Backdated to Truck Space

[ninjayeehaw]

[Somehow, Kinji is looking over an empty, white scene that seems to stretch off indefinitely. The only other person here is naturally Yakumo; though he's armoured up in his blue Aoninger armour, and it's easy to tell that Kinji is as well.

And about half a beat after the stream starts, Yakumo turns sharply towards Kinji, bristling.]

So fer those who might a' been wonderin'-- [Yakumo is rushing towards Kinji now, but the cowboy seems undeterred, dancing back from his partner with practiced ease.] --that if folks wanted t'go an' try straight-up possessin' this here truck we're ridin' on, this is where y'all might end up.

[Yakumo's still chasing after him, but it's not aggressive as much as very clearly trying to block Kinji's line of sight, trying to throw up his hands and block the stupid situation they've landed themselves in.]

I'd also like t'note how we're a mite bit stuck in here. Can't quite seem t'find an exit just yet.

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[seestheworld]

[Oof.]

What were you working towards?

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[thornsofmalkav]

Trying to get them to treat us as-- well, maybe not equals, exactly, but as people they could negotiate with. As players and not pieces.

He claimed that at least now they would take us seriously. Yeah, maybe, as serious murderers.

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[seestheworld]

[There is the psychic equivalent of a sigh.]

Nothing like adding an extra-adversarial element to a situation where there's already a huge power imbalance.

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[thornsofmalkav]

For such a smart dude, he is occasionally a fucking moron.

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[seestheworld]

That is distressingly common.

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[thornsofmalkav]

[AND THE WORST PART OF ALL WAS THAT HE WAS RIGHT. At least when it came to Fortune, goddamn it. She's never going to get over that. Damn it, Felicia, why did you have to be swayed by that just as much, if not more, than all her cool Arcana skill-copying?]

Yeah.

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[seestheworld]

[Well, Fortune's still only one of them.]

Hopefully we can make up at least some of what ground's been lost.

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[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. Somehow. Since it's not like we can raise their dead...

... well. I mean. Barry could probably try. Since he's, like, a Level 20 necromancer. But Barry's not here and Alcuin isn't letting me clone him unless I have a real good reason.

[Damnit Alcuin.]

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[seestheworld]

[...Um.]

And I don't think the people of Questing Country would appreciate another raid. Although now I'm kind of wondering what would happen if the Arcana just went there and asked for power to resurrect, say, Star.

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[thornsofmalkav]

[THIS IS AN ACTUAL DISCUSSION THEY HAD WHEN THORNE POINTED OUT SHE HAD HIS IDENTITY DISC.]

I'm pretty sure not even a Valence would do that or they'd have used the one Priestess grabbed for it instead of kicking out the Yellow King dude.

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[seestheworld]

If a Valence could have worked, I think they'd probably all be alive again by now, except for maybe Temperance.

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[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah.

But speaking of asking for help, do you know who's brain I want to pick? Prometheus. I'm pretty sure that if we went back to Achaia he'd at least give us advice out of sheer cussedness.

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[seestheworld]

[Um.]

You think so?

[Not that she's doubting you, Thorne, because you spoke to him more than Minako did, but she's curious as to why.]

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[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. He's got some idea of the Arcana and their meddling with his world--I know, because he told Selene about that.

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[seestheworld]

He did seem pretty sharp - he even detected my Personas.

[Among other things.]

I mean, it probably helps that his Mantle is Foresight, but even beyond that...