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[leftbehindagain]

I'm looking to expand on the resources we have available - well, more establish one and expand on the other.

The new one first: Allura-san brought up how often we've been to space, and I had the beginnings of a list trying to narrow down possible connections between jaunt worlds. I know some of the conntections are obvious - space and Questing Country, Bando and the mermaids - but if anyone's thought much about which Earths might be the same or different, that would help some too.

As for the older resource, it occurs to me that with Fortune back in play, my attempt at information on the Arcana needs updating. Does anyone have any insight into what she's up to? There's a few other holes I never managed to fill in, mostly whether Hierophant had an alias and what a few of them have in mind to do if they win, but Fortune is the biggest question mark at the moment.

Once I've got things updated I'll leave copies in the library, and on the intranet if I can get a hold of a computer for a while. The Arcana list is already on the network, and the other one will be joining it.

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[leftbehindagain]

Huh. I wonder if she counts it as a success.

It sounds like she's trying to understand, as much as she can.

[thornsofmalkav]

I think she does. And yeah, that's the impression I also get.

[leftbehindagain]

And asking that question in the first place... seems to me like something she wouldn't do if she didn't want to see us as on their level, or at least worth reasoning with.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah, though I think that was new for her? Like, she hadn't quite got that we were people like Chariot had been telling her we were--until she did. Though, like, I think she's really into the idea that we're really people now? I guess she's trying to make up for lost time.

[leftbehindagain]

I wonder what changed her mind.

[But if she crashed the salon, he has a guess.]

Private x2 protected

[thornsofmalkav]

... I might have kinda sorta told her to watch Liminal Space when I fully de-Infiltrated Kurama into Raidou.

double-protected 5ever

[leftbehindagain]

...We surprised her.

Re: double-protected 5ever

[thornsofmalkav]

We super surprised her.

[leftbehindagain]

All right then. I think we can count that as a positive.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. Me too.






... is it bad I like her?

[leftbehindagain]

I'm not going to tell you it is. [There are plenty of people here who would, but Naoki's not one of them.]

[thornsofmalkav]

Thanks. I know a lot of people would. I just... I think I can learn a lot from her. And I don't think it's a bad thing to make friends with some of the Arcana. Even if I know Barry thinks that's stupid--but they're not like his Hunger. Not really.

[leftbehindagain]

And if we don't try to talk to them, how are they ever going to learn anything? If this round doesn't end with 'put a stop to this nonsense,' why can't we try to make the next one a little better?

[thornsofmalkav]

Exactly. There's nothing wrong with trying to achieve your goals with softer methods.

[leftbehindagain]

Not all of them are likely to appreciate the effort, but for the ones who will, it's a start.

[thornsofmalkav]

Exactly.

If nothing else, you can get a lot of good information just by having friendly, casual chats. I mean, shit, some of the stuff Felicia's let slip by accident...

[leftbehindagain]

That just makes me wonder if she considers any of it accidental slips herself. [And what she said, of course.]

[thornsofmalkav]

... I'm pretty sure that even Felicia wouldn't want us to know how to kill them.

[leftbehindagain]

True, but it's not like some of us haven't already puzzled through that.

[thornsofmalkav]

Well sure, but I don't think it was meant to be a confirmation of those kinds of theories.

[leftbehindagain]

Probably not, no.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah.





I'm glad you're being chill about this.

[leftbehindagain]

If it turns out we absolutely need to fight these guys, I'll be there for it, but... I've already fought one god, and she killed us all. We only got back up because she changed her mind.

I'm not picking that big of a fight again if I don't have to, and so far enough of them are at least trying to understand that I don't think we have to.

[thornsofmalkav]

I mean, I have no problem eventually challenging them on their own level--but we have to get to that level first. You know? And we're not yet. Not just yet.

[leftbehindagain]

But if we keep this pace up, you don't think it'll be long, do you.