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damned_lounge2011-05-26 03:28 am
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Question: About the newspaper, for a backthread
So, there's a newspaper that's sold in The Bookworm! I have some questions about it, with apologies for needing to know details this nitpicky and more apologies for asking so late. I thought I should ask here, since it's a question that might come up again in the future from another player.
The reason I'm asking is that small-town newspapers like this usually have an office in the downtown area, but there's no indication that this newspaper has offices anywhere in the part of Doyleton that our characters have access to (that is, there's no newspaper office on the map). I'm not 100% sure, but it doesn't seem like there are P.O. Boxes anywhere, either--if there are, I might have missed them. There's no indication of local government at all apart from the Sheriff's Office: no Post Office or City Hall or evidence of Stars Hollow-style town meetings with a Selectman who's like a referee. So, there are some characters who might think this was a phantom newspaper that seems to come out of nowhere. Since this is one of those situations where the lack of useful clues could be considered a clue in itself, I'm wondering exactly how fake it would look to people who are looking at the details.
1. What's the name of the newspaper? (This isn't so important.)
2. Is there any contact or production information on it at all? For example, a masthead with a street address or a P.O. Box for its offices. If so, is that address a "real" one (i.e. one on one of the streets characters can visit... even that of The Bookworm itself) or is it one that can't be confirmed (i.e. no street the patients have ever heard of, that's presumably in a "different part of Doyleton")? Or does it just completely lack this information? Or, if it's a "real" address, what would patients find if they went there?
3. What's the date on it? (I'm assuming something in early December and that there shouldn't be a year, but... is there any indication of what day of the week it comes out, or anything like that?)
4. About how many pages? (16ish? 24?)
5. Will the contents change from week to week? (If not, are the articles posted on the door of the shop also in the current edition?)
6. Are there any indications it's also delivered around town? (i.e., next Doyleton visit, would it be possible to find a copy sitting around in a bar or restaurant?)
The reason I'm asking is that small-town newspapers like this usually have an office in the downtown area, but there's no indication that this newspaper has offices anywhere in the part of Doyleton that our characters have access to (that is, there's no newspaper office on the map). I'm not 100% sure, but it doesn't seem like there are P.O. Boxes anywhere, either--if there are, I might have missed them. There's no indication of local government at all apart from the Sheriff's Office: no Post Office or City Hall or evidence of Stars Hollow-style town meetings with a Selectman who's like a referee. So, there are some characters who might think this was a phantom newspaper that seems to come out of nowhere. Since this is one of those situations where the lack of useful clues could be considered a clue in itself, I'm wondering exactly how fake it would look to people who are looking at the details.
1. What's the name of the newspaper? (This isn't so important.)
2. Is there any contact or production information on it at all? For example, a masthead with a street address or a P.O. Box for its offices. If so, is that address a "real" one (i.e. one on one of the streets characters can visit... even that of The Bookworm itself) or is it one that can't be confirmed (i.e. no street the patients have ever heard of, that's presumably in a "different part of Doyleton")? Or does it just completely lack this information? Or, if it's a "real" address, what would patients find if they went there?
3. What's the date on it? (I'm assuming something in early December and that there shouldn't be a year, but... is there any indication of what day of the week it comes out, or anything like that?)
4. About how many pages? (16ish? 24?)
5. Will the contents change from week to week? (If not, are the articles posted on the door of the shop also in the current edition?)
6. Are there any indications it's also delivered around town? (i.e., next Doyleton visit, would it be possible to find a copy sitting around in a bar or restaurant?)
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2. It would probably have an address to a part of Doyleton they couldn't find.
3. We can say it comes out on Saturdays and I'm not sure there would be a date at all since that's supposed to be SECRET. or something.
4. It'd be short, maybe eight pages.
5. Yes, they will!
6. I can see that being the case, yes.
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(Doyleton: Where every day is a slow news day until you trash the town trying to kill all the damn zombies.)