1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************ INSTALLED: 30 DEC 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 The PorSFiS crowd never said that Elephant & Castle was too far. 21 The Cheerful Tortoise is too far (remember, many of these people will have 22 to walk *back* to the cars parked near the Library...). 23 Also PorSFiS is looking for a new meeting place, so there is no point 24 picking a new 'permanent' libation site until we know where we will be 25 starting from! 26 27 By the way I do believe that I am at the top! 28 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446429.2471____________________________ 29 THE TOP OF WATT,LENNERD? 30 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\32 31 Nexus. The city that covered a world. A hundred thousand warpgates, of the same type that James used but 32 artificially maintained and permanently open, extended to a hundred thousand world in the galaxy and beyond. Nexus was 33 exactly what its name implied, a crossroads for all the worlds it served. An uncoutable number of cultures clashed 34 here, magical, technological, and both. A unified government or police force was impossible, making Nexus a very 35 dangerous place to travel alone in. 36 James stepped out of the hospital entrance, more alone than he looked. He had asked around and found that Tariya 37 had also left alone, and for points unknown. He had no way to find her and hoped she would be all right. 38 He hailed a groundcab and took it to a high-rise apartment building not far from the hospital. When he got there he 39 took the elevator to the top floor. It was a long ride, 492 stories straight up. When it reached the top he took out a 40 key and inserted it into a plate by the buttons. The elevator rose another floor. The doors opened and he stepped out 41 into a huge, luxuriously furnished penthouse. It was his, all bought and paid for. He collapsed exhaustedly into a 42 chair. After who knows how many days stuck in that damn bed he was very easily exhausted. His powers were still run 43 down so far that he couldn't use them to save his life. 44 When he first came to this city, two years ago, he was on his last doller, or intercred, if you prefer. He needed 45 money, and quickly. An idea had struck him. He already had quite a reputaion, and a lot of rumors about his exploits 46 had been flying around. Why not make use of the skills he had been born with and try to sell his story? He had 47 approached the biggest publisher he could find with his proposal. To his amazement, they immediately offered him an 48 eight figure advance on the story. With part of that money, he bought this penthouse and settled himself in to write 49 the story. Six weeks later, he had a manuscript. It was published in record time and became an instant galatic 50 bestseller. Soon everybody knew of the Destroyer and at a 10% commision per sale, he soon had literally more money 51 that he knew what to do with. It was still adding up, even two years later. 52 He'd wanted to show off this beautiful apartment. He'd wanted to take her out and show her the city like Putzie 53 never could. It was all a pipe dream now. She wouldn't be back. He knew it in his heart. He'd left his address with 54 Doc Kanden just in case she came looking but he knew how futile that was. She would probably stay with Putzie, who 55 would use her and then throw her out. He had done it before. James knew him, she didn't. 56 Putzie's apartment was in this building, 361 floors below him. Maybe he should go down there. But what would he 57 say? She was pissed, and quite rightly so. He had remembered that stupid gun long before they reached the Palace. He 58 also knew it was the reason Tariya's spell had gone awry. Why hadn't he gotten rid of it? Afterwards, his stupid 59 stinking ego wouldn't let him admit what he had done, which he carried to irrational extremes. And it cost him Tariya. 60 He deserved to be alone. Time and again he had proven himself unfit for human company, even when he wanted or needed 61 it. And so he was alone. Again. 62 Five thousand feet above the city, the only noise in the huge penthouse was the sound of soft crying. 63 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 64 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/ 65 Gasping at fresh air, there must be some about! I feel as if I am 66 about to choke from the fumes that have enveloped myself and my friends. 67 Just a moment, it's to the left... No, to the right. I thought I felt it 68 over to the right. Yes, there it is! At long last, I have come to find my 69 spectacles! Maybe now I can discover some path away from these clouds. 70 Placing the lenses before my eyes I discover that they have not 71 been sitting idle while I was distracted. Why am I not able to see? Hmmm. 72 Where did all these scratches generate? This will not do, this just will 73 not do. Someone has gone as far as to have broken them between the lenses! 74 This is a fine pickle I've gotten myself into. Broken! How will I see? 75 Wait, these vapors do seem to be parting. It's a good thing I'm 76 still able to see the lights ahead of me; they certainly are bright. 77 As if the fact that I now had to contend with these conditions, 78 was bad enough, there was only one thing I could think of that would make it 79 any more difficult..... Well, there goes the light. Now I really am in a 80 bad way. 81 What's this? There is someone pushing behind me. How rude, you'd 82 think that some people would at least have the decency to walk around... 83 Hey, just a second now. Someone's tugging at me now. This really is very 84 rude. Can't others be left alone in a crisis? 85 Some of the lights are coming back on now. Oh, I do feel foolish. 86 It turns out that those that have been poking and prodding me where trying 87 to help, rather than hinder, my progression. There's my Friend... and 88 there is the Other. I guess I've never had it so well off. 89 Oh great, here comes that hideous, splittering mist again! Drats. 90 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/ 91 Delta V. - Insults will not get you very far. Just be content that if you 92 call the name it will be more than sufficient to bring forth 93 the one you seek. I speak from experience. 94 And by the way, it was truly an experience having met you. 95 (Got you curiousity up now? "Who's that," you ask?) Perhaps we 96 may meet again. E&C next time fellows? 97 PorSFiS Group - It was great seeing all those chipper(?) faces gathered 98 'round once again. But say, didn't we miss having some 99 type of really festive get-together this year? ????? 100 Piner. 101 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/ 102 103 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( ripple ))) 104 Well, now,"who's that, I ask? Sure am glad I had my Minox with me. I may not 105 know your name, but I got pictures of everyone who was there. Are we enemies? 106 Gimme a hint, c'mon, gimme a hint... [*=*] 107 FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM 108 The Tale Of Peter Rabbit 109 (Part 005) 110 111 FLOPSY, Mopsy, and Cotton- 112 tail, who were good little 113 bunnies, went down the lane 114 to gather blackberries; 115 116 117 FMFMFMFMFMFM Fable Master FMFMFMFMFMFM 118 If this story is really disliked, tell 119 me. I'll probably ignore you, but... 120 FMFMFMFMFMFM Fable Master FMFMFMFMFMFM 121 Yes! Yes! Yes! It is very much dis- 122 liked! Well... at least they're 123 short. 124 125 ++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 126 127 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ FP @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 128 Franklin Pervis sidled up against the graffiti-stained wall and wiped his nose with his sleeve. His beady eyes peered 129 out over his bifocals nervously, waiting for the man he was supposed to meet. 130 He jumped about a foot in the air when a strong hand grabbed his shoulder from behind. 131 "What th-... oh, it's you. God, don't scare me like that. I don't like this part of town." 132 The big black man chuckled. "Aw c'mon, Perv, yo' safe here. Ah'll protect you mah man!" 133 Pervis just shook his head. "Do you have what I want?" 134 The big man chuckled and stared down at the little reporter in front of him. "Yassir, Perv, and a little bit mo!" 135 "What do you mean?" 136 "A little mo' information." 137 "About Delta" 138 ?" 139 The man just smiled and reached into his black leather jacket. He pulled out a brown paper bag and held it toward 140 Franklin. Pervis took it gingerly, holding it up as best he could since it was heavier than the small package implied. 141 "That's a .357, Perv, oughta do the job well 'nough. But, uh, ah'll need 'bout 'nuther bill for that information Ah 142 mentioned." 143 Pervis dug into his pocket and pulled out a few bills. "What is it?" 144 "Well, Delta is on his way fum Arizona is some jet he rented. Seems his old lady got knocked off in between her gettin' 145 knocked up!" The man chuckled at his own joke. 146 Pervis shuddered. "Who did it?" 147 "Don' know yet. But it seems that Delta's madder 'n hell, Perv. You better watch out, he may think you did it!" 148 Franklin Pervis just shook his head, and put the gun in his overcoat. It pulled the coat down on the left side, giving 149 the short man an even odder, more lopsided appearance. 150 He thought about Delta V, and the fact that he wanted to kill him. Some sympathy had been generated in the papers for 151 the man, but the bitter irony was that this so-called hero wanted revenge for 152 the killing of his family. But as soon as someone threatened him personally, his first reaction was to threaten someone 153 elses family. And now all of New York City. 154 "Thanks Blue, I appreciate the information. I'll be back in touch soon. I've got a plane to catch." 155 156 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ FP @@@@@@ 157 158 XT 159 HELP 160 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 161 162 "Fellows... Fellows! Please continue." Dr Macrobius' voice revealed his 163 sentiments towards Fellows' long pause. "You must go on with your story." 164 "Of course Doctor, I am sorry. Well, like I said, the lady from the 165 field was standing there in the forest under a patch of light. She was smiling, 166 and her hands were clasped in front of her. She called my name and I started 167 moving towards her." 168 "Did you recognize her this time? Did her face still seem familiar?" 169 "I still could not associate a name with her face, but I know I had 170 seen her sometime before. I moved towards her, and as I got closer, she held 171 her arms higher. The palms of her hands we turned up, and the light from 172 above made them look like they were glowing. I could hear nothing but my 173 breathing. My eyes were fixed on her palms. And then she..." 174 "Yes Fellows? This is critical now. You must recount what happened." 175 "I... I was only a couple feet from her, and she reached down and took 176 my hands in hers. My hands burned to her touch, but I could ~ot pull away. 177 She looked into my eyes, and I into hers, and the burning went away. The 178 forest seemed to darken, and all I knew was this woman holding my hands, 179 standing in front of me. I could sense nothing else. All that existed was 180 she and I... I am sorry Doctor..." 181 "Fellows, you know you must..." 182 "Yes, I know. I know. She opened her mouth, as if to say something. But I 183 could hear nothing. She moved her lips but no sound came out, or I didn't hear 184 whatever sound she was making. I guess she sensed that I could not hear, 185 because she stopped moving her lips and closed her mouth. Then her eyes...her 186 eyes seemed to grow into pits of ebony, dark foreboding orbs that help no 187 light. And then she screamed." 188 "Screamed? You could hear this scream?" 189 "I could hear it AND I could feel it. I have never felt such terror from 190 a sound before. It shook my whole body, I could feel nothing else but that 191 scream. I closed my eyes, and I felt the burning in my hands, for just a 192 second, then it was gone. I felt strangely moved, and I opened my eyes. It was 193 my bedroom. I was awake. My body was covered with sweat and my throat was 194 dry. I could not go back to sleep, and I came here as soon as I thought you 195 might be in." 196 Macrobius was busy writing in his notepad. A moment later he closed his 197 pad and looked up at Fellows. 198 "I see why you are so troubled Fellows. You did the correct thing in 199 coming to see me. We have a great deal to talk about." 200 "Then you can help me?" Fellows face pleaded more than his voice did. 201 "Yes, I think I can, but in the end it will be you who will help 202 yourself. I want to..." 203 A NET HQ announcement was coming over the building communications 204 system. When Ian Machinery wished to speak, no man or woman in NET could 205 deny him. 206 207 "...AGENTS PARITY AND FELLOWS PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO LOADING BAY 208 94 FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSPORT. WOULD AGENTS PARITY AND FELLOWS PLEASe REPORT..." 209 210 "I am sorry Doctor, but this sounds like an emergency. Ian only makes 211 announcements like that when big trouble is in the works." 212 "I know Fellows, good luck. We must speak as soon as you return. Do not 213 forget." 214 "Don't worry Doctor Macrobius, I'm afraid forgetting will be the last 215 thing I could do. Thanks for you help." 216 Parity made haste for the docking bay. NET's HQ was located near a 217 small civilian airport, and the docking bay had a tram to an underground 218 hanger, where a sleek new jet aircraft stood standing by, waiting for two 219 very important passengers. 220 221 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Fellows TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 222 223 ch /hands we/hands were/ /~ot pull/not pull/ /help no/held no/ /you help/your help/ Sorry, that is what I get for not 224 uploading. Fellows 225 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 226 227 _____________________________________________________________________________ 228 Bowling? Bowling? Did someone mention the sport of Bowling? Do you mean to say 229 that other enlightened backwaterites have discovered the wonderful sport of 230 bowling for themselves? OK, how many out there really go bowling? Tell the 231 truth now, this is important information! 232 _____________________________________________________________________________ 233 234 Fence{ 235 Aus Stoffen und porosen Materialien nicht entfernbar! Nur in gut belufteten 236 Raumen verwenden. Hutinigier! 237 @/eX 238 Peter part plenty 239 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] 240 They hurried into the oval office in silence broken only by the whisper of Neolite soles on plush carpeting. 241 The president was waiting, he was livid with rage. The joint chiefs had gathered around the polished mahogany desk 242 as they did in times of crisis. The secretary of Defense slipped through the door, just as the President spoke. 243 He was interrupted by the representative of the NSA,an act he was to soon regret. No one interrupted the President. 244 "Mr President, you must understand that with all the breeder reactors in operation around the world, small amounts ..." 245 The President exploded into a torrent of expletives,"Understand? Understand, hell. A small amount? 246 "You call 14 kilograms of weapons grade Plutonium a small amount? You stupid son of a bitch..." 247 The Secretary of Defense, a man known for being cool under fire, eased into the conversation. The President had great respect f 248 and he listened, as did every man in the room. All eyes were riveted on the gentle features of this great negotiator as the man 249 "First I will summarize the situation, and then we will procede with a plan which will work" No one questioned him and he contin 250 "We know he has the materials to construct the uh, device. We know he has the knowledge to put it together, and we HAVE to assum 251 he has done so." "This Delta Five is not known for making idle threats." "We know he has the use of a Lear 24 or 25B, and we kno 252 and range are such that he COULD penetrate Soviet airspace." The group of soldiers and diplomats broke into a simultaneous groan 253 Quickly regained control. "Gentlemen. Hear me out, please." "Let us place a little of the blame where it rightfully 254 belongs. Here. In this office. Was it not because of our own screwup that his wife and children were murdered? Do you blame the 255 "He has been hunted by the Agency, the Soviets, Wassir, and of course Mckane for three years now, on the run." 256 He knows that sooner or later, someone will get him, and he wants to punish those responsible." 257 "And I, for one, can not blame him." "NOW-gentlemen what he really wants is McKane." "What we will do is GIVE him McKane." 258 The room was totally silent for a few seconds, and then the President spoke. "Yes, of course." He pointed a bony finger at the 259 rose from his desk, and started issuing commands. 260 Pens were snatched from pockets, and notes hurridly made. Telephones were lifted, orders barked. The wheels began to turn. 261 262 45000 feet above the Ogilvie Mountains of the Yukon a speaker crackled into life. "DelFyv Sierra Echo Tango Overlook has Commenc 263 Only one man in the world, other than the pilot, knew those words. Delta Five breathed a great sigh of relief, cracked open a ca 264 turned left heading 245 degrees, to a warm and save haven... 265 266 267 yes 268 Too all, 269 Is there going to any other stories on thsi board?? 270 271 save 272 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\yep\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 273 AH FINALLY... I have been enjoying your BBs for 2 days now, I hope to be able 274 to contribute something worthy of reading myself. I am very new and 275 inexperienced with my modem and telecommunication equipment. 276 277 278 help 279 help 280 i can't break out... 281 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 282 Here we go again... Tomorrow AM I leave to go back to Cowtown U, or OSU to 283 the uninitiated, and I get to miss another three months of terrific (or atleast 284 pretty nifty) stories and dialogue. I'm spending NY Eve with an old friend and 285 the next week getting organized, so have fun without me... 286 To whomever tried to start a fight on the last disk : I DON'T WANT TO SEE 287 ANY MORE LEFT-HANDED INSULTS!!!!! Left-handed people happen to be more in- 288 tuitive, creative, and imaginitive; Left-handed people are the only ones in 289 their right minds. So There. You can insult Rednecks all you want tho'... 290 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/(HappyNewYearAll!!)/\/\/\/\/\ 291 292 New York, London, Paris, Munich, Everyone's talkin' 'bout Pop Music... 293 or 294 Delta V! Seattle, Austria, New York, Tucson, Pheonix, Yukon... What a 295 globe trotter. What is a smalltime newspaper man to do? 296 ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ 297 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 298 ______________________________JD 2446430.0915______________________________ 299 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 300 WEEL_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 301 NEOHAMA 302 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 303 I exist... 304 305 Being tall as seen from a 6 foot 3 dude.... 306 307 Most people think that being tall would be sooooo great. That is, people who aren't tall. Somebody said that tall 308 people get picked on less. As a matter of fact, we get picked on more. Somebody can really get popular if they whup 309 a tall guy. 310 Then of course there's the small things like running into the ceiling (which I do in the basement). If you're s 311 scared of heights and happen to look down, this can also cause problems. I tell you short people, you're lucky! 312 Neo. 313 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 314 The suicidal. 315 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>>__> 316 Marker: 12/30/85 23:46:26 (JD 2446430.8239 [2446431.0000 @ 04:00:00]) 317 318 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Milchlurk 319 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++000000000001TED++++++++++++++++ 320 pENTER 321 FRANK CONTINUED TO PUSH THROUGH THE SWAMP. HIS PACK WAS GETTING HEAVY, AND HE WA 322 S TIRED AND WANTED TO REST. HIS ONLY CONSOLATION HAD BEEN THAT HE ALWAYS KNEW 323 HE WAS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AS THE MARKER TRANSMITTER'S BEACON WAS 324 STRONGLY REGISTERING ON THE SEEKER THAT HE CARRIED. HE HAD BEEN WALKING SINCE 325 MORNING, AND HE ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD 326 ZENITH. THE GROUND HAD REMAINED MUD, AND HE DID NOT INTEND TO REST, SINCE DOING 327 SO WOULD MEAN GETTING WHAT LITTLE REMAINED CLEAN, FILTHY. LOOKING AT HIS WATCH, 328 HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD BEEN WALKING FOR 12 HOURS. HE MUST REST. MAYBE HE COULD 329 SCANNING THE TREES, HE PICKED THE MOST BRANCHY OF THEM ALL AND BEGAN HIS CLIMB. 330 FIVE FEET UP HE STOPPED, AND SAT WITH HIS BACK TO THE TRUNK. CLOSING HIS EYES, 331 HE FEEL INSTANTLY ASLEEP. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++00000001TED+++++++++++++ 332 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 333 334 One Long Saturday... 335 (Part 4) 336 337 Now Jim was getting desperate. He was running out of ideas. Wasn't there anything that would do these little 338 creeps in? Shoot 'em, maybe. Well, it's worth a try. 339 "All right, everybody. Back to the car." He hustled them into the Chevy and locked the yard back up. If this 340 worked, he be back to clean up the mess before Monday morning. If it didn't, he doubted he'd have to worry about 341 it. 342 On the way back to the house, Amogo asked, "What are we doing now?" 343 "Well, I thought you might like to experience some earth amusements before you wiped us all out." 344 "As I have already stated, we have no intention of 'wiping out' the human race. We merely wish to enslave 345 you." 346 That's right, he thought, they just want to enslave us. No big deal. He pulled into the driveway. Telling them to 347 wait, he ducked into the house and came back out with his .30-06 and a box of ammo. Then he drove them up to a nearby 348 gravel pit where he sometimes practiced. 349 "Okay," he said, leading them down into the pit, "This is a game of skill. Normally this," he said, holding up the 350 rifle, "fires a high-velocity lead slug. However, we have these special bullets that are made of hollow plastic and 351 have a red marking dye in them. It's with these bullets that we shoot at each other to see who could hit whom first. 352 It's all in harmless fun, and nobody gets hurt, of course." 353 "Of course." said Amogo. "We have seen this activity practiced before on your television transmissions." 354 "Yeah. Right." He lined them up and walked over to the far side of the pit. He opened the rifle's bolt and snapped 355 six 180-grain hollowpoint bullets into the clip. Then he sat and braced the rifle on his knee, sighting the crosshairs 356 right between Amogo's nonexistant eyebrows. 357 Well, they were ticklish. Every time a bullet struck them and bounced off, they emitted a high-pitched giggle. 358 Otherwise, it didn't even bother them. Jim decided to give up after a ricochet screamed by about a quarter inch above 359 his part. He put the rifle down and groaned. 360 "Admittedly, that was much more pleasurable than the last activities." Amogo said. "What shall we try next?" 361 Jim treated them to a few words that they had never learned from television. "Everybody in the car!" he roared, 362 picking up his gun. 363 On the way back, he had another idea. 364 The seven of them stood at the edge of the pond in his back yard. The aliens eyed the liquid substance 365 uncertainly. they explained that there was no water on their world. How about that, Jim thought. "This activity is 366 called diving. We go underwater for long periods of time and observe the underwater life." In that pond the only 367 underwater life was bugs, frogs, and algae but one should start small. "Surely you've seen this on our television 368 transmissions." 369 "Of course." replied Amogo, "but didn't the humans use some sort of breathing apparatus..." 370 "Fooey! That's just just for people with bad lung conditions! You don't need them. You'll be just fine." 371 After more coaxing he finally convinced them to go in and stay there until he had them come out. They marched 372 single file into the water. Sadly, they didn't dissolve, but they would undoubtedly drown, as they showed no tendancy 373 to float. Jim watched through the scummy green surface as they reached the deepest part and sat down in a circle, 374 becoming completely still. He watched a full five minutes and then left. If this didn't work, he had one last idea to 375 try, and it required some preparation. 376 Two hours later, they were still in the same position on the bottom of the pond, looking like underwater statues. 377 Surely they had drowned by now. Jim waved down at them experimentally. 378 Three of them waved back. 379 380 (To Be Continued...) 381 382 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# J.D. SILVERMAN $#$#$#$#$#$ 383 384 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 385 To FM: Beatrix Potter stories are MUCH better with the illustrations! 386 Emu: PorSfis (did I get the capitals right?) has been meeting at the 387 library in downtown Portland for longer than I have been in the area. 388 I've actually made it two times and survived the drive into the city! 389 (Unfortunately, it's more than I'm usually up for.) If they change 390 locations, I'll probably try to make it, but large assembleges of people 391 such as city streets, have a depressing effect on my motivations. 392 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 393 Friends, don't let this opportunity pass. You've read about it in 394 the Oregonian; you may have found a cryptic notice in your mail; and now 395 it's right here in glowing phosphors. 396 ANNOUNCING THE FIRST EDITION 397 OF 398 WRITER'S NORTHWEST HANDBOOK 399 Available in early February for all aspiring authors, and even for those 400 already aspired, etc., it will include a survey of hundreds (almost a 401 thousand) regional markets for prose, poetry and the like. For more info 402 or to reserve a copy at the fantastic prepublication price of $5.95 plus 403 $1.50 postage, phone Dennis at 621-xxxx or Doug at 244-xxxx. Yours for 404 poetic justice and a joyous new year. 405 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Stovall, Dennis on 31 Dec 85 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 406 break 407 And now, on to serious propositions: 408 409 not so serious 410 411 simple simple simple simple simple simple simple simple simple 412 413 When I was 9 I learned survival 414 Taught myself not to care 415 I was my single good companion 416 Taking my comfort there 417 Up in my room I planned my conquests 418 On my own 419 Never asked for a helping hand 420 No one would understand 421 I never asked the pair who fought below 422 Just in case they said no 423 424 Pity the child who has ambition 425 Knows what he wants to do 426 Knows that he'll never fit the system 427 Others expect him to 428 Pity the child who knew his parents 429 Saw their faults 430 Saw their love die before his eyes 431 Pity the child that wise 432 He never asked did I cause your distress? 433 Just in case they said yes 434 435 When I was 12 my father moved out 436 Left with a wimper not with a shout 437 I didnt miss him- he made it perfectly clear 438 I was a fool and probably queer 439 Fool that I was I thought this would bring 440 Those he had left closer together 441 She made her move the moment he crawled away 442 I was the last the woman told 443 She never let her bed get cold 444 Someone moved in- I shut my door 445 Someone to treat her just the same way as before 446 447 I took the road of least resistance 448 I had my game to play 449 I had the skill and more- the hunger 450 Easy to get away 451 Pity the child with no such weapons 452 No defense 453 No escape from the ties that bind 454 Always a step behind 455 I never called to tell her all Id done 456 I was only her son! 457 458 Pity the child but not forever 459 Not if he stays that way 460 He can get all he ever wanted 461 If hes prepared to pay 462 Pity instead the careless mother 463 What she missed 464 What she lost when she let me go 465 And I wonder does she know 466 I wouldnt call- a crazy thing to do 467 Just in case she said who? 468 469 simple simple simple simple simple simple simple simple chess 470 471 080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080 472 473 IKDFD MFLCR RUDZA PD@FL 474 475 080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080 476 ** Celestial Systems BBS .....233-xxxx 477 ** Commodore Private BBS System. 478 479 ** Costs $10.00 (one time only) To 480 481 ** Subscribe call 233-xxxx 482 483 ** Nothing Fancy, Just good folks 484 485 ** and great download sections. 486 487 ** Not graphics, just plain Ascii code 488  ** Taking New Members Until Mass 489 490 ** Storage space to do so is gone 491 492 ** 12/31/85 posted 15:46:45 493 494 ** Thank-You ************************* 495 496  ** Please Adults and serious users 497 ** only.! 498 ************************************** 499 +------------+ 500 ! is a big ! 501 +------------+ (someone say orient express?) 502 503 504 1313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131133 505 PPR ADYFJ IUDFL DNXLE PCLPA LXVRA DTCED PXRID LAP[V FHB_P TCPDP TAJD 506 EX \APTF LZDJX PPALD FLDCR YCLFC [\HB_ CLIDF MDPTC PDFEL [E_PD ALXG 507 D_ F[E_\ DRAPP FLZDN TXOAD XLDPT FEDCE DCDPA EP[\D K_O[K WAK 508 1313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131133 509 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 510 I 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 C 518 519 EXIT 520 /EXIT 521 HELP 522 523 524 dfsfsdf 525 Help 526 527 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.001 528 of being treated like a child!" she pouted to the 529 walls. They kept their opinions to themselves, as usual. For the 530 umpteenth time, Miranda had asked to go with her father, the Duke, and 531 for the umpteenth time, he said that his trips were "not for a young 532 girl such as you." 533 "But I'm twenty-two now!" Her complaints hadn't swayed him in 534 the least. "He'd let me go if he knew that I... NO! I mustn't tell 535 him: he'd never let me go *anywhere*." If her father knew that she'd 536 been in his library, studying his old books, he would be very upset. 537 When she was very young, she had been told never to touch his books; 538 especially the ones on the south wall. 539 As forbidden fruit goes, the more forbidding, the more tasty. 540 It took a long time, but her resistance finally broke down four years 541 ago, after they returned from exile. Once into them, she couldn't keep 542 away from the books. They revealed their knowledge to her, and she 543 learned quickly why she was to have never touched them: they were 544 addictive. Before she opened the first one, she had figured that they 545 were the source of her father's powers, and now she knew how powerful 546 the black arts could be. 547 She had been an innocent young girl, betrothed to a well-to-do 548 young man. When her beloved was killed in a rigged duel, she sunk 549 into the depths of remorse. Wandering aimlessly around the family 550 mansion, she found herself in the library, gaze transfixed on the 551 forbidden bookcase. 552 Now, having secretly studied the books, storing every word into 553 her photographic memory, she felt that it was time to go out on her own. 554 Her father wouldn't let her go with him on his trips, so she decided to 555 go on a trip of her own. 556 It was a quest, of a sort. After reading through the series on 557 simple illusions, she had gone on to the physical transformation books. 558 She read the first three books and found that there was a fourth book 559 that her father didn't have. The inscription gave a hint as to where 560 her father acquired the books, so the natural idea came to her: Seek out 561 the fourth book of transformations, first by going to the source of the 562 first three. 563 Roughly translated from the original Latin, the inscription 564 read: 565 To Prospero: 566 Study these well, and may they bring you 567 the fortune that your name deserves... 568 ii orpyak 569 570 Under the inscription was the sign of the pheonix: \l/ Miranda 571 recogized this as the sign that her father often used on his private 572 coorespondance. This ii orpyak was the person that she needed to find 573 first to get the last book. If she could find the fourth book of 574 transformation, she'd bring it back home for her father. 575 576 Miranda put the on clothes that she got from the servants' 577 quarters and made up a small pack of what she thought she might need: a 578 small knife, a little rope, some dried fruit and meat, and her favorite 579 veil, a beautiful red, orange and yellow splash of color. She carefully 580 hid her ring under the rough tunic, and looked out her window for a last 581 time. Minutes later, she was carefully slipping out into the quiet 582 midnight streets of Milan. 583 584 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 585 586 I too have heard of the NORTHWEST WRITER'S GUIDE, or whatever. It's 587 supposed to have listings of lot's almost all of the publishing firms, 588 large, small and micro, in the Northwest. I believe that their 589 definition of northwest goes from Hawaii to Montana (?) and Alaska 590 to Oregon, possibly including some south of Idaho. 591 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 592 by the way, the first two words of the story are: "I'm tired".-.-.-. 593 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] 594 A very happy and prosperous new year to all from old mean and nasty [*=*] [*=*] 595 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 596 ______________________________JD 2446066.2047______________________________ 597 ______________________________JD 2446431.2057______________________________ 598 Simple: Nice poem 599 Emu: That's some of the best storytelling I've seen here for a long time. 600 Dr. Frankenstupe 601 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 602 603 Emu: Kaypro II? Really, now. 604 _innocent bysitter_ 605 %$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$ 606 607 John Silvermen; 608 will return when there is more room on this system to answer your 609 quistion you asked on NONAME. 610 611 %$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$ 612 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 613 Emu: I'm impressed. Easily the most polished piece of writing I can recall seeing here. Let's see you keep that up. 614 %$%$: A name would be helpful, so I don't stay up all night wondering. Oh, well. Okay (I guess). 615 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#a slightly confused#$#$#$#$#$# J D SILVERMAN #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#(but what else is new?)#$#$#$#$#$#$ 616 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 617 "Snoopy! I'm back!" The anxious cry went through the barren house 618 until it came to fall upon his ears. Jenny darted back up the steps to 619 Allen's room to see him brousing through an old copy of Analog. 620 "What did you say?" he yelled back over his shoulder. He was unaware 621 that she had already made it to his door. 622 "I said, 'I'm back' Snoopy," she replied with a hushed voice. Her 623 peaceful responce was effective. Allen turned quickly to see her standing 624 behind him. "And yes, I'll forgive you for shouting." Hands together on 625 her lap, she smiled back at him as she leaned against the doorway. Jenny 626 OOOOOOOOOO drats, cut off OOOOOOOOOO One on One OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 626