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...a choir of Cantors - that is, what the Conductors became, the ones in blue - form a temporary psychic network with anyone singing along, and can pass on Bolsters.

This extends to one bond group per Cantor. Not person, bond group.

It's a. It's a Bond. It adds us to the Bond Group, for as long as we're singing together.

I know this because Casper, Jules, Pez and Ace got the benefits when we fought together, and they didn't go blue afterwards.

As far as Leah, Pez and Ace know, Temporary Bonds or Bonds that you can choose to join are unprecedented in the history of Questing Country.

bite_the_hand

If the Conductors are being run by a giant computer in the Waking World, that makes them a kind of computer virus like the Automata, right? And if the Conductors are like the Automata, doesn't that make Questing Country a kind of computer system too? Like the ZODIAC?

I might be shit at computers, but I do know you can give them a kind of immune system by installing antivirus in them. So is there a reason we can't make an antivirus against Conducting and install it into Questing Country?

Something to undo the damage to the Conductors' wills and stop it from being spread by accident. Then the existence of the Conductors wouldn't be damaging to Questing Country, just like the Automata don't hurt the Grid or the ZODIAC anymore.

Reprogramming the macrochip is still important too, but if we can do both then won't Questing Country stay safe even if the bastards behind this decide to build a new macrochip and try again?

insidegalra

As far as I can investigate into such things, the Orthorhombric Lattice is the originating point for all of this. Thetan is furious enough to disregard the risks.

For me, the greater good outweighs the risks. Doing a Sift on the fractals will give us more information and we are going to need all the information we can to fix this in a way that doesn't cause further harm. Even with significant psychic protection, there is probably still risk.

Given the risk, please take time to consider if it's worth it to you before volunteering. Who knows Sift or is willing to learn it in order to figure out what these fractals do? There are other useful skills from that world as well, so if you know them, or are willing to teach them before we begin, please speak up.

Once we have gathered a group and coordinated, I propose that the Sift itself happens on Aratta. The signals and even just the INVLEP software does influence choices, but to a greater extent in the dream.

If you know of other methods for getting information from the fractals, I would like to hear those as well.

truerevelation

Yo. So, been out in the Wakin' World - I figure the other guys out here are gonna have their own things to share, but got some stuff that ... Well, it ain't pretty. I mean, it's kinda pretty if you can see it but - ah, hell, you know what I mean.

Uploaded the raw data to the network if anyone can handle it. But lemme try and show-

[Kanji starts streaming a view of a computer display - showing what looks like a map of Snowflake picked out in strange colours and fine threads. A hand taps the screen briefly, cycling through different displays of interlocking fractals, but one thing stands out clearly: the patterns converge on the space elevator.]

Was expectin' to get some kinda ...tracking data when I went looking. Got this instead. It's ... it's crazy complex, but there's only three real frequency ranges bein' transmitted in there.

Turns out they're the same frequencies as your regular dreamin' person's brainwaves. And the Skyhook elevator's the antenna that's blastin' it all. It's everywhere...

claudiometer

Hoo boy. I realise this phrasing may be treading on thin ice right now, but strange things are afoot at the Aratta Skyhook.

First things first. Leah took the news that she was chosen to be the first Conductor deliberately... about as well as we figured she would. She has a theory as to why and asked me to run it by you guys. [And so she does, letting the memory play out from the linked point until Leah says she'd like to talk to the Oracle who uncovered this.]

So yeah, Thace, if she hasn't found you already, find her.

Second. I made sure to get a planetside view while I was out and about. Alexandra had never bothered before, and apparently wouldn't have understood what she was looking at anyway, and for an uninhabitable planet there's a shitton happening on the surface. And, uh, I found the source of the mysterious ticking noise, probably.

They're building a computer chip the size of fucking WYOMING.

insidegalra

[Shortly after the Travelers' nightmares appear, and are at least contained enough to take a mental break, Thace comes on the network, sounding grim.]

I have insights on Conductors from my current status as an Oracle, and from Analytics.

First, in cases where a Conductor does not consciously choose to become a Conductor, no one's choice is involved in that creation. Except once. Some outside force chose Leah. I haven't been able to get any more on that yet.

My understanding, which may be incomplete, from this and from reports of the Hecatite Oracle almost going Conductor taken together is that being a Conductor can be spread through close contact with them, even when there is no choice made on anyone's part to do so.

However, there are some who are going Conductor without close contact. This is what Analytics gave me: Every spontaneous Conductor who did not have close social contact with the Conductors became a Conductor in the Waking World.

Given these things, and the rest that we've learned, how do we want to proceed?

lightnovelexperiences

So Cassandra has apparently been getting Magical Mystery Tour beamed into her head as a hint when she did spooky things to the bus. It's a Beatles song, oldies to my parents, psychedelic hippie shit from the 60's.

There's one song in particular on it, 'I Am The Walrus,' that caught my eye BECAUSE we're heading for a space opera. The opening line is:

'I am he as you are he and you are me and we are all together...'

So hey, quick question about QC and known space! Do we know about any hive minded aliens from that 'verse? Cause if not, we might have ourselves an old fashioned bug hunt when we arrive. Or, knowing the Arcana, preventing one!

ETA:

Someone way smarter than me with the Oracle powers that clued us into the Katadors being sweet guys, really just used those powers to ask what we were probably up against.

Roughly:
3 in 10 chance it's the Starmovers trying to make a new Role.
2 in 10 chance it's the Arcana.
3 in 20 it's the Hecatites doing something hinky, same as my guess that there's a new species in town or that something like the Skittles is trying to make a new Role.
1 in 10 it's "who the hell knows," a new role arising naturally, or Backstage breaking from that time ROSE decided fracking a dreamscape for magic was a good idea.
1 in 40 chance it's one of the old powers getting Borgy with it.

The chances are about 1 in 10 to 1 in 5 that the Hecatites are taking advantage of whatever it is that's going on, depending on what tiger they're trying to ride.

Also, it's not fucking Cthulhu you piece of shit Travellers, so we can rest easy on that score.

reallymean

I'm sure some of you have already discovered the reason for Liminal Space's current shape, but for those who haven't, Star is one of the living Arcana once more. Their restoration wasn't my work alone, but it was my idea to make the attempt, and my plan that we followed. The resurrection, and any consequences it might have on the Jaunt or Jaunts to follow is my responsibility. Not my team's, not the result of some plot by the Arcana or any outside forces. Mine.

Before anyone asks, I don't have any intention of resurrecting the rest of the fallen Arcana. I don't think it could even be done the same way a second time. With one exception, we don't know enough about how and where they died - and I suspect even making the attempt would be so against the idiom of that exception as to guarantee failure.

vrepit_no

So... Matt and I were talking, and since Matt so graciously accepted my proposal, we decided that for my birthday we can have a little wedding, as a treat.

We'd like to invite all the Travelers - no need to RSVP, just turn up if you're feeling like it that day. There's no dress code for guests, there will be food at the reception, and music, if you feel like dancing on the rings of Saturn with us.

We have some things planned, and there are some folks helping out already, but if you feel like pitching in, heh, we wouldn't say no. Feel free to reach out and we'll get you in touch with the people who are already working on stuff.

We would be honored if people would be interested in sharing in this with us. I can promise no kaiju, but there will be sweets.

bite_the_hand

Why the fuck are there balls made of feet!? These creepy-ass things are damn weird even for Liminal Space!

leftbehindagain

Since it's likely been another of those jaunts, anyone who went up to the Mystic Spire should come by for a radiation antidote, just in case. I'm still not unconvinced the first apocalypse wasn't nuclear in nature.

If it's not necessary, it won't hurt you. But there's no point in taking a risk if we don't have to.

capital_asset

I know we've only just gotten back and all, but during the Jaunt I had two more prophetic nightmares. Neither of them had anything to do with the Jaunt - in fact, one of them was very explicitly not about it - so I opted to hold back on reporting them until it was over and we were all back to ourselves.

The first nightmare featured a shattered masonry wall in mountainous terrain, engulfed in incredible flames. It looked familiar, but it took me a bit to place it once I woke up: it looked like the wall separating the Bando Peninsula from the rest of En Zhenming.

The second nightmare was an extreme close-up of a black reptilian scale with an etched line on it slowly being filled with molten metal, which eventually revealed the shape of a clawed hand grasping an egg.

Whether those have to do with the final Jaunt or not I couldn't say, but having them during this past Jaunt would seem to imply that it's not that simple.

comebewe

Who knows how to Sift or Assist, from the Grid? I’ve got data from one of the Shadow Towers I want analysed.

bite_the_hand

There are Nation Eaters in the ruins.

[Although Eren's mental voice is steady, there's a frantic edge to it. His training as a soldier is helping him keep his thoughts clear and focused enough to report what happened to the Network, but it's easy to tell that he's not remotely okay right now.]

My overlay was killed by a pack of them. They were smaller than they were supposed to be. One was a 5 to 6 meter class, and another was a 2 to 3 meter class. There were at least two more, but I only heard them so I can't give an exact class for their sizes.

They have some kind of psychic power that made my overlay fascinated by them, although not enough to affect his judgement much. The larger one acted weirdly peaceful at first but then it attacked without warning. The fascination changed to fear when my overlay managed to stab it.

eldritchwheelies

Hoooooookay.

Unless somehow, miraculously, the jaunt to whatever post-Xanthic Storm-ass desertified hellhole we Jaunt to next is wheelchair accessible, mind helping a girl out of her Overlay's head?

Because I'd like to at least be able to cast Levitate Self if all else fails.

Effin' sand has zero traction at all.

willyousee

[Alcuin's voice is full of an icy fury that he's trying, and failing, to conceal.]

Avoid the color shifting rooms at all costs. If color magic is used there, all surfaces immediately shift to the matching color and lock into place, opening an adjoining adjustable chamber. In addition, all color magic of that color used in that room is doubled, at the very least. Thorne and I have both tested this.
Unfortunately, [spoken as though through gritted teeth] even destroying the contents lasts for no longer than the space of a blink. The Illuminants' influence is upon that place, and likely whatever poor, unfortunate world we next visit.

Which brings me to my next point:
Should you see anyone dressed solely in a single color, even if they are different hues, be extremely cautious of them. They are likely to be a powerful mage perhaps nearing the power of our patrons. They displayed themselves as weaker before, but depending on the timeline it is possible that now they are a great deal stronger.

There are eight of them: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, Rose.
Each has a different theme, and different emotions which govern their actions. Each has a positive and a negative aspect. I strongly suggest entering the Library tower and ascending to the first floor. On the shelves immediately to the right of the door on the lowest shelf are several treatises on Color Magic, the Illuminants, and the world in which we have encountered them. I have been host for the Yellow Illuminant twice now. I will eagerly answer any questions you might have.

bite_the_hand

If I ever end up as Yang Jie again, I need someone to pull me out. I can't let him mess things up like that again. And I really want to punch him. I don't care if it'd mean punching myself too. The bastard has it coming.

notadisappointment

So that demon frog Raidou saw in his nightmares was about me, after all. Fan-freaking-tastic.

I swear, if this makes me able to summon the ocean again, it's not funny. How do I figure that out? I'd like to know.

Also screw you Liminal. I've had enough water-related things for rest of the year.

bite_the_hand

There's something I've been thinking about since the Walkabout. The gear Brockengard's Hunters used to bring down their prey is almost exactly the same as the gear used to fight Titans in the world I'm from. I know that's probably a coincidence, but I still ended up comparing the two worlds. Except in Brockengard, humans have already been wiped out. And the "extinct animals" were definitely humans. I was there when the skeletons were found and saw them myself.

But even though there are no more humans in that world, there are still people there. A lot of small animals started becoming intelligent around the same time the last humans died. I keep wondering... Did the animals start becoming intelligent because the humans were gone? And if they did, is that something that could happen in other worlds too? If all the people of a world die out, but there's still life there, is it normal for a new kind of people to appear to take their place?

[Despite the melancholy subject, Eren's mental voice sounds almost hopeful.]

bite_the_hand

Before anyone starts yelling about the Titan that's about to be out here by the ice rink, you don't have to be scared of it. That's me. I'm a Titan Shifter, which means I have the power to turn into a Titan and then turn back into a human again. I'm still in control of myself and I'm not going to attack anyone. I'm just helping with the decorations for the party.

[It's all said in a mildly annoyed mental 'voice' that suggests he's making this warning because he's managed to scare more than a few people in the past. And considering this announcement is immediately followed by the sound of an explosion and the appearance of a 15 meter tall monster man by the ice rink, it's likely not hard to see why.]

...Oh, and if any of you get near my feet, make sure I know you're there. I don't want to end up accidentally hurting anybody because I didn't see them when I moved.

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Mmn, it's a long way forward, so trust in me (midweek, prior to the Aratta mission)

Late in week 3

Week 3: early

After Waking World mission, wk. 2

after the Waking World log

Week 2

A revelation!

coming clean (starplot)

An invitation~

Shortly after returning to Liminal Space

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[forward-dated to after the Jaunt] Fire and Metal

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Day 323

She's just a little bit cranky. A tad.

[several hours after Cassandra's post]

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Damn it Adachi

[About a day before the Jaunt starts]

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