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So, uh. Having poked my head out the door just now...

Doveresque cliff faces shouldn't mean we're heading back to Newport, right? Please tell me we're not heading back to Newport. I don't think any of us want to try to clean up that mess again.

[Also that would be the worst birthday present ever.]

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The first time that was technically the second time, considering they not only knew about us but to look out for infiltrators?

Mei's been knocked out, so short of another loophole-abuse situation - which we can't rule out, but I think one of the others benefited from the last one of those we've seen - we're dealing with her dear husband. As for the cliffs, no idea.

Did I forget about that or miss it...? Never mind, they work as a team most of the time regardless.

I wonder if anyone thought to pick up an atlas while in a world with bookstores? Those are surprisingly useful for obscure puzzles.

Grid redux. Were you around for that still?

An atlas is only as useful as the assumption they don't mean some other planet with chalky cliffs. Earth variants seem to be pretty common, but we've definitely hit space enough we can't just assume that.

I left immediately after that one. I suppose I missed the results.

You bring up an interesting question about this Liminal Foreshadowing, though.

[She mentally capitalizes it like a Skill.]

Liminal Space is crafted by the thoughts and emotions of its denizens - mostly the Arcana, presumably because they have the greatest control over it, and the influence of universal constants in their willpower. When we get hints of a Jaunt, I've been assuming it's because the Arcana are planning ahead and the focus of their attention affects the Space. But is it their attention alone, or specifically things the rest of us will perceive as being relevant later?

I kinda think if we hadn't worked out the Trojans were the Signifiers, she'd have had an easier time of it. Reclaiming an apparently empty system is one thing, but deciding it's yours when the people who made it are still there is another one entirely.

Huh. I know most of 'em don't have the best grasp on linear time, but I feel like if they were reaching into the future that reliably, none of them would end up dead because of jaunt fallout. And as a group we're not precognitive enough to be doing it ourselves.

It's a good question, though. I don't think we know enough to say for sure.

I'm not sure Empress realized imperialism had gone out of fashion. After all, why would she?

They at least seem to know where we're going and what they want. They usually have prepared pieces on the board when we get there, even. It's our actions as Travelers which are utterly unpredictable to them, rather than the scenario. And that, presumably, is what makes it a "game" worth playing.

She also might not have counted on us deciding that's what it was that she was after.

That'd definitely make it worthwhile for the one who set up the rules this time. I'm sure some of the others can't stand her idea of rules, though.

Well, Emperor would almost certainly prefer a nice orderly game of chess. As Fortuna has it, the outcome of every Jaunt is down to the roll of several dozen dice with infinite sides.

I'm just lucky I enjoy chess and games of chance equally.

Edited 2019-03-12 21:43 (UTC)

If the rules weren't 'there are no rules,' half of us probably wouldn't even be here.

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