news feed; Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Tuesday; August 30th, 2011
Weather: Mostly cloudy, with some sunny patches. Chance of a shower .High 22°C and a low of 12°C (71deg;F/51°F)
Current Moon Phase: New Moon
Morning sirens will go off at 6:30 am, and evening sirens will go off at 7:55 pm.
NPP Leader Blows Case Away
An unexpected tragedy occurred on the night of the 28th when the body of Ty Dee, co-owner of the Dee-lightful Decorations home lighting and fixture store, was found lying in a pool of his own blood in the storage room of his very own store, missing one arm. With almost no evidence to be found, including the missing member, the police were having a hard time cracking the case, with only circumstantial evidence and the word of the victim's wife pointing to a late-night customer found carrying a sword (which he was trained in the use of, but denied owning.)
Surprisingly, big-name Newcomer Political Party member Yako Katsuragi appeared on the scene and began an independent investigation which turned the whole thing around. Her discovery that an electric fan in the storeroom had been moved only recently - and that only the base of the fan had blood on it - made it a suspicious object, as well as the fact that closer inspection revealed the customer's sheath to be made for a wooden sword and that the metal sword was the same alloy as all fans in the store, shed some light on the murder, and soon enough, she indicated that Ty Dee's wife, Wynne Dee, was the actual culprit.
With help from her single assistant, the politician-turned-detective revealed the process of the murder, revealing that she had a Core-given power to turn anything she touched to metal, and, in short, had used a fan blade to kill her husband before replacing the missing blade with his arm. Wynne Dee confessed to her crime after it had been laid out for all to hear, claiming that her husband gave away all her handmade fans too eagerly and without thinking of the fans themselves - she was reported to have been taken off the scene exclaiming "I'm the master of the wind element! How could I just let him toss away my precious servants?!"
"Miss Yako was a renowned detective back on our world," explained her assistant, who gave his name as simply "Neuro." "Her name was internationally known and respected. This kind of case is easy work for her! She's glad to lend a helping hand to the Port."
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- Governor Townshed has granted SERO Chemical Company permission to apply sprayed fungicides to the Sector 4 baseball diamond and surrounding unpaved areas, beginning at 6pm and continuing until siren. Citizens are advised to keep off the streets in the upper fourth sector to avoid contact with the chemical, which may cause minor topical rash and itching. This is to prevent the exploding puffballs from completing their three day growth and resporulation cycle. According to SERO, this foreign species is not the common puffball mushroom Calvatia gigantea, and scientists are still debating over who's a name for the new fungi.
- There is also a virulent opinions piece about the “mushroom threat”, submitted by Mothers Against Newcomers, comparing the entire newcomer population to “Invasive exotic species” similar to Kudzu or pond algae. They hail SERO’s extermination of the core-pulled fungi, and thank the company for their efforts in taking care of the problem before grade school children resume classes next week. - Man Claims Sentient Giant Puffball Telepathically Spoke to Him! ...Says one tabloid headline, and there have been similar reports made since last thursday, which have been dismissed as part of the spores' hallucinogenic properties.
- The Eat Organic Produce Association is protesting the extermination of these wild exotic mushrooms, which they claim are safely edible like normal immature Giant Puffballs, if cut and consumed while “young” and fresh, before they begin to burst open and the spores become toxic. Today they have posted several recipes to the network, encouraging environmentally conscientious citizens to celebrate nature’s bounty and demand access to the baseball diamond, in order to harvest some of the mushrooms before SERO’s chemical killers go to work.
According to Chef Montel of the Green Tomato Cafe, who served them up as a special delicacy last Friday and Saturday without any complaints from customers, the mushrooms are full of a robust, earthy flavor, and that edible shrooms are solid white throughout, and have the consistency of marshmallow. Puffballs may be eaten:
- Today is International Day of the Disappeared. Many displaced 1st generation Port citizens, (distinguished as “Outsiders” rather than other-dimensional “Newcomers”), have been secretly sent to this island city as refugees for political reasons, or for use of supernatural powers. Because most arrived here without the opportunity to inform friends or family, there is a longstanding tradition to illegally attempt making offshore contact on this day. Well wishing messages of salutations and apology sent to sea by sealed bottle are most common, although the Department of Sanitation and the Sirens Port Coastal Guard attempt to minimize ocean pollution as well as the risk of revealing Siren’s Port’s location to the world. Anyone caught at the docks or the beaches tossing bottles this year will be fined $250.
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Weather: Mostly cloudy, with some sunny patches. Chance of a shower .High 22°C and a low of 12°C (71deg;F/51°F)
Current Moon Phase: New Moon
Morning sirens will go off at 6:30 am, and evening sirens will go off at 7:55 pm.
NPP Leader Blows Case Away
An unexpected tragedy occurred on the night of the 28th when the body of Ty Dee, co-owner of the Dee-lightful Decorations home lighting and fixture store, was found lying in a pool of his own blood in the storage room of his very own store, missing one arm. With almost no evidence to be found, including the missing member, the police were having a hard time cracking the case, with only circumstantial evidence and the word of the victim's wife pointing to a late-night customer found carrying a sword (which he was trained in the use of, but denied owning.)
Surprisingly, big-name Newcomer Political Party member Yako Katsuragi appeared on the scene and began an independent investigation which turned the whole thing around. Her discovery that an electric fan in the storeroom had been moved only recently - and that only the base of the fan had blood on it - made it a suspicious object, as well as the fact that closer inspection revealed the customer's sheath to be made for a wooden sword and that the metal sword was the same alloy as all fans in the store, shed some light on the murder, and soon enough, she indicated that Ty Dee's wife, Wynne Dee, was the actual culprit.
With help from her single assistant, the politician-turned-detective revealed the process of the murder, revealing that she had a Core-given power to turn anything she touched to metal, and, in short, had used a fan blade to kill her husband before replacing the missing blade with his arm. Wynne Dee confessed to her crime after it had been laid out for all to hear, claiming that her husband gave away all her handmade fans too eagerly and without thinking of the fans themselves - she was reported to have been taken off the scene exclaiming "I'm the master of the wind element! How could I just let him toss away my precious servants?!"
"Miss Yako was a renowned detective back on our world," explained her assistant, who gave his name as simply "Neuro." "Her name was internationally known and respected. This kind of case is easy work for her! She's glad to lend a helping hand to the Port."
News & Advertisements
- Governor Townshed has granted SERO Chemical Company permission to apply sprayed fungicides to the Sector 4 baseball diamond and surrounding unpaved areas, beginning at 6pm and continuing until siren. Citizens are advised to keep off the streets in the upper fourth sector to avoid contact with the chemical, which may cause minor topical rash and itching. This is to prevent the exploding puffballs from completing their three day growth and resporulation cycle. According to SERO, this foreign species is not the common puffball mushroom Calvatia gigantea, and scientists are still debating over who's a name for the new fungi.
- There is also a virulent opinions piece about the “mushroom threat”, submitted by Mothers Against Newcomers, comparing the entire newcomer population to “Invasive exotic species” similar to Kudzu or pond algae. They hail SERO’s extermination of the core-pulled fungi, and thank the company for their efforts in taking care of the problem before grade school children resume classes next week. - Man Claims Sentient Giant Puffball Telepathically Spoke to Him! ...Says one tabloid headline, and there have been similar reports made since last thursday, which have been dismissed as part of the spores' hallucinogenic properties.
- The Eat Organic Produce Association is protesting the extermination of these wild exotic mushrooms, which they claim are safely edible like normal immature Giant Puffballs, if cut and consumed while “young” and fresh, before they begin to burst open and the spores become toxic. Today they have posted several recipes to the network, encouraging environmentally conscientious citizens to celebrate nature’s bounty and demand access to the baseball diamond, in order to harvest some of the mushrooms before SERO’s chemical killers go to work.
According to Chef Montel of the Green Tomato Cafe, who served them up as a special delicacy last Friday and Saturday without any complaints from customers, the mushrooms are full of a robust, earthy flavor, and that edible shrooms are solid white throughout, and have the consistency of marshmallow. Puffballs may be eaten:
- Sauteed alone or with vegetables.
- Broiled alone with a marinade or in conjunction with another recipe.
- Dice them into smaller pieces and stir fry in place of tofu!
- Use instead of eggplant in any recipe. Giant puffballs are a great replacement for eggplant!
- Today is International Day of the Disappeared. Many displaced 1st generation Port citizens, (distinguished as “Outsiders” rather than other-dimensional “Newcomers”), have been secretly sent to this island city as refugees for political reasons, or for use of supernatural powers. Because most arrived here without the opportunity to inform friends or family, there is a longstanding tradition to illegally attempt making offshore contact on this day. Well wishing messages of salutations and apology sent to sea by sealed bottle are most common, although the Department of Sanitation and the Sirens Port Coastal Guard attempt to minimize ocean pollution as well as the risk of revealing Siren’s Port’s location to the world. Anyone caught at the docks or the beaches tossing bottles this year will be fined $250.
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