Whose Round Is It Anyway?

[reallymean]

[Early in the day - well before her own abduction - Allura's voice comes across the network, the pattern of her thought-speech quick, but oddly lacking inflection.]

Given recent events, I think it's time we work out just which of our patrons is hosting this Jaunt, and whether or not we can allow their preferences to dictate how we go about freeing those who've been captured.

Does anyone have any insight into which of the Arcana are playing this round?

Or into the security measures we're likely to see at the detainment facility?

Comments

[neverfeltthatway]

Yes, of course - that too. I'll have some figures on the size of their operation - or at least what it looked like eighteen months ago - when I've finished speaking to Raidou on the other side of the divide.

[reallymean]

[There's a moment's pause as she converts the timescale over to something familiar.]

A lot can change in that time - but if they were already taking prisoners when he was with them, it does seem unlikely that there would have been too much recruitment, unless the people of this planet are quite a bit harder than I've been led to believe.

[neverfeltthatway]

I agree. We shouldn't rely on the figures too much, but they'll provide a good point of reference for any rescue plans.

[reallymean]

Which is the best we can hope for on such short notice - and better than we could have expected, really.

[neverfeltthatway]

True. It was lucky I decided to contact the other side when I did - I didn't even realize that Raidou had vanished over here.

[reallymean]

Do you think there might be some way of detecting that? Bad enough that we're being divided across realities, without running the risk of people vanishing between one and the other mid-Jaunt.

[neverfeltthatway]

That would be useful. It's certainly within the realm of possibility. I might be able to set it up with a combination of psychic detection and psychic contingency - although I can only have one psychic contingency at a time, and I already have other uses for it.

But if you'd like to try and research a skill that would specifically allow for that, I'd be glad to help you figure it out.

[reallymean]

I'm afraid it will be a long road - I haven't had the chance to become particularly adept with the psychic network - but I've never been one to shy from a challenge.

[neverfeltthatway]

All right. Let me know if it's something you decide to pursue. And if you need to learn any other psychic skills, to achieve that end or any other, I can probably help you with that too.

[reallymean]

Thank you. If you're willing, when we have a little breathing space, would you teach me how to project what I see to another person? It seems like something that could be very useful.

[neverfeltthatway]

I can do that. That's a fairly basic network skill, I'm sure you'll pick it up fairly quickly.