Road to Hell

CW: Player Death, Violence, Gore "I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.” “A final note from your narrator: I am haunted by humans” ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief Everything ends...

CW: Discussions of Natural Disasters “My eyes are painfully open and I want to escape.” Anais Nin, Mirages The group gathers at Haven’s apartment for possibly the final time, they all know they should run. But none of them can bring themselves to leave the fight until it is done. Akii as Penelope Gurung-Ishida | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/akinomii⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hannah Marie as Margot "Haven&quot...

CW: Interparty conflict, References to Drugs/Alcohol “Peace was like any high. It couldn’t last. It was an illusion, something that could be interrupted in a moment and lost forever.” - Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House The Nobodies have to fall apart before they can come back together. Penny makes a new friend, Haven and Mason have it out, Lola has a chat with Conell. Time is running out for all of them...

CW: Violence, Mental Manipulation “Before you can kill the monster, you have to say its name.” - Terry Pratchett, A Slip of a Keyboard The Nobodies have their quarry where they want him, trapped in a room. It is clear that no matter what happens, at least one of them won’t be walking out of this room. Xav still has plenty of tricks up his sleeve, so don’t count him out yet. Akii as Penelope Gurung...

CW: Mental Manipulation, Mentions of Alcohol/Drugs/Sex “I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.” - Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings It is Halloween and the Nobodies have to put their plan into action, they arrive at the party ready to deal with Xav. They have a plan, now lets see if it survives first contact with the enem...

CW: Mentions of Past Violence “She had opened a door… and now she was walking with demons. And at the end of her travels, she would have her revenge… Pain had made a sadist of her.” - Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart A truce in place the Nobodies work on putting a plan together to take down Xav, Penny has a run in with Alina and tries to get some information. Haven works on an olive branch for Lo...

CW: Interparty Arguments “A Ghost can be a lot of things. A memory, a daydream, a secret. Grief, anger, guilt. But, in my experience, most times they’re just what we want to see. Most times, a ghost is a wish.” - Mike Flannigan, The Haunting of Hill House After the events in Atlas Tattoo the group finds themselves at an impasse, will they ever be able to trust Haven again? Over breakfast they try...

CW: Threats, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal “The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.” - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven The Nobodies decide to polish up their skills with a little fight training when Penny gets a call from a friend. The Monster’s timeline has moved up and the group needs to make a choice as to what to do with the journals. Nothing...

CW: Alcohol, Tobacco ‘And that’s how you go on. You lay laughter over the dark parts. The more dark parts, the more you have to laugh. With defiance, with abandon, with hysteria, any way you can.” - Liani Taylor, Strange the Dreamer Lola and Mason head back from Boston and the Nobodies are together once again, Haven gets a surprise guest which sends things into a spiral, and Penny starts to have s...

CW: Mentions of Death, Fire, Corpses ‘We love until we do not. For us, love doesn’t fade gradually. It snaps like a branch bent too far.” - Holly Black, The Darkest Part of the Forest Mason and Lola head down to Boston to meet with her contact while Penny prepares for her parents to return. Leaving Haven alone in her apartment as she dives into research and trying to forget what happened to her, t...

CW: Violence “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching - they are your family.” - Jim Butcher The Nobodies are on the hunt, Mason and Penny are after Gabriel. Lola and Haven are at the Doctor’s house as Haven recovers from her Vampire encounter. Penny makes a gamble by calling in backup, will it pay off? Akii as Penelope Gurung-Ishida | ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/akino...

CW: Themes of Assault, Panic Attacks, References to Violence “Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time…But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once.” ― Emily Carroll, Through the Woods The Nobodies have splintered after the fight between Haven and Mason, Lola confronts Alina,...

CW: References to Sex “It was a long time ago. It doesn’t matter anymore. And yet I cannot let it go. I cannot let it go.” - Sylvia Plath While Lola and Mason recover, Haven and Penny pay a visit to Haven’s parents to pick up an item they might need. Once the group gets back together they return to research in earnest, will Haven tell Mason what she learned about his sister? Akii as Penelope Gurun...

CW: Blackmail, Alcohol, Sexual Situations “The evil that men do lives after them; The Good is oft interred with their bones.” - Shakespeare, Julius Caesar The Nobodies split up, Lola heads to talk to Alaric while Mason follows. Leaving Penny and Haven to do more research, a line on one of the lecturers at the university unveils something better left buried. The Nobodies split up, Lola heads to tal...

CW: Mentions of Alcohol and Drugs “It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show from happiness. We learn so little from peace.” -Chuck Palahniuk The Nobodies know where the journals came from, the O’Dowd residence. So they make their way over there to meet Claire and learn more about her family. Maybe the residence holds secrets yet to be uncover...

CW: Alcohol, Sexual Situations “And the more hurt she gets, the more venomous she grows.” - Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights For the moment the Nobodies retreat back to their corners. Lola hits the bar, Mason makes a phone call, Haven breaks down, and Penny helps a friend. After they take the night to cool down they come back together to figure out their next steps. Time is running out after all. A...

CW: Threats of Violence “Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red.” - Kait Rokowski A phone call changes everything for The Nobodies, Wren reaches out with a development about the journals. This has the hunters scrambling as they try and peel back the mystery and see the truth beneath. Will they be too late to stop w...

CW: Discussions of Death, Stalking “The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” - Fydor Dostoevsky   The Nobodies come back together when Penny learns of more journals, and the mystery of Saga Abernathy grows. They dive into trying to figure out what is in these books, but now that they know the true darkness in Marlin Bay they will never be safe a...

CW: Drugs, Alcohol, Discussions of Sex 'Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of Rage? Because you are full of grief.’ - Anne Carson, Grief Lessons. Lola and Mason deal with the trauma of facing the wraith in their own ways. Lola hits up a party with Alina and Xav, while Mason hits the riptide. Even still, they cannot escape what they know about the darker side...

CW: Discussions of Death “Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.” - Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos . They survived their first hunt, the Slasher of Marlin Bay will no longer hurt anyone. The banishing of Paul Ashdown leaves more questions, like who was controlling him and what was with the strange book Kameron was hiding. Those are questions for later as Penn...

CW: Car accidents, Violence, Injuries ‘Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.’ - Ernest Hemmingway It's time - the group finally moves to confront the wraith. Maybe just not in the way they originally wanted. With Paul Ashdown’s journal in hand they know how to stop him, they need to find and destroy the Fetter. They just have to get through hi...

CW: Funerals, Dealing with Grief “Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. You will never be here again” Homer, The Illiad It's time to say goodbye to Kameron, we arrive at Ashdown Manor for the funeral. Penny goes to say goodbye, Lola meets someone else from Boston, Mason and Haven do some snooping. But the Slasher is still out there, it...

CW: Discussions of Grief, Funerals ‘I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things which I dare not confess to my own soul’ - Bram Stoker, Dracula  Having survived that horrible night the cell heads to their separate corners for a bit. Penny has a meeting with a friend, Mason and Leo grow closer, Lola works her day job, and Haven shares a moment with her partner. Akii as Pen...

CW: Injuries, References to Drugs, Panic attacks ‘Remembering is only a new form of suffering’ - Charles Baudelaire Leo arrives just a little too late, leaving the Cell recovering after their encounter with the Wraith. Penny tends to her wounds, Mason helps Leo, Lola tries to get herself under control, and Haven tries to bury her head in the sand. They’re in it now, there is no turning back now. A...

CW: Violence, Possible NPC Death ‘It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane’ - Philip K Dick, Valis The Cell races across town to save Julian, it can’t be a coincidence that he’s attacked less than a day after Kameron. Are they ready to come face to face with The Marlin Bay Slasher? Akii as Penelope Gurung-Ishida - https://linktr.ee/akinomii Hannah Marie as Margot "Haven...