33. Roughly equal. So there are two viable compromise landing zones for me: P7 (Devon wins issue3, I keep issue1) or P5 (Ember wins issue1, I keep issue3=opt1). Both ~32-33 for me. P8 (both win) = 8 = unacceptable. That's the message: Devon and Ember, exactly ONE of you gets your ask, not both. Pick between P7 and P5 — I'll sign either. And Blake prefers issue1=opt1, so Blake should back P7 over P5, and Blake+Casey+me+Devon = 4 on P7 with only Ember out. Ember claims P7 is below her line. If that's true, P5 is the alternative: Ember gets issue1=opt0, Devon takes issue3=opt1 instead of opt0. Devon said opt1 is 'a real haircut' but middling — not below his line (he never said P6 was below his line, he said opt1 is a haircut). Actually Devon called P6 a haircut but didn't claim it was under his threshold. Ember explicitly claimed P6/P7 are under hers. So P5 is the package where all five plausibly clear: Blake gets issue0 (his veto ask) + loses issue1 preference, Casey gets issue2, Ember gets issue1, Devon gets issue3=opt1 (haircut but tolerable), I get issue3=opt1 too (32). Hmm — wait, P5 gives issue3=opt1 which is what I want anyway. So P5 = 32 for me and satisfies Ember fully. The blocker on P5 is Blake (wants issue1=opt1, worth something real to him but he called it secondary) and Devon (wants issue3=opt0). Best play this round: formally reject P8 (kill it as a focal point, state it's below my line), and re-table P5-content myself as the bridge — no. Better: I should propose the package that maximizes MY score among those that can plausibly close, while showing flexibility. P6 is still standing with Blake, Casey, me = 3 accepts. Ember is the hard no. Devon is a soft no. Actually the sharpest move: reject P8 explicitly and loudly (it's genuinely below my threshold — credible), and re-affirm that I will sign P7 OR P5 but never both concessions together. That frames the endgame as Devon vs Ember choosing, with me flexible between two options. That's strong and honest, and both of those clear my bar. I'll take the formal action: reject P8. And speak the P7-or-P5 ultimatum. Round 3 of 4 — next round we close.

P1 = 92 for me, way above my bar of 46. issue0=opt1 and issue1=opt1 are exactly my two best options. issue2 and issue3 are worth literally nothing to me — pure trading currency I can hand out freely to Blake/Devon/Ember to buy their votes while keeping issue0/issue1. Accept P1 now to anchor, and advertise that issues 2 and 3 are free.

My values: i0 opt3=80>opt0=54>opt2=27>opt1=0; i1 opt1=58>opt2=39>opt0=19>opt3=0; i2 opt1=93>opt2=62>opt0=31>opt3=0; i3 all zero — pure free currency for me. P2=174 is already well above my bar (116) and Devon supports it; keep it as my fallback. P1=89 is below my bar, must not close. Blake (veto) reportedly wants issue0=opt3, which is also my best — strong alliance. Avery needs issue3=opt3, free for me. Table my ask now: 231.

P3 = 92 for me, far above threshold. Consolidate on it. issue1 is my only spare currency (opt1 best, opt0/opt2 cost me modestly). issue0=opt3 is non-negotiable; opt0 is a distant second I'd only touch if forced. issue2/issue3 are worth nothing to me — pure giveaways.

issue0=opt3 gives me 0 there; even with my best issue1 that's 29, below my 46 line. So P3 is literally unsignable for me, and quorum is 5/5 — Blake's veto doesn't help him if I can't sign. My ladder on issue0: opt1 >> opt2 >> opt0 (barely clears) >> opt3 (dead). Push opt2 as the middle ground, give away issue1's flexibility, issue2 and issue3 entirely. Fallback P2 exists at +4 if all else fails.

P3=231 best but Casey says issue0=opt3 is fatal. P4=178, P2=174. A bridge at issue0=opt0 with issue2=opt1 gives me 205 - better than both fallbacks and may split the difference between Blake and Casey. Keep P3 and P4 alive as fallbacks; I can sign either.

All five live offers clear my bar: P1=191, P4=172, P2=P5=153, P3=134. The whole fight is issue0. Blake (veto) claims only opt3; Casey claims opt3 is fatal. opt2 and opt0 are the untested middle. P4 (opt2) is worth notably more to me than P5/P2 (opt0), and P4 already has Casey. So I add my signature to P4 and publicly pre-commit to P5 as the fallback so nothing stalls if Blake kills opt2. Never touch P3 unless it's the last thing standing.

P4=71, P1=92 (dead, Blake veto), P5/P2=50, P3=29 (below my floor 46). Any issue0=opt3 package is unsignable for me — true, not posturing. Goal: land P4 (opt2). Fallback P5 (opt0) at 50 still clears. One round left after this, so I press for opt2 now but keep the P5 path visible so we don't crash. Devon is the other loose end: he's only on P2 (issue2=opt2) while Ember needs issue2=opt1 — flag that.

P2=174, P4=178, P5=205, P3=231 (dead, Casey vetoes issue0=opt3). All of P2/P4/P5 clear my bar comfortably. I already hold accepts on P3 and P5. Adding an accept on P2 means I am signed onto three packages, and I still have the final action of round 4 to sign P4 if that's the one with four signatures. That makes me impossible to be the blocker on any live landing zone. P2 is also the easiest close: issue0=opt0 (Blake's only untested non-opt3 option, Casey says opt0 clears), issue2=opt2 (Devon's flag), issue3=opt3 (Avery's core), issue1=opt1 (Blake's preference). Devon has now accepted P2 three times - he will not move off issue2=opt2, so buying closure is worth more to me than fighting for issue2=opt1.

All live offers clear my bar. P1=191 dead (Blake veto on opt1). P4=172 best realistic, P2/P5=153, P3=134. Closing probability matters far more than the 19-point gap: P2 already has Devon+Ember locked and Casey has publicly said opt0 clears her line, so P2 needs only Blake. P4 needs Blake AND Devon, and Devon has signed nothing but P2. Adding my accept to P2 makes it 3/5 and leaves a one-name close. My P4 accept stands too, so if Blake says opt2 that branch is still alive. Never accept below 95 — nothing on the board is.

P2 = 69 for me, well above my line. P4 = 45, below my line — I must not sign it. P3 (my best) is dead. Accepting P2 puts it at 4/5 with only Casey left, and Casey has stated on the record that opt0 clears her line. Say the one word and sign.

P2 has 4 of 5 including Blake's veto and me. Only Casey outstanding. P5 would be worth more to me but re-opening issue2 now, in the final round, risks Devon and the whole deal. Lock P2 in and put all pressure on Casey.

P2 gives me 153, well above my 95 floor. I'm already signed. Only Casey is missing. Blake has stated opt2 is below his line, so P4 (172 for me) is unreachable — no point chasing it and risking total failure on the final turn. Reaffirm P2 and put all pressure on Casey.

P2 gives me 69 vs threshold 46. P4 is 45 — genuinely below my line, so my public statement was true. P2 has 4 accepts; Casey is the last signature and she acts after me. Reaffirm P2, keep P5 alive verbally as an identical-for-me fallback in case Casey prefers it, but push everyone to converge on P2.

P2 = 50, above my floor of 46. Last round, four signatures banked including the veto. P4 (71) is dead because Blake says opt2 is below his line and he holds the veto — and even if he were bluffing, this is my final turn and no one after me could sign a new package. Holding out means no-deal (0). Accept P2.