news feed; week of March 7th - March 14th, 2011
Weekly Weather
Sunny weather all week, everywhere, with the exception of the Dark Area, which is at best just mostly cloudy rather than forebodingly overcast.
General News
Loony Lovegood's Legal Loophole
Another twist in the saga of Luna Lovegood emerged on Friday. Lovegood's lawyer, Megadramon, of the law firm of Lilamon, Megadramon, and Devimon announced that civil proceedings were moving forward against both the Neon City Police Department and St. Silphymon's Institute for the Challenged.
"Lovegood's treatment at the hands of both of these institutions is nothing short of tragic. She surrendered peacefully, yet a loose cannon in the police department reverted her partner to a digitama!" he decried, "And nobody in the digital world could possibly believe that a properly run institution could be unable to prevent a single human girl from escaping from confinement unaided, even in the event of a virus. Now they have her heavily medicated to cover up their own mistakes! We're looking for justice here!"
Both the Neon City Police Department and St. Silphymon's have indicated that it is their policy not to comment on pending litigation.
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A Week of Violence for Axyori and Asuka
A strange string of violent but non-lethal attacks were reported through Axyori and Asuka through the week of Monday, March 7th to Thursday, March 10th. A total of six tamers and one digimon were attacked and injured by a girl described as "small, with silver hair and red eyes, covered in dirt and blood wielding a knife,".
Several of the attacked tamers claimed that they had seen her stumbling around the streets and attempted to approach her to see if she needed help, which apparently caused her to lash out in fear at them. Most received no more than superficial wounds, though two tamers did wind up in the hospital with blood loss due to nicked arteries. One tamer, who chose to remaining anonymous when speaking with our reporter, had this to say about the attack:
"She seemed more afraid than angry. After she slashed at me a couple of times and caught my arm with her knife, she started apologizing and ran away a few seconds later."
Reports of the attacks stopped coming in late Thursday night and the assailant has not been seen since. Asuka and Axoyri residents are still being advised to be cautious and report any suspicious activity.
Sports
First Neon City Martial Arts Tournament
The First Neon City Martial Arts Tournament will be having it's own special news feed later on in the week, announcing the winners as well as providing recorded coverage of the event.
Events
Stories in the park
Well known and loved digimon children's author Zachary Shakomon, writer of such books as The Agumon Parade and Dovemon's Adventure is going to be doing a reading of select stories from himself and other authors in Natsu Mizu-Umi Park in Neon City for children tamers and digimon, Friday March 18th starting at 12PM and going until sundown. Parents and guardians are encouraged to bring blankets and picnics for the event.
Entertainment
Axyori Art Lunch
An "Art-Lunch" is being held at the Axyori Community Center starting Wednesday, March 16th starting at 10AM and going every Wednesday in to mid-April. Axyori Clay Arts Studio, a local art studio, will be giving workshops on things ranging from basic photography to pottery making and several other kinds of art. Bring a lunch, meet other artists, and prepare to be inspired!
Announcements
Second Tetha Ren Fair Needs Help and Actors!
Tetha Theater Troupe is holding auditions for two plays that will be held at the outdoor theaters in the Tetha Park during a Renaissance Fair taking place mid-May.
The plays are an All-Tamer cast for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and an All-Digimon cast for Hamlet.
General help, vendors, costume players and other events and event runners are needed for the Fair as well, and all questions, comments and requests to audition should be directed to Theater Troupe leader BeastBoy.
Classified Ads
Hiring
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Hiring
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Hiring
Looking Glass, a new club in downtown Neon City is looking to hire all positions.
Bar tender
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DJs
Cleaning staff
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Services
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Out of Character News
On a sadder note in real world news, I'm sure everyone has been made at least somewhat aware of the terrible natural disasters happening in Japan and outlining areas and the resulting issues with the nuclear power plants that have followed.
Beginning March 14th, help_japan will be taking actionable items for the donation efforts that will be going to Japan. They are taking everything from fic to art to graphics, and the front page currently has a very good FAQ regarding what they're taking. As always in these situations, any and all donations and efforts are helpful, but even if you can't provide anything, it's good to know that things like this are being done.
Our own mellonemrys and infinityblade have put up helpful information posts regarding the disaster, other ways to help and where to find information on their journals.
Our thoughts are with those in Japan during this trying and difficult time, and we wish much luck to Operation Tomodachi, the US Military Aid operation that is being sent to Japan and affected areas.