[Insert Fail] wrote:
Leoj made a few general news threads back in the day, but it was before most of the members who actually took an interest in general news joined this forum.
I'll be unlocking the Current Events thread now - I do think locking it helped break people out of the "no new threads" mold they were in, even if only slightly. Goal met.
She thought long and hard about what to do. Her mind drifted back to the past, back to a man she used to know. He was a traveling newsman. He'd pass through the town from time-to-time, bringing news from the other villages. Sometimes it was good.
Sometimes it wasn't.
Most never paid him much attention. But he'd bring them the news all the same. One day he left the village smiling and waving, promising he'd be back. But he wasn't a man of his word. He disappeared into the sunset.
He hadn't been back since. The village never knew what happened. Some figured it'd been bandits. Others figured he'd simply retired. It wasn't until he was gone that they realized the value of what they lost.
The village isolated itself. Even locked its cold iron gates off to the world around it. They figured it was safer this way. As she recalled the story in her mind, girl knew what she had to do.
She forced the key into the lock and turned it. Clack. The lock popped open. She took out the key, pushed open the gates. Creak. She smiled. She was ready.
It was time for another to take up the mantle of the newsman.
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