I prefer it over playbooks that barely explains how a mechanic works and Im like "how the FUCK do I use this".

The Returned playbook is out on itch!

The Returned is a Masks: A New Generation playbook about coming back to life. It's inspired by characters who were killed off and returned, like Batman's Jason Todd, the New Mutants' Cypher and Magik, and the Runaways' Gertrude Yorkes.

Theonny cats:

All of the kindercats so far vvv

If you'd like to stick around and hopefully help as I work to make this play a reality, following and interacting with the post really helps!

Story:

In a universe not unlike the comic books, there are superheroes and supervillains. Between them all lays Oren, a person with a lot of shitty luck

Oren lives from paycheck to paycheck. It's not because they have a poor paying job, they're a very admired police officer. But because Oren almost always has their belongings and anything (or anyone...) they hold dear destroyed.

For whatever reason, it's always OREN'S car that gets destroyed in the process of defeating the villain. OREN'S home that gets robbed. OREN'S table at a restaurant that gets stuck with the food laced with poison.

Oren is always somehow looped into the major cases with supervillains, call it a curse maybe. But it does help with his job.

🕊️ DO NOT LET THIS MOMENT CONSUME YOU

Awakened Truths family — let’s be very clear about the moment we’re in.

What we are witnessing right now is an act of international aggression, followed immediately by wall‑to‑wall coverage designed to dominate attention, trigger emotion, and pull the collective nervous system into reaction.

When a sovereign country is entered and its sitting president is removed by force, the language games don’t change the energy of the act.

And that energy is exactly what’s being broadcast.

This is not just about geopolitics.

This is about attention warfare.

So let’s talk about how to stay awake without being consumed.

🔥 SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS

High‑shock events don’t just inform — they capture.

They’re designed to:

• spike adrenaline

• hijack emotion

• narrow perception

• keep people glued, arguing, reposting, reacting

Seeing this clearly does not require you to spiral.

🌿 OBSERVE WITHOUT FEEDING

You can acknowledge what’s happening in Venezuela

without letting the narrative drain your life force.

Watching does not mean merging.

Knowing does not mean hemorrhaging energy.

If you feel your body tightening or your breath shortening, that’s your cue to pause.

🛡️ PROTECT YOUR FREQUENCY

This is where discipline comes in.

• Limit how much coverage you consume

• Step away from comment wars

• Do not doom‑scroll

• Do not let outrage drive your nervous system

Your clarity is more powerful than constant reaction.

🧘🏽 STABILIZE THE BODY FIRST

Before forming opinions or sharing takes:

• Breathe slowly

• Ground your feet

• Drink water

• Regulate your body

A calm nervous system sees far more clearly than an activated one.

🌱 REMEMBER THE PATTERN

History is full of moments like this — loud, dramatic, urgent — that demand attention right now.

Awakened people are not here to be emotionally herded.

We are here to stay centered when the volume increases.

Your peace is not ignorance.

It is sovereignty.

✨ CLOSING

Be aware.

Be discerning.

Be informed.

But do not let scripted chaos pull you out of yourself.

Stay grounded.

Stay whole.

Stay awake.

— Awakened Truths ✨