Bridge to Walkaboutia

[forcechanic]

[Time to figure out if she's really gotten this psychic bridge thing figured out]

Is this over with the dragons? This is Jaina.

I want to warn you guys that things are coming to a head over on this side. We think we've figured out the source of the problem: Someone called Nyarlathotep. We have a plan, but it's incredibly dangerous. I wanted to warn you all to be prepared for people from our side to be a real mess when we get back to Liminal.

Just... be ready.

I can't patch anyone through, but if you need a message passed on I'll do that once this connection runs out.

Comments

[forcechanic]

I will. I promise. I'll use every trick I have to stay safe.

[forcechanic]

Why are you doing something where that possibility comes up? This thing's unbelievably nasty.

[forcechanic]

I know someone who did it once.

[She hasn't even really thought about Callista in a long time. But she existed and had found a body again after decades]

I'll tell them to be safe. ANd that you're worried about them.

[leftbehindagain]

That too. It's not much of an edge, but it's an edge.

[crouching_sin]

Fighting something that's worse.

[At least, in his opinion.]

[fearinahandfulof]

[Now that she can access the network archives, Cassandra actually knows the answer to this.]

Some people did. But I think there might have been no walkabout to jump to.

[Which doesn't mean something couldn't go wrong even if there was, but still.]

[morethanashadow]

Good.

[He... feels like he should say something else here. But this is probably not the time or place for it.]

...I'll see you in Liminal, ok?

[uzoda]

That does sound pretty dangerous. How many people does he have doing distractions? Is everything under control? Are there enough of us over there?

[uzoda]

Ah, right. But we do know there's a jaunt for us to jump into, if we try it! Geez, I wish I knew exactly what a jaunt felt like, that would make it easier...

/butts in to the butting in

[uzoda]

Hey, don't say stuff like that! That's not nice at all!

[fearinahandfulof]

[Cassandra considers this.]

Maybe you could think in terms of Liminal Space? You know what Liminal Space feels like over here, so maybe...? [There's a short pause.] I don't think I'm stating it very well.

[fearinahandfulof]

[...She probably shouldn't feel surprised it was just the once.]

Oh.

What other kinds of things would be useful?

[highsteaks]

... has someone at least gotten him a wheelchair? [Holy crap holy crap this is awful.]

Re: /butts in to the butting in

[highsteaks]

It might not be nice, but it's kinda true. I mean, I think I'm probably smarter than him and I'm terrible at school.

[uzoda]

And I did fine at school and I'm still an idiot half the time! It doesn't matter, it's still rude!

[uzoda]

No, no, I think I get what you're saying. If there's liminal space here and there's more liminal space there...

Am I stating it alright?

[fearinahandfulof]

[She's... not sure.]

And there are different things attached to it. The world itself... and maybe portals between them...

[She's almost certainly not explaining this well. Words tend to fail her when she needs them.]

[forcechanic]

I'm... not sure. Matthew and Thorne were making sure he got seen to, that seems like something they'd try to look after.

[forcechanic]

Basically anything tired, scared and probably injured people might want.

Food would probably be a good idea.

[They can use liminal space for that if it goes back to normal but... who will think about it?]

[fearinahandfulof]

What's Liminal Space like right now?

[highsteaks]

Yeah, okay. They're both pretty weird and she's always talking about stuff that's over my head, but they're also decent people. So I guess they'll take care of him all right.

Still, this really sucks.

[highsteaks]

And Eren's still dumb!

[runs]

[...It can't mean more screaming, at least.]

Thanks.

[For the information. She'll try to find them when they all get back.]

[uzoda]

[At least they're having trouble expressing their ideas together.]

I'm not sure I can sense that much, yet... I'd hope it would be enough to hop from one liminal space to another and then worry about the portal to get to the world it's attached to....

[fearinahandfulof]

[That's less comforting than one might think. Although Cassandra suspects she might be overcomplicating things, which is also less than helpful.]

I meant portals that other people might have in place. But I'm not sure there are very many people who can keep a portal open long enough for that anyway.

Moving from Liminal Space to Liminal Space is probably safer anyway.