- La Voz de Toluca
Miracle Fabric, Cowboy Supervision, And Two Very Busy Cadets
The viral “salsa incident” has now moved from airport gossip to full fashion investigation. The V’ren shirt that shrugged off a splash of deep red salsa with a single disposable hand wipe has textile students and laundry-weary parents asking what, exactly, those light blue shirts are made from. Marmaduke Logistics declined to share specifications, citing “proprietary blends,” although one V’ren technician joked that the fabric is “for people who eat standing up more than they should.”
After their airport breakfast, cadets Kevin Wood and Y’kem T’all did not disappear into the city alone. Witnesses report they were collected by the hosts’ elder twins, who are also Marmaduke cousins from a semester spent in Boston. The four were later seen at Talabartería Toluca, a traditional leather shop known for fitting serious riders, not tourists. Shop staff confirmed that “appropriate clothes for tonight” were purchased and that the boys were “most certainly supervised by men who do not tolerate foolishness.” No photographs were allowed inside.
@VrenTrustTech: The truth is we hadn’t stopped to think of fabric tech as anything you might be interested in beyond specialty markets. Most of us love your natural fibers especially cotton and linen we seem to have forgotten how useful some of ours are. This is certainly an item we will make available for sale.
- YouthSignal MX
Skaters, Shoppers, And One Surprisingly Polite Maja Zhang
By early afternoon, three members of the V’ren Trust youth delegation were spotted at La Merced doing what visiting teens actually do, shopping, snacking, and trying not to look too obviously impressed.
The trio were later identified as Marshall skater and commentator Maja Zhang, young V’ren apprentice Chem Corvos, and D’stan Th’ron, granddaughter of W’ren Th’ron. They were not alone. Maja moved through the stalls with roughly half a dozen capital cousins in tow, all a little in awe of their famous, or infamous, relative, but slipping into easy rhythm with her once boards came out later.
Vendors who recognized Zhang from her online arguments were surprised to find her soft spoken and careful, as long as she was treated like a person and not a symbol. One stall owner said she asked permission before filming, bought a drink, and translated prices into V’ren for her friends. Chem was visibly torn between pastries and trinkets, while D’stan bartered for hair clips and a canvas tote in steady, translator assisted Spanish.
Later, the same mixed group was seen at a nearby skate spot. Maja and her cousins took turns demonstrating lines, then handed over boards so Chem and D’stan could try the basics on flat ground. Everyone nearby seemed to decide at once that the V’ren girls needed to leave Mexico with at least one decent shove and roll. Two local boys about their age lingered close, offering tips and encouragement, and, according to one amused onlooker, looking “completely gone” on the tall visitors by the end of the session.
Maja switched easily between Spanish with locals and fluid, informal V’ren with the girls. Observers noted how naturally she handled both, a hint that she has spent time in one of the much talked about but rarely explained neural interface rigs.
For a few hours, the politics shrank to arguments over salsa heat and whose turn it was to ride next.
@ShishupreetPizza: Here in Marshall, we have known Maja Zhang all her life. She is normally quiet and soft-spoken but isn’t afraid to stand up for others or call out hypocrisy, or bad pizza ideas. If she gives you a tongue lashing you brought it upon yourselves.
- Producción Hoy MX
Sael Thron Studies Earth TV, One Question At A Time
Not all of today’s visitors came to talk about grain. Midday at Miguel Rodríguez’s studio, a tall V’ren teen with a translator at her collar was seen moving between the Marmaduke Media crew and local staff, not posing for photos but taking notes. Studio sources later identified her as Sael Thron, a member of the V’ren Trust youth delegation.
Sael spent the early afternoon asking very specific questions, in clear Spanish delivered through her translator, about camera blocking, rehearse time, lighting plots, and how last minute changes are pushed to the control room. She observed a segment rehearsal from the back of the studio, then joined the Marmaduke Media team in their truck to compare shot lists and rundown timings.
When a floor manager asked if she wanted to be on camera, she reportedly laughed and said she was more interested in how Earth media builds a show “from the skeleton outward,” and that she might pursue production as a career. No official internship has been announced, but several staffers admitted they would happily have her back tomorrow.
@BBCWorldService: It is nice to see a young person who is pretty enough to easily draw a social following in front of the camera be interested in everything that goes on behind and before it. We would be happy to offer her an internship.
- AeroTrack MX
Two Flight Suits, Many Shuttles, And Quiet Cadet Hours
While most lenses pointed toward the conference halls, aviation spotters at Toluca’s VTOL zones spent the day watching a quieter story unfold. Two young women in Marmaduke flight coveralls were seen repeatedly walking the lines of parked shuttles, conferring with instructors, and joining crews as passengers were ferried between airport, summit, and city.
Their IDs matched names already familiar to Freehold watchers: MJ Reyes and Rita Ashbury-Singh. Both remained in work mode rather than celebrity mode, tablets in hand, pointing out markings on T-8 and T-26 hulls and reviewing checklists with senior crew. Ground personnel confirmed that they were logged as junior members of the day’s flight teams, not guests, and rotated through different ships as loads and routes shifted.
Between flights, they waited with other crew near service vehicles, helmets clipped to their belts, listening more than they talked. Spotters noted that instructors seemed content to let them shadow procedures rather than pose for cameras, and several ramp workers commented on how quickly the two teens matched cadence with ground and cockpit routines.
The last confirmed sighting was around three in the afternoon, as they boarded a shuttle lifting toward Toluca’s outskirts after yet another exterior walk-around and checklist review. One ramp tech reported a final, dry comment from one of the girls as they climbed the stairs, aimed at no one in particular but heard clearly over the idling engines:
“Not a single murder bear or liger in sight, I think I like Mexico better than Colorado.”
For all the attention on speeches and talk shows, some of the most serious training hours today still belonged to two teenagers in plain grey coveralls, counting rivets and cycles instead of views.
@SolDefenseFleetFlightTraining: While her maneuvers were certainly unconventional, so was her situation during close terrain flight training. From our perspective, Yogi the Murder Bear brought his death upon himself. Repair teams wish to express their thanks for the Murder Bear Chili, but request Cadet Reyes not play chicken with things that can scratch through the entire sheet of smart pigment wrap.
