Summary of FTaWSotR/Time-Fracture Incident
Main article: Time-Fracture Incident
Note: Because of this real life incident, all posts written between 08/08/08 and 08/18/08 have been lost to the ether except what Vergil and Jewels have recreated in their above posts from memory. Known lost events include w-dueck moving the Refuge after the Flash explosion and making the theme orbs on the roof of the Admin Tower.
Pre-Loop
Another Incident (Vergil)
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Vergil is distraught that another 'upgrade' of w-dueck's has resulted in a giant loss on the RP board. w-dueck asks Vergil to become an Admin to help put the place back together and gives him the task of restoring the themes.
Rude Awakening (Robsta)
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Robsta awakes to the carnage of missing posts and Vergil's first few spells as an admin. w-dueck appears with a request to play a game and Robsta chides him for not protecting the Refuge better while he experiments.
Loop One
08/08/08 (Nioca)
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w-dueck decides that the damage done is too great just try to repair the damage. Instead, he does a time-warp repair which fixes all the buildings and deletes all the shredded and corrupted posts. But Nioca is pressing buttons in the BoA Moderation Center and gets blasted out the window by an energy discharge from w-dueck's procedure.
Calming Fears (Robsta)
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Robsta finds w-dueck at the SW forums who tells him the server for the Refuge is down for a bit.
It's Not Funny (Vergil)
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w-dueck and Nioca laugh over a joke including mistletoe in the Spam Forum that Vergil doesn't find very amusing.
JEWELS!!! (Jewels)
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After being gone for over a week, Jewels returns to find lots of the posts missing and the theme in her office removed. When she goes to find someone who can explain it to her, she finds Nioca in need of medical attention. She runs to find w-dueck to help him.
Not so Thirsty for Power (w-dueck)
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w-dueck returns to the BoA forum with Jewels telling her he wants her to be an admin. Jewels is flustered, to say the least. When they reach the forum, w-dueck stops to take in the Avernum Script that seems to be running.
No Bot's Home (Vergil)
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Vergil continues working on the Refuge with the tasks w-dueck has left for him and kills a yahoo.bot when it enters.
Conspiracy Theory (Nioca)
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Nioca wakes and tries to heal himself but soon slips into insanity. His delusions lead him to believe that the BoE supporters are out to get him and the other BoA supporters. He moves to a corner and takes out a sword ready to defend himself.
Getting Run Through (Vergil)
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While killing more bots, Vergil wanders to the BoA forum and finds Nioca who, rather quickly, runs him through. Vergil wakes up in the afterlife.
Can I Get a Witness? (Robsta)
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Robsta watches as Nioca kills Vergil and backs off cautiously.
Dues Ex Machina (Vergil)
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Vergil prepares a spell to get himself out of the afterlife.
Life of It's Own (Nioca)
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Nioca's sword drained Vergil's life energy and directed it into Nioca. He was healed but his energy was still nearly gone. Nioca summons a shade before he passes out. He has a dream of himself going towards the Spam Forum and then collapsing for no apparent reason. He wakes again to find it too quiet.
Pancaaake? (Vergil)
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Vergil talks to a french koala bear.
Okay, I'm In. (Jewels)
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Jewels and w-dueck go deeper into the BoA forum to find, not Nioca, but Robsta in battle with a shade and Vergil dead on the ground. w-dueck tells them they need to find Nioca but Jewels balks, feeling powerless. She agrees to be an Admin to be granted the magical powers that come with the job.
Headbanging is Fun (w-dueck)
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w-dueck makes Jewels an Admin and gives Robsta some PHP powers. Then he summons some SimpleBots.
Ganging Up on Nioca (Robsta)
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Robsta recounts his fight with the shade and falls into a trap that Nioca has set. Jewels and w-dueck manage to get him out but Nioca's delusional fears have just been confirmed.
Profile Not Found (Nioca)
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Nioca has made his way to the basement of the BoA forums and blasted a hole in the ceiling though no one fell through. Nioca also heads for the Moderation Center to clean up the mess that's become of the BoA forum. He notices a regular member getting closer to Jewels, w-dueck, and Robsta but he can't pull up his profile.
The Basement (Robsta)
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The trio fall through another trap and end up in the basement. They see Nioca hurry into the Moderation Center and Robsta tries to ram the door open.
Adding Insult to Injury (Nioca)
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An insane Nioca watches Robsta fall down the stairs after trying to ram the basement door. He prepared to attack the trio when they come through.
The Weight of Responsibility (Jewels)
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Jewels, w-dueck, and Robsta are still in the basement but the only door out was locked and the forum was beginning to repair itself. The hole that they had fallen through was fixing itself. They tried to fly through but Jewels' powers were too new and she couldn't complete the spell. From behind w-dueck blasted her forward just before the last bricks replaced themselves. Jewels stumbled, drained, towards Vergil and wished she could trade places with him. After a shock, she realized she had.
No, the Other Nioca (Nioca)
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A sane Nioca disarms w-dueck and Robsta in the BoA basement before telling them he thinks there are two of him and that the other one is trying to kill them. He is notified of Jewels' death on his RMM and relays that information to the other two while asking if they'll accept his help.
Butterfly Box (Vergil)
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Vergil creates a butterfly box just before he and Jewels trade places in hell. Vergil then storms into the BoA forum intent on finding and killing Nioca.
Babe of Brightness (Jewels)
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Jewels muses in her 'afterlife' that it looks like hell but it feels like home. She finds that her body is made of flames and a long forgotten song comes back to her mind. She is a Daughter of the Flame.
Wanna Die Again (w-dueck)
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Nioca convinces w-dueck that he's telling the truth just before Vergil bursts into the scene throwing death threats.
Two Against One (Nioca)
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Nioca and Vergil battle against each other until Vergil is gaining the upper hand and Nioca flees. He pauses his retreat when he spied his other self who lands a blow on the approaching Vergil.
Double Take (Nioca)
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The time-warp has caused a shift and another reality has come about. Vergil is struck in the nose by the sane Nioca with a pipe then put in Essence Shackles to keep him out of trouble.
More Insanity (Vergil)
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The time-warp takes them back a few minutes and Vergil releases his Butterfly Box on the sane Nioca effectively rendering him as insane if not more than the other one.
Trying to Make it Make Sense (Robsta)
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That tricky time-warp... it tried to mesh the three previous timelines into one. Robsta and w-dueck manage to kill the insane Nioca while the sane one stood paralyzed and Vergil sat with Essence Shackles on his wrists. Vergil still set loose his Butterfly Box on the sane Nioca though, but Robsta got him to recall the creatures before they had done irreversible harm to him. Robsta went to take Jewels to the Mod center.
Vietnamese Sock Puppet (Vergil)
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Vergil begins to restore Nioca's mind.
Loop Two
Deja Vu (Jewels)
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While Jewels is in her fiery home, she has a dream vision of her friends attacking each other. Upon waking she rushes to the door intent on getting back to the Refuge to stop them. She opens the door to find her father who sends her back as well as turns back the clock. Jewels finds herself in her office and runs for the BoA forum hoping she isn't too late. She trips over Nioca's foot and realizes that she's gone back in time. This time she drags Nioca into the Moderation Center and waits for Vergil to come to her. The two of them go to Nioca to try and heal him but Vergil doesn't heed Jewels' warnings and runs ahead. Nioca kills him just as he did the first time and now he has his sword raised to kill Jewels, too.
A Reason to be Brave (Robsta)
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Robsta arrives just in time again to watch Nioca kill Vergil. He's about to leave like he did last time when he saw Nioca turn on Jewels. She was defenseless so Robsta jumped between them and parried Nioca's blade. Nioca retreated out a door on the opposite side triggering a pit trap that almost caught Robsta on it's spikes and did leave StoneCrusher in the door frame on the other side of the pit.
Afterlife v2.0 (Vergil)
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Vergil prepares to make his butterfly box again.
Bigger Fish (Nioca)
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The insane Nioca has set a bunch of traps in the BoA forum. He tries to find w-dueck at the Admin Tower in order to kill him, but finding no one, he heads back to make sure Jewels and Robsta don't get the chance to warn w-dueck. Meanwhile w-dueck has just found Nioca in the Spam forum.
Hey, you're hot. (Jewels)
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Robsta and Jewels battle the ice hydra in the BoA moderation center. They manage to defeat it and Jewels discovers some of her long lost fire elemental attributes though she doesn't understand them.
Out of Reach (Robsta)
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Robsta tries to get his sword back but can't quite manage it, when two more foes come into the room. Robsta fells one and takes its weapon then turns on the other who is after Jewels.
Scripting a Death (Nioca)
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The insane Nioca sets another trap at the entrance to the BoA forum to keep everyone in, then heads down to the basement. Something he does triggers the spiked trap in the BoA MC to reset itself to a sturdy floor.
On the Offensive (Robsta)
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Robsta fights the ogre still left in the room but Jewels deals the killing blow as a blast of fire flies from her hand, though she's unsure how she did it. They notice the floor with the spike pit resets itself.
JEWELS!!! II: It's Hotter This Time (w-dueck)
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In some random checking, w-dueck sees that Jewels has come back to the refuge. When he goes to meet her in the BoA forum he starts getting visions and headaches. The scripted trap that Nioca had set, failed to kill w-dueck and he meets up with Jewels and Robsta in the BoA MC
Nice Shades (Nioca)
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The sane Nioca is baffled why w-dueck just up and left him in the Spam Forum. He summons a shade named Aryll to his side. Meanwhile, the insane Nioca, enraged by w-dueck's failure to die, summons eight shades of his own and orders them to kill everyone.
Only 20 Minutes (Jewels)
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w-dueck offers Jewels Adminship again and she takes it less hesitantly. Then collectively, they figure out that there must be two Niocas. w-dueck revives Vergil as the one intent on killing them comes at them with eight shrieking shades.
Duplicate (Nioca)
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The insane Nioca casts Cloud of Blades on the people in the BoA MC and sicks his shades after them. Meanwhile the sane Nioca disarms the trap at the door and tries to fire a bolt of ice at his copy. It stops before it hits the copy then continues after he moves out of the way.
Blue Blurry Battle (Vergil)
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The refuge members engage in battle and Vergil turns to blue flame.
Key to Strategy (Nioca)
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Nioca's copy engages Vergil in battle and manages to cause his Butterfly Box creatures to turn on him. One of his shades steals w-dueck's administration keys while the real Nioca helps save Jewels and w-dueck from some more shades.
Regroup (Robsta)
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The refuge members heal themselves after the shades are taken care of but more beasts are soon sent upon them. Drained, they decide it's time to leave.
What in Blue Blazes?! (Jewels)
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Everyone manages to sneak out of the BoA forum relatively safely, though Vergil's mind has been damaged. Jewels says she can help Vergil at her office while the sane Nioca, Robsta, and w-dueck head to the Admin Tower to try to defeat the copy. When Jewels is alone with Vergil, she teleports them both back to her home hoping that her father can help. Cinead does restore Vergil's mind and Jewels finds out they've met before while Vergil finds out Cinead is Jewels' father.
Family Matters (Vergil)
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Vergil and Cinead argue in front of Jewels revealing that Vergil is her half-brother.
Should Be Easy (Nioca)
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w-dueck can't find his Admin keys but he doesn't really need them because the insane Nioca left the door open. They charge up the stairs after him.
Learn (Jewels)
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Jewels contemplates what she's learned while sitting in her office, then heads for the Admin Tower.
Bye-Bye BoA (Nioca)
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The insane Nioca demolishes the BoA forum and everything in it. Thinking that all his foes were still in it he casually starts looking for a way to destroy the entire island.
Where's Nioca? (Robsta)
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Robsta, w-dueck, and the sane Nioca start their search for the copy when the BoA forum get's blown up. Realizing where those controls are, w-dueck leads the group up the stairs.
Popsicle (Jewels)
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Jewels get's caught in the BoA blast but manages to heal herself. She slips into the Admin Tower after the others.
Ice Water (Vergil)
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Vergil gets drunk at Paul's Plushy Pub.
A Plan (w-dueck)
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w-dueck sends Nioca and Robsta beyond the dump to turn off the Admin Tower security and takes Jewels with him to the 23rd floor to deal with Nioca's double.
Ideal Den for Thieves (Jewels)
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Vergil stumbles in drunk and goes with w-dueck and Jewels up the stairs after Nioca. They ready themselves before bursting into the 23rd floor. But Nioca was above them on the stairwell listening in on their conversation.
Nioca's Demise (Robsta)
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Robsta and the sane Nioca search for the master controls in the basements of the Admin Tower while the insane Nioca sets a fire in the demolition room with the Admins before locking them in. In his searching, Robsta stumbles upon Vergil's ultimatum and targets it at Nioca. Deadly randomness ensues and the insane Nioca is no more.
Bun-Bun (Vergil)
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Vergil talks to a giant bunny that he had previously enslaved. Then he heads to Jewels to help her put out the quickfire.
Loop Three
A Timely Fall (Nioca)
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Nioca races up the Admin tower to make sure that his double is dead fighting vertigo as he goes. When he arrives, he doesn't find the other Nioca anywhere. He sees smoke out the window, and quickfire encompassing the base of the tower. He tries to leave the room but the quickfire has already reached the stairwell and blasts him out the window where a 25 story fall awaits him. But instead of falling in front of the Admin Tower, time heals itself and Nioca finds himself on the floor of the BoA forum when Jewels first found him. She drags him into the BoA MC again where Nioca begs her to stay with him fearing insanity again.
Time Heals All Wounds (Jewels)
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Before the time reset Vergil and Jewels combine their fires to try to put out the quickfire and w-dueck watches them in confusion before passing out. After time healed itself, Jewels struggled to make sense of her missing memories. She decided to stay with Nioca and tend to his wounds then waits for Vergil
Third Time's a Charm (Nioca)
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Nioca wakes up healed by Vergil. He struggles to figure things out and keep his sanity. Eventually his paranoia subsides and Jewels takes him to his citadel for a much needed rest.
JEWELS!!! III: This Time For Sure (Jewels)
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Jewels goes to find w-dueck and accepts her adminship before he even offers it leaving him confused. She insists on going to sleep before they discuss any other business and he takes her to her own suite on the 29th floor of the Admin Tower.
With Fear in Mind (Robsta)
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Robsta visits the BoA forum just like he did the other two times and is overcome with a sense of impending doom though he can't make sense of it. Even though everything looks alright, he runs back to his hut and falls asleep.
Post-Fracture
Filling in the Hole (Vergil)
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Zyqxuwy has spoken.
Nalyd Joins (Nalyd)
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Nalyd joins the Refuge.
Dreaded Stairs (w-dueck)
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w-dueck goes to talk to Jewels while Vergil goes to see who the new member is.
Tour (Vergil)
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Vergil welcomes Nalyd to Calamity Refuge.
Never Pass Up Power (Nalyd)
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Nalyd enjoys his tour and becomes the Mod of the Geneforge and Avernum forums.
The 'Talk' (Jewels)
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w-dueck confronts Jewels about the stuff she already seemed to know. Jewels skirted his question and convinced him that Nioca knew more than she did.
Your Goose is Cooked (Nioca)
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When Jewels comes to find Nioca he decides to play a prank on her. Jewels doesn't take kindly to it and tries to tackle him when she finally finds him. Nioca convinces w-dueck that Jewels knows the beginning of the story.
Total Recap (Jewels)
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Jewels and Nioca hash through the events as they remember them, though Jewels leaves out what she learned about Vergil. Still mad about Nioca's prank, at the end of explaining herself, she throws a fireball at him, then excuses herself to explain everything to Robsta.
