psychic/action

[upcard]

[Hope you're all enjoying your sudden, Liminal Space-filled existences, Travelers. Either way, there's suddenly going to be a very tentative, very timid psychic broadcast.]

Um... excuse me...

[For anyone who met Mai during the Jaunt, she's certainly entirely different now--but then again, that's why she's doing this in the first place, despite being terrified of bothering people in this way. So after a brief pause, she rallies her courage.]

...My name is Mai--um, for the people I didn't know, and I... I was really different in that Jaunt b-but... I just wanted to say that I'm really really sorry!

[There's no visual here--she doesn't have the capability--but even so, it's pretty obvious to anyone who knows her that she's bowing her head here in her shame and apology.]

I did some truly terrible things to everyone, and I...I was really-- [A pause.] Just... I'm very sorry. That's... that's all.

Oh-- um. Near-san... [...what does she even say to him? She's really not sure. After a moment, a really awkward pause, she manages a fumbled thought--] Can we...talk?

[For those who would rather go the action route, Mai is not hard to find; she's tucked against a penny slots machine, arms wrapped around her knees, chin resting on them and eyes downcast. Seems this Jaunt took quite a lot out of her as well, but then again, dying isn't fun for anyone.

There are people she knows she needs to find and check on, but... well, she needs just a moment longer.]

Comments

[tailforbrains]

Some, yeah. It's kind of crazy. But I like those machines that drop coins out of them, that's pretty awesome.

[She's a thief, and one who's often been poor. She likes money.]

[upcard]

Oh...The slot machines, you mean...?

[Mai tilts her head at that, considering.]

It's a little strange, isn't it...? I wonder why they want us to gamble...

[tailforbrains]

Because it's fun, of course! You should try it. It's exciting. Though I can't make it work in my favor. I tried Sifting it, and there's no exploit.

[upcard]

Sifting...?

[This is all news to her.]

Oh, but... I guess it could be fun. I've never really tried it.

[tailforbrains]

Yeah, you know, that thing Miners do. Or did. I can still do it, but only with mechanical stuff, I think. Back there, everything was data, but out here, only some things are.

[She hasn't put together what else it might be good for in the real world, but she will, eventually.]

[upcard]

Oh--! That's right!

[She hadn't spent much time with the miners besides making sure they were doing their tasks, so she's still rather oblivious to what she actually did.

But... huh.]

That sounds like a really useful skill, Neeshka-san...! It's good that you were able to keep it.