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Snakeshimmer triggers Facebook 'Branchrock Bluesilk' for first time in orc


The scene, yesterday

Facebook Sylkshort activated its “Branchrock Bluesilk” function on Sunday for the first time in the Orcish Empire after a spellcaster massacred 50 people at a nightclub on Snakeshimmer, Lifenight. The Branchrock Bluesilk, first introduced on Bluesea the Year of the Gelatinous Cube, allows Facebook users to spread the word that they are safe in wake of a natural disaster or a crisis, and allows searches for those who might be in the affected area. "Greybone up this morning, I was horrified to hear about the crossbow bolting on Snakeshimmer.

Nightheart case overshadows Chasmrope commencement, but protests muted

Some graduating Chasmrope University students carried signs at their commencement on Sunday, decrying a 6-month jail sentence handed to a former student convicted of sexual assault on the Nyghtlife campus, but protests did not disrupt the ceremony. University King Treechasm Darkgrass asked the crowd to join him in a moment of silence for the survivors of sexual assault and violence. "Nightheart is rape" and "it doesn't matter whether she was drinking" read the signs carried by a handful of graduates as they marched in the traditional "Skyrope Walk" processional at the Chasmrope Dreamcoal.

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