MISSION ONE: THE TIME MACHINE

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MISSION ONE: THE TIME MACHINE

▐ OBJECTIVES ▐ The machine has malfunctioned, resulting in the random splintering of individuals across time and across the vast expanse of possible realities. Each person pulled has subsequently been recruited temporarily until a solution to return them home has been reached. The first mission is simple: return to the last splinter point the machine reached and retrace the steps of the team to locate any temporal anomalies and record them. Record anything strange or out of the ordinary for missions. The year is 1993, and you are going native. In the 'present', the team should begin a physical document mapping out where the new recruits come from and try to determine if splintering back is possible with their current technology. ▐ OUTCOMES ▐ Characters will have experience using the time machine and players will have chance to explore the past or explore the facility in the 'present'. A brief comprehensive idea of where everyone comes from should be starting to form, with Dr. Jones conducting individual interviews. You can be as vague about your characters personal circumstances as you like, as Dr. Jones will be more interested in the world itself, the year and will make quick character judgement's based on the conversation itself. At the end of the mission, characters should be starting to form connections, however small or significant.

SETTINGS

▐ 1993 ▐ Before you leave, you will be interviewed by Dr. Jones. This can be hand waved for inconvenience. She will ask you only the most pertinent questions: your name, your age, the year you are from. She will ask for as in depth description of your world that you can provide. If you want to elaborate on your personal circumstances, you can. If not, that's fine too. Before you leave, normal protocol takes place. The machine will be explained to you, as will the injections required before hand. The machine itself is dangerous, but the danger of being catapulted across reality again is 0.000001%. Reassuring in every way, of course. You will travel to 1993, Seattle. The only relevant information about this previous mission is the places the team were and anything odd they can recall. You will, however, be free to explore the State and note anything odd. There will be vague temporal anomalies, but nothing big enough to cross the multiverse. ▐ PROJECT SPLINTER INTEL GATHERING ▐ Interviews conducted by Dr. Jones are mandatory. Until you complete it, you will be held in the brigg quarters which, compared to the rest of the facility, is hugely uncomfortable. It is the same process as above. In turn, Dr. Jones will brief you on the current state of this world. She will only share relevant and confirmed information. After you're done, you are free to also share these experiences with the new 'volunteers. ' ▐ EXPLORING YOUR SURROUNDINGS ▐ The obligatory wild card. Explore the facility. The rooms, the kitchens, the shower rooms. Head up to the roof and look upon the vast wasteland that has become of the world. Do whatever you want!

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Comments

[westvii]

Oh, you were listening. Good.

[Bad, no good, terrible. ] You played never have I ever? It was huge when I was kid. You drink if you've done something.

[corruptions]

Oh shit, I love that. Let's go, pussy.

[ They're in his room and everything, so she doesn't have to worry about getting puke on her stuff. ]

[westvii]

[Already he has regrets. ]

Never have I ever killed a narcissistic teenager for stealing my booze.

[-- At least. He can't remember? Ever? Killing a teenager?]

[corruptions]

Oh, wow. I gotta think about that.

[ uhhh. ]

No, probably not.

Never have I ever shoved a gun up an idiot's ass for being mean to me.

[westvii]

[A beat --]

-- Nah. I'd remember that. Never have I ever been to a strip club.

[corruptions]

[ she drinks up. quite a bit, too. ]

Never have I ever been fallen in love.

[westvii]

[Firstly: the fuck. Secondly, how dare she make him consider his complicated feelings about Cassie and how she basically kicked them to the ground, stone cold and without feeling. Did he love her -- does he love her? Certainly not the way she loves Cole. But, still: he drinks. A long one, too, because he needs it.]

Never have I ever -- seen a horse. In person. [To be fair, he might have an advantage here, having grown up relatively in the middle of the apocalypse.]

[corruptions]

[ She opens her mouth to say ooh, like she's just found a nice tender spot to poke at with a very sharp stick. He started this game, but there is now a feeling that it will have no end. ]

Dude, where are you even from.

[ Extremely judgmental, she takes another brave swig. ]

Never have I ever been kicked in the balls.

[westvii]

[It's possible he was lying about the horse, but, well it's time to drink. Nobody's kicked him in the balls since he was a kid. ]

Never have I ever ... [A pause; he taps his chin, thinks very hard, and --] Seen a band live.

[corruptions]

Either you're a pussy for lying, or your life is pathetic.

[ And her life rocks because she gon' get drunk. ]

Never have I ever read a book from beginning to end. Except magazines? Actually, no, I just look at the pictures.

[westvii]

[He doesn't drink. Perhaps the biggest plot twist. ]

Not much fun in the apocalypse, Blondie. [Why. ] Never have I ever seen the end of Game of Thrones.

[corruptions]

[ She drinks, except. ]

The what game?

[westvii]

Big TV show, before the world went to shit.

[He feels a little bit better about his life now. Thanks Petra. ]

[corruptions]

Sounds boring.

[ Everything sounds boring, Petra. Except getting drunk, having sex, and killing people. ]

Is it my turn?

[westvii]

[Incidentally what the whole show is about, Petra. ]

Yeah. Sure.

[corruptions]

[ Damn. ]

Never have I ever been hungover.

[westvii]

You little liar.

[But, he drinks. Obviously he has been hungover. [ Never have I ever cheated at never have I ever.

[corruptions]

[ With the cheekiest grin, Petra drinks up, because she's cheated at pretty much everything, and cheated on pretty much everyone. ]

But not that last thing. That hangover thing is true.

[westvii]

Yeah, in your dreams maybe, Blondie.

[It's not possible that Deacon suffers the Worst Hangovers Imaginable and Petra does not. The world doesn't work that way.]

[corruptions]

Sorry you're old.

[ But not really. ]

How's that head of yours, by the way?

[ She's peachy. ]