Stone Men In Water Street

[Brian]

When Rez turns his cell-phone on next (for whatever reason) he finds this message waiting for him.  Apparently this place is within range of a cell-tower....

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Rez, important, what resources does Relm have to help us out in france?  Can she get some fake trails made for us here?

[Rezantis]

"Sounds good. You don't need a genius, just who'll get the principles down in case something goes wrong."

Rez walks over to a mostly-empty breakfast table - if there is one, attempting to get some space clear if there isn't -  and produces The Warbag, setting up the uplink and laptop on the table.

While doing this, he asks Bart a quick question:

"Hm, can you get me a couple of people?  I'll give you guys a quick overview  as to the basics - then we'll figure out with the oracle how to get that stuff shipped out here."

[Bjorn]

No, Bjorn writes thoughtfully.  I haven't tried that.  The bracelet got... split between myself, Nathan, and our other three friends.  Why?  Do you feel something odd?

[Brian]

Yes, Lazarus replies slowly.  Try, if you will ... imagine, reaching out with your mind, instead of simply presenting a thought for another to pick up.  Try and ... send a thought, or a message to me, instead of merely recieving my own.

Bart nods, and Rez quickly finds himself with three people who look willing to learn, and reasonably computer competent.

[Rezantis]

Rez fires up his laptop and spends a while making sure everyone knows the basics of email/using-a-satellite-uplink/net connections/aim chat/etc.

If they know enough to -talk- to the Oracle, she can show them anything else they need.

After this, Rez logs into hotmail and writes up an email.

[Bjorn]

Bjorn nods, slowly, and then writes Did this work? on his mindboard, before imagining "pushing" the mindboard out towards Lazarus.

[Brian]

Bjorn: It works, and you can tell before Lazarus sends you.  It's like you extended the board towards him, and he took a hold of the far end.  It's strange, actually sending thoughts instead of just letting people read them ... but interesting, at the same time.

[Bjorn]

This is interesting, Bjorn writes, somewhat sardonically.  I've gone from being an anti-telepath to a regular telepath.  

Now, one more experiment, if you don't mind...  With that, Bjorn imagines exuding a defense shield, as he did back in Ripon.

[Brian]

Bjorn: There are no visible effects from it.  And you're aware, peripherally, of Lazarus, but it's like he's got chalk, and you've put a layer of glass over the board.  He's tapping on it, but can't write.

[Bjorn]

Bjorns lets the glass dissolve back into graphite, and writes, Well, that seems to work -- though now I have to actually try, and it doesn't seem to feel as strong.  Impressions?

[Brian]

You have a skill much like mine, Lazarus sends.  I'm rather partial to it, myself.  But you should be able to use it to share thoughts and ideas with your friends in silence.  This is always useful, especially if you wish to say one thing, and do another.

[Bjorn]

I can see that.  Thanks, Lazarus.

Bjorn looks around for Rez, and then, acting on sudden impulse, pushes the mindboard out towards him, without actually writing anything on it.

[Brian]

It feels like (even if he's unaware of it) he's holding one end of the board.  There's notes being scribbled on the edge of it, too, though you can't really make out exactly what's being there, thanks to the angle the board's held at.  Trying to change it makes it so you're less holding two ends of a board, and more stepping into his head to say, "Hello."  And you can see what he's looking at, even if you can't read his thoughts, and he seems unaware that you're there.

[Bjorn]

Bjorn cocks an eyebrow, and then withdraws the mindboard from Rez, and offering it to Lazarus again.  Okay.  I'll go talk with Nathan and find out the current status is on making this place the new Delphi.  After that, we'll need to get on planning how to get to Gibraltar.  He grimaces slightly.  Preferably attracting less attention in doing so than the rest of our team.

[Brian]

After withdrawing the mindboard from Nathan, you feel some resistance ... some residual Nate-ness on the mindboard, like a smudge.  Even without looking, you get the idea you could re-form a link with him.

Or Lazarus.  Though, if you were to let your board fill up with smudges, it'd probably have almost no usable area.