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Here is Aurum. Harley is home again.
"I minted you," Elspeth murmurs to him, sending a notice to the Joker that he's got a new alt he could choose to entertain because she's busy and teleporting herself and her ward to their living room in Québec. "And stuck it on."
her_imperial_radiance
Harley thinks Sue a question.
"Oh hey," says Sue, "what's your opacity situation? Also, Harley wants to hug you."
"Oh hey," says Sue, "what's your opacity situation? Also, Harley wants to hug you."
subtly_artistic
"I'm a subtle artist - psion - I can defend really effectively against other subtle artistry but it doesn't work on arcane or divine mind-affecting magic from home so I really doubt it works on much outside Materia unless it's very similar to what I do. And Harley may also hug me."
"I ask 'cause I've got this mutant power, I can link minds, and it doesn't work on some of you but the ones it does work on are okay with it," he says. "And Harley's having serious word trouble right now, so he's talking by link."
Harley looks at Aether and her huggy jokers, and then he also freecasts there and also hugs her.
Harley looks at Aether and her huggy jokers, and then he also freecasts there and also hugs her.
"Linking also comes with some boosts," Sue adds, and demonstrates by adding her to the link. With him, Celo, Harley, and Elspeth already there, the cognitive speedup and expansion is very noticeable.
subtly_artistic
"As long as we're all extra brainful - right now my best idea for having a Janepoint in Materia that I can ever leave is 'acquire daemon, separate to split aura, leave him home' - I don't even know yet what I'd get. I might wind up having to skip a lot of parties and stuff if I don't want the place desynced. Which is not the worst thing that could have happened, but isn't tremendous fun."
"I'm pretty sure it'd work if you did," says Sue. "I leave Ivy home when I freecast anywhere."
"Isn't separating, like, nasty, though?" says Celo.
"Yeah," says Sue. "But people do it anyway."
"Isn't separating, like, nasty, though?" says Celo.
"Yeah," says Sue. "But people do it anyway."
subtly_artistic
"Amariah did it the long way around, I might be able to get it over with quick by walking through a Milliways door or having Jane put me somewhere, almost like Cam did. It's doable if necessary. I might just not have a Janepoint, only my gem that I'll wear all the time - if it turns out Emily can do doors like Jarvis. And then Materia will be synced when I'm home, and not synced, but paused, when I leave it."
"That also seems like a pretty good workaround," says Celo. "Assuming it doesn't just decide to unpause because fuck you. Can worlds do that? If worlds can do that, I bet ours can."
subtly_artistic
"I might need to ask Glass to come in well within the protection of my aura and see if she can tell. I don't think I really want a - I don't even know what I'd have -" She spends a square to get an illusion. "...I still don't even know what I'd have, what the hell."
"...Possibly a mammal?" says Sue. "And they look like that. And they're cool. And they're called pangolins. That's pretty much what I know."
her_imperial_radiance
"They're a mammal, sort of like armadillos with the armor," says Elspeth, "and that kind is a long-tailed pangolin and it lives in Africa. At least on Earth; I don't know about your world."
subtly_artistic
"Fair enough. Well, I don't particularly want a long-tailed pangolin on its own merits, but if Emily can't door, or I can't rely on dooring pausing the world, I might get one just for the aura split, I s'pose."
"How much do we actually care if Materia goes on without you when you're out?" wonders Celo. "Actually, if I'm there and my field's in Chronicle that'll probably keep us pinned down anyway, so the question is how much we care if Materia goes on without both of us."