Chapter 2.3

[yhlee]

[Housekeeping notes: we're fast-forwarding a bit to the security conference itself. Y'all can be assumed to have obtained anything reasonable during the shopping trip, from toys for the mothlings to jams for Sasha, and whatever else. We can also assume that Seyli more than adequately trained the Lanterner assassins in the use of the equipment sold to them.]

The Cantata docked smoothly in its assigned berth at the conference's hosting station. Remi promised that he would keep the mothlings out of sight, although it seemed suspiciously clear that he was looking forward to running intelligence tests on them in the guise of "games" manufactured with the aid of the matter printer and some toy schematics he picked up during the shopping trip.

Meanwhile, Fluffy the Vraselian pseudo-dragon keeps having to be shooed out of various public areas and appears to be building a nest out of scavenged materials.

It wasn't too difficult getting basic tools/implements/weapons past the conference's security. Paranoia is high, but so are distractions. The designated "dueling fan" is within sight at the far end of a hall with highly decorated vendor booths and poster displays. She is plump, wide-eyed, and deceptively excitable in affect, although Seyli knows from working with her during the trip that she's a quick study and she's really good with knives. She is, in fact, in duelist cosplay, complete with a hot pink Space Styrofoam boffer weapon.

Two booths away from the Lanterner "dueling fan," General Shuos Jedao can be seen with his aide, talking seriously to a highly muscular, tattooed, and decorative company representative. The banner behind the booth advertises "delicious hazelnut gianduja" ration packs laced with various popular stimulants.

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[NOTE: So there are two big options for getting involved in this move!
(a) Part of the extraction team removing Jedao, or
(b) Staying behind and preparing the Cantata for extraction. In particular, Remi is looking for one or more volunteers to help him socialize and/or test the mothlings.

Obviously, you're welcome to take a third option if one occurs to you. If you need help brainstorming involvement, please feel free to message me or ask in the comments.]

Comments

fun with drugs!

[bariolage]

[For the record, anyone who does go - and I am honestly not sure where Ione would best be placed, so I think Sasha's opinion would be needed, but she'd be happy to both scientist-physician with Remi and help with extraction - received an injection at least 6 hours beforehand that was an antidote to the levo-duboisine so that you're not super suggestible or forgetting the last hour yourselves!]

Re: fun with drugs!

[yhlee]

[I've looked up anticholinergic drugs and am curious, for my own information, as to how long the effects usually would be expected to last from the dosage that Ione has prepared.]

Re: fun with drugs!

[bariolage]

[So I was going to send you a nice informative email about all the deets about my fictionalizing of a real drug and what Sasha had Ione do (we discussed this via Discord) to what exactly and how it works, and then ... the brick pile of depression wall decided to collapse firmly upon my head my first hour at work and it was suddenly an insurmountable task. Basically this is a long-winded apology because you should have already known the answer to this and I flaked. XD

Using the Magic Handwave of RP, we are going to assume the characters guessed how long their task would take them accurately, even if I OOCly don't have a clue, and then assume that's the amount of time that Ione calibrated it to take (having had Sasha assign her someone else to help her with the mathy parts) ... add approximately an hour onto that time. Then it wears off, with everyone dosed having no recollection of what happened, because the brain is just not recording during any of that time (anyone who has ever had surgery, this is what happened to you).

I hope that's clear enough, and I can write a quick email out explaining what she made if needed!]

Re: fun with drugs!

[yhlee]

[No worries, Rue! I know you've had Stuff going on, and real life always takes precedence. I appreciate the information, thank you!]