As the Cast Changes

Character rotation is something that the Lost City of Atlanta is no stranger to. Recently, two new Scions have joined the Band: Malic and Aster. Randall left the Band to be with his new husband in Africa, and Kainalu (who never really joined in the first place) left after an intense argument with Johnny.

This seems like a good time to review our former PC's and what's happened to them. For the most part, these PC's became former PC's as the result of their players either having schedule changes that prevented them from playing, or simply disappearing.

The Misadventures of Johnny Easter

Someone on the Forums was asking about Johnny and how his relationship with Lugh went. Anyone that wants the whole story can read Johnny's journal, but it's long as all hell.

So, I am going to outline what's happened between Johnny and Lugh here. It all started out as a classic case of Jock Dad vs Artistic Son. Johnny wanted to be a musician and Lugh wanted him to be a warrior. Their arguments progressed from disagreement, to yelling, to threats and finally to full-on impalement. Johnny broke his ties with Lugh and opened himself up for a world of hurt in return.

Results of the Trial

Well, things were close there for a while. Marti bribed Ares into swapping his vote and Athena came up with a compromise that got Apollo and Artemis to agree. Finally the Dodekatheon decided not to throw Garreth into Tartarus, just to arrange things so that if he works with the Titans again, he'll instantly die.

More problems resulted from the bribery than the trial itself. Marti's bribe to Ares was starting a civil war in North Korea, dedicated to the War God. The rest of the Band, including Garreth, took exception to the callous decision and a big fight broke out.

As a result of that and the on-going tension between Boris, Johnny and Marti, Marti will be leaving the Band. His replacement (since his player isn't going anywhere, we like him) is going to be a Polynesian Surfer God. We'll see how he works out, but he seems like far less of an abrasive dick than Marti. Should be fun!

Randall is still settling in and getting used to everyone, as well as letting people (Boris) get used to him. It's an on-going process.

The Trial of the Century

Everyone is getting ready for Garreth's trial. I don't know that it's really going to be so much of a "trial" as just trying to convince enough Gods not to kill him. There aren't laws or anything and there's no objecting when people get out of line.

This is really gunna test the social characters to see what they can do. Oh, and Garreth of course, to see if he can bend far enough to make his Pantheon think he's more than just a crazy, dangerous lunatic.

Now, some of you may be asking: Did I push Garreth into this situation to punish him? No. Not really. I did push him into this situation to force some growth, though. He's set himself up in an incredibly vulnerable position. He doesn't have any allies among his Pantheon. None of the Dodekatheon have any reason to like him that much, since he thinks very lowly of them and makes no secret of it.

What's it with people stabbing kings in the back?

Hey folks, I'm Johnny's player.

So, after that session, having his his third most trusted friend turn out to be trying to keep a Titan Avatar as a house pet, and having his second most trusted friend just up and leave, Johnny is a walking combination of conflicting virtues.

He wants to just summon Strife and sic him on Garreth and the rest of his organisation for being so damn stupid, but he also would hate to see the Greek brutally murdered.

So, he is just storming off to Ireland to take the middle road. He is still telling on Garreth, but he is going to a Deity who won't just up and murder Garreth without thinking. He's off to Tara to try to speak with Danu. And to check that he can be Ard Ri.

In a nutshell, he is blindingly pissed at Garreth, but his loyalty prevents him from just having his head taken off. Added to the fact that the last two-ish weeks have been really difficult, he is just storming off to Ireland to make himself king in a attempt to cheer himself up.

I'd say it won't work. And things are just getting worse for him over there. Artan is attacking him because he broke a Geas, he is expressing feelings for someone (although I don't know if that will last) for the first time in what is close to ever, and he has to speak with a family member. Even though it's Danu, talking with the Tuatha never seems to end all that well. Hell, speaking to any God/dess never ends well for him.

Should be cool to see where this goes.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Hey everybody!

Izzy's player here.

So, the question is, why did Izzy flat out leave?

It's a rather complicated affair.

First of all, the obvious answer is that Garreth betrayed her, and therefore she couldn't stand being around him. This is true, but it doesn't explain everything. To add to this, Izzy entered a Virtue Extremity. Her Duty to protecting the world countered her loyalty to the Band exponentially. Therefore, thanks to both the stress of the situation, and the utter zealous belief that she had taken over her mind, she became very, very irrational. This in turn lead to a psychotic break thanks to the stress and the conflicting Virtues at play.

In the end of her farewell scene, I tried to write it as if her mental block was breaking, but by that point she'd made up her mind. There was no turning back by that point.

From a story perspective, her leaving did make sense. From a gameplay one it was... an odd experience.

Lost Atlanta Session 36: Fed Up

Whelp. Things did not go as planned. 

Last time in Lost Atlanta, the Band went to Boston when Garreth's father reported that ORPTA Headquarters was being quarantined by some Men in Black. The MIB's apparently take exception to people showing up on giant three-headed, fire-breathing dragons. Some lasers were fired, there may have been a helicopter-vs-Zmey battle and the Band took cover inside the Headquarters building via a roof entrance.

Everything was going fine until certain events came to pass, revealing that Garreth and ORPTA had formed an alliance with Mr. Bright, who just happens to be a Titanspawn. Izzy stormed off, leaving not only Boston but the Band itself in an outrage at the betrayal. 

Boris and Johnny had some words for Garreth as well, and the God Strife was very nearly summoned into the situation. That would have been really bad. 

Rhyan missed all this, having run off on her own to disable the Portable Energy Shield Generator what was keeping the Band from reaching the basement of the HQ building, where Garreth's father and Mr. Bright were holed up. She managed to break it a bit, but for her troubles she got an Implosion Grenade in the face. She fled, joining the rest of the Band (minus Garreth of course) in the park across the street.

So, now Izzy is gone and Garreth might be left all alone to face off against a full team of Men in Black armed with lasers, futuristic helicopters, energy shields and imploding grenades. And, worse (possibly), Mr. Bright has threatened to engage "countermeasures" that will "deal with" the situation if things get any worse. 

Oh, and of course the MIB's are preparing to activate a Singularity Generator that will generate a Singularity all up in the HQ building's face. That probably won't end well.

Next week is going to be interesting!