Losing New Tolouse

Group Notice From: Carricre Wind

As much as I am pained by this, I have to sell the New Toulouse sims.

For months now I've been keeping them afloat out of pocket and I'm frankly going broke. There are several factors that have caused this, to many to really go into.

I'm listing them for sale for $350usd each, with the buyer paying LL's transfer fee. If one of you lovely residents is interested in taking over as it were, then I'd happily do everything I can to help.

I just can't upkeep it anymore.

I really wish I could...

Mama Cree

A sad development indeed. What will become of YottaByte University?

And then there were three

Sources tell me Aeolus Cleanslate has thrown his hat in the ring to be the next Mayor of New Babbaage.

Dance off all that fruitcake at Novem tonight!

DJ Dybbuk Denimore brings the music back to Port Novem tonight from 8-10SLT!

In memory of the recent passing of Ron Asheton we'll be playing a heavy dose of Iggy & the Stooges.

Port Novem, located by the water in Winterfell Laudanum!

And so the politicking begins!

First the Dredd Pirate Bobb throws his hat in the ring:

I'm putting myself up, not as an individual but as a face for a possible coalition. I need to talk to some backers, and have a think about this properly but it's something i wanted to work towards but didnt see the point when Babbage was already doing it well. Again, i restate, this is just a preliminary note. I do have a team in mind, which most of you would trust implicitly i think, and who are creative, organised (where i am not) and trustworthy.

And then, who could keep a good Enlightened Dictator down?

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren - dear Ladies and Gentlemen of New Babbage,

I would like to submit my name as a candidate for Mayor of New Babbage. Some of you know me well; many have not met me at all. I plan to remedy this as thoroughly as possible. As a start, I have purchased #3 Babbage Palisade and established a Consulate office there.

Those who have read the histories of my homeland, as presented by the Professors Foglio as Girl Genius, will notice this would not be far different from what I have been doing in Europa, although far more peacefully. I do not seek to take and change New Babbage into some other creature, to remake it in the image of any other land. I am, however, concerned that a valuable portion of the steamlands, and a valuable cultural addition to the grid could possibly diminish or disappear. I seek election to preserve New Babbage and encourage the growth of this vital community.

To ensure the citizens of Babbage always have contact with their government, I would create a town council to act both as advisors to the Mayor's Office and administrators for common land needs. This would be a combination of appointed and elected individuals, the exact composition to be determined. This will also ensure that Babbage looks after Babbage, for those with any concerns of excessive foreign influences.

I would also encourage more diplomatic activity between New Babbage and other lands, as a country cannot exist either in or as a vacuum. This once again applies principles I have in action at home -- standing together is much stronger than standing alone. This will encourage not only a flow of ideas, but also bolster land sales, retail and goodwill overall.

New Babbage is a proud nation of engineers and hard workers. If you are willing to stand behind me in support, I am willing to follow your example and to lead.

Any questions may be directed to me via the Ning, or the post-box in the Consulate in Palisade.

Yrs.,

Klaus Wulfenbach, Baron
Consulate of Europa Wulfenbach

Mad Mathematician Muses on Mayorship

Darien.Mason: So...any plans on buying Babbage?
Mr.Tenk looks up from his forge...
Mr. Tenk: did you know i was considering it, or is that a shot in the dark?
Darien.Mason: I thought it would be plausible
Mr. Tenk: Do tell....
Darien.Mason: A Mad Mathematician running New Babbage? It's poetic genius!
Mr. Tenk: It fits my character as a component of the city.
Mr. Tenk: And not one of the ingrates left a bowl of rice pudding out on Christmas Eve. I am well within my ancient rights to strangle the cattle in retribution!
Darien.Mason: I left some latkes and applesauce out...
Mr.Tenk: You don't live in Babbage.
Darien.Mason: I did for a short time.
Darien.Mason: Very short.
Mr.Tenk: Your livestock shall be spared.
Darien.Mason My stock isn't live...
Mr. Tenk smiles tightly.

For Sale: New Babbage

No, seriously.

The big question now is: Who will try to buy it? And whom would the Citizens approve as a buyer? Anshe Chung is therefore out of the running unless she buys off the entire town first. Let's go with what we know first.

Governor Shang's not interested.

Lunar-san, the Seneschelf and Herr Baron seem to have their hands full.

Dr. Obolensky seemed to have grand designs on New Babbage before his base collapsed, but he has apparently given up on the World Domination career path.

I'm not in the market for an island nation at the moment. And Marcus already has one.

A few names come to mind, but even then they'd be longshots:

Dr. Malegatto Alter - Come on, who wouldn't vote for teh Evil Tiny Kitteh?

Emperor Steelcobra Calamari - He's expansionist, by his own admission.

Agent Iason Hassanov - He'd make the trains run on time. Isn't he a train himself? More like a tank I think.

Spring Heeled Jack - He was a Babbager but no one's seen him in ages. In his timehopping backstory he was at one time the ruler of a steampowered nation. I always assumed it was Babbage.

And now a word from the Mason brothers.

A lot has been said...and I don't feel like rehashing. I'm just going to tell you how I feel.

*looks at the Founding Member plaque on the front of the Hospital*

I'm not going anywhere. Caledon and Steelhead are my two homes, and I will never forsake either. I will continue to work for the benefit of my fellow Victorians everywhere. Yes, even that other one. If Caledon were overrun with casinos full of chaircamping ageplayers decades from now, I'd be yelling at the strippers to get off my lawn.

I could tell how I've seen the sims I love go through identity crises over an over again, and come back all the stronger (except for the Wild West sims, but they don't count), but then I'd just be showing my age. I'll just continue to help where I can. If you want me to host Etiquette classes, I'll do it. If you need someone impartial to give someone a tap on the shoulder (like Lady Darkling did to me so many times) I'm more than happy to oblige.

Don't try and knight me with a fancy title either. As an American citizen I have no need of such pageantry. Furthermore as a Jew I am forbidden to kneel to anyone except the Almighty. (No, my ancestors weren't kneeling. They were just getting closer to the floor to make sure their heads hadn't been chopped off for not kneeling.) Otherwise I'd be walking around calling myself Prince of Erebus.

*BZZT* I'm claiming that title, Dear Brother.

Hold on Marcus, I'm getting to you. State your piece.

*BZZT* Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am Marcus Gabriel Mason, Count of Belhaven. Do you feel that you simply don't belong where you are? Then by all means, come to the island of Belhaven! In addition to our famous Nine Muses Brewery, we have long been a haven for privateers and nobility with...exquisite tastes. Let us be your Asylum in Exile! Belhaven! What happens here stays..." *CLICK*

Alright Marcus, they get the point! Oy! You give these sim promoters a copper pipe and they build a death ray!


FIN