Writing Yellow Journalism is Pure Joy
Feb. 25th, 2021 09:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
breezeshadowDay two of pain from the weather, thanks it going nearly to 60 yesterday, then right back to maybe 40 max today. Leaving me bloody exhausted, so time for the broken brain icon (which cracks me up).
But that's not why you're here. Here's an excerpt from last NaNoWriMo. Part II of AG is supposed to start each chapter with a news article, and they are pure sensationalism. I'd tell you more, but honestly it hurts to type, so I'm just going to post it and go back to SPORE.
Stray Sorcerer Skulking Side Streets! Who is Io’s latest street rat?
What a busy week in Io! Io residents have barely had time to recover from the demi doctor before contending with a new problem! Several residents have reported seeing a new stray wandering the streets — and doing magic!
“I’m absolutely certain he swiped my sandwich,” one woman we interviewed told us, clutching her handbag close to her. “It was the only meal I was going to have to myself in between taking care of the children and managing the estate, and then it was gone!”
Our hungry housewife was not the only one to report such happenings, however. There are multiple reports of food either vanishing or floating out of people’s hands, typically toward an alleyway. Those who have followed their food reported seeing a dirty, scrawny thing that might have been a man.
“He looked too old to be crawling around in alleyways,” a day labourer told us. “And I don’t know if his skin is normally that brown colour or if he is that dirty.”
Reports describe the man as thin with long black hair and bright grey eyes — a sure sign of a mage. His skin is brown but no one knows for sure if he just needs a bath or is a stowaway from an Eroqian ship.
“The Eroqian Empire’s crackdown on the dryad rebellions has extended to many mages, dryad or otherwise. There has then been a sharp uptick in asylum seekers from the continent.” Dr. *whoknows*, a professor in political science from Rezten University, explained to us. “These people come over with little more than their clothes. It is possible that the Io man could be from Eroqu, but I am not aware of any reports of a telepath going through customs.”
Eroqian stowaway or filthy madman? Whatever he is, we recommend our dear readers visit Taylor’s Telepaths in east Io and get themselves some telepathic protection. Who knows what this man will do next!
By the way: this man is Meander. I was creating him in Sims 4 and realized that I liked his look when he wasn't another pale man, and I need more diversity in my cast anyway.
Tschuess.
But that's not why you're here. Here's an excerpt from last NaNoWriMo. Part II of AG is supposed to start each chapter with a news article, and they are pure sensationalism. I'd tell you more, but honestly it hurts to type, so I'm just going to post it and go back to SPORE.
Stray Sorcerer Skulking Side Streets! Who is Io’s latest street rat?
What a busy week in Io! Io residents have barely had time to recover from the demi doctor before contending with a new problem! Several residents have reported seeing a new stray wandering the streets — and doing magic!
“I’m absolutely certain he swiped my sandwich,” one woman we interviewed told us, clutching her handbag close to her. “It was the only meal I was going to have to myself in between taking care of the children and managing the estate, and then it was gone!”
Our hungry housewife was not the only one to report such happenings, however. There are multiple reports of food either vanishing or floating out of people’s hands, typically toward an alleyway. Those who have followed their food reported seeing a dirty, scrawny thing that might have been a man.
“He looked too old to be crawling around in alleyways,” a day labourer told us. “And I don’t know if his skin is normally that brown colour or if he is that dirty.”
Reports describe the man as thin with long black hair and bright grey eyes — a sure sign of a mage. His skin is brown but no one knows for sure if he just needs a bath or is a stowaway from an Eroqian ship.
“The Eroqian Empire’s crackdown on the dryad rebellions has extended to many mages, dryad or otherwise. There has then been a sharp uptick in asylum seekers from the continent.” Dr. *whoknows*, a professor in political science from Rezten University, explained to us. “These people come over with little more than their clothes. It is possible that the Io man could be from Eroqu, but I am not aware of any reports of a telepath going through customs.”
Eroqian stowaway or filthy madman? Whatever he is, we recommend our dear readers visit Taylor’s Telepaths in east Io and get themselves some telepathic protection. Who knows what this man will do next!
By the way: this man is Meander. I was creating him in Sims 4 and realized that I liked his look when he wasn't another pale man, and I need more diversity in my cast anyway.
Tschuess.
