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20 This is The Doctor. (VERY MAD!!) I don't know who got rid of my message here,
21 but I'm PISSED!! It isn't very good etiquette to remove a message that isn't
22 even yours!! Tell me who you are!! I want revenge. Don't let it happen again.
23 "My Ninja mind can overcome such a spell! My Ninja body can slip
24 through the woods! My Ninja spirit can keep me alive!"
25 "Gaius shall die."
26 He said the last statement quietly. Not as an outburst of anger, but as a
27 statement of what will pass. Every muscle, nerve, and sinew was prepared to
28 destroy this enemy.
29 The Ninja
30 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
31 WHOEVER IS AWAKE BY KNOW SEE A DARK FIGURE RIDING UP OABOVE THE HOUSE TOPS AND A
32 HORRIFYING SCREAM IS CARRIED INTO THE MORNING SUNRISE AS THE DARK HORSE GIVES A
33 NOTICE THAT THE WARRIOR IS AROUND AND WISHES TO KILL THE PERSON WHO SENT THE
34 ANTS. WITH THAT, THE WARRIOR LANDS HIS MOUNT AND DISMOUNTS HIS HELL-HORSE AND
35 CONTINUES BACK TO THE INN. HE JUST RELAXES AT A TABLE AND DEMANDS AN ALE TO TAKE
36 HIS MIND OFF THE MASSIVE PAIN THAT GAIUS WILL SUFFER FROM THE WARRIOR.
37 ****************THE WARRIOR**************
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39 Good evening,I trust you are all well.do any of you oldsters remember me? I pre-date just about everbody I see here,
40 except the Bard and the ever-present Innkeeper.My name was Nicholas,Nicholas Haflinger.A little poetry for you all;
41 There is a starship leaving for the heart of the sun/at a 1/4 after 3/leave your senses behind as you climb abord/
42 can you trip as fast as me? (I said a little poetry,thats what you have)
43 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\N.J.H.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
44 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*DREAMTOUCHER*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
45 FORTUNATLY THE SIDE OF THE STREET THEY ARE ON IS BY A SMALL PARK. THE BUILDINGS
46 ACCROSS THE STREET ARE ONLY A FEW STORRIES TALL.
47 HOW LONG IS THIS TANK CLEANING GOING TO TAKE? HE ASKS OF NO-ONE IN PARTICULAR. EVEN THE UNPHASABLE PIPER APPEARS TO
48 BE SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPATIANCE ( NOT NERVIOSNESS, JUST IMPATIANCE), OR AM I IMMAGINING THAT?
49 FOR A FEW MOMENTS THE GROUND BUCKS AND HEAVES BENEATH THAIR FEET. THERE IS A CRACK LENGTHWISE OF THE STREET AND ON
50 THE OTHER SIDE ARE BUILDINGS WHICH WERE TWO STREETS AWAY MOMENTS AGO, WHILE THOSE WHICH USED TO BE THERE ARE NOW A
51 SIMMILAR DISTANCE FURTHER ON.
52 REPEATED SCRAPING NOISES CAN BE HEARD AS SHADOW, BOUNCING ON IT'S SPRINGS, BOTTEMS OUT FROM TIME TO TIME. THE
53 SHAKING LETS UP BUT THE DEFFINING RUMBLE GOES ON AND ON. L'OMME AND VOYER GO BACK TO WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING TO THE
54 CAR WHILE BARD SEAMS TO HAVE ENTERED THE LAST SERIES OF KEYPRESSES ON HIS 'CONSOLE'.
55 "LOOKS READY ANOUNCES L'HOMME". AND THEY ALL PILE BACK IN.
56 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
57 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJTMNXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
58 THEMNAX TURNES TO FAST FRED IN THE TEMPORARILY SOMEWHAT CRAMPED AS WELL AS DISORGANIZED CELLARS.
59 "PERHAPS AN ASSESMENT OF THE ACTUAL DAMAGE MIGHT BE MADE BEFORE ANY DRASTIC ACTION BE TAKEN. MY SHIP IS AVAILABLE FOR
60 TRANSPORT SHOULD THAT PROVE NECESSARY. IT ONLY SLEEPS AND FEEDS TWO BUT THERE IS AIR AND STANDING ROOM FOR ABOUT FIVE.
61 IN THE MEAN TIME I THINK A GOOD IDEA WOULD BE TO VITRIFY THE TUNNEL BY WHICH THE ANTS ENTERED AND CLOSE IT OFF WITH A
62 DOOR WHICH ONLY OPENS FROM THE INN-SIDE. LOOKS TO ME THAT FOR ALL THAIR POWER AND BULK, GIANTS ARE POORLY TRAINED AS
63 SABATOURS! THEY MISSED THE OTHER 48 WINE RACKS AND THE OTHER 19 GIANT ALE KEGS."
64 "LOOKOUT HE SHOUTED TO THOSE REMAINING BELOW", AS EVEN THAT WHICH HAD BEEN DESTROIED, QUASI-EMPLOSIVELY RE-UNDESTROIED
65 ITSELF!
66 "I WAS WARNED THIS A WONDROUSE PLACE YET STARTLED I BE NO THE LESS"
67 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJTMNXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
68 INN EPOXI BE THE IN ????????
69 AMBER (THE SUBSTANCE) BE DEFINED??
70 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
71 ALL: "FOFNGKDJGONJIGJTJRTJ"
72 or, in other words (?), time for the pendulum to swing. Things are going
73 smoothly...NOW. Can anyone notice the slow, almost imperceptible rise in
74 the "background radiation"? That the story lines are becoming disjointed,
75 incoherent, and showing ragged edges? I actually (Gasp!) used good 'ol CRC
76 HoC&P (58th version) to check that sucrose is insoluble in ethanol! WHAT
77 is the BW coming to? Trivial spot checks of each others' chemistry? (Now
78 THAT sounds down right kinky..)
79 Who are all these people(?) ? persons?
80 Not that I want to start talking religon (hmmmm...) (well, maybe..), but
81 how about SOMETHING other than (of all things) GIANT ANTS! Any subject, pick
82 a subject. Is anyone (else) out there eidetic? Cigaretts supply the valuble
83 nutrient, nicotenic acid. Marxism has definate advantages. Apple sucks. Nuke
84 the whales. Wholesale software piracy is the American way. ANYTHING!!!!
85 No, seriously... Anyone out there remotely familiar with PSYCHO-
86 ACCOUSTICS please drop me a line. Or ISLAM. Or 4116's (where to buy).
87 Religion, anyone?
88 BARD: If your world-view is internally consistent, why are you grinding
89 silicon wafers, instead of predicting what the stock market will do next?
90 All: so i'm sleepy... so sue me...
91 L'homme: q: what do you get if you leave a geometry book at a dairy
92 farm???? give up??? a: homogenous transformations (groan!)
93 BAD: I am replacing my small PBX with a operator and plug-board.
94 Aaron
95 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
96 Despite the Apprentices good works I think we should consider a multiple
97 reality trip to locate new wines, ales, and other forms of ingestable
98 alcohol. Consider that we should all benifit from increasing the range
99 and quantity of the inn's cellars. Besides I've read my 250 books for the
100 week and I could use a temporary break.
101 ******************************************** THE LAZY ONE ******************
102 PS. Apprentice I intended to make use of the Law of similarity to get rid
103 of all the ants. Your way seems to have provided more lasting and unexpected
104 side benefits though.
105 ***********************************************************************]
106 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::
107 piper: I don't know if you got in the car or not. If you want to accompany us, Great. If not, good luck!
108 :::::::::
109 L'homme announced the car ready to go, and the bard proclaimed his gadgets also operational. As they all began entering
110 the car, a loud moaning and rumbling was heard, followed by severe shaking of the earth and other such disturbing events.
111 The nearby city was more-or-less leveled, and the surrounding topography was rather rearranged. As they all regained their
112 feet, the bard made reference to a 'ricter scale' and a 5 or 6. He then suggested that they make great haste to leave the
113 area, due to something called 'aftershocks'. They all hurried into the car (which was fortunately not damaged {more}) and
114 began to drive toward the road. Voyeur sat back and thought about something strange which had happened just befor the quake.
115 He had felt 'something', a kind of in-gathering of great forces, reminiscent of his experience in the auto-doc. It had
116 peaked just as the earthquake climaxed, then tapered off, until now he felt drained. (no, you dirty minds...).
117 As the car hurried on, the bard was adjusting his mechanisms, preparatory to another reality shift. Voyeur was uneasy;
118 that 'feeling' was coming back. "Better speed it up, bard. I think one of your 'aftershocks' is imminent." As the bard
119 turned, probably to ask how voyeur knew, it struck.
120 The car started bouncing around on the road, with L'homme fighting the wheel trying to maintain control. Suddenly a giant
121 crevasse opened directly in their path. L'homme slammed on his brakes and tried to avoid it, but the car slid inexorably
122 into the hole.
123 As voyeur felt himself fall, he unconsciously gathered the impalpable energies, and 'twisted'. The car seemed to be gripped
124 by some force even greater than that of the earthquake, was shaken, spun, and somehow turned inside-out (or so it felt).
125 It finally came to rest, and the battered and bruised passengers began to stir and attempt to regain scattered senses.
126 L'homme muttered 'now where am I. My Car!" He began to get out to check for damage, when Dreamtoucher asked, "do I smell
127 formic acid?"
128 :::::::::
129 I love it! Okay gang, there's a wealth of possibilities there. And I didn't even rip off poor RZ this time!
130 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::O O::::::
131 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
132 ok, now what?? block off the ant tunnel then kill gaius then get more wine?
133 where will we find this gaius fellow??
134
135 ///////////////////pheric///////////////////////////////////////
136 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
137 I'm back, after a brief respite.
138 Well, I think that all our story lines are getting a bit weak, so I will
139 refrain from making things more complicated.
140 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
141 Morby steped out of his room, chipper as ever. He looked in suprise at the
142 rather confused crowd.
143 " Yes, I know your plans. The noise of you talking about them woke me up."
144 He walked over to a table and sat down.
145 " I have three remarks - 1) I'll be glad to go 2) Can some one lend me
146 a short sword 3) Has anyone seen Dawg?
147 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
148 I'm thinking about introducing a new ultra nasty soon...
149 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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151 Fred thought for a moment at Morby's last question. Dawg? DAWG! I forgot
152 that I set that mini-bolo for approxomite dog size! I rushed out and tuned
153 my homer. Over beyond those trees. I look over and see the mini bolo........
154 ................... With a large dog riding on top!
155 Blast! More bugs in the software. Oh well, at least this was the right
156 time to find out. No damage done to either dog or bolo, so I readjusted and
157 stored my machine, and led Dawg back to his master.
158 "Now for more pressing matters. I deal in wepons occasionally, but I
159 usually stay out of the direct confrontation. If you all remember I got here
160 originally by YOUR attacking ME. And since it seems enough of you want to
161 personally dismember Gaius, have at it. Who's with me for the resupplying?"
162 He then went to his table, sat and added, "By the way, any of you killers
163 need to rent a Bolo?"
164 Fast Fred BSAL
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166 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
167 Milch: Where are you??????
168 ??????????
169 The Doctor and Psycho step out of the Mtardis, into the real Tardis. The
170 Doctor pulls out the vial and the paper-clip and hfands them over tho Milchar.
171 "Now will you tell me your plan..." "Later." replies Milchar...
172 ?????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor & Milchar ????????????
173 THE WARRIOR LOOKS OVER AT MORBY AND SAYS "YES...I HAVE A SHORT SWORD FOR YOU OR
174 WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A LONG SWORD? I'VE GOT BOTH."
175 TH
EN HE SITS UP AND REPLIES "YOU HAD BETTER KEEP YOUR BOLAS FOR A FINAL
176 CONFRONTATION WITH GAIUS". HE ADDS, "HOW DID YOU BECOME A MEMBER HERE IN THE
177 INN"?
178 ****************TH
E WARRIOR***********************************************j****
179 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
180 I'm here somewhere... just didn't get a chance to get on last night. I DID finish that book though...
181 Archer: Who, me?
182 ++++++++++++++++++
183 ...a supersaturated solution? That's even better than I expected! Let's see... we have the paperclip, map, two sonic
184 screwdrivers, Gizmo's machine... That's all of it. Doctor, please set the Tardis for Gallifrey, but make it a slower
185 than-normal journey through the Space-Time Vortex... no cutting across uncharted areas, as I need some sleep, and
186 undoubtedly the others need it too. Be prepared for the reteival of the sceptre, as we're all going to need to be
187 at our physical peak. Good 'night'...
188 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++ (Doctor, you got lucky once) ++++++
189 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
190 Milch: Lucky?!?!? You're dang right!!!! I want that book back Monday, then.
191 ???????????
192 The Doctor only half awake, sets the controls for Galifrey. "We are now set on
193 the longest course to Galifrey. I've also set the T/S Jammer to register
194 absolutely nothing when we pop back into Galifrean space." "Great." says
195 Milchar. "Then until then, we rest. Doctor, aask K-9 to keep a 'look-out' for
196 anything that might disturb our rest." "Certainly. K-9, go for it!!!"
197 With that, the four adventurers set off to their respective rooms to sleep.
198
199 ??????????????????????????????????? The Doctor & Milchar & Psycho & Gizmo ??????
200 ?
201 I am a New User to this system and I noticed a few peculararities
202 What the 7734 is going on? Is this board based at damish, is there
203 a special line from there, or what?
204 //////////// Refuse to give name until proven safe /////////////
205
206 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
207 To the New User : The 7734 (upside down on a calculator, for those who missed
208 that ) should be fairly evident. Hint - this is a fantasy, and then some,
209 BBS. I won't comment on the remark about Damish....
210 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
211 Morby looked at the Warrior.
212 " I prefer a shortsword, because they are easier to use when backstabing.
213 Also they are the favored weapon of my type, and you know what my type is!"
214 Morby pulled a pipe from the a fold in his cloak, and some pipeweed from
215 a pouch on his belt. After no one offered to light it for him, the pipe
216 lit itself. He then rested his feet on the table.
217 " You like the pipe? It and the special weeds are my only magical items."
218 Dawg, looked rather run down rested came in and rested at Morby's feet.
219 " Before we leave on the quest for beverages, lets have a little talk
220 about religion..."
221 If Dawg could have only spoken, he would have laughed.
222 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
223 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
224 ->Milchar: you were correct with the chessboard solution. (so correct,
225 do you have my source book?)
226 Regarding the coffee/sugar problem, since it is obviously impossible to
227 divide 14 into 3 odd groups, it is probably something offbeat like
228 drinking one cup black, then split the 14 into 7 & 7 for the other two.
229 Eve/odd infinity. I'm inclined to assume infinity is a prime number, and
230 is therefore an odd number, since the only even prime is 2.
231 (aside: I wrote an assembler program for the 370/138 at school, and got a
232 printout of all the primes up to 1,000,000. Got some funny looks from
233 the computer operators and my BAL instructor, though. Sigh.
234 Genius is rarely appreciated.)
235 ??????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????
236 && && &&
237 Gaius laughed as he watched the Innhabitants on his interreality scanner. His plan was going just as planned. They
238 were all going to be so busy trying to kill him that they would never know what hit them. The weakening of the
239 reality-structure in the vicinity of Innisfall continued on scedule. Perhaps he should report the use of maxwell's
240 demon to straighten up the Inn. N might get a laugh out of it. Then again, maybe not; N was so unpredictable.
241 Ah, that's it, thought Gaius, I'll just stir them up a little more...
242 && && &&
243 "Your mothers married their fathers!"
244 The cry from outside the Inn caused every head in the place to turn. "Hey! Wimps! Come an' get me!" The patrons
245 all rushed to the door to see who could be so bold. Standing before the Inn, under a strangely dark noonday sky, was
246 Gaius. "Come on, I'll take on the lot of ya," he cried, brandishing his shuriken. His form was far enough from the
247 Inn that none of the charging horde saw the faint smile that played across his lips as he watched them surge
248 foreward. tThis ought to be fun, he thought.
249 && The Mad Actor &&
250 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
251 THE ARCHER HEARS A LOT OF NOISE OUT SIDE AND HE SEES THE MAD DUM DUM MAKING FUN OF SOME OF THE MOST POWER FULL BEINGS
252 IN THE WORLD AND RIGHT OUT FROUNT WAS THE WARRIOR AND THE APRINTICE. WELL SEEING HIS CHANCE HE SOOTS TO CRANE ARROWS OUT
253 AT THEM PULLING THEM RIGHT INTO HIS ROOM (BOY THEY HAVE GOOD ROOM SURVICE) GRABING BOTH BY THE NECK WITH HIS CYBORNETIC
254 AR,MS THEY BOTH SEE THAT HIS TORSO IS FULL OF GAGETS IN PLANTED IN HIS BODY. "NOW BEFORE I LET YOU TOO DOWN I HAVE A
255 LITTEL FAVOR TO ASK? WILL YOU PROMIS NOT TO TRY TO HACK ME IN LITTEL PEACES? NOW I KNOW THAT THE BOTH OF YOU COULD KIL
256 L ME WORRIOR YOU HAVE NO EQUAL IN HAND TO HAND WEAPONS AND APRINTICE, ANY BODY WHO CAN GET RID OF THAT MESS I WANT ON
257 MY SIDE." THE ARCHER LETS HIS GUEST DOWN AND WAITS FOR AN ANSWER.
258 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MILCHAR !!!!YES YOU !!!!!
259 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<ARCHER<<<<<<<<<<
260
261
262 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
263 Hmmmm. That last entry was kind of unintelligable. I've read it three or four
264 times and I'm still a little lost.
265 jjjjjjjjjj
266 The Ninja silently slipped under the porch of the Inn. He was in an
267 ideal position to destroy Gaius. Very few knew about the tiny room under the
268 porch. A faint smile could almost be detected on the Ninja's face as he
269 glanced up at the unsuspecting Gaius.
270 The Ninja
271 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
272 THE WARRIOR REPLIES TO THE ARCHER,"YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT ME HAVING NO EQUAL, BUT I ALSO HAVE NO EQUAL IN MAGIC!"
273 WITH THAT HE ALSO ADDS "I AGREE TO BE WITH YOU ARCHER."
274 "IF YOU NEED THE ABILITY, I CAN DO TIME-TRAVEL AT WILL. KIND OF HANDY HUH? (WYITH TELEPORTATION)"
275 THIS IS SUNDAY JUNE 3, 1984. I NEED A COMMUNICATION PARTNER.
276 THIS IS MIKE . PLEASE RESPOND BY SENDING A MESSAGE.
277 HELP
278 CTRL/C
279 THIS IS DAVID FORD AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS 292-xxxx IN LIVE IN PORTLAND OR
280
281 ENTER
282
283
284 ENTER
285
286 CTRL/H
287
288 HI MIKE I NEED SOME HELP OF JOIOYING
289 YOUR CLUB MY NAME IS DAVID FORD MY
290 PHONE NUMBER IS 292-xxxx I LIVE IN PORTLAND OR
291
292
293
294 HELP
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297 Watch-er (Digital in this day and age) look down from his pearch at
298 scene that played out before him.
299 Hm" he thought, starting the stopwatch function, "What fools these mortals
300 (I should never have let Bill have that line) Shall I dabble in this
301 -continuum?" He switched over to the calculator function, roled a thirteen
302 ed die, multiplied the result by e, then by itself to the pi multiplied
303
by the square root of negative one times and got a result that he was almsot
304 (but not quit) totaly dissatisfied with. Taking the sign then suming it
305 (n= -infinity to n= infinity) didn't help either. Going back to the stopwatch,
306 und the whole process had taken precisely 6.02 X 10^-23 Meta-milennia,
307 idn't understand what the 7734 that it meant. Going to normal time function
308 witching back from military time) he found it was about time, rolled the die
309 nce more for good luck, and descended into the chaos (looking for a good name
310 himself) muttering "Xyzzy!!!"
311
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312 t goes to show that if you put your mind to it, you can say quit a
313 le in quit a few words. In other words, I plan to inhabit this
314 leton board for a while. Any suggestions?
315 I must say that this is a unique bulleton board (euphamisticaly speaking
316 urse).
317
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318 ARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that hacking can be dangerous
319 to your (mental) health.
320 =-=-=-=-=-=-NewUser (Looking For A Sufficiently Creative Name)=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
321
322
323 -=-=-=-= The obove few lines (you may have noticed) are somtimes missing their
324 -=-=-=-= first few characters, but I belive it is fairly decypherable)
325 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
326 Quizmaster:I amay have your source book, but I doubt it. So many of such books use the same classic puzzles over
327 and over again, anyway. That particular puzzle I remember solving some time ago, so it wasn't too strenuous. What
328 we need are some new puzzles.... How's this?
329 Another grouping puzzle.... The letters of the alphabet can be grouped into four distict classes: The first 13 letters
330 establish the categories:
331 AM
332 BCDEK
333 FGJL
334 HI
335 Place the remaining thirteen in their proper categories.
336 ++++++++++++++++++++
337 Milchar stirs, awakened by K-9 stelling him, "Pre-programmed co-ordinates established." The Doctor was already up,
338 twisting dials and pushing buttons on the console as he gazed upon the viewscreen. "Ahhh, Good 'morning', Milch!
339 We've landed, I'm just affirming our placement. Yes... we're just the proper distance. No one could have tracked us
340 here with the Temporal Wave Displacer working. Messes up the Time Waves so that there are no relative constants too
341 track us by. The controllers at the palace must be having a whale of a time trying to figure out the Time Waves that
342 seem to come fromt the statue on their front lawn." Milchar grinned, and then turned about to find his Chest. His
343 hands flitter about, and finally rest upon a small 3 by 3 by 5 inch sliver box. Cautiously, he opens it. Golden
344 mists swirl in the air and settle in the far corner of the room, and materializes into a very large chest whose lid
345 is opening just as the small chest is. Milchar walks to it, rummages around a bit until he pulls out a velvet robe
346 covered with various archaic runes. "Not my Sunday best, but it will have to do..."
347 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar, The Doctor, Psycho, and Gizmo ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
348 Archer: What did you say (in English, please)?
349 hi
350 does
351 how are you??
352 This is neato
353 I'm new here can anyone help me???
354 I don't know what the HE** i'M doing!!
355 Bye gotta get!!
356 Unkown King
357 vHi how are you
358 Well i don'T know that
359 Hi how are you
360 Well i don'T know that
361 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
362 When the doors of perception are clensed,everything appears as it truely is,infinate.
363 -Blake
364 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\N.J.H.\\\\\\\\\\\\|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
365 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
366 Aaron:NO,we will NOT discuss religion! 4116's I have (you sold 20 tubes of them to me,by which I made 500% profit on
367 them) you pick a subject.
368 The Man in Gray
369 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
370 ######################################################################
371 The Innkeeper sat in front of the Inn staring out at the shambles that once
372 was his courtyard. "Why I do bother? They destroy the Inn and the
373 surroundings, then rush off to who knows where without even paying their tab
374 or helping to clean up the mess."
375 "Even my barmaid seems to have deserted me."
376 "Maybe I should just close this place up and move to someplace where there is
377 less violence and killing. Someplace where the darkness does not wash over
378 the land." Looking over at the Rowan tree, he thinks yes, maybe I should
379 close it up and move on. There's not much left here for me.
380 ########################## The Innkeeper ################################
381 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
382 I believe that the Archer meant that he shoots two crane (as in lifting) arrows at the Warrior and the Apprentice,
383 and that they were pulled back into the Archer's room.
384 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
385 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ah ha!, they thought. We feel a presence.
386 Something to attack and feed on!! Alerting the rest of the hoard and their cousins, they swarm to bite and sting.
387 The termites, tired of trying to eat and destory the Inn, recieve the message from their cousin ants, join to attack
388 the figure in black (Ninja).
389 A sense of purpose fills the ants. No longer relegated to digging tunnels for the larger brethern, they can oin
390 the fray. After all, an army travels on its stomach, and dirt does not fill the larder!!
391 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
392
393 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(
394 LOOK LOOK <YES ITS' >
395 ()()()()()()()()()()() PHOENIX ()()()
396 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
397 IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK MISSED YOU ALL
398 YOUR ALL CRAZY SO AM I!!!!!
399 SO IAM BACK FOR GOOD!
400 Look at the signs
401 Look at the symptoms
402 Look at the slight
403 Calm before the storm
404 I feel the silence
405 I feel the signals
406 I feel the strain
407 Tension in my head
408 Well,what more can be said...
409 Not a model man
410 Not a saviour or a saint
411 Imperfect in a word
412 Make no mistake
413 BUT I
414 Give you everything i have
415 TAKE ME AS I AM...
416 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(
417 ()()()()PHOENIX()()()()()()()()()( ()
418 oh wonderful
419 ******************************************************************
420 Just because you've beaten a sorcerer, doesn't mean you've beaten a sorcerer.
421 *************** THOTH AMON *********************** THE LAZY ONE ******
422 && && &&
423 "Well, are you simpletons just going to stand there with your mouths hanging open or are you going to act like the
424 unthinkingly violent types I know you are? Or maybe you'd like to join the Ninja hiding under the porch, there.
425 Here. I'll make it easy on you." So saying, the robed figure turned his back to the mob...
426 && The Mad Actor &&
427 --------------------------------------=-
428 Morby:backstab backstab!!
429 well all,I promissed a story and ah well ah umm,its not done yet.another few days.another problem is the fact that I hav
430 lost the porsfis newsletter with the start of the story that I havg continued.so I don't think starting }y0continuation
431 (whoops) my continuation w/o the start would lelx xeople much.
432 (help people much)
433 =--------------------shtoner-----------
434 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJTMNXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
435 AS THEY MADE THAIR WAY BACK UPSTAIRS, A MOST PECULIAR LOUD TEARINIG SOUND COULD BE HEARD. WITH ALL THE CARNAGE
436 UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS AND OUTSIDE (ALL IN THE MYSTERIOS PROCESS OF REVERSING
437 ITSELF) ONE ANT HAD REMAINED ALIVE. WHEN THEMNAX HAD HASTILY DEPARTED FOR THE
438 CELLARS, HIS SHIP HAD BEEN PHASED IN AND ITS OUTER LOCK OPEN.
439 IN THE DUST AND CONFUSION, ONE OF THE MURAUDING SUPER-ANTS, HAD BLUNDERED ABOARD!
440 IT HAD AIMLESSLY TORE INTO THE CONTROL COMPARTMENT, FIRST SETTING OFF A MASTERBOT
441 WHICH HAD BEEN STOED IN THE AIRLOCK/CARGO HOLD. IT HAD BEEN LAST PROGRAMED TO PICK
442 WILD TOMATOES. IT ROLLED TO A STOP IN THE CENTER OF THE INN. SEEING NOTHING WHICH RESEMBLED TOMATOE PLANTS, IT SIMPLY
443 SAT THERE IDLEY. IT WAS ONLY THEN THAT DISASTER (FOR THEMNAX AT LEAST) STRUCK.
444 THE LESS THAN GENIUS CHETTENOID BLUNDERED INTO ONE OF THE SPACIAL VECTOR TRIMPOTS. THE SHIP TRIED TO MOVE WITHOUT
445 HAVING BEEN SHADOW PHASED AND STILL INTERSECTING THE INN'S EAST WALL!
446 BY THE TIME THEMNAX REEMERGED INTO THE INN'S COMMON, THERE WAS NO SHIP, NO ANT AND A RATHER
447 LARGE HOLE WARE IT HAD INTERSECTED THE WALL. WITH THE CHILDREN OF MAXWELL AND FINAGLE ON THE JOB, THE DAMMAGE TO THE
448 INN WAS QUICKLY REVERSED WITH NOT THE SLIGHTEST EVIDANCE IT HAD EVER OCCURED. UNFORTUNATLY THERE WAS NO LONGER THE
449 SLIGHTEST EVIDENCE THEMNAX'S SHIP HAD EVER OCCURED EITHER!
450 (EXCEPT FOR HIS OWN AND HIS ARTIFACT'S CONTINUED EXISTANCE). SINCE THE ENERGY FROM THIS EVENT HAD TO GO SOMEWARE AND
451 IT HAD NOT BEEN RELEASED AS PHYSICAL ENERGY IN THE REALITY OF THE INN, SEVERAL THINGS HAPPENED SIMULTANIOSLY. THE
452 DOCTOR'S TARDIS'S SETTINGS WERE KNOCKED OFF A BIT (SORRY DOCTOR, ET.C.. ACCORDING TO THE SHOW, EVERY LITTLE RIPPLE IN
453 SPACE-TIME COSMOSE SEEMES TO HAVE THIS EFFECT SO I'M GUESSING IT WILL HAPPEN HERE AS WELL). AN EARTHQUAKE SEEMS TO BE
454 TAKING PLACE IN THE BLIGHT WARE L'HOMME'S CAR AND OCCUPANTS WERE LAST SEEN AND EVEN GIAUS IS KNOCKED ACCROSS THE ROOM BY
455 A SHORT FROM HIS CONSOLE. (THE ACTUAL AMMOUNT OF DAMMAGE CAUSED WILL PROBABLY BE MINIMAL IN MOST CASSES AS IT WAS
456 SPREAD SO WIDELY. SUIT YOURSELVES AS TO HOW MUCH AND EVEN IF AT ALL. INFINITY HAS NOT(!) BEEN SHATTERED, JUST A FEW
457 RIPPLES SPREADING EVER OUTWARD)
458 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJTMNXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
459 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
460 I MENT THAT THE ARROW TURNS INTO A SUPPORT AND LIFTS THING OFF THE GROUND LIKE
461 A CRANE GOT IT OTHER THAN THAT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT MESSAGE OHH IF YOU ARE
462 REFRERING TO THE MISSTAKES WELL YOU MAKE THEM TO!!!
463 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
464 THE ARCHER SAT DOWN HEARING NO MOVEMENT FROM EATHER HE STARTS TO TELL THEM WHAT
465 HE IS GOING TO DO. I HAVE A LARGE SPACE AND TIME SHIP ON THIS WORLD AND I NEED
466 TO FIND THE DOCTOR OR I WILL DIE I HAVE 8 MOUTHS TO DO THISE IN AND HE ONLY HE
467 CAN SAVE ME. I NEED BOTH YOUR POWERS AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP, TO HELP ME GET TO
468 GALLAFRA. WILL YOU HELP ME??? HE SITS BACK AND WAITS.
469 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ARCHER>>>>>
470
471 P.S. TRY TO DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
472 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<ARCHER<<<<<
473 ################################################################################
474 OH MY GOD! I DID IT! I MADE IT 5/6THS FROM THE TOP. EVERYBODY EAT YOUR HEARTS
475 OUT. - MAX
476 ################################################################################
477 ARCHER: the only "regular" who's spelling and grammar are even *CLOSE* to being
478 as bad as yours is Themnax, and he is at least readable! I would suggest that
479 you not be so preemptory with other people's characters. For one thing, the
480 apprentice has not bothered to go outside as no attack on the inn can POSSIBLY
481 succeed.
482 ALL: the apprentice is getting a bit put out at the hack and slash mentalities
483 being displayed by most of the inhabitants of the inn.
484 RESOLVED: We, the "old-timers" of the inn, hereby resolve that we shall
485 not attempt to do battle in or near the inn. Since Backwater. like the Twilight
486 Zone, is a realm of the imagination, if we ignore the attacks they cannot harm
487 us.
488 Anyone else care to "take the pledge"?
489 .....................
490 The apprentice called to the others, "Ignore that person, if he attacks
491 Maxwell and his cohorts will take care of the matter. If he does not, what
492 boots it?"
493 He turned back to the innkeeper, with whom he was settling his tab.
494 ................................the apprentice..................................
495 ps. In case you were not aware, the Inn was originally a place to swap stories
496 and rest between adventures. NOT a place to HAVE adventures!
497 ................................................................................
498 The bard shook his head to clear it & immediately regretted doing so.
499 "I think we goofed! That wasn't an aftershock, it was the main quake, the first
500 one was a PRE-shock! We shifted before it peaked, but it was on it's way past
501 9.4 when we left!"
502 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
503 5 or 6 indeed! On the richter scale 6.5 means the quake expended as much energy
504 as a 20 kiloton bomb. That is TOTAL energy. Thus a 5 or 6 quake won't cause much
505 damage except at the epicenter. Of course, since the scale follows a LOGARITHMIC
506 progression....
507 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
508 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
509 NET ONE TO ALL NETWORK OPERATIVES:
510 NET THREE HAS SOLD OUT. CURRENT CIPHER IS TO BE USED ONLY FOR MATERIAL BELOW
511 CLASSIFICATION LEVEL 6. NEW CIPHER WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY SECURE CHANNELS.
512 NET ONE OUT
513 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
514 Archer: your spelling is part of the problem, but the way you omit punctuation
515 is the _real_ problem. Punctuation exists to seperate phrases & ideas so as to
516 clarify meaning. Without proper punctuation it is often impossible to tell
517 what is meant.
518 In your last msg the following are there errors I found:
519 meant-instead of meant/thing-instead of things/no period after crane
520 no question mark after "got it"/no ? after message/no comma after OHHH
521 refrering instead of refering/misstakes instead of mistakes/to instead of too
522 no period after down/eather instead of either/(for clarity it should have been
523 "either one" as otherwise there is no referent for the word!)
524 no comma after eather/no period after die (note: there MUST be a better way to
525 word that sentence. It is _CLUMSY_!)/mouths instead of months
526 thise instead of this (and the in following "thise" is unnecessary)
527 "he only he" should be either "he, only he" or "only he"
528 Gallafra is not the correct spelling!
529 Finally, in regard to your postscript. Are _YOU_ trying to tell _US_ to do
530 better? Or did you mean "I will try to do better in the future"?
531 If you meant the latter, well, it wasn't what you wound up saying!
532 _________________________________Leonard________________________________________
533 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
534 Well, I seem to be alone again. I escaped from a tidal wave, the others
535 experienced an earthquake! (see the end of drive B) Oh well, reality is
536 determined by consensus, and a consensus of one is not too binding. a
537 As a compromise, I offer this -- tidal wave caused by incredibly massive
538 earthquake. (Actually I was hoping for something like the Missoula Flood,
539 but I'll settle for that. At any rate, the piper has escaped with a collection
540 of small furry animals (refugees from LeRoy's earmuff factory?) and is
541 presently unconcious in an unkown reality. Is anyone else with me? If so,
542 please let me know soon.
543 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
544
545 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
546 I quite agree with the resolve. the inn is not for arena purposes, and I
547 hope the rest agree with me. I turn to the warrior and explain how I first
548 arrived here. "A while back, the patrons of the inn decided to eliminate
549 the inport of hi-tec wepons into this reality. Unfortunatly for me, I was
550 running a used bolo lot at the time. I did deal in the wepons, but I was
551 only retail, not wholesale. I wasn't worried about an attack from them, because
552 there is only one thing that can harm the later models. Unfortunatly the Ninja
553 uses that one thing as one of his main wepons: a Ford stickshift. The attack
554 was even more complicated by the arrival of hostile religious fanatics. Well,
555 the lot was destroyed, and finally after a LONG while they got used to me.
556 and here I am.
557 Fast Fred BSAL
558 (Bolo Salesman At Large)
559 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
560 *$#)@*$)*!%)$(^*_)#$(^)_#()_^*%)(&)_%*(_@$(&_$%@*&_*@_*&_$^%(&_*@_*&%_&*$%&_*$%
561 To Bard, Voyeur, Piper, DreamToucher and friends.:"What we have here is a
562 failure to communicate." I was already to go along with Piper's story, when
563 Dream Toucher (who looked like he read part but not all of the previous
564 messages) went on a different note, and voyeur then built on what dream
565 toucher had written. Bard follows after voyeur, and here I am. Sorry Piper,
566 I would have gladly gone with your story, but the passengers in the car seem
567 to want to go elsewhere. Since I would rather bend reality than break what
568 little structure holds our group together, I must go on with the others. If
569 there is a way for you to rejoin us, please do!
570 *%)$#*%)#*%
571 "My poor Mustang!", cried L'homme. "What next?", he asked Carrol Shelby and
572 no one else in particular. "How are we going to get out of here? Am I ever
573 going to get back to Tek? Why me???", L'homme seemed to be the most upset by
574 the recent incidents. It was apparent he wasn't used to such things. His world
575 was so much different. The others knew so much more about what was happening
576 around them. Only his mechanical abilities, and his car, seemed to give him
577 even the slightest leverage against all that was happening to him. "I am in
578 a world I don't quite understand. I am confronted with things I can not
579 explain. I am meeting people I can't even describe. Even the disasters that
580 befall me are unlike anything I have experienced before." L'homme said with
581 a voice full of dispair. "Now it seems we are in quite a bit of trouble. And
582 all the engine rebuilding experience in the world isn't going to help! What
583 can I DO to help us get out of here?"
584 With that L'homme sank down by the front tire and just sat there looking at
585 nothing in particular. The others were some what shocked by this sudden out-
586 burst of emotion from L'homme. "We are all a long way from home", said Bard.
587 "Let's see what we can do to get out of here.", he continued. The others then
588 set forth trying to figure out their present condition, and what they could
589 do it get out of this particular predicament, and eventually, get home. They
590 left L'homme alone. "When he is ready, he will tell us", said voyeur, with the
591 others agreeing.
592 *$)#*$)@*$ L'homme sans parity, sans domicile, sans intention, sans esperer(%)$(
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596 ARCHER: WHAT DO YOU MEAN DO BETTER NEXT
597 TIME?!?!?!?!?!
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599 Well opps... I suppose that it is my fault that the ants were introduced to
600 the Inn, so I guess I'll leave. I do agree with the resolution, and I shall
601 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
602 Morby hesitated to go outside.
603 " Fighting is not my forte ( thieving and being a rogue is ), and I'm afraid
604 I must leave now."
605 He went inside and and quietly asked for the quest register. The
606 innkeeper handed it to him with a feather pen. Morby signed it, and then
607 began to leaf through the pages at all the previous travelers. A name
608 caught his attention. " The Piper "... Morby closed the book and sat down
609 at a table, and took at battered map from his cloak, and spread it out.
610 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^**************************************DAVI
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623 Somebody actually remembers me! Thanks, Mike! I thought I was fading
624 into BWMS history there for a disk or two. Nice to know somebody knows I'm
625 alive. I havn't looked at the calend., but I think tommorow is a PCS night.
626 See you there? (and the new steed?) Aaron
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