Mage: The Ascension 2022 19: Burglary!

Well, nothing else crazy happens... for a couple of days.

Then someone steals a priceless and almost certainly magical artefact from the museum in a way that suggests a wizard did it. And the Tradition tribunal would like to know if we have an alibi.

Reuel: Their authority is illusory.

Me: But they look so grumpy when you say that.

Snow? 25th? Cookies?

Okay, I'm declaring this Third Christmas. Season's greetings!

Claudia's Lament

Watching Bohemian Rhapsody and imagining the authorized "print the legend" biopic of Claudia Welles.

J: Except she died of ennui

Me: Like that ever stopped biopics.

Happy Twos Day!

Mage: The Ascension 2022 18: Underworlds!

Simon: "We're gonna have to go in and seal it!"

Cara: "How do we get back?"

Simon: "Good question!"

Didi: "Wow, heavy, everything's in monochrome."

Shadows are returned to being, well, shadows. Alissa's mother is restored. This gives her some hefty Paradox, but she'll be fine in a couple weeks. Assuming nothing else crazy happens.

Ha ha.

I Wanna Be Your Gold

The women's figure skating final was lovely as usual until the depressing end.

Though I was not expecting to hear Iggy Pop.

Lestat

Super Bowl ads (a fascinating glimpse into a parallel world) include the first few seconds of footage from the new Interview With The Vampire series. And of course the first line comes from Lestat. And suggests some kind of antihero motivation change for him. Fiiiine.

Happy Be Excellent To Each Other Day!

Mage: The Ascension 2022 17: Final Destination references!

Cara: "So we have to stop angry ghosts hunting down the not-dead."

Didi: "Final Destination style."

Simon: "Okay, everybody be careful around buses."

And the revived people's Shadows working with the revenant.

The Hollow Ones find the revenant and Cara cuts his head off. Which slows him down for a minute.

Winter Olympics!

Winter Olympics! Exciting! Chilly! Has a sport called Skeleton!