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[thornsofmalkav]

As the people's poet Ice Cube once said, more than a quarter century ago, "Fuck the police."

Or, I guess, fuck the secret police. Same principle.

Um. Hi. So. Uh. I'm dead again. My overlay was snooping around the site for the Solomon Ring, she got caught by a Manticore Squire, he took her off for questioning and called in a Knight to help him... and let's just say the interrogation went poorly. I'm pretty sure that's what they're going to say in their report about my death. If they don't just go and erase the tapes to cover it up. Which they might. They're a secret police after all.

Anyway, right before the Knight freaked out and I died, the Knight put his hand on my head and said, and I quote, "Oh god, they're back."

Which, um, is kinda worrying.

Also, uh. I should probably let people know that my overlay's boss, Dr. L, is trying to mess with the Solomon Ring for his own purposes. And, uh, he's hella psychic, if only short-ranged, so he knows there's something up with Investigators, if not exactly what. But he's not hostile to us. A little wary, but not hostile.

Anyway, can people keep an eye out the next couple days to see if my death is at all announced or if there's a cover-up? Hajime, you should be able to tell if anyone from the government goes to Dr. L. He's, like, listed as my overlay's employer on her work visa. Because if I'm not officially dead, I'm going to take advantage of the other Thorne's bank account while I still can and maybe see if I can pretend to be her in other ways until the Jaunt ends.

[Locked to Joscelin]

Alcuin's gone. I tried to psychic message him as soon as I woke up here.

He's not on a walkabout or anything. He was here on the Jaunt. I met him. He called himself Alan and... I guess it doesn't matter.

He's been really fucked up since-- since Delaunay vanished. And he and Leo were fighting again. And maybe Malik too?

He's probably in a dungeon now. If I hadn't been Infiltrating...

[Locked to Leonardo]

Querido, do you mind coming to see me for a little while? I could use some company. [And the comfort of eating straight from the tap as it were.]

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[thornsofmalkav]

Hah, yeah. God, Tarot was never my specialty when it comes to the occult, but I know enough to know that lion symbolism or not, Strength isn't really about the kinda shit the Manticore is about.

What they want to happen here probably has a lot to do with which Trumps actually are here, I figure.

[claudiometer]

It's not mine either, but I might add some research to my pile - oh hey. I can finally figure out what's up with her alias, so if nothing else I'll get that useful bit of information.

Yeah, that's the problem. Those two would probably want something different than any of the ones who haven't turned up yet, and one of the remaining three might be here with 'em.

[thornsofmalkav]

Which probably indicates Strength isn't the Manticore? Because if the royals are really Empress and Emperor Emperor, then the Manticore is on their side.

[Thorne is never not going to double Emperor's name.]

[claudiometer]

[Why would you not double it? He brought that one on himself.]

See, that's the part I don't get. She didn't strike me as the type to go in for... well, that.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. Well, maybe that's what Emperor Emperor is for and she's for... something else? Man, I don't even know. Trumps are crazy. I don't even understand mi--

Oh. Fuck. [Guess who just realized she cosplayed her patron Trump multiple time? And went around with the spirit tattoo equivalent of her Trump Mark visible all the time?]

[claudiometer]

Could be. It wouldn't be the first time we've had them working at cross purposes.

What's wrong?

[thornsofmalkav]

[There is a very, very long pause as Thorne decides whether or not she's going to answer that.]

... I might have cosplayed as Priestess. Kind of sort of.

[claudiometer]

...welp.

[thornsofmalkav]

... yeah.

Uh. You didn't see me running around at all while I was Infiltrating, did you?

[claudiometer]

I don't think so. That sounds like the kind of thing that would've stuck out.

[thornsofmalkav]

Well I mean. Even when I was being me, I--

Okay. Uh. So. I haven't told all that many people about this, but I got marked almost a year ago.

And my overlay had the same tattoo for her own reasons and she never bothered covering it up unless she was cold.

So a lot of people are going to know I'm marked now.

[claudiometer]

And that'd explain how you knew Priestess was full up during the sigil thing, at least in part.

What jaunt did she even turn up on, anyway? I'm guessing one of the ones I missed, based on the timing.

[thornsofmalkav]

Questing Country. I think I know all of her marked by now.

... which, sorry, I'm not going to tell you.

[claudiometer]

No, that's fair. Even after sitting on mine for a few months I don't quite understand why people wouldn't say anything, but it's their business whether they want to or not, and when. I wasn't going to ask.

[thornsofmalkav]

It's more that my... third least favorite person in liminal space also has a Priestess mark and I don't want to hear her bitch about being on ostensibly the same team as me.

[claudiometer]

...There's a thing I could say about Priestess having interesting tastes.

But on the other hand, Worick totally got himself marked by banging Mei, so that's slightly pot-kettle. [Considering Worick's been gone for a while and in fact announced half this turn of events on the network, Claudia doesn't feel too bad about mentioning it.]

[thornsofmalkav]

... I'm pretty sure that there's at least one person here who got their Trump Mark by putting on the Trump's hat.

[claudiometer]

And I'd be highly surprised if no one played with ROSE's toys. Especially since I don't think anyone realised what she was up to when she snuck into Liminal Space.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeeaaaah. Rose was before my time, but I know she was pretty fucked up.