[Jaunt] Shortly after Liminal Portals start appearing

[bite_the_hand]

What the hell is going on!?

[Eren has evidently found a secluded enough space to start literally yelling at the Network. Enjoy the extremely loud and slightly panicked voice in your heads, Travelers.]

I'd heard some people could get back into Liminal Space on a Jaunt, but no one said anything about these doorways opening up and letting anyone through! I thought it was supposed to just be Investigators! Is this normal!?

[Now the worry in his voice gets a lot more obvious.]

I thought going back into Liminal Space was what turned Infiltrators back into themselves. But I've already seen some of them go in and not turn back! This doesn't mean they're all stuck like this now, does it!?



((ooc note: I really wanted to make this post, but Real Life is probably going to delay my replies until Monday. Sorry about that, I'll get back to this as soon as I can!))

Comments

[detectivewonder]

This is new. I'm not sure what it means.

But I'm pretty positive it's why the Trumps sent us here.

What if this isn't a game at all? What if they're raiding technology?

[mysunnydisposition]

Who, the Trumps? What could they even want here?

[detectivewonder]

How to hack Liminal Space. Even if they only want it to upgrade their security.

[bite_the_hand]

Who cares what those bastards want!? I just want to make sure I'll get my friends back!

[Well, he wants to make sure he'll get his friends back and punch the Trumps in their faces. Repeatedly. But he promised Armin he wouldn't say stuff like that for now.]

[detectivewonder]

So wouldn't you like to have some leverage on them, so wwe can make sure that happens?

I didn't say do what they want. But I want to know what they want. I need to know what they know.

[bite_the_hand]

If you have anything besides wild guesses I'd love to hear it! So far I haven't heard anything from anyone that would actually help! [Then more quietly, to the point it's unclear whether he meant to broadcast it or not.] Fuck, I wish Armin were Armin right now...

[Then his tone changes back to the one he was using a moment before, obviously meant to be heard again.] Good, because I'm not going to just give in and be their slave without a fight.

[A short pause, then.] What do we know?

[detectivewonder]

About the Trumps, about what they want, or about what we're doing here specifically?

[bite_the_hand]

[There's an angry, frustrated growl from Eren. But at when he speaks again he's not yelling, even if he's definitely annoyed.]

Start with here. I can get the rest later if I have to.

[detectivewonder]

The Trumps have repeatedly sent us to places where factions compete for a goal. They have win/loss conditions. And sometimes those revolve around scientific or magical technology.

If this is the same place as Questing Country, we've already seen unusual Liminal manifestations. If this is connected, then they might be sending us here to learn more about Liminal Space.

Speculation, I know. It might be faster than light technology, or the alien races, or anything that makes this place unique.