Creed sent the following report to TMN:
Hail Para!
As usual, I have a few news tidbits to share with the good people of Puddleby.
The first is purely for entertainment purposes. There was an exceptionally long GrabFoot™ line in tc recently. I wondered whether anyone knows what the record is for the number of exiles engaged in GrabFoot at one time.
I paid a visit to the Marsh Hermit recently to check on the status of my training, and I had the usual somewhat frustrating conversation with him...
But he did say one thing I found very interesting:
Does anyone know who Somerled might be? When I tried to question Marshie, as usual, he became somewhat flustered, and we ended up back in strange territory.
My friend Chance asked me to send you the following photo of a somewhat rare occurrence—a Mini hunt, which took place on Kitty Beach recently. Needless to say Chance, Fiona and Klio laid waste to the fauna of Kitty Beach while chatting about shoes, fashion and the sad lack of variety in hair and skin dyes available in Puddleby.
Last but not least, I'd just like to say that I've been—well, slightly alarmed by the appearance of a number of new, untested kudzu growers/sellers in the lands. I'm not one to disparage the competition, of course. But as the head of the Creed Cooperative, I feel a strong responsibility for the safety of the people of Puddleby! All of my clients can rest assured that they get only the freshest and best kudzu, farmed in the finest soil researched by select Cooperative growers and guaranteed to spawn rapidly and fully. Just look at these testimonials from two recent Valley hunts:
I'm not saying that other zu isn't good. If the exiles of Puddleby wish to save a few coins by choosing—hm—shall we say off-brand zu, that is their choice! Just remember that only Creed™ brand zu has been battle-tested time and again. Which zu do you want in your bag next time the safety of everyone in your party depends on it?
Cheers all!
-Creed