Update

So I completed the Pastamancer run, but didn't ascend just yet.
I've been maneuvering for Trophies and Tattoos:
- belatedly, I got the Oyster Egg Day "Grass" Tattoo
- today I completed the 30 changes required for the "Gender Bender"
- I'm up to 227 brownies (only 193 more!)
- And I've acquired 23 red balloons (only 76 (or 7.6m) more)
- My stabbat, who's going through the hole with me, has 225 kills (out of required 400).

And unless that comet screws up the moon phases royally, I'm getting 6 gloomy black mushrooms in a few days as well.

After that, probably straight into the 6th and final run. Or, maybe test the waters a bit first, with a softcore run of some kind, follow by a HC SC run.

Future Run Overview

In the ancient tradition of creating a runs overview for the coming months, without paying heed to the fact that everything will change (or moon phases), here's my plan:

Currently: HCOXY AT, Keep: Moxious Madrigal
Next: Pastamancer HCOXY, mongoose, Keep Leash, get last 2 elemental gravy fairies
Next: Sauceror HCOXY, keep Expert Panhandling
Next: Seal Clubber HC, keep Northern Exposure
Next: Turtle Tamer HCOXY, wombat, keep Gnefarious Pickpocketing. (or DB HC, packrat)
Next: AT HC, teet-drop, opposum, keep whatever is highest available, get Golden Meat Stack.
Next: Pastamancer HC, keep Tolerance of the Kitchen
Next: Sauceror HC, keep Gag Reflex
Next: Seal Clubber HC, keep Hide of the Walrus
Next: Turtle Tamer HC, keep Fearlessness

Ho Ho Hobo

I got the May familiar of the month. It's hilariously politically incorrect. Too bad that I'm trying to get somewhere at the moment, or I would have used it as more than just a pretty in the terrarium.

I've advanced to level 9, the point where we bash yeti's. My unbuffed stats are:
Mus: 51
Mys: 54
Mox: 80

This is really a more boring part of the run, but gotta get through it. I'm not sure if I'm continuing the hoxy, or maybe aim for something like Golden Meat Stack (also nicely combined with a step towards 99 red balloons) or Gender Bender (nicely combinable with Bouquet of Hippies).

Then there's also the sleazy and spooky gravy fairies. Muscle sign next run? Won't be too much of a handicap I think.

For the Golden Meat Stack, here comes my meat+ strategy:
Preparatory, I perform a HC DB run, wombat sign, taking Gnefarious Pickpocketing as skill.
The run itself, teet-drop AT, sign: Oppossum.
Using the MCD: I can get von Ratsworth Money Clip and hopefully a porquoise ring as well and jewelrycrafting, a porquoise necklace. As added bonus I could get a tiny plastic familiar (or with a lot of luck, a hermit) to add to the bonus.

Total bonus outfit:
Pants: Stainless Steel Slacks +20%
Weapon: Penguin whip +3%
Off-Hand: box-in-the-box-in-the-box +3%
Accessories: Money Clip +15%, Porquoise Necklace +10%, TP familiar +5%
Familiar: Cheshire Bat +100%
Familiar equip: Smile-sharpening stone +25%
Skills:
Amphibian Sympathy +25%
Nimble Fingers +20%
Gnefarious Pickpocketing +10%
(Expert Panhandling +10%)

Effects:
Heavy Petting +25% (buff-spray)
Wasabi Sinuses +30% (nose-spray)
Empathy of the Newt +25% (Empathy buff)
Polka of Plenty +50% (Polka of Plenty buff)
(Leash of Linguini +25% (Leash buff))

And of course the occassional red/green/black tongue.
Excluding the two maybes, that would lead to a grand total of...
366% bonus at Icy Peak!

An impressive sum, I would say.
If I was really aggressive, I could, instead of a DB run, preface it with a TT HCOxy run, and wear a Plexiglass Pith Helmet. This would give 5% extra drop over the stainless steel pants, and also save me a heap of meat on MP restoration.