# \#cutscene **URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/tag/cutscene/7.md [Latest](https://forum.menagerie.team/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.menagerie.team/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.menagerie.team/tags.md) --- ## [Skits and Comedy](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/skits-and-comedy/1332)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/skits-and-comedy/1332 "2026-09-10T19:48:08Z")
(Reposted for reposterity) in light of last sessions (the Trimaldis are overprotective and not great on identifying humans), here’s a list of future Mizzle plots Forced to wear a dress to get into the all-women city T… --- ## [Letters from the Trimaldi Brothers](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/letters-from-the-trimaldi-brothers/1341)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/letters-from-the-trimaldi-brothers/1341 "2026-09-04T20:31:54Z")
Author’s Note: I wanted to write another Trimaldi Bros. letter home, but realized I wanted them all in a single thread, so I’m going to (1) copy over the letter I did in the comments of the Session 05 recap, then (2) wr… --- ## [Mizzle's Journal](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/mizzles-journal/1375)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/mizzles-journal/1375 "2026-08-22T10:29:48Z")
This follows The Wrong Book I’ve been traveling with the Trimaldi brothers and Saraid for a little while. Finally - finally - we got entrusted with an important job. There’s a monastery nearby, near a town called … --- ## [MEGALOS ep. 5 - The Return of Barry!](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/megalos-ep-5-the-return-of-barry/1227)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/megalos-ep-5-the-return-of-barry/1227 "2023-08-30T19:50:35Z")
MEGALOS ep. 5 - Almost done with the tutorial phase. Still to come … A Particular Kind of Character! Big Flashbacks! It Begins Large, dim room. Barry’s voice: At last I’ll have my revenge, and get back Blockhea… --- ## [Issue 06 - The Big Boom Affair - After Action Report](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/issue-06-the-big-boom-affair-after-action-report/1162)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/issue-06-the-big-boom-affair-after-action-report/1162 "2022-11-24T19:30:05Z")
Post-Action Review by TESLADYNE/WNY of previous mission activities in Lindsborg, KS: \[44 new items added to shared album\] 2022-11 - Post-Action R… --- ## [42.1 - I'm Just Wild About Harrys (Alycia's Tale)](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/42-1-im-just-wild-about-harrys-alycias-tale/525)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/42-1-im-just-wild-about-harrys-alycias-tale/525 "2018-06-05T21:48:11Z")
“Um … Alycia?” I roll my eyes. Between the lack of comms discipline and protocol (probably not necessary, but also not something to just ignore – and bearing in mind that this was a future with more sophisticated decryp… --- ## [53.1 - Graveyard Shift (Alycia's Tale)](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/53-1-graveyard-shift-alycias-tale/606)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/53-1-graveyard-shift-alycias-tale/606 "2018-09-23T20:32:46Z")
I stare at the coin, standing on edge. Summer flipped it to “settle” the question of whether Adam was an agent of the Concordance. Which is both obviously true and patently false, and, yes, that does create a massive he… --- ## [35.1 - The Wrathful Rampage of Rossum! (Alycia's Tale) \[Recap\] \[Cutscene\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/35-1-the-wrathful-rampage-of-rossum-alycias-tale-recap-cutscene/485)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/35-1-the-wrathful-rampage-of-rossum-alycias-tale-recap-cutscene/485 "2018-04-19T06:43:33Z")
So here’s the situation: A cloud of Rossum’s robots, subtly manufactured under the Rook brand at the behest of Rossum’s clone is headed for Halcyon, pursuing Link and Otto, who, with assistance from Leo’s AEGIS handler, … --- ## [54.2 - Total Pandemonium! (Alycia's Tale)](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/54-2-total-pandemonium-alycias-tale/610)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/54-2-total-pandemonium-alycias-tale/610 "2018-09-28T17:39:23Z")
My mind is faster than my body. This is of endless frustration to me, especially when I need my body to be faster. But even constant training in my reflexes, as well as using my hyper-genius to confirm how to act as eff… --- ## [48.1 - The Time Tumble (Alycia's Tale)](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/48-1-the-time-tumble-alycias-tale/566)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/48-1-the-time-tumble-alycias-tale/566 "2018-08-01T19:58:02Z")
Everything seems to finally be going well. The AltFuture folk have their greatest problem resolved, specifically, AltFuture!Jason, who won’t be making any more trouble. (That conversation continues to bring a quiet smile… --- ## [29.6 - When Starts the Semester! (Jason's Tale) \[Cutscene\] \[Recap\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/29-6-when-starts-the-semester-jasons-tale-cutscene-recap/449)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/29-6-when-starts-the-semester-jasons-tale-cutscene-recap/449 "2018-03-11T23:46:38Z")
If they’re all out to get you, are you actually paranoid? Hey, happy new semester! Now with three times as much social awkwardness and romantic oh-my-godness as the first one! \* \* \* I have lost count of how many adult… --- ## [29.5 - When Starts the Semester! (Alycia's Tale) \[Cutscene\] \[Recap\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/29-5-when-starts-the-semester-alycias-tale-cutscene-recap/448)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/29-5-when-starts-the-semester-alycias-tale-cutscene-recap/448 "2018-03-09T22:07:01Z")
1. The Assembly I’ve been in assemblies before. Shouting. Chanting. Saluting. \_Freedom! Chin! Liberty! Chin! Victory! Chin! \_ Yes, that’s an assembly. This? This is a mob kettled into an auditorium, tightly monitored… --- ## [38.5 - The Boy Who Would Be CEO](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/38-5-the-boy-who-would-be-ceo/508)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/38-5-the-boy-who-would-be-ceo/508 "2018-05-10T05:02:45Z")
“And with proper investment,” I tell the room, “we have an opportunity to truly change the world.” The room, environmentally, is hot. The lights on the stage are part of that. The camel-hair sports coat over the black (… --- ## [Scrap 5.1 - Shadow of the Sun](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/scrap-5-1-shadow-of-the-sun/1033)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/scrap-5-1-shadow-of-the-sun/1033 "2021-07-30T04:57:18Z")
Jia Hua is accustomed to being in the public eye. He is his father’s favored son. He is the inheritor of the Jia Family style. He will be teaching students someday. Their families will pay his family for the privilege. T… --- ## [21.1 - I Hear the Bugs Echoing Tonight \[Joe’s Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/21-1-i-hear-the-bugs-echoing-tonight-joe-s-tale/955)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/21-1-i-hear-the-bugs-echoing-tonight-joe-s-tale/955 "2020-11-25T21:18:03Z")
So Hellbinder was all practically pushing us out the door, and saying we needed to take Tahi and Gothwitch with us, cause they were either targets or in trouble or both. Arizella offered us a place to hide out – I think … --- ## [20.1 - Into the Mind of Mette \[Joe's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/20-1-into-the-mind-of-mette-joes-tale/953)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/20-1-into-the-mind-of-mette-joes-tale/953 "2020-11-19T00:16:21Z")
So everyone kept leaning on Mette, y’know, to try and remember more things. And she keeps trying to tell them this isn’t like turning on the TV and flipping to the show you want – she’s not sure how the memory stuff gets… --- ## [The Dark Powertronic timeline (a slight digression)](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-dark-powertronic-timeline-a-slight-digression/951)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-dark-powertronic-timeline-a-slight-digression/951 "2020-11-08T00:33:36Z")
I thought this better done outside the comment stream of The Dark Powertronic timeline, given the length. I’m not sure the timeline quite works, but for the purposes of comic books it’s probably okay. Feel free to disr… --- ## [19.1 - A Debrief Interlude \[Joe's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/19-1-a-debrief-interlude-joes-tale/947)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/19-1-a-debrief-interlude-joes-tale/947 "2020-10-28T22:12:47Z")
So we get back to the academy, and Roddy and Gothwitch get whisked off by Ms. Selma – Yes, I was involved in their debriefing. Oh. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. Um – No, I can’t talk about it. Just like I keep your se… --- ## [18.1 - What Lurks Below \[Joe's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/18-1-what-lurks-below-joes-tale/945)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/18-1-what-lurks-below-joes-tale/945 "2020-10-21T18:24:04Z")
So there we all, in a standoff with the HHL – well, a couple members of it – while Roddy’s off to rescue his girlfriend in the basement. And I’m glaring at Blackbird, and she’s glaring at me, and Sigrun’s glaring at ever… --- ## [17.1 - Meddling Kids \[Joe's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/17-1-meddling-kids-joes-tale/943)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/17-1-meddling-kids-joes-tale/943 "2020-10-07T23:26:07Z")
So once Roddy had woken up, he seemed to care less about how things had wrapped up back in Costa Rica. Or about Tahi. Or about me, for that matter. He was just all jazzed up about going to see his beloved Powertronic. Y… --- ## [16.1 - The Long Road Home \[Joey's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/16-1-the-long-road-home-joeys-tale/939)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/16-1-the-long-road-home-joeys-tale/939 "2020-09-30T23:21:25Z")
So … it was a long trip home. I can imagine. I mean, we were all exhausted, and the shock of all the destruction … and a ton of personal stuff, y’know? And … it was all gonna get a lot more intense. Hmmmmm. Mette’s u… --- ## [15.1 - When Strikes the Stagosaurus? \[Joe's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/15-1-when-strikes-the-stagosaurus-joes-tale/935)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/15-1-when-strikes-the-stagosaurus-joes-tale/935 "2020-09-17T16:25:27Z")
So after Alex gave me their shitty pep talk, and I decided it was better to know more than to take up residence in a Central American rain forest, so I better not give uy, we were heading back. Alex was chattering about … --- ## [14.2 - Going Ape \[Joe's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/14-2-going-ape-joes-tale/933)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/14-2-going-ape-joes-tale/933 "2020-09-10T00:47:17Z")
So Tahi starts marching us inland, and we follow along, and all those crazy butterflies start picking her up and carrying her along, but we get to like break trail through the jungle, which means me, of course, cause eve… --- ## [01.5 - Classified](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/01-5-classified/853)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/01-5-classified/853 "2020-08-31T05:47:01Z")
What would Alex say if debriefed by AEGIS on their classmates? We rolled a 5 for Roy - no great interest. I don’t know if Alex knows that Roy has apparently been stalking Mette, so I left it vague. --- ## [14.1 - Can I give you a hand?](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/14-1-can-i-give-you-a-hand/930)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/14-1-can-i-give-you-a-hand/930 "2020-08-16T04:32:40Z")
I think I’d rather do the Joey/Alex thing asynchronously, through here. It’ll give me more chance to think about my responses. I realize it makes comments/actions from the Peanut Gallery a bit less easy, and if it needs… --- ## [13.2 - Butterflies are Free-ky \[Joe's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/13-2-butterflies-are-free-ky-joes-tale/928)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/13-2-butterflies-are-free-ky-joes-tale/928 "2020-08-13T00:05:20Z")
So … the trees attacked Roddy? Well, trees, plants, vines … the vines, mostly, I guess, but they were sometimes carrying along the other plants. It was … freaky. And I was still kinda freaked out from before, and this r… --- ## [13.1 - Can't Stop The Rock](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/13-1-cant-stop-the-rock/926)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/13-1-cant-stop-the-rock/926 "2020-08-06T21:32:18Z")
Report continued from here Alright, back to Kiln. They stopped short after I used some high-effectiveness verbal direction and complied with further instructions. Hooray. Mette and Joey run into some swole butterfl… --- ## [12.1 - Big Game Hunting](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/12-1-big-game-hunting/922)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/12-1-big-game-hunting/922 "2020-07-31T06:04:41Z")
Subject: Costa Rica Stag Party File number: 74-73400 Admin Routing: D42-L5 Welp, there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is I learned something about Joey. The bad news is that he wigs the fuck out when … --- ## [11.10 - Daddy's Little Hacker](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/11-10-daddys-little-hacker/920)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/11-10-daddys-little-hacker/920 "2020-07-23T14:38:08Z")
This week’s comic/cutscene is inspired by Doyce’s family situation. LOVINT is what they call this. Intelligence collection activities are divided up by how you go about getting the data. HUMINT is Human Intelligen… --- ## [11.9.1 - 20,000 Figs Across the Sea \[Joe's Tale\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/11-9-1-20-000-figs-across-the-sea-joes-tale/919)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/11-9-1-20-000-figs-across-the-sea-joes-tale/919 "2020-07-22T17:46:57Z")
“So. Um. This is fun.” “Walking in poorly lit, mysteriously crafted tunnels beneath the surface of the island?” “Uh. Well, when you put it that way --” “It reminds me of Sub-Level 9, just above the port-side landing c… [Next page](https://forum.menagerie.team/tag/cutscene/7.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=cutscene)