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Conducting can't be healed, but the damage it causes - impulsiveness and the compulsion to meme - can, while still making us utterly dauntless and incapable of being paralyzed by shame, fear, or doubt. Partitioning your thought processes in combination with advanced psychic shielding allows you to stay in contact with the Conductor Network safely. This will probably also help the people working on decoding the fractal do it safely, but I can't absolutely guarantee that.

Sensory Conditioning helps with the compulsion to meme, as well. It's one reason that Paraiba hasn't turned yet. Protecting the Conditioned Diaphoron is now a priority; defer to Paraiba on how.

Speaking of, IOU one deinfiltration, Gil. Just show me how it's done, and who you want restored.

Yes, this is Deedee; yes, I'm a Conductor, still, and when I'm in the driver's seat I'm the Conductor of Heart; yes, Leah has heard all of this from her end; no, there is no risk of infection from talking to me, or her. Not any more.

Also: is it just me, or does Questing Country have a definite resemblance to Skaia?

helborn

[Casper sounds exhausted. This whole week has been A Lot.]

I had another dream.

It was black, the only noise a low, rattling static sound. Stars became visible in the darkness.

Then, suddenly, a burning red star, throwing solar flares off into the night, rushed towards me and over my shoulder. Past it was a... I don't even know what to call it. It was a weird irregular shape of metal with a serrated edge, matte and chrome. There were thrust nozzles and radio antennas and all kinds of emitters and barrels of weaponry.

I threw myself at it, screaming for blood at a pitch equalling the rapid-fire plasma cannon I was shooting. I got hit and coughed and pressure systems in me fluctuated. Another ship was beside me, a spiked globe of crystal whose spars were antennae, ion thrusters, and plasma resonators all at once. Somehow I knew the pilot took a century to make the ship. Beyond that was a weird arc of blunted ceramic with a bunch of guns and antennae protruding from one side. I knew there were other ships beyond. I could feel them with me.

And then I went in at the weird metal shape, cannons firing again... and then I woke up.

Does any of this sound familiar to anyone? The only other Jaunt with mechs I can think of is the one with the humans fighting the aliens with the weird viruses going around.

levelthreehooligan

So, well. What an interesting last jaunt huh?

I've been talking to Grant and I went to go and do some investigating of my own. I know a lot of you have already had talks with Questing Country's own Pepe Silvia so if you've learned anything I don't say here, please do share.
I managed to glean a little bit more detail; though I've pared it down to make it more understandable. [There was so much guys, so much. How can one man think so much about this one thing for so long?]

[The following document is formatted familiarly to some. It's how a G.R.I.D's disk would look if it was entirely textual.]

( Read more... )

leftbehindagain

So I'm really not sure what to make of this, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't bode well.

The Conductor role is not a natural growth on the part of Questing Country, the way Adversaries were.

Being fair, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Synthetics, Diabolin and the baby Starmovers didn't show up naturally, either, and I think most people would agree that those new perspectives are worth having around. [You know. Now that the Starmovers aren't terrifying everyone because they don't know how to talk to toolstuff.]

But I'm definitely more concerned about the artificial imposition of an entire subclass of dreamers than I am about the new arrivals being deliberately introduced.

helborn

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.]

seestheworld

This doesn't really have anything to do with the Jaunt, but... if anybody was curious as to how to Liminally create fake IDs, well, here you go.

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.

razorblade_empress

So, uh, just a note about those Illuminant trophies or whatever they're meant to be?

I did a perspective scan on them just in case they actually, you know, had them, and mostly they don't. They're symbols devoid of mind, and if I switch my sensory inputs around they just look like whatever emotions the original Illuminant represented.

You'll notice I said mostly, though. That's because Rose is still there, sleeping inside her flower. So whatever you end up doing in that room, you're probably gonna want to leave her out of it.

leftbehindagain

Magician said they can, in theory, drop us off anywhere on the Vale but Stricken-Star, because they don't have anchors there.

I can't figure out what she means by 'anchors.' Anyone else have any ideas?

lightnovelexperiences

Hey, while we're all here and all ourselves?

My... Patron God? Ruling Arcanum? Not sure what the right word here is... gave me a list of what all of the Arcana are like, according to them.

Penuel is a they, by the way. Definitely not a "she." I asked.

Anyway, I'm going to text you the document verbatim before properly archiving it in the Leonardo Memorial Library or whatever.

How accurate is this according to your own perceptions? They seem to have a particular hate-on for ROSE, because to hear them tell it she flagrantly cheats at everything for the lulz - but Judgement strikes me as super duper Lawful - try not to be shocked - while the stunt ROSE pulled for the Vale makes me inclined to think she's not Evil, just Chaotic.

...people have played D&D here, right? Or do I need to unpack that?

PS: If I ever meet the Priestess I'm calling her Io. It's probably a new name for her and I think she'd be delighted.

youandyoualone

Although I know that clean-up from the battle with the Glatisant and the message gleaned from its remains is likely of the utmost importance as of now--as well as the matter of the unintelligible Familiars and Spirit Companions--I do have some news that I hope will aid in improving the lot of the Adversaries of the earliest era.

Before her vocabulary became limited to a single word, the vixen who attached herself to me instructed me on how I might use Oracular knowledge to glean further knowledge on Sanctions. What I have learned is this:

These Sanctions use the power of existing bonds between people, either the ones doing the Sanctioning or those bonded with the person Sanctioned. As these bonds are real in the Realm of Dreams, they can prevent action just as well as rope or shackles might--although 'tis only acts with intention they can prevent, not accidental acts, for it is the dream of action that they prevent.

They can be entered into willingly and with consent, but unless that consent was explicitly and deliberately part of that Sanction, rescinding consent would not break the Sanction.

After learning this, I wished to know more of how one would break the Sanctions and Fidelite, who was then still in possession of her full vocabulary, advised me to build a Dreamcatcher and have it gather energy in the Questing Country of the earliest era for roughly a week. Fortunately, I was already there after the bridge broke.

Shortly before the battle started, my Dreamcatcher was deemed sufficiently filled by my still-coherent Familiar, and now that the fighting has concluded, I have had time to look within to see what might break the Sanctions. That information was granted to me in a series of three visions:

The first, of bitter and acrimonious arguments between Champions and Oracles, leading to the severing of a bond group, also severing all Sanctions they created.

The second, of a cabal of Adversaries furtively meeting, banding together, forming a fresh bond--overwriting the Sanction with the energy of their alliance.

And the third and most intriguing, of a heavy, metal-hafted mace, light wavering around its head like one reads in reports of desert mirages.

professorwolf

[A little while after the mass alarm and confusion from the spirits, Lyall speaks up on the network.]

I know we had more prophetic nightmares before the Jaunt began than any of us would have liked to see... but I'm afraid I have a new vision to share, as well. My visions are not metaphorical in any way, they are actual glimpses of possible futures, though they can be forestalled if we do the right things. At some point, liminal space will change to look like a network of docks and boardwalks on a sea of clouds... and it will glitch. All the colors turn to black, and a burning boat approaches the platforms.

I think it may be invaded by some outside force. I can't think of what else would cause a glitch like that.

I can share the memory, if anyone wants to see it directly.

otomechapilot

So, I have an idea for dealing with one of the Glatisants, and a question.

First, the plan. Found out helping Shinji - that’s Mech Pilot Shinji, not Has A Persona Shinji - that my ANIMa, at least in Questing Country, is still just as tall as it needs to be to fight monsters. So I’m going to the future to try and talk down that one, and failing that, wrestling with it on our terms.

Second, I warned the Fool about the whole time spiral thing that Me From Questing Country and Adult Probably Oracle-of-Anchors Me told Present Me to warn the Arcana about, and wow, I hate Time Shenanigans.

He thanked me and told me he’d also warn ROSE, Mei, SAGE, and Shekinah. I asked which ones quote “Rider and Waite” unquote would say those are and he grinned and was like “Who and what? Eh, you like questions, figure it out.” I know who SAGE is and precisely zero of the others, so... who would Rider and Waite say they are?

( Psi Protection I and privated from Kanji and Kohaku )

verdeleonessa

So, I know we have out hands full on Glatisant as it is, but I'd like to address something.

Many of you have likely heard about the war going on in one of the eras. Specifically the one in the past. I've talked to Thace's overlay about it and decided that I'm going to try and help design a few things to help them, since I can't go there and build stuff.

Then I started thinking... there's the ability to share your body with an overlay, right? I've heard about it-- even if I don't have the skills for that yet-- and it had me wondering. What happens when your overlay wakes up in the Waking Worlds? If I remember right, at least one of us was using this ability when we came here...

I know it's a bit of a long shot, but it would be great to gather information from the era itself.

crouching_sin

... Right. I have a report from Interfacing the big lake that the Glatisant seems to have come from. And as a warning, do not attempt that unless you can handle a lot of pain. I was unable to speak for about a day and a half afterwards, once I woke up from being unconscious.

The lake formed of very large pillars of energy. Each pillar has its own unique information, and there's a spray of stray dreams at its base. The pillars are drilling down into a land mass of light, one that moves with more colors than the pillars, but much more slowly.

Additionally, the pillars are conscious. Somehow. The land mass isn't, in case you were wondering.

Now as soon as I find a portal back to Liminal Space, I think I'm going to take a nap. Because that was extremely unpleasant, even by my standards.

leftbehindagain

I'm helping track down where that amalgam monster came from and got to wondering what grew it. It's... the ideas in it are ones that belong here, but it's like something kicked them closer to the surface, and that allowed them to take root.

Whatever stirred this up, it's pretty deep.

haremtrap

So uh.

I realize this probably doesn't seem super important with everything else going on but...I've been working it out in my head the best I can. It's hard to keep track of dates when you're traveling but if I'm doing the math right, I turned seventeen like a week ago.

I can't believe I forgot my own birthday.

forcechanic

So, uh, this half infiltrated thing is new to me. It's definitely got some upsides but there's one thing I'm actually a bit confused about.

Phillip is actually investigating.

[It doesn't happen often]

And... what are the rules even for how to handle that when the overlay is aware of everything too?

amadine

Here's something interesting, for those keeping track: however recognizable we might be as Infiltrators, our overlays don't necessarily look at all the same when we're not at home. And I'm not speaking of the more obvious changes, like those who possess someone of a different species entirely.

The last time we visited this world, the woman I Infiltrated as had a sister. Still has, in point of fact, but she doesn't look a damn thing like the Traveler who last played her this time around.

truerevelation

Alright.

So ... I ain't gotta tell anyone where we are this time, and from the stuff people were sayin' on the network, returning here ain't the biggest surprise anyone's ever had. Even if we did get the red carpet bit... Yeah, this is Questing Country - magical kinda Liminal Space dreamland. The Oracles over at the table are the best guys to ask about what this place is.

But I figure we still need to work out who is and isn't actually us. Except, uh. Wash.

[That was psychic shouting and his ears are still ringing from it somehow, OK.]

So this is Kanji checking in. Give us a yell if you're hearing this? How you're doing, all that stuff. Or if you've got powers up and goin' here... anyone else been species switched, too?

...But, uh. If you see a guy who looks like my plain Hecatite form, that ain't me. That's my old overlay, and I think he wanted his powers back or something. Hell if I know what mine are right now.

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lightnovelexperiences - If you fuck up the kitchen, then you should do the dishes (Later in the week)
helborn - Dreams... [Week 2]
levelthreehooligan - Network announcement backdated to day 6
leftbehindagain - (no subject)
helborn - Check-In [Week 1]
seestheworld - Another PSA
lightnovelexperiences - A revelation!
razorblade_empress - [pre-jaunt Liminal] A PSA
leftbehindagain - (no subject)
lightnovelexperiences - They said nothing about not sharing this info, so... [Post-Ball]
youandyoualone - Regarding Sanctions (Shortly after the Glatisant fight of the Rise Era)
professorwolf - The Future in Liminal [After the Spirits Get Garbled]
otomechapilot - Important questions and a Plan
verdeleonessa - It starts with a thought
crouching_sin - [Late Week 2]
leftbehindagain - a report from the forest
haremtrap - Voice
forcechanic - The network is a collection of agony aunts clearly
amadine - The day (or night) after the party
truerevelation - A tactful time after Rose's yelling session...

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If you fuck up the kitchen, then you should do the dishes (Later in the week)

Dreams... [Week 2]

Network announcement backdated to day 6

(no subject)

Check-In [Week 1]

Another PSA

A revelation!

[pre-jaunt Liminal] A PSA

(no subject)

They said nothing about not sharing this info, so... [Post-Ball]

Regarding Sanctions (Shortly after the Glatisant fight of the Rise Era)

The Future in Liminal [After the Spirits Get Garbled]

Important questions and a Plan

It starts with a thought

[Late Week 2]

a report from the forest

Voice

The network is a collection of agony aunts clearly

The day (or night) after the party

A tactful time after Rose's yelling session...

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