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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      07/20/88 22:41  Msg:1902 Call:10002716  Lines:4
 20 Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth
 21 John F. Kennedy
 22 ****************************************************************
 23  
003=Usr:78 Mark Derby        07/20/88 22:46  Msg:1903 Call:10002717  Lines:10
 24  
 25 L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_
 26                                snailhead
 27  
 28 I'm at the top!  Ha ha!
 29 (wow)
 30 Here's another quote for ya:
 31 "When you gonna see that love is dumb as well as blind?"
 32 Robyn Hitchcock
 33  
004=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/20/88 22:55  Msg:1904 Call:10002718  Lines:13
 34 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Rats, Beaten to the toppppppppppppppppppppp
 35  
 36 How bout dis' fur Graffiti:
 37      "TRUST TOM"
 38  
 41 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Macro Hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 42   
 43 ^C
 44 sorry 'bout dat Phoenix. It wants to send Cntrl Characters for sum 
 45 reason.
 46 ^C
005=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine ,  07/20/88 23:43  Msg:1905 Call:10002719  Lines:74
 47  
 48  
 49 ---{ Praise to Lord Beaker, Resident God! }------------------------------
 50  
 51 CLANGCLANGCLANGCLANG reverbed in my ear.  "My (fill in the blank), what
 52 have I done?"  The 'path' between my own dimension and this one folded
 53 around me like an origami trick.  I could 'feel' my body to dissolve, and
 54 at the same time, my 'body' to become more solid...which resulted with
 55 my arse on the floor with a thud. (OUCH!  Blast It!) "Friar, what have I
 56 done?  To ignore this place?  My original mass has been converted to
 57 energy!"  I tried to stand up as I reeled (sp) from the spirits in my
 58 'body', and finally managed to do the charleston with the stools as
 59 I toppled to the bar.  Slowly, surely, my mind cleared.  "Something is
 60 happening!  The Realities are being torn appart!  Although I still have
 61 my powers," as I floated another stein to me, "my 'material' body has
 62 ceased to be!  I am now a thought!  I can not die - not in the same
 63 way you and I know!  For as long as I think, I shall be!  But this does
 64 not mean I can't be destroyed - only transformed.  Enough of this
 65 nonsense.  We must organize, Friar!  A party to re-join the dimensions
 66 and the balance of The Realities!  Lord Beaker, Resident God, I call
 67 upon you for help, and ask for your assistence!  Kurfur, appear now!"
 68 as there was a flash and Kurfur stood in full Beserker Dress "and
 69 others, please!  This is it!  The future of the realities depends
 70 upon us all!"  Kurfur did not look pleased - his supply of smurfs was
 71 stale from waiting for me.  I blushed, and renewed his supply with 
 72 fresh smurfs.  (AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUHHUUUAUAUUUH) I screamed as part
 73 of myself became smurfs.  "I must be careful..." as I fell a third
 74 time to the floor.  A word formed in my mind:  Orb.  I tried to
 75 recall my memory of any Orbs, but nothing came as of yet" Suddenly, I
 76  
 77 !($*(@*$(!@*$*(* (pop) @@#$%(*!%(*
 78  
 79   ((( In the alternate reality )))
 80  
 81   Appologies (sp) to everyone for my absenteism (sp again, ack!), but
 82 much has happened.  I left this weekend to meet a yound lady of well-
 83 known aquiantence, and I also saw an older man sing songs that would
 84 not compare from when he was younger and when he sung them.  And this
 85 man took the name of a painfull wound, and he had a guitar player who
 86 almost managed to pull his guitar strings about 80 feet off of the stage
 87 from the strumming... anyway, the concert was a dud!  Sting has lost
 88 his edge, and cuts more like a pencil than a knife.  Too bad - must be
 89 burnout at his age...where are you, Police?  Have you retired on
 90 pentions? (sp - my mind has not been exercised)
 91  
 92    Lord Beaker, my apologies for no replies.  I have not died, I have
 93 not planned to attempt godhood (to whoever wrote that, for I can
 94 not remember your name at the moment), I merely lapsed as the Realities
 95 were disturbed.  I think.
 96  
 97    SmurfBar, anyone?  MMMM, good chocolate covered smurfs!
 98  
 99    God Licked My Brain = the total knowledge of a tonuge (sp, anybody
100 have a good spell checker for the Amiga?)
101  
102  
103    "Attack of the (sp) creatures from Backwater"
104  
105    They're here!  And they will grow!  You can't stop them!  They are
106 the (sp)s!  For every line of prose you write you shall suffer a (sp)
107 sticking like a sore thumb in the middle of the text!  Only a good
108 dictionary will delay them!  But they will lurk - hiding, gaining
109 strength, and coming back into the world to haunt amateur writers
110 everywhere!  You just can't understand the total horror of 
111  
112    the "Attack of the (sp) creatures from Backwater"!
113  
114    You'll laugh!
115    You'll Cry!
116  
117    You'll kiss three bucks goodbye!
118  
119   H. Celine!!!!!!!! Resident GURU!
120 ---{}-----------------------------------------------------------------
006=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/21/88 00:33  Msg:1906 Call:10002720  Lines:31
121 KKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Happy to be back, Hagbard???????????????????????
122   
123 "Kurfur, appear."
124 Mumble mumble. "Wassit dis time, another summoning? Guess I've got no
125 choice but to respond."
126 Time shifted. The flow of the continuum drew me from the shores of 
127 unreality, and I drifted with the current. In the eternity which lasted
128 a millisecond, I thought of this new summoning. My mind reached into
129 the passing eddies and drew forth Evilbane. Then, I remembered my offer 
130 for questing assistance.
131 "So, I have finally been called. Took 'em long enough. Nearly had to get
132 a fresh supply of Smurfs."
133 I now knew where the summoner was. Using my imagined imagination, I 
134 steered my course through the warp-flow to the edge of nowhere. Imagining 
135 the inn, I made my way to it, pocketing Evilbane into the ether.
136 Once I was inside and fully material again, I immediately recognized the 
137 summoner as Hagbard Celine (mostly by the fact that the guru wasn't to be 
138 seen).
139 "Wassup?" I asked to the assembled party. "Must be something big.
140 The continuum has twisted again. Change is imminent. By the way, could I
141 have some grilled Smurfs. Temporal movement makes one hungry, and I'm 
142 all out of them."
143  
144 KKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Sorry attempt at creative participation, Huh????
145  
146 Now for realities temporal location:
147 So what about the (sp)'s. At least they aren't twits. By the way, where 
148 are our local dimwits anyways? How 'bout Chocolate and Granola Smurf 
149 Bars?
150  
151 KKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / And now for something completely differenttttttt
007=Usr:245 Doug King         07/21/88 02:20  Msg:1907 Call:10002723  Lines:5
152  
153  
154 the real << Brain Picnic >>
155  
156  
008=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/21/88 10:38  Msg:1908 Call:10002728  Lines:2
157 Is that any thing like the "real Macaw"?
158  
009=Usr:100 Ben Davis         07/21/88 15:12  Msg:1909 Call:10002735  Lines:2
159 Or the 'Real Mccoy'
160 C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D
010=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/21/88 15:48  Msg:1910 Call:10002740  Lines:13
161  
162 No, "Macaw". Tropical birds are much more interesting than dead inventors.
163  
164 C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D
165  
166 Who's border is that? I should like to know just whos borders I am 
167 infringing on. Irritation by name. Only a I could think of it, for I
168 am:
169  
170          !!!!!!!!!!!tHE BORDER PIRATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
171  
172 C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D
173  
011=Usr:245 Doug King         07/21/88 16:20  Msg:1911 Call:10002742  Lines:5
174  
175  
176 << Brain Picnic >>
177  
178  
012=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/21/88 17:37  Msg:1912 Call:10002743  Lines:3
179 Yo' Brain Picnic, write something next time. We allready know you're
180 here, but what do ya wanna say? (other than <<Brain Picnic>>)
181  
013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/21/88 19:55  Msg:1913 Call:10002746  Lines:22
182 &*&*&*'s
183 My senses were still numb from the improper melding with the orb
184 , What Certam had told me ran through my mind. My thoughts gained clarity
185 , and I came to a deccision. I must return to the place were all of this
186 had began.
187  
188 I left the building were the orb had lain and move out the gate.
189 I travelled rapidly and carfully to the place I had been when (And
190 still I could not believe it!) I had been spelled to go for the orb.
191  
192 The Inn, (Tavern?) was still there, and so I phased in to the space that it
193 occupied. Things seemed oddly disjointed around me, for the first time
194 I realed that somthing was wrong. I had been so caught up with my own
195 problem that I had not noticed it before now. Things didnt feel right.
196 I walked to the building and entered cautuaslly. Inside were many
197 strange faces.
198  
199 "Hello" I said bowing in my fadded jeans and t-shirt, "I am the wonderer,
200 I sense somthing is wrong here. perhaps we can help each other?"
201  
202 An Astral Dreamer.
203 &*&*&*&*'s
014=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/21/88 21:38  Msg:1914 Call:10002750  Lines:2
204 "I got my GS scooter with my hair cut neat......"
205 ^C
015=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine ,  07/21/88 22:18  Msg:1915 Call:10002752  Lines:47
206 ---{ Smurfs are the foundation of the modern fast food industry }--------
207  
208    In Another Place;
209    I felt my body waver like a flag - being pure energy doesn't help when
210 you're buzzed on 80 proof ale... after a little concentration, I managed to
211 stop the wavering... Another person appeared.  "Hel - I am the Wonderer,
212 I sense something is wrong here.  Perhaps we can help each other?" the
213 new person asked.  Here I was, a mess.  (Hum.  Ah!   A pleasing image.)  I
214 reverted my form to that of my original body - a young man in an orange robe,
215 cross-legged and floating about a meter or so from the ground.  "Greetings,
216 Wonderer.  I am Hagbard Celine, Guru of Backwater and friend to friends.
217 The person in the robes is Friar, a good friend whom I was sharing a small
218 drink with (well, actually...) and the other, more forboding but friendly
219 berserker is Kurfur Redlig.  I'm sorry about the current circumstance, but
220 it seems something is amiss in Another Place, and it threatens the Realities
221 as we 'know' them.  I myself have been dissolved on my home Reality, which
222 nearly destroyed me."
223    "Shall we be seated at the bar?  Kurfur, look in your pack.  There should
224 be some smurfs who bear a striking resemblence to me inside.  I would like
225 Granola Smurfs, but I'm afraid that you are stuck with these - I created
226 their matter from part of my life force.  I don't want to try that again - 
227 it was too much.  Please enjoy them - Friar, would you like some Smurf
228 Bars?  Kinda like chocolate ice cream that never melts, so I'm told.
229  
230    -Barkeep!  A pitcher, on the remaining money you were given, and
231 two more steins for the visitors.  Kurfur & Wonderer, if you wish, there
232 are infinite drinks to be had, and of your own choice..." - this annoyed
233 the Barkeep even more, but he remembered the generosity of gold, shrugged
234 his shoulders at the strange appearences, and went for the drinks...I
235 considered the limitations of my powers.  So long as I tried not to create
236 matter, but to simply alter it, I would be fine.  The Smurf Bars had better
237 be worth it. (Gads!) I remembered.  It hurt so much because I created a
238 month's supply of smurf bars for 10 people.  If we started an
239 expedition, we would be stocked for 2 1/2 months with the good tasting
240 (and blocky-looking) Smurfs in chocolate.  Ugh!  Smurfs are OK, but we
241 do need other sources.  (Say, what will I eat?)
242  
243    *** Meanwhile ***
244  
245    I am temporarily displaced in an alternate reality.  Please contact me
246 only inn emergency - travel between the planes is currently dangerous
247 for the tourist, and only experienced invocators should attempt such a
248 feat.  Thank you for your patience and co-operation!
249  
250    Hagbard Celine, temporally displaced Guru, at Another Place
251  
252 ---{ This space imine when I am alone. }------------------------------
016=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/21/88 23:49  Msg:1916 Call:10002758  Lines:3
253  
254 "I got my wartime jacket for the rain and sleet....."
255 ^C
017=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/22/88 00:28  Msg:1917 Call:10002759  Lines:20
256 KKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Forboding but friendly huh???????????????????????
257  
258 Excuse me for this unreal message people, but it is very important that
259 you should know this. Recently (today), I was accused by NET 01 of being
260 that idiot, The Bozo Pirate. Well, NET was wrong. He is not me. This
261 accusation brought me to seriously think on the matter, and I found that
262 my younger brother has been using MY modem with MY passwords to enter 
263 stupidity on boards such as this. He is the twit, and he has been severly
264 reprimanded. I apologize for the troubles he has caused. It won't happen
265 again. If you feel that he has seriously irritated you though, look at
266 it from my point of view. He acted the fool, but I was blamed for it.
267  
268 "He who steals my purse steals trash, but he who steals my good name
269 does something which makes him none the better, and me all the worse."
270  
271 KKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Back to questing after I've calmed downnnnnnn
272  
273 PS: Any suggestions for revenge?
274  
275 KKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / He's from the other end of the gene poollllll
018=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/22/88 01:05  Msg:1918 Call:10002760  Lines:22
276  
277 SURRENDER
278  
279 Surrender your soul to the night
280 Surrender your body to me
281 Surrender your soul to the night
282 Surrender your love to me
283  
284 Like a small bird
285 waiting to take wing
286 waiting to take flight
287 as soon as I get close.
288 Surrender yourself,
289 Surrender your soul
290 to the night
291  
292 cut and run, cut and run
293 do you fear my love?
294 do you fear me?
295 cut and run, cut and run...
296  
297 ^C
019=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/22/88 09:51  Msg:1919 Call:10002775  Lines:1
298 4000 throats may be cut in one night by a running man.
020=Usr:96 Steve LaPlante    07/22/88 12:35  Msg:1920 Call:10002798  Lines:7
299                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
300  
301               coulda been an actor but I ended up here . . .
302                    people always look  . . for dirty dry . . .
303                        ---heard by Trine on 92.3
304  
305                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
021=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/22/88 17:43  Msg:1921 Call:10002806  Lines:4
306 Hello.  Why does my user status report me as having applied in 1984?  I didn't 
307 even know what a MODEM was then....
308 Phoenix
309 ^C
022=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/22/88 18:58  Msg:1922 Call:10002809  Lines:1
310 Maybe Kurfur is right and the time flow has been twisted.
023=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/22/88 20:07  Msg:1923 Call:10002810  Lines:16
311 &*&*&*&*'s
312  
313 As I finished my introduction A Man in orange robes appeared and introduced
314 himself and his companions. They were a mixed lot, and I did not feel
315 out of place amoungst them.
316  
318 Hagbard motioned us to a table and ordered up Ale. The Ale was good,
319 but I Had other things on my mind. "We need a plan of action, I think
320 that perhaps the solution to my problem is in some way intertwined
321 with the solution you seek."
322  
323 So saying I looked around the table and waited for an answer.
324  
325 An Astral Dreamer
326 &*&*&*&*'s
024=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/23/88 00:31  Msg:1924 Call:10002821  Lines:1
327 Excuse me, but I seem to have lost something, and forgotten what it was.
025=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/23/88 10:14  Msg:1925 Call:10002825  Lines:17
328  
329 Why worry about it then?
330  
331 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Hey, people, wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
332  
333 Hello there. I would justlike to say that this board has slowed down
334 considerably (It's been 11 hours since anyone but myself entered 
335 something). Come on people (and others), write something! We've got to
336 keep the SysOp busy switching disks.
337  
338 Write, the multiverse faces destruction.
339  
340 KKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / I'm bored. Nothin' bein' writtennnnnnnnnnnnn
341 ^C
342 Dammit! Sorry again Pheonix. I can't figure out why it does that. Any 
343 suggestions?
344 ^C
026=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/23/88 11:10  Msg:1926 Call:10002826  Lines:7
345 &*&*&*&*'s
346  
347 So, The multi-verse stands on the edge of destruction, what are we going to do
348 about it?
349  
350 An Astral Dreamer.
351 &*&*&*&*'s
027=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/23/88 13:13  Msg:1927 Call:10002831  Lines:1
352 Get drunk and ignore it?
028=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/23/88 14:36  Msg:1928 Call:10002833  Lines:8
353  
354 Kurfur- don't worry 'bout th' ^C thing.  Some times I can't get this Commie to
355 I get real weird controll charactors...
356  
357 All fer now.
358  
359 Phoenix Polymorph II, Lt (Ret.)
360 ^P  (Hahahahahahaha)
029=Usr:483 Lord Beaker       07/23/88 16:45  Msg:1929 Call:10002839  Lines:7
361 -----=-=---------======-=============-=----------------=-============-=-----
362 OOPS!  Sorry wrong room.
363                
364                           Lord \__/
365                                 oo Beaker
366 GIP
367 -----==----{=========-=----------------========----=-===========--=----=====
030=Usr:245 Doug King         07/23/88 17:02  Msg:1930 Call:10002840  Lines:4
368  
369 Yawn.....
370  
371  
031=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/23/88 17:10  Msg:1931 Call:10002841  Lines:1
372 WHAT ROOM ?
032=Usr:78 Mark Derby        07/23/88 19:40  Msg:1932 Call:10002846  Lines:10
373 L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_
374                               snailhead
375  
376 hey, Kurfur, it's summer and a weekend besides...
377 only a few diehards want to sit by a modem in their hot little houses...
378  
379 things will pick up.
380 anyhow, look on the bright side.  We haven't heard much
381 from the twits lately...
382  
033=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/23/88 21:41  Msg:1933 Call:10002850  Lines:8
383 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Nothin else to dooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
384 We haven't heard from the twits (at least the Border Pirate) because he
385 was my younger brother, and now is restricted from my modem under pain 
386 of tickling. As to Zod, I don't know.
387 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig /-a-rump-a-zoos everywhereeeeeeeeeeeeeee
388 Oh, by the way, Pheonix, I think I've solved that control character 
389 problem, so there will be no more sign off problems (I hope).
390 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / Hey, my house is nice and coolllllllllll
034=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/23/88 23:31  Msg:1934 Call:10002853  Lines:3
391  
392 Whats that? It's the weekend allready?
393  
035=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/24/88 13:12  Msg:1935 Call:10002862  Lines:1
394 My how time flies when the multiverse faces certain destruction.
036=Usr:104 Trokin Korka      07/24/88 13:59  Msg:1936 Call:10002863  Lines:11
395 283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
396        Trokin Korka was minding his own buisiness (sp? ARRRGGHH I've been
397 attacked by the sp's!), working inside of the secret chamber in his pyramid,
398 trying to find out who Gen. Zit was when suddenly, the Universe swirled around 
399 him causing major disorientation, and a slight migraine. Then the pyramid v
400 vanished from around him, throwing him into complete darkness. "Nothing could
401 destroy the pyramid, for its foundations were laid before the beginning of the
402 universe by the Elders", thought Trokin, "the only other thing that could take
403 me away from the operating pyramid is the imminante (sp.) destruction of the
404 multiverse.
405  
037=Usr:104 Trokin Korka      07/24/88 14:10  Msg:1937 Call:10002864  Lines:22
406 Light started forming around him, causing him to be bewildered by the sights.
407 "This is strange", he thought, "I see a person floating above the ground, 
408 another person dressed like a Berserker, and another with black robes, and
409 a barkeep not knowing what to do with this strange lot, and another person 
410 not feeling to well it looked like. The second and third persons were
411 munching on chocolate covered blocky objects that looked like Easter candy,
412 the second person (the Berserker) was greedily munching down his objects,
413 leaving crumbs all over the floor of the bar, the third person in black
414 robes was tentatively nibbling on his, first licking the chocolate coating
415 , then taking a small bight, chewing the rubbery, blue substance inside.
416    "I guess I'd better tell them that I'm here."
417  
418 "Hello there! What's up, and could you guys tell me what I'm doing here?", 
419 he said.
420    Everyone immediatly looked at Trokin, except the Berserker, who kept 
421 munching away, oblivious to all else.
422    "You weren't summoned! How could you get through the demensional
423 boundaries without being summoned?! Who are you?!", they all said, almost
424 at the same time.
425  
426                            To be continued by others who started it
427 283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283283
038=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/24/88 14:45  Msg:1938 Call:10002865  Lines:15
428 &*&*&*&*'s
429  
430 A strange man appeared out of nowere and announced his presence.
431  
432 "Hello there! What's up, and could you guys tell me what I'm doing here?"
433 He said suprising us all.
434 Things were getting stranger and stranger as time passed, And I could
435 feel the Orb slowly draining me.
436  
437 "Come now," I said. "Somthing must be done or all will be lost. Who
438 will take the Lean?
439  
440 An Astral Dreamer
441  
442 &*&*&*&*'s
039=Usr:113 James Of Cassand  07/24/88 14:56  Msg:1939 Call:10002866  Lines:15
443  
444 ^^!!!!!
445  Fredom
446  
447 I am without that qualaty that would let me be just free,
448 to talk to those who I would know. For fear to much I me.
449  
450 The fear has grown so that now it show the semblence of stone,
451 The breaking of would be so great could shatter me alone.
452 So on I go with a hope, but no firm base on which to build.
453 Untill the day I come to find the empty place has filled.
454  
455 James of Cassandra.
456 ^^!!!!!
457  
040=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine ,  07/24/88 16:06  Msg:1940 Call:10002869  Lines:35
458  
459  
460 ---{ Greed is the foundation of Modern American Society }-----------------
461  
462    Another man appeared, and introduced himself.  Everyone was a little
463 startled at the sudden appearance, but the jolting feeling melted away as
464 the stranger introduced himself.  Then, much talk began about what to do
465 to save the multiverses.
466  
467    "I think we should first find out why some of us have been displaced
468 and see if there is a shared problem amoung the dimension travellers.  Then,
469 we should try different solutions to see if the problem can be solved.
470 Kurfur was summoned here by me - but for the rest of you, you either arrived
471 by invitation or not of your own choosing.  Please tell me what has happened
472 to you.  I myself was 'destroyed' on my material universe.  All that is
473 left of me now is my life's energy.  As I am currently a pure energy form,
474 I can still re-shape some of Another Place to help us, but I can not
475 create objects.  To do so is to convert a part of me into that object,
476 which I find to be extremely painfull.  Friar was here before this began
477 so I will ask the Wonderer how he came to be here, unless the newer
478 arival would care to speak first?"
479  
480    "Kurfur, how are the Smurf Bars?  And would you like some mead?"
481  
482    "Friar, do you have any suggestions?  I think that something
483 is amiss - and I don't mean the destruction of the multiverses.  What
484 seems so out of place?  - or is it that I become that disoriented in 
485 Another Place?"
486  
487    I awaited answers and questions as we began our short debate on how
488 to save everything in existence.
489  
490    Hagbard Celine, Temporally Displaced Guru
491  
492 ---{ Glad to see the Border Pirate was discovered... }-------------------
041=Usr:131 ORIGINAL FORMULA  07/24/88 18:08  Msg:1941 Call:10002871  Lines:5
493  
494     revinis                                sd8807.23              mt1812.50
495  
496@    Ethan is almost asleep. Resting on a 
497@CC
042=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/24/88 19:04  Msg:1942 Call:10002875  Lines:27
498 &*&*&*&*'s
499  
500 "I came to this time and place in a way that is not of my choosing.
501 I was wandering Existance when I came upon this Inn. There was a
502 strange man dressed in black,(Or so my perceptions told me) And
503 I sensed that he knew of my presence. This bothered me, And I withdrew
504 in meditation."
505  
506 "But while I was in this state somebody was able to impress on me an
507 urgent need. I was foolish and did not realize this immediatly.
508 I travelled to pick up an object of power that belonged to my master
509 before his death. I know little of its powers, I was told by my
510 master that it was a powerfull Item that would bring me great
511 responsability. I did not wish this, And so when he died I hid
512 the Item in a secret place."
513  
514 "But this need overpowered me and I journeyed to recover that which
515 I had refused. There was a ceramony that would bind me to this
516 Item, And I undertook it. But because of the false nature of my
517 desire it did not go well, even as we speak I am being slowly
518 drained of power. If I do not find a way to either seperate myself,
519 or gain a better mental melding I will be consumed by it. "
520  
521 "I sense that Our problems are interconnected, There is much trouble
522 about. That is my story."
523 An Astral Dreamer
524 &*&*&*&*'s
043=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/24/88 19:34  Msg:1943 Call:10002876  Lines:15
525 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig / A summoning doesn't mean instant responseeee
526  
527 As I sat on the floor in the Inn, more people began to appear from 
528 nowhere. Mention of names were made, and people said things about problems
529 unknown. Hagbard inquired as to the quality of the Smurf bars, and asked
530 me if I would enjoy some mead. My answer to both of Hagbards questions 
531 was "great". After downing three pints of the finest mead I had ever 
532 tasted, I began to mull over some of the ideas being passed through the 
533 company.
534 "I think that the man in black has something to do with the present chaos,"
535 I said finally. "If we can find him, maybe we can figure out what's 
536 causing the disturbances."
537 My thoughts said, I continued to drink my mead.
538  
539 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Border change!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
044=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/24/88 21:17  Msg:1944 Call:10002879  Lines:3
540 ^^
541 I walked in.  Sat down.  Ordered an ale.  Looked around.  Waited...
542 
045=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/24/88 21:42  Msg:1945 Call:10002880  Lines:1
543 Welcome!!!!!!
046=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/24/88 22:20  Msg:1946 Call:10002884  Lines:1
544  
047=Usr:272 Talos             07/24/88 22:56  Msg:1947 Call:10002885  Lines:3
545 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
546 I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccccccckkkkkkk!                T.V.
547 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
048=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/25/88 18:29  Msg:1948 Call:10002913  Lines:7
548 &*&*&*&*'s
549  
550 Where is everybody?
551  
552 An Astral Dreamer
553  
554 &*&*&*&*'s
049=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/25/88 19:03  Msg:1949 Call:10002915  Lines:1
555 Lost in unreality.
050=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/25/88 20:10  Msg:1950 Call:10002917  Lines:7
556  
557 &*&*&*&*'s
558 If they are lost in unreality then all is lost!
559 I will try to summons them back...
560  
561 An Astral Dreamer.
562 &*&*&*&*'s
051=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/25/88 20:28  Msg:1951 Call:10002918  Lines:6
563 If reality is in chaos, then unreality is the safest place to be.
564 I believe the Inn is lost in unreality, so therefore all within it are
565 lost in unreality.
566 So, Astral Dreamer, they are all in the inn.
568 Therefore, they are all safe.
052=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/25/88 20:44  Msg:1952 Call:10002919  Lines:6
569 &*&*&*&*'s
570 Yes, This might be the case. But Their lack of communication does not
571 bode well for the Multi-vers. Maybe its the heat.
572  
573 An Astral Dreamer.
574 &*&*&*&*'s
053=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/25/88 21:48  Msg:1953 Call:10002921  Lines:16
575 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | I'm writing, OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
576  
577 Hey, Astral Dreamer,
578  You must be a new user, right? You call this system almost as often as
579 I do. Relax, time is frozen, so nothing can happen untill someone
580 responds. They will respond eventually (they allways do) and there's
581 nothing you or I can do to hurry them along. Don't worry 'bout things 
582 you can't help, it leads to an early coronary arrest (there's nothing
583 worse than a dead Astral Dreamer).
584  Sorry if I sound a bit patronizing, but this is the only way I can
585 think of to get my message across.
586                                            Strangely,
587                                          Kurfur Redlig
588                                       (local Berserker nobody)
589 =:-) [:I] :-D :-P B-) O:-) 8) 0-) :-)8 and any other smiley faces!!!
590  
054=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/25/88 22:19  Msg:1954 Call:10002922  Lines:1
591 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Arkle Snarkle Higgeldy Snooooooooooooo
055=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine ,  07/25/88 23:37  Msg:1955 Call:10002926  Lines:49
592  
593 ---{ "What are you doing, Dave?  This is highly irregular"... }---------
594  
595    Actually, Kurfur, I have been pondering the rest of the story (no
596 relation to Paul Harvey).  I've called this board 3 times today.
597  
598    Wonderer, it would seem that you should re-bind with the Item that you
599 seek, unless you wish not its responsibility.
600  
601    Talos, welcome to Another Place.  Feel free to order a drink.
602  
603    So, what should be done?  Is the item the cause, or is it that plus
604 a combination of other events that have all played havoc on the 
605 dimensions?  As to why my body was distroyed in its material form, I
606 still can not explain fully.  I think that my lapse in concentration and
607 the improper binding to the Item you seek created a nasty flux in the
608 cross-dimensions.  Any other ideas?  It still seems like there is just
609 one more thing-but I can't place my finger on it...
610  
611    Soon we shall have the objective for our quest, and we can start our
612 journey across the dimensions.  Um....uh oh.  I just realized something.
613 The problem can be in ANY dimension!  We'll have to move fast, and
614 cover alot of ground.  Even if we find the place, who knows how large it
615 is?
616  
617    Hagbard Celine, Listening Guru in Another Place
618  
619 ---{ To All:  We need your help! }---------------------------------------
620  
621    Indeed!  I recalled the mysical scroll of recent knowledge.  The Man
622 in Black Robes is the missing element!  The improper binding, my lapse
623 in concentration, and some other force (probably from the Man in Black)
624 have combined to affect the multiverses!  I have sensed something of
625 what you have told me - this Man is not of the normal multiverse.  He
626 (or should I say IT?) is trying to accomplish something through the
627 destruction of the multiverses.  He is not responsible for his actions,
628 and the energies He gives off are erratic, suggesting that which mehums
629 call 'Evil'.  Indeed, this being is strong.  The Man must be contacted
630 and told of His responsibilities to all entities.  Otherwise, under 
631 the code of human ethics, He must be neutralized by relocation,
632 immobilization, or destruction (the least prefered).
633  
634    Hagbard Celine, Guru with Wandering Mind
635  
636    P.S. I seem to be needing some grandmotherly kindness...my mid
637    wandering was like making the shrill mouth music while I was
638    urinating.  Even Gurus are not perfect.
639  
640 ---{ Zen? }-------------------------------------------------------------
056=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/26/88 12:59  Msg:1956 Call:10002932  Lines:5
641 I figet at my sword belt.  I never quite got use to wearing one.  It's been
642 so long, too.  I finish my ale and order another, calmly waiting for whatever. 
643 I brush my hair back out of my face and scratch at my beard.  I feel secure
644 in this place.  I'd feel beter if I knew who brought me here and why......
645 
057=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/26/88 17:28  Msg:1957 Call:10002939  Lines:15
646 &*&*&*&*'s
647 Yes Hagbard, I to feel that the man in black has somthing to do with all
648 that is going on around us. I saw him outside the Inn, and this is 
649 where my troubles began. To seek him though will be difficult, He
650 is, I suspect powerfull. Just as you have said. But as you all 
651 know we cannot allow us to falter in our quest.
652  
653 The object is in my possesion, Though I am not properly bound to it mentally,
654 and so it does not operate properly. I must find some way to eather
655 remove it, or gain a more stable condition. 
656  
657 I am prepared for the fight. Let all who care about the Multi-verse unite!
658 An Astral Dreamer
659 &*&*&*&*'s
660  
058=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/26/88 18:02  Msg:1958 Call:10002940  Lines:10
661 This Is Phoenix Polymorph.....There was a Star Trek convention in town a 
662 while ago, I didn't go to it.  Wish I had.  Saw some kid today wearing a
663 Banzai Institute t-shirt.  DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW I CAN GET ONE?!?!?!  
664 PLEASE, I'L PAY ANY reasonable PRICE!!!!
665  
666 I feel stupid.  I mean, here I am, director of the Wilsonville Banzai Institute
667 AND I DON' HAVE A T-SHIRT!!!
668  
669 allfernow
670 
059=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/26/88 19:00  Msg:1959 Call:10002942  Lines:18
671 I saw someone with a Banzai Institute headband today.
672 KKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Fencing instructors are sadisticccccccccccccccccc
673  
674 One thing said:
675    " I seem to remember this man in black from my temporal wanderings.
676 He is very dangeruos to stand against, for he is not only Evil, but is
677 a champion of the forces which power Evil. I suspect he is one of the
678 few, or maybe only, Lords of Destructive Chaos. If he is what I think,
679 then I'm surprised he didn't destroy the Inn on arrival. He's planning
680 something, and our presence here is part of it. Perhaps he desires to 
681 get all resistance together and stationary, for either destruction or
682 containment. With little to stop him, he could totally crack a piece of
683 existance off, causing that part to become separate ond controllable.
684 What he doesn't realize, though, is that all of reality, and unreality,
685 needs to remain connected, or all shall spin into oblivion, including 
686 himself. I suggest we decide and act quickly, before all is lost. "
687  
688 KKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | History isn't anymore (or maybe it isn't yet))
690 L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L
691                              snailhead
692 let's not let the lord of destructive chaos bring shame to the name
693 of Chaos...
694 Chaos can be constructive and a hell of a lot of fun...
695 And order, nothing but order, can be really dull...
696 Etaoin shrdlu!
697  
061=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/26/88 22:51  Msg:1961 Call:10002948  Lines:17
698 &*&*&*&*'s
699  
700 So, it seems that this man in black has a good deal to do with the
701 troubles we have been experiencing. Perhaps if we find him we will
702 find the trouble. 
703  
704 But we must be aware that he could be nothing but a decoy to lure us
705 away from the true path we seek. 
706 Does anyone know were this lord of destruction lives? I think
707 I have a score to settle with him, As do the rest of us.
708  
709 Quote "They decorated all the generals, who faught the war behind the
710        Lines. They had forgotten all the Soldiers, A plan that puts
711        them way behind the times."   ASIA "Wildest Dreams"
712  
713 An Astral Dreamer.
714 &*&*&*&*'s
062=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/26/88 23:19  Msg:1962 Call:10002949  Lines:13
715 KKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | H'lo agin' peepulllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
716  
717 Snailhead, I did say DESTRUCTIVE CHAOS, not just chaos. As a Berserker,
718 I live for chaos, but not the destructive variety. I am, instead, a 
719 champion (or at least a follower) of NEUTRALLY CONSTRUCTIVE CHAOS (in 
720 other words, the "What the hell, as long as nothing else gets damaged"
721 philosophy. Please don't say I'm against chaos, cuz I'm not.
722  
723 KKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Skaven go home, or at least to the sewersssss
724  
725 PS, Don't ask about the border message.
726  
727 KKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Lima beans and other strange thingsssssssssssss
063=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/26/88 23:40  Msg:1963 Call:10002951  Lines:4
728 HELP!!!  MY %'%&$&$' COMPUTER IS SET FO  A FULL DUPLEX, 1 STOP BIT, 8 WORD ANDP
729 BUT IT KEEPS PRINTTING LLIIKKEE TTHHIISS!!
730 NOMATTERWHAT I SET THIS DAMN MODEM ON I EITHER GET TWO OR THREE (C
731 
064=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/26/88 23:46  Msg:1964 Call:10002953  Lines:2
732 help!!!
733 
065=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par  07/27/88 04:16  Msg:1965 Call:10002957  Lines:10
734 <cough> <hack> <ahem>
735  
736 Now, is that better? Ah yes, lower case, full duplex, no garbage characters,
737 and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. But wait! Something is
738 wrong. What? wait. Yes. Even when man has the consolidation of his
739 possessions, and the cooperation of the technical world, man without love
740 is man alone. I know now why I am here now. I am here to pay my penance for
741 putting those possessions and that technical world above all else. I am
742 here to burn.
743 ____________________________________________________________a__________________
066=Usr:379 Phoenix Polymorp  07/27/88 14:41  Msg:1966 Call:10002964  Lines:4
744 Ah, yeah....
745 
746 Well, the modem is working fine now.  Bloody comode oder computers!!!
747 
067=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/27/88 16:53  Msg:1967 Call:10002965  Lines:6
748 &*&*&*&*'s
749 Well, I feel I should defend Commodore here. I personally own an Amiga
750 500 and find it to be by far the best machine for the price. The
751 Fact that commodore has sold more computers world wide then any
752 other single compony also speaks for itself.
753  
068=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/27/88 16:57  Msg:1968 Call:10002966  Lines:9
754 Of course, I will admit their support in the pass has been less
755 then what most peaple would like. But considering
756 the pricing, what do you expect?
757  
758 "... Land of Gentry, Rationalize. Look who bought the mint, Buy a jingle
759 , buy America." REM "Exhuming Mcarthy"
760  
761 An Astral Dreamer.
762 &*&*&*&*'s
069=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig     07/27/88 18:04  Msg:1969 Call:10002968  Lines:2
763  
764 What's with all this %&^%$#%$^ line n[{1l^sioise?
070=Usr:78 Mark Derby        07/27/88 20:26  Msg:1970 Call:10002975  Lines:12
765 L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_
766                              snailhead
767 Sorry Kurfur; yes, destructive chaos is another thing entirely.
768  
769 Never thought I'd see R.E.M. lyrics on the boards....personally
770 I likud 'um better when you couldn't understand a word Michael
771 was saying...
773 "What was that...did he say, 'secluded in a markerstone, not only
774 deadlier but smarter too'?"
775 "Nah, I think he said, 'I put in the corner store laughed falling
7760off dhe pier, bus stop eh something something...'"
071=Usr:4 Milchar           07/27/88 22:59  Msg:1971 Call:10002981  Lines:56
777 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
778         "Nothing."
779         Exhaustion workud its way into Grann's voice.  It had been
780 many hours since he had last rested.  The sudden change in his magickal
781 powers worried him- they seemed to increase every hour.  Complex
782 invocations of energy came easily to him, much too easily-
783         It came upon him suddenly, a gut-wrenching sensation that
784 almost felt like flesh tearing, filling his body with pain, a great
785 tidal wave of agony that swept over him and threatened to consume him.
786 Grann fell to the floor of xis workshop, screaming.  A few infinite
787 seconds later, the pain left as quickly as it had come, leaving Grann
788 shaken but alive.
789         "...w-what in Amigc's name w-was THAT?.." muttered the gnome
790 as his Silvi and his apprentice enteret the room at a run.  Quickly
791 they helped Grann to a chair and asked what had happened.
792         "I felt a force pulling at part of me, ripping it out and
793 taking it away- and another thing I know from somewhere but can't
794 remember, somethi~g fqmiliar yet strange, too."  Grann chuckled.  "I
795 sound just like an Arch-Mage, don't I?  Spewing paradoxes left and
796 right....'familiar yet strange'.  WHERE have I felt that sensation
797 before?"
798 +++++++++++++++
799         Milchar had walkud down the narrow road for some time
800 before he became discouraged and gave up in disgust.  This was no way
801 for an Arch-mage to travel, he thought.  He still remembered the
802 'cantations, and the Wand would provide the power.  He decided to
8 3 risk it.  Better that than waste more time on this road.
804         He began with the words, letting sharp syllables slice the air
805 as his hands begun their half-forgotten channelling movements:
806         "Yogok faleiph murgven kaleeh wrahpolik skeez.." Milchar began,
807 shaping the energies evoked by the Wand.  His hands enscribed a four
808 foot circle before him, the edges glowing brighter as he continued to
809 follow the precise formula.  Memory and attention to detail were the
81 0two0greatest assets to someone who practiced the Art, skills that Milchar
811 had long ago practiced and mastered.
812         Abruptly, the circle fell away, revealing a greener land within:
813 Celene.  Milchar's own home world.  Any search he might }ake0must begin
814 there, where he might draw upon old lore hidden within the labyrinth that
815 was his own home.  Joyfully, Milchar stepped forward-
816         -and fell as a tremendous tension broke, seeming to release a
817 great weight upon him>  A0few infinite seconds later, the pressure eased
818 as rapidly as it came.
819 +++++++++++++++
820         "It failed, Dimat."
821         "What?  That is impossible.  Check again."
822         "The level is still increasing.  More slowly, but increasing."
823         Damn that apprentice, thought Dimat.  That gnome is going to
824 cause untold trouble- perhaps even a class one disturbance in the plan.
825 It had to be Milchar, then.  The lie about Grann had been sufficient to
826 get him going+0he xad always been obedient.  If the Fates would keep
827 him from truth long enough to do the deed then things would go well
828 enough.
829         "Let us hope, then," said the mage, "that Milchar succeeds in
830 his mission before it is too late."
831 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++ July 27, 1988 +++++++++++++++++++
832  
072=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/28/88 16:38  Msg:1972 Call:10002987  Lines:16
833 &*&*&*&*'s
834  
835 About those R.E.M. lyrics, I kind of agree with you. Murmur sends
836 like it's in another language a lot of the time. I kindof sing
837 along to it, but I'm really not sure what I'm saying most of the time.
838  
839 Docoument kinda takes some of the fun out of listening to R.E.M., but
840 It's still better txen a good deal of the stuff I hear on the radio
841 today.
842 An Astral Dreamer.
843 "who was it organized the right to follow my leader, Seems we look and
844 stand around waiting for a sign from God. Speaking for myself,
845 The Christians need, thu Meslim need, The Buddhist need to testify
846 the need for brothery love." YES "Almost like love"
847 &*&*&*&*'s
848  
073=Usr:532 James Of Cassand  07/28/88 16:52  Msg:1973 Call:10002988  Lines:42
849 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++)))))
850 John Eddiso~ was enjoying a nice relaxing bath when the world split open.
851  
852 He wasn't accustomed to this sort of thing. Usually he was in his car 
853 driving to work, or talking on the phone when this sort of thing 
854 occured.
855  
856      He was yn fqct very fortunate this time, If he made it back there
857 would be no messy explanations to make. and luckily he had left his 
858 eeping robe draped over the curtain rail.
859      When the world returned to normal Mr. Eddison knew he was not 
860 at home. In fact he was probably someplace he had never been before.
861 he stood up, and put on his robe. Apsent mindedly he pulled the drain
862 switch and watched the water rush out and down. The bottom of his
863 robe was wet, but that really wasnd0im`rtant. It felt comfortable
864 , werever he was. "Hello, I'm coming out" he said pulling back the
865 curtain.
866  
867     There were many confused faces as he looked out into the dimly lit
868 room. There was a man behind a bar who didn't look0the0least bit happy.
869 Looking down on the floor Mr. Eddison began to realize why. All the
870 water had drained out of his tub an onto the floor. Why was it that
871 somthing like this always happened to him?
872  
873 He decided that if he ignorud it maybe nobody would bother him about
874 it. He steeped boldly out of the tub and onto the floor. And it
875 turned out flat on his face. Laughter rang out as those gathered 
876 within watched him stand. "I am John Eddison of the interdimensional
(77 `olice, I assure you that you are all in a lot of trouble!" he said
878 searching around for the orders that he knew must be thear. "That
879 is I think you are?" He added surching more franticly. 
880  
881 "Have any of you seen a small silver tubu?" xe asked finaly. Everyone
882 shook there heads.
883 "Where am I?" he asked finaly, feeling rather stupid.
884  
885 "You are at the Inn of Celene." somebody answered.
886  
887 "oh, I think I'm in trouble." he said sitting down.
888 James of Cassantra.
889 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++)))))
890  
074=Usr:219 Friar Mossback    07/28/88 20:07  Msg:1974 Call:10002992  Lines:17
891 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
892 Finally the taste creeped into my concious~ess>  Yuuuukk!  "Smurfs!  
893 you gave me a smurf to eat!?!  Horrid!  Tastes like fetid bat guano!"
894 I tossed the smurf into the garbage and reached into my sporran and
895 pulled out a ham sandwich bigger than the bag itself.  Hagbard looked
896 qd me strangely, so I handed it to him and pulled out another and took
897 a big bite.  "I think I have it figured out..."  And then I noticed 
898 all of the new faces around me, and a red faced man sitting on the 
899 floor in a pool of water.  "James!0 I xaven't seen you in a long time.
900 Still making the grand entrances, I see."  Smiling, I extended my 
901 hand to him to help him up.  
902 At that moment, there was another reality shift, and I felt myself 
903 falling to Earth Prime, and the La~d ov Houston.  "Hagbard!", I cried,
904 as I fell away, "I'll be back in a week.  Use you logic to find the
905 quest."
906 [][][][][][][][][][][][][]   Friar    [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
907  
075=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/28/88 20:34  Msg:!975 Call:10002994  Lines:17
908 &*&*&*&*'s
909 Things were really getting wild.
910  
911 Peaple were appearing out of nowere and dissapearing just as fast.
912  
913 "The level of Chaos is rising rapidly!" I said trying to keep track
914 of everyne.
915 "perhaps if we all concentrate our powers we can get things to calm
916 down a bit, we really need to get a little stability if we are to 
917 start on the quest!"
918  
919 An Astral Dreamer.
920 "Everyday my metal friend shakes the bed at &qm,dxen the shiny serving
921 drones, running with my telephones .. buy the fake and so whats real?
922 whats this pain here in my chest? maybe I should take a rest..."
923 The Buggles "Living in the Plastic Age."
924  
076=Usr:532 James Of Cassand   7/28?88 21:52  Msg:1976 Call:10002997  Lines:25
925 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++)))))
926      A man approached me and helped me up. He seemed to know me,
927 I wasn't sure that I knew him, but you meet a large number of peaple
928 when your a member of the Ynter Dimensional Police. I was dripping
929 wet, and somebody was babbling about chaos and powers.
930  
932      I looked around me and tried to find some way out. I spied a
933 door and began to head towards it. Suddenly the Barkeeper appeared
9#4 oet of nowere and blocked the way. He looked menacingly towards
935 the mess that I had left with my bathtub and motioned me towards what could
936 only be the kitchen, and then held out his hand.
937  
938  
940      "I seem to be a little bit short ov cash right now, but you look
941 like the understanding sort..." I said hopfully.
942  
943      He didn't seem impressed though and grabbed me by my color and 
944 began to drag me into the back room.
945  
946      "Help!" I screamed.
947  
9480James of Cassandra.
949 !!!!!@@@@@#####$$$$$+++++)))))
077=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine ,  07/28/88 23:12  Msg:1977 Call:10003002  Lines:29
950 ---{ Round and round we go, where we stop, we should know... }-----------
951  
952    Friar left for a quisk vycit elsewhere (on some strangbusiness)
953 after handing me a two and one-half foot tall sandwitch.  At about the
954 same time, another man appeared, and was harrased by the barkeep.  "Help"
955 the man screamed.  I smiled and turned the barkeep i~do a giant beer
956 stein, with the other man hanging on the handle.  It seemed as if
957 things were starting out fine...
958  
959    I divided the sandwitch and served the pieces to anyone who wanted
960 more food than just a few smurf bars.  It was si}ply too big for me
961 to eat (although I started to chow down on one of the halfs - great
962 sandwitch!) and the remaining pieces were placed on a pizza pan.
963  
964    Then, I spoke from my heart.
965  
966    "The Man in Black Robes shall re sught for.  If he should prove
967 to be the one, he must be detered from his plight.  If he should
968 refuse our inquiries, we must assume that he has some direct relation.
969 Therefore, The Man in Black Robes shall be located and incarcerated as
97  the first step towards re-fitting the multiverse together."  Do all
971 agree with this action?  And are there any other approaches to this
972 that I have forgotten absentmindedly?"  I looked around for 
973 approval.
974  
975    Hagbard Celi~e, in the Inn of Celene
976  
977    PS. bang-----------------=> SP is dead! (for all of the 'sandwitches')
978  
078=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/29/88 04:02  Msg:1978 Call:10003004  Lines:8
979 &*&*&*&*'s
980 "Things seem to be improving, I agree thqt i~ this moment of stability
981 we should start our quest. let us begin the search for the man in black!"
982  
983 An Astral Dreamer.
984 (no quote, its 4am and I'm tired :-) )
985 &*&*&*&*'s
986  
079=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  07/29/88 11:58  Mcw:1979 Call:10003010  Lines:13
987 &*&*&*&*'s
988 Well, I guess this means I get to be at the bottom.
989  
990 Since this will not be read by most peaple I dont know why I'm bothering,
991 but I really need to fill up these last 13 lines so that the0dis{
992 can be changed and we can start the quest.
993  
994 Have any of you considered the fact that we all believe we are right,
995 and yet we must in reality be wrong a good deal of the time? 
996 "Wooden ships on the water,very free. easy to know were it's supposed
997 to be. ... very free and easy." Jefferson Airplane. "Wooden Ships."
998 An Astral Dreamer.
999 &*&*&*&*'s