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Fandom Island Gazette, Saturday
Carl stood at his desk, hand on his hip as frowned down at his pile of Gazettes. The front page consisted of a photo of the building with the new 'Fandom Island Gazette' sign, and an editorial introducing the paper. That had not been his first choice for a full colour splash front page story, but apparently editors weren't as powerful as he'd always believed.
In a sort of personal retaliation, the paper also had few of the stories from his first run added back in, as well as a small tidbit about the Community Center class he'd attended earlier in the week.
As close to Real News as he'd had a chance to get, what with being the only staff.
Scattered between the articles were the fewhandwavy NPC ads he'd scrounged up and some pictures from around town. In his mind, space filler. Per 'The Purse', as Carl was now calling his backer, it was "Community Interest, Carl. Romance. People will buy more of a product if it's something they care about."
What that meant, Carl had no idea; people didn't buy multiple copies of a paper!
He opened the top issue of the Gazette and ran a critical eye over it. In the middle of a random column, was the worst of the whole thing, though. A brief notice that he hoped like hell no one read:
The Fandom Island Gazette is proud to announce the newest addition to our staff, Aunt Fanny, as our new Advice columnist. Not only a fellow Fandom resident, Aunt Fanny has years of experience and would love to share some of it with you. Please send your letters for Aunt Fanny care of the Gazette Office, 4 Apocalypse Ave.
Carl ran a hand over his face and sighed. He hated answering advice column letters. Maybe he actually could hire someone?
[I am AFK until about 10pm EST, so pings will be slow! OCDcoming up!]
In a sort of personal retaliation, the paper also had few of the stories from his first run added back in, as well as a small tidbit about the Community Center class he'd attended earlier in the week.
As close to Real News as he'd had a chance to get, what with being the only staff.
Scattered between the articles were the few
What that meant, Carl had no idea; people didn't buy multiple copies of a paper!
He opened the top issue of the Gazette and ran a critical eye over it. In the middle of a random column, was the worst of the whole thing, though. A brief notice that he hoped like hell no one read:
The Fandom Island Gazette is proud to announce the newest addition to our staff, Aunt Fanny, as our new Advice columnist. Not only a fellow Fandom resident, Aunt Fanny has years of experience and would love to share some of it with you. Please send your letters for Aunt Fanny care of the Gazette Office, 4 Apocalypse Ave.
Carl ran a hand over his face and sighed. He hated answering advice column letters. Maybe he actually could hire someone?
[I am AFK until about 10pm EST, so pings will be slow! OCD
Talk to Carl
Society Page
The gossip should be links to SPs, any play that may have missed the Radio, or perhaps something that got underplayed in the Radio or the players just want emphasized.
Rules for gossip:
1. All players involved in the linked thread have to be good with it showing up as gossip MADE PUBLIC
2. The post/thread had to POSSIBLY be overheard or seen by someone with no effort
3. ICly the reader of the paper will only know what the gossip said in the comment section of the paper, and not what was behind the link in the actual thread. So make it awesomesauce gossip
4. State what happened in a way that will hint to the IC readers how to take the information, and provide a link so the OOC peeps can enjoy it. For example,
- this didn’t get on radio somehow: "Topher ended his work day at Stark’s with a bang, blowing up the shop with an experiment regarding caff-pow and mentos. Kenzie put him up to it." [www.topherblowsupstarks.fh.com]
- Our SP thread from last week that totally needs mentioning again because we just finished it: "Jan broke her leg trying to climb an angel last week, poor thing. For once Deadpool didn't make a joke about it. How sweet. Are we quite sure he's well?" [www.deadpoolpunchesstoneangel.fh.com]
- the visit was on radio, but I totally want it printed as gossip, too: "Alum Dinah Lance was in town, holding hands with fellow alum, Priestly, as they strolled the park late into the night. Hmmmmmm." [www.dinahpriestlyforeverzomg.fh.com]
- Anakin-mun and I both want this NFB thread printed as misheard: "Max and Anakin totally hugged it out on the boardwalk today." [www.bloodontheasphalt.fh.com]
Link us up!
Dear Aunt Fanny
Send Aunt Fanny a letter and get a response!
For example,
Dear Aunt Fannie,
My tooth fell out last week and I swallowed it. Now my stomach won't stop growling. Did I grow a new mouth in my stomach?
~Confused
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Dear Aunt Fanny:
Any tips on getting fur out of teeth?
~ Still Hungry on Apocalypse
OOC