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

[upcard]

Yes... yes, I believe in them too. And the Ground.

I think that it's still out there somewhere, and--it's doing okay. Sometimes there are budget cuts, and it's in danger again, but then someone steps up and saves it.

I think that's...what it is.

[detectivewonder]

... It's a good working theory. Fits the facts we know.

[upcard]

[She smiles at him, and nods simply, and gently wipes grime from the coffee machine.]

Mm... I'm glad to hear it. Thank you...for humoring me, whether you believe it or not.

[She doesn't know if he is, but she knows a lot of people do, and she doesn't care right now; she just wants to think that they're safe and happy.]

It makes me feel better to think that everything's okay, when we leave.

[detectivewonder]

It's not that I don't believe it. But... it's possible. If things work that way, it's even plausible. If it helps... that's all I need to know.

[upcard]

I just... I don't want to think that we make things worse.

[Even though sometimes they absolutely do leave the worlds worse off than they were before.]

Is that...selfish?

[detectivewonder]

No, of course not. We stopped a gang war in Brooklyn, restored the government of Dolorosa, helped refugees find a new place to live in the Shoals...

There's nothing wrong with hoping that's the effect we always have. We just... have to work hard to make sure we're right.