[Jaunt Week 1] Check-In Time...

[helborn]

Casper here. Check in if you're yourself, now.

[His tone is uncharacteristically clipped and short.]

Comments

[thornsofmalkav]

It's Thorne and the answer is... sort of? I'm half-Infiltrating again, as a centaur weaver named... well, Thorn. With no 'E.' Just look for the hugely gravid black and cerise mare.



... you know, I thought I was done with being knocked up on Jaunts. Seriously, this is the stupidest reoccurring theme.

[helborn]

No idea what gravid or cerise is.

... Also I think Delauney may or may not have been hitting on me.

[thornsofmalkav]

Right. SAT words there. Uh, pregnant and a certain shade of pink, respectively.

And, I mean, he doesn't know you've got a boyfriend and as far as I can tell, he's just regular infiltrating, so he'll actually bone dudes he's not in love with now. And, like, the sexual mores here are pretty... loose. 'What's monogamy, can I eat it' kind of loose.

[leftbehindagain]

That sounds like roughly as enjoyable a reoccurring theme as 'dead older sister.'

[thornsofmalkav]

Oh Jesus. I guess you've got that going on again, huh.

[letsgetdowntobismuth]

Bismuth here. Not quite sure what I am - some kinda fat white cow. Just look for the tallest person hanging around, that'll probably be me.

[helborn]

If I see you I can probably let you know. Just look for the dog thing missing half a leg.

[letsgetdowntobismuth]

...I'm sorry, how are you missing a limb already?!

[haveabiscuit]

Minerva McGonagall. Apparently this is a rare Jaunt where I'm myself.

Some of the beings here resemble creatures from my world, but I'm not entirely certain what I am. I seem to be similar to a centaur but with the body of a lion rather than a horse.

[helborn]

[... Of course she is.]

I think they're calling them 'sphinxes' here? As far as I've been able to tell.

[haveabiscuit]

I suppose that makes sense.

Despite the appearance, this place doesn't seem terribly magical.

[doesntcomputer]

I'm Sora, and I'm me again I guess! I look like, uh... I guess I have goat legs, or something. I kind of look like one of my friends, actually, which is kind of funny.

There's definitely something really weird about this place, though, even though I haven't gotten anyone to really tell me anything yet.

[helborn]

A satyr? ... And yeah, there is. A lot weird, I think.

[itsananimalthing]

Hey. I'm still me, sort of. Got wings and shit now.

Though I'm pretty sure most of you heard Tara screaming and trying to kill me with her wings, so you probably all know that already.

Infiltrator knowledge ain't helping out much, since apparently we ain't supposed to know anything going into this, really.

[helborn]

That's... concerning. Like, legitimately.

[prince_of_pain]

Looks like I'm a dragonborn.

[Noct, no.]

[helborn]

A dragon guy? That's pretty neat.

[carbonatedscientist]

Sento here. I appear to be some sort of dragon-person, which is really not on-theme, and I have to disapprove, even if the colors are right.

[Dragons are Banjou's department, okay.]

At any rate, the state of the mathematics here is rather deplorable, so I suppose it's for the best a genius has been deposited into everyone's midst.

[So humble.]

[helborn]

... Hey math genius, do you know how to disable cameras?

[leftbehindagain]

Reptiles aren't supposed to generate their own body heat, what the hell.

This is Naoki. I have an in with the healers if anyone needs it, and hopefully enough successful fermentation experiments for us to forget the worst of this on a regular basis. Ask for Kai if you need me, or flag me down on the network.

Has anyone seen Helena-san? Either her expertise would be very useful, or she's hating every minute of this.

[After Sora and Casper's conversation about the 'midges' and Riddick's aside, he adds:]

Scratch that. Her expertise would be very useful and she's hating every minute of this, if she's here. [Someone's been reading his adoptive mom's books! That would be less relevant if his adoptive mom weren't HG Wells.]

[helborn]

Can anyone pull her out of herself? I can't.

[unapologeticallyaffected]

It's Eliot. Now I can say I'm literally hung like a horse. On the other hand, no one seems to have any cigarettes here. [He sounds vaguely amused by the whole thing.]

[helborn]

Yeah, I think they're just getting alcohol, maybe. Tech level's kind of low and crop selection is limited.

Late, about 4-5 hours after the Jaunt starts

[keepcalmcookon]

I'm here now. Ignis Scientia. Minako helped me cross the divide, but it looks like I missed most of the party according to how much of the sand is disturbed. I do see some boats landed a short ways away, but it's mostly abandoned.

... also, I am a four-armed Naga with fur.

[helborn]

Get on the boats. They'll take you to where we are, though I imagine a Naga with fur is going to be seen as yet another bad sign from their 'gods'.