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The Bardsong DMs ([personal profile] dm_screen) wrote in [community profile] messaging_realms2021-03-26 08:24 pm

TRU04: PROPHECIES

[Whether due to lazy staff, a clerical error, or an intent to send a message, each unit in Concord Crossing awakens to a bundled-up periodical on its doorstep in the morning...]






THE CONCORD TRUTHOGRAM
"The most honest and trustworthy publication in Concord!"


CONCORD CULT'S ENDGAME
REPTILIAN RELIGION'S RAPTURE IS REALIZED




The signs can be ignored no longer: the reptilian pygmy cultists of Concord are bent on bringing about their own depraved prophecy of the end times. Our exclusive eyewitnesses have witnessed one reptile seemingly suffering from a festering plague, and another revealing itself to be an angelic harbinger of the apocalypse; investigation is ongoing as to whether or not any actual people will be harmed in the cult's self-made armageddon or whether the rest of us can simply leave them to their wretched devices and idolatry, as well as the true nature of the strange, demonic goat that appears to serve as the cult's supposed deity. One reporter has spied it within the Priory during a late-night investigative visit to a Warlock's private (Continued on page 3)

A PRINCESS' PASSIONATE PLOY
The dread Princess Corrin's imperial aims for Concord have taken a strange turn: unwilling to risk a scrap of power falling to anyone outside the Cabal's inner circle, eyewitnesses have reported that Corrin has abandoned her habit of taking beastmen consorts and has instead begun courting one of her own lieutenants as a sultry royal bride-to-be. Our political analysts believe they plan for the institution of an oppressive matriarchy where men will be collared and (Continued on page 4)

KEEPING WATCH
Whether a proactive measure of caution or an indicator of weakening faith in their own literal Starfallen dogs, the Concord so-called "Astronomical Society" has begun hiring private investigators to spy upon Starfallen activities outside of the city proper. Unsurprisingly the moral fiber of this Secret Police seems to be lacking, as an undercover journalist has witnessed one of them approaching a vulnerable newcomer and "...feeding her his pocket sausage". Despite the (Continued on page 6)

PARDON MY CANDOR
Allow me to be the first to say what everyone with half a brain already knows: so-called 'drunken and disorderly conduct' isn't a real crime, and certainly not one that would call for a month and a half of 'community service'. Let's all just call it what it is: The Concord so-called "Astronomical Society" has moved straightaway into brazen totalitarianism and a transparent effort to oppress independent journalism in (Continued on page 8, "Letters from the editor")





[The Starfallen quickly all congregate on the same page in the Liber Nuntiorum to discuss it...]
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[personal profile] autumnbold 2021-03-27 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
why would they do that

is there anything i should know

did they write about you
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[personal profile] a_sweet_little_peach 2021-03-27 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure exactly why they do it.

Um... I don't think they're doing anything that would put you at risk, if that's what you're asking about.

Yeah, they did. Weird things, more than hurtful. They think I'm the, um... demonic God, of you guys. Kobolds, I mean.
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[personal profile] autumnbold 2021-03-27 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
oh

you do not look like a god

or any god i know

but i do not know many

the god of kobolds is kurtulmak though

or lady tiamat

it is not you

you are just a friend
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[personal profile] a_sweet_little_peach 2021-03-27 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[He considers writing something like 'You wound me, Asra' but at best then she'd actually believe he was a god. No thanks.]

Kurtulmak, huh? Maybe I'd like them better.

[Not that that's a challenge, exactly.]

I'm very glad to be your friend, Asra.
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[personal profile] autumnbold 2021-03-27 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
you should ask Lord Rakka about it

he seems to know more about it than i do

but it is nice to have friends

i hope they stop saying mean things
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[personal profile] a_sweet_little_peach 2021-03-28 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
I hope so too! I will probably speak to Rakka later. He's very nice and understanding.