Season Ticket on a One Way Ride

What do you do when everything you knew is removed?
That is the question that my players had to ask themselves, when the truck stop exploded at the season finale of LTSTN.
On the back drop of a villain returned from the grave, who brought along his creations for the ride, a Firestorm raged across the area, temporarily turning the players into the humans they hope to become. Stripped of their powers, they had to deal with the Centimanus and his slobbering Pandorans.
When the storm calmed down a bit, a fire was lit in the storefront by Hae-Yoo, David and Bollo were shooting and slashing into the huge jaws of Enoch's pets. (the aforementioned Pandorans)

But as their humanity faded and the grim reality of dead flesh, sown, stitched and grafted together, took its place, the Pandorans fell upon Enoch, devouring him, leaving a limp husk behind. The creatures then formed an amalgam creature of sorts, with two heads and one enormous maw. The beast ran, as it dawned on the players that one in their midst had not returned to this lesser state.

Ellen, David's maker was human! But she did not recall anything about her former life. As they chased the beast outside, in vain alas, the store exploded, soon followed by the diner and the motel.
They made a call with Ellen's cell phone to the corporate office to find out what exactly happened. The receptionist had but one thing to say:
"That project has been terminated as of today."

Perplexed at the message, they were even more confused when that same cell got a text message with coordinates in it, signed only with the Greek letter phi. They decided to split up, gain some experience in the outside world and reconvene at that spot.

Season two picked up three months after the destruction of the truck stop.
But more on that a a later time.

Because of All the Pennies in my Head

Plans, promises, parlays, all become moot in the blink of an eye when life grinds its unending path through the canyon of time.
I have been preoccupied with Animecon, roleplaying sessions, recovering from the whiskey tasting I mentioned in an earlier post and reading in general.

The interim hours have been filled with watching some shows that I had been neglecting for some time.

Should you not have heard of Doctor Who, then I assume you have no right to be here, as any person capable of getting onto the internet, should have, at least, a basic knowledge of this time travelling, space exploring man and his big blue box.
I have not yet found the courage to start on the original run, starting with the first Doctor, all the way up to the eight, but I have watched the new series 1 through 6 and was pleasantly surprised that I could be scared of something as mundane as an angel statue. (Mr Moffat, I tip my hat to you)
And even though I still feel that Chris Eccleston is the true Doctor, Tennant and Smith do give a nice interpretation.

Alongside that came Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars.
Both shows about fashionable girls (and boys in the former), but there is a difference.
Pretty Little Liars focuses on one big conspiracy, the romantic development of the four protagonist teenage girls and how desperately they wish to stay accepted, whilst Gossip Girl has a more covert approach, appealing more to the age category of their protagonists.
Furthermore, it focuses on the 'in'-crowd of Manhattan's Upper East Side, where fashion is king and 'water cooler talk' is the least of your worries. Chances are you will be ousted from your former social circle, simply because you were wearing an outfit similar to one of your peers, suggesting that you have no fashion sense of your own.
And of course this will lead to romance as enemies become lovers, who in turn become friends with lovers of enemies. (And of course, the STD clinic should be working overtime)

Next time: Last Truck Stop to Nowhere. How far will you run?