So goals?

[forcechanic]

So. Uh. Three weeks in, does anyone have a sense of which Arcana would be really into whether the book is better than the movie?

[That's the stakes of this Jaunt, right? Whether that movie follows the book or not?]

Also I forgot how much I kriffing hate sludge news.

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[claudiometer]

Well. If we take the fact that it's nearly as quiet as frickin' Doki and there may or may not be love polygon bullshit in the background, Lovers would be a good guess. I'm not sure who else out of the ones still in.

Hopefully a movie getting out will be a good end, whatever else happens.

[forcechanic]

A Lovers win would be something about the polygon instead of the movie, probably.

[If they made it not exclusive]

Tower's the one who likes explosions but Tower's long gone.

[claudiometer]

This really super does not feel like Tower's speed regardless, I gotta say. Not when his idea of a good time was Bando and Greece.

If Raidou's right and Strength's the other side of this... I don't know if either of them are rules-insistent enough not to pull a Yensid, so we might want to keep an eye out for separate things they might be playing for and what they'd want out of 'make a movie' as a solo goal.

[thornsofmalkav]

... yeah, no, I'm pretty fucking sure it's not Tower. [For some reason Thorne sounds fairly exasperated by even the thought of Tower.]

[forcechanic]

Re-writing movies doesn't seem most of their speed.

We might want to keep an eye out for Emperor Emperor showing up to complain about them Yensiding too.

[capital_asset]

I don't have a guess as to the actual goal of the Jaunt, but Lovers provided the shape of the chamber we were in during the last Liminal, so at the very least she's probably involved. I'm not sure about the other, but based on the lemniscate-shaped path I'd guess Strength.

[There's a short pause.]

On a completely unrelated note, and my apologies for going off-subject, but... did someone actually de-Infiltrate me? Not that I'm complaining, but...

[forcechanic]

Lovers would explain the sludge news.

[Lovers probably has opinions on her relationship. She doesn't want to hear them.]

There aren't many of us who can even do that.

[capital_asset]

"Sludge news"?

[He's still trying to sort things out now that he's himself again, and that's not a term he recognizes. Of course, slang isn't something he's good with on a good day.]

I'm honestly not sure why someone would have even if they could.

[His overlay hadn't had anything to do with The Phantom Thief at all.]

[forcechanic]

It's what they call all the sleazy stuff at home that doesn't worry about if what they're reporting is true or not. My dad punched their reporters a couple times when they got to close to me and my brothers.

It would be really weird to do it and not tell you after.

[breakaleginhalf]

Wasn't me, but. Y'know, welcome back.

[He'll come find you again soon.]

[capital_asset]

Thank you.

[If he sounds tired, it's because he is.]

[breakaleginhalf]

You want me to bring any modern conveniences with me? A decent cup of tea or something?

[He would like to help his tired boyfriend be less so.]

[thornsofmalkav]

I didn't either. Maybe Memory Autorestore actually kicked in.

[capital_asset]

Maybe.

[It makes about as much sense as anything else.]

So what have I missed so far?

[thornsofmalkav]

They're trying to make a movie and the Producer is trying to ruin it to make it more marketable. Basically.

[desperate_times_right]

They were showing that nature doc before we left, with the plants and things. Reckon it might be Sun, if they’re still in it.

[capital_asset]

I think they were actually up against Magician last Jaunt.

[desperate_times_right]

Could be Judgement then, I suppose, or Fortune. Don’t know what either of them would want here, though. Someone got a potential redemption arc, maybe? Lots of jerks here.

[forcechanic]

Would SUn have opinions on movies?

[desperate_times_right]

I’m not sure the movie is the point.

[breakaleginhalf]

If it was Sun then there would've been more sunflowers involved, not just nature in general. I think.

Also I think they're out, Magician beat them over in Elsewhere.

[desperate_times_right]

That was Magician, then.

I’m leaning toward Lovers, too - can’t breathe near someone here without being accused of sleeping with them - but beats me on the other one. Something must be going on behind the scenes, though. Feels like someone at the top is trying to kill the detective movie, but I can’t figure out why.

[notadisappointment]

I'm also almost willing to bet it's Lovers, thanks to that movie liminal we had when she returned. Not sure who the other one would be.

[forcechanic]

So Lovers, people drama and... someone else.

[notadisappointment]

We're still so early to this round there's a lot of options left...