This is fine...

To the Ecstatic: "So, your mentor, um..."

In his defense, he did not deny it.

And then the Hermetic investigators came back with actual knowledge, which was more helpful.

So now we just have to stop a reality storm.

"... I need to call my mom."

No, I don't know what's going on with Tender either.

OR DO I

(no I don't)

"Air Quotes"

On being introduced to a Hermetic investigation team:

"So we 'trust' these people, do we?"

Nines Rodriguez

Nines did not disappoint this day one Bloodlines geek in L.A. By Night. Playing him as genuinely good but unwilling to lead.

300 posts

and I got Wraith 20!

I swear this setup was deliberate.

"I can ask them something only the real one would know."
"Like what? You've never met the real one."
"... Shit."

But despite this early setback, Didi's ability to open doors and hit people with them proved sightly useful and the thief was caught. Though not before stealing something powerful from the Hermetic arsenal.

This is fine.

What we lost

I really love Jason Carl's reminders of what the vampires have lost in the scene-setting for L.A. By Night, like his introductions describing the normal days that normal people had as the Kindred slept, and the description of Griffith Park by day and by night in episode 2.05.

Also, it's okay, I wasn't using that heart anyway.

Who's the fairest of them all? Me, obviously.

Identity theft via magic mirror? No way that'll get confusing!

Update: It got confusing.

Vital update

Cara the Akashic, our actual hero, fought the creepy wizard behind the artifact robberies. Didi was also present.

The new Buffy comic

The new Buffy comic (a modern reboot drawing on the entire series run) feels... like a Buffy comic. Some fun lines, an exploding vampire. Not OMGing yet either way.

(The pages in this preview actually have words in the issue. It's not Hush.)

I have many questions.

So then there was research with the Order of Hermes and Tradition mage snootiness. This went great.

Start as you mean to go on

And so we returned to Mage: The Ascension.

Didi Duvall, Hollow One and also THE WORST, hit a ghoul with a shovel.

We then had to wait for him to wake up to question him.

And now the moment you've all been waiting foooooor...

DIDI DUVALL, WORST CABALMATE AND BEST HOLLOW ONE EVER, WILL RETURN

Probably on Sunday.

I need to get in practice.

Captain Marvel

It's not my favourite Elastica song but I'll allow it.

Comment from J: That's the one we did in my cover band. They'd never heard of it.

Happy New Year!

Or new episode of Doctor Who.