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returnjourneylogs2022-03-23 10:47 pm
returnjourney) wrote in returnjourneylogs2022-03-23 10:47 pm
Entry tags:
- !backstory,
- aki hayakawa (chainsaw man),
- alice quinn (the magicians),
- blue sargent (the raven cycle),
- bucky barnes (mcu),
- claire fraser (outlander),
- conner j (original),
- ellie williams (the last of us),
- grace gibson (original),
- loki odinson (mcu),
- rhys strongfork (borderlands),
- silco (arcane),
- theon greyjoy (a song of ice and fire),
- william (westworld)
BACKSTORY: ANOTHER BORDER
BACKSTORY: ANOTHER BORDER
"Slowly, painfully, I realized what I had been reading from the very first words of his journal. My husband had had an inner life that went beyond his gregarious exterior, and if I had known enough to let him inside my guard, I might have understood this fact. Except I hadn't, of course. I had let tidal pools and fungi that could devour plastic inside my guard, but not him. Of all the aspects of the journal, this ate at me the most. He had created his share of our problems―by pushing me too hard, by wanting too much, by trying to see something in me that didn’t exist. But I could have met him partway and retained my sovereignty. And now it was too late."― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation
Introduction
Welcome to the backstory log for the "Another Border" simulation! Here, we play out big moments in our characters' AU histories. We've included a list of ideas below; feel free to experiment and figure out what feels right for your character's past and motivations. Consider what specific moments might have prompted them to venture into Area X!
This log is set before a simulation begins, to give players a head start on ironing out the specifics of their AUs. During this time, Peregrine life will continue as normal.
If you have any questions about the event, please ask here. You can familiarize yourself with simulation basics on our events page.
Ideas
- Your first meeting with an important or influential person.
- Doing something important for someone.
- A time you really screwed someone else over.
- A personal loss in your life.
- An injury, illness, or similar struggle.
- Domestic events: falling in love, getting married, building a home, having a child, navigating a change in a relationship, divorce.
- Getting a new job or a promotion.
- Discovering a passion.
- An important religious or philosophical moment, a moral challenge.
- An event that changed how you see the world for the better.
- An event that changed how you see the world for the worse.
- A sight you saw or place you visited that made you consider your place in the world.
- A dark night of the soul.
- Learning about the discovery of Area X.
- Getting your Area X assignment.
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She catches the wrapper with one hand and grins.
"Yeah, he was an idiot." She tosses it back. "I'll be fine. I'll try'n find a way back when I'm done. I don't wanna be out there forever."
She doesn't say back to you. Neither of their teenage egos could handle it.
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"They're sending me to another family, anyway," he says, muffled and hanging backwards over the swing. The litter's just an excuse. "Different city."
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And if things like the Shimmer exist, maybe it could.
"Which one?" She might be able to find him. It's not like the 70s, when nobody had fucking emails.
"Is it..." She opens her pun book. "Dublin? I hear it grows twice in size every day." A slight groan; that was terrible.
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Which is his way of saying, Well, you gotta guess, first.
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He leans against the swing chain, making the seat slide sideways, and ignores the rust.
"D'you even know your blood type? I bet they'd ban you."