Some Important Follow-Up

[photonicfighter]

Excuse me. If everyone who went to Santa Carlita has a moment?

[Dakki pauses briefly to give people a chance to pay attention. That's how this is done, right?]

I've followed up with Tachibana, and it turns out that he put a tracking device on something that belonged to me. It's gone now, but apparently, the agents are now on the lookout for interdimensional aliens, not just ones from other planets.

I should have been more cautious. I'm sorry. Could the other agents confirm if they've planted anything, too, before I go and get everyone shaking themselves down for bugs?

...and that said, now that we're all back to ourselves, I'm very curious... did the 'aliens' pose any actual threat? What was that all even about? I'm not impressed with a government whose first reaction to extraterrestrial life is to panic and try to lock it up. That can't be the entire story, can it?

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[photonicfighter]

Suspicion and wariness aren't going to be in our favor, still.

I do remember something to that effect being mentioned about Prometheus. I think that situation is more likely to be... delicate, than actually negative. Here's hoping we recognize that in time, if it comes up.

...broken into liminal? So that's something that's possible? That makes sense, when you really think about it.... It's good to get this information circulating on the network again, at least. Some of this, I've heard. Some of this, I haven't.

[loyalrebel]

I have firm suspicions, as one of the.... overlays who was an Illuminant, that they care more about stopping the Arcana than us as Travelers.

Regardless, the Illuminants are highly aware of us and should be treated with utmost respect at all times.

[photonicfighter]

An overlay of something that powerful?

[She's stunned silent for a few moments, processing that.]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind. How would I know one if I saw one?

[loyalrebel]

Technically my overlay willingly became an Illuminant, but yes. Powerful overlays are not that rare, uncommon yes, but not unheard of. I mean, people were recently greek dieties.

[Seriously.]

They may look human, but their ideologies hinge on the aspects of their particular color. They also have utter mastery of their color of magic, beyond that of any other mages skill with it.

Appearances change though, as they are simply inhabiting a mortal vessel for a time.

[claudiometer]

It took all eight of 'em to pull it off, and they got kicked back out before too much trouble, but. Definitely a thing to be mindful of if we ever end up back in the Dolorosa neighborhood.

[photonicfighter]

Given what Malik has said, too, I'll be sure to be mindful of that.