EVENT WRITE-UP: BACK TO THE FUTURE

[futurologists]

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! Remember to request membership for futurology and epidemiology if you're using an alt journal. Only the ones signed up below will be granted access!

Comments

Re: plotting!

[sereneflame]

Do any of these work for you? Or should I write a custom?

[conqueress]

That sounds like a mess--I hope you get your net back safe and sound.

If you'd like to raincheck for another event, that's fine with me. But if things work out and you're still interested, even days later, let me know and I'll still thread. I backtag into oblivion.

[strikingtwice]

could maybe go with 2? but she won't get that close without noticing something if you're wanting bad end Mel

[sereneflame]

Want me to write him a variation?

[onethousen]

okay i threw something up here: http://epidemiology.dreamwidth.org/38726.html?thread=14234694#cmt14234694

let me know if that works!

[predomination]

holy crap i thought i responded to this, BUT YES. we can definitely do a thing. please corner him and call him on his antics, King. i need it to live.

[onethousen]

Throws in this: http://epidemiology.dreamwidth.org/38726.html?thread=14233670#cmt14233670

Let me know if you'd prefer I hit up your top level, or come up with a starter for us, or whatever works best for you! Since I died the last two days. /stares into distance, but hey, weekend!!!

[onethousen]

wow i thought i replied to this days ago OKAY SO
by days ago i mean

yesterday

...

hahaasdf yeah if it just keeps getting worse your poor heart, it was bad enough when i was last reading WHY WORSE, WHY IS IT ALWAYS WORSE?

I have a top level up (at last) for chihiro here: http://epidemiology.dreamwidth.org/38726.html?thread=14233670#cmt14233670
but it's with general prompts, and I'm happy to come up with specific ones for... both because look we're good people who make good decisions!

... probably??!

[ex_adept136]

Thanks for the link, I'll hit this up!

[asscan]

I just discovered we've got another week added to this first one, and everything was restored last night--the backtagging is good to know, because I'm 110% ready to either put up a starter or tag into one of yours. In fact, I'm going through the temporal event right now and seeing who's got things I can tag Laedo into!

[apoptotic]

that's perfect! I'll hit it up soon :'>

[reverseengineer]

Sure, I can swing it!

[asscan]

I found your starter and decided to jump in just for fun to see where things go! I hope that's cool!

[headlining]

omg BAN PLEASE BE NICE (no be terrible to him, bring on the pain)

[agrizzlysin]

It's fine! I ended up with issues anyway because life is cruel like that. I wanted to comment to let you know I still plan to tag you! I'm just going to be very late and very slow. ;;

[agrizzlysin]

It will be beautiful even though it will be stupid late.

[agrizzlysin]

Sorry for popping out of existence, and doubly sorry that it's going to happen again later this month. I just wanted to comment to let you know I still plan to tag you! I'm just gonna be very late and very slow. If you'd rather wait until the next mission for cr in that case, that's just fine! I'll totally still tag you then. It's up to you.

[ryusoken]

Oh no it's okay!!! akjsnkdjan and sure that's fine! I won't have a top level for this event so I'm up for waiting for next event then. Thanks for the heads up!! o7

[agrizzlysin]

Next mission, it is. I will come after you. It's a promise.

[hiddenlights]

I'll wait for yooouuu~~