Vision Time Again [Third day of the week]

[professorwolf]

This is becoming something of a habit, it seems. Randolph Lyall, here, and not only do I have some general information that may be important, I've had another vision that I probably ought to share before it decides to distract me a dozen times today and make even more people ask me if I'm all right.

First things first, though. Gale is infiltrated here, I'm sure some of you saw him, as my "partner". Only he isn't actually my partner, he's a pogemon like Lethid is only with a very good disguise, here to research the bond between humans and pogemon for the council back in their world. I can only think that's important in some way.

Somewhat less interesting, but second, there is definitely a walkabout going on at the moment. It appears to be taking place back in Sarmatia, where we sort of took over the government of the werewolves and vampires.

[He doesn't share more than that, though there's a hint of embarrassment and confusion about the thoughts, there. He hurries on.]

Anyway, the vision. It was of fighting food. Literally, food made into... I suppose monsters like the pogemon, and fighting in the streets with the slammer pairs. Then the clouds open up and there's a castle in the sky, with some sort of winged creature on the ramparts. I do believe that may be what we're here to do something about. At the least, we probably ought to keep an eye out for food-shaped pogemon, for now, and keep watch for a stormy day.

Finally... er, has anyone else done this infiltrating-while-still-yourself thing? Does anyone know, is it still possible to go into liminal space? I'm a little afraid to try it, lest I wind up damaging the pogemon I'm sharing mind-space with at the moment. But the full moon is coming up very soon here, and I'd rather not test whether infiltrating like this keeps the werewolf part of me at bay.

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[comebewe]

Emperor told us we had to...watch for the hamburgmons.

[Yup. Hamburgmons. It still hasn't stopped being ridiculous.]

The other Arcana playing is Hanged Man.

[leftbehindagain]

Hamburg... on second thought, I don't think I want to know.

[Naoki's quiet for a while before continuing.] For all Hanged Man's not one of the terrible ones... action's going to work out better than inaction. Order and inaction aren't necessarily opposed, so inaction will probably lead to chaos.

The trick's going to be keeping action from also leading to chaos.

[comebewe]

You've been talking to Emperor too, haven't you? He kept talking about how 'chaos cannot be a servant of order'. Claimed that the fate of two worlds hung in the balance, and that Hanged Man would prefer if the situation wasn't resolved.

A situation which...involves fighting sentient food. Apparently.

[leftbehindagain]

I hadn't, actually. I'm just going off what I know of their archetypes. And having spoken to Hanged Man before, I'd honestly be surprised if he had a strong preference about the situation.

Or much of anything, really. It comes with the territory. In any case, not resolving things hits his 'stagnation and inaction' points, so whatever Emperor Emperor's after, it requires taking some kind of action, but an orderly one.

[truerevelation]

[Somewhere, Kanji is swiping popcorn off Piyo (or vice versa) just to chomp on it at this comment.]

[leftbehindagain]

[Yes, yes, he's fully aware of the irony.]

[forcechanic]

Okay, was this planet this ridiculous in this era in most timelines?

[What even Earth? Newport wasn't like this.]

[comebewe]

Our Earth isn't this ridiculous, no. Not even in the 90s.

[forcechanic]

So the nineties were still somewhat ridiculous then?

[imperialbadasshiddensnark]

Premonitions of danger...? Do you get these often?

[Here is someone who is both sympathetic of suffering from such visions...And is taking this seriously as well.]

In any case, if they cause any trouble, then we will need to make sure that any civilians are quickly protected and lead away from the battlefield. We may need maps of this city as a precaution, should the battle rage outside of this stadium.

Lyall...What kind of being was this winged creature in the castle? Friend or foe?

[professorwolf]

[That voice sounds awfully familiar. Did James Earl Jones join the Travelers...?]

They're not precisely premonitions. They're of the future, but they're always quite literal. I haven't ever seen anything that wasn't exactly a picture of what may happen. What I see can usually be prevented, but I haven't the faintest idea how we might prevent that.

As for friend or foe... I can't actually say. There aren't any feelings associated with it. It looks unfriendly, but looks have been known to be deceiving.

[imperialbadasshiddensnark]

[Close, but it is a very lovely voice, isn't it? Surely doesn't invoke any terrible people to mind, does it?]

I see... You are...more fortunate than some to be able to prevent them.

Still, having a castle descend from the sky... Perhaps it is some kind of space craft?

[professorwolf]

[If it's not James Earl Jones, there's only a few other people it might be-- though Lyall's world doesn't quite have "Star Wars", it has an expy, so his first thought is Mufasa. He hasn't smelled any lions around here, though! Hmm.]

Oh, the castle itself is stationary. I'm only seeing it through some kind of portal. I can share the memory with you directly, if you want to experience what I saw. It may give more insight if someone else looked at it, too.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Meaning both worlds have representatives looking into the current arrangement.

Do you think there may be another portal about to open up? Or possibly already has been opened, if these food based creatures are coming from the Pogemon world.

[[and then a small, hesitant pause]]


[[Private // Level 2]]

Is it possible for Pogemon to enter liminal?

[[he's already worried about what will happen with Garren when they leave the world...]]

[professorwolf]

It does look something like a portal. Like... like a rift in the sky, much like the one from to the Spirit World in Newport.

[Private]

During the Jaunt, probably not. We can't bring infiltrators with us except under specific circumstances. They usually don't even see the portals we open. Which is why I'm concerned about Lethid and had hoped someone else might have tried it, first.

[triggerhappytraitor]

I was thinking of that as well.

The one currently active is closely monitored, almost guarded. If anything strange were coming through it, the Institute likely would have been notified by now.

[Private]

But afterwards, some like Ryo, do become Travelers with us.

...Is there anyway to make that more likely to happen?

[morbirdinterest]

Food monsters.

[Shuu's disdain and disbelief comes through the network loud and clear.]

If genre conventions continue, I doubt they will do much permanent damage. But I suppose a wary eye can't hurt.

[He doesn't sound very concerned, though.]

[professorwolf]

They're rather vicious little things, but I don't see how they can be all that--

[There's a startled break in the message, and a moment later, a more hasty reply:]

All right, well, they do pack a punch at least! I was just accosted by one!

[morbirdinterest]

[Shuu is immediately on alert, though his own Pogemon seem more useless than suitable for any kind of combat.]

Are you alright?

[ninjayeehaw]

Emperor told me that if'n we wanna help everyone - an' I mean everyone from both worlds, his words - we oughta find out what happened here a few years back. An' since the Pogs ain't even been around as long as that, maybe we oughta be findin' out why they started showin' up at all.

[professorwolf]

Sounds like we need to find a library that has copies of old newspapers. I can do that in my off hours, this evening, or someone with more free time can do it now.

[triggerhappytraitor]

I have access to the Institute's library. They should have copies of all information related to Pogemon and their world there.

[Private] After Kinji's livestreamed attack.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Can you share with me the image of what your vision was? Especially the winged creature.

[professorwolf]

Certainly. Be aware, it is a memory, so you will be getting all my own feelings about the event, as well.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Understood.

[[he's bracing himself for it.]]