[Video, psychic bridged to the walkabout]

[neverfeltthatway]

This is Armin, attempting to reach the Travelers on walkabout from the jaunt in Harrogate.

What's going on over there? Where are you, and is everyone all right?

We're still working out what's going on over here. It's 123 years later than the last time we were here, the year 2020 - in many ways it seems like a modern earth so many Travelers are familiar with. We arrived during the funeral of a local beloved celebrity. There are a number of ghosts hanging around, and several Travelers are investigating or infiltrating as ghosts. We're investigating several leads as to the cause of this, as well as to the hints of eldritch dealings at work.

I can only keep this connection open for about half an hour. I may be able to contact you all again in a few days - but I have to use psychic bridge to speak with the investigators on the ghost side of things as well, so that's not a promise.

...Is Eren around? [Because, of course, that was second half of the motivation for making this connection - and for bringing Mikasa along.]

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[rustyhonesty]

You were.

[He doesn't say it, but it's obviously because she loses her cool about Eren. Which is why he's concerned and thinking about asking Naoki about bringing him back sooner than thought.]

Yeah, we both do. Sorry.

[callyourname]

Was not!

[What was that about losing her usual cool calmness?]

I'm glad to hear you, really, and I'm glad you ended up somewhere that's certainly a lot nicer than Harrogate. Is Korra there with you?

[rustyhonesty]

Yes you were.

[This is the most mature argument.]

I wish you two had ended up here, too. Yeah, she's here and herself, even.

[callyourname]

No, I was-- [ lowering her tone. ] not . . .

[ Mature argument aside, Mikasa huffs at his wish. ] I don't think there was even the tiniest a chance in hell for that considering my record or whatever with death, but thanks for wishing for me too I guess.

[Or her heritage's luck with it, not that she believes in luck. But that is a not so subtle hint of what a fucking mess she might be if she'll end up watching more dear people die in front of her, be too late to save someone or have to kill someone or whatever that happens on their side...

Either way, Eren's safe and Armin is not, why this??? And besides, when Eren gets to decide, that's going to be "fun" too.]

Good. [SHE HOPES YOU ENJOY YOUR NICE VACATION THEN!!]

[rustyhonesty]

[He'd comment on how she was sent to Rome and not to a desert island, but even in Rome, there was the whole thing about slavery. So he doesn't.]

Mei should really try sending you to nicer places. I mean, she and her royal sassy husband take care of Rose all the time so they could consider others too...

[... what was that you called Emperor Emperor.]

You wouldn't be too comfortable here either, though. Desert, with only five minutes time for showers. Every other day. Still better than there would be, but a lot of unfortunate downsides.

[callyourname]

[That's a very wise decisions to not comment on Rome, because that is a lot of complicated feelings for a so called vacation between everything else.

... ummm, Jean, honey, there's the thing about Mikasa being a very private person, who doesn't go telling her Arcana around on the network. So for a moment Mikasa ... stays silent. ... Did he really just ---??? Well, whatever, it's not like she actually minds at all.]

No, her reasons for sending me here are really clear if you think back to my meeting with her... [as in, the fact that (at least a huge part of the) reasons why Mikasa has Empress mark is for her feminine power to protect people.] She gave me 25,000 Pounds, or about that anyway, and I look like she may have spent a similar amount to everything I'm wearing.

[Exaggerating. MUCH and she knows it despite her new bond with Mei coming with clothes fit for the upper class too and not only with money... also because this is coming from a a girl, who'd consider 25 pounds to be enough for two weeks aka she's not used to having money at all. Isn't sassy his favorite personality type though??]

Sounds much better than getting clean on any week for three years in military... [But she would suffer without showers and baths these days. Desert? Her water elementalism tattoo might help in a place like that, usually she's feeling cold with that on her.] Don't die in the heat. [No, seriously, Jean, please take care of yourself there.]

[rustyhonesty]

[He doesn't even realize he just made the information public. There's a lot going on in his mind, after all... but if she ever mentions that later, he'll apologize.]

... ... 25,000 pounds. That sounds like a lot. Though when you say it like that... yeah, I can understand what you mean.

[To protect. Mikasa was there to protect Armin... and soon Eren.]

I'll try not to. Jaunts like these makes me wish my tattoo had an off switch.

[callyourname]

[Maybe she will mention it later but possibly not, it depends on what's coming later. Besides, it's not a secret.]

It's -- a fuck ton of money as if I'm suddenly some kind of a royal too. [ahahah, funny she says that consider her heritage's history with royals but hey, she's definitely not bragging here. Just confused and matter-of-fact ways of saying it while she is speaking with him. ...Really not sure what to say to the other part about Mei, so...]

At least you have water elementalism to help there.

[rustyhonesty]

Come to think of it, Michelle was rather rich, wasn't she? Do you think this is connected to that?

[Might be a new skill, which... is a weird one, he needs to admit.]

Yeah. I should be fine.

[callyourname]

She could have drowned into money and yeah, we think so -- it's where Armin got the idea, that this might be from Mei.

[It's clearly not a one time thing if Michelle had that too... And if this is going to keep on happening... well, they will have a lot of money for food and other things on jaunts?? ]

Don't forget to use it when you can.

[rustyhonesty]

I guess you'll never run into money problems or jaunt, then.


I won't, I won't.

[Yes he will.]

[callyourname]

I'll just assume you mean we instead of only me, but yeah, that won't be a problem.

I'm going to ask you about it later, you know.

[ GOOD LUCK WITH THAT SITUATION LATER THEN, JEAN. ]

[rustyhonesty]

Ah... yeah. Well except when we're separated like this.

How scary.

[callyourname]

Maybe it won't be that common for us to be like this.

It might be later if you tell me that you didn't remember it.

[rustyhonesty]

True.

I'll have to be extra careful not to forget.

[RIP Jean]

[callyourname]

...How do you even forget that you have it?

[ Then again, he's not the one, who was infiltrating as a water elementalist on that Jaunt unlike this girl. ]

[rustyhonesty]

I tend to temporarily forget some of my skills when I get involved with work.

It's convenient when you're not supposed to be superpowered.

[callyourname]

It's not convenient at all if you pass out from too much work by forgetting that you could have done that even in the middle of a desert.

[speaking as someone who unfortunately never forgets her powers while she is herself.]

[rustyhonesty]

That's why I said I'll be extra careful not to forget, didn't I?

[callyourname]

. . . . . . promise?

[rustyhonesty]

I promise. I don't want to cause anyone worry. Even less you.


[Ahahahah. Ha.]

[callyourname]

Good, now keep that in mind whenever you're out there getting some fresh air if that's even fresh there.

[rustyhonesty]

Yeah, the air's fresh. Just really, really dry.

[callyourname]

... that really doesn't sound like a good place to forget to drink a lot of water when you have it.

[rustyhonesty]

Mikasa. I'm not. Going to. Forget. You don't need to tell me every other sentence.