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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 5 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 ::::::O O:::::THE::::::::02/05::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::08:25::::TOP::::O O::::
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21 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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22 ----------------------------------------
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23 ********************************kathyD********close,but*********************
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24 /O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/O/HERB
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25 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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26 [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*]
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27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++
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28 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(Mark)_(-)_(-)
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29 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\40
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30 Rejek closed the door quietly. He moved over to sit at the table in the dimly lit room. Seated next to him was Reez
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31 and Weritt. Across the table sat James and Tariya, who looked at them impatiently. There had been enough confusion
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32 here. It was time for some answers. James spoke first. "You kept calling us outsiders, and said there was a war going
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33 on. Give me some details."
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34 Weritt looked down at his folded hands. "Shai-Kahn has seceded from the government council." Tariya gasped and he
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35 nodded knowingly. "Twenty one days ago the five surrounding provinces declared war. And they are recieving support
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36 from the rest. Cut off from all trade lines, we are in a state of siege. In fact, Harad-Jchal to the north and Xenis
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37 to the south have penetrated so deeply into our territory that the province is in danger of being split in half,
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38 should the fronts meet. The civilian casualties are incredible and growing worse. Our military might is down forty
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39 percent according to rumor. We can't last much longer." he was silent.
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40 Tariya was pale and shaking. James reached under the table and took her hand, which she grasped gratefully. He
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41 said, "So we have one helluva war going on. I don't understand why."
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42 "For the last four centuries all provinces have been united. Since each can supply goods and services that none of
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43 the others can't, it's necessary for survival. Sometimes one of the rulers gets the idea that he or she can rule the
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44 planet better than the council. When this happens the remaining provinces immediately act to put down the
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45 insurrection. The result is always a short but bloody war that always defeats the rebel province and replaces the
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46 royal family with anothr family that is more sympathetic to the council's goals."
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47 Quietly, Tariya continued, "And the entire deposed family is... put to death in a public execution."
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48 Reez bellowed, "And rightly so! That BITCH is destroying our country and killing our people for no good
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49 reason!"
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50 Tariya jumped up and almost sprang across the table at him. "Shut up! Shut up! If my mother started this then she
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51 had a damn good reason! I know she did! I don't ever want to hear... hear..." James had had to bodily keep her away
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52 from Reez. She finally quit trying and collapsed in his arms, crying softly.
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53 Holding her tightly, he glared at Reez, who was backed up against a far wall. "Open your God damned mouth one more
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54 time," He growled dangerously, "and I'll close it permanently."
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55 Tariya finally calmed down and James diplomatically suggested she wait outside. This was obviously too hard on her
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56 (which he could understand. After all, he had seen his own world laid waste). Swallowing hard, she agreed and after
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57 leaving James sat back down. "Okay, now tell me where I'm supposed to come into this."
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58 Weritt laid a large, hardbound volume down on the table. James took one look at it and groaned. It was the book he
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59 had written about his first adventure. "These are contraband, the book and owner to be destroyed on discovery. The
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60 story told here is known to be true and does not set well with the council. You are a wanderer, walking power without
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61 limit. Many fear you, including the council. The queen has hatched some plot to use you to destroy the council. Doing
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62 that would surely plunge our planet into an anarchic dark age. It is beyond out wildest dreams that you turned up
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63 here, not allied with the queen. We hope to persuade you-"
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64 Reez spoke up despite James' warning, "We have no money. We hope to appeal to your sense of justice, to your
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65 sympathy. She is destroying us-"
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66 Rejek threw in, "My son had a modified T-47 flyer. He is experienced enough that he can transport you safely
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67 through the battle zone to Shaikhur-"
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68 James slammed his palms down on the table. "QUIET! What are you asking me to do?"
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69 Rejek said quietly, "She commands the forces directly. Without her orders, surrender and peace would come quickly.
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70 It's our only hope." He looked down at his hands for a long moment. This wasn't an easy thing to say. "We want you to
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71 assassinate Marannon Qoasis xennon-Silmarilyn."
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72 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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73 <yawn> Did anyone catch the Never Ending Story?
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74 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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75 Bard finished his notes, "Atmosphere is various nitrogen oxides,
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76 apparently due to a micro-organism that developed the ability to metabolize
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77 atmospheric nitrogen and oxgen and excrete the resultant nitric acid as a
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78 waste product. Naturally this eliminated competing organisms."
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79 "Only apparent use for this line is as a source of nitrates, or as a
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80 site for high pollution industries".
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81 Survey work on oddball timelines was boring *and* dangerous. But at
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82 least it paid the bills. And it beat fighting unpleasant strangers.
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83 He checked his gear and set the conveyor for the next line on the list
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84 he'd been issued. Hmmm, chlorine AND oxgen. Wonderful....
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85 He checked to make sure the shift had gone properly. He was about to
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86 place the board on standby when the flux readings jumped. As he ran a check
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87 they jumped again. Hmm, both appeared to be non-techno shifts of around 100
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88 kilos. Probably some journeyman magician without sense enough to use the
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89 shift spell to grab a sample *before* visiting a new plane. Or it could a
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90 a chlorine breather, but they usually massed more. Well, he go check it out
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91 (damn! ch /he/he'd/ & add a period)
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92 He checked his hood seals and the rescue ball while the lock cycled. As
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93 he left he kept thinking that there was something familiar about one of
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94 those readings. At least they were close by...
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95 As soon as he was outside he heard it.... a bagpipe dying away.
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96
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97
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98 "Piper!"
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99
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100 He broke into a run.
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101 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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102 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????//
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103 mark:well, whatever happened?! morrissey...2/5/86...10:30 pm
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104 hi,
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105 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????//
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106 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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107 When the darkness subsided the two imposters were gone. I looked over to
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108 see the old man but he too had gone. All that remained of him was the trailings
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109 of a blueish aura and a blank piece of paper laying on the table. Going over to
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110 study it closer I saw that it was bit chared around the edges but blank all the
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111 same. It must have been a page from his spell book. I was so involved in my
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112 own spell that I never noticed what he was doing. I collected up the page and
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113 went back over to my place by the fire and grabbed a sip of ale. In the fire
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114 I could see a small twig that had just started to burn. I quickly pulled it
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115 out of the fire and found that I had myself a fine charcoal quill. Now I finally
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116 had the chance to put one of my drawings on paper.
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117 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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118 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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119 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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120 It's rather unpleasant to find yourself grabbed unexpectedly. It's even
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121 more unpleasant to find yourself grabbed so tightly that you can't catch your
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122 breath. It pushes the unpleasentness index up another notch if there is not
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123 even a breath to catch, your eyes are burning, and your ribs feel as if
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124 something is trying to fuse them together with its grip. Up goes the index
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125 still another point if you are lifted off the ground and dangled in an inver-
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126 ted position. But perhaps the acme of unpleasantness is reached if your
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127 streaming eyes catch a blurred glimpse of a slavering maw opening to recieve
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128 you like a baseball fan stuffing in a mustard-covered hot dog.
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129 The piper's hold on conciousness was rather tenuous when the creature that
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130 had captured him invited him to dinner -- as the main course. He did not
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131 even notice the warm foetid air rushing around him as he was stuffed
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132 unceremoniously into the creature's gullet, although he noticed the stench
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133 when the rhythmic motions of peristaltis allowed him to catch a fragmentary
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134 breath. Somehow he was no longer tightly gripped, although he was in a
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135 small, dark tunnel, choking on the bile raised by the smell. The noxious
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136 gas was absent here (although he was already wondering if it wouldn't be
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137 better to go outside to die).
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138 Umphh. No, too small. He couln't turn around. He had no intention of
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139 crawling further down the tunnel, it seemed too much like the creature's
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140 gut. Dinner he might be, but unwilling he would remain.
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141 The piper lay in the sticky warmth for a few moments, trying to regain his
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142 strength and make a plan for his escape. He suspected that he had moved too
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143 hastily in leaving the inn without enlisting help. He suspected that if
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144 any of the patrons followed, they might find themselves quite literally
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145 in the soup -- or perhaps more to the point the local creatures might be
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146 in for a banquet of the size they had not seen for a long time.
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147 Alarmed by the depressing thoughts that pressed in on him, the piper
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148 sought for a way to raise his spirits. If only the bard were here, he'd
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149 have an appropriate song for the occasion. A song -- if the bard were
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150 here, he'd appreciate the song that the piper had picked up a few months
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151 back from a drunken irishman. Half hysterically, the piper hummed the
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152 tune, then in a quavering voice began to sing:
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153 A quiet home had parson Gray,
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154 Secluded in a vale,
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155 His daughters all wer feminine,
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156 And all his sons were male.
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157
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158 'Gainst all the vices of the age,
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159 He manfully did battle,
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160 His chickens were a biped breed,
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161 And quadruped, his cattle.
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162 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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163 ^"^"^"N"^"^"ME AGAIN^"^"^"
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164 I KNOW THAT THESE MESSAGES AREN'T INCREDDIBLY READABLE, BUT I READ MY LAST
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165 ONE MYSELF, AND I KNOW TXHAT IT WAS READABLE. I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND CRUEL,
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166 BUT IS EVERYONE 'ROUND HERE ILLITERATE? CAN YOU NOT READ, FOR I KNOW YOU
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167 CAN WRIITE <SOME OF THE TIME.>. I AM DESPARATE FOR SOME BOARD #S. THE
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168 ONLY ONE I KNOW IIS THIS ONE AND I'M GOING NUTS. WHAT IS WHISPERING PINES'
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169 NUMBER? WHAT IS THE BULLET'S NUMBER?!? A-R-R-R-G-H-H-H-H!
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170 -----------------------------------
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171 ---------------------------------------------
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172 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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173 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^" THE SAD DIGITALIAN ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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174 TO ABOVE: TRY BIT BUCKET: 254-xxxx
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175 ***********************************
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176 TEST
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177 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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178 Two heads are better than two tails.
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179 Plagiarist-
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180 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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181 for that matter, two heads are better than none.
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182
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183 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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184
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185 Staring over into the flames of the fire within the hearth, I felt that
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186 it was time to go. Strange things had happened here, acts that were beyond
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187 the ken of my lot... I am merely an entertainer, not a wise man.
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188 Slightly confused, I looked back down at the table where Ripple and I
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189 had located ourselves to pour some more of the fine ale into her smallish
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190 mug.
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191 "What do you think of what has just happened here? It's a... Ripple,
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192 Where did you go off to now? Ripple?"
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193 "Oh, I'm over here, by the fire."
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194 "Never stay in one place for long, do you? I was going to comment that
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195 this would be a good time to slip out. Events like green-yellow smoke
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196 taking away people whole and all these dazzling lights... Well, it's not
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197 the sort of thing that is commonplace here."
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198 "At least now I have some paper to use for a drawing! Look, I've
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199 started working on what you've called 'Herm-'"
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200 "No, I think we should be going and give the Inn a rest," I said paying
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201 little heed to her words.
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202 "Well, may I at least finish my mug?"
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203 "Um, yes, of course. Just a moment." I fetched our beverages. While
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204 doing this, Ripple took the paper and after carefully rolling it placed it
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205 with her other belongings, pouch by her side.
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206 "One for the road," she said as she raised her mug.
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207 "Here's hoping things will return to normal. Cheers."
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208 "Well, better enjoy the fire while we are able. Spirits may warm the
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209 body and dull the mind, but it still is going to be cold outside."
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210 "*That* is no ordinary fire," I said. She thought nothing of it and
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211 continued to drink.
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212
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213 We were soon to be on our way, away from the Inn. A pity we had only
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214 just arrived when all sorts of strangeness would happen. Then again, the
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215 Inn usually did attract excitement when least expected. And little did I
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216 know of where I was to go, the magic Ripple now possessed, or the people I
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217 would cross.
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218
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219 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- --+ JUGGLER +-- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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220 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446468.5465______________________________
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221 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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222 Morrissey: Well, tons of things have happened, none too great. If there was
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223 another place that I could write you mail I would give you the whole picture.
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224 But for now I'll sum it all up saying that she knows that I like her, but I
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225 don't know what I'm getting her into, or mayself for that matter! Confusing!
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226 Anyway, how hare you been?
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227 `,`,`,`,`,`^have^`,`,`,`,`oops`,`,`,`,`,`Mark.
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228 The sun had dropped to near the horizon, as it described it's low arc across the western sky. In the distance
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229 a cloud of smoke hung in the air, the last trace of the destroyed Albatross. The rain that had been falling was turning
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230 to sleet, and in a few hours, the runway would be covered with ice.
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231 The wind had picked up, and whistled thru the cavernous hangar. Small puddles collected in the corners.
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232 There were three aircraft inside; a WWII vintage F4-U Corsair, a classic stagger-wing Beech, and a tired but
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233 airworthy Dakota, painted in camouflage shades. The old Boeing had had an interesting and eventful life, and quite
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234 {befitting of her colorful history, she was about to become famous.
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235
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236 Inside the workshop, the six men were sitting about the room, on folding chairs that the mechanic had provided.
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237 A case of Budweiser had been brought from the store room, and on a hotplate, a kettle of stew simmered, filling
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238 the room with a tantalizing aroma.
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239 Delta Five stood up, and cracked open another can of Bud, and addressed the group.
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240 "Okay, gentlemen, we all know each other, but there are a lot of missing pieces. What say we fill the gaps."
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241 "All hell is about to break loose. The printout Lou has shown us tells it all. The Navy doesn't take kindly to losing
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242 one of it's carriers. Things are gonna start happening, and damn quick, too."
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243 The barrel chested man drained the can he was holding, and walked to the frij, talking as he moved"
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244 I came here to join up with Mssrs. Parity and Fellows against a common enemy. " George. you and Lou
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245 are obviously old buddies, and your being here has something to do with McKane. Suppose you elaborate...."
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246 George Kellerman stood up to talk as Delta passed out cans of Bud. He was a tall, broadshoulder man, with brown hair,
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247 He had that look of always being in control of things. He spoke slowly and succintly, but there was
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248 a quiet urgency inflected in his speech. "I'm a film editor for WNBC in New York, and Leo here is my assistant."
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249 "For several years, we have been gathering informaton on McKane's activities, for use in an expose
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250 should Leroy take a fall. We've been monitoring everything from DC to gigahertz, and we got some incredible stuff."
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251 "Leo, and Lou and I were all in Naval Intelligence together for a while..."
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252 The big man took a long drink from his can, and continued. "Then this guy Pervis starts nosing around,and
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253 stumbles across something that could blow the whole thing. He's in hiding, and we have got to find him."
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254 "The guy doesn't realize the damage he could do to the the defense of the free world."
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255 He drained the can, and turned to look at Lou. "Shall we show them?"
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256 Lou got up, and motioned; "Follow me."
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257
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258 Delta let out a low whistle as they entered the small room. Along the wall was a bank of recievers and a number
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259 of spectrum analyzers, connected to a large panel that fed in turn, to a bank of IBM computers. George explained.
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260 "It's all simple, actually. We pick up most of the transmissions at WNBC, and re-broadcast the important stuff
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261 on the network. On NBC." He pointed to a Sony monitor on the desk. It's all converted to pulse code modulation"
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262 "It's the same system the FBI uses. The transmissions are hidden in the blanking bar. Thats how they
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263 send pictures of fugitives to their field offices. Turn your TV to an NBC or ABC station, and adjust the vertical
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264 hold till you can see that black bar on the screen. Look on the right side, and sometimes you'll see some little
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265 black and white lines flickering off and on. That's converted to pictures with a few modifications to any TV set"
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266 Lou took over the explanation. "Then I just tune in to NBC with the sattellite reciever here, and while everyone
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267 is watching the A Team, I'm reading McKanes transmissions. Fortunately, they haven't gone to the Cambridge Code..."
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268 "With this other stuff, I listen to the Russkies. Get some good stuff when the skip is in"
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269
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270 Delta interrupted. "Fascinating, but I'd like to have a look around while there's still some light left"
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271 He looked at Lou. "Got a plane I can borrow?..."
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272
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273 A few minuted later, the Navy blue Corsair lifted off the icy runway, and streaked into the sky...
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274 To be continued [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*]
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275
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277 It seemed to Milchar that he had been walking for hours, though he knew,
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278 logically, it had only been a few minutes. Perhaps it was the effect of the
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279 atmosphere combined with the hypnotic effect of the terrain, which rose and
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280 fell at regular intervals. At a closer inspection, the depressions in the
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281 ground appeared to be the tracks of a large sluglike creature. Milchar decided
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282 he didn't want to meet one, but just then, he did.
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283 It was a dark orange color, and it had huge eyestalks. Further detail was
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284 obscured by the denser-than-normal yellow fog that surrounded it. It seemed
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285 interested in having a mage as a light snack.
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286 Milchar released a bolt of energy at it, hoping to scare it away. After a
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287 brief pause it continued to believe that Milchar was the Blue Plate Special.
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288 Its maw opened slightly, allowing its corrosive saliva to fall and sizzle
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289 slightly on the ground.
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290 Milchar realized he could not continue throwing energy at it for long, so he
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291 confused it instead. With a short word, the likeness of two more Milchars
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292 sprang into being. The beast looked puzzledly at the three, then dove for the
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293 image on the right.
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294 "Ha, missed, you ugly sonofa Sirian Megapuppy!" Milchar yelled as the beast
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295 became familiar with the hard ground. Milchar jumped quickly to another spot,
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296 shifting the illusions as he did so. "C'mon, jump into this crevasse over
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297 here. Look, it's a nice, flat spot with a freshly killed me on it." And as
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298 Milchar said this, the crevasse appeared so.
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299
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300 This was too much for the beast, who was getting hungry chasing after this
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301 sttubborn, scrawny litte animal. It leapt upon what it thought was dinner, and
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302 fell to its squishy death below.
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303 "There. Hope there's not any more of these horrors around here. Bambi they
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304 ain't."
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305 A low hum made itself heard in the yellow mist.
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306 "Oho, sounds like company. Bye, bozo, hope you have fun down there. I'll
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307 just go see who's knocking at the door, okay? Won't talk to me, eh? All
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308 right, just BE stuck-up."
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309 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++ 10:16pm, 06 Feb 86 +++++++++++++
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311 L'homme: I am missing the Rebalsa entry in which the Doctor and Milchar get
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312 him drunk. Would you transmit in manner we discussed? Thanks.
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313 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% rebalsa %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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314 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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315 mark: i ya like, leave a msg on noname (281-4283) or on mmm (245-2088)
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316 if ya leave it on noname though, leave it to john nauss (obviously
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317 not my name as i'm a girl....)
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318 everything is kinda okay here....
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319 morrissey
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320 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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321
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322 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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323 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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324 "Parity, did you know about all this stuff?" Fellows eyes bulged only
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325 slightly as he strained to keep the excitement and surprise at the array
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326 of electronic equipment to a visible minimum.
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327 "NET did know that others were monitoring McKane, and fortunately we also
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328 are very familiar with the sort of modulation transmission we have seen here.
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329 But no, I had no idea of the complexity of the set-up here. Ian's intelligence
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330 strikes again."
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331 "Yes, it does." Fellows turned to the other men. "All this electronic
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332 snooping is fine and good, but you are missing the bigger picture of McKane
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333 and what the remnants of his organization have accomplished. Leroy is, or
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334 was as we publicly proclaim, a very smart man. He knew better than to trust
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335 his most sensitive information to the whims of the airwaves. He had a very
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336 complex network of agents working all over the world. He could afford such
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337 extravagant measures because, like it or not, Dial-a-Prayer and little fuzzy
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338 animals rake in a lot of dough."
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339 "Of course we realize that there is another part." George was proud of
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340 his equipment, but he was not a stupid man. "That is why you are here. You
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341 can fill in the parts of the puzzle that we have not been able to since we
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342 are not part of a large organization such as your 'net', and we have no
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343 intention to start anything like that up."
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344 Parity spoke up. "Gentlemen, I think we understand each other. While
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345 Delta is away, let's compare notes." Producing a large envelope from under
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346 his coat, Parity looked straight in George's eyes. "The best stuff is here.
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347 Let's trade and see what we come up with."
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348 "Fine, just fine. Parity. It is good doing business with you. No 'BS',
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349 no hidden meaning. You shoot straight from the him and your aim is
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350 straight. Let me tell you, it is indeed a pleasure." It was the highest form
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351 of compliment George could give.
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352 "Why thank you. I learned a long time ago that the only way to deal
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353 with people is to deal straight with them. The truth only hurts if someone
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354 has something to hide. Everything else is crap." Fellows nodded his
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355 approval, but with slightly less zeal than Parity would have liked to see.
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356 That's the trouble, thought Fellows to himself. It is so easy to
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357 speak like that when surrounded with people who feel the same way, but so
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358 hard to live that way when you are not.
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359
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360 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT FELLOWS TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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361 Even agents make typos - Parity shoots straight from the HIP, not him. Him?
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362 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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363
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364 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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365 a time ao fear, so long ago.lived a man and in his dark and magic room, he
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366 gazed at times to come.
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367 all has been reveiled and tears that he
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368 shed were for you.
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369 a flash of light slits the night, chills
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370 the blood in his veins. feel the power
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371 posess his mind,soul in chains.when all
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372 has been reveiled, the tears that he
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373 shed were for you.cry for the nations!
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374 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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375 Irritated at the sound of his voice, the piper shrugged and shifted, trying
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376 to think out his situation. Somehow his captor was providing him a breathable
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377 atmosphere -- excluding the noxious yellow green gas that seemed to be the
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378 main component of the outside "air". He searched his mind for just how this
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379 could possibly occur, running over and over his few blurred memories of his
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380 capture. Something very large had grasped him. There was a feeling of
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381 solidity in his present position -- whatever it was was not moving...
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382 Somehow the question arose in his mind -- what if it were not capable of
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383 locomotion? What if it were sa sessile animal, rooted in one spot, capturing
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384 it
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385 it's food as it passed bye? --Or perhaps a plant with some mobility? That
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386 would explain the breathable air -- pictures of the common carnivorous plants
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387 flickered past his mind's eye. The stench! Carnivorous plants often captured
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388 their prey and let it die and rot, absorbing the products of decay -- sometimes
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389 hastening the liquification with their own digestive fluids. He shuddered
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390 at the feeling of the slick moisture around him.
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391 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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392
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393 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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394 Well, I just had the horrifying experience of calling the Blue Parrot.
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395 From the user listing, I know that some of the BWMS regulars are on there.
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396 Unfortunately, POPPING IN - as ou may know - is user #16. Wel, I don't
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397 know how that could be as Today was my first time on the board.
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398 This POPPING IN never applied!
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399 I would like to use the board as POPPING IN, but I guess that position has
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400 already been filled by an impostor. I was just hoping that some of you who
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401 already are on the Blue Parrot might mention this to the Sysop. Oh, well...
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402 They're really are some professional border stealers out there.
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403 One slightly angry, but controlled POPPING IN.
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404 ch/ou/you/Wel/Well/They're/There
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405 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O 2/7 7:00 pm O+O+O+
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406
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407 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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408 High noon, oh I'd sell my soul for water..
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409 nine years worth of breakin' my back...
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410 there's no sun in the shadow of the wizard..
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411 why see him glide, why he's lighter that air..
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412
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413 Oh I see his face...
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414 Where is your star , is it far? is it far?
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415 When do we leave?
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416 I believe I believe ...
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417
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418 Hot wind movin' fast across the desert
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419 we feel our time has arrived
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420 The world spins, while we put his dream together
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421 A tower of stone to take hhim straight to the sky..
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422
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423 In the heat and the rain
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424 With whips and chains
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425 To see him fly,
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426 We built a tower of stone
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427 With our flesh and bone
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428 To see him fly,
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429 but we don't know why,
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430 Now where do we go....
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431
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432 All eyes see the figure of the wizard
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433 As He Climbs to the top of the world...
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434 No sound, as he falls instead of rising..
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435 Time standing still, then there's blood on the sand..
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436 Oh I see his face
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437
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438 Where was your star?
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439 Was it far was it far?
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440 When did we leave
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441 We believed We believed We believed..
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442 (Stargazer- Rainbow) Music Written and Arranged by Blackmore/Dio
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443 Lyrics- Ronnie James Dio
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444 It's one killer song dudes, while you're at it go take a bong hit!
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445 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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446 As he topped the rise, Bard spotted Piper's bagpipes. But where was
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447 piper?
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448 Wait a second... that lump over there had moved. It looked like a
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449 typical 'grabber'-type organism. He'd seen a lot of them on other chlorine
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450 worlds. It *was* big enough to have grabbed Piper. He chuckled. At least
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451 he'd picked a good place to get 'eaten'.
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452 He turned on the external speaker.
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453 "Hello? Piper, are you in there?"
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454 There was a muffled response.
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455 "Bard? Is that you?....Get me OUT of here!"
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456 Bard unsheathed his machete. "I'll have you out in a few minutes...
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457 don't worry it can't hurt you!"
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458 Bard started chopping at the 'root' of the creature. It quivered and
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459 tried to turn to get at him. Luckily Piper's weight kept it from moving far
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460 enough. Finally he cut through. The creature a final shudder and quit
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461 moving.
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462 Now to get him out... Bard walked to the 'mouth' of the creature and
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463 started prying it open. In a few moments he had wedged it open. He'd have
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464 to move fast now. He grabbed Piper's ankles and pulled.
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465 Nothing happened. He pulled harder. With a sucking sound Piper slith-
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466 ered out. He started coughing as the chlorine hit him. Bard stuffed him
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467 into the rescue ball and sealed the seam. As it filled with air Piper
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468 collapsed. Bard turned on the lifter and as it floated clear of the ground
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469 he started to tow it back to the conveyer.
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470 Suddenly he stopped. Walking back he picked up the bagpipes and slung
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471 them over his shoulder. Shaking his head at the thought of what Piper would
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472 have said if he'd left them.
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473 Later in the conveyer, Bard explained to Piper, "Well, I know it was
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474 unpleasant in there but you were actually quite safe..."
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475 "SAFE! I was about to be digested by that thing!"
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476 "Yes, they use a quite powerful corrosive gas to aid their rather weak
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477 digestive fluids....it's called oxgen."
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478 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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479 (forgive me, piper, I just *couldn't* resist!)
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480 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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481 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"~"^"^"^"^&
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482 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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483 THERE. ME AGAIN... JES' DROPPIN'
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484 NE TO SEE HOW BWMS IS DOIN'. I
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485 JUST GOT MY COMPUTER BACO TONIGHT,
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486 I FEEL WONDERFUL! TONIGHT I HAVE
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487 N CALLING BOARDS LIKE CRAZY TRYING
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488 GET ALL _F MY OLD IDS BACK, AND
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489 R, SO GOOD. I'M BACK TO BEING
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490 AIN OLD 'T-COMM'S CO-SYSOP', WHICH
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491 IXSELF IS A REFRESHMENT... WELL,
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492 T T Y L PEOPLE!
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493 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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494 THE SAME OLD DIGITALIAN
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495 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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496 P.S. sorry for all the typo's , but the uploader on this terminlal doesn't seem to worlke too well here.
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497 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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498 M - Cha@pter 7Cha- Chapter 7: The Restauranrt at
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499 the End of the Universe -
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500
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501 Marvin stoood at the end of the bridge corridor. He was not in fact a partivcularly small robot. His silver body gleamed in yhe
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502 ldusty sunbeams and shook with the continual barrage which the building was still undergoing.
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503 He did, howerevererever, look pitifully small l as the gigantic black tank rolled to a halt in front of him. The tank
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504 examined him eiwith with a probe. the The probe withdrew.
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505 Marvin stood there.
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506 "Out of my way little robot,"growled the tank.
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507 "I'm afraid," said Marvin,"Thattahat I've been left here to stop you."
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508 The probe extended again for a wquick recheck. It withdrew again.
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509 "You? Stop MME?" roared the tank."Go on!"
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510 "No , relally, I have,"said maMarvin simply
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511 "What are you armed with?"roar roared the tank in disbeliefe.
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512 "I Guess" ," saisd Marvin.
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513 The tank's engines riuumbled, its gears ground. Molecule-sized electronic relays^
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514 deep in its microbrain flippeped backeard in consternation.
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515 "Guess?" said the tank.
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516 Zaphod and the as yet unnamed man lurched up one corridor, down a second and along a third. The builgding continued to rock a
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517 and suddrer hudeder and this puzzled Zaphod. If they wanted to blow the building up, why was it taking so long?
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518 With difficulty they reached on of a number of taotally anonymous unmarked doors and heaved at it. With a sudden
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519 jolt it opened and they fell indiside.
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520 All this way, thought Zapghod, all this trouble, alll this no-t-lying-on -the-beach-having-a-wonderful-time, and for what?
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521 A single chair, a single desk and a single dirty ashtray in and undecorated office. The desk, apart from a bit of dancing dus
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522 t and single, revolutionary new form of paper clip, was empty.
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523 "Where,"said Zaphod,"is Zarniwoop?"feeling that his already tenuous grasp of the point of this whole ecxercise was beginning
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524 to slip. "Hwe'sds on an intergalactic cruise," said the man.
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525 Zaphod tried to size the man up. Earnest type, he thought , not a barrel ogf laughs. He probabalyly appotioned a fair whack
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526 of jhis time to running up and down heaving corridors, breaking down doors and making cryptic marksremarks in empty office
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527 s. "Let me introduucecce myself","thae man said."My name is Roosta, and this is my towel."^
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528 "Hwello , Roosta," said Zaphod.
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529 "Hello, towel,"hee he adde d ad Roosta held out to him a rather natsty old flowery towel. Not knowing what to do with it, h
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530 e shook it by the corner.
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531 Outside the window, on tee of the huge sluglike, gun-metal-green spaceships graowled peast.
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532 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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533
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534 The Digitalian
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535 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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536 +**+**+**+**+**+**How original! 66 keystrokes designed to ring anks
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537 (thats 'designed to ring by computer7) Thanks for the song+**+**+**+**+**+**
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538 +**+** Just love enter only! Sorry for the typos. +**+**+**+**+**
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539
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540 oh, come on Digitalian! We'd rather NOT see what we can read in our own
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541 library, especially when you can't even get it onto the board right...
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542 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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543 LOGGING ONTO BACKWATER IS A REFRESHING EXPERIENCE. IT MAKES THE REA
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544 CH BETTER TO EXPERIENCE. I CAN GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND KNOW THAT I WON'T
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545 HAVE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE (?) BITCH AND CRITICISE AND COMPLAIN AND SNIVVLE
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546 AND CRY AND MOAN AND, IN ALL MANNERS, ATTEMPT TO MAKE LIFE MISERABLE FOR ALL
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547 MANKIND. IF I WASN'T READING IT, I WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE
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548 SO SMALL AND SO INSECURE THAT THEY HAVE TO VENT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS UPON TOTAL
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549 STRANGERS... UNBELIEVABLE! LIKE "RIPPLE". AND SOME OTHERS. BUT I GUESS THAT'S
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550 WHAT WE GET WHEN KIDS WHO'SE IQ IS NOT A LOT GREATER THAN THEIR AGE GET APPLES
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551 AND MODEMS FOR CHRISTMAS...
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552 ONCE IN A GREAT (very great) WHILE, SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING NICE ABOUT SOMEONE
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553 ELSE. BUT THAT IS AN EXCEPTION. IT SEEMS THAT BWMS HAS BECOME AN ACRON
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554 FOR Bitch Whenever the Mood Strikes...
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555 SO HAVE AT IT, PEOPLE(?), AND STAY UP NIGHTS THINKING UP WAYS TO INSULT PEOPLE.
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556 YOU LOW LIFES OTTA BE PUBLICLY FLOGRD
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557 hear, hear.
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558 *+-+*+-++*+--+**+--+*
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559
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560 ????????????//////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\????????????
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561 GUESS WHO'S BACK??!!??!
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562 ????????????//////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\????????????
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563 To above, yes, so why don't you stop your infintile biching. One thing you
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564 might like to consider, when you bitch about something and use the same
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565 kind of form to bitch as those you are bitching about, it completely
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566 invalidates anything you say. After all, here you are doing the same
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567 thing that your bitching about, so who is going to bother listening?
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568 Second point, yes, there is some arguing here, but there is arguing on
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569 other systems too, it is just that most don't read them because of the
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570 isolated nature of the boards. When you are forced to read everyones
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571 messages other then just the ones you find interesting for whatever reason,
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572 it causes things to take on a whole different veiwpoint. I am interested
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573 as to why you consider Ripple to be infantile. The reactive response of the
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574 Innkeeper to having something of his creation "destroyed" I can understand,
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575 we all react that way once in a while. That doesn't make him stupid or
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576 posseive of a low IQ, only human. Ripple on the other hand tried to help
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577 things out by providing a story line that would satisfy all concerned.
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578 Instead of bitching about it, she did something about it. This is a very
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579 positive and non-childish (if we are to use your term) thing to do.
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580 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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581 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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582 Bravo!
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583 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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584 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`
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585 IN LOCK DATA OUT:
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586 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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587 **********************************************************
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588 Ok everyone, let's take a deep breath and count to 20,000.
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589 ******************kathyD***********************************
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590 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.........
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591 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1...
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592 0
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593 BLAST OFF!
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594 HI THERE
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