S2 (Fanon)

## Episode 1: Until Dawn

Brownlee takes the group to the Brownlee Complex, for it is one of the few locations he knows they can go to and be safe. Melissa heals Blossom by holding her leg without a word. Brownlee Complex is old, rickety. Some rooms are caved in. Two or three mattresses, and sheets stored in cupboards. The episode ends as Brownlee becomes himself once again.

Richard watches the news, hears about what happened, pulls out Address Book to go to Plant Empire. Yu and Da return from getting groceries, see tv and are ashamed. Wonder what to do with themselves now. Santo, now on the mainland of Thales manages to make it to secret stronghold, grabs a car from it.

## Episode 2: Bites the Dust

Brownlee awakes to everyone worried, and a brutal winter outside. Rooke is building a snowman. Brownlee explains everything, introduction to the Dream Eaters to everyone, and the various feats he performed during his time as the Yaakov. The Hummingbird is shown to be nonfunctional, and Centerfold/Blackmore attack them as they get out. After a brief skirmish, Centerfold is defeated, and Blackmore is spared. In the bitter Mune cold, Blackmore escorts them to Finnegan's Study.

Richard arrives at Plant Empire with many questions. Da is at the counters with Shen, who just arrived minutes before. After somebody questions, Santo barges in wanting revenge. A fight ensues. Yu runs down from upstairs, with a frying pan in hand, knocks Santo out. Shen falls and is injured, Da, Yu, and Richard take him to the hospital (not in the episode). Santo wakes up and runs off, enraged.

## Episode 3: Window Shopper

The entire episode is to revolve around Finnegan's Study and show interactions between the characters. The group eats a hot meal, and theism is studied. They get the suggestion to head out of Finnegan's Study, or flee to the Mune Ferry. They decide to flee to the Mune Ferry.

A day or two later, Yu and Richard investigate the Lab of the Mind, which has become a madhouse. Da encounters some strangely-dressed men wishing to buy some rare plants. Shen has a talk with his doctor. Shen has a vision - a vision of Frog King and his cult. He suddenly jumps up out of his hospital bed and tells his doctor.

## Episode 4: Roaming Frog King

They head to the Ferry by Chicaro drawn Wagon. It is mostly a straight "drive", but Uler, also known as Mr. Watscon-Scott, arrives and kills quite a bit of people. After a long skirmish and deaths from Protagonists and Finnegan's Study Men v. Uler, Mr. Watscon Scott decides to flee.

Yu and Richard visit Shen in the hospital and the doctor tells them what Shen said, but they shrug it off as the ramblings of an old man. They return back to Plant Empire and tell Da about it, unconvinced it means anything more than senility but Da, having just encountered Frog Cultists in his shop, pulls out an old book, but it only confirms the existence of the cult, nothing more.

## Episode 5: Safe Haven

They arrive to the boat and head to Aiola, entering into Everglade City.

Yu and Da go back to the hospital to question Shen but get nothing more than a few small pieces of seemingly random information here and there and Shen goes back to sleep. Richard goes back to the lab and grabs a few things, only for it to bombed by Astrocreep.

## Episode 6: Bring Your Own Bombs

AstroCreep is properly introduced. He is shown to be a terrorist who gathers followers by proclaiming that the Silivian government is corrupt and promising a better future under his leadership. AstroCreep attacks government buildings to simultaneously dismantle the exisitng institution and show off his own power.

Silivians are losing faith in Mayor Rosington. The destruction of Alchem in part by his adopted son raised their doubts, and AstroCreep's attacks seem to confirm them.

Richard, now living temporarily with the Lis, celebrates Harvest Moon with them. Beth also attends it. Afterwards, Yu goes to the hospital to celebrate with Shen.

## Episode 7: The Gang is Asked to Topple a Third World Dictatorship

Rosington discovers the location of AstroCreep: an embassy. The harboring country, Stvitel, refuses to let AstroCreep stand trial. They want a revolution but want it to come from within Silivia. AstroCreep is considered to be the natural consequence of Rosington's incompetent administration.

In Everglade City, the protagonists have found refuge. It is one of the few places not claimed by Ezekiel's army, the Holy See or the Global Union. Samuel sends a message to Richard under an alias. Later, Silivian authorities intercept a letter addressed to a destroyed building and a known associate of the terrorists who destroyed Remnant Rock.

Atticus receives a video call from his adoptive father. Rosington informs the protagonists of AstroCreep and begs them to help. Reception is mixed, with the group undecided on whether to help for the good of Silivia or avoid further trouble for their own safety.

## Episode 8: The Gang Agrees to Topple a Third World Dictatorship

Everyone makes their final decision. Atticus and Blossom decide they want to live a normal life in Everglade City. Marshall has realized the error of his ways and decides to become a Nirvanist monk. Melissa thinks Rosington is incompetent but she does not want AstroCreep to keep murdering innocents.

Chris, Samuel, Melissa and Li are in. Atticus and Blossom agree to keep in touch by radio. Marshall promises to help any way he can, although he has supposedly sworn off violence. The protagonists doubt the legitimacy of his supposed change or heart but are fine without him.

The group meets up with a Stvitel revolutionary named Oliver Baldwin. Oliver's vainglorious personality annoys everyone except Chris. He admits to having demonic heritage and seems proud of it. Melissa recounts the horrors of Alchemilia's genetic experimentation, which shuts him up.

The Frog King tells his disciples that the time of his apotheosis is near. Many people have been taken by the cultists for use in a ritual, including Warren Hughes. AstroCreep is thanked for unknowingly providing a distraction which has kept the cult's machinations hidden.

## Episode 9: The Gang has Second Thoughts About Toppling a Third World Dictatorship

The protagonists meet the other members of Oliver's faction, who they get along with better. Baldwin is shown to be a good leader, dedicated to his cause. He respects his associates and their areas of expertise. Chris gets a new, tech-laden steel arm by a mechanically-inclined rebel named Adrien Chao. Melissa becomes good friends with Keika Thompson, an agent of Rosington tasked with covertly helping the rebels.

Baldwin goes over their plan: the prime minister of Stvitel will be relaxing at his summer home while a body double gives a speech. He will be under minimal guard as multiple other important politicians are actually attending the speech and need to be protected. The boys and the rebels will take out the guards and capture the prime minister. The prime minister will be forced to name Baldwin as successor, Baldwin will allow the Silivian police into the embassy, and Rosington will do what he can to set the record straight on Alchemilia.

The plan goes fine until they reach the prime minister. He reveals that he is only a figurehead for the country's elite, holding no real power. The prime minister agrees to name Oliver as his successor, which may give him some nominal power and influence. He only asks to be given safe passage out of the country.

## Episode 10: Say Hey Kid

Atticus is revealed to have been continuing his training with the Dream Eaters. He is unsure about helping them due to his desires to live a peaceful life with Blossom. Their goal of defeating the Holy See using a form of reality manipulation Cicero has no control over is noble, he recognizes, and they assure him he is the only human they have found with a natural affinity for Oneiros-type reality manipulation.

Then Shen Li appears with them in Statodnim, proving them wrong. Shen is obviously pretty confused about how he ended up where he is, although he is relieved to be dreaming about something other than the Frog Cult. Xanvi mentions that these dreams can be precognitive, which prompts the elder Li to explain that he knows about the Frog Cult and what they are doing, even if nobody believes him.

Yaakov recognizes the cult as the Cardinal's Residents, who aspired to obtain godlike power without the use of the demon's light. They appear to be making steady progress towards their goal without raising the awareness of any major faction. The Dream Eaters cannot allow this to happen. Shen says he will gladly help them stop the cult with his newfound powers. Xanvi assigns Atticus and Shen the task of dismantling the organization.

## Episode 11: The Boys are Back in Town (to kill you)

Baldwin has become the new Prime Minister and allowed Rosington's men to take AstroCreep from the embassy. The Silivia Metro Police discover AstroCreep has already fled, with the embassy staff claiming even they were unaware. Meanwhile, aspiring Silivia businessman Zachary Laidlaw welcomes an old friend into his facility. Laidlaw is revealed to be Abram Pavlovic and AstroCreep Gabriel Alchemilia. The two have been creating a new army of androids and artificial tieflings.

Pavlovic has provided Gabriel with genetic enhancements which make him an artificial tiefling himself. Like Nabi, he retains his sentience. Baptiste, now working with the Svatovid to secure additional funding for the Alchemilia remnants, has already given him cybernetic enhancements for his AstroCreep disguise. Gabriel dubs his new form YHWH.

The boys return to Silivia covertly, as evidence to expose Alchemilia's crimes is still being collated. Their relief is short lived, however, as an angel attack strikes the city. The Sabaoth forces are led by Azrael, an archangel - "one of Vritra's own prototypes," his subspecies is far more powerful than the majority.

## Episode 12: Ascension

YHWH appears within the Governor's Mansion. He tells Rosington that he has the chance to remain as the city's puppet ruler if he allows YHWH to use his army to save the city. Knowing what that would be like from Oliver and the old prime minister, Rosington refuses and his promptly killed.

The Cardinal is close to completing his ritual as the city burns, intent on showcasing his power by defeating Azrael. Atticus and Shen arrive to stop him, using their abilities against him and his minions.

Atticus and Shen defeat the Residents and reunite with their friends and family at the safehouse prepared by Rosington. A few of them intend to try and do what they can to protect the city, but most of them simply want to go back to Everglade.

Azrael is preparing his troops for a mass execution of captured humans when AstroCreep appears. His soldiers deal with the Sabaoth while the leader focuses on Azrael. AstroCreep kills Azrael and removes his mask, stained with the blood of an archangel. His true idenity as Gabriel Alchemilia is revealed to the world.

## Episode 13: How the World Fell Under Darkness

Gabriel has become the new leader of Silivia, which is no longer part of the Global Union. Instead, he declares allegiance to the Holy See. Cicero graciously welcomes them into the fold. He appears in person at Silivia, the closest city to the angel capital of Empyrean as he is confident enough in its security under Alchemilia.

The boys conclude they have ultimately taken two steps back, but also one step forwards by defeating the Frog Cult. There is still a long journey ahead, more difficult than ever, but with what they have accomplished already they just might be able to pull through.