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!

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[respired]

Koltira will be about 25 years younger, which means almost nothing for the long life span of an elf--except that he'll be alive. Living Koltira is a significantly different beast than the sour murder machine you're presently saddled with: he's jovial, friendly, kind, and compassionate. He's essentially a big, good-natured elf jock. In the death knight manga, we catch a glimpse of Koltira pre-death. He puts his little brother in a headlock, teases him gently, tries to help him get a date. He gives speeches about valor and goodness in an attempt to sway Thassarian from Arthas's control. He's a Good Guy ... and because he's an elf, his ethereal hotness will no longer have the weird sheen of undeath to unsettle people looking at him. He'll just be blond & gorgeous (and very excited to talk with you).

McCree will also be shedding years, down to 17 from 37. As a teenager, Jesse McCree was part of a notorious biker gang and wanted for a presumably extensive rap sheet, given that he was an infamous sharpshooter (read: murderer) and bound for max security prison at the time of his capture by Overwatch. This version of McCree is a fresh recruit. Still cynical, still insecure, and unfortunately 100x more likely to come on to your character in the cheesiest way.

He'll be easily recognizable: he's had that Stetson and his BAMF belt buckle for twenty years, and he'll be wearin'em both, along with his revolver. No serape, though, and his body armor is Blackwatch--(para)military issue.

IN TERMS OF SPECIFICS: in between valiantly fighting these nasty insects, young McCree will investigate the barn so that he can (for the first time in his alleged cowboy life) interact with a horse. He will be bad at this. He'll also likely be trying to fill up on booze in the kitchens (illegal, and therefore desired).

Koltira, meanwhile, will be just smiling at everybody and diving in gallantly to help with bugs and kiss the palm of your hand etc. He was a warrior in life, so he's still a good tank.

OPENS ARMS LET'S DO STUFF

[whatshimadayou]

so what nerd wants to learn how to horseback ride

[flashbanging]

the one that probably dropped out of high school after a year

[heelies]

We should thread while Koltira and Achilles can't hate each other

!!

[respired]

yes he will be very sweet & gallant to the young-chilles

[heelies]

good, that's what he deserves

but also he knows how to behave for adults and he will be respectful

[iomnic]

need to see cowboy fall off a horse asap

[flashbanging]

it will be done

[strictdiscipline]

i am here for stuff

unsure what stuff though, i will sleep on this and get back to you in the morning

[flashbanging]

curls up at ur feet

[strictdiscipline]

okay never mind, all i want is small riza watching small mccree falling off a horse (or unicorn, as your current prompt may be)


can we do this, even though we have like 60 other threads ongoing

[flashbanging]

girl we could do it if we had a HUNDRED threads goin

[grunehexe]

Flirts with tbh

[flashbanging]

which one

[grunehexe]

Exactly.

[strikingtwice]

I really, really want Mel to meet not dead Koltira and see the full extent of what's changed ;a;

It'd probably also help him realise more why Koltira might be frustrated with him not understanding that already? ALSO if you wanted instead there's the other thing with red lyrium?

[flashbanging]

yesss i want this too

BOTH IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY ...

[strikingtwice]

BOTH IS GOOD. I like both very much...

[sereneflame]

Serene needs to meet young McCree to raise her brows at him. She hasn't attempted to ride a horse but she sure can ride a camel nowadays, so she'll be more than happy to run rings about him.

Alternatively she'll want to know exactly what cupboard he found that booze in/ how much he's willing to share, because there are far too many children around and she's getting a headache from answering questions.

[flashbanging]

he'll be hugely embarrassed once he's an adult again, either way lmao ...

[selfimage]

i'm here for younger koltira. let me annoy you with a tiny loki child.

[flashbanging]

yes giv me the child

[selfimage]

OK LOTS OF LOKI FOR YOU