NEWSPAPER - SUNDAY EDITION (Shh this is totally on Sunday)

[genpcs]

[ Did you subscribe to The Genessia Tribune? Did you even remotely wish you had a newspaper or some other form of media to refer to for news, weather, and current events? Then you're in luck! There's a paperboy riding through the streets of Genessia flinging newspapers onto doorsteps or, if you're unlucky, through your window. Even remote locations in the other cities will still get a paper if one of the residents ever wanted one. The Paperboy is just that dedicated. ]

[ And if you're one of the following people, and you happen to subscribe to the newspaper, the Paperboy may or may not have flung the newspaper through that person's window, at the person, and/or broke something in the area: Rapunzel, Yuuko Ichihara, Roma Hoito, Kija, Cheshire Cat, Luke Triton, Charlotte, Remilia Scarlet. ]


Singles Ads: VALENTINE'S EDITION~!

Flexible in More Ways than One!
Cute, funny girl who's easygoing and very flexible. She has a great sense of fashion and a brilliant smile. Very outgoing and will lighten your day. [ Attached is Ty Lee's number. ]

A Cutting-Edge Lady!
Mysterious swordswoman, and acting master of a powerful guild! A relaxing bath or a powerful spar - she's free for one lucky lad or lady. [ Attached is Erza's number. ]

Ice Ice Baby, Ba nuh nuh nuh nana nuh nuh.
Regal and elegant woman with very special powers. Build a snowman or just have fun going ice skating. Very shy, but warms up in time. [ Attached is Elsa's number. ]

Hot Hottie for Hot Valentine's Lovin'
If you love confidence in a woman, there's no better person to turn to than this amazing woman right here! A high ranking member of society and somebody you can really look up to to follow. She's got quite a fiery personality and a great smile! [ Attached is Azula's number. ]

Get ready for cavities!
An outgoing girl who has quite a sweet tooth. She enjoys getting her hands dirty, making new friends, and stirring up fun (and occasional trouble in the process). Watch your weapons folks! [ Attached is Ruby's number. ]

Where the White Women At?
Cute bubbly albino girl seeks someone nice and willing to give her lots of hugs and candy. Warning: she has a very protective 'twin sister'. [ Attached is Shiro's number. ]

Get Dolled Up!
Ever heard of the saying 'the best gifts often come in the smallest packages'? Well, if you treat her like a lady, this elegant and witty doll will be the best Valentines' Day date you could ever wish for. [ Attached is Suigintou's number. ]

Cuddle King
Mysterious, quiet guy in need of someone to bring him out of his shell. Loves cuddling and close proximity. Hang on him at all times so he doesn't run away. [ Attached is Zeref's number. ]

Doctor Doctor Gimme the News! I've Got a Bad Case of Lovin' You!
An M.D. with a lot of love to give. A true humanitarian who loves saving lives in the operating room. Earn his infinite interest today! [ Attached is Hagire's number. ]

Picked for Love
This gal's got a bangin' body and a sweet smile. She loves the city, street vendor food, and snuggling up with her potential man. She could be the jewel of your heart this Valentine's Day! [ Attached is Emerald's number. ]

Find Poetry Between You and She
If you're looking for a fiery woman with a dangerous side to her, this very sexy demon lady is definitely for you. She's looking for an intelligent and strong partner who would read her some poems by Dante Alighieri by a nice fire place. [ Attached is Sayla's number. ]

Give me down to there hair
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair! Watch out for this girl's very long hair to match a very beautiful heart. She loves to paint and cook, so you'll know you'll never go hungry with her around! Very sweet and friendly to boot! [ Attached is Rapunzel's number. ]

Skip the Sizzlers, go for THIS Sizzlin' Hottie!
Look out for this bombshell! The lovely woman is smoking hot and has a spicy personality to go with it. Don't you just love a confident, sexy woman who can heat up your love life? [ Attached is Cinder's number. ]

Good luck getting your Valentine's Som'Somethin'! Are you a lonely sadsack? Maybe placing an ad will change your luck! Send in a submission to see your ad in next week's paper! Names will not be shown, so be sure to include your radio frequency number. Who knows? You might meet someone dreamy! Or a creepy stalker! Try your luck today!




Cupid's Kerfuffle! Part 2

Things are heating up with Cupid's arrows. Hundreds of arrows have been found, it's a wonder no one got hit on their way down! Where are they all coming from!? Is he intentionally losing them multiple times or are there really this many!? Stay tuned to next week for our interview with Cupid where he barks the truth at us!





Groundhog's Grinding Results!
On Groundhog Day, Gary the Groundhog was released into the wild and we learned one vital thing... Spring is coming! Woohoo! Let's just hope the weather seems to match that.





Wacky Weather Woes
Apologies from the paper from last week. Our weather reporter's lows were a little on the high side... way on the high side. Good thing they weren't real or Nova City would be fried like a doughnut!





Ask Addy's Advice
Addy is out sick. Or possibly taking her own Valentine's vacation! Tune in next week for more advice. She feels you!





Job Listings
Need a job? Check out a few jobs open right here in Genessia and its neighboring cities!

Second Honnouji Academy, Genessia: Teaching positions available! ** to *** payment. Contact Satsuki Kiryuin for more information.

Schnee Company Welcoming and Travel Services, Genessia: New company seeking employees for the following positions: Cleaning/Maintenance (**), IT (***), Human Resources Management (****), Administrative Assistant (****), Security (***), Real Estate Assistant (***). All employees must be willing to work on a team. Contact Weiss Schnee for more information.

Primum Pharmaceuticals, Nova City: Looking for laboratory technicians, pharmacists and nurses. Contact Kaname Kuran.

G Corporation, Nova City: Looking for Secretarial and Supervisor positions. Contact Kazuya Mishima.

Mysterious Wish Shop, Fayren: Looking for a maid/butler, a cook, and a receptionist! Contact Yuuko Ichihara for more information and to apply.

Cat's Eye Cafe, Genessia: Always looking for waiters, waitresses, and bakers/pastry chefs! Must be willing to submit to a ridiculous name on your name badge. Speak to Fai D. Fluorite to apply.

Aphrodite's Love Matching + Nova City Arcade: Positions open! Contact Minako Aino for more information.

Shrine, Genessia: Hiring shrine caretakers (**). Employees must be spiritual individuals with a calm, poised nature and be very responsible. Cleaning experience preferred but not required. Apply in-person.

Garden Bistro, Attleton Classy small town restaurant seeks a Wine Sommelier. Must be familiar with all types of wine. First person to pass exam at the Employment Building and the job is yours! Also hiring wait staff and hosts.

Underground Waterways, Fayren Sewage Line Inspector. Must be trained in combat (monsters underground).

Bounties

Genessia:
Bob the Breaker: He can fix it, but he won't. He'll break it. This former construction worker turned madman is going around and breaking shop signs around town. Bring him in for a bounty of 500 red bills. Still at large, but he's getting bolder. Bob the Breaker has begun to attack store name displays with lights after dark and cause power outages in businesses. The bounty on this former construction worker has been raised to 1000 red bills.

Attleton
Candy Man: A man with a mobile sellers cart seems to be going around and selling candy to kids. There's something wrong with the candy, as the kids keep getting sick after eating it. No deaths reported, but parents are on the look out and would like to enlist the help of bounty hunters. 1000 red bills being offered to the first person who brings this man to justice.

Everglade
Dragon Degenerates: It appears that crimes are being committed by dragons in Everglade as well! The fear has spread across two archways?! Recent evidence suggests it may not be the fault of dragons. Bring in the responsible parties and return the kidnapped victims for 6,500 red bills.

Fayren
Fair Lady Shanksalot: The nickname seemed to have stuck after a local tavern owner started rambling about Sir Shanksalot around town, which was quickly amended to "Lady" after reports of seeing a maidly figure nearby multiple crimes. Named Shanksalot for the amount of stabbing this knife-wielding criminal committed, many of the bodies have been found with both stabwounds and wolf bites. It's suspected that wolves have been feeding on the victims and that some form of bait may have been used to attract the wolves there, but this part of the theory is pure speculation. Other reports claim that similar happenings have occurred in Genessia as well. The bounty is set at 3,500 red bills.

[*OOC NOTE: For the Fayren bounty this week the character is Sakuya Izayoi, contact Critiana to plot the completion of this bounty! BOUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT END OF FEBRUARY! ]

Nova City
GTUFO: Some joker has been playing way too much Grand Theft Auto and has started stealing flying cars. Eight people have been hit by his reckless driving. Bring him in for 2,500 red bills.

Your Weather Forecast

Genessia City
*Monday, February 2 - Blizzard. High 16 F / Low 3 F
*Tuesday, February 3 - Blizzard. High 17 F / Low -2 F
*Wednesday, February 4 - Blizzard. High 37 F / Low 19 F
*Thursday, February 5 - Snow. High 27 F / Low 11 F
*Friday, February 6 - Snow. High 14 F / Low 4 F
*Saturday, February 7 - Mostly Cloudy. High 9 F / Low -9 F
*Sunday, February 8 - Mostly Cloudy. High 7 F / Low -1 F

Attleton
*Monday, February 2 - Cloudy. High 44 F / Low 22 F
*Tuesday, February 3 - Cloudy. High 33 F / Low 21 F
*Wednesday, February 4 - Chance of Rain. High 43 F / Low 15 F
*Thursday, February 5 - Cloudy. High 40 F / Low 29 F
*Friday, February 6 - Clear. High 49 F / Low 29 F
*Saturday, February 7 - Rain. High 39 F / Low 23 F
*Sunday, February 8 - Sunny. High 35 F / Low 20 F

Everglade
*Monday, February 2 - Clear. High 4 F / Low -2 F
*Tuesday, February 3 - Clear. High 2 F / Low -3 F
*Wednesday, February 4 - Clear. High 9 F / Low -7 F
*Thursday, February 5 - Partly Cloudy. High 3 F / Low -2 F
*Friday, February 6 - Snow. High 4 F / Low -4 F
*Saturday, February 7 - Clear. High 3 F / Low -1 F
*Sunday, February 8 - Clear. High 7 F / Low 0 F

Fayren
*Monday, February 2 - Rain. High 16 F / Low 11 F
*Tuesday, February 3 - Partly Cloudy. High 23 F / Low 13 F
*Wednesday, February 4 - Partly Cloudy. High 13 F / Low 7 F
*Thursday, February 5 - Light Snow. High 19 F / Low 11 F
*Friday, February 6 - Rain. High 27 F / Low -5 F
*Saturday, February 7 - Clear. High 31 F / Low 1 F
*Sunday, February 8 - Partly Cloudy. High 24 F / Low 12 F

Nova City
*Monday, February 2 - Rain. High 91 F / Low 73 F
*Tuesday, February 3 - Mostly Cloudy. High 80 F / Low 63 F
*Wednesday, February 4 - Partly Cloudy. High 79 F / Low 57 F
*Thursday, February 5 - Clear. High 68 F / Low 51 F
*Friday, February 6 - Rain. High 69 F / Low 44 F
*Saturday, February 7 - Overcast. High 50 F / Low 31 F
*Sunday, February 8 - Clear. High 55 F / Low 50 F

[ OOC: Want to submit anything to the newspaper? Reply to this comment with the subject line as your title and include any information you want to be sure is in next Sunday's newspaper! This includes news, gossip, singles ads, business advertisements, job listings, letters to Addy, bounties, and anything else you want in the newspaper.

FOR BOUNTIES: Reply to this comment with a link to your log to claim a bounty (this will make it easier for all players to see what bounties have already been claimed and make sure that repeat bounties are not listed in the newspaper after they have been caught.) As always, the first person who writes up the log for the bounty is the one who gets the reward - no handwaving, no OOC claim-staking! Feel free to team up, or even fail to deliver the bounty. Please note that whoever goes after the bounty is in charge of writing the NPCs involved, but feel free to ask the mod for any tips if you like. ]

Comments

Bounty Claims

[genpcs]

Did your character complete a bounty? Reply here with which one and a link to the log.

Submissions for Next Sunday!

[genpcs]

Have something you want in the paper that doesn't belong in the first two comments? Reply to this one! Screening available on request to keep it a surprise!

Mysterious woman spreads the love

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

A masked woman was seen around all five cities shooting what appears to be cupids arrows at unlikely couples. Name is unknown as to who the masked person is, all they know is she calls herself the Goddess of love and beauty.

ALL THE SINGLE LADIES AND MEN

[genpcs]

Want to respond to one of the Valentine's Singles Ads? Feel free to thread out phone conversations here for ease of access and not having to make a whole post for it! Careful, there might be some arrows involved..

To Zeref

[fairysoul]

Hey! You recognize me, right?

Just wanted to say that it's nice that you're trying to be more outgoing. And... I don't think I can actually give you a hug... [But maybe make it feel like a hug.] But since I just got here and I don't know this place, maybe we could hang out and you could show me one of your favorite areas?

[Because, of course, Mavis thinks the ad is intentional. And she doesn't want Zeref to risk getting discouraged if nobody answers. ...Also she's wondering if he's back to being the Zeref she used to know, before she died.]

1/2

[deathsought]

{ Zeref picks up his device, barely daring to believe what he's seeing and hearing. Mavis is back?! }

Mavis? { He asks, the surprise in his expression unmistakable. She was gone, he was sent back. Sure, she wasn't the first to be sent home only to return, but...

... wait... }

[deathsought]

... outgoing?

{ What on earth is she talking about? Hugging him? Could she even do that if she was a ghost? Then again, the last time she was here, Mavis had said that this world seemed to 'redefine' what it meant to be a ghost, which was why he could see, hear, and even feel her. Unless... she lied? And that was her physical body?

But what on earth was she talking about, anyway? }

Mavis, you of all people should know why I am the last person who should ever be described as 'outgoing.'

[fairysoul]

Good guess!

[...She pauses. And blinks.]

Well... Outwardly asking for cuddles in a newspaper does qualify as pretty outgoing to me. But there's nothing wrong with that, you know.

[Have a big smile.]

To Sayla - text

[deathsought]

{ Attached is a picture message of the singles ad. Suigintou's is conspicuously visible in the picture message, too. Sorry, Suigintou. }

I'm going to assume that you didn't submit this.

[bookishdemoness]

[Sayla's eyes widen in shock as she discovers this message and the newspaper ad. What...? Who could ever...? She's going to kill someone but no before she tortures them and makes them suffer terribly.

But before she takes revenge, she has to clarify something. She calls Zeref back.]

I didn't, Zeref-sama. I would never... This is pure slander. [To imagine she'd be interested in flirting with any of the lowly people that are inhabiting this place.]

I swear that as soon as I discover whoever came up with this pathetic excuse for a story, there is gonna be hell to pay. [And she means that literally. She feels so ashamed. Marde Guille is probably going to taunt her about that the first occasion he gets. At least that insufferable roommate of theirs has an ad in the newspaper too, so the doll might refrain from commenting on hers.]

[deathsought]

{ He's not surprised by Sayla's reaction at all. He knew she would never want to go on a date with anyone like that, especially not a human.

He slowly nodded. he can hardly blame her for wanting to kill whoever did this. The thought crossed Zeref's mind a few times in regards to his own, too. Both in this isntance, and the previous. }

And if anyone attempts to contact you to take you up on this offer for a date?

{ She tried to save him from a similar fate before. The least he can do is do the same for her. }

If you need a cover... I believe I saw the very book mentioned in the ad on sale in Fayren.

In reply {Open to whoever}

[frost_bitten]

[The first thing that you might notice is that this Ice Queen doesn't seem to be surrounded by Ice like she was before. In fact, she's in a normal looking room. But she clearly doesn't look all that happy. Holding the newspaper in her hand...]

Build a snowman or ice skate... Who decided it was funny to put up an ad in the newspaper about me...? No.. Scratch that... Who thought it would be funny to put me in an ad in the newspaper for "Singles Ads: Valentine's Day Edition"?

This is ridiculous. I hardly doubt that I need to be... advertised to get a date...

[Sorry, Genessia... You're getting the stern queenly side of here with this. And with that, she seems to be at a loss of words, so instead she'll just give off a little huff and flip the feed off. Feel free to bug her.]

Re: In reply {Open to whoever}

[fairy_tail_knight]

...Does that mean you don't want to build a snowman? She looks. She looks so disappointed, Elsa. so so disappointed.]

I see....

[frost_bitten]

E-Ezra? What's wrong...?

[Did she say something wrong?]

To Zeref; Video {Because what is texting?}

[frost_bitten]

I'm going to assume that you were put up here without your consent too....

[The keyword being "too", meaning Elsa isn't too fond of this either.]

video; that newfangled kids thing!

[deathsought]

Unfortunately, this isn't the first time, nor do I think it will be the last.

video; Kids these days.. pffftt

[frost_bitten]

I'm sorry to hear that. It seems like a pain...

Does this sort of thing even work?

Reaction; {Open to all}

[cinder_ella]

[After reading this week's paper, all Cinder can do is let out an annoyed sigh.]

Okay... Fess up. Who put me in here? I swear if it was you carrot top, I'm going to heat you up in a completely different way.

[And by carrot top, she means Roman. She can't really establish that connection to the public so easily though.]

To Emerald; Text

[cinder_ella]

I see that you've been put up to this too... Unless you did this yourself. I guess it makes no difference to me.

text; private

[mintchip]

Don't look at me. I don't need the world's worst news resource to get a date.

To Ty Lee

[whiteas]

Before you think I'm trying to do something absolutely ridiculous, I am responding to your singles ad but not for me. I think I know someone who might enjoy your company though.

[ She needs something to get her mind off of things and setting Neptune and Ty Lee up is definitely one of them. ]

[onlythepinkest]

[Did she put that ad up herself or did someone else? They will never know the answer to that, but this certainly is interesting.]

Well, I'm sure you'd be a nice date, but not for me. [Joking of course.] Who is it? Is he cute?

[whiteas]

I'm an excellent date and Zuko enjoys them very much.

[ No one ever said she lacked confidence. ]

He's very cute and his name is Neptune. He's from my world.

to Erza

[the_roseblack]

[What the hell was General Tepet even doing looking at singles ads? Creation may never know. But somehow, one managed to catch her eye. Leader, check; sword skills, check; up for sparring, check. Sounds like the kind of girl she'd at least like to meet.]


You seem interesting. Meet me at the Genessia City Guardian HQ for a spar, hottub after?

--Tepet Ejava
. Strategos of the Vermillion Legion
. Genessia City Guardian

Re: to Erza

[fairy_tail_knight]

Of course! [As if she would say no to someone who was in a legion with that name!]