“Darn freaky it was! Its been deserted since last year when the shit hit the fan. I wasn't the only one thinking 'they left in a hurry. Whats the chances they forgot something valuable?' 'cept nobody was keen to stay there long, 'cause of the tremors, see? You can hear them from three fragments over, making the whole stone wobble in the sky. We all put it down to Takhai and his craziness.
“So I got brave, got the family together and hired a ferrystone. Good thing we stopped to haggle over the price, because as we're just coming into dock there's a tremor like nothing else. Like an angry bear caught on a fish hook. Then the whole fragment starts to tip and this great big crack appears in it. We could see it from a mile off.
“As I'm sat there breathing, I watched these cracks grow and spread accross the whole thing like… like an eggshell! The whole fragment hatched… 'cept it wasn't a creature inside. Nah. It was another rock. One of the non-flying kind that then just dropped out of its floating shell like an eggyolk into a giant mist filled mixing bowl.
“And thats the end of it. No more Dixies and us with a ferry bill to pay.”
And they're off!
“Well Gary, this is the final Stage of the race, and Choth is really starting to flag now, don't you think?”
“Indeed Gary, Its been two speed races since his Racing Fragment was recharge, and you can clearly see it listing as he rounds the stack remnants, looking for his flag. Perhaps it was a mistake to-”
“I'll have to interrupt you there Gary. It looks like Slasher MacGee has run into some trouble with the spiderweb checkpoint! Looks like nobody informed him how sticky it was. Thats the last we'll see of him for this leg.”
“And here comes Clintina for the Confederate flag, but Oh No! She's fallen into the Hareppi Sand Trap!”
“Gary, they just started pelting her with Onions. She hardly 'fell' into it.”
“Its still a legitimate course hazard, fully approved by the racing board.”
”…Did they approve the onions being on fire?”
“Hmm… there may be a time reward for clintina there. A blessing in disguise as soon as she puts her fish out. Oh the irony!”
“And now Ritz and Blacknails are navigating the Spiderweb. Look at that! Both through without a scratch, and grabbing their flags from the cockpit. Thats a first no stop grab for them. What a finale this is turning out to be!”
“I'll be interested to see how Chtoth fairs with that one. he's already had trouble with spiders trying to attach silverstone. The poor fragment was scared silly.”
“Well, it looks like Blacknails has edged out Ritz there! It wasa risky move to accelerate there, but that turbulence has sent the Union racer right off course- Oooh! That was nearly a fatal collision for Ritz there.”
“And for that Storm Knight!”
“Speaking of fatal, Gary, I don't think Chtoth can hold out much longer. He's a good league from the final flag and his fragment is inches off the ground. It looks like he's getting ready to ditch it and sprint for the finish. The crowd are loving it Chtoth is the clear favorite here.”
“Well lets hope they aren't disappointed, because Blacknails is coming in for the final flag at the GPC colluseum… and he's grabbed it! Blacknails has finished first in the final leg. We wont know if its a win overall, but its certainly cause to celebrate as… he… flies away. Why is he flying away Gary?”
“I'm not entirely sure Gary, but he's flying away on Ritz' Rocket. She doesn't look happy about that does she Gary?”
“Not a good time to park up and start swearing is it?”
“But a great time for a commercial break. More news after these messsages!”
While on a diplomatic mission to the GPR, King Lemur seems to have gone missing. Diplomats from both the Earthborne and the GPR are very confused, and have no idea what might have befallen the missing king.
After receiving word he was planning to raise an army against the GPC, El Presidente marched on the stronghold of Tacotta Rjanslaf. Once there, it seemed the rumours were true; a great many armed men were waiting there, under Rjanslaf's command. Upon seeing the GPC's stronger force, however, Tacotta ordered his men to stand down and turned himself in, not wanting a bloodbath. He is currently in GPC custody.
Harkon Stormwarden has been speaking out against the recently declared “Glorious Peoples' Confederacy”, denouncing it as worthless propaganda. In a series of announcements he has declared those in the GPR to be traitors and called for members of the Confederacy who hold to its true ideals to join his cause and assist the Earthborne and Corvidae in repelling their “hostile invasion”.