[@Rabidporcupine] Aight, so. I'll go ahead and start off from the appearance of the slavers, cause it's the most relevant bit of information, but this is essentially what has been happening so far:[center]
- The Wanderers have been at the ranch house for a few weeks now, trying to polish it up and just generally live their life. 
- The smell of oranges hit them, and they suddenly found themselves without powers. This nullification field covers the entirety of the ranch and then some, so it's likely that when Nick comes onto the scene, his powers will get snuffed out as well.
- The cause of this nullification revealed himself to be one "Sweet Johnny" Bellataire, the head of the Bellataire corporation, and a cruel slaver "businessman". He rode in on an armored tank, popped out, and offered a deal to the Wanderers to either work with him, or become slaves themselves. 
- However, due to the effects of the null, several characters experienced some...interesting side effects. Rei and Drake, whose lives are dependent on their powers, died and are dying respectively, and Eld Fen returned to his Nicodemus persona- immediately joining the slavers afterward, much to the many of the Wanderers' surprise. Nicodemus even went so far as to pin Toby down, and, at the moment, Toby has been captured and collared by Bellataire's forces.
- The mercenary, Specter, shot off a smoke bomb, sending things into chaos. It was also around this time that Bellataire sent in his forces. His men are currently surrounding the ranch house, along with several characters (Pierrot, Specter, Hel, Spire) who were caught outside the house by the time the smoke bomb went off.
- Bellataire's assistant, Mags, got a foot length of wood lodged into her arm by Hel. She took it out, and is still trying to work things out to a peaceful resolution, despite casually bleeding out. 
- Gale arrived not too long ago, and is hiding around near the very edges of the ranch territory, watching as things go down.
- In addition, the Wanderers are keeping prisoners- one in the cellar, and one in the attic. Both have been hidden in the face of the Bellataire threat.
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So, TL;DR, things are terrible, most of the Wanderers are in the ranch house, Toby has been captured, and Bellataire is an asshole. c: 
Hopefully that summary works for you!