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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 9 OCT 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 AT THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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21 -----------------------------------------
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22 WINTER
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23 On this bitter morn,
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24 As the sun doth rise,
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25 The cold of night,
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26 Still chills our hearts.
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27 This is winter.
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28 %#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%# Midnight Hacker #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#
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29 :-(test)-:
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30 (test)-:
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31 :-(test)-:
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32 :-(test)-:
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33 I apologize for the preceding 4 lines - needed to make sure the upload would
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34 work. Please delete them (and this).
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35 |:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|
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36 A one-act play on words by A. M. Goer
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37
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38 My name is Maxwell, Brian Maxwell, and I am mad. Some people think I
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39 have it easy, and often confuse me with old what'sisface Reilly. But I
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40 have news for them: being a cop in Beverly Hills is no picnic. Not
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41 now, and not 9 years ago, when I first came to this cauldron of the
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42 black arts. Summer of 2001, it was. I remember it well, as the press
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43 was full of stuff about some guy they kept calling 'King Arthur'.
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44 Never did find out what that was all about. There was a young buckaroo
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n
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45 Broadway, and there was no room left for him in her life. He bordered
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46 on sheer madness, and almost met his end at a poker game. I had just
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47 gotten the king of hearts I needed to fill a straight, when in came six
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48 Samurai. I asked what had happened to the other one, but before they
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49 had a chance to say anything, the buckaroo yelled BONZZZZAAAIIII!! and
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50 lit into 'em. The poor kid didn't even know any karate. There I was on
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51 the jagged edge of a compromising position. I was undercover, tracking
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52 a card sharking gang, and had just figured out the system (hence the
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53 straight...), and it was time to nail the ring leader. I had just
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54 spent a year of living dangerously following that bird from out beyond
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55 Thunderdome (though that's another story). If I helped the kid, my cover
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56 would be blown to smithereens, and most likely so would I. We were
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57 both saved by some blade runner who had been standing unnoticed in the
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58 shadows. As he retired the fake Samurai, I noticed a strange piece of
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59 intricately folded paper in the shadows where the stranger had been
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60 standing. We finished the card game, after which I had enough
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61 to put that gang away for some time to come. It was time to take a
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62 vacation and relax -- this cloak & dagger stuff can get to you after a
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63 while. My first wife, Joan, always thought that a trip into the wilder
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p
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64 river, I just didn't see the romance in it. Europe should be nice this
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65 time of year though...
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66 |:-()-:|:-()-:|
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67 Here are the two missing lines - seemed to be a problem with line length...
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68 1: named Danny. He came out here after the rose of his life made it onto
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69 2: parts of Africa would be great, but while the Nile may be a jewel of a
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70 |:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|:-)(-:|
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71 P.S. If someone with edit permission could move the lines, it would be
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72 most appreciated.
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73 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Uvja Rajuul*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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74 Watched as the feeble blast stoped midway in its course, much to the chagrin
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75 of its castor. A glowing sphere formed at this point seeming to take in energy
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76 the way dry sand soaks up oil.
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77 Soon it glowed too brightly even to look upon. With deliberate slowness
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78 it traveled back down the bolt at who's end it seamed to have formed.
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79 The sphere, now mon sized, floated bare centimeters of the oaken floor
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80 a handsbreath infront of the face of the bolts careless caster who, temporarily
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81 blinded fell limply back into his seat.
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82 As quickly as it had formed the briliance subsided and formed itself into
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83 a familiar 16 toed catlike shape.
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84 I hope Quimedni are welcomed here. Seams I've arived none too soon. Were
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85 the first words it spoke.
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86 "Kikrulan my old friend Uvja spoke accross the room, "you've settled a
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87 disruption and none too soon."
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88 "If you would join my table, perhaps we can now get back to the story the
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89 person over there in brown and green was starting to tell."
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90 Sotto voiced, to the shape changer now sitting accross table from him uvja
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91 said "I belive we may know that one though weve never befor seen him in quite
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92 that form"
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93 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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94 mmeeeeoooourrrll... hi entropy and hi RHD+ tnx and please continue. You ARE
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95 appreciated.
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96 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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97 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-."Where are we?" asked Emu.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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98
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99 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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100 "Nick Young, Private Eye"
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101 Part One: Death at the Diner
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102
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103 Inside the diner, Private Detective Nick Young was ordering his
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104 dinner.
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105 "The usual," he told the waitress,"and on toast." The waitress
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106 looked sick and shuffled away.
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107 A man came into the diner, out of the biting Chicago winds. He
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108 was wearing a heavy overcoat, and he was shivering. Looking around
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109 the diner nervously, he spotted Nick at joined him in the booth.
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110 "Nick," the man started,"I need your help, someone's been
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111 following me!"
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112 Nick started picking his teeth with a match he kept just for that
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113 purpose. "Yea?" he drawled (he had been practicing his drawl lately,
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114 and was eager to try it out), "So what? In Chicago, half the people
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115 follow the other half all the time."
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116 The man across from him looked puzzled. "Nick, they want to kill
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117 me!"
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118 Nick waited for some dramatic music. Finding none, he started to
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119 say, "Okay Jerry, here's what cha' do..."
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120 But before he could finish, two large men burst into the diner, each
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121 carrying an SMG.
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122 Jerry tried to pass through the material of the booth bench, but
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123 the bond of the polychemicals used to make it was to close. He reached
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124 into his coat and pulled out a snub-nosed .38.
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125 Leaping up, he pointed the gun towards the two men. The gangsters
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126 opened fire and Jerry took four slugs from each gun before he sank to the
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127 floor, dead.
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128 The gangsters moved over to the booth and kicked Jerry's body to
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129 make sure that he was dead. Seeing that he was, one of them pulled out a
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130 business card and handed it to Nick. The card read "ACME INSURANCE".
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131 They left the diner without a word.
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132 Nick got up and slung Jerry's corpse over his shoulder. On his
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133 way out, the waitress said,"What cha' gonna do Nick?"
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134 Nick turned and said levelly, "Never eat here again, that's for
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135 sure!"
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136
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137
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138 Part Two: "Meanwhile, back at the office..."
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139
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140 by: PEN NAME
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141 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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142 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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143 Pen Name: HAHAHAHAH... Good show!
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144 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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145 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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146 After half an hour the lights had faded behind them. They continued walking until finally Tariya wanted to know,
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147 "Where are we going? Where's your transport?"
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148 "Where's yours?"
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149 "Uh, floating in hyperspace somwhere between here and the Andromeda nebula."
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150 James grinned, "That sounds like quite a story."
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151 "I forgot to lock down the dimensional stabilizer and when I came back it was gone." she admitted.
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152 "Right." James reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver card. "Fortunately, I don't have to worry about
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153 things like that. I carry my transportation with me."
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154 She looked at the card doubtfully. "It looks a little small for the both of us."
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155 "But looks can be deceiving. Watch." He placed his thumb meaningfully on the center of the card. Tariya watched
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156 expectedly but nothing happened. Finally James coughed embarassedly. "Oops. Wrong side. Now watch."
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157 He turned over the card and pressed his thumb on it again. A glowing red rectangle immediately appeared beneath it.
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158 The a dim white aura surrounded the small card. "Now we're cookin'." he said as he placed it on the ground.
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159 Seconds after they stepped back the card changed shape. Now it was a circle. Suddenly the circle exploded outwards
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160 to a diameter of four feet. Tariya gasped a little and jumped back. James laughed. Having reached its maximum
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161 horizontal size, the circle began to expand vertically. It grew upwards until they were confronted with a seven foot
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162 tall cylinder.
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163 It stood passively until James reached out and touched a spot on its surface. A split ran down the front and
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164 widened as the two front quarters rotated back into the back half. Now there was just half a cylinder, hollow inside.
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165 On the back inside was a 3X4 grid of small glowing red spots. Tariya gasped, "That's incredible!"
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166 "It's a technique called hyperfolding. Uses interdimensional geometry that gives me a headache just thinking about
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167 it. It basically forces the volume back in on itself until you get the size you want. Just don't ask me what happens
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168 to the mass." he was like a kid showing off a new toy.
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169 "I'm impressed. But it still looks a little close in there."
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170 "Well, what's wrong with a little closeness?" He wanted to know. The look she gave him answered that question right
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171 off. "Okay, okay. There's still more to it. But you have to get inside with me. I'm the only one it obeys. Unless, of
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172 course, you don't trust me."
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173 "So far I've had little reason to trust you." She pointed at the waiting cylinder, "But at least tell me what that
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174 thing is."
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175 "Okay." He sighed. After a moment's thought, he said, "Tell me, have you ever heard of a vehicle called a
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176 TARDIS?"
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177 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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178
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179 }<1><1>1<>1<<1>1>>1<<1>>1<1>><1<>1><11<>>1<<<1>>>><11<<>>11<<>>>1<><>>>1<<>
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180
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181 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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182 To: Destroyer
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183
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184 Good writing, keep it up! (no pun intended)
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185
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186 -PEN NAME
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187 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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188 ...........................................n...tro...p..............!
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189 :-]M[-:
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190 .........................................................Why Unicorns?........
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191
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192 Did you hear the one about the boy who put his finger in the dike?
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193
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194
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195 He got himself slapped.
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196 ..............................................................................
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197 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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198
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199 To: The Destroyer
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200 From: RHD inc.
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201
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202 Enjoying your work!
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203
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204 ********************************
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205
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206 and yet another attempt at being verbose...
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207 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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208 let me see, where shall i begin? it is somewhat difficult.
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209 i see no strife here, yet there is so much not seen by the
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210 naked eye. how long has it been since i died? a simple quest-
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211 ion, yes. a simple answer? never! so many times have i died
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212 in my heart that the asking would surely set me to tears. this
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213 time no tears are dropped, hopefully.
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214 "since i have died?" i ask cheerfully to cover the scars
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215 hidden in my heart. "why, i haven't died yet. and i hope not
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216 to die for a long, long time. why should you ask such a ques-
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217 tion? are you in such fear of being near your own?"
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218 "no, i don't fear that which is the past. i had only
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219 wondered if i might be in the company of my people once again."
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220 zeb turned her head slightly and breathed a sigh noticed only
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221 in the rise and fall of the blankets covering her delicate
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222 frame. "perhaps it is only a dream that i may return to where
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223 i came."
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224 "the past? hmm, what has happened to bring you here then, or
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225 us for that matter?" one can only say so much before my
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226 interest is perked.
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227 "if only i could tell you. the words escape me..." her
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228 words trailed as her ability to communicate verbally became
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229 subdued by her frustration. yet in that frustration i began to
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230 see images in my mind that told their own stories. more vivid
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231 were the images of the ones i knew, of the surface of the great
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232 black plane. images of my new-found companions, of piper and
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233 this zeb became crystal clear. feelings and thoughts, slowly
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234 these things seeped into my consciousness.
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235 "lie quietly," i said to help calm her appartent discomfort.
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236 gently i placed my hand on her head as would a mother to her
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237 child in understanding. i smoothed her tossled hair with my
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238 fingers.
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239 suddenly the images reappeared in my mind, this time more
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240 strikingly real. the feelings, the actual experiences becam my
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241 own feelings, my own experiences. i shuddered under the
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242 strength of this onrush.
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243 "you are thinking of what has happened on the surface that
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244 once was outside the pell-mell. these... these things, did
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245 they really happen?"
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246 eyes that had recently closed opened again to look back at
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247 me. "yes, but how do you know?"
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248 "i can see them, i can see what is in your mind. at least, i
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249 think i do."
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250 "then maybe now i might be able to tell some of these things
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251 that are lost with words." thoughts that were once hers,
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252 bits and pieces she had acquired now began to flow to me. i
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253 could not perceive all that came my way, yet some of it seemed
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254 so simple. why hadn't we considered some of this for our-
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255 selves? returning to our home, back near the inn seemed so
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256 simple. yet appearances may often be deceiving. i was in link
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257 with a being i knew very little about other than she looked
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258 somewhat like me, only just another girl...
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259 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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260 "zeb": i hope that wasn't too much to swallow for one sitting.
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261 just be so kind as to tell me some of the things i'm
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262 supposed to know now. i won't concede to a stalemate
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263 with this story.
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264 now off to find an old friend to maybe create a twist...
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265 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& the scarlet lion &&&&&&&
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266
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267 Jesus Christ and Moses were golfing one day, and they came upon the
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268 7th tee; par 3. Moses led off with a beauty of a shot with his six
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269 iron, landed just a few feet from the pin. So Jesus calmly strode up,
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270 whipped out his nine iron, and began to line up the shot, whereupon
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271 Moses said, "I'd use a six iron if I were you Lord, it's a bit far
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272 for a niner."
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273
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274 Jesus replied, "No, I saw Arnold Palmer sink one once from this very
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275 same hole, using a nine iron."
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276 Moses shrugged and Jesus let loose. The ball drifted to the left and
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277 landed smack dab in the middle of the pond. Say "Me Damn" he walked
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278 *oops* Moses giggled and said "see, I told you, whereupon he walked
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279 out toward the water, parted it, and retrieved the ball. "Now, use
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280 your six iron like I did."
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281 Jesus took the ball and teed up. "No, if Arnold Palmer can do it, I
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282 certainly can." He took another shot, and again it landed in the
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283 water. He then threw down his club and walked out over the water, and
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284 stood staring down at his ball below.
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285 At that time the groundskeeper walked up to Moses, staring at the man
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286 standing out in the middle of the pond. "Who does that guy think he
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287 is?" he asked. "Jesus Christ??"
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288 Moses shook his head. "Nope," he said sadly. "Arnold Palmer."
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289 *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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290 #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
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291 A TOAST
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292 I destroy the memories.
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293 I drink the blood of minions,
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294 From the heart of my enemy.
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295 My enemy.
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296 That which dwells in and is the hell that was my prision.
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297 I am free, and I am home.
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298 Far from that which engulfs all but the few.
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299 Home, to stay or leave as I please.
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300 Finally, home.
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301
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302 May all who change thier fates be rewarded.
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303
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304 #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%# Midnight Hacker #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
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305 :::::=====:::::=====
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306 I had hoped to see the cat move, but I could only sense a vague sort
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307 of feeling, like she was there, but wasn't. Very strange...
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308 But such is life....
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309 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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310 To that which be, were that I could
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311 For home is not a place to wait,
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312 But to leave calmly, laughing... and still,
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313 For many believe that their fates lie within,
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314 And were it not so, than it might be elsewhere,
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315 and visiting there might be painful.
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316 Or so it seems.
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317 But who knowest the truth, and therein lies the pain.
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318 For if you can decipher this, then you surely
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319 understand not only the above, but Rod Mckuen too.
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320 So let it not go to waster,
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321 (waste)
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322 Because that's where we find loneliness.
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323 Which is such a terrible thing to see.
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324 Moose.
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325
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326 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ FredLurk $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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327 000000000000
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328
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329 Hartleeb is a real dope.
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330
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331 ""#"#"""""""#"#"#"#""#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"
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332 }-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{
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333
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334 I step out of the cold, dark night into the warm sanctity of the bus...
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335 It is the number 20, heading into Portland, and this is the beginning of the
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336 line... Loosening my trenchcoat, I take a seat 2 forward of the back door...
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337 I can have my pick of seats, as there are very few other travellers this far
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338 out at this late hour...
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339 With my books laid down on the seat next to me, the other 3 or 4 occupants
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340 of the bus and myself wait for the driver to return: He is probably drinking a
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341 hot cup of coffee or coacoa from one of the many vending machines on campus...
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342 I look around me at the other people in the bus; one of them I know by
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343 name, he is Mike... I know him only as the system manager of a hole-in-the-wall
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344 little company that managed to scrape enough together to buy a Xenix box for
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345 whatever it is that they do... He is taking the same class at the college as I
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346 am. I can't help but wonder who he really is... My eyes say that he is about
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347 30, and a bit pudgy...
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348 But it is that which I cannot see that I wonder about: Who is he?
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349 Does ha have kids? Does he live alone? Is he gay? It doesn't really matter,
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350 I will probably never see him again after the term ends, such is the way with
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351 Night courses at a community college... So many unanswered questions, the
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352 answers to which will become less and less important as time goes by...
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353 Once again looking around the bus, my eyes fall on a stunningly beautiful
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354 young woman, her dark hair cut shoulder length and slightly puffed on the
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355 sides... She is wearing a gray jacket and Levi's which are much more than
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356 flattering on her... Her beauty comes in a way that is not sexual, but more in
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357 the sense that it is plainly obvious that it is indeed a beautiful being
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358 inhabiting that body... She is plainly tired as she looks around the bus with
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359 big brown eyes, starts toward the back of the bus, then turns around and plops
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360 in the forward side-seats, resting her entire frame on the vow of upholstery,
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361 right under the "PLEASE RESEVVE THESE SEATS FOR ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED RIDERS"
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362 sign... Once again, I can't help but wondering...
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363 In my minds eye, I can see the events of earlier that evening:
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364 I can see her(Her name is Jennifer) walking away from a house, in the dark,
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365 toward the college... She is crying...
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366 "Just who does he think he is?!?!?" She is thinking, in response to the
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367 argument that had just taken place... She tries to no avail to fight back the
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368 tears as she walks alone through the darkness... He had given her a good slap
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369 to the cheek, and it stung even now as she thought about the way things had
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370 escalated from a small disagreement over something so trivial it had already
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371 faded from memory, to an all out confrontation in his kitchen...
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372 In a sudden state of reflection and contemplation, she realized how
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373 grossly massochistic people were, How it hurt so bad to love someone, but how
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374 it was so sought after and irresistable... The lyrics to an old Billy Joel
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375 song drifted across her mind: "Well we all fall in love, but we disregard the
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376 danger"... How fitting song lyrics tended to fe at times, particularly when in
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377 a state like this... She was comingup on the college now, and reached into her
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378 pocket to dig out enough change to take the bus at least as far as downtown...
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379 After a bit of struggling to find the last dime, and finally finding one on
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380 the ground, she breathed a sigh of relief: She really didn't want to have to
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381 hitchhike, particularly this late at night, and who knows what kinds of weirdos
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382 inhabit Troutdale...
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383 The fus was a bit late to leave, but that didn't matter... It would take
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384 her quite a while to recouperate from the shock of the evening, and she didn't
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385 think things would ever work out again between her and Brad, he had used her
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386 one too many times... But it's not that easy... But she would survive....
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387
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388 The bus driver arrived and fired up the engine... The usual routine of
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389 shutting all the doors and putting the big vehicle in gear, and we disappeared
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390 into the night, becoming one with the darkness...
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391
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392
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393 Omni-Student
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394 }-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{
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395
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396 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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397 I stood and gazed about the beautiful territory surrounding the Inn. The
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398 Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS, almost forgetting to let Grann out before
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399 locking the outer door. We had materialized about a quarter mile away from
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400 the Inn- we decided a walk would be to our liking.
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401 In other places, autumn can seem so depressing. The gay colors of the leaves
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402 which seemed so cheerful here signaled a season of death elsewhere. Perhaps
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403 that is just my biased view.
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404 We enjoyed the walk to the doors on the Inn. The Rowan tree we passed slowly,
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405 in recognition of the planting Pam had done herself long before any of us had
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406 discovered this pool of creative humanity (er, sorry Zephyr, in this case I'll
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407 regard you as human. That goes for the Tin Man and anyone else I've forgotten,
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408 too.). Just before we reached the threshold, we stopped.
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409 Grann looked sad. "Master, I wish to leave your teaching."
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410 I stared at him. This was not altogehter unexpected, butit still hurt.
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411 "I am sorry to see you go, Grann. Will you return?"
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412 "As soon as the Games are over, master. I find I enjoy your company. And
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413 the Doctor's."
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414 "Go, then, with my blessing. Tell me the outcome when you return!"
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415 Grann smiled, and said, "I shall!" He ran back across the footbridge.
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416 He seemed to grow misty as he ran on, finally becoming invisible altogether.
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417 The last sign of him was a delayed echo:
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418 "I shall!"
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419 A tear rolled down my cheek, unbidden. I wiped it away quickly, cursing such
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420 sentimental foolishness. "After you, Doctor," I said thickly.
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421 He opened the door and strode inside; I followed. The ever-present fire was
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422 burning brightly, around which were clustered familiar faces. For a while,
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423 my sadness was masked by my happiness of returning to the place that will
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424 always be more home than home.
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425 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++ 10 Oct 85, 7:17pm +++++++++
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426 THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ON THIS PROGRAM SOIT COMES AS A FRIGHT TO ME<BUT TH
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427 ANKS FOR HAVING ME ON IT>
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428 DAVID GILL
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429 help
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430
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431
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432
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433
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434 list
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435 sorry
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436
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437
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438
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439 run
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440 ------------------------------------------------------------
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441 THE YEAR IS 1875 AND CAPTAIN STEVEN B.NIVEK IS
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442 EXPLORING THE PLAINS AND FRONTIER OF GORTANIA.ALONG WITH HIS
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443 PARTY OF 35,THE CAPTAIN FINDS AN IDEAL PLACE FOR A TOWN TO
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444 SPROUT UP.
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445 UNFORTUNATLY THE SETTLEMENT DOES NOT WORK OUT.A RAGE OF
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446 SMALL POX FLOODS THROUGH THE CITY.ONLY THE CAPTAIN AND 7
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447 OTHERS CAN ESCAPE THE FURY.
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448 DUE TO HIS FIRST UNSUCESSFULL ATEMPT TO EXPLORE THE
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449 WILDERNESS OF GORTIANA,THE CAPTAIN AND THE SURVIVORS GO BACK
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450 TO THE STARTING PLACE OF THIER EXPEDITION.
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451 WITH FRESH NEW MEN,HORSES,AND FOOD THE CAPTAIN TRIES
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452 AGAIN.THE EXPEDITION STARTS THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE EXCEPT
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453 THIS TIME THERE IS 12 MORE MEN.
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454 AFTER HIKING FOR MORE THAN A WEEK WITH PLENTY OF
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455 STOPS,THE WHOLE SHABANG STOPS AND SETS UP A CAMP FOR THE
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456 KNIGHT.AFTER THE CAPTAIN BUILDS A FIRE,THE WHOLE CREW STARTS
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457 TO ROAST THE VENISON THEY HAD CAUGHT EARLIER TODAY.
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458 "THAT WAS MY PIECE THAT YOU TOOK YOU RAT!!"SAID THE
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459 FIRST MATE FRANK WELLINGER TO A SCOUT ANGRILLY.
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460 "YOUR A GOSH AWFULL FILTHY LIAR,THATS JOE LOTER'S
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461 PIECE,HE DOESN'T LIKE IT SO HE GAVE IT TO ME!"
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462 AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,WITHOUT WARNING THE BIGGEST
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463 BRAWL YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IN YOUR LIFE STARTED.
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464 "CRASH!!! BANG BOOM BAMB CRRUNCH OWWWWW!!!!"
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465 THOSE WERE JUST A COUPLE OF THE SOUNDS THAT WOKE UP
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466 LT.JIM PORTY AND CAPTAIN NIVEK.
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467 "BRAKE IT UP,BRAKE IT UP."THE TWO YELLED IN UNISON
|
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468 "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE,I BET THE PEOPLE IN OUR
|
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469 HOME TOWN COULD HEARD YA,YOU GUYS WERE SO LOUD!!!
|
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470 "WELL YOU SEE SIR,IT REALLY WASN'T ANITHIN JUST A
|
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471 LITTLE HOME TOWN BRAWL."FRANK WELLINGER TRIED TO EXPLAIN.
|
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472 "I DON'T CARE WHAT IT WAS BUT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK
|
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473 YOU TWO,"CAPTAIN NIVEK SAID WHILE POINTING TO FRANK AND AND
|
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474 SCOUT HAMMOND ,"ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KP."AND AS THE
|
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475 CAPTAIN WAS LEAVING TO GO BACK TO SLEEP HE SAID IN A LOW
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476 GROWL,"NOW DON'T YOU GUYS BY GETTING INTO ANY MORE BRAWLS
|
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477 BECAUSE I HAVE ALOT WORSE THINGS IN MY MIND FOR BRAWLERS
|
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478 THEN JUST KP."
|
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479 THE NEXT MORNING WAS BRIGHT AND CHEERFULL.YOU COULD
|
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480 TELL THIS BY ALL THE HAPPY SMILES ON EVERYBODYS FACE,EXCEPT
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481 OF COURSE FOR FRANK AND SCOUT HAMMOND,WHO WERE OBVIUSLY MAD
|
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482 AT EACH OTHER AND THE CAPTAIN.
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483 THE DAYS WENT BY,JUST ABOUT THE SAME EACH DAY EXCEPT
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484 THE FARTHER THEY GOT ON THIER JOURNEY THE FARTHER THEY
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485 TRAVELED EACH DAY.
|
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486 "ALWAYS THE SAME EVERY SINGLE DAY,WAKE UP WITH SUN AND
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487 GET YOUR PAY,TRAVELL ALL DAY,EATING ALONG THE WAY STOPING AT
|
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488 NIGHT TO EAT AND SLEEP AND THEN ON OUR WAY THE VERY NEXT
|
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489 DAY."THIS WAS JUST ON OF THE MANY SONGS THAT THE PARTY WOULD
|
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490 SING WHILE HIKING,BOATING OR WHENEVER THEY NEEDED A LIFT.
|
||
491 AS THE PARTY KNEW FROM RECENT EXPEDITIONS THEY WERE
|
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492 ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GORTAINA HIGHLANDS.WITH ONLY 25
|
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493 MEN AND 9 WOMEN LEFT A WATER BOY AND A YOUNG GIRL HAD A BABY
|
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494 BOY.THEY DECIDED TO NAME HIM AFTER THE WATER BOY'S GRAND
|
||
495 FATHER PETER MOCKONI,SO PETER IT WAS.LUCKILY THE MAN
|
||
496 NAMED,SAMUAL FRANKLIN HAD USED TO BY A MINISTER.SO AS THE
|
||
497 TIMES WOULD OF HAD IT SAMUAL BATIZED PETER.
|
||
498 TODAY IT IS SUNDAY AND EVERY BODY RESTS.THE YOUNG
|
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499 BOYS,PLAYING WITH THIER PLAY GUNS PRETENDING TO BE COWBOYS
|
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500 AND INDIANS.THIER FATHERS,JUST SITTING IN THE SUN LIKE LAZY
|
||
501 PIGS.THE WOMEN WOULD BE AT WORK SETTING UP THE SUNDAY
|
||
502 FEAST.AND WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON THE TEENAGEERS WOULD
|
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503 BORROW THIER FATHER'S GUN AND GO GET THAT NIGHTS MEAL.
|
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504 AFTER LEAVING IN MID MORNING THE BOYS WOULD USALLY
|
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505 RETURN WITH AT LEAST 3 OR 4 RABBITS,USALLY A DEER,AND ONE
|
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506 SUNDAY THEY EVEN BROUGHT HOME A 150 POUND BALCK BEAR.
|
||
507 THE NIGHT WAS ON OF DANCING,LAUGHING,AND EATING WITH
|
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508 OUT ONE WORRY AT ALL.NOT TO SAY THAT EVERY NIGHT WAS LIKE
|
||
509 THIS BECAUSE ON EVERY OTHER DAY IT WOULD BE WORK,WORK AND
|
||
510 MORE WORK,ALWAYS GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT DAY.
|
||
511 AFTER ABOUT 1 MORE WEEK,THE PARTY WAS SUPRISED BUT ALSO
|
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512 ASTONISHED.BEFORE THEM IN A SMALL VALLY WAS A INDIAN
|
||
513 VILLAGE.AT THAT TIME ALL THAT THE INDIANS HAD,AMONG THESE
|
||
514 PEOPLE,WAS AN ALL AROND BAD REPUTATION.THE CAPTAIN HAD SET
|
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515 UP A STRATAGY.HE KNEW THAT THEY OUT NUMBERED HIM AND HIS
|
||
516 PARTY AT LEAST 3 TO 1.WHAT HE HAD PLANNED TO DO HE TOLD HIS
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517 COLEAGUES.
|
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518 "NOW LISTEN CLOSLY,"THE CAPTAIN SAID QUIETLY,"WE WILL
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519 SNEAK AROUND ON OUR BELLIES UNTIL WE COME TO THAT CLUMP OF
|
||
520 TREES,"HE SAID POINTING TO A SMALL AREA OF CEADER
|
||
521 TREES,"WHILE KEPPING ONE EYE ON THE INDIANS,MAKE A DASH FOR
|
||
522 THAT HUGE BOULER ON THE FAR SIDE OF THAT PLATEAU.WE WILL ALL
|
||
523 GO IN PAIRS AND I WILL CARRY BABY PETER.IF THE INDIANS SPOT
|
||
524 ONE OF US AND MAKE SOME REMARK ABOUT IT TO ANOTHER IT'S
|
||
525 EVERY BODY FOR HIM OR HER SELF.IF IN CASE THID DOES HAPPEN
|
||
526 WE WILL ASEMBLE AGAIN TOMORROW AT DAWN RIGHT HERE.SINCE
|
||
527 THERE ARE STILL PRETTY MANY OF US AFTER THERE ARE MORE THAN
|
||
528 3 PAIRS BEHIND THE BOULDER THE FIRST TWO WILL RUN DOWN THE
|
||
529 HILL AND ASEMBLE THERE.FRANK YOU GO FIRST WITH YOUR PARTNER
|
||
530 AND I WILL GO LAST WITH MINE.GOOD LUCK EVERY BODY AND ABOVE
|
||
531 ALL BE SILENT."
|
||
532 EVERYTHNG WAS GOING PERFECT UNTILL ON SCOUT SLIPPED AND
|
||
533 SOME ROCKS TUMBLED DOWN INTO THE INDIANS VILLAGE.EVERYBODY
|
||
534 HELD THERE BREATH,THE SCOUT LAY STILL,LUCKILLY NOTHING
|
||
535 STIRRED IN THE VILLIGE BELOW.THEY HAD ALL MADE ACROSS THE
|
||
536 MOST CHALLENGING WALL THAT THEY WOULD FACE ON THIER LONG
|
||
537 JOURNEY.
|
||
538 AFTER THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE INDIANS EVERYBODY WAS A
|
||
539 LITTLE LESS LIVELY AND ALOT MORE ALERT.
|
||
540 IN 5 DAYS TIME THIER JOURNEY HAD ENDED.CAPTAIN NIVEK
|
||
541 AND HIS PARTY HAD FOUND THE PERFECT SPOT FOR A SETTLE
|
||
542 MENT.IT WAS ABSOLUTLY PEFECT A RIVER FLOWING ON THE SOUTH
|
||
543 SIDE A SMALL ROW OF HILLS ABOUT 800 FEET UP ON THE NE
|
||
544 SIDE,AND ABOUT 25 MILES TO THE WEST WAS THE RUTONICAS
|
||
545 OCEAN.THE CAPTAIN AND HIS PARTY RAN TO HIS SPOT.
|
||
546 AS TIME WORE ON,THE YEAR NOW 1890 CAPTAIN STEVEN
|
||
547 B.NIVEK PROCLAIMED THIS HIS TOWN.IT WOULD BE CALLED
|
||
548 NIVEKTON.SINCE THERE WAS A SMALL DEPOSIT OF CLAY UNDERNEATH
|
||
549 THE SURFACE A ONE TIME SCULTIST MADE THE NOW FAMOUS
|
||
550 STATUE,OF MR.STEVEN B.NIVEK.
|
||
551 THAT VETY STATUE STILL STANDS IN THE SQUARE ON THE
|
||
552 WESTERN SIDE OF NIVEKTON.THOUGH A LITTLE CORODED AWAY BY THE
|
||
553 WEATHER THE STATUE STILL RESEMBLES THE FAMOUS FOUNDER OF
|
||
554 NIVEKTON.
|
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555
|
||
556 ----------------KEVIN B.------------------------------------
|
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557 Kevin B., you just used up God-only-knows how many lines
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558 with a story that belongs in a history book. I know you're
|
||
559 trying, and to each their own talent, but take more time,
|
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560 and make the thing shorter, and people will enjoy it more.
|
||
561 In other words (and I want to be positive, I'm not condemnin
|
||
562 g your work, lets keep the quality a little higher here...
|
||
563 and if you realize you're a little lacking, then keep it
|
||
564 short so we can help you with your style, etc.
|
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565 Whew... that blows my time away for my story today folks....
|
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566
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567 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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568 Hartleeb sucks
|
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569 ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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570 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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571 L'Homme: Do you have an 8086 reference book lying around doing
|
||
572 nothing? How would you like to put it to a good use? I need
|
||
573 to borrow one for background for the 8086 assembler we're writing
|
||
574 in Systems. If so, let me know when we can get together. I'm
|
||
575 usually on campus *all* day (ugh!), so I'm sure that something
|
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576 can be arranged. Thanks...
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577 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>...!psu-cs!nelsons
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578
|
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579 Omni-Student:
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580
|
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581 I like it, *nice* character study.
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582
|
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583 Dr. Frankenstupe
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584 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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585
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586 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\mark\\\\\\\\\er\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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587 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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588 Omni-Student: I like it as well. Very much.
|
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589 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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590 (({{{{{{{{({({(({({({{{({({(({((({({(({())))})}}}))}})}}})}}}))}}})})}})}})}})
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591 With all the commotion that had been stirring within the Pell-Mell, I had
|
||
592 decided to leave the little room which I had taken as my one small place of
|
||
593 refuge against this insanity. There was a cry, and then the scuffling of feet
|
||
594 outside my room. I heard concerned voices and now would be a time for me to
|
||
595 be of some use on this odd get-together. I sprang to my feet and was through
|
||
596 the proto-door in an instant.
|
||
597 "Hey, I just heard someone cry out. What gives? Something wrong?"
|
||
598 "That is what we'd like to know," said Emu as he slowed for a moment to
|
||
599 turn and answer my query.
|
||
600 "We think it came from the compartment in the back that may have Lady
|
||
601 Tayree and Zeb," added Cragmore over his shoulder. "If so, I fear terrible
|
||
602 things could have happened if she's done anything rash since she made that bit
|
||
603 of an outburst."
|
||
604 "What do you mean?" I asked.
|
||
605 "She's in a delicate stage in her mental development right now. She's
|
||
606 come to learn that she has some hidden abilities locked up inside her head,
|
||
607 but if she decides to attempt anything without even the simplest of guidance
|
||
608 she may face dire consequences if she would make the slightest mistake in any
|
||
609 experimentation."
|
||
610 "Wow, that sounds really dangerous."
|
||
611 "It is, 'Fechter'." It was Emu again. "Under the supervision of my
|
||
612 mentor, I was warned against any such gambling. I've seen a friend of mine
|
||
613 take such a risk and end up a vegetable after getting lost in the endless maze
|
||
614 that is hidden in everyones mind." He paused for a moment and then brought us
|
||
615 back to the point at hand. "But for now, we must find the reason for that cry
|
||
616 we heard..."
|
||
617 "You know, for such a small vehicle, this certainly has a vast expanse of
|
||
618 hallway to traverse in order to reach the end," I said. At least my dog
|
||
619 wasn't underfoot right now.
|
||
620 "Yes, I've been meaning to mention that," added Bard from the back of the
|
||
621 group. "It sure reminds me *alot* of another 'small' vehicle I know."
|
||
622 "Come on, let's get hopping!" blurted Cragmore in a distressed tone. "We
|
||
623 shall have all the time to chit-chat once we're at the bottom of this."
|
||
624 "We're right behind you Cragmore," I finished as we made our way down the
|
||
625 passage.
|
||
626 {{{({{({{{{(({{({(({{{{({{({{{{({{(({der Eir}}})})}}})}})))})}}))}}}))}))}})}}
|
||
627 Fencer: It wasn't much, but I hope you don't mind my adopting your character
|
||
628 for the moment. I just wanted to get the rest of the group going...
|
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629 Fechter (0321 0321)
|
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