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[leftbehindagain]

Is anyone else thinking Purgatory? Between the heat and the stuff on the tables being grouped in sevens, I'm definitely thinking Purgatory.

[Naoki's not sure yet whether that's a good thing or not, given how that jaunt ended, but it's certainly a thing.]

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[awitchdidit]

Ahaha!

[That should be all the announcement anyone needs that Beatrice has returned.]

Well, at least we know why they brought me back, then.

Maybe I can figure out how to summon the damned Stakes into Liminal Space...

[leftbehindagain]

Oh! Welcome back.

[awitchdidit]

Thank you.

I'm sure you know the particular slice of Purgatory the Arcana involved themselves with better than I do, but I'm available for any demonology questions or philosophical ramblings about the concept.

[amadine]

The sevens could be one of the Jaunt's patrons signing its work, but Melasurei and associated parts seem like a decent bet.

[leftbehindagain]

That may depend on whether they risk returning directly to Melasurei or not.

[leftbehindagain]

You're back as well, then? [A 'welcome back' doesn't seem like it'd be quite as... well, welcomed by Sabetha as it was by Beatrice, but Naoki's not displeased to hear from her.]

It could be. Certainly if it were just the groups of seven I wouldn't make this leap so quickly. Chariot seems to prefer throwing constantly-moving spaces at us when it can, though.

[He hopes it isn't Chariot. Kanji would probably be annoyed if he found out he missed a chance to help.]

[amadine]

It would appear so.

The wheel does evoke motion to a certain degree, even if they're being kind enough to not make us all sick this time through. Though I hear we have a new player on the field?

[leftbehindagain]

That we do, and she's pretty likely to invoke wheels. And if we disregard the sins-and-virtues angle for a moment, I think seven's considered a lucky number, which would also fall under her purview.

[whatsina_name]

Yeah, I'm kind of getting that vibe from things. Not sure how that's gonna go.

[amadine]

I think the wheel of chance is one of the few symbols our worlds share. And Fortune would make an appropriate patron for a market of the damned, if that's indeed what all this points to.

[protect_and_serve]

If we are going back to that world, we should prepare for the possibility it isn't Purgatory we'll be bound for.

[leftbehindagain]

She really would.

[leftbehindagain]

I guess it depends on how big of a mess we're walking into.

[whatsina_name]

Yeah. I guess we'll finally learn what the fallout was, at least.

[leftbehindagain]

That is unfortunately true, especially since they're not in the greatest of moods right now.

[Not that he can blame the Arcana for being upset, given what happened. But that's a mess he'd rather not tangle with on the whole, especially not on the network.]

[protect_and_serve]

Damnation is a frequent fate for murderers. It's not difficult to imagine the Arcana agreeing to it.

[leftbehindagain]

That may depend on whether they're hanging everyone for the sins of a few. I'd like to think they wouldn't.

[leftbehindagain]

There is that.

[protect_and_serve]

They implied they would not, I hear.

If so, it would be the first time they did not.

[leftbehindagain]

If that's the case, then they've learned something too.

[protect_and_serve]

Better late than never.

[amadine]

So - Fortune versus Justice, would you guess? Or has the board shifted further as a result of that little bit of resurrection?

[leftbehindagain]

It turned out to be Justice last time we got reptile scaled, so I'd call that the most likely, yeah. Someone probably got re-entered when Fortune got back into play, but I don't know who, only that Justice hasn't been knocked out yet.

[leftbehindagain]

Very true.

[how_they_shine]

...You mean the place your soul is supposed to go to wait to be prayed into heaven or something?