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

[amberguardian]

Well they should in our journals, unless they're affected by the time travel instead...

[Thankfully, this is not her first time time traveling.]

[blackteriques]

But if they're affected, shouldn't they have disappeared altogether?

[He rubs his temples after a moment, offering the pen back to Kohaku when he remembers that he's still holding it.]

Whatever. I guess we'll just have to start over for now.

[amberguardian]

Not if they're only here because of us.

[Oh well, that can get all to confusing. She'll take the pen back, and put it away with her journal.]

Uh-huh. We'll just have to wait and see.

[blackteriques]

[He frowns, snapping his journal shut and leaning forward to judge the distance to the ground. Deciding it's not too far, he slides off the branch to land on his feet with a grunt.]

Is there anyone specific you're looking for?

[amberguardian]

[She'll come down with him, so he won't have to look up to talk to her.]

Just anyone I know.

[blackteriques]

I'm looking for my housemates. One of them will have the common sense to head towards the village or running water, but one's a small child and the other--

[The other was Grune.]

--could wander around the forest indefinitely.

[amberguardian]

Would you like some help?

[She does have magic that can help find people, but even just flying could be helpful.]

[blackteriques]

[He blinks once, but his frown remains in place.]

An extra set of eyes wouldn't hurt. But it's still early.

[They weren't hurting for daylight, at the very least.]

[amberguardian]

[I never got a notif for this ;; sorry for the delay.]

It's still good to find everyone early. And I can ask the trees for help if they are in the forest.

[She also has magic that can actually find someone, but she doesn't know how well it'd work right now..]

[blackteriques]

[No worries! Just thought you were taking a few days off.

The bit about asking the trees for help has him opening his mouth. Then closing it, in consideration. ...And then opening it again.]

You can talk to trees?

[Suddenly, all the talk about not eating meat or vegetables was making some sort of sense.]

[amberguardian]

[That's one of the better reactions to hearing that!]

Uh-huh, and just about any other plant as well.

[blackteriques]

[He might be getting a slight headache as he tries to wrap his head around this. It's ... not really much different from the Merines talking to the sea -- at least, at the most basic level. Right?]

Just plants? Or could you also talk to animals before you arrived in Luceti?

[amberguardian]

[She's found showing it makes more sense than explaining.]

Both! As well as using magic, and being able to fly.

[blackteriques]

[Using "magic" and being able to fly don't surprise him so much as what he's learned about how Kohaku gets energy and lives for such a long time, so he simply nods at that.]

So could you talk to the trees right around here? [What would they even say?]

[amberguardian]

Yes. To find someone is just like sending out a message. It'll get around the forest easily enough. [Depending on the trees, and if they want to be helpful or not. But they do know their general location.]

All they need is a name, and a good description of what they look like, and the clothes they might be wearing.

[blackteriques]

[Walter's eyes go up to the trees as Kohaku explains, and there's a surreal moment as he entertains the thought of just how the trees were supposed to see. ...He quickly dismisses the thought before he ends up bringing about another headache.]

Then ... Sophie. She's a little girl. [He holds one arm out to approximate her short height.] White hair, blue eyes. She also wears white and blue clothes similar to mine.

[amberguardian]

[She walks to the closest tree, only putting a hand on it, and listens for a few moments before looking back at him.]

They understand. It shouldn't take more than an hour or so, depending on how far away she is from here.

[blackteriques]

For them to relay something back to you?

[He wants to make sure he understands what Kohaku's saying in this regard.]

[amberguardian]

Yes!

[blackteriques]

...Well, I guess that's better to do now than later. [Waiting an hour wouldn't cause him to lose too much daylight if he had to go searching for Sophie.]

Will you still be able to hear back if we move towards the village?

[amberguardian]

Uh-huh, As long as we stay near the trees.

[blackteriques]

Then let's do that. I want to see what we're dealing with here.

[He starts collecting his bags, orienting himself in the direction that he had seen the large clearing. If he can't see the mountains, it was possible he'd run into the barrier (was there even a barrier? there had to be...) if he kept going in the opposite direction.]

[amberguardian]

Alright...what exactly do you want to see?

[She can still be helpful with flying!]

[blackteriques]

Supposedly we're here in the past to do something with the village. It would help if we could get there, first.

[He starts walking once he's secured his equipment. The prospect about being sent into the past had left him trying to think of things he'd need in a worst-case survival scenario, so most of his stuff is geared towards that.]

[amberguardian]

I can help with that!

[She'll take a few steps before jumping straight up, stopping at the treeline.] ...Wow, it is smaller...