[Open Broadcast: Liminal Space, Post-Ace of Spades]

[casabianca]

[It's taken him a while to work up to doing this. Years of training and self-censorship have made the very idea of admitting who and what he is to someone who doesn't already know absolutely intolerable. At best this thing he intends to do is treason. At worst it could get someone killed. Not here, back home, but as he is here... his failing to intervene could also get someone killed.]

It became obvious to me over the course of our most recent... outing that most of you have no experience with the sort of work we've been volunteered to do. I don't think it's too forward to say that we could all benefit from better coordination and a bit of training.

[In the few seconds of hesitation that follow, it isn't hard to imagine the twist of deep, painful guilt that roils in his gut. The tone of his mental voice is so carefully distant, so close to wearied that the implications are there for those willing to look.]

I have some experience with... professional travelling. If anyone would like some advice on how to blend in and communicate with one another a bit less obviously in a... in a foreign setting...

[Another silence, and if he were speaking aloud, the silence might be filled by an uncomfortable, resigned sigh.]

...don't hesitate to ask.

((ooc: Peter here is offering to coach people in the art of espionage. I'll try to have a writeup on the subject up and available as soon as possible for anyone who expresses interest.))

Comments

[casabianca]

I only hope I'm an adequate instructor.

[If he sounds dubious, it's only because he's never been explicitly involved in anyone's training before. Not where the basics are concerned.]

Might I inquire as to what you did before coming here? Should give me a better idea of where to start.

[wholeheaded]

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

[ which is as much of an endorsement as he can manage. ]

For myself: I was chief adviser to the Queen in my world, a scientist and a member of court. I'm sorta used to being noticed, which I guess isn't productive.

[casabianca]

Mmm, it's not necessarily a problem; most people try too hard to be unobtrusive, there's nothing more obvious.

[It's still deeply strange, discussing all of this; the words come a bit too quickly, as though he's trying to get them all out before he can stop himself.]

We're going to stand out; I can't see a way around that, myself. Quite frankly most of the time the work is in being read as harmless.

[wholeheaded]

[ he can keep up with the rush, mostly,his own mind works at a fairly fast clip.]

True enough. And I think I can manage harmless, maybe with some bonus trustworthyness. Kinda comes with the politician territory.