General announcements for the residents of Hanover Camp

Archive 33AR
#41

UPDATE ON THE RATIONING SITUATION

Due to the lack of availability of food until more of the crops grow up, we are now enforcing food rationing. The allotments are as follows:

Children: 1 food packet daily.
Adults NOT involved in the defense of the camp or it’s food supplies: 2 food packets daily
Adults involved in the defense of the camp or it’s food supplies: 3 food packets daily.

Deliberate attempts to disrupt or cheat the rationing system will result in LOSS OF RATIONS.

Lieutenant Colonel Abigail Stewart

<scrawled in messy handwriting: BUT I’M STILL HUNGRY>
<In neat handwriting: 2 parcels stops you from starving to death, it’s not supposed to stop you being hungry!>

#42

The following of Her Majesty’s Airships have been reported lost in the seven days to September 4th, 34AR.

August 30, Belfast. HMA Intrepid, destroyed by mechanical fault. 23 passengers, 15 survivors.
August 31, Frankfurt. HMA Reconnaissance, destroyed by demon fire. 37 passengers, no survivors.
September 2, Rome. HMA Vitae, destroyed by explosion. 7 passengers, 1 survivor.
September 3, London. HMA Oblivion, destroyed by demon fire. 43 passengers, no survivors.
September 4, Liverpool. HMA Victory, destroyed by mechanical fault. 17 passengers, 14 survivors.

#43

A memorial service will be held in the village church in Portree on Saturday, September 7, 34 AR at 10:00 AM to honour the lives lost in the recent tragedies involving the destruction of Her Majesty’s Airships, including the following, who are survived by family and friends on Skye:

Miss Eliza Perkins, 32
Mr. Zechariah Flaherty, 20
Mr. Richard Callahan, 43
Mrs. Betsy Callahan, 41
Mr. Willam Donnovan, 53
Miss Gertrude Ewan, 19

#44

A formal typed message appears on the notice board in the Taverna

[size=150]A message from Her Majesty’s Bodyguard[/size]

This is to notify the residents of Hanover Camp that one of your own, Ivy Bogdanov is missing, presumed dead. While on a mission for Her Majesty in China she was overwhelmed and we have not been able make contact since.

Realisation that Ivy is most likely lost has hit hard. However please take heart in that she was an exemplary agent of the Her Majesty’s Bodyguard, and died in service to the Queen and Humanity.

Any information regarding Ivy or any contact that has been had then please send word to The Office of Her Majesty’s Bodyguard.

#45

Lily? Leaf? Japser? Are you guys still there?
Just checking how many gypsies are left…

#46

[quote=“mundens”]
Just checking how many gypsies are left…[/quote]

Don’t look at me.

#47

Notification of public demonstration: Dissection of rogue re-animate.

The scientific demonstration for this month will be a dissection of a rogue reanimate, with specific attention to the brain and torso. Any members of the public and scientific persons are invited to attend, though if you are of delicate constitution this may not be the demonstration for you. If you wish to take a more active role, please get in touch with the local HEITC homunculus to register your interest. The demonstration will be held in the last weekend of September, exact time to be arranged.

Please note: This demonstration is free to the general public.

Sponsored by the Society for the Betterment of Humanity and the Honourable East India Trading Company.

#48

DUE TO PERSISTENT THEFT AND THE ARRIVAL OF MORE REFUGEES DUE TO THE AIRSHIP CRASH IN LIVERPOOL, RATIONS HAVE HALVED!

Lieutenant Colonel Abigail Stewart

#49

[quote=“u_ne_korn”]
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I second this emotion. If there are a bunch of pigs in a house somewhere, wearing people clothes and feasting, I will be very upset.

#50

PETITION TO THE RESIDENTS OF SKYE

Given the reduction in rations due to thievery, we, THE SKYE LABOUR CORPS, humbly petition our fellow residents (whether native or incomer) to allow for the use of MAN TRAPS and SHOCK FIELDS to protect our precious crops. These may be purchased from the HONOURABLE EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY, who are willing to negotiate REASONABLE TERMS for the provision and maintenance of such devices.

We are also looking for VOLUNTEERS to join the NIGHT PATROLS that are helping to keep our crops safe. We can only offer you the satisfaction of DOING YOUR BEST by your fellow islanders. (Whether native or incomer).

WE ALSO ASK that the punishment for such HEINOUS CRIMES must be increased, since the current laws appear to have no effect on the criminals who are stealing grain from OUR CHILDREN. In these times, we need all the strength we can get. We are under siege from CULTISTS, DEMONS and far more PERNICIOUS ENEMY, a deadly FEVER.

PLEASE SIGN BELOW IF YOU WANT TO SEE SKYE’S FOOD SUPPLY PROTECTED.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN AND GOD KEEP OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS ON THE CHINESE FRONT.

Isle of Skye Labour Corps.

#51

Official Notice to the Residents of the Isle of Skye
We regret to announce that there will be a delay in the processing of your mail between the month of September and the month of November.
This is due to the loss of the Robin assigned to Skye during that time and a staffing shortage which prevents her immediate replacement.
Rest assured we will be working to fill this gap as soon as possible and that during this period your mail will still be available for pickup from your local post-office. We apologise for this lapse in service.

Yours sincerely

Master Maurice Biffen, Master of the Royal Mail house of the Isle of Skye.

#52

To Her Majesties Subjects and All Peoples of a Non-Infernal Nature;

The Royal Mail is pleased to announce the full capabilities Isometric Crystalline Transmitter will be activated on the evening of the 27th day of September 34AR.

As you know some basic testing has been done across short distances over the past few months, ensuring the system’s safety, effectiveness and convenience. Now that an Alexia Crystalline Inferno Uncertainty Formation (or JAB Crystal) of sufficient size has retrieved from China, we are able to complete the array.

From the 27th all messages will be transmitted instantaneously across the globe from any post office to any Fortified Royal Mail Postal Bunker. They will then be carried by the local Robins directly to your door, hideout, mountain top laboratory, tomb or fortress. Service shall be faster and more reliable, with a vastly lowered chance of your mail being lost to the ravages of the demon apocalypse.

You, Her Majesties Subjects and All Peoples of a Non-Infernal Nature, need not change anything about the way you post letters. From your perspective all will continue as normal, only with the speed and efficiency of service vastly improved. You may however (if you arrange a time in advance) have an ITC Writing Desk set aside for your use (available in all post offices) to send messages to any other ITCWD in the world, enabling instantaneous long range communication between you and any other person at a connected desk. Privacy is assured and the fees will be minimal.

“Neither snow, nor rain, nor hellfire, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds”

Kind regards,

Chief Barnabas H. Emerson
Chief of the Royal Mail.

P.S. To all Robins, Long Range and Local.
There will be a small ceremony held by all post offices to commemorate the activation, and to remember those of us who gave their lives to complete this project. Individual memorials will be held at the Post-Offices the Lost Robins hailed from. Wine and other alcoholic beverages will be provided as well as non-rationed food from our stores.
In particular we honour:
• Carl Silver; Died in Rome after retrieving an auxiliary Jab Crystal
• Ekaterina Teller; Died in France, after retrieving an Auxiliary Jab Crystal
• Jane O. Flowers; Died in China while retrieving The Central Jab Crystal, after retrieving several other crystals of note and quality.
• Julian Nowak; Died in Poland after retrieving a Secondary Array Jab Crystal
• Seetha Baker; Died in France after retrieving an Auxiliary Jab Crystal
• Sorel Czarnecki; Died in Germany after retrieving a Transmitter Crystal
• Paul Fullson; Lost in Egypt, after retrieving a Secondary Array Jab Crystal
As well as the countless others who died retrieving lesser crystals or in non-fruitful attempts.

May their souls find fulfilment as messengers above, and their bodies find rest as ash below.
Your Chief
Barnabas

#53

[size=160]ATTENTION ALL RESIDENTS[/size]
Due to rapid increase in the need for healthcare (and lack of information)I, Dr. Swanhilde will be conducting physicals in order
to keep a record on all individuals in the camp as approved by Captain Leonard Blake.

All records will be confidential and for my eyes only. Please come visit me for your physical once I return to camp in a few weeks time.

Regards,
Dr. Dahlia E. Swanhilde. M.D

#54

the new measures to protect the crops, more guards, bear traps, electric fences are put in place. They’re effective at curbing the thefts, but desperation is a powerful motivation and the guards rapidly find themselves with an arms race on their hands. After the first few successfully repelled raids, the raiders start bringing guns and swords. The crops remain safe, but there are fatilities.

It escalates. The bear traps need to themselves in turn be trapped, after thieves move them to endanger the guards. At least the bodies from both sides can often be shipped to Raasay for homunculinisation and onshipping to one front or another.

It escalates. The harvested crops bring ration sizes back up a little, but demons have clued into what’s happening and now they’re disguising themselves to join the desperate and depraved in their forays. This turns the battles happening almost weekly into utter carnage.

Hanover loses a fair bit of food, but through blood and sweat and brutality, the majority of the harvests is kept safe. Just

#55

NOTICE: QUARANTINE ON THE TOWN OF BRACADALE HAS NOW BEEN LIFTED
below follows a list of the dead.

We must not let the madness that consumed Rochefort and Torshavn spread here! visible part of a recent but now mostly-covered poster

#56

Official Notice to the Residents of the Isle of Skye

We are pleased to announce that there will be no delay in the processing of your mail between the month of September and the month of November. This is due to unexpected return of the Robin assigned to Skye during that time from hell.

A small delay may occur however, as we fully repair your ICT, part of which has just been retrieved from up a flag pole.

Yours sincerely

Master Maurice Biffen, Master of the Royal Mail house of the Isle of Skye.

#57

On the notice board in the Taverna:

“I Jonas Wilde certify that Esther North has acted as my agent under cover and shoud be subject to no reprisal.”

(At the bottom of the page: A smear of blood in lieu of a signature.)

#58

In slightly messy handwriting with chalk:

Due to the resolution of the ‘Who will get Miss North to marry?’ betting pool, with a winning contender on whom no odds were placed, no payments will be made.

#59

[quote=“siximpossiblethings”]On the notice board in the Taverna:

“I Jonas Wilde certify that Esther North has acted as my agent under cover and shoud be subject to no reprisal.”

(At the bottom of the page: A smear of blood in lieu of a signature.)[/quote]

…with a scrawl alongside it by #23 “I can verify that this is indeed Wilde’s blood, we’ve tested it.”

#60

Burned very intricately into the wooden backboard of the notice board.

[i]Didn’t you do well?

You survived and you defended your place of safety, you even all learned an important lesson about trusting each other and working together! Aren’t you good little vermin…

You think that was the worst, though? Do you think you’ve gotten over the mountaintop, so to speak? and that the hardships are mostly behind you?

No no, you’re not safe. You’ll never be safe. All you’ve done is draw our attention. You’re a beacon of hope for the human race, so you’re our way of breaking them. Through you we can torture our deserving prey, not torture of their bodies, though that’ll come later, but torture of their spirits.

Sleep well, little humans, we’re coming for you.[/i]