Here is to the beginning! (And major apologies for not getting this up sooner!)

Savannah, GA ca 1856

Hmph, after looking at the map of old Savannah, not sure I like it. Not as RP friendly as I like. Oh well.

Xavier is scrambling to come up with a story he hopes will fit WHEN he is, as well as explain some of his outlandish behavior and dress codes.

A few tidbits of science history. (If it involves major discoveries in some sciences, Xavier is likely to know those, but history isn't otherwise his best subject.)

Charles Darwin published Origin of a Species in 1859. He has published a few more books since. He hasn't gotten around to his theories about humans .... yet. But he has admitted that it will certainly invite abuse. He does try to explain mutation using a predecessor term to genes called gemmules. His most recent book would have been in 1868.

1869 - Mendeleev published his Periodic Chart, which becomes the standard we use today.

1869 - DNA discovered. But it is called 'nuclein'.

I should have noted Xavier as being slightly manic depressive. Just wait until he starts to see the 1870's life up close...

"That hair brush is made of WHAT? How would you get bristles that stiff from a horse? Oh ... wait. Please don't tell me I have been raking my head with something that was once located near the south end of a horse..." (Hold the brush up with thumb and forefinger, disgusted.)

Oh my goodness, haha! It will be interesting to see how he reacts to normal things.

long work day. Time for me to get to writing at last.

sorry, kind of a short post for me. But if I continued I'd just be rambling.

Did a tiny edit. Meant to have Xavier volunteer to start on the time pieces.

Some accumulated research I have done for the era costs / wages. (I did a western RP set in 1871. I also have a similar file for 1939 for a pre WWII time traveller RP similar to this one.)

docs.google.com/document/d/1yxX-E1RmY…

Got a little extra time this morning. Going to edit and flesh my post out a bit.

Just a heads up, I'm lurking a but at work. I'm off at 10:30, but then I'm driving 2 hours back home, so I may not get a response up til midnight-ish

Ni worries. Loving the RP so far. Also a heads up. I am driving to an area where I am not 100% sure I'll have internet. If I see a post before I get there (about 18-20 hours from now), I'll try to copy it to offline and write up a response while I am there to post as soon as I get out of that area. Pretty sure I'll have internet, but wanted to say something just in case.

To explain I drive an 18 wheeler these days. I use a mobile wifi hub. Still a few areas out there with no internet service. But this is why I had extra time to write for a couple days. I was doing store deliveries where I had 1-2 hours to sit while I was unloaded ... drive to next store ... and another 1-2 hours ... And it is also why I have no commute time to work. I drive OTR. I sleep in the truck. I go home 1-2 times a year.

Oh wow, that is actually pretty cool. I mainly say this because my father used to drive semi-trucks for a living, and my older half-brother does it as well. I actually have a love for semi trucks, like how my little kid neighbor I used to babysit had an obsession for monster trucks. Some of my favorite pictures of me as a little kid were sitting in my dad's semi truck. Before I could ever start driving, my father made me "learn how to drive around semi trucks". It is scary some of the shit my father has had to do to avoid accidents from stupid drivers. And I commute 2 hours home ever few weekends, and I witness some of this shit. It is so frustrating. Ugh! I hate bad drivers.

I've actually had in mind a trucker/run away RP story for a while. But I haven't fully hashed out the details I have in mind for it yet.

I would say, it must be cool to travel a lot, but sucky you don't get to go home often. My dad ultimately quit and found a more local job due to having too man little ones at home. According to my mom I started asking 'Where is dad?' way too much for both their liking. Though I've always wanted to experience that work, since my father used to retell me stories of his days OTR.

Well, I have no family or I wouldn't have even become a trucker. And very much agreed about bad drivers. I ran the northeast US for 6 years straight and got sick of it. The company I am with now is based out of Minneapolis and runs mostly midwest. So it is just easier to take my time off up north.

Already copied your post. About to roll out on a 10 hour drive. (Yes, I stop once to fuel, plus a 30 min mandatory break along the way. Not to be crude, but my eyeballs would be floating if I tried to drive straight through, LOL.)

This load ends in Huntsville, AL. Pretty sure I have internet there, but wanted to say something just in case.

I am trying to work Xavier up to telling Victoria he is from the future. That light thing he has also serves as a laser pointer, and can even manage a brief use as a holdout laser pistol. It's best use would be to effect a jail breakout. He will normally keep the thing inactive, to prevent someone from activating it by accident - even as a light.

And .... I have internet here. Cool. Waiting t get unloaded. Guess I can start writing.

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Sorry for not responding much. This weekend was busy with Father's day, and I was getting caught up in another RP, I didn't have time to sit down and plot out both. Especially since I'm having a little bit of a writers block right now. Just trying to plan out what will come with time.

No worries. I had forgotten it was Father's Day.

My parents passed away a few years back. First my mother, then father a year later. In the first case I found out 6 months after by mail and still don't know where she was buried. I predicted my father's death within a year as was dead on. Without her taking care of him, his health failed. But I found out from my family - again - six months later. I believe they were married 48 or 49 years.

Oh shit... that really sucks...

I don't know what I would do in that situation. I have such a strong relationship with both my parents. I've watched them both go through their mothers dying (Both my grandmas are dead, both grandpas still kicking though.), and I can't even begin to imagine losing one of them.

I'm sorry for your loss and everything. :(

Well, I was a little annoyed given the fact that I had had the same phone number since before her will was written - like since 2006. But that's life. My family scattered to the four winds when I was 15.

My brother in law (who is married a sister whose relation to me is a complete mystery) has the perfect family. At least he did last I saw him 15 years ago. It reminded me of the song View I Love the Most. youtu.be/9KOj7Vcq-i8