synopsychic

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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I can do that, even with my excellent sneaking skills.

I'd been trying to watch the news anyway to see if I could get a better idea of what we're supposed to be doing here. We should be good there.

Thanks, Hajime. You're a bro.

Uh, and check on Selene too if you can. If I do come back I'm going to basically Malik Gambit as an undead version of Newport's Thorne, but I still don't know if that's going to happen.

... I guess I could still do that whether or not reports of my death make it out.

I'll try, yeah. Maybe get her some sympathy carrots or something.

You probably could. Just woke up as a vampire, no idea what happened or how...it could work.

Yeah. I mean, it's a weird enough world that I could probably get away with saying that. I think maybe I will--if only because it'll buy me time to, um, inherit Newport Thorne's stuff.

If you want, I can say I found you like that.

Granted, given what he's read off my mind so far, might be a better idea to leave me out of it.

Yeah. I'll just try it on my own.

Good luck.

Thanks.

[She switches to private]

Oh! Could you grab the shoebox from the coat cupboard at L's for me? I don't-- didn't take anything electronic or with a magnetic strip with me when me and Selene went out to do our nightly rounds-- because I didn't want them to get fried or ruined in case I ran into one of the electricity guys and had an altercation-- so you'd be able to get Newport Thorne's cards and phone to me. Which would be helpful. If nothing else, I'm calling her mom and dad and telling them how much she missed them.

I can get it, definitely.

And yeah, that...that's a really good idea.

My own never got any closure from me. From when I died, I mean. Because I didn't know it was coming and then I-- then I was Traveling. So if I can give it to hers...

... and I guess I just want to hear my mom's voice again. One more time. And maybe tell her... not exactly about my adventures here... but maybe about some of the people.

I mean. She's not my actual mom but she is my mom. And if. And if I can tell her about the important people I've met. I just. I want to talk to her. I want to tell her about... about my boyfriend and his boyfriend and all my friends.

Oh, man, yeah...I...

[He can understand. He can so understand. He'd like to talk to his mom again, bring Kenzaki home...]

Do it. You should definitely do it.

Yeah. I think I will.

welp

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