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Hathaway. ([personal profile] futurologists) wrote in [community profile] axiology2016-08-29 07:56 pm

EVENT WRITE-UP: BACK TO THE FUTURE

BACK TO THE FUTURE PLOTTING POST

The good news of the week is that recruits are making great progress bug-stomping! The bad news is that they haven't quite gotten all of the bugs. Those left, which is a thankfully very small part of the original population, very suddenly stop eating, stop attacking, and vanish from sight. All is quiet in Oska.

That is, of course, until September 1st. The temporal bugs haven't left, they've just secreted themselves away and into cocoons. And what comes out of those cocoons? Something a whole lot meaner.

When these guys hatch they're going to be loud, angry, and very aggressive. They're much larger now, about the size of a bull, and they're no longer interested in munching on temporal energy. They will instead attack anything they run into on sight, and can only be dissuaded by death or by the sight of another of the evolved bugs. In the event that two of them meet up, they'll immediately fixate on each other. What follows is presumably some sort of mating dance, which cumulates in the two of them gnawing their way out of this dimension. This produces a rift scar that leaves everything in the area a little temporally weird (more of those ghosts from part 1, but with a lot less flickering), until the area heals over in a day or two.

There's one more effect the bugs have: their bites also cause temporal oddities, but localized to the person bitten. It sets in anywhere from 2 to 24 hours after the initial bite, and can last anywhere from two hours to seven days. Characters bitten will find themselves shifting through their own timeline, back into the past already lived, or up into any number of potential futures. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it: characters may remember their time thus far with ALASTAIR clearly, foggily, or not at all, and might not even be anchored to just one alternative point, but drift between a few of them. If anyone has ever wanted to revisit puberty, now would be a great time for it.

Things will have returned fully to normal one week later, just in time for the next mission dossier to drop. The next mission will kick off on September 15th.

The accompanying event log will go up on September 1st. Please feel free to use this post for planning the next week!

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[personal profile] gutpunching 2016-08-30 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
why do you hurt me like this
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[personal profile] gutpunching 2016-08-30 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
girls night, clearly
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[personal profile] strictdiscipline 2016-08-30 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
well i mean if he can put on a convincing enough costume





sure why not
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[personal profile] evantuality 2016-08-30 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
hmmmm! Let's stick with one thread and see how we're both feeling about tag loads a day or two in. I'm intrigued by the idea of two but overload is a thing. :u Young Gio and old Evan then?
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[personal profile] hiddenlights 2016-08-30 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah overload sure is a thing ;; that makes sense! And kid!Gio is a bit easier to play anyway, ahaha. So let's go with one and see how things wind up.
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Re: plotting!

[personal profile] hiddenlights 2016-08-30 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes please! That'd be awesome for their CR.

I was planning to have him remember, but it also depends on what you'd prefer! He can always conveniently forget some things and just remember others if you'd rather he didn't remember for some reason!
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[personal profile] dokyuu 2016-08-30 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
We will find something for them to fight over. Possibly things will end up on fire. :D
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Re: plotting!

[personal profile] sereneflame 2016-08-30 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd be happy with him remembering everything! She'll be waiting to see if he'll grow closer to her or flee her in mortification afterwards, but for now that boy needs a nice female adult figure in his life
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[personal profile] gutpunching 2016-08-30 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
stares bleakly

more seriously, tries actually reading your comment again now that I'm awake. talking about father figures is probably a terrible direction to go but it might be fun anyway...???? pls show off your sick tats, riza. I'm bad at plotting but I want a thread so maybe I'll just surprise you when the log goes up
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Re: plotting!

[personal profile] hiddenlights 2016-08-30 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
haha, he'll probably be pretty avoidant immediately after but IT COULD make him be a bit more open/more attached later one. There'll definitely be some mortification though haha he's pretty ashamed of his younger self.

He could definitely use a nice female adult figure in his life though. he's never had one of those ;;
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Re: plotting!

[personal profile] sereneflame 2016-08-30 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
awww ;3; She shall give his pride a little space after, but that little boy is definitely getting a big-sistering. He really does remind her of when she was young!
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Re: plotting!

[personal profile] hiddenlights 2016-08-30 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
awesome, I can't wait! character building ftw! o7
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[personal profile] apoptotic 2016-08-30 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I have one baby Anakin to offer for similar reasons. Once he goes back to 22 he's never breathing a word about his past shakes head
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[personal profile] construing 2016-08-30 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Skelebuddy no :'< please go back to yelling it's a better look on you
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[personal profile] construing 2016-08-30 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
hello yes I'm here for girls night
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[personal profile] construing 2016-08-30 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
you me

we're doing things
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[personal profile] apoptotic 2016-08-30 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
yes hello I'm here for preteens getting into trouble
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[personal profile] construing 2016-08-30 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
If anyone puts it into his head, he will be trying to build a pod racer out of spare parts. I'm so sorry, ALASTAIR. makes her a tiny ship that hovers around in the meantime.

and yes Gwen and her fully charged phone will be documenting everything. for reasons.
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[personal profile] boneafide 2016-08-30 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
YES OF COURSE although papyrus is going to be more More Wary towards humans than he's ever been, so depending on what kind of CR you want there!
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[personal profile] boneafide 2016-08-30 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
HE'LL BE BACK TO YELLING after i put him through a traumatic experience SORRY GWEN...
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[personal profile] construing 2016-08-30 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
This will be the challenge of her stand up career. can she get a double "ha" out of a depressed skeleton stay tuned
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[personal profile] boneafide 2016-08-30 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, he will still laugh, but will the laugh be genuine or a forced front in the face of being completely unsettled is the real question
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[personal profile] construing 2016-08-30 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] apoptotic 2016-08-30 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd love something with either Anakin or Gwen. both will think him great, neither will find him at all weird ( Anakin because aliens, Gwen because........her life.................. ) Gwen will be staying as she is, but Anakin will be aging down.
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[personal profile] construing 2016-08-30 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
ok but what if arguments over comic books

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