Wormwood re-grown...

Wormwood Valley...and it's corresponding blog have been...well let's just say "out of commission" for some time and "unable to be reached."

According to the wormwood Valley Power Authority, this is due in part to the large number of Ice Squirrels this time of year who find it amusing to burrow into local power poles throughout central Wormwood, creating a series of cavity's for their convenience and close proximity to downtown Wormwood and the holiday shopping. The Squirrels can be a bit lazy and are know for their utter hatred of traveling long distances to do their shopping. This of course leads, much to the Squirrels dismay, to the power poles rotting away from overcrowding and generally bad behavior and eventually their temporary holiday housing come crashing down at irregular intervals, stripping the valley of power for days on end. 

Reports are heard of giddy laughter, mixed with spewing pieces of chewed up wood as the Squirrels run from the collapsing structure and find accommodations in other vertically imposed architecture throughout the central Wormwood Valley. It's a frequent and almost annual occurrence. 

The Town Council has recently met to hire an official Wormwood Valley Ice Squirrel Eradicator and Conflict Resolution Specialist, a Mr. Hootenany J. Pumperstein. Apon his initial employ, he was immediately assigned to negotiate terms for the Ice Squirrels removal from Wormwood Valley with the King of  the Ice Squirrels, Lord Shnickety Templeton Rathbon who's Kingdom was believed to be located deep within Wormwood Forest in the old Happy Lumberjack Mill Processing and Woodworking plant. 

While traveling through Wormwood Forest is task enough for a single individual, meeting with the Squirrels and expecting them to be willing to negotiate for new real estate is just simply foolhardy. Everyone in Wormwood knows that they have a tendency to be quite temperamental. This is believed to be due in part to the cold and it's icicle-like effects on the Squirrels main two front teeth. This also presents another problem, as understanding them becomes quite difficult, what with the large conglomeration of old ice built up on their mouths. Thus, negotiations have never gone very well with the Squirrels of Wormwood Forest.

As of press time, no resolution had been reached, and as expected, Mr. Pumperstein has yet to have been seen.  Most believe, that like many before him, he fell victim to the Squirrels bad temper and poor character. 

So as communication lines are re-drawn, re-drilled and and re-established with the onslaught of the Wormwood Holiday Christmas season, further updates from Wormwood Valley will be included as they are deemed necessary. 

Reporting from deep below Wormwood Square,

Inkly Tolew the Third Esq. 

Manager, Operator, Owner 

Wormwood Valley Information Operations Publication