news feed; Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Saturday; May 14, 2011
Weather A mix of cloudy and clear skies. Chance of showers in the later evening. High of 17°C and a low of 10°C (63°F/50°F)
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Morning sirens will go off at 5:34 am, and evening sirens will go off at 8:43 pm.
Nothing Poetic About This Brand of Justice...
Vigilante attacks on citizens of Siren's Port have skyrocketed in the last two weeks, after a period of dormancy, putting the count at nearly fifty since the attacks began earlier this year. Reporters have now begun to investigate the tabloids to see how many more victims haven't come forward to the actual news to get a better number and have offered tabloid reporters a hefty sum for anything they receive on this unusual vigilante.
At first believed to be merely coincidental, with the rate of the attacks increasing and the MO remaining consistent, it's become clear that this is the work of someone with remarkable power taking people they define as being of "ill repute" and teaching them violent lessons. Of the attacks, only one was a fatality, occurring in mid-February around the same time as the St. Valentine massacre.
"People may not be dying, but they're being hurt and traumatized," officials are saying. "At least one kid is in an institution, after claiming that something crawled out of his TV and attempted to kill him. I don't care what he's done- he was scared out of his mind and it's just not right to torture people like that for their crimes."
Others, however, argue that this could be seen as a good thing. At least one civilian was reported as saying that, "The police are tied up with a lot of people who are actually causing serious harm. If this person is teaching some of these horrible people who are just inflicting emotional harm on others the costs of their actions, then I say more power to them."
Due to an increase in the victims' desired confidintiality, the news is no longer allowed to print the exact nature of the attacks, only that each one is custom-tailored to fit a person's supposed crime and they are styled more like "pranks" than actual attacks- they're meant to have a sense of humor, apparently. Whether or not anyone's laughing remains to be seen.
"Someone's playing a joke on these people," a police officer who responded to calls at several victims' homes and businesses said. "And it's not funny. Someone with that much power and a desire to use it like this is a danger to society."
His partner, however, had this to say about the subject, "I don't know. The slow-dancing alien story was pretty funny."
-SERO RELEASES INFORMATION ABOUT BREAK-IN: There's a brief article about SERO acknowledging that yes, a break-in did occur in their main facility on the evening of May 1st, and that injuries were reported to several of their guards, with one fatality. No further information is given about what was taken or who was responsible for the break-in.
-Self filling toilet paper rolls!- Are you sick and tired of always having to refill them? Well fear no more! Never again will you have to suffer someone leaving you stranded. New technology we are sending straight to you. Check your local SERO affiliated supermarket!
-ROOM FOR RENT- Hello, my name is Josie Marie Jones. I'm renting the room above my store, unable to use the stairs anymore, I can no longer live there. I'd like a calm, responsible person, with references, to move in and use the place. It's 400 a month, with added utilities, because I already own the building. It's a very quaint, nice place. Call through the NV if interested.
[Yes, it is a nice place. However, may it be noted the store is a magic supply store and they frequently hold seances on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoons. And by seances, we mean ghosts freely walk the building those days due to Josie's powers. Nice apartment, downside is ghosts make fun of your inability to cook four days and try to keep you awake four days a week. Not vicious, just annoying as heck.]
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Weather A mix of cloudy and clear skies. Chance of showers in the later evening. High of 17°C and a low of 10°C (63°F/50°F)
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Morning sirens will go off at 5:34 am, and evening sirens will go off at 8:43 pm.
Nothing Poetic About This Brand of Justice...
Vigilante attacks on citizens of Siren's Port have skyrocketed in the last two weeks, after a period of dormancy, putting the count at nearly fifty since the attacks began earlier this year. Reporters have now begun to investigate the tabloids to see how many more victims haven't come forward to the actual news to get a better number and have offered tabloid reporters a hefty sum for anything they receive on this unusual vigilante.
At first believed to be merely coincidental, with the rate of the attacks increasing and the MO remaining consistent, it's become clear that this is the work of someone with remarkable power taking people they define as being of "ill repute" and teaching them violent lessons. Of the attacks, only one was a fatality, occurring in mid-February around the same time as the St. Valentine massacre.
"People may not be dying, but they're being hurt and traumatized," officials are saying. "At least one kid is in an institution, after claiming that something crawled out of his TV and attempted to kill him. I don't care what he's done- he was scared out of his mind and it's just not right to torture people like that for their crimes."
Others, however, argue that this could be seen as a good thing. At least one civilian was reported as saying that, "The police are tied up with a lot of people who are actually causing serious harm. If this person is teaching some of these horrible people who are just inflicting emotional harm on others the costs of their actions, then I say more power to them."
Due to an increase in the victims' desired confidintiality, the news is no longer allowed to print the exact nature of the attacks, only that each one is custom-tailored to fit a person's supposed crime and they are styled more like "pranks" than actual attacks- they're meant to have a sense of humor, apparently. Whether or not anyone's laughing remains to be seen.
"Someone's playing a joke on these people," a police officer who responded to calls at several victims' homes and businesses said. "And it's not funny. Someone with that much power and a desire to use it like this is a danger to society."
His partner, however, had this to say about the subject, "I don't know. The slow-dancing alien story was pretty funny."
-SERO RELEASES INFORMATION ABOUT BREAK-IN: There's a brief article about SERO acknowledging that yes, a break-in did occur in their main facility on the evening of May 1st, and that injuries were reported to several of their guards, with one fatality. No further information is given about what was taken or who was responsible for the break-in.
-Self filling toilet paper rolls!- Are you sick and tired of always having to refill them? Well fear no more! Never again will you have to suffer someone leaving you stranded. New technology we are sending straight to you. Check your local SERO affiliated supermarket!
-ROOM FOR RENT- Hello, my name is Josie Marie Jones. I'm renting the room above my store, unable to use the stairs anymore, I can no longer live there. I'd like a calm, responsible person, with references, to move in and use the place. It's 400 a month, with added utilities, because I already own the building. It's a very quaint, nice place. Call through the NV if interested.
[Yes, it is a nice place. However, may it be noted the store is a magic supply store and they frequently hold seances on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoons. And by seances, we mean ghosts freely walk the building those days due to Josie's powers. Nice apartment, downside is ghosts make fun of your inability to cook four days and try to keep you awake four days a week. Not vicious, just annoying as heck.]
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