Like Old Times

(The following blogpost contains discussion of police brutality) 

 

Medjed: who up playin with they worm

Trackmaster5000: excuse me

Medjed: I DIDN'T STUTTER COACH BOY, WHO UP PLAYIN WITH THEY WORM???

Saiyuri: I believe I have someone to do that for me, Futaba.

Medjed: SDGASHAJ truuuuuuu

Trackmaster5000: are you all for real

GardenGirl: Please don't talk about my husband like that, Futaba!

Medjed: LMAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOO

Trackmaster5000: my god... im ur worm babe...

P-Ann-ther: Ryuji ur gonna make this weird

Trackmaster5000: futaba opened this ancient message log by asking if we were jerking it, it can't get any weirder

Saiyuri: Oh, I do think it can. Remember Beach Episode?

P-Ann-ther: oh god what happened 2 that place?

GardenGirl: I believe the owner got married! He runs a gym for super-powered people now. The store has relocated.

Trackmaster5000: oh yeah he was datin that hot demon girl right? damn 

Saiyuri: A literal succubus, if I remember correctly.

Medjed: holy fuckin shit yeah i remember, damn what a lucky dude 

GardenGirl: I do remember him helping us fight Weyland.

P-Ann-ther: god when i remember all the things we did i freak out, how were we doin any of that

Medjed: the perils of youth... the magic of the kobbers...

Saiyuri: And yet, I wouldn't change any of it, I think. I'm sure most of us would agree.

Trackmaster5000: try all of us, dude, luckiest people on the planet

GardenGirl: I certainly believe so! <3

Trackmaster5000: <3

P-Ann-ther: alright ya lovebirds :P

Medjed: hey anyone seen queen

 Makoto Nijima, who would have changed absolutely everything if she could, closed the messaging app and tried to get back to sleep. The alarm clock read 3:15 AM in an accusatory glare.

She didn't succeed for another two hours. The following day at work was hell.

Incursion

The Corps are moving again...

The word went out across all of the Net. It sunk into the deep spaces where ideologues and criminals and artists mingled and talked, out of sight of SYNC. It filtered into public discussion forums and private chats. People speculated in between posted news stories and plans for nights out in SanSan. It was muttered in offices and chattered about on street corners and shouted about in bars.

The Corps are moving again...

There were persistent rumors, of course. News didn't really filter back from the strange other world - a dream to few, a joke to many. Who'd believe that there was a world full of superheroes? Nobody really commented when Jackson Howard announced his retirement, or Elizabeth Mills was replaced as VP of Urban Renewal, or Chairman Hiro stepped down. The corporations moving above and around them were like giants from a past age. They did things because they wanted to, and who could stop them?

The Corps are moving again...

Serious Shit

God, the booze here was awful.

ZFRP 2021 - Number Nine

Akira and Ann Kurusu travelled the world together. Her modelling career took the pages of the magazines by storm. Nobody was quite sure what her husband did - "a bit of everything" was the answer they most often got. But he never left her side, and their marriage was as sure as anything. They both cried at the altar. Morgana was an adorable ringbearer.

Ryuji Sakamoto busted his ass as a track coach during term time. Every evening, he came back to the little café Haru Okumura ran in the alleys of Tokyo. She gave him peace, he gave her laughter. They watched slasher movies together and wondered about their future.

Makoto Nijima became a detective. She had her wits, a keen sense of justice and a punishing uppercut. It soon became a saying that there wasn't a crime she couldn't solve. She went to her friends wedding, then looked at the photos of them, and of Ryuji and Haru, and cursed her mistakes.

Yusuke Kitagawa made art, made friends. Every time he contacted his old friends, he'd tell them about how he'd been whisked onto some new project in some new country by his girlfriend. He added cooking and music to his repertoire of artistic skills, although writing eluded him. He was happy, although sometimes he missed his childhood exploits.

Futaba Sakura refused to get a desk job. She made her own company. She coded revolutionary privacy apps and database management tools from the upstairs room of LeBlanc, where her father still made curry and coffee. He'd been getting a little slower at it. She didn't like thinking about that.

They were happy. They remembered being heroes fondly, but they could move on.

Rider School - Damon Calhoun

The city I once knew is teetering on the edge of destruction. The blocks are on fire and the darkness is full of eyes.

Rider School - Mariya

I'm recording this because it could be the last thing I ever say.

Notable Group #13 Overview

Notable Group #13
Aliases: Kobbers, the Clique, Upstairs, Star Folk
Threat Level: Universally Inimical

Overview
The Kobbers are a vigilante group of Metahumans. Although their make-up and nature has altered throughout the years, the group contains several repeating traits that define them as a whole;

• Almost all individuals within the group are either metahuman to some degree, or partially or entirely non-human.
• The group regularly seeks out and does battles with various threats to the communities they interact with, regardless of the threat level of whatever foe they encounter.
• A bi-yearly pattern of migration to new locations.
• A general love of alcohol, blood sports and other debaucheries.

The Kobbers are named after the pronunciation of "KOB", an abbreviation for the King of Beasts bar that frequented Zoofights tournaments (see Notable Group #05 "Zoofights Corp"). In memory of this now-defunct ritual, the group frequents different establishments, often choosing to make one a home. Notable establishments include;

• The ZFS King of Beasts, a star cruiser owned by a shell corporation of NG #05.
• The "King of Beasts" bar in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Kuwahawi, an anomalous island chain in the South Pacifc (See Item #60)

Multiple Massively or Universally Inimical events have been recorded in association with the Kobbers, including the Midwich Valley Incident, the Megacorp Incursions, the Skeleton War, the Ghidorah Incident, the Society and more. See attached documentation for a full list of incidents. Additionally, the Kobbers have created or contain multiple other Notable Groups, including #14 "Kamen Riders", #19 "The Church of Variola Memera" and #20 "Triden Corp."

Notable Individuals
A sampling of individuals classed as Widely Inimical and above are listed below.

• Dawn Cosineau - artificial metahuman created by Sine Cosine. Appearances are brief and her current location is unknown. Appears to be interested in human interaction and psychology.
• "Giselle" - metahuman. Appears as a tall woman with the ability to teleport, cause rapid degradation of matter and to breathe fire. Currently a member of the Crimson Fist, a socialist/anarchist street gang operating in the undercity of the Olympia project.
• Vent Cosineau - artificial "reploid" and adopted son of Dawn Cosineau. Operates as a member of NG #14 under the aliases "Kamen Rider Build" and "Kamen Rider 01".
• Jumpropeman - spectral being with multiple para-causal abilities, including time manipulation.
• Item #54 - a mansion occupied by multiple metahumans known as "yokai". Also houses Person of Interest #098, "Scarlett," an artificial being of immense power.
• The ZFPD - a private police force of multiple metahumans and non-humans,including Persons of Interest #102 "Blasto", #103 "Niftu" and #104 "Caprice Nisei".
• NG #18 "The Planeswardens", a group of para-causal metahumans that handle threats of a similar nature.
• Mariya Sato - [INFORMATION REDACTED BY THE PATAPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT. DO NOT PROCEED].

Handling
Remote observation is underway. Members of NG #13 are not to be made aware of the Federal Bureau of the Impossible under any circumstances. Any attempt to make contact will result in the offender undergoing complete wash-out from the organisation. Any attempt made by members of NG #13 to investigate or contact the FBoI is to be rebuffed with no limits, including lethal, memetic, paracausal and/or pataphysical methods.

Any Items related to NG #13 are to be immediately contained under the strictest measures until classification and full analysis is complete.

No aggression is to be enacted upon members of NG #13, except under Directive Bronco.

Research on methods to introduce to NG #13 to other Groups of Interest, including #06 "The Church of Mary Mallon", #01 "The Majestic Twelve", and NG #12 "The 80Scape" in an attempt to cause elimination of one or both parties is being considered.