High Level Summary
The team stops a thief in the park. Gets a foreboding vision of a new group of “Heroes” from Edward Rust. Then there’s an explosive exchange between Stagehand and Angela that evolves into kissing and awkwardness.
Additional Information:
Love letters are a cool feature in MASKS where that you can use to keep the story going when there is a break in sessions. This is Servo’s love letter from between session 2 and 3 and what option I picked.
Love Letter
Dear Servo,
Your mother may not exactly have been the person you were looking to see at the end of the last issue, but after talking to her, you can’t shake the feeling that there’s a grain of truth at the heart of what she said. She may be The Techromancer—a villain, the exact kind of person you’re fighting to protect the city from—but she’s still your mom… and that counts for something.
Choose one:
-If you’ve been able to put what she said out of your mind, shift Danger down and any other label up, your choice. Tell us whose example you’ve been following instead and why, give them influence over you if they didn’t already have it, and clear a condition.
-If you’ve been dwelling on what the Techromancer said to you, shift Danger up and any other label down, your choice. Mark potential and tell us who you can’t help but resent a little for not taking you seriously as a hero. They lose influence over you. (Mundane Down, Danger Up)
Either way, you know that the recent swell in supervillain activity is something your powers can help you stop, no matter where you got them. You just aren’t sure if anyone will see you for the hero you want to be, no matter how great the evil you stand against.
Here’s hoping the apple falls far from the tree, The Writers
Scenes
Trouble at the park
A casual walk through Maggie MacIntyre Memorial Park sees us meeting Blur as she’s stealing wallets from random pedestrians. Bethany asks her if she needs the money for food and after an awkward exchange they part. Dante and Angela decide to chase Blur down. After a brief altercation we’re able to convince her to return the money and maybe steal from rich people.
Surprising news
Edward Rust partners with Holy Conclave to create new team of heroes. They are the The Crusaders and have a branch for young heroes known as The Youth Crusaders.
The Crusaders have interesting members including Reverb and Bulldozer.
What the hell is going on between Angela and Kuro?
Kuro tries to encourage Angela to share some more information from her past and information about the Holy Conclave and it fails spectacularly. The discussion quickly turns into an argument in which Angela states she does not think about Kuro when she needs much of anything. In a risky gambit he goes in to kiss her and the kiss connects with the incredibly cheesy line “You should always be thinking about me”.
This is Awkward with a capital A. Servo comments that its a bit awkward. And Angela lashes out. In game, Pyra swaps his love, servo, with his rival, stagehand. She’s seems way into this. And Pyra asks Age how “How could more Angela get more kisses from Kuro?” and apparently Kuro likes when Angela’s all haughty and standoffish.