An hour or two into Jaunt [Locked to modern travelers]

[itsananimalthing]

Okay. I have fuckin' been here before. I remember this stupid Founders Day party. There's going to be some kind of upset soon after it, but I don't remember what yet.

And just in case it wasn't obvious, those are Travelers from years ago. I know them. I ain't got names for all of them yet, but I got memories now for almost all of them.

Pretty sure I ain't crazy, and I can't be the only one. So who else remembers this, and those other Travelers?

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[portinari]

I remember. Mister Holmes, and Monsieur Verreuil, and the others.

I have never seen anything like this in all my time Traveling. What is happening, and how, and what ought we do about it?

[itsananimalthing]

You remember that feelin' when liminal changed over? Stressed out, like, then that feelin' like somethin' big happened? They did somethin'. There's a reason they sent us here with them, to either change somethin' we did last time, or make sure somethin' happens on the side even if the original Jaunt outcome don't change much.

No clue what it is, yes. I'm tryin' to rebuild the memories, but that ain't an instantaneous or even always correct sorta thing. You know what happened last time. What do you think?

[portinari]

It was so long ago... In truth, I remember it as among the more innocuous of our labors. The more colorful and more painful among our exploits stand out more clearly. There was certainly no sense it was a pivotal moment of our journeys...

[verdeleonessa]

... did you know Alfor and Zarkon?

[itsananimalthing]

The names are familiar enough that I'm gonna say yes. Alfor I think I knew better, there's... shit, wait, wasn't that the name of Allura's dad?

[He's not messing up with the dungeon guy, is he? Or are there two pointy-eared guys running around named Alfor in their universe?]

[verdeleonessa]

Yeah, Alfor is the father of Allura. Zarkon, on the other hand is the father of Lotor, another traveler. Except both of them are much younger and, well, alive.

[tillweseethesunlight]

I take it this is anomalous? Goodness, the excitement simply keeps growing.

[itsananimalthing]

Yeah, this is pretty weird. Don't know if I'd called it "exciting" though.

[tillweseethesunlight]

Pfft! Things going wrong is always exciting.

[ayiyiyi]

I know the other Travellers. I still can't remember details, but I know I know them. But I don't think I've ever been to this place.

[itsananimalthing]

So must've been before you got here. Maybe not by much, if you know all the people.

Shit, that's only two of us so far, me and Beatrice.

[ayiyiyi]

Beatrice...I know that name too.

[private] (but no psychic protection)

[portinari]

What do you mean by all this?

You have hardly been here 'years' to speak of them so familiarly. No. I do not remember these strange newcomers.

And who - the woman who responded to you at first. Who is she?

[private] (double protected)

[itsananimalthing]

[Shit. He didn't think to filter out people who were here in both versions of the Jaunt. Fuck.

Riddick thinks for just a second, then goes with the truth.]

She's you. From a good five or six years in the future. It's complicated.

Fuck, that means there's another me around here somewhere.

[He did not think that through to the logical conclusion until just then, he's been too busy WTFing. At least he's pretty sure he filtered himself out. Unintentionally. Because he would never send a psychic message to himself.]

You know what fuck courier we'll do it without special fonts

[thornsofmalkav]

Okay, but I ended up talking to Joscelin before we got dumped onto the Jaunt and to him this is only his second Jaunt. So, like, I'm completely sure that this is a fuckload of time travel bullshit.

I sure never use it XD

[itsananimalthing]

[There's a pause before the text scrolls through again.]

I think it was my first. If you see me, make sure I'm not the old me, or I might fuckin' cut you.

uh sorry about this

[canbebrave]

You talked to him? [AND DIDNT TELL HER???]

[razorblade_empress]

Yeah, about those Travelers: I'm getting some really screwy perspective readings from some of these veteran 'Investigators.' Specifically, they're coming up as Infiltrators.

And yeah, I remember most of them in general. Along with this place in general and this party in particular.

[itsananimalthing]

That makes three of us who were here before. Look out for your double. I already got the original Beatrice freakin' out at me since I didn't exclude her from this, and if mine is here somewhere, he's a big, angry asshole right now.

So explain this investigating infiltrator thing. Do you got psychic detection? Can you tell who they really are?

[claudiometer]

...Oh, so that's what's up with Naoto.

[thornsofmalkav]

Oh Jesus. This really is a double Jaunt, then. Jauntception.

[neverfeltthatway]

I don't remember this jaunt. But... I've definitely seen some of the Travelers before. Most of them. I think I, I probably showed up a couple jaunts after this.

[itsananimalthing]

Huh. Never thought I'd have been here longer than the psychic savant.

[He's joking. It's hard to tell over text.]

shows up late w starbucks

[canbebrave]

I don't remember anything about this place. But some of the others...

[itsananimalthing]

Some of the others what? The people? You remember them?

[It's hard to gauge meaning without tone, sometimes, sorry, Sansa.]