[Video]// Check-in Post for the living!

[neverfeltthatway]

I can confirm that this is definitely Harrogate, though 123 years in the future, the year 2020.

Everyone themselves on the jaunt, check in here. [His acting skills from his overlay here the last time are being used to good effect, as he appears confident and energetic, hiding whatever fear and uncertainty he has about this place.] Who's investigating here, and who have you seen infiltrating? Is anyone themselves but with an infiltrator persona - and if so, what can you tell us of the current situation?

I'd also like to know who has memory restoration - we should coordinate who we turn back into themselves, starting with other people who know memory restoration, so we can affect the greatest number of people. And if you have any ideas of what we should ask people on the walkabout side of things, let me know - I'll likely be contacting them as soon as we start to have things organized and know what's going on over here.

I can help if anyone has more general questions about the customs, culture, or history of this place. Additionally, if you want to know if someone is around on the jaunt, but they're not responding to psychic hails, I can help - as long as they're within about sixty miles of here.

[Jaunt] Check in, dead side

[happyhalloween]

Uu. I think we're ghosts! This place reminds me of the Golden Land! Only I can't open doors here. It's not fair.

Is anyone else a ghost with me?

[A few minutes pass before she adds:]

Mr Raidou can see us!

[And maybe ten more before she adds:]

Uncle Matthew can too!

[And even later:]

And Mr Casper!

Walkabout: Desert Survival 101

[loyalrebel]

Seeing as most of you have likely not dealt with a desert climate for extended periods of time, or have grow up with 21st century conveniences to keep comfortable, I suppose I should share some of the important guidelines for living in this sort of area.

Before anyone complains about me telling you all what to do, I was born in what 21st century maps call Syria, in the 12th century. It is a similar environment and air conditioning was non existent.

You can feel free to ignore my advice, but I will not have pity if you become ill from the heat or sun.

[he pauses for a moment.]

Water is important, if you have to be outside for any length of time bring some with you and drink it. Even if you are not thirsty yet, if it has been some time since the last drink do so. Death of thirst in this sort of heat comes quickly.

If you go outside, wear shoes. Burning the soles of your feet is horrific at best, amputation at worst. Also, do not lay on the ground directly if it can be helped, the ground will always be hotter than the air after baking in the sun for so many hours.

Keeping covered is also wise, long sleeves and long pants will prevent sunburn. They have proper fabrics for this that allow air to come close to the body. Sweat is not your enemy, it means that you are still well hydrated and your body is keeping himself cool.

In that same vein, make sure that it is cloth against your skin not leather or metal. I have seen many a crusader in his armor fall off his horse in the height of summer because it has become too hot.

During the height of the day, whenever that comes, do what you can to stay inside. Sleep if you can, read, stay in shade until the heat passes.

[another pause]

As hot as it is during this long day, night will be as cold. It may become cold enough to frost if the night is as long as day, and having layers available to you is wise as the sun sets.

I would not be surprised if the bulk of the work around here is done in the evening and in to the night.

Most importantly, do not go anywhere alone if it can be helped. Tell someone where you are going, a desert is a more dangerous place than a city and we do not know what the terrain is yet like or what other creatures live in in the area beside the dragons.

If you have questions, ask them. I will answer what I can.

I plan on making a trip to get the lay of the land at some point before the hatching, if anyone wishes to go out with me to the wilds.

[Harrogate] An Investigative Report (1-2 days into the Jaunt)

[hatesportals]

All right everyone, listen up. I'm not going to repeat myself. We've got a deadline to meet, and if all the angry buzz on the Network is right, the consequences if we mess this up could be bad. Really bad. And the Network could shut down any time now if everyone's right about last time.

( tl;dr a monster hunter talks about monsters and ghosts )

Any questions?

Report at like 1am

[haremtrap]

Maybe I'm just freaking out about nothing, but everyone's so on edge right now and it was just so REAL.

Sorry, I'm starting in the middle.

I had a dream. It was like I wasn't me. I was someone else, and they were exhausted and terrified of...something. I think it was chasing them? I was running towards a freeway on ramp, but I saw some guys blocking the road with like spike strips and stuff and was SURE the whole town was getting sealed off like that. Then I heard a weird noise behind me, kinda like someone gasping for breath, and then I woke up.

Normally I'd just dismiss it as a bad dream but...It didn't FEEL like a dream, you know? Like dreams just kind of flow out of your memory after a while normally but this whole thing is perfectly etched in my brain.

Someone tell me I'm making too big a deal about this before I freak out.

[Jaunt] Warnings

[helborn]

... Right, so. Casper here. I have a few things to discuss. I don't know if they're relevant, but here we go.

First of all, there's a number of Travelers who are dead. They don't seem to be able to get in contact with us on the network, and they can't go through walls or doors. If you can talk to the dead, give me a shout - we should organize to at least make sure everyone has news from each side. I saw a number of ghosts at the burial service. Let me know if you need to pass a message along in the meantime - I'll do what I can to find people.

Second of all, one of the ghosts gave me a sigil. Given everything people are saying, I'm not going to draw it out. I can describe it. The person who gave it to me was Frederika Bernkastel. She also said something about an Emperor of the Dead, which... I'd like to follow up on, but I'd also like someone with more experience in Harrogate eldritch stuff to double-check my work, so to speak.

And finally... I don't know if this is relevant, but I had a bad dream about a crowded cafe very late at night, people with red eyes, and an intense feeling of dread. Could be my imagination running off on me, but it might be something. I'm not exactly someone who's dipped into prophecy-related things, but given that we have very few leads and this place is practically screaming 'horror novel', I don't want to automatically throw it out.