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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.

breakaleginhalf

[The voice that chimes in on the network is tired, and aching, and a whole host of other things Gil is very obviously holding back only tenuously.]

Someone needs... can someone go check on Matthew. Please. Liminal Space. He's...

[A long silence.]

...I dunno if he's-- he's not cavosophia. He's not. [It almost sounds more like he's reassuring himself.] But I-- ...Ghalib hurt him.

helborn

Okay, two things. First of all, that raider they found all messed up in the dunes is physically stabilized but probably needs more healing... something seems messed up with her mind. I'm not great at psychic stuff, so if someone wants to see what they can do she's in the Factor tower.

Second - those kids they found today near the Shadow District? I peeked in on what the one who died saw. Some kind of blast at neck range, but there was one of those isopod things on the wall at the same height so I think it distinguishes between sapient minds and not. I don't know if that's helpful for anyone... I can pass the memory on if you want, though... you know. You'd be seeing from the perspective of someone who died, and I know not everyone's okay with that.

desperate_times_right

[Chloe’s mental voice sounds weak and disoriented, as if she’s in shock]

Can someone come to the caves? I need help.

I think Hana’s dead.

capital_asset

I've been speaking with Claudia's overlay - she's called Hypatia here; she's the Calculator Council's Prime Factor - and she's hoping to take a group to the High Tables to see if they can find something that can help this world survive.

For those who aren't familiar, the High Tables are located on the plateaus that surround the Vale on three sides. They were the home of the Ancients, and the Mystics built towers there after the Ancients destroyed themselves and the world with fire. There are ancient ruins up there, and those are probably what she's interested in. However, the air on the High Tables isn't breathable and hasn't been since the time of the Mystics, and 'strange chemicals' would sometimes wash from the Tables during those times when rain was still possible, whether naturally or from the psychic efforts of the Umbrians. So that complicates matters. There were rare occasions when the Umbrian Protectors would send expeditions up to the Tables, and some of the people on those expeditions would survive, but it would never be very many people, and that was with the presence and assistance of the Overmind. Without it, other strategies will likely be necessary.

For what it's worth, my Questing Sense was what led me to Hypatia, so she's definitely important to the Jaunt.

capital_asset

This is Raidou. I'm in the tower on God's Isle and I've just finished transferring control of the midge-cameras from Orwell to the Folk. I've already instructed them to avoid Stone and Acantha's houses and one area of the forest; are there any more instructions I should give them while I'm still here?

claudiometer

Another update from on high.

Orwell's convinced there's some kind of corporate sabotage going on, so that's fun. Trying to figure out how much I can do without putting my overlay on the line.

They're also asking if any of us want to go down there in person and scare you guys into behaving, which has about a snowball's chance in hell of working, but I for one look forward to this blowing up in their faces. That said, if the island isn't yours yet you might wanna fucking make it yours before the week's out. If anyone's down there who can declarify the shit out of it, that'd probably work nicely.

notadisappointment

[Yosuke's message some hours after this fiasco is bland and nothing very fancy. Just... a message.]

For the record, I wasn't experimenting with anything. I did that whole crap by accident.

My theory is, I just managed to unlock a skill that let's me temporarily act like my overlay - as if they'd be here. I just wanted to remind myself how his whole explosion thing works to get out of the glass prison and you know the rest. [If you do.]

If anyone figures a counter I can trigger for that, let me know.

capital_asset

[note: takes place immediately after this]

I'm not sure if this is a psychic ability gone wrong or if something else is happening, but Hanamura Yosuke appears to have temporarily taken on the aspect of one of his less savory former overlays. I've currently got him and the Liminal animal he was attempting to use as an explosive in stasis, but I don't know if whatever this effect is can wear off or be canceled while time is stopped for him, and I really don't want to have to hurt him while he's like this, so assistance would be greatly appreciated.

capital_asset

I don't know why I don't expect these by now... For those who are newer to this, there was an earlier Jaunt that left a number of us with a tendency towards prophetic dreams and/or nightmares. Most often, they concern the Jaunt we're either on or about to be sent on in some way, although not always.

This particular dream featured a demonic frog squatting on a beach. It opened its mouth to let the ocean rush in, which caused the frog to grow progressively larger until all anyone could see was the swollen, stretched out frog. The frog eventually exploded, which in turn sent the ocean waters exploding everywhere, at which point the dream ended.

It's... very mythical, if nothing else.

forcechanic

So. Uh. Three weeks in, does anyone have a sense of which Arcana would be really into whether the book is better than the movie?

[That's the stakes of this Jaunt, right? Whether that movie follows the book or not?]

Also I forgot how much I kriffing hate sludge news.

leftbehindagain

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.

claudiometer

So I just had an idea that would really cramp the enemy's style in any hypothetical showdowns that may or may not still happen.

Who wants to give Erebus the biggest collection of laser pointers this side of Jupiter? Anyone who's up for downloading a trick from the later timeline's last jaunt can join in, and frankly the more of us hit 'em, the better it'll probably work. Their own damn fault for over-relying on one kind of weaponry.

razorblade_empress

Okay, so I've been trying to reconstruct my memories of our first time here, admittedly without a hell of a lot of success so far. But I did just remember this: There's a storm coming - a real nasty one, from what I've managed to scrape together. If our cattle thieves aren't either properly prepared for it, or aren't in the caverns by the time it hits, they're probably gonna lose most of the cattle.

capital_asset

I'm beginning to feel like I'm monopolizing the network, but... two things:

One, I had another prophetic dream last night: The Manticore looming over a puppet theatre, making a skeletal marionette dance on the graves of the Third Reich.

Two, I think I've figured out who we're carrying around with us - or rather, whose soul. Have any of you heard of Koschei the Deathless?

capital_asset

I'm not sure I entirely trust this, but the Arcana seem to have given me a new trick in that I can discern one random non-obvious fact about something or someone. I tried using on the casket, and, well...

Apparently it contains a rabbit spirit. Specifically, an antelope jackrabbit. It seems to be in some kind of magical suspended animation.

breakaleginhalf

This isn't the fucking Jaunt.

[Good thing his French is automatically translated for the Network.]

Are we in a fucking prison? What the actual shit is going on?

amadine

[Waking in a coffin, even one made of so flimsy a material as those dotting Liminal Space, had been disturbing enough. But the eyes. By all the gods and their assorted demons, the fucking eyes.

Those eyes raise a very important question.]

Did we somehow manage to fail that Jaunt in spite of our delightful hosts having a golden fucking opportunity to suck that world dry of everything they might have wanted, or has one of them simply decided to take cues on decor from horrors best left unconsidered?

[No, really, why is Liminal Space a fucking nightmare of eyeballs, and whose fault is it?]

breakaleginhalf

So, uh, I think I know a couple of people already, but just a sort of like-- interest check, I guess?

I kinda wanna start a drama club. Like - make a stage so people can fuck around and do plays or musicals and shit. I've been part of them twice back home, once Before and once After [and those have a very clear emphasis in how he says them] so I know how to direct things, if we did wanna do a full production? And I kind of miss theatre stuff, it's been a while for me now.

I dunno. It's a stupid idea but it'd be pretty fun.

capital_asset

I'm a bit concerned about the timing of this given that we haven't been back in Liminal Space for very long, but apparently I also came away from Harrogate with prophetic dreams, and this one seems... oddly Liminal-focused.

It featured an overly gaudy gilt-and-velvet theatre, mostly decorated in red and black. Travelers who sat in the general seating area were immediately handcuffed in place, although they could be freed with assistance from another Traveler. The box seats contained spinning beds like the one in Lovers' area during the extended Liminal stay prior to the start of phase three, and the onstage "entertainment" consisted of reenactments of Jaunt events using Traveler-shaped puppets on golden chains. There was also music, but I can't identify it - I think it might be some kind of Western classical music.

I can share the memory if anyone wants to see or hear it for themselves; I just didn't want to get the melody stuck in anyone's heads without warning.

[For those who take him up on this offer, this is the musical accompaniment.]

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breakaleginhalf - [Week 2] Late late late evening 321
helborn - [Week 2] [Day 315]
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Day 323

[Week 2] Late late late evening 321

[Week 2] [Day 315]

[Week 2] Early morning day 320

[week 1] Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

[jaunt] [later week 4] A few adjustments here, a few adjustments there...

psychic bridge 1 again (humans --> Beastfolk)

Just so you know...

At least it's going better than last time

Ribbit [backdated to the very first day of the cloud liminal]

So goals?

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[Jaunt - forward dated to mid-week 2] Stormy weather

[walkabout] Duck? Rabbit, Duck? [backdated to the first week of April]

[walkabout] Duck! Rabbit, Duck! [backdated to the end of March]

Walkabout's for suckers

Immediately after the Jaunt

What light through yonder Liminal breaks

Well, he had to find out he kept prophetic nightmares sometime...

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