an electrical crackle erupts from the radio again
…_HMS Surpr… …ckle here,… …valiently but…
…tentacles have… …men remain steadfast despite…
…rve be with great…onor…
…rders are as follo… … …
with a whistle and pop of the electrolytic detector releasing its last signal, the radio falls permanently silent
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Attend 3 (Public lecture related to The Plague - while not on-mission, this public health catastrophe is of increasing priority)
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I can’t believe I wasn’t invited to Mrs. Fangley’s salon. Grandmother would have told me to get a nicer apartment.
Still Father would never approve of spending 200/ month for lodging. So I will continue to double down on his advise. Invest in something not too risky which the citizens depend on. Then double down and drive your competition out of business.
I was so excited to place my first wager last game, but it turns out betting is not so very fun if you don’t win. I think I’ll stick to more sound investments.
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Mr Karekin reviews his correspondence. As always, much family business needs tending before the next packet ship departs on the lunar flood.
Jules looks at the account ledgers and says to his serverbot, "I understand my place amongst all this Quality. I am untitled. My Connections are to Shapers and Lobsters - which limits how high I may climb here, socially. I accept that. Still, business requires I maintain access to the Best Company. Keeping up with FaSHion thus seems like a bargain.
That Dandy Beau Brummel @daneel really sets that standard; I think I will follow his lead.
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Eighth is quivering with anticipation about Lady Rhys’s @MrMonkey upcoming lecture on physical chemistry. He’s been a good ward looking after the fishery; it’s the least I could do for him.
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As the operator of the leading Seryl mine in the New Territories, I need to understand our downstream markets. Commodities at scale are fine, but margin is where the profit is.
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The current investments in the New Territories are still efficiently deploying their already allocated capital. The future always belongs to those who can grasp the nettle of change. Also, Grandfather always stressed the importance of diversifying.
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INVEST 2 380
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Sorry folks, had a busy week. I’ll catch up narratively this weekend!
What’s that? Purchasing a Pokeman Botnet? I knew I should keep my eye on you.
Whats that @Rockford_Julius? BONNET. Oh, sorry. Carry on, Carrssy, terrible misunderstanding.
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{OOC: Request has been made to remove my GIFs due to epilepsy concerns, sorry to those affected!}
I would go out tonight
But I haven’t got a stitch to wear
This fan said "It’s gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"
This charming fan
This charming fan
A jumped-up air pusher
That never knew its place
hmmmm.hmmm. hmm hmm
I say, I cannot wait until next Tuesday at Levithan
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Bustling to and fro seeking the most fashionable of gatherings, it is unlikely any gentlesentient of Weatherby happened to glance skyward as a small shooting star arced across the night sky. Busier still in lively conversation, perhaps but a few registered a slight vibration in the soles of their shoes as a distant thud shook the terrafirma…
A short time later, walking measuredly with a kindly smile and slight bow to each sentient, organic or otherwise, that he passes, Cmdr. Damerl Capstanturnbuckle enters the room in a manner wholly in-congruent with a sentient who is the sole survivor a just wrecked starship.
My dearest fellow citizens of Weatherby, I humbly stand before you awed to be in such fine company. I do so hope you will pardon my tardy arrival; though fine was our ship and smooth the sailing, the way proved to be of a course slightly longer than anticipated.
Now, as the hour has grown late, I am very much afraid I must tend to business first and enjoin your pleasant company second.
I hear reports our first trade expedition was not as profitable as had been hoped; more the pity, Capstanbuckles have always had such providence plying the stars. Would that I could send a second at this time, for back when I was a schoolboy, if I lost an arrow I would try to find it by shooting another arrow in the same direction, watching the second arrow more carefully than I had the first. By risking the second arrow, I’d often get both of them back! Ah, yes then, this is the ledger? Very well, hmmmmmmmm… Perhaps those wags in R&D can come up with a way to find my ship… Aha! Splashdown, that’s a good one certainly today… and oh, dear, this bicorn does seem a bit shabby (brushing a small remnant of space squid from it…)
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Wager Splashdown 44
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That should do, yes, that should do fine!
fip!
Everyone has made their plans for the spring season. How won-won-wonderful! And summer is just around the corner.
zoot!
Please note! Orders for ‘Turn 3 - Pomp and Promenade’ begin below.
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St-Patrick-Hartbrooke signs the cheque with a flourish. Well, to be perfectly honest, he signs everything with a flourish, but his contribution to the cooperative medical fund especially so. His single-minded pursuit of rank over profit has left him a little short on the funding department — especially with that thrice-damned patent under interminable review — but civic duty demands that he contribute his fair share to the fund, no matter the fiscal consequences.
Of course, his monetary situation isn’t helped by the fact that he is hiring a physician to arrest the slide of his deteriorating health. Still, neither rank nor money will be of any use to him if he won’t be alive to spend it. And, while he has faith that God will answer his prayers and restore his health, the Lord is certainly not above using mundane means to do so. Aaaakzeee will not let himself be the proverbial man surrounded by floodwater, praying for rescue while he turns away the two boats and the ornithopter that God has sent to answer those prayers.
Taking his cue from the sign God has sent him through his illness, he also decides to invest his money on worthier projects than interplanetary commerce and trinkets; he will instead contribute to the community with the remainder of his funds, and forego purchasing anything for himself. Certainly, he will cease indulging the vile habit of gambling that had ensnared him in previous seasons.
The Taaa’keee just hopes that his illness will subside in time for the polo match; he is quite looking forward to getting some exercise after spending so much time shut-in.
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[EDIT: Corrected from past to present tense]
Well grandmother wrote and scolded me for not having my own butler. She said that any respectable space lizards should have her own butler. So I guess I will have to employ one.
And I will never earn my place in this new society if I don’t invest in the common good. So I will have to contribute a respectable amount. Apparently the average amount to contribut is $150 so I will certainly do a little more than that to show that I am above average.
But papa says I must continue to invest in my business propositions so I better start checking out the competition. I will invest in some finer accoutrements so that everyone can see how well I am doing.
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{OOC: Request has been made to remove my GIFs due to epilepsy concerns, sorry to those affected!}
[you feel generous]
*FRUMPLE*
Dear Public Ledger,
What did I just READ?
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Like OMG what the fudge? <pleasing hum> you gotta tell us moreee AND like look at all that cash you donated for the gross sick people. You are FABULOUS! What a hero. Like, I’ll totally pitch in too. If folks don’t come around, I’ll have to edit this entry to donate even more BEANS!
But where was I? Anyway, like I totally, went to that class with the hot agriculture prof, ladies you know what I’m talking about!!! But the weirdest thing was I actually like learned something! Beans can totally be, like sisters or some junk with whipweed. Just grow em together, on the same patch, and it’s like magic! They’re like totally helping each other. So sweet.
Now, it was a bummer that I didn’t get that invitation to go like ride on a Lagoderm and poke a dumb ball around with a stick, but I’m totally an ace 
at badminton. Watch OUT. Like literally WATCH OUT.
Just look at what happens when I do trick shots:
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Liv sighs, setting off another coughing fit, which is joined in chorus from the apartment next door. He could use a doctor, but it’s not so bad as other peoples’. Yet. The last thing he needs right now is to make it worse. Some might say that a cramped apartment in the city would be the worst thing for him, what with a country manor waiting and all, but he’ll be damned if he’s spending another second there that he doesn’t have to. The city is… better.
The crew down at the Leviathan want to do a whip-round to pull some assistance together for getting in some hospital ships. Not a bad plan, but Liv knows from experience that “plague” could be “the thing holding back the worse thing”.
He runs the numbers again and smiles. He could hire himself a physician, but that would only do him any good. Personal physicians tend to be snotty. On the other hand, the shop is bringing in enough cash, and if he gets someone eager to make a difference and hires them on as Company Physician – in-house doctor makes for a nice employment perq. He can spin it two ways, too, depending on the crowd he’s in: it’s either a magnanimous gesture from a good-hearted philanthropist, or it’s a shrewd business decision that saves on widows and orphans pensions, not to mention time lost due to employees being out sick.
A source at city-hall has tipped him off that the colony is going to be funding some new public works through bond purchases – the advertising order should come in next week. Provided it doesn’t turn into some politician’s private slush fund or some pork-barrelling mess, it’s not a bad idea. As an investor, he’ll have more of an inside track – and as a newspaperman, he’ll be an incentive for them to stay on the straight and narrow.
Speaking of advertisements, there’s some good sales on this week. He could use some new reading material, and this account book is pretty much done for. If there’s any time left over, he’ll RSVP this badminton game on the weekend, Heck, maybe he’ll even see if Marty’s got the time and the inclination for a little OT and can swing by to get some photos. Kid’s a whiz with the action shots and he’s heard the “duchess” Gummibuns will be there, and it’s not like her to avoid a little publicity.
If only he can get rid of this cough.
Contribute: 150
Buy:
Copperbound Ledger
Subscription to the Weatherby Street Journal (always good for a laugh, those guys, and some good op-ed fodder for the Ledger).
Penny Dreadful – maybe it can help chase away the nightmares, or at least help him stay awake.
Hire Physician (official employer: Weatherby Post-Ledger)
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Such wonderful examples being set by our leading citizens. I can only do my part:
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While waiting for the ships to get here, glad to see the authorities seeing the value in Colloidal Seryl
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Croquet in the summer is always such a delight
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Of course, must keep up with what is happening
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BUY Penny Dreadful
and “mind the store”
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