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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 5434359" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Serial Killer on the Loose in Daunton: City Watch Hires Ruffians to Investigate</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Reporters with the Screamer just discovered that City Watch officiers withheld information that was crucial to the safety and well-being of Dauntonian citizens</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> - a series of gruesome murders occurred all over the city over the past few days; from outside the nefarious Hanged Man Tavern to the posh estates of Hill Lane to the not-so-secret high-rolling gambling den beneath the Chipped Flask to a random merchant ship in the harbor!</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Watch hasn't released the names of the victims, but our investigators place the total somewhere near forty - all gruesomely dismembered in an inhuman fashion, according to a reliable eye witness.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">A near riot broke out across Daunton late last night after rumors of the killings spread through the city. It started with armed groups of "citizen's guard" roaming the streets to "defend the city against the murders" and ended in a spree of looting, a small fire that burned five houses and a warehouse before it was brought under control, and several armed clashes with the city watch.</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We managed to get a quick word with Lieutenant Marien Raiv of the City Watch this morning and she released the following statement:</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"The City Watch withheld the information to prevent just the sort of riotous behavior we witnessed last night. Not only was the City Watch investing significant manpower in the case, we also hired a group of trained, reliable, professional, and highly skilled outside investigators to help bring the case to a conclusion."</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"Thanks in part to their leads, the City Watch assaulted the hideouts of the secretive devil-worshiping cult that was responsible for the murders, killing several dozen of the psychopathic killers to the loss of only a few militia. You have my word and the word of the City Watch that the murders are at an end. The streets of Daunton are again safe... well, as safe as they ever were. Wait, I didn't mean... that last bit was off the record, can you leave it off? You will? Thank you."</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">While the murder spree caused by the cultists may be over, a Screamer reporter spotted said "professional outside investigators" - a group that includes an elemental, an old woman, and a pacifist in their midst - entering the Chipped Flask just before this copy went into circulation.</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Not only did this group reportedly assault some residents of a house near the Hanged Man Tavern, causing significant property damage, they also started a fight with unknown personages down by the docks, reportedly killing several. And why is the group still at the Chipped Flask if the case is closed?</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Our crack investigators will continue to bring you the latest as we uncover it.</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 5434359, member: 60965"] [CENTER][FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][B]Serial Killer on the Loose in Daunton: City Watch Hires Ruffians to Investigate[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [LEFT][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]Reporters with the Screamer just discovered that City Watch officiers withheld information that was crucial to the safety and well-being of Dauntonian citizens[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] - a series of gruesome murders occurred all over the city over the past few days; from outside the nefarious Hanged Man Tavern to the posh estates of Hill Lane to the not-so-secret high-rolling gambling den beneath the Chipped Flask to a random merchant ship in the harbor! The Watch hasn't released the names of the victims, but our investigators place the total somewhere near forty - all gruesomely dismembered in an inhuman fashion, according to a reliable eye witness.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] A near riot broke out across Daunton late last night after rumors of the killings spread through the city. It started with armed groups of "citizen's guard" roaming the streets to "defend the city against the murders" and ended in a spree of looting, a small fire that burned five houses and a warehouse before it was brought under control, and several armed clashes with the city watch.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] We managed to get a quick word with Lieutenant Marien Raiv of the City Watch this morning and she released the following statement:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] "The City Watch withheld the information to prevent just the sort of riotous behavior we witnessed last night. Not only was the City Watch investing significant manpower in the case, we also hired a group of trained, reliable, professional, and highly skilled outside investigators to help bring the case to a conclusion."[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] "Thanks in part to their leads, the City Watch assaulted the hideouts of the secretive devil-worshiping cult that was responsible for the murders, killing several dozen of the psychopathic killers to the loss of only a few militia. You have my word and the word of the City Watch that the murders are at an end. The streets of Daunton are again safe... well, as safe as they ever were. Wait, I didn't mean... that last bit was off the record, can you leave it off? You will? Thank you."[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] While the murder spree caused by the cultists may be over, a Screamer reporter spotted said "professional outside investigators" - a group that includes an elemental, an old woman, and a pacifist in their midst - entering the Chipped Flask just before this copy went into circulation.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] Not only did this group reportedly assault some residents of a house near the Hanged Man Tavern, causing significant property damage, they also started a fight with unknown personages down by the docks, reportedly killing several. And why is the group still at the Chipped Flask if the case is closed?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] Our crack investigators will continue to bring you the latest as we uncover it.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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