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I'm also running a solo play-by-post game for my fried Cade Crites (you can and should check out their itch page here, they do good work and you may have even seen some of it) who is playing as a local investigative journalist for the community radio station 109.5 The Caltrop. They're only in direct contact with one of the teams so far, but I fully expect that to change sooner rather than later.
The part that's cool for you the reader is they're planning on writing news updates in character semi-regularly, and they agreed to let me post them here! Realistically, this is the only way you were going to get any kind of play reports out of this—between the game schedule I've set up for myself, and the fact that I'm turning this adventure into a book at the same time, means there's no way on this wet rock in space that I was going to make time to keep up with play reports too.
Welcome to Longshot Low-Down here at 109.5 FM The Caltrop and wherever you get your podcasts, I'm Arden Merle.
Now, things are always a little unpredictable here in Longshot City, but one of the topics I'm covering today is certainly in a league of its own. Experiments turning people into human-sized bugs, murders in the harbor district causing panic, and a daring heist in the middle of our art museum— today's episode will shed some light on these recent events.
A missing persons case led to the shocking discovery of known scientist, Dr. Trisha Nano at Krieger U, allegedly having conducted experiments on citizens. These experiments were disguised as a sleep study, and the one known and confirmed victim so far had gone through a type of metamorphosis to become a man-sized mantis posing as a human.
After some exploration upon this discovery, cocoons were found in the sewers containing four people that had gone missing over the last few weeks. Upon opening these cocoons, the missing persons were found having various stages of chemical burns from the fluid inside. Two of the victims are currently receiving treatment under quarantine at Breckenridge General Hospital.
I would advise caution around sewer entrances for safety. A team of new heroes, the Legion of the Inhabited, is currently working to find and stop Nano's efforts.
In a separate incident, machine gun fire was heard at the Harborview Café in the harbor district, causing panic among the patrons. Investigations into the cause are underway, though two bodies were found at Pier 13-B. Possibly related to this, an unknown mid-sized barge had docked at the pier earlier that day. I will keep you updated as events develop.
Some of you may have seen social media posts recently about a heist at the art museum. A mask was stolen from the traveling Mesoamerican exhibit, and the presumed suspect is Jack Towers, a.k.a. Rocketman. There were four superpowered primates causing chaos as a distraction for the theft, mauling one of the museum's security guards to death before all four primates were killed by two new metahumans that promptly left the scene. The reason for the theft is still unknown, though investigations are taking place.
If anyone knows more about these events and is able to share anything—or if you have questions or topics you'd like covered on the next broadcast, contact me at lsclowdowntips@protonmail.com. Thoughts and comments are welcome under the episode.
As always, transcripts for today's show can be found under "episode transcripts," wherever you get your podcasts, updated after each Saturday show. Till then, this has been Longshot Low-Down and I hope to greet you all again soon.
Stay safe out there.
