Trump-Talk

[someonetocarry]

So somebody wanna tell me where the Trumps were hidin' this Jaunt? My other self in there was kinda on the sidelines of whatever action went down, given the whole havin'-a-baby thing, and I don't remember talkin' to anythin' that might fit a Trump in disguise.

[Little does she know... still, it's a place to start the conversation for various interested parties, right? Including herself. Because she's not actually even sure which Trump marked her.]

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[failgoyle]

You--

--wait, really?

[failgoyle]

...considering that I'm thirty-something and I should be twenty-one, this should really make more sense to me.

[But it is not. Such is the sadness that is being Jules.]

[awitchdidit]

Hm. There may be others that haven't "taken their turn". It's unclear to me whose "turn" it was on the Grid to begin with, although Magician mentioned having already taken hers.

Nonetheless, I think it might be safest to assume that any upcoming Jaunt could be the last in Phase 2.

[awitchdidit]

[After checking for herself at the same time...]

In their defense, sharing information on the Trumps is vitally important, and sometimes people can be...recalcitrant.

[awitchdidit]

Hm. So Magician heads off on her own, and drags Travelers with her. Then two other Trumps go to stop her. I wonder whose turn it was at all...

[solvethepuzzle]

[Star and Temperance being dead does rather decrease the likelihood that they were the ones talking. The latter two are indeed far better candidates. But the supposition is interesting.] So you think there might be a possibility, however small, that deceased Trumps could have communicated in this instance?

[solvethepuzzle]

Assuming one turn each per round, there is at least a way to eliminate a few from the list. And the round must be drawing to a close soon.

[What that means . . . well they don't know that, do they?]

[solvethepuzzle]

What did he say to you?

[comebewe]

I...Jules, you might be the most annoying person I have ever met in my entire life, but that doesn't mean I want you dead.

[happyhalloween]

Did you not die when you should?

[failgoyle]

Really? But back there...

...heeeeeey, what do you mean I'm annoying?

[failgoyle]

...probably.

But there were kidnapping Faeries and a copy of me got left behind and died, so who knows.

[happyhalloween]

Oh. Okay.

[She is not at all perturbed by any of this.]

[volving]

[ you will get a nod in meatspace. YOU ARE RIGHT THERE, TIMOTHY. STOP TALKING IN HER HEAD. ]

[tailforbrains]

Yep, we kind of do sometimes! Besides, it was important stuff. ... and sometimes just funny stuff. And Jules is kind of a freak, so he did it more than he probably had to, but hey, it was useful anyway, right?

[someonetocarry]

Oh, she still had headgear. It was just black and maybe "epic" weren't quite the word I'd use, but it weren't exactly small, either.

[She's just going to accept it: it was Empress. She's been marked by the fertility-sex-motherhood Trump.

... really, it's probably more appropriate than she's willing to admit at the moment. She's a soldier, too, dammit.]

[someonetocarry]

Pretty much that. I was just a pirate captain who stopped in to have her babe somewhere that actually had midwives and healers. Did my best to avoid all that, really.

[someonetocarry]

Thank you. She's a delight, when she ain't cryin' or needing a diaper changed. And even sometimes then, when I ain't too tired to appreciate it.

How did you hope it would've gone, with your Trump?

[claudiometer]

Still sounds more subtle than in Misericordia, but I guess what with the Trump-punching that time she didn't... really have a chance to try for subtle.

[Hey, there's also Woman's Power in there. Zoe's got that in spades (she'd probably shoot anyone who implied otherwise).]

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. Probably for the best.

[comebewe]

He wasn't me!

[As for that second part, there's really no point dignifying that with an answer. Surely Jules can't be so thick that he doesn't realise how he might get on everyone else's nerves?]

[detectivewonder]

We call ourselves Travelers. I've even heard "Fellow Traveler" used a few times. Now I wonder where that started.

[detectivewonder]

Probably second to last, but we're getting there, yeah.

Then we find out if the next part is Battle Royale or not.

[failgoyle]

He still tried to kill me several times!

[lunchleader]

So, that's why they have to pretend to be dragons and such? Because they're still learning to be human? Or just like most normal people? Though I guess that makes sense if they only look human, but really aren't.

Still...it would be nice if they just tell us why they need our help. And what for. That way, we'd be able to really help them with whatever the problems they need fixing all across these worlds.