About a day after the return from the Jaunt

[amadine]

This is certainly the clearest message we've had from our delightful hosts in quite some time. Maybe they actually intend to make us aware of which of them is winning after all, instead of leaving us to guess and grope after everything.

Tell me, I'm curious: was it the intent of our Investigators that the Hermit should win, or was it just left to chance?

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[naturaltwohands]

I would rather not say.

[You'll tell him off for having hope.]

[comebewe]

You do not want Lovers to have won.

No matter what she might have promised you.

[naturaltwohands]

She cannot be trusted?

[comebewe]

She thinks Moebius - the jaunt where the Travellers were made to die, over and over again - was earned.

Not to mention the creepy collection of recordings she keeps of everyone's romantic moments, and the fact that she thinks her best buddy Devil can do no wrong.

[naturaltwohands]

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... [Icly, not directed at Matthew of course.] I stand corrected. I am now very glad she did not win.

[comebewe]

It doesn't mean Hermit's better. I don't know enough about him to tell.

But we are not sorry to see Lovers lose.

[naturaltwohands]

With that information, who would be?

[comebewe]

Someone who only cares about whatever the Arcana promised them.

[naturaltwohands]

Which is not I.

[comebewe]

You were all ready to back her before.

You realise that they've likely made promises to everyone, right? They all want us on their side. But they won't tell us if there's a catch. They won't talk about how their winning might make things worse for everyone who isn't one of 'theirs'.

[amadine]

And to think, her part in creating the Automata was already bad enough.

[comebewe]

Automata?

[amadine]

Mind-controlled slaves created by the Lovers and the Devil to keep their rival imprisoned.

And incidentally, that was the second of at least three plagued worlds to the bitch's name.

[comebewe]

Well.

Now we have even more reasons to celebrate her loss!

[time to passive aggressively eat even more popcorn]

[amadine]

[Dryly:] Maybe we should have another party.

[comebewe]

We don't need a party.

We have popcorn.

[amadine]

[Child, she objects to you being a credulous idiot in specific, not having hope in general.]

Ah. Selfish reasons, then, not useful knowledge.

[naturaltwohands]

[A spark of anger.] Yes.

[But then it drains away..]

... But with Matthew's information, I am entirely happy she lost. A promise is not worth that.

[He's not completely stupid, just trusting to a fault. :(]

[amadine]

And yet you would have fought for her before, just because she smiled prettily and told you what you wished to hear.

[naturaltwohands]

I was only relayed the information. My arcana is Justice.

[amadine]

That only makes it more foolish to believe the creature's fables.

[naturaltwohands]

You said I was too trusting.

[amadine]

You are.

I'd say I hope this has taught you better, but I'm not quite that blindly optimistic.

[naturaltwohands]

I cannot so easily change who I am.

[amadine]

Who said anything about ease? The most necessary things are often the hardest.