Not in MY Backyard!

Let us just say that I had quite the new store opening today as, while I was talking to Mr. Magellan, a large metal tentacled orb floated by, casually came up to the doorway and SET MY STORE ON FIRE!!!Mr. Magellan could only watch as I ran out, knife-pistol in hand, like a raving lunatic! "How dare you set my store on fire!" I screamed as they sailed around the back and through my little backyard! I ran right into the militia and other citizens engaging in an epic, full-fledged battle against the alien orbs!!! Quite the Welles-ian nightmare! As I jumped into the fray gunfire erupted all around me--mine included--as we blasted away at them! We Caledonians will not stand to be invaded! The Battle for Mayfair was on!
Airships, elephants, everyone running and taking shots as the orbs swooped by--releasing fire down upon us! "This is for setting my new shop on fire you fiend!" I said, taking all the shots that I could!After things settled down, I heard someone sobbing nearby. It was my neighbor Miss Eugenia Begonia, who had dropped to her knees, grief-stricken. "Uncle Nik," she cried. "They vaporized him." I went into the nearby Wheel & Hub Pub and leaned against the bar, weary. A shot of whisky sounded very good. Very good.

It Came from Outer Space!

Kittiwick in flames!Miss Schnabel and Miss Paris were overcome with emotion at the loss of "Camp Cuddles" as Mr. Vollmar looked on in disbelief

Prof. Avalanche tried, but could only watch as the flames leapt higher!

"The trees! They are Caledon's heart!" was the cry as the fires were doused
with much thanks to those with rainmaking abilities!The orb is carefully approached...

I couldn't believe it when I first heard the reports: Kitti was on fire! The blue team's camp ("Camp Cuddles!") destroyed! I might be a member of the press, but I knew I had better be armed just in case! I strapped on both my bow and knife-pistol and headed to Kitti, then Tanglewood. It was then that I saw it--the large gray metal orb, the glowing green "eye", and the tentacles! This is what has been menacing Caledon? An alien species? Militia members of both sides, as well as citizens took up arms to defend their fair lands! The orbs were even downed and the medics tended to the injured. Later, the aliens set upon Eyre and Tamrannoch! The nerve!

RFL Militia Roleplay

I'm a Caledon RFL "Hare Raiser" team member, so Miss Paris invited me to the Falling Anvil in Tamrannoch to see what was going on with the upcoming militia roleplay. I sat with Lady Pearse and Her Grace, Gabrielle Riel, as we watched mad cows, a militiaman from beyond the grave, an ostrich, chicken guns, and endured many bad egg jokes...

Quick Facts About the Caledon RFL Militia Roleplay

Issue: Crack the boiled egg at the small end (red team) or the large end (blue team)?
Challenge: Loser pays 100K to RFL
When: Afternoon of Saturday, July 14, time TBD
Red Team: led by Sir Edward Pearse (camp: Loch Avie)
Blue Team: led by Col. Mordecai Scaggs (camp: Tanglewood)
Also assisting: Admiral Carricre Wind
Caledon Red Cross: Lady Lavendar, Miss Figaro, Mr. Yoshiwara
Weapons: TBD, silly ones?...although the medics aren't quite so convinced

I'm just a neutral member of the "press." All in good fun and for a good cause.