synopsychic | backdated to the end of the tournament/after the illuminated do their thing

Seems like now might be a good time to get ourselves on the same page.

[To put it lightly. They've had days to wander around, get acclimated, listen to the gossip...and now between everyone wrapping things up to return to their places after the tournament, and the infodump so thoughtfully provided by the local mage-types, the real work begins.]

People are packing up to head home. That leaves us with a lot of possible leads to follow. I know at least a couple of us were thinking of following Jaeger back to Flamegard; Verreuil was talking about following the guy in yellow.

Westgard's hiring knights, and from the way people were talking when the notice went up, it sounds like the offer is unusually generous. Might be a good way to get in the loop on that; it's sounding more and more to me like the throne is why we're here. Keeping an eye on the nobles is probably in our best interest.

And I doubt that's everything worth looking into, obviously - that's just the shit I've already heard about. Anyone got anything to add? We're gonna have to divide and conquer here, but it helps if we know what we're dividing to begin with.

[And after a moment, he adds -]

All of mine from back home, consider reporting in here an order, not a courtesy. [Because goddamn he's got too many of you to keep track of, throw him a bone here.]

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Tell us what you hear, we won't start nagging about teamwork. You know the drill.

["The drill" mostly being that Hijikata has no problem letting loners work like loners, as long as they don't withhold stuff that might let everyone else get their asses kicked.]

[A snort of amusement.] As if I need a reminder.

[Come on, Hijikata. He's been through this with you for how long now?]

Can't help it if all these newbies have me back in the habit of repeating everything five times, Garrett.

Please, Hijikata. Sometimes I wish the Trumps would pack a manual whenever they drop people in with us.

[What's this? Is this time for grumpy old Veterans to bitch about new recruits and how things were easier in the old days? IT LOOKS LIKE IT.]

I don't even mind breaking in a few at once, but this is getting goddamned ridiculous.

[Keeping track of three people versus keeping track of a few dozen. Ugh.]

I think they like to spite us.

[The Trumps, but sometimes the rookies, too.]

There's one in every crowd.

Or three.

Or ten.

Pretty soon we'll hit twenty. [A beat.] I think we might lose it by then.

If I go crazy at least I'll do it secure in the knowledge that you're going down right there next to me.

[A huff.] I didn't know generals got sentimental in their old age.

[Sassafrass McSasserson. Sass sass sass sass :V]

You sure that's sentiment and not spite?

[Nothing soothes misery like schadenfreude.]

It could be. Then again, you could be confusing things and all.

[This is why they banter, because no one else can handle the stupid they throw around. ~~Stupid dumb ojisans.~~]

I don't confuse things.

[bullshiiiiiiiit hijikata]

Sure you don't.

[That's a fucking lie and Garrett knows it.]

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Damned straight I don't.

Should I start marking off on a sheet whenever I think you're lying?

[He's teasing, Hijibutt.]

Only if you never show it to me. I don't need to know how unconvincing I can be.

As long as you never point out the times I tend to make the newcomers yell.

[God knows how many times he's done that already.]

Pointing that out every time would get old pretty damned fast.

Not to mention annoying. Fools don't really tend to change, no matter how many new ones we get.

Having a few new ones at a time seems pretty pleasant, in retrospect.

[As opposed to a few dozen.]

You honestly expect the Trumps to want to make our lives easier?

[There's always going to be a dozen or more. Hijikata pls.]

Of course not. Just complaining about how it was better in the good old days.

[You know, like a proper old man.]

Or about when Jaunting was a lot simpler when we were just starting, right?

[A pair of oji-sans, that they are.]

Well, it was.

[Pause.]

I think.

[hijikata pls, your first jaunt could've been a race to discover the secret of cold fusion and you wouldn't remember anyway.]

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