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The Chronologists

The Chronologists

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At 23 seconds after 11:43am on 17th of January 2086 the fabric of space and time crumbled. The Chronologists are the people who will put it back together again.

1,337 readers have visited The Chronologists since NorthernSoul created it.

Introduction

It started small. In the year 2036, three years after the elucidation of the full theory of quantum gravity, scientists managed to establish a wormhole that defied previous chronology protection conjectures. A single carbon atom was transported less than a microsecond back in time and space.

And, to the relief of the world, causality was not violated; the world failed to end.

The scientific community descended into a frenzy of theorising. Why had the transportation of that tiny atom back in time not affected causality? Perhaps the nature of time was more malleable than previously thought. Perhaps, after transportation of matter back in time, the future from that instant was automatically changed to incorporate that object. Was the future not fixed after all?

In response, the International Committee of Chronology (ICC) was established to monitor the ethical practice of time travel and ensure that chronological research, whilst being allowed to continue, was conducted in such a way that every precaution was taken to protect the safety of the timeline.

In 2052, a scientist made a discovery that, like many important discoveries, arose from a mistake. Misreading a printout, he accidentally transported himself not six, but eight minutes back in time and was seen by his younger self as he exited the lab. Panicking, the scientist hit the automatic reset on his handheld chronograph that would instantly transport him back to his time and place of origin. But it didn't work. The fact that he had been witnessed by another human had injected an minute amount of instability into the timeline that had thrown the coordinates of his relatively primitive chronograph off, preventing them from locking. He managed to manually enter the coordinates and returned. His altered past self had been intelligent enough to realise that cancelling his experiment after seeing his future self appear in the lab could have disastrous consequences and, in turn, stepped into the transporter as scheduled. As a result of this quick-thinking, the effects on the timeline were minimal.

The scientist's paper; 'The Effect of Chronographical Imprints on the Human Mind on the Stability of the Timeline' was a sensation that highlighted the hitherto unsuspected importance of mind over matter in relation to time travel. It was not changes in matter, i.e. the presence of a foreign person or object in the timeline, but whether or not this presence had an impact on the sentient behaviour of humans occupying that point in the timeline, that introduced dangerous instability into the fabric of space-time. On the instructions of the ICC, great care was thereafter taken to conduct experiments in times or places that would be uninhabited by humans so as to avoid introducing instability into the timeline.

However, a small group of rogue scientists felt that further investigation was needed into the effects of the human mind on the timeline. Why should it only be the human mind that was able to bend or break the timeline, shaping it with every human action? Was it in fact just different physical actions that introduced instability or what it the formation of altered thoughts themselves? Was this evidence of free will? They operated secretly, under the radar of the ICC, and little is now known about them other than that they probably brought about the events that occurred at 23 seconds after 11:43am on 17th of January 2086.

Grumblings of instability had been detected, beginning several months before, but there had been nothing to suggest the catastrophe that was about to occur. The timeline crumbled. The continuum was sent into disarray; shaken apart like a jigsaw puzzle, with islands of stability that lasted from seconds to decades continually being torn apart and then reformed somewhere else along the timeline. Who could know how long it would be before the universe itself was destroyed by the vast amounts of energy that were being sucked into and blossoming out of the fabric of existence.

It was only by chance, as these things often are, that the very same scientist who had written that seminal paper over thirty years before, had been working on a project that had been investigating methods of introducing stability back into the timeline. It was once again due to his quick-thinking that he was able to secure a tiny region of the continuum; about a mile square and a year long, and send it into a loop, isolating it from the chaos outside. He and a few other survivors decided to use experimental records to travel back and correct disruptions in the timeline, hoping that the inherent flexibility of space-time would snap back to its default state once enough damage had been repaired.

But there was one problem. They needed more people. And so they decided to recruit people from the transient pockets of stability that popped up along the timeline, choosing them for their abilities as a leader, their resourcefulness or their scientific or historical knowledge, intending to return them to their time of origin once the timeline was once again complete. The aim now was not perfection; they could not help but interact with humans from the past, but simply the repair of major disruptions in chronological events that had occurred since the crumbling of the timeline; the events that had effected not one or two people but hundreds, thousands or even millions.

They are the Chronologists and they need your help.






Characters

Your character will be recruited from the past (i.e. prior to 2086) from a brief period of stability on the timeline. So feel free to pick any period since the dawn of human civilisation. If you decided to choose a character from 2010-2086 then I'll allow a little bit of creative freedom in the finer aspects of the futuristic setting but nothing too outlandish. And I don't want more than one or two characters at most from the 'future'. This is your chance to bring together a Roman legionnaire, a medieval prince, a renaissance scientist and a suffragette together in the same RP! Use your imagination!

Aside from that, I want characters to be compelling and unique. Personalities are not static- develop your character, have the events in the RP affect them. They will be functioning as a team; rivalries and romances, conflicts and friendships will all be present but bear in mind the differing backgrounds of our characters and how this will affect them.

Please submit your characters on the Character Tab and use the following sheet. If you are accepted, your sample post will be reposted as your introductory post, so make it good!

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Time/Place of Origin: (Can be anywhere, any time)
Appearance: (Keep it in line with the time period your character is from. A picture is optional, a description is not.)
Bio: (A brief history of your character's life. Include any skills or abilities that might explain why they have been targeted for recruitment by the Chronologists.)
Sample post: (This should be a few paragraphs about what your character is doing immediately before they are recruited i.e. if they are a Roman soldier, maybe they are chilling out in the barracks, or if they are a Victorian mill-worker, maybe they're walking back from work, or if they are a 1950s American housewife, maybe they are making tea. Be inventive and descriptive. This is to get an idea of your roleplaying abilities so if you're not good enough, you won't get accepted. Sorry, but no exceptions.)



Plot

This will primarily be an episodic-based RP. The group of characters will be assigned missions which they will then go out and complete. These missions will resolve around an event (which stems from the actions of a time-travelling scientist) that has occurred and disrupted history. Perhaps a failed assassination attempt succeeded, perhaps two friends became estranged, perhaps someone changes their mind about a seemingly unimportant decision. It will be the Chronologists job to identify the event that has become disrupted and find a way to change it back to its original outcome. The plasticity of the time-line will do the rest.

In between missions, some time will be spent at the Chronologists' base which can be used to further develop character interactions/relationships. This means that an RPer has to take some time out, we can simply exclude their character from the next mission and they can jump back in later. However, as time goes on a major story arc will be begin to be incorporated into the missions and a central antagonist will emerge.

If you have ideas, I want to hear them! Whether it's an idea for a mission or for the central arc please, please, please communicate them. I want lots of OOC discussion. I feel that RPing is a collaborative process and we can all make this RP much better by talking about what will work best. Similarly, if you've got a surprise for us (provided it's not too drastic) feel free to keep it a secret or exchange a few PMs with those involved and shock us all!



Places

Under the RP tab, each 'place' in which we can post IC activity will be divided into missions so we can nicely segregate what happens in the RP in a way that makes sense. I'll number everything chronologically so it will go something like this:
1. Recruitment
2. The Chronologists Base (Welcoming)
3. Mission Blah Blah
3.5. The Chronologists Base (Debriefing)
4. Mission Wozzit
4.5 The Chronologists Base (Debriefing)
etc. etc.

It should be quite straightforward but if you're confused about where to post, just ask!



Finally

Have fun!

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The Timeline, Earth

The Timeline, Earth by NorthernSoul

The ever-changing fractured timeline of what was once the history of the Earth.

The Inviolabilis

The Inviolabilis by RolePlayGateway

A square mile of stability in the roaring chaos of the fractured timeline.

1. Recruitment

1. Recruitment by RolePlayGateway

The newest members of the Chronologists are recruited from across the world and throughout history.

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Aurélie barely managed to hold in a yelp of alarm when the man- Evan, was it? - appeared at her elbow to put in his two cents. She hadn't noticed the door opening again. As he sauntered off looking rather pleased with himself, she stared after him, still rather unsettled. There was just something about him that wasn't quite right...

“Does that man bother you like he bothers me?” Aurélie muttered, half to the other woman and half to herself. It seemed she had looked out at just the right moment, for another woman soon swept into the room, looking rather important in an even more elaborate dress -this time of red velvet- and with gold in her hair. Aurélie found the egalitarian part of herself mildly disgusted in the face of such opulence, not to mention disgusted at the little pang of jealousy it also evoked in her.

She turned away from this woman to notice the Russian man had also finished changing. When she caught his eye, she gave him a timid little smile of greeting. He was from the roughly same time as her, she figured, from the uniform he had been wearing and the weapons he had been carrying...

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The Timeline, Earth

The Timeline, Earth by NorthernSoul

The ever-changing fractured timeline of what was once the history of the Earth.

The Inviolabilis

The Inviolabilis by RolePlayGateway

A square mile of stability in the roaring chaos of the fractured timeline.

1. Recruitment

1. Recruitment by RolePlayGateway

The newest members of the Chronologists are recruited from across the world and throughout history.

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Character Portrait: Eliza Milton
Character Portrait: Theodore Higgs
Character Portrait: Chen Jiang
Character Portrait: Aur??lie Benoit
Character Portrait: Evan Baygell
Character Portrait: Countess Francesca du Grenoble

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Character Portrait: Countess Francesca du Grenoble
Countess Francesca du Grenoble

Wealthy, politically savvy, young, widow who sympathizes with the victims of the witch hunting mania.

Character Portrait: Evan Baygell
Evan Baygell

One of the early pioneers of chronology. Unfortunately, he was one of the people who broke time in the first place.

Character Portrait: Aur??lie Benoit
Aur??lie Benoit

Vive la Resistance!

Character Portrait: Chen Jiang
Chen Jiang

Taoist monk from 8th-century China.

Character Portrait: Theodore Higgs
Theodore Higgs

An English Alchemist from the late 15th century.

Character Portrait: Eliza Milton
Eliza Milton

A suffragette from Victorian Manchester.

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Character Portrait: Chen Jiang
Chen Jiang

Taoist monk from 8th-century China.

Character Portrait: Eliza Milton
Eliza Milton

A suffragette from Victorian Manchester.

Character Portrait: Evan Baygell
Evan Baygell

One of the early pioneers of chronology. Unfortunately, he was one of the people who broke time in the first place.

Character Portrait: Aur??lie Benoit
Aur??lie Benoit

Vive la Resistance!

Character Portrait: Countess Francesca du Grenoble
Countess Francesca du Grenoble

Wealthy, politically savvy, young, widow who sympathizes with the victims of the witch hunting mania.

Character Portrait: Theodore Higgs
Theodore Higgs

An English Alchemist from the late 15th century.

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Character Portrait: Countess Francesca du Grenoble
Countess Francesca du Grenoble

Wealthy, politically savvy, young, widow who sympathizes with the victims of the witch hunting mania.

Character Portrait: Theodore Higgs
Theodore Higgs

An English Alchemist from the late 15th century.

Character Portrait: Eliza Milton
Eliza Milton

A suffragette from Victorian Manchester.

Character Portrait: Evan Baygell
Evan Baygell

One of the early pioneers of chronology. Unfortunately, he was one of the people who broke time in the first place.

Character Portrait: Aur??lie Benoit
Aur??lie Benoit

Vive la Resistance!

Character Portrait: Chen Jiang
Chen Jiang

Taoist monk from 8th-century China.


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The Timeline, Earth

The Timeline, Earth by NorthernSoul

The ever-changing fractured timeline of what was once the history of the Earth.

The Inviolabilis

The Inviolabilis by RolePlayGateway

A square mile of stability in the roaring chaos of the fractured timeline.

1. Recruitment

1. Recruitment by RolePlayGateway

The newest members of the Chronologists are recruited from across the world and throughout history.

The Inviolabilis

The Inviolabilis Owner: RolePlayGateway

A square mile of stability in the roaring chaos of the fractured timeline.

The Timeline, Earth

The ever-changing fractured timeline of what was once the history of the Earth.

1. Recruitment

The newest members of the Chronologists are recruited from across the world and throughout history.

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Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

<3 you too, Candy.

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

I love you guyyyyys ^^

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You know what, I had previously given up on this- I'd just completely lost inspiration for it. But since you asked so nicely (and made me laugh in the process), epic, I'll give it another shot. I should have something up soon.

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I have yet to give up. I'm just tired, and my useless idiot brother has had full control of the computer for a week (which is also the source of my 5 in AP Literature and Composition). I'll have something soon.

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I feel like the girl that got asked out by the hottest guy in school, and then stood up...

Come on people! We've barely gotten anywhere yet! Aleksandr hasn't stood on that grassy knoll making sure JFK was shot yet! Chen hasn't yet innocently whispered into Leon Trostky's ear the suggestion that he go cross the floor and join the Bolsheviks! Francesca hasn't yet sweet talked her way into the cockpit of the titanic and rigged it to crash! Theodore hasn't yet planted a little explosive on Apollo 13's oxygen tank, Eliza and Aurelie haven't yet rallied the woman's march to Versailles in 1789 and Evan hasn't sat around with a bunch of Egyptian Pharoes, gleefully suggesting exciting different booby traps they might want to include in their Tombs to prevent raiding!

And this is all WITHOUT the sneaky sub plots Cypher and Northern have going!!

I guess what I'm trying to say is that we can't just let a story that has the potential to be a hit TV show with several seasons to it's name just DIE. Even if you have no good ideas just post anyway, just so the plot-baton can be passed to someone else. Who knows, you might give them an idea or six, after all I know first hand that you are all excellent writers. C'mon, it'll only take 5 minutes. Just don't give up on it. Not yet.

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Still here; just been really goddam busy.

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

Where is everybody? D:

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

Sorry I've been gone for a while. I just finished my major-end-of-school-forever exams so, now that I am a free human, I'll try to get a post in asap. ^^

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

I'll be sure and do that next time, Northern ^^

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

OK, that's fine I guess but next time if you're unsure of where action is taking place then just ask.

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I like that better than the solution I had previously come up with.

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

Maybe the door opened just as they reached the end of that conversation? :\

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

Then interact with someone yourself!

Also- the exchange between Eliza and Aurelie is taking place in another room as they get changed, Cypher. Baygell can't hear them.

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No one's interacted with Zhukovsky XD

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Sorry! I promise to post tomorrow, got distracted by other things today.

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Don't yell at me; I posted yesterday >_>

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Cypher is indeed correct! Sorry for any confusion...

And on another note- get posting people!

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

By the way it was spoken about in character, I believe it translates the language, but doesn't give you any background info. Although I suppose that Northern could alter that any time, given that she's the GM.

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I'd like to know a little more specifically about how this translating device works. Does it convert languages the character doesn't know to ones he does on the fly, or does it give them knowledge of words they've not known so far? In the second case, could my character stumble on concepts he's never heard of before (for instance, gravity) while thinking? How technical is this knowledge -- will he be able to understand technobabble if he hears it? Does it allow him to recognise names he hasn't heard of before?

I'm back, by the way, and will try to get a post in today or tomorrow.

Re: [OOC] The Chronologists

Oh and Sevis- don't worry about Theodore. We'll just assume he's tagging along and you can jump back in whenever. Thanks for letting me know!