The Drunk and The Ugly

Amazingly enough, through life-threatening situations, teenage drama and angst, and supernatural power convergences, life goes on. Our heroes have recovered a bit, and while wounds – both physical and mental – are still being nursed and secrets are still being kept, life’s not that bad. What this means, however, is that the greatest challenge of all still awaits: the High School...

The road trip swung north last session, heading up to Maine to visit some wilderness. There’s a war going on for Pastoral Manor. During lunch, a crow came down to talk to the group. They proceeded to try and catch it. They wound up in traps and made contact with the Animal Resistance movement. Their leader is named Blackbriar and the kids want to punch him out. Can all of this mayhem be sort...

Manny’s had a hard time lately. He’s been going through some problems, dealing with some issues, and it’s about time that he has a chance to talk to a professional about it. Side chatter PLAYERS Manda –  Manny Matt –  Caleb “2Dope” Andrews Nate –  Emma Vaerbond

George and Emma are in the middle of a public park. Emma’s bleeding, her hair sawed off, crying into his shoulder. And it’s all George’s fault. He crossed about every line possible and betrayed his friends and somehow managed to cover his tracks. Scott, Nele, and Mann are still tracking George. Will they manage to uncover enough of the trail to expose what he’s done? Side c...

The mission to steal the Book of Reflection is rolling along as smoothly as a train with no wheels and no track. The mercenaries, minus Omran, who managed to get himself trapped in the wheels of local crime, are dealing with elements inside the church. They aim to pry open a way to the true Book of Reflection by playing the church against itself. Can the mercenaries overcome the forces working aga...

It’s time for some R&R. Finally, the kids can kick back, nurse their wounds, and enjoy their psych leave. It’s been a rough series of months, but at least the worst of it is over. No more super soldiers, no more serial killers, no more mad scientists, and no more murderous best friends. Just total calm and serenity. They’ll have to enjoy it while it lasts. Side chatter PLAYER...

Reflecting the Soul is the intro adventure that will be packaged with the Sordid Dystopia role-playing game. The adventure has seen playtesting and revision, but we’re happy to present its first running. The group of mercenaries are called before the head of the Zogby crime family and given a mission: recover a certain book, hidden away in Cizok. The book is a holy tome, sequestered in a Ciz...

The five-day Manny vigil is coming to an end: he’s finally waking up. The world’s gotten a lot weirder while he’s been away from it, and the gang will have to fill him in somehow. Will Manny ever be able to reconcile his repressed monstrous nature with his kind heart? Will his friends forgive him? Side chatter PLAYERS Hannah –  Jingle-Heimer Schmitt Manda –  Manny Mat...

Linda’s still asleep. Nothing happened in the night. Aiden’s going in after her, and its up to the rest of the kids to track down once and for all what is going on. Because what the kids of Athens have been fighting is actually much worse than they could have ever imagined. And it has plans. The mouth of the underworld is yawning, wider and wider. Can Linda, Tony, Aiden and Diane put a...

Betrayal. Ferocious rage, deceit, attempted murder. Crushed bones, torn throats, and a few bullet wounds. It’s safe to say some people had their feelings hurt. Manny’s still in his coma. Nele is watching him like a hawk. Jingles is watching them both like a highly distractible hawk. Scott is coping with some new “body issues,” and George is coping with some “being a h...

The kids are beaten, tired, but momentarily victorious. Linda’s life is slowly falling apart, being sucked into the inky blackness of the reverse world’s influence. It’s time to regroup. They still don’t know enough about what’s going on, and that lack of knowledge is quickly becoming a liability. Can they press on and shine a light into the darkness of Athens and ill...

Just about all of the Frieda’s group looks like they just went through a meat grinder. The confrontation with Newt started bad and ended worse. The kids are beaten, battered, broken, and some of them kinda died. A little bit. And then they got better. As it stands, they’ve gone to the only person willing to treat a group of supernatural poor kids who have a bad case of ran-into-a-super...

The 8-bit world and the Glitch having been bested and Jackie rescued, the kids return to Athens (unfortunately having to leave Thunderbird, The Ultimate Party Bird, behind). They are beaten and bruised, but for the moment, success feels good. They plan to continue the investigation into the identity of the strange burglar. The blindfolded, sword-carrying man has some connection with the reverse wo...

Manny’s gone. Kidnapped in the middle of the night by a mysterious assailant. George is going crazy. Caught between a Mayan God and the rejection of the girl he loves, he’s confused and angry and ready to hurt someone. Nele is in the middle of a self crisis, emotions and memories flooding in on his carefully crafted clockwork precision mind. All things are up in the air, waiting for th...

Last time, the kids went into the Reverse Mirror World and kicked a giant Shade’s face in. That felt good. Unfortunately, they returned to their world to realize that things are still falling apart. More and more people are going missing, and now someone (or something) is breaking into people’s houses. He wears a blindfold and carries a sword and apparently doesn’t steal anything...

The year is 2070.  The place; Seattle, WA. In this day and age, computers are built into your clothing, the internet is everywhere, and holograms / augmented reality are a practical interface with technology, rather than a simple novelty. There was a time when computers were totally and completely responsible for everything we did.  Artificial Intelligence was at our beck and call, managing all th...

The writing on the wall has changed. Literally. The strange graffiti being left outside of Frieda’s cannot be ignored. Someone who knows too much about Nele’s past is in town. And they’re leaving messages specifically for him. Where is N611? Where indeed. PLAYERS Hannah –  Jingle-Heimer Schmitt James – Tim Rodgers Manda –  Manny Matt –  Scott Valle Nate &#...

  Things have gotten decidedly weird in Athens, Wisconsin. Last session, everyone ended up in the hospital, having come down with a slight case of coma. The kids found themselves in the reverse world – a strange, purple tinged nightmare version of their town. Creatures made of shadow and anger attacked them, and the kids discovered great hidden depths of power inside of themselves. The...

The fight in the forest rages on. The bird-man and its army of, well, birds, is still threatening the wood sprites. The Spirit of the Forest is still missing. A strange altar has been discovered. And while a tentative truce has been brought up between all of the kids to overcome raging teenage emotions, tensions are still running high. Can the Frieda’s kids stop the bird threat and rescue th...

Welcome, listeners, to the small Wisconsin town of Athens, WI, where dark things are stirring. The barrier between our world and whatever is on the other side has weakened. Three of the students at St. Christopher’s Catholic School have been missing from school for several days. Upon investigation by our intrepid heroes, the missing students turn out to be under care at the local hospital&#8...

Having discovered the first clue to the mystery of Spring Crescent, and rapidly retreating, the gang devises a plan to investigate further: they’ll get un-grounded, and go BACK TO SCHOOL. Naturally, there are a few objections. But they are silenced by the prospect of the annual Spring Crescent Fun Fair, an occasion that promises at least the approximation of Fun and Fairs. Will the kids succ...

The Monkey King is surrounded by what could possibly be hundreds of enemies with swords drawn. His first method of defense? To punch the cave wall he’s trapped next to and bring down a rain of stalactites upon his enemies. He succeeds in hurting his hand. The beginning of the journey continues! Will our intrepid and mostly crazy heroes survive the deadly confrontation and regain their road w...

This session, we return to the mystery-wrapped enigma that is Spring Crescent. Emma, joined by the strange psychic girl Molly Weits, investigates around the school. They stumble upon a certain coat room door, and once opened, it leads directly into LeFay National Park. Will the girls press on into possible danger and uncover the source of the mystery? Side chatter PLAYERS James – Tim Rodgers...

When we last left our trio of “heroes,” they were leaving the village of Clearwater. They continue to track their guide West. On the journey, the trio tell each other tall tales and blatant lies in order to stave off the boredom. Eventually, they reach a crossroads upon a vast plain. They will travel to the Crab Lands, following the Shadowlands tainted hermit. PLAYERS James – Aka...

Following the closing of the “Case of the Mysteriously Launched Coffee Cans” with the discovery of a playful robot, life resumes at Spring Crescent and Madison Faire mostly unabated. Emma’s visit to Troy’s nightclub district did not go unreported, so she’s got a meeting with the school counselor. Dr. G is, to put it simply, a very understanding guy. This session was c...