Boogieman Buddies

Chloe had a really neat idea for how to deal with the sahuagin army, but ultimately we determined it was infeasible. I wanted to keep it in, but it was an almost-18-minute block that amounted to nothing, so it would have killed the pacing. Thus, I've put it here, for posterity. Music Credit: Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki

Colin Continues To Sin Against Us Music Credit: Fight Theme 5: Devil's Beat - Kenichiro Suehiro

Steiner revokes a privilege. Grant delivers a wicked strike. Roxanne brings a mob to heel. The squad dances too, too close to death to depose royalty. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki Investigation: searching for the solution - Yuki Kajiura The Monster's Lair: Abyss - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 4: A Man Called Rando Part 2 - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 5: Devil's Beat - Kenichiro S...

Having thwarted the not-so-secretly-d'Auffay twins, #Trending has gone into turtling mode. To ensure their non-super friends and family are safe, they elect to boost security and hide out in Silver Skeleton's house. However, they aren't allowed to rest long, as the Kestoran "rebels" launch an attack against every bridge in the city at once. Can the heroes work with everyone to save all the civilia...

Steiner builds a big, weird shield. Roxanne conducts a tragic experiment. Grant commits to committing zoophilia. The squad squares off with a royal retinue. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 6: Doombox - Team Reptile Postfight: Explain Music - Taku Iwasaki Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Prepwork: Funny Jewelry - Taku Iwasaki End of Session: Labyrinth - Ema...

The election is only days away, and yet another big shakeup is happening in the city. The Baron of Kestora, Archibald d'Auffay, also known as the Transistor Tyrant, as well as his twin children are deposed by a rebel faction, and seek asylum in America. Shortly after that, a research facility on the outskirts of town is attacked, and #Trending move to help them out. Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero...

Grant catches some major air. Steiner opens his mind. Roxanne makes a new small friend. The squad stymie the siege on the resort town before hunting for its source. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Straight Creepin': ash wednesday - ALI PROJECT Fight Theme 5: Devil's Beat - Kenichiro Suehiro Postfight: Explain Music - Taku Iwasaki The W...

Nicolai tests a few more personality modes, and helps Al with his duplicates problem. Penny gets her ship back, and makes sure things happen how she remembers. Felix has a heart to heart with Gabby, and gets distracted from the big game. Robin learns the consequences of their actions at last, and meets their potential future co-workers. As a whole, #Trending learns of a few things on the wind as t...

Grant almost does a really cool, smart move. Steiner gets jumped twice. Roxanne plays with a dead body. The squad teams up with the enemy side to stop a siege. Music Credits: Intro: Snakes and Ladders - Emancipator Cam, the 3rd Gen: Its Name is Sora - Chikayo Fukuda A Chosen Branch: Not In Blood, But In Bond - Hans Zimmer Emergency Situation: Ulmoi - Taku Iwasaki Prepwork: Funny Jewerly - Taku Iwa...

Deep in the heart of a blighted land, there are all-powerful wizards planning a war against the forces of Good and Light. With their goal of their total destruction in mind, they have created mighty orcs, super-intelligent hobgoblins, and sneaky and sadistic bugbears. This... is not their story. Music Credits: Intro: Eye of Sauron - Howard Shore First Goblin Task: Funny Background Music | Awkward...

A concentrated effort to expel Blueblade begins. With a course of action to get rid of the old sea dog set, #Trending starts the process of trying to appease him enough to get him to leave. But Switch and Sundog have a plan of their own. Will it work? Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero-music - Mikhael Bureau Party Time: Generic Dance Song 3 - Steven Polley Party Time, The Next Step: Generic Dreams -...

Grant contends with a problematically precocious pupil and discovers a potentially fatal error. Roxanne bonds with the unlikeliest of people and sets her mind alight with possibilities. Steiner perpetrates a very odd robbery and tries his damnedest to offer reassurance. The squad takes two and a half steps closer to being ready for the edge. Music Credits: Intro: Snakes and Ladders - Emancipator A...

The Kraken is released! #Trending tries to stay on the down-low as the pirates regroup and unleash a horrible monster, causing all sorts of mayhem and destruction. While Zero and Poltergeist try to help defend the other heroes, Sundog and Switch try to infiltrate the ship to cut off First Mate Johnny. How things end, however, may end up surprising you a bit. Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero-music -...

Steiner plays good cop, and also patient. Roxanne plays bad cop, and also good cop. Grant plays amateur surgeon, and even more amateur gymnast. The squad spends the better part of three hours figuring out how to acquire a child. Music Credits: Intro/Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Interviewing the Monster: charade - Taku Iwasaki Laying Down The Law: SomeQ - Taku Iwasaki Postfight: Explain...

It's homecoming night, and the entirety of #Trending has shown up! But can a night just be normal for once for heroes of Halcyon city? Of course not. Which is why, fittingly, pirates invade the Under The Sea themed dance. But before that, there's plenty of hijinks to be had. Music Credits: Terror Aboard The High Seas: Pirates! - ERDENSTERN Intro: Epic-hero-music - Mikhael Bureau Diamond Dogs, Smoo...

Roxanne barters her time away. Grant pulls aggro. Steiner has a few key phonecalls. The squad stutters towards their quarry. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki Eidol, The Pale Rider: SomeQ - Taku Iwasaki Eidol, Master of the Wilds: M15 (Kara no Kyoukai OST 5) - Yuki Kajiura Elysium: Inverted City Megin Fi - Chikayo Fukuda The Spring Court: Mai - Yuki Kajiura Qualia and the Works...

It's time to end it. Lebrun's deception has been exposed, the stake has been obtained, and the coetrie makes their preperation to assault Sears Tower. They split up again, this time Johnathan going off on his own to grab the expenses of Pilzer while the other two go to make a go at the Archbishop-playing-Prince. Everything here is at stake. CONTENT WARNING: We are playing Vampire: The Masquerade....

The group gets a post-mortem message from Megalad. Felix goes to get a new suit, and spends some time with the girls. NC-11 has a chat with Robin about humanity, and learns about their new boss. Penny starts the process of getting her ship back, making a friend along the way, and gets a visit from the DHEA. Robin has to say goodbye, and goes street fighting. Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero-music -...

An attack on two fronts. While Cor and Johnathan go to the asylum to deal with the ghost problem, Salem heads to the meeting of the Primogen to prevent deaths. However, the asylum isn't what it seems, and the two run into a problem other than ghosts. The meeting also seems dead-set on trying to prevent the power players from making their moves. The fate of Chicago rests on the coetrie's heads, whi...

Grant bonds with someone he'd really rather not. Steiner runs into a cavalcade of dead ends. Roxanne enters into negotiations. The squad is called in to handle a hostage situation. Music Credits: Intro: Snakes and Ladders - Emancipator A Chosen Branch: Not In Blood, But In Bond - Hans Zimmer The Spring Court: Mai - Yuki Kajiura The Guildhall: Forest Field - BooHooWoo Planning: Sense of Crisis - Ta...

Rahm Emmanuel has pointed the group towards the culprit behind the orders to break Masquerade: Prince Reiner Pilzer himself. Johnathan calls his sire to help discuss what to do, and in the end it's decided to take another master of Auspex to meet with the Prince to confirm it. The coetrie has to look their potential enemy in the eye and lie to his face. But is it worth it in the end? CONTENT WARNI...

Panic in the city yet again! Al's copies have spread across the city's digital networks like wildfire, and #Trending is dealing with the aftermath of the DHEA's apparent lack of foresight. Robots, city infastructure, and even security systems aren't safe from the "young" AI's. It's going to take the team splitting up to deal with the problem in a timely manner. Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero-musi...

With a lead, the coetrie decides to split up to cover some ground. Johnathan goes to talk to Yvonne Long, the Brujah Primogen, in order to set up a meeting with Chicago's mayor. Meanwhile, Salem goes to talk to a group of Anarchs to close some possible leads and get a bit of blood that they need. Finally, Cor breaks into a house and very deftly finds some copies of evidence that they need. Afterwa...

Steiner barters with royalty and gets kicked around by a twiggy angel. Grant is made to answer for his actions and in turn gains a critical answer. Roxanne mends a wounded ally and solves a mystery in record time. The squad takes two steps forward as the edge draws ever closer. Content Warning: A dude makes vomit-y sounds from 1:41:43 to 1:41:58 Music Credits: Intro: Snakes and Ladders - Emancipat...

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