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.

[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...

[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.

[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.

[capital_asset]

I think they were actually up against Magician last Jaunt.

[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.

[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.

[forcechanic]

Would SUn have opinions on movies?

[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.]

[breakaleginhalf]

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

[He'll come find you again soon.]

[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.

[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.]

[thornsofmalkav]

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

[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.

[claudiometer]

Well, I mean, he's been out of the running since the Olympian Tire Fire. I think we would've noticed if he got re-entered somehow.

[private, double protected]

...Did someone do something stupid?

[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.

[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.

[private; protected]

[capital_asset]

Is this related to that thing you couldn't tell me about?

[claudiometer]

I don't think he'd show up in person, just yell at them after the fact.

[capital_asset]

Ah.

I wonder if it's really the movie the Arcana are interested in and not everything around it instead. Isn't there a lot of unrest on that set?

[He's still a bit behind, but he distinctly remembers talk about some kind of planned revolt or strike.]

That's why I'm confused.

[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.

[desperate_times_right]

I’m not sure the movie is the point.

[capital_asset]

It could also be Strength. The last Liminal had a lemniscate-shaped path, and that shape is associated with both her and Magician. And since Magician just won...

[desperate_times_right]

Oh, that makes sense. Desire and its abnegation, sets up a clear winner.

Private x2 protected 5ever

[thornsofmalkav]

Multiple someones. And it's been weeks and I'm still not sure if I'm more impressed or annoyed.

... honestly, I'll let them explain after the Jaunt is over