news feed; Saturday, September 24th, 2011
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
Weather Partly sunny, a mix of cloud and rain. High 20°C and a low of 14°C (68deg;F/57°F)
Current Moon Phase:Waning Crescent
Morning sirens go off at 7:06 am, and evening sirens are at 7:02 pm.
Teen Still Held on Murder Charge
By Lois Lane
Nearly two weeks ago Kevin Ford, fifteen years old, was charged with murder for the widely-reported death in the June riots. Kevin’s abilities, by his own assertion, decay any and all organic material which comes in direct contact with his skin. Police evidence reports this to be consistent with the cause of death, resulting in the murder charge, though without a statement from the apprehending citizen, it remains unclear how the boy was identified.
Though not as disadvantaged as some whose powers have surfaced since arriving at Siren’s Port, Kevin only developed his talents a year before being pulled by the Core. The Pull interrupted his schooling under instructors trained to help children like him gain control. Since then he has had the opportunity to continue practicing.
One of his instructors, Emma Frost, currently resides in the city as well. She has described discovering talents as being uniquely problematic due to social stigma. On the subject of adolescents developing them in particular, she has stated that “the explosion of hormones makes self-control difficult.”
In Kevin’s case, that unavoidable biological fact only compounded that the ability cannot be turned off. He avoids physical contact with people when possible, and wears his sleeves carefully tucked into his gloves, to prevent them rolling up. This does not, however, preclude the possibility of an accident-and certainly does not factor in crowds of emotional people.
When asked about the dead man, Kevin reported no recollection of his face. “There was a lot o' people, ma'am,” he stated in a Southern accent rarely heard in the city. “I couldn't 'member an individual face. Weren't really lookin' at faces, anyway. Was lookin' at the ground.” As eye-witnesses could verify, the teen’s sleeves and gloves were back in place when he returned to work at the garage.
Given the timing of the death, surrounded by so much chaos, comparing the effects of Kevin’s abilities to the cause of death will likely be the primary forensic evidence to prove his involvement. Only those witnesses who first made statements could provide further insight. It will be up to the Port’s justice system to decide if the event was a murder or a tragic accident with a frightened adolescent.
Other News
- Mysterious Robots Loot Farmlands!
Several Sector 7 farms are reporting theft of a variety of agricultural goods, including grains, late summer vegetables, orchard apples and livestock. One farmer claims that while he was putting away equipment, he witnessed several moving objects on the edge of his property, shaped “like oversized garbage bins.” Inspecting along the broken fences during the following morning sirens, he found a set of tracks in the muddy grass leading south towards Sector 1. A witness made one similar claim of seeing “about five robots that looked like lidded metal pitchers with arms and legs” near a Sector 8 warehouse which reported several missing heaps of scrap metal and copper wiring this morning.
Inquiries are being made by the SPPD at SERO robotics division, as well as their smaller affiliated company, Violet Systems. Anyone with information about these agricultural burglaries is urged to come forward, and farm workers are warned to be on alert.
- And speaking of bizarre robotics...
The untagged white Mitsuoka Orochi last seen screaming away from Siren’s Port Car Dealership last Wednesday was spotted at noon on Friday by a patrolling SPPD squad car. Still a ‘phantom vehicle’ with no visible person in the drivers’ seat, it clocked well over 89mph on the radar gun. With seven squad cars soon in pursuit of the Orochi, a high speed car chase ensued, upsetting local traffic and taking out several daytime parking meters, trees, mailboxes, drive-through car wash spinners and eight pedestrians (who were immediately rushed to Siren’s Port General Hospital). When finally boxed in, near Turnabout Square in Sector 5, the car transformed into a large robot and simply stepped over the squad cars, zooming out of sight. Police were still searching for the car up until shortly before sirens, when the hunt was called off.
-Little Vittles, a restaurant owned by a pair of gnome chefs, has finally annexed a ‘Big-People Dining Room’ to it’s original establishment in Sector 3. Catering to the port’s community of dwarfs, size-shifters, and other “small people”, while this eatery may have shorter chairs and tables, it’s five-star rated tasting menu is big on flavor and the latest in haute cuisine.
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Weather Partly sunny, a mix of cloud and rain. High 20°C and a low of 14°C (68deg;F/57°F)
Current Moon Phase:Waning Crescent
Morning sirens go off at 7:06 am, and evening sirens are at 7:02 pm.
Teen Still Held on Murder Charge
By Lois Lane
Nearly two weeks ago Kevin Ford, fifteen years old, was charged with murder for the widely-reported death in the June riots. Kevin’s abilities, by his own assertion, decay any and all organic material which comes in direct contact with his skin. Police evidence reports this to be consistent with the cause of death, resulting in the murder charge, though without a statement from the apprehending citizen, it remains unclear how the boy was identified.
Though not as disadvantaged as some whose powers have surfaced since arriving at Siren’s Port, Kevin only developed his talents a year before being pulled by the Core. The Pull interrupted his schooling under instructors trained to help children like him gain control. Since then he has had the opportunity to continue practicing.
One of his instructors, Emma Frost, currently resides in the city as well. She has described discovering talents as being uniquely problematic due to social stigma. On the subject of adolescents developing them in particular, she has stated that “the explosion of hormones makes self-control difficult.”
In Kevin’s case, that unavoidable biological fact only compounded that the ability cannot be turned off. He avoids physical contact with people when possible, and wears his sleeves carefully tucked into his gloves, to prevent them rolling up. This does not, however, preclude the possibility of an accident-and certainly does not factor in crowds of emotional people.
When asked about the dead man, Kevin reported no recollection of his face. “There was a lot o' people, ma'am,” he stated in a Southern accent rarely heard in the city. “I couldn't 'member an individual face. Weren't really lookin' at faces, anyway. Was lookin' at the ground.” As eye-witnesses could verify, the teen’s sleeves and gloves were back in place when he returned to work at the garage.
Given the timing of the death, surrounded by so much chaos, comparing the effects of Kevin’s abilities to the cause of death will likely be the primary forensic evidence to prove his involvement. Only those witnesses who first made statements could provide further insight. It will be up to the Port’s justice system to decide if the event was a murder or a tragic accident with a frightened adolescent.
Other News
- Mysterious Robots Loot Farmlands!
Several Sector 7 farms are reporting theft of a variety of agricultural goods, including grains, late summer vegetables, orchard apples and livestock. One farmer claims that while he was putting away equipment, he witnessed several moving objects on the edge of his property, shaped “like oversized garbage bins.” Inspecting along the broken fences during the following morning sirens, he found a set of tracks in the muddy grass leading south towards Sector 1. A witness made one similar claim of seeing “about five robots that looked like lidded metal pitchers with arms and legs” near a Sector 8 warehouse which reported several missing heaps of scrap metal and copper wiring this morning.
Inquiries are being made by the SPPD at SERO robotics division, as well as their smaller affiliated company, Violet Systems. Anyone with information about these agricultural burglaries is urged to come forward, and farm workers are warned to be on alert.
- And speaking of bizarre robotics...
The untagged white Mitsuoka Orochi last seen screaming away from Siren’s Port Car Dealership last Wednesday was spotted at noon on Friday by a patrolling SPPD squad car. Still a ‘phantom vehicle’ with no visible person in the drivers’ seat, it clocked well over 89mph on the radar gun. With seven squad cars soon in pursuit of the Orochi, a high speed car chase ensued, upsetting local traffic and taking out several daytime parking meters, trees, mailboxes, drive-through car wash spinners and eight pedestrians (who were immediately rushed to Siren’s Port General Hospital). When finally boxed in, near Turnabout Square in Sector 5, the car transformed into a large robot and simply stepped over the squad cars, zooming out of sight. Police were still searching for the car up until shortly before sirens, when the hunt was called off.
-Little Vittles, a restaurant owned by a pair of gnome chefs, has finally annexed a ‘Big-People Dining Room’ to it’s original establishment in Sector 3. Catering to the port’s community of dwarfs, size-shifters, and other “small people”, while this eatery may have shorter chairs and tables, it’s five-star rated tasting menu is big on flavor and the latest in haute cuisine.
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