Looking for a list of twenty to thirty evocative titles I went further back in the Paramore discography, as the extended release of their self-titled album has twenty tracks... Done on Twitter one at a time, minimal looking ahead.
Fast In My Car
How do you explain to your folks that you need to borrow the car to chase a vampire who's escaping with a stolen magical artefact? After you get back...
Now
A series of blink-and-you'll-miss-it thefts, powered by an enchanted pocket watch that stops time. Although the new owner doesn't know about what happens the thirteenth time he uses it...
Grow Up
You go to bed after a long night's monster-hunting, with a quiz at school tomorrow... and wake up fifteen years older. Only one of the gang knows this is wrong. One is married with a kid, another has moved away... and one died fifteen years ago.
Daydreaming
"Uh, our dreams are coming true?"
"Dreams? That would be a musical comedy version of this. Nightmares, our - our nightmares are coming true."
So what would the other way look like? Somebody tries to make their dreams come true and accidentally unleashes everybody's happy place. Can the gang get through Unicorn Forest? Preferably before Character A meets Character B's dream version of Character A?
Interlude: Moving On
One of the gang's folks just got a promotion that means moving across country. Which is great for them, but not ideal for the gang member who has a duty to save the world from monsters congregating around town...
Ain't It Fun
Saturday night! A cool band playing! No sign of anything apocalyptic! And the slayer just WILL NOT LISTEN when you tell her she's needed...
Part II
Defeating Bacchus means that now nobody is capable of having any fun at all. Oops.
(When a song is called Part II, you kind of have to roll with it.)
Last Hope
An ancient prophecy foretelling apocalyptic doom, and... hey, this isn't about the slayer! Who's this person we're supposed to find?
"Oh no, tell me this isn't an escort mission..."
Still Into You
A reappearing ex stirs up some complicated feelings, while a vampire power couple break up messily, the kind of messy that might lead to a massacre to prove a point.
Anklebiters
Babysitting! Changelings! You can figure this one out, right?
Interlude: Holiday
The school Christmas break, but the Hellmouth doesn't take the time off. Getting in to stop an apocalyptic ritual at the winter solstice might involve climbing through air ducts.
Proof
One of those ghost-hunting shows has come to town. Normally they don't find a thing and have to rely on circling vague shapes in shaky night vision, but tonight they just recorded the gang fighting a demon! (At least it isn't live..) Now what?
Hate To See Your Heart Break
There's a formal and it seems nobody has a date. Including that couple that were going together yesterday. In fact, everybody in school has painfully broken up overnight. Can the gang pull themselves together to investigate?
(One of Those) Crazy Girls
Used to be there was one slayer in all the world. Now there are so many that a gang of them just rolled into town. I'm sure this doesn't mean an apocalyptic battle coming, or our slayer being tempted to run off with them, or...
Interlude: I'm Not Angry Anymore
Uh... is that vampire warlord waving a white flag?
Be Alone
Hey, didn't there used to be people in this town? Like, seriously, more than just us and the pigeons...
Future
Considering everything you guys have seen, it really shouldn't surprise you that a fortune-teller might actually be able to tell fortunes. Or that the fortunes you get don't involve lottery wins or handsome strangers.
(Alternatively, Fray crossover. FLYING CARS!)
Escape Route
Saturday detention caused by slaying-induced tardiness, locked in study hall with some kids with much less of an excuse for their behavior and the all-time jerk of the teaching staff. And a demon.
Native Tongue
The Big Bad has stolen an ancient text, but you managed to get some photographs of the pages he was after. Now, if only they were in a language anyone still alive knew. This is going to involve a field trip. To ancient Sumeria.
(Alternatively, you should always be really careful when using ancient invocations. Get one rune out of place and you might get an incubus instead of a succubus.)
Tell Me It's Okay
The battle's done, and we kinda won. Now how do we tell our friend's family what happened...?
No comments:
Post a Comment