backdated to early week 3

[leftbehindagain]

There's at least one Trump around this jaunt. The legless proxy - if you've seen it, you probably know the one. If there are any others lurking around, I haven't run into them.

Take that as you will, everyone.

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[seventhbullet]

So that's what a Trump looks like around here, huh?

Interesting...

[leftbehindagain]

I'm not surprised they're using proxies, or at least that this one in particular did. [Who knows, maybe he can't leave wherever he is.]

But what they look like varies. It might depend on which worlds they show up in. The ones on the Grid weren't that different, and I don't know if anyone's been able to work out who the one in Questing Country was. I think all the other appearances were before I got pulled into this.

[seventhbullet]

I've heard in general that they run this joint, but what is it they do? The one I saw was, heh, just hanging around.

[leftbehindagain]

I don't think he'd be doing much else. [Naoki can't help a little amusement, and he'll explain if this guy asks. But still. Of course he was hanging around. It's his thing.]

They don't always show up, and when they do I think it's typically one or two at a time. The Grid was... weird. In any case, they pick the worlds we get tossed into, and when they turn up, they look for people in the group that they like.

[whydoyoushine]

That's who that guy was?

[leftbehindagain]

Sure was.

--Wait, have you even been let out yet?

[whydoyoushine]

No, I haven't been let out yet! I've been in here long enough to get tattoos! Prison ink!

[leftbehindagain]

Well, that's definitely not where I bumped into him. He's sure getting around for someone without legs.

[It takes considerable effort on Naoki's part not to bust out laughing. But then, if there's anyone in the group who needs an anchor...] You didn't strike me as the tattoo type. Clearly someone disagreed.

[closetshark]

How do we kill it?

[leftbehindagain]

No.

[closetshark]

Why not?

[leftbehindagain]

The alternative's probably worse.

[Besides, he doesn't know, and wouldn't tell someone asking this bluntly if he did.]

PRIVATE

[timelessinventor]

I acquired some interesting information from our friend the robot, however I do not believe it would be well-recieved with the current group we have.

I will likely be holding it until we have completed our task here.

PRIVATE

[leftbehindagain]

Entirely fair. There's a reason I'm not telling anyone where I found him - if they want to try shitstirring on that level, they can put in the legwork themselves. [He's also pretty sure they won't have much luck.] It's better to let people know one's around, though, so they can avoid it if they'd rather.

PRIVATE

[timelessinventor]

I... do not necessarily agree on that front, darling, but it is what it is.

Why do most people see them as enemy? I must have missed something.

[laceandcarnage]

The Trumps are our enemy. Why are we not attacking?

[leftbehindagain]

You want any kind of chance to go home? They probably have to be alive for that.

[laceandcarnage]

Have they promised that they will send us home in exchange for their lives?

[closetshark]

Because they're cowards.

[laceandcarnage]

That is not an explanation.

[brokers]

If it's using a proxy, attacking would be much like breaking a window because you are angry with someone halfway across the world. There is a mess, but the target of your anger is unaffected.

[laceandcarnage]

I am unfamiliar with this. The Trump is not truly the Trump?

[brokers]

Curious. Has anyone verified yet whether there was one present in Melasurei or not?

[leftbehindagain]

If there was, I'm pretty sure I didn't talk to them. Which both says a lot and nothing at all, considering.

[He left Yomi all of like, twice, so.]

[brokers]

It's possible they don't care to drink. Or to do business under a banner of neutrality.

Do you know if one was present on the last Jaunt. The...dream world, wasn't it?