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[leftbehindagain]

Magician said they can, in theory, drop us off anywhere on the Vale but Stricken-Star, because they don't have anchors there.

I can't figure out what she means by 'anchors.' Anyone else have any ideas?

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[tookashirototheknee]

No, nothing to do with the Arcana at all. There's people who seem to crop up in various worlds that we go to. I have no idea how many of them there are, but there's definitely people who seem to have similar qualities. I don't think they are the Arcana, and they're definitely not overlays of the Arcana. They're just... dudes.

There's been a bunch of network chatter on them in the past.

[theflyingone]

[ He totally knows what dudes are. Thorne and Claudia provided enough context. ]

I'm afraid right now I have to choose between delving into Network archives for a long time, or trying to better the Vale's chances in the short time we are here. But I can see why the Arcana would anchor to other people rather than someone as capricious as a Traveler. Being closer to the action, things tend to happen to us. And we are--what did Delaunay say--Liminal beings.

[tookashirototheknee]

Nah, it's fine. I don't know if the network would let me link to a specific conversation or not, or even if you could listen in if I could, so I'll just keep going through and summarize what I find. Anything in particular you'd like me to look for?

You keep doing what you can to help down there. That's more important.

And, you're right. We're Travelers, literally. We pass through things, and come out the other side. People who are actually in and from that world are much more solid. Like I mentioned to Thorne, it might explain why we keep going to certain worlds. The Arcana have a connection to people there.

[theflyingone]

I disappeared after the Purgatory Market and did not return until the Liminal before this Jaunt. If there is anything during that time mentioning these anchor people, let me know. Or... anything before the Newport Jaunt, which was my first, but that is very far back.

For the rest, I can refresh my memory with notes I stored in the Workshop's library.