of bridging and field trips

[amadine]

Some of you might remember that a little more than a year ago, Lupa - a Traveler who's no longer with us, to head off the twenty identical questions - organized a number of us who were skilled with portals in an attempt to return to a previous Jaunt world. An attempt that was ultimately unsuccessful, to our great disappointment.

It turns out it is possible to return to the worlds we've previously visited, simply much more difficult than any of us had imagined at the time. Between our return from Purgatory and our departure to Albion, a small group of us made the trip to Belljar Island - three of us who'd been there before, and one who hadn't. We've not yet determined if someone capable of creating the portal can target a world they've not personally visited, but it is at least possible to bring along a passenger who's never set foot on that world.

I wouldn't recommend making the attempt if you're not reasonably confident of your ability to bridge the gap between Jaunt and Walkabout by both portal and telepathy, or of making your first attempt without someone on hand who you know can pull it off if you can't. If we're lucky, the failure state will be no effect at all, but that's a dangerous assumption to make.

On that note, I'm intending a short trip before our next Jaunt, to arrange for some supplies that can only be found on worlds that have reached what Earthly Travelers call the 21st Century. If you have something you need and are capable of not standing out like a walking inferno, I can accommodate a several passengers.

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[capital_asset]

Where are you planning to go?

[amadine]

Sarmatia seems the most palatable of the safe options.

[Because fuck Doki Doki no Gakuen and everything it chose to be.]

[capital_asset]

[Raidou considers that.]

I wouldn't mind seeing Sarmatia again, if you end up with any free slots.

[Having been on the initial expedition, though, he's leery of crowding out someone else who might want to go.]

[amadine]

You're in. I need someone else with good head on their shoulders, and who's aware of some of the risks if anyone does decide to attract attention.

[capital_asset]

[Well, then.]

All right.

...We should probably make sure to avoid the swans at the very least.

[seestheworld]

How does that work?

[Yes, that is the part that interests her right now, not the trip itself.]

[amadine]

It seems the connection is never truly gone, just not perceptible as we normally view Liminal Space.

[seestheworld]

Huh. Interesting.

[She feels like she probably shouldn't be surprised.]

Although given the number of repeat Jaunts we have, that does make a certain amount of sense - it's probably easier than reestablishing a connection every time.

[amadine]

To say nothing of the number of powers, items, and creatures we've collected from various worlds, all of which seem reasonably willing to function as anticipated in a number of realities that have entirely different rules than their home ground.

[seestheworld]

That too.

[Which makes her wonder if they all have direct connections to these worlds or if they're just connected through Liminal Space. The latter seems like it'd be more efficient.]

[thornsofmalkav]

Hello! As the person who got to tag along to Belljar, I should be able to do it on my own, if other people want to experiment with this. I definitely can show people how to find the connections to the old Jaunt worlds--I found some a while ago, even though Sabetha was the one to figure out how to actually make use of them.

[amadine]

And we're familiar with different sets of worlds, if that does prove to be a limiting factor.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yep.

I'd be willing to come along. If nothing else, I want to see if Joker's still around and con him into another terrible fashion show if he is. But, like, if there's enough people going, you can totally boot me from the list.

[amadine]

If there's enough people going, you can stretch your own powers and take half the passengers.

[thornsofmalkav]

Oh shit, that's true. Awesome.

[breakaleginhalf]

[/mentally raises hand]

Earthly 21st century native here, if you need one. Or like, another one, since you've got Thorne, but I think I'm a couple years ahead of her on our timeline.

[amadine]

Are you from the same world, or are you using "timeline" in the more general sense?

Regardless, having someone else along who's familiar with the technology and enough cultural mores to pass credibly as tourists from another country and not from the nearest madhouse would be useful.

[breakaleginhalf]

I wanna say adjacent universes? Same broad strokes overall except hers is vampires. We have a lot of the same world history, so we feel good about comparing specific years.

Depending on where we end up, I might get some looks, but I get those anyway.

[amadine]

Are vampires a problem for you? We ought to be able to avoid them if everyone plays the good little human and keeps their powers in check, but they're some of the major players in the world I'm aiming for. Werewolves make up the other major supernatural faction.

The nation we've visited before is Sarmatia, in Eastern Europe. I don't know how well their history matches yours, but the urban areas were making an attempt at drawing in tourists and foreign business when last we visited.

[breakaleginhalf]

Vampires aren't a problem.

...unless they can see through magical illusions, then they might have a problem with me, but. That'll be a them thing.

That sounds about right for Eastern Europe, at least.

[thornsofmalkav]

Probably adjacent, yeah. Although my world did have fairy bullshit in it--I got some really great dice at a Goblin Market once--so there's a chance that it was the same world, but there's an equal chance it was Melissa's or Malin's? Or whichever one of ours Laughs' was from. Or yet another in the same world cluster.

It's like the thousand-and-one Inabas, except with spoopy supernatural people and not Personas.

[desperate_times_right]

I’m ... probably not the best person for subtlety, to be honest, but I’m relatively well-traveled on my version of 21st century Earth if anyone has any questions.

[amadine]

Well, at least you know your limitations.

[desperate_times_right]

I don’t need to find out that I’m banned from the best nightclub in Bucharest in multiple universes, you know?

[amadine]

Now that's a story I'd very much like to hear.