LIST FILE ON MARGIN IS 80 STATUS: ENTER ONLY NUMBER OF LINES: 543 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ******************** REMOVED: 18 MAY 84 ********************* 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day CISTern 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 22 Those of us who are new to the system may find it difficult 23 to communicate on it. Anyone who can improve my knowledge, please 24 leave my a message. 25 Thank you, 26 In need 27 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 28 Death to Phantom Writer: "..to rid the hallowed halls of BW _FROM_ this new..." 29 Shouldn't that be _OF_? 30 To quote Solomon Short: Don't expect to be treated as an intelligence 31 until after YOU pass the Turing test. 32 ______________________________Leonard__________________________________________ 33 Aaron, what is the status of the BW archives purchase & xfer? 34 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 35 If the locator was still working after all these years then this was it! 36 The portal to Amber... Sixty YEARS of walking these damned "service tunnels" at 37 an end. "Well, no use wasting time. Might as well open it." 38 So saying he triggered the opener, hoping that he had figured the time 39 shifts properly. He looked out at a room full of people. Recognizing most of 40 them, he stepped thru & let the hatch close. 41 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 42 Milchar- DON'T go assuming that everyone is done. Some of us don't log onto BW 43 on weekends! 44 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 45 ................................................................................ 46 Whisper: are we going to the Inn or to Amber? 47 .......................................the apprentice........................... 48 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj 49 Finally, I regain my consciousness, only to be trapped in a 7 by 7 50 cubicle. I wonder if Milchar is a good enough receptor to pick up my message 51 from here. 52 #Milchar, etc.: I seem to be trapped. I don't think I'm in Amber, but I can't 53 tell. I do, however, have my prized stickshift which tends to destroy high- 54 objects. (although I've never tested it on magic.)# 55 jjjjjjjjj 56 QM: The first one is bridge and I will need a dictionary to solve the second. 57 The Ninja 58 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 59 At the Inn... 60 Unknown to the general public,the roman baths that the Inn connects to also have 61 other useful devices.one of thease strange objects starts to cycle and after a 62 long wait opens up.feeling dead as if constructed of some heavy material,a man 63 slowly awakens to the sound of a metalic voice saying "please insert card for 64 power transfer payment" barely alive,the cryonaut shoves his master-card in a 65 labled slot."thank you" again,the voice "you are Graymalkin,correct?" 66 "uh,yea"` 67 "then depart sir,and use Trans`Time again" 68 69 as I stumble ftom the chambers to the Inn prgper,one thing is wrong,there`is no 70 people here.Mind still foggy f,I look out to see the innkeeper blasting tree 71 stumps`with some kind o moded horse. 72 "I realy need to stop doing this,it gets worse every time" 73 sitting in the empty Inn,wishing`for a beer,he waits... 74 The Man in Gray 75 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 76 This is the Phantom Writter and what do you have to say about it??? 77 DEATHTOPHANTOM WRITTERTHISTIMEINSTEADOFHAWTHORNE right????? 78 Why me?????What have i done??? 79 Well i don't care hear is a episode of one of my storys!!!! 80 :*************************************************************: 81 One day in a near by forest.......to the closest town called Athenia... 82 There lived three very happy people,until one day when they heard... 83 About a system called BWMS then everybody was after a MODEM...... 84 They all got one and used it 24hrs a day....untill one after noon.... 85 Someone called "THE MOB" ruined it everybody was MAD i mean they where.. 86 Mad as anyone can be.....but there was another problem...no more MODEMS! 87 No more computers,but there where still Computer Shops around that... 88 Selled computers for $1,2346 thousand dollars now nobody thought that... 89 That was a good idea but somebody shot everybody in the town except for 90 Him and now i will tell the story later..... 91 DEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLHUMANS********ANDROIDS RULE***** 92 DEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLHUMANS********ANDROIDS RULES**** 93 ROBOTS RULE AS WELL@ 94 i am a ROBOT if you did'nt know that i just call up computers and see.. 95 Who is there 96 THE MOB RULES!!!!!! 97 MOBS AND ANDROIDS AND ROBOTS RULE 98 DEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLDEATHTOALLDEATHTOALL 99 :***********PHANTOM WRITTER RULES****************************** 100 Death to all humans,androids,robots,and eagles rule!! 101 HELLO THERE. I AM NEW TO BWMS. I JUST STUMBLED ONTO YOUR NUMBER AND HERE I AM. 102 MY NAME IS BILL (THE CRACKER) WILLIAMS. I HOPE TO MOD/DEMOD WITH YOU IN THE 103 FUTURE. BY THE WAY CAN THIS SYS COMM AT 1200 BAUD ?? 104 105 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 106 Reaching out a feeble hand,Graymalkin tries to catch the glass as it drops 107 (crash!) to the floor.after wishing the mess away,he finaly gets a glass to 108 appear on the table.feeling much stronger now due to the alcohol(anything is 109 food to a moleman) he reaches out with his mind... 110 ##hello,Hello,HELLO...where is everybody...## 111 The Man in Gray 112 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 113 p.s.Leonard,I have some new 2114's if you want to sub them and see if that helps 114 any.also lotsa logic glue.see you saturday? or was this saturday it,I is a 115 confused man,after going through cryosleep. 116 MiG again. 117 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 118 -------------------------------(<>)--------------------------------- 119 The horse was foaming when I came into the square. The automobile 120 was readily appearant despite the crowd gathering around it. People 121 scattered as the white stallion clattered across the flagstones, and 122 a second dent appeared in the hood. 123 I gave a quick explanation of as much as I knew, and cast a quick, though 124 somewhat temporary, spell to revive the engine. Either magic is easier 125 to work here in Amber or I am getting better, the dents dissapeared, 126 along with several chips in the paint job. 127 With a roar, and another scattering of people, the car was off to the 128 palace, and I on the stallion in the other direction to gather 129 the others... 130 ----------------------(<>)The Traveller(<>)-------------------------- 131 (avec le blanc cheval) 132 133 $^&**(* 142 143 /\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\ 144 The plan is nearly complete. 145 The orders have been given. The three prepared portals open. 146 The three parties of heavy built humanoids step through. 147 Each of the the three figures raises a laser and aims at the 148 man on the horse. 149 150 A laugh, "If my other servants find thier prey so easily..." 151 152 /\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\CROLL\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\^/\ 153 154 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 155 HOW ARE THE CHILDREN? -GRANDMOTHER 156 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 157 158 ----------------------------------(<>)-------------------------------- 159 Challange accepted! 160 161 The searing heat of ionized air in the laser beams crackles overhead 162 as I hug low to the stallions back. In a second I am amoung them with 163 sword drawn. One goes down, as the others hesitate to fire in fear of 164 hitting the other. The stallion rears and kicks out, and another goes 165 flying as his laser beam goes wild. A slash with the sword as the 166 horse comes down finishes the other before he even brings the clumsy 167 laser rifle to bear. 168 A quick examination of the corpses shows me much, assassins 169 probably, though not well trained in going through gates, well that is 170 not surprising, since not many can use gates of this type, but that 171 brings another question, who sent them? and if this attempt failed 172 where and when will the next one come?I quietly thank Milchar 173 for such a fine mount! 175 A call! Two calls!! The one from the direction of the palace is clear 176 but the other! it is from the Inn! could it be? The questions race through 177 my mind. It had to be the Man in Grey. If what Milchar sent was true then 178 the Inn was not entirely undefended. 179 180 -------------------------(<>)The Traveller(<>)----------------------------- 181 In the thick of the thickest fog that has ever decended upon one of his 182 stature, a shining light of inspired ignorance came over him. 183 The wind blew his thoughts from his tongue,"am I transmitting??"... 184 After careful consideration, he managed to find his most reasonable 185 approach to this most boggling of situations. ""I will proceed"", he had made up 187 his mind. ""My only question is "am i being received?" ""... 188 189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++THE QUE 190 191 192 THE FORMER SAT AT EDGE,QUITE BORED BY THE INN. AS HE STARTED TO EXPIRIM- 193 ENT WITH THE WEIGHTS OF DIFFERENT BOTTLES ON TWO DIFFERENT HANDS A CUR- 194 IOUS THOUGHT SOUGHT OUT THE CONSCIOUS MIND. COULD I DO THIS ON MY TAIL. IT 195 IS FAT ENOUGH YOU KNOW. 196 ANOTHER THOUGHT SEEPED INTO THE NOT TO VERY BUSY MIND OF THE RAGGED BEAST 197 THAT WAS PRESENTLY THE FORMER.WHAT WAS SEL'DREE DOING.SHE WAS LIKELY WITH 198 WER'FEIHIL NOW.AS SHE WOULD BE MOST HAPPY WITH HIM.WHICH IS WHY HELEFT THE 199 PAIR TO THEMSELVES BACK ON THE DESERTS OF V'LOCKTRE.HE COULD SEE HER IN 200 HIS COMPARATIVELY STRONG ARMS,HE COULD SEE HIM,A HESITANT PAUSE BEGAN TO 201 GROW IN HIS THROUT.MAYBE EVEN A LUMP,THE FIRST SIGN OF A CRY. 202 THINKING OF HER THE WAY HE HAD LAST SEEN HER.BEFORE MOUNTING HIS HORSE, 203 AND RIDING INTO THE HORIZONS.SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL,HIS CONCEPT OF BEAUTY 204 FULFILLED.SHE COULD SEE HIM DOING,THE LUMP AGAIN FORMED IN HIS THROAT.THE 205 FORMER WAS LESS ABLE TO STOP IT. TO KEEP FROM BEING WEAKOTHERS EYES.HE 206 COULD SEE HIM DOING,A PAUSE,THINGS TO HER.LOVING HER.DAMN!! 207 HE SCREAMED IN RAGE AND THE BARKEEP SCRAMBLED FOR A BOTTLE. THINKING HE 208 TO BE THE TARGET OF THE SCALY BEASTS RAGE.THE BARKEEP RAN TO THE FORMER 209 ANDSET DOWN THE BOTTLE,THEN HE HURRIED AWAY.IN FEAR. 210 THE FORMER SCREAMED AGAIN IN THE LIZARD SCREAMS OF THE V'LOCKTRE.HIS NECK 211 REACHED FOR MORE FREE SPACE.THE FORMER FELT BOUND BY THE INN.HE THREW A FEW 212 COINS FOR HIS MEAL AND HEADED FOR THE DOOR IN A HURRY.BRUSHING THE SWINGI- 213 NG DOORS ASIDE CARELESSLY. 214 OUT IN THE AIR THE FORMER MOUNTED HIS HORSE AND RODE HARD TO A NEW WORLD 215 ANDTO A PLACE SAFE FROM MEMORIES... 218 219 DEATH TO PHANTOM WRITER PERSON: 220 LIGHTEN UP. I KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE THE BUT OF YOUR LITTLE AMUSEMENTS 221 ANONOMOUSLY GIVEN TO APPEASE YOURSELF APPARENTLY TO THE FREQUENTORS OF THE 222 INN.SURE THE 'PHANTOM WRITER' DOES THINGS THAT ARE WASTEFULL OF OUR SPACE 223 AND TIME BUT SO DEATHTO LETTERS.NOW IF YOU WANT TO START INSULTING 224 ME AGAIN;FINE. 225 226 FOR ALL YOU WOULD BE TREKKERS: 227 NOW YOU PEOPLE CAN DESCRIBE EPISODES BUT CAN 228 YOU NAME THEM?FOR INSTANCE SOME ONE OUT THERE TELL ME THE TITLE OF THE EPIS- 229 ODE IN WHIH THE USS CONSTELLATION WAS DESTROYED. 230 231 SIGNED, 232 HAWTHORNE 233 234 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 235 QM:Bridge, as it is played with cards and the others are not. 236 Dodecophonic, as a person could be all of the others but not 'composed of 237 twelve-tone music'. 238 Bard:Sorry, I haven't been on long enough to know these things. I am sorry 239 for my ignorance and pray that you will forgive me. 240 Traveller: Well done! 241 ++++++++++ 242 "Please, take K-9 if you wish. But I believe that we will be in great danger 243 while we travel. I must think a while. I must consider all of the routes 244 out of Amber, and which ones are most likely to be sealed off. Shadow-shifting 245 is definitely out, as I have trouble s with it in normal conditions, and I 246 am not in the mood for a 'hellride'. The Tardis won't operate under these 247 conditions, so what have we left? A spell, perhaps? Nay, I closed off that 248 route myself. Aha! K-9, please give me a complete report on electro-magnetic 249 phenomena in this vicinity, cross-referenced with data obtained while you and 250 The Doctor were pulled here." 251 "Compiling data. Unusual phenomena occuring 34.7564 meters SSE of current 252 position. Data indicates that emissions are produced by aReality Hole. Data 253 comfirmed." 254 The Doctor said, "A Reality Hole? The last time I heard of one of those was 255 when we were battling Arson! He can't have come back (when aroused, Milchar 256 , this mentor, and myself deal out quite a permanent death), so it could only... 257 K-9! Dampen electro-magnetic phenomena occuring 34.7564 meters SSE of current 258 position! Milchar, we must leave quickly! If my guess is right, then the 259 others will have more than what you foretold to deal with...." 260 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++ 261 (P.S. :Where (exactly!) will the PorSciFiS meeting be on Saturday (19th)? 262 I have asked someone else where the Multnomah County Library is, and they 263 asked me which branch I meant. Help!) 264 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 265 DEATHTOPHANTONWRITTER DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANT 266 YOU! HOW DARE YOU CONTINUE TO MISSPELL WITH SUCH OBVIOUS FORETHOUGHT AND 267 MALICE, BUT WAIT, YOU ARE NOT CAPABLE OF THOUGHT, LET ALONE FORETHOUGHT, SO 268 IT MUST BE SIMPLE MALICE. YOUR STORIES CONTINUE TO BE MEANINGLESS JUMBLES 269 OF MISSPELLED WORDS THROWN ONTO BW. I ONCE READ THAT GIVEN AN INFINTE AMOUNT 270 OF TIME AN INFINITE NUMBER OF MONKEYS COULD REPRODUCE THE WORKS OF WILLIAM 271 SHAKESPEARE. I FATHOM SAID MONKEYS COULD NOT REPRODUCE YOUR WORKS, BEING 272 DEVOID OF ANY SUBSTANCE WHAT SO EVER. 273 AND TO HAWTHORNE. HOW THE LITTLE ONE SCREAMS WITH THE VOICE OF AN ADULT. YET 274 THE CHILD IS STILL SO EVIDENT. BY TRYING TO PLACE MY ACTIONS AS SELF 275 GRATIFYING, YOU HAVE SIMPLY DONE MORE TO PROVE YOUR OWN INADEQUACY. EVEN IN 276 YOUR SUPPOSED INTELLIGENCE THERE LURKS THE SPIRIT OF AN IMMATURE, INSECURE 277 LITTLE PERSON. I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU. MAYBE SOME DAY YOU WILL IMPROVE. AGAIN 278 ONLY TIME WILL TELL. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN MIRACLES. 279 I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU LEONARD. CHECK AGAIN YOUR ENGLISH BOOKS. IN THAT 280 PARTICULAR USAGE, MY SENTENCE WAS CORRECT, NOT YOURS. 281 DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANT 282 ---------AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!--------CAN WE DROP THIS STUPID PHANTOM 283 WRITTER GARBAGE?? PLEASE???-----------------------TED-------------------------- 284 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 285 I was motioned to the table where people were gathered around a large marble 286 ball. I did not recognize anyone but I could recognize the object on the table. 287 An Allseers ball! I had never seen one used but all that I had heard of them 288 said that they were invaluable in reality information transfers. This one was 289 clouded, a strange sight as these were customarily showing scenes from randomly 290 selected realities. Only when a person concentrated on them could they be used 291 for useful seeing. This undoubtedly would be used to plan the master plan of 292 rescue. As I walked up I was greeted by a figure at the head of the table. His 293 mental pattern identified him as Milchar, a personage of great power that even 294 had been heard of in my out-of-the-way haunts. He began to speak to the group an 295 d I started as I found I needed a parterner hope one of these people will ask 296 me to join them. 297 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++00001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 298 && && && 299 Milchar, the branch is the main downtown branch. It's (I think, it's late) between 10th & 11th. 300 && The Mad (yawn) Actor && 301 302 HELLO THIS IS THE CRACKER AGAIN. I'LL BE BACK AGAIN!!!! 303 304 305 TO THE DEATH-TO-WHOMEVER: 306 WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS I A WHINING METHODICAL VOICE 307 ABOUT THE INACTIONS(OR ACTIONS) OF OTHERS.WHY NOT DIRECONFRONT THEM AS 308 TO THEIR PROBLEMS AND YOURS?WOULD THAT NOT BE SIMPLER EVEN IF LESS AMUSING. 309 THE PHANTOM WRITER TAKES UP SPACE WITH HIS RANTINGS BUT SO DOES YOUR LITT- 310 LE BEMUSEMENTS. 311 TO THE PHANTOM WRITER: 312 EVEN YOUR TITLE IS CONFRONTATIONALISTIC.AND SOME OF YOUR ACTIONS EVEN MORE 313 SO.TAKE ANOTHER TITLE AND TRY AGAIN.IF YOU DO YOU HAVE A GOOD CHACE OF ENTE- 314 RING THE INN.AND DONT GET MAD ATALL OF US FOR THE DEATH-TO-WHOMEVER.HE CANT 315 OR WONT LET GO.I DONT KNOW WHICH. 316 SINCERELY, 317 HAWTHORNE 318 319 320 THE FORMER SPIKED THE BEAST OF BURDEN UNDER HIM.THE WIND FLUNG ITSELF AGA- 321 INST HIM IN SHEETS,AS DID THE RAIN.THE DESERTS OF V'LOCKTRE SPREAD BEFORE 322 HIM NEVER COMING TO AN END.ONLY THE BRUSH AND SCRUB OF THE DESERTS GAVE HIM 323 NOTICE OF HIS SPEED. 324 THE FORMER THOUGHT BACK TO THE DAYS BEFORE THE SLAVERS WERE DESTROYED. 325 WHEN THE FORMER AND HIS LEGIONS LED REVOLTS AND ASSAGAINST THE TYRAN- 326 NIES.HE THOUGHT BACK TO THE TIME HE AND SHE WERE DANCING FOR THE LEADERSHIP 327 OF THE REBELLION.HER THE SCIENTIST HE A ROUGH AND TUMBLE SOLDIER.NEITHER HAD 328 FELT AT EASE IN EACH OTHERS RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONS BUT BY THE TIME THE SLAV- 329 ERS WERE OVERTHROWN THE FORMER HAD SAVED AND SHE HAD KILLED. 330 AT LAST THE HORSE FOUND THE EDGE OF THE DESERT.AND BEYOND TPASS WAS 331 THE ENCAMPMENT.THE ENCAMPMENT WHERE HE HAD LEFT SO LONG AGO.I MUST BE FIFTY 332 YEARS BY NOW,BUT THE FORMER HAD LEFT THIS REALITY ONLY WEEKS AGO.SUCH IS THE 333 LOSS TO TIME.WHAT WAS SAYING "THE RAVAGES OF TIME..." 334 HE SPIKED THE HOSE UP THE HILL.AND AS IT LEAPED UP OVER THE PASS AND BROU- 335 GHT THE ENCAMPMENT WITHIN VIEW THE FORMER GASPED.THE ENCAMPMENT WAS TATTERED 336 RAVAGED BY TIME.RAPED BY TDESERT WINDS... 337 THE SIGHT BROUGHT TEARS TO THE FORMER.HE STARTED TO CRY FOR HIMSELF,FOR 338 HER AND MAYBE HIM.MEMORIES PAST,LOST FOREVER.THE WIND STARTED TO HOWL.LIGHT- 339 ENING STRUCK IN THE DISTANCE.A THUNDERCLAP ROLLED THROUGH THE AIR,LIGHT 340 RAIN STARTED TO FALL BENEATH THE GREY CLOUDS. 341 OF IN THE DISTANCE A HORSE WAS COMING AND ANOTHER ASIDE IT AND TO THE BACK 342 .THEY WOULD BE DOWN IN THE ENCAMPMENT SOO.THE FORMER SAT IN THE SADDLE,PEER- 343 ING AT THE IDENTITY O RIDERS.SEEMINGLY UNAFRAID OF BEING SEEN.HE SAT 344 TALLER,LEATHER CREAKED. 345 THE TWO APPROACHED .ONE W FEMALE THE OTHER NOT.THE ROBES OF THE FEMALE 346 FLEW FREELY IN THE WARM RAIN.THE TWO DISMOUNTED AND EMBRACED.THE FORMER STI- 347 LL CRIED FOR HE KNEW THAT IT WAS SHE.COME TO GLOAT ON THE FORMERS ABCENSE. 348 THEY KISSED AND THE MAN LAIDTHE WOMAN DOWN AND MADE LOVE IN THE SUMMER 349 RAINBURST.THE FORMER TURNED HIS MOUNT AND RODE INTO THE DISTANCE.WEEPING,IN- 350 TO OTHER PLACES.HE DID NOT GO LONG.HE STOPPED.HE TURNED AND LOOKED FOR ALONG 351 TIME BACK TO THE ENCAMPMENT,TO A LOSS.TO THE ONE HE HAD LOVED.AND COULD LOVE 352 NO LONGER. 353 SPIKING HIS HORSE.HE LEFT HER BEHIND. 354 355 356 `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' 357 The ancient practitioner had been engrossed in his work, when the reality 358 vortex alarm sounded. "Furthermore if the King wishes~}@" He halted in mid 359 sentence and the autoquill paused in the middle of the page of parchment, 360 with a final swirling spiral. Yes, there was definitely a disturbance on 361 several reality bands. More than one creator of chaos was involved in this 362 little trap that was being prepared for the unsuspecting. Although he would 363 very much like to offer some assistance, there wasn't a great deal he could 364 do under the circumstances. First of all there was the matter of the report 365 to the Monarch accounting for the use of the grant funds. (Life just hadn't 366 been the same, since that new pea tabulator had been appointed. One of the 367 King's relatives, he was sure.) He was also not very familiar with the area of 368 disturbance. His one visit to the place had been so very long ago. Suddenly 369 a thought crossed his mind. They knew of the ancient cards of wisdom and 370 fortune. Amazing how this form of embodied knowledge had spread, since its 371 creation by the sages bordering the shores of the inland sea. Their thinking 372 that a deck of fortune telling cards, given to the gypsies, would act as a 373 time vehicle to transport the symbolic knowledge, was indeed well founded. 374 Shaking his head to bring his mind back to the situation at hand, the 375 alchemist set about gathering up a strange assortment of items from about 376 the room high up in the Tower. Certainly he could create an overlay of the 377 map of safe passages onto any of the cloned copies of the ancient cards. But 378 how to get those in need to read the contained fortune, that was the 379 question! One of them had already created a Mobius twist by being pulled 380 into one rendition of the deck. This would require some very careful thought. 381 `' `' `' `' `' -alchemist- `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' 382 The bard looked behind himself, he had apparently stepped thru 383 a locked door. Good! If the old briefing tapes were good, the Pattern was behind 384 that door. Now to scan for the others... 385 He was able to get a rough fix on the library before the instrument quit 386 working. A short time later he entered the room where the discussion was taking 387 lace. 388 "Greetings! Would someone please introduce me? I recognize many of you 389 but not all! I am called the Bard." 390 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 391 MIG: Funny, you don't LOOK like an "Indian Giver"... 392 Anyway, I might try borrowing a few 2114s but I suspect that the PIA is the real 393 culprit. The input is a 34-pin card edge & I've probably plugged the connector 394 on upside-down once too often! 395 To All: In case some of you are wondering what & where AMBER is, try the 396 following books by Roger Zelazny: Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, 397 Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon, & The Courts of Chaos. 398 ~~~~~~~~ 399 Milchar: I wonder if the Inn bears the same relation to CORWIN'S pattern that 400 Amber does to Oberon's? It would explain a GREAT deal! 401 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 402 403 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 404 Hello everybody, 405 This is The Cracker. Could the menbers of this system give me a list 406 of tele No.s to other BBS systems and so on. If you were I would give you 407 my numbers in return. 408 409 SYSTEM NAME TELE No. PASSWORD (If needed) 410 ----------- -------- -------------------- 411 BWMS 230-xxxx none 412 CBBS/NW 646-xxxx None 413 284-xxxx None 414 R/CPM 641-xxxx Disconnected?? 415 Anybody know the new number (if any) for R/CPM Beaverton? 416 417 418 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 419 Thanks, 420 Bill (The Cracker)Williams 421 422 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 423 "Listen to me, I beleive that I know who is responsible!!! If my suspicions 424 are correct, we are up against the lowest 'person' in the universe. I speak 425 of the one (and only) man who is lower than a Denebian Slime Devil! Yes, I 426 speak of: THE MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Milchar, if it is we really don't need 427 all these people, I mean if the Cybermen can defeat him, we sure as hell can 428 (without using magic either!!!!) 429 But, if I am wrong (and I hope I am [I can't stand to see that guy!!]) we may 430 need your help. Milch, what's our plan?? And when do we EAT???????? 431 432 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ??????????????? 433 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 434 Bard:I'm glad that SOMEONE finally caught on......... 435 The Mad Actor:Thanks, I wouldn't want to get lost en route to the meeting... 436 +++++++++++ 437 "Well, that is a definite turn of events. The Master, eh? Well, time is 438 getting short. Welcome, Bard! I am glad that you could join us, even though 439 every member here is one less to defend th Inn. Everyone:The Doctor and I 440 will travel to the Inn by the power of the Amulet of Zelgar. It will have to 441 be made in short jumps, as a longer one is easier to fiddle with and easier 442 to detect. I suggest that you each do the same. Please try to select a 443 partner that will compliment your own abilities. That will be all, gentlemen. 444 ++++++++++++ 445 Milchar hears a mind-call. Another! Not being familiar with the surrounding 446 realities, he has no idea where they originate. One seems to come from the 447 Inn...... 448 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++ 455 ############################################################################# 456 THIS IS THE CRACKER AGAIN I THINK I CAN FIND THE R/CPM BEAVERTON. 457 I ALREADY HAVE TH CBBS #'S--- ANY OTHER #'S 458 ##########################################THE CRACKER######################## 459 460 461 DEATH TO WHOMEVER PERSON: 462 CAN YOU AT LEAST NOT BE SO INCREDIBLY ABUSIVE.GENETIC SCUM SURE SOUNDS 463 NEAT BUT IT JUST AINT NICE.AND PLEASE DONT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MY USE OF 464 THE TERM AINT.ITSEEN BY LEXICOGRAPHERS TO BE AN APPROPRI ATE ADDITI- 465 ON TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.SO THERE.HAH HAH HAH.GOTCHA THERE. 466 BILL(THE CRACKER): 467 I WONT TAKE UP BLACKWATER'S FEW LINES WITH IT NOW BUT CHECK BIT BUCKET 468 FOR A MESSAGE FROM ME ABOUT SOME OTHER SY503-761-xxxx I BELEIVE 469 THAT IT ALLOWS MORE THAN TWELVE LINES FOR USE IN ONE MESSAGE SO I'LL TRY IT. 470 TO WOULD BE TREKKERS: 471 OK NOT EXACTLY QUICK TO RESPON D ARE YA.HMM HOWSABOUT TELLING ME THE NAME 472 OF THE TYPE OF CREATURE THAT KIR K ASSAULTED/WAS ASSAULTED BY IN THE EPISODE 473 "ARENA".THE ONE WHERE A FEDERATI ON OUTPOST IS DESTROYED AND THE GOOD SHIP 474 ENTERPRISE SETS OUT AFTER. 475 SIGNED, 476 HAWTHORNE 477 ?????????????????????????????????????????/?/??????/???/?/????????????????????? 478 Gee,droped a few there,didn't I?? 479 Aaron,alive?? 212a docs?? 480 Milchar,10th and taylor downtown,if you are a poor unfortunant(sp) rider of tri- 481 mutt then say so and I will find a route for you. 482 Leonard:I don't understand "indean giver" as I recall an "indean giver" was one 483 who wanted a gift of equil or greater value back.the silicon was a free(no 484 strings attached) offer,they didn't cost me anything at all.give the numbers on 485 the PIA,I may be able to find one. 486 at the inn... 487 weak from all the mental calling,Graymalkin filches another beer and some meat 488 from behind a counter and pas for it,something like.(##COPY counter:beer.dark;to 489 ;table:glass.empty,storage:gold;to;till:gold##) 490 "I am soooooo glad that I learned this from philip" he mused,replacing his glass 491 ."I hope somebody will reply to my call,I have NO way of finding the others." 492 The Man in Gray 493 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????/??????/??????????????????? 494 p.s.Bobby,I KNOW who you are,stop using so many lines here or I shall tell the 495 othersat the PorSFiS meeting who you are,and STOP abusing the patrons of the 496 Inn who are more interested in having fun and not a verbal war.sermon over. 497 MiG again 498 ??????????///??????????????????////????????????????????????????????????????????? 499 ================================================================= 500 THE REPTILIAN CREATURE IN "ARENA" WAS CALLED A GORN I BELIVE. 501 =======================================-EVAN-==================== 511 i am looking for a cute girl to share my wealth.she has to be cute also!a 512 good body wouldn't hurt either! 513 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 514 "Doc, what say we answer these mental calls en route to the Inn? I daresay 515 that someone must be in trouble to use such a strenuous method of communication. 516 And besides, I feel that one of the calls is directly on the way." 517 "Fine, fine!",mumbles the Doctor, munching on a piece of rye bread, "What 518 ever you say! Do you have any more food??" 519 Milcharbrings the Amulet of Zelgar out from his robes, and it begins to 520 glow with its own silvery light as if it knows that it will soon be put to 521 use. A small rune-engraved stick is also brought forth. Milchar places one 522 hand on the Amulet, and with the other, begins to draw glowing lines in 523 midair. Faster, and faster he draws, and as he does he lines seem to spin 524 about and form a border around a 'hole'. Milchar drags the Doctor and K-9 525 through, and the last word that are heard in the hall are, "Do you have any 526 butter to go with this bread?" 527 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++ 528 (It's amazing what you can accomplish in three weeks, is it not??) 529 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 530 Well, I think that I know the plan now. I will not take a partener since my 531 boots work only if the Reality hop is too or from a forest. To get to the Inn, I 532 must take a horribly roundabout way in a series of small jumps, going in to the 533 Great Forest and traveling through it in sections. I will attempt to keep mental 534 contact but I may run into some very strange things along the way. Since the 535 meeting is breaking up, I will go now. Well, here's to the luck of the trees. 536 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 537 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 538 HELLO, THIS IS THE CRACKER (BILL WILLIAMS) THE NEW RCP/M # IS 539 642 xxxx 540 *************************************************************: 541 SLOW DISK THIS TIME, AND FEW IF ANY OF THE OLD STANDBYS 542 SEEM TO HAVE SHOWN UP LATELY. SIGH.......... 543 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY ***************************** >