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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8713284" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px">The Anachronic Argonauts</span></p><p></p><p>While the disaster -- some might even call it a crisis -- began on 21st century Earth, it has quickly expanded beyond there, and not just in the four dimensions of space-time, but the fifth and sixth as well, affecting parallel realities and tangential dimensions. The only sequent of reality not completely affected is the timestream itself, the dimension through which time travel occurs, and even that has been impacted. And yet the victims of that impact might be the only ones to have any hope of repairing what has begun.</p><p></p><p>During their journeys in time, the Rutherfords have frequently acquired additional traveling companions from among the people they meet. These fellow travelers, if you will excuse the term, generally accompany the time travelers for only a short interval before they return to their original place and time, settle in some new region and/or era, or -- fortunately rarely -- suffer a misfortune that puts a permanent end to their journeys. While the person known variously as Leonardo da Vinci and Dr. Rupert Maxwell, among other aliases, is perhaps the most famous of their associates, he is far from the only one to have provided critical assistance in the past.</p><p></p><p>When the crisis began to affect the timestream, <em>four</em> versions of the Rutherfords and their time machine were impacted, with the various vessels merging into a single entity. The respective Bruce Rutherfords and Weenas using these machines have vanished; what has become of them remains unclear. The four companions with whom they were traveling have been dropped into a situation none of them was ever prepared for, and forced to work with people about whom they had only ever heard vague rumors, if that, in order to extricate themselves from this situation, to rescue their friends and then possibly consider how to fix time.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, one of them is a traitor.</p><p></p><p>Well, that's something of an overstatement. One of them is -- or possibly was -- going to become, at some point further along in their individual journeys, the infamous Lord Carnifex. The exact circumstances under which that will happen are not terribly clear, and while the Rutherford and Weena who were traveling with them likely knew what was to happen, they themselves likely do <em>not</em> know. And possibly, <em>just</em> possibly, if time is truly broken, then perhaps that future can be averted. This is a situation that has never happened before, and no one knows what the rules might be.</p><p></p><p>While the group begins with four members, just as they themselves were gathered by necessity and seeming coincidence, so too will others be gathered in the course of this extraordinary voyage, from among the heroes, villains and complicated folks of many worlds and times. Eventually, there might even be a full legion of them ...</p><p></p><p><em>Author's Note: And we're back, with the four starters of the Anachronic Argonauts to follow.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8713284, member: 30538"] [size=150]The Anachronic Argonauts[/size] While the disaster -- some might even call it a crisis -- began on 21st century Earth, it has quickly expanded beyond there, and not just in the four dimensions of space-time, but the fifth and sixth as well, affecting parallel realities and tangential dimensions. The only sequent of reality not completely affected is the timestream itself, the dimension through which time travel occurs, and even that has been impacted. And yet the victims of that impact might be the only ones to have any hope of repairing what has begun. During their journeys in time, the Rutherfords have frequently acquired additional traveling companions from among the people they meet. These fellow travelers, if you will excuse the term, generally accompany the time travelers for only a short interval before they return to their original place and time, settle in some new region and/or era, or -- fortunately rarely -- suffer a misfortune that puts a permanent end to their journeys. While the person known variously as Leonardo da Vinci and Dr. Rupert Maxwell, among other aliases, is perhaps the most famous of their associates, he is far from the only one to have provided critical assistance in the past. When the crisis began to affect the timestream, [i]four[/i] versions of the Rutherfords and their time machine were impacted, with the various vessels merging into a single entity. The respective Bruce Rutherfords and Weenas using these machines have vanished; what has become of them remains unclear. The four companions with whom they were traveling have been dropped into a situation none of them was ever prepared for, and forced to work with people about whom they had only ever heard vague rumors, if that, in order to extricate themselves from this situation, to rescue their friends and then possibly consider how to fix time. Unfortunately, one of them is a traitor. Well, that's something of an overstatement. One of them is -- or possibly was -- going to become, at some point further along in their individual journeys, the infamous Lord Carnifex. The exact circumstances under which that will happen are not terribly clear, and while the Rutherford and Weena who were traveling with them likely knew what was to happen, they themselves likely do [i]not[/i] know. And possibly, [i]just[/i] possibly, if time is truly broken, then perhaps that future can be averted. This is a situation that has never happened before, and no one knows what the rules might be. While the group begins with four members, just as they themselves were gathered by necessity and seeming coincidence, so too will others be gathered in the course of this extraordinary voyage, from among the heroes, villains and complicated folks of many worlds and times. Eventually, there might even be a full legion of them ... [i]Author's Note: And we're back, with the four starters of the Anachronic Argonauts to follow.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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