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[bypartisan]

[Is it possibly for a mental voice to sound giddy? Because there's a distinct giddy tinge to By's thoughts, for all that his words come out with his normal, lazy, lightly Russian-accented drawl.]

Byerly Vorrutyer here. We're on Earth, pre-spaceflight, although someone who isn't me will need to get a better read on the actual date and location. Linguistically, it's a hodgepodge. I can hear archaic Russian, a whole host of Asiatic and Romance languages, and something else I can't quite place.

If you can "hear" this, check in. We need to know who we've got to work with.

Comments

[bypartisan]

Exactly, Monsieur Shiny.

[bypartisan]

... nobody told you anything about anything, did they?

[Private]

[oftoomuchfaith]

Sorry, kid. I've got my own plans, and they don't include playing nice with a bunch of people I don't know or trust who seem willing to go along with whatever the Trumps' plan is in a Jaunt.

You might be surprised how much I can do own my own. We'll see.

[unagreeable]

Told me a lot that made shit sense, they did.

[bypartisan]

If it was about Jaunts and Trumps and such, then unfortunately it was true.

[upcard]

Um... I'm here. Mai, I mean. Near-san and Levi-san must be Infiltrating, because I can't contact them at all...

[Which honestly makes her a little sad, but alas, the life of a Traveler.]

But...are we really on Earth? I've never seen anything like all of this.

[unagreeable]

I dun really care about that load, jus' want you people outta my head!

[ofinspiration]

I have never found you more attractive than I do at this moment.

[oftoomuchfaith]

...They've got hotels in this place, don't you think?

I mean, I like you in that suit, but I'd like you out of it just as well.

[ This is your punishment for thinking they give a shit, By. They are going to publically hit on each other while you try to be responsible. ]

[whydoyoushine]

Alright, then here I am, I'm off to take all their shiny stuff for myself.

[permastubble]

Ryoutarou Doujima here. Good thinking, Vorrutyer--how do you even pronounce that out loud?

[Immediately sidetracked to a minor issue, but then he snaps back on task.]

No, nevermind that. Okay! So we're working on a list of who of us knows who we really are, and I hope somebody is writing this down because I'm pretty sure I won't be able to keep track in my head. Adachi brought up somebody we know thinks they're somebody else, and that's a good thing to keep track of too. Everybody can hear me, right? Anybody got other confirmed--what's the word--infiltrators?

Uh. Any advice on how the hell we're supposed to fit in here would be good. I think I avoided some suspicion by pretending to be afraid of heights and a tourist but I stick out like a sore thumb.

[hakodate]

...got a weird feeling about this one.

[And all he has for now is just that - a feeling.]

Hijikata Toshizou. The one without the metal arm.

[permastubble]

Oh hell. Shirogane?

[It makes sense, unless it's someone Adachi knows that he doesn't. But Ryoutarou doesn't think of that until after his first reaction.]

Unless it's somebody I don't know yet.

[wantedittobeagame]

No, you're right, sir. It's Naoto-kun.

[bypartisan]

It appears so, if in an alternate timeline. I haven't seen anything like this either, if it helps.

[bypartisan]

[He would not mind so much if it wasn't the first chance in ever he's gotten to be a responsible person in public without having to worry that it'll destroy his cover and you're ruining it.]

I see you've found the Baba to your Yaga.

[oftoomuchfaith]

[ far too innocently to be sincere ]

Oh, I'm sorry, are you feeling left out? You can come too, if you want.

[ofinspiration]

If you're pretty enough...

[ What? She has standards. ]

[oftoomuchfaith]

Fair, but you gotta admit, most of the people here are pretty fine.

[bypartisan]

I'm afraid, my dear Baba and Yaga, that I'll have to take a raincheck on that.

[bypartisan]

[...]

You do that.

[leftbehindagain]

I haven't seen Kanji, Yua or Hanamura yet. Souji-san, from the sound of things, is filling in as Naoto's fiance. And... now that I think of it, has anyone heard from Minako-san yet? She's usually been on this side of things, so far, but there's a first time for everything.

[And then there's the other people he's looking out for - Levi, Lupa, Lyall (how is it they all start with L?) - but Dojima-san probably hasn't met them yet. Better, in that case, to give him the short list of faces he might recognise. he can keep his own counsel from there.]

I don't know if anyone does usually keep a written list - last time I was myself for one of these things I was a little busy helping Naoto run a revolution to bother. Whoever checks in this way is who we've got.

As for blending in... the Grid was also different when it came to that. Daneel-san at least had a good rundown of the main powers in play here, so we have that to work with. Otherwise I'm just trying to keep an ear out and see what I can find out that way. [Not... that it's much other than a lack of proper alchemy so far.]

[bypartisan]

Much the same as I've been pronouncing it inside your head, Doujima.

[Oh, but he likes you. You're thinking.]

I think I've seen this fellow with a moustache who's flirting with me around Liminal Space.

As far as blending in, you might want to talk to Daneel about it, given his odd case of dual citizenship, as it were. Until you can locate him, try to be polite and keep your head down.

[He's so tempted to add 'Of course it's good thinking. I am a professional' but no, he remembers what happened the last time he told someone he was part of ImpSec just because he thought they'd never see Barrayar.]

[bypartisan]

You aren't the only one, it seems. I hope you didn't faint like Verreuil, Toshizou.

[bypartisan]

Try to ignore us until we're done. I'll see if I can exclude you from further contact later.