(a few hours into the Jaunt, open broadcast)

[protect_and_serve]

[Joscelin's voice, sent across the network, is warm, dry, composed - instilled with enough confidence, he hopes, to reassure the new and uncertain.]

A calm beginning makes for a welcome change. We should still start sharing what we know. Who's with us, and who is missing? Who is infiltrating? What do we know about this world?

If this is your first Jaunt - and there were many new faces in Liminal Space - ask for assistance, and we'll give it.

I'll begin. This is Joscelin Verreuil. We're on the coast of an island, somewhere between Alba and Terre D'Ange- England and France, I think, locally. Magic of some sort appears to be open and commonplace. I can't make sense of their calendar, but we're in or just after the Twentieth Century, as.... Christians... reckon time. This is a port where foreigners are common and unremarked. I have clothes that fit the era, and in my pockets were ten five-pound notes. The Trumps don't mean for us to be spotted immediately, or starve, but I can't guess more than that.

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[awitchdidit]

The world here is plainly magical, though unlike other modern versions of Earth I've seen, magic is displayed openly and the sorcerers and witches - called Empowered, if I understand the festival leaflets correctly - are currently being celebrated for their supernatural contributions to the Empire.

Also, the aesthetic of the Empowered is closer to a children's TV show or comic book than my personal preference, but at least it's less ridiculous than the S. Tech world.

If anyone happens across a young girl answering to Maria or something similar with magical powers and possibly a couple of large cats following her around, do let me know. In exchange, once we've had time to return to Liminal, I can offer a portal back there and a bed for those who don't want to rent a hotel room.

[protect_and_serve]

I'll keep my eyes open for her.

[awitchdidit]

I thank you. I don't think we've been introduced, Mr. Verreuil, but your reputation precedes you as someone who's reliable when it comes to Traveling.

[And not necessarily much else, given that most of that reputation is listening to Thorne.]

It's likely that her Overlay can take care of herself, at least. Two Jaunts ago we Infiltrated separately, and she tried to assassinate me. Got my favorite body double, even.

[protect_and_serve]

I may not be all that reputation makes me.

I'll be... wary, as I look for her.

[awitchdidit]

Oh, likely not. But reputations are all the starting point we have, aren't they?

For example, I wouldn't have mentioned Maria's escapades in Bando if I didn't want you to take her extremely seriously, would I have?

[protect_and_serve]

I shall.