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Texas Cheerleader Warehouse Massacre

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(This piece is a write up of a wonderful game of When The End Comes run by the inimitable Tenzin they did a fabulous job running the game. If you can sit at a table with them, do it. This is all fictional and none of these events actually occurred.) Texas Cheerleader Warehouse Massacre By Pamela Myers Manson, Gacy, Bundy, The Splinter Siblings. Infamous names in the annals of depraved crimes. Alice and Arthur Splinter committed over 50 murders during their killing spree in Kalgary in the late 1990’s. Now, on Halloween in 2022, a grim copy of their work was perpetrated at the local Mallwart Warehouse in the seemingly quiet Cedar Hill district on the outskirts of our beloved city. A total of 10 dead in a grisly killing spree mimicking the crimes of the Splinters almost perfectly. Perfect except that two victims survived. Their names have been kept out of the public eye to protect their privacy as they heal from the horrific trauma inflicted upon them. Police believe that 20 year
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The Pit I Was Born In

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     My name is Lisa Cole. I grew up in Asheville, North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Everyone always looks at that place and talks about how beautiful it is. But it’s not beautiful. It’s ugly. It’s a shiny piece of candy pumped full of poison. For most of my life it was a goddamn pit that I was born in and I thought that I would never get out of there while I was alive.      I was thirty two years old. I worked as a CNA, a certified nursing assistant. My mom was a CNA before me. She used to say that she was a certified shit wiper. Because that is what it is. If you work in a place like Carolina Cove, where wealthy retirees end up spending the remainder of their lives, you end up wiping the asses of people who have had more opportunity and money than you can ever dream of as they endure the indignities of old age and impending death. My mom worked at one of the less posh nursing homes in the county and eventually just clutched her chest and died after an overnight sh
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You Abide Among the Ancestors

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  You have abided twelve years among the ancestors. I have missed you all the while. In Summer heat I long for you. In Winter's cold I search for you In Autumn's harvest I listen for your laugh. In Spring's blooming I yearn to hear your voice. But you are gone from me to the place only my heart may visit Betwixt dreams and waking. Favor me still my boy and speak well of me among the dead. You were bold and bright and wondrous. A head of curls and a ready smile. Sly of tongue and sharp of wit. My bright and beautiful wondrous boy. Impish and horrid and altogether charming. You abide among the ancestors now and I am lessened for the want of you. Someday I will see you again when I pay the debt that all born things owe. Until then this year finds me sore broken and pained Some days I feel there is little left of me but a ghost waiting on a reunion. But I must remain a while longer. Sing songs of me my beloved son... and let them know that I endure.
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Learning and Playing new TTRPG's

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      It seems to be a truism of the internet TTRPG space that there are always complaints that most people won't play anything except D&D 5e. You can look at any online platform and see this complaint echo across the interwebs with varying levels of consternation and vitriol.      One afternoon I was staring at the blank pages of this blog and I remembered watching old episodes of No Reservations with the late, great Anthony Bourdain and it occurred to me. Commitment to one cuisine is admirable if you are a cook who wants to be great at their craft. However as an eater it's pretty closed minded and parochial. It's good to try new things. Being something of a grognard type who still loves running BX D&D and all kinds of weird indie RPG systems, especially horror themed stuff, I have been pretty closed minded about other games and crunchy systems.      Recently, I threw myself in the deep end and agreed to do a pair of actual plays with the tremendously talented and
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Children of Gevaudan- A Halloween Adventure using the Adventure Funnel method

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  Children of Gevaudan A Fudge Adventure by Justina Revolution The mountains of South Central France ring out with the anguished wails of bereaved mothers. A terrible beast stalks the people and kills with impunity. Some say it is a wolf. Others say it is a devil from the pits of hell. Neither prayer nor weapons have thus far brought the beast down. It is the summer of 1767 and many have died to the fangs and talons of this monster. The creature fears cattle for some reason. It does not eat animals. It beheads and partially devours humans. It plays games and torments the families of those it has slaughtered. Homes stand empty. Farms fallow. Louis the 15th has issued repeated rewards for the beast’s death but nothing seems to come of it. A sort of nihilism has settled into the village of Benoit. Father Pierre is praying daily for God to deliver the people of Gevaudan from the Devil. Goal: Survive until Dawn as the beast stalks your village and kills everyone in an orgy o
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Taking Action Badly to Relieve my Anxiety

      A lot of really bleak stuff is happening in the United States right now and I am scared. So I decided to take some action to relieve my anxiety. I don't know if it is just a me thing but taking action no matter what reduces my anxiety level. Maybe it is some sort of ingrained idea that if death, horror, and whatnot find me doing something it won't be so bad. I have no clue how that would work but it seems like something that my subconscious mind might believe. I have not posted a blog in weeks so it seems like a good time to abandon my lofty goals of writing about self defense or the general feelings I have in the wake of Roe v Wade being overturned and just do something to stave off the mad restlessness I feel fluttering in my chest.     I think that is what is keeping the world going right now. In spite of the darkness we have this absurd need to do something. Anything. Whether it will actually help or not. I don't know what is going to happen. I am preparing to lea
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Grappling, Compassion, and the Five Excellences.

      Today is a good day. I woke up. Took care of some auto repair issues and then I practiced my Tai Chi. This summer is all about focusing on my Tai Chi form and skills. Getting better at stand up grappling and closing the distance. Each summer I try to focus on one specific art or aspect of martial arts to play with and improve upon. It's fun because I set a goal and pursue it. Sometimes I even make it. My goal for this summer is to keep my purple belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu friend from taking me down in five three minute rounds. It's nothing competitive, just good fun and a challenge to myself.     It is really interesting. I will do things like this and dig in my heels quite hard about learning even basic HTML. I am not interested in the marketable skills. I just want to do the stuff I think is cool. I am quite unreasonable on this point too. I model my life on the idea of the Five Excellences: Meditation, Martial Arts, Healing, Composition, and Presentation. The idea behind
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