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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 30 MAY 85 **********************
3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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19
20 WOW! I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS! I ACTUALLY GET TO SAY "AT THE TOP"!
21 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>+><+><+><+><+> long time semi-lurker<+>
22 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
23 No one ever remembers number two . . . .
24 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] I think [/] [/]
25 D D D D D D D D D D
26 And the third is never even thought of.
27 D D D D D D D D D D
28 Standing on the terrace that overlooks the sea, the crashing
29 waves could be heard as the father paused during this meeting with his
30 son. He was glad that they could see each other even if it was only to
31 be for a short time. Looking out over those waves his mind had been
32 drawn back to an earlier time. Then he drew his gaze back to his son.
33 "I'll miss the sea... But a person needs new experiences. They
34 jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, some-
35 thing sleeps inside us... and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken."
36 D D D D D D D D D D
37
38
39 My name is Garago.
40 I am a fighter from the Soviet Union.
41 I fight all my life and I never lose.
42 Soon I will fight Rocky Balboa and the world will see his
43 DEFEAT.
44
Soon the whole world will know my name.
45 COMING SOON: ROCKY IV -- GET READY FOR THE NEXT WORLD WAR
46 --------------------
47 Give us a break!
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49 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
50 My friend, If you're out there, please read the other system.
51 A stupid silly fool
52 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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54 Er.....yeah. I see I have missed something since last Saturday. Such are
55 the disadvantages to concluding a high school career. The ceremonies, the
56 celebration...
57 Oh, well, off to break out my decoder. Now where did I put that thing? Under
58 the clipboard? Behind the disk drive? Beside the soldering iron? I can see
59 that this is going to take a bit of searching.
60 (for hubcaps?)
61 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$# 151/85-14:43 #$# PorSFiS Sat.? #$#
62 07070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707
63 UAEDF DBTFL ODBTA DLASD \FEEF YLDNC LDEGN NAAID YANCG EAHBF BDSFR RDYAD
64 EG\\A JDLCI DZ\ZJ UXLAD TCED\ XJADP F\ADS FPTHB ENTXA RDXGP DLCID CRR[\
65 D_EDO LXDDE SDCLU DUXDU COADV CJUDE LHBCD ZXXID XRIDM CETEX LDCI^ ALUGJ
66 QDRFO QD\FF FFXLD VJQFQ LPFHB FPFQR MDPXD YQ[\H B
67
68 0707070707070707070707070707070707070707 05/31/85 15:43:56 0707070707070707070707
69
70 _______________________________________________________________________________
71
72 Voyage
73 Part 3
74
75 That was nearly 2 months ago. In those two months, things happened
76 that no civilized human should be forced to witness. Men and women revert
77 to the simplest kill or be killed instincts when confronted with such a
78 situation. The crew as an entity broke apart as groups tore the ship asunder
79 in an attempt to get the equipment they felt they needed to make it on Dry
80 Gulch. They didn't realize that no human could make it on Dry Gulch except
81 within Sahara. Instead, Sahara was gutted like slaughtered livestock, her
82 entrails being the one last hope these crazed groups had for life. It was
83 hopeless of course, but mass lunacy has a way of clouding the mind's eye,
84 making everything murky and dark and foreboding. Suicide and murder seemed
85 the only real way off Dry Gulch, and many a former crew mate and friend
86 turned enemy and executioner in the horrible days of the peek of Madness.
87 Only a few survived in the ship after that, and they too soon followed their
88 mates in death; all but one. Sahara could not provide like she once had.
89 She was only a shell, a broken shadow of past triumph in the stars.
90
91 The one left is me, Captain Racal. I have lived alone here in what
92 is left of Sahara, making a life out of what remains. It's not really a
93 life, but a prolonged death; it is all I have. I know my time will come
94 soon, and perhaps I will welcome it. It will release me from this death,
95 this Hell on Dry Gulch. Justice does not exist in space, for the final
96 journey of Sahara and her crew has ended here, and now...
97
98 A Story Teller
99 _______________________________________________________________________________
100
101 -=-=-=-=-=---===---===---=--=-----=-===-----00099568:58:382555
102
103 Well that's like totaly cool man I mean like wow dude totaly
104 tubular wow neato neato cool awesome i mean like really down
105 to earth cool.....Man Man Man Man man i mean awesome this board is totaly cool man,Like Ya can post anything you want ma
106 n as long as its clean man,i've even seen stuff that's not
107 clean on here MAN...so like g'bye man...see ya like later
108 MAN........... ((**)) THE MAN ((**))
109 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
110 07: YOUR MSG BADLY GARBLED. VOX TOMORROW?
111 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
113 + THIS SYSTEM DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE +
114 + WHAT KIND OF MSGS. ARE YOU SUPPOSED+
115 + TO PUT ON HERE...OH, WELL, I WILL +
116 + JUST ASSUME THAT A MESSAGE WHICH IS+
117 + AN AD IS OK.....HERE GOES....... +
118 + +
119 +-------------------------------------+
120 + +
121 + WANTED..... +
122 + AN APPLE CAT MODEM +
123 + +--------+-------+ +
124 + +
125 + IF YOU HAVE ONE FOR SALE THEN LEVAVE +
126 + ME A MSG ON THE BIT BUCKET OR CALL +
127 + ME VOICE AT 656-xxxx. ASK FOR RICK. +
128 +-------------------------------------+
129 +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
130 +- THATS AN APPLE CAT MODEM I WANT... -+
131 + .......THANX! +
132 + :> RICK WILLARDSON <: +
133 +----------------+--------------------+
134
135 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
136 Rick: Just try looking around (lurking) for a while to get the feel of
137 things.
138 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
139 (Absence of function keys, so skip that boarder...)
140 Guardian--> Hello, we must talk.
141 PaPa--> Hello, we will talk
142 Real Me (you)--> Yes, I am here again...
143 Rick W. --> Hmmm.. I thought that I told you about BWMS! Well, just lurk and
144 get the hang of the system. Who knows, you may like it (I do).
145 (The Jiz ///, moving slowly but surely from DEPRESSION mode...)
146
147 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
148 The shackle releases its painful grasp and becomes my life chain
149 instead of drawing me downward. The sense of freedom dizzies my mind as I take
150 flight to new realities. The evanescent shade of sight has been lost with the
151 surreality of failure. My boundries lie unseen, as does the world. The cost of
152 my strength, rising from the crumpled form, has again been the function and
153 inhibitations of my eyes.
154 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\ eidolaz /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
155 ----- Q ---------- Q -----
156 "EVERYTHING WILL SOON BE COMPLETE. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE FROM HERE."
157 THE VOICE I HEARD DID NOT HAVE A BODY THAT COULD BE SEEN. SOMEHOW I
158 THOUGHT IT WOULD NOT BE SO. WHAT I HEARD IN THE VOICE MADE ME THINK THAT
159 THE VOICE DID NOT KNOW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. SOMETHING WAS MISSING, AND I
160 DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. QUESTOR 200
161 ----- Q --------- Q -----
162
163 ---------------------------
164 I Am invincible i cannot die.
165 i am invincible i cannot die.
166 i do not ,i will not,i cannot die
167 you won't die,unless i die.
168 so you're IMMORTAL
169 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
170 You know you have an inferiority complex if...
171
172 You write your name smaller than your normal writing.
173 You wait for the other person at a four-way stop.
174 When you hear "Twist & Shout" on the radio, you sing backup.
175 You figure that it's okay if you're robbed because the robber will do more
176 with the money than you would have.
177 You lose all your arguements, especially with yourself.
178 You don't mind performing in front of thousands of people because nobody will
179 notice you.
180 You go to the zoo for conversation.
181
182 If you have any to add, feel free...
183 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Walrus 00000
184 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Forever++++
185 I stay my haste, I make delays,
186 For what avails this eager pace!
187 I stand amid the eternal ways,
188 And what is mine shall know my face
189 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
190 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
191 THE SOUL SHOULD BE RATIONALLY THOUGHT TO BE
192 BEYOUND EITHER CORRUPTION OR PERFECTION BY MAN-
193 THE PREMISE BEING THAT, SINCE IT IS OF A DEVINE
194 SOURCE, IT LIES BEYOUND HUMAN POWER TO ALTER ITS
195 PRISTINE NATURE IN ANY MANNER.......
196 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
197
198 **-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-***
199 ****************************************************************
200 THE SPELL HAS BEEN BROKEN.
201 THE CURSE HAS BEEN LIFTED.
202 BLACK IS THE WIND.
203 ON THE HEELS OF THE GIFTED.
204
205 FOUR SWORN TO VENGENCE.
206 SEE THE HATE IN OUR EYES.
207 CALLED BY THE GODS.
208 AND GIVE IN A SIGN.
209
210 ONWARD POUNDING INTO GLORY RIDE.
211 SIGN OF THE HAMMER
212 BE MY GUIDE.
213
214 FINAL WARNING ALL STAND ASIDE
215 SIGN OF THE HAMMER.
216 IT'S MY TIME..
217
218 POUND,POUNDING WE ARE BACK FROM THE DEAD.
219 THOSE WHO DENIED US..
220 ARE DELIVERED INSTEAD.
221
222 INTO THE HANDS OF.
223 FOUR SWORN TO RIDE
224 NOW THE PEOPLE WILL TRIUMPH
225 AND IVE BY THE SIGN
226
227 HORUS
228 ON WARD POUNDING INTO GLORY RIDE
229 SIGN OF THE HAMMER BE MY GUIDE..
230
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232 07070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707
233 RY:Message received. So sorry. VOX cleared up confusion, but not reason. Will
234 transmit again ASAP.
235
236 070707070707070707070707070707 06/01/85 22:20:40 0707070707070707070707070707070
237 BEM: We will be arriving at planet three solar units before your
238 advance force. Squaters rights and all that, find another planet
239 to plunder and pillage.
240 Your friend
241 Blasfeme
242 PS We conquer without regard to creed, color, race, ethnic
243 background, language,
244 and place of birth.
245 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
246 Luke are you out there?
247 Jody back again
248
249 My God! The Archives are back in force!
250
251 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
252 WAIT a minute. Sqatter's rights? Then we, the members of the human race,
253 should have first dibs, for after all, we're the oldest intelligent sqatters
254 on the planet. So sorry, but the facts remain. Say, tell you what, there's
255 this nice little planet I know of on the far side of Sirius, methane atmosphere
256 and all...
257 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
258 THE PROBLEM WITH THE ABOVE STATEMENT
259 IS THAT IT ASSUMES THAT THE HUMAN
260 RACE IS INTELLIGENT. SINCE THIS IS
261 A FALSE ASSERTATION, SQUATTER'S
262 RIGHTS DO NOT APPLY. H.
263
264 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
265 Boy, are thing starting to look like they used to or what!
266 Does this sound familiar:
267 FROM: B.E.M.
268 TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
269
270 Our planet has been destroyed by a supernova.
271 We will be invading two weeks from Thursday.
272 *** love ***
273 B.E.M.
274
275 (an Equal Opportunity Despoiler)
276
277 [DThis has been a direct quote.
278 I repeat, this has been a direct quote. If this had been original,
279 you would have been where to tune for further original material.
280 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
281 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
282 ...And so the happy Russian pranced through the grassy fields and sniffed
283 the lovely flowers as was so often his wont. True it was that others enjoyed
284 the sole form of wholesome ecstasy known as grass between the toesies, but the
285 Soviet animal lover took pleasure in the fact that his dafodillic musings
286 contained completely subtle yet altogether blatant sarcastic undertones.
287 Alas!
288 A long distance call doth take its toll,
289 I breathe a sigh so deep,
290 It's time to play my favorite role
291 with a round and healthy sheep!
292 ...And so the happy Russian pranced through the grassy fields and sniffed
293 the lovely flowers as others so often won't.
294 --An unnamed and completely anonymous Russian sheep lover
295 (lover of Russian sheep?)
296 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
297
298 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
299 POETRY IS THE GAME NOW HUH?
300 LET ME TRY
301 THE HUNTER
302 AS THE HUNTER AWOKE AT EARLY DAWN,
303 HE WASTED NOT A MOMENT TO BE ON HIS WAY.
304 HE BROUGHT HIS WEAPON DOWN FROM THE SHELF.
305 A VALUED POSESSION THAT BROUGHT HIM FAME AND WEALTH.
306 IN THE FOREST HE WAITED FOR THAT PERFECT MOMENT.
307 THE ONE THAT COMES WITHOUT WARNING
308 OR SIGN.
309 LIKE THE GUST OF AN OCEAN BREEZE IT CAME.
310 THE HUNTER AIMED AND SHOT.
311 AND SHOOT HE DID FROM DAWN TIL DUSK.
312 BUT NOT AN ANIMAL WAS HARMED
313 FOR A CAMERA WAS HIS GUN.
314 ALAN KENNEDY
315 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
316 P.S. NO NEED TO WORRY. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF GROWING IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS
317 {{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}
318 BACK AGAIN
319 MOVIE REVIEW: FLETCH
320 VERY GOOD COMEDY. IF YOU LIKE CHEVY CHASE, YOU'LL LOVE THIS FILM.
321 LOTSA ACTION SUSPENSE AND FULLBLOWN BELLY LAUGHS.
322 CHEVY CHASE IS A UNDER COVER NEWSPAPER REPORTER OUT TO BUST A DRUG RING ON
323 CALIFORNIA'S BEACHES. AFTER MAKING GOOD CONTACTS, FLETCHER FINDS HIMSELF
324 HIRED BY A MAN TO KILL HIM. THE CHEIF OF POLICE WANTS FLETCH DEAD.
325 THE MAN'S WIFE WANTS FLETCH. THAT IS ALL I AM GOING TO TELL. I DON'T
326 WANT TO RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY.
327
328 well i finaly figured how to communicate with this. being from an off world
329 its hard to figure out the primitive
330 principles of your computer planet.
331 but as spacial ego's go I prevailed.
332 i hope to here from other space voyagersout there and talk about there planet
333 and spacial adventures.
334 till later this is hans sighning off
335 and will relocate my directional antena
336 to earth and talk about my latest adventure. by!
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345 save
346 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
347 The chill grey light of dawn was just thrusting icy fingers throught the
348 forest when the piper came awake. No sunrise, just the lightening of the
349 false dawn, cut the stygnian darkeness, washing out the stars far above,
350 leaving only the most brilliant as pale and washed-out reminders of the
351 stellar glory that had graced the night. Dew formed a liberal coating on
352 the surrounding vegitation where last night's mosture laden air had deposited
353 its burden. Not yet warmed and dry, the air brushed against the piper's
354 skin with cool tendrils, caressing the bruises, cuts, and abrasions his
355 last night's exertions had cost him.
356 The piper's return to conciousness was not easy. His emotional, added to
357 the physical pain, made retreat into darkness a most attractive option. It
358 was just part of the piper, not necessarily a sapient person, who pushed
359 his upper torso upward on trembling, blood-streaked arms. True, there must
360 have been at least the intellegence of an infant in the gaze that he gave
361 the nearby four-footed figure, but it was not the instant rush of "fight-
362 or-flight" adreniline that would have suffused a sapient who recognized
363 a watching wolf. It was more with wonder, and a kind of infant's delight,
364 that the husk that had been the piper watched the watching wolf until his
365 arms trembled and dropped him prone once again.
366 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
367 ----------------------------------------------------------------
368 M O U N T I A N S
369 - - - - - - - - -
370 SO TALL,SILENT AGAINTS THE SKY.
371 AS TALL AS A MOUTIAN.
372 I'M GONNA SAIL THROUGHT THE SKY.
373 LIFE'S FOR THE TAKIN'.
374 LIKE A MAN IS A MOUTIAN SIDE.
375 GREATNESS AWAITS FOR THOSE WHO TRY
376 NONE CAN TEACH YOU,IT'S ALL INSIDE.
377 JUST CLIMB.....................
378 %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%
379 when my time's here
380 for me to pass away,
381 I hope you won't fear...
382 This is my last day!
383
384 So I wish they don't pay
385 the same kind of price I did
386 on my very last day.
387 No, not what I did.
388
389 And now for the furniture they will bid
390 they don't know where it's been before.
391 Everyone's here, the people who didn't know me, even their kids...
392 So they take this and that, just what they realy adore.
393
394 I would stop them if I could from taking the things I love.
395 But I can't do much of anything, except look down from above...
396 %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%
397 Jody? Is that really you?
398 Luke
399
400
401 Hello loyal bullatin board people of the UNITED STATES:
402
403 I have benn having a problem with connecting on two of my frequently used
404 phone numbers. That is the bit bucket,and the utopia. DOES ANYONE KNOW
405 WHAT HAPPENED? WILL THEY BE BACK?
406
407 Some please leave me a note on what happened.
408
409 thanx, =========> the printer F3
410 ::::::::::::O O:::::::6/02::::::::::::::::::::::16:48::::::::O O::::::::::::::::
411 printer F3: Bit Bucket's sysop is out of town for a few more days, and the board
412 crashed. I wouldn't start looking for it to be up until Tues. or Wed.
413 CISTOP MIKEY: rumor has it that you are knowledgeable on antique electronics.
414 I have a circuit that calls for a TR1863 UART, which is very difficult to find.
415 Do you know of an alternative that would work with little or no modification?
416 For instance, I've got a TR1602. Is it useable?
417 If you need details, lemme know. (I will probably be at the social on Thursday,
418 late).
419 ::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::
420 Blasfeme: too late! we've been here for YEARS!! (or did you really think that
421 the humans could get into THIS mess on their own?)
422 B.E.M.
423 ________________________________________________________________________________
424 Who keeps erasing my name????
425 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZippydalurker
426 On the politics of Lurk Mode...
427 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZippydalurker
428 To all Commodore users:
429 I am currently trying to set up a BBS whose express purposewill be to be
430 an information line for drug treatment and drug abuse "hot-line" type of
431 actions. Anyone who has any information available and would like to share it,
432 please leave a message for Chari Anang on this BBS. Your help is appreciated.
433 #$# Previous few lines consisted of <cr>s and 'help's. DE'd by yours truly.
434 Lurking for the duration (are you listening, L'homme?) #$# Farley, 153/85-22:42
435 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Forrest Fang*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
436 Held his ground as the others faded back to the security of concealment.
437 All except Grey Shag the alph male whose position did not afford him the lux-
438 ury of security. Yet even Grey Shag
439 held back a pace as Forrest Fang moved
440 cautiosly forward, nostrals flaired to catch every nuance of scent.
441 He could detect neither hostility nor fear. The two legged one was now
442 standing. With deceptive casualness Forrest Fang moved qyarter-sideways tward
443 the human till his own side rubbed against the humans side. He could feel the
444 humans body heat through the thick fur of his side. Still no sign of fight-or-
445 flight. What Forrest Fang could not mis however was the empathic aura of
446 hollow empty longing, the resignation to fate of one whose spirit, at its low-
447 est ebb, sought thirstily for any touch. Seeing Forrest Fang unharmed,
448 Grey Shag pushed him out to administer the test of charicter himself.
449 Without warning, though the rest of the pack knew prettymuch what was
450 comming, Grey Shag did a kind of half-jump and rested his forelegs on the
451 human's shoulders. Roughly he started licking the sides of the humans face.
452 This was not a cheerful greeting but a test, to see if the other would flinch.
453 Surprising to everyone except Forrest Fang, who had already experienced
454 first contact, and perhaps Grey Shag who might have guessed this two legged
455 ones inner strength, He did not.
456 Satisfied, Grey Shag jumped down and moved back three paces leaving the
457 next part of the ritual once more to Forrest Fang who approached, tail down
458 but not tucked, ears slightly forward and head halfway to one side.
459 He let the humans hand scratch firmly his back and shoulder before droping
460 down and rolling on his side waiting for his stomack to be nuzzled.
461 When the human complied he jumped up and half soft-bit, half licked the
462 tip of the humans chin. Then dancing cheerfully asside sang a howel of accep-
463 tance and greeting.
464 The others seeing this, each repeated the process in order of rank. All
465 except Grey Shag who stood off to one side with great dignity and bearing as
466 was the way, as it had always been.
467 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
468 !
469 >>>>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>
470 Red. That was all I saw as the back of my hand came to meet with the face
471 of the man that sat across from me. I had heard one word too many.
472 "Never speak of our commander in that tone agian! Do I make myself
473 absolutely clear on that point? Never!" said I.
474 "You needn't take offence personally, Captain," said one of the men as
475 they aided their comrade up from the floor. The fury of the blow had been
476 strong enough to send the man realing off the back of his seat. "All I had
477 meant was that I had found it rather strange that he should be missing for
478 so long a time. How can one call himself a 'Guardian' if he is nowhere to be
479 found?" The man rising from the floor pulled at his chain-mail vestiment and
480 wiped the dust from his leggings, not looking at the face of the man that had
481 struck him.
482 "But for you to suggest treason! You cur! Off to handle a diplomatic
483 situation with one of the neighboring villages for our duke and you assume
484 the worst. Gone for too long and you suspect that he has joined with the
485 enemy's house? Be glad I struck you only once, and with the back of my hand,
486 I doubt that you may find the bite of my blade's steel edge to mend as
487 quickly as the scratches of my glove!" My eyes were wide and my breathing
488 short. The scent of the men's alcohol came bitterly to me and I realized
489 it was not the men that had done the talking. "Do not provoke me thusly
490 again... I shall go now."
491 Hearing the din of the barracks return upon my departure, the rattle of
492 the door could only faintly be heard as it was pulled shut. I began to
493 stroll up the hill to a place of solitude, a place where we had often shared
494 our times together, a place where we could be alone. It wasn't really all
495 that long ago, or so it seemed, that I had last conversed with him.
496 Although our leader, I had always considered him more of a brother for we had
497 shared so much of the same hardships in our lives.
498 Upon reaching the cove we had made near the peak of the hill I once again
499 cast sight on the 'Monument to Friendship'. On our own, we had taken five
500 fallen trees and constructed a frame that had those words carved into them.
501 On them were two identical long swords, each bearing words on the blades.
502 On the blade that hung from the top were the words
503 'For the life of my Duke -- the Guardian'
504 And on the blade that rested below it,
505 'For the life of my Duke...
506 <<<<<<<--------------------------------- The Sentry ----------------<<<<<<<
507
508 %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^
509 Confusion.
510
511 The things I hear that other people say that hurt others,
512 I'm not involved, I'm just an observer, and a friend.
513 I can't help but to feel sad.
514 If there was anyting that I could say I would, I am a friend.
515
516 There are so many times when I have had something to say.
517 I look around to see all of my peers,
518 I realy do have something that I want to say,
519 But I don't say it, not now, not here.
520
521 There are times when all of the hiding places disappear,
522 I'm left standing all alone on the middle of the world and no one on my side.
523 What can I do, where can I run?
524 There is no one to turn to, so I turn into myself and hide.
525
526 Please help me through the dark times.
527 If I seem to be calm and relaxed it's all a illusion.
528 When there is a smile on my face, and I'm happy
529 it's all to hide my terrible confusion.
530 %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%
531 (*--marker--*)
532 ?????????????????? Lurk, lurk, lurk... ??????????????????? The Doctor ?????????
533 !=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!
534 'TIS GOOD TO RETURN FROM THE WARS AGAIN...SEEMS TO BE A FEW NEW SOULS
535 IN THE INN AGAIN SINCE THE LAST TIME I DRANK HERE...SORRY NOT TO POST
536 A NOTE TELLING THOSE I SIT WITH THAT I WOULD BE GONE BUT I HAD NO TIME...
537 NOW WHERE DID I LEAVE OFF ON THAT STORY???????
538 !=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=! BIGFOOT !=!=!=!=!=!=!=!
539
540 Next person who erases my name will die ''ODIN''
541 Thanks who ever is erasing it,you're just a real neat guy!
542 ----------------------------------------------------------
543 Black Clouds on the horizon
544 Great Thunder and burning rain.
545 His chariot pounding ...
546 I heard the heavens scream his name...
547
548 I watched as he shouted.
549 To the giants who died that day.
550 Hammer high.
551 and called to odin for a sign
552
553 Thor The mighty
554 Thor the brave
555 Crush the infidles
556 in your way.
557 by your hammer and now be saved
558 lived to die on that final day
559 gods,monsters and men,will die together in the end!
560 *****************************************************************
561 ......................................................................
562 VOYEUR: SORRY, NO GOT INFO ON THE BEAST, BEST BET IS TO TRY MAGRATHEA BOOK
563 STORE AT 88TH AND STARK. IF JOE DOESN'T HAVE IT, HE CAN GET THE INFO FOR
564 YOU. HE NORMALLY SHOWS AT THE PCS SOCIAL AS WELL, SO YOU CAN ASK HIM THERE.
565 THOUGH, YOU WILL NEED TO BE THERE EARLY, HE USUALLY LEAVES AROUND 10:OOPM.
566
567 L'HOMME: HOW'S 3.0 GOING? ANY NEW BUG REPORTS?
568 ***************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************:
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570 To those who speak of having thier names ereased, how?? db is in
571 ENTER ONLY mode.........
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