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  1. Jackie Cat

    Offscreen Activities
    Threadmarks: [Ch09] ~ Offscreen Activities

    Welcome, heroic spirits. You awaken in an unfamiliar place with what might be an unfamiliar body. You recall having a strange dream before arriving here. A golden voice was speaking to you, but its voice was so very far away, and under a great strain. You are struck with the awareness that...
  2. Jackie Cat

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    With nearly all the remaining Wayfarers signing on with the Covenant – at least in appearance – where has Isidora been, who wouldn't go near those types if you paid her to...? Before Articuno took everyone to the Shining Congress, Laura met with her restless friend and told her about the plan to...
  3. Jackie Cat

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    Koa's politeness serves him well in avoiding Estelle's verbal or literal edge. "This place is a whole culture, Koamaru of the Stars. Our relative isolation keeps us safe, and helps us serve our duty. There have been times in history when the fort has come under siege, but none have ever...
  4. Jackie Cat

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    Laura helps Jade out with this, using the reporter skills she's been developing to find leads and pester just about everyone in the Congress. Between them, they soon discover a number of clues they can piece together. The Department of Natural Philosophy handles almost any and all scientific...
  5. Jackie Cat

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    The Wardens are pretty secretive about the interior of their fort, but Betel – much more proficient in their abilities than they were several months ago – now notices that there is clearly a Mystery Dungeon somewhere in the area, likely with an entrance within Fort Sunward. Koa is politely but...
  6. Jackie Cat

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    At first, Aurelia seems somewhere between shock and scepticism. Then she stares into the long sunset, seeking the light of truth. "You know the Sun by a different name. We wardens call her Surekhi, the Living Sun. We will safeguard her rest as we always have, and we stand well-forged and ready...
  7. Jackie Cat

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    You saw what I sent you to see, then. Good. Amida is long-dead. Surekhi, the Living Sun, yet lives indefinitely. She is something other than mortal. A near-Saint. Do not think of her as an ordinary person. ...It may help. Lorrel... I attempted to force his departure. Even though I did not...
  8. Jackie Cat

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    Can you hear me, heroic spirits? Good. Hello, everyone; Betelgeuse here. Aha, who else? I have some news to report. A team of Wayfarers recently completed an expedition to Blackglass Caldera, very likely among the oldest of all Mystery Dungeons. We have learned that approximately five...
  9. Jackie Cat

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    "Wouldn't miss it if you paid me, pal." Of course, the exact location of this temple is still unknown — Auranosa is a big place, and riddled with dungeons. Maybe Gladion and Leona would get a lucky break, somehow...
  10. Jackie Cat

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    As the Wayfarers' first day at the Shining Congress comes to a middle, they are called to a central auditorium and given a formal swearing-in ceremony. The procedure is simple – repeat an oath of chivalrous conduct and to bring light to the world, and receive a lantern-motif badge. With this...
  11. Jackie Cat

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    So are they. 😏
  12. Jackie Cat

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    Lucien is delighted to accompany Steven for a pleasant evening at the Sun Stone. Ever since the election, he's looking happier and healthier – far less stress weighing him down. Although he is somewhat perturbed by the stakes of the Wayfarers' latest battle. Was Steven safe? Will he be safe in...
  13. Jackie Cat

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    Brisa snorts at Dave's clumsy introduction. Haven't we? she mouths to herself when he says they haven't met. But, no, she can't recall speaking to the guy. Guess they haven't met, then. "Hang fire," she drawls, "half-human daughter? Back in yer own world, somehow?" One stop-start explanation...
  14. Jackie Cat

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    Laura spends some of her time in the run-up to the Shining Congress cross-referencing what she knows from her Earth with what she can research locally, trying to figure out what's bullshit and what's real. Obviously something's real, even if it's just dungeon-induced environmental disturbance...
  15. Jackie Cat

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    Several Escarpa find enormous entertainment value in treating a (willing) Nova like a glorified 'high striker' carnival game. (There was one in Frontier Town in '80, and some youths tried it out. They broke it. They didn't pay.) They make a decent showing collectively, but Nova is already as...
  16. Jackie Cat

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    After a few days for wounds to heal and preparations to be made, the Escarpa Clan throw a celebration at their winter camp. There's some ceremony, as Clan affairs go, but for the most part it's really just a giant party with lots of food and lots of alcohol. Singing, dancing, intimate relations...
  17. Jackie Cat

    Offscreen Activities
    Threadmarks: Ch08: Offscreen Activities

    With Alexander gone, many Wayfarers will soon feel their hearts a little lighter, the load on their shoulders less heavy. Bad dreams abate, dark thoughts have a less vicious burn, Shadow becomes easier to manage. It's as if merely by being such a singularly powerful being, the world as it was...
  18. Jackie Cat

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    Laura stares for a while at the gift, feeling first guilty for receiving something so valuable, and then stupid for even thinking of turning it down when she's headed off to Malantau of all places. "Steven? Thank you so much for the gloves, they're, uh... really thoughtful, and... um. The...
  19. Jackie Cat

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    After meeting with Brisa and catching up a little, Koa spars with her for training and a distraction from the doom and gloom. "C'mon, Koa! Watch yer centre line! Don't take the hit, deflect it! Now, again!" She's excited to talk shop while they spar, and she's impressed with how quickly he's...
  20. Jackie Cat

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    The final poll looks tight. Very tight. The Gazette stresses, of course, that it is only a poll of likely voters, and that in the year 181CE, polling is far from prophetic. Further, that this is the first real, contested election of the Soja' – anything could happen. The polls could...
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