Dang. I screwed up big time.
I was checking on the backstory of the Black Moon Clan, and discovered that what I remembered was totally off. The Black Moon people were completely from the future, from Death Phantom (who I shall simply call Wiseman because that's much easier to type) on out. Wiseman was once a human and was banished to Nemesis. The Black Moon Clan is a group of humans who were involved in a later, separate incident - a revolt and a subsequent splinter group that left and settled on Nemesis.
The current timeline is already butterflied so badly that the events leading to the founding of the Black Moon Clan probably would not happen. And this is before you even consider the presence of Zeke (Mister Tomorrowlander himself) in the timeline!
So, damage control. Fortunately, pretty easy to do when you're already dealing with timey-whimey wibbly-wobbley shenanigans and beings of phenomenal cosmic powers.
TL;DR version is they simply wound up arriving in Zeke's timeline, and that's pretty much it. As for the Droids calling Zeke the unusual moniker... That would be Wiseman's doing. Once he realized that things were not as they were supposed to be, he used his powers to look into the future... And saw Zeke there, building Tomorrowland out of a (to him) warped version of Nemesis - one that has been purified by Neo-Queen Serenity.
Of course, this simply cannot stand. Zeke represents a threat to the future timeline that is even more intolerable than the Sailor Senshi themselves.
But what about the Butterfly Effect?
Heh. This is going to be exquisitely cruel.
Simply put, in Zeke's timeline, the Black Moon Clan will have been futurists that saw what Zeke wanted to build and got on board right away to help create Tomorrowland.
That's right. In the alternate timeline, the Black Moon Clan are Tomorrowlanders as well, and those memories they receive - memories of a burning hope and a blazing ambition to create a better world ("MOM! We're only going twenty light-years! I'll be home in time for dinner!") - clash with the dark and nihilistic memories of Nemesis.
Suffice to say, Wiseman had to act fast. But despite being caught flatfooted, Wiseman isn't called Wiseman for nothing, and his actions were indeed quick and very decisive.
He placed a geas over everyone to force them to focus only on the memories of Nemesis. The memories of Tomorrowland are still there, echoing and haunting them all, but the emotional anguish this causes fuels Wiseman's abilities and reinforces the geas.
And, in essence, this means that the Black Moon Clan will be a much meaner bunch than what we saw in the original anime. (I may have to actually sit down and watch Season 2 of the Sailor Moon Reboot for some ideas. :p )
Rewritten dialogue to come soon.
In the meantime, though, enjoy this little bit that comes on the night just before the Tag Competition begins...
I was checking on the backstory of the Black Moon Clan, and discovered that what I remembered was totally off. The Black Moon people were completely from the future, from Death Phantom (who I shall simply call Wiseman because that's much easier to type) on out. Wiseman was once a human and was banished to Nemesis. The Black Moon Clan is a group of humans who were involved in a later, separate incident - a revolt and a subsequent splinter group that left and settled on Nemesis.
The current timeline is already butterflied so badly that the events leading to the founding of the Black Moon Clan probably would not happen. And this is before you even consider the presence of Zeke (Mister Tomorrowlander himself) in the timeline!
So, damage control. Fortunately, pretty easy to do when you're already dealing with timey-whimey wibbly-wobbley shenanigans and beings of phenomenal cosmic powers.
TL;DR version is they simply wound up arriving in Zeke's timeline, and that's pretty much it. As for the Droids calling Zeke the unusual moniker... That would be Wiseman's doing. Once he realized that things were not as they were supposed to be, he used his powers to look into the future... And saw Zeke there, building Tomorrowland out of a (to him) warped version of Nemesis - one that has been purified by Neo-Queen Serenity.
Of course, this simply cannot stand. Zeke represents a threat to the future timeline that is even more intolerable than the Sailor Senshi themselves.
But what about the Butterfly Effect?
Heh. This is going to be exquisitely cruel.
Simply put, in Zeke's timeline, the Black Moon Clan will have been futurists that saw what Zeke wanted to build and got on board right away to help create Tomorrowland.
That's right. In the alternate timeline, the Black Moon Clan are Tomorrowlanders as well, and those memories they receive - memories of a burning hope and a blazing ambition to create a better world ("MOM! We're only going twenty light-years! I'll be home in time for dinner!") - clash with the dark and nihilistic memories of Nemesis.
Suffice to say, Wiseman had to act fast. But despite being caught flatfooted, Wiseman isn't called Wiseman for nothing, and his actions were indeed quick and very decisive.
He placed a geas over everyone to force them to focus only on the memories of Nemesis. The memories of Tomorrowland are still there, echoing and haunting them all, but the emotional anguish this causes fuels Wiseman's abilities and reinforces the geas.
And, in essence, this means that the Black Moon Clan will be a much meaner bunch than what we saw in the original anime. (I may have to actually sit down and watch Season 2 of the Sailor Moon Reboot for some ideas. :p )
Rewritten dialogue to come soon.
In the meantime, though, enjoy this little bit that comes on the night just before the Tag Competition begins...
Quote:I stood out there on the bluff, looking into the valley. One arm held out to my side. I let my pendant go, and I can feel it strike the earth next to my feet like I had let a ton of lead fall from my hand.*Hums happily along to Konya wa Hurricane as he writes...*
Strange of you to be so willing to let that go on a lark, boy. You used to be so careful.
I think I have bigger things to worry about these days, you rotten old bird.
Kehkehkehkehkeh. Oh yes. The oni-girl. She’s such a terrible opponent. Stirring those youthful hormones of yours.
Asshole.
Never denied it even once!
Liar.
That too.
For a long moment, I simply stared out at the setting sun and let my senses take it all in. Along with it came the strange perception of everything the air touched around me, growing fainter and fuzzier with each centimeter outside my personal space.
More than a meter or two I couldn’t really sense much. Just the general sense of the air current. But far away, well beyond the horizon, there was something... unruly.
Something out there was out of balance, and it was churning like a pot of boiling water, but only as if viewed in slow motion.
Goooooood. You DO see it! Now tell me, little boy, how will you make use of it?
Dunno for sure. Not gonna bother telling her, though. If her people don’t clue her in, then that’s their fault. Not mine. Otherwise... When I think of it, I’ll just leave you hanging in the wind, you rotten old buzzard.
That final stinger sent, I bent down and picked up the pendant once more, feeling the weight of its charm settle over me once more as Raven’s wild cackling echoed in my head.