broken_time (broken_time) wrote in exiles,
@ 2012-10-04 20:04:00

In the desert between time
Moments ago, the MacEndale's powers were doing their best to rip him in two. Doubtless, the other current arrivals have similarly interesting stories as to what they were up to the moment everything changed.

What they have in common now is falling. Falling out of the sky and into sand. A lot of sand. Rolling hills and vast expanses of it.

The only things breaking up this desert is a small, non-walled kitchenette and classroom combination, with small desks and a blackboard set up on one side, and a counter and over on the other, with black and white tiled floors.

In said kitchen is a middle aged, balding man with a bow tie, who seems to be cooking blueberry muffins. A pot of coffee goes from brewing to ready on the counter nearby.

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broken_time
2012-10-08 02:41 pm UTC (link)

"Unfortunately, you're absolutely correct. In your case, your world was made stable by the Exiles, its no longer damaging nearby realities - but a lot of damage has been done. Heroes have died, the world was placed in a state of virtual anarchy... it will be ripe for invasion when the Shi'ar fleet comes. They will term it 'protection of a vulnerable world' - correct, to a degree, but a conquered world is a conquered world.

In Casey's case, he had a hand in the destruction of his world. When the Scarlet Witch suffered a mental breakdown, and tried to meld her powers with chaos sorcery to reshape the world - she had help. Cthon, for one, the Octessence for another - the latter in a bid to try and make Dr. Strange vulnerable. Indeed, Strange was killed, as were a lot of others, with magic gone rampant. Her powers are based, however, on probability manipulation. The mutant Forge attempted to fight back, when he came to his senses, by gathering several other probability manipulators - Roulette, the Black Cat, Domino, Crosshairs, Casey, his mother... and use his device to heighten powers to try and fight back, to fight fire with fire. Their powers protected them - and broke probability. Now, two conflicting realities are vying for control and tearing the world apart - with one in a billion odds happening daily. Planes collide, black holes open and close, lightning hits people from clear skies. The faction Casey is in, is fighting with, may eventually win - but they'll inherit a demolished world.

These are the states of your worlds right now. You will have the opportunity to change these events back to fanciful lies by helping the Exiles. Save enough worlds, and your realities may shift back the way they should be. However, the risks are real. You could fail, you could die. Several Exiles have fallen in the line of duty. The handful of you that I've been able to save from collapsing universes are all that uncounted realities have. If the Exiles fail, there isn't a second chance. I won't be able to help you outside of this place - I don't exist in 'the real world'. Any of them.

Any questions?"

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	bornlucky 2012-10-08 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	That was certainly a lot to take in. Especially all that talk about events at home that he did not remember and really sounded very far fetched to him. But at the same time it did not sound like a world he wanted to return too. "I think I'm going to need some time to think this through before I can ask questions." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goblin_savior 2012-10-09 12:59 am UTC (link)
	"I'm willing to bet we can't go back home," Jason surmised. He looks at the Timebroker. "Right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	broken_time 2012-10-09 01:12 am UTC (link)
	"On the contrary - if you doubt me that much, you can go home. All you need to do is ask. But I won't be able to pull you out a second time, and the lie would become 'normal'. In Casey's case, one of the engineers of a broken reality. In yours, Mr. MacEndale, a very lonely cemetery plot." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bornlucky 2012-10-10 03:55 pm UTC (link)
	Well Casey didn't know what to do there so he just did what he usually did in this type of situation. He pulled out a coin and flipped it putting the choice to chance since that usually did work to his favor. "OK. I'll take your word for this but what does this mean I'm doing," Casey says after the flip. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

broken_time
2012-10-10 04:02 pm UTC (link)

"You'll be joining the Exiles, as they've chosen to call themselves. A small group of individuals pulled from their realities. They move from universe to universe, and in each one, you'll be given instructions by a device called the Tallus. Its an indestructible artifact - which there is only one of, temporally bonded to the wrist of the longest serving Exile, Sarah Rogers. It transmits information to her on how to attempt to fix the damage the ripples in the timestream caused. When you finish fixing one reality, you'll be moved to the next."

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	goblin_savior 2012-10-12 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	Jason muttered a few choice curses, but then stops. "Not like I really have a place back home. ..I'll do it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bornlucky 2012-10-15 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	"So it's one big old multi-verse tour," Casey says, "Well I guess I can lend a hand there." It was the kind of thing his ma had taught him to do. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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