It's another warm day in the Realm of Mynros, but fortunately not as hot as last month.. Paprika had basically been suffering throughout the blazingly hot month, but now that things cooled down somewhat, he found himself wandering the halls of the studio that records all the ins and outs of the realm, to bring the news to the people on monthly basis. He had been asked to come in last month, but with the blazing heat, he had to decline.. just venturing a single step outside had caused his aethic to start melting and he noped right back inside where it was cooler. How some fools could brave the beaches in this weather, he could not understand. He had no beach body, nor was it sweaty. More like urban body melty, hah!

...But uh.. The halls of the studio were.. disconcerteningly.. quiet? There usually was at least some interns sprinting around the hall and there has never been a time there was not a line in front of the toilet, yet now? There was not a mynrosian soul in sight. Not that Paprika could see souls, that'd.. probably be pretty hecking awesome tho!.. Wait, focus, Pap. Silent halls.. what about the actual recording booth?.... Yeah, nobody here either. Looks like Inkwell left his calendar around tho.. Hrm.. Pole expedition returning.. tomorrow? Hah, I guess that might be why everyone is out. That's a big thing, after all..

....Wait. This is.. the month before the heatwave. But there's.. nothing marked in the month after.. some anniversary is written out, but.. absolutely nothing for during the heatwave? Does that mean Inkwell hasn't been back for an entire month... following the intended return of the pole expedition?? Paprika sat back in disbelief.. He glanced over to a rather big pile of notes- all sorts of news from last month... Paprika breathed in.. Alright. Guess it's time to go to work.

"..Hello fans everywhere. It's ya boi Pap here... Yeah, that's an intro I'm not repeating. Note for next time. How is everyone? Bowling was a fun craze, wasn't it? Too bad that that magical heatwave made everything just so.. awful. Oof, am I right. Even my magical air conditioning gave up at some point, so I asked my Vabbit neighbor to dig me a tiny cellar, and it was nice and cool there.

Heard the Oracle was back last month, but what with that assistant still being on vacation, I don't think much got done in that shop. Heck, seems like things got worse, with that bug hunt.. But hey, at least everyone can now purchase those bugs from the store! The Dudbug, Purrwing and Glimmer Worms are all for sale in the Pet Shop. Their more aggressive variants, the Bombug, Burrwing and Terror Worms can be found in the Oracle Shop instead.. though I'd recommend waiting for the Oracle's return to purchase some.

Anyway, the assistant, Leander.. Well, he's back from his vacation, but considering the state of the shop? Buddy's gonna need a vacation from his vacation. Maybe you can cheer him up a little bit? Cook the dude a hearty meal or something. I don't think he gets enough time off to take care of himself proper.."

"Speaking of taking care: It seems the heatwave has postponed the anniversary somewhat, but here we are- the ninth anniversary of our great turtonic islands being linked by portals! Your family and friends who live across the globe are but a portal away, and it's past due time to celebrate that miracle of modern magic technology! Heck, I don't even LIVE on this turtonic, I just come by to entertain you with the smooooooth dulcet tone of my voice.. Don't worry, I'm not buying my own nonsense either. Anyway- be sure to join the festivities! Heard there's this neat little puzzle box going around with random goodies inside, and the contents are apparently so hefty, it's limited per person! Now I want to go get all three at once.."

"On a completely different note: Magic researchers have been working together with local celebrity Skylar to figure out how to better teach folk magic! With Vabbits in the mix, and the old ways of magic teaching not being quite as effective for every Mhoat either, there just needed to be a change. They've figured some things out, and advancements are definitely being made, but they're not there yet. They're looking for something TRULY universal, and perhaps that may be the hardest task of all.. We're learning more of magic every day, like how it influences the weather on our turtonic islands for one.. But there's definitely a storm brewing in the development of magic. Maybe you can learn magic easier with the new techniques? There's a new test up, and if you succeed, you're definitely primed for learning some basic elements.. eventually."

Before Paprika continues, he reads more of the notes. It seems a lot of these are talking about strange balloons found on the expedition, and how they intended to bring some back, but having trouble.. The expedition therefore returned later than planned, right in the magic heatwave, which had a weird effect on these balloons.. Pap scratched his head. Balloons??? What does THAT mean? But it looks like that's why Inkwell hasn't been around. Apparently he's keeping track of things there, together with his ol' pal Polybios.. Heh, maybe that's why there's been no Timeless Explorers sessions ran lately..

Pap blinked back to reality. "Er, right, sorry for the pause. So.. all I can say is uh.. be on the look out for.. balloons? I have no idea what these notes mean but there's something up with them, apparently. So. Yes. That. Anyway, time to wrap this all up!"

"Pap out~!"