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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 10 FEB 85 *********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 Hi I was woundering if anyone out their has access to "the center for the study ofthe future"??
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21 (bbs) because i was woundering how to obtain a password.
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22 So if you know please leave me a mess at any of these systems: P.A.C.
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23 Tha sunday trader
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24 tibbs'661-xxxx'
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25 or this system.
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26 thank you ,Mark l
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27 ...........................................................................
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28 "Greetings to thee, fair Lady," said the apprentice, "I had
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29 wondered at the aura I felt approach."
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30 "Enter and be welcome...."
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31 .........................the apprentice....................................
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32 ps. I *almost* said "Enter freely, and of your own will...."
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33 ...........................................................................
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34 Hmm. Eric seems to be impressed with this newcomer, Lady S.? I
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35 believe that was the name I heard. Mayhap she will be more at ease after a
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36 song...
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37 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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38 Deryni Spell Song (words & music: Suellen Plonski)
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39 When by Marluk's evil spell
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40 King Brion was brought down,
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41 Morgan it was sent him to hell --
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42 Magic gave Brion his crown.
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43 Chorus: Saint Camber, watch my bonnie Lord,
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44 Deryni Magic, be his guard.
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45 I say it now, it is so hard
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46 to watch him
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47 To watch him off to war (ignore above line)
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48 Kelson and morgan did stand
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49 Against Charissa fair;
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50 Queen Jehanna did show her hand
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51 In the circled magic there.
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52 CHORUS
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53 "Deryni," Warin made the claim,
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54 "Are of the Devil born."
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55 And so it was by sword or flame
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56 To kill Morgan he had sworn.
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57 CHORUS
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58 "Healing is a gift of God," he felt,
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59 "Magic to Satan is sealed."
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60 His mind was changed when wound he dealt
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61 By Morgan's magic it was healed.
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62 CHORUS
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63 Kelson, Morgan, and McLain,
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64 And Bishop Ar'lan good,
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65 Together they did prove the bane
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66 When 'gainst Torenth's king they stood.
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67 CHORUS
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68 "Dearest Lord," Richenda prays,
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69 "Let him come safe to me,
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70 For e'en if he Bran Coris slays,
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71 Dearer still's Morgan to me."
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72 Final Chorus: Saint Camber, watch my bonnie Lord,
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73 Deryni magic, be his guard.
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74 The watchfires burn, my heart beats strong,
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75 My Morgan's home from war --
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76 My Morgan's home from war!
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77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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78 Resuming his seat, the bard inquired, "Tell me Lady, if I be not
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79 overbold, what school of the art do you follow? For while I have not the
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80 knowledge of it that my apprentice friend has, I had thought that I knew
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81 of most branches, yet this is the first I have heard of one that likes
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82 not the Rowan?"
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83 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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84 M. d'Autun: The NET's job offer remains open....
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85 Ian Machinery
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86 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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87 (*==marker==*)
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88 net net net net net net net net net net net net net net net net net net
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89 tilean... you should know better... maybe that is why net never
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90 showed any interest in you... if you ever properly read the stories...
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91 you would know that betsy is a .45 caliber service automatic...no
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92 mention of revolver has ever crossed the phone lines... where did you
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93 get such an idea... perhaps we now know why thrike has never been and
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94 will never be much of a threat to net, underground, or the girl scouts
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95 of america... anyway... i guess thats how the old ball bounces...
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96 net net net net net net net net net net net net net net net net net net
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97 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
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98 "If you mean where do I get my powers, the answer is that I'm not
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99 really sure. I use the Moon for my focus, and have chosen the willow as
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100 my tree." I said, trying to remember what the corect phrases were. "But,
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101 oh dear. You see, my major fault is that I hate memorizing anything I
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102 can't use immediately, and forget everything that seems wrong to my view
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103 about Life. Please pretend I did't just put my teachers to shame if I
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104 have. I promise to be clearer in the future.
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105 "To start again, the reason I do not like the rowan is that I am not a
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106 healer, sorceror, or some other sort of mage. I am a witch, and we are
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107 the only recievers of feminine magic. The druids recieved both femine
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108 and masculine magic, the worshipers of Greek, Indian, and Hebrew gods
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109 use masculanity for thier powers. I'm afraid I must sound as if I am an
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110 advocate of female superiority, I don't believe that only women are wor-
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111 th the salt for thier porridge. I just recieve my gifts from a female
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112 sorce rather than a male or a sexless one. The point of all this is that
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113 the rowan is a masculine tree and it sort of annuls any hexes or anyth-
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114 ing I have done or try to do."
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115 After I said this, I started to be aware of the problems with letting
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116 the whole world know I was a (oh no, heaven forbid. It's a witch, let's
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117 burn 'er. She has a wart on the back her hand, the mark of the egg)
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118 witch. But since I'd just been studying witch trials I was inclined to
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119 be an itsy, bitsy bit paroniod.
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120 There is a poem I'd like to show you, I don't know the orgin but it's
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121 about (this whole paragraph should be in quotes) Her."
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122 I said to the man who had sung after I came in.
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123 "I think you might like it, but I could be wrong. If want to see it, it
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124 would be my delight to show you."
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125
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126 Lady S.
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127 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
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128 <<:*********************************************************:>>
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129
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130 Dear Ian:
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131
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132 Thank you for your kind offer...but I must refuse. My
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133 loyalty to the McKane organization is absolute. Mr McKane has
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134 made me everything that I am and I will never forget the
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135 debt I owe him and his great organization.
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136 Besides, without the power and guidance of the Grand Dragon
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137 Master I am nothing. I may as well not exist.
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138 Thank you again for your kind offer.
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139
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140 Monsieur d'Autun
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141 McKane Industries
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142
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143 <<:*********************************************************:>>
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145
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146 gee farley... seeing as how rosewood... taggart... and you are net agents... i really don't see why would would want to pry
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147 into your business... and if you rank the girl scouts so highly... perhaps you ought to do a little reconnaisence... it has
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148 changed a lot since you played tricks on them as a boy...
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149
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150 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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151
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152 "we have at least three cars following us... one of them is even silly enough to still have the soviet embassy flag on..."
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153 "silly is right" said tilean "when can we ditch these fools and go on about our business..."
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154
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155 "i never bothered trying to ditch them... i always let them know exactly how dumb they seemed... like this..." said markesso
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156 as he turned into a small alley... four cars turned into the alley along with him...
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157
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158 tilean was giggling as he watched through the rear view window... all five cars... slick and polished... one with soviet
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159 diplomatic car flags on... turned into a dirty alley... one after the other... cooperating to navigate the tight squeeze...
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160
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161 "this is great... who did you pick this up from... it reminds me a lot of kyle..." tilean wanted to be at the wheel... he
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162 wanted to do this... someday he might just get the chance...
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163
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164 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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165
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166 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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167
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168 The Former was sitting in one of the less lit booths, against the wall. His eyes squinted to find more detail in the dark
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169 booth. He thought he noticed a long sword, draped ceremoniously from a thin belt.
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170
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171 The young leiutenant sat uneasily, trying not too reveal how nerous this hushed conversation was making him.
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172 The older leiutenant also sat, but he was easier in his manner. His whispered speach was still strong, and even.
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173 The Former listened to his spy's reports. Reports of a citadel far off in a gray clouded land. Where rain fell coldly on
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174 dry dusty streets. And weavers and artisans packed up their tools at the end of a day of weaving for money.
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175
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176 It was a city, it's tall walls only defended it from the driving winds of the fjords. There was no enemy, save for those
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177 normally gained during the bloody intrigue of politics.
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178
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179 The two members of the ceremonial guard sat euneasily, trying to hide their anticipation of what might they be told next.
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180 They did this for intrigue, they reveled in the secrecy and anticipation of what would happen if they were discovered.
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181 Normal reasons for betraying a political, or military trust. For the sheer excitement.
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182
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183 "No, Alteut would not betray his Fief like that. He may be an old crotchety mage, but he has served the Satt Fief for six
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184 generations. No, whoever killed those two girls only made it look as if Alteut had done it."
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185 The Former sat still, his words and accusations seemed too well formed. Somehow his whole appearence offset this. It was
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186 a little strange to see this creature who inspired trust, a cute little thing that ambled slowly and ate leaves, speaking of a
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187 cold cynical murderer. Who sliced up young girls with magical blades.
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188
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189 It scared the spies, this living realization of politics and friendly lies. A kind furry teddy bear, animated with specal
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190 life. Hiding a smart little emotional thing, with tremendous capabilities for vengeance, and with long claws.
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191
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192 The Former decided to make the journey to Fief Satt and find the actual Ripper, find the person that made the whole fief
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193 scared of a kindly old mage who would never hurt anyone.
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194
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195 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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196
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197 .....................................................................
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198 The Puppetmaster
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199 The mime performs
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200 impossibilities--the marionette that
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201 hangs
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202 by
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203 strings
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204 is a man in a harlequin suit, a
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205 flesh-and-blood puppet
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206 suspended by
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207 imagination
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208 under the brilliant spot.
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209 Limbs hang limp or purposefully move
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210 at the will of the unseen
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211 puppetmaster above;
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212 someone,
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213 somewhere,
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214 pulling strings...
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215 One by one the strings are
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216 let go.
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217 The marionette, bewildered, slumps
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218 to the floor. Abandoned, eyes cast
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219 skyward toward the absent puppeteer,
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220 the harlequin doll lies.
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221 One white hand rises
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222 s l o w l y
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223 to grap the back of the wide crepe ruff,
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224 to pull skyward, to raise the body
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225 with its own strength;
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226 one white hand succeeds, just
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227 enough to bring the puppet to its fet--
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228 triumphant smile!
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229 puppet stands alone!
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230 but totters,
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231 tips,
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232 falls,
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233 without supporting strings
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234 into the blue puppet-trunk.
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235 Lid snaps shut, spotlight
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236 narrows to a point,
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237 then widens to reveal a smiling
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238 mime
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239 acknowledging applause.
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240 Of course, the mime, and so
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241 the puppet,
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242 was human all along.
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243 .....................................................Entropy............
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244
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245 *************************************************************************
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246 Hear Ye, Hear Ye.
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247 Come one, come all to the first, Official, super-duper CBBS/Aloha Pizza
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248 Party. Time? Next Saturday, February 17, at 6:00 PM. Where? Tentatively
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249 at Pietro's Pizza, in Beaverton, at 9375 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale highway.
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250
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251 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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252 L'homme; I thiank you a thousand times for introducing me to the wonderful world of programming with SYSRES. With
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253 it's help, I've just finished that L*O*N*G program I've been working on (I'm sure you remember the one).
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254 ++++++++
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255 Is it my imagination or is there some fantasy writing peeping its head up around here?
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256 ++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10:31pm on 02/10/85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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257 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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258 The Doctor regrets having to miss the meeting yesterday, but even The Tardis
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259 doesn't like snow...Milchar, it is good to see you back. It's been a while..,.
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260 The Former: Same to you...
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261 Sorry, but I do have to 'POP' off. (Sorry, Milch,.)
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262 Ta, Ta...
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263 ?????????????? The Doctor ????????????????????????? fFeb. 10, 20th Cen. ???????
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264 Oh what tales he good tell of times long gone and best forgotten.
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265 But still there was a time,,,,,yes a time when he could have shamed
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266 the strongest and bested the most brave.
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267 It was good to have so much to rely on so that the tenuous boring hours of wait
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268 would pass much quicker. To be able to recall those years of danger and inner tr
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269 emblings and smile inwardly of the conquests of those fears. But who would
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270 believe an old warrior, one that was
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271 obviously a teller of lies and stretched
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272 truths? It did not matter, no it did notmatter to him for he knew what
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273 was true and what was fiction. The hell with them all, he knew what he had done
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274 and he knew what he could do. Let them
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275 think that he was not what he really
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276 was, so much the better he thought.
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277 Besides, it would mean that they would
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278 not expect what was to happen in the
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279 future. A short snort of a chuckle as
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280 he caught himself thinking of their
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281 surprised reaction awould be. Yes,
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282 he said to himself, they will be quite
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283 shocked, especially as the life jumped
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284 from their souls at the moment of
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285 impact.
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286 THORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHOR
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287 THORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHOR
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288 'ere be dragons
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289
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290 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Young Master West Episode IV
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291 Please try to keep in mind that this is a continuation from December...
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292 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The "Alternate Reality"
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293 As the Young Master West pressed his way through the milling crowd he
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294 finally reached a chair at a table that seemed to be unoccupied. Upon closer
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295 examination he found that he had been mistaken for this table was a good length
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296 from end to end and had another patron sitting alone at the other end.
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297 As the lights flickered dimmly about the Inn, sight in the darkened
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298 corners could only be described as difficult at best once the sun would hide
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299 itself behind the trees for the evening.
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300 The boy walked slowly around the table to the other end where he had seen
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301 the seated person.
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302 "Maybe he can tell me where I can find the help I seek..." he thought.
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303 As he came closer to the far end of the table, he noticed that the patron
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304 was in deep thought over a small, glistening figurine that filled both of
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305 his hands.
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306 "Perhaps I had better wait before speaking with him," he thought. "I need
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307 not rush head-long into more... disapproval..."
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308 The boy then slowed his pace to a haltand stood silently, warily, against
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309 the beam that was against the wall.
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310 "You are so dear to me," said the patron to the figurine. "We both know
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311 that- yet... Why is it that I remain parted from you for so long?" It was the
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312 saddened voice of a bold man, voice that implied wisdom.
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313 This man then drew a strap of fabric from around his neck and began to
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314 polish the figurine with it. He polished it until it shined almost brighter
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315 then the lights about the Inn. When he was finished, he placed the object on
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316 the table squarely if front of himself and returned the fabric to around his
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317 his neck.
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318 The Young Master West could almost make out the figurine to be some type
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319 of a horse while the man's hushed voice did not carry far enough to be heard.
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320 "I am so sorry, Peg." were his words.
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321 The Young Master West took his first step forward to ask the man his
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322 question.
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323 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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324 It isn't much, but I'm still proud of my work...
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325 Piper: I hope I have treated you with appropriate chivalry. There is more
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326 to follow if this has met with your approval.
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327 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard, the Guardian 42:01+
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328
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329
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330 tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I tis I
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331 "I would hope that your exodus has not caused you any great distress.
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332 Though I regret to inform you that your colleagues have not yet expended too
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333 great an energy to regain your person."
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334 Fortunarely, the lights within the room were dim or else Gaudy would not
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335 have tried to sit up. Whatever it was that she had been drinking left a
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336 terrible aftertaste, not to mention a splitting headache.
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337 "You know, there are several other ways of getting a lady's attention...
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338 Did you ever consider sticking a gun in my back? Or even just ASKING me to
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339 leave?" she said as she clutched her head from the pain.
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340 "Your tone, though in jest, is still as sibilant. No, the mastery with which
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341 you have been enlighted would have proven the former to be a grievous error. On
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342 the other hand, the latter would only have served to increase you interests."
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343 That entertaining feeling that she had before she had passed out was long
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344 gone. She couldn't tell which made her feel all the more irritated- the hang-
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345 over that she didn't have the pleasure of earning, or the way this fellow
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346 insisted on speaking like he came right out of the late middle ages.
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347 "Ooooo! Such big words! You would think that they were a chore... Then
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348 again, you play the dandy just about as well as you play the fool."
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349 "Not precisely a civil tounge..."
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350 "I NEVER play by the enemies rules!" said Gaudy with a bit of a snap.
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351 "Nor, does it seem, by the rules of the protector of your own...
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352 flock, as it were. Surely you must know tha all I require from you is little
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353 conversation to pass the time until your companions arrive for your departur."
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354 "A conversation? Or do you want me to 'spill my guts'? You don't get the
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355 picture, do you? (pun, sorry) You don't know what you're up against, do you?
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356 I don't think you do."
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357 "Oh, certainly. I have full knowledge of just what a task I have undertaken
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358 to have brought YOU here. Of all people they chose to replace me with, YOU!"
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359 Conpempt could easily be heard in the words spoken.
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360 "What ARE you babbeling about? Replace who? Wait a second... ..."
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361 This shadow of a person stood from the table that it used to rest its weight
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362 and began to move restlesly about the darkened room. It was obviously nervous
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363 but did little to hide the fact.
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364 "If it is really you, why have you done this?" she said in a quieter, more
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365 relaxed tone of voice. "Why did you have to abduct me to get attention? There
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366 could have been other, less drastic measures for you to have taken. The
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367 different possibilities are endless..."
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368 "BECAUSE, You are the reason why I am not any longer a thriving entity
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369 within the organization! You... you... you..." Its voice trailed of as if at
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370 a loss for words to finish what was to be said.
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371 Gaudy gave the slightest sigh and began to contemplate how she would use
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372 this sign of weakness from it. #Now is my chance to overpower (him). But
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373 should I leave? There is so much more I could learn if I remained. Ian, you
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374 never did make such decisions available during training, darn you!#
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375 The two remained motionless for a long time before the next word was spoken.
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376 tis I tis I tis I ...Mystery Author... (yes, tis I) tis I tis I
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377
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378 L'homme sans Parity- Could you by chance relay the events that have occuered
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379 to the lady in question, a Guardy Minsky? Has she readily the opportunity
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380 to receive this directly? I have assumed, although probably incorrectly,
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381 that she has little time to spare for the BackWaters compared to days past.
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382 (typos abound- Gaudy not Guardy, although she is well guarded... Guardian?)
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383 The results may be quite interesting... tis I, Mystery Author `'`'
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384
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385 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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386 Tonight I had a feeling that pulled at my memories. A feeling I have not
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387 had in a long, long, time.
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388
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389 When I was very small I saw a picture, where I am not sure but the picture
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390 stands in my mind. The caption read:
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391 "Do you see the faces or the vase?"
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392 The picture was two dark silhouettes facing inward, it was also a white vase
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393 against a black background. A simple picture, but like so may simple things,
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394 it was a symbol with many meanings.
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395 I have always tried to look deeper than those around me. There are times I
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396 feel I see things that others cannot.
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397 I have tried to appreciate the gaps in living, the pauses in our lives. I
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398 have tried to fill them with wonder..... and anticipation.
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399
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400 As children we played on swings. We felt the wind in our hair, a firm hand
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401 on our backs. We pumped our legs to go higher and higher. Our feet leaving
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402 twin trails on the ground when we dragged them, wiping out the small divots
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403 where we stood on tip-toes to start.
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404 But my favorite feeling was in the instant, much to brief to cature, when
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405 nothing moved. Frozen in mid-air as if by a camera flash, moving neither
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406 forward nor back. But in that instant there was a thrill, a feeling in my
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407 stomach that tingled, oh so briefly.
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408
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409 Anticiation.....
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410
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411 I felt that tonight. In the touch of a hand, a cautious kiss, it lasted
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412 for hours.
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413
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414 A sweet taste of childhood on the lips of a new lover.
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415
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416
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417 Adrian
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418 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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419 Sondargaard, the Guardian -- Pray, please continue! Do you want interaction,
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420 or do you have the full plot of this episode fully worked out? --p
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421 pppppppppppppppppp
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422 Having finished his medley of tunes long since, the piper stood up as
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423 a newcomer made her way into the inn. Bowing low to the lady as soon
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424 as she finished her speech to the apprentice, he spoke:
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425 "Lady, as a Celt, let me please assure you that the Rowan -- for our folk--
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426 has no masculine-only connotations. The rowan by the entrance here was planted
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427 by the lady Pam -- whose relationship to the tree came from her Irish
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428 forbearers. For our people it is a symbol of stability, and a warding against
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429 evil. Although I am not deeply conversant in these matters, I have found that
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430 many of the magical symbolisms have been formed by cultural prejudice.
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431 Perhaps the magical school you have been trained in dates from some far
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432 distant period in history when the founders of your school strove against
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433 my ancestors? This could, indeed, explain the disparity with which we
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434 view the tree.
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435 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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436 Disparity? Great, just great there L'homme.
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437
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438 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (more, yes)
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439 Piper: I hate to say "hands off" since it is your character, so I won't. What
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440 I have planned for the upcoming confrontation is a little difficult to ex-
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441 plain. After I have set the course back to its proper stream, I might just
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442 return to the Inn to thank you for the words you have (will) given me.
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443 (Not to mention dragging along my boasterous older brother, remember him?)
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444 As I have said, I write these West entries down before entering them and
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445 get easily confused when a conflict arises to scrap my forethought.
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446 I would be honored to join words with you in a tale shortly. (Shortly
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447 should be all the time I need to finish this next episode.)
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448 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard is what I am known by
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449 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian is what I call myself
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450 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->The New Creators are my Legion 42:12
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451
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452 enough already
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453 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:454 Oh no, I thought, if I had paid more attention to history this would be as easy as it sounds.
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455 "I'm not sure why the rowan blocks my powers, but since it does, I suppose that it might be because it WAS used so widely by
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456 the Druids and other pre-saxon Kelts. You see, witches started in Germany and France; so when the saxons invaded they most
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457 likely brought some witches with them. It would make sense that the witches and Druids battled, so perhaps the trees which both 458 had used achived different powers to the different spell casters. The witches' powers percieved the rowan as masculine since we 459 put everything into masculine, feminine, or sexless types; and the druids, who reviered all trees, percieved the rowan as simply460 very powerful (which it is).
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461 "I'm sorry if I have said anything which is not true, history is not my forte, and please correct me if so."
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462 s:ks:ks:s:ks:k
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463 I appoligize for the strange way this message is typed, I'm not sure why it turned out that way.
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464 Lady S.
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465 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:466 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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467 If a tree falls in a forest where there are no ears, does it make any sound?
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468 Why does it bother falling at all.
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469 Adrian
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470 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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471 XXXXX YXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYZZZZZZZ
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472
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473 " As children we where afraid of the dark. We where told to look around in the light and then turn off the ligh
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474 thus showing that nothing is in the dark that is not in the light...
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475
|
||
476 But as we grow older we learn that there is a dark side and that the dark side is evil.
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||
477 Yet if you look back to our childhood we see that there is no more evil in the light then there is in the dark."
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478
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479
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480
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481
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482
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483 A SIMPLE THOUGHT
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484
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485 XYXYXYXYXYXXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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486
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487 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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||
488 "I'm not really to sure about all this. Are you sure this is going to work?
|
||
489 I mean, with all those others around it won't be like the practice session."
|
||
490 "Don't worry," confided Tina. "All you have to do is just pay attention to
|
||
491 what I'm telling you with the hand gestures and to keep an eye on the
|
||
492 indicator every once in awhile to be certain of what is really going on around
|
||
493 you. Here, take some of these," she said as she withdrew a small package of
|
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494 tablets from her handbag.
|
||
495 "Hmmm? What are those? Are you sure it's o.k. to take that many?" asked
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||
496 Jack in a concerned manner.
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497 "Oh, sure. I take 'em all the time before I go in There! They're just some
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||
498 antacids. I think you may need them once you get down in the pit. It can be a
|
||
499
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||
500 real hell down there," said Tina as if in passing.
|
||
501 "Thanks! Thanks a bunch! You know this isn't going to be easy, so why tell
|
||
502 me that it's going to get worse? Give me a break..."
|
||
503 "Come on, don't worry. You're intelligent, you can handel it. I know, or I
|
||
504 wouldn't have brought you along, she said trying to make him feel at rest. She
|
||
505 could recall what it was like the first time she stepped into the pit, but
|
||
506 tryed not to let it show. It was a nightmare that he was about to enter.
|
||
507 "Th... Thanks, I guess i'm just a little uptight because I don't know
|
||
508 what I'm getting into. Thanks for the vote of confidence." said Jack as he
|
||
509 straitened his jacket and tie. "Let's go. We have some points to re-write
|
||
510 in Economic History."
|
||
511 "I'm right behind you, Jack."
|
||
512 "Oh, and Tina?"
|
||
513 "Yes, Jack..."
|
||
514 "Thanks for all the help, I don't know what I'd do without you."
|
||
515 "No problem, charming. Let's get going, the Market awaits."
|
||
516 And the Market will never be the same...
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||
517 JJJJJJJJJJ Jack Hoover 4:36 p.m. JJJJJJJJJ
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||
518
|
||
519 ========================= FOR SALE ===============================
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||
520 RADIO SHACK MODEL PC-2 POCKET COMPUTER AND LINE PLOTER CASSET INTERFACE.
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||
521 INCLUDES BOOKS AND EXTRA PENS FOR LINE PLOTER. ORIGANLY PURCHASED FOR
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522 $200. IT HAS A FULL COMPLEMENT OF MICRO SOFT BASIC, WITH FULL STRING
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||
523 HANDELING CAPABILITY , AND 1.9 MEG CLOCK SPEED MAKING IT A VERY POWERFULL
|
||
524 HAND HELD. THE PLOTTER PRINTS IN FOUR DIFFERENT COLORS AND CAN OPERATE
|
||
525 TWO DATA CASSETS AT SAME TIME.
|
||
526 ================== $100 ================================================
|
||
527
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||
528
|
||
529 ============= CALL ANDY 774-xxxx ============
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||
530
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||
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531 @@ @@ (*) / (*)
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532 ^ /
|
||
533 ^ /
|
||
534 ----- /------/
|
||
535
|
||
536 (a feeble rendision)
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537 (and spelling)????????????
|
||
538 ? mark l ?
|
||
539 ????????????
|
||
540 You know it's funny butt...when I realy
|
||
541 think about life I suddnly realize that it is nothing more than well it's kind of hard to explain but here goes:
|
||
542 Life, a place to hang your hat.
|
||
543 Death, a place to punch your card and get the hell out of life.
|
||
544 (sorry to take up space with that shimt) ?????????????????
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||
545 ?? mark l ??????
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||
546 ?????????????????
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548 ....................................................................
|
||
549 Another bleary-eyed morning
|
||
550 Gray and depressing
|
||
551 And it's no different from any other day this week--
|
||
552 No hint of the glorius
|
||
553 Weekend waiting in the wings.
|
||
554 Instead I get a lecture on
|
||
555 The Fiscal Year and a Lame Duck Congress,
|
||
556 Social Security and The Budget.
|
||
557 Welfare and Defense
|
||
558 And The Federal Deficit and
|
||
559 The State of the Union.
|
||
560 It all sounds familiar;
|
||
561 I guess I'm in a recession.
|
||
562 ................................................Entropy......................
|
||
563 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
564 Dear Leroy,
|
||
565 Your scheme goes well. We are entering phase B. The NET won't know
|
||
566 what hit them. Goodrich is supplying a protype of their new blimp.
|
||
567 Ringling Brothers will be sending the hairless yaks by rail. Soon we will
|
||
568 have it all.
|
||
569 Success is at hand.
|
||
570 Mohammed Wassir
|
||
571 <The Sneaky Albanian>
|
||
572 P.S. Do you think 5 quarts of Vasoline will be enough? Ian is no
|
||
573 lightweight.
|
||
574 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
575
|
||
576 Lady S: Try typing 'MA 80' before entering your text. (or use any other
|
||
577 number less than 126) Ma 128 tends to cause problems....
|
||
578 (now to step back into character...
|
||
579 "Fear not, Lady, WE are hardly the type to burn witches. I daresay
|
||
580 that there are those who would burn us before they would burn thee."
|
||
581 "My master is a Gnostic Magician, I have not yet chosen a path, but
|
||
582 merely for associating with him I have endured attacks (verbal in nature).
|
||
583 Just let some fanatics hear that you 'deal with infernal powers' and...
|
||
584 ....'deal with', HAH! Anyone who makes a DEAL with such is a FOOL!"
|
||
585 "Compel them by the Names and Powers, yes, bargain with NO!"
|
||
586 At her start, he reassured her, "There is no need to worry, I will
|
||
587 not speak the Names in thy presence. Aside from my regard for the beliefs
|
||
588 of others, I have heard many tales of what awaits those who are lackwitted
|
||
589 enough to do such at inappropriate times!"
|
||
590 "I must make a small change to my statement: I do NOT have much
|
||
591 regard for the beliefs of those who call themselves 'Satanists'! To be such
|
||
592 one must accept most, if not all of the Judeo-Christian beliefs, and then
|
||
593 chose to follow a SELF-PROCLAIMED *EVIL*..... " he shook his head.
|
||
594 "They are responsible for part of the low esteem with which ALL
|
||
595 branches of the Craft or the Arts are held..."
|
||
596 ..............................the apprentice...............................
|
||
597 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
598 Dawn greeted me as I watched it rise over the plain.
|
||
599 Inwardly, I breathed a little sigh. I had earned this vacation. Healing, as
|
||
600 I had found out, was no easy task. I hoped that I would never have to go
|
||
601 through such an ordeal again. Those who Healed gained a new respect from me.
|
||
602 Although time had passed by pleasantly during the last two months, something
|
||
603 intangible tugged at a small corner of my mind. Small disturbances in the
|
||
604 fabric of reality caused ripples that spread out across the vast distances
|
||
605 (and other not-so-easily-definable boundries), finally to work their way into
|
||
606 my mind. Although I enjoyed the rest, I was beckoned.
|
||
607 #By what?#, I thought. One image repeated itself in the chain of thought I
|
||
608 forged from that question: that of the Inn, and the people who spent their
|
||
609 time there.
|
||
610 I arose, and began to walk down the stair into the tower. Step after step,
|
||
611 I thought on how much I enjoyed conversing with the patrons (#...innklings,
|
||
612 call them innklings#, went the thought that I caught floating by).
|
||
613 The decision came quickly. I reached the end of the stair then turned right,
|
||
614 passing five doors before entering the sixth. The room was furnished in a
|
||
615 sparse manner, barely having the common table, chair, and bed found in most
|
||
616 dwellings. I opened the chest at the end of the rickety bed.
|
||
617 Clothes flew about my head as I tossed them out one by one, in search of a
|
||
618 particular item. At last, near the bottom, was the tome that I had been
|
||
619 looking for.
|
||
620 It was marked with peculiar runes on the outside, and closed with a strange
|
||
621 lock that was not unlike the sort of thing you find on diaries. With an odd
|
||
622 twist of my hand and a low word, the book opened.
|
||
623 Yes! It was the Travelling Book, after all. Tomes such as this were extremely
|
||
624 rare, and I counted myself lucky to have one at all. I checked carefully to
|
||
625 see that it was well stocked with letters, material components, and vellum-
|
||
626 no telling what need may befall me. That done, I returned to the Tower Summit.
|
||
627 +++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++ 10:39pm on 2/11/85 +++++++++++
|
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