A busy day today for me. I got a quick post up giving both Gwydion and Meara a chance to get Euryleia's message.

I figured it'd give you guys a chance to set up the private lunch and have Gwydion and Meara arrive, since I won't be available to post for much of today.

In reply to Meara (msg # 452):

Gotcha!  And yes!

When the winds are southerly, Brun knows these things.  Correct!

If it feels needful, I can Create Advantages for the sensor setups, etc.

Conversely, Brun, one could say you instructed them very well on formality, namely to forget the usual stodginess onboard the Thames.

Far.  Thames is Thames.

But, I still feel like Brun would be a little, reflexively mortified.

Oh, for sure.

Has Iliza not been on the Thames much? Oh noooooo, we used Meara's ship to go to Earth, didn't we?

I know Meara and Irina shipped out on Thames. We discussed Gwydion might've "secretly" shipped out a number of times to get smuggled to the battlefield.

But I did not recall Iliza having any cause or reason to have been aboard, as yet.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:38, Thu 11 Apr.

I still have t gotten the hang of when to roll or when it's not needed...

I could have Brun roll to see he can "use his abilities"?

I could have Euryleia roll to connect with the nanites?

I generally ask, are there stakes involved or would failure be interesting?

There's no need to roll at the moment unless you would prefer to roll. If you would like to go ahead.

Stakes is what I was considering and I just didn't see them...

I agree. To my mind, in the scope of the conversation, there aren't any right now. The Squires aren't trying to withold information or anything. They aren't actively opposing you. This scene is about both narrative setup and payoff.

Have you ever found your character doing or saying something that has you screaming no no no no no no at them?

Yeah.

That happens all the time when I make a post for Meara.

I would get dizzy watching the movie of this scene.  Cutting back and forth from face to face to oddly rippling collar and sleeve to face....  Mixing up all the silent communications....

There's a scene in the first season of Young Justice where most of the cast are speaking through a telepathic link in front of someone who is not part of it. And someone put up a cut of the scene on YouTube where all the telepathic dialogue is removed and just how awkward that scene would look from outside it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:47, Thu 18 Apr.

Ha!

That's great.

There's also a funny cut of Death Note where they removed all the internal dialogue when L and Yagami are going back and forth with mind games at a diner having breakfast, I think.  It's like two solid minutes of silence followed by a single sentence, then another minute and a half of silence, followed by a single word reply.  Honestly, there's probably several edits like that on the internet for various things.

I just want a show to lampshade it in the show.  Like, it starts with the audience taking part, then cuts to the face of someone present who should be part of the conversation but isn't telepathic/whatever and just looks between everyone with this confused expression before saying, "Is it always this awkwardly silent with you guys?"

As for the game itself, I like the implication that Meara and Freyr hadn't just developed some sort of personal connection due to knowing one another for so long, but actually speak some sort of Venusian/family subtle face language akin to sign language.

Oh, no, it's very much a case of "we know each other too well" but Meara being able to pick up on it just feels very Meara appropriate.

Oh good!  That amuses me greatly.

Because it seems very fitting, I'd like to offer a FP or Compel for Brun, based on however Boss wants to play it...

Tag Time and Tides - Eppagelía, their child, would be a very strong trigger for shifting perspectives.  Falling town rabbit holes of future possibilities strongly associated with them.

I understands that it might be hard to detail any of that, so we can imply/handwave details.  But, a perfect moment for helpful Future Insight from a Future Brun (Pay a FP) OR Troublesome Future "Insights" or a less helpful Future Brun shift (Compel)

Boss, want to take the offer or skip?  I'm good either way, it just felt like a good moment!

Yes. I will take that sweet sweet Fate Point and offer you some insight: Brun never experiences a future where he's truly old. Older, sure, but if he follows all of his visions as far as he can, he sees the stars going out, leaving an empty void and then nothing...

Holy Crap!!!  That's the HELPFUL insight!?!

Sure, it's helpful. It lets you narrow down a time frame somewhat...
This message was last updated by the GM at 12:29, Fri 19 Apr.

So...  How long does he guess before his sight goes dark?

Before the stars go out? Give or take fifteen years...