brokers: (Hmm)
Liara T'Soni ([personal profile] brokers) wrote in [community profile] synopsychic2019-10-05 01:41 pm

and now a word about our sponsors

I have analyzed the structure of the current manifestation of Liminal Space, and can confirm that this Jaunt is being sponsored by three of the Arcana: Emperor, Lovers, and Chariot.

Unless I've missed something significant while reviewing the discussions that took place over the Network while I was absent, this is without precedent, at least within the current iteration of their...game. [There's a hint of distaste in that last word.]

While it is far less important than the impact our interference might have on this universe, the most pressing question that comes to mind with regards to our own status is whether this will remove only the Arcanum whose idiom is least reflected in the outcome from the playing field, or if it will reduce our overall options by two.
seestheworld: (Sailor V Chop)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2019-10-05 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It might be a case of them trying to correct for too many Arcana for their, um, brackets, like Crownbreaker Isle. I don't think I could say for certain, though - not without talking to one of the Arcana in question.
seestheworld: (Mercury Aqua Blizzard)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2019-10-05 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Emperor might. Chariot also might, although what it considers direct and what everyone else considers direct don't necessarily follow each other. Lovers... I think it depends on her mood and how much you're entertaining her at any given moment.
seestheworld: (Venus Ten Billion Volt Rock 'N' Rouge)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2019-10-05 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
That too.

I guess Fortune might be kind of chatty? And she's the one who made the rules, so...
Edited 2019-10-05 17:58 (UTC)
seestheworld: (Mercury Aqua Blizzard)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2019-10-07 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
On the plus side, you're probably less likely to piss him off as some.

[Herself included.]
truerevelation: (*24)

[personal profile] truerevelation 2019-10-05 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, I'd say it's pretty good at 'direct'. Just not at addin' all the details that might need adding - wouldn't hide shit, but ... y'know. Gotta get to the point.
seestheworld: (Crescent Boomerang)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2019-10-07 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
So... direct in a way that sometimes comes off as cryptic because its nature means it focuses on the point and not the details?
Edited 2019-10-07 04:14 (UTC)
truerevelation: (~01)

[personal profile] truerevelation 2019-10-07 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you got it. It ain't gonna, uh, tell you about the forest if you asked about a tree? That sorta thing.
seestheworld: (Mercury Aqua Blizzard)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2019-10-07 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Because it wouldn't occur to it that you'd need info on the forest... which would come off as cryptic even when it doesn't intend to be.
thornsofmalkav: (scared)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-05 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh fuck. This is the worst case scenario.

If they're doing a three-way match to self-correct for their brackets being skewed, that probably means they're going to do the same with the next. And then we'll be at the final match.

We're running out of fucking time.
thornsofmalkav: (scared)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-05 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
We can't.

That's why we can't throw in for any of them. I'm not advocating for that. Maybe once I would have, but not now.

But some of us literally have no life beyond what we've been given again here. I'm not the only dead girl walking.

I thought— Okay. Fuck. I can shelve that research for now. I'll go back to it after this.
thornsofmalkav: (scared)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-05 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Okay.

[Excuse her, she's slightly numb with shock just this second.]

Even so. I think once the Jaunt is over, we all need to have a meeting. Now that we've got a more definite time frame for how little we have left.
thornsofmalkav: (scared)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-06 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, no, we'll definitely want to do that. To pull people out of dungeons too.
thornsofmalkav: (talking)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-06 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I just--

I was betting on more time and I should have known better. I'm just going to have to-- well, shift some plans around.

But I'll be okay in the long run. I think. This... was a good wake-up call for me.
thornsofmalkav: (talking)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-06 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Me too.
haveabiscuit: (Default)

[personal profile] haveabiscuit 2019-10-05 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a troubling thought but...

Is it possible they didn't intend this to involve three participants?

[Yes she's thinking of someone else putting a name in the goblet of fire]
haveabiscuit: (Default)

[personal profile] haveabiscuit 2019-10-05 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It does.

I hope they did intend it, I'd rather not deal with the force that can overwhelm them.
claudiometer: dubious face (:/)

[personal profile] claudiometer 2019-10-05 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Not completely unprecedented. Newport had three of 'em nosing around.

It is unprecedented for the competition-bullshit leg of things, though, and I'd bank on it cutting two out at once. They want to narrow the field to two.

And they apparently want to do it fast.
claudiometer: holding jars of stuff (weighing options)

[personal profile] claudiometer 2019-10-06 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
That can't be all of why they're hurrying, or they would've smashed through like this ASAP after it happened.
thornsofmalkav: (scared)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-06 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hey Claudia--you know that thing we were talking about before, when you came by when I was weaving? We should do that.
Edited 2019-10-06 03:27 (UTC)
carbonatedscientist: (talking)

[personal profile] carbonatedscientist 2019-10-06 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'm going to be nosy, what sort of thing?

Because I, for one, would like to take five minutes to think about something other than having to continue to pass as Katsuragi.
thornsofmalkav: (talking)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-06 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
... okay, no, you're actually perfect for this. It's a thing me and Claudia were talking about holding together. Combination Liminal Salon and big group meeting to discuss where we're all going.

Congratulations, Sento, you're member number three of the planning committee.

carbonatedscientist: (Default)

[personal profile] carbonatedscientist 2019-10-07 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, wonderful. When I'm not busy pretending to be a repentant war criminal, I'll be certain to start working on the agenda.
claudiometer: arms crossed, wearing sunglasses (future's so bright I gotta wear shades)

[personal profile] claudiometer 2019-10-06 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, we absofuckin'lutely should.
thornsofmalkav: (chinhands)

[personal profile] thornsofmalkav 2019-10-07 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
Cool. We'll mark out some time then, so you and me and Sento can start brainstorming.