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I'm looking to expand on the resources we have available - well, more establish one and expand on the other.

The new one first: Allura-san brought up how often we've been to space, and I had the beginnings of a list trying to narrow down possible connections between jaunt worlds. I know some of the conntections are obvious - space and Questing Country, Bando and the mermaids - but if anyone's thought much about which Earths might be the same or different, that would help some too.

As for the older resource, it occurs to me that with Fortune back in play, my attempt at information on the Arcana needs updating. Does anyone have any insight into what she's up to? There's a few other holes I never managed to fill in, mostly whether Hierophant had an alias and what a few of them have in mind to do if they win, but Fortune is the biggest question mark at the moment.

Once I've got things updated I'll leave copies in the library, and on the intranet if I can get a hold of a computer for a while. The Arcana list is already on the network, and the other one will be joining it.

okanetendo

Ah, there are the new faces we were hoping to see
Welcome to Liminal Space, for all that's worth
Don't freak out at the texting; we apparently got hooked up with pagers in our brains.
(For free, a price I can get behind)

My name is Nabiki Tendo, and I've been at this four times now
(which makes me what, an Emperor?)
We aren't gonna have much time, so here's the short version:
We're gonna find ourselves in another world, or a "Jaunt"

Pros; we get cool powers from it
Beats the hell out of training for it for years
Cons; some of us won't remember who we are
Pay real close attention if someone looks familiar -
They're probably important to whatever problem we're trying to fix

Oh, and grab some food while we're out
Liminal Space doesn't take cash or credit
But I can teach folks how to make a dimensional pocket to stuff snacks in
Or weapons, if you're anything like my sister or some of the fruitcakes who spar with her

truerevelation

[Unusually for something that's just chatter, Kanji's throwing an image projection onto the network as he talks - dark hair, decorated leather jacket, all the rest of his usual human appearance. He's looking optimistically thoughtful.]

Hey. So I was talking to one of the new guys - hi everyone, by the way. Something came up... yeah, we're pretty good at getting folks food and places to stay around here now. And we keep working on ways to get info about this whole Travelling mess out to people.

But... we can probably do better by now.

So I was wonderin'. What other sorts of things would be good to get ready for newbies? I'm thinking of getting stuff like more clothes out 'n ready... anyone wanna pitch in?

[As much as he's tempted to, he won't rub Souji's departure in anyone's face by commenting about how long some people had stayed in school uniform...]

Just a thought, huh.

[Closed to close/trusted CR:]

And... okay. Dunno how much of this I should be spreadin' across the network, but... I think I oughta let you guys know, at least. The timeline shit's started again. If you see a - a younger version of me, still doin' the dye thing, with a kinda ...dark pinky red cloak?

He's callin' himself Ochre, and I think he's ... been through some shit even before gettin' here. Memory's kinda hosed. The rest of it's probably ... more his story to tell, but ... yeah.

Man. Been ... been a while since somethin' like this, ain't it.

leftbehindagain

In another round of probing the network's capabilities, I think I've found a way to just... leave information available on the network without actually having to hunt through a million conversations to get to the useful stuff. It still needs some testing, but I can't imagine the range of skills to pull the information off the network is all that big - but more important, at least right now, is what I'm planning to leave there.

The most immediately useful thing I could think of was basic information about the Arcana, to help people who aren't tarot-conversant catch up a little. I've put a lot together based on what's been discussed before, but there are still gaps in my knowledge.

If anyone knows anything about what Magician, Priestess, Lovers, Strength, Hermit, Devil, Moon or Sun plan to do if they win, I'd really appreciate having that on the list. Empress and Emperor too - all I could find in reviewing older stuff was that they agreed to do the same thing if either of them wins. I know a couple of them are out of competition at the moment, but considering Lovers has already staged a comeback, I'd rather set this up like any of them could win.

I also couldn't find anything about Tower and Justice's personalities, or whether Hierophant or Star had another name.

truerevelation

Hey.

I know most of us have just been tryin' to keep the hell out of the Starquakes' way, but ... been back to doing a bit of investigating them. Well. Some of it's me, but Minako got something big outta it all that I figure people oughta hear.

This ain't natural. The Quakes, all the transformations, whether that's people or places... they're something's way of trying to reach out and grab people. Talk to them, or ... or through 'em, from some of the stuff I've been hearing. Got some stuff from Lupa that sounds like Harbingers are connected to the wills behind it all, and those things are huge.

But ... it's one big question. The thing that's making them happen, or the things... powerful, yeah, but ... they're lonely.

They're askin' who else ... or where else ... is out there.

It's all coming from ... somewhere beyond the rest of Questing Country. Like the cave people have been poking, but that ain't the right spot - good job, huh. Dunno if the thing's even trying to cause as much of a mess as it is, but all these ... these different dreams and layers of dreams, never mind what the hell that rock's doing... it's kind of turning into something like an avalanche. Throw one pebble and the whole damn mountain comes down. That's how it looks to me, anyway.

And it's still making me think about that thing that caused the Tachyon Storm. That big glowy thing. ...Am I right in rememberin' people talking about 'Starmovers'? Or am I gettin' mixed up with other star stuff?

fridgeninja

If we make it all the way to our current Jaunt, there's a few movies left.

In that time, as long as we're discussing the new things we're learning about the Arcana, maybe we should review the old things, as well. There's a lot left out of these movies...

The Fool, who goes by Don Orlea, doesn't do a very good job asking questions, but he seems to be easy to speak to. He probably can't help not answering; his archetype doesn't know the answers.

The Magician, or ROSE, seems tricky but friendly. She managed to pretend to be a Traveler for most of a Jaunt. We know she's very close to SAGE, or Hermit, and that she cheated somehow when she took us to rescue him.

High Priestess is mysterious. She uses a lot of different names, and in Questing Country, she pretended to be someone's Spirit Companion.

Empress, or Mei, is mothering. She shows up frequently to check in, and she cares about how we're doing even if she doesn't understand it. Star matters to her, too.

Emperor, or Hakan Caesar, represents rules and order and fatherhood. He and Empress seem like a team, even though their archetypes disagree on a lot of things.

Hierophant is dead. I'm not sure how many of the details about that we know, but we had some theories I'm happy to discuss - unless anyone's heard anything definite now?

Lovers, or PSYCHE-chan, is allied with the Devil, and opposes Magician and Hermit. She shows up for weddings. She's friendly in a way, but it's because we're toys she likes to play with.

Chariot, or Cairbre, is about action, and doesn't talk much. They don't seem to be very good at disguising themself, either.

Strength, or Durga, seems to be pretty positive, but also doesn't talk much. I know that most of the people she's marked think pretty well of her.

Hermit, or SAGE, tried to leave the game once, and was captured by Lovers and Devil. We rescued him, but now he's a wolf.

Fortune, who won the last game, is dead now. Technically, it's Fortune's rules we're all playing by.

Justice is about clear decisions. We shouldn't expect Justice to take sides. I don't know much else about this version of the Arcana, and I don't want to make assumptions based on the card.

Hanged Man was so relaxed that he didn't seem to care about losing the game. He's also an Arcana that we know declined to Mark certain people. Some of them are more picky than others, and some are more greedy than others, and some care more about the rules. That's useful to know.

Death seems pretty straightforward and willing to talk, but has been involved in some past decisions that hurt Travelers badly. 'Death' in the Tarot deck means 'change,' so he's not as scary as you might think from the name.

Temperance is also dead.

Devil-san, or MALBOLGE, is most likely to abuse, mistreat, and punish Travelers, or to deliberately hurt other Arcana.

Tower represents violent change and disaster, and was pretty bad at pretending to be anyone else.

Star is dead.

Moon is tricky and untrustworthy - it seems like some Arcana know how to lie and some don't. I'm not sure Moon knows how to tell the truth.

Sun definitely doesn't lie. Apart from Death, Sun's probably told Travelers more than any other Arcana.

Judgment isn't an Arcana I have very much experience with, so I'm not sure what to say about them, except that they're usually positive in a deck of cards.

For me, it makes most sense to help Sun to win, if we're playing their game at all. But I'm sure other people have much more information than I do, and I might have gotten some things wrong. I'd like to hear what everyone else has learned about their Arcana, or what they think. We should probably discuss our theories, too, at some point.

ninjayeehaw

I know I can't be the only one what's noticed this, but I gotta ask.

Anyone else wonderin' how Hermit an' Death seem t'have both won?

thornsofmalkav

Okay, so. Really we should have told you guys this as soon as we were back from Achaia, but we were both kind of fucked up about things in, like, various ways and then I was in a dungeon and then I've needed so time to recuperate and shit, but basically here's the thing:

That last week in Achaia, Prometheus, Selene and Helios spent some time hanging out together, just the three of them, and Prometheus told the other two about his suspicions about the sudden influx of foreigners, both the ones that helped us, I mean them, and the ones that didn't, and, well...

Prometheus has us figured out. The broad strokes anyway. So we should probably keep that in mind in case we get sent back to Achaia again.

I mean, since the Travelers actually helped Team Titan, he's probably not going to be looking to throw down with us immediately like the Manticorps did, but it's a factor we should probably keep track of.

Also, uh, this has actually nothing to do with the Prometheus thing, but I figured people might also want to know about this. You know how some of the psychic skills people learn here can, like, enable them to read minds or spy or whatever? And how we can build, like, brain firewalls, but that doesn't tell us if someone's trying to read minds or spy, it just keeps them from doing it.

Well, me and Naoto and Claudia kinda figured out how to tell. Mostly Naoto, but we helped. Not who they are yet--we're working on it--but we've got it figured out enough to that we can tell when people are trying. We're calling it Intrusion Notification for lack of a better name. And I can teach it to people if they want.

highsteaks

Oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap

[Chie sounds pretty damn freaked out.]

Guys? Guys? Yosuke just got eaten by the wall and I think he's a real Pogemon now. He says he's named Yowlet and I think he just did some partner bond thing at me and the wall ate him.

summerorange

Everyone, I...I have an update on what was going on with Jules.

[There's a pause, as if she's steeling herself.]

He...he was attacked by someone named Matthew, though Jules thinks that he may have been in the mindset of his counterpart, Masshuu. That person, I presume is the one who was trying to hurt Jules with fire. There was another person who saved him before I could reach the area, but...

[A heavy silence for a few moments.]

Neither survived. I don't know who rescued him but...I am sorry to anyone who might've known either of those two men. Had I been there sooner...

[The implications are left hanging in the silent air on the Network.]

((OOC: Feel free to use this as a general fallout reaction to the mentioned incident.))

theflyingone

[ It is his duty to the rest of the Travelers to make known (at least some of) the information he gleaned when conversing with the Emperor and the Magician. His psychic "voice" is cool and clear, as he attempts to present his findings impartially. ]

( I hope I got the Latin right. )

leftbehindagain

[About halfway through the week, the network flares to life. Much like with Thorne's broadcast the other week, this one includes some unusual scenery: A poured concrete floor and cinder block walls are lit by a single bare light bulb hanging overhead. Shackles dangle from brackets on every side, and the chair in the center of the room is clearly an electric chair. A tall glass sits on top of a stool made of what looks like pure gold - but the liquid inside it is almost definitely blood.

Unlike Thorne's broadcast, though, this one's live. Naoki's not at all sure this is going to go through, but he sees no reason not to try.]

I have to say, this is a really unfortunate combination of folks in terms of decorating.

thornsofmalkav

Hey, guys? I just came back from this weirdass other place. I'm pretty sure it was like that Tree Hotel that Minako went to back in Newport. I couldn't access the Network or anything. It looked like this:

[And Thorne will stream her memory of looking over the room:

The room is small, intimate. There is no sign of a way in or out. Ping-pong balls crunch underfoot, and empty giftboxes, meticulously wrapped and ribboned, are lined up against one wall, while a humming wall of server blades are racked on the opposite wall. A high-backed, gilt chair with red velvet cushions faces an ornate, full-length mirror, and beside the chair is a mug of steaming hot chocolate on a tiny side table, steaming invitingly from beneath a layer of fifteen half-melted marshmallows.

The stream ends.]

So yeah. That was a thing. Also, uh, I Interfaced with the servers there and they had this to say:

Active Liminal Layers: 4.0
Online Travelers: 84
Online Guests: 1
Offline Travelers: 485

So. Uh. I'm guessing that 'offline' Travelers are the ones in dungeons, but wow. That's a lot of us in dungeons.

( Private to Helena and Naoki )

loyalrebel

If anyone is in need of it, there is an entrance to the Workshop through my front room for anyone who has need of it. I managed to put an entrance on either side of the wall between the groups up in the balconies.

I do not care whether you consider yourself friendly towards me or not, all are welcome to use it to access the other side or reach the Workshop. I will do what I can to maintain the dual entrances for as long as we are divided.

[There's a bit of a pause to indicate his shift in subject.]

I have been thinking on the nature of our time infiltrating as well, the parallels and differences between ourselves are difficult to ignore. It cannot be random who we end up overlaying with in these worlds.

I wonder if any of you have thoughts on this matter as well. It is something we may as well discuss.

rustyhonesty

I'm not very familiar with Trump symbolism, so I was wondering about something. I ended up with a tattoo with arrows and hearts. I'm guessing that's Lovers, but the arrows just confused me a bit.

[He doesn't sound really annoyed. Granted, he's not very happy either, but he doesn't feel like making a big fuss over a sudden mystery tattoo.]

I mean, there was that woman who kept saying how she loved love and weddings... so that would make most sense, right?

[There is, however, something he's annoyed about.]

Also, tossing me right into a section of romance novels with the theme unrequited love is a low blow, whoever decides that.

darkhourdear

Um, guys? There's definitely a voice in the thunder but I can't hear what it's saying. Has anyone else heard it? I mean I could only hear it with Sithen ears, so probably not but... I can try to analyze it with my Persona, but I'm not sure what good it'll do.

And... I guess has anyone figured out anything about it this time? There's a lot of stuff.

awitchdidit

Good evening, Travelers. And welcome, new arrivals.

( In sections for your convenience: Trump Talk )

( Familiar Faces )

( Summaries of Jaunts and Lives )

I've gone on long enough this time. Bother me or Thorne for details at your leisure.

[She waves, and assuming Thorne listens, the psychic broadcast will end.]

someonetocarry

So somebody wanna tell me where the Trumps were hidin' this Jaunt? My other self in there was kinda on the sidelines of whatever action went down, given the whole havin'-a-baby thing, and I don't remember talkin' to anythin' that might fit a Trump in disguise.

[Little does she know... still, it's a place to start the conversation for various interested parties, right? Including herself. Because she's not actually even sure which Trump marked her.]

awitchdidit

( Cut for being far too long. )

loyalrebel

In the interest of sharing information, especially concerning our 'hosts', I have some concerning the less dragon involving events that occurred in Misericordia along with some of what I think is reasonable conjecture.

The Illuminants were brought back and made an attack on Liminal Space in order to draw out one of our hosts and defeat them. I believe they would have succeeded, had she not called in backup and forced us out of our overlays and them back out to their homeland.

This likely means a few things, including that it is likely that the Illuminants were originally nearly destroyed because they are seen as a threat as a group and possibly as individuals in the future. Some of these jaunts we get sent on are likely to destroy something that can be used against our hosts, but that is only a theory I have.

I cannot speak to the other Illuminants ambitions, but I can give some insight in to the current Red if anyone wishes for it.

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okanetendo - You know, here's how it goes; you meet me on the street, and then... [text; 37 Minute Liminal]
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You know, here's how it goes; you meet me on the street, and then... [text; 37 Minute Liminal]

Some time after first encountering his double...

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Which winner is which

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An Unhappy Announcement. [End of Week 3, start of Week 4]

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