[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

[mysunnydisposition]

Wow, okay, first of all? Can we take it down a few decibels, metaphorically speaking?

Second... has anyone ever brought an infiltrator into Liminal Space before? Through their own portal that they opened, I mean? Aaaanyone? I'm guessing no, considering we're all trying to stay under the radar most of the time, but...

[brokers]

Prior to the assault staged on Liminal Space during the last Jaunt? To my knowledge, no Infiltrator has ever visited. Typically, they can neither see nor interact with the portals in any way.

[mysunnydisposition]

Good to know...

Do you think maybe what happened last jaunt... broke something? Somehow?

[brokers]

I think we would be foolish to dismiss the possibility that the incursion caused lingering damage. However, it is also possible that the breakdown of the usual barriers results from our current mode of FTL travel, either alone or in conjunction with the tachyon storm.

Either way, we may be wise to minimize our use of abilities that rely on accessing extradimensional spaces, in case opening further holes in reality destabilizes things further.

[mysunnydisposition]

Ugh. You're probably right. I guess that means I should leave my hammerspace alone, huh?

[ Grumble. All her stuff's in there. ]

[brokers]

Unless you have a pressing need for something, it would be the safest course. At least until we have a clearer picture of what's causing this.

[bite_the_hand]

What the hell is a decibel!?

[Well that request sure backfired.]

As long as it sounds like people have been Traveling there has to have been someone that's tried. Except all the people that know anything about it probably can't hear this right now. [Just because that's the kind of horrible luck he's been having with his first Investigation.]

[mysunnydisposition]

[ Ow okay. Heavy sigh. ] It means 'please stop yelling'.

...y'know, even the veterans can only remember so far back in this whole adventure. It's not all that long ago, either. What, maybe a dozen jaunts between Moebius and now? I can see no one ever dragging an infiltrator into this in that time, if we're all being careful. This could be new, as far as anyone knows.

[bite_the_hand]

[Eren ignores her request. But considering what he wants to do is get even louder and yell "make me!" ignoring it saves both his dignity and her eardrums. Especially since she's distracting him enough that he does somewhat quiet down anyway. Somewhat.]

Huh!? I haven't heard anything about Moebius before. Why can't anyone remember? Whatever the reason, that's assuming that everyone's being careful. I really doubt that even over just a dozen Jaunts everyone has always been careful.

[mysunnydisposition]

It was a jaunt a while back. Maybe two years? I'm not totally clear on the timeline, but it's the first one anyone can remember. You'd have to talk to people who were around for it to get the details, and I don't know if any of them are investigating now...

But that really doesn't matter right now, I guess.

Even without being careful... the infiltrators don't usually notice portals, and they don't stay open all that long. Someone would have to be trying to drag one into Liminal Space until now. And I don't know why anyone would do that - unless maybe they were trying to shake them out of their infiltrator identity, I guess. Which probably wouldn't work.

[bite_the_hand]

Do you know who was around back then? [Two years... Isn't that about how long Armin said he'd been here? Eren has a bad feeling about this.]

I didn't know Infiltrators can't see the portals. This is the first time I've been me for a Jaunt. Wouldn't it still be possible to pull one through? I'm sure there's a lot of reasons someone would try.

[mysunnydisposition]

Armin's the only one I know for sure. You'd have to ask him to get any more details.

And... I don't know if you could get an infiltrator through a normal portal. Like I said... no one's tried that I know of? But I've only been here--

Eight or nine months, I think. Huh. Doesn't seem like it's been that long.

[bite_the_hand]

[There's a soft hiss at that name, the sound of Eren drawing a breath through his teeth. A second later he lets it out as a sigh. For once, he was wishing he'd been wrong. After the way Armin had reacted when Eren asked him about his scars... He was reluctant to ask too much about Armin's time as a Traveler.] Is this something I should be careful about how I ask it?

I guess it doesn't seem as long when half that time you're not yourself.

[mysunnydisposition]

...yeah, you might want to be a little careful about it. He didn't seem to mind talking about it to me that much, it's just... one of those things.

[bite_the_hand]

Yeah... I'll wait until he's had time to recover from Infiltrating then. Thanks.

[Armin hadn't reacted well to Eren asking about his scars, and that had snowballed into a tension and awkwardness between them he really didn't want to repeat.]