He calls me up, calls me on the phone

[bypartisan]

One of the local urchins is telling me he has information on the Zeitgeist. High likelihood that it's a trap, but I might as well try to spring it and see what I can learn. And perhaps I'll get lucky and it won't be. I'll keep everyone appraised.

Comments

Re: Privately to Malik

[bypartisan]

No. I don't suppose you would be.

If they do have it or something similar... can you try to direct questions away from anything we can't let be revealed? I realize I haven't given you reason to trust my judgement, but I do trust yours.

Re: Privately to Malik

[loyalrebel]

That depends entirely on what they already know.

You are not the only Traveller to fail at keeping secrets or being subtle.

Re: Privately to Malik

[bypartisan]

He knows a lot, I've been told, but not about Liminal Space or Infiltration. Doujima's damned notebook, of course. I should have made him burn it!

Sera claims he just wants to make sure we're not a threat to the children. That this is about protecting his tribe. I know I certainly don't want to hurt children, even if the little devils have been driving me mad with their spying.

... by the way, I do love those robes you're wearing. They really bring out the color of your eyes.

Re: Privately to Malik

[loyalrebel]

Damn it. Does nobody know how to write in code anymore?!

Idiots all of you. I am genuinely surprised you have not bungled more of these Jaunts.

[There's a pause, as he pays slightly more attention to the people around them.]

Technically we are whatever the Trumps decide we are. Were you there on The Grid?

Re: Privately to Malik

[bypartisan]

We do when I come from.

You may have noticed that, for all the myriad sins I've committed since the start of jaunt, I haven't left any written records besides the maps I left in your safekeeping and those I pointedly did not sign.

[He bites savagely into his loaf.]

Sadly, no. I just missed it. My first was being spectacularly useless in Purgatory.

Re: Privately to Malik

[loyalrebel]

Everyone was fairly useless in Purgatory.

[Even if he had made some pretty good deals as Asfour towards that self's end goals.]

Hopefully the Wolf will not see you as a threat and assume the same of the rest of us.

Re: Privately to Malik

[bypartisan]

I intend to be as unthreatening as possible, my dear Malik. At least, I hope our lupine not-friend doesn't find feckless dandies to be threatening.

[Then, in a somewhat abashed tone of voice,] If you have the opportunity at all, would you retrieve the dagger from my boot and the miniature portrait from my coat pocket and hold onto them until all this is over? Just, the dagger's an heirloom and the miniature is the only picture I've got of Rish.