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apocalypsehowmods) wrote2021-07-03 05:12 pm
Canon Update
Canon Update
Canon updates in Apocalypse How are non-standard. There's no going home, there's no coma. Instead, there is the Visionary, a young avatar located in Bonnie's Flophouse. They are a frail person who always wears a blindfold and does not leave the Flophouse. Those who wish to know their potential future may request that the Visionary provide one for them. The Visionary will always agree, but will caveat that this is only a potential future and that they will need something in return... something precious. In return for visions of a potential future, the Visionary will take one important happy memory from the character.
Please note, the Visionary will not initiate interaction or request characters make use of their services. It will be a character choice to engage with them and offer up their memories. If this is something the character would do, they will receive whatever new canon material you desire in exchange for losing a happy memory. There will be no way to verify the veracity of this information unless someone from their world came in from a later point in time to corroborate it. The lost memory can be a canon memory or one gained within the game; it just needs to be important to the character.
Lost memories will be noticeably absent from the minds of characters, like someone ripped something out of them.
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Character: Andrew Jaeger (
Happy Memory: Jaeger is giving up the memory of the first time he held his daughter, at the hospital after his wife's very difficult labor and birth.
New Canon Information: When Jaeger was taken from his world, he had just been run off the road by the servants of the blood mage hunting him, a group of elite killers known as Conservators. After a brief battle, Jaeger was incapacitated on the ground with a gun at his head. He was taken to Gloucester just as the gun went off, leaving his fate unclear.
The Conservators decided that they were going to play with Jaeger for a bit, and shot him in the leg instead of the head, leaving him gravely wounded but alive- Easterbrook had plans to succeed where his previous disciples had failed. Fortunately, however, the capture would not go as planned.
Unknown to Jaeger at the time, the ambush party had been spotted and followed by fellow allies of Jaeger's mentor, a mysterious woman (?) calling herself Indigo. The friendlies arrived just as Jaeger was being dragged off, and managed to fend off Easterbrook's men just in time. A bloody fight ensued, but Jaeger was ultimately rescued and spirited away to a medic to have his wounds tended. Magical healing helped some, but Jaeger was left with permanent damage to his leg, more scars, and the need for some recovery time- both mentally and physically.
Indigo and her lieutenant arranged for Jaeger to be transported to a secret ranch in upstate New York where he could rest and recover. For six months, Jaeger spent his time tending other injured and recovering agents, doing research, and letting himself heal in a safe place.
Some of this time was also spent in Indigo's company. A cunning, dedicated, but half-feral young woman, the time that Jaeger and Indigo worked together resulted in a growing bond. Indigo was one of the few people fully aware of what Jaeger had gone through in his escape from the Brighter Dawn Foundation, a rare confidante, and while most of her own background was a mystery, Jaeger found that he was drawn to her passion and kindness.
The two briefly became lovers while Jaeger was recovering, until Indigo left again to continue her fight against Easterbrook and his organization. It was a gentle parting, with a promise that they'd meet again soon and that if Jaeger needed her, she would be there.
Jaeger left the ranch once his leg had healed enough to allow him to continue his work. The end of his new memories is just as he's leaving New York, uncertain of his next destination but determined to resume his duties hunting dark magic users.
The months of rest and his growing bond with Indigo have helped Jaeger and he will be a bit calmer, more settled after his time in New York. He feels a bit less isolated, a bit more able to open up, and he's managed to let go of some of his guilt over his actions as an employee of Brighter Dawn. He believes in his mission, and Indigo has managed to give him a measure of peace, reminding him that they not only hunt and kill, but also rescue and heal others who had been victimized in the way they had been.
These changes are subtle, but leave Jaeger feeling calmer and more settled, and he's also very much relieved to find out that he does actually survive his encounter with the Conservators. Previously, he was sure that the gunshot was his death, and while he's not happy to find that he's been partially crippled, it's very much preferable to the bullet to the head he was sure he was getting.
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And in turn, there will be thoughts, images, and possibilities shoved into his head, a swirling cacophony of memories he'll probably need a few days or more to fully process. Whether any of it is true or not... well, the Visionary makes no guarantees.
It is up to you if this update and feeding happens because Jaeger pressed the Visionary for a glimpse of his future, or because of an accidental slip on the Visionary's part. Either way, when it's over, the Visionary will look blissfully relaxed for a few seconds, like they've just finished a big meal and they're sitting back to mull over what's left of it on their tongue. But that vanishes soon enough, replaced by horror and apologies, and the Visionary rushing away, locking herself in the basement and refusing to speak to Jaeger or anyone else about it.
While there will be no physical change for Jaeger, he may experience phantom pains associated with the injuries these visions have given him.