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Oak Overtime.

Posted by TadeuszFor group 0
Tadeusz
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Sat 5 Jan 2019
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Oak Overtime

The newest adventures of Oak, GMed by Tadeusz.  :)

Something huger than should be possible if physics worked the way it usually does dove on you, and...you're talking to an ant about theories of Constitutional Governance and how that relates to Music Styles.

You wake on an air mattress.  Opening your eyes, you're in a hallway.  A man in a polyester suit with a very wide tie is sitting in a chair looking at you.

"My name is Director Carter.  And you? And perhaps an explanation as to how and why you were in the process of overloading my Center's buffer fields might be in order as well."  He slips his jacket back, and you see a very modern looking pistol attached with no holster to his pants over his hip.
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Oak
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Mon 7 Jan 2019
at 20:03
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Oak Overtime



Standard procedure before opening my eyes, like my arrivals in other worlds:
(*) Pray for the LORD to guard and guide me (and take note of any discernible bias levels of this verse).
(*) Check Scriff vectors for belongings and versers.
(*) Check to see if Ring is online, and set it to start recording and analyzing whatever communications are within range.
(*) Attempt to use clairvoyance to sense my surroundings before showing any external signs of consciousness (and take note of any discernible bias levels of this verse).

If clairvoyance is successful and I sense the man nearby, then I attempt to read his thoughts.

And after opening my eyes at last...

"My name is John Oakmaster.  'Peace be unto you.'."

"Please forgive me for intruding.  I am rather disoriented, and do not know how far or how long I have wandered."

"Please, where are we, and what is the date today?"
Tadeusz
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Fri 11 Jan 2019
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Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 2):

You feel a sense of peace as you pray although the Director grunts impatiently.  Ring does not activate.  You feel Scriff all about you.  You can see about you, but when you try to read the Director's mind you run into a mechanical buzzing sound that is very unpleasant.

"Esper, eh?" He says.

He narrows his eyes at you.  Then he decides to answer your questions.

"We are in the Upper Floor of the Time Center.  And the time is Day 742 since the opening of this Center.  Other than that, the time is indeterminate.  Now, about my questions...."
Oak
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Fri 11 Jan 2019
at 07:05
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Oak Overtime

I listen to his answers with interest, and nod thoughtfully.

"Well.  Since you appear to be knowledgeable about both time travel and psionics, perhaps you know more about my wanderings than I do."

"As far as I can tell, I am an inadvertent wanderer that travels to a new universe whenever I die.  I just perished in my previous universe, and the next thing I knew, I was here with you."

"My travels began when I was electrocuted while exposed to a substance called 'scriff' in my original universe.  I sense a lot of it here."

"Do you know anything about the multiverse, or about scriff?  If so, do you know how to control it, so that I can actually go to my home universe, rather than to a random one whenever I die?"
Tadeusz
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Fri 11 Jan 2019
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Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 4):

"No.  All I know is that an object was trying to get through my buffer shields, and I had the choice of letting it through, and hoping for the best, or watching my shields go down and evaporating."

"Multiverse?  I  understand several theories about it.  Scriff? No. Never heard of it."  He leans back.  "All right, I think you're being straight with me.  And its not the first time I've seen some really weird stuff running this place.  Mr. Oakmaster, you have arrived in the Time Center.  We are responsible for policing the Timeline.  Thieves, lost tourists, escorting historians from the History Buerau, con men are the most common types we deal with.  But we also have terrorists, revenge nuts who want to kill their ancestor's enemy even if such rarely takes as Time is resistant, but we do get Paradoxes.  And we fight the Browns and the Reds and the Restorationists as well.  Sometimes we have Time Echoes as well, and Anomalies.  It keeps one busy."  He stands up, and gestures for you to do so as well. " But you are our first extradimensional."


He studies you more.

"Now, the question is, what to do with you.  I could drop you at Present Moment in the Timeline with some identification papers, and a few job reccommendations and a hundred in gold."
Oak
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Fri 11 Jan 2019
at 17:35
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Oak Overtime

I consider thoughtfully.

"That is a very kind offer, but I wonder... could I be more useful here?"

"Although I am not experienced in time travel per se, I have traveled through many eras and timelines, and have encountered plenty of really weird stuff."

"Although my wanderings through the multiverse seem random to me, I know that they are not, for God saw fit to bring me here, so it was meant to be."

"Meanwhile, you folks have duties enough to keep you busy.  Is there anything that I can do to help?"
Tadeusz
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Sun 13 Jan 2019
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Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 6):

"Perhaps." He nods.  You get the feeling he expected this.

"We can start you in analysis."  He leads you to a hatch with red striping around it.  He spins it open, and you both enter, and he closes it.  Going down the spiral metal stairs, you feel strange, stretched, and you see yourself walking up the stairs.


Arriving at the bottom, the feeling and ther other self is gone.  And another hatch, and you enter a room of desks and men at them studying piles of paper and newspaper clippings and othe rhistorical documents.


A man with a cardboard box full of docs steps past you from the stairs.  You were pretty sure he had not been following you.


Along one wall are secretaries with typewriters.


He takes you to a desk.


"Beginning analysis.  Look at the stored doc, and look at the new doc.  Compare.  See any changes, go over to the secretary at the end of the aisle and have her type it up."


OOC: If you want to make any examples of historical changes you can, if before 1970, like oh, Carl Michaelson being the first guy on the Moon.  I can run with it.
Oak
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Mon 14 Jan 2019
at 00:15
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Oak Overtime

I nod, and settle in to start reading... and reading... and reading.

These documents do not correspond to my own universe's timeline... which I suppose isn't that surprising.  However, it does remind me not to rely on intuition based upon using my own timeline as the "correct" baseline for events.

And as I read, I eventually spot an anomaly...

I reflect upon my findings thoughtfully, and bring them to the secretary.

"This new document make a reference to a recent sighting of the Omnidroid... but the stored document says that the Omnidroid was destroyed in 1962..."
Tadeusz
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Tue 15 Jan 2019
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Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 8):

"My name is Louisa.  Good catch, new guy." She scrolls some paper, and types it up, and puts it in her to go box.  "Back to the grind, new guy."

You read more and spot a reference to Theodore Kennedy being arrested for manslaughter or negligent homicide while the original does not mention any criminal charges about an accident at Chappaquiddick.

"This is a leaker.  For some reason, certain changes just seem to want to change, and so we've sent a dozen agents back then to revert the timeline to what it supposed to be.  Too bad, because I like the jerk ending up in jail better than him becoming a US Senator.'  Luisa says as she types rapidly.

An hour later, and you have 1@2 History of Base Timeline of 1870-1970 A.D.


You spot an account of unusual light display and weather one night in 1962 in DC.


"Ten gets you one that a rogue from the Red or a Brown tried to nuke DC.  Such things don't 'take' but very little.  Thus a little light, a light bit of wind, no fireball, just the ghost of one."
Oak
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Tue 15 Jan 2019
at 06:41
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Re: Oak Overtime

Tadeusz:
"My name is Louisa.  Good catch, new guy." She scrolls some paper, and types it up, and puts it in her to go box.  "Back to the grind, new guy."

"I'm John.  Thanks.  Any tips for a new guy?  What do you know now that you wish you knew when you started here?"

Tadeusz:
You read more and spot a reference to Theodore Kennedy being arrested for manslaughter or negligent homicide while the original does not mention any criminal charges about an accident at Chappaquiddick.

"This is a leaker.  For some reason, certain changes just seem to want to change, and so we've sent a dozen agents back then to revert the timeline to what it supposed to be.  Too bad, because I like the jerk ending up in jail better than him becoming a US Senator.'  Luisa says as she types rapidly.

"Do you mean that some events are less than stable all by themselves, even without time travelers trying to meddle?"

Tadeusz:
An hour later, and you have 1@2 History of Base Timeline of 1870-1970 A.D.

You spot an account of unusual light display and weather one night in 1962 in DC.

"Ten gets you one that a rogue from the Red or a Brown tried to nuke DC.  Such things don't 'take' but very little.  Thus a little light, a light bit of wind, no fireball, just the ghost of one."

"Do those things not 'take' all by themselves, or because we acted to undo it?"

"Who are these various rogues, and why would they want to nuke DC?"
Tadeusz
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Thu 17 Jan 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

Oak:
Tadeusz:
"My name is Louisa.  Good catch, new guy." She scrolls some paper, and types it up, and puts it in her to go box.  "Back to the grind, new guy."

"I'm John.  Thanks.  Any tips for a new guy?  What do you know now that you wish you knew when you started here?"

"Well, I'm a secretary, not a field agent in training like you, but weird dreams are common.  Don't think you'e losing your mind.  The upper story of Time Center is inside the timestream, and that gives some people really weird vibes even just being next to it.  Pschyologist said its because on some level, our bodies know its not natural to be outside normal time."

Tadeusz:
You read more and spot a reference to Theodore Kennedy being arrested for manslaughter or negligent homicide while the original does not mention any criminal charges about an accident at Chappaquiddick.

"This is a leaker.  For some reason, certain changes just seem to want to change, and so we've sent a dozen agents back then to revert the timeline to what it supposed to be.  Too bad, because I like the jerk ending up in jail better than him becoming a US Senator.'  Luisa says as she types rapidly.

"Do you mean that some events are less than stable all by themselves, even without time travelers trying to meddle?"

"That's the theory.  We dump a TSD, time stabilizer device, and it sets things back right.'

Tadeusz:
An hour later, and you have 1@2 History of Base Timeline of 1870-1970 A.D.

You spot an account of unusual light display and weather one night in 1962 in DC.

"Ten gets you one that a rogue from the Red or a Brown tried to nuke DC.  Such things don't 'take' but very little.  Thus a little light, a light bit of wind, no fireball, just the ghost of one."

"Do those things not 'take' all by themselves, or because we acted to undo it?"

"Who are these various rogues, and why would they want to nuke DC?"

She laughs.

"The Red and Brown aren't rogues.  Commies and Nazis time travellers.  But some of them go rogue.  And the dumb ones think 'why fiddle about, cut to the chase, nuke DC, we win.' Doesn't work that way. Um, six of one, and half dozen of the other."

A balding man with a handlebar mustache steps into the room.

"Mr. Oakmaster, my office."
You follow him, and he leads you into a small office with maps and timelines on all the walls.
"I'm chief of analysis.  Not sure why, but some others want to see what you got.  Choose one of the three missions you noted.  Roger Hanrahan will be your Evaluating Agent.  Which means, he will be following you.  If you need help you can ask him, but he might wipe you.  In any case, third time is a wipe.  He's there to observe you and make sure you don't mess up.  Go rogue, and he will deal with you harshly.  Time Center court is a military court, and there are no appeals.  Got it?"

Oak
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Thu 17 Jan 2019
at 00:55
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Re: Oak Overtime

"Understood, Sir... but what does it mean to go rouge?  What are the Omnidroid mission objectives, and what am I allowed or not allowed to do to fulfill the mission?"
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Tadeusz
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Fri 18 Jan 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 12):

"Go rogue?" He blinks and then quickly smiles.  "Desert. Become an independent operator.  Insubordination.  Its not an issue we face as much although before you ask, I'm not sure why."


He leans back in his chair.


"We need to find out why its reappeared.  And if its because of some temporal imfluence, we need to capture the agents involved, if we can and neutralize the change."
Oak
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Sat 19 Jan 2019
at 03:13
  • msg #14

Re: Oak Overtime

I nod.

"What resources do I have?  For example, I have heard of a time stabilizer device.  What means do we have of detecting temporal influences or instabilities, and correcting them?"

"How freely can I time travel to track down any involved agents?  For example, if I find signs of the Omnidroid, can I travel back in time until I actually see it, then travel back in time to follow it back to whatever point it was interfered with?  Or are there constraints that limit how much time traveling can be done?"
Tadeusz
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Tue 22 Jan 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 14):

"This is why you should be schooled instead of this..." He grumbles.  He pulls out of a desk drawer a flattened pyramid with several dials on top.  It has buttons on the sides.  Its made of some hard plastic.

He puts it on the desk, and hits a button.  All the lines on the  dials immediately go to the middle of the green area.

"That is what stable time looks like." He undoes what he did, and you see the second dial wobbbling quite a bit.  "We're right next to the Hatch Stairs so time is inherently a bit whacked.  As long as 2 doesn't peg red, or one or three start dancing, its okay.  Sign of something werid, but not a problem currently.  3 measures potential wobble, and 1 measures how far things are from where they should be."
Oak
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Tue 22 Jan 2019
at 15:25
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Re: Oak Overtime

"What does 2 measure?"

"How freely can I time travel to track down any involved agents?  For example, if I find signs of the Omnidroid, can I travel back in time until I actually see it, then travel back in time to follow it back to whatever point it was interfered with?  Or are there constraints that limit how much time traveling can be done?"
Tadeusz
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Tue 22 Jan 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 16):

"Weirdness. Potential." He says.  "We have a time portal here.  You will have a Recall Disc." He pulls out a metal disc that fits in the palm, and has a cover over a red button.  It also has a countdown clock on the other side.  "Emergency recall or timed pick up. If we're jumping someone else, we might not be able to immediately pick you up."


"We can jump a minimum of a week with a plus or minus of a week as to accuracy.  We've sent agents as far back as Agincourt, but the accuracy, and frankly the chance of surviving decreases greatly as you leave this century.  We sent back eight to that battle, one arrived, five years early, and that was a success.  Otherwise, we'd all be speaking French.  One of the chief constraints is electrical power.  We have jumpers at many points, and only so much power from our nuke plant.'


He checks a dial on the wall.


"Right now, we are at 72% capacity from our batteries and our plant, and a single emergency jump is going to run10-20% plus whatever normal."
Oak
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Wed 23 Jan 2019
at 00:57
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Re: Oak Overtime

"Is my mission to gather information and report back, or am I also supposed to attempt to fix the problem?"

"How discreet do I need to be?  If I am attempting to capture agents, do I need to do so in a way that won't attract undue attention from the locals?"
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:58, Wed 23 Jan 2019.
Tadeusz
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Tue 29 Jan 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 18):

"If you can capture an agent in reasonable safety, do so.  Discretion is valuable.  You might do something completely obvious, and it has no effect.  On the other hand, you might do something minor, like drop an out of context quarter, and someone picks it up and glances at it, and Time changes.  But better to complete your mission, and better to get back safe than to worry about time changes.  Odds are,  you'll be fine.  Most people are internally woven into their time stream, its only the few who are loosely connected."
Oak
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Fri 1 Feb 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

I nod thoughtfully.

"Do you have any advice?  What do you know now that you wish you knew before your first mission?"
Tadeusz
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Tue 5 Feb 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 20):

"Hmmm. Ah. My grandfather was a carpenter.  He always said 'measure twice, cut once.'  Decide what you're going to do, make sure it works, and then do it before you get the shakes.  There is no shame if you can't hack, Mr. Oakmaster.  Some fine, brave lads took one step into the Past, and lost it."

He sends you to Costuming.  You can pick any sort of ordinary male clothing for that era, and they have a very quick tailor who will fit it to you.  He flits about, like a bird, quick, precise, not needing to do things by rule since as he grumbles once 'I bin cutting suits for gents since Silent Cal was in office."

You're given your sensors, and  a needle tranq pistol with a dissolvable needle.  Four shots.  You're also given a revolver with twelve bullets.  If you needed more, its assumed you've messed up, badly.
Oak
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Tue 5 Feb 2019
at 22:07
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Re: Oak Overtime

"If the jump may be off by up to a week, what way is best to monitor with as little disturbance to the time stream as possible?  For example, should I rent a room in a motel nearby?  Will I have whatever cash needed to buy food, etc.?"
Tadeusz
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Fri 8 Feb 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 22):

"Use your discretion.  You might land in a swamp.  And yes, you will have a thousand dollars of that time's money.  Now..."  You've already been dressed, and he leads you to the basement which is a large empty space with a horseshoe of electrical wires at one end propped against the wall.

Techs come and weigh you, and measure your height, and make adjustments.  And then '1,2,3' a large switch is thrown, and power hums through the cables, and makes the mustache end float up as well as your hair.  A shimmering space appears in the horseshoe.
Oak
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Fri 8 Feb 2019
at 07:13
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Re: Oak Overtime

In some ways, it is a familiar feeling.  I have been transported into different universes, unknowing of the circumstances that awaited me, many times.  I was even able to create the portal ability for Ring, and have walked through such gateways.  And yet, there is a certain excitement at the prospect of time traveling.

"God be with you till we meet again."

I nod, and smile at him, and step forward toward the shimmering space as a memory verse springs from my lips.

"I will bless the Lord at all times..."
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:14, Fri 08 Feb 2019.
Tadeusz
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Re: Oak Overtime

POP!!

You work your jaw instinctively after you arrive.  The different pressure pushing down on your ear.

You're standing on a small town sidewalk, facing a road.  A fashionably dressed young mother for the Sixties is across the two lane road looking in a window at a dress, while her infant in his baby cart is staring bug eyed at you.
Oak
GM, 3230 posts
Mon 11 Feb 2019
at 17:45
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Re: Oak Overtime

I check my scriff senses for vectors, and my pyramid dials for time wobbles.

Then I glance up and down the road, looking for newspapers.

Then I give the infant a big smile, and wave gently with my fingers...
Tadeusz
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Mon 18 Feb 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 26):

No scriff.

There is a wobble about 3 on a ten point scale.

The baby sticks his fist in his mouth, and then takes it out, and laughs back at you.
Oak
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Mon 18 Feb 2019
at 04:18
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Re: Oak Overtime

Assuming that I don't see any newspapers, I attempt to read the thoughts of the woman to figure out when and where I am...
Tadeusz
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 28):

The first level of her mind is of whether she can get her husband to agree to buy this new dress.  The second level is a watchful paranoia with no words about her baby for even as she's not looking at him, she's listening to him.  Deeper, you check recent memories of Wheat Bran cereal, and irritation that her husband glanced at another woman, and then you find her using her date planner.

Zooming in on the day you see...

May 17, 1962

And glancing down the street you see 'Blythesville Bank'.  Her memory confirms it.  You are in Blythesville, Virginia, a small town of thirty thousand.
Oak
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Thu 21 Feb 2019
at 07:27
  • msg #30

Re: Oak Overtime

I nod thoughtfully, and experimentally attempt to look at her via Sight.

If successful, I then attempt to examine my surroundings via Sight to see if that can detect anything that might have any connection to the dial wobble.

Then I stretch out my precognitive senses to see if I can detect any potential clues, including potential timeline branches.

Then I start strolling around town to get my bearings.

As I do, I keep an eye on my pyramid dial (and Sight, if applicable), making a mental map of the town and tracking any variations of the dial readings...
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:29, Thu 21 Feb 2019.
Tadeusz
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Tue 26 Feb 2019
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Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 30):

She glows with the symbol of a baby, and a cross, and a mother hen.

The Bank seems to have a black shadow over it that looms high.

The timeline wobbler suddenly jumps to max as you hit your precog.   You see a glimpse of a red barn, a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, and two men shaking hands.  Shaking from energy drop, you fall out of precog.  So many possibilities had rushed at you.

You pass the courthouse, and out of the immediate downtown past an A&W with roller skating car hops and a tobacco factory and suburbs going east....The wobbler stays steady...you have spent about an hour walking.
Oak
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Thu 28 Feb 2019
at 07:04
  • msg #32

Re: Oak Overtime

I turn around, and start heading back toward the vicinity of the bank.

From my wanderings, I consider the best place to eat and to rent a room, ideally with a view of the bank.

I also keep an eye out for familiar looking red barns, Rolls Royce Silver Shadows, or men from the vision.

And now that I am away from Time HQ, I make another attempt to see if Ring is online...
Tadeusz
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Thu 28 Feb 2019
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  • msg #33

Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 32):

Dolly's Diner is just down the street from the bank, and it has ten cent coffee, milkshakes and burgers along with a jukebox.

The Dew Drop Inn is a bit further away, but you can barely see the bank.
Oak
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Fri 1 Mar 2019
at 08:00
  • msg #34

Re: Oak Overtime

OOC: Is Ring online?

I make my way toward the Dew Drop Inn, and examine it via Sight as I approach...
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:00, Fri 01 Mar 2019.
Tadeusz
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Sun 3 Mar 2019
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  • msg #35

Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 34):

Ring is not online.

The Dew Drop Inn has a swimming pool and a sleeping family in Sight.

You get closer, and you hear kids screaming in glee from the pool and the splashing of water after someone yells 'cannonball'.

When you reach it, you see beyond it, a farm with a red barn.  Its not the red barn you saw though.

A convertible drives past you, and you see one young woman with long hair and a tied dyed shirt.  Otherwise, it seems like the Sixties have not reached this small town yet.
Oak
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Mon 4 Mar 2019
at 07:41
  • msg #36

Re: Oak Overtime

I go ahead and procure a room with a view of the bank.

Once there, I stretch out my clairvoyant senses, first looking over the bank, then searching for the red barn of my vision...
Tadeusz
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Sat 16 Mar 2019
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  • msg #37

Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 36):

Studying the shadow, you see it looks like the Omnidroid's shadow.

Three miles out of town, you find the barn, but no Silver Shadow or men from the vision as your AC chugs away keeping the room cool.
Oak
GM, 3238 posts
Tue 9 Jul 2019
at 04:56
  • msg #38

Re: Oak Overtime

I examine the insides of the bank and of the barn as well as the outsides, looking for any clues for what is amiss, and praying for guidance as I do...
Tadeusz
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Fri 12 Jul 2019
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  • msg #39

Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 38):

Looking inside the barn, you realize that you saw it was nearly empty of hay, and this is full of hay.  Also, after you pray you further note that there are no thin tire tracks such as a Rolls uses, but instead just large tractor tires in the mud outside the barn.  Near the barn is an old white peeling paint farmhouse and a shed, and inside the shed looks like the tractor that caused the marks.  There is a nice truck parked next to the farmhouse.

You slip into the bank, and look about, and suddenly you feel as if you're being watch....a blazing blackness, a smell of burning gasoline, and the screams of terror hit you so hard that you're knocked out of your vision, off your bed, and rolling against the AC unit in the hotel room.  It stutters and then chugs on.

Stunned, you look down and see smoke drifting up from your shirt, and a few char marks here and there on your shirt.
Oak
GM, 3239 posts
Sun 14 Jul 2019
at 19:37
  • msg #40

Re: Oak Overtime

I take a rest from psi and look for a newspaper.

After reading it, I pray, and stretch my post-cognitive senses toward the bank...
Tadeusz
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Mon 15 Jul 2019
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  • msg #41

Re: Oak Overtime

In reply to Oak (msg # 40):

May 17, 1962 says the paper.

Roy Orbison is playing in NYC.
John Glenn is speaking before Congress to try to convince them to spend more money on space exploration.
The Jaguar (local high school football team) played the Spartans and won.
The 'Importance of Being Ernest' is scheduled as a play this weekend.
Local banker Jack Johnson has received approval to build a rocket control systems factory just north of town.
A shooting match is also scheduled for this weekend with a prize of $500 for first place.
A strong statement by local family doctor Jonathan Hawkins on the benefits of the new polio vaccine.
The DOW Jones is doing very well indeed.

You engage your post cognitive senses gradually as you keep your eyes on the bank.  Its a near idea circumstances, time, comfort, sight of the target all in your favor.  As you slip into the past, you spot a notable event five years ago.

A pair of hooded men rob the bank, and in the process shoot a heavy set man with nice  clothes on.  They get captured later, but you see the man only returns to work a year later.  He's the bank president.  But you can see that he's still suffering from his wound, and  he's not working very hard.  Four years after he is shot, you see him shaking hands with a smiling, somewhat younger man.  And then you see a deed is handed over.

Looking at the younger man, he looks tough and smart and ruthless.  He walks into his office, and the first thing he does is spit on an American flag on the wall.  But then he wipes it off, and leaves the flag hanging.

Your view fades.
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