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Casper LeBlanc Jr. ([personal profile] helborn) wrote in [community profile] synopsychic2020-09-01 07:08 pm

Check-In [Week 1]

All right, you know the deal. If you're yourself, psychically raise your hand.

Or, uh, if that doesn't make sense to you, just... let people know you're you. I'm myself, obviously, but I have no idea what the hell my archetype or role is. I was infiltrating last time as Ace -

- shit, I need to avoid him. Anyway! Yeah. Uh. ... Yeah...

[His psychic voice just trails off as the awkward overtakes him.]
eldritchwheelies: (hypothetically if I were a shinigami)

permaprivate/protected

[personal profile] eldritchwheelies 2020-09-03 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know what your experience has been with the other Bands, but Leah straight-up used the phrase "AMA" to me once she realized I was a Traveller.

So I did.



The funny thing is that this was absolutely a recruitment drive spiel, but she also took one look at me through her Cool Kids Club Decoder Ring or whatever and said "Nope, you'd hate being a Conductor." Credit to her magic, wouldn't you know it, she's right. So I have to wonder what her criteria are, and why she's being so cautious when we can infer that other Conductors aren't.

Again, keeping in mind her Band may not be a representative sample size.
Edited 2020-09-03 04:48 (UTC)
razorblade_empress: (Blue)

Re: permaprivate/protected

[personal profile] razorblade_empress 2020-09-03 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Did any of the other Conductors try to give you a recruitment spiel?
eldritchwheelies: (eff off mate)

[personal profile] eldritchwheelies 2020-09-03 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

They weren't as good at it, a lot less transparent, and a lot more pushy. Like, I can tell you all this shit about Leah's Band in particular, including the fact that they call hunting parties Bands, because her first sentence to me ended with "AMA." Ask Me Anything.
Edited 2020-09-03 04:56 (UTC)
razorblade_empress: (Serious)

[personal profile] razorblade_empress 2020-09-03 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Now I'm wondering how her archetype and mine might interact.
eldritchwheelies: (cold ceasar I evoke your equation)

[personal profile] eldritchwheelies 2020-09-03 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly? A question I think she'd love to answer.


You're probably the last person here who needs to hear this, and the fact that it's coming from a member of Team Chariot is ironic as hell, but: that said, Don't do anything stupid.
razorblade_empress: (Blue)

[personal profile] razorblade_empress 2020-09-03 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
She'll probably be able to tell I'm not interested in joining them, but I'm worried about what else she might glean. I mean, I don't have anything against her personally, and I don't have any desire to provoke her or the rest of them, but I'm not on board with them either.
eldritchwheelies: (how embarrassing)

[personal profile] eldritchwheelies 2020-09-03 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
If she can pick up not being interested in it that's a hell of a thing, isn't it?

Rrrgh, there's something else about her Adventuring Party of Six that bothers me, something about the clothing. But I can't put my finger on it.
razorblade_empress: (Neutral)

[personal profile] razorblade_empress 2020-09-03 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Sure is.

I keep wondering why the jewelry.
eldritchwheelies: (how embarrassing)

[personal profile] eldritchwheelies 2020-09-03 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Silver and gems, yeah, that's a thi- Ace's crown!

It's the only bit of Conductor clothing I've seen that doesn't fit! Literally every other Conductor I've seen had it tailored to their dream bodies, but Ace's Crown is too big for her!

It has to mean something, we're in Dream Symbol Land!
razorblade_empress: (Blue)

[personal profile] razorblade_empress 2020-09-03 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. Maybe I should try reading her.

Might also be a good thing to mention to the group at large, or at least people who aren't likely to go off half-cocked at her.
eldritchwheelies: (eff off mate)

[personal profile] eldritchwheelies 2020-09-03 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you're onto something with the silver and gems, too...



...hey, remember Bern spitballing that this might be Those Wacky Hecatites? Named after minerals?

If that's a mere coincidence it's not a funny one.
razorblade_empress: (Displeased)

[personal profile] razorblade_empress 2020-09-05 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonder if they know that, if that's the case.