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Trendsetters Issue 39 - Menacing Neonates

#Trending splits up to try and stop both the Captainalist and the Transistor Tyrant before the latter's plan can come to fruition. Sundog heads to the Vindicators headquarters to see if something is up, while Nicolai does the same for the DHEA headquarters. Meanwhile, Penny goes to space to set up some backdoor programs on the satellites, and Switch goes to the Silver Skeleton to look for non-permission to invade Kestora. Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero-music - Mikhael Bureau Planning: EV02 Briefing 1 - Hiroshi Yamaguchi Investigation: Thinking Music - Kevin MacLeod Prepwork: Resolve (Dark) - Takeru Kanazaki Darksiders: Tau-9 - Kelley Bailey An Enemy Agent: Under Pressure - Marco Beltrami, Philip Glass, Pete Anthony Mission Briefing: LRSSG Briefing II - Mitsuhiro Kitadani Cooling Off: Hepcram - Nujabes & Dionna Relaxation: Gone Are The Days - Nujabes End of Session: End Credits Suite - Christopher Young Outro: Evergreen - Two Steps From Hell

The Telltale Hunt: SoCal Session 78 - What Lurks Below Is Meant For Below

Steiner revokes a privilege. Grant delivers a wicked strike. Roxanne brings a mob to heel. The squad dances too, too close to death to depose royalty. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki Investigation: searching for the solution - Yuki Kajiura The Monster's Lair: Abyss - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 4: A Man Called Rando Part 2 - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 5: Devil's Beat - Kenichiro Suehiro Fight Theme 6: Doombox - Team Reptile Fight Theme 7: No kidding? - Camellia The Killing Blow: konfrontation - Taku Iwasaki Postfight: Explain Music - Taku Iwasaki The Greater Ravens: Strange Voyage - Darren Korb Cooldown: 4242564 - Taku Iwasaki The Doomsday Clock Stands At Five to Midnight: M06+07 (Kara no Kyoukai 6) - Yuki Kajiura End of Session: Labyrinth - Emancipator Outro: Mojave - Toundra

The Telltale Hunt: SoCal Supplemental Material 05 - Shame Hypercube

Colin Continues To Sin Against Us Music Credit: Fight Theme 5: Devil's Beat - Kenichiro Suehiro

The Telltale Hunt: SoCal Supplemental Material 06 - Working Through an Idea

Chloe had a really neat idea for how to deal with the sahuagin army, but ultimately we determined it was infeasible. I wanted to keep it in, but it was an almost-18-minute block that amounted to nothing, so it would have killed the pacing. Thus, I've put it here, for posterity. Music Credit: Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki

Trendsetters Issue 38 - Laborious Onslaught

Having thwarted the not-so-secretly-d'Auffay twins, #Trending has gone into turtling mode. To ensure their non-super friends and family are safe, they elect to boost security and hide out in Silver Skeleton's house. However, they aren't allowed to rest long, as the Kestoran "rebels" launch an attack against every bridge in the city at once. Can the heroes work with everyone to save all the civilians? Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero-music - Mikhael Bureau Diamond Dogs, Smooth: Candles and Clockwork + Moonsetter Overlay - Tyler Denver, Toby Fox, woodfur00 Penny's Theme: Notation - El Huervo, Pelle Cahndlerby, Mikael Norrgard Nicolai's Theme: Utopia - The Enigma TNG Rising Danger: Crypto - Kevin MacLeod Heroic Struggle: The Space Beast Diekuu Ohrowchee (Revived) - Hiroshi Yamaguchi Round 2: "Run" - Marco Beltrami, Philip Glass, Pete Anthony Postfight: A Wonderful Victory - Hiroshi Yamaguchi Unsatisfying Victory: Sad Victory - SonicPicnic Investigation: Thinking Music - Kevin MacLeod Mission Briefing: LRSSG Briefing II - Mitsuhiro Kitadani Clores Concern: Trials - Damjan Mravunac End of Session: End Credits Suite - Christopher Young Outro: Evergreen - Two Steps From Hell

The Telltale Hunt: SoCal Session 77 - Like Stone, Unlike Stone

Steiner builds a big, weird shield. Roxanne conducts a tragic experiment. Grant commits to committing zoophilia. The squad squares off with a royal retinue. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 6: Doombox - Team Reptile Postfight: Explain Music - Taku Iwasaki Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Prepwork: Funny Jewelry - Taku Iwasaki End of Session: Labyrinth - Emancipator Outro: Mojave - Toundra

Trendsetters Issue 37 - Killer Prodigy

The election is only days away, and yet another big shakeup is happening in the city. The Baron of Kestora, Archibald d'Auffay, also known as the Transistor Tyrant, as well as his twin children are deposed by a rebel faction, and seek asylum in America. Shortly after that, a research facility on the outskirts of town is attacked, and #Trending move to help them out. Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero-music - Mikhael Bureau Relaxation: Gone Are The Days - Nujabes NC-11, The Delinquent: Utopia - The Enigma TNG The DHEA: Arkham City Main Theme - Nick Arundel Rising Danger: Crypto - Kevin MacLeod Intentionally Generic Goons: "Run" - Marco Beltrami, Philip Glass, Pete Anthony Postfight: A Wonderful Victory - Hiroshi Yamaguchi Investigation: Thinking Music - Kevin MacLeod Planning: EV02 Briefing 1 - Hiroshi Yamaguchi The Silver Skeleton: Hazardous Environments - Kelly Bailey Cooling Off: Hepcram - Nujabes & Dionna Diamond Dogs, Rough: Austin, Atlantis + Remaster - Clark Powell End of Session: End Credits Suite - Christopher Young Outro: Evergreen - Two Steps From Hell

The Telltale Hunt: SoCal Session 76 - Packed Like Sardines

Grant catches some major air. Steiner opens his mind. Roxanne makes a new small friend. The squad stymie the siege on the resort town before hunting for its source. Music Credits: Intro/Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Straight Creepin': ash wednesday - ALI PROJECT Fight Theme 5: Devil's Beat - Kenichiro Suehiro Postfight: Explain Music - Taku Iwasaki The Wushi Youxia: Old Friends - Darren Korb Investigation: searching for the solution - Yuki Kajiura Roxanne's Theme: Approaching Rocks - Yuzo Koshiro A New Friend: A Life of Much Shame - Taku Iwasaki End of Session: Labyrinth - Emancipator Outro: Mojave - Toundra

Trendsetters Issue 36 - Joyful Quirkiness

Nicolai tests a few more personality modes, and helps Al with his duplicates problem. Penny gets her ship back, and makes sure things happen how she remembers. Felix has a heart to heart with Gabby, and gets distracted from the big game. Robin learns the consequences of their actions at last, and meets their potential future co-workers. As a whole, #Trending learns of a few things on the wind as the elections start to draw ever closer to voting day. Music Credits: Intro: Epic-hero-music - Mikhael Bureau Penny's Theme: Notation - El Huervo, Pelle Cahndlerby, Mikael Norrgard It's a Sneaking Mission: Funky Suspense - Benjamin Tissot Crisis: Vijounne, Fouth-Class Officer - Hiroshi Yamaguchi Cooling Off: Hepcram - Nujabes & Dionna Delarue Downer: Exhausted Options - Brad Podray Butler Blues: Voided - Cyclostome Nicolai's Theme: The Forbidden Tower - Damjan Mravunac Carter Contention: Precipice - El Huervo, Pelle Cahndlerby, Mikael Norrgard Rising Danger: Crypto - Kevin MacLeod Felix's Theme: Fearless First - Kevin MacLeod Heroic Struggle: The Space Beast Diekuu Ohrowchee (Revived) - Hiroshi Yamaguchi Darksiders: Tau-9 - Kelley Bailey End of Session: End Credits Suite - Christopher Young Outro: Evergreen - Two Steps From Hell

The Telltale Hunt: SoCal Session 75 - A Massacre in Paradise

Grant almost does a really cool, smart move. Steiner gets jumped twice. Roxanne plays with a dead body. The squad teams up with the enemy side to stop a siege. Music Credits: Intro: Snakes and Ladders - Emancipator Cam, the 3rd Gen: Its Name is Sora - Chikayo Fukuda A Chosen Branch: Not In Blood, But In Bond - Hans Zimmer Emergency Situation: Ulmoi - Taku Iwasaki Prepwork: Funny Jewerly - Taku Iwasaki Tension: O magico - Taku Iwasaki Planning: Sense of Crisis - Taku Iwasaki Fight Theme 4: A Man Called Rando Part 2 - Taku Iwasaki Postfight: Explain Music - Taku Iwasaki Investigation: search for the solution - Yuki Kajiura End of Session: Labyrinth - Emancipator Outro: Mojave - Toundra