Depending on how you class 'alternate reality mindscape that was used to incubate someone', this isn't even our SECOND rodeo with people appropriating the Horsemen imagery.
I'm putting all of the debriefs on the soi-disant 'Age of Apocalypse' up as well as my own notes on the events of Day Zero.
(fun fact, apparently in that alternate mindscape _I_ was the Horseman Pestilence, and in the frankenberry I got DIGESTED by Pestilence. Yay for third time lucky, I guess?)
Bottom line, the common thread on the Horsemen seems to be power amplification with a side of brainwashing. That's not to say there aren't True Believers in the mix, but there is the possibility that one or more of the current crop could be acting against their will.
Also there were other players in addition to the Horsemen - there was a guy acting as his Herald (capitalization intended, that one had totally bought into the rhetoric) and a tracker dubbed the Hellhound. More potential hostiles to keep an eye out for, though maybe these Clan Akkaba assholes are serving in that capacity this time.
Shit. SHIT. Okay, this really is a bit of a red-string moment, but I just remembered something about that 'Age of Apocalypse' mindscape of Rachel's. The end result of that particular go-round was Adam.
As in the teenager our 'former associate' Malice is sucking face with these days.
Fucking fuck. Imma go check on Darcy for her next round of meds.
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Date: 2023-11-28 06:14 am (UTC)I'm putting all of the debriefs on the soi-disant 'Age of Apocalypse' up as well as my own notes on the events of Day Zero.
(fun fact, apparently in that alternate mindscape _I_ was the Horseman Pestilence, and in the frankenberry I got DIGESTED by Pestilence. Yay for third time lucky, I guess?)
Bottom line, the common thread on the Horsemen seems to be power amplification with a side of brainwashing. That's not to say there aren't True Believers in the mix, but there is the possibility that one or more of the current crop could be acting against their will.
Also there were other players in addition to the Horsemen - there was a guy acting as his Herald (capitalization intended, that one had totally bought into the rhetoric) and a tracker dubbed the Hellhound. More potential hostiles to keep an eye out for, though maybe these Clan Akkaba assholes are serving in that capacity this time.
Shit. SHIT. Okay, this really is a bit of a red-string moment, but I just remembered something about that 'Age of Apocalypse' mindscape of Rachel's. The end result of that particular go-round was Adam.
As in the teenager our 'former associate' Malice is sucking face with these days.
Fucking fuck. Imma go check on Darcy for her next round of meds.