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Though I believe there's something off in the formatting sometimes - at least to my eyes, there were points in which the text looked slightly different.

Aside that, the mission was good - nice job on blending together the chaos of the various guest bits!


Now I'm curious how you'll go for Ave and Zeb - will Zeb get partnered with Charlotte and Ix, or will it be just the occasional cowrite from now until Ave's back?

And of course this is further evidence of the Mesoamericarda theory - Deinosuchus is an American species.

hS

Here, have this dubiously edible slice of Cake.

... ends with this:

Agent[Name] is infamous for catching a fire on fire.
They are considered flamethrower-crazy.

:D :D :D :D

It also says I'm armed with a book (yusss), use cafeteria food creatively (um, sure?), like Farscape (um), Pern (yay!), and Transformers (uh), and... am in Medical (I think it's confusing me with my wife).

But! I got to set a fire on fire.

hS

("Hmm... you know, from a chemistry perspective, that's almost plausible. You'd have to have combustion byproducts which are themselves combustible at a higher temperature NO BAD hS!")

Not sure what the Board's up to, though. Will have to investigate.

hS

Let's see,

Agent Kitty is part of the Department of Technical Errors.
Their main fandoms are CLAMP, Trigun, and Sailor Moon, but they keep getting missions into Babylon 5.
Cafeteria food is their preferred weapon.
A rubber chicken is something they are known for using to unexpected results.
Agent Kitty is infamous for challenging someone else to a tea duel.
They are considered a pyromaniac but otherwise sane.

...not entirely accurate, since I don't know any of those fandoms, but the pyromaniac bit sounds almost exactly like what my entire school believes me to be after an unfortunate incident in Year 8.

Agent Huinesoron is part of Special Interdepartmental Elven Languages Unit.

That sounds like me.

Their main fandoms are Babylon 5, Halo, and Supernatural, but they keep getting missions into Naruto.

That... doesn't. I've never seen/played any of any of those.

A heavy purse is their preferred weapon.

You say purse, I say backpack, but in general I can see this.

A bow is something they are known for using to unexpected results.

Are you picking on my aim?!

Agent Huinesoron is infamous for completing a mission in reverse.

Ooh. I like that idea. Now, how to make it work...?

They are considered not all there.

:D

hS

In the link. No pressure or anything, but it sounds awesome.

Agent Matt Cipher is part of the Division of Bad Het. I can see myself working there, yes.
Their main fandoms are Sailor Moon, One Piece, and Sherlock Holmes, but they keep getting missions into The Inheritance Cycle. Two out of four. Not bad.
A sledgehammer is their preferred weapon. Gimme!
A whip is something they are known for using to unexpected results. You mean, wounding every living thing in the area? 'Cause that would definitely happen.
Agent Matt Cipher is infamous for challenging someone else to a tea duel. Oh, it is on! I'm looking at you, Des!
They are considered not all there. Uhh... As much as I hate to admit, that's true.


Okay, now let's check the real me!

Agent Maciej Budny is part of the Department of Plagiarism. Hmm... yeah, I think I could handle it.
Their main fandoms are Avatar, Good Omens, and comics, but they keep getting missions into Supernatural. Ooh! Better! Three out of four!
A shovel is their preferred weapon. Eh, gimme the sledge back!
A longsword is something they are known for using to unexpected results. You mean, slashing every living thing in the area? 'Cause that would definitely happen.
Agent Maciej Budny is infamous for accepting and then not completing missions for a solid month, until their department head found out and made them do all of them back to back. That's... not un-true. I'm kinda doing it now.
They are considered normal for the PPC. That's not necessarily a good thing.

You really picked the perfect first mission, eh? Gore everywhere, time jumps all over the place... No wonder it will be a one-or-rare-of-a-kind thing for Alex.

And hiatus begins for Ave. Unless you've got a interlude planned somewhere. Please, tell me she isn't in Intelligence. She will be regretting DMS before the end of her first week.

And thanks for the thanks. Now, am I the only one thinking the little reception at Rudi's could make for a good RP opportunity?

Firstly, I'm thinking about an elan psychic warrior, ascetic or dervish path, or an elven magus with dervish build, as my characters.

But, given the fact people cannot always be there for every game, why not go for the group being part of some mercenary organization? You could use that for allowing for more flexible group, depending on who is free at the moment the games begin.

What on earth is CLAMP, and why would anybody want to be fans of a device mainly for holding wood still as you cut it?
Who's Babylon? Are there five of him? How?!
Sakura became a Card Captor? When?! Why didn't she tell me?
RWBY? That's not how you spell that, silly!

I suppose it's fair enough that my weapons aren't very weapon-ey, considering I apparently work in Medical.
Still, I dunno how far sharp words and a rolled-up newspaper will get me in the next HQ Hunger Games.

Also, despite being boringly sane, (I agree at that. I'm so bloody boring and by-the-book, I know exactly what I'm about to say before I say it.) I gambled my clothes away during a game of non-strip, 'keep your clothes on' poker.
I don't play poker and I normally keep my clothes on, so Lord knows what went down, there.

My gift upon you is: 152049 hammers.
Think of all the things you could hammer!
You could hammer nails, you could hammer wood, you could hammer rocks, you could hammer snails, you could hammer yourself, you could hammer other hammers.
Endless fun.

Welcome!
I'd, in theory, be okay with you using my agents, but my agents are, also, largely theoretical.

I'm fine with this.

http://sjostenppc.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-one-who-grox.html

I'm sure there's a more delicate way to put the link there, but I don't know it. But yeah, over three years, but I can finally say that I took down a single badfic. I want to thank my beta readers: SkarmorySilver and my brother. I also want to thank StormeHawk for putting up his interlude and motivating me to finally finish this thing. Let's hope the next one doesn't take quite as long.

One wonders how and why it got started. Is it the Equestrian MiB? A decision of the monster hunting agency Bon Bon Secret Agent Sweetie Drops was part of? Also, how does it work? Is it the PPC with only ponies? Is it some kind of Equestrian defence force, and only covers MLP fics? Does it cover all of My Little Pony, or just Friendship is Magic? Do they cover Equestria Girls?

I'm personally leaning toward Equestrian Defence Force, a PPC like organization, but only defends Equestria from Mary Sues and the like.

(And it may or may not have been established post-PPC civil war, when the organization falls apart and a few particular agents desire to make sure Sues don't run amok, and so agents teach each world how to defend itself from within, using their experience in the field to make a specialized strike team in whatever canon they find themselves stuck in.)

Yeah, on second thought, that might be a little Sue-like itself. Still, it could work as a kind of cryptic back story.

And yes, I have been thinking about this a while. The PPC civil war fascinates me. I intended to write a lot of stories in that setting. I thought long and hard what each of my agents would be doing, and how they would respond. I just never got around to writing anything.

Is there any way of watching as a third party? I have no idea how roll20 works, so I'm not sure if it's possible. If it is, awesome, I'll catch it if I can. If not, can somebody record it? Or, at very least, have a write-up after each session. I don't play any tabletop myself, but am oddly fascinated with the art of roleplay. I would love to follow along.

One with my board name, and one with my real one. Then, just for fun, Marvin and Printworthy. Because I just want to see how close it gets.

World-Jumper:
Agent World-Jumper is part of Medical.
Their main fandoms are Animorphs, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Legend of Zelda, but they keep getting missions into Mass Effect.
A gun is their preferred weapon.
A wand is something they are known for using to unexpected results.
Agent World-Jumper is infamous for catching a fire on fire.
They are considered normal for the PPC.

Real name (censored, because having your legit name on the internet is unwise):
Agent [REDACTED] is part of the Department of Floaters.
Their main fandoms are Sherlock Holmes, Farscape, and Young Wizards, but they keep getting missions into My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
A knife is their preferred weapon.
A bow is something they are known for using to unexpected results.
Agent [REDACTED] is infamous for setting water on fire.
They are considered not all there.

Marvin:
Agent Marvin Jones is part of the Department of Geographical Aberrations.
Their main fandoms are The Lord of the Rings, comics, and Good Omens, but they keep getting missions into Twilight.
A pen usually is their preferred weapon.
A katana is something they are known for using to unexpected results.
Agent Marvin Jones is infamous for a triple knockout in Quiddich.
They are considered normal for the PPC.

Printworthy:
Agent Printworthy is part of DAVD Intelligence.
Their main fandoms are Doctor Who, Tokyo Mew Mew, and The Chronicles of Narnia, but they keep getting missions into Sailor Moon.
Their fists are their preferred weapon.
A very heavy book is something they are known for using to unexpected results.
Agent Printworthy is infamous for having a rap battle with a Mary Sue.
They are considered normal for the PPC.

My thoughts:
I like how only my real self even goes to MLP, but it's not even one of his preferred fandoms. I am surprised how accurate Printworthy could be. I have no idea that Tokyo Mew Mew is, I assume some anime, but he does love Narnia, and admits Doctor Who is a guilty pleasure. I can totally see him using a heavy book in various strange ways currently unknown to humankind. Also, Printworthy going into a impromptu high speed rhythmic rhyming match against some pretentious Mary Sue is such a brilliant idea, that I'm stealing it. You know, assuming I get to it. But yeah, otherwise, not accurate at all.

Especially not the fact that both versions of me set things on fire.

That's not accurate at all.

Nope.

About the only way I could manage it would be to run Skype on my phone and Roll20 on my laptop, which could get pretty hectic pretty quickly, especially since it'd be my first time playing and I only have the rules on my phone.

Agent Badger421 is part of the Department of Floaters.
I always figured myself for an Assassin, but I guess I could handle Floaters.

Their main fandoms are Discworld, World of Warcraft, and Supernatural, but they keep getting missions into The Phantom of the Opera.
To my shame I have yet to read Discworld, I have never seen Phantom of the Opera, I stopped keeping up with Warcraft after Frozen Throne, and I only made it to season five of Supernatural, so I think the Floating Hyacinth hates me.

A katana is their preferred weapon.
The katana is pretty much my least favorite sword, so I really can't imagine what would drive me to use it as a primary weapon

A mace is something they are known for using to unexpected results.
Now that I can absolutely see myself doing.

Agent Badger421 is infamous for accidentally doing a strip-tease for the wrong person.
I... I don't... What.

They are considered mostly lucid.
Well, that's good, then. I like to think I'd be one of the more lucid agents on staff.

The mission itself might have done with some line breaks, especially when the "camera" jumps from agent to agent. Aside from that, the mission was readable, and the agent interactions went well; you played Zeb, Rina, and Alex off each other quite well.

Were you in a hurry to post this mission? I do not believe that 11:00 PM is a usual time for you. One more day's delay might have helped you, as quite a few errors slipped through.

1) She gave her wings a few flaps and went airborn
Spelling error: airborne

2) running for my life from a pack of Timber Wolves.
You missed a mini. And you caught a similar one later in the fic—Para Sprite.

3) gain his barings
Homophone error: bearings

4) Apple Bloom, Sweetie Bell, and Scootaloo
Mini alert! The correct spelling is "Sweetie Belle".

5) Our C-CADs liked blowing up so much we kind of stopped carrying them,
Missing comma. Put a comma after "blowing up so much".

6) If I wanted to get eaten by Victreebel I would’ve stayed at home!
Another missing comma: put it after "Victreebel".

7) Peregrin was speculating about what the large-scale geometry of HQ.
As is, this is a sentence fragment. Delete the "what," or add the rest of the sentence.

8) There was an earsplitting crack, and the Sue’s body exploded, overwhelmed from all the power it had absorbed.
Don't you mean "Stu's body"?

And one more thing, this time just curiosity on my part:

Zeb’s teeth were chattering. “Fire. Again with the fire. F-fire…”
I'm guessing that this has to do with Rose Potter? I did not read all six missions.

It should be interesting to see where this goes. Also, the editing in that trailer was lovely. The pace was perfect and the music hit all the right beats.

Agent Granz is part of the Department of Mary Sues.

Well, I would have thought I'd be in Floaters, but MS isn't too terrible, especially since I get to visit lots of different fandoms.

Their main fandoms are My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, CLAMP, and Harry Potter, but they keep getting missions into Stargate.

Er, huh? CLAMP? What the bunny is that? And the only things I know about Stargate are from Thomas and Orken's missions, so I doubt I could do much there. Spot on with the MLP:FiM and Harry Potter, though.

A katana is their preferred weapon.

While I don't actually know how to use one, if I were an agent, this is totally what I'd use.

A whip is something they are known for using to unexpected results.

... How did you know I wanted to use one of these and be crazy awesome when I was little? ... Backs away slowly.

Agent Granz is infamous for temporarily developing superpowers that one time.

Wait, I didn't get to hold on to them? Well that stinks! How'd that happen, anyways? I can think of plenty of ways to get powers, but not many to lose them.

They are considered a little crazy for the PPC.

If by 'a little crazy' you mean 'rather annoying', yes, I'd say that's fairly accurate.

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That was nice, though it was a bit abrupt for me, Ave finalizing her decision there at the end. I would've liked to see hints of Ave considering it throughout, but, on the other hand, previous missions have done a good enough job building up to her hiatus that it wasn't really necessary.

Nice job on the tremendous effort of coordinating everyone for the exorcism- it felt like a proper event at times, and realistically chaotic.

And having everyone go back to Rudi's there at the end was a nice touch. I just hope no one's expecting Ave and Zeb to pick up the tab.