Timey-Wimey Nonsense Part 1

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone!
What: The Time Travel Trip 2014
When: HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO
Where: Luceti before it was cool Luceti
Summary: The residents are dragged into the past thanks to John's latest Shift. More information is here and here, and, ICly, here.
Rating: Varied



It's early morning in the quiet enclosure that will someday become Luceti. The sun is rising, birds are chirping in that annoyingly cheery way that makes you want to shoot them out of the trees, and the residents are beginning to wake up. Most of them are heading to work, either to farm, or to build, or to work the shops, or even just to prepare a nice breakfast for their families and neighbours. Everyone has something to do.

And then, out of nowhere, a couple hundred strangers show up in the middle of the woods.

At first there is confusion, and no shortage of caution, from the neighbours; newcomers are common enough, but usually they are announced beforehand, and never in such great numbers. The leaders of the town are called in to ask questions. The newcomers are free to explore, but any aggression will be met in kind; if need be, the Filial of the past will defend their homes. They're hoping it won't come to that, however. You're stuck with one another for a long time, after all.

Thankfully, there is one man who might be able to bring the natives and newcomers together: Tyr.

...And the other guy, maybe. We'll see.


((mingle and explore at will! further questions can be redirected to either of the posts linked above. NPCs will be available for plotty stuff soon.))

Comments

[tsundroid]

Arrival;
[This was the first time Eighteen had had to actually endure the whole time travel business and she really didn't care for it or the nature of it for that matter. Her attempt to negotiate out of it had naturally went nowhere but she couldn't say she was surprised - power typically did a lot more for convincing people than words.

Which was another reason for why moments after finding herself in the forest she can recognize it. The unmistakeable and instant drain that happened near every time she stepped in the Battle Dome to train now. That was part of a controlled environment where she knew it wasn't going to last. Here and now though...

Eighteen grits her teeth, standing rigidly stock still with her sheathed sword hanging against her back. Her voice is a low growl to absolutely no one:]

He didn't say anything about this part.

Desperately Seeking Susan 17;
[You better believe the first thing the blond is doing is charging through the forest and town like she has a mission, grumbling all the way.]

That jerk better be around here somewhere.

Home is Where My Stuff Is;
[Exploration soon turns up that the Heart Building is nowhere to be found. So here she goes, claiming wherever she likes in one of the buildings. You wanna fight over it?]

Etc.
[If I missed a prompt or you want to do something else, feel free!]

Arrival

[misterbrief]

[He heard her, and he's noticed it too. He doesn't even have to ask what she's talking about.]

I can't believe they would send us somewhere and hinder us so much. I'm convinced this is a punishment and nothing more.

[tsundroid]

You're not just kidding. There's no use in it. Then again, there's no use in any of this.

[That said, the blonde sighs out deeply.]

I'll put my fist straight through that creep of a scientist one day.

[She casts a glance around.]

Hmph, and now I have to play hide and seek with that brother of mine.

[misterbrief]

He'll pop up when you least expect it. [Said with a certain amount of disdain. Not foreshadowing at all, no way, not him.]

That creep of a scientist has no idea what he's doing. We're only going to be effecting this timeline, just like what happened with Cell.

[tsundroid]

[Goddammit, Vegeta, we're not stuck in some episodic series right now. No foreshadowing!

Eighteen makes a face at the mention of Cell.]

I'd say he's playing with things he doesn't fully understand but that much has to be obvious.

[misterbrief]

[He agrees with Eighteen on this one. He doesn't think John knows what's going to happen either.]

This is supposed to be some kind of group exercise. Ha. What a joke. I'll be more than happy to terrorize this place just to get a little frustration out.

[Because to him, who cares, they'll go forward in time and it won't even matter. Granted he is blowing off some steam right now.]

[tsundroid]

[She cocks her brow up real high at that. Her tone is dry, dry, dry.]

Group exercise.

[misterbrief]

That's right. [He'd stalked a bit of the responses to John's message.]

We're to work together with these other simpletons, from what I understand.

[tsundroid]

[Eighteen makes a stifled sort of laugh at that.]

As if. I didn't sign up on some girl scout mission to be helpful.

[misterbrief]

Neither did the rest of us. [It's anger directed at John, of course.]

And until we're given some sort of idea as to why we were sent here, I'm going to ignore that cretin's orders. He better of had a good reason for this. And if something goes haywire, I'm blowing this place sky high.

[tsundroid]

At least we agree on that much then.

[And that being said... well, what the hell was she supposed to do exactly. Oh whatever. She sticks her hands into her pockets and sighs out.]

May as well find out what's outside of these woods. They're better be a town, whatever else there is.

[Seventeen is the recluse in a cabin, not her.]

[misterbrief]

[He shrugs. Yeah, might as well.]

It's Luceti. But what I'd like to know is if there's anything to do. There had better be some kind of Battle Dome here or else.

[As long as it's a building with shifts on the walls so he can go all out, that's fine with him.]

[tsundroid]

We've been jerked into the past and dropped into the woods with no amenities. I wouldn't be that surprised if there isn't even the first hint of a Battle Dome.

[misterbrief]

That's not what I want to hear. [He's even walking angrily through the trees with her at the very thought of not having anywhere to train.]

These woods will be a training ground if that's the case, and they aren't going to like that.

[tsundroid]

They may not like it but I don't think they really care one way or the other. If they wanted to avoid pissing you off, they would have done the smart thing and not brought you.

[She doesn't quite stomp through the forest like him but she's too disgusted to be mad by this point. All of the bull, from the returning here to the cleanups to college idiocy to Krillin's freaky hair was just weighing on her further and further.]

[misterbrief]

[He glares at her. But lets it go. He's used to that kind of commentary from her by now.]

They're going to care when half of the enclosure is nothing but a barren waste of burnt trees and craters. Putting us somewhere at only a fraction of our power is going to take a lot of work on our part to make sure those freaks don't catch us at our worst.

[tsundroid]

So it's all about playing nice for now?

[misterbrief]

Not if I've got any say. I don't have time to waste with half the idiots around here.

We better get a mission out of this or else. [He doesn't want to be bored.]

[tsundroid]

Don't pin your hopes too much on that.

[misterbrief]

...

Ever the optimistic one, aren't you.

[No room to talk at all Vegeta no room]

[tsundroid]

Of course. Optimism has helped me so much in the past.

[misterbrief]

Yes, believe me, I haven't forgotten.

[Look, there's a nasty little smile to himself. He's thinking of something awful. He's not really hiding it from her either.]

[tsundroid]

[At that she just rolls her eyes.]

And what's that supposed to mean exactly.

[misterbrief]

[He laughs quietly at her and doesn't bother explaining himself. Because he's a giant brat.]

Look here. Just as I said. There's a village, and now you can wear clothes from the Dark Ages.

[tsundroid]

[You know what, Vegeta, forget your face. She glares at him even if he doesn't spare her another glance before she glances to the village.

The much smaller village.

Oh my god the dry voice.]

Just what I always wanted, I can't wait.