Friends at the Table - Twilight Mirage 06: We Want You To Come Home

Duration: 1h 40m
Broadcast on: 03 Aug 2017
Audio Format: other

Days after the crew of the Myriad establishes a connection between Quire and the Divine Fleet, the Beloved* Dust meet at the digital club called The Steady to relax and catch up. But before Tender Sky, Fourteen Fifteen, and ⸢Signet⸣ can really unwind, they're called back to base… where they meet supposed allies, a young recruit, and someone who they hope can offer answers about the murder of Gumption. It started from nothing... This week on Twilight Mirage: We Want You To Come Home The Living Library of Memorious // VOLUME 103Ɨ: Organizations: Divine: Intelligence and Security: The Beloved The Beloved were founded alongside Seance itself, soon after the death of Affinity, the tenth of the lost Divines. Per the pact that brought the group into being, it can operate with no less than 3 and no more than fifteen members—including a commanding officer. Empyrean extends their Divine authority to the group, whose members must first be approved by the sitting Cadent. In the event that the Cadent dies, the Beloved are placed on extended furlough until a new Cadent can approve the members. There is no explicit procedure to be followed in the event of Empyrean's death, thus standard practice applies. (See: Extension of Divine Authority in the Case of Death)

Hosted by Austin Walker (@austin_walker)

Featuring Ali Acampora (@ali_west), Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart) and Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal) Produced by Ali Acampora (@ali_west)

Cover Art by Craig Sheldon (@shoddyrobot)

Episode description by Austin Walker

Music by Jack de Quidt

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Dispatched 92. You asked me a question last week, satellite. You asked what it meant to be part of something larger than yourself. Let me ask you a question back. What does it mean when the thing you're a part of is so distant from everything else? Their culture, it's a fleet, right? It's always been a fleet. Not a commonwealth, not an empire, not a principality or a demarchy or a coalition of free states. The divine fleet, the resonant orbit. For 30,000 years, they define themselves through their devotion to beautiful, ceaseless flight. Their little utopia has always been built on the premise that the hundreds of millions who lived in it could continue with unbroken momentum to find their own pristine paths through the stars. There is real irony here, satellite. It's easy to live a peaceful life away from others. Don't ask any monk at a mountain or any woman alone in a floating box like me. But the fleet doesn't do that. It sores through the sky even as it is whittled down. And when you're always moving, when you make momentum, not only your goal, but your very notion of the good, collisions are inevitable. [MUSIC] Welcome to Friends of the Table, an actual play podcast focused on critical world-building smart characterisation and fun interaction between good friends, I am your host, Austin Walker. Joining me today, Ali Akampura. Hi, my name is Alicia Akampura. You can find me at Ali_West on Twitter or you can follow the show over Friends_Table. You can also follow us on patreon at patreon.com/[email protected]/[email protected]/friends@patreon. Friends_Table. Friends_Table. Okay, we just set that up today. That sounds ridiculous if you're hearing this in the future, but just trust us. We just set that up today. Also joining us, Janine Hawkins. Hi, I'm Janine Hawkins, I'm @bleatingheart on Twitter. And Jack the Keats. Hi, I'm Jack the Keats, you can find me on Twitter @notquitereal or buy any of the music featured on the show @notquitereal.bandcamp.com and also on the Patreon, see some music that no one else will see. That's true. One of the Patreon levels is that you can listen to some demos of the music that you hear on the show. Yeah. I think it's a chair called, like, Jack appears to be able to play the clarinet, but he actually can. We're actually sharing that. We're sharing that tier, Jack, because it's also GM notes and some other, like, behind the scenes. Oh, really? So it's both of us revealing.
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