DM of the Rings Remastered CXXXV: There and Back Again

Once again, nothing much happening.
The only thing a managed to do was, finish the providence trials with each character in Risk of Rain Returns.
That’s about it. What’s everyone else doing?
…things get a little bit busy. And by “busy” I mean sometimes **** just falls off the rails and you struggle to keep your head above water. That’s mixing metaphors quite badly, I think. Images of a train crash and going in the water in an uncontrolled way, which I guess *could* actually be related. The Well There’s Your Problem podcast did a great episode on the “Overseas Railroad” for the Florida Keys, where a train crash could literally throw you into the Atlantic Ocean. Or technically the Gulf of Mexico, I guess.
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Not much has happened this week.
I played a bit of Risk of Rain Returns. Got gold on a few of the remaining Providence Trials.
And I started playing a bit of Risk of rain 2 with my sibling. Not much else.
What’s happening with you guys?
This week has been quite mundane.
I played a bit of Risk of Rain Returns. Nothing new there.
I also played a few Itch.io horror games. The only one worth mentioning is Microbial Sector. You are analyzing a bunch of objects and marking what microbes are present. that’s mostly it, it’s pretty short but got a good spook.
How are things for everyone else?
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