[Open Broadcast]

[protect_and_serve]

Who: Everyone on the telepathic network (which is everyone)
When: Just after the new arrivals show up.
What: Joscelin attempting to get things organized.

[There’s a lot of chatter going on, literally making it hard to hear yourself think, between veterans gossipping and speculating what the new wave of Travelers means, and accidental broadcasts by panicked new arrivals, until one hard-edged thought cuts through it all.]

Enough.

You all need to stop this before we drive ourselves insane.

Anyone with experience on the Network, I want a few organized broadcasts offering help and information to newcomers. We don’t call them Fools.

If you’re new, stay calm. No-one can overhear you unless you’re projecting. Try to divide yourselves as evenly as you can between the people giving you answers. That much is instinctive, you won’t have trouble as long as you can imagine it.

Anyone who’s been here longer and wants to speculate? Don’t do it publicly. Find your own little corners, or keep it off the network.

New telepaths. You’ll need to find someone more experienced more than anyone else does.

And everyone be ready for a new Jaunt.

Comments

[wholeheaded]

Be ready for a new Jaunt? [ this repetition is in a new voice, one that is bright and curious.] So a bunch of new folks showing up signals that, yeah? Okay. Okay, good. I mean I love experimental physics as much as the next guy but I could really go for some chicken curry and jasmine rice, a nice wine, oh maybe some of that flatbread with the cucumber sauce and chutney and for desse--

[ the voice cuts off abruptly. ]

Sorry. I'm new at this so sometimes indoor voice becomes outdoor voice. Name's Ambrose, and honestly I shouldn't be your first choice for question-answering. I'll be glad to chat once you've been through orientation.

[protect_and_serve]

These aren't usual circumstances. As far as I know, in thirteen jumps we've never spent this long in Liminal Space before. We've... rarely... lost so many at once before. And we've never gained so many.

After a Jaunt, we're brought back here. Some get lost. Some new faces arrive. And then we Jaunt again. Normally, I would say we have two or three hours. Now?

[A snort of disgust carries surprisingly well over a telepathic medium.]

[wholeheaded]

That's... troubling. On the other hand, good to know this is an aberration.

[ a really troubling aberration. ]

[protect_and_serve]

It'll be good to know when it ends.

[wholeheaded]

Right, well, like you say hopefully they'll boot us out of here soon and we can find out. I'm not one to draw conclusions from one instance.

[protect_and_serve]

If it happened before, we might not remember.

[wholeheaded]

Right. Eugh, I've dealt with the unreliable memory thingy, it's-- I don't need to go into how awful it is. Just gotta try and make the best choices with what you do know.

[unabatedly]

It's the typical first sign, I would say. It's just a word of caution, to be aware and be ready. But with how things have been-- Joscelin is right. Our typical patterns have been tossed aside.

[She sighs.]

But there's no reason to jump to conclusions. Just hold on and be strong. We should be moving on soon.

[wholeheaded]

Could be a new normal.

[ blessed Ozma's frilly knickers he hoped not. ]

No, I'm just thinking out loud... sort of. We need more info before even coming to a hypothesis, and getting out of here will help with that.

[unabatedly]

It's possible. So much has changed that I just don't know.

[But they're going to be useless for the Jaunt if this new world doesn't have food or water or anything else.]

And the sooner, the better. Though I wouldn't want to leave any of the newer arrivals adrift in the madness.

[wholeheaded]

[they'll build that bridge when they come to it. ]

Not at all, and I'll do my best to help look out for them if I can. But for the love of little emeralds let me know if I get anything wrong.

[unabatedly]

[There's a faint laugh on her end, good-natured.]

You're doing just fine. Don't be nervous.

[wholeheaded]

Thanks, the encouragement's actually encouraging. I'll work the room a bit, see if I can calm some jangled nerves.