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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 25 MAR 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 thepright 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 DD WAS HERE -------------------------------------------------3/25/86 8:34:45
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21 %&*@#)(_%&*@#_^&*#_@)^*@_#)^*_@#)^&_)@^*@_)#*^_@^&@_)#^&@+)_#^&*@_#)^&_!)#^*@_)#&^_@*^@_#)^&@_#^&@#_)^@#*^*@_
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22 Mikey: I'll be by this afternoon to pick up the AdventureWare letters and take care of the other miscellaneous
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23 stuff we needed to do. See you then.
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24 Voyeur: What happened? I also have some 'stuff' for you. Good stuff. You know what I mean.
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25 %_#@)*%_#@&%_@)#&%_@)#*%_@#^&@_)&@#_^&@#6 L'homme sans Parity *%_#@*%*_)@#*%@_#%_%@#*&^)$#*@^*@^^#$)@#*^@#^^
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26 / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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27 Well, it seems the Keeper of Souls
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28 doesn't want to confess... So much for
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29 amenities, whomever (I can't remember)
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30 had that book he took the stuff from,
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31 give out the info---unless you are just
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32 trying to give the Keeper of Souls a bad
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33 name. Don't get me wrong, I am for
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34 getting rid of the problem, but only if
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35 there really is a problem...
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36 *** STARPATH ***
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37 / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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38 :::::=====:::::=====
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39 Rabbitlurk. *sigh.*
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40 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::===<=:::::=====
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41 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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42 ... . .-.. .-.. ---
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43 - .... .. ... .-.. --- --- -.- ... .-.. .. -.-. ..-. ..- -.
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44 . -..- -.-. . .--. - . ...- . .-. -.-- --- -. .
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45 -.-. --- ..- .-.. -.. .-. . .- -.. - .... .. ... ... . . -.-- .-
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46 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`__ ._ ._. _._`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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47 `,`,`.--. ...: \u -- \- -\ d/ /- // -u -/ \r -- d/. Maybe not. `,`,`,`,`
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48 ps ..-. ..- -.-. -.- -.-- --- ..-
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49 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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50 The Hell Machine
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51 (5)
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52
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53 Frank and Jean sat huddled together silently on the bottom step of the stairway in the lab, still trying to accept
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54 what they saw. The process was constantly interrupted by noises from the upper lever. Finally there was a grunt and a
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55 loud crash followed by a curse of appropriate foulness. Annoyed, Frank called up, "What the hell are you doing?"
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56 Norbert appeared at the top of the stair, sucking his hand. "Dismantling the experiment."
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57 "Why?"
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58 "You have got to be kidding!" he replied, aghast. "If somebody else got ahold of this thing-"
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59 "Dammit, Norbert," Frank snarled, "We have no proof that that mess is our fault or the experiment caused it! Just
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60 lay off!"
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61 Norbert came down and sat beside him. He placed a hand on Frank's shoulder and said quietly, "Do you really believe
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62 that? Or are you just afraid I'm right?" He turned and glared Norbert. Norbert suddenly felt a little afraid. After
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63 all, Frank was about twice his size and in a very unstable mood at the moment as well. But this was important. He had
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64 to make him see. "Just think for a minute. Reach down deep inside and tell me what you feel. What I think we all feel."
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65 Frank was still for a long moment. When he turned to Norbert, his eyes were full of fear. "I did feel it. Right when
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66 it happened. My first view of that cloud out there gave me a feeling of deja vu. But that's impossible. You can't know
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67 something before you find out about it."
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68 "Mountains don't vanish into thin air, too."
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69 "My God," He whispered, "What have we created?"
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70 Jean finaly spoke up, having heard enough. "You're both crazy! I'd expect that sort of thing from you and your
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71 comic-book mentality, Norbert, but you should know better, Frank!" She got up and backed away from them like they were
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72 mad. "Thousands must have died from that! And you're saying we killed them! I will not take responsibility for that!"
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73 Frank got up and went to her but she kept backing out of his reach. "Don't you realize what you're saying? We
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74 disintegrated a mountain? A whole mountain? That kind of power lies only in the hands of God himself! All those
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75 people..." With a muffled sob she bolted through the door.
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76 Frank stood there, staring out the door. Norbert finally spoke. "She feels it, too. It was like a telepathic link
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77 between the four of us and the machine. We knew what it had done, only we're just now realizing it. I think that scares
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78 her more than anything else. You'd better go to her."
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79 Frank glared at him. "You're the one who stirred her up. This is a rotten time to go spouting around a lot of
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80 semi-mystical bulls**t! And I don't need YOU to tell me what to do!"
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81 Norbert watched him stomp out the door angrily. He was just edgy. They were all edgy. They had created a device of
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82 unbelievable destructive power. Perhaps infinite. Only a madman wouldn't be bothered by that. Norbert was amazed at how
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83 easily he accepted the whole situation. The others would come around in time.
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84 His thoughts were interrupted by a loud snap from the front of the lab. Doug had finally managed to pull the cube
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85 from its mount, which he had been trying to do all this time. He brought it over to Norbert, and asked in a childish,
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86 almost pleading voice, "Mine?"
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87 Norbert looked at the cube. It appeared unharmed but the power surge had surely fused the imbedded circuits. It was
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88 nothing more than a paperweight now. All that work, gone. Handing it back, he sighed, "Sure, why not?"
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89 Doug's face lit up and he handled the cube like it might break at ny second. Norbert envied him his ignorance of the
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90 situation. The guy might have only half a brain but at times like this it was a definite advantage. He didn't have to
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91 deal with it at all. Not that he really had to feel guilty, anyway. He was just a volunteer. Blameless.
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92 But one thing kept sticking in his mind. Like Jean said, power like that only rested in God's hands.
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93 Until now...
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94
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95 (To Be Continued...)
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96 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# J.D. SILVERMAN $#$#$#$#$#$
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97 ______________________________JD 2446515.5415______________________________
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98 /\\/\\/\/\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
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99 Sometimes I look back at still ponds or steams hidden behind
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100 brush and overgrowth. Or I will try and wade my feet into the water.
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101 It's not an ocean-ice feeling, but not the same as months ago when I
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102 could wade with pants rolled up high. The warm feeling of the lake-
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103 bottom sand between my toes was a pleasant, gentle sensation.
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104 Sometimes I look back and a timy smile will steal across my
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105 face, quite without my knowing it, until somebody asks why. And to
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106 this I can only say I was thinking of old times. Then I stopped to
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107 wonder about such different way of communicating, such a different but
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108 effective way. The honesty behind a mask. And I wonder why.
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109 Sometimes I wonder why I wandered away. Why I strayed from
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110 the stream and lake. But, I don't know. Just wandering from place
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111 to place. When one setting gets tense, just keep wandering until
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112 another dry rock is found in the middle of some other river, rafar away.
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113 And, every once in a while, I have to look back with a tiny
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114 smile or a frown, and wish I hadn't wandered by--and could still say "hi"
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115 to an old friend.
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116 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
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117 oops, enter only. -t
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118 You can always say "hi" to a friend. For a true friend does not forget
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119 that they are a friend. They don'forget when there is nothing left to
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120 take. For a friend does not take, a friend only gives. That is what is
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121 important, the giving of friendship. That is how you can tell a friend
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122 from just someone you know. Do they welcome you with open arms when you
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123 just happen to drop by after being away for a while, Or are they put out?
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124 You my friend are always welcome. When you need to go you need to go,
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125 when you need to come back that's wonderful. Welcome friend.
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126 ***********************************************************************
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127 THESE ARE EXCERPTS FROM INSURANCE CLAIMS, I AM SURE YOU WILL FIND THEM
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128 AS FUNNY AS I DO:
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129
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130 ** THE OTHER CAR COLLIEDE WITH ]INE WITHOUT WARNING ME OF ITs INTENTIOS
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131 I HAD BEEN SHOPPING FOR PLANTS ALL DAY AND WAS ON MY WAY HOME. AS I RECE N
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132 I HAD BEEN DRIVING MY CAR FOR 40 YEARS WHEN I FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEE N A
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133 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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134 Probably as funny as the ones from the archives, eh?
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135 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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136 &*%_#*%_)#*%!_)*%!)_@#*%)+!*%)_@#&%^_@)&^!)_^&#$_+)^&!#_)^&_)!^&_#^&*!_)^&!_
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137 Mikey: Well... the DEC test program worked better than before, but it still
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138 did not function perfectly. The main problem is in scrolling. CL+ scrolls
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139 the screen but the ANSI control codes say "don't scroll!" The graphics, the
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140 colors, the lines, the cursor movement: all are fine. I reinstalled 3.08A
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141 on the HD and all my old script files still work, so I'm smilin'. I'll try
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142 to get the test programs to you before the SF trip. Thanks for the stuff
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143 tonight.
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144 %*@#_)(%*&@#_^&@_)*@!)_!&_)^&!_ L'homme sans Parity %&#@_*%&_@)*%@_#)*%@#_%
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145 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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146 to: TTHE APPRENTICE
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147 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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148
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149 IM AFFRAID YOUR QUIT RIGHT ABOUT NOT GIVING
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150 YOUR NAME (or NICK-NAME), TO A WITCH !!
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151 BUT IT IS MUCH WORSE TO GIVE IT TO A HIGH PREIEST......
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152
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153 THOU I REGREAT I MAKE MISTAKES IN MY ENTRYS. THAT DOSENT MEAN I
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154 MAKE MISTAKES IN MY RITUALS, OR I PROBBLY WOULD BE HERE KNOW !!!!
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155 & YES YOUR RIGHT AGIN,,THER IS NO SUCH THING AS A MINNOR MISTAKE
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156 IN THE BLACK ARTS. IF YOU SCREW UP ONCE IT COULD BE ALL OVER
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157 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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158 yours; KEEPER OF SOULS
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159 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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160
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161
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162
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163 **********************************
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164 ******* *******
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165 ******* BOOK OF SOULS *******
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166 ******* *******
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167 **********************************
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168 ***********continued**************
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169
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170 PLACE THE 1st SYMBOL (earth) ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ALTER
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171 PLACE THE 2nd SYMBOL (air) ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ALTER
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172 PLACE THE 3rd SYMBOL (fire) ON THE SOUTH END OF THE ALTER
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173 & THE LAST SYMBOL (water) ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ALTER..
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174
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175 NOW GIT THREE SMALL BOWLS & IN EACH BOWL
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176 PUT THE FOLLOWING..
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177 SALT - TALKENPOWDER - SAGE
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178 THE SALT REPRESENTS THE EARTH - THE TALKENPOWDER REPRESENTS
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179 DEATH - & THE SAGE REPRESENTS LIFE.
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180 NOW PLACE THE BOWLS ON THE ALTER... NOW ITS TIME TO BLESS YO
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181 ALTER & TOOLS.... FOLD YOUR ROB UP AND PLACE IT INFRONT OF
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182 YOU ON THE ALTER & RESIGHT THE FOLLOWING PRYER.............
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183 "OH GREAT FATHER OF SOULS, HERE MY WISH FOR I AM THE
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184 SON OF SON`S & BRINGER OF LIGHT.. I AM FROM WITH THE GODS DID AMERGE,
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185 THE HEART GIRT WITH A SERPENTS IS MY NAME..
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186 BY THE FOUR SPIRITS THAT REGIN OVER THE FOUR WINDS
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187 I BLESS THIS GARMENT IN THE NAME OF THE ANCINT DRAGON
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188 WHO DRAWS THE BLOOD OF LIFE FROM THE TREE
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189 (take a pinch of salt & sprinkle it on the robe)
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190 BY THE EARTH FOR WHICH I AM BOUND TOO THE FLAMING SEA.
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191 I BLESS THIS MOST UNRIGHTCHES CLOTH & EXILE ENY
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192 & ALL DEMONS HERE FORTH FROM IT..
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193 (now take a pinch of talkenpowder & sprinkle it on the robe)
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194 AND BY THE DUST FROM WHICH I EMERGED & THESE MOST UNHOLYIST NAMES..
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195 ASODEUS - DEV - ELZADOAR - & BY BELZABUB THE PRINCE,,
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196 & BY THE BLOOD WHICH FLOWITH FROM THE TREE OF LIFE
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197 I BLESS THIS GARMENT.. LET NO INTITTY HINCE FORTH
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198 HAVE INFLUNCE UNTO MY WORK.....
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199
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200 NEMA.............
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201
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202 KNOW YOU MAY PUT ON ON YOUR YOUR ROBE..
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203 DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ENY OUTHER FABRICK YOU ARE WARRING
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204 BECOUSE THE ROBE WILL WORK AS A BARRER AROUND YOUR FISICAL BODDY & OR
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205 YOUR SPIRTUAL BODDY OR MIND..
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206 (USE THIS ROBE ONLY FOR MAGICAL USE)
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207
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208 **********************************
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209 END PAGE # 3 of NONE
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210 **********************************
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211
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212 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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213 TO THE FOOL
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214 IF THOU ART GOING TO WRIT OUT A GRIMORIE ON THIS BBS, THEN MAKE IT CORRECT
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215 AND SPELL THINGS(NAMES) PROPERLY, OR SOME OTHER UNKNOWING ONE WILL HAVE PRO
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216 BLEMS, ONES THAT YOU WILL VERY PROBABLY HAVE BY NOT BEING CAREFUL WITH
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217 SUCH THINGS!!!!!!!!!
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218 To: "Keeper of Souls"
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219 Come, Sir (or Madam as the case may be) you strain the credulity of your
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220 entries by such careful misspellings. "Resight" and "git"? "Fabrick" and
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221 "eny"? It was amusing to see, but the first time was quite enough, thank you.
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222 Tutor.
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223 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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224 Loam: Considered the penultimate of DEC (or ANSI) compatible terminals,
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225 [oops, "... penultimate TEST of ...", D.E.O. [Drat Enter Only] ] the system
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226 availiable at 1-800-DEC-DEMO will test every concievable feature [creature?]
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227 of a VT100/102/200 series terminal or emulator. Even the keyboard lights.
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228 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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229 <([^7^])>-/v:v\+<([v5v])>/^o=o^\<([^3^])>*/v!v\=<([v2v])>/^o*o^\<([^1^])>
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230 Just another quiet night at the Inn. With most of the most interesting
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231 patrons gone through the mysterious door beside the fireplace, things had
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232 gotten downright boring. The few patrons left sat at their tables sipping their
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233 drinks quietly, the assistant innkeeper tiredly polishing the bartop with a
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234 worn rag. This, alone, would have been sufficient reason for the patrons to
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235 take an interest in any newcomers. But this particular newcomer gave them more.
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236 To begin with, he appeared suddenly, silently. One moment the doorway was
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237 empty and the next he was just standing there. Nobody had heard the door open
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238 or close. What got their attention was the deadly chill breath of wind that
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239 heralded his arrival, cutting through everybody in the place like a razor.
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240 He stood tall, about six-one, plus another inch for the hiking boots he
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241 wore. He wore a long, grey coat open to show a red silken shirt. His pants were
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242 blue denim, and if he carried a weapon it was well concealed indeed. It might
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243 have been in the large backpack he was carrying on one shoulder. His face was
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244 young, largely bereft of the lines a well seasoned traveler might sport. It was
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245 a warm, friendly face that would have looked quite out of place without a smile
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246 which, fortunately, it wore.
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247 He looked around at them for as long as they looked at him. He seemed quite
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248 harmless, and quite unmagical, so they soon lost interest, although his
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249 unorthodox entrance caused some discreet talk among a few of them.
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250 Tiring of the admittedly mundane view, he sauntered over to the bar. "And a
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251 good afternoon to you, my fine man. This appears a nice, uh," He scanned around
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252 once more, uncertainly, "friendly place." He dug deep into a pocket and came up
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253 with some coins. Slapping them on the counter, he declared "A flagon of your
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254 finest ale, if I may be so cliche'."
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255 The innkeeper scooped up the money. "Be as cliche' as you want, as long as
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256 your money spends." He set the great wooden mug on the counter and the visitor
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257 took a long draw from it. The brew was quite powerful, much more so that at
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258 most such establishments, but if the newcomer was surprised, he didn't show it.
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259 "What is your name, stranger, and where do you call home?"
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260 The newcomer wiped his mouth with a clean sleeve. "My home is far indeed
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261 from this prestigious establishent, and I have had many adventures between
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262 there and here. I would tell you of them, but I understand that a few here
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263 would loudly complain if I were to launch into a lengthy tale now. Perhaps
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264 another time."
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265 The innkeeper nodded, a bit sourly. "You're probably right. A few of the
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266 patrons have been getting out of hand lately, though we're slowly but surely
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267 cleaning them out."
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268 The newcomer nodded, taking another swig. "I have an aquaintance who would
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269 be delighted to hear that. He recently left in considerable disgust. As for my
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270 handle, I am known formally as Zebediah Quincy Kelzer, but you may call me...
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271 <([^7^])>-/v:v\+<( Zeb )>/^o=o^\<([^3^])>*/v!v\=<([v2v])>/^o*o^\<([^1^])>
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272 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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273 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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274 Clarification time:
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275 Just to help sort things out, this is the situation as I see it:
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276 In the bard's transporter, we have the piper, the bard, Cragmore, Milchar,
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277 the innkeeper and the alien. (Zephyr -- I thought YOU had called him
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278 blue-skinned -- but blue goes better with a chlorine metabolism, doesn't it?)
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279 The transporter is lying, somewhat the worse for wear, in an alien laboratory
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280 where the former (after being transformed from his normal teddy-bear shape
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281 into something that is not clear) has just rapped on the door.
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282 What is unclear -- is this laboratory on the chlorine-atmosphere world, or
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283 another? If it's chlorine atmosphere, most of us are in trouble (exept the
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284 innkeeper and the alien). If we're in oxygen, the alien may be in trouble.
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285 Clarification anyone?
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286 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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287 I thought the alien had a breathing apparatus. How carefully do people read?
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288 Ever since the Destroyer, I doubt people have thought it reall worth reading
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289 anything here.........
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290 ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
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291 The sun rose slowly over the distant mountains. The snow created a
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292 white blanket over everything in sight, only a few tracks from little
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293 bunnies and the tall forest pine could be seen. Guzmar turned to see if
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294 he was still being followed. Only a little bit more and he could find
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295 cover in the forest ahead, got to keep moving.
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296
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297 The faint barking of dogs were heard, Guzmar picked up his pace, got
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298 to keep moving. He couln't feel his feet it was so cold, a nice
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299 warm fire and some hot cider sounded better than ever before.
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300
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301 Guzmar was now running in and out of the tall pine trees. He stumbled
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302 and fell almost every twenty feet, as the dogs were getting closer.
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303 Guzmar stopped neer a tree that had a lot of branches near the bottom, he
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304 tried to climb it but his fingures were too cold to grab anything at all.
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305 Oh his hands hurt trying to move them. He fell into some snow covered bushe
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306 below. He could here the dogs and they had been onto his trail for hours
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307 now. Guzmar was running out of ideas, he reached into his pocket where he
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308 kept whatever magical items he had; He collected them, not knowing what
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309 some of them were, a few were from his father. He fumbled around until
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310 he found the one he was looking for. His grandfather gave him this and told
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311 him never to show it to anyone else and to only use it in great danger.
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312 The bad thing was his grandfather never told him how to use it, he wasn't
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313 old enough yet. He took it out and looked for something to press. The
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314 dogs were now in the forest and getting closer. His cold fingures felt
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315 around for a hidden catch that he remember his father showing him a long
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316 long time ago. The dogs were close, Guzmar had his fingure on the hidden
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317 plate but couldn't press down hard enough. He looked over his shoulder
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318 and saw the dogs racing towards him through the thin covering of bushes.
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319 He had to get it on this try or it would be all over for him. With a
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320 last effort, he gave it all he could and pressed the plate.
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321
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322 gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
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323 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (tails and tales recognized)
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324 Guzmar: I hadn't seen that story in over a year. I hoped you would return...
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325 If you one and the same, that is.
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326 Entropy: You'll never believe this, but there's a site in my livingroom!
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327 Everything going alright out there?
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328 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (85:11)
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329 ggggggggggggg
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330 Guardian: I hope I'll keep it going this time. I couldn't remember where I
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331 left off so I'll start again. By the way, what Guzmar were you
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332 thinking of?
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333 ggggggggggggg
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334 ...............................................................
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335 Guardian: Everything is dandy. Exceptional. In fact, I'm
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336 having one of the best two weeks of my entire life! No joke!
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337 I'm as happy as a clam. A really happy clam. Ain't it great to
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338 be alive? Oh. His name? Never mind. See you at the movies!
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339 ...................................Entropy...........................
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340 *******************************************************************************
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341 HELLO BARRY.
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342 THIS IS A COOL SYSTEM.
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343 FROM DENNIS>
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344
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345 SAVE
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346 3232323232323232323232323@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@#@
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347 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$3232323232323232323232323232323232323232323232323232
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348 / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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349 I'm not even going to dignify that
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350 with a response...
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351 *** STARPATH ***
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352 / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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353
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354 To: Keeper of souls. If you would reread the entries in question you will
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355 see that some unsigned person left the comment about giving one's name
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356 to a witch. This is followed by apprentice's top border.
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357 If a person is leaving an entry after one that doesn't have a border, it is
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358 customary to place one's *own* border (minus name) at the top of one's
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359 msg to indicate the change of authors.
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360 Partial borders (20-40 columns) are sometimes used to seperate portions
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361 of a msg.
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362 _____________________
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363 (like that)
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364 You are the only person on the board (& as far as I recall in the board's
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365 entire history) to put his name in the *top* border. A few have placed
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366 the name in both top & bottom borders.
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367 You might get a better reception if you try the following:
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368 1. Use lowercase.
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369 2. Use 70-80 column lines.
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370 3. Spell things properly! (I had to reread one line three times before I
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371 could figure out what you meant)
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372 _______________________________
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373 To: All Subject:huh?
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374 I assume that *someone* left a particularly *outrageous* entry earlier.
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375 If anyone saw it and is willing to discuss it, I can be contacted
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376 (privately) on Blue Parrot or Le Nerd or CBBS/Aloha.
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377 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446516.5573______________________________
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378
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379 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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380 to: whom ever it might ever concern
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381 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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382 By repeeted complaints of
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383 misspelling in my entrys,
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384 I have desided to take much more
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385 time in entering my data ..
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386 & will also edit my entrys on
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387 my word prosseser before enetering
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388 the system..............
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389 But dont fret those who think ill
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390 take all day to enter my stuff<
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391 BECOUSE I ONLY MAKE MY BOOK ENTRYS
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392 AROUND 12 to 3 AM.......
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393
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394 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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395 regretfully yours;
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396 KEEPER OF SOULS
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397 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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398
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399 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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400 Piper, I found now flaws in your summary. The laboratory is filled with
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401 breathable air from the Former's atmosphere generator. It is set to the most
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402 productive state. It sohuldn't run down for a long time.
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403 The laboritory is part of the alien's home. It seems to be a mushroom
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404 of alarming proportions. We are in the hollowed out portion of it's large
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405 top part. It is white inside, and seems to be circular, around the stool.
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406 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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407 The vehicle was a shambles. Strips of the hull kept peeling off and
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408 hitting the floor. The racket was loud enough without the Former's pounds.
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409 Tiny gadgets and mechanisms were falling from where the strips left the
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410 insides exposed.
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411 The Bard popped his head out. The Former, quite taken by suprise, stared
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412 at him. The Bard inhaled timidly, and decided it was alright to step out into
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413 the laboratory chamber. The Former watched him, and realized with a start he
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414 was staring. So he looked inside instead.
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415 How so many people got into that vehicle at once was beyond the Former.
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416 Like tiny clowns, emerging from a car, the party filed out, one by one. The
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417 Former would have asked, if he hadn't noticed the alien step off the craft.
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418 What would it say to the intrusion of it's home? What would it do to
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419 the Former as punishment? Whatever the case, he swallowed and prepared for
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420 a chlorine scolding.
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421 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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422 Zephyr, whatsay Straxi is a gentle, outgoing fellow, eh?
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423
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424 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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425 "...What happens to a dream deferred?
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426 Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
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427 Or fester like a sore - and then run?
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428 Does it stink like rotten meat?
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429 Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet?
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430 Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
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431 Or does it explode?"
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432
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Langston Hughes
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433 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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434 dream on...
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435
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436 gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
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437 Guzmar pressed on the plate with all of his might. In a whirl
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438 wind and light, Guzmar was hurled end over end. After a few seconds
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439 wind stopped and the light was gone. Guzmar found himself in a very
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440 ifferent enviornment. The air was warm and there were voices all around
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441 .
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442 If Guzmar knew it or not, he was now sitting in a popular Inn
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443 lled backwater. People were surprised to suddenly see a small man sittig
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444 a table with his eyes closed and snow on him. You never know what the n
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445 will bring in next.
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446 Guzmar didn't like this, he prefered being in control of what hapnd
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447 o him and what he was doing to himself. But just think, where else coul
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448 is take me? I could go anywhere. Too bad there isn't a way to control
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449 !
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450 "Ah, but there is, there is."
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451 Guzmar looked up to see a shadow standing against the smoky air f
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452 e Inn. A very tall man and huge! As guzmar was looking for a fastest wy
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453 t of the Inn, the tall stranger sat accross fro
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454 ggggggggggggggnext time we won't forgett the nulls!ggggggggggggggggggggggggg
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455 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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456 The Phantom Glitch returns... I see you amatures are playing with "Magick"
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457 again... sometime, if you dare, try the real stuff.... Serial Ports!
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458 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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459 Cereal Ports? Is that where Captain Crunch docks his ship?
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460 Perhaps he is there to meet General Mills.
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461 Winstead------------------------------------------------------------------->
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462 P.S. You've got guts.... getting on them for spelling it "magick". That
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463 may be an archaic spelling, but at least it is one. Is "amatures"? Urk....
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464 Winstead------------------------------------------------------------------->
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465 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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466 Everyone within the craft piled out. The room outside the craft looked like...
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467 well, like the interior of a fungus covered with smaller fungi. The smaller
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468 fungi did not appear to be doing well in the rich oxygen atmosphere.
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469 As he always did, Milchar quickly scanned the area as he entered it. Great
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470 Spells and Staves, that was the Former! Milchar thought back. He hadn't seen
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471 the Former since...hmmm, again the Ruby Valley. The memories of that trip
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472 popped up often nowadays. Shelve the thought for later, Milchar decided.
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473 Cragmore exited the craft, and Milchar briefly experienced a stab of pain.
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474 Almost automatically, he sent out little tedrils of thought- and recoiled
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475 immediately. Sometimes exhaustion was a good thing. If Milchar did not spend
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476 effort, he could not sense the mental screeching that Cragmore gritted his
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477 teeth against.
|
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478 Now would be a good time to sleep, Milchar's treasonous body implied by
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479 swaying slightly. The mage found a place to sit down and listen to the
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||
480 others sort out the situation. Just a...few...more......seczzzzzzz.
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||
481 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++ 26 Mar 86 at 11:19pm +++++
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482
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||
483 **********************************
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||
484 **** ****
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||
485 **** BOOK OF SOULS ****
|
||
486 **** ****
|
||
487 **********************************
|
||
488 ************continued*************
|
||
489
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||
490 Now it`s aperient we must bless are candles,
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491 take a pinch of talkenpoder & sprinkle it
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||
492 over the candle to your left. & resite the following pryer
|
||
493 In the name of the mighty & wicked one, I
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||
494 proclaim that I have banished the shells unto their
|
||
495 habitations & blessthis candle so it may
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||
496 hence forth burn for thy earthly symbol of death.
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||
497 Now take a pinch of sage & sprinkle it on the
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498 candle to the Left...& continue to resite the
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499 following,, agin..
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||
500 In the name of the mighty & wicked one, I
|
||
501 proclaim that I have banished the shells unto their
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||
502 habitations & bless this candle so it may
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||
503 hence forth burn for thy earthly symbol of Life.
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||
504 Now light the candle (one on Left first)
|
||
505 & resite the following..
|
||
506 By Sheitan I bless thee barrier of Death.
|
||
507 Now light the outher candle(the one on the right)
|
||
508 & resite the following..
|
||
509 & by Beherit I bless thee barrier of Life.
|
||
510 Now that your candles are lite, draw a pentagram in the air
|
||
511 above your alter, & resite the following..
|
||
512 By the stone that hasith the blood of life spilled
|
||
513 apon its rigid surface I proclaim I have banished the
|
||
514 shells unto their habitations ..
|
||
515 For Behold !! I am yesterday, to-day & the brouther
|
||
516 of tomorrow !! I am born again & again.
|
||
517 Mine is the unseen force, wherforth the God`s have amerged!!
|
||
518 The who holdith the ribin torn from the whore is whith
|
||
519 me for in I he may exsist ..
|
||
520 & by the four symbols that lay apon thy Alter
|
||
521 I concincrate thy Alter & thy tools which lay hence forth..
|
||
522 BY Belial it has been said.......
|
||
523
|
||
524 NEMA...............
|
||
525
|
||
526 Now you have completed construting & desicrating
|
||
527 your new alter.. Please take note; that the Alter itself
|
||
528 is no more then A point of power, it carrys no paciffic Magical powers..
|
||
529 Butt axts as A reciver to the vast
|
||
530 depths of time., or as A barrier, which ever may be the
|
||
531 case.. As for the Pentagram menchined earlier it will
|
||
532 not be needed at this point nor the outher #11 candles..
|
||
533
|
||
534 When you are not useing your Alter set it away,
|
||
535 where no can distrub it...
|
||
536 If you must remove your Tool`s from the Alter, be
|
||
537 shore to keep them together & keep them in A
|
||
538 respectable place & keep them orginized....
|
||
539 this also means keeping your robe whith your
|
||
540 outher magical tools.............
|
||
541
|
||
542 ******************************:***
|
||
543 END of PAGE # 4 of NONE
|
||
544 *****************j****************
|
||
545 P.S. : THERES STILL A FEW MISTAKES
|
||
546 BUT IS IT ENY BETTER ?????????
|
||
547 **********************************
|
||
548 ````````````
|
||
549 Yes, a little better. You are still averaging about one misspelled word per
|
||
550 line though. You'll get there.
|
||
551
|
||
552 ````````````
|
||
553 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>0
|
||
554 TO: DEMON INVOCATOR
|
||
555 THOU ART RIGHT ONE SMALL MISTAKE AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SOUL MUCH LESS A
|
||
556 BODY, YOU ARE INVOCING POWERS AND POTENTIALLTIES THAT DO NOT ACCEPT
|
||
557 ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION.
|
||
558 YOU MAY LEAD THE UNWARY AND IMPRESSABLE ASTRAY BY MISTAKE
|
||
559 NOTE: THERE ARE ALOT OF KIDS IN THIS TOWN WHO ARE FASCINATED BY RITUAL
|
||
560 REMEMBER A RITUAL IS A PROGRAM, IF THE PERSON HAS TALENT (INITIALIZE HAR-
|
||
561 DWARE) AND DOES IT IN PROPER ORDER (PROGRAM EXECITION) SOMETHING WILL
|
||
562 HAPPEN!! IF THAT PERSON ACCESS THE WRONG FILE (CALLS UP THE WRONG BEING)
|
||
563 IT WILL GO ON YOUR KARMIC RECORD.
|
||
564 NOTE: IF YOU ARE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE AND A KID GETS SCREWED UP
|
||
565 AND I FIND OUT ABOUT IT PHYSICAL, OCCULT, AND ARCANE ACTIONS WILL BE
|
||
566 BEGUN TO STOP MORE KIDS FROM GETTING HURT.
|
||
567 STATE STATUTE NOT WITHSTANDING ( I WILL KILL TO STOP YOU FROM HURTING KIDS)
|
||
568 I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY A GROUP 25 PEOPLE THAT SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN
|
||
569 ARE COPING DO YOUR RITUALS. AS LONG AS YOU GIVE PROPER WARNING THEN I
|
||
570 WILL TAKE NO ACTION, IF HOWEVER, YOU DO NOT PROPERLY WARN THEM OF WHAT
|
||
571 THEY ARE GETTING INTO AND THEY GET HURT ALL *HELL* WILL BREAK LOOSE.
|
||
572 THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WILL PROTECT, GUARD, AND WATCH.
|
||
573 BY OUR ORDER,
|
||
574 3/27/86 02
|
||
:15 a
|
||
575 TALTELEPTA
|
||
576 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
|
||
577
|
||
|
||
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
|
||
578 IAW THE DISCUSSION ON "MAGIC" AND "MAGICK" AND THE TWO WORDS DO MEAN THE
|
||
579 SAME THING AND MAGICK IS THE ARCHAIC FORM OF THE WORD IT HOWEVER HAS COME
|
||
580 TO WRK LIKE THS:
|
||
581 MAGIC: THE ART OF STAGE PRESTIDGITATION (STAGE MAGIC)
|
||
582
|
||
583 MAGICK: THE ART AND PRACTICE OF THAUMATURGY ( RITUAL
|
||
584 MAGICK).
|
||
585
|
||
586 {
|
||
587 Now the question that comes to mind, is the Karmic Record a sequential or
|
||
588 random access structure? How does one of these talented people do a
|
||
589 Hardware Initialize? CTRL-ALT-BELLY_BUTTON? Since a ritual is a program,
|
||
590 can it be compiled? What language are they written in? FORTRAN666?
|
||
591 }
|
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