Boogieman Buddies

With Xerox handled, the fallout settled, and the dust cleared, it's time for the Trendsetters to work with the Coyote Pack to bring the Blue Bandit out... though they won't have to wait long. It turns out the former Coyoteman hopeful has plans of his own, and in order to get away with kidnapping the mayor of Deco City with 5 extra supers in his city, he's planted explosives all over the city. Musi...

From the Personal Log of Jean-Luc Armande: "I can scarcely believe any of this. A covert operation to bring down the Hegemony, lead by a union of planets we've never even heard of. It'd be absurd if I wasn't standing in the belly of it, if I hadn't sat in a mech the likes of which would only be piloted by the members of the Harmonic Choir. I don't know how they expect to win. I don't know how they...

With Xerox taken care of, several things have to be taken care of. Switch makes sure they keep a promise to Coyoteman before gathering the team to discuss what they did. Tensions run a bit high in the aftermath, particularly with Megalad the Younger. After a bit of a shakeup, talkdown, and rest, a half-expected visitor comes to make them a deal. One thing's for sure... things are going to change....

Year of Harmony 1014. Lieutenant Instructor Marcos Mesaios's Log. Got three new lancer cadets today. Connor Eisley is some kind of washed-up gameshow host looking for a second shot, Jean-Luc Armande is an untested overachiever, and Alan Blakeson is an islander irregular hunting for a paycheck. They don't look like much right now, but by the Hymnleader I'll mold them into something useful yet. Musi...

Xerox got their goal, so now the fight for their very lives begins. While the power copycat still has a few tricks up their sleeves, the Trendsetters have a few of their own as well. Funhouses, crow's nests, caltrops, and more. But will it be enough? It's our plucky heroes (and villain) versus someone who can do everything they can do and more. Music Credits: Intro: Damn Cowardly School - Yuki Hay...

And, finally, we follow all three, the Cell, the Selected, separate but together. We cast our eyes forward to Revelation Day, its events and immediate aftermath. Further forward to the impending doom of the organization that brought them all together, and to the (by some accounts, suboptimal) prevention of that doom. The question of a second integration is answered, and likewise a public naming. W...

We follow, thereafter, the Angel, the Escort. Her final decision, the friction, the farewell. And then the next year. The birth of a mistake undone, the first steps of relocation and establishment of a trade, investigations into solving an ancient secret. Then, a long-avoided conversation, and then another (though the avoidance here is by another's hand), and then a threefold reorientation. The sh...

We follow, then, the Mage, the Void. His final decision, the friction, the farewell. And then the next year. First and most of all, the revival of his identity: the synthesis of ancient technique, modern theory, and genius accident, all on the back of the expenditure of stolen moments. Then, healing at long last, a pitch flame reduced to smoldering embers, and a reappearance on the field of battle...

We follow, first, the Scientist, the Champion. His final decision, the friction, the farewell. And then the next year and a half of his life. Adoption of an animal. Proliferation of his support and expansion of his reach. A brief trek into familiar territory, and a confirmation of tradition. Then, bedmaking with the enemy for the common good, visitation of a departed friend, reconcilliation, and t...

It's finally time: The Trendsetters have found the DHEA blacksite and are given the rundown of roughly what they can find in there. It is a gauntlet of guards, alarms, sensors, and more. A single misstep and everything they've been working towards goes down the drain. What will they find there, and more importantly, can they beat Xerox and Blue Bandit to the goal? Music Credits: Intro: Damn Coward...

An accord reached, Our Three Yet Alive return to their worldline with their lives their own and ahead of them. For Steiner, 7.3 months: time to step back, resume his role as educator, take up a new role as supporter, and contemplate his future role as Champion; the ramifications of others' actions are reckoned with and an ongoing relationship changes by grace of opportunity. For Grant, 12.25 month...

With Sparrow agreeing to help the Trendsetters, it's time for a moment of peace and relaxation. While Megalad helps the Vizier, the rest of the group arrives at a charity gala in order to meet Tiffany Quail for the first time. While a good time is had, all things must come to an end, and so they head for the Coyote Den. They're ready to fight the Blue Bandit... or are they? Music Credits: Intro: D...

The shell breaks, again, for the first time. But before that, the Master of the Wilds is met again, at the end, for the first time. But before that, the Conglomerate convenes again, for the first time. And after all that, the six née three meet to discuss becoming three once more. And after that, the one alone is brought in for one final test. As we close out Chapter 5, I'm thinking I might need t...

The Trendsetters arrive in Deco City. It's filthy, it's damp, it's one of the unsafest cities in the world, and it's where Coyoteman calls home. The Trendsetters try to contact the enigmatic hero, but quickly hit a roadblock, and so they concoct a plan to get his attention one way or another. Disguised as other heroes, they go across town and start raising Caine, but will their plans go as smoothl...

Anything I could say would only detract from what happens here. Just listen. Music Credits: Intro: Jade - Emancipator Notcher, The Blind Heir: Space Outside Recognition - Chikayo Fukuda Green Eyes on the Future: M04 (Kara no Kyoukai 1) - Yuki Kajiura Nothing's Easy: Scars of the Past - Yuki Kajiura Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Elysium: Inverted City Megin Fi - Chikayo Fukuda Tension: O...

With the Megalads back and the location of the hand in place, the Trendsetters get ready for war. While Poltergeist starts finding the location of the black site, the rest of the party investigates into the powers that Xerox has collected. However, things suddenly get dangerous when they stumble into a twist...   Music Credits: Intro: Damn Cowardly School - Yuki Hayashi Team Time: Rebellious Youth...

One of the Queens is dead. Two civilians are left to rescue. Everything goes tits up in minutes. It's a fight for survival against over 500 hostile creatures with the full intention of killing every last living being on the station. The only way to live through the whole thing are smart, calculated moves and a lot of luck. Will the squad manage to pull through, or has their time run out? Music Cre...

And now, with chains cast off, the real work can finally begin. The plan is conveyed to the one holding the keys and the door is opened to the sleeping Lover. But destiny's arc is not kind to any of us, and our ghosts follow close behind until we can find the peace of dismissal. Fortunately, distractions abound: another teams would like to keep their bodies, and our young mage needs to solve a puz...

It's a swarm! While Wu, Bortnik, Avadan, and West try to save a couple of kids, two competing factions of Xenomorphs close in on their location and surround them. With nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, clever thinking under a LOT of pressure is the only way the squad of the Bloodhound is going to survive. Tensions run high, panic runs higher, and things get a little spicy... normally it's all in...

With the Vinterium (temporarily) secure from Lilith, the Trendsetters get back to their lives for the time being while waiting for the Xerox issue to go off. Nicolai keeps looking into the Second Chance Society, Penny gets a delivery and talks to Angelo, Robin has a nice meal with Lovelace, and Felix checks up with the Vizier on the whole thing with Tiffany. Then, finally, the hand is revealed......

While the rest of the Trendsetters was getting ready for their battle on Earth, the Megalads journey to the center of the universe to gain power from the heart of the dimension. However, not is all as it seems. A mysterious Dyson Sphere, a hostile hospital, and a familiar face all appear, and the two heroes feel compelled to stop it.   Music Credits: Intro: Damn Cowardly School - Yuki Hayashi The...

Something else is on Artemis Station. Something strange, unknown, and deadly, and its hunting the squad. Even before they can identify it, it kills the Sarge and tries to get at the rest of the squad. After being fended off, however, it's time to go back to rescuing civilians. However, not all civilians are as equally grateful for being saved, as the squad soon finds out. Music Credits: Intro: Whe...

The plan is made for one last bout of violence, beginning with the retrieval of protection for the softest of the three targets. Negotiations are attempted, ancient obligations are asserted, last courtesies are granted, but the questions hang nonetheless: can long-outgrown bonds be severed, and what might be the cost of their breaking? Grit those teeth, you three! I know you can do it! Music Credi...

The UAS Bloodhound has received a mission. Artemis Station, a housing area for Weyland-Yutani terraformers, has been overrun by Xenomorph XX121. Now, Denny Bortnik, Liam O'Donnel, Hank Avadan, and Rachel Wu, colonial marines, go with their squad on the station to rescue any and all survivors. However, bug hunts are never that easy. There's more going on in Artemis Station than meets the eye. Will...

Colin once again runs a campaign using the Alien the Roleplaying Game system. This time, Bobbin, Cat, Namtab, and Pepper create characters using the alternate rules found in the Colonial Marines Operations Manual to save survivors on Artemis Station, a Weyland-Yutani owned space station finding itself infested by Xenomorphs. Join them as they go through the process of creating their characters, wh...