(backdated to just before the Jaunt started)

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[Not long after her and Armin's little experiment, Zatanna's voice rang out over the psychic network.  Somehow managing to sound sure yet hesitant at the same time.  Confident in the fact that what she had to say was proven true, but wary because...well...]

Okay, I can't really think of an easy way to say this, so I'm just going to come out and say it.

The Trump tatoos?  They're emitting off some kind of low-level psychic energy.  Like an imprint.  We tested two different tattoos, and they're both giving off the same energy.  Different signatures--which I guess kind of makes sense, since they came from two different Trumps--but...well...

I don't know exactly what this means yet, but I thought everyone should know.

[There is a lengthy pause, like she wanted to add more to it but couldn't quite find the words.  Until, eventually, a little softer:]

Robin?

If you can hear me, I wanted to ask you something too.

Comments

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It could have been?

[She new the argument sounded weak, but work with her.]

I mean, not for us, obviously, but among each other. If this is all a game, then there has to be something vaguely resembling rules, right? Or at least guidelines. Otherwise, how will they ever figure out which one of them wins?

[amadine]

Whoever's still standing at the end?

[It's only mostly flippant. What had happened to SAGE might have been an anomaly, but she's not so willing as some to believe so without compelling evidence.]

Even if they do have rules, a set of rules is inherently breakable. The higher the stakes, the more likely it is that someone will break them. Being the one who refuses to do so is a disadvantage.

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[...maybe yes, maybe no; have a telepathic shrug in response.]

In other words, anything goes.

So why not use that to our advantage? [Somehow. Once she figured out exactly what that meant for them.]

[amadine]

It could end in disaster. Then again, so could all of this.

[backwordscompatible]

Oh, good. Then we're probably screwed no matter what.

Me? I'd really rather go down fighting.

[amadine]

If we just follow the current, certainly.

It's not a bad choice, if you must choose a way to go out.

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[Admittedly, it wasn't the first time she'd thought of a similar decision. Or the first time she was potentially willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of those dear to her.]

Wouldn't have it any other way, really.