Boogieman Buddies

First for self-alignment and then for the final notch, our trio and their companions mete out violence once more. The key is finished, the lock is opened, and the prize is won and surrendered. With that, the waiting begins: Grant continues his rejuvenation and learns some top-level secrets, and Roxanne brings a trek of three centuries to its end and opens up a potentially devastating line of thoug...

Babysitting is no joke, especially when it's from an especially eager Captainalist from the past! The Trendsetters decide the best way to avoid causing paradoxes and having time entropy is to take him to space, and there they almost immediately find trouble worth solving. Will getting rid of the raiders and helping out the small colony be as easy as it seems? Of course not. Music Credits: Intro: D...

The surviving trio rejoin with lost companions, and ground is gained to recover their hearts and expand their minds. The unceasing warrior is narrowly brought to a halt, and another notch is sawed in the key. And then, after a frankly unreasonable amount of time, a wonderful scientist is given motion anew, and-   No I will not cut it out, you hush.

A dangerous storm hits Halcyon City. Not a normal one, but one that is striking through time! With the city in the direct line of fire from the attack, the Trendsetters and the Riot Wreckers move to defend everyone through the worst of it. In the end, something from the past is flung through the portal... and it's not exactly a welcome sight. Music Credits: Intro: Damn Cowardly School - Yuki Hayas...

With assent from three of the fey royals obtained, our trio convene after a night's rest to seek the fourth. But a literal depressive spell stands in their way, and it's all up in the air: the Spring King's agreement, the state of Grant's magic, the safety of the Harrison parents, and the state of the masters of the afterlife. It always warms my heart, when they all see each other again for the fi...

Genuinely I don't know how she keeps so thoroughly slipping out of our heads. Music Credits: Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Idiocy: Useless Chatting - Yuki Kajiura

Robin has a day out with their sister and a heated debate. Nicolai catches up on Clockwork Futures and someone they helped long ago. Penny talks about her past and helps with some repairs. Felix goes out on patrol and talks with a family member. The city starts to approach the new year. Music Credits: Intro: Damn Cowardly School - Yuki Hayashi Robin's Theme: Stride - Kalibration Nicolai's Theme: C...

Babe what's wrong? You've barely touched your limited edition Fullmetal Alchemist Canned Bread. Music Credits: Robin's Theme: Stride - Kalibration

Delays beget delays as the squad must first settle things with the broken Lord of Autumn before they can safely enter The Workshop. With encircled assent and a scroll of future utility secured, they divert on advisement to make thenselves low before the Lady of Summer. Terrible prices are agreed to, but rest is allowed after yet more ruminations. He's still such a little cutie at this point! I wan...

The DHEA is still struggling to find the mole in their midst, and the fallout of this is getting worse and worse. A new villain has appeared, hitting DHEA facilities all over the country, and they've finally made it to Halcyon. The DHEA and the HCPD join forces and reach out to the Trendsetters to try and find out just what this person's deal is, but will the gang even get close to the answer this...

Reunited and with purpose anew, the beleaguered trio sets off on the first phase of correcting the course of fate: obtaining the Key, and seeking assent of its use. Along the way they settle their hearts some by way of offers of aid and catching up with colleagues. But complications arise, as they always do, and the formulation of solutions is stalled by potentially tremendous news. Also, before a...

It's time to defeat the Karma Chameleon! The Trendsetters go undercover and infiltrate his home base in the sewers, and see how the sewer mutants live. In an effort to meet the leader directly, they mingle with the rest of the mutant population, and then are granted an audience directly with the terrorist. Will they bring him down and make meaningful change for the race, or will he outwit them all...

Words are hard.

The siblings awaken under a ceiling they've not seen in ages, and are given truth that wounds them deeper than any blade. All they are left with is a pile of questions: clocks, walls, pods, and thirds. It doesn't always shake out this way, but I'm glad this is the kind of line where they've ever seen the way out. Music Credits: Unfamiliar Home: the matter is settled, anyway (reversed) - Yuki Kajiu...

We're back with the Trendsetters! Five years after defeating the Captainalist and the Transistor Tyrant, they end up back where their biggest adventure began: The First National Bank of Halcyon. However this time the threat is different. Not a Gorilla looking for theft, but rather some rowdy mutants looking to destroy! The sewer mutants finally rise, and their message is clear: It's their turn to...

And now, finally, they've cleared the way. And now, finally, they can begin their work in earnest. Atop a mountain of broken hearts and burned corpses, swords are drawn, knives are out, feet are planted. I always have such mixed feelings about this part. On the one hand, it's so thrilling! On the other... well, you'll see. Music Credits: Eidol, the Pale Rider: SomeQ - Taku Iwasaki The Second First...

Ape, Bobbin, Cat, and Chloe roll up familiar characters in this new system. FATE Core is a system developed by the folks at EvilHat (who brought us Monster of the Week as well) which easily slots into any setting or genre and uses a simple system of rolling 4 dice to apply bonuses and penalties to your skills. We go into the rules of the game, as well as things in Halcyon City that change during t...

Five years is a long time to just drop off the face of the Earth, so we do you a favor and do a bit of a montage of things that happen during then! Lots of big things happen. A change in leadership. A change in friendship. A change in... name. That's right, #Trending are now officially the Trendsetters, Better Than Ethan are now officially the Riot Wreckers, and everybody in the city is a bit more...

Their numbers dangerously reduced by their mortal foe's first wave of interference, destiny's counter-force grits their teeth and draws against treasured companions and shifted selves. The question of who lives and who dies is never answered easily, and rarely satisfactorily. The look on her face makes my heart hurt, I hate when it shakes out this way. Music Credits: Intro/Eidol, the Pale Rider: S...

This is it. The Fennec has been found and now the Coetrie is going to deal with their new personal foe for good. They have supernatural powers, but he has training. They have incredible strength and reflexes, but he has an arsenal of weapons. They have a plan, but he has the homefield advantage. Who will win, and will they be the same coming out as they did going in? CONTENT WARNING: We are playin...

I made a mistake in forgetting that a player had activated an ability. But hey, at least when they pointed it out, I took back the action.

The first ring of true battle erupts in the cemetary fault, and first blood is spilled. And second, and third, and twenty seventh. Two hundred and eighty and one hundred and fourty and twelve meet their ends before swords are first uncrossed. Sixteen and one and two remain to contend with three and two and One, and None have yet bled needfully. This part always makes me nervous, no matter how many...

The civil war among the Camarilla is almost at a head, and the new Anarch Coetrie is eager to see it kick off. They learn many details about the new Primogen that are filling the ranks of Montinero's side, while having to meet with the prospective Prince Ward to convince him to attack before he is ready. Soon, everything will finish, and hopefully it won't come to bite Johnathan, Cor, and Salem in...

Cookies.

The chosen three are called to action days in advance of their deadline so as not to tempt fate. They break to tie up a few loose ends and say some final goodbyes and, as ready as they can be, rejoin their greater numbers to commiserate and plan. Unfortunately, their mortal foe would rather this all resolve without raising their sword, and so instead brings down the hammer. I'm so excited for Chap...