The Synodiporia Psychic Network

Hey. So. I used my secret-discovering skill I got from Shekinah to learn something Chara doesn't know about the Protectorate-That-Was and it turns out? Great-Grandpa Malion and the rest of the house of Broken Stone had access to the Mystic Spires. They were, like, privately raiding them for secret weapons and luxury technology.

Anyway, it's kinda too late for Chara to get on the Expedition seeing that they left yesterday, but if any of you on the expedition get inside a Spire and the place is safe enough, could we work out some shit with Portals to get me and Chara there? I dunno if there's any biometric shit, but it can't hurt to have us. And she'd definitely like to see the place--she just didn't go on the expedition because of the whole keeping herself alive to continue the dynasty thing.

And. Like. There's a very slim chance that Chara and I might be able to get more information on that shit? Hopefully anyway.

Also, I've got an idea for distributing shit to every spire pretty damn fast, but I'm gonna need Matthew's help? I'll private message him about it in a sec, but if he's up for it, let me know if there's shit we need brought over besides, like, Gil's special batteries and basic literacy and shit.

( Locked to Matthew )

So, uh, since I can upload shit directly onto the network now--yeah, I know, it took me long enough--I just put up... well, most of the academic papers I've been writing these last two years about liminal space, ever since this crusty old dude gave me shit for calling what I've been doing science and not, like, actually publishing anything or getting it peer reviewed or like being ready to do an oral thesis defense when he put me on the fucking spot.

[She might be carrying a tiny grudge still, even with said dude long out of ambit.]

Anyway. Um. If people want to look at the psychic versions via their brains, you can get them here? Or you can go to the library and read the paper copies I've been sticking in there each time I finish one. Thanks to everyone's who's beta-read and looked things over and, like, allowed me to interview you over the last two years or so. I owe you guys.

Okay. So. We're gonna have a special guest or two on the network in just a sec, but before that I want to play a conversation I had a little bit ago. For those of you who saw it when I showed people on Naoki's bridge, I'm sorry you have to see it again, but I know he couldn't bring everyone on back then, so it's better I play it one more time. I filtered out the smell impressions for this stream. You're welcome.

[And... she's just going to show the conversation with not-Jackie Humansona where he Reveals Some Shit.]

So yeah. Shit is bananas.

[It is at this point where she triggers the Psychic Delegate for Acantha.]

Anyway! I've just put one of the Beastfolk on the line for everyone--and I've coordinated with Naoki too, so that he'll be putting another one on at the same time. I think I've got enough brain juice to give him roughly a half-hour with us, so use your time wisely? Naoki might be able to give his a little longer.

So yeah. Everyone chime in while they're still on and we'll see where we should go from here.

Okay. Okay, fuck. I've had some weird conversations and I'm pretty sure they're ones I need to fill you guys in on, because... well, I'm spooked.

So the first thing happened with Daneel or rather not-Daneel, because he's Infiltrating and he doesn't have a name yet. And he's a Seer, right? He's got the knowledge of making water wheels in his noggin. But he's got other stuff in his head too. Like a drawing of God's Isle and these symbols he doesn't understand--he drew them for me and they looked a whole fucking lot like letters, numbers, and typographical symbols--and, like, being in sticky water and someone telling him to remember.

That would be freaky enough, but then the shit with not-Jackie happened.

So you know the strange creature, the actual mythical human? He says he remembers me--that is, me-as-Thorn-the-weaver--and he called me 'Char' and said I already had a kid? He's a little confused--sunstroke will do that to you--but I don't think he's lying. I think he's involved with this. Somehow.

So, like, I dunno but I think maybe it would be a really good idea to, like, pool information about people who might be... fuck, I don't know? Significant to something being rotten in the state of Home? Because it's not like we can round up every single person and march them to the latrines to be interrogated--it'll take too long and there's always a chance that the midgecams will change their mind about not wanting to see us shit--but if we can at least narrow it down to a couple people, maybe we can focus our detective work. Or something.

Hey! This is Thorne. I'm in the, uh, second Traveler group. The one that's been doing this longer. Anyway, one of the things we learned how to do that the first group should also learn how to do in time is to... well, basically break into the private spaces of the playing card themed entities that serve as our Hosts, be they called Champions or Arcana or Trumps. And some of us have reason to believe that Fortune is involved with shit for this Jaunt.

A small group of us had privately made some plans to do the aforesaid breaking in, but we had to delay it to wait on some business here and in the time since our first plans we'd figured out that Matthew, who is our primary person for accomplishing that breaking in, can actually bring a LOT more people with him when he invades the spaces of our Hosts than he used to be able to. Which means we don't have to actually limit the breaking in to the four of us who originally planned to do it.

Basically, with Matthew being the primary taxi and me and Claudia helping, we can get somewhere around thirty people there and back with us. Because Matthew is officially the Armin of Liminal Space now.

ANYWAY. Anyway. Because of that, we figured we'd open up going on the Fortune Field Trip to everyone, both our group and the first group. Or, you know, the first thirty? I don't know how many people are gonna want to.

We'll probably leave in a day or two and hopefully should be back the same day. We'll meet in Liminal Space, in front of the theatre marquee that's unfortunately on the ground right now. If you don't have portals, let us know and one of us will open up a portal for you.

Okay, so. For a variety of reasons, including that me and Matthew have some rad new theories about the way that liminal space and the network actually work--as well the theoretical basis for a bitchin new skill category--I would like to invite everyone to a Salon. A Psychic-And-Liminal Salon.

But when I say Salon, I don't mind the kind you go to in order to get your hair done. I mean it in the old-fashioned sense, as a sort of intellectual party where everyone meets up to have snacks and swap theories and demonstrate cool shit they've found. It's something I've actually tried doing before in small groups? And both times went pretty well, so I think after the alpha and beta test Salons, I'm totally ready to make this an open thing.

Anyway, I'd host it in a created room and, like, make sure there's plenty of food and everyone could come over and swap ideas and new tricks--and any interesting information that people might have found out from these weird visions we've been getting these last couple liminal spaces.

I think what Yosuke said a few days ago, how since we've had past and sort-of-present visions in this liminal space that we're probably due for some future ones soon, is probably right. And because of that--and also because some of those past visions might have shown us pre-Moebius shit--I think it's definitely a good idea if people talk about things they've learned from them at the Salon.

Because of that, I don't want to hold it until at least after liminal space turns? Because then we could get some future visions in, like I said. But on the other hand, I'm not entirely sure if they'll dump us right into a Jaunt after we get to the Liminal Space Yet To Come, so I dunno if we can wait it out for the Salon? On the other hand, we do usually get a warning liminal before Jaunts where they hint at shit and give the noobs some time to flail around, so it might be better to bet on that happening and do the Salon then?

What do you guys think? Do it in the theoretical next liminal or bet we'll have a hint-filled one full of newbies after that and hold it then?