[open to Investigators]

[wholeheaded]

Oh, well this is... different.

[ the mental voice is light, American-accented, and at first hesitant but confidence builds as he goes on. ]

Hello new Travelers, and not-as-new ones I haven't met yet, looks like the Trumps have a new mission for us. If you can hear me, you're an Investigator and that means exactly what you'd think: we're gonna be putting our heads together to help solve some problem in this world. Thankfully that putting-our-heads-together bit's pretty easy because of this nifty telepathic thingy-- don't worry, no one can hear your thoughts if you don't want them to, but if you need help or find out stuff you think is important please share with the rest of the class.

[ it's funny because they're in a school, see. ]

You might have friends here, other Travelers, who don't remember you and think they've lived all their lives in this world. We call them Infiltrators and usually they're good sources of info, so try and blend in and stay close with them. That shouldn't be too hard since the folks here seem to have been expecting us, or a group like us and good Glinda can we please have every Jaunt start like this?

Ah... meanwhile let's try and coordinate and see who's still with us. My name's Ambrose, by the way, I'm that guy with the zipper on his head.


[ooc: Psychic network post for all your orientation needs. Remember that only investigators can use it, and feel free to threadjack around! ]

Comments

[wholeheaded]

[ oh thank the stars. ]

Good, I'm glad too. So... what did they do to her?

[ because he's actually been sorta wondering about that. ]

[thezerothlaw]

She is a cat. A large one, and apparently in possession of her usual mind, but physically she is a domestic cat. This is possibly much more conducive to blending in.

[wholeheaded]

That's really convenient. [ and adorable. ] I'm trying to decide between "medical necessity" and "fashion choice" to explain the zipper, probably keep it vague until we figure out recent history.

[ he hopes he can avoid using "war wound" again, it was a little too close to home in Brooklyn. ]

Does 2039 mean anything significant to you?

[thezerothlaw]

It was roughly fifteen hundred years before I was created. I do not know the details of the time, though I admit there is nothing about that time period that strikes me as highly relevant, either than that it was during the beginning of the first positronic brains and the earliest robots. What I know of this era does not seem to match this, but I have also seen very little at this point.

[wholeheaded]

Or maybe it's another world entirely, either like Dolorosa or... well, a school's a good place to find that sort of stuff out. There's gotta be records here somewhere, and nobody'll look at us weird for doing research.

[thezerothlaw]

Indeed. I admit I am curious about what we may be able to learn, if this is the same world any of us have come from, or not.

I am glad you are also yourself, Ambrose.

[wholeheaded]

Yeah, I think... if the last Jaunt taught us anything it was to think outside the box.

[ collective "us" there, of course. ]

Same. I look forward to working with you rather than... whatever he was doing. [ Ambrose is trying to make a strong delineation between himself and Violet, no matter that he still feels pinpricks of the Illuminant's power. they're foreign and unpleasant and he's hoping they'll fade sooner rather than later. ]

[thezerothlaw]

[He catches that subtlety, remembers it for future reference.]

I don't believe that I enjoy realising I have been working contrary to my allies and, if I may use the term, friends.

[wholeheaded]

No, no, that's... leftover Illuminated moping. You've been a perfectly good friend to me, Daneel.

[thezerothlaw]

[There are few people who have called him that. Robots -- Auroran robots, at least -- tend to use the word freely, as a matter of general address which means little. Giskard had always called him Friend even before it meant more. That just leaves... Elijah. And that was a long time ago.]

I am glad to hear it. I will endeavour to continue to be a good friend.

[wholeheaded]

[ and Ambrose tends form quick, close bonds with people (people being the operative word and Daneel absolutely is a person) but nevertheless claiming friendship is important to him. ]

And I'll do the same.