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[weifinder]

( He starts with his hand falling away from the ICP, and then Wei Wuxian lifts them both, cupping them to bow to the screen; polite, but not overly so. He's in one of the carriages' open spaces rather than any closed and quieter room. )

Hello, Trainlings! On the subject of training, ignoring the Express part, and sadly lacking any Void technical backup, who else has experience with or abilities in generating illusions, or confusion arrays, anything that fools senses into believing something is there that isn't—in dreams or waking, I suppose.

( He waves a hand, smiling at the screen. )

Brief as our time at the Undersea Monastery was, our quiet monks provided a dip into things we can try to keep working with here: meditation and illusion breakaways. There's a few from my close-to-home world who have skills in either and are willing offer training for those interested, and I'm looking for other perspectives and talents to do the same. We may not be Void powered, but there are patterns enough to keep training people to recognise.

( This is followed by a pause, and his eyes drifting upward, before he clears his throat and, with another grin that's a bit less sincere, adds: )

Also, with the, ah, animal populations on board. Exactly how many dogs or other dog-like animals are on train? And do you have any set, er, schedules or. Places. Where you let them free.

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[wenyuan]

[He bows politely back]

Ah, I know of Young Master Two and Fairy that are on board. We could work on making sure that you're with someone to help distract them from you, if that will help.

[weifinder]

Ah, hahaha, that, ah. Yes, that's not bad planning at all, generally speaking, but with the portals on train now there's got to be some other possibilities, right?

[wenyuan]

Are you suggesting we teach arrays to the other members of the train as well?

[swordproof]

[ As the mistress of said 'Two' - ]

I own a Mabari hound, named Two. I can keep him heeled or tell him to move away if you like. I do not have a set schedule - would you prefer I have one?

[weifinder]

Ah, hahaha, it's less that and more... warning is nice? To know when a dog's in the area before I hear the more, ah, canine. Noises. Does your hound Two have any tendency to bark?

( Is water wet? But look he's heard of dogs that don't bark as much, and Fairy can be actually decent! Sometimes! When he's got something (flimsy or otherwise) between him and said Fairy the dog... )

[swordproof]

He does not bark unless he is commanded to. He is not the type of dog to be loud either way, but he obeys me.

[ Part of the intelligence of Mabari - knowing commands and rules. ]

He is rather large, however, if that would be a problem.

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[kumoko]

Hi, local spider here. You, er, want people who can cast that stuff?

[weifinder]

Miss Spider!

( She was so nice and is SUCH SPIDER it's a great thing he's not afraid of spiders and a spider is the only one on topic for what he thinks is more Train Relevant than the fact dogs send him shrieking.

Ahem. Anyway. )

Yes, I do! I seem to recall at least one person grabbed some of the technology making illusions of its own kind on that last world, but this is more the technique, magic, spiritual energy side of the same thing. Is this one of your skills?

[kumoko]

[ OKAY, okay, good, no-one is planning pitchforks and torches. It's all educational! Probably! She settles down again, but keeps it to voice. Mostly so she can keep eating while she talks. ]

Sure can! You want heresy magic, I'm your spider. No better way to level resistance than to get hit by something over and over, you know! [ Want her to cast it on kids? No problem! ]

[mustknow]

... I was intending to get a dog, but if they cause people undue distress, I'm sure there's alternatives.

[weifinder]

( He waves his hands, looking... frankly, constipated. )

Hah, I'm not telling anyone what they should or shouldn't do, ah? That's not my place, and dogs are already on board, we know that. Though—what were you wanting to get one for?

[mustknow]

Their sense of smell and trainability. I'm certain I can find non-canine alternatives, it might simply take a bit longer. Since I don't yet have such a creature, it's not as if I'd be getting rid of one for you.

[zombiemessiah]

Unfortunately I think my resistance to illusions is something in how my brain chemistry works.

[And meditation is cold and quiet and lonely, he prefers the hum of the undead from back home, as morbid as that seems. As comforting as psychic white noise.]

But I've been looking into ways to be aggressive back. Do you know what causes headaches if people try to sense anything about the Void?

[weifinder]

( To some, the hum of the undead was largely cries for vengeance or pleading or demanding he had to tune out to stay sane, but he could understand where silence is too much. These days, he's glad when he finds it and a measure of peace. )

Do I, specifically, or do I know the specifics of why? Not entirely—you have insight on it?

[zombiemessiah]

Just that the thing that attacked us during the last mission hurt the same way trying to read the Endless River did.

No specifics beyond that.

[He could have asked the monks but he didn't think of it and also he can be very, very stubborn. It's truly a fault that he has his feet planted against dealing with.]

[fennu]

Idiot. [ Things as they usually are.

But, muttered - ]

Didn’t I say I’d protect you?

[weifinder]

Ah, Jiang Cheng! Are you saying you want to be on escort duty for me?

( He smiles, putting his hands in curled fists to either side of his chin. Fluttering his lashes. He loves you, bro.

He lets his hands fall away after, looking more serious. )

Mah, that's an everyday thing.

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[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin bows in return, since he knows enough about Wei Wuxian's world to know how much politeness is valued. ]

I'm something of a sorcerer, though most of my people don't like that word. I can cast visions into the minds of others, or just fill the atmosphere with them and let anybody who is present experience them.

[weifinder]

Can't say the term's familiar to me, but that! What you can do sounds like exactly the sort of thing which would help! Would you be willing to work with others to craft training scenarios for people to work with? It'd all have to be voluntary, really, but I think here's at least a number of those on train who'd want to try. If how many were trying at the Monastery is any indication!

[helborn]

I have something similar to illusions, though not... quite the same. Inducing different mental states.

As for dogs... uh. ... I can turn into one. If you have a phobia I can avoid you while I'm doing that.

[weifinder]

What kind of different mental states, if I may ask?

( For the second, he pauses, then smiles, rubbing at the back of his neck. )

If you don't mind, it'll spare both of us a lot of unnecessary loudness.

[katzenpfote]

Ja, I can cast illusions easily. Though the more complex they are the more of my magic I drain.

[weifinder]

Hmm, what would be a safe level of complexity for you to cast, and for how much time? Magic seems to have a whole variety of understandings and individual permutations—are your energies self replenishing? Can your magic be assisted by another? Things like that. Regardless, your help would be greatly appreciated! The more variety we can offer each other, the better we're training instead of growing overconfident in one single scenario.

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[lanxichen]

Young master Wei.

Confusion arrays and defenses against them, I can help with training for. They are not perfectly secure against what we have encountered, but they certainly help. The music has also generally helped this far, though how much depends on which world we encountered the illusions on.

[weifinder]

No, certainly not perfect, but tools in people's hands for practice is better than letting them run in with no idea and hoping these crystals work! Music, yes, I've noticed that too... have you been using Liebing as well as your guqin?