Open to Investigators

[shiroganeheir]

I cannot be the only person who is worried about PSYCHE-net, can I? I have no problems with androids or robots, however there is just something unsettling about this that I cannot put my finger on. We need to keep a close watch on this so-called beta situation.

Also, is anyone else suspicious about this... entity? I am beginning to wonder if we are encountering another one of our infamous Trumps. The Lovers comes to mind. Any thoughts?

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nyooms all up in here...........

[surveyor]

You think this... [wait for it, this word is still as foreign to him as the concept itself] computer is the Lovers?

[Levi tilts his head, intrigued, ears twitching as he fights to control the wind that he can feel displacing some of the grass at his feet. Worked up already...

This is too important to be interrupted by an S. Tech episode.]

What's your evidence to support that possibility?

[He isn't arguing, he just wants to know before flinging himself at it with guns claws a-blazin'... As much as every nerve in his body (and his teenaged-ly immature brain) wants to do precisely that and damn the consequences.]

[fridgeninja]

If it's a Trump, everyone should stay clear of it.

[brannewbrains]

The Fool appeared as a castaway with its body wrapped in bandages, a lot of folks said it looked like a mummy. It wouldn't let us touch it and was a lot more cryptic than the Sun and Moon. [ pause. ] Leonardo "gave" it his name, and it called itself Don Orlea.

[upcard]

Okay...!

[Well, when senpai notices you and sends you on a Mission, you don't hesitate, you just do it. So with that, Mai cuts the psychic connection.

Time to go join up with the committee...somehow...!! Yeah!!]

[seestheworld]

Yeah, I've been trying to keep an eye on him, too. Although he's got Koro-chan with him, and he's probably doing the same thing.

[shiroganeheir]

Once we have confirmed that it is, I would concur. However, on the chance that it is not a Trump, and an important part of this Jaunt, we will likely need to interact with it at least some.

I will be at the wedding paying attention to this beta-situation, an I believe Leonardo-sensei is intending to speak to it more, as well as Ambrose, as they have already been Chosen.

[shiroganeheir]

It seems to know quite a lot about people who are not Infiltrating or of this world. Also, it does fit the pattern of Trumps appearing.

However, I suggest caution. At the moment, this is only a theory. We have no direct confirmation of anything. It is something to watch, not act upon.

[shiroganeheir]

And I am five feet as well, blue-black hair, and also currently have cat ears and a tail. I am always seen in a blue hat as well.

[She's a very distinctive tiny detective.]

I am Naoto Shirogane, it is good to meet you, Near-san.

[shiroganeheir]

Good. He will have plenty of people watching out for him. I do not believe this Jaunt will be of any danger to any of us, however, you never know.

[surveyor]

I'm not gonna do anything stupid. [He sounds offended... Maybe even a little petulant, too; there was a whole list of stupid things running through his head, and it's almost like this person read his mind... Thaaat's a little awkward.

Still, he won't let his irritation get in the way- if he were the sort to do that he'd never accomplish anything.] Last I heard, there were a few leads we could follow, assuming this Trump manifests like the others- a pair or some other physical representation of its card, or a certain number... Have any of those things surfaced while communicating with this thing?

[Either way, he sure is getting up to try and 'talk' to it himself. It's a keyboard like the smaller one he remembers using back in Texas... How hard can it be...?]

[howexciting]

... well, none of us who have been marked were given them until after the Jaunt was over. So if that is the case, you may receive one after this Jaunt, along with... along with Chizuru.

[Sorry bro.]

[seestheworld]

Yeah, better safe than sorry.

[hakodate]

[shit shit abort abort

Except that if it were just him, as much as he hates the idea of getting marked by one of the Trumps...he might still be willing to take that risk. They need to know more. If that's what it takes to know more, to find out enough to get home...

But Chizuru.

This is the most stony, awkward, I am having a crisis mental silence over here.]

[tealeafs]

[ guess who's randomly listening in on your conversations that's right it's your soon to be waifu.

Mostly though since she actually heard her name being mentioned so she's paying attention a little bit more.. and she knows him well enough to understand what that lack of response means when he's usually giving it immediately in those business situations. ]

Toshizou.. it's alright. It might help everyone else too if we can maybe find out more that way, right..?

[hakodate]

[she has earned her right to listen in on his shit.

Really, it's probably better if she does, given his track record.]

You sure about this, Chizuru?

[tealeafs]

.. yes.

[ And despite her usual slight nervousness about things, unsure if she's allowed to make certain decisions or not.. well, she's a whole lot more firm about this. That's the tone Chizuru always has when she won't change her mind. ]

As long as we're together, I have no reason to be afraid of anything, after all. [ It feels better than saying the otome game variation of "WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN" since that often feels like just asking for said worst to happen when it comes to Traveller business. ]

[hakodate]

[Edo women, man.]

I know better than to think you're gonna change your mind.

But if you do, no matter how last minute it is, that's fine, too. Just tell me.

[He knows perfectly well she isn't going to.]

[thirdarrow]

That is true. I suppose all we can do now is play along and be vigilant. An opportunity will present itself eventually.

[howexciting]

I would be happy to, but... so far, nothing really has come up. I am also on the White Day committee - solely in an advisory role - and I can say that the White Day committee received an unsigned note that threatened to ruin White Day if the confessions are not sorted soon.

[fridgeninja]

Picking people who've already been chosen to speak to it sounds like a good idea.

I'll be at the wedding as well.

[tailforbrains]

It's gotta be something. It knew somebody had broken up only five minutes after it happened. That's crazy. How could a computer know that? And how could a computer know all of us, anyway?

What's the Lovers supposed to be like? Are they actually all about love, or is it something else, like the Fool not being, y'know, foolish?

[shiroganeheir]

Computers can be quite intelligent, but almost immediate knowledge would either indicate we are being bugged, or something very different.

The Lovers, in my knowledge, is connected to Love and Relationships, but also to social interactions and important choices, for example, someone having an important crossroads in their life.

[shiroganeheir]

Absolutely. It is unlikely that one Trump would draw the anger of another by taking another's claimed Traveler. However, these are the Trumps. I am beginning to believe that anything is possible.

Understood. Hopefully we can give them at least some chance at happiness.

[shiroganeheir]

Did they? Is there any way I could get a look at that note? I doubt that I could find much from it, but any information is good information at this point.

[shiroganeheir]

Yes. I simply hope that we can avoid any harm or bad consequences.