[Secondish day of Chuck E Cheese Liminal]

[itsananimalthing]

So hey. Everybody. Tell me what all our asshole patrons had to say about Moebius. I already talked to Malik and Matthew, so I got their stories. Already know that we killed one of 'em, so Moebius was a punishment, presumably for that. Death was behind the whole doing-things-over part, and Devil was behind the whole kill-all-your-friends part.

Also there's the tidbit that Lovers claims they don't make the places they send us to, they just pick 'em. Which is interesting. Unless she was lying, though I'm guessin' she wasn't.

But mostly I wanna hear if any of the rest of you talked about Moebius with your Trump. I got most of my memories of that Jaunt back, but not much of anything from that whole thing we apparently did to earn it, and I'm thinkin' that's gonna be pretty important. I'm hopin' somebody else can give me somethin' to go off of to jump-start workin' on that.

Besides, nobody ever talks about this shit, and we're down to too few people who lived it to let people forget about it.

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[itsananimalthing]

[What a surprise. He even says as much.]

Now that's somebody I ain't heard from in years. Luke. When'd you get back to the party?

[They aren't exactly friends, but Luke is slightly more bearable than some of the other vets. He's not Joscelin, after all.]

[returnofme]

Just now, actually. One of the Champs was there to greet me.

[Yes. Champs. Luke's that vintage.]

[itsananimalthing]

The hell, man.

[He has to laugh. He thought that name was ridiculous back then, and he thinks it's even more ridiculous now.]

We don't call 'em that anymore, kid. They wanna be called Arcana. Before that we called 'em Trumps.

[returnofme]

Might as well call them the Idiot's Array since they're basically sideways Sabbac cards.

[itsananimalthing]

Yeah, I don't got that where I come from. Most people call 'em as being from Tarot cards, these days.

So which one was it? Or you keepin' that to yourself? We're all marked by one or another of 'em now.

[returnofme]

... a primitive sort of droid that was hanging upside down?

[And gave him an unsettling flashback when he saw it?]

[itsananimalthing]

Hanged Man. Interesting. Mostly means stayin' in one place, sacrifice, indecision, shit like that. I got Moon-- deception and illusion. Guess it don't say much good about me, when they're picking up people they see themselves in.

[returnofme]

Well. I guess I'm in the same landspeeder, then.

Unless it's because I hung upside down and almost died twice last standard year.

[itsananimalthing]

That one's weird. Nobody really knows why it does anything, since it don't talk much and don't seem to really care about much, either, which fits with the ideals behind it, I guess. At least Moon's chatty, even if you can't trust most of what she says.

[returnofme]

It's still so odd actually being able to talk with them. When I was last here, they were still mysterious and unknowable forces, you know?

[itsananimalthing]

Odd maybe, but better. I like havin' a face to get angry at.

[returnofme]

[Luke can't exactly laugh over the network, but something of the effect still comes through.]

Just make sure you master your anger and not let it be the master of you.

[itsananimalthing]

[Riddick, on the other hand, can. He sends the sound of an amused snort.]

Yeah, I don't think I need a lecture on self-control, kid.