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[turbedon]

[A far too cheerful sounding voice pipes up over the Network, the owner of it nowhere to be found in Liminal Space in a rather telling way.]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking-

Everyone okay? Anyone gone missing after the last Jaunt?

... Any newcomers we need to get off the brainway asap? Because just arriving and then being run over would really not be astrous. At all.

Comments

[willyousee]

A local favorite of the information trade. That and the... Souk. [A little careful pronunciation - it's not a word he's familiar with outside of Melaserai.] For all my hunting, I could not find the Name in time either. I have several suspicions that might have borne fruit, but my counterpart was careless with himself and could not complete the task. But then I am not certain that would have produced a satisfactory ending either.

I am sorry I hadn't the chance to speak with you. Were you a denizen of the city?

[shiroganeheir]

No. I was myself. Which... I cannot decide if it is better because I did not know the city, or worse because I was just ineffectual.

[Naoto sounds a bit exasperated in his mental voice.]

I had some ideas and theories, but in the end, I was just too slow.

[willyousee]

It is not easy to work within a system you are unfamiliar with. If you were on the right track, that is admirable in and of itself. In addition, I expect that there were things which you learned about yourself and your process which will allow you to do better on the next attempt.