By: Daiyu Tang – ‘The Girl Behind the Lens’
Well, it’s the start of the year in Hathian and after our wrap-up of 2024 (which you can read HERE if you didn’t read it at the time) what can Hathian do in just one month to make the news? Well, plenty as it happens.
For anyone new, or for those who got hit in the head over Christmas or drank too much, the ‘Month in Review’ showcases a few of the articles in the month that we think you should read. For those interested in seeing a digest of some of the top stories, you can checkout the Year in Review link above and then, casting back a little the September 2024, October 2024 and November 2024 ‘Months in Review’.
January can be a slow month. We wrote around 25 main articles and that only included one article from Maja, which can only be a good thing right? At least if the number of complaint letters and lawyer demands are counted. For the record, writing in as Alice Crow’s lawyer is a brave thing to do, but as I’m in a magnanimous mood we’ll say no more on her topic.
So here are your Editor’s top three for this month…
Number 1: FDH Gets Beaten (Later Burned)
More recent breaking news is that the FDH did in fact get targeted in a truck attack. You can read that HERE. Were they related? Were they different attacks, was the second even an attack? It’s hard being an emergency service worker and this newspaper believes, honestly, that the FDH does the job with the least corruption and shenanigans of all of them. Senior staff ordering kidnappings? Senior staff with buckets in the basement? That’ll be the HPD and HGH. Other than Rog’s driving, the FDH is a bastion of probity in Hathian and when things do go wrong they change Chiefs and grow. We still remember Shyla and we hope that Hathian holds accountable those who attack the Fire Department.
Number 2: Death Visits
Death comes to all eventually and in Hathian it comes fast and ferocious sometimes. Some people live through hell to succumb to a stupid accident while others live well and fall victim to violence despite all precaution. One only has to look at those with grey in their hair to understand that, living hard and fast can have a price. But is that price one that any deserves to pay? Shouldn’t time be the only decider, rather than homicide or unrelenting pressure that leads to suicide?
Another Hathian soul was lost and across the town the ripples and impact was and still is being felt. RIP.
Number 1: Rejects Swipe Left on Tori / Bryce Union
It’s hard to know what to say here. There are clearly very intelligent people on all sides of this dispute and like with many disputes things can move on, or cease or escalate without many knowing about it. Never-the-less, with insults (and bullets) flying, it was certainly interesting to see the defection (explusion? / Coup?) of Bryce and how he found ‘comfort’ in the arms of a supposed rival. Rumours of love, loyalty and some unbelievable ones on family bonds stretch the truth, but what is for certain is that for a while the heat was HIGH.
Well dear reader, that about concludes the news round-up for January. As always, catch a reporter in CU, Hathian or Backwaters (we visit as required!) to give us your stories, tips or other information! You can find our profiles here although this does need a bit of an update.
As I look forward to graduating later this year, I hope that you have enjoyed what we’ve done and that some of you might well furnish me with a reference for my dream of New York, or Washington or somewhere like that. Exams this year – but in a way I, and my team, have already passed the most important exams right? Hathian’s Mean Streets.
((Promotion of the Observer and CD happens off-sim as well, so if you can help out feel free to link to your other SL friends. Spread the word, the active stories and see if we can’t generate new role-players or encourage others to return!))
