[open to all] Trump speculation + calling

[howexciting]

... Perdonatemi, I have an announcement.

I am not sure anyone else is aware of this, but the payphone by the door can connect to the Trumps. Or at least, when I attempted to call a Trump, it went through. I am not sure if all the Trumps are available for a call or not. I have heard some of them are dead, so they are likely not, at least. In truth, I am not really sure why they are allowing us to speak to them, now. We should all proceed with caution.

Further... if anyone has information on any of the Trumps that appeared this past Jaunt - The Magician, going by ROSE; The Hermit, going by SAGE; and The Devil - please, share it. I am not well versed in the mystical meanings behind the Tarot, only the cards and their numbers. The Magician is one, The Hermit nine, and the Devil fifteen. While I cannot say I know much about The Hermit, I am aware of many aspects of SAGE, as I was a Crypto this past Jaunt. I... I can tell you what little I know about him, if it would help.

... lastly, if anyone was Marked and feels comfortable coming forward with that information, I would be much obliged to hear it. Private or public, it does not concern me; I shall not come forward with that information unless you are comfortable providing it publicly. With so many Trumps amongst us, I cannot believe any of them would leave empty-handed, as it were.

Comments

[willyousee]

Just Alcuin, please, I have no need for honorifics. [He sure will be using them with you, now.]

I suspect you are not alone in that feeling. Many of us see ourselves as students rather than teachers. And yet. [Chagrined laugh.]

[creativefool]

[Well... okay, he can do casual. He laughs back slightly.]

Seriously. We've all gotta try and do our bit in this mess, right?

[shiroganeheir]

I have no information about the Trumps from the past Jaunt, unfortunately. I spoke to SAGE, and other than the fact that Sun was not a part of that particular mess, and the fact that he could tell I was marked at a glance, there was nothing useful from our conversation.

However I have spoken to Sun on the telephone, and have some more information. It seems that one Trump allowed themselves to be asked a question, which opened the rest up for contact. One of the things I brought away from my question is that not only do Trumps choose people for different characteristics, they do so for different reasons. I believe that we will likely all end up connected to one Trump or another in the end. There are also a number of other subtleties of our conversation that I am still working through.

I am also available to any of the newly-marked, if anyone wishes to speak about it as well.

[shiroganeheir]

Kanji, now that I think about it, I could send the entire thing to the network, so people with the ability could call it up later.

I seem to have picked up that ability somewhere.

Hopefully it won't just confuse people.

[leftbehindagain]

...Why am I not surprised? I'm almost tempted to see if 12 gets me anything.

As for what happened, turns out that wasn't the Trumps' first round on the Grid. And apparently ROSE stole us out from under the others' noses to do the thing, so I can't imagine she's very popular with most of her colleagues right now. Lovers and Devil felt the need to trap SAGE on the Grid, why I don't know - you might have more insight to that - and unleashed the Automata corruption agent instead of killing him outright.

[So basically, everyone who showed up in person just looks like an asshole.]

I don't think Lovers turned up in person, but Devil was almost certainly in the black sectors. I wasn't in any hurry to find out. And Kanji's covered the basic meanings behind the Trumps, in this case.

[creativefool]

Y-you could? Damn. That'd be a big help, now ya mention it. This info needs to stay out there somewhere... however that works.

[shiroganeheir]

Certainly. It is vital information to this investigation, after all.

[There is a very familiar mental smirk to her words.]

I will be there after all, so it is no problem.

[creativefool]

Tch. Yeah, no kiddin'. But seriously, I appreciate it.

[He's going to need all the help he can get.]

[shiroganeheir]

As always, Kanji, anything you need all you must do is ask.

If there is anything else I can assist with, please let me know.

[creativefool]

Anythin' you can assist with. Huh. I'll let ya know, sure...

[shiroganeheir]

Perhaps I should not use that particular word anymore. Oops.

[creativefool]

[He laughs a bit-]

Heh, no big deal. A word's a word. It's kinda easier to say than 'constructive enlightenment', huh.

[abweichend]

[Levi had of course listened to the explanation given to Leonardo about the Trumps present in that place...

And he very much appreciates the straightforwardness of Kanji's presentation of them.]

...When and where is the rest of this being held?

[Because Levi's so in. He could stand to be a little better educated, given the increasing number of Trump sightings and Trump markings and general Trump fuckery that's been going down.

Times have changed, since he'd arrived.]

[creativefool]

I'm still workin' out a location: got a room in mind off the big courtroom lookin' place, but I'll try 'n get a network call out when it's happening. I've just gotta work a coupla things out, but it shouldn't take too long.

[Not Here]

[purseownerisme]

[She doesn't like that phrase: 'likely all end up connected to one Trump or another in the end'. It made her blood almost boil as she remembered the blow up with Souji not too long ago.

So she doesn't respond. But that also meant not being around Naoto for a bit. She didn't need to see her anger right now. It was...for the best.]

private.

[upcard]

[It takes her awhile, but eventually...eventually there's her timid, quiet mental voice. She's tired, from the last Jaunt, but even so, he deserves to know if anyone.]

Leonardo-sensei, I...

I've been marked too...

[abweichend]

I'll look out for that, then.

[Levi'd known regular cards well enough to rack up some side coin back in the Underground (and from anyone stupid enough the be hustled in the taverns topside), but this Tarot shit isn't something he's familiar with on more than a surface level even after all this time.]

...Thanks. This sort of shit doesn't exist where I'm from, but it sounds like you've got enough experience with it to fill the rest of us in.

[creativefool]

No problem - if it can help anyone else, I'm glad to share. Me 'n a few of my friends are pretty familiar with this crap - I started studyin' how it works last year. Still not an expert on the little details, but I know about the bits that're relevant to what's going on.

[abweichend]

That's what I'm looking for- anything relevant.

[Because let's be real- Levi's no scholar. He does the stabbing and the slicing, among other physical-based tasks.

Still, it can't hurt to have at least some idea what the fuck they're dealing with.]

Maybe we can make something out of the Trumps' taking people with such useful hobbies...

[theanguissette]

Marked? Please do explain, my friend.

[ This is the first time Phedre's voice has been heard on the Psychic Network, and it is as carefully modulated as her voice face-to-face, silky and with just a touch of curiosity. ]

[stophamatime]

But can we really tell the difference that easily? I thought ROSE was a traveler at first because she was just in Liminal Space acting like she was new.

[morbirdinterest]

[Shuu's "voice" is unmistakable as belonging the Crypto who'd been known as Isa. But there's no one among the Travelers who matches Isa's appearance, which may puzzle anyone who's never met Shuu before.]

I was marked by SAGE.

Furthermore, I was also a Crypto this past Jaunt. In fact, I was the Crypto who witnessed the Devil and Lovers' attack on SAGE. What the Lovers had to say to SAGE during that incident is...interesting. Their exact words were: "We’re sorry, Ix. But I can’t let you continue like this -- and I care too much to take you out of the game the other way." Draw whatever conclusions you wish.

I am available to answer any questions about the Cryptos, SAGE, and the attack.

[thirdarrow]

I called the Hermit, the one who marked me.

He seems to have been changed into a canid. I presume this is related to what we accomplished in the Jaunt.

[ It's not that much of a surprise on hindsight, really. ]

[private]

[canbebrave]

....

They marked Armin.

[creativefool]

[There's a faint psychic snort of a laugh. 'Hobbies' isn't how he'd describe it, but ... eh, close enough, he had studied it out of interest as much as out of necessity.

Just to prove to himself that he could.]

Guess they think that it'll help to have people on their team that know how they work.