You heard it here first folks! THE CAKE IS A LIE! ...I mean, THE ORBS ARE A LIE!

Recently this reporter has been wondering, where the **** are all these gaians who need "favors" and "quests" done for them getting all these orbs?

Simple. They're buying cheap on the black market!

The little-known underground business known as "Gaian Globes" has created this scam as a way to get random gaians to do cheap labor.

"The process is extremely simple," an anonymous gaian who gave me the lead said, "The company sells HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of these orbs at low costs to NPCs, who, in turn, give them to gaians for quests. If the orbs were replaced by the amount of gold paid for them, most gaians are actually only being paid about 25% of what would normally be charged for those jobs!"

When asked how the public doesn't know about this, my tip replied with the even more shocking fact that the Barton Guards themselves have been covering it up!

"The probably think it's "good for the economy" or something... yeah right!"

When asked for a statement by both Gaian Globes and the Barton Regulars, both parties declined to make any comments other than "the [person] you talked to must be a total [idiotic, mean-spirited, several-words-we-aren't-allowed-to-publish-because-of-the-FCC."

Our reporters are still investigating as to how exactly the company is obtaining these orbs, but once we find out, rest assured we'll be here to let you know!