User:Fire InThe Hole/Subpages/Unclocked Crew

The Intro
HS a13806 (With Chronos' approval, I was granted the escape from my home timeline, doomed as it was to fragment to meaningless shards. Armed to the teeth with my talents and technology, I recruited my friends from the various corners of intact time they inhabited at that moment, and we dragged ourselves as far back as we could to craft our escape. We succeeded, and brought with us all the means necessary to establish a foothold in an inhabitable realm - Artemus, one of many world spaces found in the Separ. It has never been an easy task, and we have since worked hard to improve our residence significantly. I guided them here and gave them purpose. They've since helped me watch over my alternate selves, for which I thank them.)

HS a13806 (Delta-Wau is our sigil. Temporal optimism is our goal. We are everywhen. Amd let nobody forget it - Karma's a bitch.)

Delta-Wau, alternatively and more frequently known as The Unclocked Crew, a silly name invented by Helen. A more or less coherent group of time-travelling friends who banded together to escape their native timeline's eradication, an event that was likely influenced by ALGIDAS. Spearheaded by Delinius as The Maintenancekeeper, they get involved in a variety of time-related events. Many of those involve influencing the circumstances of one of the Maintenancekeeper's alternate selves, but many more are unrelated bits.

Is this canon? The characters are, that's for sure. Many of them use aliases and false names, things that they were already going by in their time travels and adventures on Wau. The nicknames are kind of canon, but only ever really in use between them. They were invented by Helen Des, or she helped invent them, in line with Delinius' actual Chronostian title. The many tall tales and absurd accounts they tell about themselves are incredible stories to be taken with a good grain of salt.

The Crew
Not conclusive; the only ones that I actually have established anything for are the Maintenancekeeper, Helen Des and Perdax. See the Etc. heading for more information.

And yes, all these nicknames are generally stupid plays related to time in some way. Laterality references Phi, for instance. Four-and-twenty is not dank but an archaic way to say twenty-four, but feel free to interpret it like that anyway.

The Maintenancekeeper (Delinius)
A temporal visionary who tries to guide his alternate selves along as good a path as he can. Sometimes that path is to prosperity and an ageless state much like his own, sometimes that path is to a death that is as little destructive as possible to the rest of Ludus. He acts as a leader to the rest of his peers sometimes, but much of the time they each pursue their own interests and duties without his guidance.

Clockwork Conniver, Temporal Engineer and other even more ridiculous nicknames adorn him like Chanukwanzaa decorations that were mistakenly placed on a telephone pole, but generally speaking this Delinius is well-liked by his peers, and he tries to keep close contact with each of them in between his many projects.

The Timely Grasshopper (Helen)
A time travel enthusiast turned scout and assistant to Delinius. She has a tendency to be rebellious and playful, but she's also the most talkative and often cheers the others up with a bit of fun.

However, Helen is quite motivated to assist the big guy that is the Maintenancekeeper in his endeavours and is the most likely to travel onto other timelines, even if merely to inspect certain things more closely while Delinius is busy with somewhere or somewhen else.

The Timeless Watcher (Perdax)
Someone who does not explain much about himself or the source of his ageless state or his temporal abilities, and his name. The name Perdax is an alias; not something unique, but he is the only one who refuses to discuss his. However, he is quite skilled in creating equipment for his circle of friends and finds good pleasure in seeing it put to use. Together with Delinius he creates most of the more exotic gear that the Unclocked Crew have at their disposal. On that note, Perdax thinks the group nickname and individual titles are silly, but he can't be bothered to stop Helen from having her fun; probably the mysterious nickname she's given him plays a role in that too.

It was his idea to mark all significant gear with the stylised ΔϜ letters; why exactly he chose the Δ letter to accompany is unclear, but connections to mathematics looks like the culprit.

Perdax is sometimes called "Shades and Pockets" for wearing sunglasses all the time, and wearing some heavily modified clothing with various pouches sewn onto it.

The Delayed Worker
Most commonly found on records keeping duties, but sometimes comes out to engage in some fun with Helen. Some rumours exist that she is in love with the playful Helen, which is in all likelihood a sign that someone else is instead.

Four-and-Twenty by Seven
Responsible for much of the upkeep of the crew's home and base of operations. They're generally well-respected, despite rarely speaking. Surprisingly strong, yet does not display this talent too much for fear of seeming showy.

Laterality-Allergic Stalker (Fermont)
While Delinius the Maintenancekeeper holds the questionable honour of being the most eccentric, Fermont runs in at a close second. He mostly tends to various basic needs like food and water, and very much likes his calm, well-organised role without all the stupid folly of Helen and whoever else decides to join any of her party times.

It's generally believed that he would permanently fall out of his routine were derailed, so for the most part everybody lets him do his thing. If there is one thing that he has, it is consistency.

Etc.
There are definitely some more illustrious figures who made it out of the Wau timeline. I might dream up some ideas for them, but if you have ideas you should bring them up somewhere. How many are there in total? I'm not sure. How many people with some degree of specialised skill does it take to maintain a self-sufficient household?

The Purpose
This is flavour material for the most part. HGD first imagined a "Delinius' ark" type of event in the events of Wau!Hankvi, which I first picked up with Helen Des, the somewhat aloof and silly friend of Delinius the Maintenancekeeper who helps him out in his many plans. Quite recently I ended up drawing a figure that ended up being called Perdax. He's similar to the Maintenancekeeper in the sense that they both started out as drawings I spontaneously created. This time, however, it prompted me to pick up the idea of a group of friends more, something that has been on my list for a while anyway. I haven't gotten into how they each perpetuate themselves, but given that they're all a bunch of time magicians of varying kinds, I'm not in much of a mood to really explain that anyway. Like said, flavour material.

Helen and Perdax quite obviously have their various alternate timeline selves, as does pretty much anyone else. I had names for nearly everyone listed, but I've scrapped them on account of them being invented by me in the dead of night. Likewise, the current list is certainly not complete as noted under Etc. If you have names, or characters that would have something to do with all this, feel free to bump me. This includes suggesting characters whose Wau timeline selves would've made it out too, and they may be from wildly different periods; the Wau timeline had abundant time magic that brought people together who had been born thousands of years apart. This could include Dragonkin, for instance, or even Ethereals. Delinius, Helen and Perdax are the only ones who are definitely Gridmasks; the rest is up for debate as much as their name is.