[Video]

[neverfeltthatway]

Hello, everyone.

I'm sorry if I alarmed anybody this last jaunt. For those of you who don't know what happened, I started as an investigator - and, two weeks in, abruptly became an infiltrator.

I'd been trying to delve into my mind, to gain access to the memories I knew I had from the last time we were here. I guess I succeeded a little too well. But, well... I think I could do it again. Turn into an infiltrator. And I think I could probably do it to someone else too, if they were willing. [Strangely, he's not going to address whether he thinks he could do it to an unwilling subject, and instead leave the implied answer as is.] More than that, I think it's probably possible to do the opposite - to turn an infiltrator into an investigator. But I haven't figured out how, yet.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Apart from that, I... I have the list of Travelers who are no longer with us. Wherever they are now, they're not in this liminal space. The list may not be quite comprehensive, but I did the best I could.

Jack Badd. Lila Zarchov. Batman. Mason. Ryuzaki. Natasha. Souji Seta - or, um, one of them, anyway. Erwin Smith. Dargor. Shuu. Mai. Dorian. Winnifred. Hijikata. And Pitch.

I'm sorry.

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[leftbehindagain]

So that's how that happened. [There's a pang at the mention that Dorian's gone - Naoki really liked him - as well as Seta-san, but they never really got around to talking properly.]

This is as good a place as any to say so: There were two Trumps on the jaunt, Hanged Man and Chariot. If you talked to one of the weird proxies, check yourself for a surprise tattoo. From what Zed-san said, Chariot made their choices pretty quickly.

[creativefool]

...Proxies? Dude, there's no way I can remember every proxy I met over there...

But... Yeah. That explains a lot.

Might as well let folks know. Chariot got me.

[leftbehindagain]

Hanged Man was legless. Spent a lot of time caught in airship rigging. Chariot, from the sound of things, was in quite a hurry - I didn't actually bump into that one. Zed-san also said something about Chariot taking a picture of him.

[Naoki's lack of reaction to Kanji's announcement is probably indication enough to anyone who knows them well that they've already talked about this.]

[creativefool]

In a hurry... huh.

[Kanji takes a moment to think it over.]

Now ya mention it... There was one, before the exposition, that just about ran into me. Didn't exactly stop and chat, but...

[leftbehindagain]

Might've been it. I wouldn't have known Chariot was around at all if Zed-san hadn't complained about his 'prison ink.'

[shantiprayer]

Oh. Oh no. I'm sorry.

[He wasn't himself. He had no ability to choose the way she had. It wasn't fair. But then, life was rarely fair.]

Do you want to talk about it?

[creativefool]

[There's a soft mental sigh, and -]

Thanks. I ... I'm pretty okay with it. I mean, I'm kinda pissed that the Trump didn't stop 'n talk, but ... the stuff the card stands for? If I got grabbed for that, I'm tryin' to take it as a weird kinda compliment.

[whydoyoushine]

Chariot?

[There's a laugh.]

Welcome to the club, I guess.

[creativefool]

[Kanji snorts slightly.] Heh. Thanks. Shame we don't get anythin' other than a badge.

[whydoyoushine]

The way I see it, the less he gives, the less he's going to want from us. Works for me.

[creativefool]

If he was the proxy I'm thinkin' about, he didn't even say "hi" to me. Just kinda waved an' gave a salute. Tch.

[whydoyoushine]

Heh, I think it's the one I pushed over, and then it took my picture. Makes decisions pretty quick, I guess.

[creativefool]

The card's about gettin' shit done. So... I ain't really surprised now I think about it...

[whydoyoushine]

Yeah...if he set out to pick people, he got it done in a hurry, alright.

[shiroganeheir]

I can see it.

It is very Wild Card, and especially very you.

[creativefool]

Eh? 'Very Wild Card?' I ain't even got a Chariot Persona at the mo-

Uh.

Yeah. I'm tryin' to look at it like that. If they're goin' for someone who's determined, who gets shit done, and they think I'm that kinda guy... heh. There's worse reasons to be picked.

[shiroganeheir]

It's not a question of what you do or don't have at the moment. Wild Cards have the potential of being anything. That, from my understanding, is part of the entire picture.

However, you are that kind of person, Kanji-kun. You always have been. You're driven, you get an idea in your head, and you go out and do it. I've always admired that about you.

[creativefool]

[Is that some mental laughter, there? Awkward but happy...]

Y-you have? Thanks. That ... hell, that means a lot to hear from ya. Even if I've got the potential... it ain't gonna mean anythin' if I don't put the work in. That's kinda how I see it.

[shiroganeheir]

Potential is useless without the ability to follow through with it. I would not be surprised if your group was one of the most successful of all of ours, even Souji's and mine.

[She has guesses about different results that different Inaba Travelers have, but no facts to back them up.]

[creativefool]

I... we were... you s-seriously think that-?

[He's stuck for words, there, a little bit.]

[shiroganeheir]

I have no exact evidence to back this up, but yes.

[They all really need to sit down and talk about their relative cases one day.]

You are probably one of the most determined and focused of us all.

[A tiny mental teasing snicker.]

When you want to be.

[Private]

[timelessinventor]

Did I tell you details about my conversation with... well, I guess it's Hanged Man, considering the surprise ink I have on my chest now?

I should perhaps relay that information.

[But she's currently hesitating for perhaps obvious reasons.]

[Private]

[leftbehindagain]

The family thing? You did, yeah.

If you're not comfortable saying it, I can. I have another question to ask everyone anyway.

[Private]

[timelessinventor]

If you have something else to say, I might say my piece on it. I should not put this on you, darling, that is awful of me.

I am just tired of certain ones of our number jumping on me when I am only attempting to help.

[Private]

[leftbehindagain]

No, I don't blame you at all.

My thing's not really connected to the Trump situation, I just have another question. I don't know who can make edible stuff other than Leonardo-sensei, and I'd... rather not ask him, so I need to figure out my options. But I don't mind passing the word along for you, really.