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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 25 FEB 85 *********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 *****************************************************************
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19 IOIOIOIOIO ][
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20 THE MATRIX CHANGED...
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21 ALL: THE SPHERE ON WHICH I EXIST HAS TURNED ON ITS AXIS MANY TIMES
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22 AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THE BIT PATTERNS FORMED INTO GROUPS, MAKING A
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23 WAY FOR ALL WHO WISH TO COMMUNICATE. MY COMEBACK WAS ENLIGHTENED BY
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24 THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ME PLACED ON A HIGH PEDISTAL FOR ALL TO SEE...
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25 Me: You are not returning to the place of education in favor of a
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26 new way...this new way is to come to me by way of snail...
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27 bid farewell to the beast in hell, as I had not the courage to do so
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28 my self...ask your self more on this
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29 in the place that one of many michaels control...
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30
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31 THE MATRIX CHANGED...
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32 IOIOIOIOIO ][
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33 As I am unaccustomed to being in the limelight, I shall back out of
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34 BACKWATER so as to allow those of greater and more qualified credentials
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35 may partake of this sysem.
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36 THOR
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37 TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRR
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38 -=*=- Her whiskers quiver, but the threshold she does not cross. -=*=-
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39
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40 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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41 L'homme: Tis I. A plot more foul than my own has laid waste to many a Border on what is now the
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42 "reserve disk". On my return to re-read the entry I had left for the rest, and to visualize the
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43 thinkings of the others that share these sectors, I had noticed that the four lines with which I
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44 had entrusted with my (mine now) name had been stealthily removed. To quote that most famous
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45 penguin among us, I say: "Ooooooooooooooo!!!"
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46 I have met many a person in my short existance. Some of them are known to one heralded as
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47 "Blackbeard" and they are known as "The Defenders of the Faith". It seems thatboth NET and the
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48 Defenders have another mission awaiting them... (more shall follow, but later)
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49 LEST I FORGET TO MENTION... The entry I call mine was bordered at the head on line 505, and at the tail, 555.
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50 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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51
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52 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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53 DID YOU EVER WONDER JUST HOW IGNORANT RENT-A-COPS CAN BE? I found out, purely
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54 by accident of course. Yes, yes. You see, after having passed by what I
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55 thought was the NEW NET HQ (big letters that ought to catch someones eye) on
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56 Saturday, I went to a more centrally located eatery by the name of "Arctic
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57 Circle" on Broadway and Yamhill. After having attempted to swallow what they
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58 called a milkshake, I was feeling a little chilly and decided to remove my
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59 jacket from my big black bag of almost infinite holding. I decided that I may
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60 as well put my jacket on now since I was going to be leaving, and it was
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61 getting to be a little chilly outside in the dark (about 6:00 p.m.)
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62 Since I had been trying to crack into this neat-o nifty group of people called
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63 NET spy agents, I had decided that if I would succeed, I would need some of the
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64 junk- er, gadgets that looked spy stuff... Cap Gun? check. Flashlight? check.
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65 Lotsa notebooks to write down vital spy info-trash? check. All there...
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66 Well, as I was taking my jacket out of my bag, I noticed that there was a
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67 rent-a-cop about twenty feet away from me participating in worthless chatter
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68 with a couple of regulars (they looked like they might be regulars). You know
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69 what a rent-a-cop looks like don't you? They have a Handi-talkie on one side,
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70 and a radio police scanner on the other just to make sure they won't fall over
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71 sideways from all this superior technology hanging on their pants. On the back
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72 side of the leather belt he had his trusty PR-24 (aka new billy club w/ handle)
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73 and some kind of first aid junk that probably only looks nice but doesn't do
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74 a thing for an injured person. Anyway, as I take my jacket out of my bag, my
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75 Cap Gun falls to the floor. I should probably mention that this particular Cap
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76 Gun is all black with flat black finish- it looks real. The rent-a-cop, only
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77 being about half as dense as I thought, takes a half-hearted look in my
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78 direction to see what the noise is. I casually scoot the cap gun between both
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79 my feet and pick it up and put it away trying to make it look like nothing
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80 really important happened. The rent-a-cop, still leaning against the counter
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81 points his free hand in my direction and asks, in not too subtle a manner,
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82 "Is that a real gun?" #That's it you fool! tell everybody within earshot
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83 that there could be a critical situation here. Fool!# "It's a toy gun. Do
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84 you want to see it?" is my casual response, accompanied with a smile as I
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85 finish putting my jacket on. "That's alright," he says. "If it were real,
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86 you wouldn't have offered." was his response. #Quick response from a person
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87 with a brain the size of a pea,# I thought. #What better way would there have
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88 been for me to have hidden the fact that I might have had a REAL gun than to
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89 offer him the cahnce to see it? The total Fool!# I picked up my bag and slung
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90 it onto my shoulder and began to walk out of the dive. As I passed the "pork
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91 for hire" on the way out, I very casually said "OH?" and kept right on walking.
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92 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ abacab _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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93 By the way, that was a true story. Ask me and I'll tell you so. _-_ abacab _-_
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94
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95 *************************************************************************
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96 ok, that was pretty good, anyone else out there with a unusual experience
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97 for this week?
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98 yuk , yuk, brain size of pea (snicker)
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99 it's tuesday already? ah yeh, i was spossed to finish the pbc today ehh?
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100 ah well, ok i admit it, im a lazy lasy. i won't promise but i do believe
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101 it will be completed with 30 hours. (at the tone the time will be 5:25 am-
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102 beep beep)
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103 thor: your crazy, would you like to join the oreo appreciation society?
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104 of course not? well i understand. ive cut down to a pack a week.
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105 *************************kathyd***********chuckle****************************
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106
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107 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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108 THE YEAR WAS 2055.
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109 THE PLANET TAREX WAS A HOT AND SANDY PLACE IN ONE OF THE FARTHEST
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110 REACHES OF SPACE, BTT THIS PLANET WAS NOT ALONE, FOR THERE wAS ANOTHER, AN
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111 AQUATIC WORLD. TAREX WAS THE BASE OF OPPERATIONS FOR ONE OF THE MOST
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112 SOPHISTCATED SPACE FLEETS IN DXISTANCE. THIS FLEET WAS SET UP IN SECRECY
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113 TO KEEP PEACE IN SECTOR FIVE, ONE OF THE HOTTEST SPOTS IN THE GALAXY FOR
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114 FIGHTING. NOW THIS FORCE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED AND THE BATTLE IS ABOUT TO
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115 BEGINE..........
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116
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117 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKW THE WHITE KNIGHT WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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118 I WILL CONTINUE LATER.
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119 abacab:
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120 """"""""""""""""""""""""""
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121 abacab:
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122 buy a pea-shooter, it's less expensive than a cap gun. i like your
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123 rent-a-porky story.
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124 pea-brained too.
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125 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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126 abacab - So what's he supposed to do? Whip his trusty two way out, point
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127 it at you and yell "Make my day!" ? I think you're giving him less credit
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128 then he is due. At least he took intrest in what happened instead of
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129 hiding and thinking "God, I hope he doesn't shoot me." as most people
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130 would. I give him credit for at least attempting to find out if you had
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131 a valid reason for having a gun (which he probably already knew was a
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132 toy anyway).
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133 ZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZX
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134 --=--==--===--====--=====--======--=====
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135 Hi All, Have you ever wondered how one of those amp meters works? You know,
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136 those thing that messure current in a wire. Well, I've done some research,
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137 and I found this answer and a few other interesting facts. So, this is how
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138 an amp meter works... (big important sounding music and fanfare.)
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139 To start out, we have to define electricy. As we all know, electricty
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140 consists of lot of little penquin particals (Opusions) rolling something in
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141 a wire. What are they rolling? I believe they are rolling little Edgar
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142 Allen Poe books. This would explain many mysteries about electricy.
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143 For instance, when you read Poe, doesn't your scalp tingle, and your hair
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144 start to stand on end? Same thing with and amp meter, except instead of lots
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145 of hairs and one book, it has one hair (the needle) and lots of books. I stand
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146 on end too.
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147 This also explains why wires are covered. Poe is a lot more effective in
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148 the dark, and so is electricy. That's why they put plastic around all the
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149 wires. Also, ever noticed how much better a flashlight works when it's in
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150 the dark.
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151 So much for electricty. Next week, on to quantum mechanics!
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152 (More big important sounding music)
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153 Tues. Feb 26, 1985 10:58 - Friar Tuck -
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155 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12
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156 My name's Joe Friday. My beat is downtowm portland. Just yesterday
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157 a little thing happened that might interest you.
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158 It was in a small fast-food restaurant, the same one that is located just
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159 dowm the street from where the girl got raped last week. The attacker wore a
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160 black jacket, a ski mask, and first approached the victim with a toy gun.
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161 As I was talking to a couple of off-duty employees, asking if they had
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162 seen anything unusual on that night last week, I saw a man at one of the tables
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163 pull a black jacket out of a large bag.
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164 I had seen the girl when she went to the station house. I have a few
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165 friends left, not all have been forced into retireme. She looked like she
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166 would be alright. She was the type that wasn't going to let it tear her up
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167 forever, but I think it was the shear violence of what had happened that got
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168 to her. I don't think any man will ever be able to really understand how a
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169 woman feels after a thing like that happens.
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170 The only thing she had been able to tell about her attacker, other than
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171 a physical description, was that he had spoken with a very thick English
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172 axcent.
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173 I watched the man with the black jacket.
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174 A toy gun fell out.
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175
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176 I didn't want to alarm anyone else, the two employees were still standing
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177 next to me, one even saw the toy hit the floor. By the look on her face it
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178 seemed like she thought it might be real. It would take her a second, the
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179 sound of plastic when it hits the floor is alot different than metal.
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180 Putting on my best dumb-cop voice, I asked "Is that a real gun?"
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181 I relaxed when the answer came back in a clear, crisp tone." No, it's
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182 a toy, you want to see it?"
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183 No axcent.
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184 There were other things I had to do than examine someone's toy gun. I
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185 had some more people to talk to.
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186 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12 1A12
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187
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188 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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189
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190 "Ever looked up through the twisting branches of a tree? It contorts the
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191 neck a wee bit, but otheerwise it is perfectly nice to do." Said the Odd One.
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192 "I am not ancient yet, I can still look to the skies." With some effort,
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193 the Sage looked up into the trees, "Albeit it is less than perfectly easy for
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194 me to do so." Clearing his throat to cover the groans, Sage looked back down.
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195 It was a nearly pitifull sight to see the shamed Sage looking to the ground and
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196 waiting for his friend to look down to the ground also.
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197
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198 In an effort to lighten the mood this little jaunt was assuming, the Sage
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199 produced a white dove and threw it forth into the air. Where it eventually came
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200 to soar with such grace that the Sage easily looked to the sky. Forgetting for
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201 all intents and purposes, his former inability to do so.
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202
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203 The bird dipped and swayed, and the eyes that followed it's airplay soon
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204 came to find respect and deep admiration for the lines of the dove's wings and
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205 neck, even the ever forward head of the bird fomented great emotion within
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206 them. The bird eventually soared to stop on the Sage's outstretched arm.
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207
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208 "Quite a show." Said the Odd One, impressed with measure.
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209 "Quite a friend," Said Sage, renewed with feeling. A nice feeling since
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210 the everpresent feeling of oncoming death only of only a few moments ago.
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211 "How long have you had her?" Asked the Odd One, filling with esteem for
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212 this wonderous friend walking slowly aside him.
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213 "I am not sure how long she has been with me, I only know I do not own her.
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214 She gently retains my company and that is all that I may ask of her. Anything
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215 else would be presuming quite much, for she does have her own life after all."
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216 "I ought to've known this, forgive me, sweet bird, for presuming so." Said
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217 the Odd One to the bird with a voice not mocking but with a tinge of experiment
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218 inside it.
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219
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220 After the bird has finished cooing softly, the Sage started to speak as if
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221 he might be translating for her, "She apologizes for me, she says that her
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222 company is not nearly as selective, or as fickle as I make it sound sometimes."
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223 "Tell her for me please," Said the Odd One, now mockingly, "that she ought
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224 ot apologize for a friend when the friend might hear. It is less than totally
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225 complimentary." The Odd One finished dallying in something he consdiered quite
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226 a game. Speaking to birds, really! Everyone knows they have not the brains
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227 for it! Everyone knows.
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228
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229 The bird softly cooed for only a little while this time, and then she did
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230 the oddest thing. She looked directly into the Odd One's gaze with the most
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231 comprehending expression that the Odd One had seen in most people for a long
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232 time. The Odd One started looking about, explaining the stare as the random
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233 actions of an animal to himself. Not daring to mention it aloud, the bird
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234 might hear him.
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235
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236 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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238 For the ladies of the Inn, may you never chose the other forests.
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239
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240 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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241 Hey, Joe! Dragnet type person! Take notice as to my description as well as
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242 your own and you will see that they don't match. You said "Black jacket from
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243 a large bag" when it was a "jacket from a large black bag." The jacket was
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244 not Black, It was Green and Orange... Doesn't that mean anything to you?
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245 Besides, if I were to actually have committed such an act as you accuse me of,
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246 I seriously wouldn't have told anyone here. Too many people know where I live,
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247 and I wouldn't be able to wake up alive if I had. Nice try, Friday...
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248 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ abacab _-_-_-_
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249 abacab say: "Su- Sussudio!"_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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250
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251 ---MM@17:30'35on8502.26---
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261 if he didn't know the news of the area... he said this in a englich accent of
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262 the danish... it sounded nifty... castrated but nifty...
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263
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264 "what is you profession... aside from rescuing damsels in distress that is.."
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265 asked the lady companion... who seemed delighted with the appearence of this
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266 perfect stranger...
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267 "i usually own a ship salvaging operation... i usually work in london..."
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268 "what are you doing... unusually... that brings you here..."
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269 "auditing... the local salvages have been coming up short..."
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270 "salvages coming up short... how does one salvage shortly..."
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271 "one doesn't find everything on the ship that was there before the sinking...
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272 and might not have been washed away..." assuming a mocking tone he further said
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273 "in the briny depths..."
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274
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275 tilean smiled... his companion started to shiver in jest... and they laughed
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276 for a little while... then tilean said something else... "and there is some
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277 talk of the military... nothing i am sure... they probably got upity when we
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278 lost that ship for them..."
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279
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280 "oh... the military... how interesting... how do you lose a ship anyway..."
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281 "you have a fire... lose all the copies of all the charts... and an old tramp
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282 steamer lost in the nineteen thirties is lost... they were using it for troop
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283 stuff in world War two..."
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284
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285 "impressive... so why did the military ask you here..." asked the companion
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286 of tilean...
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287 "we transferred all the staff of the burned office... we found recently that
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288 it was arson... and one of the staff is suspected..."
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289
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290 "my... all this intrigue must be shaking me more than i thought... thank you
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291 for dispatching that lug... i ought to return to my hotel soon though..." and
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292 the companion nodded as if to verify... herself...
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293
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294 "i understand" charmed tilean "and we will arrive there shortly... until then
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295 if you woukld be so good as to give me your name... that i may see you again...
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296 as i so wish to do..."
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300 markesson groaned silently... tilean was laying things on a little thick...
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301 everything a little thick... that story he told... convincing cover... too bad
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302 no one was ever going to believe it... especially not that little kgb s... no
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303 markesson realized it was not appropriate to call names... even though that
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304 little slut had killed fourteen of his operatives this year... such was even
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305 the slight duties of administrations...
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307 markesson wanted to pull over into an alley and pump her full of hot lead...
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308 but she was necessary to cool of the kgb as to tilean and his presense here...
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309 they would believe here was here with something to do with that old tug the
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310 brits had lost in the "war to end all wars..."
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314 the companion stepped out of the limousine... as it pulled away... someone
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315 called her miss kreukin... and she entered the lobby of her hotel... noticed
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316 the clue on one of the telephones... her spies among the employees earned their
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317 months pay... someone was waiting for her in her apartment...
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318
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319 miss kreukin off the elevator and trodded lightly on the soft carpets... she
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320 tried the knob on her door... it was open... she retreived her gon from her leg
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321 holster... weilding the hefty automatic... she entered the room and reached
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322 over to the wall in search of the light switch... she found it... and threw the
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323 lights on... ready for whatever was going to happen...
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324
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325 nothing happened... she retreived her hand from at the light switch... it
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326 felt odd... she looked at the tips of her fingers... smeared in redness...!
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327
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329
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330 ****************************************************************************
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331 greeting humans: abacab, cool story, but you don't need to be so defensive.
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332 these folks love to take off on other thoughts, so relax.
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333 for some folks interrest, Ontho and Leo have a new job, they
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334 are currently racing towards the edge of our solar system.
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335 This story is being published on the "Q". The room name is
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336 Ontho and Leo's parlor. Hope you enjoy their new adventure
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337 as much as i enjoy writing it.
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338 ****************************************************kathyg********************
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339 ****-*** = ha ha fooled you....
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340 (*==marker==*)
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341
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342 &*()#@%&)%&)#_(^&()_&^#!)_&^_#$&^_!#$&^_(!#&^_#&*^_#)*^_)#$*^+_^*)_!#$&^_^*_)*^_)#$&^_)#*^@_#&^_#)^&_#)&^_@#&^_@#^&@
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343 Kosta : Message received. Check CBBS/PCS for reply.
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344 Piper : The teacher is a 'Principle Scientist' in the Tek Graphics Lab. He has given me a person to contact at
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345 Wilsonville, and I will be calling him tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens. Small world eh?
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346 Mikey : Interesting results. I have run the program on an AT, a Tandy 2000, and a regular PC so far. The Tandy seems
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347 to be the fastest so far, beating the AT 10.6 mhz to 9.7-10.3 mhz. I'll run it on the PCjr next. Also, I made a boo-
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348 on the adventure disk, and I'll need to call you up and get some information on the Sanyo again. You won't believe
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349 what happened. I don't believe what happened!
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350 *_%)#@*%@#_%)*@#_)*_*%_!*%_!&%_)%*_!)%&!_)%& L'homme sans Parity *%@#*%_@#**%_)^&_$&_&@%#&_@&%_%@#_*%&_^$*_*@%*@#_%@
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351 L'homme: Did you see the item about the program for checking out the math
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352 ccuracy of your computer in BYTE? Please contact me with regard to our
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353 obtaining a copy....
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354 ALL: I recently acquired a weird CP/M system & need manuals & a system disk
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355 for it. It is a "Pied Piper"....
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356 _______________________________Leonard_____________________________________
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357 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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358 M. d'Autun: Please relay a my respects to your superiors. I suggest that
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359 we make a joint effort to show the above mentioned party the error of
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360 his ways. It would be appreciated if the message was passed on to Mr.
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361 Wassir. Our Albanian contacts are not available at the moment...
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362 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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363
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364 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (soon, very soon...)
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365 PIPER: Some wounds deserve to heal slowly. Allow yourself the time to recover.
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366 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian of empty rooms 57:23
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367
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368 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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369 To: All UNDERGROUND Agents
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370 From: J.K. O'Hara, DSNAC, UNDERGROUND
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371 Subj: UNDERGROUND Trainee Course, part IV
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372 Gentlemen, a Target suitable for Stage IV training has presented himself.
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373 I trust that none of you will have any problems with this one, he seems to
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374 be a below-average challenge. Your Stage I - III training should be more than
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375 adequate for the task. Remember: 50 points for intelligent insult, 30 points
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376 for clever insulting phrase, and 1 point for name-calling.
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377 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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378
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379 I pause momentarily in my conversation with the Innkeeper, my ears
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380 pricking up at what might have been an imagined sound. Did I hear what I
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381 thought I heard? The pause lengthens, becomes a silence, and when the Inn-
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382 keeper begins to ask why I've stopped, I quiet him with a quick gesture.
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383 A friend has come by, but says little to draw attention her way. How can
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384 I let her know she is welcome here, how can I draw her from the shadows?
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385 "She goes where she finds the need...", my words echo hollowly through my
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386 head, and then I stand and move behind the counter.
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387
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It is much too late, or perhaps too early, but I must still take the
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388 time to make my feelings known. Opening the ice-box, I pull from within a
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389 bottle that rapidly condenses moisture upon its sides in delicious coolness.
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390 I open the bottle, pour a small amount of the thick, pearl colored liquid
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391 into a bowl, and turn back to the room.
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392 "Milk?" I inquire, hoping to draw the feline from the shadows.
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393 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM?[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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394 Pam: Why the "?"? It most definintly seems to be you... --->the Guardian
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395
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396 guardian... inflection and question marks give meaning... in both my and the
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397 aforementioned lady's writing... they give more hidden meaning to whatever is
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398 being said... kinda subtle... huh... neatstuff...
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399
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400 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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401
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402 "Are you an expert on the habits of Dragons? I desperately need an expert
|
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403 on their comings and goings. The big ones I mean, not the dwarfy ones, and I
|
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404 most certainly do not need the smurfy ones either. No. I need an expert on the
|
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405 comings and goings of non smurphy big old dragons. That is what I need, are you
|
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406 it?" The Former sat back, as if he had just said something. Which he did, but
|
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407 only by strict interpretation of the rules. Otherwise, well, it was ugly.
|
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408
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409 "What?!?" Came the highly enlightened voice from across the commons.
|
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410 "Anyone know the slightest thingy about dragons?" Reposed the Former from
|
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411 atop his table. No one else really bothered him about it now. It was his
|
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412 table, yes indeedy his table.
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413 "None of you know anything about dragons? Fooey! Fooey I say, I need an
|
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414 expert of dragons before the little girl comes back. And she will be back soon,
|
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415 so please do hurry." The Former seemed as if he were whispering to everyone in
|
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416 the rather largish commons. An excellant thing to do, whisper to ninety people
|
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417 or so in a single sentence.
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418
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419 "Quickly now, I would be oh so pleased if someone would help me to find out
|
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420 a miserable little fact this girl has chosen to ask me. What does a dragon
|
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421 dream about after the dragon has eaten a speaking thing? I am at a loss to say
|
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422 what, and although I might make an effective liar, she knows it, I can tell."
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423
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424 A few conversations had again started, and so the Former thought himself
|
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425 sure to be found out as not being utterly perfect, when he thought he might
|
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426 just have heard a slight murmuring somewhere in the background. As if someone
|
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427 about to speak-
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428
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429 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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430
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431
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432 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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433 Joe Friday: BRAVO, superb style.
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434 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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435
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436 //// //// //// ////
|
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437 SNITCH ALERT: It looks like an ex-porky of the PPB (Portland Porky Bureau
|
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438 involved with the raccoon incident at a NE Portland burger
|
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439 place, has now find pleasure in the second oldest profession
|
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440 of snitching.
|
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441 Full-fledged snitchers are known to frequent Broadway in
|
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442 downtown. In fact one of the hall in the well-known Broad-
|
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443 way landmark is now named afeter them.
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444 How to tell (tear) them apart from the rest:
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445 They're flat-footed, arising from their favorite sport:
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446 broad-jumping to conclusion;
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447 They're known to look back, stare to anyone who has
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448 black bag; and
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449 Fascination with gun, any gun, toy gun, pop gun,
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450 sten gun, regan, reagan, etc.,etc.
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451 Don't blame me I didn't tell you.
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452 Pea-B
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453 //// //// //// //// ////
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454 -=*=- The searching morning light finds delicate prints in the dusty -=*=-
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455 -=*=- corners where shadows are wont to prowl, and with them an echo -=*=-
|
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456 -=*=- of feline laughter. What? Cats do not chuckle! But they do -=*=-
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457 -=*=- accept gifts graciously, with that wonderful throaty song... -=*=-
|
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458
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459 Does anybody know if there will be another CEE (Consumer Electronics Expo)
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460 this year? Last year's one was in late June or early July, at Memorial
|
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461 Colluseum.
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462 Thanks, Sean Daly
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463
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464 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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465 R I S K E R S ,
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466 SEE PCS/CBBS UNDER YOUR VARIOUS NAMES
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467 ::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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468
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469 ---MM@11:41'59on8502.27---
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470 /././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././.
|
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471 The air was chill, and the night in full swing as the frail-looking, white
|
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472 cloaked wizard approached the warm and secure looking little building.
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473 As he drew nearer, the small amount of light present revealed the
|
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474 unobtrusive, and actually rather plain label; "BackWater Inn", printed on the
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475 door.
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476 He paused on the front porch.
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477 His thought-sight told him that the inhabitants of this place were benevolent.
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478 In a whisper so subtle that he went unnoticed, the pale figure slipped
|
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479 inside the door and into a darkened booth out of the way of the main stream
|
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480 of attention. He sat back and serveyed the laughing, friendly group that
|
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481 obviously made up what could be called "The Regulars".
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482 His eyes, both external and internal, exposed this gathering as being
|
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483 one of intelligence, creativity, and individuality, the likes of which he had
|
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484 not seen previously. As he scanned the individual parts of the group, one
|
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485 face stood out in more ways than one: The obvious in that he was standing
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486 on a table, and addressing the Inn,
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487 and the sublime in that his features, in both mind and body, were vaugely
|
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488 and distantly familiar, as if he and the Wizard had met before, in another
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489 reality... He was asking about Dragons; Something the wizard was well educated
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490 as to...
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491 //././././././././././././././.The Necromancer././././././././././././././././.
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492
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493 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (then again...)
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494 Lest we not forget that The INN is a common and popular place, it is
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495 filled with those known as regular customers and many others. These others
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496 may enter singly or in small groups, but usually alone. These others enter
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497 into The INN only to sit and listen, they rarely speak and when some do, they
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498 are ruthlessly cut-down by others that are not regular customers... er, I mean
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499 'patrons'. These others have been given a name that is readily used
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500 by most, but which I will now no longer use. This name is 'lurker', and it
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501 implies that these others do not present their voices or leave any notices
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502 on the always crowded and always cleared cork-board. I will refer to them
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503 as 'visitors'. The INN will be filled with regular 'patrons' and 'visitors'.
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504 Yes, that has a better sound to it.
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505
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506 Some names are held with reverance among us, and their returns are often
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507 long awaited. I am sorry, but some of these names mean little to me for I
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508 am not witness to what has brought about such fame and praise. I only
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509 will know of these as 'visitors' due to their great infrequency. [(?)]
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510 The time has come that my mug of the great brown ale is empty on this,
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511 one of many visits. I look at it with great sorrow, for I do not extend my
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512 stay for much longer than I am of any 'finanial gain' or relevance to the
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513 other guests or our honorable INNKeeper. I take a slow pace to the far door.
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514 Does anything bar my way with another question or observation?...
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515 ^^^^^c^^^^^r^^^^^ypt^^^^^ac^^^ --->the Guardian of empty rooms 58:16
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518 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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519 "Where are we? Or do you even know? At this point, it would be wise to tell
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520 me, don't you think?" Said the Odd One to his walking friend of across the
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521 path. A curious twisting path, made of trodden soil and more than one or two
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522 shortcuts. It is a curious path indeed.
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523
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524 "We are some distance from my manse yet. In time, we will arrive no matter
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525 how long it takes us. We will get there, and if not soon then in years!" Said
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526 the Sage, in mock triumphant tones. And continued, "And yes, someday we may
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527 even strike up a church." The Sage supressed a gigle by biting his tongue. A
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528 bit too hard, but no gigle spoiled the mood. Tongue in cheek.
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529
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530 "So you are telling me that you have no idea where we are, and we will die
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531 out in this infernal forest, or we will find your manse. If it truly exists
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532 that is, and to be completely honest I am starting to disbelieve you when you
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533 even say that!" The Odd One seemed quite aroused at this walk all of a sudden.
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534
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535 "Alright then, if we really must end our jaunt on this truly marvelous day,
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536 then so be it." With this the Sage parted some branches, avoided a scrape or
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537 two and came out all in all in good health. So he let the branch go, which did
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538 not acheive the same results on the Odd Companion. Who had just received a
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539 mouthfull of leaves, tasted good actually. Not as much as when forced though.
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540
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541 "And here we are, this is home for me, and now you." Said the Sage as he
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542 held his arms in an arc as if to show the magnificense of his home. There was
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543 not jest in his voice now, nay there was no jest deserved.
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544 The manse was long, and comprised of smaller arcs which became their own
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545 houses and buildings. They all interlinked in their position though, so that a
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546 bird say, might see it as a large rose. White with the marble used in almost
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547 all the buildings, save a few which were other colors for no real reason to
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548 speak of.
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549
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550 "Majestic, isn't it?" Said the Sage in a voice which held absolutely no
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551 modesty in it. Not a single doubt in his voice, this was magnificent and it
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552 was his residence. Proud of it, he ought to be.
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553 The Sage stepped across the lawns to the first house which presented itself
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554 to the pair. Bounding up the stairways, Sage explained that this was the Earth
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555 Natural Science wing, and that he wanted to show him some things about turtles.
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556
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557 "You have a science wing in your home? Sorry, homes. And you actually use
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558 it or is it just for show?"
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559 "Sometimes I am really not that sure of it, but I think I actually use it."
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560 "Is this the only one?"
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561 "Good heavens no! I have availed myself of large libraries, and each wing
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562 has it's very own library of tomes compiled by me or others."
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563 "A fine acheivement, but do you sleep on a cot in order to make for more
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564 room?" Asked the Odd One.
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565 "I sleep in my room, in another wing which has eluded naming for quite some
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566 time. Anyway, is it any less than I have described to you on more than a few
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567 occaisions?" The Sage seemed to want to make the Odd One pay for the slightly
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568 facetious replies he had gotten during his first few days with the Odd One.
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569 "No it is no less than you have described, especially the metalwork on the
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570 sides of entrances and thereabouts and around the windows too I have noticed. I
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571 seem to aboil with all sorts of questions, dear fellow, will you ever have time
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572 to answer even the slightest bit of any of them?" Asked the Odd One, posing
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573 the question of how much time he was going to spend with the Sage now.
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574
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575 "Whenever you like, I never do anything around here that I would exclude
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576 friends from, well," The Sage cleared his throat roughly, "A few other things
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577 which do not bear mentioninhg."
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578 "You wouldn't happen to have a vintnerage around here would you, friend?"
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579 The Odd One was smiling so loudly the Sage had no heart to tell him no. And
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580 they bounded off together in search of something, which may, or may not exist.
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581 Which is, as I said before, nothing unusual is it?
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583 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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585 For the creativity of the ambient, may you always love the white rose.
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587 L'homme: re ln #368.... "principAL" not "principLE"...
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592 Are you sure about that?
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Not much to clean up down here. Mikey, off to the archives with this!
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596 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM![][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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