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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 22 MAR 86 *********************** 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************* 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned 8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public. 9 no restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is 10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which 11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be 12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the 14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the 15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace 16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18 ************************************************************** 19 20 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 21 Do I believe this? Do my roving orbs decieve me? Am I at the top? I come backafter a long hiatus (after a time on 22 this board in which, it must be noted, Inever made it to the upper eschelons of glory) and I find this board strangely 23 less busy than I left it. What's the deal? Have I just struck upon a good time of the day to call? Or has there 24 been some monumental schism that I am not aware of? ( besides the Destroyer...ah.. incident) 25 26 Back to the book of the Pariana Riva. The number four holds great significance in the land of Illyria. There are four seasons, 27 each boasting it's own seasonal animal. These animals are the Dragon of Summer, the Phoenix of Spring, The Unicorn of winter, 28 and the Gryphon of fall. Each of these hold almost messianic status in the Illyrian Religion. In the ruling body, as well 29 as the theocracy, there are paralells. THere are four seats of power, each corresponding to one of the four elements and held 30 by a practicer of the four basic arts. 31 ( Elements: earth, wind, fire, water... Arts: priest, sorceror, warrior, mariner.) 32 The Book of the Pariana Riva states thatthe two most popular thrones are the earthen throne, and the Merlaor (undersea) 33 throne. This is because these are the only two elected trhones. The other two, the thrones of Fire and Wind, are eitherempty 34 (as in the case of the throne of Fire) or unconcerned with governing (as with the sorceror that holds the Northern throne of 35 the winds.) There are many more parralells that can be drawn, but for now they would be too tedious to write., as well asread. 36 More later. 37 To the author of the Book of Souls.. Is it a real book, or are you writing itout of your own fertile little 'maginings 38 Yours, riding on the winds of spring.... 39 40 Rivania. 41 ___________________________________________________________________________ 42 Rivania: It was nice of you to attempt to save lines, but next time use 43 MA 120. As it stands most of your lines are 127 (128?) characters long. 44 This means that (due to a bug) the FI & FA commands will "find" those 45 lines (ie a 128 char line is an automatic match). 46 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446512.4011______________________________ 47 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu.in.the.sun 48 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 49 From Prometheus; Aside the warm light of a soft lamp 50 The electrical circuits in my room decided to take a shower. In their own 51 sparks, but a shower. There were a few fires in the wiring and the insulated 52 aluminum wiring is in it's last days. Emergency wiring was installed until the 53 old stuff is ripped away. Leaving me with a five inch teleivision, and a fine 54 lamp, on the floor. The effect of this on my monitor is pleasant, and I felt 55 the urge to do something under the light. 56 Hence, this entry. 57 Assorted messages follow. 58 Guardian; I wish you had never disclosed the secret of the numbers. Now 59 they are visible every sixty lines, or so. Do us a favor, and never reveal any 60 other notation systems. Until then, sd8503.22 mt1824.43, heh, heh. 61 Man in Gray; Dad let me drive to Colorado. The roads are a lot different 62 when I drive, they were easier when someone else was driving. Once I got to 63 the promontory the observatory is on, it looked worse too. Those people left a 64 few crates of ammunitions in the corrugated tin walls. The main lens had razor 65 scratches on it, and there are at least fifteen pounds of sugar in the kitchens 66 that weren't there a year ago. 67 The spent shell casings fit ingrams. 68 I think we might be in a little trouble. Renting it out was incredibly 69 stupid. I might be able to blame it on hunters, and stray chefs, but no one 70 is going to believe me. 71 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 72 73 74 Does anh?) movie? GO SEE BRAZIL TODAY!!!!!! 75 there is no better fantasy, Sci Fi flickEVER MADE!!! Tell em' Terry sent Ya. 76 77 78 ail to all.. 79 Rivania 80 ****************************************goodstuffgoodstuffgoodstuffgoodstuffgoo 81 I hope someone knows where we are going as *I* don't! 82 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 83 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 84 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 85 GOT A SAGE II FOR SALE ALL DOX IS WITH IT 512K AND A FREEDOM 100 86 FOR $800 OR BEST WHAT SAY??? 87 PRINCE DRAGON 88 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 89 LIST 12-100 90 91 I NEED A 92 HOW DO GET OUT OF HERE???????? 93 SYS.09 94 DONE 95 OFF 96 ^C 97 **************** BOOK OF SOU 98 **************** 99 DEADACAION TO: THE 4th HORN 100 101 ################################### 102 INTRODUCTION 103 ################################### 104 105 WELCOME INTO MY PERSONAL WORLD OF NOLIGE, HERE YOU MAY FIND 106 A HOLE DIFFRENT WORLD OF WICHERY & BLACK MAGIC... 107 YET THAT I HAVE ONLY STUDYED THE ART OF MAGIC FOR A FEW YEARS, 108 I HAVE OBTAINED SECRETS THAT NO THAT NO MAN MAY KNOW........... 109 TTHE BOOK OF SOULS. IS CREATED NOT SO THAT I MAY REVIEL MY SECRETS, 110 JUST TO LET THE WEEK MINDED HAVE A CHANE TO EXPAN THEIR NOLIGE OF THE 111 COSMOSE & THE POWERS TRAPED WHITHIN TIME. THE POWERS I SPEEK 112 OF ARE THOSE OF THE ARCHANGELS, DESINDINTS OF THE DARK LORD F 113 114 115 BUT THY ARE NOT THE MOST EVIL HELD WHITHIN TIME`S MIGHTY GRIP, 116 BUT JUST THE PUREST FORM... DEMONS ARE FAR MORE EVIL THEN A DEVIL 117 NOT SAYING THATA DEVIL CANT CAUSE YOU TERRIBLE DIFFICULTYS.. 118 BUT ALL DEMONS FALL UNDER RULE OF DEVILS & ALL DEVILS 119 FALL UNDER RULE OF THE ANCHINT DRAGON. 120 THOUE DEMONS HATE GOD, THY ALSO HATE EVERY THING IN THERE 121 OWN LEIGON. THERE ARE HIGHER & LOWER RANKING DEMONS & DEVILS 122 IN SOME CASES THERE ARE DEMONS WHO ARE CALLED DEVILS, 123 BECOUSE OF THE POWER THY ARE GRANTED. 124 IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE A RATE OF 100 DOCUMINTED REPORTS A YEAR 125 ARE FILED FOR DEMONIC POSSESION. IN MOST CASES THE VICTEMS IS NO 126 OLDER THEN 8... IN MOST CASES OF EVERY DAY LIFE, WE DO THINGS THAT 127 ARE MORAL`S SHOULD KEEP US FROM. BUT SOME TIME THAT FAILS & WE 128 BECOME A VICTIM OF DEMONIC SUGGESTION. LIKE IN CASES OF 129 LIEING, BLASPHEMIES, STEELING, MURDER, ADULTRY, 130 OR JUST IN GENAREL THE 10 COMMANDMINTS............ 131 THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW SIGHNS OF DEMONIC POSSESION 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 133 CHANGES OF PERSONALITY INCLUDING INTELLIGENCE 134 MOREL CARACTER DEMEANOR APPEARANCE 135 PRETERNATURAL STRENGTH EPILEPTIC CONVULSIONS 136 CATATONIC SYMTOMS FALLING, CLODING OF CONSCIOUSNESS 137 ANAESTHESIA TO PAIN CHANGED FOICE 138 E.G., CLAIRVOYANCE TELEPATHYAND PERDICTIONS 139 REACTION TO & FEAR OF GOD BLASPHEMY WHITH REGRET AS 140 IN DEPRESSION AFFECTED BY PRYER. 141 142 143 ********************************** \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ 144 END OF PAGE # 1 OF NONE ~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~ 145 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ ********j************************* 146 147 148 149 DEAR RIDER OF THE WINDS ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ 150 WHUT DO YOU THINK ??? 151 152 YOURS; KEEPER OF SOULS danziciel 153 154 ***** **************************************** 155 sounds like me after a hard night on the town 156 (spellcheck where are you when we need you?) 157 /*************************************************************************\ 158 What a bunch of mindless garbage. I'd almost rather read NDG than that 159 above... 160 /*************************************************************************\ 161 I wouldn't say it was *that* bad! 162 ~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~| 163 Where am I? What is this p@lace? Why is this place? What is it all about wh 164 does it beep at me? 165 OFF 166 BREAK 167 How do I get out of here? 168 DONE 169 How do you stop this thing? 170 ~ 171 172 ######################################################################### 173 It seemed like an eternity being stuck in the statis field. I had no 174 real idea what was going on, or even what this was all about. It was 175 all so frightening. The voice in my head was of no help. It was almost 176 smug in it's knowledge of things. I wish I was back in my safe and 177 secure Inn. I wasn't cut out for all this adventuring stuff. 178 The Inn! WHo was watching the Inn? What was happening to it? Why anything 179 could happen. It could be burned down or overrun while I'm stuck here. 180 I hope it is alright. 181 My little voice had been quiet for sometime. since it tried to do what 182 ever it had tried to do before the restraining system had taken hold 183 it had not said a word. I didn't know if it was biding its time or 184 planing some devious plot. -Say something- #Something# -Well, at least 185 I know you're still there. What have you gotten me into though?- 186 #I haven't gotten you into anything. This primitive contraption has 187 gone into an overload condition from too many entities occupying it 188 at the sametime. When the space/time dialation field generator started 189 to fail the autoreturn mechanism took effect and is attempting to now 190 return the vehice to its original source.# -Huh?- #It's heading for the 191 repair shop.# -Oh, why didn't you say that in the first place?- 192 #Sigh... never mind... If we're lucky it will make it before the whole 193 thing colapses in a pile of molten metal and plastic.# -And if we aren't 194 lucky?- Then the power generator will fail, and the containment field 195 around the blackhole that powers this thing will disappear, and we'll 196 all be sucked into it crushing us into nothing.# -Oh... I hope that 197 doesn't happen, I've got to get back to the Inn.- #Sigh, I don't know 198 which is less intellegent, you or that slime slug I was stuck with 199 last time.# 200 The air around me started to shift more quickly traveling the whole 201 spectrum of the visible colors and beyond. Getting brighter and brighter 202 as they shifted. the throbing noise was getting louder too, as was 203 the smell of burnt something or other. Just when I thought it was going 204 to go on forever, there was a loud thump, and the vehicle came to a 205 shuddering stop vibrating everything despite the statis field that was 206 still in effect. The compartment deformed and canted to one side from 207 the force of the landing. Moments later the force of the landing apparently 208 caused irreperable damage to the controls, because the statis field 209 suddenly let go in the midst of an explosion from the control panel 210 that showered everyone in the area with sparks and bits of burning 211 whatever it was that made up the equipment. Having been in a bit of an 212 awkward position before the statis field took effect, I fell flat on my 213 face when it let loose. "Well," Bard said, "We're home...I think..." 214 ########################### The Innkeeper ############################ 215 Who says the Atari 520ST isn't good for anything? I just uploaded the 216 above with it using COPYLINK on the ST. ************ CM ************* 217 218 &/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/& 219 220 To the author of the Book of Souls.... 221 Dragons can be charming, entrancing, warm, if a bit quirky, pets. 222 But not too damn often. 223 224 Yours truly, sodden from the downpour of cosmic revelations..... 225 226 Rivania. 227 228 ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>>><>>>><<><>>><<>><><><><><><><><>><>>>< 229 230 exit 231 up 30 232 print 233 ---------------------------------------- 234 OH.. By the way... is a deterioration 235 in spelling abilities also a sign of 236 demonic possesion? I hope not. For your 237 sake. More than one person in a body 238 239 can border on the uncomfortable. 240 241 Still sodden........ 242 243 Rivania. 244 245 --------------------------------------- 246 *********************************** 247 RIVANIA ~~~~~~~ 248 NO.. IM AFRAID THAT MY POOR SPELLING IS JUST PLANE OLD 249 STUPIDITY..& PLUS I DONT KNOW HOW TO EDIT THE STUFF.. 250 AND I WOULDNT WORRY ABOUT ME BEING POSSESED BY A DEMON. 251 BECOUSE I HATE THEM MORE THTHY COULD POSSIBLY HATE ME.... 252 BUT THERE ARE A FEW WHO WOULD 253 JUST LOVE TO DESTROY ENY AND EVERY SIGHN OF ME EVER EXISTING... 254 BUT THERE ARE BEING WELL TOOK CARE OF SO DONT FRET........ 255 256 danziciel 257 *********************************** 258 PV Jeltz - the second line of your message ended with ".-. . .--. .-.. -.--. 259 ". This was supposed to be "reply.", but you left the period uncoded, so th 260 -.--. was untranslatable. What you really meant was "-.-- .-.-.-", which is 261 "y.". Oh, but you wanted your reply in code, didn't you? Sorry, I haven't 262 written the Ascii-to-Morse portion yet, and I ain't gonna do it by hand. 263 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( esrom )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) 264 265 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 266 TO RIVANIA DRAGONS DO NOT LIKE TO BE PETS!!!!!!! 267 TO DANZICIEL KEEP IT UP IF IT IS FROM YOUR MIND IT IS GOOD 268 TO ESROM THERE IS A PROGRAM FOR ASCII-MORSE/MORSE-ASCII 269 IF YOU WANT ,WHAT SYSTEM ARE YOU RUNING 270 PRINCE DRAGON 271 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 272 OFF 273 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 274 DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY OF THE DETAILS REGARDING THE LOCAL MEASURED SERVICE THAT 275 WAS MENTIONED AT THE END OF DISK B? 276 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ SOLO \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 277 *%_#@*%_#)@*!)_@*#)_@*#$)_*&^%_)^*)#_@%*@#_)%&#$)_^*@)_*!)_%*!)*#)_$^&*)_%*@#)_%*_)^&@)_*%!)+*%^#$)_^&*_#$)&^_@)^*@#_)* 278 PURGEUSER? Yiiii! No anything but PURGEUSER! Hey, what am I worried about. You don't have that kind of access on the 279 machine. You can't run that sys program. You can't do anything, really! So try it buddy, make my sia. 280 Mikey: Hooray! CL on the Atari looks might good. Well done and congratulations on the accomplishment. Sorry I can't 281 help you much with off-site beta-testing this time. I currently don't have a 520 or a 1040 or even a 2080, the new 282 Atari machine that uses the NS32032 with a Lucasfilm graphics engine capable of 3000x4000 with 64 bit planes and direct 283 hidden line removal, anti-aliasing, and auto-clipping, all on chip with register-speed transfer. Oh, you didn't know 284 about the 2080... I guess this is what they call a media-slip. 285 Guardian: Yea sure, you know all the stories already. What's a person to do, now I ask you? 286 *%_)*%)_#@*%)@_*%@)_#%&@)#_&@#_^&@# L'homme sans Parity *%#@_)*%@#)_*%@#)_%@#)_^&@#)_^*@)#*^@#_)^&@#)_^&@#_^&@#_)^&@_)^ 287 -.-.- -- .-. .-.-.- .--- . .-.. - --.. ---... .. .... .- ...- . 288 .-. . -.-. . .. ...- . -.. -.-- --- ..- .-. -- ... --. .-.-.- .... 289 --- .-- .- .-. . - .... .. -. --. ... .. -. .- .-.. --- .... .- 290 ..--.. -.-- --- ..- .-. ... --..-- .-.. . --- -. .- .-. -.. .-.-. 291 There, that oughta hold him for a while. 292 Nom De Guerre: I suppose that you will claim that the "book of souls" 293 stuff is better than the destroyer? 294 Danciziel: if you are going to format stuff for a 40 column screen, use 295 MA 40, otherwise format for an 80 column screen. Your table is a bit 296 hard to read with entries that are supposed to be under each other across 297 from each other instead... 298 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446513.6830______________________________ 299 [*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*] 300 [*] [*] 301 [*] If You Want More Than The [*] 302 [*] Ordinary Board With Plenty [*] 303 [*] Of Room For Uploads And [*] 304 [*] Downloads, And Seven Rooms [*] 305 [*] Of Topics Including A 128 [*] 306 [*] Users Board And More... [*] 307 [*] [*] 308 [*] Call The -=> ALHAMBRA <=- [*] 309 [*] At 631-xxxx. Gates Are Open [*] 310 [*] From 10pm To 4pm (16 Hours) [*] 311 [*] Sunday Night Through [*] 312 [*] Thursday Night... [*] 313 [*] Applications Being Taken, [*] 314 [*] Starting Sunday, 03/23/85. [*] 315 [*] Sysops: The Oracle, And [*] 316 [*] The Sand Master... [*] 317 [*] [*] 318 [*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*][*] 319 ********************************** 320 THE BOOK OF SOULS 321 ********************************* 322 FIRST STEPS IN MAGIC 323 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 324 IT IS APPARENT THAT ONE CANNOT BECOME A PRACTISING MAGICHIN 325 UNTILL ONE HAS A PLACE TO PRACTIS - A MAGIC TEMPLE or ALTER 326 THIS DOSENT MEAN YOU MUST CLUTTER THE ROOM WHITH MAGICAL SYMBOLS 327 IN FACT YOU CAN MAKE A ALTER OUT OF A EVERY DAY COFFE TABLE.. 328 BUT BE WORNED DO NOT USE THIS TABLE FOR ENY THING ELSE THEN MAGIC..! 329 THE TABLE SHOULD BE AT LEAST 3ft X 2ft. THE BIGGER THE ALTER THE BETTER. 330 A TEMPLE CAN SOME WHUT BE MADE IN THE SAME WAY .. THOU ITS NOT WISE, 331 ITS BETTER TO HAVE A HOLE ROOM OR ATTECT, BASMENT, ETC,. 332 FOR THE OF A TEMPLE...... 333 LET S JUST STAY WHITH THE MAKING OF AN ALTER FOR NOW BECOUSE ITS 334 MUCH EASYER, & TAKES A LOTS LESS EFERT. 335 FOLLOWING ARE LIST OF MATTERIALS NEEDED. 336 ================================= 337 A BLACK TABLE CLOTH 338 13 CANDELS;(perferbly Black) 339 PITCHURE OF A PENTAGRAM (a inverted star) 340 A RED CLOTH 341 WHITE PAPPER & A BLACK FLARE PEN. 342 ================================= 343 YOU WILL ALSO NEED A ROBE OR GARMINT IT SHOULD ALSO BE BLACK 344 BUT IF YOU DONT HAVE ONE ENY COLLOR WILL DO.. 345 PLUS YOU WILL NEED A SMALL BOX NO LARGER THEN 6` HIGH 346 NOW THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED FOR NOW 347 WE CAN PROSEED TO BLESS THEM. 348 PLACE THE BLACK CLOTH OVER YOUR ALTER THEN PLACE THE SMALLER BOX 349 AT THE FAR SIDE FROM WERE YOU WILL BE SITTING 350 PLACE THE RED CLOTH OVER IT & THEN PLACE TWO CANDELS ON EACH SIDE 351 OF THE SMALL BOX.. NOW TAKE YOUR PAPER IT SHOULD BE NO LARGER THEN 352 6` HIGH..USING THE FIRST 4 PICES. 353 DRAW THE FOLLOWING SYMBOLS INTHE CENTER OF THE PAPER. 354 ================================= 355 MAGIC ELMINT SYMBOL 356 THE SIGIL OF TARUS: 357 & A INVERTED STAR AT THE 358 MIDDLE BOTTOM (or pentagram) 359 AIR :: THE SIGIL OF AQUARIUS: 360 & A PENTAGRAM IN THE 361 MIDDLE RIGHT HAND CORNER 362 FIRE : THE SIGIL OF LEO: 363 & A PENTAGRAM IN THE 364 MIDDLE TOP 365 WATER : THE SIGIL OF SCORPIO: 366 & A PENTAGRAM IN THE LEFT 367 HAND MIDDLE OF PAPPER.. 368 =================================== 369 END OF PAGE # 2 OF NONE 370 =================================== 371 372 373 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++/+++++++++ 374 elvae amigc ot hte miganitaoin. 375 +++++++++++++++ 376 My mind was numb, even after the stasis field switched off (or became 377 inoperable?). One thing I never did understand- if the entire craft was 378 placed in a a stasis field, including the stasis device itself- why didn't the 379 craft and all its contents remain in stasis forever? Never mind, don't explain 380 it to me. 381 Small bits of flaming debris rained down on us. A few began to burn into my 382 robe, as if that mattered anymore; it already had several serious char marks. 383 A quick survey of the cabin- no one seriously hurt, hard to tell in the case 384 of the alien, though. I helped the Innkeeper to his feet, he having fallen 385 to the deck of the craft. 386 My strength was still not much to work with, but the sleep had helped. I made 387 a tremendous effort to remain upright, the Innkeeper now aiding me. "Anyone 388 know where we are?" 389 A rap-tap-tapping on the craft's outer door silenced me. I tried to smile. 390 "Well, who could *THAT* be at this hour? Bard, are you expecting company? 391 If I'd known this was going to be a social fgathering," I gestured toward my 392 tattered robes, "I would have worn my Sunday best." 393 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++ 23 Mar 86 at 11:30pm ++++++++++ 394 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 395 I've been looking at a limited archives, about 1 JAN 85 to 23 JAN 85- about 396 the time when Dangerfield gets his and Farley is inducted into NET. Level 4 397 code is first introduced; Petrov is taken by the PPD Kinko Squad. I see 398 JUGGLER'S first entry- all caps. Ye gods and little things, has it already 399 been more than a year? 400 Where does the time go? 401 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 402 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 403 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 404 The piper brushed the sparks off his faded kilt. The chlorine atmosphere 405 had faded the tartan so that the sett was almost invisible where folds had 406 not protected the cloth. Carefully, bleach wasn' 407 (oops, wasn' --> wasn't) very selective, it tended to attack the cloth as 408 well as the dye. He licked his thumb and applied the moisture to a persis- 409 tent spark that seemed intent on igniting the whole of his tattered clothing 410 and began to look around. 411 Most of the company seemed to be in good shape, the innkeeper nursing a 412 bruised nose from a fall, Milchar helping him stem the pain. The field 413 within the craft seemed to have prevented injuries within. Unfortunately, 414 the same could not be said of the bard's vehicle. The piper hoped that 415 the bard had propiated the appropriate gods with sufficient gold (they had 416 just rased the required sacrifice rate or "premium") to enable him to get 417 the vehicle repaired. 418 With the rest, the piper turned to look at the door as it reverberated 419 to the sudden pounding. 420 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 421 \ \ \ \ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 422 HI BOO 423 424 425 A needed recap 426 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 427 The Former stood on the white floor. It had been a few days ago that the 428 metamorphism left him in this state. Dealing for a transporting device, it had 429 led him to this spot. A faulty transporter had nabbed the Innkeeper and taken 430 him to a place on this planet. Probably nearby. 431 The device told him this was the site of the faulty transporter, and so he 432 arrived to investigate. It appeared to be a home, an alien, strange home, but 433 a home none-the-less. It seemed calculated for a six-handed alien, who could 434 breath the planet's atmosphere; chlorine. 435 The alien also experimented with transporters. The faulty transporter was 436 probably an experiment gone wrong. Now it had to work though. For as the 437 Former stood in this alien mushroom of a home, the Innkeeper and all the rest 438 were at the mercy of the Bard's stasis field. 439 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 440 The Former let the panels operate themselves. Light blinked in random 441 patterns. Dials turned of their own accord. Slides tugged this way and that. 442 Phantoms of the Innkeeper and the rest faded in and out. A whistle rose in 443 pitch until it all stopped. 444 The Bard's vehicle was solid. The phantoms were now solid, behind the 445 metallic walls of the vehicle. The stasis field must have been shattered in 446 the transport. Everything was solid, and in motion. 447 Leaving the panel to stand itself down, the Former walked up to the vehicle 448 and pounded on it. No hatches or doors were visible. No way to tell if the 449 party inside was safe or dead. No way t5o relieve the tension of the moment. 450 Not until a stunned face popped out of the vehicle. 451 "Hello?" 452 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 453 454 :::::=====::::: 455 Piper & Former: Straxi has four` ar}c,ms, not six. Alsol , his skin is 456 pink. Guess that`puts me out on a limb. 457 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==== 458 &/$/&/$/&/$/&/$/&/$/&/$/&/$/&/$/&/$/&/$/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 459 460 To Prince Dragon: 461 462 Obviously you have not met my little buddy Sparky. He is what you might call 463 "Creme De La Dragon". But I will agree with you on one point.. Dragons will 464 not tolerate cohabitation with semi- mortals ON EARTH. In the cosmic void, 465 they can be quite loveable. 466 Of course, It is a bit of a trial, I mean, Sparky devoted to the destruction 467 of the universe and me dedicated to eternal good, but once we cross that 468 doorstep, our careers are forgotten. Youmight say that the time we spend 469 together is "quality" time. It is not often that you find a Dragon that 470 doesn't try to tie you to home and family. 471 He also likes to fetch the 472 Oregonian for me. In the RAIN yet!! 473 474 Give him a call! I'm sure that you could find lots to talk about. Right 475 now he is researching for his Doctoral thesis on the subject of " Princesses 476 in the Modern world; a Guide to good eats." 477 478 To the Author of the Book of Souls.. 479 480 I would fain warn you not to give away too many of the Golden secrets. 481 Things have a way of balancing out, and the power you allow others to posses is 482 the power that you lose. 483 484 Beware!! 485 486 Rivania 487 (\)(\\)(\)(\)(\)((\)(\)(\)(\)(\)(\)(\)(\) 488 dear modemites, 489 How often would you use this bulletin board if you had to pay for every 490 minute you were on the modem? Local phone companies across the state are 491 trying to make Local Measured Service mandatory.Businesses, service 492 organizations and people angry at enormous phone rate increases have already 493 collected over half the signatures necessary to stop Mandatory Measured Service 494 in Oregon. Help collect signatures to save telecommunicating;call OSPIRG at 495 222-xxxx for information and petitions, or write us at arthur ptld, 496 97201. 497 break 498 help 499 ................................................................... 500 lurking today...Guardian, I got your message from nerd. Thanks! 501 ....................................Entropy................. 502 BEWARE! The truth about the Book of Souls has been revealed. The author is 503 plagerizing from another well-known book on the subject. He or she is changing 504 a few of the words but it is definitely taken from the source I found. This 505 presents two problems. First off, the person entering these messages does not 506 give proper credit to the real authors and their publisher. Secondly, the 507 person entering these messages is taking credit for their creation him or her 508 self. This is not the sort of thing telecommunications users need to have 509 tarnishing their image. People who steal ideas and take credit themselves are 510 a scurge on the good name of modemers everywhere and all steps should be taken 511 to eliminate the problem. I would be glad to share the title of the book and 512 where I found it if anyone is interested. Let us hope this so called author 513 sees the error of his or her ways and apologizes for the plagerism and promises 514 never to do so again. 515 516 Skip Tracy 517 ******************************************************************************* 518 519 520 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 521 to: SKIP TRACY 522 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 523 WELL SKIP IF YOU THINK IM TAKE MY INFO OUT OF OUTHER AUTHERS NOTES 524 I WISH YOU COULD TELL ME WHICH ONE? 525 BUT THATS NOT SAYING THE TITTLE OF MY BOOK HAS NOT ALL READY EXIST 526 IT IS MERLY THE TITTLE I WISHED TO USE. 527 If YOU ACESS TO THIS OUTHER BOOK OF SOULS YOU WOULD DIFFINTLY 528 FIND THY ARE TWO DIFFRENT KINDS OF BOOKS ALL TOGETHER.. 529 THE TECKNEEK I USE, IS NOT THE TECKNEEK I MY SELF USE ENYMORE 530 THE TECKNEEK I PRINT IN THE BIGINING OF MY BOOK 531 IS MY OWN RITCHULES, NOT SAYING THAT IT DOSENT CORASPOND WHITH 532 OUTHER PUBLISHED SCRIPTURES. IN FACT ITS SOME WHUT SIMILER TO 533 THE TECKNEEK ALEISTER CROWLEY USED. 534 BUT HE WAS A FOOL, IF YOU TAKE MY WRIGHTING AND COMPARE IT TO HIS 535 YOU WOULD FIND IT IS A TOTTALY DIFFRENT TYPE OF MAGIC. 536 NOT SAYING THE MR CROWLEY WASNT POWERFULL & POSESSED GREAT MAGIC 537 SCILLS, BUT HE DIED NOT METTING HIS OWN DESTANY. 538 BECOUSE FOR ONE THING HE COULD NOT FOR TELL HIS OWN FUTHER. 539 THOU I KNOW OR SUPOSELY KNOW MY DESTANY, I HAVE YET TO REACH IT. 540 NOT SAYING I WONT. FOR I WILL... 541 IN CLOSING : IF YOU WISH TO STATE THAT I AM A FAKE, PLEASE SHOW PROOF 542 DONT JUST SAY THERE IS ALREADY A BOOK CALLED THE BOOK OF SOULS. 543 BECOUSE IM SHURE THERE IS BUT IT DOSENT CORASPOND TO MY BOOK.. 544 I SUGEST NAMEING A OCCULT BOOK OR AUTHER`S OR SOMETHING....!!!!!!! 545 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 546 yours; KEEPER OF SOULS 547 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 548 549 P.S. : 550 SORRY YOU DIDNT SAY THAT YOU FOUND ANOUTHER BOOK CALLED BOOK OF SOULS 551 JUST A BOOK I WAS GITTING MY INFO FROM. 552 WHICH ONE ????????????????????????? 553 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 554 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 555 to Skippy..... 556 557 Never give your true name to a witch. 558 559 ........................................................................... 560 "Keeper": I hope you exercise more care in your rituals than you do in your 561 entries here. If you made half as many mistakes in spelling alone, as you 562 do here, you'd be in big trouble. Anyone who has even *begun* to study the 563 arts knows that there is no such thing as a "minor" detail, or a "trivial" 564 error. 565 ..............................the apprentice............................... 566 Bard lay where the impact had thrown him. He cautiously gave the 567 barest twitch to each muscle. When only minor twinges resulted, he decided 568 that he was relatively intact. 569 He arose and took a quick look around the conveyor. The automatics 570 seemed to have taken care of the worst of the damage, so only minor fires 571 had resulted. The full extent of the damage (both to the vehicle and and 572 to his finances) was just beginning to register as a punding noise drew 573 his attention. 574 He climbed over to the hatch and was about to open it when he realized 575 that he had no guarantee that the guages next to it were registering 576 properly. He couldn't be sure *what* was out there. Steeling himself for 577 anything, he opend a small panel and cracked open a valve behind it. 578 Well, the pressure was a close match, no major hissing. He gave a 579 cautious sniff. Seemed ok... well... 580 He opened the hatch and stuck his head out. 581 "Hello?" 582 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 583 584 Insert an indignant snide remark here. 585 I hate electronic mail. 586 587 ================ 588 ****************** 589 . ... .-. --- --: 590 -.-- . ... .. -.- -. . .-- .. ... -.-. .-. . .-- . -.. ..- .--. 591 -... ..- --- .- ... -.-- --- ..- -.- -. --- .-- ..-. .. -..- . ... 592 .- .-. . -. --- - .--. --- ... ... .. -... .-.. . 593 .- .-.. ... --- -- -.-- .--. ..- -. -.-. - ..- .- - .. --- -. .. 594 ... -. --- - --. --- --- -.. 595 .--. ...- .--- . .-.. - --.. 596 .--. ... - .... . . -. - .-. -.-- .-- .- ... -.. --- -. . -... 597 -.-- .... .- -. -.. 598 ***************** 599 600 I BELIEVE THAT NOONE ON THIS BOARD CAN SPELL...!!!! 601 THE ATARI COMPUTER LINE IS FOR THE BIRDS.. (TAKE THAT) 602 603 SIGNED <m<<<<<< THE FISH >>>>>>m> 604 605 =========--------============------------============------------===========--- 606 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsI 607 608 He couldn't do it. Cragmore strained every fiber of his psionic ability 609 but it was no use. The alien either wouldn't respond, or it couldn't respond. 610 Unfortunately, the inability of Cragmore to reach the alien did not mean an 611 end to the screeching he felt in his head, a psychic noise akin to pure 612 unadulterated torture. 613 Slowly, his body came out of its self-imposed physical freeze, and his 614 mind did what it could to thaw the limbs that had been dead to the world 615 for the past few minutes. Pain. As his senses began to register the 616 surroundings, nerves started carrying the after-effects of a body that had 617 been tossed like chaff to the brain. Cragmore winced, concentrated, and the 618 pain subsided, a bit. 619 Opened eyes revealed a small disaster scene. Bard's ship was a mess, 620 more than the usual dirty walls and unclean specimen bags. The inside of 621 the ship was torn apart. Milchar, Innkeeper, Bard, Piper, and the hideous 622 looking alien stood around, surveying the damage themselves, and doing what 623 clean-up seemed appropriate. 624 Sound came rushing back, and Cragmore could hear the words 'landed' 625 and 'stasis' and 'my ship!' then a loud pounding, from somewhere outside. TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 625