1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 21 OCT 85 *********************** 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 heh heh heh . . . clutter clutter clutter 21 22 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 23 But as the creature emerged from the cave, the supposed stench of death 24 still on his mind, he beheld a sight he could not believe. Hartleeb stood 25 before him, untouched, unscathed, breathing, alive, and holding the most 26 wicked electronic device he had ever seen. 27 "You speak of knowing your enemies. You speak of revenge and death. You 28 will soon know much more about death you over-inflated bit of epsilon 29 material!" Hartleeb's words rang clear in Bear's frightened mind. 30 "But...but how?" It was all Bear could do to stammer in disbelief. His 31 mind was too slow to comprehend what raged in front of him. 32 "You have your silly projectors. Simple writers tools not worthy of a single 33 iota of disk space. You change the story to suit your own twisted ways. You 34 kill for the sake of killing. You strike out at those around you in futile 35 attempts at raising yourself above them. You disgust me! But yes you 36 do exist, and therefore I must deal with you." 37 "But...but what are you going to do?" 38 "Not so brave now, oh flesh and blood creature. Now projection becomes so 39 frightened he can not control his bladder. No image shakes in his boots 40 because he is about to meet his maker. You are too pitiful for anything 41 but the true Bear. Wild Kingdom notwithstanding. I have had enough of this 42 rather one-sided conversation. I grow bored with your groveling." 43 "But please don't hurt me. I didn't know what I was doing. Please sir, give 44 me another chance......" 45 But before Bear could continue his begging, the place where Hartleeb stood 46 was replaced by a bright light, and then nothing. The only sounds above the 47 breeze waving the grass was Bear's continued sniffles. Softly at first, and 48 then with more force, laughter shook the air. Bear looked around, but could 49 not determine the source. 50 "Do not worry Bear, you are not crazy. I will not DESTROYER you, a worthless 51 effort is an effort wasted. Travel onward and show your teeth to the fools 52 you may meet along the way. I severe any connection with you. Any mention of 53 me must be figments of your tiny imagination. I will no longer waste my 54 time in your space, do not attempt to continue the waste. Good hunting 55 cousin, and bare your true self often." 56 The voice faded in Bear's head. He turned a continued his journey, not 57 too much the worse for wear except for a pair of wet britches and a rather 58 damaged ego. 59 Hartleeb 60 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 61 (((*)))((( well I was close )))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple ))) 62 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< * >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 63 The tracks of capt'n barefoot make their way here from the warm tropical 64 paradise of the Isle (sans) de' Virgins. Pleasant greetings to you all. 65 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< capt'n barefoot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 66 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 67 Adventureres -- are we going to continue? Or is the rather "uniquely" 68 decorated Pell Mell going to float in space abandoned? 69 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 70 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\11 71 'Crystal Palace' was more than just a name. Just the sight of it took James' breath away. Even from a thousand 72 yards away, where the ship had set down. Behind him, Tariya said, "You're sure you left that cannon behind." 73 "Yes." he said, a little irritatedly, still staring. 74 "No technological devices are allowed within the Palace. They would upset the balance of the spell and that's 75 something we don't want to happen." She didn't feel as matter of fact as she sounded. Almost unconciously they stayed 76 close together as they approached the intimidating structure. 77 It was easily the size of the Houston Astrodome, but looked a little like the Emerald City in the movie 'Wizard of 78 Oz' but instead of emerald it was made of crystal. Perfect, tranparent crystal. It was possible to see entirely 79 through the building, as well as all the rooms inside. The star Rigel shone clearly through the central tower, which 80 must have been three thousand feet high. "We're not going to climb that sucker, are we?" He asked. 81 Tariya was silent, but from awe or reverence or whatever he couldn't tell. He wished he could read people better. 82 It was just as well he couldn't, or he would have been a hell of a lot more nervous. 83 They climbed see-through stairs and passed through a huge crystal arch. James examined the arch more closely. He 84 tapped his class ring against a pillar. A hollow note, low and pure, came back. Sympathetic vibrations spread until 85 the whole building was humming. Tariya looked at him and he grinned sheepishly. "Sorry." He felt like a child who had 86 gotten out of hand at a departmet store and was about to be scolded by his mother. 87 She (Tariya, not his mother) said nothing, though. She just turned back and continued on, almost seeming to be in a 88 trance. James had to run to catch up to her. She was right about the power. He could feel its heat from everything in 89 here. He wasn't trained at sensing energies, and wondered what she felt. All he knew for sure was that he was 90 definitely out of his depth here. 91 Finally they came to a large chamber directly beneath the tower. James looked up and saw that there was no physical 92 way into the tower. Then he thought about all those tons of crystal that was situated directly over their heads and 93 decided to think of something else. 94 When she got to the center of the chamber, Tariya shook her head, clearing it. She looked and saw that James had 95 followed her all the way in. She'd forgotten all about him. The power of this place had a way of overwhelming the 96 unwary mind. Or so she'd heard. She would have to be careful. James seemed unaffected. 97 James came up behind her. "Now what?" 98 "Now you be quiet. I'm going to try a locater spell that will encompass the known universe and I can't have any 99 distractions. The forces here are not to be lightly disturbed." 100 "I'll bet not. Should I go stand outside?" 101 "No." she said, just a little too quickly. She tried to conceal her nervousness. "I... want you here, with 102 me." 103 "Okay." he said, seemingly unworried. She envied him his ignorance. 104 She settled into a crosslegged position (not easy in that robe) on the cold floor. Clearing her mind of all 105 unneccesary thoughts, she tried to remember the spell. A few of the details were a bit fuzzy, but if they wouldn't 106 come, she could improvise. She was (almost) totally confident in her ability to do so. 107 Unfortunately, in magic, not being exact was somewhat akin to playing Russian roulette. And in this case, all the 108 chambers were loaded. 109 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 110 111 |^|=|^||^|=|^||^|=|^||^|=|^||^|=|^||^|=|^||^|=|^||^|=|^||^|=|^||^|=|^| 112 :::::=====:::::===== 113 lnhq......................................................................lnhq 114 StormBringer: What is your site and login? 115 All: how many Inn tennants haunt the usenet? 116 Mikey: What about someone cleaning up and posting the disks to the usenet, I 117 would volonteer as a gateway for that. 118 All (again): anyone have the disk that was DB previous to the one that is DB 119 now? If so, please mail it to address below or contact me here for a transfer 120 at any speed up to 2400 bps. 121 Blue: Thanks for the reminder, will probably miss today, but will be there 122 tomorrow. Where will you be? Glad you are keeping a low profile, gives me 123 a chance to work my feelings out, hopefully things will get better. Time 124 does heel most wounds and other things. 125 It's this big expance of water stretching as far as I can see in any direction, 126 interupted only by an ocasional white cap in the moments when the wind gets 127 stronger. Its been this way for days and days. I look where I should be, and 128 there is nothing, my mind has lost all phisical connections and it feels good, 129 the sort of feeling that can only come from total lack of sensory feed-back. It 130 is peacefull. I can peel off layerers upon layers of myself and as I aproach 131 my core, I find there is something new there. Something that has been so litle 132 used it has become fresh and alive. It is something I need to give tender care 133 and loving to, too far in for me to be able to aford killing it too. 134 I'm a walking down the lineI'm a walking down the line<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 282 L'homme: Great! If we don't collide this week, why not drop it by in a 283 plain paper bag Friday eve or this weekend if you're in the area. If 284 I'm not around, the front porch is safe enough (put my name on it). I'm 285 anxious to return to the dungeons, not to mention everything else on 286 those magnetic marvels. 287 StormBringer: Yes, that is my USENET address, but no, I don't use it to 288 access BWMS (that would be some trick, eh Mikey!). I don't haunt the 289 net much, tho', as I've got *too* much else keeping me out of trouble. 290 Hartleeb-Bear: Not another one of these battles on BW, please? 291 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>...(!tektronix)!psu-cs!nelsons<> 292 +++++++++ ln 301 here +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ lurk, lurk. Milch +++++++++ 293 :I 294 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 295 To: Hungry Tiger and Jason Themnax 296 From: RHD inc. 297 Concerning a cooperative continuation to THE WANDERER story, I need to get in 298 touch with you, on some board to talk. 299 Leave me the name of your favorites, other than BWBBS. Lets get something 300 ready by Saturday, latest. Sorry I was not more prompt, but my wolf had pups, 301 and they are a time consuming chore. 302 To: Any other intrested parties 303 From: RHD inc. 304 I believe that there are enough of us for the wanderer story now, Thanks for 305 your continued support. 306 307 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]***RHD inc.***]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 308 (((*)))((( lurk )))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple ))) 309 *=*=*=*=*=*Semi-lurk... 310 RHD:I don't yet know what happened on messanger but aloha sounds good if msgr 311 not enough. Also on 777-xxxx (the once an former T.A.W) 312 Zypher:Max seams to be back on line but if you left me a message there I can't 313 seem to find it now. 314 *=*=*=*=*=*=*Real entry next time I hope*=*=*=*=*=*=*(s)*=*=*=*=* 315 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 316 The wound in the piper's arm was throbbing in time with the beat of his 317 heart. THROB twinge....THROB twinge...THROB twinge-- the steady rhythm 318 seemed to fill the air around him. Somehow, by imperceptible degrees, the 319 sound changed to that of footsteps coming down the long, highly-decorated 320 corridor. The oncoming footsteps, ringing on the ornately inlayed floor, 321 seemed to carry with them a sense of urgency. With a sigh, he began the 322 long struggle to stand erect as three hurrying figures came into view. 323 The piper felt a strange sense of bemusement at the confrontation, a 324 feeling of "not quite there," that he laid on the effects of loss of blood 325 and sleep, as though the words and actions that he went through were somehow 326 in response to a large script that called for the players to follow a set of 327 infinitely detailed stage directions. Somehow the words were said, but the 328 meaning escaped him. People moved, more words, then the piper felt himself 329 thrust aside by a careless shoulder. The flash of pain as his wound tore 330 open ripped the fog of incomprehension from his mind. He grasped at the wound 331 to staunch the gush of warm blood as he saw Trainor approach the door. The 332 twisting of his face betrayed his internal torment as he lunged for the 333 warded door. 334 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 335 ^"^" "^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^" ^"^"^" ^" 336 Here's the character description sheet: 337 Krakus Jacob: Earth Captain; Leader Of 338 R.A.T., A Lunar Skramble 339 Force 340 Rasoi: Prisoner Of War; Longing 341 To Make Love To Jacobs 342 Gladinoids: Large Furred Creatures; 343 Fairly Muscle-Bound 344 Names: Po & Mia 345 I gotta go, but I'll finish later... 346 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^" 347 Digita lian 348 ^"^"^"^"^"^" ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^" 349 Digitalian and others: lines here are precious and few, make the most of them. lnhq 350 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 351 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 352 As the Bear strode into the cavern, he took one last look out into the light 353 beyond. The apparatition was disappearing now, the only thing left was the 354 fading light of that strange planet's two setting suns. Night was coming, and 355 Bear realized that he'd better catch some sleep before venturing back into the 356 cave... and the adventures which lay in waiting beyond. 357 358 He also realized that the foul stench of the three bodies further back in the 359 tunnel might attrack some of the less appealing creatures of this world, and of 360 course leave a trail which might be followed. With a shiver, he realized that 361 two objectives could be accomplished with one act. 362 363 He sat with his back against the craggy rock near the entrance of the cave. The 364 fire before him flickered high into the night, casting eerie shadows upon the 365 trees of the forest beyond. 366 367 As he chewed on his Lipare' - a nutritious Quarian food perfect for long 368 journies- he gazed upon the fire. This was one fire he dared not cook any food 369 370 in... for in it sizzled the three bodies of his recent enemies. He mused that 371 the warmth they were giving him now, was as warmhearted as they'd ever been in 372 all their lives. 373 374 As he drifted off to sleep, one corner of his eye detected some movement, just 375 out of the dancing shadows of the fire. His body moved nary an inch... there it 376 377 was again! Pulling himself to complete consciousness, and gripped his sword 378 tighter, and gazed through near-closed eyes at the increasing number of shadowy 379 movements beyond... 380 381 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 THE BEAR 000000000000 382 ?/\? 383 THE BEAR and Hartleeb, you should be ashamed of yourselves wasting BW disk space 384 with your egotistical thrashings of pseudo-machoism one upmenship. Take your 385 personal battles elsewhere. Face it, neither of you will admit defeat. You 386 simply twist the other's words, be proud of your infantile accomplishment, and 387 wait until the other does the same. Cycle onward like an endless screw. Visit 388 some unsuspecting AE board with your trite maneuvers for superiority. We don't 389 need it. We don't want it. 390 French Toast 391 _______________________________________________________________________________ 392 393 FOR THE BEST IN SOFTWARE PRICES, CALL 800-SOFTWARE. 394 30-50% OFF RETAIL PRICES FOR MANY WELL-KNOWN PRODUCTS. 395 cALL 1-800-227-xxxx OR 1-415-644-xxxx 396 800 SOFTWARE 397 398 BERKELEY CA 94710 399 400 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 401 Up yours French Toast. Who dyed and made you king anyway? Hartleeb is a jerk 402 and he started it anyway, so leave us alone. 403 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 THE BEAR 0000000000000000000 404 405 Wait a minute! Someone's using my name! This is the REAL Bear, and just as I 406 started feeling bad about my Hartleeb war, here comes some faker egging everyone 407 on again... oh, well, so it goes with a public board. 408 409 Anyway, for the real record... at first I was just poking a little fun. When 410 my character got blown away by H., I had two choices: stay dead or fight back. 411 As any proper adventurer would, I fought back. The words grew unexpectedly 412 nasty... and I regret that. For all I 413 know H. is a very nice guy (I have my honest doubts tho), and I'd simply like 414 to continue on with my story (as long as others are enjoying it). It was pretty 415 fun while it lasted... but I'm ready to make amends and go on.... 416 0000000000000000000 the REAL bear 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 417 Brought to you by 418 Trent Dudley 419 420 here 421 nu y 422 hi 423 lost 424 ma 40 425 exit 426 ma 40 427 help 428 EXIT 429 HELP 430 kj*ofgv>obv 431 OFF 432 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 433 NEPOOHAMA 434 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 435 The Brats Acroos The Street... 436 437 I was walking up the street one day after school... What do I have to listen to? Anna, head brat, telling everybody 438 that they had to play house, like it or not. (these are kids of about 7). And boy she said it loud. About half an hour 439 later I was forced to hear Megan crying about something and theen hearing another brat saying, "Ha ha ha ha, ha." Then 440 as I walk down to get a big gulp, I notice that all the kids are on one poor 441 mothers porch who only has on of the 9 kids who frequently stay there. I feel sorry for that peticular mother because 442 all the other parents duump their kids at that house so they can get some peice and quiet. It goes on like this all day 443 until the kids have to go to bed and I hear them crying about that. Usually thats what I wake up to also. 444 I tell you people who hate your younger brothers and sisters... 445 446 YOU GOT IT EASY!!!!!!!!! 447 448 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 449 MR SYS 450 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 451 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 452 This time the trip was much more pleasant than the last. I had read somewhere 453 that the human body objects to travelling over .4 lightspeed, and that the 454 internal jumping-jacks that your stomach does after using a Door is the 455 evidence supporting it. I don't really know, but I still shudder for a second 456 at the thought of making just one more jump through what the common man called 457 'hyperspace', 'nil-space', 'the void', 'elsewhere', and 'unspace'. Almost 458 always is thetrip slightly unpleasant. This time, my stomach stayed in its 459 rightful place, unpreturbed by my Passkey's unabashed twisting of the laws 460 of the universe into so many pretzels. Apt analogy, I thought to myself. 461 I had jumped to the coordinates of a known planet: Dihlator, of the Centauri 462 Sector. I had hoped that I could begin with a short hop, become accustomed 463 to the modified Passkey, then work my way up to larger jumps. 464 I took out a tube of synthetic nutri-pudding, and began to suck on it as I 465 looked around. I began to walk slowly toward a huddled group of buildings, 466 just beyond a footbridge spanning a slowly flowing stream. 467 %%%%%%% rebalsa %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 10/23/85 468  ascii chart 0n 469 #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#% 470 Falls the water from the sky 471 falls our hopes and dreams 472 as we tumble into darkness. 473 Our senses fail us 474 as we fail to care. 475 Into blackness and into light 476 a rubicon in the twilight. 477 Fellow wanderer hail to thee, 478 but seek no solace 479 for banished are we. 480 Fall into night, 481 fall into the void, 482 Nirvana, my home, my hell, 483 all is nothing and nothing is all. 484 From hell we arise, 485 to conquer, 486 to fail. 487 To be one again. 488 Fellow wanderer of this void, 489 let us go together, 490 and travel the seventh wind, 491 forever more. 492 Fail me no longer. 493 #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%# Kapeli #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#% 494 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 495 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Themnax of Lananara*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* 496 Was uncertain as to just what HAD happened. He could analise the record- 497 ings later. For now it was sufficiant to be on his way. Elxtia sat beside him 498 in stunned silence. 499 He remembered communicating with several of the crew of Pell-Mell when for 500 no appearent reason his readouts went almost totaly wacko. One blinking light 501 told of an interferance linkage betteween the field of that ships warp gen- 502 erators and his own. His own plasma flywheel had all but wound down to its 503 bottle, only the qork remained when some unknow sense prompted him, unthinking 504 , to initiate emergancy restart proceedures. Had the nonmaterial effects of 505 his unusual 'stabelizer' played some part? He'd know that when he played back 506 the automatic log. Or would he? 507 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Meanwhile, back at the INN*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* 508 Dreamtoucher was struggling to keep Snowrunner from rending the already 509 unconcios cat-like creature to small bloody shreads. 510 Only partialy calmed, he let her help, a fold of its nape in her strong 511 jaws, like some recalcitrant cub, to half drag, half carry, the now loudly 512 snoring form to the edge of the entry, ware it was uncerimoniosly droped. 513 For all his quivering rabbit nerviosness, they found Zypher straingely 514 un-moved by the frightening spectical, brief though it was. Eather the usagi 515 was scared stiff, or made of sterner stuff than eather the elf or his four 516 footed companion had realized. 517 What had become, he wondered half out loud, of the INN's tranquill 518 sanctuary? How many more such violant outbrakes would be tolerated or go un- 519 noticed? Maybe trying to ignore them would cause them to go away. He could 520 only hope. That and stay alert. 521 Obviosly thair attacker had been unawaire of the elvin mystic's small 522 number of modest tallents. Perhaps there were others here who did not realize 523 that though he had grown to maturaty and long passed on a world ware death 524 unexpected, was a common backdrop, thanks to his abilities, unusual even among 525 his own people, ware sharp blades, strength of will, and magical inhieritance 526 were common, he had never killed, nor had to. Nor would he lower himself to 527 do so now. In time the intruder would awaiken, non the worse for wear and 528 hopefuly just a tiny bit wiser. At anyrate he hoped it was enjoying the dreams 529 he was sending it: from the dark side of its own conciosness. A hard lesson 530 but some would learn from no other. 531 person, undisturbed by any of this had settled self closer to Wanderer, to 532 hear better the tale unfold. 533 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* 534 (((*)))((( Juggler : will tomorrow ever come? )))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple ))) 535 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[LURK***RHD inc.***LURK]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 536 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 537 The piper, weak from blood loss and exhaustion, sat on the elaborately inlaid 538 floor of the Pell-Mell, clutching his freshly opened wound, staring at Trainor's 539 actions. He watched for long moments as the actions repeated themselves over 540 and over again -- first, Trainor would approach the door, hate twisting his 541 otherwise pleasant features into a grotesque mask. Unsure of his intentions, 542 the piper, nevertheless, felt a slight twinge of worry as his hands raised to 543 the height of his chest to thrust open the door. The look changed from hate 544 and rage to surprise as the door did not yeild easily to his push, changed to 545 determination as he drew back from the door and assulted it with his shoulder. 546 Even rage and determination could not completely disguise the change in his 547 face when pain first overlay the hate. The impact of flesh on the unyeilding 548 material of the door echoed through the Pell-Mell's hallway, the door slowly 549 swung partway open, releasing what seemed to be a glowing purple fog into the 550 hallway. Then, smoothly, the purple radiance would withdraw into the room, 551 the door would close, first slowly, then more rapidly, throwing Trainor 552 back to his starting point with an unpleasant sound. The awkward steps to 553 the door and twisting of features back through surprise to hate was not 554 pleasant, but the rapid backward walk down the hallway was unnerving. The 555 piper watched the sequence repeat several times before he finally realized 556 what was happening: walk down hallway, palms to door, back up, assault door 557 with shoulder, door opens slightly, purple mist appears, purple mist 558 withdraws, door returns Trainor to hallway, forward to door, palms on 559 door, walk backward down hallway. Time after time the sequence repeated 560 itself, until the piper realized that Trainor had become caught in a 561 causation loop. 562 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 563 \=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\ 564 HARTLEEB: 565 I RECENTLY GLANCED BACK AT SOME OF THE TRANSCRIPTS FROM RECENT BWBBS STUFF... 566 AND BOY DO YOU GRIPE ALOT. IN FACT, IT SEEMS THE ONLY TIME YOU SHOW UP IS TO 567 CRITICIZE. FIRST THE DESTROYER. THEN THE PHILISTINE. AND NOW BEAR. IT APPEARS 568 THAT THE ONLY TIME WE HEAR FROM YOU IS WHEN YOU WANT TO CRITICIZE SOMEBODY. I 569 DONT KNOW IF YOU'RE USING A DIFERENT NAME OR THAT'S THE ONLY TIME YOU BOTHER... 570 BUT I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR MORE THAN JUST A FEW WHEN I TELL YOU TO SHUT THE H+++ 571 UP! GOODBY AND GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!! 572 573 \=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\= 574 bottom bottom bottom is coming near! 575 its fateful footsteps i can hear! 576 don't be afraid, we'll turn another page! 577 and on with the wars we will all rage! 578 579 bottom bottom bottom is near! 580 we'll continue on, so never fear! 581 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 582 A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A=7 583 "Emu, Bard! Stop Trainor before he hurts himself!" Cragmore's words echoed 584 down the halls of the Pell-mell. Emu and Bard were still a bit stunned by 585 Trainor's outbursts, but they complied. Bard grabbed Trainor by the arms, 586 fighting back the flailing limbs as Emu, the shorter of the two, attempted 587 to entangle Trainor's legs. Like a man insane, Trainor fought his two 588 friends, but their efforts only redoubled as Trainor increased his resistance. 589 Finally, with the help of Cragmore, they subdued him, and with words of 590 reassurance, tried to calm him. Throughout this whole ordeal, Piper sat next 591 to the door, clutching his blood-soaked side, unable to render assistance to 592 the others because of his injuries. 593 "It is THAT woman in there! She destroyed my home and my people!" Trainor 594 sputtered like a man possessed, which he was, with hatred and desire for 595 revenge. "I have to kill her. There is no sanctity on my ship. She can not 596 hide from me or shirk her responsibility!" 597 "He's crazy!" Bard blurted. "Listen to him." 598 "Imagine youself put in his situation Bard. Everyone and everything you 599 know and love destroyed. He has kept his emotions under control until now. He 600 is focusing all of his hate on zeb because she is the one thing he relates to 601 the entity he released during his experiments with the Pell-mell. It may be 602 illogical but such a transfer is not uncommon in similar emotional situations. 603 Do you understand?" 604 "Yes I do understand Cragmore." replied Bard, applying slightly less 605 force to Trainor's shoulders to keep him pinned to the metal floor of the 606 ship. "What can we do with him?" 607 "We must try to reason with him. We must try to explain how things really 608 are, not how he sees things through eyes tinted with rage. And then we must 609 allow him to confront his nemisis alone. He must make the decision for himself. 610 We can only aid him in his journey, but we must leave him alone at his 611 destination." 612 "I agree, but it is dangerous. How can we be sure he won't hurt himself 613 or somebody else?" Emu asked. 614 "We can't, but we must risk it. First let's get Trainor into another one 615 of the sleeping chambers, and then we must get the door opened." 616 "Are you sure we can? Trainor nearly broke his neck trying to force 617 that door." 618 "Force is not the answer. It never is. There are other ways to get behind 619 a green door. Believe me." 620 A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= CRAGMORE A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A=7 TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 620