news feed; Friday, April 6th, 2012

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Friday, April 6th 2012

Weather Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon showers. High 10°C and a low of 2°C (50deg;F/36°F)

Current Moon Phase: Full Moon

Morning sirens go off at 6:40am, and evening sirens are at 7:49pm.


News & Advertisements

- It’s Tartan Day at the Underground Mall’s Major’s Club. Wear your kilt, or anything tartan plaid, and your first round’s on us! Bagpipers will be playing on the lawn from 3-6pm, and later from 8pm-10pm.


- In preparation for the Flying Machines Class race in the upcoming Spring Aerial, the Henry Milton Technology Museum will be awarding full race sponsorship, construction materials & a labor crew to build 5 Unique Flying Machine Designs. Blueprint proposals must be submitted by the deadline of Monday, April 9th. Winning models will undergo 48 hour construction, the building process filmed for a TV special, unveiled at the fairgrounds on the 12th for a test run.

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[thelittlestbub]

( Note on the main fridge door in the HoA )

( Taped to Emma's Bedroom door )

( Waiting for Kenzo Tenma at the Nurse's Station at the hospital: )

( Prayer to Archangel Michael: )

[OOC: If anyone wants action, please PM/IM me first. Jubes is not leaving the island; she's just taking off for a couple of days to get her head straight. She switched shifts at the Gate so she's off for the weekend. She won't answer anything until the 8th. For the telepaths: (Emma especially) she was taught to hide her psychic signature. She's doing that with bells on. She also stole an image inducer. She's now wandering around looking like this. She's not masking her scent/aura/whatever, so can still be found.]

video

[ace_of_knaves]

[Joker is in an orange jumpsuit and is clearly sitting in a cell at the asylum. Occasionally a shadow flickers past; that of a passing guard or doctor.]

Howdy-doody, world!

[He smiles.]

Don't worry, I may be behind bars, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten about my adoring public! In honor of the season I've arranged an Easter Egg Hunt for the whole city! No need to thank me. The kiddies always get to have all the fun. I think the grown ups should join in too, don't you?

[He leans in towards the NV]

I'd hurry up and find those eggs, though. Or on Monday this burg is gonna have one heck of a fireworks display!

((ooc: More about the egg hunt here. Remember, you don't have to ask me if it's okay for your character to find an egg! Just have fun with it and run into any type of egg you'd like.))

voice;

[cruelwonder]

Those children are working me to the very bone, I swear--

[She sighs ruefully, shifting. She says something else but her NV doesn't catch it; she's too busy moving some things first.]

Ms. Gloria, the actual owner of the orphanage here in the city, hardly seems to have time these days. I certainly don't blame her for it; she's been in talks with someone for the past week. She comes in looking terribly ragged.

[And she does worry about the woman, though she's mostly afraid she'll be left to care for the kids on her own.]

But I haven't the foggiest idea what to do for these children. Is it acceptable to take them out and about? The children back home were always allowed to come and go as they pleased during the day... But I know that's not as acceptable in this time. I worry that someone might try to take them when I turn away for even a moment.

[A pause.]

And even if I were to take them out, what would we do? What places in the city would be appropriate or even enjoyable for them? The oldest is twelve and the youngest is five and there's only fifteen of them in total here. I suppose a show of some sort wouldn't hurt, and they'd need to be quiet--

[She trails off.]

I suppose I'll think of something. But I had another question for the network...about these 'powers' people have. Is there any way for someone to get lessons on these things? Or, perhaps, some advisement of some type? [A pause.] I'm asking because of the children. [Except she's not.] What have most of you done about your abilities if you didn't have them naturally at home?

VIO-S ↑ 16.38 [Video]

[excellentviolet]

Good morning, fellow newcomers. My name is Lee Chaolan, President and CEO of Violet Systems.

I've been considering that with the amount of newcomer-owned businesses here that we should set aside a little time to celebrate our work and share it with the rest of the island in a grand event. With that in mind, I'd like to know what you would think of a weekend-long Newcomer Business Convention-- not just to showcase our products and work, but also to help make it easier for some of our fellow newcomers to find employment in newcomer-run jobs.

At the same time, it would also be nice to have panel discussions on running newcomer businesses and even how to start up businesses for those with high hopes of creating one.

Let me know what you think, or if you'd be willing to participate. I'll be bringing this up with the Newcomer Political Party if the responses turn out favorable. I would want to help keep this kind of affair as neutral as possible, so as to be fair to all newcomers.

[ooc: do see the coordination post here!]