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Our first issue was a great success and was received with open arms. But if you thought the first issue was good, you will find that this issue is even better! Packed with news, sports, and gossip! You won't be able to put it down until you are done reading the entire paper!
Amaltea thu-Darelir
The Oracle Editor
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, My name is Jodiah Ayreg, and I'm employeed at the Dragon's Breath Forge here in Rhy'Din City. Your recent publication of the The Oracle rather mistakenly referred to a gnome by name of Zorbenastrocalipermeneotullis, working here at the "Jodiah Ayreg Forge." While it is no secret that I eek out my humble existance in life slaving over billows, molding steel and silver, I rather take offense at having my future and my job here at the Dragon's Breath so waved under my nose by the owner of the forge, who apparently seems to think that I am responsible for that snippit on page six.
Though I understand it is too late to simply recall the June issue of The Oracle, I would demand and expect a correction to be published in the next issue that comes out. If such expectations are not met, rest assured I would make it my goal in life to introduce the writer of that article in the finer points of my very unbridled rage, and that the Watch will be scraping pieces of him off the walls of his home for years to come. Respectfully yours, J. Ayreg
DEAR MR. AYREG: We apologize for the misprint, because it was indeed a misprint. The quote was supposed to read: The only known photo of the gnome Zorbenastrocalipermeneotullis (otherwise known as Bob) at the Dragon's Breath Forge, creating a new dagger for a RhyDin client. One word of advice for you Mr. Ayreg, one should never threaten a reporter, especially a photographer. There could be some very embarrassing pictures coming up!
DEAR EDITOR, I've got a serious complaint with the street cleaning crew in RhyDin. Simply because I live in the Dockside region of the city, it doesn't mean I appreciate the level of detrius left upon the streets come sunrise. Can we not find new places to dispose of our victims? It's getting so I can't walk out to the paper for the unconscious victims of theft, the drained corpses, and the stinking-drunk sailors.
I like my view of the bay, and don't want to have to put up privacy fencing. I understand the need for discretion, but perhaps, a different area would be nice? Say … Battlefield Park? It's nice there this time of year. And less crowded. SINCERELY, M. SILVERWING, SILVERWING MANOR, DOCKSIDE.
DEAR MR. SILVERWING: I sympathize with you, I can only imagine the smell, especially this time of the year. Hopefully the people responsible for this mess are reading this message and will start burying their victim's corpses in Battlefield Park. Not only will the air in Dockside smell better, but the corpses will work as great fertilizer for the park. Let's help the environment!
Common Goods
At Uncommon Prices
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CITIZENS OF RHY'DIN, I have been visiting RhyDin while serving as a Technician aboard several space freighters for a while now and have made use of the local carriage taxi services for my domestic travel needs. Up until my last visit I had not noticed anything peculiar, but all of that has changed now that I find myself stranded here for a lengthier stay.
It occurred to me the other day that I have been getting quite a few leprechauns as drivers on most of my taxi rides. This seemed especially true around the areas of the Red Dragon Inn, and the Dancing Dragon Cantina. At first I blamed the ale and other drinks thinking perhaps they had made my judgement concerning the frequency of leprechaun drivers a little skewed. However, I enlisted the help of some local youths to do some research and have discovered that I was not imagining it at all.
Out of thirty two taxi rides in a one week span, twenty seven of those trips had leprechaun drivers. This included rides from three different carriage companies and each of them had more leps as drivers than other qualified beings.
I asked one of my non-leprechaun drivers what was going on, and he told me that the leprechauns are being hired on as non-union drivers to replace older non-lep ones who do belong to the Carriage Drivers Union. Apparently the leps don't require as much pay, with their pots of gold and all, and they are simply stealing the jobs from others as some sort of concerted prank. If this is true, then what happens when they have finished their prank? Are we to be without taxi drivers in RhyDin at all?
I wish somebody would do something about this! Is it necessary that every taxi ride we take be one with a little man dressed in green at the reigns simply to save the carriage companies a few bucks? I say no! The cost of hay has not increased so much that discriminatory hiring is required. I would like the citizens of RhyDin to boycott all carriage taxi services that hire non-union leprechauns until we see results. Thank you, KAXYL, A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND FREQUENT TAXI PASSENGER
DEAR KAXYL, Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. I was wondering why the drivers were so short, I thought it was a new requirement and that their outfits were some sort of uniform. Maybe even a fashion statement! One can never tell. Coincidentally, there is a related article on Page two. But let's look at the bright side. We can grab these leprechauns by their little shoulders and demand they drive us to their pot of gold!
We want to hear from you. Send your ((private)) message to Amaltea. Selected messages will be printed in the next issue of The Oracle.
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Custom orders, or off the shelf weaponry available to those with proper ID and resources.
Please see Azjah or Klinton Caer for details and pricing.
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Mr. Eren Page, a recently hired cub reporter and photographer for this paper, died suddenly (and quite bizarrely) at 9:45 p.m. on June 20th. He was 20 years old. Eren is survived by his parents and two younger sisters who reside in RhyDin. Mr. Page was brutally murdered and drained of a large quantity of his blood while on an assignment for the Oracle. Funeral services will be held this Friday at 10, at the First Congregational Church of RhyDin. The family requests that donations would be made to the RhyDin Heartburn and Athletes Foot Research Center.
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Cargo Hauling, cheeeeeeap! — Courier for hire, I can take anything anywhere you want it to go. Contact box in the Red Dragon Inn, room five. Fees negotiable. Misty
Hellballs Leather Goods — "When you need more than skin, Hellballs Leather Goods. After all, it's your hide you are protecting." — To place your order or for more information contact Woody Sprite. You can leave a message for him at the Red Dragon Inn.
To submit your classified send a ((private)) message to the Editor.
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