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

[helborn]

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

[His tone is uncharacteristically clipped and short.]

Comments

[helborn]

I think the bugs are cameras. There's been talk of 'the gods watching' and the bugs are definitely not alive.

[carbonatedscientist]

Really.

[Sento's tone changes a bit. It's serious time now.]

That's a little stickier, then. If I can slip into Liminal unseen, I could build something that we could use to disable a camera in general, and then I could sneak one back for further analysis...but it would be difficult to tell if that worked on something that small right off the bat. I could, for example, disable its motor functions but the broadcast could work regardless if it was shielded better than I'd anticipated at that size.

[helborn]

I can basically make a flashbang. If they're near water I might be able to fry them if they're electronics and not something weirder.

[carbonatedscientist]

That could temporarily blind their sensors, that's something.

Do they show up in the rain? They may already be waterproof.

[helborn]

I don't know. They might. It has to rain here at some point...

[carbonatedscientist]

Exactly.

Now, if we could observe them out in a thunderstorm, see how they do with electricity in a natural setting...

Open to Casper and Sento

[levelthreehooligan]

What are the odds that that an Aetherial disturbance would take them out? If these are simply 'Cameras' then they won't be able to pick up on magic I cast. If I'm not flashy about it, I can cast a stunning spell relatively easily.

[helborn]

No idea. I don't even really know how magic and technology interact in my own world, much less another...

[carbonatedscientist]

Magic isn't something I've ever had good results with, myself. Too difficult to get any hard scientific data on...

I suppose it's worth a try, though I hesitate to bring any possibly-functional cameras back to Liminal and my lab. I'd imagine Liminal might jam their signal, though, there is that.

[helborn]

I know magic can be used in a lab setting, so they can be used together... but that's my dad's field and he's an awful person, so I doubt you'd get any good information from him. Most of what I saw was... uh. Not the ethical kind of science.

[carbonatedscientist]

Ah, I've been witness to that kind of science more than I'd like, myself.

At any rate, now doesn't seem to be the time for me to be experimenting with technique.

[itsananimalthing]

I could just zap the things. I got a skill that channels electrical power outa liminal space.

[carbonatedscientist]

If you zap them, then I could bring a few specimens into Liminal for examination. My lab's capable, even if I'll have to beef up the magnification equipment.

[itsananimalthing]

Let me see if I can just zap a couple and make it look like an accident. Don't wanna tip our hand too soon and bring down punishment.

[carbonatedscientist]

That's a fair point.

Even though I suspect we could prove to be quite the nasty surprise when provoked.

[A couple days later...]

[itsananimalthing]

All right, science guy. I got a handful of fried drone cameras. Your lab set up with you in it, or should I hold onto these for a while longer?

Re: [A couple days later...]

[tobodlygo]

Hey, would you mind if I took a look at some of those? I've got some uh, pretty big suspicions about the tech they have here.

[carbonatedscientist]

I can slip into my lab anytime--you're welcome to join me for a look, if you'd like.

[itsananimalthing]

Sure, I'll head into liminal in a few minutes. I'll be bringing Tara, so make sure it's at least kinda baby-proof. No open flames or anything around, okay?

[carbonatedscientist]

Do...should I set up a playpen?

[itsananimalthing]

She's got wings. So that won't do a lot of good. Just no open flames or sharp things outside of drawers.

I'll see you in a bit, once I can get away without bein' too suspicious.

[carbonatedscientist]

Right, right, I'll...get that taken care of.

[And he's also going to throw out a couple of hastily-created stuffed animals, a rabbit and a dragon, in the hopes that it's enough to distract her.]

I should be ready when you are.

[tobodlygo]

Sure, I've just about figured out how to think with portals.

I'll slip in when everyone's sleeping, just in case.

[carbonatedscientist]

That's probably more subtle than my approach; I started loudly talking about all the gas I was having and going into more detail than I should have, and I acquired quite a bit of privacy that way.

[tobodlygo]

[Jim's mental amusement rings clear across the network.]>/small>

I mean whatever works, right?