The Synodiporia Psychic Network

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2015-09-12T08:30:10Z

Posted by: neverfeltthatway

[The first thing Armin does is stream the unsettling sight in front of him - a shallow pool of water, and inside, the sign of the King in Yellow. After a moment, he turns the camera back on himself, so to speak.]

It's appeared again. I got picked up by one of the... the pinballs, and eventually got dropped into this maze. I thought I'd take a look around, since I was already here, and eventually I came across it.

[He switches perspectives again, briefly, to do a slow pan around him and show enough that someone should be able to recognize the area if they come across it.]

For those who don't know, the King in Yellow is a god, a creature of fear and madness. We stopped him from manifesting an avatar into the world a little more than half a year ago, but his sigil still haunts us. Everyone should try to avoid it, if they can - meddling with it could free the King and his creatures, releasing them into liminal space.

If anyone finds the sign in the future, Leonardo and I both know how to contain it - please let one of us know.

[Private to: Leonardo]

I could use your help. I know the protections, but I don't have any way to physically contain it.

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[Questing Country]

2015-08-16T03:48:03Z

Posted by: mysunnydisposition

So... I think we've all figured out by now that we're probably here to get this valence, right? Big powerful magic wish-granting whatsit... It's all anyone talks about around here. Can't blame them.

But I've been wondering, if one of us wins it... What do we even use it for? Like... I can think of a few things I want, but somehow I don't feel like 'there's no place like home' is going to work here.

Should we have a plan or something?

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[Locked to Jaunt]

2015-07-31T17:41:16Z

Posted by: chalicejoker

...so does this place give anyone else weird yelling urges?

[Yelling to transform, yelling to attack, what is his life now?]

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[Jaunt-Locked] Missing persons

2015-07-28T19:39:38Z

Posted by: howexciting

Perdonatemi... I do not think we have all officially checked in, yet. Leonardo da Vinci, present... but that is not really why I meant to speak with you all.

I had originally thought there might have been a few more Infiltrators than average, but... I can say with certainty that I have been all over most of the islands, and Genevieve and Alcuin and I have not caught sight of Malik whatsoever. Has anyone seen him? Or Ambrose? Daneel? Riddick, or Armin, perhaps? Raidou seems to be missing. I remember Liara, too, from the Grid, and I have not seen her since Melasurei. And a young woman from Armin's world, Mikasa, I believe, whom I have not seen since Liminal Space. And there is another gentleman I met recently, by the name of Tick-Tock, whom I cannot seem to locate either.

I do not mean to alarm anyone, but... they couldn't all have just... disappeared, could they? Not before a Jaunt even began. Some Travlers vanish after a Jaunt, true, but I saw most of them in Liminal Space... this is unprecedented.

[And that's really not something he wants to think about - the "rules" they had in place suddenly changing on them.]

There may be others I have not yet met who might also be missing, therefore, if you notice someone else who does not appear to be present, please let us know. Perhaps I am worrying over nothing, but... I am worried.

Thank you for your time.

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synopsychic @ 2015-07-25T14:46:00

2015-07-25T05:54:45Z

Posted by: darkhourdear

Guys I'm finally myself for once!!

[no seriously you have no idea how happy he is about this. ~~though if you saw him in his costume this might be a surprise to you.~~]

So, um. So far I've figured out that this is called Questing Country, and it's some kind of dream scape? So it's ok to say we don't live here, and would actually be really weird to say that we did. People here go on quests to find something called a Valence, which can grant a wish, but it's only given to whoever is 'the most worthy'. To get there you have to like fight 'dream beasts' and things like that.

And we have magic! Even if we're investigating. They seem to be themed, so I'm the... Champion of Stars, I guess? Which is weird. [but at least the Trumps let up on all the death references.] The animals and stuff that show up will help us, but they seem kind of cryptic and we have to figure out the magic on our own.

Um... that's all I've got, I think. Has anyone else figured out anything? I'm at least pretty sure that the Valence is a thing we need to try and go after.

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[video]

2015-07-15T03:01:40Z

Posted by: abweichend

[After some time has passed Levi's voice filters across the network, accompanied by the only visual he can provide at this point: a top-down view of his now only partially tattooed hand.

He'll keep this brief:]

Looks like my little stowaway from the Grid can clean this shit up too. It takes a minute, but it's painless-- [a pause as the aforementioned stowaway floats toward Levi's face for its close-up, glowing a faint white and puffed proudly in all its pokey glory until he shoos it off to the side with a huff] Knock it off-- ...The Bit doesn't care what they say, and neither do I.

I'm not hard to find-- [Here he gives the general location of the building he's created, which by now is a bit better suited for company- there will be a pot of ~~non-nourishing~~ tea waiting on an end table for anyone stopping by for Bit-laser tattoo removal.

And the public portion almost ends there, but before Levi changes his psychic filter:]

...Tell me where you are if you can't make it out here. I'll find you, I guess.

[The rest is private, directed to Erwin in particular and as neutral as Levi can manage given the circumstances:]

You too.

[[ooc: Handwave, chat, go to him, have him come to you... Anything is good by me, including newbies asking for info if they haven't gotten the welcome speech yet. Dat vet thing. He can probably do that now.]]

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Unfliltered

2015-07-12T20:54:43Z

Posted by: nicotinized

[Toshi's mental voice sounds a little anxious - he's trying to hide it, but he has no idea when he is, just that finally there are other people around and some of them look familiar]

Hey, what did I miss? Is Souji still here?

[there's a pause, and then he sounds a little calmer, and a little embarrassed]

I got stuck in some weird patch of liminal space where time was all fucked up - watch didn't work right or anything.

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psychic/action

2015-05-21T03:55:47Z

Posted by: upcard

[Hope you're all enjoying your sudden, Liminal Space-filled existences, Travelers. Either way, there's suddenly going to be a very tentative, very timid psychic broadcast.]

Um... excuse me...

[For anyone who met Mai during the Jaunt, she's certainly entirely different now--but then again, that's why she's doing this in the first place, despite being terrified of bothering people in this way. So after a brief pause, she rallies her courage.]

...My name is Mai--um, for the people I didn't know, and I... I was really different in that Jaunt b-but... I just wanted to say that I'm really really sorry!

[There's no visual here--she doesn't have the capability--but even so, it's pretty obvious to anyone who knows her that she's bowing her head here in her shame and apology.]

I did some truly terrible things to everyone, and I...I was really-- [A pause.] Just... I'm very sorry. That's... that's all.

Oh-- um. Near-san... [...what does she even say to him? She's really not sure. After a moment, a really awkward pause, she manages a fumbled thought--] Can we...talk?

[For those who would rather go the action route, Mai is not hard to find; she's tucked against a penny slots machine, arms wrapped around her knees, chin resting on them and eyes downcast. Seems this Jaunt took quite a lot out of her as well, but then again, dying isn't fun for anyone.

There are people she knows she needs to find and check on, but... well, she needs just a moment longer.]

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open to Investigators

2015-05-05T04:18:05Z

Posted by: leftbehindagain

That prison had some new people in it. If you weren't expecting to hear this, don't panic - as the locals might say, it's a feature, not a bug. Everyone else, help them settle in some? This has to be at least twice as disorienting as usual.

While I'm here, is there anyone around who's any good at bomb disposal?

[People who know Naoki decently well might notice that he sounds... a little different. Like something lit a fire under his ass. (Spoilers: Something did.)]

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open to Investigators; (slightly backdated to) the beginning of week 2 of the digital frontier jaunt

2015-04-17T04:54:24Z

Posted by: betrayedblade

[So (with mod permission) Giovanni managed to sneak into the Partition with a little magic (no, literally, he got Zatanna to give him red circuits to get inside) and from there learned a few interesting tidbits of information that he would like to get out to the rest of the Investigators. ~~He also stole some Defender armor and a baton or two but that's completely besides the point.~~

Thus, as Giovanni makes his way back out of the Partition with his stolen goods the Assassin sends out a quiet message on the psychic network. His mental voice is calm and controlled, but it would be hard to miss the undercurrent of excitement and import in the words as well.]

I have managed to find out a few things about our dear 'friends' the Defenders today.

In case you did not get the chance to meet him on our first day here, there was a one-eyed program watching critically over the proceedings. That is the Defender known as JORD1 and he is their leader. Talk around the fortress--or Partition as they call it--indicates that he is a very dedicated program when it comes to his function. It quickly became clear that he will do whatever it takes to defend the system no matter the cost. That cost could be quite high, I fear, if given the chance but I'll come back to that point in a moment.

The Partition itself is a curious place. For any of those interested in such information the fortress is composed of four quarters: the barracks, the armory, the Ports, and the Administration Tower. (If anyone would like an actual map of the area I could provide a sketch should you wish for one.) The former two places I mentioned are self-explanatory; the latter two are quite important. The Ports have something to do with a network of communication and only two programs have access to them apparently. JORD1, naturally the Defender leader would have control over this vital process, and a program known as ROSE, a Miner I believe. It would seem though that ROSE never uses the Ports. Whether that is a recent development or not, I could not say for certain.

[After a small pause he continues.]

The Administration Tower is full of the Defenders' more critical functions. It houses not only the higher key figures but several detention cells full of programs waiting to be processed and rooms dedicated to [he speaks this next carefully, slowly:] the re-purposing of programs. [It's clear from his tone he doesn't like the sound of that. It's possible he witnessed this from a hiding spot, or at least heard enough from a dark corner somewhere nearby to figure out what it entailed, and Did Not Like.] I also made a trip to the scrupulously guarded dungeon of the Tower and found a very interesting item there. Like most things here it glowed with a bright current of power, however, I had a feeling it was more than just a trinket considering the circumstances and waited long enough to discover its name and purpose.

[He swears he did not put a pause to his words here for dramatic purposes but it occurred anyway as he collected his thoughts carefully before proceeding with the business end of his tirade.]

They called it 'the Bomb.'

I do not think I have to explain the implications of such a device. Least to say, I fear what may be done with it if it is used and--not to cause any alarms--but from what I gathered I have little doubt the Prime Defender would think twice to use it if he felt the need to do so.

On a further note, I do not suggest trying to get into the Partition to steal the device. [Or the Recognizer. Guys, seriously, do not try to steal the Recognizer ~~without including Giovanni in the very brief joyride that would entail~~.] It was heavily guarded and even I had some small difficulty getting out once the illusion upon my ..circuitry.. wore off. [Although getting in and out was the only hard part for Giovanni; sneaking around inside had been a relative cake-walk for the stealthy Assassin.] Besides, the consequences that would likely incite would be devastating to this Grid. The Defenders could easily obliterate the other programs in the System. I suggest instead a different route to prevent its use: let us simply make sure events do not unfold to make it a necessary evil for the Defenders to use it. That means waiting, of course, and keeping a sharp eye upon things while we are here. It may not be ideal but I urge to err on the side of caution.

[There is a considerably more lengthy pause here this time, purposeful, an allowance for everything he just said and implied to sink in with anyone listening. Hopefully, he hasn't started a panic or encouraged an overzealous individual to take things into their own hands. But he wanted to get the information out there so everyone could be aware of the potential danger should it come to pass.]

I am open to further discussion upon any matter mentioned just now. I will try to answer as many questions as I can to any that may have them.

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open to Investigators

2015-04-17T00:59:45Z

Posted by: leftbehindagain

It can't hurt to try to put some pieces together now that we've had a little more time, right?

Has anyone been able to get anything other than suspicious glares from the Red Team? The more I hear, the less I like the status quo, but if we don't know what the hell they think they're doing we can't really make an informed decision on where to go from here.

I'm also trying to figure out what the... well, the purpose of the Games is. Okay, you get higher Priority out of it, great, but at what cost? If Red Team's so paranoid, why do they allow this distraction from everyone's jobs?

Why is it falling to us and Blue Team to clean up major threats? Speaking of, I hope you guys are all holding up all right, if you've been tangled up in that. The sector I was helping out with lucked out - it was a problem a lot of us have dealt with before, in a way.

No wonder Naoto's getting frustrated.

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Open to All Investigators-Beginning of Digital Frontier Jaunt

2015-04-06T23:59:11Z

Posted by: purseownerisme

For those who are experiencing this for the first time, don't worry. Just keep calm and listen to this message.

If you're hearing this, you're what we call an investigator: someone who retains their memories from their home and other worlds if they have them while in a Jaunt. Some of us have blended in with the setting and are called Infiltrators; don't try and jog their memory back otherwise we'll be in a lot of trouble. They also cannot use the network we're on right now.

What we need to know now is who's not thinking they're a program and what they have noticed so far. Anything will help us try and figure out a way to solve this next issue.

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Open to Investigators

2015-03-02T03:30:01Z

Posted by: shiroganeheir

I cannot be the only person who is worried about PSYCHE-net, can I? I have no problems with androids or robots, however there is just something unsettling about this that I cannot put my finger on. We need to keep a close watch on this so-called beta situation.

Also, is anyone else suspicious about this... entity? I am beginning to wonder if we are encountering another one of our infamous Trumps. The Lovers comes to mind. Any thoughts?

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synopsychic @ 2015-02-18T20:00:00

2015-02-19T03:06:42Z

Posted by: hakodate

[There's a bit too much chaos to deal with it while the flash mob is still going, but as soon as things settle down, for some relative value of settling down, Hijikata's straight on to business.]

If this is your first jaunt: don't panic, try to blend in.

Some of our number are going to think they belong in this world. If you can hear this, then obviously, you're not one of them. Keeping an eye on our infiltrators is usually our second clue to figuring out what the hell we're supposed to be doing here.

Our first one is when we arrive in the middle of some shitstorm like this, though - that usually means something. So it's sounding like this one's got to do with... [A slight noise of frustration. This is not his wheelhouse.] Romantic shit? Valentine's Day? If any of you are experts, now would be a good time to tell the rest of us. Or if you know a lot about, I don't know, weddin-

[Actually, no, this is not how he wants to start wedding planning, he is going to cut himself the hell off there. Embarrassedly.]

We usually start by checking in, anyway, so if you're still yourself, speak up. If you've noticed anyone is definitely an infiltrator, tell us that, too; you might as well save us the trouble of saying something really goddamned stupid to them while we're trying to figure it out.

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[open to all] Regarding Trump metaplot and tattoos

2015-01-05T20:14:50Z

Posted by: howexciting

Forgive me, everyone, I... have some announcements, of sorts.

[His mental voice sounds remarkably hesitant. Still, after a moment of silence as he waits for everyone's attention, his mental voice calms as he continues.]

( TL;DR on Tarot decks, meeting Trumps, and strange tattoos )

I can only conclude, then, that Don Orlea was a Trump, and more specifically, il Matto, the Fool. Further, something the Sun said to me... about being "spoken for", the Moon mentioning the beginning of the cycle, and then marking others with these tattoos, all lead me to believe that the Trumps are marking us for some unknown purpose. They cannot mark us more than once, that I know for sure. But as to why...

[He pauses again, to let all of this sort of sink in with everyone else.]

If you find such a mark, I think it would be wise to let us know, especially if it is from il Sole o la Luna. If you are not comfortable doing so, I understand... but this may be an important clue as to our purpose here.

If you have any questions, too, as always I will be happy to answer what I can. Thank you for your time.

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Doing that veteran thing...

2014-12-10T02:01:36Z

Posted by: inexecution

Did anyone else notice the train seems to loop back on itself?

[That sudden psychic broadcast is brought to you with a great deal of excitement, because of course it is. For those new Travelers who didn't already get an introduction via Joscelin, welcome to the Psychic network! Confusion is to be expected. It's okay, Souji's got your back.]

And I saw some new faces while I was walking around, so, hello! This is probably confusing, but don't worry. You can ask pretty much anyone here for help, we're used to it by now. I'm Souji, by the way. [Well, one of them, anyway...] Don't worry. This is all perfectly normal. [...ish.]

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