Wyld Stallions release a record called ‘We’re closer together when we’re two metres apart’, leading to extensive behavioural change, and money from the sale of Wyld Stallions face masks is channelled into vaccine research, eventually leading to the vaccine that ends the pandemic.’ ‘1918 flu pandemic… 1860 cholera pandemic… 2020 Covid-19 pandemic…’ ‘Party on, dude! Right, where’s the number for 1320?’ Still, gentlemen, the right Doomsday Book is set in 1320. ‘Yes, but writing about the right canon is kind of crucial. ‘I’ve been busy with the band! Anyway, optional details are optional.’ ‘Dude, did you even read the Dear Author letter?’ ‘You are supposed to be writing fic on a late 20th century science fiction novel, not an 11th century tax record.’ ‘Gentlemen! The last time I checked, the Great Survey of 1085 was not written by Connie Willis.’ ‘Hey! Maybe Socrates can read the Latin!’ And I’ve matched on a survey of thirteen thousand different villages written in Latin.’ I hear that the future of the world now depends on your ability to write a thousand word short story in the next 24 hours.’ ‘Rufus! We knew you wouldn’t let us down!’ *The sound of a materialising phone booth* ‘And it turns out it’s all in Latin and goes on about tax a lot.’ And I can pick something up for the Princesses for Christmas on the way!’ Because then I can go back to medieval England. ‘I thought if I matched on a book about an important historical event, then Rufus might appear. ‘Well… what book are you supposed to write about?’ So blank I even forgot there was a Wyld Stallions rehearsal.’ And I have ten words, and my brain is completely blank, dude. I thought it would be fun to write a thousand-word long story for a Christmas fic exchange. ‘Bill! A most heinous thing has happened. As the four begin to play an amateurish cacophony of music, Rufus breaks the fourth wall and assures us, "They do get better.‘Dude! Why weren’t you at the band rehearsal?’ Rufus brings in Princesses Elizabeth and Joanna, whom he rescued from their father (and from getting married "to those royal ugly dudes"), and explains that he's introduced them to the modern century, and that they too are destined to be part of Wyld Stallyns.
Bill and Ted recount their experience to their past selves, and learn how to properly return to the present from Rufus in order to give their history report on time.Īfter successfully completing their history report Rufus joined Bill and Ted as they practice and congratulates them on their report.
He encountered the duo again when they ended up returning on the previous day outside the Circle K with Rufus introducing himself to their past selves. Returning to the present, Rufus leaves the two with the phone booth, stating that Bill and Ted will be able to travel anyplace in time, but only "as long as you remember this: no matter what happens, you must get to that report." Their first stop: Austria, in the year 1805 and Napoleon Bonaparte, who is preparing to lead his French Imperial Forces into battle. Rufus reveals to Bill and Ted the secrets of the Circuits of History, which can transport the user anywhere in time. Though Bill and Ted are sceptical of Rufus' claims, they are convinced when future versions of themselves land nearby and explain the situation to them. As the two try to write a history report by asking customers questions at a local The Circle K, Rufus introduces himself to them. Rufus finds that Bill and Ted are on the verge of failing their high school history class, and, should Ted fail, his father, Police Captain Logan will ship him off to an Alaska military academy, effectively ending the pair's dreams of forming a band. His mission: to make sure that the Two Great Ones ( Bill Preston and Theodore "Ted" Logan) remain together to form the band " Wyld Stallyns", whose music will become the core of the future's Utopian society. Rufus uses a time-traveling phone booth to travel back to 1988, 700 years ago.