[jaunt] [mid-week 2 or so] More perspective-reading for... definitely not fun and profit

[razorblade_empress]

So... about 'David Texxant' or whoever the hell he is here. I did a perspective-read on the guy a little while ago and found out a couple of things:

One, he's telepathic. I know there are some of you who can telepathically poke at Infiltrators, but it's not a good idea here. The only reason I didn't get caught was because I was using Questing Country Magic Bullshit instead of actual network skills.

Two, whatever language he's thinking in is definitely not anything from Earth.

He was genuinely curious about me when we were talking, but it was from a much more analytical place than he was pretending. And the genuine worry he had about the damage to his mech was a distraction from something much darker that I couldn't get a read on. And that bright and happy-go-lucky exterior is definitely for show.

So yeah, I'm thinking spy.

Idiotic Word Games

[awitchdidit]

[Sent after very carefully setting up Psychic Protection II to exclude Kinji, just in case.]

While we're sharing information, our inestimable communications analyst Kanji Tatsumi has shared an intercepted communication from some of the locals searching for Dara. It's couched in confidential terms, but frankly it's barely encoded...unless the obvious cipher is a decoy. Here's the message in its entirety, with the obvious code words conveniently emphasized:

"OPERATION COLORLESS GREEN critical update - Suspect operatives from WESTMOST KOREA GARDEN who knew FURIOUS IDEA are protecting it from ALEXANDROS. In addition, further information about HEARTBEAT discovered. Will dispatch SILENT CHARIOT with further details.

"Urgently request communication to FLYING RAPIER under ATHENA GIFT protocol."

Most of these are simple: COLORLESS GREEN is the operation name, which means FURIOUS IDEA must be Dara. COLORLESS GREEN IDEAS SLEEP FURIOUSLY probably refers to the particular intelligence she has and that certain people want.

WESTMOST KOREA GARDEN would normally have me cracking into an atlas, or craving kimchi, but I think I can get it from context. Munghungwa Dynamics is Dara's former place of employment, if I'm not mistaken. They're a century or so's romanization drift from what I know as Korea's national flower, the Mughungwa, or Rose of Sharon. Either that or this is about mung beans, which are still culinarily Korean/Chinese and still making me hungry.

ALEXANDROS is a Greek word meaning "Defender of Man". This almost certainly refers to the ESDF. Likewise, ATHENA'S GIFT could be said to be wisdom...or the more specific mythological reference, the Shield of Aegis. It's...it's AEGISCorp. Very obviously.

HEARTBEAT would seem to indicate Doki Doki no Gakuen, the school at which the previous Jaunt in this world occurred...and where people met Dara to begin with. While that might be interesting, it could more metaphorically refer to S. Tech or the Emodriver frames. We should still probably check in on our alma mater.

The only one I'm stuck on is FLYING RAPIER, but that's likely a warship, perhaps the (Prince) Valiant? Or maybe the Aurigans' Sword of Empire?

The most interesting word here is SILENT CHARIOT, though...the "Auriga" constellation is of course referred to as "The Chariot"...and therefore a silent chariot would be an Aurigan spy.


Given this and other revelations, I think we need to speak to "David Texxant" at the earliest possible opportunity. And while we're at it, we need to make sure to investigate Munghungwa if we want to find Dara.

Of course, if I'm entirely off here, anyone is free to correct me. The more brains are on detective work, the faster it goes, after all.