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A Touching Reunion of Old Friends

Some of you probably remember Nick Riley, that satyr that used to hang with the late Cassidy and those trolls. Well, looks like he's dead, or something. His old friend (one of the trolls that stormed the castle the night I lost my arm defending it, so he's my old friend, too) and that Eiluned chick -- the one that used to ride the Unicorn, and I mean that in the best possible way -- tracked him down and offed him since he had helped Dead Mad Duke Boy yank the Big D out of Dreamland.

This story is the version of these events being passed around by bored eshu. I don't know if this stuff is true or not. For one thing, we all know there's no such thing as the Shadow Court, other than as a stupid Samhain trick. But those eshu tell good stories, I must admit. Which is fine -- they must have some point in existing (although they do have a talent for coming at the right time, if you know what I mean)... But I'd really like to see this as an episode of "Cops," wouldn't you? Bad satyrs, bad satyrs, etc.

I made the page all pretty and shiny to match the glorious nobility of our protagonists. Don't the little stained glass lines stir something deep inside your faerie soul?

A Pirate Bimbo's Excuse

Oh, now this letter is priceless -- never mind how I got it. That little troll pirate girl that used to hang out at Cassidy's wrote it to try to excuse her pals' maiming me and killing my pal -- it was all a nameless noblewoman who made 'em do it, along with that shifty private dick, and a whole lotta confusion.

And supposedly that Charge guy -- where the hell do all these trolls come from, anyway? -- did it all just to help his crawler pal. I thought he was just a murdering creep, but that's just me. He's supposedly all seelie now (not only are we up to our asses in trolls, but they all keep trying to pass as reformed heroes now) and full of remorse for his heinous crime. Woe is him.

I just want to know who "Lady Somebody" was. We'll have to rule out the Eiluned chicks Lady "I've got a ferret in my pants" Jacqueline and Countess "I'm too ridiculous for just one clever nickname" Ava, because neither of them would have any authority at the Palace (Darth Dumas sez of Eiluned in power in Novanglia, "There can be only one!"). So let's see, at the time the noble babes whose names would have meant anything to the guardsmen were names of other guards -- there was Baroness Rose ("Me big troll! Grrr"), Lady Andrea ("Me other big troll! Grrr") and Lady "My dad is hangin' out with Elvis in Arcadia" Sorana of House Fiona -- the Matriarchy of the Palace Guard. I'm thinking it was one of the trolls, just because there were so many other of the blue meanies involved. Yeah, they talk a big line about duty and honor, but where was all that when they attacked the Palace in force? I guess they must miss the days of the Ogre, or something. I guess Sir Edward had to die 'cause he wouldn't join their little evil smurf party.

Whatever. I'm not really a conspiracy theorist (although you know, what I just wrote makes some kinda sense; I just need to figure out how Rose's renunciation of her title works into it), I know stuff is screwed up, so I'm willing to admit it was all a cock-up -- I'm quite fond of cocks being up, as a matter of fact -- proving that terrible things happen because everyone in the whole damn world is an incompetent bastard.

OOC: Eloise's letter has been up on the main page since May, but it made sense to link it from here, too.

Diary of a Noble Whacko

Some of you may have seen this one before, but I get a chuckle every time I read it. Proof that no matter what Darth Dumas says, our Dear Departed Duke did something to screw over our Other Dear Departed Duke (oh, wait, sorry, I know Asterlan just hasn't come back because he's following up another lead to find Arcadia and take us all home) and was in on the dragon thing from day one. And that he was a first-class weirdo. Some people swore they'd give their right arm for this guy -- heh, when I was young and foolish, I did. You just can't trust the nobility -- what freaks.

You know, now that I think about it, maybe it was Lady Sorana who sent those people to attak the Palace, so they could off her uncle -- either because she knew he was an idiot, or because treachery runs in the family.

OOC: This diary entry has been up on the Midsummer page for a while, but Moog's scandal sheet is probably the in-game source for it.

OOC: Watch this space for current rumors and so forth about other characters in the game.

As soon as I know what people are playing and what they've been up to, of course. Help me, won't you?