[Jaunt, week 3]

[cloudpotter]

[good afternoon travelers, there is a disgruntled ninja with an absolute killer migraine on your network. if you didn't know it was possible for a psychic voice to grouse, you do now.]

I'm not up to speed on his relevance yet, [he's never said hello before, he's not going to start now] but I'd urge anyone on the tail of Kinji's infiltration to use caution. He's capable of a psychic blast strong enough to incapacitate multiple people. We would have more information, but Katsuragi drove him away.

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[helborn]

... So that's where you went.

Also he's not Katsuragi anymore.

[cloudpotter]

Casper.

[Yakumo has conflicted feelings on this. On one hand, he's glad that Corentin's PA has apparently been Investigating. On the other he is mortified, because Corentin's PA has apparently been Investigating.]

[helborn]

Yeah. I made a promise to keep an eye on at least one of you two per Jaunt if neither of you are yourselves.

[cloudpotter]

[he cannot even count the amount of tea that Corentin had Casper make for him. or the amount of paperwork he had him clean up. or the amount of daily gossip he shared.]

...Good work. Thank you.

[please don't ever look at him again]

[helborn]

No problem.

Now let's commit some corporate espionage crimes, because I've been doing my best but I don't know computer systems very well.

[carbonatedscientist]

I didn't drive him away, you were the one who suddenly brought him there for no damn reason after I was kind enough to deinfiltrate you!

Because everyone else knew his overlay is dangerous!

[Why, yes, Sento's mad.]

[helborn]

He probably panicked and magicked him there.

Somehow.

I don't know, ninja shit.

[cloudpotter]

We have a contingency in place. It's supposed to keep us from getting into trouble.

[they just. didn't account for it working while one of them was infiltrated.]

[helborn]

Let's. Maybe try and put some other parameters on that contingency next time, if you can.

[carbonatedscientist]

Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous...

[helborn]

They wear spandex and fight monsters, of course they're ridiculous.

[carbonatedscientist]

That is absolutely the least ridiculous part of any of this.

[Says the man who transforms into rubbersuit armor to fight monsters.]

[cloudpotter]

[that is still your fault Sento, you're the one who put the fear of death in Corentin]

You were taking off your clothes! [everything else could have been explained, yes, you cannot prove otherwise. Katsuragi suddenly deciding to strip off was absolutely the straw that broke Kinji's back, back there.]

[carbonatedscientist]

I thought I was going to die because Dusty's come dangerously close to murdering me instead of Katsuragi once before, and I can't help it if my reflexes tried to activate my Driver, which is a belt!

[thornsofmalkav]

So that's why Charlize just got an email telling he to come collect her winnings from the office pool.

[SHE'D BEEN WONDERING.]

[crouching_sin]

Why wasn't I told about this betting pool?

[thornsofmalkav]

... Adam didn't know?

Uh, shit. Well, it's too late to get in on the Why Does Corentin Let Takumi Get Away With Murder pool, but there might be a few others still open. Speaking of which...

... hey Sento, any chance of making a public declaration as Takumi that you and Taro Satou were banging?

[carbonatedscientist]

...you're kidding.

[thornsofmalkav]

Man, everyone who bet you were blackmailing him must feel really dumb now.

[ninjayeehaw]

Did Dusty happen t'be on any a' those lists.

[guess who's back, back again. He's not mad he's just annoyed, if she did that entire thing for a few dollars--]

[thornsofmalkav]

... since when have you been de-Infiltrated?

[razorblade_empress]

Not surprising, considering his overlay's an alien telepath.

[cloudpotter]

[Every other psychic conversation is so off-topic that it genuinely takes a moment for Yakumo to realize that Yukino is the one person talking about Kinji.]

When did you find out?

[razorblade_empress]

I read his perspective last week. Luckily, that's Questing Country Magic Bullshit and not telepathy, because otherwise he would've picked up on it.

[It is in fact the same trick she'd used on Edward way back during the Triad Creation Tourney.]

[cloudpotter]

What is his perspective, then? Why is he training with the ESDF?