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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 21 APR 85 *********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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21 En la cima!
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22 L'homme: Sorry to have missed you at what was probably the last informal
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23 Backwater Irregulars meeting at PC&S, but since my ride has set times to
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24 arrive and leave, I had to go. TTYL on PCS, no?
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25 Piper: Don't let those music-haters at PCS get you down, I enjoyed what little
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26 you were able to play.
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27 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$# 10:40-04/21/85 #$##$##$##$#
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28
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29 Victor and Ashley held each other close and kissed... gently at first,
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30 then with more passion. Another episode of the Young and Restless faded to
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31 black. Dr. Frankenstupe snapped off the television and sighed to himself,
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32 "Gosh, I enjoy that mushy stuff."
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33 "Ahem, I do believe you're an incurable romantic."
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34 "Why Sigmund, I didn't hear you come in. Please sit down."
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35 Sigmund settled into an easy chair and said, "Doctor, I understand you
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36 finally went to the PC&S tavern and met some of the Inn patrons."
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37 "Yes, I was a touch nervous at first, but soon relaxed and enjoyed
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38 myself." Frankenstupe said.
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39 "Were the patrons what you expected?"
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40 "I really didn't know what to expect. I found them all to be very
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41 individualistic, creative, and intelligent. I met some old foes, Joshua
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42 and Leonard, who turned out to be rather nice. A couple of the strong
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43 personalities, the Guardian and kathyd, were quite charming. Mad Max was
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44 well... Mad Max." Frankenstupe turned wistful for a moment. "Piper and
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45 MiG were there, too, but I didn't get a chance to say hello, but overall,
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46 it was fascinating."
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47 "No regrets then?" Sigmund asked.
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48 "Well, there was one person missing. Someone I still want to meet."
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49 "Ah yes, I know who you mean."
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50 "I'm sure you do. Maybe someday..." Frankenstupe became lost in
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51 thought. Sigmund smiled to himself as he left he room... and the Doctor
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52 was left to his daydreams.
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53 Doctor Frankenstupe
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54 P.S. Guardian and kathy d: It seems I have been gulled by the vandals and
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55 compounded my error by engaging my typing fingers before using my brain.
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56 Sorry about that. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to try and get this egg
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57 off my face. Dr. F
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58 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
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59 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,
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60 Kathyd: If these vandals are using your name without your permision, I hope
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61 everything will work out and they (the vandals) will go back to the
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62 rocks where they came from... Maybe they just missed getting on to
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63 that twit-bus and they are gone by now.
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64 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`, [Mark]
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65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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66 Doctor Frankenstupe: thanks for the compliment(?)... I think... EOT ACK
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67 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------MM
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68 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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69 Dr. Frankenstupe: Not only was NET repesented, UNDERGROUND was lurking about,
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70 making a grand total of about...letsee here...around 40 personalities present
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71 (of course, one actual person might be as many as 7 different personalities).
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72 Let's face it, we're a schizophrenic bunch.
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73
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74 John K. O'Hara
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75 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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76 ________________________________________________________________________________
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77 NEW BBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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78 CALL T-COM AT 635-xxxx
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79 IF you are good enough you can qualify for limited remote sysop statuss on
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80 your own board!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sysop control on your very own board!!!
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81 mind you-you have to be GOOD at one of the topics or come up with a
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82 new one. This might just prove to be one of the best bbs's around
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83 second to the warehouse!!!!!!
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84 call now!!!! 635-xxxx
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85 Jason Thorn is running it. He is pretty cool, and so are some
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86 of the sysops already set-up with there own boards!!
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87
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88 call........Call......CAll........CALl..........CALL!!!!!!!!!!!
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89 /ex
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90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa
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91 Ah, it is indeed sorry to hear about the possible ouster of the PC&S,
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92 although I may not have attended there more than twice now, I am indeed
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93 sorrowed to hear about it leaving. The information concerning Piper
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94 being asked to de-pipe himself was especially heart-breaking. I enjoy
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95 pipes what little I have had the opportunity to hear, and am astonded
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96 that they would do such a thing with such a large clientle that seemed
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97 to be quite infavor of them. Things do seem to be going downhill these
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98 days. My life as well as everyone else have taken a turn for the worst.
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99 Maybe its just Halley's Commet (you know that Cybermen have planted a
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100 bomb in Halley's and its going to hit us). An interesting thought no
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101 doubt. I attended the Doctor Who Convention held saturday at the Benson
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102 Hotel and the people to Portland who like the Doctor really turned out
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103 for the convention. They had some 500 chairs in the ballroom and it was
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104 standing room only! Being early we got great seats at about row 5. It
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105 was really neat. Why in such a block form now? I'm really not sure.
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106 Maybe I just wanted to save the space. Who knows. KATHY: sorry for
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107 not having any oreos in the house, Mike had already polished off the
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108 last bunch that was in the house and I have not bought any more at the
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109 store. Again, Sorry. I'm also somewhat sorry that I have not been able
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110 to call BWMS as much as I use too. I do enjoy all of the stories that
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111 are placed upon these disks for everyone to read, such a neat board. I
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112 am glad that Mikey decided not to throw in the chips several months ago
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113 when the big scare hit about shutting down. My Mike and I are really
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114 moving in strange and different circles these days. Each of use I think,
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115 thinks the others circle is bad for them. But then again. I don't
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116 know, I'm so confused these days. But then again, Such is life. Well
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117 I've taken up enought of the most important boards time and space.
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118 Especially the space part. I think I'll go read a bit of B before wandering
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119 off to something else. Then again, you never know. To all of the
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120 Inn folks: Please, I raise my warm mug to you all, and my hats off to
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121 all of the wounderful personalities here at the Inn. It is a most needed
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122 place for you. To each and everyone of you, I hope you find your true
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123 self, at the Inn. May the blessing be.
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124 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa Smurf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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125 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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126 "I love breaking tough guys."
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127 Mohammed peered into the glaring light of a powerful hand lantern.
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128 Silhouetted there, he saw several figures. One towering over the rest.
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129 "Colonel Igor Dorkonovich, I presume." Mohammed said.
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130 "Very good, Wassir." Dorkonovich stepped into the circle of light.
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131 Clad in a dull green uniform, the Russian stood 6'7" and weighed 280 lbs.
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132 Short bristly hair covered his head. He stared at his captives with beady
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133 pig eyes... eyes full of hate.
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134 "Colonel Dork, what happened? You give up mud wrestling for an honest
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135 job?" Ming's wisecracking helped cover his fear.
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136 "Ming Louie, you have taunted me for the last time." Dorkonovich
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137 smiled in anticipation.
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138 "Wassamatter Dork, Natashia complaining about your limp noodle?"
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139 Dorkonovich reddened and sputtered in rage. He complusively clenched
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140 and unclenched his fists. Mohammed worried that the Russian would fall
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141 into one of his infamous rages, spoke to break the tension, "Colonel, I
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142 must congratulate you on finding us. Since we are at your mercy, may I
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143 ask how you accomplished it?"
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144 Dorkonovich flashed Ming a look of hate, then turned to Wassir, "Why
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145 not tell you? Our operatives in Inisfall have reported that Pam has been
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146 kidnapped. Not our operation, I'm afraid. But I knew you two would hurry
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147 out of Afghanistan to rescue her." The Russian puffed his chest out
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148 proudly... smug in his logic.
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149 Ming and Mohammed looked at each other in amazement. "Pam kidnapped?
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150 So that's what Salazar wanted. Hmmm... I wonder who?" Mohammed said.
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151 "Not that you can do anything about it now, Wassir. I have a recep-
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152 tion waiting for you in Kabul. Nothing fancy, but several of my men want
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153 to discuss tainted borsch with you." Dorkonovich smiled, revealing large
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154 yellow teeth.
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155 "I told you not to put saltpeter in their borsch, Ming." Mohammed
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156 said to his friend.
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157 Ming shrugged and said to the Russian, "Sorry about the borsch, Dork..
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158 but we can't stick around to discuss your sex life." Ming took two steps
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159 forward and sprung high into the air. His left foot lashed out, the
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160 booted toe caught Dorkonovich full in the mouth. Teeth and blood sprayed
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161 into the Asian night. Before anyone else could react, Mohammed scooped up
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162 a fist-sized rock and with one smooth underhand motion hurled it at the
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163 hand lantern. Glass shattered. The scene plunged into darkness.
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164 Mohammed and Ming urgently began to scramble up the jumbled mountain-
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165 side. The eerie strobe of Russian submachine gun fire lit their path. The
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166 confused shoutsw of pursuers followed them.
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167
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168 Their climb spurred by fear and the angry whiz of bullets 'round their
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169 heads, Ming and Mohammed soon reached the lofty mountain pass. Cautiously
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170 peeking from behind a boulder, they saw a Russian helicopter sitting in a
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171 large open space. Two uniformed soldiers looked uncertainly from an open
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172 hatch, roused by the gunfire. They died with soft grunts, Albanian
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173 throwing knives in their throats.
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174 "My friend, can you fly this thing?" Mohammed asked uneasily as Ming
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175 settled into the pilot's seat.
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176 "Hey, piece of cake. You're in the company of a proud graduate of the
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177 Montgomery Ward Correspondence Helicopter School. Hmmm... now how did that
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178 go?"
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179 Mohammed's next words were lost in the roar of engines at the heli-
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180 copter rose unsteadily into the sky. It climbed higher, then began to
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181 gyrate wildly. Mohammed blanched as they plunged toward the rocks below.
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182 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Valinor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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183
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184 *******************************************************
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185 SIGH: It looks like the phone line is giving problems again.
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186 Hang in there, I'm sure PNB will find the problem eventually, in the
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187 mean time we have to suffer. Sigh...
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188 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************:
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189 *****************************************************************
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190 Kathy: If you are having problems with entries being made under your name,
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191 please let me know and I'll take care of it. But unless you say something
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192 I won't know, so please tell me. I am sorry if a certain immature
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193 individual is causing you problems. It certainly isn't my intent to
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194 allow that sort of thing to happen here, but unless you speak up I won't
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195 know what to do, so say something!
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196 **************************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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197 If anyone is interested in finding "Romeo", I have some info that will
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198 greatly reduce the number of suspects...
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199 ___________________________Leonard_________________________________________
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200 Dr. Frankenstupe et al: you just missed meeting your old friend Petrov at P
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201 C&S - he was up from OSU for the weekend, but had to study. You could have
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202 had an interesting meeting, talking about the similarities between the
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203 care and feeding of sheep and Things. If you make another appearance (and
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204 if there is a place toto make an appearance at), perhaps you'll have
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205 another chance. As things stand, he won't be back on a PorSFiS weekend
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206 until the summer, but things have a habit of changing.
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207 (I really didn't mean "toto"; Enter Only and a flakey terminal program
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208 conspired against me).
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209 JoshuaJoshua.......................................................Joshua
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210 ***************************************************************************
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211 Ah, Cistop, that cuts me to the quick--to discover my creations missing, to
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212 find that they have been deleted from disk B. Oh well, I'll just have to
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213 practice my extemporaneous style a little more. The Satyrist
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214
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215 (NB: For those of you who suffer from a deficient comprehension of the
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216 English/American language (99.5% of you, by my latest count) Satyrist is
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217 a pun. There are TWO meanings there--discovering what they are is left
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218 as an exercise.)
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219 *************************************guess-who*****************************
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220 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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221 Piper: Thanx very much for the sounds. The censoring of your music was a dis-
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222 appointment to me. Some people got no appreation for the finer things in life.
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223 *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*
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224 Before Dreamtoucher reentered the INN, he saw an old human, with much
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225 magic about him, leave and head down the dusty road. He also noticed that one
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226 to be in a troubled state of mind.
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227 Within; person had returned. others had come and gone.
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228 As soon as he was seated, Dreamtoucher began the story he had promesed
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229 earlier to tell.
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230 *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*
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231 Thenan was on the bridge, along with everyone else, when the Jeluni made
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232 planetfall on Lucabethu.
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233 The Jeluni had been on a routine planetological expedition when it was
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234 diverted by an urgent request by the sector councel on Decimelu. University
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235 research vessels are not usualy used on a mission of this risk but her crew
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236 weren't exactly first year students and no other was available. While it is
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237 true that Thenan was doing post-grad in galactic nav at the University of Na-
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238 bathebe which owned the Jeluni, the course and the trip were mostly a sabatical
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239 for him, away from the rigors of elected servitude as a Lananaran coordinator.
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240 Captian Rica, herself experianced in xenozoology, was nominaly the ship's
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241 master.
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242 The landing sight appeared to be a natural amphatheatre.
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243 One of those ubiquitous four wheel boxes with arms, cameras, a panoply of
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244 sensors and compartments for spy-eyes and microbots, which Lananarans refer to
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245 as a masterbot, was sent out to sniff the air and generly test conditions
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246 before any of the crew could be permitted to risk exposure.
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247 Not that Lucabethu wa a totaly new or unexplored world, mind you. Its
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248 just that the current population was falling! Indeviduals vanished into thin
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249 air, often as not in the presence of friends and neighbors.
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250 A frantic call to the sector capitol had resaulted in the Jeluni's div-
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251 ersion.
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252 The precautionary masterbot reported back nothing obviosly worrisome or
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253 contrary to the old report that been filed prior to colonization. One
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254 puzzeling find was the faint trace of an energy field they were unable to
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255 catalogue. Its traces dicepating immediatly, precluding the taking of more
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256 precise measurement. A glitch perhaps, within acceptable noise levels. The
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257 anomily was duly logged and forgotten.
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258 Assigining Lejab, engineering joat, and Lala, propulsion systems, to
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259 ships watch, the rest of the crew, in light protective gear, truged up out of
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260 the bowl of thair landing site.
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261 *=*=*=* *=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=* *=*=*=*=*
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262 incase you hadent already guessed, Thenan is the name Themnax's co-parents
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263 rolled up for him at birth.
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264 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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265 *************************************************************
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266 Guess who: Punnacious behavior lecherous or otherwise is one
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267 thing, but defamation of character be it direct or indirect is
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268 quite another. Why not use your writing abilities to be creative
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269 instead of destructive attacks on another? Who knows, you might
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270 even receive something unexpected... praise.
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271 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************
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272
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273 =================================================================
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274 It had been hard keeping track of the black car as it speed
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275 thru traffic. But it's destination was becoming clear, it was
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276 headed towards the airport. I was not prepared for when it
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277 deverted to the air freight company entrance, and almost lost it.
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278 I stopped just outside the gate, then pulled in and parked
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279 in the customer lot. The limo I had been following continued
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280 around the office building, and headed towards a hanger in the
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281 back. Getting out of my car, I ran after it.
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282 A security guard stepped into my path. "Hold on there! Where
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283 do you think you're going?" He shouted. "Out of my way! Police
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284 business", and I flashed him my fake Police badge that I had
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285 gotten out of a box of Cheerios. That seemed to satisfy him, and
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286 I speed on. As I rounded the corner of the building, I saw
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287 them pulling the young lady out of the back of the limo and drag
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288 her towards a 707 jet that was being pulled out of the hanger. I
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289 waited until they had entered the aircraft, then quickly sprinted
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290 towards it.
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291 The engines had already been started, and the ground crew
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292 were taking the gear back to the hanger. The cargo hatch hadn't
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293 been closed yet, so I quickly climbed in and hid behind a crate.
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294 Moments later, they closed the hatch and I felt the plane begin
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295 taxiing.
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296 I pulled out my pocket scanner and turned it to the local
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297 tower frequencies. I was rewarded with a message moments later.
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298 "Roger November charlie one seven zero, you're cleared for take
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299 off, for Denver."
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300 Oh wonderful, I'm going to regret getting involved with
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301 this, I thought. I crawled over to the radar transmitter and
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302 pulled the air exchanger exhaust hose off. That should give me a
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303 little pressurization and heat. I poked around in the cargo, and
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304 found a sleeping bag. I unrolled it and crawled in preparing for
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305 a long cold flight.
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306 "Why do I get myself into these situations?" I said to no
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307 one in particular.
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308 ====================== Marvin Deepe ============================
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309
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310 **************************************************************************
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311 Cistupe: I came here to bury you, not for praise.
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312 *******************************moron**********************************
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313 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/
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314 Away from the realm of fine satin cloaks, rawhide jackets, and an occasional feathered hat exists what may be
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315 called the Real World; a place of denim jeans, polyester & nylon, and baseball caps. This is where we were today
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316 (yesterday, Sat 21 Apr), and this is where we may possibly no longer meet. What I mean is that we could have just
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317 looked at our last day spent together within the Inn incarnate, the place we have at one time or other been to or
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318 heard mention of. This is a place we have known as the friendly PC&S Tavern.
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319 At first it was intended as a simple meeting of minds, a meeting for friends. We didn't know what we had in
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320 store for us. It started something like this....
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321 At about two or three in the afternoon, a couple of friends walked in off of what were the drizzling streets
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322 of downtown Portland. As they strolled by the barren and half filled tables it became apparent that they had arrived
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323 ahead of the crowd that made it a habit to congest the back tables during their biweekly visits. Seating themselves
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324 somewhat stategically, they began to give the menu the once-over for a bite to eat; in an effort to make it to the
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325 event on time they had both missed lunch. As they were reading up on their choices, a third person came in and was
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326 seated. It was at about this time that their cordial host approached the table and began with his lighthearted
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327 barrage of "So what'll it be this time?" inquiries. Since the fellow taking our order is usually in good spirits
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328 and lets the feeling show, we almost shrugged off a comment he made about the apple juice.
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329 "I'm sorry, but we just ran out of the last of it, and haven't reordered since we may be shutting down."
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330 "Oh, you're closing down, are you?" came the casually jesting reply.
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331 "Yes, we are....."
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332
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333
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334 He then proceeded to inform us as to the reasons of the situation. It appears that their ten year lease is
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335 due to expire at about the end of the month, and the organization that owns the building, the German Aid Society, does
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336 not wish to have it extended.
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337 Shortly after having been served our meal with side order of bad news, more than half dozen Patrons came
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338 through the door to take their places in this day's meet. They were filled with smiles and chatter, expecting to
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339 regale in conversation that may be so rarely shared with in person between a mojority of these individuals.
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340 Some small talk, and some not so small talk had been flying through the air for quite awhile when all of a sudden it
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341 was all cut short by a tremendous wailling came from the center of the establishment. It was now very clear that that
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342 the character of high repute had once again been able to survive a voyage into the heart of the city.
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343 Yes, the piper's creator had returned with bag in hand. After the initial shock had died down, and a couple of
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344 "isn't that?" and "I told you so"'s were passed on the crowd began to resume the ordinary din to its original level.
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345 But after a short pause, just long enough to attach the bag to the mouthpiece (ecuse my lack of proper terminology),
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346 the piper rose and began to play a melody that would have been intended to lift the sagging atmosphere that
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347 accompanied the news of the forthcoming closure. It was getting everyone's attention, and it was going to work but a
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348 wrench was thrown in the works of this as well. There had been a request (or even a complaint) that it would be
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349 better if the pipes were not to be played. How stunningly ironic. It seemd that not only the structure that held the
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350 allure of the Inn was gone, but the spirit of it was dying as well. There were many that were watching with an eager
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351 eye and a hopeful ear to partake in the merrimemt that could in some way transfer them mysteriously back to the other
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352 realm, another reality that is Inisfal. It was not to be, the hope was cast aside.
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353
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354 After awhile the Patrons and other guests started to disperse to the places they needed to be. Some left
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355 early and others lingered on for prehaps hours. A few faces that were (almost) new t the crowd had voiced their
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356 name's and proclaimed their identities that covered them by pen and keyboard. Some were able to rattle off three and
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357 more names while others only mentioned that they had one or remained silent as to the possibilities of their other
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358 selves. There were two men that sat next to each other that commented under their breathes to each other that they
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359 could both take credit for more than six or seven personas of their own.
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360 Things settled down after some time, but the gloom that the meeting place may very likely be closed before our
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361 next visit has haunted me to the point that I knew I had to be the one that made this statement. Fragments were bound
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362 to have been mentioned, but they needed to be pieced together. I only hope I haven't missed anything.
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363 Having heard the names mentioned, I could list them off by organization or reality but will just leave you with this.
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364 Piner.
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365 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/
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366
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367 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 112:03
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368
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369 NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT
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370 I'm sure some of you well remember the likes of one Captain Barefoot.
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371 (aka. alchemist, Mesolithic Mathematician, Melissa, and heaven only
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372 knows what other various Inndentities) If the rumors I hear are true,
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373 few have seen his physical presence outside the Backwater Inn. I'm
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374 not sure if he still visits here (lurks) or not. Knowing that I place
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375 myself at risk of his double bladed wit, still the news must be told.
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376 Thumbing through an early edition of the Monday Oregonian a feature
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377 article in the Living Section catches my eye. If my memory of things
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378 told here at the Inn are correct I suspect the person referred to is
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379 none other than the captain himself. (Sorry if I gave you away Capt'n,
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380 chuckle, grin.) Can you BELIEVE it?????
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381 For obvious reasons this alert is brought to you sans byline.
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382 NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT -- NEWS ALERT
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383
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384 ppppppppppppppppppppppppp lurk mode today pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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385 \`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\
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386 The room as too small to be comfortable. The only light was directly over
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387 the table, striking the dark tabletop like a fist. Reflections of its impact
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388 lit three of the faces at the table with an erie half-light. These three had
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389 papers spread before them, the whiteness of them harsh in the brillant light,
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390 making their faces clearer in the gloom.
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391 All three were smoking, their ashtrays overflowing. One butt had even rolled
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392 unnoticed to the floor, its fire now slowly dying.
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393 The forth man leaned back from the bare table in front of him. His face all
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394 but invisible in the darkness. A narrow cane hung from the arm of his chair.
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395 He was not smoking.
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396 The paper on the table were spread about in frantic patterns. Bright evidence
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397 of some lengthly if not fevered activity. But for this moment nothing moved in
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398 the room. The eye of the storm.
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399 \`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\` the runner \`\`\`\`\`\`\`\
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400 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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401 Guess-who: The purpose of this board is not to degrade others using false
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402 names...It is to stimulate the natural creative ability that is not usually
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403 in some. If you must continue, and I hope you don't, then don't drag the rest
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404 of us down to your level...
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405 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ?????????????????
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406 PS: The double meaning of your name is not too difficult. I mean,t took me
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407 a whole 3 seconds...
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408 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor Again ???????????
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409
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___________________________________________________________________________
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410
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R. Rommel & Associates
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411 4717 Territorial Way
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412 Portland, Oregon 97207
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413
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Mr. A. Salazar
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414 1600 Tonguelash Building
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415 Portland, Oregon 97232
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416
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RE: Future Employment Opportunity
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417
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Dear Mr. Salazar,
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418 You have been recommended to me by a mutual business acquaintance,
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419 a Dr. Frankenstupe, with whom I and my clients have done business
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420 with in the past. He has given me the utmost assurances as to your
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421 professionalism as well as your ability, and therefore I am taking
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422 this opportunity to contact you in regards to a certain event that
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423 may have a bearing on specific highly profitable business ventures
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424 in which I am engaged.
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425 It is my belief, as well as that of the local constabulary, that one
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426 of my clients may have recently been the victim of foul play. It
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427 has been reported to me by usually reliable sources that it is highly
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428 possible she has been illegally detained, and may in fact now be in
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429 transit to a South American country of unknown origins.
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430 Enclosed please find the vital statistics of the individual above
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431 mentioned, as well as some past history and all other evidence and
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432 names of which I am aware that are pertinant. Also please find a
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433 retainer in the form of a check for expenses that you may incur in
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434 the course of your investigation. It is my hope that you will find
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435 the sum adequate for your needs, but you will find my office to be
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436 available to you if this is not the case.
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437 I will assume that your standard fee schedule will be in force for
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438 this particular venture. We find this completely satisfactory, and
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439 you will also find receipt of a handsome bonus on the successful
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440 completion of this employment.
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441 Sincerely,
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442 R. Rommell
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443 ____________________________________________________________________________
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444 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
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445 Romeo, my dearest Romeo................handcuffs?......... oh my............
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446
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447 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>Juliet<*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
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448
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449 >>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>
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450 The Sentry awaited to be relieved from his evening post by yet another
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451 member of the guard. As time passed he realized that something must be wrong,
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452 his replacement hed never been this late before... it was almost sunrise.
|
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453 Keeping duty in mind, he ramined at his station. Thoughts of his fellow
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454 comrades filled his mind, as well as the ebents that had currently taken place
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455 both at House and in town. Trying to make himself more comfortable, he tugged
|
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456 at his chain-mail and repositioned the sword he carried at his side. Since the
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457 sun was on the rise, he extinguished the torch mounted in one corner of the
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458 small shack he had occupied for the night. He breathed a heavy sigh.
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||
459 #They'll hear about this!# he thought. #But since the commander hasn't
|
||
460 been seen for days, things haven't been thm same around here. 'While the cat
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461 is away...' I suppose. But still, why has he beeen away for so long?# He
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462 crossed his arms and gave a puzzled look to the empty walls. #I wonder.#
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||
463 The sun rose and filled the shack with shades of red, gold, gren and black.
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464 The torch had been put out and the Sentry was wide awake, just waiting...
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465 <<<<<---------------------------------------- The Sentry ----------<<<<<<<
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466 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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467 "Mr. Salazar?" said the figure emerging from the doorway.
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468 "Yes." Salazar tensed. Since the abduction he had been expecting
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469 further trouble.
|
||
470 The man held out a small plastic card, about the size of a credit
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471 card. "You're investigating Pam's kidnapping." It was a statement not a
|
||
472 question. The man continued, "you may run into a marked lack of co-
|
||
473 operation in some quarters. This'll help. When you're done, call the
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474 number and they'll tell you what to do with the card."
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||
475 Salazar took the card, looked at it and froze. He looked back
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||
476 up and started to ask a question. But the man was gone.
|
||
477 He looked back at the card. He heard of the CIA using cards like
|
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478 this in Vietnam, but this somehow didn't have the right 'feel' for a
|
||
479 'Company' job.
|
||
480 He read the card,
|
||
481 "Do not detain or in any way interfere with the bearer of this
|
||
482 card." and a phone number in full international direct dial format. On
|
||
483 the back were a magnetic strip, some bar code and a long string of
|
||
484 numbers and letters.
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||
485 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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||
486 -os-os-os lurking mode on -os-os-os
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487 MiG: call voice
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488 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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489 The Cathode Plate; episode 2:
|
||
490 The story they got from the local councel of coordinators, though more
|
||
491 detailed than the origeonal request for diversion, was no more enlightening.
|
||
492 Most of the vanishings, as the locals had started calling them, happened eather
|
||
493 less than a hexichron after dawn or a similar time before dark. None of them
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||
494 inside anyone's home, all of them in a small number of precise locations, many
|
||
495 now known and marked off, yet the vanishings went on.
|
||
496 Several sites were visited, each properly protected by saw horses,
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||
497 surveyor's tape and blinking lights.
|
||
498 Toward evening, crew having parted company with local coordinators, were
|
||
499 on thair way back to the ship. Rica and Nica, who were walking on ahead,
|
||
500 didn't see it start. Thenan, who was at the rear, saw in detail. Captain and
|
||
501 science 'supercargo' turned at his call. Just in time to see Cila fade from
|
||
502 translucence to transparency to not there at all! Only Thenan had seen the
|
||
503 faint blue aura that surrounded her immediatly before she began to faide.
|
||
504 Nica, a grad student in xenogeophysics, took a reading with her kit. The
|
||
505 resaults were oddly similar to the mysterios field glitch encountered shortly
|
||
506 after landing.
|
||
507 Next day, Thenan returned to each site, including the one tragicly dis-
|
||
508 couvered the previos evening. He checked for evidence of field generating
|
||
509 equipment and for subteranian cavities below or nearby. No such luck. On his
|
||
510 way back back to log this dissapointing failure, as he approached the ship,
|
||
511 he stoped ware the Jeluni'S masterbot first noted the odd field effect.
|
||
512 Right away a cavity registered. He sent for the masterbot which cleared
|
||
513 away a few centimeters of top soil to reveal a cast stone hatch of some sort.
|
||
514 It took Lejab's diverse background to puzzle out the opening mechanism. When
|
||
515 the ship's engineering joat finaly slid back the couver, a virtical shaft
|
||
516 with mettal grab rungs down one side, was revealed.
|
||
517 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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||
518 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|
||
519 There's this beast that grew in my head
|
||
520 Today I'm calling him Fred
|
||
521 He directs me
|
||
522 Almost constantly
|
||
523 Like a steering wheel in my head
|
||
524
|
||
525 He looks out through my eyes
|
||
526 He wears me as disguise
|
||
527 I tried to tell her
|
||
528 Frighten 'er, warn her
|
||
529 To mess with him is not wise
|
||
530
|
||
531 He fits tight inside my skin
|
||
532 I feel dry, streached thin
|
||
533 I feel like a drum
|
||
534 The downbeat to come
|
||
535 I sit in my head and watch him
|
||
536
|
||
537 He took my woman tonight
|
||
538 He made her scream in the night
|
||
539 He laughed in my face
|
||
540 As he took my place
|
||
541 I could not take my eyes from the sight
|
||
542
|
||
543 I watched the light in her eyes
|
||
544 And listened to her sighs
|
||
545 And I saw her face
|
||
546 As he started to place
|
||
547 His hand between her thighs
|
||
548
|
||
549 He liked me watching him
|
||
550 I felt him grin a grin
|
||
551 He smiles with grace
|
||
552 From inside my face
|
||
553 He knows I won't fight him and win
|
||
554
|
||
555 He takes her and he laughs
|
||
556 For he sees shadows pass
|
||
557 Across my face
|
||
558 As I watch her face
|
||
559 As the two become one mass
|
||
560
|
||
561 He watches for my expression
|
||
562 Some reaction to their obsession
|
||
563 I try to trace
|
||
564 No sign in my face
|
||
565 To reveal my opression
|
||
566
|
||
567 I don't want him to see
|
||
568 How much he torments me
|
||
569 He'd rub his hands
|
||
570 And dance in the sands
|
||
571 Of my head, and laugh with glee
|
||
572
|
||
573 There are secrets that he tells
|
||
574 That he whispers in my halls
|
||
575 When I try to hear them
|
||
576 He hides in the bathroom
|
||
577 And mumbles in the stalls
|
||
578
|
||
579 He is like the shark
|
||
580 That cruises throught the park
|
||
581 By day if you meet him
|
||
582 You don't even know him
|
||
583 But you buy his drugs after dark
|
||
584
|
||
585 Now he lives in my head
|
||
586 Controling everything said
|
||
587 If you should meet me
|
||
588 Look closely
|
||
589
|
||
590
|
||
591 you might see
|
||
592 The beast that I call Fred
|
||
593 the harlequin
|
||
594 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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595 \`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\
|
||
596 Three faces turned toward one. As the silence lengthed the cigarettes
|
||
597 moved more often, leaving smokey contrails in an arc between mouth and
|
||
598 tabletop. The draws were more pronounced, the exhales more like sighs.
|
||
599 Small beads of sweat could be seen on three upper lips. One cigarette was
|
||
600 extinguished, another imediately lit to replace it.
|
||
601 The figure at the head of the table stood and walked to a switch on the
|
||
602 wall. He did not use his cane. He limped on his right leg. As his hand
|
||
603 touched the switch a low rumble could be heard and th layers of smoke began
|
||
604 slowly disappearing through a grill in the wall. There was a moment of
|
||
605 hesitation from the table, then three cigarettes were ground out of life.
|
||
606 There were none lit to replace them. One pack, a book of matches tucked
|
||
607 into the plastic wrapping, was relagated to the breast pocket of a jacket
|
||
608 hanging off the back of a chair.
|
||
609 \`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\ the runner `\`\`\`\`\`\`\`\
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||
610 ************************************************************************
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||
611 The Doctor: I hope you didn't dislocate your shoulder patting yourself
|
||
612 on the back---but since you're a doctor, you could heal thyself anyway,
|
||
613 right? The Satyrist
|
||
614 ************************************************************************
|
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615 ********************************************************************
|
||
616 gee folks i guess it's time for me to change my border. i was going
|
||
617 to finish adventure, but the darn disk is all filled up.
|
||
618 mikey: thanks for the support, i was trying to just stay low key
|
||
619 over The Satyrist's humor, but im glad you deleted those
|
||
620 entries of his(hers?).
|
||
621 all: err.. most : your great, i hope we can come up with a new
|
||
622 meeting place where the pipes can play.
|
||
623 *************************************kathyd************************
|
||
624 roses are red
|
||
625 violets are blue
|
||
626 you know who
|
||
627 loves all of you
|
||
628 *******************************************************************
|
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629 *************************************the end***********************
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