>>>>>[Nightstalker you speak so blithely about the prices I must pay for
my activities. I can assure you I will pay. I do believe in Ultimate
Justice, and as a believer I also believe that it will be my ultimate
destiny to pay for my crimes both in this life and in the next. "Those who
live by the sword, die by the sword" and so shall it be with me. I do
expect something to eventually catch up with me . . . I'm sure my death
will be most violent and unpleasant. And I am willing to pay that price
--- because I fight for a cause I believe in more than my life. But you,
Nightstalker, will not be my demise, nor will CB. If you seek retribution
on me, then I advise you to wait and not waste your own resources, but I
will surely fall by the might of forces more powerful than you could ever
be. 

As for you CB, you ask about my anger, I do not like my personal life
smeared all over the Matrix. Its veracity aside, my life is yet my own,
and I prefer to keep it that way. Don't let my warning go unheeded. 

By the way, Slash, Buzz, any of the rest of you ploting a strike on me,
just know this - I have not sent my security away, I still on alert and
ready.]<<<<<
           -- Prince Solarial (14:51:34/10.31.54)
 
>>>>>[What a load of Drek!  Solarial is only wealthy because he gets a
nuyen for every load of drek he comes up with.  You and Dorian go well
together.  You're both worm spit. Live by the sword?  Live by the pen you
bonehead.  You wouldn't know what end to hold the sword by.  and judging
from the inkstains on your fingers you don't know what end to hold the pen
by either.  I am one elf who is ashamed to share your race, you putrid
bucket of beetle lickings.  Somebody put a sock in this guys mouth.]<<<<<
	--Journey <16:52.00/10.31.54>
 
>>>>>[Hey guys.  Hi Micheal S. Baron.  Long time no chat.  Sorry I sound a
little out of it right now...  I'll be at Slash's place for a while. 
How's the leg, hon?]<<<<<
        --  Diana, (sad)Mistress of the Night(19:34:54/10-31-54)
 
>>>>>[It'll need replacement, fragit.  Glad to finally hear your voice. 
Why don't ya come by the DocWagon clinic and see me there.  They have the
new leg all ready for implacement, and I'm going into surgery in a couple
of hours, but I'd like to see you first...tell you about your dad just
before...(voice cracking, small sob)...before..****Link Terminated****
 
>>>>>[Sure, Slash.  Thanks.]<<<<<
        --  Diana, (depressed)Mistress of the Night(19:37:57/10-31-54)
 
>>>>>[Diana, we apologize for not being able to retrieve you fully. 
However, you are needed here in New Orleans in three days.]<<<<<
        --  Cleopatra(19:39:27/10-31-54)
 
>>>>>[I'll be there, of course.]<<<<<
        --  Diana, (annoyed and sad)Mistress of the Night(19:40:05/10-31-54)

*****Encrypt Buzz THE_BEE4*****
>>>>>[Buzz, I know you want him dead, but you are not to kill him.  I have
a couple of things to do this week.  I want him captured.  Do NOT abuse
him in any way.  Just get him and bring him to New Orleans to me.  I'll be
there till you come with him.  Then we shall show him a lesson in power
and who not to mess with under any circumstances.  Besides, I have just
got a note from Solitiare that says he want me to give Solarial a gift.  I
think we'll all understand the message, and that he will understand better
than anyone. Besides, he's a very sick man that honestly believes that the
ends justify the means.  And he kinda fell in love with me....]<<<<<
        --  Diana, (confused)Mistress of the Night(19:46:43/10-31-54)

 >>>>>[Oh, may the Gods and Goddesses protect us from Little Dragon when he
finally hears that his adopted father is dead...  That makes two of them,
and he is not even 13 years old yet...]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(19:49:22/10-31-54)
 
>>>>>[WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOooooooooo....sob...sob........Nooooooooooooo
*****Link Terminated*****
 
>>>>>[I wish I had seen him reading over my shoulder...  Thank gods that
I'm a druid with sleep.  Hermit, please...  He will want to learn
everything you can teach him now, and THE Nexus too, and Dragon too. 
Please, he has too much power for his age, and not enough temperment and
maturity to know what to do with it.  Please...He will want to learn
everything there is to know in order to kill Solarial.  Please, teach him
nothing but the arts, show him nothing but the truth of the Shadows and
the violence within them.  Steer him away from them lest they be his
downfall as they were his adopted father's...]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(19:55:05/10-31-54)
 
>>>>>[I am not of the shadows, Valentine.  I am of the Forest, and of the
Villa, but not the shadows.  If he asks me, I shall teach him all I can
without breaking the oaths I have taken.  But to truly learn my art, he
must learn... elsewhere.]<<<<<
        --  Hermit(19:58:29/10-31-54)
 
>>>>>Hello, y'all(spit).  Ma name's Josie Wails(spit).  I don't do
killins, but robbins are real nice, see?(spit) I go for the
non-"augmented" approach, (spit) ya know, brain over brawn, but enough
brawn ta get it goin when the goin get's tough(spit).  Anybody intrestd? 
Who's this Solarial rustler I's been hearin(spit) bout?  Need any help
here?]<<<<<
        --  Josie Wails(20:05:23/10-31-54)[spit]

>>>>>[Wiz here, testing a roundabout routing in -- That fraggin' power
glitch or whatever on the nets a coupla weeks ago fragged my system up
real good...  Think I've got it bypassed, for now, though I'm still
working on a permanent fix.]<<<<<
        --  Wiz <23:31:58/10-31-54>
 
>>>>>[ Gee, this place is wiz...  I'd just like to say major kudos who
ever put this setup together!  I've been looking around in here, and
there's all sorts of info and other junk on all sorts of things. ]<<<<<
                -- Mind Bender <23:57:43/10-31-54>
 
*****Initiate Sub-Routine:  Music.V.Grad 
>>>>>[ Still, I gotta say I'd've never gotten here without that chummer in
the gray...Hey, does anybody hear music? ]<<<<<
                -- Mind Bender <23:59:08/10-31-54>
 
>>>>>[ It's gotten louder...alright, who's the wise guy fragging with my
deck? ]<<<<<
                -- Mind Bender <23:59:38/10-31-54>
 
>>>>>[ It's not your deck, newbie!  That's "Ride of the Valkyries", which
can only mean one thing... ]<<<<<
                -- Mr. Fantastic <23:59:50/10-31-54>
 
>>>>>[ Indeed it does, Herr Fantastisch...  I have returned. ]<<<<<
                -- Doctor Doom <23:59:59/31-OCT-54>
 
>>>>>[ You'll forgive me if I don't jump up and down with joy. ]<<<<<
                -- Mr. Fantastic <00:00:05/11-01-54>
 
>>>>>[ SILENCE, Herr Fantastisch, my patience has worn decidedly thin
during my extended absence. 
 
Mind Bender:  I am heartened that you find this place pleasing. 
Compensation for your service to me shall be discussed later. ]<<<<<
                -- Doctor Doom <00:00:13/1-NOV-54>
 
>>>>>[ Like, whatever, chummer. ]<<<<<
                -- Mind Bender <00:00:35/11-01-54>
 
*****ENCRYPT:  Tarnkappe, Cloak of Siegfried 
>>>>>[ Fraulein Jaez, I must speak with you in the near future regarding
this knave, Ganz.  This case has proven quite an intriguing one...and it
is, I believe, my expressed interest which prompted Ganz to dispatch those
agents to seek my demise or capture.  I do not relish games of cat and
mouse, nor have I been away enjoying myself over the past weeks.  It is
Ganz's doing, albeit indirectly. 
 
Before you inquire after Hangtime & Company, let me assure you that they
are safe for the moment, having avoided a near fatal encounter with
various explosive materials at the beginning of our trip underground. 
 
At present, I seek to go upon the offensive... 
 
Ganz, although you may not respond, I am cognizant that you are listening: 
 
The game has yet to initiate betwixt us.  What is past merely qualifies as
introductory maneuvers, but rest assured I shall play unto the end.  At
that time, Fate may deem that events transpire in such a fashion that
realize yourself to be located underneath my hand.  Should that happen, I
shall not be merciful. ]<<<<<
                -- Doctor Doom <**:**:**/**-***-**>
 
>>>>>[............ plazz.  The man is Elvis.  I just caught the recording
of the Wyrm's death off of one of the Brit satellites; it should be
hitting you Seps in a little bit.  Drek.....]<<<<<
        -- Meghan the Red (1-11-54/11:40:20)
 
>>>>>[Time Delay Transmission.  Source Unknown.  Path Unknown.
Destination: ShadowLand, All Server Hubs.
**Connect
**Connect
**Connect
 
***Open Visual/Audial Feed: 22:00:00/10-29-54
 
The camera must be the same one from the distant vantage point posted
earlier; the hills look the same, and it zooms in swiftly on movement at
the camp of the MilTech group.  Camp is breaking; the various (heavily
armed) people, wearing security armor, begin moving towards preplanned
routes, fading into the landscape as they go... the invention of Ruthenium
fibers has made stealth operations a lot more viable.... 
 
Switch to another feed, the cameras of the house coming under assault.
Careful scanning of the feed, and a sudden glowing outline of an area,
(obviously added in-transit to the dataflow) approaching across the last
twenty or thirty meters between the forest and the house.  It.... looks
like a cloud of mist.  A small label appears, overlaying the edge: 'AJ?'
 
By the time the mist is halfway up the drive, another outline is acquired,
this time being labeled 'Collossus'.  The Visual feed flickers overlays of
several dozen different sets of scanning equipment, finally settling on a
composite piezoelectric/ultrasound image. 
 
Collossus is loaded for bear.  YOU wouldn't want to get in his way, that's
for damn sure.  He's carrying an HMG like it was a hunting rifle, and the
damn thing has, not one, but TWO grenade launchers mounted onto it. 
There's an axe, and he's got a whole bunch of what can only be grenades --
what does anybody else carry that's the size of a baseball, and into
battle -- strapped onto him along various locations. 
 
By the time Collossus has covered half the distance -- and the reactions
of the crew in the house must be rather quick, because Collossus is .fast.
-- the house's defenses start up.  The image feed you are given pulls back
into a Matrix view from an icon, of a security set up.  The gun
emplacements pop out of their concealed locations and begin firing.... 
 
Thanatos watches, skeletal fingers cradling jawbone, entranced.
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
A normal Matrix icon, UMS basic, is a floating silver ball, perhaps a
half-meter in diameter.  Sculpted, they look to be about human size,
depending on the MPCP of the deck.  To use an old English measurement,
estimate one foot in height per level of the MPCP.  This'll make your
usual deckrunner about 6', maybe 8' tall. 
 
Solitaire (there she goes, running her Sleaze and Deceptions like a
worried slitch, Attack loaded and deck running in Masking mode) stands
about eight feet tall.  Perhaps glides would be more appropriate, because
she is smooth, despite her penchant for ramming head-first into IC.  This
system's IC hasn't bothered her yet, (there she goes again) but she looks
a little worried about meeting Ouro head-to-head. Determined, though. 
Brave girl. 
 
The Wyrm slithers -- floats?  Both -- out of the dead-end datapath that
he'd been watching her from; he knows what she's looking for, and he knows
how soon she'll find it.  Still, he'd rather not put her down if he has
to, because she .is. a rather integral part of his plan.  Thus, he avoids
her.... all thirty-some feet of him.  Emailing the datastore's contents to
a holding location in Phoenix, which will forward it to both the Deb
Decker and Spirit in twenty-four hours, he continues on his way. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
Another icon -- Far and Gone, a splinter of light and color, cohesive one
moment then flying apart, only to reassemble into another shape, another
(different) collage of photons.  This one stands across the bridge of
light between a ground station and an orbiting satellite.  The amateur
gadgeteer with the satellite dish to steal an extra six dozen tridstations
will be wondering for a while what's happened to his reception. 
 
Far and Gone has, ah, 'commandeered' it for the night. 
 
Currently, he's going over the command sequences of the satellite;
Solitaire had posted about this a few days back, and this icon, one of the
slower ones, had been detached to hunt down its orbit.  He found it five
minutes ago, and he's currently trying to figure out how to disarm the
thing -- or maybe redirect it.  He's not sure he can, not in time. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
Back to Thanatos.  Somewhere, high in a tree maybe, somebody's shooting a
paintball gun.  Optic sensors on the guns are getting blinded. Collossus
has taken several nasty knocks, and his Ruthenium suit's efficiency is
down 35%, but he's not really hurt.  Pissed off as all hell, perhaps, but
you can't go ask him, now, can you?  You have the blinded emplacements
turn outwards and begin firing random shots into the woods, moving through
a variety of height changes. 
 
You'll hit something eventually. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
The Dead Decker is something of a ghost.  After all, he's supposed to be a
dead decker, eh?  Well, right now he's ghosting through a computer in
England, namely one belonging to a Grenville-Adams PLC subsidiary.  DD
doesn't like GA -- GA's the parent corp that controls EONPP, the people
who were doing the research on William 6174. 
 
GA is in control of half the British economy; the government sits on the
GA's board chessboard like a series of pawns to be sacrificed.  Most of
Europe is infected with the Grenville-Adams disease as well; there are so
many different things that GA owns, through so many different companies,
that it's sometimes confusing who owns what, where, and how. It's enough
to make somebody give up out of sheer frustration. 
 
The Dead Decker has a very good idea of how much GA controls; he's tracked
down 65% of last year's gross income.  Quite a feat, even for a dead
decker.  Of course, he's been at this for what, three weeks?  Four? More?? 
But it all takes time. 
 
Time he'll no longer have.  He continues his frantic search, sending
everything into a time-delay system in Hong Kong, to be re-routed through
Peking, Casablanca, Moscow, back to Hong Kong, London, another time-delay
system in New York, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong .again..... well, to tell you
everything would be to give it away, eh? 
 
Ganz, that bastard, works for Grenville-Adams PLC.  Answers a few
questions, doesn't it? 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
Ephasia doesn't exist.  Well, it's not supposed to, after all, you don't
remember, you don't recall, eh?  A 'transparent' humanoid, hard to see any
details.  Maybe there is none.  Just the edges, really.... 
 
Final touches being put together on a virus.  A 'forget' virus. Worldwide. 
Of him.  They may pass the legends on, but there's no way in .Hell. he's
going to let anybody keep records on him.... 
 
Even after he's dead again. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
Thanatos is running hard, trying to keep up; AJ has breached the house
complex, and been forced back out.  There are four mages in there, and
they're giving the elementals and such of both STREETWOLF and Roxey some
damn hard times, and had time out to pester a mistformed vampire into
going back.  The universally recognized image of Death flickers a few bony
fingers, and outlines two more forms coming up hard. 
 
Fortunately, Collossus has gotten irritated at the gun emplacements. Only
the two grenade launchers up top are still firing, and those blind.
Collossus can't hit them from where he's standing, and he's a bit busy
helping suit AJ up.  Audio sensors can pick up a very soft, very
restrained, 'Hurry, c'mon, c'mon, hurry it up...'
 
It's probably good you can't see in astral right now.  The way the mages
inside the house are looking, it's probably really nasty.... 
 
A germanic-looking man wearing a dark pin-striped suit is walking swiftly
towards one section of the den, a decently-sized room buried against the
hill at the back of the house.  He presses a button, his two bodyguards
finishing the loading of their M22A2's.  The log registers a curse as
Thanatos recognizes the elevator commands and----
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
----The Wyrm Ouroboros curses, dropping a program frame to continue the
rape of the house's datastores, winging his way over the walls of the
system as seen through the reality filter.  You drop into the top of the
donjon, the stone tower CPU and immediately
 
                                            *blink*
 
                                                    into the control
room for the drawbridge.  You recognize a slave port when you see it,
and he seizes the rattling chain in his claws, bringing it to a
screeching halt.  He can't leave yet, AJ hasn't even gotten inside the
house yet.
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
What must be the last of the icons -- a male caucasian elf, tall even for
his genotype -- well over seven foot tall, close to seven and a half. 
Grey-blue eyes, usually curious but now a little sad, look down into a
drink in a virtual bar.  Light brown hair pulled back into a braid
stretching the length of his back, the entire body is slim, lanky, and
clad in a dark lined coat, scruffy jeans that don't feel too tight, and a
t-shirt which flips through proclaimations.  Right now, though, it states
that the owner has survived the encounter of Stormbringer. 
 
Appropriately, there is a cut through the shirt at gut level, exposing the
flat stomach of the icon. 
 
The 'bartender', really a freelance decker who makes sure that the dweebs
are tossed out on their asses and the 'real' hackers can catch some
much-needed R&R, approaches the icon.  "Shockwave?  You need anything
else?"
 
The icon shakes his head.  "Not any more, Louis.  Thanks." A small chit is
exchanged, and you know that enough money to buy at least a Fuchi-6 was
given the younger decker as a tip.  He doesn't need cash any more. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
The house systems have been rendered inoperative; the rigger who was
previously running the system is currently attempting to keep his body
pumping fluids, as Thanatos has just introduced into his control rig an
electronic sequence that is trying to shut down all functions higher than
cellular osmosis.  Baby has swung into view of the remaining optic
sensors, the panzer swinging broadside to open up on the front of the
house.  It's a good thing that FM gives warning first. 
 
Thanatos watches the Matrix screens, fascinated, at the amount of damage
the vehicle pours forth -- autocannon fire rakes the windows, and a full
ripple of sight-guided rockets pours into the door.  The front begins to
look like an old vid of the front of a warehouse shot to pieces, when
suddenly FM pauses.  AJ begins to rise when twin explosions make him, as
well as the other three there, turn to look. 
 
The grenade launchers on the roof seem to have gotten sight back -- in two
shots, they have placed a grenade on top of Baby, detonating the panzer's
napalm tanks which makes FM curse that he just got done painting the damn
thing, and destroyed the trunk of a pine midway up the shaft. The adjusted
radio scanner picks up the howl of fright, ending in a scream of pain. 
Slash has just broken his leg, never mind a few sundry other bones. 
 
It's immediately after that that the rest of Thanatos's optics short
out...... 
 
......cut in the long-range camera of the front of the house in time to
see Collossus, pissed as all hell, leap up the front of the house, grab
the edge of the roof, and vault over.  One grenade launcher is easily
smashed with a side kick to its base, but the other one seems to be very
stubborn.  Collossus, not particularly caring just now, makes a fist and
punches into the muzzle of the launcher as it fires again. 
 
Collossus will need a new hand when he gets back to Seattle.  Heck, he
needs one now, and his left leg isn't working at full efficiency, either. 
Fortunately, landing without acrobatics is fairly simple. 
 
Cut back into the interior came----
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
----icked across the room and slammed into a wall, stunned for a moment.
The chain lets go, slamming the bridge into the far side of the moat. That
bastard and his bodyguards are getting into the elevator .right. .now.,
and you can't do anything about it because there's that .GYPSY. right
there, and she's in your way. 
 
>>[Solitaire, I warned you....]<<
 
She simply grins, and engages her attack program.  It's so nice of her to
have a form easily translated into your reality filter; perhaps she has
one as well, and you will relate in a .... like manner. 
 
In any way, she's in YOUR way, and that's not good.  Not now, you've got
other things to do, particularly because your frames have just informed
you that there's one of their deckers in the system, and he's trying to
get past one of your pieces of IC to execute a universal data wipe.... 
 
One claw lifts, and makes a gesture, thus; Solitaire screams in pain as
the coding sequence culled from years of building black IC pours into her
cyberdeck, sending arrhythmic biosequences into her brain's control
locations.  Your other hand reaches to your chest, plucking off one scale
out of the thousands and burying it into her chest, where it expands at a
sickening rate. 
 
>>[Sweet dreams.]<<
 
The gypsy screams again, flashing from full icon, to flat projection, then
failing completely as the black glitter of the scale finishes taking over
her icon.  You uncoil yourself, concentrate just .so.... 
 
....and the Slave Port emulates a CPU teleport, and you are .in. the CPU. 
IC reports that there is an intruder outside the door, which you step
outside of.  He looks up, and his eyes go wide -- he's heard of you. 
Good.  That means you'll only need to crash his brain.... 
 
The drawbridge is a lost cause; that .slot.head is on his way downstairs
to the garage.  That can't be helped, but you planned for this contingency
-- this is why Mike and the Mechanic are standing by. 
 
You return to looting the datastores, hopeful. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
The virus is complete; set it into the rest of the time-delay programs,
and head out to join Shockwave.  Hey, you're your own best company, hey,
Ephasia?  Oh, that's right -- you can't remember, can you? 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
Inside, the place is a madhouse.  Foxey Roxey, her ally spirit Maxi-
what's-his-name, and STREETWOLF are on the hanging end of a four-on-three
fight.  The cameras occasionally pick up the shimmer of elementals and loa
fighting it out in astral space, the encounter there is so fierce.  The
mages inside do seem to be trying to perform a fighting retreat, but AJ
and Collossus have darted past them, hearing the elevator. 
 
Flip to the den -- Collossus with one hand, AJ with two, punching into the
steel of the elevator door and sliding it open slowly.  It's a struggle,
though -- armored doors that are specially built to seal off the upper
house when they go down are not easy to pry apart.  The elevator has
ceased for nearly a minute when they get it open enough to look down the
fifty-foot drop.  They look at each other for a few moments, then both
drop. 
 
Flip back to the living room, where Roxey has two cornered, MaxiMillion is
holding his own against another, and STREETWOLF is trading spells against
the last. 
 
"What!  Nobody saves anyone for me." *sssssthunk* An arrow protrudes from
the heart of MaxiMillion's opponent, and Max immediately goes to assist
his mistress.  *sssssthuck* STREETWOLF is free, and immediately slumps to
the ground, exhausted by the insatiable magical combat. Valentine turns on
the other two, but one is hurting, and the other suddenly sprouts an arrow
in the shoulder, causing him to lurch and fall victim to one of Roxey's
spells.  He collapses, unconscious; so does she.  The last, confronted by
a royally PO'ed ally and a bow-wielding warrior, surrenders. 
 
In answer to a look by STREETWOLF, Valentine replies, "Well, nobody ever
has up Anti-ARROW Barrier....."
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
Far and Gone is at the end of his rope, just now.  He's got little time
left, so he does what comes naturally -- the programming equivalent of
reaching in, grabbing a handful of the wiring, and _pulling_. 
 
The satellite immediately starts to drift. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
The Dead Decker continues to throw file after file into the Hong Kong
databank; anything Spirit or Jaez get will help, particularly on the
extensive files in this store.  And .here. is a picture of Ganz, taken
only five days ago from a hilltop house as he entered a chateau-style
mansion on the outskirts of Portland, Tir Tairnguire.... 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
Flick downstairs, garage level.  Ganz and his bodyguards get into a car,
bodyguard-Ganz-bodyguard, the vehicle immediately starting up.  Drek;
you'd forgotten about the rigger downstairs.  AJ and Collossus had better
hurry up.... 
 
The car is pulling into the exit tunnel when AJ and Collossus punch
through the ceiling of the elevator.  Collossus seems to have landed
wrong; he is limping badly, favoring his left side, as the two rush out to
watch the receeding tail-lights of the vehicle.  The cyborg's right leg
pistons open, and his pistol slaps into his hand, lifting it with smooth
precision to target the retreating car. 
 
>>[Mechanic, Ganz is loose.  You are clear to take him out.]<<
 
"Collossus," AJ stays his fire, "Wouldn't you have a lot of armor on your
getaway car?" Collossus agrees reluctantly, looking around.  AJ is already
on his way over to a Harley Electraglide.  "I'll get the Wyrm." The bike
is mounted, hotwired, and into the escape tunnel in less than fifteen
seconds. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
*SLAM* >>[Didn't think I'd return, did you?]<< The Wyrm's gigantic icon
twists around, looking behind himself.  There's a new Solitaire there,
bigger than ever.  Almost sounds like you -- your backup deck is better
than your main one. 
 
>>[I didn't think you'd be that stupid.]<< You trigger a special piece
you'd been saving for just an event like this -- here, Solitaire, have a
souped-up version of the NightWraith.  The grey-black jet practically
explodes out of your chest, passing close over her head and screaming off
into the distance.... she begins to look worried, running a Relocate to
try and get the IC off her trail. 
 
No go, girl, that's my best -- last -- piece.  You're going .down.  To get
back in this time, you'll have to deck naked.  Moments later, her deck
crashes as her MPCP is seared into glue. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
A few more deckers have joined you at your table.  Only a few; it's a very
tight clique'.  Fastjack.  The Neon Samurai.  The Smiling Bandit. Dodger. 
Morgan.  Nightfire, the decker from Ares.  A few more, people so good that
the street never hears of their actions.  The true Ghosts in the Net.  The
Big "D", and an old friend, Darkheart. 
 
A Matrix wake, with the dead guy still there. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
He doesn't care any more, scraps of coding are cast to the electronic
winds.  If he rips out enough command sequences, the thing won't ever be
able to fire.  Which is precisely when he hits the wrong sequence. 
 
The satellite fires. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
A distance shot, from a remote camera.  The view is unfamiliar, but you
can see the still-moving members of AJ's strike team climbing to the top
of the chateau to try to find out where he's going to come out. Collossus
is still limping badly, but he's still combat-capable; Valentine is up
there, peering around, as is FM and Silver.  You pan away, knowing exactly
where the tunnel empties out, to watch first the lead car, then AJ, rocket
out at top speeds.  AJ is catching up quick... 
 
The car twice tries to knock Jackson aside, but the Electraglide has much
too efficient handling to be truly delayed.  He gets almost in front of
the front fender, then leaps from the bike to the car, hanging on for dear
li*CRUNCH*. 
 
AJ goes -thataway-, the car is tossed into a spin down the road, and the
sole deadhead that the Mechanic has been able to get here through the
interference is severely damaged.  Action Jackson climbs slowly to his
feet after hitting a tree (wood is not, after all, his favorite class of
barrier) to eye the deadhead.  The deadhead weaves to its feet to eye
Jackson.  In an exchange that moves momentarily out of the camera's eye,
AJ is left bleeding a bit more and the deadhead is weaving even more --
but between AJ and the bike. 
 
The car, with Ganz in it, has taken off after it stopped itself.  Ganz,
that bastard, has gotten away. 
 
AJ doesn't know this yet, he thinks it's Morkai.  He tries to dodge past
the deadhead, which has apparently decided to stand stock still.... but
the high-toned whine can be heard the kilometer-plus to the chateau, where
the four members of his team stand, watching. 
 
The deadhead blows up, leaving a six-foot-deep crater in the roadway.
Nearby trees are blown into kindling; the bike detonates from the
explosion.  AJ was moving by it when it self-destructed. 
 
Thanatos discorporates voluntarily. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
The Wyrm pauses, saddened by the loss of the cyberdoc.  None of AJ's crew
were to lose their lives, particularly not AJ himself.  Moments later,
Solitaire shows up, decking naked.  He tells her the news: >>[Jackson is
dead.]<<
 
She takes her rage out on his form; she is good, very good, but his
programs are far too advanced for her to hurt him.  He captures her, and
brings her down to the minstrel's box -- the icon representing the trideo
set. 
 
>>[Onscreen.]<< STREETWOLF and MaxiMillion are there, watching over Roxey,
the captured mage, and the one with the arrow in his shoulder. The other
four are just coming into the front door, and the Wyrm exposes his
deception of them.  He was never .quite. here; he had fed his uplinks,
first via satellite, then hardlined through this location, into
ShadowLand.  AJ and Crew were being used as a strike team against Ganz,
who has now gotten away..... but not all is lost for Diana. 
 
The location of the 'real' house is given -- one of the nearby houses, in
fact the location for the remote camera giving primary coverage over
Ganz's safehouse.  There you will find the Wyrm's body; inside the
computer room there is a last set of defenses that must be passed before
you can claim victory.... 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
Far and Gone, tired and sad, rests inside the 'final sanctum'.  The door
slides open, and he triggers the twin HMG mounts on either side of the
'rigger tank' carrying the decker.  The optic sensors do not register
whose form is holding the gun, but the body is riddled from crotch to
skull with dozens of bullets. 
 
The motes of light float off into the Void. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
As the body is ripped apart by bullets, The Dead Decker releases a final
file, turning into a real ghost as the program crashes for good. 
 
*****ICON SWITCH
 
In the virtual bar known as 'Geneva Groundside,' Shockwave and Ephasia
lift their glasses in a toast echoed by the rest of the deckers at the
table: "Catch ya on the flip side."
 
The two pixilate, and the wake can truly begin. 
 
**Connection Closed
**Connection Closed
**Connection Closed
 
Time Delay Transmission: Ended.]<<<<<
        -- No Source: No Path.  (9:30:00/11-1-54)
 
>>>>>[Time Delay Transmission: 22:00:00/10-29-54
 
                     Long live me......             ]<<<<<
        -- Kinealthas Morkai (Moebius/Pi)
 
>>>>>[Time Delay Transmission: 10:30:30/10-29-54
***TripleEncrypt: AJ, Collossus, Solitaire, Wizard ONLY***
 
I don't know which one of you people are going to get this, but I can't
imagine ghosting .all. of you.  So I sent it to the whole quad.  Now,
listen up, 'cause this is for William 6174. 
 
His personality/memory core are located in a computer in a small store
called 'Wizard's Gizzards', a lore shop, on 4th and Vine in Cincinnati.
Hopefully, Wizard will be well on his way towards making the module that
he promised me, so hopefully you can have William planted in a 'body' all
his own fairly soon after you geek me. 
 
If you don't get it done by Thanksgiving, I'll come back to haunt you.
Hey, no, seriously..... catch ya on the flip side.]<<<<<
        -- The (Dead) Wyrm Ouroboros (Here I'm not!/Nyah-Nyah-Nyah)
 
>>>>>[***Channel Secured***
-DC> Max!  You are seriously in it!  Over.
-MX> HUH? Over.
-DC> Your unit is downed..repeat..your unit is down!
-MX> Dycion what the hell are you talking about we're in position and
-MX> waiting for the signal.
-DC> BullDrek!  Your LAV team is moving in!!
-FB> Confirmed unit moving!!
-MX> Hang on!!!
**Channel Switched: COMM 4**
-MX> Wiler What the frag are you doing!!
-WR> I'm not the system is bugged!!  We got shafted!!  Abort
mis********************Transmision Lost*****************************
**Channel Returned: COMM 1**
-MX> Wiler's down!  We've been had slot and run gang.  See ya in DNV.
**Channel Closed**
est of failure: 35%
est of losses: 90% manhours
               50% cost
Unacceptable.  Team must be terminated.  Contacting appropriate  
sources.]<<<<<
	-- null
 
>>>>>[ Thank you Mr Journey to tell us where you are. You know, it's the
first time a target tells me where to find him. But now, since your
contact with Ms Eithne, it seems we don't know all we have to know in this
story.  So, perhaps you could enlighten us on the situation. 
 
***** ENCRYPT BIO-N-Jin : Sun *****
Whaow!  It seems I was true about our target.  Thank you Sun for your
knowledge about him, but now we must decide what to do next. I don't like
also the idea of trying to catch Journey against his will, moreover if he
is with some friends.  We're perhaps good in our job, but we're only two. 
And I have never made a shadow without some chances to make it.  As you
said Sun, against Journey and Co, it's a loser. 
       
Moreover, I don't like the idea of going in Tir Tairngire to do that. It
seems to be a elven problem. But if we need to go there, I'll do it. 
       
So... What's going on?
*****
 
***** Double ENCRYPT Ms Dorian Eithne / Sun ******
Since Journey had taken contact with you Miss, are we already
useful?]<<<<<
        -- NightWolf ( 12:33:34 / 11-01-54 )
 
>>>>>[ Friends in Shadowland, something dark is going on at Agrigen.  We
hit the place last night, ok they knew we were coming but that doesn't
suprise us that much, not considering some of the information we
dicovered. 
 
Right now we are in a bit of a dilema, we have something that Agrigen want
back .. Bad !  The growth hormone, serum, call it what you will is evil,
it appears as a sticky white liquid but in the astral plane it appears as
a small worm swimming in a cloud of toxic static, the worm has small
suckers covering it's body, it is vile. 
 
We need advice, good magical advice, in the meantime we must hide where
the shadows are the deepest and recover from our most greivous wounds for
the exit was much much harder than entry. ]<<<<<
        -Spice (12:16:57/11.1.54)
 
>>>>>[ Time has passed now a little and I have found a safe place to rest
and begin the task of healing, after that I must meet my associates again,
Nightshade, Red and the most valiant Bonejacker, not least to discuss what
we must do but also to offer my magical services of healing for them. 
 
I do have a short time where I can disucss the nights events, you will
understand if I do not tell you everything as there is much we still do
not know ourselves. 
 
We had the plans, of the building and we knew the layout of their matrix
controlled security so we were able to plan the operation carefully and
efficently.  By careful application of illusions, invisibility and matrix
overwatch we managed to succesfully breach the innermost areas of the
Agrigen research centre.  The scene was gruesome in the extreme, anyone
who ever cared for animals would feel their stomach turn at the sights
that greeted us. Nightshade and Red made a recording of all we saw to give
to our employer the real Miranda Lees.  Strange as it may seem the fake
Miss Lees did not lie when she said that Agrigen were perverters of
nature, killers of all that is natural and destroyers of hope. 
 
The lab was a scene from hell, experimental animals were hooked up to life
support systems with what looked like experimental cyberware and strange
organic growths insides.  Yet, pigs were in units next to paranimals, yes
Leshy's and Munchkins, poor demented souls cried out to us as we passed,
in the far corner a Unicorn stood it's aura horibly tortured, it's face
looking sad and full of despair yet still it had the aura of sentience
around it.  I do not lie when I say that I had to be restrained by
Nightshade when I attempted to destroy the equipment and release those
poor creatures from their misery.  But as Nightshade pointed out, most
succintly, destroying the machines would trigger alarms and bring unwanted
attention upon ourselves. 
 
The next lab resmbled some futuristic space lab, white surfaces everywhere
except for one or two consoles.  Here we waited while I astrally ran cover
for Bonejacker who had to join us here to get by an internal layer of
computer defense, fortunately the illusion spells I had been sustaining
upon him for so long and at great strain upon myself were still holding. 
With Bonejackers arrival we could begin work on getting to our target, lab
P9, a sealed area from the lab we were currently in.  Large Biohazard
signs adorned the door and pointed out the direction of the military grade
chemsuits in a unit nearby. 
 
As sweat poured from Bonejackers face trouble hit, Red was the first to
spot it. He came running back saying that two guards had neen coming our
way and it looked like they knew something was up.  He took both down but
with Bonejacker not controlling the matrix security and myself resting
from the strain of sustaining so many spells it would not be long before
the main security contingent was notified. 
 
At last we heard a click, Bonejacker had opened the door to the lab for
us, Nightshade and Red ran in while I summoned the four elementals I had
bonded to me.  Ordering the elementals to stay in the astral and cover all
passages until trouble appeared then they were to engulf as many foes as
possible. Myself I readied my shotgun and prepared a spell. 
 
We didn't have long to wait, within a minute the elementals were being
attacked, then Nightshade and Red got back.  Bonejacker was out with a
worried look on his face, muttering something about not enough time.  I
quickly checked the astral, our elementals were gone, instead two mages
were headed my way.  Not wishing to engage in astral combat at this point
I headed back to my body and disabled all focuses. 
 
We began to move, Nightshade and Red moving forward, Bonejacker and myself
covering the rear.  Trouble, firing from Nightshade and Red, guards drop,
more firing Nightshade is winged, more guards drop.  Crash, spell hits
Bonejacker who thanks to my shielding is only slightly scorched.  So it
went on, we were pinned down by an enemy with superior numbers.  A quick
plan, I cast invisibilty on Nightshade and Red, the strain began to show
again as I relied on my sworn off shotgun to keep the oposistions' heads
down. 
 
Red and Nightshade ran off to a corridor, explosions and gunshots followed
then a spell crashed into the link I had, fighting desperately it badly
burnt me and caught Bonejacker off balance who had been covering my body. 
Then Red ran back looking bloody, "Nightshade's down, but we can get out",
and so we did.  Nightshade lay unconscious as myself and Bonjacker
struggled to carry him out Red covered our backs and at last we escaped,
into the shadows. 
 
Nightshade came round not long after, some quick first aid and a stim
patch greatly aided him.  Tonight I will heal him fully but now I must
rest again. Au Revoir mon shadowrunners. ]<<<<<
        -Spice (17:08:52/11.1.54)
 
>>>>>[ First off.  Good luck to all you chummers searching for my buddy
PH, I'd offer to help myself but you know what the British goverment is
like when it concerns shadowrunners.  I'm just lucky they give me a good
deck, anyway good luck and don't go believing those rumours that he's
turned evil.  That's not like PH, though if I could catch the buggers who
did over his Mum and Dad I'd bloody have their guts by 'eck I would. 
 
Well apart from wishing you guys luck I wondered if anyone had noticed the
strange disasters we've been having in London recently, traffic accidents
with maybe 9 people dead, gas leaks, a large section of the dome fell off
and killed maybe 11 people.  I thought I'd mention it cause you guys had
something similar in Seattle about a week back now. ]<<<<<
        -Chippper (If I had a hammer)
 
>>>>>[After repairing Collussus(again...aargh!), it should take only
another week to get the module done.  Solitaire, you mind going and
getting William for me?  We'll do the work in a safehouse in Dallas.]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(13:36:24/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[Sure.  I'll go get it.  It'll take me at least that long to repair
my decks.  I'm on a loaner now anyway.  Ick!]<<<<<
        --  Solitaire(13:37:27/11-01-54)

>>>>>[Slash is ok.  I know you were worried, Wizard, but the leg surgery
went with no problem.  In and out in less than 3 hours.  He's still out
cold, but the docs say there's no chance for rejection of the clonal leg. 
Good thing he keeps up on his DocWagon payments...]<<<<<
        --  Diana, (mourning)Mistress of the Night(13:41:19/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[You're the boss, now Diana.  Will you need the fully automated
extras in the immediate future?]<<<<<
        --  Moriarity(13:42:11/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[No, I'm not the boss, and yes.  Buzz will have use for them shortly
I am sure.  You've always run the buisness end of the place, Moriarity. 
Why don't you go home and visit your parents.  I seem to remember that Dad
was a Parliment member and Mom was a translator, both retired now and
perpetually worried about thier son in North America.  And you accent
never shows, you know that?]<<<<<
        --  Diana, (chuckling)Mistress of the Night(13:45:04/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[Great.  Thanks, Diana.  I really appreciate your spouting my history over
this bloody net(great, now I've stepped in it...).]<<<<<
        --  Moriarity(13:46:14/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[Well, looks like Solitaire's and Far and Gone's actions reached the
news....again.  We really got to lay low for a while here... 
 
*****Include Recorded Video Feed*****
 
Hello, this is Charlie Fingers coming to you from the site of a recent and
massive battle in Tir Taingire.  The site is a grisly one, with massive
damage to the surrounding terrain, trees, and the chateau itself.  Two
murdered mages bear the marks of long term astral and arcane combat, but
appear to have been killed by what the Peace Force Constabulary is calling
arrow wounds to various vital organs.  Damaged and destroyed weapon
emplacementsbristle the chateau in blatant disregard for Tir laws.  The
entire front face of what once was a beautiful home has been torn apart by
massive gunfire and explosions, and there are traces of what appears to be
a destroyed metal construction around a two meter crater. 
 
When asked if they had any leads, the Constabulary declined to comment.
However, inside sources confirm that foriegn blood samples were taken from
the area, although they seem to have been magically rendered inert and
unsuitable for Astral tracking.  The coroner's office was called in to
investigate the blast crater and have rendered thier findings.  They
discovered only small amounts of cyberware remenents.  The suspect that
any flesh attached to the cyberware was totally consumed by the explosion
of whatever the explosive was. The Fire dept. has not yet rendered any
information on what the cause of the explosion was. 
 
Until more information is forthcoming, this has been Charlie Fingers, your
Eye on the News. 
 
*****end Taped Video Feed*****
 
Ick.  Well, that just about confirms it.  AJ is dead.  They found traces
of his cyber in the parts of the deadhead.  Anybody want to hold another
wake? Seems to be that we have more and more of them these days...]<<<<<
        --  Collussus(14:35:03/11-01-54)
 
*****Encrypt Entropic.Fracture v.1.0*****
>>>>>[ M'lord! we belive we have the location of the accursed B-Team!
Painstaking hours poring over WeatherSat records revealed a microwave
pulse transmitting through the atmosphere twice last night, at the
intervals expected should the WaveSat pass over the same point more than
once. The upper atmosphere shows a marked increase in temperature in this
area **coordinates** at those times. The XLV must be there, and with
it...]<<<<<
        -- Gharial (**T/D DELETED**)
        **TRANSMISSION UNKNOWN**
 
>>>>>[ Ah, It Is About Time. (*Activate Browse*)
 
These Co-ordinates Are In The Pueblo Corporate Council! If They Are In The
PCC, What, Pray Tell, Am I Doing Here? Well, Lackey? Answer Me! ]<<<<<
        --X-I-N-T-H-I-A-N- (**T/D DELETED**)
        **TRANSMISSION UNKNOWN**
 
>>>>>[ M'lord! Please! We're trying--have merrrgggggkkt ]<<<<<
        --(link disconnected)
 
>>>>>[Where am I?  When am I?  I slept tha' long?  Ah drain...tha' wou' do
it. Owww I 'ave a massive headache.  I guess drain will do tha' ta ya. 
There wa' some serious drek in tha' house.  Owwww My head.  Wha's this? 
Ah fraggin drek AJ is dead!!!! Ahhh wha' bad news is thi'.  I can' believe
tha' we made it outta tha' one.  Well there isna much left of th' inside a
tha' house either, wha' with all the flames in there.  I know I scorched a
few a tha' walls myself.  Be glad tha' ya couldna see in astral chummers,
cause it wa' quite ugly in there.  Spells an' elementals an' all.  Well I
am up an' around again all, bu' I nee' a serious drink ta make my head
stop spinnin.]<<<<<
        --  STREETWOLF(Fire is an Elf's Best Friend)(15:25:30/11:01:54)
 
>>>>>[ Don't worry, Solarial, I won't be gunning for you directly.  I'm
sure that there are others who will do that.  But remember that I can be a
serious pain in the butt.  Try asking Tirandor or Lt. General Wendell
Trevor. 
 
Now I must ask, if you really believe in all this drek your spouting about
committing crimes, if you really didn't want anybody to die killing the
Wyrm, then why are you doing these things?  Don't give me your sactumonous
drek.  It just makes you look like an idiot. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker.
 
>>>>>[ Wyrm, I love your style.  Now I just need to figure out why you
commited sucidie by letting the Miltech bunch kill you.  You had them
fooled completely. 
 
Well, I'll be missing you chummer.  Thanks for the hot pics on Ganz.  He
was most definitely the guy I meet a few years back.  When he dies I'll
think of you. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <13:53:06/11-01-53>
 
>>>>>[ Well, the info Wyrm sent me has arrived.  The first thing I have
extracted is a little more info on the Russian that Ganz sent after Jaez.
I really haven't found much more word on him from the street.  He seems to
be hiding in the really deep shadows somewhere waiting to strike. 
 
Solarial: I hope you two friends have reached you safely.  Claw was rather
mad at them threatening Circuit Breaker.  The mage was not expecting a
squirt gun, and went down from the hyper.  The other one took the shot and
went on to give Claw a very hard fight, even broke a few ribs.  But Claw
was able to take him out.  I hope they won't be looking for revenge,
because its a stupid thing. CB has taken the warning to heart and will do
as you ask and not be a rude gossip monger. 
 
Diana: we are all sorry about AJ.  He was a good friend to all of us.  May
he live long in our memories. 
 
The Wyrm: Sleep well, you deserve to finally rest in the knowledge that
Ganz will fall.]<<<<<
        -- Spirit < GoodBye My Friends >
 
>>>>>[ Welcome back Doctor Doom.  It is nice to have a point of light in
thses darkening times.  How is your wife?  She is doing well I hope.
]<<<<<
        -- Spirit < of the matrix >
 
***** Goodbye Alexander.  I believe that now you will have your respite
from the hunger.  Sleep well.*****
        -- Nightfox < another star fades >
 
>>>>>[I am in need of a small team of operatives to perform a retrieval
operation in the Seattle-Tacoma area. More information will be available
upon further contact. The first capable team that responds will be given
the contract.]<<<<<
        --  Maurice(16:34:31/11-1-54)
 
>>>>>[Uh, Solitaire, I just thought of something.  What's going on with
the Sat?]<<<<<
        --  Moriarity(17:30:22/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[I re-instituted the Viral command codes that the Wyrm destroyed when
he was tearing out the code, and it's long gone.  It should be well on
it's way toward the sun by now.]<<<<<
        --  Solitaire(17:31:41/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[Glad to hear it.  We've taken care of the Modulator that we had
running on the dishes.  It didn't work really well at all.  Maybe the
people we stole it from should be glad instead of really angry that we
took it before they could see it fail.]<<<<<
        --  Moriarity(17:33:51/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[Ahhhh, found my way back again.  Seems that I get to log another
offense onto Solitaire's long dossier.  I have been authorized to offer a
200k nuyen reward for the apprehension of Solitaire, and any information
that leads to her arrest directly.  Seattle, the UCAS, and Tir Taingire
have thier own rewards for her capture, as well as the capture of her
associates involved in the recent activities just outside Portland, to the
tune of 50k, 100k, and 250k nuyen respectively.  Luckily, Sat Comm 2 was
due to be phased out of operations in 2 months anyway, or the UCAS and
Seattle rewards would be much higher.]<<<<<
        --  Commander Drake, Interpol(17:38:36/11-01-54)

>>>>>[ We need to find out who the gentleman that beheaded that man was. 
He's been busy (very busy) at work this weekend.  My contacts (it's
amazing how people talk to you if you look like you belong) tell me that
five people, all affilated with Carlos where brutally (things like
beheading, ripped out hearts, multiple compound fractures) murdered.  This
assassin Jules has is very good, but also very sick.  Looking over the
murder scenes, I have noticed an exceptionally high back ground count. 
The assassin is most likely driven by a strong (I would say all-consuming)
rage.  Regent is positive that the killer was a physical adept (there were
easy to spot signs of magical damage).  That's easy for you to say, your a
spirit (yeah, but you made me). ]<<<<<
        -- Princess (and Regent) <14:57:33/11-01-54>
 
>>>>>[ How were you able to make contacts around here Princess?  The
natives won't give me the time of day. ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <14:58:58/11-01-54>
 
>>>>>[ With a little help from Regent (I've got this wiz spell called
doppleganger.  It lets me turn Princess into any metahuman race I want.  I
also have control over sex and ethnic characteristics.  Want to be a black
man, Cerise? ]<<<<<
        -- Princess (and Regent) <15:02:22/11-01-54>
 
>>>>>[ I'll pass. ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <15:03:03/11-01-54>
 
>>>>>[Hey Harlequin!  I am wondering if you would be so kind as to allow
me to impose upon you slightly for a favor.  I have a long list of
documents that I would like delivered to a certain Circuit Breaker, whom I
believe you may know. She and I are to be doing some work together, along
with Lister and Kichanski. I would like you to deliver them to her if you
would be so kind.  They include the C^2 deck designs that Collussus would
like implemented(speciality items only), as well as several hundred chips
of specifications and drawings and schematics for Kichanski to ponder
over.  Would you be so kind, good sir?]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(17:54:54/11-01-54)
 
>>>>>[And Kichanski, my dear.  Harlequin, should he accept the delivery
request I have just placed before him, shall have all the designs I have
yet generated for the next generation of CBRs, as we had decided earlier
to work together on.  Please look them over and point out any errors. 
They should be relatively free of grevious problems, but I can easily miss
the more subtle ones, not having the totally unbiased opinions of a 30
member tech crew anymore.  Once I have the persona module complete for
@@Pi, and have William 6174 loaded into it and safely into Mike and the
Mechanic's hands(I assume that you will load the module into a deadhead),
I shall be coming to Seattle and we can sit down and begin the long,
arduous process of creating the next level.  If you are still interested,
of course.]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(18:00:20/11-01-54)
 
*****Encrypt NightWolf*****
>>>>>[I correct you in your usage of my name.  It is Diana Eithne.  Dorian
is another elf, and I suggest you no mention his name.  Fortunately due to
the encrypt, no one will be the wiser. 
 
As Journey has shown little interest or effort in contacting me besides
his post, I would have you continue your efforts in his extraction,
forcibly if required.  I do wish to have him alive however.  I suggest you
hurry, as time is growing short.]<<<<<
        --Journey <17:35.00/11.01.54>
 
*****Encrypt Diana_MPCP Alpha Theta Phi*****
>>>>>[Diana, your message is heard Loud and Clear.  Automated extras???? 
I'm sure our rigger, Cogsworth (a guy who doesn't pronounce his "S"s),
would like to play with him.  Oh, by the way we ran into a human from the
UCAS.  My brother says the guy is military, and Bloodtooth along with
Dragon say he is a Phys. Ad.  Ryuga is around here somewhere, he's not
hard to spot (you know a Greater Silver Dragon...).  We're preparing to
take on Solarial's defenses, we'll be going in soon.]<<<<<
        --Buzz (The one the only...{sad}Human Bee in the Matrix)
 
*****Encrypt The_Transformer_MPCP Omega Delta Omicron*****
>>>>>[Get your organisation ready to help us enter the compound at
*****Time*****.  We are going to need heavy duty magical protection and
the exact location of Solarial in the house.]<<<<<
        --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix)
 
>>>>>[Diana, we are all sorry about your father, he died trying to bring
about your rescue.  He shall always be remembered.  He was a great friend.
Solarial, I wish that you were dead, but I will not be the one to kill
you. If anyone gets to decide your fate, that person will be the one
wronged by your selfishness.]<<<<<
        --Buzz (The one the only...{Torqued to Hell}Human Bee in the Matrix)
 
>>>>>[ <sound of _large_ explosion in the background>
 
Well, there goes one of Ganz's so called 'safehouses' guess it ain't safe
no more. I got some news you people may be interested in :-
 
***Include newscuttings
 
Today a group of terrorsts attacked a small research station in Peublo,
the attack force consisted of several panzers, and the station was leveled
in the attack, it remains unclear who owned the building and the local
authorities have made no comments on the attack. 
 
***Nextclip
 
Earlier this morning in corporate Seattle an employee of Aztechnology Inc.
was gunned down as he left his car towards the Inferno, the man was killed
by a sniper rifle, and the only lead the authorities have is a description
of cloaked figure on a nearby roof. 
 
***Nextclip
 
Two employees of Sauder-Krupp, were found today dead at their consoles, it
is believed they were killed by illegal Black IC, that was dumped into the
main matrix of Sauder-Krupp by an, as yet, unidentified icon, latest
reports claim the icon was a two foot tall 'pixie like' creature carrying
a silicon wand. 
 
***Nextclip
 
The house of an underworld figure was attacked last night, several people,
including one Dilago Montez were found dead, and three hired guards were
found drugged, and half of the second floor was destroyed in what Lone
Star has dubbed a 'underworld war'. One of the drugged guards has
described his assailants, a large troll and an albino elf, the suspects
remain at large. 
 
***EndNewsfeed
 
Well, how does everyone like my new icon!! Oh drek, the Wyrms dead. 
 
Eat me Ganz!!! ]<<<<<
        --  NodeFaerie <21:19:38/11-01-54>
 
>>>>>[Lads and Lasses, I am sorry that I have not been in touch.  I had a
run-in with one of Katana's people, and nearly died in the fight.  He was
using an enchanted blade against me, so my natural healing was
significantly slowed.  I have been in bed, since the encounter and will be
for about another week or so.  This has been the first time since the
encounter that I have been allowed by the doctors to send messages to the
net.  Katana, I hope you are satisfied that I now know that I am NOT
eternal.  Well, neither are you.]<<<<<
        --Mac (21:52:10 EDT/11:01:54)
 
>>>>>[So the mighty James MacLeod has felt his "Mortality"...Ahhh, fool, I
AM immortal and you will be the first of my enemies to fall! 
HAHAHAHA!]<<<<<
        --Katana (21:56:19 EDT/11:01:54)
 
>>>>>[Wait a sec!  I'm Journey!]<<<<<
        --Journey <19:40.00/11.01.54>
 
>>>>>[No! I'm Journey!]<<<<<
        --Journey <19:41.00/11.01.54>
 
>>>>>[No, that was Diana Eithne.]<<<<<
        --Journey <19:43.00/11.01.54>
 
*****Encrypt Diana Eithne*****
>>>>>[Be careful mistress, if you use this program incorrectly, then you
can get traced, and it is quite possible that it won't be Journey who
catches you.]<<<<<
        --Llew ell 'Yn <19:45.00/11.01.54>
 
*****Encrypt Llew ell 'Yn <19:47.00/11.01.54>
>>>>>>[Of course my young retainer.  Now let's see what havoc I can reek!.
Hahahahahahaha...]<<<<<
        --Journey/Diana Eithne <19:49.00/11.01.54>
 
>>>>>[Been a long time again. . .I've been busy in preparation for the new
William Lister and CRUSH have been a great help. . .I'm glad they're here. 
 
Good to see you're still alive, Herr Doom. Not that I doubted your
abilities, but the nefarious Ganz isa difficult foe. 
 
I'm sorry to hear the Wyrm is dead. Oh well; it isn't the first time. At
least he completed what I needed him to do.]<<<<<
        --Jaez <21:04:32/11-1-54>
 
>>>>>[And what was that? Did you finally build that portable Cray?]<<<<<
        -- RAMboy <21:05:31/11-1-54>
 
>>>>>[Don't flip me any drek, RAMboy. I've been running, hiding, and
regrouping with the help of Renraku and various friends in the shadow and
entertainment community. 
 
The past couple of weeks we sort of "took over" a facility we learned of.
It WAS affiliated with Ganz. What we did was infiltrate it with a real
live Black Ops teams -I've seen too many runners scoff at these guys and I
don't know why; maybe it's like the nervous laugh - but these guys are
tough to beat. Using extensive Matrix and magical trickery (Magic seems to
be the weak point of groups affiliated directly with Ganz) we were able to
take over this research facility. Most of the personnel are either dead or
lounging in virtual Renraku dungeons across the globe. 
 
It's fantastic. It's a cloning lab. . .not super-ninja vat men but basic
cloning works. You recall that publicly, one of the primary difficulties
is achieving sentience in a clone; with the exception of Tommy Harada,
there are no reports of clones with personalities. This facility was set
up to research that. I found copies of some of the Magnatech files; they
looked similar to the ones I lifted from the Piggly Wiggly run a couple of
months ago with Stormblade. Other details reinforce my suspicion that
these files were stolen, and that the Big Three were not actively
colluding with Ganz. 
 
Most of it's underground. There's a large ovehead filter that brings
sunlight into the main chamber, which is like a small mall in size,
leading off to various offices and research stations. I heard echoes of
the opening music for the old "Clockwork Orange" flat in my head. 
 
Anyway, we've been a busy lot. The Renraku team has taken over security
operations; we've been ensnaring various shipments and monitoring them for
information as they come and go. So far security hasn't been breached.
Lister's been tinkering with the drones; CRUSH has been a great bodyguard.
#####Encrypt|Spirit:You're so lucky. I wish all guys could be as nice and
caring as he, without thinking about other things all the time.#####
 
We've been going over the bodies here. One is at a critical age; We've
pulled in top scientists to go over the files and prepare the body as a
vessel in an unprecedented experiment. There's no time for all the proper
controls and scientific processes, so this one won't make the papers
but--if it works, we'll have gained a big leap in biomed technology. 
 
We're preparing the body as a vessel for William. 
 
!#Time-Up#! 
 
That's all I have time for. . .I don't want this trace. Good luck,
all.]<<<<<
        -- Jaez <21:26:21/1-11-54>
 
>>>>>[I can't believe Powerhouse has gone bad either.  He's not that kind
of lad.  On the other hand, if he has gone berserk....Maybe I should
change my address, we never did resolve a few things.  I hope we get a
chance to. 
 
Cerise: lassie, is there anything I can do to help?  IBA told me to hang
loose, and be ready if I'm needed over here.  Any suggestions?]<<<<<
        --Highlander (23:32:15/11-1-54)
 
*****Encrypt Cerise MPCP only
>>>>>[You'd better be taking care of yourself, lassie; don't make me come
all the way out there to make sure of that.  Watch out for PH: if that is
him rampaging around out there, you could be in danger.  Who knows how
he's twisted up the conflict between the two of you.  Just stay on your
toes if you find him, okay lassie?]<<<<<
        --Highlander (23:34:42/11-1-54)

***** Encrypt Miss D.i.a.n.a Eithne / Sun *****
>>>>>[ Good day to you Miss.
 
I'm really sorry about my mistake with your name. I know when I've sent my
message that I've made an error, but I didn't know where. So now I know
and I present you my apologies. 
 
But now wait a minute! We know who's our target.  We know his power, or
perhaps we imagine his power.  What we don't know is why you want him so
much. I know that when one had accepted a contract, there's nothing more
to know. But I think now this is a special case.  I don't want to be
geeked because I had accepted a Shadowrun without knowing the risks ? I'm
not a toy. 
 
Sun! Tell me what do you think about the situation.  I'm always at the
same place with my friend.]<<<<<
        -- NightWolf ( 07:04:19 / 11-02-54 )

>>>>>[ The events you mentioned Chipper are indeed similar to the ones in
Seattle, I keyed through the newsfaxes on one of the British public access
boards available and was struck by the similarity.  Chipper a favour if I
may ask one, I do not know the location of any English shadowland server
but I'm sure that you, even despite your position are capable of accessing
that facilty. 
 
I would ask that you post a request, that if any one of magical persuasion
is present at any of these minor disasters could they please study astral
space for anything strange happening with the background count.  I would
not normally ask but some information we found at Agrigen seemed to make
references to these recent events here in Seattle.  London was also
mentioned along with 3 other cities, so as you can see I am most
intrigued. ]<<<<<
        -Spice (15:17:33/11.2.54)
 
>>>>>[ Bonejacker, have you decoded the rest of the information you got. 
I need to look at those references to London again, I think we may be onto
something here. 
 
Nightshade, Red, how fares it my friends.  I trust my healing spells have
you feeling better now, maybe we can all go out for a drink when this
calms down and get, what is it you Americans say ?  Rat assed ? ]<<<<<
        -Spice (15:20:45/11.2.54)
 
>>>>>[ Solitare, Ah would be highly insulted if Ah was you.  Just the
never of them only offerin 250k for your capture.]<<<<<
        -- Circuit Breaker < sleep well Aj + Wyrm >
 
***** Encrypt: Highlander MPCP only
>>>>>[ I miss you too, Cyberbrains.  As for Powerhouse, even if he was
berserk I don't think he would do stuff like this.  Besides, it was Jules
boys that killed his parents.  Why would he then become their hitman?  If
it's him, his mind must be seriously fragged.  Don't worry about me.  I'm
postive that he wouldn't hurt me. ]<<<<<
        -- Cerise <10:56:56/11-02-54>
 
>>>>>[ Hello, chummers and chummesses. This will be my last post for a
while. 
 
You see, when we returned to my place after returning from blowing Ganz's
Pueblo installation to hell and gone, everything appeared perfectly
ordinary. 
 
Until I called up Killraven (my GNU-based constuct) who'd been sitting in
the house system while we were out. Seems someone left a few bugs about
the system, hardware and soft, and they did a reeeally good job of it. So
good we'd never have noticed if Killraven hadn't been watching them sleaze
through planting things. 
 
From his--dammit, .it's. --description, we can only assume that Reg was
right, and that the Sect is not quite dead. Not by a long shot. So we're
moving out for a while. I know whomever was here is probably reading this
right now, so I'm asking for a bit of professional courtesy: We're not
going to be at home, so don't bother looking for us there, and don't trash
our respective places. The areas have been thoroughly sanitized, anyway. 
 
I'm going to attempt to trace the people who did this. 
 
I believe the rest of the team is using their own methods. 
 
*****ENCRYPT: JAEZ, SPIRIT MPCP ONLY*****
In the freezer, with the Otter Pops, we found six ebony credsticks from
the Wyrm. Damned if I know how they got there, but they were obviously
dropped off after the place was rifled through. Included is something else
he left for us, that I neither have the time nor the skill to crack right
now. Best o' luck, Michael

[Include file: The.Wyrm.Turns;1.0]
*****END ENCRYPT*****
 
Let the games begin! ]<<<<<
        --Moonwalker (Man/In/Motion)
 
*****ENCRYPT ENTROPIC.FRACTURE V.1.0*****
>>>>>[ Aye, let the games begin. And damned be he that cries "hold,
Enough!" ]<<<<<
        --X-I-N-T-H-I-A-N--(**T/D/ DELETED**)
        **TRANSMISSION UNKNOWN**

>>>>>[ You can not be serious, Jaez.  It is impossible to implant a mind
into a body.  The human mind is not just some computer that you can
configure.  It is a complicated living organism. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <11:00:29/11-02-54>
 
>>>>>[ If they have enough of the MagnaTech data it would be possible for
them to encode a personality into a body.  That's how they made Tommy. 
Still, the result would not be William 6174.  It would be an entirely new
person. Personally, I don't think it will work.  Tommy was unique. 
 
And Jaez, thanks alot for giving the Yak-loving corpers the lab.  You
really should not be hiding behind Renraku.  They are Trouble. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <11:05:21/11-02-54>
 
>>>>>[CB, I am rather insulted, but not so much by the TT reward but by
the UCAS reward.  Only a 100k for a sat that was loaded with 12.5M nuyen
worth of ECM, ECCM, and jamming equipment as well as being capable of
handling over 4000 transmissions publicly, and all the FBI/CIA/Metroplex
Guard transmissions as well as spy cameras with optical accuracy in the
1cm range and separate uplinks for the operatives it tracks, all 37 of
them.  Unpleasant.  I am insulted.  I really am!]<<<<<
        --  Solitaire(15:07:05/11-02-54)
 
>>>>>[Really interesting on this one...  Seems that the reward for the
capture of Solitaire has risen from 100k to 760k in the blink of an eye. 
Kind of makes me wonder if she is right.]<<<<<
        --  Commander Drake, Interpol(15:09:07/11-02-54)
 
>>>>>[Oh, Diana.  I was sorry to hear about your father.  But all true
criminals come to bad ends like he did.]<<<<<
        --  Dante(15:10:11/11-02-54)
 
>>>>>[ Commander Drake, Ah believe the reason the Price on Solitares head
went up is because she probably raised it.  Learned ah bit from Wyrm,
didn't we Solitare?  As for ya, Dante, ya need ta get with reality.  AJ
was a criminal only because of something he could not control.  In all he
was much better than most of the Corperations that exist today.  AJ HAD ta
drink blood, but he refused ta prey on humans.  Corperations, on the other
hand, have no care for human life, yet they seem ta hardly ever be brought
up on charges of murder. Most Corperations are criminals, but they are
above the law.]<<<<<
        -- Circuit Breaker <a 'criminal' who cares>
 
>>>>>[Raven, I don't know how it works either, so I make no guarntees. I
just know the scientists were blown away by what they saw in those files
and are pretty excited. 
 
That's a rhetorical blown-away, for those of you who often do it
literally. 
 
I know *I* don't believe it'll be the same person. But who knows? 
 
And hey, Renraku's OK. Mostly I'm hiding under that umbrella beacuse of my
'rents. . .as for Yak goons, from the few times I managed to pick
Spectre's brain, it's MCT you want, not 'raku. 
 
I still hate Japanese food though.]<<<<<
        -- Jaez <17:43:21/11-2-54>
 
>>>>>[ I am in need of a job. You are offering a job. I think we can work
something out. I accept your offer, if you are willing to give it]<<<<<
        -- Katana(19:15:30/11-2-54)
 
>>>>>[An old, now deceased(moment of silence)...... mentor of mine was
into chess, and he said that you could learn the basics of the game from
anyone or anything, even a book(I think he meant chip, but I'm not sure). 
However, he said, you could only get better by actually playing.  And the
only way to get better once you were relatively decent was to play people
better than yourself. The Wyrm was better than I am, and were he still
alive, he's still be better. However, you only get better by playing. 
Besides, backdoors are wonderful, aren't they, CB.]<<<<<
        --  Solitaire(20:30:34/11-02-54)
 
*****Encrypt HELTER.SKELTER v.3.2  Target MPCP: Katana*****
>>>>>[Katana, I'm glad that you've responded to my employmenyt offer. I am
assuming that your team has the necesssary skills to counter all aspects
of shadowrunning: matrix, magic, muscle. If not then employment still
exists for yourself, but other individuals will be brought in by myself. 
 
The target is a Ms. Gene Daniter. She is a mid-level chemist for Tollimar
Discoveries, a Seattle based pharmaceutical company. She needs to
disappear from her job from the 5th to the 12th of November. The payment
is 20,000 ny, 10% beforehand, the rest after the 12th. Do you accept
Katana?]<<<<<
        --  Maurice(19:46:22/11-2-54)
 
>>>>>[ I accept your offer. I must say, though, I have no team. I work
alone.]<<<<<
      -- Katana(19:54:22?11-2-54)
 
>>>>>[Spice, the Agrigen data is coming along slowly. They must have
encrypt the data using a Gallier Random Matrice. In other words, very
difficult to break. What I have gotten is that Agrigen is connected to
major disasters that have occurred across the globe over the past couple
of weeks. It appears that these disasters have resulted in a very high
magical background count. There is also information on Agrigen activity in
places where major didasters have happen in the past: Chernoble, New
Dehli, ect...Agrigen is planning something, and I don't want be around
when it happens.]<<<<< 
        --  Bonejacker(19:57:40/11-2-54)
 
>>>>>[Katana, give the nature of this assignment, your services should be
acceptable, but no excessive risks are to be taken. Also, the merchandise
should not be damaged. Good luck... 
 
***Transfer funds totalling 2500 ny***
 
Keep me up to date on your activities.]<<<<<
        --  Maurice(20:06:02/11-2-54)
 
>>>>>[ Yes Solitare, backdoors are wonderful.  In fact Ah've made a few
new ones during my time in the Tir matrix.  The matrix there is as sparse
as they say. But it does have one deaming quality, ya hardly ever have ta
down size your deck because of the load capacity there.  Ah really would
not like ta do the things Ah was doing before with a deck clocking around
8 or sometimes even with mah C^2 deck.  Can't wait ta finish mah new one,
it will be wiz fast.]<<<<<
        --Circuit Breaker < What a Matrix >
 
>>>>>[Remember when we were in the lab with all those animals? Well, there
was this little furball <don't know what else to call it> and it just kept
staring at me with big sad eyes. So the problem is it's not eating
anything <not like we know what it eats anyway> and Bliss is a bit
worried. Did you guys notice anything in the files concerning the
furball?]<<<<<
                -- Red <20:05:52/11-02-54>
 
>>>>>[I've a friend who's heavy into animals.  Studied and studied.  Very
talented too.  Biologist, zooligy, etc.  Pass some info this way, and I'll
ask her.]<<<<<
        -- Brandywine <22:18:17 / 2.11.54>
 
>>>>>[Journey, it seems that your not totally disagreeable to talking with
our employer, Diana Eithne, which makes us extremely happy. If you don't
mind we would appreciate an appointment for just such a meeting. NightWolf
and I have managed to narrow down your location to either the Tir or
mountanous area where one called Hermit lives. We would be happy to
provide a "intermediary" service in contacting and escorting you to the
meeting. But be assured that that is where our contract ends. Once there,
we get paid, and we become "dis- interested" parties again. We would hope
that you would see it as a mutually beneficial arrangement. 

*****NightWolvesHowl***
NightWolf, we do know how dangerous Journey and company are. I suggest
that we follow the letter of our contract. We endevour to bring Journey to
a meeting with our client (even forcibly if necessary), BUT once we
actually deliver him to the meeting our obligations are discharged. Once
he is there we make sure that only conversation occurs, and if Eithne
tries to harm Journey, we throw in our lot with him (a good new contact)
or if too dangerous extract him back at a later time.***

*****NIGHTWOLF+EITHNE*** 
I assure you that we will make sure that Journey shows up for your talk,
BUT anything more than that is a new job that calls for new money. Also,
if we are to tangle with Journey we must be better informed of his
capabilities.***]<<<<<
     -- Sun (21:10:30/11.2.54)
 
>>>>>[It is apparent to me that you all somehow feel me evil for what I
have done. Very well, you may choose to live with that perception.
Nevertheless, I feel I must address someone's specific question as to why
I did what I did. I will forego the usual moralizing and appealing to
intellect, I shall tell all of you in the terms you can understand. 

The reason I did what I did was Survival. Wyrm threatened me and I replied
in kind. Even Wyrm, no hypocrite, would grant me this: if the choice is
between your or your nemisis' survival,there is only one answer, you must
survive at all costs. All of you have faced those very issues, and all of
you have made the same decision I made. You are no better, or worse, than
me. We are all the same.]<<<<<
           -- Prince Solarial (21:14:56/11.2.54)
 
>>>>>[Thanx for the heal Spice, I really needed that, otherwise who knows
what internal damage I took. I'm finally up and moving, sore too. What can
I add ? Not much really. You basicly laid out the 'run. The top floors
were pretty easy but the subbasements had a whole different class of
security. The reason I finally got slammed was that when Red and I finally
scouted forward we encount- ered very little resistance, and most of that
physical. He went back to get you guys, but meantime I spotted three
people leaving the lower levels in a hurry. A female and two males. I
started following them, but something must have tipped them off. Suddenly
the two guys came about firing (they were company men ) I nailed both of
them. One got me in the abdomen though. Then I turned to the women. At
first she gave a start (she was some kind of scientist) then she smiled at
me, as if we knew each other. I was just going to knock her out and grab
the data disks she was holding - which was stupid because she turned out
to be a mage and nailed me with a maximum pain spell. I went down firing,
but the bullets bounced of her - then I passec out. I wonder who she was.
Hopefully we'll find out. How much paydata did we get ?  Anything useful
toward our toxic investigation ?]<<<<<
           -- NightShade (21:34:09/11.2.54)
 
>>>>>[ I don't agree with that Solarial.  If you believe that to survive
you had to do that, then that is your opinion.  But to do something that
you would normally consider reprehensible, means that your enemy has
already won.  Wyrm did die.  But he won because he caused you a loss of
honor.  Also, from the way it looked to me, the danger was on Wyrms side
not yours.  Wyrm was looking to keep you from advancing only, I do not
believe he ever mentioned wanting your death.  You on the other hand, held
someone in your protection against her will, and then using her as
colateral forced those who cared for her to do something they considered
rephrehensible - murder.  I find it odd that a vampire was FORCED to take
a life, while one who is not afflicted was ever so blood thirsty in his
want for his opponent to die.  It truly makes you wonder, does it not? 
 
Diana, I am sorry for the loss of your father.  His spirit will finally
rest easy knowing that you are safe and that the curse is finally gone. 
 
Co imiri ti teheron od medaron ti Kinthelas Morakai trans - to the memory
of the life and death of Kinthelas Morakai]<<<<<
        --Dimitri <22:44:44/11-02-54>
 
>>>>>[ So, You're looking for an extraction team in Seattle Maurice? Well,
if you send us details and tactical dbase by return you can consider us
hired. "Us" being The Eyrie . Apologies at the standard of the feed but
our primary Decker is a little busy right now. We have full Magical,Matrix
and vehicular capabilities so whatever the job requires , we have! We do
work outside Sea/Tac but we're a little reluctant to do so right now --
We're still decorating !! 
 
Seriously, you may not have heard of us as "The Eyrie" but if you know the
shadows of Seattle you'll know who we are when you meet us, The exigencies
of life in the shadows may have forced us to relocate (but what a
relocation !) but I'm sure a mention of the needle run will jog your
memory a little, anyway respond to nearest shadowland node, we'll take
things from there, no job too small, no fee too big!]>>>>>
     --  Vertical  <09:41:38|dam* thing ~~#'t work>

*****Physical Hookup Engaged
*****Activate TRACE[Agrigen]
*****Activate PENETRATOR[Follow TRACE]
*****Activate RETRO[Screen PENETRATOR]
*****Activate DUMP[DataOutput at *^^SITE^^*]
*****Engage TRACE[Agrigen]
*****Engage PENETRATOR+RETRO+DUMP
*****Physical Hookup Disengaged
*****TRACE:: Tracing...
*****TRACE:: IC encountered...Forward PENETRATOR
*****PENETRATOR:: IC destroyed
*****TRACE:: Tracing...
*****TRACE:: DataFound[Forward DUMP]
*****DUMP:: Data dumped at *^^SITE^^*
*****TRACE:: Continuing Trace...
*****TRACE:: IC encountered...Forward PENETRATOR
*****PENETRATOR:: IC engaged... IC triggers alert... IC destroyed
*****PENETRATOR:: Forward RETRO
*****RETRO:: Deactivating Alert... Progressing...
*****PENETRATOR:: Hostile Decker encountered... Decker engaged...
*****RETRO:: Deactivating Alert... Alert deac... System on FULL ALERT
*****PENETRATOR:: Engaging Decker... Damage Level 83%self/45%enemy
*****TRACE::DataFound[Forward DUMP#Terminate]
*****DUMP:: Data dumped at *^^SITE^^*
*****DUMP:: delete self...
*****PENETRATOR:: Engaging Decker... Dam...
*****TRACE:: delete self
*****RETRO:: Deactivating Alert... Progressing...
*****RETRO:: Deactiv... DataOverload... FrameCrash imminent...
*****RETRO:: FrameCrash...Coupling System...
*****SYSTEM-SHUTDOWN... DATA-LOSS !! DATA-LOSS !! DATA-LO...
System-Time : 11:15:25
System-Date : 11-03-2054

>>>>>[Hi, folks... I am back after my unwilling stay at the
LoneStar-Hotel. And I just got some news for some of you... 
 
Just some 30 minutes ago (or so my source claims) somebody tried to get
into the Agrigen Mainframe. He got in and shortly afterwards the Mainframe
crashed. Yep... it didn't just fold (like powering it down), but it
crashed (utterly and completely). The funny part about that is, that even
the normal Icon of Agrigen has disappeared from the Matrix and still
hasn't reappeared... 
 
Some of you might be interested in that...]<<<<<
        -- Tumbleweed (Newsflash on the Fly) <11:47:30/11-03-2054>
 
>>>>>[Awww, g'wan, Raven Mage -- think 'bout it.  The Wyrm gots Willy's
psyche .from. a bod; why can't they put 'im back .inta. one??  Heck, if 'e
got 'im .out., it kinda makes an odd statement anyhow. 
 
Ick.  I hate that accent.  Comes from living among hillbillies, or so I've
come to understand.  Anyhow, Raven (the Mage), if The Wyrm downloaded a
human brain, why can't we figure out how he did it, and how to reverse the
process?  After all, we interface with 'some computer's -- yes, certainly
the body of 'homo sapiens' is a complicated living organism, but that
doesn't mean that Pavlov's tests aren't still valid. It .can. be
programmed, it .has. been programmed.  Grossly, by heavy- handed
brainwashing techniques, through chemicals and other stimuli; why not by
the finer abilities of electronics and carefully-controlled computer
sequences? 
 
Oh, and Jaez -- I thought the Wizard, of the MilTech crew, was working on
a 'body' of sorts for William 6174.  You should probably speak with him
about what's going on.... he should have retrieved William's persona
sequence from Cincinnati by now.]<<<<<
        -- K.M. Moe (6:32:34/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[Hmmm, yes, the Wyrm died.  You know, I met him a couple of times....
he always seemed to want to try to help young deckers, inexperienced
ICeSkaters.  I think he, more than anybody, felt the full impact of the
'cyberpunk' credo, 'Information wants to be free'. 
 
You know, Dimitri, Prince Solarial, I think you're both wrong.  I think he
was great, I mean really, .really. great, like the Music Man, I mean, I
think he coulda come up with a way around AJ and the MilTech group goin'
off an' killin' him.  I mean, he .encouraged. them, he drekkin'
.threatened. them that he'd do mean'n'nasty things if they .didn't. give
him the Elvis treatment.  I dunno, but it sounds like a man with a plan. 
 
He was one of the best 'skaters around.  He was good when the 'Trix was
new, and I think he just got better as things went on.  Kinda makes me
think he's not dead.... I mean, he died before, what would keep him from
dying now??]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (6:54:08/11-4-69)
 
>>>>>[I think he might've fooled all'a us, Nightstalker, not just the
MilTech bunch.  I dunno.  Drek, what'm'I saying, Solarial's got his skull,
huh?  I guess it's just BTL dreamin'....]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (6:57:13/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[*kicks deck, then ShadowLand Hub* Crap.  I get these things days
late.  Anybody got another place I can skim this stuff from??  Seems that
the middle of Kentucky isn't the best place to keep up with the lastest
news.]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (6:58:52/11-4-54) 

>>>>>[And if he hasn't, I just spilled all the drek for Ganz and his
crew....]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (7:02:50/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[I've been able to decrypt some more of the Agrigen files that we
retrieved. It appears that an extensive part of the activities of this
project deal with powerful negative background energies. For some reason,
very torturous and damaging experiments are being performed on animals,
primarily paranormal animals. There are repeated reference to a project,
machine, or something called Xarliss. It appears that this Xarliss thing,
whatever it is, is using the negative energies for something. Agrigen has
used codewords for some of the references in these files, so the validity
of the these names are in question. Agrigen is definitely not the
colorfully happy drug company that we see on the trid every night. 
 
More to come when I decrypt it.]<<<<<
        --  Bonejacker(10:53:15/11-3-54)

>>>>>[ IBA how is work progressing on the security ?  Cerise and Princess
are the wards in place yet ?  Get back to me, we need to discuss what
we're going to do with the spell tosser, the hyper's keeping him under for
now and I'm keeping a close eye on him.  Fenris, thanks for the spirit,
make sure you're back before sundown I don't want this spell tosser
getting the edge on me with some control thoughts spell like he tried to
do earlier, (thanks for that Regent, I didn't realise you were there,
saved my butt and IBA's). ]<<<<<
        -Punisher (16:35:12/11.3.54)
 
>>>>>[ So to fill the chummers back in Seattle as to what's been
happening. 
 
We got the puppet master, myself, IBA and some astral help from Regent
nailed the bugger.  He'd been hiding out but we got word that he was going
to have a big meet with Carlos' men.  Needless to say he never made that
meeting.  I've got to admit though this Puppet Master is one tough bugger,
myself and IBA felt a bit like sitting ducks as we pumped the hyper into
him to find that we didn't get the quick working stuff.  Still a fist in
the gut works on anyone but without Regent in the astral we would have
been meat. 
 
But hey chummers don't think this guy was easy, at all, he nearly took
over IBA's mind while I was trying to fill this guy full of hyper. 
Somehow I don't think IBA would have been too keen if I'd had to kill
him.]<<<<<
        -Punisher (16:41:55/11.3.54)
 
>>>>>[ Too Damm Right !! ]<<<<<
        -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**)
 
>>>>>[ Humph !  Kill me (mutter, mutter, mutter) ... The security is gonna
be as good as it's ever going to be with the materials I could get hold of
but it's not going to stop a seasoned bunch of shadowrunners from getting
through. Should be ok for most of Jules men.  So whada we gonna do with
this mother fragger, I reckon we geek the sonofabitch and send his head to
Carlos, make him think it's a present from Jules. ]<<<<<
        -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**)
 
>>>>>[ Hey guys, why don't we go for the ransom that Jules has put on this
guy's head ?  After all if PH is in Jules' mansion it would be a great
excuse to get into the grounds.  What do you say ? ]<<<<<
        -Speed (16:46:21/11.3.54>
 
>>>>>[ Not a bad idea now you mention it Speed, we'll discuss it at the
meet tonight.  Everyone who's in on this one you know where to meet. 
Highlander if you can't make it in the flesh I'll get IBA to give you an
LTG and you can attend virtually. ]<<<<<
        -Punisher (16:48:13/11.3.54)
 
>>>>>[Thank you for responding to my posting, but another team has
contacted me already, and unless they foul up, they've got the job. I have
heard of The Eyrie, and I do know of your individual and team reputations.
I may have another employment opportunity very soon. You will be the first
people I contact when that time comes around.]<<<<<
        --  Maurice(11:15:23/11-3-54)
 
>>>>>[ Bonejacker I admit to being as perplexed as you are by these
findings what I suggest we do is take up Brandywines offer of help.  Maybe
her friend can help to throw some light on things.  We also need to find
someone who is experienced with toxics, maybe that guy Sean could help,
I've met him briefly, it was him who confirmed my grade. 
 
These minor disasters are still worrying me, New Delhi a couple of weeks
ago, Seattle a week ago, London now, which city is going to be next ?  I
think I need to check on my history books as well as I know the major
disasters that happened in London (the Lambeth poisionings> and New Delhi
<the originator of the Vitas plague> but I'm puzzled as to what has
happened in Seattle. Maybe the next city will be Kiev, it is after all
fairly close to Chernoble. 
 
Friends I think we are looking at a conspiracy on a global scale here and
we're no closer to finding out what's going on. ]<<<<<
        -Spice (12:15:17/11.3.54)
 
>>>>>[ Nightshade, I think Red has found a buyer for the paydata, we have
to meet him tonight at the normal place to give him some backup.  Our Miss
Lees was also shocked/pleased at what we provided her with.  She was
clearly upset about the images but seemed quite pleased that she could use
them to try and close Agrigen down.  I think she's having a press
conference tommorow. 
 
An interesting development, I just read Tumbleweeds post, the whole
Agrigen system crashed.  Was that you Bonejacker ?  If not we have someone
else who is interested in exactly what Agrigen is up to.  I'll get back to
Miss Lees and make sure that it wasn't any of her people, I suppose it's
possible some of these groups go into computer warfare just as much as
physical warfare.  But Miss Lees never struck me as being the type. ]<<<<<
        -Spice (17:28:02/11.3.54>
 
>>>>>[We hired Josie Wails to deliver the credstik of Solarial's to you
today. He looks clean enough, and he's got the street rep of a goody-goody
with a soft spot for "good" causes.  You might want to keep him on to help
you with the kids, Val.]<<<<<
        --  Slash(12:36:07/11-03-54)
 
>>>>>[Yep, I just got it...WHAT!?  ....(cough, sputter...) Uh, thank you
everyone.  This should keep me operating at the current levels for another
2 years.  I've been thinking of expanding The Refuge some.  There are
never enough rooms and food for all the homeless and street kids that want
a warm meal and a place to stay.  And putting them through Public School
isn't as easy as it used to be.  Thank you.  I just checked out Josie
Waiillllsssss... Huh?  This makesss no sense......  YOU!!...]<<<<<
	*****Link Terminated*****
 
>>>>>[ Brandywine, we would appreciate any help you could offer us.  I've
included a file at the end (compacted) with what we saw at the Agrigen
labs. I've also included some of the furball data that Bonejacker dug up. 
If you or your friend know anything about genetically altering paranormals
or taking genes from paranormals and blending them with those or normal
farm animals it would certainly help. 
 
We also need some help with the toxic question we have.  Somehow Agrigen
have found a way to incorporate toxic magic into their processes, I have
the serum still from the run if you would like to look at it.  I have to
admit it is quite gruesome from the astral and is like nothing I have ever
seen before. ]<<<<<
        -Spice (17:40:38/11.3.54>
 
>>>>>[Sorry about cutting off like that, everyone.  I was just so
surprised about meeting Josie that I accidently cut off the link.  I know
the guy.  He's an old friend, so there is no real problem with hiring him,
Slash.  You can trust him.]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(12:52:37/11-03-54)
 
>>>>>[So another person decides to use my name, how foolish, maybe I
should kill this person and make him my servant. HAHAHAHG A!  No, better
yet send MacLeod and his "helpers" after this other Katana.]<<<<<
        --Katana(owner of Katana Industrials)(12:51:21 EDT/11:03:54)
 
>>>>>[Sorry, Katana, but you know that I know where you are.  I won't fall
for your trickery, besides you forget my abilities.  As soon as I'm
allowed out of this bed, I'm coming after you...with or without a team to
help. Then it will be just you and I.]<<<<<
        --Mac (12:54:06 EDT/11:03:54)
 
***** Encrypt BIO-N-jin : Sun *****
>>>>>[ Sun, I've read your last message carefully.  I agree with your
method because it's the first time for me to be in that kind of situation.
So it's time to improvise. 
 
Let's summarize the situation. Diana wants Journey.  Journey doesn't want
to see her because she can geek him. We agree to extract and bring him in
front of Diana.  If there's danger for him, we propose our services as a
protection. If there's no danger, that's ok. 
 
Am I right?
 
Nonetheless, I think we need to discuss that point with Journey. Imagine
he accepts the extraction, but doesn't want protection. In that case, we
are between two really hot fires. 
 
In any case, we must close our contract, so let's go!! ]<<<<<
        -- NightWolf (  14:11:09 /  11-03-54  )
 
>>>>>[Spice, that was not me at all. Someone else crashed Agrigen's
system, possible Agrigen itself. Such a total crash from the matrix would,
in most likelihood, have been initiated at the Agrigen Corporate Tower. It
is there that they maintain the actual hardware for their system. I'll
look into it.]<<<<<
        --  Bonejacker(12:28:12/11-3-54) 

>>>>>Just what I wanted to do.  Download my visual feeds from the
recorders. Wonderful.  Well, here it is.  I took the liberty of editing
out most of the combat and body data that is normally portrayed in my
eyes, and I have shrunk the spectrum down to normal too. 
 
*****Begin Download, Collussus Dual Video Recorder*****
 
It takes you a minute to realize that you are veiwing a dual image
produced by two eyes, and as you alter your sensors program, you realize
that this is how Collussus sees the world.  Weird.  You have never before
seen the world through another person's eyes when that person sees
Thermographically, optically and in the Ultraviolet(Low Lite)
simultaneously.  Add in the sinking sun and moderate flare compensation
around the far too warm house and it's no wonder that Wizard said that
Collussus went insane several times before adapting to g his new bodys. 
This sight alone would do it for you if his editor hadn't chosen this
point to cut in and eliminate the dual smartgun crosshairs, the
rangefinder data, and a long list of internal data scrolling accross each
eye. You normalize out at Optical for now. 
 
You are seeing the camp around you.  Roxey appears to be off in
never-never land, likely Astral Projecting, with STREETWOLF watching over
her somehow.  AJ has his back to you and is scanning the target house with
binoculars.  You suspect that he is not thrilled at seeing the changes for
himself, but is not overly worried.  He turns and begins to speak.  Too
bad Collussus forgot to include the aural recorders too. 
 
Everybody prepares and Collussus, you suspect, is communicating with FM
and Silver on contingencies.  You notice AJ strip down to absolutely
nothing and then discorporate into a barely visible cloud of gas.  Nice
trick.  He heads off toward the house with the rest of the crew, including
Collussus following slowly.  You notice that Collussus has waited until AJ
is most of the way to the house before an un-edited data squirt appears on
the left eye-"Ruthenium Engaged-Optical Visibility reduced by 98%"
followed by "Internal Heat Sink Operational-External Heat Signature
reduced by 97%".  You suspect that it'll be rather difficult for them to
catch you all that easily. 
 
Slash, you notice, has taken what looks like a modified, long range rifle
with paintball ammunition and is scaling a large pine to where he can
target the automated guns.  Ahh, AJ is almost there.  Time to start.  The
terrain starts picking up as you notice that Collussus is moving VERY
quickly, much faster than some small automobiles, and literally leaping
over 3m boulders and around small trees.  You see arms and legs flashing
into blurs.  You figure that this kind of stuff only appeared in Japanese
Animae-until now.  Unfortunately, the target's house appears to have come
on-line and the guns are active.  You see a large, rather modified GPHMG
with an over/under grenade launcher configuration swing into view, without
Collussus slowing down, and you register that it is firing...and hitting. 
Ouch. 
 
Slash seems to have been targeting the guns rather well, and the
combination of acid and paint is destroying the optics and sensors of the
guns, as they begin to fire randomly into the trees, following a pattern
that will hit Slash eventually.  That's about when you notice that the
grenade that was just fired explodes near the closest gun to Slash, taking
it up in a ball of thermite fire, and the concrete of the turret itself
explodes as the awesome heat of burning thermite violently explodes the
airpockets in the concrete.  However, AJ is now in the building....and out
of the building again.  He must not have liked the odds on taking down the
target-nude. 
 
Collussus takes off toward the house, targeting various sensors as he
goes, and having automated gun fire ricochet off his all metal body.  All
you can see is the sparks and small explosions of rounds hit and bounce or
hit and explode.  Collussus gets up right next to the house, slings the
HMG, and you see him start to help out AJ getting into armor and weapons. 
Then the world tilts very akwardly as Collussus literally leaps
vertically, grabs a hold of the roof of the home(10m above his head), and
pivots his body around it and onto the roof, which appears to be sagging
under his rather large mass.  Baby roars in(fraggin no sound...) and then
begins to pulverize the front of the house. 
 
Until the last automated gun, a dual grenade launcher, regains it's sight
and not only lands a grenade directly on the new napalm dispensor on Baby,
but in the exact tree Slash is located in, blowing him out of it and
taking down half the tree too.  The flare compensation kicks in as Baby
gets engulfed in napalm flame and Collussus literally runs toward the
launcher, kicks in the lower barrel, and then does the unthinkable-jams
his hand into the upper barrel. Luckily for him he's made of metal,
plastic, and ceramic, cause this would not only blow off any normal's arm,
but the ensuing explosion of all the ammo in both launchers would kill
them off. 
 
But Collussus only gets thrown WAAAAAAYYYYYYYyyyyy back, spins into some
kind of damage limiting acrobatic flips, and then proceeds to land badly. 
You again notice an unedited message in the right eye, this time "Right
Knee/Right Hip damaged, maximum 80% of nominal". 
 
By this time, most everyone is inside, Baby is slightly cooked but still
up and operational, and Collussus takes off again, but slower this time. 
He's about go charging into the place when AJ steps infront of him and
points out the lovely c12 trap.  He pulls off the combat axe(is that gleam
Dikote?) and begins to chop through the wall.  Takes about 3 seconds and
there is a hole large enough to get a troll through, if there was one that
needed to get into the house.  AJ and Collussus charge in just in time to
see a large, heavily armored door slam, and about 4 mages just about to
spell the whole group. That's when Roxey's favorite ally, MaxiMillion,
decides to show up and barrier the mages just long enough to allow you and
AJ to rush to the door, hook your fingers into the joint, and start
pulling.  You doubt that Collussus has the time to see what is going on
with the mages. 
 
Amazingly enough, the doors begin to separate little by little.  Neither
individual is exactly weak.  Finally, after about 15 seconds, the doors(a
total of 10cm thick) are open and Collussus and AJ literally leap down the
shaft, with the axe still in Collussus' hands.  When the fall stops,
seconds later, AJ seems a little stunned and you suspect that Collussus'
right knee and hip are damaged even more.  And there's a rather large dent
in the elevator where he hit.  The axe flashes too many time to count and
there is a hole.  Both men fall through and take off toward what appears
to be an underground garage. 
 
The editor switches over to Thermographic and you see the traces of
footsteps heading off toward a now starting automobile.  The rifle is
useless, and an axe just isn't designed for ranged combat, so there next
appears an Ares Preditor 2 in the remaining hand...until AJ stays it and
takes off on the hotwired Electraglide.  Collussus would join him, if he
could outrun the car, which you suspect that the unedited visual
recordings would say that he can't. But he take off at his fastest speed
toward the end of the tunnel, with the editor switching to low light as he
nears the end. 
 
And he catches sight of AJ just as he's engaging with the one deadhead
that could get through the satellite jamming.  The optics change really
strange, with one at full Optical Magnification and the other normal,
really messing with your depth perception and giving you a headache.  But
you see in the magnified one a slight smile on AJ's face as he passes by
the exploding deadhead. 
 
*****End Collussus Video Recording Downlink*****
 
Grumble, gripe, bitch, moan, complain]<<<<<
        --  Collussus(13:57:37/11-03-54)
 
>>>>>[Ah, sir.  Your's is the reasoning that I left behind.  You need not
attack the enemy.  If you remember, I left before I made mine.  Oh, you
needn't worry.  I know my place on your chess board.  Just a pawn, off in
a corner.  Trapped between her own rook and the oppononent's pawn.  Stuck. 
I don't play chess much anymore.  It's far too violent for my tastes.  I
found myself trapped here.  You are a liege, even still my liege.  But if
even your head is too heavy to be supported by your neck, what good will
the wieght of a crown do you?  In time, even your closest may feel they
are doing you good by relieving you of your great burden, even if it means
the loss of your head.  I do not mean to counsel.  I suppose I have grown
lax in these shadows.  Only remember, Lord.  You have grieved a great
number of people who do not play our game.  I pray that you are a fast
learner.  They play a different sport entirely.]<<<<<
        --  Brandywine <10:08:23 / 3.11.54>
 
>>>>>[You too Brandywine ?  You, of all people, should know why I do these
things. Our cause is just, though our methods might be extreme. You
believe in what we do, you were, are, one of us. Your liege ?  No I am not
your liege. We are equals, that was the Pact. You were there in the
beginning, you remember how it was, and is still. You talk of heads heavy
with crowns . . . And yet it is your fault. I was not the first choice to
be the Vanguard Captain - you were chosen first. You left. YOU LEFT !  And
so this job fell to me. You talk of enemies made. Yes, tis true that you
left, making neither the enemies, nor the hard decisions I had to make. I
do not fault you, you were the best of us all. Perhaps you had to leave.
But now come back to us Brandywine. Come back to us and take back your
rightful place. Unload this burdensome mantle from my shoulders and lead
us to victory. There is still time. Be true to the Pact. We, I, would
welcome you back. Come back to us Brandywine . . . . Come back to
us.]<<<<<
        -- Prince Solarial (14:04:11/11.3.54)
 
>>>>>[Just the memory of those suffering animals makes me want to go back
and free everyone one of them. This company is obscene. Red, I hope Brandy
can get you the help you need - that furball is awfully cute. But,
chummers, I'm afraid you misinterpreted the Agrigen Matrix shutdown. They
probably wiped themselves --- after all, no records-no proof, no clues,
etc... I think it was a play to stop us, and any other investigators from
finding out whats going on, and hurting the company. I'm afraid we're up
the river Styx. Now we have to find things out the hard way.]<<<<<
            -- NightShade (14:15;41/11.3.54)
 
*****Encrypt Maurice*****

>>>>>[ I have just read the threat made by another Katana. It seems he
intends to do away with me just because he thinks I took his name. His
idle threats do not phase me one bit. However, maybe you shaould bring in
that other team also, just in case I have to deal with Katana's fraggin
goons] <<<<< 
	-- null
 
>>>>>[ Back yet again.  You know only one thing could make this vacation
better. . .  a working terminal.  *grumble* I'd swear this tech stuff
really isn't worth it.  (huh. . . no that's alright, I'll handle it. . .
don't you dare say it. . . thought so.) Sorry for the interuption. 
Anyway, here is yet another attempt at a transmission of this video. 
 
*** Transmission begins (yet again)
Phoenix:  Through a friendly decker, we got wind that you headed off to
Europe.  After mass amounts of confusion, and a little friendly persuasion
from some anti-metahuman types (WHAT mutters something derogatory about
humanis policlub dreks), we decided to track after you (nods over at
Bruce). 
 
Phoenix:  In Germany, we promptly got split up.  Things went very
confusing, and I am not still sure quite what went wrong.  Someone was
expecting us, and tried to set us up good.  We . . . ended up leaving
Blitzkrieg behind and heading to paris. 
 
Bruce:  Someone set you up. . . that's interesting.  Maybe they were
afraid you would involve yourself in something they didn't want you to be
involved in.  Though I really don't understand what that would do with
what I was doing, but please go on. . . 

Blitzkrieg:  Hold on a sec.... we were under the extreme impression that
you were the one who sent all that drek our way. 

Karl:  No.  Neither of us heard of you, until Blitzkrieg made the front
pages by stealing the sword.  Then I started trying to track you down,
because I thought it was pretty odd that you would have sooooo many
enemies not connected to the stealing of that sword.  It was too odd.  No
true policlub was after you that I could tell you. 

Blitzkrieg:  One was, but at first they didn't know I was in town.  They
specifically were looking for Phoenix.  (thinks for a minute) When they
discovered I was there, they decided it was time to even the score. 
*sighs sadly* I guess they succeeded. 
 
WHAT:  What was that bleedin' mess all about? 

Blitzkrieg:  When I was a teenager around the age of 8 through 15.  I
spent them on the Berlin streets.  I made some friends and some enemies. 
One of the enemies I made was that group of facist fraggers who decided
that I should be one of them, or die.  I didn't agree, so I geeked their
leader and their best mage, and fled to America.  I eventually wound up in
Detroit by the time I was 16.  Stayed there for a few years, then moved to
Seattle. 

Phoenix:  The fact remains: we don't know how they immediatly knew to look
for everyone except for Firewraith who was new to the group. 

Karl:  Probably a set up. 

Bruce:  I have a hunch, but I'll hold it for a bit. 
 
WHAT glares angerly at Bruce: Perhaps if you 'ave something to share,
you'd do it, fraggin' now. 

Firewraith:  Patience WHAT, everything will get said with time.  Bruce
won't leave here until, we have all said our piece. 

Bruce nods in agreement. 

Phoenix:  Oh, I suppose I should mention that a woman by the name of
Crystal helped us out of Berlin. 

WHAT (smiles a little (mostly from the memory you guess)):  Aye, she took
us out through the produce cooler of a train.  Took Phoenix a bit to get
all the veggies out of his beard. 
 
That brings a smile to everybody face, except for Gawk and Blitzkrieg. 

Blitzkrieg:  I wish I could have seen it. 

WHAT lowers his head for a bit.  Seems to be a little bit stunned by
Blitzkrieg's statement. 
 
*LONG PAUSE OF SILENCE*
 
Gawk (still upset at something):  Should you tell us of how you got the
new arm Blitzkrieg, or should we move on to Paris? 

Blitzkrieg:  Well I suppose that I might as well tell what happened to me. 
As most of you know, I stole the sword, and then continued to try and
hide, and figure out what the hell was going on.  I got to some form of
decent shelter. And started to rest.  I was just worn completely out. 

Firewraith:  So we decided to find to try and contact Karl, because we had
finally heard that he knew Bruce.  We set up a meeting time.  1 hour
before the meeting time we were ambushed.  It was a real messy fight. 

Karl:  I was going to show up to the meeting on time, but caught word that
something was going down.  So I decided to follow that bunch that were
after you.  I had a feeling that it was more related towards finding a way
to have Firewraith betray you (points at Blitzkrieg.  he nods sadly.) So
when they got there, I interuptted their plans.  They noticed that I was
interferring, but that I couldn't completely stop them, so they
concentrated on keeping Firewraith busy, and gave Blitzkrieg a fight for
his life.  By the time, I had with Firewraith's help killed the bastard
who was trying to force Firewraith's hand.  Blitzkrieg had gone done with
a vicious shot from a huge troll.  The troll used Blitzkrieg's own sword
against him, and Blitzkrieg went down.  The arm was lost, but I didn't
know that at the time. 

Phoenix:  Damn.  I knew I should have killed that fraggin' troll, but no.
WHAT stopped from doing it, because at the time, we needed to beat feet. 

Firewraith:  Look Phoenix, you ran, so you could fight another day. 
Nothing wrong with that, save that it seems awful clichic, as you tend to
put it. 

Blitzkrieg:  Besides which, what is done with is quite over with.  No need
to re-open new wounds. 

Bruce and WHAT wince. 
 
Bruce:  Perhaps not the best choice of words, but oh well. 

Shadowfox:  Karl, what did you do afterwards? 

Karl:  I tried to stop the bleeding but that didn't work.  Took him to a
street doc, he tried to save the arm, but couldn't.  With the doc's help
and that of Firewraith, we got out of Berlin, and fast.  I got them to
Rome, and got them adequately provided for, and informed Bruce what was
going on, and that he had some very angry/confused people coming after
him. 

Bruce:  I'll get to what my reaction was later, but for now, let it
suffice that I told Karl, to cover all expenses, especially medical, and
if Blitzkrieg opted for cyberware, to get him the best money could buy.  I
feel really guilty about it all. 
 
Blitzkrieg:  Well thank you for getting me out of Berlin.  I really
appreciate it. 

Bruce:  It was the least I could do.  Nothing will ever be able to make up
the loss of your arm.  *sigh*

Gawk:  That arm cost a lot of money.  I would say you did more than enough
for

Blitzkrieg.  However. . . 

(WHAT shudders at the thought.)

Bruce interupting Gawk:  It's something you'll never understand Gawk. 
Mages, don't look for the trade from real body to cyberware or losing to
bioware as postive.  In matter of fact it is quite negative.  As we lose
our humanity to science, we lose more than just our own body.  We lose
what makes us capable of doing what we do best, which is create art with
magic.  It's something mundanes rarely understand.  What Blitzkrieg
decided was a sacrafice. 

Gawk:  No it isn't. . . think of all the new things the arm can do... why
... Bruce (paling slightly):  YOU ..... 

Shadowfox: Excuse me you two. . . save the debate on the pros and cons of
getting the new arm for some other time.  I don't really want to know what
the benifits are for getting a new arm is. . . 

Phoenix: And it is a mute point anyway, because the arm is a reality now. 
 
**** TRANSMISSION CORRUPTED. . . Video transfer scrambled ***
 
What the frag!!  This thing really doesn't like this video.  No matter
where we go, this blooming thing won't transmit properly.  *sigh* We'll be
back as soon as possible.  Damn Tech-junk!]<<<<<
        -- Firewraith <15:15:39/11-3-54>
 
*****Encrypt Maurice*****
>>>>>[ I have just recieved a threat from another Katana. It seems he
wants to do away with me. His idle threats do not phase me. However, maybe
you should send the other group in with me, just in case I have to deal
with Katana's fraggin' goons.]<<<<<
        --  Katana (17:46:10,11/3/54)
 
>>>>>[I have returned from my extended abscence.  It does my soul good to
see that many of the old faces and icons are here and not much worse for
the wear.  Greetings to those of you that have found this haven for those
who choose their activities to go unnoticed.  Let us hope that your stay
will be a pleasant and rewarding one.  And now it is time for me to return
to fixing this infernal power converter (One would think that a targeting
laser that ran off of the same power supply as an SIR-25 would be an easy
project.  However I cannot seem to get the frequencies of the two lasers
to synch at the differing power levels.  If I use them at differing power
levels I get a) a burnt out targeting laser, or b) a very low powered IR
flashlight with a targeting laser on top.  And when I try to use the two
at different frequencies I get a feedback loop in the power converter. Any
suggestions?)
 
My goodness this has turned into a long post rather quickly.  Indeed for
the sake of propriety I must end it now so as not to be thought of as
verbose!]<<<<<
     -- Doc X <04NOV54/07:52:55>
 
>>>>>[Thanks Brandywine, here's a pic and some basic info. ##FURRY:PIX## I
was thinking of just giving it an iv but after its stay in Agrigen I don't
think it would be happy to have another needle stuck into it, besides I
wouldn't even know where to put the needle. Right now Bliss is keeping it
sustained with some spells but she says she can't keep doing it forever.
So whatever info you can get would be much appreciated]<<<<<
                -- Red <16:18:05/11-03-54>
 
>>>>>[Frankly, Paranormals are what my friend deals with the most.  She's
helped me out in a lot of rough spots in the past.  I'll forward all info
to her if there's no complaint.  Also, I'll look into it.  I have a
personal streak against harming animals, esp the paranormal ones.]<<<<<
        --  Brandywine <18:41:13 / 3.11.54>
 
>>>>>[I was taught to never let the ends justify the means.  Perhaps it
was a failure of my mentor. He feared to create a monster.  Solorial...  I
cry your mercy.  I was young, a child.  I am a child still.  You know
this, by god.  I forget sometimes the responsibilities.  I fear that my
compatriotes will sense some treason in my sympathies.  I only pity a
madman.  You do the job you were trained to do, and as well as you can.
For this you have garnered my respect.  But, Lord, remember...  The means
may sometimes justify the end, but never ever does the end justify the
means.  You have heard of excessive force, and tyranny?  Reread your
Machiavelli and Sun Tzu.  You have been swerving from course.  I do not
betray you.  There is no 'Et tu' here.  What have I done to betray you? To
stab you?  I stayed out of the whole tainted thing, when everything in me
screamed to stop it.  Come back?  To what?  Why do you make these power
plays, only to offer the honors to me again?  Do you really want to
relinquish the pain and resposibilities, or do you want a figurehead, a
whipping boy? 

Ah...  I am sorry for the ungaurded words.  I fear I have allowed emotion
to slip into my reasoning.  Please accept my apologies. It was not as I
was taught.  Do not allow my actions to reflect on my mentors.]<<<<<
        --  Brandywine <18:56:14 / 3.11.54>
 
>>>>>[Maybe I can get some info from that secretary I helped out. I'm
taking her out to dinner tonight. Wish me luck]<<<<<
                -- Red <17:19:20/11-03-54>
 
>>>>>[Um... given the info, Tael seems to think that the thing is supposed
to /absorb/ food.  Like, you need to make a protien high bath and let it
bathe.  She's pretty intrigued.  Won't tell me what's up beyond that.
She'd like to get a look at it.  I can gaurentee that it won't be harmed.
She wouldn't do that. 
        
I can look into anything magical...  I can't gaurentee great results. 
Book knowledge, me.  I have facilities, as does she if you want to meet
me.  Let me know via private communication.]<<<<<
        -- Brandywine <21:23:51 / 3.11.54>
 
>>>>>[ I.B.A., Punisher, we broke the wards over Jules mansion, there
wasn't any real problem other than a few elementals, the bad news (or
mayhaps good news) is that PH wasn't there. I did notice something strange
though, just what brand of beer is PH's favourite again????? 
 
As for that so called puppet master, I think he may wish to answer some
questions.... ]<<<<<
        --  Fenris <18:20:03/11-03-54>
 
*****Brandywine, I too would like to view the 'furry thing'.  I might also
be of some assistance in how to care for it.  I relearned much this summer
and have gained more of an affinity for animals.  Where in the Tir are
you, about?  If you do not mind I shall also bring along two more
friends.*****
        -- Nightfox <N'Ralan Filox>
 
>>>>>[Vertical, it appears that the original party that was to perform the
operation has backed out. Therefore, the job goes to The Eyrie. 
 
*****Encrypt HELTER.SKELTER v.3.2 Target MPCP: Vertical*****
>>>>>[Here is a run down of the assignment. The target is a Ms. Gene
Daniter, a mid-level chemist at Tollier Chemical Industries. Mr. Johnson
wants her to disappear for a while totally and silently. No wetwork, mind
you, just a keep Ms. Daniter company for a while. Specifically, she is to
be contained from the 5th to the 12th of November. I understand this
employment is being offered at a late date, and the time constraints might
cause some stress. Therefore, instead of the original 25,000 for your
team, and additional 5K will be included. 10% of the payment will be
accreditted an account at the Seattle national Bank upon confirmation of
your employment.]<<<<< *****End Encryption Program*****
        --  Maurice(21:42:01/11-3-54)
 
*****encrypt:  Nightfox
>>>>>[Kiddo, it's up to Red, Bonecrusher, et al.  I have no problem with
it, though.  Tell you what, you let me and Tael take a look, and then you
can come on over.  I'll probably be at *location described*.  Who are your
two friends?]<<<<<
        --  Brandywine <21:41:58 / 3.11.54>*****

>>>>>[I'm sorry about the personal problems that you are experiencing
Katana. Unfortuentaly, I believe it is in both your self-interest and my
employer's that the employment be given to another shadowrunning team.
Once you have sorted out your nomenclature problems contact me. Sorry
about the complications.]<<<<<
        --  Maurice(21:49:25/11-3-54)
 
*****Encrypt Delta III: by Spirit   to: Katana - the newer one
>>>>>[ To the new Katana.

Do not worry about the name, the other one will not be needing his much
longer. The Man called Mac and I shall be taking both the name and the
head away from him.  After that you will have free use of it.]<<<<<
        -- Claw < 20:55:12/11-03-54>

>>>>>[Laddie, if you need me, I'll come arunning.  However, if it's just
Matrix support you'll be needing, I'd sooner stick it out here, where I
know some people.  If things start getting out of hadn, however, I'll be
there, just to make things really interesting for you all.]<<<<<
        --Highlander (20:00:01/11-3-54)
 
***** My companions will be Dimitri and a female friend of ours.  Of
course, this is if they are interested.  At the moment neither of them are
home so they do not know of this yet.  Though I believe that Dimitri may
be at his local office of one of his companies, doing some work.*****
        -- Nightfox < N'Ralan Filox>
 
>>>>>[I have certain magical skills that may be of assistance to you. 
Besides, I would like to take this opportunity to meet another of my
personal beliefs, and to communicate with another individual to whom fate
was less than kind. Perhaps we can set up a time and place to meet?]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(00:27:26/11-04-54)
 
##ENCRYPT:BRANDYWINE
>>>>>[I'll be able to meet you, just give me a place and time. Bliss will
come also, she just won't let it out of her sight.]<<<<<
                -- Red <21:46:46/11-03-54>
 
>>>>>[Hey, you know who might be able to help you with your Fuzzy thing? 
Norman Yoshida (everybody's favorite troll Eagle). 
 
Last I know, he was working with some kind of advanced biotechnology
something over at Yoshida tech, something to do with cybernetics and
animals.  Might not be what you are looking for, but I know he has the
facilities and cash to help out. 
 
Oh, and BTW, he also initiated again.  I think he's second circle now and
his power FAR exceeds that of his father, who is really only an adept,
although Joe wields A LOT of political power within the Eagle
circles.]<<<<<
        --  Wolf 359 <23:49:28 / 11-03-54>
 
>>>>>[How in the hell do you find this stuff out?]<<<<<
        --  Ramirez <>
 
>>>>>[Heh, heh, heh.]<<<<<
        -- Wolf 359 <23:50:26 / 11-03-54>

>>>>>[Yea!  How in the hell do you find this stuff out!]<<<<<
        --  Norman Yoshida <23:53:10 / 11-03-54>
            Executive Assistant
            Yoshida Technologies
 
>>>>>[You know he'll never tell.]<<<<<
        --  Ramirez <>
 
>>>>>[Heh, heh, heh.]<<<<<
        --  Wolf 359 <23:57:40 / 11-03-54>
 
>>>>>[Ok, folks. Update on yesterdays Matrix-happening... 
 
At about 11:15 yesterday the Agrigen Mainframe had a nervous breakdown.
Just minutes earlier a Matrix 'Watcher' reported (to a friend of mine) the
intrusion of a really big Frameconstruct into the System. Shortly
afterwards the System fragged, flatlined, went elvis and even the normal
SAN of Agrigen disappeared. The System was down up till 05:05 this morning
and since then there has been an increasing amount of Deckers emerging
from and going in the Mainframe. My sources claim, that those Deckers (who
won't respond to cordial questions) seem to be searching for something.
Searching in the Matrix out- side their own System. 
 
I also heard of a Decker (a real drekhead, but still...) who seemingly
wanted to use the confusion to get in (at 07:11). He has not
beeennn)5/&%76$%]<<<<<
        -- Tumbleweed (Neeeweww(597)/&%$976) <09:30:15/Date corrupted>
 
>>>>>[Hmmm.  Hard copy or electron dance?  Sure I know CB.  But does she
remember me?  I'll do the delivery.  Where do you want to meet?  Or do you
want to drop the data at my house.  I believe that Collosus (sorry big
guy, the spell checker went on the fritz and I don't feel like ripping
this beastie apart to fix it.) remembers where I live.]<<<<<
        -Harlequin <Biz from Wiz>
 
>>>>>[Thanks for the post Tumbleweed. It appears that Agrigen has
initiated a major seek and destroy operation. I'd watch your backs guys.
I'd also be warry of Agrigen deckers asking around for Shadowland BBS'.
They may try and locate us through here. For the moment anyways, I'm still
decrypting the files. So far, nothing important. Just, fiscal reports
todate, but I suspect there is a list of invloved personnel that should
prove useful. I'll let you know as soon as...Oh Drek!]<<<<<
        --  Bonejacker(10:33:50/11-4-54)
 
***Initiate ABYSS.ROBE Sleaze Program***
>>WARNING!! Scan In Progress<<
>>WARNING!! Persona Located<<
 
***Begin AGRIGEN.TRACE v.5.7***
 
>>WARNING!! 20 seconds To Completed Trace<<
***Initiate SCYTH Program***
>>Hostile Trace Terminated<<
>>Hostile Persona Terminated<<
***Initiate DEATH.GAZE Intruder Scan***
>>Area Scanned:...5%...17%....45%.....76%....89%...100%<<
>>Node Secure<<
 
>>>>>[I think it's time for this BBS to relocate.]<<<<<
        --  Bonejacker(10:35:30/11-4-54)
 
*****Encrypt HELTER.SKELTER v.3.3 Target MPCP: Vertical*****
>>>>>[Thank you for responding so quickly. As to the runner Katana, as of
yesterday, he is off the run. His personal problems could interfer, so it
was in my employer's best interests to cancel his employment. Therefore,
it is just your team. 
 
As to Ms. Daniter security, that is why I have hired your team. I suspect
that the protection surrounding her should not be too difficult for a team
of your reputation. She is not to be damaged, just acquired for the
designated time period. Keep me up to date.]<<<<<
        --  Maurice(11:15:03/11-4-54)

*****Encrypt Claw***** 
>>>>>[ So, you plan on doing away with the older Katana. Well, now that
has ticked me off, I would like to assist you.]<<<<<
 
>>>>>[ Katana, your idle threats don't bother me. Why don't I make it
easier for you and come to you.]<<<<<
	--  The real Katana (11:24:20/11-4-54)
 
*****Encrypt: Red
>>>>>[Meet me at *location* I'll be there for a while.  Call first.  If
I'm not there, I'll get the message, and I'll be there by the time you
arrive.  This is not my apartment, but rather, a private library, so keep
the fuzzy thing in a jacket.  The librarian is kind of a nazi...]<<<<<
        -- Brandywine <11:35:04 / 4.11.54>
 
>>>>>[ Brandywine, Red and Bliss do all you can for that poor creature I
suspect it has not long to live even with the sustaining spells that Bliss
is keeping over it.  It's aura appears to changing slightly and I fear it
will die soon unless treated. 
 
Tumbleweed it appears that Nightshade was correct about your observation,
Bonejacker informed me earlier on this afternoon that many of the files he
didn't have chance to download have been physically removed.  He seemed
quite shocked by it, and I can understand why as only a very good decker
or someone with access to the hardware to have completly wiped the files. 
We're probably looking at a last minute coverup by Agrigen security,
possibly a damage limitation procedure in preparation for Mamouseille
Lees' press conference this afternoon.  Thinking about that it may be an
idea if we keep an eye on her, she did after all pay well and it's just
possible that Agrigen will try to silence her. 
 
Red is you're buyer going to come up with the money or not, tell him we
have another interested buyer if he seems hesitant. 
 
Ok, here's a report on my research, I've been contacted by a number of
London based mages whose names I won't give as they all operate from the
shadows. Quite a few have noticed strange occurances in the background
count at these minor disasters and one even managed to pinpoint a
direction in which the astral energies were being channeled. 
Unfortunately that was all they got. There is however one interested party
that seems to have encountered toxic spirits similar to the type we have,
this was in an area of East London.  What exactly he was up to I couldn't
get any more information on, but he has assured me that if he should
encounter any more like these then he will inform me at the earliest
possibility.  He did inform me though that Agrigen has no corporate
presence in London, they have a small research centre near Cambridge but
that is all. 
 
On the subject of major disasters and how I had noticed that Seattle
doesn't appear to have had a major loss of life disaster, well all my
research only confirmed what I thought I aleady knew.  What is going on
I'm not sure, I think I'll have to arrange to see Sean. ]<<<<<
        -Spice (14:59:04/11.4.54)
 
>>>>>[I want to go.]<<<<<
        --  DOA <11:39:02 / 11-4-54>
 
>>>>>[I said No way.  You've a test tomorrow.  And this is exctremely
dangerous.]<<<<<
        --  Brandywine <11:39:17 / 4.11.54>
 
>>>>>[My test is in Database management.  What better test then running
the matrix again?  C'mon...  and this can't be nearly as dangerous as
stuff I've done.  And what about that fuzzy thing?  It could be toxic, or
have some disease, or be some sorta demon that will only be released when
you astrally look at it or whatever...]<<<<<
        --  DOA <11:39:51 / 11-4-54>
 
>>>>>[The odds of that are not high and...  damnit, Sierra.  Make you a
deal.  Get all your homework done, and you can have the weekend to
yourself.  I won't bother you at all.  You get the stuff done ahead of
time and you can even have Monday, ok?]<<<<<
        --  Brandywine <11:40:30 / 4.11.54>
 
>>>>>[Wiz!  I'm still not feeding the little creepy, though.]<<<<<
        --  DOA <11:40:47 / 11-4-54>
 
>>>>>[I never asked you to...  I wouldn't want you to give it kid
cooties.]<<<<<
        --  Brandywine <11:41:12 / 4.11.54>
 
>>>>>[Stupid Mage.]<<<<<
        --  DOA <11:41:17 / 11-4-54>
 
>>>>>[ If this messedge be going out, then I hav'n't checked in this hour,
and maybe into some baaaaad mojo. Wish me luck, mons. ]<<<<<
        --Ralph (Playing/Poker)
 
>>>>>[ ***Include: Trideo Feed:
Scene: Exterior, a warehouse on the Duwamish Flats, seemingly abandoned. A
'runner's eye for detail'll pick out the telltale signs of habitation,
however: Stuffer Shack wrappers litter the sidewalk and alleyways. A door
slams open in the wind, and the camera's eye lances in for a close-up... 
 
Scene: Interior, Warehouse, slightly fuzzy due to distance. Dim light
filters in through dirty windows, illuminating a slice of the sand-dance
drawings on the cracked concrete floor spattered with dark pools of... 
 
Transfer, Interior Camera: The lodge is broken, the workshop in ashes, the
Circle is shattered. Five corpses, ripped open and gutted, hang, wound in
chains, from the rafters. 
 
A voice from the shadows speaks: "What makes you think he'd be stupid
enough to show up here?" A second voice, a coarse whisper: "He's been a
member of this group for months, and he hasn't missed a meeting yet. Very
Loyal. Very Prdictable. It's a wonder Dog has lasted this long."
        End Transmission*** ]<<<<<
        --Ralph (Playing/Poker)
 
>>>>>[ Solarial, you argument for offing the Wyrm would work, if you
hadn't kidnapped and then threatened to kill Diana.  You have have a
problem with means even when your ends are legitimate. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <13:35:53/11-04-54>
 
>>>>>[ KM Moe, peoples minds cannot be downloaded into the matrix. 
William 6174 was an exception because his brain was setup to work like a
computer.  That might make it possible to download him, but the result
would be someone with William's mind, not his soul.  A soul cannot be
stored in a machine. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <13:41:07/11-04-54>
 
>>>>>[ KM Moe:  While Solarial does have the Wyrm's head on a pike, I
wonder if it's his normal head or one he had cloned up for just such and
emergency. Things that make you go HHHMMMMMMm.... ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <13:43:16/11-04-54?
 
>>>>>[Ok, my buyer is willing to put up 100k per file that interests him.
This is negotioable. He wants to meet tomorrow night at 22:00, he'll
contact me with a place tomorrow morning. 
 
By the way, I've done business with him before and he's fairly reliable.
So I don't expect any foul play but I'd be careful anyway.]<<<<<
                -- Red <13:54:12/11-04-54>
 
>>>>>[I'll have a courier deliver it.  Collussus is still laid up.  He
needs some rather decent repairs, I'm afraid.  But the courier is bonded
and one of my friends use...d him from time to time, so he's clean.  Thank
you very much, Harlequin.]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(17:11:30/11-04-54)
 
>>>>>[And Miss Jaez, we need to talk about what we will be doing with
William 6174's persona.  Solitaire is making the necessary software and I
am almost finished with the hardware, and we have his construct in a
safehouse in Dallas.  Perhaps we should ask him once he's in his new
deadhead body if he desires a new human body rather than the one he will
be in.  But until then, I require the body to put him into, M&M.  Do you
have one ready for him when he is ready for it?]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(17:16:21/11-04-54)

>>>>>[*boggles* Uh, uh, uh, no.  Not offhand.  All of my deadheads are
combat models, and are pretty much unappropriate for the job that you're
looking to have them do.  I know a few places where you could .get. one,
though, even/especially unregistered -- the 'Smooth Walker' model, I'd
say, would probably be best....]<<<<<
        -- Mike and the Mechanic (17:37:02/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[But Raven/Mage, how sure can you be that people .do. have souls? I
mean, I've met a lot of diehard Christians, a lot of people who would
argue anybody into giving up on the topic just through sheer frustration.
But then, I've also met intent atheists, people who are just as bad as
those Christians.  I've read a lot of books on the subject, and a lot of
people have argued both sides of it with me.... but I don't really know
for sure, one way or another, if the 'soul' really .does. exist. 
 
Now, the closest I can really come up with is the 'mind' -- which is
precisely what they got canned.  And I seem to recall, stashed in among
all of the various postings that have gone through here in the past few
months, and I seem to recall (sorry, I don't have the Wizard's eidetic
memory) that the Wyrm had stated he'd done the same thing to a couplea
Ganz's other decker-goons. 
 
Does this mean that the brain is so very close to a computer that
.anybody. can do it, with the right program?  Does it mean that the Wyrm
was a strange and new kind of decker, and that he somehow found a way to
perform 'Mind Probe' on a cybernetically-linked person?  And if so, does
this mean that there will be more of his kind coming of age -- or, indeed,
already of age, because according to the information, the Wyrm was at
least 40, maybe even a spike-baby.  (That would make him 45 or 46, at
most.)
 
Well, maybe this is gone long enough -- I'm no professional biomechanic,
nor do I argue philosophy and theology with the great minds of the Church
-- but there's gotta be .something. going on.  If they have a
fully-functional body, and .do. find a way of reversing the Wyrm's 'spell'
-- well, it's bound to be a new phase in how we look at the world, no
matter what.]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (17:23:30/11-5-54)
 
>>>>>[Heh.  Nice to know, Nightstalker, that I'm not the .only. one
thinkin' along those lines.]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (17:25:36/11-5-54)
 
>>>>>[Spice, Bonejacker, Bliss, Red, and Brandywine:
        
I may be of some assistance, I am a Bear Shaman with a magical group, we
might be able to heal and/or sustain the "fuzzball".  If interseted meet
us at our home base at *****Location*****, you can't miss it. :)]<<<<<
        --The Transformer{Prelate of the Fellowship of Life}(17:53:11/11:04:54)
 
>>>>>[My Lord Solarial, I have taken the liberty of continuing a few
examinations on the head of the matrix user known as 'The (Dead) Wyrm
Ouroboros', also named Kinealthas Morkai.  There are a few discrepancies
in the data that I would like to have researched, perhaps by Matrix
inquiries into certain databanks?]<<<<<
        -- Dr. Salina Aquaria (19:34:45/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[Quit bothering the Prince, Salina.  What do you need?]<<<<<
        -- Prometheus (19:38:22/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[How much headware, specifically Matrixware, did Mr. Morkai have? It
would be best if I were to know type, complexity, everything.]<<<<<
        -- Dr. Salina Aquaria (19:43:50/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[A whole drekkin' lot, or so it seemed.  Want me to go try and dig it
all up?]<<<<<
        -- Prometheus (19:45:02/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[If you would, yes.  I believe he would have gotten it designed and
implanted by a corporation called...]<<<<<
        -- Dr. Salina Aquaria (19:48:14/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[Crystech, yeah, I know, and so does everybody else.  They got
glacial IC -- I hope you're willing to pay me a stiff bonus for
this.]<<<<<
        -- Prometheus (19:50:10/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[It's important.]<<<<<
        -- Dr. Salina Aquaria (19:53:35/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[Don't get caught, Prometheus.]<<<<<
        -- K. Deren (19:55:00/11-4-54)
 
>>>>>[Yes, sir.]<<<<<
        -- Prometheus (19:55:22/11-4-54)

>>>>>[Journey, you have not responded to our offer, and we're getting a
mite concerned. Please tell us where and when you would like to be picked
up for that talk with Diana Eithne. We know you have some business in the
Tir, we're willing to wait a bit. Please respond ASAP. 

***NIGHTWOLF***
I think he might be backing out. We might need to track him down. I think
he's in the Tir somewhere - but I'm not sure. Got any leads ? The Tir is a
big place, but I think he's probably close to the Prince Solarial's
residence

*** Diana Eithne, perhaps some kind of assurance from you might make this
go more smoothly. Perhaps you might fly the flag of truce, at least during
the talk]<<<<
             -- Sun (19:35:51/11.4.54)
 
>>>>>[KM MOE, hmmm, interesting name, very interesting.  You ask whats to
keep Wyrm from bringing himself back to life -- the absence of his head
(now cryo- frozen for future regeneration). As for your hypothesis that
the head was recreated for "just such an occasion" I laugh . . . how many
people do you know that have an extra head grown as a contingency. 

Unless your name stands for Kintheleas Morkai Mo'(more), I would tend to
doubt any resurrection for the Wyrm. ***MYSTAFF*** What do you mean, Dr.
Aquaria, you need more data ? For what ?  You assured me that the threat
was over . . . whats going on now ?  Seneshal, Prometheus, help the
doctor, I want answers now***]<<<<<
        -- Prince Solarial (194611/11.04.54)
 
>>>>>[I am afraid that Journey may not be able to respond to you Sun.  My
sources have just told me that Journey was taken into custody by Tir
Tairngire troops when he tried to cross out of their territory.  My
initial reports indicate that Dorian may have fed the information to the
Tir authorities in order to prevent any further trouble. 
 
The offer still stands however, and I am willing to pay for any equipment
needed to extract Journey.]<<<<<
        --Journey <20:53.00/11.04.54>
 
>>>>>[Yes Brandywine, I remember your youth, but you forget mine. Youth
was your excuse for running away then, but what is your excuse now ? You
see fit to judge me, and my actions, and yet you do not take
responsibility for doing a better job. When we started we were small,
powerless, and uncoord- inated - now we're larger, more powerful, and
tightknit. While you were helping yourself, I was moving the organization
up. Who could have made more progress than I ?  You ?  If so, why are you
not here ?  If not, how can you criticize ? You call me mad, but I am no
such thing. Thats the title they give to all people they cannot
understand. But you know better, you took the Oath. Why don't you explain
to all these "good" shadowrunners how you took the Oath, were one of us, a
compatriot of mine (even a friend once), how you could have taken control
and averted all of this, how you were supposec to be the leader, and I
only an offic er ------- but instead you let me ascend, and do what I did.
So who is to blame now ?]<<<<<
             -- Prince Solarial (20:01:06/11/04/54)
 
>>>>>[Diana, Everybody!  MOVE IT! NOW!!!  We don't want Solarial grabbing
us if KM Moe happens to be the Wyrm.  Any of us.  Check in.  Get to
Central if possible, or to one of the safehouses.  I'm going to ground. 
Valentine, hope Solarial doesn't come looking for you this time, as I know
you won't disappear like the rest of us can.]<<<<<
        --  Slash(23:01:16/11-04-54)
 
>>>>>[If he does, I'll just return his credstick and leave him be.  I have
nothing to hide, no deep dark secrets to exploit.  I would be a dead end
for him to use, and just to make sure of this, if I am taken, feel free to
ignore him and any threats that he attempts to use on you with threat of
bodily harm to me.]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(23:03:37/11-04-54)
 
>>>>>[Checking in:  I'm safe, as is Wizard, Collussus, FM, and
Moriarity.]<<<<<
        --  Solitaire(11:04:42/11-04-54)
 
>>>>>[As am I.  Nex and I have some things to catch up on, if you know
what I mean...Mmmmmm...stop...oHH...that...]<<<<<
        --  Foxey Roxey(23:05:54/11-04-54)
 
>>>>>[And I am heading south tomorrow, well out of his reach.  I doubt
that he could track me down in my old hometown...]<<<<<
        --  Diana, (still greiving)Mistress of the Night(23:07:07/11-04-54)
 
>>>>>[AHOY!  Capn Silver is free to roam the open seas, plunder and
pillage, where the scurvy Navy's o' the world can naer catch me,
Hahahahahahah!]<<<<<
        --  Silver(23:09:05/11-04-54)
 
>>>>>[Ah.  I'm glad to see they offer courses in copping out now.  My god. 
I can't believe you'd even try to blame your faults and failures on me.
I've been gone years...  And the Oath I took was loyalty.  To a cause, a
belief.  I have never surrendered those beliefs.  You're a fool if you
think you're going to be able to get these people to hate me as a result
of your actions.  My god.  Do you really believe they ever would have left
me in charge?  Come now...  The counsel consists of purists.  I was a
child.  I am still just a girl, at least to them.  Born of a Japanese
mother, an American father...  and if i'd been male, i'd be a bastard too. 
 
I'm not even elf to the most narrowminded there.  I left because I knew I
was being forced down pathways that would only serve others, and were in a
direct contradiction to the oath you charge me with.  I stayed out of it.
I respected your authority.  Of course I judged.  How could I not?  But I
remained silent, thinking that it was part of that promise we'd all made.
Solarial...  I am sorry you try to blame things on a distant persona,
something that never really existed.  I was never the power point you
claim.  I was never so in control of your fate.  I was wrong.  You are no
madman.  Madmen are more imaginative.  You are just a spoiled child.  And
if you take it in your head to come after me, for god knows what
rationale...  Ah.  I suppose I will deal with things than.  But remember:
if you truly believe that I could just walk in at any time and take your
place, recieving the same loyalty that someone who'd been in that position
for years would recieve...  Then I would seriously reconsider your own
place in this.  Perhaps, if you feel your own position so unstable, so
easily toppled, you should retire for a time.  Allow someone more
qualified to take it.  Any man who'd taken the Oath I did and meant it
would do only that.  It is best for all...  and that was, after all, what
the oath was.  Protection.  Ultimate protection. 
        
Please don't play these games with me, Solorial.  I've always been better
at them.  Or was that a part of my childhood that you felt free in editing
out of your reality? 
        
My god, Solorial.  I want to help you.  Don't be such a paraniod bastard
that you can't see that.]<<<<<
        -- Brandywind <22:27:13 / 4.11.54>
 
>>>>>[ Hoi Chummers, I just just decided to join dis shitlist. 
       I actually been workn for da liven with da corp man....
       Finally got outa dat stuff hoes......... real scary...
       Now i hit da streets, and im just wait'n to see if they
       hit back......slater chums]<<<<<
        --  OldWolf < 15:51:22 / 11-05-54 >
 
*****Encrypt Diana_MPCP Lambda Beta Sigma*****
>>>>>[We're going in.]<<<<<
        --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix)

>>>>>[ 1st class rigger and heat needed soon. Contact (483)-4418-987,
Tokyo, Japan.]<<<<<
        -- Tahira Tanaka, CEO GSF <08:30:04/11-04-54>
 
>>>>>[ Dare.]<<<<<
        -- Cat <08:34:00/11-04-54>
 
>>>>>[Ok... Who was the wiseguy that fragged my deck??? I tell you man,
that does not sit well with some people here...]<<<<<
        -- Tumbleweed <09:15:25/11-06-2054>
 
===Eat at Charlies Pizzeria, Charlies Pizzeria 4 ever...
===At purchase of one Sushi-Pizza, get one Chef-Special  **free**
===For the gourmet we have our Specialty : LambtonLizardPizza
===( It's HUGE and lumpy...)
 
>>>>>[I had to default to the first alternate line I could get... The
AdverLine... This is Humiliating...]<<<<<
        -- Tumbleweed <09:17:30/11-06-2054>
 
===(Intro : Soft Classical Music)
==='You want to see the best of Seattle?'
==='You want to be where the fun is?'
==='You want to meet PEOPLE?'
==='...but you don't know where to start?'
===(Intro changes to Hard-Rock-Synth)
==='Come to TravelTours...'
==='We give you all and more...'
===(Singing in Elevator Music)
==='Come on over, have some fun... At TravelTours...'
===(Music Fade)
 
>>>>>[By the way... ENCRYPT**AGRIGEN-RUN-IN** Those Deckers are searching
for people AND some stole Data that has to be lying around the
Matrix...]<<<<<
        Tumbleweed <09:25:20/11-06-2054>
 
>>>>>[ I am new in America and in dire need for help. I need a new ID, a
SIN and a place to stay low for awhile.  I had some troubles over on the
black continent and am looking for sanctuary and some job. Any offers will
be answered personally.]<<<<<
        -- N'Gase <10:12:34/11-05-54>
 
>>>>>[What deckers searching for us? Stolen data? Haven't I seen this
before? Anyway the meet is on tonight at 22:00 at ##PLACE##. Bring short
descriptions of each file and he'll look over them. Looks like it should
be a big payoff.]<<<<<
                -- Red <02:42:18/11-05-54>
 
>>>>>[Brandywine, what does your friend think? If she doesn't come up with
anything I think I'll take up Transformer's offer. I understand Bear
shamans are very good with medicine and magic.]<<<<<
                -- Red <02:45:13/11-05-54>

>>>>>[N'gase, that's you searching for a new ID? Man, why haven't you told
us the time we did biz? I'll arange that for you - just for saving our
butt against this cyborg. I understand you're looking for a civil job?
Would your old job suit you, say, in the Salish-Shidhe?]<<<<<
       -- Necropol <12:21:32/11-05-54>

>>>>>[  For all of you who waits for the live at Dante's Inferno, I'm
really sorry to announce you that the date has been postponed because of
problems with some groups. No name will be given.. Sorry.. ]<<<<<
        -- M. Montgomery
           MetaVirgin Music Corp Manager ( 07:33:59 / 11-05-54 )
 
>>>>>[Hmmm, I noticed Chrome Speed isn't on the list of bands. Any reason
why?]<<<<<
                -- Red <03:51:03/11-05-54>
 
>>>>>[ Sure you don't see it.  No list had been published.  The list of
the groups will be given At the dante's. But if you're interested, there
are some places vacants. Give me the name of your group, your style and if
I don't know you, a copy of your last song. The list is opened. ]<<<<<
        -- M. Montgomery
           MetaVirgin Music Corp Manager ( 07:33:59 / 11-05-54 )
 
>>>>>[ HEY!! What are you doing fraggin' man.  I told you I was sorry. I'm
not free for tomorrow night. Give our place to somebody else, and we leave
your corp. Okay Montgomery?... Drek !! .... ]<<<<<
        -- Michael Styx / Black Dove ( 08:01:12 / 11-05-54 )
 
>>>>>[Rigger, Mages and Samurais wanted for military extraction/execution
mission. 1st grade, professionals only. High pay. Contact (483)-4418-987,
Tokyo, Japan.]<<<<<
       -- Tahiro Tanaka <13:42:00/11-05-54>
 
>>>>>[da answer da offer issa as bad assa shot da skull]<<<<<
       -- Tank <13:43:56/11-05-54>
 
>>>>>[Please accept my apologies for the bad language my big friend has
used. He just wanted to point out that it could easily be harmful for your
well-beeing should you accept this offer. Thank you for your
attention.]<<<<<
       -- Cat <13:55:12/11-05-54>
 
*****Encrypt: Conn-Phus-D to: Tahiro Tanaka >>>>>[Tahiro-san, I would
gladly take you up on the offer.  Encode the details and I will gladly
give you an answer as to your offer.  I can offer myself and one other
samurai for you help.]<<<<<
      -- Head Case <14:50:00/11-05-54>
 
>>>>>[Confimed(gah.  I'm starting to sound like Dad...).  Good thing I
moved up my departure time last night...]<<<<<
        --  Diana, Mistress of the Night(08:50:27/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[Whoh, mon.  Looks to be a fun time tonight!  Any problems with moi
coming along for the sights, mon?  May bee(I made a flesh funny! 
Hahahahahah) I could help some too...]<<<<<
        --  The Baron(08:52:18/11-05-54)
 
*****Encyrpt Targeting Buzz MPCP*****
>>>>>[Diana just told us of your plans, Buzz.  We are ready and even more
powerful with Fourteen here with us.]<<<<<
        --  Hougy(08:54:44/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[An extraction?  interesting.....NOOOoooo..GET OUT OF MY
MIND!!!....Wha? Huh?  wait a minute here...why am I decking?]<<<<<
        --  Josie Wails(08:57:49/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[ Tahiro-san, encode details of the run, and I am sure we can come to
an arrangememnt.  I offer my services as a physical intrusion specialist
for you in this venture. ]<<<<<
        --Mantis (The-Mantis/Preys!)

>>>>>[ Red I've got us a little astral assistance for tonight if we need
it. Took me all morning and afternoon, so you can guarantee these
elementals are up to scratch.  I also think you ought to be careful about
this Transformer, we've never heard from him before but from what I can
gather Brandywine is failry well respected and if she says something is
fine then from her rep I'd be inclined to believe her. 
 
How is the little guy/gal doing anyway ?
 
Oh before I go did you get to speak to the secretary ?  Word on the street
says that Agrigen weren't entirely responsible for the crashing of their
system the other day.  Maybe she can throw some light onto who or what was
helping Agrigen on a purge of their data. 
 
Later mon amis. ]<<<<<
        -Spice (15:50:05/11.5.54)
 
>>>>>[ Damm... Jules is gonna pay big time.  It's confirmed Powerhouse is
working for Jules, he very nearly killed Cerise but somehow he stopped at
the last moment.  She's very upset at the moment Princess and that spirit
thingy are comforting her.  We don't know where he is now but we suspect
he has no knowledge of who we are or that we're looking for him.  There's
some fragging bad karma going down. ]<<<<<
        -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**)
 
>>>>>[ IBA's right, we interrogated the Puppet Master, it wasn't easy,
believe me, we needed Fenris, Cerise, Princess and Regent all using their
powers against him so that he had to answer truthfully.  Also the fact
that they call me Punisher has some meaning behind it as our 'friend'
found out. 
 
He help out for quite a while, I was impressed but we got the info from
him the whole scene.  Ganz had contacted Jules and MCT, brought the two
organisiations together and between the three parties arranged for the
demise of PH's parents and the capture of PH.  MCT were to gain an object
lesson that they would use to threaten dissenting staff with.  Jules got a
valuable MCT contact and the use of PH, the fraggers did something to his
mind to make him forget everything. 
 
Anyway, seems Mr Puppet Master isn't quite happy with his position in
Jules' organisation so he ends up offering us a deal.  Yeah I know we
didn't believe it, to be honest I still think it's a set up, but we'll
see, the fact that PH was sent to kill the Puppet Master adds credability
to his story. Fortunately for us Cerise was babydsitting the mother at the
time when he turned up, if it was anyone else I think they would havbe
been meat. 
 
Well this deal we have, quite complicated so I won't go too much into it. 
But we're supposed to get some hot info on Ganz and get PH back.  Don't
worry chummers we haven't decided what to do yet and we don't trust this
chummer as far as we can throw him.  But at the moment it looks like our
only choice. ]<<<<<
        -Punisher (16:05:43/5.11.54)
 
>>>>>[Slash, I guess I cou' go home an' visit th' family fer a lil' while
til all a this blows over.  I havna seen th' family in a long time an'way. 
I guess it tis a good excuse ta go an' visit.  An' this way I ca' catch up
on what is goin' on there.]<<<<<
        --  STREETWOLF(Fire is an Elfs Best Friend)(11:18:55/11:5:54)
 
>>>>[Maurice , I thought you knew better than that! the "corp bodyguard"
was a *very* heavy-hitting mage, It took all our magical assets as well as
serious lead just to bring him down. Ms. Daniter must be quite a
"mid-level chemist", musn't she? What are you trying to do here Maurice?
We have the woman, unharmed but if there's any more irregularities, well,
we know where you live... Get in touch NOW Maurice, and be ready to talk
real fast]>>>>>
     --  Vertical <t/d deleted>
 
*****[Encrypt Enigma Pub Key 9]*****
>>>>>[Shades, well done on the run, I saw how heavy the IC was on the
toliver setup, and it all went by the numbers, slick job. Still, we do
have a problem I need to know who this Maurice is , who he's tracking for
and where he lives and I need it .real. soon now, also leave a privet msg.
in his deck if you can, if he sees how good we are then maybe he'll be a
little more...Co-operative V. out, see you in the safehouse]>>>>>
     --  Vertical<t/d deleted>
 
>>>>>[Forwarded message from Tahiro Tanaka follows.. I'll probably get
myself in some heavy drek for forwarding this, but I'm sick and tired of
the japanese government trying to screw me
 
*** Forwarded text:
 
>>>>>[I was happy to get a response from such a buisnesslike person like
you seem to be. Now, about the mission I was talking of... 
 
The Goverment of Tokyo has been busy with some anti-social elements in the
vincinity of a specific harbour district for some months now. All actions
taken against this group and their kawaru friends have resulted in failure
due to treason and incompetent leadership. This group is supported by
local inhabitants, and most mercenaries locally hired for this job have
either failed to achieve their assigned goals or even joined this anti-
social fray. The Goverment Security Forces now have permission to pay
remotely hired mercenaries for the job. Pay will be 75.000+, depending on
success. Pl&+w!!3=46/
 
***** Transmission interupted *****
 
This is Cat. The message you are reading refers to me and some of my most
loyal companions. The GSF obviously ran out of alternatives and came to
the Seatle Shadowtalk as a means of hiring hitman. If you want to accept
his offer, it will be your last run in the shadows. Either you get your-
self killed in the mission, or the GSF gets you killed afterwards. Think,
chummer. Would they allow anybody staying alive who can testify their
inability to get some 'runners and metas out of their oh so tidy city? Let
us be friends and settle it with that. Otherwise, I will allow no more
exchange of information between you and the GSF. 
       
No bad feelings, eh?
       CAT
 
***** Engage scrambler routine *****
w2uzd&% 777r7 UHWIUeh378 653645 %$%/$%% asudhh cxncnjdae aSiudd/73
EWruh/=D (/=/ JKH$=/ EW(fdU3 jhdh (=) D(=dQ (= 8)= 98h3 9qhh
qihqi7h3ihI/378h3832hfd
        -- Tahiro Tanaka, CEO GSF <17:30:09/11-05-54>
 
*** End of forwarded transcript.
 
It looks as if Cat has caught on to Tokyo's little ideas on this one.  For
once, I'm glad I didn't take a run. ]<<<<<
        --Mantis (The-Mantis/Preys!)
 
*****ENCRYPT EYES-ONLY CAT*****
>>>>>[ Cat, looks as if you and your chummers are in some heavy drek.  I
don't appreciate the japanese gov't trying to use me, so if you need some
help, count me in. Contact me at ***DOUBLE_CRYPT_LTG*** and we'll see what
I can do to help. ]<<<<<
        --Mantis (The-Mantis/Preys!)
 
>>>>>[Spice,
        
There is no need to distrust me, just ask Buzz, Bloodtooth, Dragon, Shadow
and/or THE Nexus.  They can tell you that I am an honest man.  Besides
Bear would not be my totem were I not an honest man.]<<<<<
        --The Transformer{Prelate of the Fellowship of Life}(12:59:44/11:05:54)
 
>>>>>[So, Katana, your going to come to me. Well, I'll be waiting.
Oh,better bring some friends, 'cause I sure will.]<<<<<
          --  Katana(12:22:20/11/5/54)
 
>>>>>[Etsy, we know each other well, unfortunately.  However, I seem to
recall that you told me to never again meddle in the affairs of your
wonderful land, and I have not.  Your associates all know of me or know me
personally.  I would like you and them to release Journey.  I have a favor
coming, I believe, ever since I stopped your estate from being destroyed
by one of my relatives.  I was told never to return to Tir Nan Og for
that, Etsy, and they may yet decide that I am an embarrasment to them and
order one of their Warriors to kill me.  But you owe me this favor, Etsy. 
You are honor bound to it.]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(13:25:48/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[And well that I am, Valentine.  And I am very glad to see that you
remember your agreement with us all.  I am very well aware that you have
not broken it, at least not directly.  If I were not honor bound to answer
you, I would laugh and swat you aside for your impertinence.  But as it
stands, I relish the chance to remove this stain from me in regards to you
and will do what I can to have Journey released.  He will be perfectly
safe, I assure you. Solarial and Dorian can take excellent care of
him.]<<<<<
        --  Etsy(13:29:42/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[And indeed I shall, Etsy.  I believe that you are free of the stain
now, Etsy, so perhaps you should surprise young Valentine with the news
you had told me just recently.  Ahh, I see that the deal has been made,
and Journey should be here within the next day.  Excellent.]<<<<< 
	--  Dorian(13:32:02/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[Ah, of course.  Dane O'Kennedy wishes to speak with you, Valentine. 
I hope you have a wonderful conversation.]<<<<<
        --  Etsy(13:32:59/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[Bloody hell!]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(13:33:21/11-05-54)
 
*****Encrypt Diana/Silver/STREETWOLF/Valentine/FM/Collussus/Etc.*****
>>>>>[SOLITAIRE!!!!  LAY OFF WITH THE VIRUSES!!!!!!!  That said, we may be
ok.  Dian (fraggin editor virus...I'm sick.) was told recently that Buzz
and crew were going to hit the estate shortly, sometime this weekend most
likely, but she refused to elaborate in case the line was being monitored
or I said something I shouldn't have over a non-encrypted
line(gripe...grumble).  So we may all be ok here shortly.]<<<<<
        --  Moriarity(13:45:18/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[ Moe:  Looks like Solarial's goons are thinking the same thing.  I
would have suggested to earlier, but I figured Solarial would need the
surprise of seeing Wyrm alive at the worst time.  Now your not the Wyrm
are you? ]<<<<,
        -- Nightstalker <11:26:06/11-05-54>
 
>>>>>[ KM Moe, I am not talking about religious doctrine here.  I am
talking about computer science and metaphysics.  A person's "soul" is that
life energy linked to a body and mind.  Mages can temporarily seperate
their souls from their bodies.  We call it astral projection.  While it is
possible to record the memories of a person onto a computer medium,t has
happened to Splut and William 6174, I seriously doubt that it could be
downloaded to a brain.  That would require indepth manipulation of neural
pathways that are far beyond the realms of modern science.  Even if
successful, the "soul" that made up of body and mind would not be
recovered.  The body is different.  The result would be a new person with
their own mind.  The only known example being the difference between Tommy
Harada and his "father" Roger Quention. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <11:32:40/11-05-54>

>>>>>[ Ralph!  I am so sorry that your friend were killed.  Just what has
your team gotten themselves into? ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <11:35:09/11-05-54>
 
>>>>>[First I get my date stamp screwed up, then I get random bits of text
attached to the end of my messages, and now I'm seeing random blabs on
everything from vampires' private lives to auctions for some sort of game
cards.  Is this last a problem with my link?  Or are you guys getting it
too? 
 
Oh, by the by, I'd like to introduce you to Randi here.  He's part of my
new support staff at Virtfun, or he will be, once we get the bugs worked
out.  (He's an AI.  No, wait, stop gathering the pitchorks to free the
enslaved sentient!  It's a computer program that *simulates* intelligence,
so the eggheads here call it an AI, and I call it he 'cause I named it
after some guy who used to work here.  Kapisch?  Okay.) Say hi to the
folks out there, Randi. 
 
>Hi to the folks out there, Randi. 
 
(bap) You see what I have to deal with?  I'm supposed to train this little
goober to cover up for us human types in VirtFun, so we don't have to have
people manning the fort 24 hours a day.  He's *supposed* to be able to run
all the NPCs simultaneously, but we're testing him on as just one.  Guess
who.  I dare you. 
 
>Hello there, newbie!  I'm Sierra, the games help admin. 
 
(whimper) I'm halfway tempted to call an airstrike on the whole place...
excuse me while I slink off into a cave somewhere. 
 
>Hey, that's my bed!  You can't-- agck! 
 
Excuse me.  He seems to have confused the VirtFun environment with
'reality' again.  Time to go fix...]<<<<<
        -- SierraFL ( 2053 Nov 05 / 11:35:20 )
 
>>>>>[ **Include: Trideo Feed, already in progress:
 
Whispered voice: "He'd better show up soon. It's almost game-time, and
it's starting to reek in here."

Second voice, in a deeper, coarser whisper: "He will. Go Fish."

Another voice, speaking from the shadows: "Unghh. I gotta go use the
little ork's room. I'll be right ba--"

        --BLAM--

as the figure stood and stretched, one gauntleted hand became outlined
against the late-afternoon light slanting in through the grungy windows.
Then, in an instant, the hand was vaporized. A fine red mist joined the
gore strewn across the rest of the floor. 

"FRAG!"

"---"

"He's here! He's got a fraggin' Sniper rifle!"

"Fraggit! Get down, drekheads! To the door, by triads! Mark!"

"--hand. Where's. my. hand."

"Shut up, Frag-face!"
 
Amongst the shadows, the camera tracks six figures sliding up to the huge
sliding doors at the front of the building. 

"Mr. White, report."
 
One of the shadows stiffens and slumps against the wall, going astral. A
moment later, his mouth drops open, his limbs twist at unnatural angles,
and, very shortly, a quiet crackling to signify the bones in his neck
twisting 360 degrees. 

"--my hand, man. it's gone."

"ah, you were gonna get a new one anyway."

"Shut up, you two. That's an order."

"Mr. White is dead, sir."

"Allright, I want a full-cover dispersal on my Mark. Let's get this
fragger dead. Period. Five...four...three...two..--" ]<<<<<
        --Ralph (Playing/Poker)

 
>>>>>[ **Include: Trideo Feed, already in progress:

"Five...four...three...two..--"

A rending of metal and a tearing of kevlar, and a sickening "SKLUTCH," as
one of the shadows by the front doors is lifted off his feet by the pike
that just tore through the rusted sheet aluminum and is now glistening
wetly in the failing light, six inches out of the back of his chest. 
 
"--Mark!"

The door is flung open from within .and. without as the figure drops off
the end of the retracting spear-head. 
 
**Transfer to camera three, lowlight engaged: 
The shadows, now visible as heavily-armed and chromed samurai in black
security armor, the .good. stuff, level their weapons at the opening door.
The symphony of fully automatic weapons begins, tearing up the buildings
across the street. A couple of squatters quietly expire before the wave of
flying lead, but not the figure in black who, as the door opened, vaulted
on the expanding shaft of his weapon over the heads of the samurai, faster
than even they could move. 
 
A twist in midair, the flash of steel against the setting sun, and a
helmet crashes against the door frame, the head within it tracing a
parabolic arc of spurting blood through the air. The figure in the long
black coat lands on the balls of his feet, turns, and disembowels another
before they can turn to face him. 
 
The muzzles flash as assault weapons swing around at the figure who
launches himself at the two samurai, his weapon extended to its full
length. A flurry of motions as the slugs strike home, tearing huge holes
in the black coat's lapels. A quick backpedaling as the tip of a blade
flashes around and through the throats of the two samurai. All three
collapse making similar sounds of impact. 
 
From the remaining shadows, a trembling voice: "my hand, you bastard. I'm
gonna kill ya. Kill ya good and dea--"]<<<<<
        --Ralph (Playing/Poker)
 
******Encryption Jester Juggling:CB MPCP ONLY******
>>>>>[Circuit Breaker, I have the stuff that Wizard wanted you to have. 
When and where do you want it.  I'd like to get it out of my hands as soon
as possible.  I just have a bad feeling about having it.  When I get those
feelings, insurance companies fold up.  Try and get back fast, so ka? The
longer I'm with it, the edgier I get.  In fact, I'm thinking of falling
back to a safe location I know of just in case.]<<<<<
        -Harlequin <I ain't laughing>
 
*****Encrypt Diana_MPCP Delta Omega Alpha*****
>>>>>[We got him!!!!!  We're planting the explosives now.  Details after
we get out of the Tir.]<<<<<
        --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix)
 
*****Encrypt The_Tranformer_MPCP HealUs v.6*****
>>>>>[Transformer, we're going to need to be healed, at least some of us.
Meet you at your place.]<<<<<
        --Buzz (The one the only...Human Bee in the Matrix)
 
*****Encrypt Shooting Juggling Balls :)    Harlequin
>>>>>[  Sorry about not responding ta the messages.  AH have been cooped
up in mah flat doin some work on mah new C^2 deck.  Ah found info in the
Tir which gave me a lot of inspiration so that Ah just had ta go work on
it. As ta coming and getting it, Ah will be over in 15 - 30 minutes.]<<<<<
        -- Circuit Breaker <A Southrn Girl>
 
>>>>>[ Hey! Sun! Where are you? Do you have problems or is it my telecom
that doesn't work anymore....Drek!. ]<<<<<
        -- NightWolf ( 20:02:01 / 11-05-54 )
 
>>>>>[I need some work done.  Unfortunately it needs to be shadowy.  I was
told to look here by a friend of mine.  I need maybe three sam's and three
deckers and maybe a mage or two. I'll discuss payments to those who answer
the call.]<<<<< 
	-David Richard Aniz Karl Etherial <19:02:21/11-05-54>

>>>>>[That is too bad, Mike and the Mechanic, but hardly a surprise.  I
would be very interested in the Smooth Walker.  It should do fine.  Do you
know of a location where I can obtain one, or must I go to the
manufacturer?]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(21:09:00/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[Oh, and Collussus is back up and repaired, Moriarity, so you can
have him back at Central now.]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(21:10:13/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[I am not a thing to be passed around, Wiz.  Now, I don't mind some
of thisthat you are putting me through, as it is improving me slowly but
surely, and I am willing to be your guinea pig/text subject for the "next
generation" of your CBRs as I can see thier being quite nice and
signifigantly better than this body I am in now, but I am not a
_thing_.]<<<<<
        --  Collussus(21:12:39/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[I am sorry, Collussus.  If I thought that you were a thing, really,
than I would never have helped you escape from Ares, now would I?]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(21:13:35/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[Your old friend Etsy has told me so much about you, Valentine. 
Enough to know that this is the name you have taken to cover yourself and
your true history.  It is appropriate that you take such a pacifistic name
as "Valentine" for yours.  It fits you remarkably well.  Come back to us,
Valentine.  Please come back to us.]<<<<<
        --  Dane O'Kennedy(21:17:43/05-NOV-54)
 
>>>>>[I think not, Dane.  I was outcast long ago from the Dannan families,
long before Tir Nan Og was even born as a country.  Lady Brane Deigh can
tell you herself that I was offered the position of royalty in the Seelee
court, and turned it down.  I was expelled from the "Land of Eternal
Youth" for that and told that if I ever returned my "eternal" youth would
be taken from me violently.  I do not think that I will return, even to
answer your pleas.]<<<<<
        --  Valentine(21:22:23/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[I am rather sorry to hear this, Valentine.  You are an elder of the
clan, and a Druid as I am, though not in the same, true way I am.  You
follow the cycle of the Moon, in a shamanic(thinly disguised contempt)
manner.  You are not disciplined into the true Way of the Druid as I am. 
It is a pity that you are not willing to Follow the Path of rebirth and
true knowledge to the Path of the Righ.  With all luck your next
incarnation will be of the only True Way.]<<<<<
        --  Dane O'Kennedy(21:26:50/05-NOV-54)
 
>>>>>[And Dane and I have struck a bargain of sorts, Valentine.  We shall
be assisting each other.  I have a certain temporal problem with a long
worn-out blood oath and she has a problem with an embarrasment of a
relative.  And you used your only favor.]<<<<<
        --  Etsy(21:29:45/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[You personally swore a blood oath on your ancestors to destroy my
clan long ago, Etsy.  Before I was born.  You kidnapped me when I was five
and DESTROYED my family.  You imprisoned my father, _conscious_, in a
FRAGGIN ICE CAVE for FOUR HUNDRED YEARS before Nephredana and Slide saw a
powerful enough mana spike to break him out again.  I know my history, and
you have destroyed my clan and my family.  Must you also destroy my
friends and my loved ones?]<<<< 
	-- Foxey Roxey(21:35:55/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[Honestly, Elisidril, I garner no ill will toward you yourself.  No
more so than I do toward the child whose parents death's I am also
directly responsible for.  His friend, Seraphyjalijigusnort, however,
ruined a perfectly wonderful party and has drawn my ire for that and his
destruction of my followers.  But I swore a Blood Oath upon my ancestors
that your clan would be destroyed, and you are but the last member of that
clan.  Your father was far more a threat to me than you could ever be, as
he was of the Old Way and had the knowledge of the Worlds.]<<<<<
        --  Etsy(21:39:45/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[Interesting, Etsy.  I didn't bring up the term threat.  Perhaps
there is something there I need to explore...]<<<<<
        --  Foxey Roxey(21:40:47/11-05-54)
 
*****Encrypt Smith/Klien/French*****
>>>>>[She is learning.  She must be found, and quickly.  Use her friends
if necessary.  Solarial found that method to be useful.  However, this is
to be a last resort.  I want results QUICKLY.  You are my "free Paladins,"
and you have me as your patron and your leige.  You found her once
before--do so again.  Let nothing or noone stand in your way.]<<<<<
        --  Etsy(21:44:08/11-05-54)
 
>>>>>[***Encrypt: SolStaff***
 
With all due respect, sir, I am only a geneticist and cybernetic implant
specialist.  There is no way that I'm going to get into combat, have been
in combat, or become willing to partake in combat.  I guarantee to six
ten-thousandths of a percentile that the tissue sample that was given to
me, to wit, the professed head of Kinealthas Morkai, is genetically
identical to the Kinealthas Morkai that is in the records of the Tir
Tairnguire Compatability files.]<<<<<
        -- Dr. Salina Aquaria (21:28:35/10-5-54)
 
>>>>>[***Encrypt: SolStaff***
 
As well, sire, what remains of the face on said head, and what we've been
able to reconstruct, matches the files of all video and trideo shots of
the person in question.  Dr. Aquaria has spoken to me, however, and has
persuaded me to review the two video 'appearances' that Mr. Morkai made in
Shadowland over the past month or so.  It may take a few days, because
I'll have to do it in my spare time -- running my Lord's interests is not
a small job.]<<<<<
        -- K. Deren (21:32:57/10-5-54)
 
>>>>>[***Encrypt: SolStaff***
 
As you see, milord.  My suspicions are aroused, but I won't have any solid
proof to offer you until Prometheus retrieves Morkai's files. In any case,
I cannot offer assurances that the 'threat is over' -- that is, with all
due respect, YOUR responsibility.]<<<<<
        -- Dr. Salina Aquaria (21:35:18/10-5-54)
 
>>>>>[Wiz, yeah -- um, talk to **Ident**, in Chicago's Noose.  He can get
you one fairly cheap.]<<<<<
        -- Mike and the Mechanic (21:39:25/11-5-54)
 
>>>>>[NightWolf, you must've missed my last message. Well, we're in a
predicament now. Journey taken hostage by Tir Police, then Dorian and
Solarial in turns. This job grows rather complicated. 

***NIGHTWOLF/Eithne***
Well, Mz. Eithne it seems a real extraction is whats called for. NightWolf
and I could do it with the right equipment and payment. It will be a no
frill affair but effective. you want Journey still ?  We can be on a sonic
to the Tir within the hour, if you want us to carry on.***

***NIGHTWOLFHUNTING***
Once we get the equipment and money it should not be hard to track Journey
down just by finding out from his friends where he is. We can volunteer
our help, get him out - then, as Journey seems to have some honor, we can
ask him to attend Diana Eithne's meeting with us. Alternately, we can get
him out ourselves, and then take him to the meeting. S Say NightWolf, have
any contacts in the Tir ?  I have a few . . .*** ***NOBLEHOUSE-S*** You
know what you have to do. Get Journey away from Dorian. It shouldn't be
too hard -- with the alliance and all . . .Call up and pull the
trade***]<<<<< 
        -- Sun (14:54:11/11.****)

>>>>>[Dorian, I ask that when you find it convenient you turn over Journey
to me. Etsy seems to have brought me into this rather suddenly and
unexpectedly. I knew nothing about Journey's capture until I read it here,
but since I am implicated by association, and Journey did threaten me
several times, I would wish to speak with him here. I would appreciate a
response soon. 

***SHADOWKING***
There, its done. He'll be here soon. As per your instructions.*** So then
Brandywine, you admit you can neither do better than I nor replace me. It
seems that I am the best leader. Well then, if that has now been stated by
you and me, I hardly see the point in further argumentation. I am not
paranoid nor unself-confident, rather I am careful. I seem to be doing
quite well for both myself and the organization so 3265097rxsjbb56@!*&%@
Damn !  What is that *^!CJY#$#@Q! +++++=======>>>>>>}}}}}}}ALERT ALERT
CODE RED BREACH> DEFENSES ALPHA SIGNAL EMERGENCY > > > >..... BEEP BEEP
BEEP TIR BREACH EMERGEN &$$*&&^&^$ S
             Prince Solarial *&%#@*&&
 
>>>>>[Damn it !]<<<
	SIGNAL SUPPRESSED>  EMERGENCY BEEPER OFF}}}}}}]<<<<<
 
>>>>>[Awww, gimmie a break, Nightstalker -- I'm getting a feed off of some
backwoods Kentuck BBS that's giving me half these things three days late. 
If I were the Wyrm, wouldn't I be able to afford a better connect link to
this stuff?  Jeez. 
 
Although I gotta admit, it'd be a back-kickin' time to see that Solarial
prince-guy screamin' an' runnin' around his house, tearin' his hair out as
the Wyrm ruins any chance he has of anything....]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (22:16:05/11-5-54)
 
>>>>>[Naaw, Raven/Mage, you're talkin' religion.  Metaphysics
schmetapissics, they're cloning a body -- giving it life energy, aren't
they?  It'll be breathin', blood pumpin', all that neat life stuff, right? 
Well all it needs then is a background, information, 'intelligence' to
really be alive, huh?  Isn't that only what they're doing, providing the
body that was already half-grown with a prepared (or, in this case,
previously alive) intelligence? 
 
And man, there you go, talkin' about 'souls' again.]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (22:25:40/11-5-54)
 
>>>>>[Um, Mister Solarial, sir.... uh, why do you think my name's
interesting?  An' according to the vid that I caught about the Wyrm's
death, I mean, it looks like they zipped a whole body full of bullets, not
just one skull.  So no, I don't know many people who have a body just
kinda lyin' about, ready to get killed as a distraction. 
 
But then, you gotta admit, the Wyrm was no ordinary person.]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (23:00:34/11-5-54)
 
>>>>>[Hooooo-ieeeee!!  Man, you guys shure skitter real quick-like. Man,
Slash, you and the rest of 'em sure know how to duck faster than a hunter
in the backwoods...]<<<<<
        -- KM Moe (23:05:04/11-5-54)
 
>>>>>[ It has required some time to become re-oriented in ShadowLand...(a
few weeks such as I have spent can cause this), but there are several
individuals to which I must comment. 
 
Fraulein Jaez:  I am quite pleased you have survived your own ordeal, gnaedige
                Dame.  Hoffentlich, we shall soon be able to reverse this
                retreating trend, and once again proceed upon the offensive.
 
Spirit:         Many thanks for your kind words, meine Dame.  Further, I must
                express my pleasure at your asking after my beloved wife.  She
                is quite well, and extends her good wishes to the Grid
                denizens with whom she is acquainted.
 
However, now I move to the greater purpose of this communique, Fuerst
Solarial. 
 
You have made several claims as to your possession of Honor.  I find your
statements to be erroneous.  I say to you, were such things the truth,
your behavior would have been categorically different. 
 
I concede the fact that Honor dictates that those who besmirch another's
must be held accountable for such attacks, in the event of such attacks
being groundless.  However, you have interpreted this as to necessitate
the willful murder of the Wyrm Orobouros.  This is unacceptable!  Drawing
blood is generally sufficient, or a demonstration of superiority...but
murder?  Or, is it the case, Herr Fuerst, that your Honor is so fragile as
to demand death of all who challenge it? 
 
Moreover, your methods employed towards this end were deplorable!  Rather
than face your opponent as a honorable man and present your accusations
that you were unjustly wronged by him, you rather applied subterfuge and
base emotional manipulation via implied threat to achieve your
(supposedly) honorable desires. 
 
To what do I refer?  Kidnaping.  Extortion.  These are not the acts of a
honorable man.  You then compounded this with the almost juvenile delight
in which you took toying with Diana's life.  Should your memory be so
short: Recall you the poisoned glass? 
 
You used Diana's associates like tools, invigorating and cajoling them
with the threat of ills befalling their captive associate.  In short, you
USED them to perform a duty to which you yourself should have tended. 
Although you chose the easier route, rather than dirty your lily-white
hands with the affair, did you not? 
 
Although those hands are now stained with a fallen warrior's blood, nicht
wahr? The blood was that of a father whose only concern was ensuring his
daughter's safety, whose safety you threatened to imperil only for the
purpose of enacting your own revenge. 
 
Furthermore, as though what has already transpired were insufficient, you
sought to force a young woman outside of your society into marriage with
you. You claim you love her.  Truly, were this so, you would not have
endeavored to forcibly compel her into marriage--you would simply have
asked her.  Were she to reply in the negative, you would have accepted
it...although such a setback would naturally not bar you from attempting
again.  Perseverance is not detrimental to Honor.  However, you decided on
the decidedly more rigorous, and consequently less honorable, path. 
 
Understand this, Herr Fuerst:  I am not a commoner.  I, too, am of noble
blood, the pedigree of which runs far back into the past.  Consequently, I
am quite familiar with the requirements and demands that being among the
aristocracy entails.  Yet, even speaking from this knowledge, I am unable
to accept your rather flimsy rationalization of your actions.  I have
performed many, many acts for God, for Family, for Empire...none of them
are so fraught with moral turpitude as that which you seek to exonerate
yourself of now.  For honorable acts there is always an honorable way, and
this situation does not match either of the essential criteria. 
 
Understand, my purpose here is not to offer any claims or threats as to
marshaling forth retribution upon your head--the situation does not
concern me.  However, do not have any illusions that your actions are in
the least bit justified. ]<<<<<
                -- Doctor Doom <4:08:13/6-NOV-54>
 
>>>>>[I do so enjoy it when people comment on honor.  In my experience,
the only true honor lies in surviving.  If you can survive and do others
as little harm as you can, well, then -- you're doing well.  It's akin to
the old adage, 'If you did it and lived, then you probably did it right.'
 
So far, I live.]<<<<<
        -- Cat (Who Walks/Through All)
 
))))){I can fix that for you.}(((((
        -- Nox@@
 
>>>>>[Be silent, *********, or we shall have to dance once more.  You
didn't like it last time, did you?]<<<<<
        -- Cat (Who Walks/Through All)
 
))))){****************************}(((((
        -- Nox@@
 
>>>>>[Indeed.]<<<<<
        -- Cat (Who Walks/Through All)
 
>>>>>[ Fraggin' Telnet....LINK BROKEN....>> @#$......LINK ESTABLISHED >>
It seems my Telcom doesn't recognize the shadowtalk code... I received
nothin' from you Sun. My friend helped me to gather infos from Shadowtalk
by another contact.....LINK&*!@@...DREK!.. 
 
1- Connect.... ***** Encrypt Sun/Diana *****
It's okay with me for the extraction. Yes I know a friend from TT, but
he's now in Seattle. If I could reach him, that would be great...Miss
Diana, perhaps you could help us to enter the Tir? It would be bad if we
are caught by Tir Border Guards. *******
 
*** Encrypt SUNNN ****
So!... I agree this is a good occasion to befriend Journay and his pals. I
think he is an honorable man,. Moreover, It would be good to accept the
equipment and money from the princess for the extraction
******]<<<<<
        -- NightWolf ( 12:***>< LINK BROKEN............
 
*****Encrypt HELTER.SKELTER v.4.1 target MPCP: Vertical*****
>>>>>[Vertical, you should always confirm your assumptions because in this
business that kind of display of unnecessary anger is not becoming to a
professional. I'd try and be a little less paranoid and a lot more
informed. 
 
As to your complaints. I did not err in any respect. I gave you the
details that I was aware of and that I was told by my employer. Never did
a mislead or deceive your team. I do not appreciate being called a
double-crossing bastard. If your team did not expect the opposition that
awaited you, then that is the fault of YOUR intelligence and surveillance
work. 
 
I am relieved that with all the complications that you encountered, Ms.
Daniter is unharmed and in your possession. It appears that the skills and
quick thinking of your team made up for the lack of intelligence. If you
have anything else that needs to be discussed, do not hesitate to contact
me through this BBS. Do so encrypted though, your last post may have
jeopardized the security of this operation on your end and mine.]<<<<<
        --  Maurice(13:56:22/11-6-54)
 
***** Encrypt Watch out    JAEZ
>>>>>[ Jaez, watch out!!!  Your location has been compromised!!!
 
I was in the Renraku system looking fro any references to you that the
russian might be tracking when I saw a non-Raku decker leaving one the
nodes I had checked on.  I quickly went back to find out what he had
gotten.  He had found some info on your location.  I burned out of there
as quick as I could after him. 
 
I caught up with him a few seconds later, it looked like he was mailing
the file to another source.  I tried to stop the file, but thats when he
saw me and hit me from behind.  It didn't get past the hardening, so I was
fine, but it did slow me down enough so that he could get in between me
and the file.  I started in on him, but it was then that one of the damn
wandering Raku Samurai descided to make an appearance.  Unfortunately the
Sam decided to take me on first, So I had to waste time with it first. 
The other decker lit out really quick, but not before shooting me in the
back again.  This time it actually got through enough to hurt me.  The
sam's was one of the better ones, so it took me a little while to finish
him off. 
 
The file was long gone by then so I went searching for the decker to get
info from him, what I found was him getting trashed by another Sam that
had come out because of the alert.  He was dead before I got close enough
to interfere. 
 
Becareful, they possibly know where you are now.  Tell CRUSH not to worry,
that I'm ok.]<<<<<
        -- Spirit <of the matrix>

>>>>>[KM Moe, I won't knock your beliefs, but by your stating that
survival= honor/the right thing, Solariel is honorable. Of course, that
may change really soon. 
 
Thanks for the warning, Spirit. At this point I haven't told CRUSH; I'm
afraid he might dwell on it and let it affect his performance. We were
already planning on moving; we've just speeded up the process. I don't
know if we'll have the body ready in time though.]<<<<<
        -- Jaez <17:03:21/11-06-54>

>>>>>[Hey, lizard-lips, did you say you needed a decker or two?]<<<<<
        --  Raven <Quoth the Raven/nevermore>
 
>>>>>[Yes, Mr. KM Moe, we duck rather well.  Paranoia is a way of life,
I'm afraid.]<<<<<
        --  Slash(21:44:15/11-06-54)
 
*****Encrypt FEAR_OF_LOA v.4, Buzz MPCP*****
>>>>>[Excellent, Buzz.  If you are still up to a trip to New Orleans, I
will be providing private, chartered transportation from wherever you need
it.  You will be met in the French Quarter*****Encrypt Address*****, and
He will be takento the haven in the Darklands where he will be perfectly
safe.  You will, I'm afraid, not be allowed into the area, although I
would like you to remain at *****Encrypt Address***** until both He and I
return to you.  Then we will return him to Portland.  I believe he will
have learned his lesson after spending several nights in haven.]<<<<<
        --  Diana, Mistress of THE Night(21:50:41/11-06-54)
 
>>>>>[So whats happening with the Fuzz' Red ?  Is it going to be O.K. ?  I
hope so, because it might be our only lead to whats going on.  Spice, you
should ask any mage friends why someone would want to build up negative
background count . . . is it necessary for something, or is that just the
M.O. of Toxic shamans ?  I'm worried about this stuff --- I know it sounds
paranoid, but I smell big conspiracy here . . . mayhap the data will give
us a clue. In the meantime I propose we set up a Seattle Fast Response
Team, that will immediately get on-scene when a disaster happens . . .
maybe we can pick up a clue or two by being there.  What is your angle on
this ?]<<<<<
          -- NightShade (19:01:05/11.*.54)
 
>>>>>[I will do that.  Thank you very much.  "Legitimate" transactions are
so much easier on human life and hardware...]<<<<<
        --  Wizard(21:52:11/11-06-54)
 
>>>>>[Aquisitions, purchase one "Smooth Walker" from **ID** in Chicago's
Noose. Payment as ususal.]<<<<<
        --  Moriarity(21:53:17/11-06-54)

 
>>>>>[*chuckle chuckle* I'm sorry to hear of your dificulties
SierraFL.]<<<<<
        -Lazinthgul <Taken Interests>
 
>>>>>[I am lookin for(spit) my current employer, Valentine.  Seems he read
his messages not two days ago(spit) and took off, not tellin anyone where
the hell he(spit) was going.  I don't spot him anywhere round here, and
this boy Bruce here is worried bout(spit) him.  Any clues?]<<<<<
        --  Josie Wails(13:32:48/11-07-54)
 
>>>>>[Come come, Josie, you know very wellllll....NO.  You don't exist. 
You are just a figament of my Imagination!....Oh please, Josie.  We know
each other VERRRRrrrry well...NOOOOOooooo...]<<<<<
        --  Josie Wails(13:34:28/11-07-54)
 
>>>>>[Somebody, please....help me...  Hah, you don't need any help, Josie. 
Not when you have me to take care of you.  Hi there everybody, I'm
BAaaaaa...  NO, you aren't!  You died!  You can't exist!  I saw you die! 
It was confirmed!... Don't always trust what you see on Trid, not even if
itsssszzz....  Back into the dusty recesses of my mind where you belong! 
Ha!  I cannot be you!]<<<<<
        --  Josie Wails(13:37:52/11-07-54)
 
>>>>>[YO!  Val!  Where are you, chum?  Josie's goin nuts at your place,
and you are bein hunted by some fraggin slitch from TNO.  Where are
you?]<<<<<
        --  Slash(13:40:09/11-07-54)
 
>>>>>[I suspect that he has gone to his circle, Mr. Slash.  He and his
less-thanideal shamanic approach to Druidism still require stone circles
or temples. So much like an undiscliplined Shaman...  But no matter.  He
can not evade me for long, once I arrive...]<<<<<
        --  Dane O'Kennedy(13:43:08/11-07-54)
 
>>>>>[We are a little out of work at the moment, Mr. Etherial, and could
use some income.  I specialize in extractions, my associate in the arcane
arts. Perhaps you could use our skills.]<<<<<
        --  Slash/Foxey Roxey(13:49:17/11-07-54)
 
*****Encrypt: CONN-Phus-D Target: David <unkown last name> Real life broadcast
>>>>>[David I was referred by Harlequin to tell you that I am interested
in your run involving Virtfun...Could you please E-mail me w/info?
[graff 85] at [snycorva.cortland.edu.] Thanx....Head Case]<<<<< 
        --Head Case (13:49:18 /EDT 11.7.54)
 
>>>>>[Nightshade, I like your idea about forming a Seattle Fast Response
Team so that whatever Agrigen does we'll be ready. I'm still working on
the files, tomorrow I should have something. 
 
*****Encrypt Nightshade/Red/Spice MPCPs*****
I didn't want any nosey Agrigen deckers catching on, so hence the
encryption. I've positioned a smart frame outside of the Agrigen system
SAN. It's been down most of the time, only when deckers arrive or leave
does the SAN come back online. Which must be a bitch on the CPU activity
controls. Anyway, the smart frame has instructions to sleaze into the node
when it is activated and write itself into the coding of the SAN. I want
to be able to access their mainframe so that I can do some more legwork.
Just wanted to keep you informed. I have two runners available for the
FRT, Reaper and Bane. They're working on a case now, but they'd volunteer
if I asked them. *****End Encryption***** Keep informed as to the Fuzzbal
a well as the formation of any Response Team.]<<<<<
        --  Bonejacker(13:55:53/11-7-54)
 
***** encrypt Delta III: by Spirit         Wizard
>>>>>[ Wizard, I have looked the listing and have a few ideas for
improvements, and also some questions on parts I really don't understand
that well.  When are you going to be in town?  When you get in send me a
message at ***LTG*** and it will get to me.]<<<<<
        -- Kichanski <14:40:09/11-07-54>
 
>>>>>[Hmm.  I do believe that there is an irreverent fowl on this
board.]<<<<<
      -Lazinthgul <Come fly the skies>
 
*****Encrypt David Team*****
>>>>>[Ok.  This is what I got so far.  Slash and Head Case as physical
support.  Foxey Roxey on mana magic.  We still need one more samurai,
another mage would be preferable, and three deckers.  Spread the word to
your associates.  I'm offering 50k a person for this run.  Plus medical if
needed. And a *small* expence claus.  If anyone gets terminal during the
run I will forward payment to the terminated's specifed second.]<<<<<
 	-David Richard Aniz Karl Etherial <17:20:09/11-07-54>