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│ 888 888 888 888 .o `.____.' `.____.' │ |_| |_| \___/|_| |_| |_| │ Denizen, there's no need to feel down, I said │
│ o888o o888o o888o `Y8bod8P' │ | |_| |__ ___ │ Denizen, pick yourself off the ground, I said │
│ │ | __| '_ \ / _ \ │ Denizen, 'cause you're in a new town │
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│ │ \__|_| |_|\___| │ Young man, there's a place you can go, I said │
│ oooooooooo. o8o . oooo │ | ____|__| (_) |_ ___ _ __ │ Young man, when you're short on your O2 you can │
│ `888' `Y8b `"' .o8 `888 │ | _| / _` | | __/ _ \| '__| │ Stay there and I'm sure you will find │
│ 888 888 oooo .oooo.o oo.ooooo. .oooo. .o888oo .ooooo. 888 .oo. │ | |__| (_| | | || (_) | | │ Many ways to have a good time │
│ 888 888 `888 d88( "8 888' `88b `P )88b 888 d88' `"Y8 888P"Y88b │ |_____\__,_|_|\__\___/|_| │ │
│ 888 888 888 `"Y88b. 888 888 .oP"888 888 888 888 888 │ │ It's fun to stay at the O2 Kitchen. │
│ 888 d88' 888 o. )88b 888 888 d8( 888 888 . 888 .o8 888 888 │ Some of you may be old readers of │ It's fun to stay at the O2 Kitchen. │
│ o888bood8P' o888o 8""888P' 888bod8P' `Y888""8o "888" `Y8bod8P' o888o o888o │ this little sheet; some of you may be │ They have everything for Denizens to live │
│ 888 │ new. Regardless of your familiarity with │ You can hang out with everyone. │
│ o888o │ THE DISPATCH, it bears repeating: the │ │
│ Issue 1, Oct 14 │ TRUTH does not come from nothing; it is │ It's fun to stay at the O2 Kitchen. │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│ uncovered by the tireless and dedicated │ It's fun to stay at the O2 Kitchen. │
│ │ work of many. │ You can help yourself breathe, you can stay with our team │
│ _____ _ _ ____ │ │ You can live one more day on the Dream! │
│ | ___|_ _ ___| |_(_) ___ _ __ | _ \ __ _ _ _ │ YOU can contribute in direct ways--a │ │
│ | |_ / _` |/ __| __| |/ _ \| '_ \ | |_) / _` | | | | │ scoop, a donation, or plenty of other │ Come to the O2 Kitchen and regardless of affiliation, │
│ | _| (_| | (__| |_| | (_) | | | | | __/ (_| | |_| | │ ways besides--but the mere act of staying │ you will be welcome and treated with respect and care. │
│ |_| \__,_|\___|\__|_|\___/|_| |_| |_| \__,_|\__, | │ apprised of the situation on Prospero's │ The O2 Kitchen is a place of rest and safety that │
│ |___/ │ Dream makes you an agent of TRUTH. In the │ won't turn anyone away, no matter the troubles. │
│ By: Idraluna R. Chives │ coming days, there will be rumor, │ https://discord.com/channels/1424912741931552871/1427695893204701316 │
│ │ speculation, and misinformation to sort │ │
│ With the help of confidential sources, The Dispatch has acquired entry-level │ through. Turn to THE DISPATCH when you │......................................................................│
│ wages for all of the station's factions, as well as the estimated remuneration of │ feel that creeping sense of uncertainty. │ ==================-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+================== │
│ some bosses. │ │ ++++++\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//++++++ │
│ │ We will present the facts as they are │ \_______ . . . . . . ._______/ │
│ The lowest-paid faction is Local 32189L -- union members earn 75 credits per │ made plain to me and the reporters who │ \_______ oooo _______/ │
│ day, and bosses are paid 225. Members of Golyanova Il Bratva fare slightly │ work here. │ | \||||/ | │
│ better: a low-level droog earns a wage of 200 credits. Canyonheavy Collective's │ │ | [++++] | │
│ hackers out-earn their meatspace counterparts with a daily wage of 250 credits, │ You may also be familiar with our │ }:{ |><| }:{ │
│ 1000 for bosses. │ "good natured" rivalry with Dreamcatcher, │ (((II))) │
│ │ but even my bitter heart can recognize │ /::\ │
│ Unsurprisingly, corporate jobs pay significantly better than organized │ strivers for TRUTH when I see them. │ \::/ │
│ labor and/or crime. Employees of Tempest Co. earn 500 credits daily, with bosses │ │ || │
│ rumored to earn as much as 20,000. Entry-level employees signed to Stratemeyer │ Support JOURNALISM. │ (((((oo))))) │
│ Syndicate bring in a whopping 1000 credits daily. │ │ !! │
│ │ Support TRUTH. -Zebulon │ YY │
│ We ask that anyone with additional information regarding the pay or │ │ /\ │
│ resources of local factions contact The Dream Dispatch at your earliest │.............................................│ /><\ │
│ convenience. │ │ !----------|UU|----------! │
│ │ If you'd like to support our mission, │ |__________\ /__________| │
│ │ consider a donation to Zebulon Fludd. │ ++ │
│ │ all profits of the paper go directly to ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ Opening day at the De-Oxygenated Solidarity Network (DOSN), an organization built to help those who have difficulty │ │
│ coming up with the daily O2 tax. A cardinal nominee, Santiago Caballero☀, was heard offering 50cr for votes toward their ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Cardinal nomination. │ . . . . . . . . . . │
│ │ . . . . . │
│ Santiago was over heard saying "For those in need of alms, I will transfer 5 days worth of O2 creds(50cr) to you to make │. . . . . . . . │
│ sure you can always feel the light of Invictus Sol. all I ask is for you to /convert and second my nomination." │ . . . _......____._ . . │
│ │. . . ..--'"" . """"""---... . │
│ Those in the vicinity said "Sounds to me like there could be some real corruption going on, and that bothers me. I don’t │ _...--"" ................ `-. │
│ have any real proof though." Another who over heard said "Personally, whilst the higher ups are aware. They have not acted │ .-' ...:'::::;:::%:.::::::_;;:... `-. │
│ yet. Personally, I believe that the bribery is a blatant darkness - the opposite of the light itself. Now, although the light │ .-' ..::::''''' _...---'"""":::+;_::. `. │
│ is not of the absolute highest importance to me, relative to the Union, I believe it to be gross heresy. Disgusting." │ .' . ..::::' _.-"" :::)::. `. │
│ │ . ..;:::' _.-' . f::':: o _ │
│ When reached for comment Santiago had this to say, "[They] Simply payed people's oxygen taxes, if I had more money I │ / .:::%' . .-" .-. ::;;:. /" "x │
│ would give even more. if I ascend to be the cardinal I seek to push the church towards paying even more people's O2 taxes. │ .' ""::.::' .-" _.--'"""-. ( ) ::.:: |_.-' | │
│ When cardinal nominations began, the church encouraged people to vote for people who've materially improved other's lives. │ .' ::;:' .' .-" .d@@b. \ . . `-' ::%:: \_ _/ │
│ So that's what I did. improved the lives of a handful of people. I understand concerns about the church's corruption, but I │ .' :,::' / . _' 8@@@@8 j .-' ::::: " o │
│ hope by now, my commitment to the abolishment of the O2 tax is firm. Thank you for this opportunity to comment." │ | . :.%:' . j (_) `@@@P' .' .-" ::.:: . f │
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│ The church even goes so far to recommend vote to support those who Faithful "who supported you materially". While some │ | `:`:: `. ..--' . .::':: . / │
│ public opinion goes one way the rule of the church seems to bend another. │ j `::::: `-._____...---"" .::%:::' .' . │
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│ Zebulon Fludd, editor | Idraluna R. Chives, Assistant Editor | Xelor, Assistant Editor │ . ""--...____ . ______......--' . . . │
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│ ...And more to come! │ . . . . . . . . │
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