[Jaunt] Testing, testing...

[vrepit_no]

All right, let's get a headcount. This is Shiro - Takashi, might be a better plan here. Speak up with your name, faction, and if you know anyone who's infiltrating or missing please!

I'm getting the feeling we were at least partly anticipated here. Can we get a run-down of which colors mean what and whether or not people expecting us is a good thing here? It was much clearer in Questing Country.

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[vrepit_no]

There are some gliders around here somewhere - but I maybe would tell people if you're going to go shifting, or you might get mistaken for some kind of enemy. Most Programs don't have that kind of capability.

Well, at least she'll have a lot of friends? [Sorry Azure.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

Hmm. So you don't think they'll pitch a fit if I tell them I'm a shapeshifter?

[vrepit_no]

If you mention it's something your User gave you, maybe to help explore? That would probably help. I can't say for sure how they'll react - I wasn't here last time - but the Users are kind of like their gods. They're the humans using the computer, but from a Program's perspective it's the all-powerful being who can rewrite the landscape and edit code on a whim. So, you know. Gods. But being a Variable, they're going to be more okay with you doing weird things than if you were another color, probably.

[scarsolderthanyou]

I thought the User things were the Arcana.

[He's picked up that much, at least.]

[vrepit_no]

That wouldn't surprise me. But the Arcana aren't native to this place, I don't think. At least they weren't in the movie I saw that's similar. But even if they are, that still works for this. If your User - your Arcana - made sure you could use that transformation by keeping you in this form... And it will definitely help you explore.

[scarsolderthanyou]

It will. I can fly faster and longer than most Raksura, I could cover a lot of ground. And kill anything dangerous, probably.

Well, we'll see. I have to make sure I can even still do it here, and there's not room on this boat thing.

[If it moves and carries people, and it's not a cart, it's a boat, okay. He doesn't make the rules. (Yes he does. It's his language.)]

[vrepit_no]

There might be a way to get up onto the dorsal hull, if you wanted to test it before we get there. People would want to see the change, though, so you'd probably have an audience crammed into the command deck.

[scarsolderthanyou]

[Sometimes Stone enjoys an audience, if there's someone in the crowd he feels like impressing, or when he needs to intimidate. THat wouldn't be the case, there.]

Think I'll wait until we get where we're going. I'd rather not be stared at if it doesn't work.