Orb Post // 6th of Rebirth's Height

[for_that_i_run]

I finally made it to one of the small towns near West Haven, well, town might be a bit of a poor description. It is a very small grouping of houses no more than three families live here. But as some of you were very interested in helping the King with West Haven I thought I should tell you what I learned from the people here.
Most were surprised to learn that West Haven was so nearby. They had heard something had happened there but they didn’t seem to know where West Haven actually was. One older gentleman flat out told me there wasn’t any place like that. He seemed very convinced of it even if his granddaughter was not--…

[Suddenly a girlish squeal interrupts what ever Eagle was saying. ]

Did you really run off with the milkmaid!?

Eh? What?

No, he didn’t run off with the milkmaid! It was the Knight who ran off with the milkmaid and broke his heart!

What milkmaid?

[A third voice chimes in with those of the other two girls. ]

Yer both wrong, he left the King’s service to look for his long lost sister…

But, I don’t have a sist…--

…who was kidnapped by river pirates and taken to a land where the sun never shines due to a curse a wizard placed on the land.

[The fantastical rumors of the Schwanheim town bulletin board have made their way here at lightening speed. ]

[OOC: Grey are the townspeople's voices. ]

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[shiromadoushi]

...Having some trouble...?

[for_that_i_run]

Some how these people seem to have developed some strange ideas.

I don't think I have even met a milkmaid!

[shiromadoushi]

There seems to be a lot of rumors like that around...

[[Reasons he's ditched his robes and hat for the day. He thought he saw a fangirl and no no no no]]

[for_that_i_run]

I guess talking about us gives them something to do.

[Going incognito is a very good idea. It might even be safer that way.]

You must have returned from that little trip safely? Have they begun saying anything about that?

[shiromadoushi]

[[Or as incognito as one could with his hair. Though the hat was much more noticeable!]]

I don't doubt that they have..! [[a small laugh]] I've been trying to avoid being close enough to hear any, though.

[for_that_i_run]

That might be a wise idea! I had no idea they would be so interested in rumors like that.

Maybe I should start a few instead of having them all be about me.

[sorcerous]

This is not a surprise. West Haven, after all, doesn't exist any longer, either.

[shiromadoushi]

But wouldn't that just add to the problem?

[for_that_i_run]

Perhaps, but they would be troubling some one else.

[Eagle chuckles, clearly not seriously considering doing this to anyone. ]

[for_that_i_run]

It doesn't? So you all managed to solve what ever the problem was?

[shiromadoushi]

Aaa, but if you did that and that person had the same thought, there'd be no end to it! Unless you started rumors about the people starting rumours...

[for_that_i_run]

If I knew who it was who was starting all of these rumors that would be a fine idea. It couldn't hurt to give that person a little taste of this.

[shiromadoushi]

I think it's the person who keeps putting those list of them up on the board in town... Though I really don't know anything about them, or even who they are!

[for_that_i_run]

I thought it might be that person, but I have never heard who they really are either.
Sadly the people in this world don't seem to have any better news system in this land at all. They don't even bother to check their facts before telling people things.

[shiromadoushi]

That's not very different than anywhere else, I'd think.

[for_that_i_run]

Rumors always exist, that is true, but the complete lack of reliable information is something unique to this world.

[Some one is missing his data feeds and news reports from home. ]

[shiromadoushi]

Really? Even back home, you couldn't always find out what had gone on... [[Goodness knows half the things that went on the network sure as anything weren't covered by the papers... and not everything resolved on the network!]]

[tatra]

My goodness, Eagle Vision, how inappropriate!

[for_that_i_run]

You didn't have news reports? I know even they are not always entirely reliable, but they are usually better than rumors and bulletin boards. More easily updated too.

[shiromadoushi]

Un, but they never really covered the important things... [[heck, even the Domino papers never covered the right things!]]

[for_that_i_run]

That really must have been a surprising thing to hear! Not something you would have expected in an innocent orb post.

[tatra]

I never knew you were such a romantic.

[for_that_i_run]

They didn't? How sad. It must have been difficult to find out what was going on.

[for_that_i_run]

In this case, nether did I. Apparently some one assumed that must have been the reason I did not chose to return to the castle.

[He actually finds it a bit funny. ]

[tatra]

Will you be returning with your mysterious milkmaid?