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Alternate Reality News Service

Futurismic has a highly entertaining faq excerpt from the Alternate Reality News Service:

9) What happens to ARNS reporters who materialize in alternate realities hostile to life?

They make employee of the month.

10) With, like, a plaque on the wall?

Don’t be so cynical. It’s a lovely plaque.

11) Do your correspondents ever bring back pieces of where they’ve been with them?

Oh, sure. It’s hard to get alternate reality out of leather.