A tactful time after Rose's yelling session...

[truerevelation]

Alright.

So ... I ain't gotta tell anyone where we are this time, and from the stuff people were sayin' on the network, returning here ain't the biggest surprise anyone's ever had. Even if we did get the red carpet bit... Yeah, this is Questing Country - magical kinda Liminal Space dreamland. The Oracles over at the table are the best guys to ask about what this place is.

But I figure we still need to work out who is and isn't actually us. Except, uh. Wash.

[That was psychic shouting and his ears are still ringing from it somehow, OK.]

So this is Kanji checking in. Give us a yell if you're hearing this? How you're doing, all that stuff. Or if you've got powers up and goin' here... anyone else been species switched, too?

...But, uh. If you see a guy who looks like my plain Hecatite form, that ain't me. That's my old overlay, and I think he wanted his powers back or something. Hell if I know what mine are right now.

Comments

[truerevelation]

Heh. You think so? Sweet.

And glad she was cool with it, just ... man. These things always get weird, huh. ... or some sort of weird.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah! You've got a fairly balanced mastery of both sides, which is great for hybrid skills. I think that if you can do high level Liminal Healing and de-infiltrate people into half-infiltrations that I could teach this stuff to you. And if you're not there yet on either, well, I can teach you those too.

And yeah, I'm glad too.

[truerevelation]

Healing, yeah, I ain't up to regrowing things but I got the basics okay? And ... right, been meaning to work on that whole de-infiltration thing. Any tips?

Public -> Private (x2 protected)

[thornsofmalkav]

So you're about two steps away from being ready to learn. Cool.

And. Um. Hm. I might? Gimme a second.

[SHE'LL JUST PRIVATE THIS FIRST.]

Okay. So. Here's the thing which is... kind of not great to think about. In order to put the Traveler in the driver's seat, you need to be able to reach out to them through the network and pull them forward. Which, uh, technically means you have to go into their mind. Luckily, you don't have to read their thoughts to find the them in there and then you just... sort of pull them forward. Like you were sharing memories with someone who hasn't mastered the skill, so instead of passing the memory to you, they sort of... hold it out and you take it.

Private back:

[truerevelation]

Yeah. That. Sounds kinda how it felt when Naoki pulled me out in Achaia.

... no kiddin' about the 'not great' bit, mind. I mean, I get it, and I ... I think I see how it works? Just damn. Wouldn't wanna spend too long fishin' around in there...

Re: Private back:

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. I don't. But the second consciousness inside their minds is, like, really obvious to spot, so you don't have to spend long at all. You'll know it when you see it.

Re: Private back:

[truerevelation]

Makes sense. Even when you're dealin' with a really ... I dunno, close overlay, there's gotta be just so much different...

Weird thinking about it.

Re: Private back:

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. It is.