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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 2 FEB 86 **********************
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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 Coughing I stumbled and fell through the open gate. In a moment
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22 I recovered. Stepping back I tried to find the gate, My eyes streaming
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23 from the gas. I had to get out of this atmosphere fast. But the gate was
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24 gone, nothing was there. I was starting to panic. I *had* to get out of
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25 here!
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26 I couldn't see my eyes were watering so. I was stumbling around
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27 blindly. I couldn't tell where I was going. I had to find a way out.
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28 A root or something caught my foot and I tripped and fell to the
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29 ground. I must have caused a touch response to occur, because the next
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30 thing I knew something swooped down and grabbed me. As I passed out from
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31 the gasses and lack if oxygen, I realized that I was inside something.
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32 What a way to die I thought, to be eaten alive on some unknown planet in
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33 some unknown demension by some unknown creature.
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34 ######################## The Innkeeper ##############################
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35
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36 enterr
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37 off
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38 help
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39 lost
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40
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41 done
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42 "Gentlemen. Fellow travelers. Please. I have something to say." The noxious gas had captured the attention of the guests
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43 and no one seemed to hear the shaky voice from the table at the back of the common room. "PLEASE, kind sirs, listen"
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44 A few heads turned, and saw that the old man was holding a book in his hand. "I believe I may be of assistance, sirs"
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45 "If I may have complete silence for but a moment, kind sirs..."
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46 The Inn fell silent, save the crackeling of the fire, and the rising and falling of labored lungs.
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47 Then, there was the barely heard resonance of drones, wailing and fading, coming and going, as if the source of the
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48 sound was wandering in circles, seeking release from a whispy and nebulous dimension.
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49 Those who watched the old man were suddenly shocked, as the hooded figure blurred and shimmered, and then faded
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50 into nothingness. Voices whispered softly. "He's gone. Where...?" "It was the gas. It's taken this strange old man, too"
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51 someone suggested. "I wonder who he was?", another guest wondered aloud.
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52 The whispering grew into an uproar as speculations abounded, and the guests grew more restless as the minutes passed.
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53 Suddenly the fire in the great stone hearth burst forth flames and smoke filled the common room. Sparks danced
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54 upward and outward, across the bar and flitted into the corners. Eyes blinked closed as a flash illuminated the great
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55 room, and silence gave way to a cacaphony of voices intertwined with the screech of a chanter and the coughing they
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56 had all heard but moments before. The great common room was filled with dense clouds of accrimonious haze that
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57 assaulted the eyes of the guests, bringing tears to their eyes and shouts to their throats.
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58 The stout young guest who had helped the now vanished old man leapt to his feet, and feeling his way to the door
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59 flung it open. The air whistled past him as the clouds of accrid vapor were whisked outward, and into the night sky.
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60 Papers were swept away in the malestrom and linen napkins danced ghostlike in the air. Ripples swept across tankards
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61 of ale, whipping the surfaces into mineature storm tossed oceans, and then, as suddenly as the end of a summer
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62 storm, all was quiet.
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63 The piper walked calmly to the bar, and drew a flagon of the Inn's best ale, the Innkeeper close behind him. They
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64 took seats at the table near the door, and drank deeply of the ale. The piper broke the deafening silence. "Friends
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65 do we have a story to tell" The Innkeeper nodded in agreement.
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66 At a table, near the back of the common room, the old man with the hooded cloak sat silently, waiting....
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67 *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* Lysias *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=*
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68
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69 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\39
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70 The fat man was laughing, long and wheezing, despite his pain and the gun that was still planted in the center of
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71 his bald spot. "Not so easy as it looks, is it, Outsider?" He laughed some more.
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72 James counted forty-one guns trained on him and Tariya at this second. Leaning close to her ear, he whispered, "I
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73 don't suppose you know any force-field spells, do you?"
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74 "No." She looked up at him. "Can't you do something?"
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75 "Nope." he sighed. "Too wasted. That's why I grabbed his gun." He looked down at the man. "All right, already. I
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76 apologize for trying to steal your car. Would you please call off the neighborhood and we could discuss this
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77 calmly?"
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78 That set off another fit of laughter. "Discuss all you want. Looter or Outsider, you're still just as dead." Tears
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79 were rolling down his cheeks. James silently vowed that if they were dead, so was this turkey.
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80 "I don't understand." Tariy cried, "Theft has never been a capital offense in Shai-Kahn, except during a major
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81 disaster or... war."
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82 "You got it, missy." The laughing man answered. "But you don't have to worry abot dying. You were just an
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83 accomplice and besides, target practice is a hell of a waste of good woman flesh. I got two sons that will enjoy
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84 making your acquaintance."
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85 "No." she whispered, holding on tighter to James. "You've got to do something!"
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86 But James didn't answer. His heart was pounding and his mouth was dry. They were trapped. The bulk of his fear was
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87 not for himself but for Tariya. Had he been alone he would have gone for broke and shot it out, perhaps even escaping.
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88 But there was no way he could protect Tariya and the thought of endangering her was more than he could bear.
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89 The laughing man stood up painfully, still chortling. He said, "Now, before he hold a summary execution, how about
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90 giving us your names for our records."
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91 "Screw you." James snarled.
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92 But Tariya was given to a little more dignity than that. She drew herself up with a pride and nobility that James
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93 had never guessed she had. "I am Tariya dal-Silmarilyn, last daughter of Marannon Quoasis xennon-Silmarilyn and sixth
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94 princess of Shai-Kahn. If any harm comes to us my mother's armies will grind this wretched city to dust!"
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95 The man chuckled again, but didn't sound very amused. "Missy, you should count yourself lucky we don't believe
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96 that, or you would be executed beside your companion. Speaking of which," he turned to James, "your last chance, boy.
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97 Do you want to die unremembered?"
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98 He took a deep breath. Might as well. "My name is James Forster Mandell. Some people call me the Destroyer." He
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99 prodded the laughing man in the stomach with the rifle. "But you can call me Sir!"
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100 Suddenly the laughing man wasn't laughing anymore.
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101 Excited whispers came from the windows. The people and rifles began to dissappear. Doors opened and the began to
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102 walk out slowly, hesitantly. Most of them had left their rifles inside. The laughing man had now become the pale man
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103 as he regarded James with a mixture of awe and terror. From the approaching crowd they could make out the words "The
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104 Destroyer!" and "He has come at last!" over and over again.
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105 Then they were surrounded by people, all talking at once. A few tried to touch him, and then jerked their hand
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106 back, as if touching a leper. Or a savior.
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107 James turned to an equally confused an astonished Tariya and said, "Remind me to give my P.R. man a raise when we
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108 get out of here, OK?"
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109 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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110
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111
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112 ....Shades of " The Sleeper has Awakened "....
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113
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114
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115 #######################################################################
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116 Now wait a minute! I don't apreciate having an adventure nipped in the bud
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117 like that. Shall we just ignore it? Sheesh how can you expect to have an
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118 adventure if someone wraps it up before it even gets started?! I intend
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119 to ignore the entry and continue on with the story.
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120 ############################# The Innkeeper ###########################
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121 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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122 From Prometheus
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123 From the looks of the entry that nipped this adventure in the bud, it was
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124 intended to calm everyone down a bit. Since the vanished had returned with
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125 little or no wounds, the story can continue in third person.
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126 It would be nice to relate the goings on of the Inn, from moment to moment
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127 and I am in favor of it. I am sure there are a few characters out there who
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128 are also, so let us give it a try for once, and see what happens, alright?
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129 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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130
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131 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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132
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The Sage opened his mouth and poured a little more of the drink down
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133 his throat. It soothed him and yet, it made his thirst even greater still.
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134 His eyes were almost shut with dried tears, and bloodshot for fatigue.
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135 Still, he poured more and more of the drink into his stomache. It offered
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136 no relief to the Sage and only served to irritate his desires and thirst.
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137 The Sage heard a question and did not know who had asked it of him. It
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138 wwas an important question, and the Sage found it difficult to answer, for
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139 his alcoholic stupor. His head tipped back and drank the last of his drink
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140 and he almost tipped back and off his chair.
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141 A pair of hands grasped the fabric about the collar of the Sage and the
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142 question came again. It was still difficult for him to fathom, and try as
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143 he might, it was beyond his poisoned mind right then.
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144 Seated again, someone replaced the drink in his hands with a heavier
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145 one. A deeper fill of liquor, a far more potent drug, indeed.
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146 Once again, the Sage poured it into his throat and waited for the
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147 relief that would never come from it. In desperation, he poured more down
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148 and the relief evaded him. The drink would never provide it but the addict
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149 would never know that, as the Sage imbibed more and more of it.
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150
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151 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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152
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153 de 146, 147, 148, 149
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154 *******************************************************************
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155 Prometheus: If you had paid attention to the developing story line,
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156 and if the aformentioned person had as well, you would have seen that
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157 a number of individuals were working to insert themselves into the
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158 story line. I did NOT want the story to be just Piper and me. A multi-
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159 author story is of no use with only two authors. After a long dry
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160 period we had finally gotten a good fantasy story line going here,
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161 and even gotten some writers interested in lending their input who
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162 have never really written anything here. And in one fell swoop they
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163 are told that they can't join the adventure because it is over with
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164 I am not going to tell the story in third person. I am going to ignore
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165 the entry because this was intended to be a multi-author story.
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166 I worked damn hard to bring it to the point that it was, and I don't
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167 appreciate having it destroyed with a "poof everything is back to
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168 normal" type entry. I intend to ignore it, and I hope that those
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169 who wanted to join in the adventure will do so. This was not to be
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170 a private adventure between the Piper and me. It is intended to be open
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171 to all those who want to try their hand at it. If I'm to be stuck
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172 with just the Piper, it is pointless to continue, because the story
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173 line is destroyed. If I had intended it to be a two author story I
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174 would have directed it that way instead of opening it to all the
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175 patrons. As far as I'm concerned the entry did not happen unless nobody
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176 else cares about the adventure, in which case I'll go slink off into
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177 my corner and forget about the whole damn thing.
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178 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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179 (((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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180 Thank you Mikey!!!
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181 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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182 Being quite the paranoid creature that I am my first insinct is to
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183 dissapear and find a high perch somewhere safe where I watch what is
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184 going on and maybe help. I watched the old man in the corner cast his
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185 spells. Something looked very familiar in the motions he was making.
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186 It was something I remember doing in my earlier days. Yes it was it was
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187 an illusion spell of some type. If this is true then that means either
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188 that when Piper and the Innkeeper walked back into the in it never really
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189 happened or two strange people just walked in as part of the spell. If the
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190 second is true how do I convince the others with out engaging the wrath of
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191 the old man in the back of the inn. I flew down staying invisable and landed
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192 on the Juggler's shoulder and whispered "It's a trick!!! Those two how just
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193 walked in aren't as they seem to be. Don't give away my position I have an
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194 idea." Juggler shook his head and seemed to agree so I flew off to start my
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195 plans.
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196 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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197 I hope this helps point things in the right direction again
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198 (((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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199 Delta V: You have overlooked two major problems.
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200 1. Fallout/firestorms & other secondary blast effects will kill far more
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201 than the Primary blast effects (heat/blast/etc).
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202 2. A major attack *would* destroy most if not all of our 'support systems'
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203 Transportation, communications, medical.... These tertiary effects
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204 would be as bad (if not worse than) the secondary effects. Do you have
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205 any idea how long a modern city/town/etc can last without power and
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206 without outside supplies (gas, spare parts, medicines, *food*,...)?
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207 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446464.4435____________________________
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208 The apprentice entered the Inn. As he glanced about he noted the
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209 strangers. He turned toward the old man. "Milord, this is a fine
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210 illusion thou hast cast. But where have the Innkeeper and Piper
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211 gone?"
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212 He paused, "And who be these strangers that thou hast cloaked
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213 with their guise?"
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214 ........................the apprentice............................
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215 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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216 seems i missed a lot on the last disk...hmmmmm...morrissey
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217 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
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218 Leonard. You are right. I am wrong. Everyone will die. The world will be totally destroyed. End of argument.
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219 While my entry does not fit into what everyone seems to have decided is 'proper' for the Inn, at least when I come along
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220 things happen. Someone above has what *I* think is the right idea ( as far as writing goes) which is to create a way
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221 of changing something (make it into an illusion eg) instead of bitching.
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222 Well, anyway, after this response I think I will stick to being DELTA FIVE, and Lysias will find another watering hole.
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223 He doesn't need this ----.
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224 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSi...
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225 "Wait friends, Ripple is right! What we see as Piper and the Innkeeper are
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226 merely aberrations; simple constructs that have been instructed to act like
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227 the real Piper and Innkeeper. They are throwing off all sorts of mixed up
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228 psi signals. And... I have only seen this sort of pattern once before. It was
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229 on Castle Hille, on old earth, when I travelled there many years ago. If
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230 Hille is still around and is responsible for the disappearances, Piper and
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231 Innkeeper are in big trouble!"
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232 CRAGMORE
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233 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSi...
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234 ****************************************************************************
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235 Ripple: It is I who should thank you! Thank you for your assitance in
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236 converting the disaster to something else.
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237 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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238 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSi...
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239 "Wait friends, Ripple is right! What we see as Piper and the Innkeeper are
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240 merely aberrations; simple constructs that have been instructed to act like
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241 the real Piper and Innkeeper. They are throwing off all sorts of mixed up
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242 psi signals. And... I have only seen this sort of pattern once before. It was
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243 on Castle Hille, on old earth, when I travelled there many years ago. If
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244 Hille is still around and is responsible for the disappearances, Piper and
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245 Innkeeper are in big trouble!"
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246 CRAGMORE
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247 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSi...
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248 ****************************************************************************
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249 Ripple: It is I who should thank you! Thank you for your assitance in
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250 converting the disaster to something else.
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251 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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252 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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253 From Prometheus
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254 Cistop Mikey, I had no idea you were trying to establish
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255 another of the stories which have more than one author. If I
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256 had known, I certainly wouldn't have defended the entry to you.
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257 The response you sent me was so strong and adamant on that
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258 point, that no mistake could be made now. If you please, will
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259 you accept my apology?
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260 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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261
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262 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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263 A moment or a millenium later (time is such a relative thing!), Milchar found
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264 himself deposited on a very large, flat rock in a desolate spot on an alien
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265 world. Perhaps this was an example of the beauty this world had to offer,
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266 but Milchar didn't believe it. He peered through the thick yellow atmosphere
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267 at the surrounding territory, which promised to be every bit as dull as the
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268 patch he occupied.
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269 After getting up and brushing himself off, Milchar searched for the portal
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270 he had come through. Several minutes later he gave up. "No where to be found,"
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271 he muttered to himself. "I wonder if anyone saw me leave."
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272 Since the rock was not producing answers, and Milchar had no guarantee that
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273 either Piper or the Innkeeper whad been deposited at the same place, Milchar
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274 saw that he must choose a direction to walk. Again Milchar shuffled through
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275 his packet of 3x5 cards; this time, however, he failed to find a suitable
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276 finding-spell. He shrugged and put the cards away, then began at a brisk pace
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277 in the direction he faced. He noted his breathing-spell was still working
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278 well, but occasionally Milchar would get a whiff of the vile gas surrounding
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279 him. The thought of the Innkeeper and Piper breathing the poisonous stuff
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280 caused Milchar to move faster. Perhaps, though, the special properties of
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281 Piper's instrument would aid him.
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282 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++ 10:12pm, 2 Feb 86 ++++
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283 *+**+**+**+**+**+Gee, I know I have been drinking, but I didn't think I was
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284 that drunk! I mean, just for a moment, although I have only read this disk
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285 once, I thought I had read it before! Very wierd!*+**+**+**+**+**+**+**+
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286
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287 #######################################################################
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288 Prometheus: No need to apologize. I may have reacted a bit strongly, but
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289 I was a bit upset to have the story terminated just as it was getting
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290 underway.
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291 #######################################################################
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292 The rotting stench was overpowering, so much so that it drowned out
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293 the burning, seering atmosphere. <cough> Stench? I am still alive! I can
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294 breath! Where ever I am there must be oxygen in here. I lifted my hand
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295 to wipe the tears from my eyes, but stopped short when the smell of the
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296 muck that covered it came near my nose.
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297 I can't stay here, the acid this stuff is generating will start to
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298 digest me too soon. Off in the distance I head a horrid screeching
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299 noise. It sounded like a pig being strangled... Piper! He was around
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300 here someplace. Maybe there is a way out of this mess yet.
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301 I started to crawl towards the opening of whatever I was in, my
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302 hand slipped on a round object. Odd, I wonder what this is? It seemed to
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303 be a hard solid ball of some sort. Trying to get a look at it in the dim
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304 yellow light that filtered in I could have sworn it was getting smaller.
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305 As I watched it did get smaller within a matter of seconds it
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306 disappeared completely. Very odd. Thinking nothing more of it, I headed
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307 towards the small opening ahead hopefully to flag down the Piper.
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308 As I pried open the entrance the foul yellow atmosphere rushed in
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309 causing me to gag. At the same time a voice spoke in my head #Ahhh...
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310 intellegence at last...#
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311 ############################# The Innkeeper ###########################
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312 *************************************************************************
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313
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Does anyone remmember the "hallway of life"? It is a long room with many
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314
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doors each with a sign above it like "love" or "greed" or "desire" ect.
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315
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There is a machine in the center of the room that dispenses what I call
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316
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a "escape", the "escape" will bring you back to the hallway when you use
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317
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it. All kinds of different paths to choose from here, just like life.
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318
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And what looks good today? Hmmmm, "disorientation" looks "fun". Here goes.
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319
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I walk to the machine and carefully take my escape, placing it in my
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320
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pocket. Since I have already made up my mind, the door to "disorientation"
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321
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flies open and I see a wonderful landscate, mountains and my favorite of
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322
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vices, SNOW (yahoo).
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323
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I plunge through the door to find myself up to my knees in some very
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324
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heavy snow and a stiff wind is blowing and me in a sweater and jeans. I
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325
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can see that the sun is heading for the hills and I need to survive the
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evening, I wade through the snow to a drift and start digging with my hands.
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Scrape scrape, One nail down, nine to go, strangly enough I find the remains
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of a snow caveand go about making it usefull again. I crawl inside and pull
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down the snow over the opening to seal me in for the evening.
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After a rather cold period of time, I believe that it is day and try to
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find a way out, the exit I have made for myself seems to have blended in
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and I'm not to sure which way is out. My clothing os now very wet from the
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evening and I'm miserable to be sure, but I plod on scratching in the snow.
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334
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More snow and more, Ive created quite a maze of little tunnels and they
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335
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all seem to lead back to the same place.
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336
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Ok, I think to myself, this is "disorientation" since I have been digging
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337
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where I think "out" ism then maybe I should dig where I think "out" isn't.
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338
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This logic seems to work as I dig down and find sunshine and more snow.
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339
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I'm really in poor condition now, But I want to find the answer, if there
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340
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is one. I head down the mountain. Traveling is slow, and the snow is getting
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341
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deeper as I head for the valley and tree's. Tree's, hey that's the answer
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342
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as I climb up one, tearing my soggy clothes in the process, I can't seem to
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343
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get high enough to see anything different. It all seems the same, But at
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344
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least Im out of the snow.
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345
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The sun warms my back and my clothes begin to steam and all I can see
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346
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is trees and snow and wolves. (what? Wolves?) Matter of fact, lot's of
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347
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wolves, wolves uder every tree, howling up at me. So here I sit in a tree,
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surrounded by trees that all look alike, growing up out of snow that all
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349
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looks alike and being drooled over by blood thirsty wolves that of course
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350
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all look alike. And a helicopter flies over, I wave and shout and hear a
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351
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echo of myself shouting, wait... tha's not a echo, its' other people all
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352 waving and shouting from the trees around me, hold on a second, they
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353
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(the other people) all look like me, se we have a million people in a million
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354
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trees being drooled over by a million wolves in the snow. That's enough
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355
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I say to myself as I pull out my escape, and of course a million other
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356
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people pull out their escapes too.
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357
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I feel the branch break and I hear the wolf smaking his/her lips and
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358
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aa million branches break, the wolves won't be hungry tonight. As the
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359
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helicopter flies off with the footage of tonights news.
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360
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****************************kathyD*******************************************
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361 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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362 Sometimes there are rewards for moving fast. Sometimes there are rewards
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363 for acting fast. Sometimes there are rewards for thinking fast and acting.
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364 Sometimes the rewards for acting fast without thinking are rather unpleasant.
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365 Something about the out-of-tune pipes seemed to interact with the dimension
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366 al gateway. The operation seemed to slow, giving the piper ample time to
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367 observe what was happening -- not the ability to control it, simply the time
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368 to observe.
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369 A tiny point, about chest-high appeared in the air before him. Spurts of
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370 vapor jetted from it into the room, swirling as it mixed with the smokey air
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371 in the fire-lit darkness. Quickly the piper sucked in a lungful of clean
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372 air before the vapors reached him. Stepping forward, he surrendered to the
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373 pull of the dimensional gate, fingers flickering along the chanter.
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374 The plan was simple -- go through, find the inkeeper, return. The execution
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375 of the plan was not. The piper began to realize that he was in big trouble
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376 when his eyes began to tear so badly that he could not track the innkeeper.
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377 My God! How could anyone survive in this unholy soup? Drones beginning to
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378 sag... time for another breath. Great -- breath of what? Where's the
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379 inkeeper's body? Just enough air to shift out of this reality...
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380 The pipes let out a sudden squawk as the remains of his breath was forced
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381 out of the piper. Why did he have the feeling that something was walking
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382 along a giant buffet table?
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383 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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384 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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385 The two imposters tried to convince the group that they were who they seemed
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386 to be. While they talked I had to work fast. I had thought that the old man's
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387 powerful spell had created the two strangers, but there seems to be another
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388 that helps the two maintain their present form. I omly hope I am a powerful
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389 enough wizard to dissolve the illusion. I will need Cragmore's help. So
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390 quickly I composed a note and invisably flew down and placed it in his hands
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391 . It startled him at first but then he read the message. It read.....
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392
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393 Cragmore,
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394 Your psi powers are very strong almost as strong as a
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395 partner I once had from another world. I need your assistance.
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396 If you could use your powers to distract the two strangers then
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397 that may give me the advantage I need to take care of them. You
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398 see if their minds are full with another problem then they can't
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399 put as much concentration into the spell. Hope you understand.
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400 Thank You
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401 Ripple
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402
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403 I watched as Cragmore read the note. He did seem to understand, and when
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404 I thought he had made contact I started my own spell. Making the proper
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405 movements and chanting the correct words I could feel the ball of energy
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406 forming in front of me. All at once I released it. There was a large flash
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407 of light that seemed to engulf the imposters then there was complete darkness.
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408 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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409 *****************************************************************************
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410
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I open my eye's slowly, and check to see if I still possess my favorite limbs,
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411
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by golly, yes I do. The hallway comes into focus the doors all in their place.
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412
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I stagger to the machine and take a escape. The door to "recouperation" is
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413
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waiting for me. This is more like it, as I stumble onto a sandy beach and
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414
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fall unceremouniously onto my face and sleep.
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415
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**********************************kathyD***************************************
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416 AUTHORSHIP BY COMMITTEE DOESN'T WORK, AMOUNTING TO LITTLE MORE THAN AN
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417 ARTISTIC GANGBANG.
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SIGNED,
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THE FINAL ARBITER
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418 OF
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419
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420 Well, who cares what you think? (see above)
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421 ______________________________JD 2446465.5660______________________________
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422 What the heck is 2446465.5660 supposed to mean besides being superfluous
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423 and entirely unnecessay as part of a border. For that matter, who'd
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424 bother to memorize such a lengthy number?
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425 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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426 8:45......feb. 3, 1986......morrissey
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427 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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428
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429 ******************************************************************
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430
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2446465.5660 is as above mentioned date and time. All things written
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431
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by the "old-timers" (pardon me JD) do have a meaning, Don't be to
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432
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quick to attack.
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433
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***********************************kathyD*******************************
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434 Since The recent loss in the space program, this "tradgedy" has set my
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435 to wondering. I pose the following questions:
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436 1. Is the press reliable?
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437 2. Does our government have the power to mask the release of all facts?
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438 3. Can this be some kind of hoax to falsify the real purpose of this last
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439 mission?
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440 skeptic^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^al
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441 ##########################################################################
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442 "Intellegence at last?" Who said that? #I did.# And just who are you,
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443 and where are you? #I'm a friend, and I'm right here.# Right where? #Right
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444 here inside your head.# Well, get out, you don't have any right to be there,
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445 it's private property. #Well, actually, I'm afraid you don't have much choice.
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446 You see, the only way I can leave you is if you die. Remember that ball you
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447 picked up? That was me. I am now a part of you. We are one.# Oh no you
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448 don't, you can't just hop into someone elses mind with out so much as a
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449 howdoyoudo. Get out! #Sorry, can't do it. I can't live outside of a host,
|
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450 and you're my new host, so we're going to have to start learning to live
|
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451 with each other.# Oh wonderful, just what I need, stuck on some jerkwater
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452 planet who knows where, and now I've got some fool parisite stuck in my head.
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453 #Well, I think you'll find that it isn't entirely a negative thing to
|
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454 have a parisite. Consider; the bacteria that inhabit your digestive tract
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455 you would have a great difficulty digesting your food without them. Just
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||
456 think of me along those terms.# Yeah, so what good are you then? What do
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457 you offer me in exchange for using my body? #Many things, for starters,
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||
458 notice that you have been standing outside in the atmosphere that you
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||
459 were unable to breath before, and yet you are able to breath it with
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460 no ill effects now.# In my usual dense manner I responded "huh?"
|
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461 #Hmmm maybe it's not as intellegent as I thought...#
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462 ############################## The Innkeeper #############################
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463 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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464 KathyD: it was refreshing to read an entertaing story, that wasn't about
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465 wizards or planet-hopping. Thanks|
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466 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxnot just a prejudiced roomyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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467
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468 I knew naught of but a danger, and sought to help, but you would have it not so shall ye stay.
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||
469 "I ventured from a place that is far yet is here. I donned this wretched shell of sustenance need as was I summoned.
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||
470 That which glows I know and where but shall know I and she of brimstone, of which ye taste and shall.
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||
471 It is from my wrealm I come and whence you go. I would return thee but thee would have it not.
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||
472 I am a stranger to your ways yet who among you called my name? So shall you seek as the Princess summons.
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473
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474 I knew naught of but a danger, and sought to help, but you would have it not so shall ye stay.
|
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475
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476 I would give the leaves the number of which be the number of the Seals and of the Candles and of the Elders.
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||
477 Ye would have it naught.
|
||
478 So I leave thee but one the number of which is as the number of Manassas and Zabulon, and none shall
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||
479 the number of honey cakes."
|
||
480 The old man arose from his chair, and holding forth the tattered book, tore from it a single page which he
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481 laid on the table before him.
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||
482 On the age yellowed paper was drawn the Pentagram of Banishment from the Tree of Life.
|
||
483 Written below was the invocation of Cerberus, and the pyramid of ABRACAHABRA. At the bottom was the
|
||
484 scarlet Sigil of Persephone.
|
||
485 He continued;"In my stead, a guardian of my world which is far yet is here. I shall not pass this way again.
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||
486 "Sic transit gloria mundi"
|
||
487 And he was gone. *=* *=* *=* *=* Lysias *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=*
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||
488
|
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489
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490
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491 help
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492 exit
|
||
493
|
||
494 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.EmusLurkusModius.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
|
||
495 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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496 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
497 ______________________________________________________________________________
|
||
498 KathyD: I like your hallway entries very much. I remember the hallway named
|
||
499 desire to this day. Please continue opening doors and enlightening the rest
|
||
500 of us with your adventures beyond.
|
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501 French Toast
|
||
502 ______________________________________________________________________________
|
||
503
|
||
504 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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505 JD #, You contemptous fool. How dare you accuse me of doing exactly what
|
||
506 you are doing. I have no further want or need to talk to you if you continue
|
||
507 your current tact. Balderdash!
|
||
508 ___________________________________JD unknown_______________________________
|
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509 THEY'RE BACK,
|
||
510 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
|
||
511 "But Odd one, I don't understand what you mean. If in my sobriety I
|
||
512 find peace and contentment, why should not I stay away from such feelings
|
||
513 through inhebriation, since I have promised myself never to all myself
|
||
514 feelings of peace and contentment because of what I have been responsible
|
||
515 for in the past when I tried to utilize my special powers of sight and
|
||
516 healing and advice for the people who trusted me after they found me
|
||
517 almost morally wounded in the side by the boar who had rushed me as I
|
||
518 sat by the cool stream and clensed my body and my soul after both had
|
||
519 been soiled in the last town at that house of ill repute and the ladies
|
||
520 who live inside the house whose job it is to dirty body and soul and are
|
||
521 paid good money for it because they can find no other work and they are
|
||
522 forced by lean task masters to continue their vigil into the night searching
|
||
523 for those men who seek such feelings of gratification be it empty and devoid
|
||
524 of any true feelings because they are unable to return such feelings to
|
||
525 those they are with since their childhoods were corrupted by bad parents
|
||
526 who did not care anything for them and made them stay at home while they
|
||
527 were out spending money and enjoying themselves and not carrying for
|
||
528 their children because that is the same way they were treated by their
|
||
529 parents because their parents where drinkers who never strayed far from
|
||
530 the devil drink and never had a moment of peace and contentment because
|
||
531 they have promised themselves never to have such feelings, just like I
|
||
532 did."
|
||
533 The Odd One turned and said, "What?"
|
||
534 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
|
||
535 ______________________________JD 2446466.5937______________________________
|
||
536 _JD unknown_
|
||
537 IS IT SYSOP, OR 'CITSOP', I DIDN'T SEE SYSOP MENTIONED HERE, SO I ASSUMED THE
|
||
538 LATTER. I AM HAVING TROUBLE MOVING AROUND ON THE SYSTEM. I ENJOY READING THE
|
||
539 MULTI-AUTHOR STORY. DO YOU HAVE IT FROM THE BEGINNING SAVED ON DISKS? I'D LIKE
|
||
540 A PRINTOUT OF THE ENTIRE STORY UP TO NOW. PLEASE ANSWER SOMEWHERE WHERE I CAN
|
||
541 FIND IT. THANX A LOT,
|
||
542 Z CAT
|
||
543
|
||
544 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
545 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
546 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
547 WELL, I SEE THAT EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THEMSELVES, SO SORRY I'VE MISSED THE FUN,
|
||
548 BUT A 103 DEGREE FEVER TENDS TO DAMPEN ENTHUSIASM FOR QUITE A FEW THINGS. ONE
|
||
549 REFRENCE I MUST REPLY TO, THOUGH, IS THE EARLIER ONE ASKING THREE QUESTIONS
|
||
550 CONCERNING THE SPACE SHUTTLE, CONCERNING GOVERNMENT COVERUP. THE ANSWERS ARE
|
||
551 NO, NO, AND NO. NO GOVERNMENT IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORY HAS EVER BEEN ABLE
|
||
552 TO COVER UP ANYTHING THAT REMOTELY RESEMBLES JUCY SCANDAL.
|
||
553 WELL, I HAD HOPED ON JOINING THE STORY, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO BE STRONG
|
||
554 ENOUGH TO LEAVE MY CORNER TABLE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS YET. I'LL JUST SIT HERE AND
|
||
555 DISPENSE OPINIONS AND ADVICE.
|
||
556 +++++++++++++000000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
557 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
||
558 There are some flakey computer systems out there. Anyone have any idea what is going on with the following numbers????????
|
||
559 3CPU 292 xxxx Magical Mystery Machine 245 xxxx North West Connection 289 xxxx Tel Star 233 xxxx Tron Net 643
|
||
560 7305 Saigon 282 xxxx Ware World 245 xxxx Dark Realm 297 xxxx MC3 653 xxxx Omega Quadrant 659 xxxx
|
||
561 Digitron 284 xxxx CBBS P.C.S. 775 xxxx
|
||
562 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
||
563
|
||
564 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSacrelidgous!
|
||
565
|
||
566 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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||
567 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppplottingpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
568 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
|
||
569 Adventure on the Modem Planet (c)
|
||
570 By Wendy Scarborough
|
||
571 The Master of Planet snapped her fingers and a giant keyboard fell out of the
|
||
572 sky, squashing all the inhabitants of the Planet.
|
||
573 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
|
||
574
|
||
575
|
||
576
|
||
577 ==================================================================
|
||
578 []
|
||
579 []
|
||
580 []
|
||
581 -======- [] -======-
|
||
582 ----================ (*) ==-. [] .-== (*) ================----
|
||
583 --========- [] -========--
|
||
584 -==- ==- [] -== -==-
|
||
585 -=====- ==- [] -== -=====-
|
||
586 ---==- ==- [] -== -==---
|
||
587 --= [] =--
|
||
588 ==================================================================
|
||
589 ===== you figure it out =====
|
||
590
|
||
591 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( hmmmmmmm..... )))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
|
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