Text; Evening 4/8

[alilyinthemoonslight]

As anyone's noticed from Winter's update, we arrived in one piece. With our pulses/echoes intact, but there's some caveats to that. So... a quick rundown, for anyone interested:

Upon leaving Locke City's barrier, our pulses were not entirely LOST - rather, they were weakened severely. Memories of the Network and regained memories of other lives became fuzzier. I didn't try to transform, but I imagine it wouldn't have worked, although my transformation device remained. But there was still some remnant, or trace of things - but it was like trying to pull back thoughts veiled through static. Just not... QUITE there, but I knew they SHOULD have been. It's a weird sensation, but... it's important. One can hypothesize that the more of these light there are, the wider WE can reach. At the very least, it's enough to keep you on track if you travel outside.

Everything returns in full at a certain point when hitting the Las Vegas barrier. There's a difference, however: This barrier is much smaller. A cursory walkabout leads me to believe it doesn't go terribly far away from the Vegas strip.

The hotel offer is entirely legitimate. If you have super powers.

Unfortunately, that walkabout also turned up one disturbing thing - I spotted a creature that most definitely should not have been there. A hairy little creature. No one else seemed to notice it, and it took off before I could get close enough. It was before my time on the Network, but based on what I know... I think it was a Vermini.

As an side: You can smell CLOUDS cigarette smoke from casinos without even being relatively close to them. I practically feel the need to walk around this place with an air freshener as a necklace.

[OOC - Small note to roommates: By the time of posting this, Lily would have informed any of them of all this. Anyone in that vicinity is free to harass her via action for the evening time, as well.]

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[lightsoflife]

This may be too much to ask if you've only just recently arrived, but have you noticed the presence or influence of anything else related to what's going on in Locke City? If there are Vermini in Las Vegas, for example, there may be aliens or something under Thunder Corp's influence as well...although that, too, is of course only a hypothesis.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Nothing like that directly as of yet, but clearly it's something we'll be keeping an eye out for. And looking for.

[lightsoflife]

Good. Another thing to look into: when you return to Locke City, will you be able to see whether your pulses feel the same as they used to? The fact that they're active in Las Vegas and now only muted outside certain limits is rather interesting.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Certainly, I imagine we'd notice that pretty quickly regardless.

[lightsoflife]

I suppose so. Thanks for the information. Although, how are you over there to begin with?

[alilyinthemoonslight]

We drove.

Technically on paper we're an "independent study group" from Locke City High, but I think it was more they saw an opportunity to get some people with the power to blow UP half the school out of it and put the okay on that to save face. I mean, they worry about guns and knives being brought into the school - I'm carting around a make-up compact that can give me the power to level classrooms if I so chose.

...at least, that's what I think. But I'm more of a pessimist than Winter.

[lightsoflife]

Your school knows about that? Then again, given the media buzz surrounding the events last month and the offer in Las Vegas it may not be hard to connect the dots.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Winter - Cure Diamond - and Harper - Cure Rhythm - were both caught closer up on camera by reporters. Winter's transformation broke, too, and... my sister can't hide what she is thanks to the giant bat wing she grew in the fight. It'd be hard for me to weasel out at that point, so... I might as well not try.

All things told, there's not any dots to connect. It was all right there for them.

[lightsoflife]

That does change things. I'm surprised you were allowed to leave, then, but I don't make the school policies.

[Or perhaps that's exactly how a bunch of scared administrators would act.]

[alilyinthemoonslight]

As said, we're also one giant potential hazard and liability. So... for the moment, this works best for all of us. At least until we get a better handle on things.

[lightsoflife]

I see. How long will you be staying there?

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Depends a lot on what we find. When we find it. Or what we can DO about it. Seeing a sign of SOMETHING is sort of encouraging, in that it shows we're not on a wild goose chase.

[lightsoflife]

Do you plan on pursuing the Vermini?

[alilyinthemoonslight]

That would seem like the lead to pursue for now, wouldn't it?

[lightsoflife]

Good luck, then, and stay safe.