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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]

It does seem to be a sort of uniform, however eccentric.

I've seen him from afar, back in that watery liminal. He was rather distinctive, so as long as the rest of him hasn't changed too far, I might be able to recognize him again.

[seventhbullet]

So what's the deal with needing to 'check in'? Why're some people not here?

[bypartisan]

Oh right, this is your first Jaunt, isn't it? It's my third.

The way it seems to work is that roughly half of us get to keep our memories and sense of selves--as well as the ability to communicate like this mind to mind--while the other half ends up becoming a part of the world. Whether they merge with people already part of the world or the world changes to incorporate them is yet unknown, but however it happens it does happen.

The usually name for them is Infiltrators. They call us Investigators.

[seventhbullet]

Well isn't that a thing.

[Xaldin's gone in deep on missions, but never quite this deep.]

So whaddaya do with 'em? Just keep an eye out?

[bypartisan]

[... good question. He's never been on this side of things before, he'll need a second to think about that.]

Primarily. And get close to them if we can, since I've heard that a few of them will have some of the pieces we need to solve the puzzle.

[seventhbullet]

Fun fun fun. I'll keep - well, I can only afford to spare half an eye, you know how it is.

[bypartisan]

Not personally, but I can imagine.

Let us know if you find out anything interesting.

[seventhbullet]

Will do. [Maybe.]