The Bear Tunnels
This series is time travel and alternative history, essentially a fix-it for America's messed-up past. Two modern-day Wampanoag people stumble across a hidden time machine and use it to travel into the past. There they hook up with their ancestral tribe and work on ejecting Europeans from Turtle Island.
Time travel can work in different ways. In this setting, time travel is like digging a tunnel underground. It takes a lot of work to make a tunnel, and it's hard to tell where you're going. Once a tunnel is made, traveling through it in either direction is a lot easier. However, making changes in the past can block off certain futures, like a tunnel collapsing, which strands people in the alternate timeline they have created. For that reason, the people who developed the time travel technology don't typically try to change events; they focus on rescuing temporal refugees who would've been killed otherwise. Taking them out of the timestream alive causes little if any disturbance, as the timeline is robust enough to compensate for trivial changes.. People who stumble across the technology don't know this, so they are more inclined to meddle and cause a collapse.
Time travel can work in different ways. In this setting, time travel is like digging a tunnel underground. It takes a lot of work to make a tunnel, and it's hard to tell where you're going. Once a tunnel is made, traveling through it in either direction is a lot easier. However, making changes in the past can block off certain futures, like a tunnel collapsing, which strands people in the alternate timeline they have created. For that reason, the people who developed the time travel technology don't typically try to change events; they focus on rescuing temporal refugees who would've been killed otherwise. Taking them out of the timestream alive causes little if any disturbance, as the timeline is robust enough to compensate for trivial changes.. People who stumble across the technology don't know this, so they are more inclined to meddle and cause a collapse.
"The Hobbomak" 3-2-21
Story Date: March 2019
Summary: Emma Little Doe and Jesse Harris discover a mysterious chamber in backwoods Massachusetts.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Valentines Bingo "The Language of Flowers" Card 2-1-21
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"Hickory Lives" 3-2-21
Story Date: April 2019
Summary: Emma and Jesse investigate the chamber further, and realize that it is even stranger than they first imagined.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Valentines Bingo "Romance Book Titles" Card 2-1-21
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"The Seeds of Civilization" 3-2-21
Story Date: April 2019
Summary: Using their professional expertise and research, Emma and Jesse work out what it would take to cultivate a civilization.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Valentines Bingo "Romance Book Titles" Card 2-1-21
Sponsored by DW user fuzzyred
"Beads and Mirrors" 3-2-21
Story Date: May 1628
Summary: Emma and Jesse make their first foray into colonial Massachusetts.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Cameo Appearances: Purple Shell, Pigeon Feather
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Celtic Bingo Fest Card 3-1-21
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth
"The Eyes of All People" 3-2-21
Story Date: June 1630
Summary: An encounter in colonial Plymouth urges Emma and Jesse to make new plans.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Cameo Appearances: John Winthrop, Red Plum, Roger Williams, Cairn, Trigger, Little Mirror, Purple Shell
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Celtic Bingo Fest Card 3-1-21
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth
"Just Starting Down This Path" 4-10-21 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: August 1630
Summary: Emma and Jesse talk about horses and genetics.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW users janetmiles, ng_moonmoth, and mama_kestrel, and Genderplay Bingo "Aspects" Card 4-4-21
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Vengeance of Justice" 10-30-22
Story Date: June 19, 1632
Summary: Arson was not the original plan.
Characters: Jesse Harris
Prompted by Fall Festival Bingo Card 10-1-22
Sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred
"Beliefs and Values Passed Down Through Generations" 10-12-22 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: 1633
Summary: Emma and Jesse deepen their ties to the past by adding more crops and livestock to build on what they've already established.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW user rix_scaedu and Fall Festival Bingo Card 10-1-22
Sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred
"The Pequot War" 3-5-21 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: 1635
Summary: Changes already underway result in sudden shifts of expected events.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Cameo Appearance: Red Plum
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Celtic Bingo Fest Card 3-1-21
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"In Any Great Undertaking" 9-9-21 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: 1636
Summary: Still uneasy with leadership, Emma and Jesse choose new apprentices to teach how to lead their people. Everyone looks up to them anyway.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Guest Stars: Highrock, One Eagle
Cameo Appearances: Red Plum, Trigger, Long Legs
Prompted by DW user ng_moonmoth, LJ user rix_scaedu, and Platonic Love Fest Bingo Card 9-1-21
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Every Time There Was Some Uncertainty" 4-8-22 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: 1638
Summary: Highrock comes to a conclusion about Emma and Jesse.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Highrock
Cameo Appearance: Jesse Harris, One Eagle
Prompted by DW user readera, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Genderplay Bingo "Aspects" Card 4-4-22
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth and fuzzyred
Story Date: March 2019
Summary: Emma Little Doe and Jesse Harris discover a mysterious chamber in backwoods Massachusetts.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Valentines Bingo "The Language of Flowers" Card 2-1-21
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth, LJ user Erulisse, general fund, and Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Hickory Lives" 3-2-21
Story Date: April 2019
Summary: Emma and Jesse investigate the chamber further, and realize that it is even stranger than they first imagined.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Valentines Bingo "Romance Book Titles" Card 2-1-21
Free Perk
"The Seeds of Civilization" 3-2-21
Story Date: April 2019
Summary: Using their professional expertise and research, Emma and Jesse work out what it would take to cultivate a civilization.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Valentines Bingo "Romance Book Titles" Card 2-1-21
Sponsored by DW user fuzzyred
"Beads and Mirrors" 3-2-21
Story Date: May 1628
Summary: Emma and Jesse make their first foray into colonial Massachusetts.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Cameo Appearances: Purple Shell, Pigeon Feather
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Celtic Bingo Fest Card 3-1-21
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth
"The Eyes of All People" 3-2-21
Story Date: June 1630
Summary: An encounter in colonial Plymouth urges Emma and Jesse to make new plans.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Cameo Appearances: John Winthrop, Red Plum, Roger Williams, Cairn, Trigger, Little Mirror, Purple Shell
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Celtic Bingo Fest Card 3-1-21
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth
"Just Starting Down This Path" 4-10-21 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: August 1630
Summary: Emma and Jesse talk about horses and genetics.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW users janetmiles, ng_moonmoth, and mama_kestrel, and Genderplay Bingo "Aspects" Card 4-4-21
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Vengeance of Justice" 10-30-22
Story Date: June 19, 1632
Summary: Arson was not the original plan.
Characters: Jesse Harris
Prompted by Fall Festival Bingo Card 10-1-22
Sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred
"Beliefs and Values Passed Down Through Generations" 10-12-22 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: 1633
Summary: Emma and Jesse deepen their ties to the past by adding more crops and livestock to build on what they've already established.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Prompted by DW user rix_scaedu and Fall Festival Bingo Card 10-1-22
Sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred
"The Pequot War" 3-5-21 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: 1635
Summary: Changes already underway result in sudden shifts of expected events.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Cameo Appearance: Red Plum
Prompted by DW users kengr, readera, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Celtic Bingo Fest Card 3-1-21
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"In Any Great Undertaking" 9-9-21 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: 1636
Summary: Still uneasy with leadership, Emma and Jesse choose new apprentices to teach how to lead their people. Everyone looks up to them anyway.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Jesse Harris
Guest Stars: Highrock, One Eagle
Cameo Appearances: Red Plum, Trigger, Long Legs
Prompted by DW user ng_moonmoth, LJ user rix_scaedu, and Platonic Love Fest Bingo Card 9-1-21
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Every Time There Was Some Uncertainty" 4-8-22 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: 1638
Summary: Highrock comes to a conclusion about Emma and Jesse.
Characters: Emma Little Doe, Highrock
Cameo Appearance: Jesse Harris, One Eagle
Prompted by DW user readera, ng_moonmoth, and Anonymous, and Genderplay Bingo "Aspects" Card 4-4-22
Sponsored by DW user ng_moonmoth and fuzzyred