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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[desperate_times_right]

They changed every instance of “car” in the entire script to “Cadillac” this morning.

[breakaleginhalf]

...well, now we know one rumour that's probably true.

Who's running this shitshow? It's gotta be an infiltration, it feels way too important to not be one of us.

[desperate_times_right]

The author of the book is ... oh, what’s his name? Loud shirt, with the baby? Didn’t recognize the producer or director, but I’ve only seen them from a distance, so you’re probably right.

[breakaleginhalf]

Oh, baby man is Wash. He's cool.

Do you know how to share memories? Maybe you can show me instead.

[desperate_times_right]

That’s a thing? Actually, I don’t know why I’m surprised. Can’t do that, but I did figure out that storage thing we talked about before. Not so helpful right now.

The director - Kennedy I think - is a tall, skinny fellow with dark hair, and Waverly, the producer, is a real angry looking Asian woman. Smokes like a chimney, but that might be the overlay.

[breakaleginhalf]

Those aren't... amazing descriptions, I have to say.

How about showing what you're seeing on the network, you know how to do that? Then you just need to get a clear view of 'em.

[desperate_times_right]

I will be perfectly honest with you: I just kept making my pockets bigger until I ran out of energy.

[breakaleginhalf]

[That gets a snort.]

Okay, so you know how you're just putting your voice on the network like this? It's kind of just doing the same thing with your eyes. It's actually really useful.

[desperate_times_right]

Hm. I can probably figure that out. Give me a second.

Whoa. Okay, that feels weird. Can you see anything?

[She’s sitting in a very messy car (it has never quite recovered from the gerbil incursion, and there are papers everywhere) with her feet resting on the dash]

[claudiometer]

They what.

This sounds like a job for creative espionage. Too bad computers in this era are so damn clunky, but I'm not above old-school breaking and entering if that's what it takes.

[desperate_times_right]

The director seems like a lush, so you could probably get around him, but I don’t know about Waverly. She’s sharp, I think.

[claudiometer]

She's sharp, sure, but if we can get enough of a hang of her schedule to know when she's not there...

[desperate_times_right]

Might be easiest to sneak in during filming. Or at night, maybe? I think she hangs out at the Final Cut a lot.

[claudiometer]

Night's probably the best, yeah. At this rate, if any actors spotted whoever's up for it I don't think they'd be likely to stop us.

[desperate_times_right]

That’s true enough. I’ve got my lockpicks with me if you need backup.

[claudiometer]

I am not about to say no.

[forcechanic]

I mean. There's always the mindtrick...

[claudiometer]

The droids they're looking for don't exist, if you put it like that.

[forcechanic]

We can go about our business.

[capital_asset]

I might be able to help with that - up to a point, anyway - or at least send someone to do it.

[claudiometer]

Hey, I'm not about to turn down competent backup, if you can get away with it.

[capital_asset]

I'll see what I can do. My overlay's position makes things a bit more difficult than it otherwise would be, and my magic seems a lot weaker than it should be, but there should be a few things I can still contribute.

[claudiometer]

...Huh. Weird. At least this is the kind of thing we should be able to untangle without leaning on magic too much.

[capital_asset]

I'm not sure if that's something to do with this world or a restriction placed by the Arcana or what it is. The former seems more likely, but I'm still not sure why it would be there.

[claudiometer]

At this point it might be more of a puzzle for after the fact? Or at least once we get the movie dramas sorted out.