It had been an age since I had done anything with these 5 hooligans, and I remembered them the other day. So, I figured I'd give them an overhaul.
So the cat, the vampire, the skeleton, and the scarecrow golem run independent of bigger villain groups ... but they still do quite well with armed robbery and odd jobs. (i changed the crew composition with the update, so I'm still figuring them out).
It's a simple gag that's a joke on the reader. Absolutely nowhere will anyone in story EVER question the obvious. And nowhere in my communications about the team will I address or respond to these inquiries or bother trying to explain it. =)
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