Goblin just wants to retire. His luck tends to go south when he needs it the most, his trusty partner is involved in some 'Wave influencer bullshit, and his wife might just end up poisoning his ass if work tracks home to their daughter. But first, he has some jobs to do...
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Some details about why things are happening are explored through three scenes from Maria "Madam Sinister" Salas, whose fate is tied up at the center of this story.
Goblin is a smasher, specializing in taking out items of power and rendering them into dust. His partner, Bugbear, is a breaker who specializes in cracking open security. Two members of a once three person team whose job was sabotaging the opponents of the rich and powerful, they are in the employ of Arkyu, the Red Queen. This is a prelude set-up to a different sort of The GLOW story.
Two of the Candlestick Quartet are heavily injured. Billy and Johnny take them to the hospital where a strange relic of Thornrose's curse comes into play. As police get involved, Johnny has to struggle to regain some sense of control.
Johnny and Lanette try to reach Billy but Billy is at Thornrose, a child care facility where every caretaker and child disappeared decades ago. And the swamp does not want Johnny to approach. At Thornrose, Billy cares for an injured Jayson while meeting his new allies. He also cannot shake the sense that something is using them all as playthings.
Johnny and Lanette regroup and meet Upton's family. Then, as they prepare to dive back into the mystery and start getting things accomplished, they meet a surprise person. A surprise person with a surprise gift.
Roberto Bisceglie (Loreseed Workshop) has just released Solo TTRPG Notation, a style guide for journaling your own solo adventures in a consistent way. To try it out myself, I decided to do a quick "side story" in the The GLOW 1992 continuity. Bunny and Frank are tasked to tail Maria and end up caught up in the violence at the bonfire.
Upton is about to call his family when his family shows up to find him. Elsewhere, Billy and Jayson quickly realize just how dangerous the game is and how evil some players are going to be. And still elsewhere, Johnny and Lanette are in over their heads. Like always, only much worse.
Berg and Erzse are part of the Ancient Terranauts. A week before the events of Johnny Blue vs the Kid, they are tasked to carry out an interruption on the firework show at Gaston. Only there are wheels within wheels. Maria Salas, aka "Madame Sinister," has a mission for them. All three are moving to what feels like certain doom.
As Billy and Upton's group realize that Lanette is missing, they receive an unexpected knock on the door. Elsewhere, Johnny and Lanette need to find safety. Only the Kid is not yet done playing games. Both groups are starting to figure out the enormity of their respective tasks, but neither side is backing down.