File not found. Abort, retry, fail? [pre-Red Dirt liminal]

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

I have just completed an Oracular scan of which of our esteemed hosts shall be playing the latest round of their game, and the results are quite illuminating.

At a probability of 1, this liminal space was shaped by the Fool, the Chariot, Strength... and one other, whose name seemed to me like a television channel tuned to flickering snow.

At a probability of 0? All others.

This is a very interesting result, wouldn't you agree?

Comments

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

...Now that I think on it, an excellent question.

If this is the Arcana flexing their ability to alter past events, what need do they have to restrict themselves to the current tournament? I had assumed this would be the same one.

[leftbehindagain]

Most of them don't have a very good grasp of linear time. I'm not sure if they could reach beyond the current round.

[Which is why he's ruling out Temperance.]

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

So, if Justice prevails and they avoid the risk of rescuing Sinregado - as she would counsel - that leaves Hierophant and Star. Fortuna's death started our tournament, did it not?

Hierophant would seek to maintain a social order - and Star would bid us grasp for a miracle in the face of certain doom. If I don't miss my symbology.

[leftbehindagain]

[Ah, that explains it.] Fortune's the one who set the rules - I'm not sure that would have been possible if they were the first death. I think Temperance was the first.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Perhaps Fortune will have a spot of good luck, then. But I think the other two more likely. Much depends on the conditions of the Jaunt.

[leftbehindagain]

And we won't know that until we're there, really.

[thornsofmalkav]

Fortune definitely was here for First Yensid. We saw clues from it in her deadspace.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Making her a possible beneficiary of this experiment. Fascinating.

The best luck is that you create for yourself. I'm sure Fortuna would agree.

[shiroganeheir]

Temperance was the first. An outside source.

[Naoto's voice is flat, but firm.]

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

A Great Old One. It is the very personal reason that Justice seeks to wound them, and therefore to gain the World and be able to do so.

Sinregado - Temperance - was her friend, before the events of this game made her eschew alliances.

[leftbehindagain]

That's what I thought. Between that and the eldritch stuff, I'd say it's more likely they'd try to revisit something with one of the other three.

[private, double protected]

You know you can come stay in Aiya if you want, right? [Look, he hasn't heard much from Naoto since they figured out Rise was gone, so he's going to take the opportunity where he has it.]