A revelation!

[lightnovelexperiences]

So Cassandra has apparently been getting Magical Mystery Tour beamed into her head as a hint when she did spooky things to the bus. It's a Beatles song, oldies to my parents, psychedelic hippie shit from the 60's.

There's one song in particular on it, 'I Am The Walrus,' that caught my eye BECAUSE we're heading for a space opera. The opening line is:

'I am he as you are he and you are me and we are all together...'

So hey, quick question about QC and known space! Do we know about any hive minded aliens from that 'verse? Cause if not, we might have ourselves an old fashioned bug hunt when we arrive. Or, knowing the Arcana, preventing one!

ETA:

Someone way smarter than me with the Oracle powers that clued us into the Katadors being sweet guys, really just used those powers to ask what we were probably up against.

Roughly:
3 in 10 chance it's the Starmovers trying to make a new Role.
2 in 10 chance it's the Arcana.
3 in 20 it's the Hecatites doing something hinky, same as my guess that there's a new species in town or that something like the Skittles is trying to make a new Role.
1 in 10 it's "who the hell knows," a new role arising naturally, or Backstage breaking from that time ROSE decided fracking a dreamscape for magic was a good idea.
1 in 40 chance it's one of the old powers getting Borgy with it.

The chances are about 1 in 10 to 1 in 5 that the Hecatites are taking advantage of whatever it is that's going on, depending on what tiger they're trying to ride.

Also, it's not fucking Cthulhu you piece of shit Travellers, so we can rest easy on that score.

Comments

[reallymean]

It would be. Especially if they were able to influence emotions in dreams as well as in waking.

[lightnovelexperiences]

That's a cold, hard, refreshing can of Yikes! Hard Pass from me.

They can mess with people's heads and hearts? That's a detail, we need those.

[reallymean]

Hearts more than heads. They can't influence thought, not directly, but they can push emotions on other people. Usually within the spectrum of what they were feeling - scare a Diabolin, and she could terrify you in turn - but some of them practiced enough to be...creative.

I can give you details about their culture and technology, but it may be out of date, depending on when within that reality's timeline we land. I'm...familiar with them at the height of their empire, not after its collapse.

[lightnovelexperiences]

...when they conquered the Elven homeworld.


You Infiltrated for that, huh.

I'm sorry.

[reallymean]

After. My overlay never knew her homeworld, except by story.

It was a...difficult Jaunt, but the Travellers were able to help them strike a blow against the Empire. Not enough to topple it, but enough to help keep hope burning until it began to fall.

[lightnovelexperiences]

When you don't know what you can do, you try to do all you can. I know.

I'm glad it worked. I'm sorry it had to.

[reallymean]

So am I. Intergalactic conquerors were not one of the things I'd hoped would reoccur across the multiverse.