Newscast for SY 615/02/14

[thatannoyingnewsguy]

[Each drone opens up to show a familiar new caster sporting a set of rams horns growing from his head. Despite this oddity he's got a big smile on his face as he goes into his announcement.]

Good morning, Haven! As some of you may know on a planet called Earth today is Saint Valentine's Day. It's a day to celebrate love and romance. And it seems our fair city is expressing its love for all of us.

Valentine's cards have started raining from the sky. Take the opportunity to see what Haven has to say to you.

[And as to follow his own advice he snatches a card out of the air as it floats past him.]

And don't worry, folks, if you've found yourself with a new set of horns and ears. We know this to be a product of the Miasma, and it will pass in a week or less as all such effects do.

[And with that he holds the card up to give it a quick read.]

"You make my heart beat faster than eggs."

[Thillens laughs and turns the card for the viewers to see as he looks back at the camera.] Happy Valentine's Day, Haven.



[And before the camera goes off he's walking away, and you just might hear the sound of him kissing someone before the feed cuts.]

[Video | Action welcome] Valentine's Day Cards

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[Breakdown has not been spared from the ram's horns.  He even has goat ears sticking from the side of his head.  They twitch now and then, and he's clearly trying to ignore them.  He seems to be walking around the city, randomly plucking cards from the air when one looks big enough that he can catch it and read it.  They're just so...lame.  But they're amusing.]

[He looks over at his drone and realizes it's recording.] Hey, I didn't say to do that.

[He swipes at the drone, only for it to swoop out of reach.  [Ah well, he wasn't really trying to damage his drone anyway...though he does brush a subconscious hand over one curled horn, ears just about flapping with embarrassment.]

C'mon, turn it off.

Woo.  O.K.

[And the drone turns off the feed.]

Video [Action is welcomed]

[originaldragoon]

[It looks like Rose the more populated area of Haven this time. Thankfully she has yet to sprout ram horns. A couple of cards flutter down close to her but she ignores them while Charmer, who is sitting on her shoulder, snaps at them playfully.]

I know these cards are because of this Earth "holiday" but they are a bit of an annoyance when it comes to driving around the city.

[Don't get her started on about how many times one got caught in the wheels of her motorcycle.]

At least Charmer thinks they are fun to chew on. [Just then the robo firelizard catches one and is happily tearing it up.]

What else should I expect from this holiday other than cards with what I assume, based on that news report, are cheesy declarations of love written on them?

[Rose herself will not be bothering to read any of the cards since she's really not a romantic type gal.]

[accidental video]

[mercury_gaze]

[She's sitting outside, with an armful of cards.  She's going to go sit down and try to read a few of those.  She's not far from home, rather close to her and Lea's apartment, and he is aware that she's outside playing with bits of paper falling from the sky.]

[She's going to go sit now, arranging all the cards out so she can see the pictures.  Now to see if she can possibly read one.]

[She's completely unaware that her drone is showing off her doings to everyone.]

Accidental Video

[treacherous_widow]

[Guess who is sitting on top of a building randomly reading the falling cards. If you guessed this spider and her sneaky drone, you'd be right.]

What a stupid human holiday. What's the point of these stupid cards anyway?

[She snatches another one out of the air and starts to read it, sneering slightly as she finishes and tosses it aside before snatching another and just tearing it up. Some of them might even end  up becoming target practice very... very soon.]

[video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

[Sam's collected a handful of cards---some fancy, some simple---and she shuffles through them, one eyebrow up. Still shuffling, she looks to her drone to address it, and the whole of Haven.]

I've gotta say, this something of a mind-screw. I've been here... Seventy-six days. Damn.

[She's taken aback, at least a little, by the tally, but shrugs after swearing and soldiers on.]

That's not the thing that throws me. The thing that throws me is having had Valentine's seventy-six days ago! Keeping my calendar, we'd be two days out of April.