I just realized I wrote this while (mostly) sober, so I don't say "fuck" as much as I usually do. My journalistic integrity must be slipping.

Speaking of journalistic integrity, it's been brought to my attention that I misquoted someone in my earlier report on Operation: Redemption. Namely, it was Chance Master who told me he was a Superhero, not Frankie Miles. Consider this the official correction since it's not like I have (or want) an actual editor on this thing.

Anyway, for our monthly get-together, Brayker couldn't make it, so he put Apophis in charge, who...also couldn't make it, so things sort of fell on Barrett & Jacques to keep things running. I'm just glad they showed up, so it didn't fall on, like, me to run things.

Because holy shit guys, there was a lot to keep track of.

We had a bunch of new people, which is good because more boots on the ground to fight the Truth, rah rah...but also bad because the more people who know about the Truth the shittier things get. It was like, a couple of wizards, a mummy (mummies are a thing, I learned), and some honest to god normal people. Oh, and some of the guys from Lake Charles, too, but they're not really new or anything.

After introductions were dealt with, the Heart-Taker Magic Serial Killer Guy showed up on our doorstep...carrying a chess set. Considering his MO was 'challenge somebody to chess, then kill them when they lose,' this...was a problem.

At this point, Dr. Watts and his Assistant were able to kill the shit out of the Heart-Taking dude before any chess could be played or any hearts could be taken. I guess that's good? The jury's still out on it, since the Heart Taker seemed to be focusing on Servants before, but I can't fault the good Doctor for being thorough.

Further investigation revealed the Heart Taker had taken a heart with him- and through the application of something called 'sympathetic magic,' we were able to find out whose heart it belonged to: Charles Gunther, that guy who we disgraced and was going to write a tell-all about the CUT.

An investigation of his apartment revealed his heartless corpse- along with some other blood spatters, showing a fight. Based on some magicy stuff, we figured out that it was panda blood. And given the height at which the blood was smeared on the walls, they were baby pandas. And apparently magic-vision revealed a Tear which had been sealed, maybe? So they were abomination baby pandas.

Abomination Baby Pandas are a thing, apparently.

The guy's apartment had been ransacked- somebody (the baby panda monsters, by my guess) made off with his computer's hard drive. I haven't figured out an exact timeline yet, but it looks like Heart Taker dude fought with the baby pandas before driving them off, maybe? Either way, Gunther's still dead, which...kind of helps, I guess?

Meanwhile, as we were investigating this, it came about that the Wayngro Demon guy had offered another list of CUT cultists for us to go after- and we'd have to get some changeling over at NASA to give up his spot in order to get the list? Or something? Barrett and Michelle and some other folks managed to take care of it, from what I was told. Good on them.

And on ANOTHER Meanwhile, apparently the local Vampires had a meeting with the 'good guy' Werewolves (at least the dudes Jacques and Weylin hang out with) to go after the Puritan Werewolves- or at least that was the plan, until the Puritans smashed through the window started wrecking shit up. The local Vampire boss made it out okay, from what I was told, so that's good? This wasn't before a hotel got lit on fire, though.

And, as luck would have it, one of the local Servants was one Detective Keller- an arson investigator (who I've actually crossed paths with before, no thanks to you jerks). I cooked up a quick-but-efficient plan to capture him, which would've worked if it didn't turn out Keller was a fire ghost or a fire-changeling or...something made of fire.

It goes without saying that the hotel got lit on fire again. But apparently the mummy fixed it, so that's good?

Finally, Michael (the wizard dude), Michelle, and Luke (the hacker demon with the hat) all went into Weylin's brain, because he had a tear in it too, because he couldn't remember somebody, I think? It's all weird and magical and sounds really bad.

So yeah. Looks like we'll be getting a New List to post up here pretty soon. People have also been making some noise about going after Damien Spiers, which (if anyone asks me), we shouldn't do very lightly, as the dude is a TELEPORTING BRAIN WIZARD. We may only have one real shot at the dude, so it won't help us to go off half-cocked.

Whenever we do go after him, though, I'm betting Dr. Watts'll be leading the way. And that's just fine with me.