bando: first blood

[bypartisan]

... tell me, is there an award for earliest, most ignominious death in a jaunt? Because I think I may have won that anti-prize.

Those of you in Nakamiyo, tread lightly around Gyakusatsu Izanami. And see if you can hide my body? I'm on the outskirts of Mibu Village, on the disused path near the Sentai clanhouse. If I'm lucky enough that no one but Izanami knows I died then perhaps I can slip back into my overlay's life.

[Sorry, By. That's not going to happen. Given that it took about a day for you to resurrect in Liminal--must have been Bai's fate as a pincushion that caused the delay--not only do all the Sentai siblings know about your death, but so should most of Mibu Village.]

Comments

[tailforbrains]

I guess you're lucky in some ways, then. I mean, if you like that kind of thing.

[bypartisan]

I wouldn't exactly say lucky. Soaked, maybe.

[tailforbrains]

You're in liminal space. Fix it. I mean, you are in liminal space, right? That's where I always come back from when I die.

[bypartisan]

Yes, yes, I am fixing it. And yes, I'm in liminal, although not for much longer.

[tailforbrains]

Gonna come out and join the rest of us, huh? Better be careful, you might get recognized. Sometimes we change looks, but not always.

I mean, I always change looks at least on the outside, but that's because I'm not human, so.

[bypartisan]

As soon as this sneezing fit passes, yes. And I intend to be in one of the alternate forms recent Infiltrations have granted me until I'm clear of Nakamiyo. With luck, I'll simply be a large wolf.

[tailforbrains]

Wolf? How'd that happen?

[Somebody missed the whole werewolves Jaunt, and pretty much didn't talk to anybody after it, and then was dungeoned. So yeah, she's missed a bit, haha.]

[bypartisan]

For about half of us, the Jaunt after Nova Venezia involved introducing democracy to vampires and werewolves... which the Investigators somehow managed, although Zed rigged the election.

That one I infiltrated as one of the werewolves and ended up gaining a werewolf form from it. Quite a few of us did, actually.

[tailforbrains]

Wow, uh, I guess I missed that one. Last thing I did was go back to gryphon-land.

[And then dungeon, but she's not going to mention THAT "out loud", as it were.]

[bypartisan]

I think that was the other side of the Jaunt/Walkabout divide? You lot got the fire that time, right?

[tailforbrains]

Fire and dragons, that was us. Sounds like yours was a little less crazy.

[bypartisan]

Except for Aikawa's overlay's wardrobe, yes.

[tailforbrains]

What's that supposed to mean?

[bypartisan]

Ah, you see, this is where my learning the art of memory sharing has come in handy.

[He'll just provide a few remembered highlights of Joker Ivanov's fashion sense from the Sarmatia jaunt. Including his and Istas' destruction of the wardrobe.]

[tailforbrains]

[There's a pause while she digests that, then she comes back with a puzzled:]

What's wrong with those? I've seen worse on wizards and nobles back home. At least the colors matched.

[That's what you get when you try to talk fashion with somebody from the middle ages, By.]

[bypartisan]

[Oh dear lord.]

I thought they were rather garish myself.

[tailforbrains]

There's nothing wrong with being a little eye-searing. Means you have a lot of money to throw around, usually. Looking for the most colorful person around was usually a good way to find a mark, in Neverwinter, at least until that rash of cheap illusions....

[bypartisan]

Ah. Where I come from, understated elegance is more the mark of someone wealthy.