A Race Through Time (OOC/SignUps/Open)

[Sweater Town]

Now that summer's begun (college rocks in that way) I figured I should try out this idea my brain's been kicking around. Sign up if you're interested!

Time travel exists. Not many people know about it but a select few, scattered throughout history have mastered its use. And this has angered someone. Cronus, Lord of Time and known to many as Father Time, sees these masters of time as an abomination. Their "adventures" disrupt the timeline and cause messes for him. But he feels he may finally have found a solution. If there's one thing he knows about these time travelers, it's their pride. He has invited them all to play in a little game, a scavenger hunt if you will. He has scattered a number of treasures throughout time and space. The time travelers will compete against one another, and against Cronus himself, to retrieve them. In the end, the time traveler with the greatest number of items will be crowned the new Lord of Time and Cronus will step down and allow time travel to continue. However, if Cronus wins all the other Time Travelers will die. So, what'll it be? Care to play a game?

So I'll be Cronus and everyone else will be the "Masters of Time." You'll need to decide on a personal method of time travel. As magic exists to some extent in this universe, some will use magical means, but science is perfectly allowed as well. Either way, some "device" will need to be used as only Cronus can travel through time at will. Be prepared for some riddles!

THE IC IS HERE!

Name:
Appearance (photo if possible):
Year of Birth:
Location of Birth:
Brief Bio:
Method of Time Travel:
Skills/Abilities/Powers:
Weapons (if applicable):
RP Experience/Sample:

Cronus-Sweater Town
Wilhelm Kaiserton-The United Soviet Socialist Republic
Yagoob Montoya-OrigamiMaster
Anna Van Heersens-The New Lowlands
Doc Brown-Fowlick
Charles Jackson-New Chucklaslovakia
Nicholas Heisenburg-Indo-pasif archipelago
Wikus Ripix-The Magnified Union of Aligned Communes

My App:

Name: Cronus
Appearance:

Year of Birth: The Begin of Time
Location of Birth: The Sands of Time
Brief Bio: The begin all and end all. Cronus has unlimited control over time but finds himself primarily fixing the messes made by time travelers. He has had enough of this mess.
Method of Time Travel: Ability to move through time at will
Skills/Abilities/Powers: Able to move through time and space, knowledge of all time and space, can turn into sand/control sands of time (can summon at will)
Weapons: Scythe
RP Experience/Sample: I'm the OP.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Just how would this be played? People randomly making up going back in time to random places and assuming they can find treasure?

[Sweater Town]

Just how would this be played? People randomly making up going back in time to random places and assuming they can find treasure?

I'll make it pretty clear where/when you're supposed to go and what you're supposed to do there. I'll also manipulate npc's if the players so wish.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Just how would this be played? People randomly making up going back in time to random places and assuming they can find treasure?

I'll make it pretty clear where/when you're supposed to go and what you're supposed to do there. I'll also manipulate npc's if the players so wish.

So will the players interact at all?

[Sweater Town]

I'll make it pretty clear where/when you're supposed to go and what you're supposed to do there. I'll also manipulate npc's if the players so wish.

So will the players interact at all?

Yeah. You'll all be sent to the same place. Once the artifact in that location has been discovered you'll move to the second and so forth. Teams and alliances can be formed and animosity can develop.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

So will the players interact at all?

Yeah. You'll all be sent to the same place. Once the artifact in that location has been discovered you'll move to the second and so forth. Teams and alliances can be formed and animosity can develop.

Alright. I shall make an APP.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Name:Wilhelm Kaiserton
Appearance (photo if possible):

Year of Birth:1888
Method of Time Travel:Mental abilities
Skills/Abilities/Powers:Telepathy, psychokinesis, and hypnosis
Weapons (if applicable):His mind.
RP Experience/Sample: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=204035

I can provide more RP samples if requested.

[OrigamiMaster]

Name: Yagoob Montoya
Appearance (photo if possible):

Year of Birth: 500 B.C.E
Method of Time Travel: Yagoob has to create a magic portal through time. It requires focus and time, but it is worth it. He says a few chants, does some dances, and KAPOW! There ya go!
Skills/Abilities/Powers: Just Magic...
Weapons (if applicable): A staff
RP Experience/Sample: Well, not any that are done, but I'm in this one currently right now. http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=241743

Edit: Fixed

[Sweater Town]

These are both pretty much accepted. Quick notes: I'd prefer that you have some item that allows you to travel back in time. So a totem that allows mental energy to be siphoned, or an amulet that opens a portal. I also added two new categories to the app, so if you could just add those to yours. Also,OrigamiMaster, if you could add a pic/appearance description I'd love you forever. THANKS GUYS!

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Name:Wilhelm Kaiserton
Appearance (photo if possible):

(Image)

Year of Birth:1888
Location of Birth:Wittenberg Germany
Brief Bio:Wilhelm Kaiserton was born to a typical German family during the Industrial Revolution. They were a family of soldiers and engaged in constant war. Both his mother and father were killed in an attack while the family was encamped on the border with France. Wilhelm was separated from the rest of the German troops and he escaped into the Black Forest. While there he found a rock engraved with strange runes. He touched them and felt an understanding of potential mental abilities of the Terran(Human) mind. He began to utilize mental powers and, with the help of one of the runes, was able to move in time.
Method of Time Travel:Mental abilities
Skills/Abilities/Powers:Telepathy, psychokinesis, and hypnosis
Weapons (if applicable):His mind.
RP Experience/Sample: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=204035

I can provide more RP samples if requested.

[Sweater Town]

Name:Wilhelm Kaiserton
Appearance (photo if possible):

(Image)

Year of Birth:1888
Location of Birth:Wittenberg Germany
Brief Bio:Wilhelm Kaiserton was born to a typical German family during the Industrial Revolution. They were a family of soldiers and engaged in constant war. Both his mother and father were killed in an attack while the family was encamped on the border with France. Wilhelm was separated from the rest of the German troops and he escaped into the Black Forest. While there he found a rock engraved with strange runes. He touched them and felt an understanding of potential mental abilities of the Terran(Human) mind. He began to utilize mental powers and, with the help of one of the runes, was able to move in time.
Method of Time Travel:Mental abilities
Skills/Abilities/Powers:Telepathy, psychokinesis, and hypnosis
Weapons (if applicable):His mind.
RP Experience/Sample: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=204035

I can provide more RP samples if requested.

Perfect. Thank you! I'll make a character roster tomorrow when I'm not exhausted.

[OrigamiMaster]

These are both pretty much accepted. Quick notes: I'd prefer that you have some item that allows you to travel back in time. So a totem that allows mental energy to be siphoned, or an amulet that opens a portal. I also added two new categories to the app, so if you could just add those to yours. Also,OrigamiMaster, if you could add a pic/appearance description I'd love you forever. THANKS GUYS!

Okay! I shall do that now!

[Sweater Town]

These are both pretty much accepted. Quick notes: I'd prefer that you have some item that allows you to travel back in time. So a totem that allows mental energy to be siphoned, or an amulet that opens a portal. I also added two new categories to the app, so if you could just add those to yours. Also,OrigamiMaster, if you could add a pic/appearance description I'd love you forever. THANKS GUYS!

Okay! I shall do that now!

Thanks! Creating a roster now.

[The New Lowlands]

Name: Anna Van Heersens

Appearance: With a grandmother from the Dutch East Indies, Anna is a young woman with long, dark hair, brown eyes, slightly dark skin and a smooth complexion. She is also rather short. Anna has a tendency since her nineteenth to wear a dapper grey suit with a bowling hat, since it seems to fit in just about everywhere.

Year of Birth: 1792

Location of Birth: Brussels, Austrian Netherlands, later France, Later Netherlands, Later Belgium.

Brief Bio: Anna was the second daughter of a clockmaker who lived in Brussels through the turbulent years of the numerous French revolutionary wars; raised in a good, Catholic family, she oft enjoyed taking apart and putting together various small mechanical devices of clockwork, helping her father at his work in her spare time. While her pursuits weren't considered very ladylike, the Van Heersen family, with eight children, didn't really have the energy to stop her, especially so long as her father required her assistance and with the war on.
Once, however, she discovered an odd, silver watch in her father's attic. Since it wasn't ticking, she assumed that she would have to fix it. Despite her best efforts, it wouldn't disassemble, but when she pressed down on the hinge, she found herself transported, not to another place, but to Brussels in the middle of the 1830 Belgian war of Independence.
Since then, she has discovered how to operate her watch; it functions as both a watch and a teleporter, bringing her at her whim to the place where she wanted to be, when she wanted to be there.

Method of Time Travel: A silver-coloured pocket watch.

Skills/Abilities/Powers: Ms. Van Heersens has an analytical mind, and is skilled at engineering and arithmetic. She's also a talented swords-woman and accurate shot. Her social skills fall well short of the norm, in part due to her curiosity, that respects no boundaries, especially not personal space.

Weapons: Carries a silver-knobbed walking stick from which a saber can be drawn; also carries a compact P90 within her coat, for when some real protection is required.

[OOC: I didn't have anything to hand, so I wrote this up.]

Anna sighed as she stepped up the grand staircase, heading past the old walls which bore their faded pictures of her distant ancestors. Five generations or so of clockmaking glory stared her down as she lamely headed up the steps. But then the ladder approached, and a spring came to her step as she hurried up into the desolate and dusty attic that was her father's workshop.

With Mr. Van Heersens out of town, and her mother preoccupied with ranting at her brothers about decency, she had the perfect chance to finish one of her projects. With this in mind she treaded quickly over the slightly sawdusted floor, heading for a workbench only to be distracted by something shiny.

Blinking, she approached the small chest, atop which rested a brilliant silver pocket-watch. With a curious glance, she picked up the item, weighing it in her hand, snapping open the face within. The cool ceramic was wholly clean, and covered with glass, but nonetheless Anna frowned.

The hands weren't moving.

With a grumble, she brought it to her workbench, glancing at the pocket-watch's other end, where a small screw was implanted, keeping the thing together. She glanced down at it, guessing the size, then tugged a screwdriver off of the table, bringing it to bear.

Nothing seemed to happen as she tried to press it into the small crevice, grunting with effort, blinking at the screwdriver. With an unexpected scowl, she brought a slightly smaller one to bear. The pattern continued until she attempted with a toothpick, which snapped as she tried to push it in.

Letting out a frustrated grunt, the eighteen-year-old polished the remaining toothpick off of the hinge, thinking annoyedly this might take twenty years...

She blinked as the world went dark and stayed that way. For her, a moment passed, and then she was out in the street, her feet colliding gently on the cobbles of a slightly different Brussels. A marching group of ragged riflemen rushed past, people all out with yellow banners bearing black lions;

"Ze zullen hem niet temmen, die fiere Vlaamse leeuw!" the crowd roared, cheering them on. One of the militia approached her with a grin, a rifle slung over her shoulder, and tugged her into a protesting kiss; she didn't stomp on his foot or punch him on account of her surprise.

Another voice called out; "The Dutch are coming!" and the sounds of proper marching group of soldiers came from the end of the street. The militiaman let her go, gripping his rifle and joining the loose line of soldiers as the civilians fled. She blinked again, then cried out when a cannon fired, plowing into the group of soldiers.

Something in her made her rush to the militiaman's side, but she recoiled in horror when she noted he was lying on the ground. The rest croaked, blood bubbling out of his mouth; a small, bloodied smile came to his lips as he reached out for her. Cries of desperation rang out among the militia; they retreated, fast. She sobbed, praying to go back home, gripping the militiaman's hand, the watch between their hands as the world went dark again.

Light returned. Anna blinked down at the militiaman, still breathing, but unconscious, lying bloodied among the sawdust. Mr. Van Heersens let out a scream at the sight of them both.

[Sweater Town]

Name: Anna Van Heersens

Appearance: With a grandmother from the Dutch East Indies, Anna is a young woman with long, dark hair, brown eyes, slightly dark skin and a smooth complexion. She is also rather short. Anna has a tendency since her nineteenth to wear a dapper grey suit with a bowling hat, since it seems to fit in just about everywhere.

Year of Birth: 1792

Location of Birth: Brussels, Austrian Netherlands, later France, Later Netherlands, Later Belgium.

Brief Bio: Anna was the second daughter of a clockmaker who lived in Brussels through the turbulent years of the numerous French revolutionary wars; raised in a good, Catholic family, she oft enjoyed taking apart and putting together various small mechanical devices of clockwork, helping her father at his work in her spare time. While her pursuits weren't considered very ladylike, the Van Heersen family, with eight children, didn't really have the energy to stop her, especially so long as her father required her assistance and with the war on.
Once, however, she discovered an odd, silver watch in her father's attic. Since it wasn't ticking, she assumed that she would have to fix it. Despite her best efforts, it wouldn't disassemble, but when she pressed down on the hinge, she found herself transported, not to another place, but to Brussels in the middle of the 1830 Belgian war of Independence.
Since then, she has discovered how to operate her watch; it functions as both a watch and a teleporter, bringing her at her whim to the place where she wanted to be, when she wanted to be there.

Method of Time Travel: A silver-coloured pocket watch.

Skills/Abilities/Powers: Ms. Van Heersens has an analytical mind, and is skilled at engineering and arithmetic. She's also a talented swords-woman and accurate shot. Her social skills fall well short of the norm, in part due to her curiosity, that respects no boundaries, especially not personal space.

Weapons: Carries a silver-knobbed walking stick from which a saber can be drawn; also carries a compact P90 within her coat, for when some real protection is required.

[OOC: I didn't have anything to hand, so I wrote this up.]

Anna sighed as she stepped up the grand staircase, heading past the old walls which bore their faded pictures of her distant ancestors. Five generations or so of clockmaking glory stared her down as she lamely headed up the steps. But then the ladder approached, and a spring came to her step as she hurried up into the desolate and dusty attic that was her father's workshop.

With Mr. Van Heersens out of town, and her mother preoccupied with ranting at her brothers about decency, she had the perfect chance to finish one of her projects. With this in mind she treaded quickly over the slightly sawdusted floor, heading for a workbench only to be distracted by something shiny.

Blinking, she approached the small chest, atop which rested a brilliant silver pocket-watch. With a curious glance, she picked up the item, weighing it in her hand, snapping open the face within. The cool ceramic was wholly clean, and covered with glass, but nonetheless Anna frowned.

The hands weren't moving.

With a grumble, she brought it to her workbench, glancing at the pocket-watch's other end, where a small screw was implanted, keeping the thing together. She glanced down at it, guessing the size, then tugged a screwdriver off of the table, bringing it to bear.

Nothing seemed to happen as she tried to press it into the small crevice, grunting with effort, blinking at the screwdriver. With an unexpected scowl, she brought a slightly smaller one to bear. The pattern continued until she attempted with a toothpick, which snapped as she tried to push it in.

Letting out a frustrated grunt, the eighteen-year-old polished the remaining toothpick off of the hinge, thinking annoyedly this might take twenty years...

She blinked as the world went dark and stayed that way. For her, a moment passed, and then she was out in the street, her feet colliding gently on the cobbles of a slightly different Brussels. A marching group of ragged riflemen rushed past, people all out with yellow banners bearing black lions;

"Ze zullen hem niet temmen, die fiere Vlaamse leeuw!" the crowd roared, cheering them on. One of the militia approached her with a grin, a rifle slung over her shoulder, and tugged her into a protesting kiss; she didn't stomp on his foot or punch him on account of her surprise.

Another voice called out; "The Dutch are coming!" and the sounds of proper marching group of soldiers came from the end of the street. The militiaman let her go, gripping his rifle and joining the loose line of soldiers as the civilians fled. She blinked again, then cried out when a cannon fired, plowing into the group of soldiers.

Something in her made her rush to the militiaman's side, but she recoiled in horror when she noted he was lying on the ground. The rest croaked, blood bubbling out of his mouth; a small, bloodied smile came to his lips as he reached out for her. Cries of desperation rang out among the militia; they retreated, fast. She sobbed, praying to go back home, gripping the militiaman's hand, the watch between their hands as the world went dark again.

Light returned. Anna blinked down at the militiaman, still breathing, but unconscious, lying bloodied among the sawdust. Mr. Van Heersens let out a scream at the sight of them both.

BRILLIANT! Approved!!

[Fowlick]

Name:Dr. Emmett L. Brown
Appearance (photo if possible):

Year of Birth:1920
Location of Birth:Hill Valley, California
Brief Bio:http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Emmett_Brown
Method of Time Travel:Train
Skills/Abilities/Powers:Science-not much else to say.
Weapons (if applicable):Pistol, old Union Saber
RP Experience/Sample:Do I have to?

[Sweater Town]

Name:Dr. Emmett L. Brown
Appearance (photo if possible):

(Image)

Year of Birth:1920
Location of Birth:Hill Valley, California
Brief Bio:http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Emmett_Brown
Method of Time Travel:Train
Skills/Abilities/Powers:Science-not much else to say.
Weapons (if applicable):Pistol, old Union Saber
RP Experience/Sample:Do I have to?

Ya know what, sure. Why the hell not? Especially when you're using the train and not the delorean. All though that could be tricky when we inevitably end up pre-steam engine, but I'm sure you'll work that out.

[Fowlick]

Logs, portable yet powerful and longlasting.

[New Chucklaslovokia]

Name: Charles Jackson
Appearance (photo if possible):
Year of Birth: 1958
Location of Birth: London
Brief Bio: Charles was working in his lab one day when he discovered time travel.
Method of Time Travel: Time Travel Bike
Skills/Abilities/Powers: Able to create anything with scrap metal.
Weapons (if applicable): His mind
RP Experience/Sample: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=230941

[Sweater Town]

Name: Charles Jackson
Appearance (photo if possible): (Image)
Year of Birth: 1958
Location of Birth: London
Brief Bio: Charles was working in his lab one day when he discovered time travel.
Method of Time Travel: Time Travel Bike
Skills/Abilities/Powers: Able to create anything with scrap metal.
Weapons (if applicable): His mind
RP Experience/Sample: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=230941

Approved! I want a couple more and then I'll start up the IC!! Tell your friends! Tell your neighbors! Tie a note to a pigeon and see if anyone gets it! JUST SPREAD THE WORD!

[Fowlick]

Name:Nicholas Heisenburg
Apparence:Nicholas have a blue eyes and blonde hair,height 161 meter.
Year of Birth:2032
Location of Birth:Germany
Brief Bio:He was born in germany in middle class family.His family tree can be yrace to Von Braun.He enroll to high school at 14 years old.Heaccompalish his study at 20,and start researching wormhole.When he managed to make a black hole,his furniture accidentaly get into it and make (made) a raining wood two days before.When he realize that he has found a time machine,he try to fix a glitch on his worm hole when he go to age of darkness. and now he use it to join the game.
Method of Time Travel:Wormhole
Skills/Abilities/Powers:He expert in decoding codes,he also have knowledge about history of the world.
Weapons (if applicable):A taser
RP Experience/Sample:To redeem a champion,Olympus:the survive of the fittest.

Your kidding about the 161 meters, right?

[OrigamiMaster]

Wrong numbers.

Your kidding about the 161 meters, right?

I think you're supposed to put what you say at the bottom, but on well.

[Fowlick]

Still...Over 150 meters. Do you even know how tall that is?

[OrigamiMaster]

Still...Over 150 meters. Do you even know how tall that is?

I think roughly 15 stories high!

[Fowlick]

Exactly! Even 17 years into the future, we are not going to have that genome!