(see end for very short summary)

- Demolitionist Derby Destroys Double!
Mysterious remodellings of organisational headquarters have led to a
widespread investigation into construction and demolition practices
across Sapience. One particularly zealous demolition crew provided
the answer to the mystery. "We just love our work," says K. Rusher,
head of the troll demolition team Breakin' Up Ain't Hard To Do (SA),
"if we give a little extra value, just consider it part of our
friendly service!" As it just so happens, "a little extra value" (to
use Mr. Rusher's terms) meant tearing down the client's building as
requested, and then taking out anything else within reach! The owner
of the demolition company has expressed extreme regrets to the
Apostates and Sentinels guilds for their lost structures, all of which
have been replaced at no cost to them.

- Mega Balloons over MASS
A batch of defective pranksters' balloons were recalled today by
the united jester supplies group, following complaints that these
particular balloons were so powerful as to cause everyone, even
those slathered with mass salves (!), screaming into the wild
blue yonder.

- Bookless bookies: open and closed case?
Bookmakers found themselve unable to make their books known to
anxious customers today. "What the heck?" asks one disgruntled
bookie, "I paid good money for this license, and now somebody's
trying to put me outta business. Unfair!" Bookmakers would open
their books, only to find that their willing customers were being
turned away, told that the book was not open. All is now well after
the apprehension of a certain short, fat, drunken fairy with
tiny paintbrush in hand. "So I painted 'closed' on a few 'open'
signs. What's the problem? I had a great laugh!" This unnamed
intransigent will have a long time to consider the answer to
that question as he cools his pixie wings in detention!

- Ownership hath its privileges, mostly.
Home owners of Sapience, the landed gentry of our realms, came
home today to housing that refused to recognise them as owners.
This state of affairs came to an end soon thereafter, when
a wizard of the realms reported unusual flux in proximity to all
private homes. "We, er, found something very nasty and powerful
and, working very hard, we finally triumphed, hmm, over that
thing," mumbled the wizard assigned to this case as he quickly
left the scene. Some homeowners report having seen a figure
in a pointed cap wandering around near their homes _before_
these problems began. The wizard was unavailable for further
questioning.


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- summary - the disappearance of a handful of guild locations
recently has been connected to private home room removal, and
should now be fixed - mass did not always protect everyone
from being lifted into the air by balloons. now it should -
bookies found that nobody could access their open books today.
this too is no longer the case - homeowners did not own their
homes today for about 10 rl minutes. they do now!

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Chronos, in the year 395 AF.