Cambrian, Thadulator, BloodRaven, Dominion, Kakarot, Gedea, TechGirl, GA_Bulldog, MarkoPolo, DragonKhan, NightFlyer, ATLPhoenix, ATLATL, BlessYourHeart, ThunderCaller, MisfitMaiden, TechSupport, Succulent, CaptainCool, AshenRayn, Frost, Brackhaven, Bull, Anonymous3, Fabulous, Yandere, Anonymous4, Anonymous6, Kite, VanHelsing, and Vaporware are in the chat.

Kite: So has everything settled down after that last bit of crazy in Atlanta?

TechGirl: Well, the racist assholes are either dead, or scattering to the wind. We THINK we killed all of Wehrmacht so he should be sent to a reroll along with the rest of Southern Pride and their cronies.

ATLATL: And we kicked the hell out of the warlock who decided that opening a gateway to hell was a good idea.

Cambrian: Hell, even the gangs and the police are having a bit of a ‘cooling off period’, as they try and recover from the damage those fuckers did.

Thadulator: But as for ‘settled’? Not so much. The rot was deep enough that cutting it out is a painful, long ass process.

NightFlyer: Ugh, don’t remind me. Jobs checking and vetting government officials have been all over the place. Everyone’s trying to make sure that the ones who didn’t get killed aren’t part of the conspiracy.

Bull: And they didn’t get all the racists. Some of them simply went to ground, or were smart enough not to get mixed up in the conspiracy.

Vaporware: What’s the deal with the League of Heroes? They’ve been really quiet since Southern Pride unmasked themselves.

AshenRayn: They’re in horrible positions all over the country, it seems. No one knows just how much knowledge their national group had on what was happening with Southern Pride, but the fact that one of their groups tried to conquer Georgia doesn’t sit well with a lot of people.

Fabulous: Last I heard, they were getting some serious pushback. Laws that made them the only ‘legal’ super organization are getting challenged.

TechSupport: The one in Georgia is already gone. Governor Michaels signed the law today. Any super group that registers with the state can be considered official. Unofficial groups are not against the law, but vigilante actions are still vigilante actions.

CaptainCool: So what is involved in being official?

TechSupport: You have to have an official team base where they can serve papers if you’re accused of something, your ‘cape names’ have to be registered, and you may be asked to appear in court for the cases of anyone you bring in. Also, you’re required to have insurance for collateral damage and other such things.

CaptainCool: No keeping a record of your vulnerabilities and powers, then?

TechSupport: That went away once evidence was presented that it had been used to specifically target people Southern Pride didn’t like.

Fabulous: What about the existing registries?

TechSupport: Funny thing about government chaos is that there are a LOT of files that might get ‘lost’ or ‘corrupted’ in the changeover. Wouldn’t you know it, but somehow that database ended up being wiped, and someone accidentally fed the physical copies into the incinerator. So sad.

Kakarot: Freedom of Information Act 0, TechSupport 1.

TechSupport: Hush you. Some info shouldn’t be out there. Makes the game unbalanced. But don’t worry, only the government files were targeted, along with anything Southern Pride had.

AshenRayn: What about the LoH files?

BloodRaven: I went and had a ‘chat’ with them at their national HQ. It was a productive discussion.

DragonKhan: Was that an actual chat or the kind of chat that involves stabbings?

BloodRaven: Yes.

DragonKhan: You know what, I’m good not knowing more than that.

MisfitMaiden: Hey, has anyone else been noticing some weird shit going on? Not racist asshole weird shit, but WTF weird shit?

Succulent: Yes, the former site of the Governor’s Mansion is still off-limits to civilians, but I was able to get inside and run some tests.

BloodRaven: I’m going to need a drink for this, aren’t I?

Succulent: Well, maybe not. Basically, ripping open a portal like that? That’s some major magic. Sealing it was also major magic. The portal was located on a ley line, so that energy all went somewhere.

Succulent: The closest parallel I can make is to say it is like a power surge in your electronics. Lightning hit something big and the surge can travel through the lines for miles, right?

Kite: Oh, fuck. Are we going to have more demons?

Succulent: Maybe, maybe not. This power surge got into the ley lines, and traveled out from there. I’ll leave the aetherological geology talk for another time, but suffice to say that there were four pathways the power went down.

Misfit Maiden: So, where’d it go?

Succulent: Well, the biggest local spikes, other than the mansion, will be at Five Points and Stone Mountain. The line leading from Stone Mountain hits Athens, and then flows north, towards Charleston. By the time it gets there, it should have mostly worked itself out.

Succulent: The second line runs straight along Sherman’s March to the Sea, and runs smack into Savannah. Some might bleed off towards Florida, but Savannah’s going to be amped up.

Kite: Fuck. That’s why the ghosts have been getting anxious.

DragonKhan: Ghosts?

BlessYourHeart: All the old cities, the ones that weren’t burned and rebuilt, have their ghost stories. Especially in the South. Savannah, St. Augustine, New Orleans, they all have them.

BloodRaven: That reminds me, I need to check in on the coven there.

Frost: Coven?

BloodRaven: Well, I made a couple vampires, and charged them with making New Orleans safe from things that go bump in the night.

Succulent: That would be a good idea. The third line heads that way, though it runs along the coast from Mobile first.

BloodRaven: Field trip. Got it.

Yandere: Where does the fourth line go?

Succulent: Up into the mountains, by Dahlonega. That one is acting weird, probably because the Appalachians are such a conduit already.

VanHelsing: So in other words, the mystic types are going to be having our work cut out for us in the future?

BloodRaven: Damnit, I wanted a vacation!