synopsychic | [Video]// Check-in Post for the living!

I can confirm that this is definitely Harrogate, though 123 years in the future, the year 2020.

Everyone themselves on the jaunt, check in here. [His acting skills from his overlay here the last time are being used to good effect, as he appears confident and energetic, hiding whatever fear and uncertainty he has about this place.] Who's investigating here, and who have you seen infiltrating? Is anyone themselves but with an infiltrator persona - and if so, what can you tell us of the current situation?

I'd also like to know who has memory restoration - we should coordinate who we turn back into themselves, starting with other people who know memory restoration, so we can affect the greatest number of people. And if you have any ideas of what we should ask people on the walkabout side of things, let me know - I'll likely be contacting them as soon as we start to have things organized and know what's going on over here.

I can help if anyone has more general questions about the customs, culture, or history of this place. Additionally, if you want to know if someone is around on the jaunt, but they're not responding to psychic hails, I can help - as long as they're within about sixty miles of here.

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[At least there is Armin and he is real and breathing and right there and Mikasa keeps clinging to him... Even after she calms down, that is. It is already better than sudden superpowers jaunt for having one of them here with her but then again she would rather have them all somewhere else, somewhere safe.]

Sorry, I wish I could send us to their side of this thing too.

...I don't want to be here. I don't want any of us in danger. But I probably know more about eldritch creatures and magics than anyone else here, now. I couldn't leave all the others to face this alone, even if we had the ability.

[He tightens his grip. He's tell her to go, if she could. He wants her to be safe. Hopefully with Jean and Eren.]

I don't think any of us want to be here in who knows what dangers this time. ...Yeah, you probably do or at least you are one of the people with most amount of knowledge about them. [She cuddles a little closer, petting him a little for comfort.] I couldn't leave you alone here either.

...I know. [And he's grateful for it, as much as he maybe wishes she would.

He holds her for as long as she needs, then finally settles down, quietly sitting beside her, their sides touching. He leans his head on her shoulder and closes his eyes. If she's paying attention, she'll hear some of his network chatter start up again.]

[ She is grateful for him holding her there for so long. Not that she wouldn't do the same for him anytime. When he sits there, Mikasa closes her eyes for a moment too and yeah, she notices how he starts the networking again.]

Maybe I should say something public there too...

[Just for everyone to be clear which side of things she is on, not that she thinks most people even care but whatever...

She reaches out for Armin's hand though hers might feel weird considering Royal Treatment is giving her accessories and everything like a really expensive looking black dress now when he has time to pay attention on those what with Mikasa not crying all over him.]

It wouldn't be a bad idea. [He murmurs to her quietly, without opening his eyes.

But then she takes his hand. He takes it back willingly, but frowns when he feels the rings, looking at them curiously, and then at her, finally noticing the black dress.] ...Did you just show up with these?

But I never know what to say in them, except my name.

[Extremely poor social skills... irony not intended considering she doesn't look poor at all right now. She is speaking quietly too (but it's what she always does)

Earrings too and whatever else that comes with Royal Treatment to her this time. If she wasn't wearing her scarf, he'd see a necklace too.] All of these and a fuck ton of money, yeah. [Not sure how she feels about this.]

[He gently brushes a strand of hair back behind one ear, fingers lingering, looking closer at the earring.]

...Has this ever happened before?

[The arcana usually give them some small amount of money, and reasonable clothes to blend in, but this all seems... excessive.]

[ She has no problem at all with him looking. Mikasa shakes her head... then thinks about it for a moment and shrugs. ]

No... ... unless Michelle had this too... Not that that would surprise me.

[But it is kind of hard to say when she seemed to have fuck tons of money by her family anyway.]

Hmm.

[He considers her clothes and jewels quietly, like a puzzle to be solved.]

...something from Empress, perhaps? This seems like her style.

[Mikasa blinks. Empress could do this? But then her eyes go wide for a moment...]

... Of course.

[Suddenly it all makes sense. The clothes, the accessories, money and everything else.

... ... and for a moment Mikasa looks angry and frustrated like she might try calling out to her Arcana to TAKE THEM AWAY, because wow she is so very not used to this and this is---

Actually, money situation considered, this is good. As greedy as that sounds but it is good to have that in all different worlds, or something whatever works for money in them. Sigh, or something between that and a huff.]

Well at least we won't have to worry about not having money here. Mei gave me about 25,000 whatever the local currency is.

[Not 200, 500, 2000, 2500, two times 5000 ... she really says 25,000! ...Yeah, about that fuck ton of money that she mentioned earlier? It may have been an understatement because that is A LOT.]

[He gives her a small smile, gently squeezing her hand.] It looks good on you.

[But then she mentions the money again, except this time she specifies an amount. Armin's eyes widen and he actually gasps in surprise.] ...Twenty-five thousand pounds? [Because of course he's already researched the local currency, and how much it's worth.] That's more than lots of people would make in a year. [People like them, or their parents, anyway. Some people make so much more, but even after living as a Traveler for so long, in what eventually became essentially a post-scarcity society, he's never lost the instincts he gained living in poverty all his life.] That's an almost ridiculous amount of money for just six weeks. [Not that he really knows what he'd do with it either.]

[Okay, she can't not smile at that even though she is not sure how long she'll wear some of these.] Thanks.

[Mikasa nods.] Yeah, it sounds like a lot more than people would make in a few years even depending on their work... [ and definitely more than lots make in a year.] It's seriously a ridiculous amount of money only for our time here, but well, I am not going to ask her to take it back. Just let me know if you need money for anything here whenever you go anywhere without me, won't be a problem at all. [She ruffles his hair.]

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