[JAUNT] Two files have been downloaded

[breakaleginhalf]

--holy shit, that actually worked.

[This is not a voice that checked in at the start of the Jaunt. Someone's just made the trip over from Walkabout.]

Okay, so. Hey guys it's Gil - or, like, I dunno, G1L? I guess? Fucking Tron and shit. Anyway me and Raidou just came over from Walkabout-slash-Finland side-- it's just snow and turning into animals, easy mode - everyone's fine. [not important]

Which is why I came over, because I have some actually useful info. I went and talked to Magician before the Jaunt - it's definitely her versus Empress on this one, for the record - and like, alongside a shitload of cool info on how Synodiporia even works, I know how to get her the win on this one.

There's gonna be a Mutineer at some point - unless it's happened already? Fuck if I know - but whatever they're doing? We need in on that. They're gonna need everyone behind them for this to work for them.

Comments

[verdeleonessa]

I kinda guessed ROSE would be here. I suppose I should help my patron to win this, then.

Though somehow I wouldn't mind the Empress winning either. This is kind of a tough battle in a way.

[breakaleginhalf]

I think everyone figured that one, junior. This place is basically synonymous with her.

[verdeleonessa]

Junior? Seriously?

Not everyone knows about all of the Arcana anyway.

[loyalrebel]

Why should we give her the win?

[breakaleginhalf]

I figured you of all people would be into the idea of a world that doesn't involved being coddled like a little kid for the rest of your natural life. ROSE wants us to push shit just to see how far it goes.

[loyalrebel]

I would much prefer an end to this entire cycle of games our hosts have been playing, in all honesty.

We also have to consider who else is going to be in the matches after this one. Empress is fairly predictable.

[leftbehindagain]

Another one?

[breakaleginhalf]

Boy, that's promising.

[leftbehindagain]

I was a major factor in the last Grid rebellion.

[forcechanic]

Picking a victory condition that involves us getting involved in the thing that completely upsets the status quo practically seems like cheating.

[You'd think the Arcana would try to keep in mind how Travellers are]

[verdeleonessa]

That's definitely a good point.

[forcechanic]

I wasn't here last time, but my overlay was and... well, there's a reason we even have Revolutionaries.

[breakaleginhalf]

I mean maybe. But you can't say it's something you guys haven't done before.

[forcechanic]

Definitely can't. If the Arcana were smart, they'd all be picking the rebellion victories.

[tookashirototheknee]

Rebels? I'm in.

Well, other than the rebels who already seem to be here. They're led by a yellow-lighted program called SHIRO. Not my boyfriend. I think it's his future nibling-person.

Most fucking boring rebellion I've ever heard of, if some of the locals are to be believed.

[breakaleginhalf]

Not all rebellions are guns blazing, kick down the door and throw a fucking molotov into the joint. [But he sounds amused at Matt.] Sometimes it's just getting out of a bad situation and showing other people the way to do it for themselves.

[portinari]

Should we not determine the consequences of a mutiny before we ascribe to it?

[breakaleginhalf]

Potentially. But like- I don't even know what kind of mutiny it's gonna be. I just got told 'find the Mutineer'.

[portinari]

Well, that much is certainly sound advice, no matter what we do afterwards.

We might begin by speaking to the revolutionaries.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Hmn. I admit, I prefer the spirit of inquiry to any of the allies of patriarchal autocracy.

How can we best do this and still minimize the collateral consequences?

[breakaleginhalf]

Fuck if I know. I got given a four step program and literally nothing else, all I know is that there's gonna be a mutiny.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Keep an eye out for anything worthy of one, then. Social unrest, inequity in distribution of resources, abuse of priority - Gods, abuse of Priority is ripe for this.

Do I need to tell you to court those who have nothing to lose and everything to gain by redressing those injustices?

[unapologeticallyaffected]

Is this the norm? The guys upstairs just flat out telling people how to win? Seems like not much of a game, then.

[breakaleginhalf]

I think it varies from one Arcana to the next. I got the winning slot here, Magician's all about being straight-up. Plus we like, went to her and broke into her house, so she seemed proud of us. You gotta actually ask.

[unapologeticallyaffected]

So ... do you think she would approve of you broadcasting everything she told you to everyone here? Including people who might be working against you and want the win for the Empress?

[Idle curiosity here, Eliot doesn't really have a horse in the race.]