The end is never the end is never...

[otomechapilot]

So, given that the Don of the Foolish Mafia lost, anyone got a clue why we’ve got frolicking bandaged dudes running around?

I mean, they’re horses, so it might be Chariot too, but...

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[rustyhonesty]

I'll try talking to them, if I can. I am the Oracle of Horses after all, so if anyone can, I should be able to.

[otomechapilot]

That would be great. I’m probably wrong and this is wishful thinking, but weirder things have happened, right?

[rustyhonesty]

Definitely. Though for an Arcana to come back, there should have been a tie with two other Arcana, like it was with Lovers... but Liminal looked full Magician.

[otomechapilot]

Or something else weird is going on. Or I’m wrong.

There are an odd bunch of Arcana left, right? You need an even bunch for one-on-one rounds.

[rustyhonesty]

I'll let you know how my, uh, conversations go.

That's also a good point.

[ninjayeehaw]

I reckon the bandages are a right good hint that the Don's back, but...

[What the hell.]

If it was two 'f 'em competin' t'fill up numbers, it'd be two folks who were out a' the runnin' doin' it. Lovers and Hermit did it back at the start a' this round.

[otomechapilot]

The bandages and the frolicking.

Who else is out? Who else fits?

Achaia was before these two has real CR

[ninjayeehaw]

Chariot's got a monopoly on horses, I reckon. His round earlier, we started out in a giant wooden one. And when he won we ended up on a giant sort a' merry-go-round.

u know it

[otomechapilot]

I remember. First Jaunt, and Kohaku's first too, when she was around. With Firefly as my merry-go-round ride after we SOMEHOW pulled it out.

Which means Fool versus Chariot. Which makes zero sense. Less than Fool vs Lovers would.

[ninjayeehaw]

Both a' them're in play, though, Lovers an' Chariot. If this was s'posed t'get someone back in, it'd be Fool versus Tower or somethin'.

[otomechapilot]

God forbid.

...we're missing something. We gotta be. We're - asking questions around what we need to know, ha!

[reallymean]

The Fool is the first card in the tarot system, isn't it?

Perhaps it's only meant to signify that this will be the first match in a new round.

[wholeheaded]

First or last, I think, depending on how your interpret it. His number's 0.

[reallymean]

It might still be appropriate for a transition, then - an ending and a beginning.

It's certainly less disturbing than the possibility that the Arcana who've been disqualified are going to hold a...what's that term for it? A lightning round to let one of them back in.

[otomechapilot]

If that were true, wouldn't he have been in charge of the first tournament round?

But he wasn't. That was Lovers and Hermit. You saw it in the movies from Lovers Studio.

[reallymean]

Not necessarily. And he may not be in charge of this one - it certainly wouldn't be the first time we've had more than two phases of Liminal Space during important events.

Or perhaps Chariot is sending us all to be medics at the site of a disaster.

[otomechapilot]

Chariot is my second guess, or my guess for Fool’s opponent.

This is weird, though. No one else fits with bandages AND frolicking as well.

[reallymean]

Perhaps the other elements reflect the other player? The flowers, or the wheel in the sky.

[wholeheaded]

We could, I guess, check up on him? Folks do that from time to time, I don't have the skill but if someone could help us out with that...

[otomechapilot]

I've talked to him a couple times. Worth trying.

I know I'm okay at getting info from someone who knows nothing.