Just to expand on this:
I don't see anything about how ties are handled in the OP, so I think it's fair to assume that it's either a coin flip lynch or the lynch is deferred to next round. Either way, this is a better outcome for the scum than lynching their teammate R1.
Unless DM is trying to set himself up nicely by sacrificing NIK for town cred, there is no upside to voting NIK at the end of the round when it's a close vote. Even though the former exists as an option, it's sub-optimal scum play and I feel comfortable ignoring it for now.
Therefore, DM is almost certainly town.
On the other hand, you have falcon jumping off of the NIK bandwagon at the very end of the round and trying to encourage others to do the same. He's telling us that NIK will be god-killed and it would be foolish to waste a lynch on him. This may just be an honest mistake and some very bad luck if he's town, but I think it's our best lead at the moment.