SEPTEMBER CALENDAR.

[futurologists]

CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 1ST ★ BACK TO THE FUTURE. The magitek's translation feature has been repaired, but unfortunately the temporal insects are still around and their effects are stronger than ever. Whereas before they only flickered the area around them forward or backwards through time, they're now able to affect some characters, temporarily replacing them with versions of themselves from the past or possible futures. There will be an open log. Activity check for August begins. AUGUST ACTIVITY CHECK ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 23:59 UTC. A link to your report card is necessary to pass AC. It must be completed by 23:59 UTC on August 31st; however, you are not required to pass the mission to pass AC, and simply have to have checked in by submitting the form, complete or not! We will also be requiring a link to the mandatory HMD, up on August 27th. SEPTEMBER 6TH ★ The dossier for the next mission, Perdition's Rest, drops ICly and OOCly. The next CR Meme will also go up. SEPTEMBER 22ND ★ ON THE ROAD AGAIN. The members of Audentes arrive in the bustling Perdition's Rest and find themselves accompanied by some unwelcome visitors on the train into town. Once they survive the ordeal, they'll have an opportunity to investigate. There will be an open log. New Bounty Board for Perdition's Rest to be posted. QUESTIONS? If you have a question about the Perdition's Rest mission in general, please use the mission overview page, which will be posted on the 6th, to help keep questions in one location for easy player reference. The questions thread below should only be for questions that pertain to the calendar. If you would like to submit a player plot, please use the suggestions page.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[futurologists]

[secondnature]

from the past or possible futures

Out of curiosity, how strict are the restrictions on this? Does it have to be a strict canon past/future, or can it be presumed alternate timeline past/futures? (I'm asking as a comic book fan, so my understanding of "possible past/futures" is often creatively wonky.)

[futurologists]

We play it fast and loose here at Futurology! Our answer, as usual, is whatever would be most fun for you! If you want to update to a strict canon future, for example, you can, but you are also free to have your characters be replaced by alternate timeline versions of themselves. In short: whatever you want.

[winces]

hi mods! this all looks super exciting. :D with regards to the future versions options, will it be like a "canon update", in that they still have their past alastair memories?

[futurologists]

This is entirely up to you! Whichever way you'd prefer is fine with us.

[winces]

JK I CAN READ, THANK YOU

[dishearten]

Will characters have memories of anything they did as their past/future selves? or will they come back like nothing ever happened?

[futurologists]

That's also up to you! You're welcome to have them remember all events clearly, some events fuzzily as if they were a dream, none at all, or a combination.

[apoptotic]

In the event of going way back/forward that appearance changes drastically, will you allow the use of alt accounts for icon purposes?

[futurologists]

Alternate accounts will be allowed! We'll post more details closer to the event date.

Re: QUESTIONS

[asscan]

I just want to be super clear about the OOC timeline, as I lost half a week to technical difficulties: The timeline shenanigans clear up around the 7th, but new mission updates/a new log/etc. do not go up until the 15th, giving players about a week of downtime to wrap up (or start, in my case) any Oska threads that we've been playing?

[futurologists]

That's correct, the current event lasts ICly for a week, and OOCly for two, until we ship out to the next mission. We sometimes use time dilation (where we don't operate on a 1:1 OOC/IC day ratio) to make it easier to thread things out. I hope this answers your question!

[heroforhobby]

Couple questions!

How long will they be their past / future selves for?

If they revert to past selves do they only have their past memories or do they have up till current memories?

Thanks!

[futurologists]

The max length is the length of the event (a week), but characters can revert back to their regular selves before then if you want.

As for the memories, that's up to you! The insects are making the timeline wobbly, anything goes. :)

[forcevisions]

related question: since it's an effect of the bugs, is it possible to go back and forth?

[futurologists]

It is, yes!

[heroforhobby]

Sweet, thanks!