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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 548
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* REMOVED: 30 JUN 84 *******************
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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
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20 \\\\\\\\\\\ Gosh!!! At the TOP. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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21 Join Spook Central.
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22 level 01
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23 M^F AC# DA^ BQT AA- F#B H~% I''
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24 level 02
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25 Njku Tpo Ertt &uiU =+8k .,u7 3gui*@ @@
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26
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27 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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28
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29 Join Spook Central.
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30 ------------------
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31 Go ahead, contact us.
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32 - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
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33 - -- -- -- -- -
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34 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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35 Man in Grey: Your second guess is correct. I just wanted an insight on how
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36 a juvie hunter works. I think I get the concept now- you think like a juvie.
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37 %%%%%%%%%%%
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38 All: Since Milchar is in the twilight zone, I have decided to keep him there
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39 until further notice. Perhaps he went to study under his mentor.
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40 %%%%%%%%%%%
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41 Grand Dragon Master: Don't give out any awards yet, I haven't tried yet...
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42 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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43 Setting: The 51st floor of the McKane Building.
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44 "Martha, put a scramble on this room. I am not to be disturbed."
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45 "Yes sir. Will you have some coffee, Mr.....?"
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46 A tall man that rather looked like he had walked out of a science fiction book
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47 was seated opposite McKane, and he shook his head. Martha leaves.
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48 As the door shuts, a low tone tells of the scramble on the room....
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49 "They know. They think I've gone too far. I want protection.", McKane
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50 whispered, as if afraid.
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51 "You're asking a lot, Mr. McKane. Those people are tough. After their run-in
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52 with C they'll be on their toes."
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53 "I don't care. C was a fool. I'm sorry I hired him."
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54 "Now is not the time for regrets. What is your payment?"
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55 "What is it that you want?", snapped McKane, suddenly suspicious.
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56 "The Inn itself.", was the man's quiet reply.
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57 "What! The Inn! That is one thing you shall not have! That will be mine!"
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58 As McKane says this, he pounds his fist upon the mahogany dtable, sending
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59 ashtrays flying.
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60 "Then you shall not have my protection. Or your life, after you are found."
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61 McKane whimpers a little, and finally mumbles, "All right."
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62 "Good. First, sign this contract. I trust you no farther than I have to."
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63 McKane reluctantly signs, and hands the paper back to the man. "What now?"
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64 "I shall prepare a surprise for any who wish you harm. You are in my care,
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65 and so you shall not die."
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66 "I, Sundownor, declare it."
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67 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Sundownor %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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68 *%)*#@%)*!%)$@_%)$#*^)#$%^_!^_!#_$%^(+_#%(_^!*$_#^(_$#%(^_(@%_^*_@%$*^_@%*_^^%
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69 "The best place to get at McKane appears to be his headquarters, in Oklahoma.",
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70 mused L'homme as he guided his car through the rush hour traffic. "That will
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71 be the best place to get at him. That is the last place he would suspect
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72 anything...at the place he is the most protected". L'homme thought of many
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73 things as he finally reached the outer limits of the traffic jam, and sped
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74 onward over the interstate. "I have plenty of money from the sale of my house,
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75 the car has been tuned and is running like a top, and I know my objective...
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76 But I will need some help...One man can not do it alone..." Just as this
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77 last thought entered L'hommes mind, one of the boxes Bard had given him
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78 started to beep. L'homme pulled over at the first rest area and stopped.
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79 Placing the box in his lap, L'homme opened the plastic covered lid. With
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80 this action, the beeping stopped, and the afternoon light revealed a
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81 futuristic phone set and several rows of buttons. "This must be the network
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82 device Bard told me about before I left the Inn!" There must be an incoming
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83 message, but from whom?" Picking up the headset, and placing what appeared
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84 to be the speaker end of the device to his ear, L'homme spoke into the
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85 other end. "Hello? This is L'homme sans parity..." No sound came from the
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86 device, and it was then that L'homme noticed one of the buttons equipped
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87 with a recessed LED was flashing. L'homme pressed the button, and the
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88 phone came to life in mid sentence..."but you can call me Ian... I am a
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89 friend from the network. And I can help you with your quest. I know all
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90 about your adventures for the past two months, and why you have come
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91 back. There are a few of us who are not fooled by the McKane person."
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92 "That's great!", said L'homme, "But where and how do I meet..."
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93 "Continue on to McKane Headquarters as you are doing. When you get to the
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94 city, check in to the Plaza Hilton. I will contact you by net-phone there.
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95 Do not lose this device!"
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96 "Ok...I'll get going right away...But tell me...why are you doing this?"
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97 "Your questions will be answered later...For now, be on the lookout, your
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98 quest may not be as secret as you think. McKane has many powerful allies."
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99 "I'll be carefull. See you soon"
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100 With that, the phone set clicked off, and a light flashed 'XFER TERMINATED'
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101 L'homme closed the box, and placed it in the back seat. After getting a
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102 candy bar from a vending machine, he continued onward...down the interstate,
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103 destination (no not the twilight zone) McKane Headquarters!
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104 *%)*%)$#*%$)#% L'homme sans parity - McKane est mort! *%)*$%)$*%)#$*%)$#%*$)#%*
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105 PS's...
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106 Grand Dragon Master: Thank you so much, but my address is constantly changing,
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107 you see I am after this character...well it's a long story. Thank you very
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108 much for the reward though. Maybe you can give multiple memberships to any
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109 others who join the story (sundowner, ???)
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110 MIG: Just wondering out loud I guess... So your petite amie is really from
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111 France? Lucky guy... and you call yourself a twit? No REAL twit would have
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112 such class... remember that.
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113 Do you really need Z8000 stuff? I have some very good connections in that
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114 dept. Ask and I will see what markers I can call in.
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115 Voyuer:Are you going to partake of adventure? I am going to need all the
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116 friends I can get to go up against McKane and his troupe. Our M F & E (not
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117 the original) is anxious to meet. We'll have to set a date to meet.
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118 MIKEY:What that 90 day quote quotable? Like I said I have some real
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119 customers here...
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120 Aaron: HP3000's go rolling along...Over hill...over dale...Our Commodor's will
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121 fail...and HP3000's go rolling along... (sorry bard)
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122 *%)$#*%)#$*%)$#*%$)#*%)$*%%**%_@*%_@#%@_#*%_@#*%_@#*%_@#*%_@#*%@_#*%_#@*%_@#%
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123 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*TTTTTTTTTTT*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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124 #ONE THING I MUST WARN YOU ABOUT# THEMNAX PROJECTED INTO LYSIAS' MIND,
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125 WHILE CONTINUING TO SPEAK OUTLOUD OF PAN AND WOODLAND SPIRITS HE
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126 HAD KNOWN, #IS THAT I MAY SOON SEEM TO GO AWAY. WHEN I RETURN I WILL BE
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127 MUCH YOUNGER PHYSICLY, AND IN A DIFFERENT FORM. MY RECOGNITION SYMBOLS
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128 WILL INCLUDE; HUB(2), X^N, X-21. THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION I, OR SOMEONE
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129 LIKE ME WILL TRY TO PENITRATE ON LEVEL FOUR, EARTH. POSSIBLY A TOWER IN
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130 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, OR AN OFFICE BUILDING IN OAKLAHOMA. I PROBABLY
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131 WONT HAVE THE BELT WHICH ALLOWS ME TO SPEAK DIRECTLY MIND TO MIND, THESE
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132 ARE STILL NOT MANUFACTURED LACALY IN THE TARGET AREA AND I FEAR MY TARGET(S)
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133 MAY NOT BE AS LOCAL AS THEY WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE. I DON'T WANT TO
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134 GIVE AWAY MY ORIGEN. SLARTI WILL PROBABLY SET UP THE BISTROMATH
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135 AS A PIZZA AND RAVIOLI JOINT IN OROVILLE. THIS IS, I SUSPECT, ONE OF MCKANE'S
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136 CENTERS OF OPPERATION. HE AND I WILL RETURN SOON TO LANANARA WARE MY PRESENT
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137 FORM WILL BE PUT ON ICE. IT MAY BE KNOWN TO MCKANE AND NO SENCE TAKING CHANCES.
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138 MY AWAIRENESS, WHICH IS STORED, AMONG OTHER PLACES, IN HUB(1), WILL BE PAST
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139 TRANSFERED INTO A HUMAN EMBRIO, WHICH WILL BE BORN ABOUT 18-22 YEARS PRIOR TO
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140 THE RONDIVUE TIME AND WILL BE IN POSITION BY THEN, POSSIBLE HAVING GROWN UP
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141 IN THE TARGET LOCAL.#
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142 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*==*=*=*=*=*=*
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143 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT PAPA GEONELLI'S TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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144 TO MCKANE INDUSTRIES; MCKANE TOWER; OKALAHOMA CITY
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145
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146 DEAR SIRS:
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147 OUR INTERNATIONAL PIZZA AND SPIRITS FRANCHISE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN
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148 PURCHASING THE 'ALMOST NEW' WEATHER MAKING MECHINE YOU ADVERTISED
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149 EARLIER. A GENTLEMAN FROM CHICAGO WILL BE BY TO DELIVER MY CREDENTIALS
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150 AND DISCUS TERMS AT YOUR EARLIEST POSSIBLE CONVIENCE.
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151 SINCERLY
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152 PAPA GEONELLI
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153 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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154 .......................................................................
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155 I was sitting in a sleazy bar, the kind classically associated with low
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156 voices and men in trenchcoats. The stripper on the stage was boredly going
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157 through her act, and I was watching her with one eye while practicing my
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158 lip reading on an intriguing conversation in the corner with the other.
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159 Just when both subjects were getting to the interesting parts, I beeped.
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160 Sometimes I think Ian has people watching me, and when I seem to be enjoying
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161 myself too much, he decides it's time to give me a call. 'Just to make sure
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162 I'm not in any trouble,' he claims. Ha!
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163 I paused for a moment, considering. If I 'heard' the rest of the converstion in the corner, I would have a good chance of
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164 cutting myself in on some money. If I went for the chic on the stage, well... But, as usual, curiosity got the getter of me.
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165 Calls from Iam usually gave me shots at both, plus as much excitement as I could handle.
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166 I finished my drink in a gulp, gave a parting drool at the stripper,
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167 and headed toward the door. As I passed the table with the interesting
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168 conversation, I slowed long enough to mutter, "I'd try a different
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169 route if I were you - last I heard, Dmitri is a TRIPLE agent." As they gaped at me, I
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170 smiled and strolled out.
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171 Reaching my rented car, I gave it a cursory inspection, then climbed
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172 in. Fumbling beneath the seat, I pulled out my 'box'. Swiftly ( but
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173 carefully) I disarmed all booby traps, then opened it. Among all the usual tools of my trade, there was another box, with a
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174 a plastic covered lid. Disarming this one too, I opened it to see the communications setup which
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175 Ian had so reluctantly entrusted me with. Putting on the headset, I pressed
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176 the button with the flashing light, labeled 'Channel D'. I think Ian used
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177 to work with Napolean Solo, and still misses it.
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178 I waited until I heard the carrier tone in the headset, then typed in my
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179 coded ID. A twenty-seven digit number is not the easiest thing to remenber,
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180 but with Ian's advanced training techniques, I quickly learned it.
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181 (Some day I'd pay him back for that. For two days after, ALL I could think
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182 of was that stupid number.)
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183 After the machine decided I was worthy to speak to His Magnificence, I heard
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184 Ian's voice. "Hello, Jim. Hope I didn't drag you awaw from anything important."
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185 I could hear the insincerity in his voice, so replied "Not a thing. Just
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186 catching up on my sleep. I was hoping I'd hear from you; I'm running low
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187 on cash and I'm getting bored. By the way, the name's 'Joshua' now. I saw
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188 'WarGames' last week, and since it was time to change my name anyway, thought
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189 I'd go with that. What's up?"
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190 "Go to the airport, you'll find a chartered plane there. The pilot will
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191 have what info we have that's relevant. You can read it on your way to
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192 Oklahoma City. When you get there, check into the Plaza Hilton. You will
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193 be meeting a man there, goes by the name L'homme sans parity. I'll call
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194 you both there with further details. To give you an idea of how careful to
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195 be, I'll tell you this much now - you'll be going up against the McKane
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196 organization. Good luck."
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197 The comm set went dead in my hand, and I almost went with it. The
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198 McKane organization? I'd come up second best in my last three meetings with
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199 them; I had a feeling that if I failed again, it would be my last.
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200 That nightclub sounded awfully inviting right now. Oh well, it was too late
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201 now to be worrying about longevity; I made that decision when I decided to drop
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202 out of the monastary.
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203 I went back to my hotel, got my stuff, and headed to the airport.
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204 Oklahoma was several hours away.
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205 ..............
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206 MIKEY: uploading here is certainly an adventure! After about 10 aborted
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207 attempts, I finally got it slowed down enough that BW would accept it.
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208 (except here and here when it would arbitrarily decide to drop me out of
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209 ENTER mode.
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210 That's where I have the looong sentences.) Fortunately, I don't think
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211 I'm depriving TOO many people access to Backwater at 04:20. (Except MiG.)
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212 Joshua
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213 .........................................................................
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214 **************************************
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215 Hey, these systestarting to go to the rockers! I can't say I like thier type, but I'm going to let it slide this time.
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216 If I find that to many rock craved idiots are getting
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217 on these systems and talking about "UGH" OZZY being "GOD"
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218 I'll make life hard for >ALL< hackers!
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219 so please, keep rockers of the airwaves!
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220
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221 THE "WAVER"
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222 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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223 To the one who asked -- just ordinary old astral travel, but hopefully to
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224 somewhere new.
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225 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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226 The essence that was the piper was somewhat surprised to find himself a
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227 few feet over his body looking back. He did not care much for astral travel.
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228 Here things were getting interesting at the inn, the network gearing up against
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229 the Mcane orginazation, L'Homme about to find himself in the deep end of the
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230 dirty pool (he'll win through though!), and the Grand Dragonmaster inciting
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231 others to more creative mayhem. For a moment he wavered ...
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232 no ... there must be some purpose behind this. He gave in to
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233 an insistant pull and felt himself wafted quickly from the inn.
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234 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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235
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236 >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<<
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237
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238 The first tendrils of light from the east had already dispelled
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239 the brave remaining ribbons of colour. The ebb of stars had begun. One
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240 by one they grew faint, bowing to the gathering momentum of a new day.
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241 They, the guardians of the night , the Sun, master of the day - racing
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242 westward as if to forever remove them from the skys. Yet both were
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243 fixtures in the infinite reaches of the universe.
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244 Again the paradox of perspective.
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245 Lowering his eyes from the heavens he looked about his place of
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246 refuge inwardly melancholy about his soon departure. This protected
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247 cleft had served him well. And to return its consideration he would remove
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248 all marks of his passage.
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249 Gathering his possesions was an easy task, for they were few.
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250 He set about removing the traces of his stay, leaving the fire for last.
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251 It had taken several hours to exorcize the remnants of civilization from
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252 his campsite. And even when finished, still bore subtle reminders of its use.
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253 Angered by himself for disturbing this place of solitude, he paused
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254 allowing his eye to follow the ridge of the mountain to its peak.
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255 There not 500 feet from the summit, on the wind scoured slopes of this
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256 mountain, knelt one gale ravaged noble fir, its trunk gnarled - limbs
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257 twisted, well above the treeline. He was overwhemed with a combination of
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258 compassion and respect for its tenacity. He then saddened for it too had
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259 chosen a path beyond its grasp.
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260 Pausing for a few rudimentary implements, rigging knife, awl and
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261 marlinspike, the choice had been a reflex. He would return the weathered
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262 fir to this ; his ; sanctuary.
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263 With slow and deliberate strides he made his way up the ridge, fangs
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264 of rock reaching out to cut and slice, wind in gusts as if driven by a
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265 demons breath clawed at him. But further he went on. Reaching the fir he
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266 sat resting his tired joints. The trees precarious grasp of life was
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267 almost over. The crevase it had chosen would not last another season, the
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268 great temperature changes had been an effective wedge - the slabs of rock the
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269 sapling had come to rest between were poised ready to continue their
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270 downward migration.
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271 With practiced hands he pryed the rocks apart, shocked at the spindly
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272 root system and meager amount of earth, how it had survived as long as it
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273 had was indeed testament to its will. The fir now firmly in grasp he turned
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274 his eyes westward, to the river far below. The trace it now made through
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275 the carpet of evergreen was not unlike the roots of the tree he now held
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276 in his hand. # I will be lucky to reach it by night fall # he thought.
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277 Now retracing his steps down the mountain, cursing the hill as he fought
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278 his way back to " sanctuary " with the same vengance he had the sea.
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279 When he reached his old campsite he rested the twisted dwarf fir near
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280 his rucksack and the pulled out a large panga. Placing his other tools on
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281 the ground he began to dig. When he had finished he carefully placed the fir
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282 in the hole and tamped the earth in around it. Returning to his rucksack
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283 he replaced his tools, raising the sack to his shoulders he returned to
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284 the fir. Removing his water bag he took one swallow, pouring the remainder
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285 at the foot of the tortured tree.
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286 Bowing his head to the tree in silent respect he turned and took the
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287 first steps toward the west, his rowan leading the way, he felt the need
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288 to be near water. In the distance the rivers sound grew, as if
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289 welcoming his return.
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290 # To be once more among the glades # he thought.
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291
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292 >>-----------------------------< Brendan >----------------------------------<<
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293
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294 Howdy, all! Fell free to leave me any
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295 and all messages, as I am playing with
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296 my new modem! Please write me, Walter
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297 Crittenden on this system! Thanx!
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298
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299 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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300 .... And get me a COMPLETE dossier on this "Sundownor" that met with
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301 Mckane last night." finnished MacHinery. With a frown he switched from COM mode
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302 to LOCAL.
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303 ANY WORD FROM THE SPOOKS?
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304 i assume you mean our agents in the fbi and cia?
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305 WHO ELSE?
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306 they report little progress. the reports total 1.5 megabytes, do you
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307 wish to read them?
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308 NO! JUST SUMMARIZE.
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309 they are having trouble getting cooperation from the local authorities.
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310 it would appear that direct action will 'blow their cover'. do you wish them to
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311 risk revealing that their organizations are taking orders from us?
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312 NO. HAVE THEM MAINTAIN AS MUCH PRESSURE AS THEY CAN, WITHOUT SEEMING TO
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313 BE MORE THAN NORMAL GOVERNMENT HARASSMENT TACTICS. EVERYONE EXPECTS MCKANE TO
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314 GET THAT.
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315 very well. any further instructions?
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316 HAS THE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL YET?
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317 yes, it will be waiting for joshua and l'homme.
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318 ONE MORE THING. THEY ARE TO HAVE *FULL* ACCESS TO THE NETWORK FOR ANYTHING
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319 RELATING TO THE MCKANE SITUATION.
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320 that is contrary to procedure.
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321 IF THEY SURVIVE THEY WILL HAVE EARNED THE PRIVILEGE, IF NOT, IT WON'T MATTER.
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322 true. order accepted.
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323
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324 Ian sat back and thought for a while. Leaning forward again he called up
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325 the file on "COUNTERFORCE". He hoped that it wouldn't be necessary, but if the
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326 agents failed...
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327 Lesse now... one million 3600 rpm magnetic prayer wheels ... if the
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328 figures were right they would just about neutralize Mckane's monasteries.
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329 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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330 Bard returned to the stream after a short rest. He ate a small meal and
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331 resumed his wait. Once again he sang, hoping it might serve as a focus...
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332 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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333 Sentries (words & music: Leslie Fish)
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334 Legends have warned us in times gone by,
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335 Danger can fall on us from the sky:
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336 Fire and rain, and hail, stone and flame,
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337 And gods without mercy, and plagues without name.
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338
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339 Science has warned us of what might be,
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340 Dangers that drift through infinity:
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341 Comets may call, or meteors fall,
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342 And nobody knows what lives out there at all.
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343
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344 Humans are hotheads who break the rules.
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345 Humans are reckless, but not quite fools.
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346 Therefore we fly, keeping an eye
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347 Turned to the depths of the borderless sky.
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348
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349 Some of us people, the rest machines --
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350 Sensors, computers and read-out screens --
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351 Always aware, with infinite care,
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352 That we're the first warning of anything there.
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353
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354 We are the sentries who guard your sleep,
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355 Endless as hours in the watch we keep,
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356 Holding the sky under an eye
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357 As watchful as ever in ages gone by.
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358
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359 Nothing is certain but death and change,
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360 Earthborne or skyborne as we may range.
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361 Always we fly, watching the sky.
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362 Nobody Human need ever ask why!
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363 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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364 As he sang, there was a shimmer in the air. If one was tuned to such things
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365 they would have seen a column of light reaching towards the heavens. But to most
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366 it was invisible.
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367 One patron of the inn, who had stopped to lean on the rowan tree before
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368 continuing on his way, glanced up and saw it. Startled, he feel. The sight
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369 vanished. He swore never again to mix peach brandy and ale!
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370 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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371 :*************************************************************:
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372 Monsieur d'Autun
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373 McKane Industries Headquarters
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374 Oroville, Montana
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375
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376
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377 Dear Monsieur d'Autun:
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378
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379 So they're at it again...can you believe that? They think they
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380 can take me, LeRoy McKane, inspite of all who have failed
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381 before them.
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382
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383 The Soviets couldn't get me when I kidnapped Andropov, the
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384 Americans couldn't get me when I sold arms to Kaddaffi, the
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385 Alkaseltzer people couldn't get me when I popularized primal
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386 belch therapy, why should these fools be any different?
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387
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388 Oh well...there's work to be done. Here's what I want you to
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389 do. Straighten out the weather making machine business as best
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390 you can. Send flowers to L'homme at the Plaza Hilton, include
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391 a note from me saying "tough luck sucker, wrong town". Have
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392 the public relations department deal with this Sundowner
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393 character; we don't need people spreading rumors that I'm
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394 afraid and begging for protection. And finally, send Petrov
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395 a $1000 for working as a stripper in that sleezy bar; tell him
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396 the information he delivered was well worth the money.
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397
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398 Other than MacHinery getting wrapped up in this I don't see
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399 that we have much to be concerned about. At least we don't
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400 have to worry about Wassir and his Albanian Revolutionary Party
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401 sticking their noses into it.
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402
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403 McKane
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404
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405 :************************************************************:
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406 Dear Papa Geonelli:
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407
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408 The McKane organization does not involve itself in anything as
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409 questionable as weather making machines. This is a ligitimate
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410 business enterprise and does not indulge in fads or
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411 questionable practices.
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412
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413 The advertisement you read was a fake. Only information
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414 contained within the GDM border (:********:) is of ligitimate
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415 McKane Industries origin. We regret that you have been
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416 deceived, but not everyone is as reputable as McKane
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417 Industries.
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418
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419 Monsieur d'Autun
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420 General Manager
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421 McKane Industries
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422
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423
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424 p.s. - I'd like to order six hundred Pizzas, thin crust, with
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425 everything, to go.
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426 :************************************************************:
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427 TO THE FRIENDS (if any) AND ENEMIES OF MCKANE INDUSTRIES
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428
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429 1) The membership in Dragon Hunters International and nine
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430 hundred Krauntar reward will be awarded to anyone who makes
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431 a serious contribution to this adventure and gives me their
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432 address.
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433
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434 2) Since it's not nice to gang up on a Grand Dragon Master,
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435 and you are ganging up on me, I'm going to give you a chance
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436 to be nice. I need some help. I'm using Superscripsit with
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437 a vidtex plus terminal program on a TRS-80 Model III. Do any
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438 of you have any tips on how to successfully upload to
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439 Backwater? Retyping everything is a real pain.
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440
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441 3) You guys are writing well...I'm impressed.
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442
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443 Grand Dragon Master
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444 :************************************************************:
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445 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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446 IN ORVILLE, A YOUNG HIGHSCHOOL GRADUATE TENDS THE TRANSMAT IN FOOLWELL TOWER.
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447 HIS PARENTS COULD NOT IMMAGINE WHY SUCH A NICE KID AS THEIR SON WOULD
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448 WANT TO JOIN A RIGHT-WING COMMERCIAL MONISTARY. NEAR HIS RIGHT EAR
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449 A DEVICE SECRETLY IMPLANTED WHEN HE WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD, PUTS HIM
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450 ON ALERT. HIS SLEEP HAS ALWAYS BEEN HAUNTED BY MEMORIES OF ANOTHER WORLD.
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451 THESE DREAMS HAVE TRAINED HIM FOR THE JOB THAT LIES AHEAD. MCKANE'S
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452 TRANSMATS, WHOS VERY EXISTENCE IS UNKNOWN, EVEN TO THE MOST POWERFUL
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453 GOVERNMENTS IN THE WORLD, ARE NOT WITHOUT FLAW. THE HEAD OFFICE KNOWS
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454 THIS AND ONLY USES THEM AT EXTREME NEED. THEIR TRUSTED AND TRUSTING COURRIERS
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455 ARE SENT THROUGH FREQUINTLY. TAVIS 'TIPPY' TIP'S JOB IS TO GUARD
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456 THE TRANSFER SYSTEM AT THIS END. HE IS A TRUSTED BROTHER OF THE MCKANE ORDER
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457 ALLWAYS HAVING SERVED THEM FAITHFULLY SINCE JOINING.
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458 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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459 RIGHT ON JC: MINORITY CULTS ARE THE ENIMY OF THE AMERICAN WAY; WHO
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460 DOES THIS GURU PERSON THINK HE IS ANYWAY! I AM PROUD TO SAY I DONATE HALF
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461 OF EVERY PENNY I EARN TO THE MCKANE ORDER. I KNOW THAT EVERY CONTRIBUTION
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462 HELPS TO KEEP OUR GREAT TRADITIONS STRONG AND WIMPS WHO SPEEK OF CIVIL RIGHTS
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463 AND RELIGEOS EQUALITY IN THE GUTTERS WARE THEY BELONG.
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464 - A TRUE BELIVER -
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465 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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466 ----------------------------------GURU OF BLIS--------------------------
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467 MELLOWNESS IS THE GOAL
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468 MELLOWNESS IS THE MOTIVATION
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469 MELLOWNESS IS THE METHOD
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470 THIS IS NOT BLIND SUBMISSION BUT THE HUMBLE CONFIDANCE OF THE SPIRITUALY
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471 AWAIKENED. IT IS THE BALANCE POINT BETTEWEEN LOVE AND DETATCHMENT.
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472 WHILE THE MELLO ARE NOT ALWAYS ORIGEONAL, THEY NEVER SHUN CREATIVITY.
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473 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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474 A SECRETARY WHO WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AT THE TIME SOUNDED THE
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475 ALARM WHEN SHE SAW THE SIX SEMIS PULLING INTO THE LOWERLEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE
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476 OF MCKANE TOWER. SECURITY, CHECKING THEIR MONITORS, TOLD EVERYONE TO KEEP
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477 CALM. THE TRUCKS WERE ONLY FROM THE PIZZA DELIVERY PLACE. EACH VAN WAS CLEARLY
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478 MARKED WITH THE CORPORATE SYMBOL OF PAPPA GEONELLI'S. THIS WOULD BE A RARE
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479 TREAT INDEED, SLARTIBARTFAST THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, AS HE HELPED DELIVER
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480 THE 6000 DELUX COMBOS WITH THE SPECIAL TOPPING OF CS, PLASTIQUE AND REMOTE
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481 DETONATORS.
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482 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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483 To the "NET": You guys were well advised to have changed your ciphers. For the
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484 heck of it, last Friday I sat down and broke four or five of your notes.
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485 A Gronsfeld cipher, eh? The way I solved it (Kerckhffs' solution) I
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486 ended up with a string of letters, but I assume you were using phone numbers
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487 for keys. I am still working on your new system - I'll get back to you.
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488 I must say I was underwhelmed with the message content - I expected the
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489 secrets of the universe, or specific details about twits - what I got
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490 was discussions of sources for new keys for the cipher and other
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491 mundane stuff...
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492 *Scarlet*
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493 ---------
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494
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495 Oh, by the way, I have been unable to get on for quite a while, and
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496 seem to have missed a couple of disks. Just what became of the Rothman
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497 Ruby, and by extension, me? *SCARLET*
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498 -------------
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499 :***********************************************************:
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500 "Hmmm...I ordered 600 pizzas, not 6000" d'autun pondered "Some-
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501 thing fishy's going on. Who's that man with the
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502 transmitter sticking out of this sleeve. Is that you Petrov?"
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503 :*************************************************************:
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504 ##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==LYSIAS WAS STILL SITTING AT HIS TABLE AT THE INN
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505 THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEMNAX HAD PROJECTED TO HIM,AND WISHING HE HAD A LARGE
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506 PIZZA. W/ANCHOVIES. SEVERAL UNTOUCHED FLAGONS OF ALE WERE BEFORE HIM. "LEROY
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507 MCKANE, HUH?LYSIAS HAD HEARD OF MR. MCKANE;HIS CONSCIOUSNESS HAD BEEN OUT ROAMIN
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508 G THE PLANET, AND HE HAD TUNED IN ON A FEW THINGS HERE AND THERE----. NOT THAT
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509 HE DIDN'T TRUST THEMNAX, HE DID, BUT LYSIAS LIKED TO FIND OUT FOR HIMSELF. HE
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510 WAS TIRED OF ALL THIS INACTIVITY, AND LONGED FOR A LITTLE ADVENTURE, BESIDES
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511 WHICH, HE WAS VERY HUNGRY. THAT IDIOT COOK AT DANTES PLACE WOULD NEVER LEARN
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512 THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE A DECENT PIZZA BY SUBSTITUING BRIMSTONE FOR CHEESE, NO MATTE
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513 R HOW PLENTIFUL ITIS---NO, I'LL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. MOUTHING THE KEY TO THE TIME
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514 WARP, LYSIAS FOUND HIMSELF AT ANOTHER "INN", WITH RED AND WHITE CKECKERED TABLE
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515 CLOTHS, AND CHIANTI BOTTLES WITH CANDLES IN THEM. BEFORE HIM WAS A VERY LARGE
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516 PIZZA. W/ANCHOVIES. IT WAS THEN THAT LYSIAS REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD "FORGOTTEN"
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517 TO BRING ANY MONEY TO PAY HIS CHECK. THE MANAGER EMERGED FROM THE KITCHEN, AND
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518 APPRISED THE SITUATION. HE TURNED TO LYSIAS, WITH A WINK, AND A KNOWING SMILE
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519 SAID "NO MONEY, EH? WELL, THEN YOU CAN WORK IT OFF, FRIEND. CAN YOU DRIVE A
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520 DELIVERY VAN? "INDEED I CAN, FRIEND, INDEED I CAN" SAID LYSIAS##==##==##==##==##
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521 000000000000000000000000000NULL SET0000000000000000000000000000
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522 I THOUGHT DISKB WAS READ,ENTER ONLY AND INCAPABLE OF REDESIGN,
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523 THAT ISN'T WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE.I THOUGHT ALSO THAT CISTOP
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524 MIKEY' MESSAGE HAD SOME THREE OR SO BARS,EVIDENTALLY NOT.
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525 GRAND DRAGON MASTER;REWARDS FOR ENTRIES?!? I DONT THINK THAT
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526 THAT SORT AND ILK OF THING IS,ER NECESSARY FOR BLACKWATER.AND
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527 YET I ACKLOWNEDGE THE EXCELLANCE OF ENTRIES SINCE YOUR PROMPT.
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528 EXCELLANT,I STILL DON'T FEEL AT EASE WITH THE IDEA.SORRY...
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529 000000000000000000000000000NULL SET0000000000000000000000000000
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530 *******************************************************************
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531 * HELLO EVERYBODY!!! I AM THE NEW LEADER NOW. *
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532 *******************************************************************
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533
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534 ******************************************************************
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535 Things sure seem to be slow over here on drive B, even PAM has not
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536 gotten around to finishing it off. Maybe it is just too much?
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537 After all, there are still 92 lines left!
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538 Err, make that 91....
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539 Do I hear 90?
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540 Hmmm... it keeps changing.
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541 I guess I'll stop before I run out of disk space completely.
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542 After all, we have to leave something for Pam to fill!
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543 By the way, that's a hint Pam. (A strong one though it may be.)
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544 ******************************************************************
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545
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546 Hmmm, it must not be strong enough. Let's see, what could possibly
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547 nduce Pam to come here? How's this, Please Pam?
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548 *******************************************************************
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