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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 29 MAY 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 Wow! Joshua finally gets the top.
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21 Warning - the next 55 lines contains boring narrative - normal BackWater returns circa line 75.
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22 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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23 His fist flew toward my face; I blocked it ude-uke. I responded with my own seiken-suzi, but he grabbed my arm and
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24 pulled me over his hip, kicking at my groin as I struggled for balance. I again managed to deflect his strike, and
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25 backed up slightly to give myself a chance to regain my composure. This sucker was good! I was generally considered
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26 one of the best in hand-to-hand combat, but so far this guy had kept me mostly on the defensive. I watched him now,
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27 waiting for his next move. It would start with a kick, either mikazuki-geri or mai-tobi-geri. I saw him shift his
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28 weight slightly, and suddenly my head exploded.
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29 Consciousness signalled its return with a throbbing in my mouth and a pounding in my temple. I reached up and felt
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30 a cold towel across the side of my face. My erstwhile opponent's face came into view and asked concernedly, "how do
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31 you feel, Joshua? You've been out for about half an hour."
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32 "Well, isn't that a kick in the head," I joked weakly. "I don't really know what happened, Sensei. I was waiting for
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33 you to kick, but I must have missed it. It didn't miss me, though, heh heh oooh."
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34 "Yes, I could see you setting up. But when I moved, you just stood there with a glazed look on your face. I thought
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35 it might be a ploy, but you never moved and finally it was too late for me to stop. Pardon me for saying, but have
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36 you been spending too much time indulging in the pleasures of Nirvana and not enough in meditation and exercise?"
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37 While he was talking, I had been exploring the aching tooth with my tongue. I suddenly realized that the tooth was
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38 the special one NET had installed, containing certain signal receptors, including the one called the 'Doomsday Alarm'.
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39 It had been demonstrated to me once, and its effects were certainly enough to distract me at a crucial moment. Such
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40 as in the middle of a fight. As its nickname implied, its activation implied some major catastrophe, and all
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41 recipients were required to drop what they were doing and report to the nearest briefing station ASAP.
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42 I made some feeble excuses to my instructor, and hurried off to the locker room for a quick shower and some clean
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43 clothes. The trick tooth was limited to those in the upper echelons, and since the Sensei obviously hadn't received
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44 the signal, he didn't have the security clearances necessary for me to explain the situation. My pride didn't want me
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45 to leave him thinking I had been slacking off, but the well-trained agent ("well-conditioned, you mean," my inner
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46 voice muttered derogatorily) knew how to ignore such distractions as pride.
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47 A short time later, clean and tastefully attired in the generic blue jump- suit that everyone wore in-house, I
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48 strode down a long, echoing corridor toward the security desk for this level. On either side were doors, most closed,
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49 many with red or green lights above them. The red lights of course meant Do Not Enter, as there was either a highly
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50 secret or highly dangerous activity taking place within (or both). If I were to attempt to enter, I would be rendered
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51 unconscious in some clever, unpleasant manner, hopefully awakening later in security detention. What happened next
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52 would depend on many factors, but even the lightest of punishments would wipe out years of advancement. The
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53 Organization was very jealous of its secrets.
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54 Behind the less well-guarded doors were more plebeian activities - unarmed combat (karate, judo, street fighting,
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55 etc.), weapons training (ranging from 'how to kill a tank with a stick and a rock' to the high-tech James-Bondish
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56 nuclear powered death-rays so dear to some agents' hearts), first aid (basic bandages to EMT 4), the care and feeding
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57 of booby traps... everything required to turn a normal human being into something that could take Rambo apart in 5
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58 seconds and put him back together again, plus brain. When the normal agents- on-the-street thought of Nirvana, they
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59 saw only the beautiful women, saunas, tennis, and the other more ostentatious trappings. What they didn't see was the
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60 other half - the intensive training which made those luxuries necessities. Only the elite made it to Nirvana, and once
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61 there, they worked like they never worked before, fine-tuning their already excellent abilities. They worked hard,
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62 they played hard. There was no such thing as 'taking it easy'; EVERYTHING was done at a feverish pitch. The
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63 institution known as Nirvana was in fact a wonderous machine; nothing was wasted. The public side with its 'beautiful
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64 people', gambling/gaming, casual drugs and sex was indeed the R&R center for NET. It was also, as mentioned, the Yin
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65 for the Yang of the hard-studying elite. Not widely known, however, was the fact that most of the workers in the
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66 pleasure center were also agents-in-training, learning how to use vices to elicit information from their subjects, as
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67 well as testing the abilities of the visiting agents to resist such temptations. Wheels within wheels, another earmark
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68 of the Organization.
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69 As I neared the security desk, I recognized the guard as one of my instructors in Surveillance Techniques. She in
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70 turn recognized me as one of her instuctors in The Use of Computers in Data Acquisition, Synthesis and Interpretation.
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71 (Familiarly known as How to Redirect the Entire City's Electric Bills to Your Victim's Account). Mutual recognition
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72 notwithstanding, we still had to go through the usual rigamarole - I gave her my ID card and stuck my face in the
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73 retinal scanner while she matched the patterns against what was encoded on my card. After she verified my existence
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74 and returned my card, she gave me a quick but passionate kiss, told me to be careful, and let me through the door to
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75 the secure briefing room. NET may be big and impersonal, but they know how to send an agent on a mission.
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76 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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77 A passionate kiss is never quick.
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78
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79 ??? Are you out there? Want to hear
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80 from you. Lysias. If you call, ask
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81 for me as Lysias, or leave message-"
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82 Lysias call question mark".
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83 :::::::::::::O O::::::::05/29::::::::::::::::::::::22:03:::::::::O O:::::::::::
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84 CISTOP: considering the prevalent state of the board, perhaps you could consider
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85 sharing a remote command with a certain user or two to help keep things
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86 moving? I know a very reliable prospect, and another who probably
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87 could be trusted...
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88 ::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::
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89
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90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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91 YEA !! IM ONE OF THEM..!!
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92 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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93
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94 It's just like I said a long time ago-there are certain Backwaterites that have special editing priveledges...
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95 One of them travels around with a specially equipped vehicle, and log onto BBS's and check the spelling of various
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96 entries. Another has a mainframe the size of a cabin cruiser, and uses a special program to identify twits. (These
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97 used to be reported to the Bucket's Sysop Corner 'twit file'. (The Darren Spokely Memorial Twit File). (Teddy Salad
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98 honorary and permanent 'twit of the month). There are some nebulous characters lurking about the Inn...
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99 I was thinking-We should start a Delta ive fan club! Don't all of you think so?
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100 Well, so long for now...
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101
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102 DELTA FIVE IS A PERVERITED CHILD
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103 MOLESTER..............
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104
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105 I wasn't aware of that. Gee, do you calll this normal?
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106 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Milchlurk++
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107 Lissen, punk, Dealta was a good frend of me and if you dont apollogize iI
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108 will beet you up
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109 There's a saying that goes: Tell me your frend .... and I can tell what you are.
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110 no fan of delta.
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111 THIS GUY HAS AREAL GRASP OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE! GREAT PHONICS!
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112 SAVE
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113 HELLO......IF ANYONE HAS BYE500 OR LESS (NO LESS THAN BYE400) THEN CAN YOU
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114 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% May 31, 1986- 12:44pm %%%%%%%%%%%
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115
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116 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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117 KINGU WAS VIOLATED LILITH
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118 I MEAN VIOLATED BY LILITH
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119 SO DOES THAT MEAN MANS A BASTERED ?
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120 MAAT WAS RAPED BY MASAN..
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121 DOES THAT MEAN WE WERE DISORINTATED
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122 FROM ARE DAY OF BIRTH INTO ETERNITY?
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123 VAITARANI HATE`S ALL OF YOU
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124 DOES THAT MEAN YOULL ALL DIE..??
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125 ???????????????????????????????????
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126 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** good! *
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127
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128 {+|+} 860531 131305
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129 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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130 Pendragon's lurkin' 'round as per usual......
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131 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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132
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133 And from the marker above {+|+} we can assume that Aaron is lurking also.
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134
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135 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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136 Bard regained conciousness slowly. The last he remember was being
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137 in a chlorine breathing alien's lab. Then everything faded out...
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138 A distant voice was saying something....
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139 "Can you hear me, sir?"
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140 He opened his eyes to find himself floating between the grav
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141 plates of a hospital bed. "Where am I and how'd I get here?"
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142 "This is Survey Base Samekh. You and your conveyor were brought
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143 in a couple of months ago. As I recall it was a magic-user of some sort..."
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144 Base Samekh! That was the base he'd been doing the prelim survey
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145 work for. But a couple of *months* in the hospital...Great Ghu, he'd be in
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146 debt for decades.
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147 Then he remembered how badly the conveyor had been damaged.
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148 Better make that a few centuries of working off the debt.
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149 But the med-tech was continuing...
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150 "...said his name was Mill-Char? Something like that."
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151 "Right. Milchar."
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152 Bard seemed to be alright so the tech 'told' the bed to 'release'
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153 him. As Bard stood and stretched the tech held out a display flat.
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154 Bard steeled himself for the bad news.
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155 "Five megacredits!"
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156 Then he saw that that wasn't a bill, it was an account balance.
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157 Quickly 'paging' thru the display, he realized what had happened. Milchar
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158 had left half a *kilo* of Aregentium. That plus the contact bonus for
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159 making peaceful contact with Straxi's people had left him not only debt
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160 free, but almost comfortably well off.
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161 An hour later he finished a debreifing and left the base.
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162 Destination: Innisfall.
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163 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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164 Milchar: well, now Mikey, Piper and I are accounted for. How about you &
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165 the others?
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166 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~May 31,1986 19:54:55~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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167 ______________________________JD 2446582.7602______________________________
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168 :::::::::O O:::::05/31::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::23:17:::::::O O::::::::::
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169 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/
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170 I have a golden ring. I tell others that the ring symbolizes the
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171 universe. The flaked away areas, where the gold is long gone, that
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172 represents entropy. Everything falls to waste. The ring could mean
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173 something special to me, but it doesn't.
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174 Hidden inside the ring is a talon. I willfully scratch myself with
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175 it each morning as a reminder should I wear another in the name of 'love'
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176 I'll only be scatching, cutting my heart to pieces.
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177 The ring is a sign of woman's lies while my wound is an open
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178 exposition of my vulnerability.
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179 Some women are never to be trusted, all we are to them is a game...
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180 a challange. So difficult is it for me to hold back my contempt.
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181 And then I wonder why I spent those nights together. It certainly
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182 wasn't love.
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183 Piner. 06/01/86 04:01 am
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184 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/
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185
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186 GO AHEAD MIKEY AND COMPANY. PLAY WITH YOURSELF AND DELETE THIS. -CCM-
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187
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188 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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189 Dot tried to wipe away some of the coffee she had poured on the counter.
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190 Truckers, diesel, and open highway was not her element, and it showed. Every
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191 whistle from one of the monsters set her fingers to shaking, and the coffee
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192 spilt on the formica top of the diner counter. Each rude remark by a dimwit
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193 driver made her look away from the tray she carried and she had to mop up te
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194 dishes later. Only to recieve more suggestions from the truckers.
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195
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196 It might have been the low cut of the pink uniform, or her face. She had bee
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197 a model in high school, even got to walk on the stage in front of the studen
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198 body. But then she graduated, and never left the house again. A driver came
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199 along, she married him thinking it was the right thing to do. Only later did
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200 she figure out that she could have done anything she wanted. By then it was
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201 too late.
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202 She left him. Taking to the highways and truck stops, she had evaded him ths
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203 long only by her kindness to strangers. Not the other way around since
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204 strangers are not kind, as a rule.
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205 Timidly she gathered the empty sugar bottles onto a table in the corner.
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206 Removing the tops, she heaved the sugar sack over the bottles and poured.
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207 Granules spead across the table top silently amidst the noise of the diner.
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208 Each one was poured into until the sack was gone. And then she looked up.
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209
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210 "Delmar? Why, what are you doing here? I told you not to follow me, why don'
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211 you just leave me alone?" Her frightened voice gathered the attention of a fw
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212 truckers who turned slowly. She scrambled to put the tops on the bottles as
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213 her husband whispered insults to her.
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214 "Leave me alone, Delmar, I don't love you anymore, can't you understand that"
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215 Dot felt her nerve buckling, and her legs nervously wandering under the tabl
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216 in search of a footing. To no avail, Delmar kept naming her a whore. Soon he
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217 rose to his feet and lifted his arm as if he was about to hit her.
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218
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219 One of the men from across the diner wiped his mouth and lifted himself fro
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220 his stool. Not daring to show his intense fear of the huge trucker that lookd
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221 as if he would kill the girl.
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222 Delmar sat down again. Placed his hand around the glass of water he had askd
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223 for at the counter. His knuckles whitened under the strain of his muscles an
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224 his eyes filled with water. Then his whispers were laced with emotion, he
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225 pledged his love for her, and swore never to hit her again.
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226 The man from across the diner leaned into the bar and ordered a large ice
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227 cream float. Biding his time to see what might happen at this point. The
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228 truckers in the place were paying no attention, since any one of them had ben
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229 in the situation before.
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230
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231 Glass shattered from the tumbler inside of Delmar's fist. His face showed th
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232 torture. Delmar took to his feet and grasped his red hand with the healthy
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233 one, accusing Dot of his injury. Dot was not holding up well. Her hair had
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234 fallen out of place. She was biting her lip hard.
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235 At once the man from across the room was there. He asked Delmar by his firs
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236 name to come with him, to go drink and talk about it. This was like tossing
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237 red cape in front of a Spanish bull in heat. The red stained hand balled up
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238 into a fist and at once he was flying at the man from across the room.
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239
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240 It was then the ice cream float spread across the floor like the grains of
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241 salt had before. Delmar tumbled and slid a good few feet. Friction wounded is
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242 knees and ripped his levis. In an instant Dot was hustled out of the diner nd
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243 onto the back of an olive drab motorcycle. As it spun dirt out from under i,
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244 the cycle moaned with the weight of the pair. And lost among the moan was th
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245 question, "Who are you?"
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246 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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247
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248 11:45______________________________JD 2446583.3238__________________________
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249 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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250 Oh, great! Only three enteries on this disk have anything to do with...
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251 (Anything) (nothing) (something) (who cares what) <-take your pick.
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252 I know that I really don't help any, either, but I certainly wish something would happen here. Someone else will have to
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253 come up with the idea-you won't think mine is any good....
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254 *** DYST@SYJ ***
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255 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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256 {+|+} <256> 860601^1716
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257 ****************************************************
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258 RAXLC JI[N_ DFDIX L[E_P DOLXS DFMDU XGDNC GZTPD PTFED XLA[L _DYGP DTAJA DFEDP TADRC EPAEP [\_DH BFDIX GYPDP TCPDP TADLG
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259 \YAJD CLIDL C\ADC JADJA CR[L_ DYGPD PTADY JGNAD NRCJO DFEDP TADHB EC\AD LC\AD PTCPD SCEDG EAIDY AMXJA [\_DF DIXL[ E_PDJ
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260 A\A\Y AJDFM DPTAD LG\YA JDFED PTADH BEC\A DXJDL XP[L_ DYGPD FDNCL [E_PD F\CZF LADTF \DGEF LZDTF EDJAC RDLG\ YAJ[\ _HBHB
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261 XTDUA E[L_D PTFED SCEDA CEUDP XDNXI ADGVD EFLNA DFDCR JACIU DTCID \XEPD XMDPT ADNXI AHBCL USCU[ L_DYG PDFDE AA\DP XDTC^
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262 ADCDV JXYRA \DSFP TDPTA DXPTA JDRA^ AR[L_ DPTAD NXIFL ZDHBE AA\ED PXDAE NCVAD \ADMX JDEX\ ADJAC EXL[\ _DXTD SARR[ \\\_H
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263 BHB[S FS_DN N\HB[ SXA_D D[^_H B[AVA _D[GU VCJJJ W_HB[ AAP_D NN\HB [AGP_ DYJGN ADNRC JOHB[ JSA_D NN\HB [JJU_ DUXGD ZGUED
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264 CJADC RRDMG NOAID FLDPT ADTAC IDDDH B[JJX _DNN\ HB[UV J_DFD PARRD UXGDS TCPD\ FOAU[ L_DPT ADNN\ DSFRR DPTJC ETDXL DUXGJ
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265 DETFP PUDYX CJIDP FRRDP TADAL IDXMD PF\AH B[UVP _DZCG JCLPA AIDDD DDNTC LLARD NXLPJ XRD\H B[UVF _DNN\ HB[US W_DNN \HB[U
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266 SG_DD DDDDD DDDDD DDDDD DNN\D DDDDD DDHBH B
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267 ****************************************************
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268 \FOAU [ND_F DCE@E G\A[D _PTCP DPTFE DX@LA DSCED CMPAJ DPTAD XLADP TCPDS
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269 CEDGV DYAPS _AA@L D[WSN AVD@_ CLIHB D[WNA VD_PT FE@D\ XJLFL Z[YHB _PTCP
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270 DXLAD S[_CE DMCFJ RUDEF \FRFC J[\\\ HB_PT ADR[P D_NXI ADFL^ XR^AE @DPCO
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271 FL@Z@ D@[_P DY@UP AED@X MDVR_ CFLDP A]PDC L[_ID NTXVV FLZDP TA\DF LPXHB
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272 [FD_Y UPAED @[OPD _YFP[ R[D__ XMDNX I@ADP A]P[\ \\D_P TAD\X EPDXY ^F@XE
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273 D\ACL EDSCE DGEAI HBRAX LC@J_ IHB
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274 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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275 22:00
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276 What is all this shlock, anyway? Reams of cipher groups that
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277 aren't even worth playing with, acres of breathless prose, lots
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278 of linefeeds, et tedious cetera. Usually this board is so jam
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279 packed with trash that one can't find a corner to leave the
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280 merest note. Are we having fun yet??? I'm off.....
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281
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282 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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283 Small ether waves parted before the bow of the R.S. "Razor's Edge", which
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284 glided smoothly through a sea of swirling mists and "parlashi-kaarin", the
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285 ether-fish. The Razor was a sleek reality-hopping sailboat guided by the
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286 spell and stave of her mage-captain, who was wondering how Bard was enjoying
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287 the funds that the Argentium had brought there in his native world. It would
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288 be used to build ultra-high energy power plants. The stuff made an amazing
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289 catalyst in all types of reactions.
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290 The ship cut a tunnel toward a blue haze in the distance- it was time to return
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291 to Celene, at least for the nonce. Several things required special care in
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292 the tower. Spring cleaning was long overdue.
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293 A brilliant flash of yellow light illumniated the deck, blinding Milchar for
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294 a few moments.
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295 '"What's for dinner," asked Pooh,' said Grann, stepping out of the yellow
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296 light and onto some of the rigging, where he hung there until the mage could
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297 see again.
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298 'Grann, you rascal! Where have you been? You missed all the excitement,
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299 really. Although I suppose I could find the father of that big slimy brute
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300 and make introductions.'
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301 'Perhaps later. Say, that Doctor fellow isn't around, is he? Some of that
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302 Coke swill sounds good about now.'
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303 Milchar smiled. 'He's not here, but I'll see what's at home. You're just
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304 in time to help with the Annual Cleaning.'
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305 Grann jumped down to the deck. 'Ah, well. My sense of timing always did
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306 need work. Now honestly, what's this about a slimy brute?'
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307 The parlashi-karrin were, for quite some time, startled at the sound of
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308 laughter that the gnome and mage made as they traded stories.
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309 Perhaps they were startled by the Razor itself, which seemed to laugh along
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310 with its passengers as they sailed toward the ever-brighter realm of Celene.
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311 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++ June 1, 1986 @ 11:16pm
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312 "...but those units have such low performance. And they're so
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313 OLD. Surely you'd rather have a more modern personal shift unit?"
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314 "Look... *I'm* paying for it. The performance is adequate. And
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315 more importantly I can fix those 'old, obsolete' units in the field with a
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316 portable toolkit."
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317 Bard shook his head over the ignorance of the supply clerk. What
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318 was he supposed to do? Haul along several hundred cubic meters of test and
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319 repair equipment. Hah!
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320 Well, that was the last item on the list. He went over to the
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321 departure area and filed his trip plan with the computer. Ghu! He'd be glad
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322 to get away from all these regulations. Almost as bad as home...
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323 Home... he hadn't thought of it for awhile. He pushed the images
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324 out of his mind. Why had they had the misfortune to be one of the lines
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325 that was randomized by their first interdimensional transfer experiments..
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326 He only knew of a handful of lines that had done so badly... And his was
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327 the only one with a single known survivor...
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328 Damn those regulators and their "safety precautions"...
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329 He pulled himself back together as he triggered his shift unit.
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330 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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331 Live and Learn (words & music: Phillip Wayne)
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332 Fill your glass and sing a song
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333 Of a life in space on the edge of fear
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334 For we are the men who dwell in the hell
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335 That's still called home for an engineer.
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336 Chorus: So here's to the man with his hand on Hell
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337 And the fires that flame in the fusion burn.
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338 So toss off a beer to the engineer
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339 If he's gonna live long then he'll live and learn.
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340 Some men hear the song of the stars
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341 In every throb of a star ship's drive,
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342 And some men find their peace of mind
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343 In the hell where the drive field's kept alive.
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344 CHORUS
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345 The trail to the stars is long and wide
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346 And littered with bodies of ships and men.
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347 It's the price we've paid for the roads we've made
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348 That many will not see home again.
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349 CHORUS
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350 Engineers are only men,
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351 For each mistake they make, they pay.
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352 On one man's hands ride a hundred lives
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353 And hope they'll see another day.
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354 CHORUS
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355 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~06/01/86~~~23:50~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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356
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357 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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358
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359 PRETTY GOOD BARD ...........BUT,
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360 NOT AS GOOD AS THIS.!!
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361
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362 THE OLD ONE SPEAK OF WINTER
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363 THE YOUNG ONES PRAISE THE SUN
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364 AND TIME JUST SLIPS AWAY
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365
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366 RUNNING INTO NOWHERE
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367 TURNING LIKE A WHEEL
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368 AND A YEAR BECIMES A DAY
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369
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370 WHENEVER WE DREAM
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371 THAT`S WHEN WE FLY
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372 SO HERE IS A DREAM
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373 FOR JUST YOU AND I.
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374 (CHORUS)
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375
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376 WE`LL FIND THE SACRED HEART
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377 SOMEWHERE BLEEDING IN THE IN THE NIGHT
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378 LOOK FOR THE LIGHT
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379 AND FIND THE SACRED HEART
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380
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381 HERE WE SEE THE WIZARD
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382 STARING THROUGH THE GLASS
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383 AND HE`S POINTING RIGHT AT YOU
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384
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385 YOU CAN SEE TOMORROW
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386 THE ANSWER AND THE LIE
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387 AND THE THINGS YOUVE GOT TO DO
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388
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389 oH SOMETIMES YOU NEVER FALL
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390 AND AH- YOURE THE LUCKY ONE
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391 BUT oH- SOMETIMES YOU WANT IT ALL
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392 YOUVE GOT TO REACH FOR THE SUN.
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393 (CHORUS)
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394
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395 AND FIND THE SACRED HEART
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396 SOMEWHERE BLEEDING IN THE NIGHT
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397 oH LOOK TO THE LIGHT
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398
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399 YOU FIGHT TO KILL THE DRAGON
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400 YOU BARGAIN WITH THE BEAST
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401 AND SAIL IN TO A SIGH
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402
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403 YOU RUN ALONG THE RAINBOW
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404 AND NEVER LEAVE THE GROUND
|
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405 AND STILL YOU DONT KNOW WHY
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406
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407 WHEN EVER YOU DREAM
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||
408 YOURE HOLDING THE KEY
|
||
409 IT OPENS THE DOOR
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||
410 TO LET YOU BE FREE.
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411 (CHORUS)
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412
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413 AND FIND THE SACRED HEART
|
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414 SOMEWHERE BLEEDING IN THE NIGHT
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415 RUN FOR THE LIGHT
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416 AND YOULL FIND THE SACRED HEART
|
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417
|
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418 A SHOUT COMES FROM THE WIZARD
|
||
419 THE SKY BEGINS TO CRACK
|
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420 AND HES LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU- QUICK
|
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421 RUN ALONG THE RAINBOW
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422 BEFORE IT TURNS TO BLACK......
|
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423
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424
|
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425 ATTACK
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426
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427
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428
|
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429
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430 HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
|
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431 HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
|
||
432
|
||
433 *** *** *** THE KEEPER *** *** ***
|
||
434
|
||
435 Mikey, please delete the above. No one needs to see it, do they?
|
||
436
|
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437 R[N_D DUAE[ L_DDF DDPTF LODFP DSCED RCPAJ [L_DD TADSC EDWGF PADVA JEFEP CLPDD PXICU [L_DH BNCRR FLZDD CR\XE PDDF\ \AIFC
|
||
438 PARUD CMPAJ DFDNR ACJAI DFPDD CLIDD MFRRF LZDDF PDHBC ZCFL[ \_DDE GNTDC EDPTC PDXLA [L_DD JFZTP DCMPA JDFDN RACJA IDFP[
|
||
439 L_DTA DSCED CPDFP DHBCZ FCLDD SFPTF LDPTA DTXGJ [\_DD DYGPD PTCPD PF\AD FPDSC EDKGE PHBDY RCLOD DRFLA E[\_D DHBCE DMXJD
|
||
440 PTADR [P_DN XIA[L _DDFD GLIAJ EPCLI DPTAD EAWGA LNADP TCPDU XGDIF ENGEA I[L_D HBYGP DDSTA LDFDP JUDPX DIANF VTAJD YUDTC
|
||
441 LIDFD IXL[E _PDAL IDGVD SFPTD DCLUP TFLZD HBJAC ICYRA [\_DD XY^FX GERUD DF[E_ \DD\F EEFLZ DEX\A PTFLZ [\_DD \CUYA DFDNC
|
||
442 LDZAP DDCDH BRFEP FLZDC PDPTA DLA]P DVNE[ Y_DD[ O_F[E _\DCE HBEG\ FLZDU XG[E_ RRDYA DPTAJ A[\R_ DDDDN \DDDH BHB\F OAU[N
|
||
443 _DFDC EDEG\ ADPTC PDPTF EDXDL ADSCE DCMPA JDPTA DXLAD PTCPD SCEDG VDHBY APSAA DLD[W SNAV_ DDCLI D[WNA V_DPT FEDD\ XJLFL
|
||
444 Z[Y_H BPTCP DXLAD SCEDM CFJRU DEF\F RFCJ[ \\\_H BPTAD R[P_D NXIAD FL^XR ^AEDD PCOFL DZDDD PDYDU PAEDD XMDVR CFLDP A]PDC
|
||
445 LIDHB NTXVV FLZDP TA\DF LPXD[ F_DYU PAEDD [OP_D YFP[R _DXMD NXIDA DPA]P [\\\_ DHBPT AD\XE PDXY^ FDXED \ACLE DSCED GEAIH
|
||
446 BRAXL CDJIH B
|
||
447 *******************************************************************
|
||
448 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (archival)
|
||
449 L'homme sans Parity - I've thrown away hours of work, as we've decided,
|
||
450 by taking all my archive disks and doing the great
|
||
451 "rm *.*" Bad news, one of your in/famous generic disks gave me a nasty
|
||
452 format error. You can take it up with the insurance co. to get a
|
||
453 replacement; I'll be spending most of this week trying to get the new,
|
||
454 sorted files transfered.
|
||
455 CISTOP MIKEY - I hope you are freed from this affliction quickly...
|
||
456 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (154:03)
|
||
457 Lurkin'.....-DK-
|
||
458 <*><*><*><*><*>
|
||
459 Yes, I'll be there. Listing in hand..
|
||
460 06/02 17:53______________________Leonard_JD 2446584.5792___________________
|
||
461 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
|
||
462 SALUTATIONS !
|
||
463
|
||
464 Following is an excerpt from Sunburst's Revenge
|
||
465
|
||
466 Rean looked over the destroyed bridge. The Imperial
|
||
467 cruisers had effectively crippled the ship. She gave the
|
||
468 order to abondon ship and then hooked up her wrist comp
|
||
469 to the main terminal and had the last of battery power diverted to
|
||
470 the last remaining laser battery.
|
||
471
|
||
472 She disconnected her computer and ran for the shuttle.
|
||
473 The destroyer was lost.
|
||
474
|
||
475 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|
||
476 Thank you. For whatever that was.
|
||
477 Truefully, good job guys on those stories/poems(?)/otherassortedwritings
|
||
478 I'm glad to see that stuff when I log on, and I just want to say that your
|
||
479 talents are appricaited, and I hope you continue.
|
||
480 *** STARPATH ***
|
||
481 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|
||
482 Mike: would you be so kind as to bring one of the BW circuit boards to PCS?
|
||
483 I think I'm crazy enough to buy it...
|
||
484 ps one of the techs at work can burn 2708s & I'll have no trouble getting
|
||
485 the code to him as we both have M100s.
|
||
486 ____06/02/86__________Leonard_JD 2446584.6870_________20:29:16___________
|
||
|
||
487 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
|
||
488 Lysias: A sudden group of mean nasty problems, a whole hoard in fact,
|
||
489 cropped up and forced me to do a sudden move. Just as soon as I find
|
||
490 the rest of my life, I will give you a ring.
|
||
491 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
|
||
492 In the whiskey soaked mind of an old minstrel kan
|
||
493 lies a song of hope and good will
|
||
494 It's a melody man has been yearning to hear
|
||
495 but the voice of the minstrel is still...Say a sad farwell to the downtrodden youth
|
||
496 Who had neer a chance to grow up
|
||
497 Say Kadish to minions of tortured old souls
|
||
498 Who the good life never did sup.
|
||
499 Cry a tear for the soldiers who died without cause
|
||
500 Lives lost at the stroke of a pen
|
||
501 And shudder inside of the pow'r of the rich
|
||
502 And demand it not happen again
|
||
503 In the whiskey soaked mind of an old minstrel man
|
||
504 lies a song of hope and good will
|
||
505 A melody that man has been yearning to hear
|
||
506 But the voice of the minstrel is still
|
||
507 =*=*=*=*=*=*LYSIAS=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|
||
508 up 5
|
||
509 pri
|
||
510 ?
|
||
511
|
||
512 {+|+} <514> 860602^2322
|
||
513 {+|+} <515> 860603^0815
|
||
514 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSi
|
||
515
|
||
516 "Home. Home. Home again." Cragmore chanted the Power-word. With his arms,
|
||
517 he had created a circle of one. Not as powerful as the circles engendered by
|
||
518 many, it would hopefully be enough to achieve the desired result.
|
||
519 "Home." Once again, as Cragmore had seen so many times on this journey, his
|
||
520 surroundings shimmered as if seen through a murky stream. Blackness replaced
|
||
521 the murky sights for a time, then subdued, but clear warm light replaced the
|
||
522 dark.
|
||
523 The Inn. Its familiar smells filled Cragmore's nostrils as he took in a
|
||
524 deep breath. The solid wooden floor was in sharp contrast to the mushy ground
|
||
525 he had left. Cragmore didn't want to think about the place he had left. The
|
||
526 pain inflicted on his psi-senstive mind still echoed sharply. It was still
|
||
527 too soon to allow the memories to spill forth.
|
||
528 Cragmore stood, dusted himself off, and made his way to the fire, which
|
||
529 was crackling with perfectly cured wood. The aroma from the fire, mixed with
|
||
530 the scents of the multitude of elixers found at the Inn made Cragmore pause.
|
||
531 He stood there, eyes transfixed on the fire, all motion save breathing gone
|
||
532 from his body. He felt like standing there forever, comfortable, relaxed, warm,
|
||
533 secure. It was good. And then the feeling passed. Cragmore continued on and
|
||
534 took a seat, still near the fire, near the source of the heat, and the
|
||
535 warm feelings Cragmore felt inside.
|
||
536 As usual, the other visitors to the Inn ignored Cragmore. He was just
|
||
537 another traveller who had alternatives to the large oaken front door. They
|
||
538 had all seen it a hundred times before, and no doubt would see it a hundred
|
||
539 times again. The apathy didn't bother Cragmore. Cragmore was glad to be back
|
||
540 at the Inn. It was a time for rest and healing. Nothing could bother Cragmore
|
||
541 now.
|
||
542 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpIsPsIpSi
|
||
543
|
||
544 *%_)#*@_)%*_)@*%@_)#%*@)#_%*#)$_*#_^*_#@*^_)#*$^)_#*^_)#*^)#*^#!(^|#(^+_^*#$)^#$)_^*$%&^*$%)_&*_)#*^)#_*^+)#^*#+)*^#)^*
|
||
545 PCS'ers : I'll try to contact Alex and remind him there is another meeting coming up, and would he like to give us any
|
||
546 more hints to his Risk-Code?!
|
||
547 Leonard: The disk drive works fine on both LNW and IBM. Single/Double Sides/Density, it checks out %100. It's in my car
|
||
548 right now and I'll be dropping it by soon.
|
||
549 Voyeur: You are right, that disk in gonzo. Send it back, along with a nasty letter to those idiots in Bellevue. It is
|
||
550 their fault, not the fault of the mail-order house.
|
||
551 Bard: I like the song too. I also thought it was infinitely better than that other 'drivel.'
|
||
552 Aaron: Are you really out there? PURGEUSER AARON.BW? Just another chip off the old block.
|
||
553 *%)_#@*%@_)%*)_@*&^)#$_^*+(^+_(^!*^!)^*#!^ L'homme sans Parity *#@*%@_)#*%)_*%)@%*+(%#*%@)_*%@#_)%*@_)%(@_)%@&%@_)#*%@%
|
||
554 Well, I'm glad to see that junk gone...
|
||
555 ____06/03/86__________Leonard_JD 2446585.5734_________17:45:43_____________
|
||
556 Lysiaslurk 19:47:22
|
||
557 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% June 3, 1986: 8:17:50 %%%%%%%%%%
|
||
558 NKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNK
|
||
559 AARON ????? T-4DAYS
|
||
560 NKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNKNK NORTH KEEP NKNKNKNKNKNKN
|
||
561 :::::::::::O O:::::::06/03::::::voyeur::::::::::::::22:40:::::::O O::::::::::::
|
||
562 ....the apprentice...on the third day of June, Anno Domini 1986, at 11:30..
|
||
563
|
||
564 Leonard, OK will do. * CM *
|
||
565 Lysiaslurk 01:57:?? Wed.
|
||
566 Nine days till cap and gown. Incredible. I can't believe I did it. And
|
||
567 then they hand me this piece of paper that says I know something about
|
||
568 electronics. And throw me to the wolves of imperious resume' readers.
|
||
569 Scared shitless...
|
||
570 It's like the first (and only) time I soloed. I taxied, managed to keep
|
||
571 the rudder the right way, carb heat on, mixture rich, and all that---
|
||
572 and the ground dropped away, and I looked to the right seat for Mac to
|
||
573 say-"good takeoff, no-the stall warning indicator didn't make apeep,
|
||
574 right--- And Mac wasn't there---
|
||
575 I turned right out of the pattern, hoping unconsciously that Mac would
|
||
576 be there, but he wasn't. He was on the ground, watching.
|
||
577 "How the fuck am I going to get this thing back on the ground????
|
||
578 Well, I just remembered what Mac had taught me, and although I did scrape
|
||
579 the port wing, I walked away from it-and that is the official defenition
|
||
580 of a good landing...
|
||
581 Kicked out of the nest.Solo. Like graduating... Are you listening, Milchar?
|
||
582 Morrissey-what ever happened to you?
|
||
583 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=LYSIAS=*=*=*=
|
||
584 {+|+} <584> 860604^0828
|
||
585 Lysiaslurk 08:56:??
|
||
586 RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO
|
||
587
|
||
588 Car 54, Car 54, Where are you?
|
||
589 This is Car 54, we're heading north on Industrial road. Just past Stardust.
|
||
590 Car 54, we have a report of armed men at McCarran International Airport.
|
||
591 Advise approach with caution, code 2.
|
||
592 This is Car 54. We're on our way. Request backup of Car 12 and Car 21.
|
||
593 Request acknowledged. Car 12, Car 21, back up Car 54 at McCarran.
|
||
594
|
||
595 Car 54, update on McCarran. Airport security says there's a body too. What
|
||
596 is your ETA?
|
||
597 This is Car 54. ETA is 5 minutes.
|
||
598 Car 12 and Car 21 are right behind you.
|
||
599
|
||
600 RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO
|
||
601 TM 10:02:30/060486
|
||
602
|
||
603 Excuse me, I just wanted to start leaving markers. One whole Hell of lot
|
||
604 easier than my keeping a note on what line number I was at. Here it is...
|
||
605 M3AD1986OUL.NYL.WEDNESDAY.JUNE.3.1426.0452773DLST.2226.0452773GMT.
|
||
606 Great, now all I have to do is write that down, call back, and wait for
|
||
607 the D FI command to pick it out for me! This is loads easier than jotting
|
||
608 down the line number.
|
||
609 Bye all MARK.
|
||
610
|
||
611 =*=*=*=*LYSIAS 14:39:??
|
||
612 / / / / / <-short border today...
|
||
613 RADIO: Hmm... Stardust? Do realize that Stardust is what defines a
|
||
614 Starpath? I should discuss it sometime, about how the Starkeepers use a
|
||
615 system to make sure the ships all go to the right place, but there aren't
|
||
616 too many lines left, and I really don't have time. W
|
||
617 Well,s see y'all later!!!
|
||
618 *** STARPATH ***
|
||
619 / / / / / <-and closing border, too.
|
||
620 I feel the need to waste these last few lines. Well, here goes:
|
||
621 BLANK LINEB LANKL INEBL ANKLI NEBLA NKLIN EBLAN KLINE BLANK LINEB LANKL
|
||
622 INEBL ANKLI NEBLA NKLIN EBLAN KLINE BLANK LINEB LANKL INEBL ANKLI NEBLA
|
||
623 NKLIN EBLAN KLINE BLANK LINEB LANKL INEBL ANKLI NEBLA NKLIN EBLAN KLINE
|
||
624 AND SO forth, and so on, and ARG I am now out of space, so I shall leave.
|
||
|
||
TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 624
|