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I believe that it is save to dib --[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] 15:58, 5 Jun 2005 (EDT)
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''[[Aliens Everywhere]]'' as a publication is well known for the sensationalism of its articles and the [[quiver'n'bend]] attitude of its staff. The notoriety of the '''Daydream Believer''' and his conjoined twin, Head Deux, is well deserved.
  
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No, I'm pretty sure it's not the 6th of June yet.  :) --[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]] 00:41, 6 Jun 2005 (EDT)
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A pseudonym used to protect one's identity is of dubious value when you are a freak of nature. Hence the identity of the Daydream Believer is unusually well known.  However, in light of the case "The Daydream Believer vs. [[Folktown Records]]" and its astronomical settlement, it would be an act of professional suicide to reveal that secret here.
  
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Your edit has it dated as the 6th, though... --[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 01:16, 6 Jun 2005 (EDT)
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This sort of [[raking|known-but-unknown]] truth is at the core of the name chosen by the illustrious columnist. In trial procedure, the Daydream Believer is responsible for retaining in his imagination the truthful scenario as relayed by the witnesses. It is his or her responsibility to relate on demand the current truth as witnesses have portrayed it.
  
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Doesn't matter. Turns start on Saturday, not Monday. See [[Current events]]. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 08:34, 6 Jun 2005 (EDT)
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As a professional [[Loremasters|accumulator of truth]], the Daydream Believer might not be able to recall that the grass was blue-green or the sky a vivid lavender on a given day if that were not relevant to the testimony, but they would certainly be able to tell you if a nest were on the left or right of the den or if there were any [[vorpcara]] hanging nearby.
  
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Well, on the Main Page, you have the deadline listed as June 6th, which just happens to be a Monday in this case... but it doesn't matter now, does it?  :)  --[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]] 16:32, 6 Jun 2005 (EDT)
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In a trial, the Daydream Believer is allowed to ask questions that are designed to clarify or elaborate on the events or setting. For instance they may ask if a Ghyllian took a particular route through a room in order to establish a path. Then, if later testimony reveals an inconsistency, the Daydream Believer may alter the testimony to fit the available facts.
  
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For this reason, the [[Last witness|last witnesses]] to testify are considered the least reliable. Once all testimony has been given, the Daydream Believer weaves his (or her) tale of the events in question for the trial as the official truth.
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From [[Egron]]: An excerpt from ''[[Aliens Everywhere]]''
 
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<blockquote>The backdrop: He's from someplace called Egron, and he's gone-daddy-gone; something is wrong with him but nobody can remember what and the man isn't gonna remind us. Probably he's in on the Aliens or something. All we [[Wadjidir|tools]] need to know is that we should go ahead and forget him, and they sure make it easy, don't they?  During the trial they don't mention his name, and the professional [[Daydream Believer]] on the scene has to keep reminding all of us (gently) that he's what we're here to talk about (your crusading reporter kept notes, which he had to agree to turn back over to the man after the issue went out, and which will doubtless get his name on whatever list the man keeps in his basement; I'm taking the bullet for you, reader).</blockquote>
 
  
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<blockquote>She's on the stand, looking like death warmed over, while this legal [[Wadjidir|tool]] for the Alien conspiracy talks about how she refuses to forget him.  At first, she's silent, crying quietly, but soon she starts piping up.  She says she can't forget him, he was her shining knight, she might as well just forget herself. Then, right there in front of all of these [[Wadjidir|tools]] she starts to talk about him, about the way he talked, about the songs he would sing to himself at work, about his clothing and his bad jokes, and the [[Wadjidir|tools]] just go nuts; a bailiff chemically silences her, there is a buzz about courtroom contagion, and this reporter starts to get some recalls about this Egron place (unfortunately, all I managed to get into my notes is that [[Folktown]] could clobber their ball club) and then the tools start back up harping about She's a threat to public good, and isn't this a perfect example of why she can't be allowed to walk the streets. I tell you, the aliens sure do have us in their pocket.</blockquote>
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As keeper of the ''[[Aliens Everywhere]]'' official truth, the Daydream Believer has been the standard for the unique and sometimes bizarre truth as seen by [[Bobby Shwarmph]] and his publication. As for ''Juggling Small Animals'', that publication is, in truth, bizarre.
  
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<blockquote>So at the end of it, they give her the sentence -- play along or they'll send her away. She nods her head, and they null the chemicals, and then when she can speak she shouts "Send me away! Send me to him!" and starts crying. Now the [[Daydream Believer]] softly walks over to the stand, and says "But dear, you'll die, you know."  And damn if she doesn't just nod her head again. And then they lead all of us in the gallery out, and we wait while the [[Daydream Believer|goons]] interview each one of us, individually, for contamination and inform us of our obligations as witnesses. </blockquote>
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'''Citations''': [[Aliens Everywhere]], [[Last witness]], [[Loremasters]].
  
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<blockquote>I'll tell you, they sure do have us in their pocket.</blockquote>
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--[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] 12:19, 9 Jun 2005 (EDT)
  
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From ''[[Aliens Everywhere]]'':
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Many famous personalities have once worked at Aliens Everywhere!, most notably its founder and editor, [[Bobby Shwarmph]], who hasn't been seen since -4 [[EC]]. Another famous personality is the [[Daydream Believer]], who is the double-headed star reporter known for talking in the third person and sometimes reponding to his own questions. Yet another is his second head, known as Head Deux, who owns his own small publication about juggling small animals, called appropriately enough, Juggling Small Animals.
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From [[Talk:Aliens Everywhere]]:
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Thank you for the clarification! The fact that this two-headed justice has both a male and female head just won me a cool five quezloos. (I, nor my waging accomplice, certainly wasn't going to ask the Believer personally, I'll tell ya that much). --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 10:47, 13 Jun 2005 (EDT)
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Another point: you use Daydream Believer like a proper name, but in [[Egron]] it appears to be the name of a role or category of people. This can be salvaged by referring to ''the'' Daydream Believer, with emphasis. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 14:33, 17 May 2005 (EDT)
 

Latest revision as of 10:49, 13 June 2005

Aliens Everywhere as a publication is well known for the sensationalism of its articles and the quiver'n'bend attitude of its staff. The notoriety of the Daydream Believer and his conjoined twin, Head Deux, is well deserved.

A pseudonym used to protect one's identity is of dubious value when you are a freak of nature. Hence the identity of the Daydream Believer is unusually well known. However, in light of the case "The Daydream Believer vs. Folktown Records" and its astronomical settlement, it would be an act of professional suicide to reveal that secret here.

This sort of known-but-unknown truth is at the core of the name chosen by the illustrious columnist. In trial procedure, the Daydream Believer is responsible for retaining in his imagination the truthful scenario as relayed by the witnesses. It is his or her responsibility to relate on demand the current truth as witnesses have portrayed it.

As a professional accumulator of truth, the Daydream Believer might not be able to recall that the grass was blue-green or the sky a vivid lavender on a given day if that were not relevant to the testimony, but they would certainly be able to tell you if a nest were on the left or right of the den or if there were any vorpcara hanging nearby.

In a trial, the Daydream Believer is allowed to ask questions that are designed to clarify or elaborate on the events or setting. For instance they may ask if a Ghyllian took a particular route through a room in order to establish a path. Then, if later testimony reveals an inconsistency, the Daydream Believer may alter the testimony to fit the available facts.

For this reason, the last witnesses to testify are considered the least reliable. Once all testimony has been given, the Daydream Believer weaves his (or her) tale of the events in question for the trial as the official truth.

As keeper of the Aliens Everywhere official truth, the Daydream Believer has been the standard for the unique and sometimes bizarre truth as seen by Bobby Shwarmph and his publication. As for Juggling Small Animals, that publication is, in truth, bizarre.

Citations: Aliens Everywhere, Last witness, Loremasters.

--Dr. H. L. Ackroyd 12:19, 9 Jun 2005 (EDT)

Thank you for the clarification! The fact that this two-headed justice has both a male and female head just won me a cool five quezloos. (I, nor my waging accomplice, certainly wasn't going to ask the Believer personally, I'll tell ya that much). --Morbus Iff 10:47, 13 Jun 2005 (EDT)

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