Right after entering liminal

[wolvering]

By the Crone's saggy, dessicated paps! Those mangy, fly-struck, thrush-footed, worm-begot sons of dungheaps! To Gifnu's deepest hells with you, Trumps. You--

[The tirade continues with more creative swearing and cursing, even slipping into different languages a time or two, for a solid minute more. But eventually Pod runs out of steam, and there's a moment of silence before she addresses the network with more calm.]

So do these Trumps mock everyone with their overlays or am I just that unlucky?

Comments

[wolvering]

Or a stone fence around a pasture? It won't keep everything out, but it keeps the horses and cattle in well enough, and makes it much harder for brigands to get in.

[Someone else might have said wolves, but Pod knows they'll avoid going after livestock if they can.]

I can try imagining that!

[A pause] But how do I know it's working?

[leftbehindagain]

Yeah, that works too.

You half have to take it on faith, since it's... difficult to prove whether anyone's actually poked into your conversations in the first place. But it does feel a little more securely locked down, if you stop to pay attention. It's difficult to describe.

[wolvering]

I'm going to try it!

[Pod takes a couple minutes imagining building a wall around herself, like she's in the middle of a nice, pleasant pasture, and then reaches out for the network.]

Did it work? I'm not sure how to really tell if it feels different or not.

[leftbehindagain]

I think so. That's a lot more solid than your first attempt at locking the conversation down, at least, which is definitely a good sign.

[wolvering]

Oh good! Thank you very much for helping! I feel much better knowing it's more private than before.

[Even if she's more assured that people won't judge, knowing people could listen in makes her feel vaguely ill.]

[leftbehindagain]

Any time, Touwata-chan.

Keep practicing and you'll be able to lock down an entire conversation by yourself.

[wolvering]

I will! I'm sure I'll get it in no time!

[leftbehindagain]

I'm sure you will. You're a quick learner.