Is This A Time Travel Arc I See Before Me?

[omegamods]

As promised, the time portal opens into the London, England of 1611. The evidence seems to back this up - the local fashion, the coins with Queen Elizabeth's face on them, the accents of the residents as they gossip on the streets about William Shakespeare's latest play with the spirits and the comic butler and throw garbage out of their windows and sell questionable sausages on the street corners and so on. The 1600s was/is not a hygienic era for England.

Speaking of local fashion, at least the Omegafriends won't be sticking out much in modern garments of spandex and frills - any outfits worn through will be adapted to a more suitable style of the times. Exactly how suitable seems to be up to the whims of fate - a Pretty Cure outfit might be transformed into an equally ruffly concoction with a long skirt and bustle, or it might become a completely plain and nondescript dress, or it might completely skip out, leaving the heroine in question in the middle of London looking like a member of a travelling circus. Dr. Jefferson's official scientific explanation for this consists of a baffled shrug.

One thing's for sure: Lady Blue has to be here, and that means one thing: Hunting for clues to her presence! A woman towing a building the size of the Omegabase can't have vanished without a trace... right?

[[OOC: Welcome... to the past! Comment anywhere on this post to continue your investigation, chat with each other, or just enjoy the sights of 17th-century London.

There are a number of people who claim to have seen someone matching Lady Blue's description around, and following the leads will eventually lead the group to the Globe. What they'll find if they investigate it... well, stay tuned!]]

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[pega_pony_princess]

Princess Pegasus, meanwhile, has had her costume replaced by...boiled leather armor and rough pants; she looks like a mercenary.

"Haha, that's stupid! It'd smell a lot more corpsey if any of those were going around!"

...Princess Pegasus is like sixteen at best, why does she know what corpses smell like

[number1_kerbal]

"Yeaaaah, I don't know about the plague or the pox, but the Malaria? It's epidemic. You go five miles out of town, and it's swamp that eats people alive." Well, it's not as bad as all that, just avoid stepping in any unsightly piles on the street. "Seriously, why did Mohenjudaru have sewers almost 6000 years before London did? It's not like pipes are a lost technology."

Point of order, they're in Westminster right now, not the City of London. But that's a distinction best explained by fast-talking men on Youtube.

[pega_pony_princess]

...eh?

"...so let me get this straight. There's a supervillain swamp that eats people, and it's named Malaria? Isn't that kind of...really confusing? How does anyone tell the difference between it and the disease?"

[6billioncreditwoman]

"The New World has these things called metaphors," Shepard observed, following along. Frankly, she's heard enough about the Elizabethan period that she's slightly worried for herself and Princess Pegasus for ending up in period armor and pants instead of dresses, but as long as they avoided noisy street preachers, she couldn't imagine any of the local pedestrians caring.

Besides, she was a soldier. How was the time portal not going to dress her like a gentleman under arms?

"On the plus side, we're about fifty years early for the plague."

[number1_kerbal]

"Well, as long as we don't drink any water that hasn't been boiled or anything..." Jeb groused as the trio stepped out into the street, looking around. It's not quite as bad as one might expect-but it's still filthy and dark, with the houses leaning out over the streets.

[pega_pony_princess]

"What, you think I'm crazy? My regeneration only covers wounds, not dysentery."

Princess Pegasus pauses to check her lance is secured across her back before continuing.

"On the bright side, Dad taught me how to spot the places that water their ale, so if you get thirsty you can just count on me!"

...what kind of king teaches his daughter how to spot that kind of thing?

[6billioncreditwoman]

"How old are you again?" Shepard asks. She looks up to check out the overhanging architecture, and almost immediately starts regretting it. People will throw anything out of their windows in this day and age.

[pega_pony_princess]

"Sixteen!"

[number1_kerbal]

"Okay, but like...everybody drinks during this day and age, right? I mean, they even give babies a little beer."

[6billioncreditwoman]

"That's not really the point..."

Shepard gives up. "Anyway, if I remember my navy history, alcohol was basically used to sterilize drinking water, so there's a reason for that."

[pega_pony_princess]

Pause.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, so I'm just going to assume you're agreeing to pay once I find us a pub."

[number1_kerbal]

"I don't think any of us have the right money, do we? I mean, where the hell is my wallet in all this?"

Kerbal-X gestured to his clothes-the starched collar, the tight pants, the shiny buttons-he was a man of some considerable wealth, by the look of things.