Open to All Investigators-Beginning of Digital Frontier Jaunt

[purseownerisme]

For those who are experiencing this for the first time, don't worry. Just keep calm and listen to this message.

If you're hearing this, you're what we call an investigator: someone who retains their memories from their home and other worlds if they have them while in a Jaunt. Some of us have blended in with the setting and are called Infiltrators; don't try and jog their memory back otherwise we'll be in a lot of trouble. They also cannot use the network we're on right now.

What we need to know now is who's not thinking they're a program and what they have noticed so far. Anything will help us try and figure out a way to solve this next issue.

Comments

[leftbehindagain]

Hey, I have a year of practice with strange mysteries, too. I like to think I can do all right. It's just easier when you have someone to bounce it off of.

[And he doesn't know many other people yet... and the one he's talked to the most so far is Adachi. That's a big fat 'not if Naoki can help it' right there, at least until they manage a few more civil conversations.]

If you feel like you're in over your head, don't hesitate to let me know, okay? I know you can take care of yourself, but everyone needs backup now and then. [Besides, Naoto would probably like to know one of her friends is looking out for Ken.]

[stophamatime]

I didn't mean to imply that everyone who's left isn't, it's just...Naoto-san's really smart.

[And is apparently getting a fan club, huh.]

Thanks.

[leftbehindagain]

Don't worry, I got it. [He knows just how smart Naoto is. Why do you think he's so upset he can't work with her right now? As for the fan club, that's nothing new.]

You're welcome.

[stophamatime]

All this color-coding is probably going to make it harder to blend in, isn't it?

[leftbehindagain]

Probably. We're just going to have to do the best we can.

I'm going to try to keep an eye on Naoto and Kanji, if they'll put up with me hanging around.

[stophamatime]

I'm not sure where to start.

I guess I should see where Minako-san is going.

[leftbehindagain]

You know her? I talked to her earlier, but we didn't know enough to come up with a full plan yet.

[stophamatime]

She's...

[This is hilariously complicated, but on the other hand, since it's happened to Naoki too, that ought to simplify the explanation.]

We're from the same place, except we're not exactly.

[leftbehindagain]

One of those, huh? I'm sorry. It's weird, isn't it? [When people think they know you, and they sort of do, but you barely know them at all. Or you know them better than they expect you to.]

[stophamatime]

I feel bad about not remembering her, even if I know it's not like I could and it was somebody else for me.

[leftbehindagain]

You can get to know her now, though. And at least you have some common ground to start with.

[Whatever Ken's been through, it's probably good that there's someone here who knows what it is, until such time as he's willing to tell someone else.]

[stophamatime]

Yeah. It's...kind of nice to not have to explain everything to somebody.