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

[backwordscompatible]

[There you are, Tweedle One. She was beginning to wonder.]

Did you seriously just suggest the buddy system?

I didn't realize we'd all gone back to elementary school, or I might've considered bringing back the pigtails.

[She didn't actially wear pigtails in middle school most of the time, but enjoy that mental image.]

[turbedon]

Never been, but you have to admit there's merit to the idea.

You can still rock the pigtails if you want though. Maybe we can put some LED strips in too.

[backwordscompatible]

Yeah? You think?

[Not in a million years.]

Maybe some glow in the dark lipstick to match. Go full-on Hot Topic native.

[turbedon]

If your magic still works here, why not? It could help you blend in better, right?

[backwordscompatible]

Blending in by literally glowing in the dark. Who knew?

What about you? What's the wardrobe looking like?

[betrayedblade]

Pardon, Zatanna. But could you truly create a disguise that would permit you to blend in with any crowd here?

[turbedon]

Zee can conjure up any outfit she wants, provided her magic isn't cancelled out here.

[betrayedblade]

I apologize for interrupting. I am not as familiar with her magic as you. Or the protocol here.

[turbedon]

No problem. How else are you going to learn, right?

[betrayedblade]

Indeed. [If smiles could be heard in mental conversations then there would be one right now.] Thank you.

[turbedon]

Prego.

[backwordscompatible]

...yeah, basically what he said.

And, if nothing else, I could always try going invisible.

[betrayedblade]

That is...very interesting. [And useful. Look, when you said you could use magic he hadn't realized then just what was meant. I mean, he could do sleight-of-hand magic it was really entertaining to do in front of the children but. well. anyway.]

Have you tried? It would be very useful. [He is particularly interested to see if he could get some red glowies if possible.]

[backwordscompatible]

[Who said she couldn't do both?]

No reason to yet.

I've been playing nice.

[betrayedblade]

[No one! He just didn't-- he doesn't-- Hnnrgh.]

"Nice" will only get you so far.

I want to get inside that Defender encampment. It would be easier to blend in if...

[Not that he couldn't get in otherwise but, again, easier.]

[backwordscompatible]

Those are the...red ones, right?

[betrayedblade]

Yes. At least that is what the others have been calling them. [Eavesdropping. He does a lot of it. Sorry, not sorry.]

[backwordscompatible]

I haven't heard much about them yet myself, honestly.

But I have to admit, what little I have heard sounds...kind of intense. Are you sure you want to join up with them?

[turbedon]

Black and white. Maybe I'll get colour-tinted if I manage to join any of the Factions?

[backwordscompatible]

Yeah? Which ones are you considering?

[turbedon]

Not sure it's even possible to join the Greens, they seem inaccessible. The Reds seem accessible but challenging - they don't seem the type to just let anyone in. I guess that leaves the Blues-

Hey, RGB. Of course.

[backwordscompatible]

[It took her a second; she wasn't quite up to date with all her computer-themed jokes as she probably should brace herself to be for this Jaunt.]

Cute.

...I wonder if we could make other colors by getting different groups to work together

[turbedon]

Not sure. I mean, technically right now we've got the Blue and Red teams working together but I'm not seeing any flashes of purple forming.

[backwordscompatible]

Too bad. I like purple.

[She certainly wore it often enough.]

[turbedon]

And purple likes you.

[Since it suits her well, but-]

... I think Wally appearing just made me more Wally. Sorry.