just prior to the upcoming jaunt mingle...

[bypartisan]

Ahem. It's been, oh, about a week or so since the start of the Jaunt and we haven't really had a large-scale conversation since my ignomious death, so I figure this is likely as good as any time to pool information on the goings-on and update one another to our activities, so that hopefully we won't be too very much blindsided in the future.

I'll start: Wash and I made it out of Nakamiyo in one piece, despite my spending a large portion of our little trip as an overly large mustelid--thank you ever so much Tiresias Syndrome--and an unfortunate cabbage incident. I left the man in Suzuki, where hopefully he will be able to reunite with Zoe, and I'm now heading toward the Sun Guard monastery, traveling under the name of my cousin Dono. I'm also attempting to replicate the rather dashing beard the Betans gave him on the event of his sex-change and while it's only a few days along I think it's coming in nicely. And I haven't been stabbed again.

... I really do hope that can be said of the rest of you as well.

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[leftbehindagain]

[After a moment of puzzlement, Naoki decides it's probably better not to ask about the whole sex change thing.]

Well, I've yet to be stabbed once, but that's about all I can say for myself. I've been finding it slow going up here, so I might try to get to another province and see what's what there over the next couple weeks.

Kanji, Souji-san, we... might be all right to call Personas, if you guys stick to the humanoid ones. This whole spirit-summoning thing sounds close enough that we won't raise too many eyebrows if they're necessary.

[truerevelation]

Huh.

Well... I probably ain't gonna be summonin' crap anyway from down here. But thanks for the idea.

[leftbehindagain]

Well, if you need to, the option's there. Clearly you learned it from some far-fling monastery.

[Private]

We should probably talk face-to-face. [Which isn't just because he wants to give Kanji a hard time about joining with the military group, but that's certainly part of it.] Would it be easier for me to head that way, or do you think you could get up here for a while?

[truerevelation]

Yeah, no-one here gives a shit where ya came from. So it'll probably work. But I'm savin' it in case.

[Private:] [ He knows he probably deserves it for not saying something earlier. But ... someone had to do it. And he's not seen any sign that the captain is secretly planning to take over the continent or is the master of all five elements or anything similar... still, there's an awkward edge to his mental tone. ]

An'... we should. I probably don't wanna start travellin' too far, but.. y'know, I've got a coupla things I wanna check.

[leftbehindagain]

It's pretty clearly a last resort, yeah, but... I just like having the option if I need it. Especially since the last time it would've come in handy, it wasn't viable.

[Private]

[It's not even about the fact that he didn't tell anyone. It's about the fact that Kanji Tatsumi of all people has deigned to put himself inside that kind of rigid structure, doubly so because it's probably not run by Lupa.]

How about you figure that out first, and we'll go from there?

[truerevelation]

No kiddin'. I'm wonderin' if I can pass any of my other magic off as local, but I dunno. Haven't heard of anything past elemental business and spirits - anyone else know of anythin'?

[Private]

[Well, there's a time and a place for everything...]

Sounds good. If I can make it work... things are gonna get a lot easier.

[leftbehindagain]

That's all I've heard about so far. Doesn't mean there aren't other variations on the theme.

[Private]

Yeah? Well, that's good. Keep me posted.

[fridgeninja]

It seems I lucked out. 8/12.

[leftbehindagain]

Considering how the thing here tends to work, I'm starting to be glad the second one I picked up has a little family resemblance.

[fridgeninja]

That might be a little harder. I don't look much like Thor and Odin...

[leftbehindagain]

It's also possible people won't question it that closely, as long as the base shape isn't obviously non-human. And either way, it's probably better as a last resort, but at least the option's there this time out.

[Why yes, not being able to directly fix Kanji's broken arm in Nova Venezia kind of bothered him, why do you ask?]

[fridgeninja]

Wings are probably still a problem...

[leftbehindagain]

Yeah, probably. I've heard some muttering about dragons, so that might work? But it'd probably raise eyebrows in the right circles anyway.

[fridgeninja]

I don't have any dragons with me...

Oh well. Yoshitsune fits right in, anyway.

[leftbehindagain]

...He would, at that. You'll be in good shape if you need to cut any more cakes.

[fridgeninja]

Actually, I'm learning the Sun Guard style of swordsmanship.

[bypartisan]

It does seem that Koroshima is where a lot of the interesting things are happening right now. You might try your luck there.

[leftbehindagain]

I might, at that. Kanji's going to try something, so I'm staying here until he's done with whatever experiment he has in mind, but after that I might head for somewhere else.

[bypartisan]

Ah, right, with the Mibugumi. Well, I'm heading your way, so perhaps we might rendezvous before you leave.

[leftbehindagain]

I wouldn't mind. Like I said, I'm finding it slow going so far, so the fresh perspective might help.

[Not as slow going as Nova Venezia, at least. But no matter where he ends up, he's not planning to bother Maria-chan this time.]

[bypartisan]

[Probably just as well.]

Neither would I. You're good to work with, Konishi.

[leftbehindagain]

Thank you. So are you. [And hopefully, Byerly's day or so of infiltrating will give him the edge he needs not to end up with another investigative disaster on his hands.]

[bypartisan]

[With any luck, anyway.]

So it's you, Seta, and Raidou up there, correct? Any others I might know?

[leftbehindagain]

That's all of us who are investigating, I think, unless someone's made it up here since the last check-in and I haven't bumped into them yet. There are a few infiltrators around.

[bypartisan]

Oh? Any I might know of? Besides Claudia of the lightcycles as Miss Chiyo and Riddick's impressive new facial hair, that is.