broadcast to investigators;

[blackhand]

Seems like the Trumps already want us back to work. [Oh, look, it's that one asshole everyone was probably warned about talking in your head. Congrats, Travelers, he'll make this quick.]

Those of you that are new, this is a Jaunt. We're here to investigate and fix something, so first thing's first- you need to blend in. If the people here get suspicious, we'll get blocked out of opportunities to find something, and sometimes they might even take our presence around here negatively.

[That's Garrett's way of saying "don't be an idiot and play your part or I'm going to call you a moron beyond this Jaunt." There's a sigh, but he continues.]

I'm not one for leading, someone else is going to have to take that job. Might want to sound off, just to see who all we have for this round.

Garrett, Investigator. Your turn.

Comments

[neverfeltthatway]

Good. [The tone is a little grim, but definitely approving. People with both the sense to know what they're getting into and the guts to do it anyway are rarer than one might suppose - but they make valuable allies.]

[amadine]

[There's little else to say to that (think to that? one day, perhaps, the question of terminology will cease to give her a headache, but today is not that day), so:] Watch your back.

[neverfeltthatway]

[It takes a while, but you get used to it.] You too.

Let me know when you want to see my records. Or, ah... when you want to tell stories over wine. [There's hesitation on that one, as if he's still a little embarrassed about it.]

[amadine]

When we've made some headway here, perhaps.

[Ah, optimism. That won't last.]

[neverfeltthatway]

[Even if he thinks it, he doesn't say it out loud - they need more optimism, or they'll never have a chance of moving forward.] Right.

Oh! I'm so sorry, I didn't mention - I'm Armin Arlert!

[amadine]

Armin. [She repeats it like she's committing it to memory...which is pretty much the case. The name sounds unusual to her; whether this helps or hinders recollection remains to be seen.]

It's good to meet you. I'm Sabetha.

[Which she'd already told Garrett, and presumably that, too, had carried. But introductions are a familiar pattern, and a little familiarity goes a long way just now.]

[neverfeltthatway]

[It's true that they'd both projected their names over the psychic network before - but it's also true that it's more difficult to remember names by the tone of one's thoughts than it is in person, especially just in passing. And that had been before they had spoken directly, even just mind to mind.] It's nice to meet you too, Sabetha. I'm sure I'll see you around.