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This is probably overdue, huh?

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Teenage Dream Plot Details

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

hellooooo i'm finally getting a move on with my long-threatened time travel daddy issues plot. everything will be in the ic/ooc later this week but i wanted to put this particular part down early so people can think about what they want to do with their characters and maybe pre-plot some things???

The Timeline Needle weaves different strands of the timestream into the present day. You are replaced with a past version of yourself who is physically, mentally and emotionally a teenager, although you are still "you" and possess some characteristics from your present-day version. (No time paradoxes!)

• The past version is between the ages of 13 to 16. Choose whatever's the most interesting time to take them from.
• The past version arrives wearing clothes they would've worn at that age, and has the same haircut and physical characteristics (so no tattoos or scars of their adult self). Unfortunately, they still have their Siege Perilous mark.
• The past version can have all, some or no present-day memories, depending on what's most fun to play. This includes knowledge of skills (so they could have no memories past the age of 13 but their control of their powers is on par with their adult self, or they know how to fly the jet). They can have more impressionistic knowledge (e.g. "I don't know who you are, but I sense you're someone important to me" or "Somehow I feel like this office belongs to me").
• The past version has their full mutant powers, even if they were taken from a time before their powers awakened or before they developed their secondary mutations (e.g. a teenage Rogue would have all of her adult self's absorptions).
  • This is meant to show that the characters are still inherently their present-day selves (same with having their Siege Perilous marks). However, you can play them as either not aware of their powers, or needing to learn to control their "new" powers.

Characters can opt out, and instead get to act as their regular adult self who's now responsible for an X-Men team full of teenagers.

When characters are restored to their present-day forms, they will have memories of everything that happened while they were altered.

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[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

Scott will be 15 years old, at exactly the point after the X-Men saved him from Jack Winters but before he was taken into the X-Mansion. He'll have all of his present-day skills (although he won't know that until he actually tries to do things), and I'm flip-flopping on whether or not he'll remember people. He will at least know who Nightcrawler, Empath, White Queen and Dazzler are.

Laura... I am super undecided!!! If she's a teen then she would be a mute and extremely traumatized. I might give her a lot of her adult memories to make her more playable, or she'll just be an adult for this event.

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[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

Kurt will be 13, from right before Xavier and Magneto count him. He's got all of his current skills, but none of his memories. He'll have an instinct that he can trust Cyclops, but he's going to immediately disappear into the metaphorical rafters of the mansion and try to hide from everyone. Xavier will have to re-zap English into his head. Hide and go seek?

Warren will be 16 from his glory days as The Angel, a teen vigilante superhero. He's going to assume he can start that up again, and may encourage others to join him. They don't need adult supervision. Teen Warren is way more energetic and enthusiastic than old man Warren.

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[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Yasssssssss

Emma is going to be 13 years old, right before she got her powers. She's got no idea who anyone is, no idea how to use her powers with any finesse, and is just generally going to be unsure about this whole business. Will not fully trust, at least initially, that she likes this place and these people. Will respect peoples' privacy even less than usual. She seems to have a lot of cool clothes as an adult, though, so that's nice. I might have her accidentally mind spike everyone after they change because it's like her powers manifesting all over again 😌 FORGOT TO SAY she will have pretty much normal power control after her initial brain stab, except in the case of keeping her emotions locked up tight (enjoy seeing those feelings, Manny!)

Piotr is going to be 15 and Just Fine, thanks! He is confused about why he knows English, but he doesn't mind it! Nothing bad has happened to him yet, so he's just sweet and helpful and not brooding in the least. Will just want to paint, hang out with Illyana, and help any adults that need helping. He's very reliable!! He also probably doesn't look 15 because he's already tall.

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[allhell magik 🖤 illyana rasputin]

Illyana is 14/15ish, from shortly before she created her soulsword and escaped from captivity. She is a little feral at this point in her life but also hype to be out of her haunted dollhouse prison home, so it balances out. She can control her magic, armor, and stepping discs just fine but will need to figure out her soulsword and psionic shields before she can use them.

Remy is 16, extremely fresh off meeting Rogue, and also stupid. I think they're going to find their marriage license or something but not remember that they got fake married but besides this I am still noodling thoughts.

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[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

I'm so excited for thiiiis!

Kitty will be coming in at approx 14 years old, about to graduate high school, right after Xavier asked her to come to join the X-Men for the first time and she refused him. So high-anxiety, high-nerd time for Kitty; sorry about her in advance. She had most skills at this juncture anyway because she's an annoying genius, so she will probably be pretty adept at most of her current talents. But she keeps phasing unexpectedly so it'll take her a minute to get the precision she has now. Not sure if she'll know anyone except Xavier unless others came with him on this recruitment mission that just Failed!

Rogue is coming in from about the same time Remy is, so she's about 14 too. They're fairly newly traveling together, so she just ran away from Mystique pretty recently. I'm playing it so she did have a week or a few of Carol Memories and Personality which only ended when she ran away, so she's already primed to feel insane about this whole thing. Will be discovering she is married to the boy she just agreed to run away with. Horrifying.

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[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

Manuel's going to be away when this plot kicks off, so he'll miss out on the effects himself but come home to utter chaos. 😌 He's exasperated but will try to look after the lil' ones. Godspeed, sir.