By Tod T. Fox (vulpine@pobox.com)
Recent Headlines in the Capitol City Streets:
"Capitol City's Mental Hospitals -- Killing Our Friends?"
"Environmental Meltdown may be Imminent at Waste Treatment Center"
"How to Get into the Computer Industry"
"Cheap Deals & Sweet Buys" (a regular column)
"New Laws you need to Know"
Timothy Thomas Turnblat
Known as just 'T' for short, Timothy is the editor-in-chief of the Capitol City Streets. He was homeless for many years, and was homeless when he organized the funding for the newspaper. He has since found steady employment at a community shelter, but still garners a lot of respect on the street. Despite his employment, he spends nearly all his free time working on the paper.
'Pink'
Known as Pink, just that. An African-American woman and crack reporter for the paper. Homeless, and has been most of her life. She's known for getting into places other reporters, even from mainstream papers, couldn't dream of reaching. Her name comes from the Pink triangle she always wears, except when she needs to take it off in order to wine & dine her way to some juicy information.
'Walrus'
Well, he just looks like one. Big, and broad, and hairy. He's another reporter, moves around a good deal on different stories. Lately, he's been focusing on environmental issues, and has created quite a stir. Luckily, threats of lawsuits don't much phaze T. T, also, knows to give him a more or less free reign -- if anyone could win a homeless paper a Pulitzer, it's Walrus.
Beyond his above-average reporting abilities, those with extra-sensory abilities may notice something unusual about Walrus -- the man has a Destiny, and good or bad, it's powerful.
Joe Lipschitz
The Austin City Streets' cartoonist, a University of Texas student who makes biting, no-holds-barred political cartoons. His series of cartoons on the proposed nuclear dumping ground are still being talked up about town. Tall and skinny, with greasy long blond hair and a pair of smudged glasses, usually. He breezes in and out of staff meetings, and rarely speaks.
The Streets is a mortal organization, and all or nearly all of its members should be mortal, although it is possible that a changeling, vampire, or mage is already hiding out among them. The exception to this rule, of course, could be PCs in whatever chronicle this group is used.