>>>>>[ This is a video feed brought to you by your favorite Talking Toaster and breakfast companion. *** Include Video Feed *** Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod Spirit: LISTER!!!!!!!! What happened to my HOUSE!!!!!!! Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod Spirit: Lister?!?! why is there a hole in my den wall to the outside of my house???? Spirit: Lister, and why is the den's computer table broken in pieces and floating in the pool??? Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod Spirit: And Lister??? ... why does it smell so strange in here? Talky: He wet his pants. Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod Spirit: Talky were is Craig??? Talky: He left. And he didn't even take a croisant with him!! The Nerve!!!! Would you like his Croissant? Its still somewhat warm. Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod Spirit: Talky, no I don't want a croissant and what Talky: Would you like a bagel then? its only a little wet from the pool water. Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod Spirit: Lister shut up. Talky what happened with Talky: I'm sorry but he just wouldn't stop for a moment to take the croissant. He really should you know, everyone needs atleast one croissant a day. Would you like a flat cake instead?? Sorry about it being flat, but thats what happens to cakes when they get jostled. Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod Spirit: LISTER SHUT UP!!! Talky, no I don't want anything, and if you don't tell me what happened and where CRUSH is, I'll throw you in the pool. Talky: Are you sure you don't want some toast? It might calm you down. And as for throwing me in the pool it really doesn't do much good for my cirCUITS!!! Hey !!!! put me down!!!! I'll tell!!! All right !!! I'll Tell!!!!! Spirit: Talk. What happened here, and where is CRUSH. Talky: Well ah... I was here in the den making lightly browned toast for him, thats the way he likes it you know, with lots of jelly, while he read through the mail while Lister here was watching Trideo and having Burnt toast with butter, cinnamon, more butter and a topping of Lager. Any way, as CRUSH got farther on in the mail I ran out of toast, so I ask him if he wanted a croissant instead of toast. CRUSH said that a croissant would be fine and Lister looked up and said that he wanted a waffle with vindalou sauce and lager. Anyway while I was making the croissant, CRUSH, who was still reading mail was getting mad. He said something about Doom and I said, "Sorry I don't know of a bread product called Doom". He gave me this really bad look, and it interupted my making the croissant, so I had to start again. I really hate that, having my croissants get ruined they take so much work and I pride myself on being able to make them a good light and crispy. Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod Spirit: Get on with what happened to CRUSH. Talky: Oh!! Yes!!! Uh, where was I? Ah yes, the ruined croissant. The cruissant was ruined and CRUSH was angry while reading the mail. Anyway, a little later he growls out 'dante' and about 2 seconds later he yells out, yells mind you, "CRUSH KILL!!!!!!" With that he grabbed hold of the table, stood up and then threw it across the room, skimming mister Listers head, it hit the trideo screen and proceeded to fly straight on through the den wall!!! Thats when it started breaking up before it hit the pool. Then he, CRUSH that is, left the room in a rage and didn't even respond when I told him the croissant was done. After that is when I noticed that some of the water from the pool had got my bagels wet, and that a mister Lister was babbling on and on catatonicly. A little while later I heard the front door slam and one of the bikes leave the house, I presume that it was mister Morgan leaving. He hasn't even comeback for his croissant yet. Humph. Spirit: Where is the Computer that was on the table? Talky: Last time I saw, it was flying over the hedge with my other package of bagels. Lister: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod *** End Video Feed*** So If anyone out there sees a rather large and irate Troll, tell him he forgot to eat his croissant and that it is getting cold. Ohhh, I almost forgot. Would anyone like some TOAST!?!?!?]<<<<< -- Talky <16:46:21/12-14-54> MagnaTech Toaster #17 Owner: Criag W. Morgan III >>>>>[Oh, I'm not here to kill people. Its far easier to do that in the real world. I just like messing their decks up. *grin* I takes time and money to replace..the former is a runners enemy, the latter is often scarce. Besides, there are more inovative ways of annoying the flesh. I think Darkknight is still peeved about that whole 'Death by Junk Mail' thing. Sly is mad as hell for the 'rewiring' I did to his house. And both of them are upset about their climate control recently. Why kill when you can annoy. Violence is the last resort of the inept.. or so Asimov once said. Kinda fits.]<<<<< -Harlequin >>>>>[I truly dislike traveling by boat. But oh well, in this instance it was necessary. But I too would be honored to accompany you and STREETWOLF to the party, Cat Dancing. Perhaps I will even play the piano or my lyre... if I can remember any songs to play...]<<<<< -- Valentine(18:55:18/12-14-54) >>>>>[Oo Oo Oo! Uncle Val's gonna play the pe-ano! TOTALLY WIZ!!!!! Can I come? can I can icanicanicanicani can i Uncle Nex asked if I could and if Uncle Val is gonna play he pe-ano, I wanna come!!!!!!! Uh....Uncle Val? The kids and i wanna kno if this means no Sol-st-ic-e YAYISPELLEDITRIGHT!!!! concert? We would really be sad if you didn't play for us again this year... but cannicanincani can I come UncleVal?]<<<<< -- Littl Dragn(19:00:26/12-14-54) >>>>>[Valentine, collecting folk songs just happens to be a hobby of mine... Sidhebeigh Sidhemor Raggle Taggle Gypsy The Ballad of Tam Lin Thomas the Rhymer Banysh Misfortune Smaointe An To Shien I could go on...... I can play the Ulleann pipes, and I think we can scare up a drummer or two... (Oh Lirrel.....!) Oh, and yes you can bring Littl Dragn. I think I have a cage big enough..]<<<<< -- Cat Dancing <20:20:06/12-14-54> >>>>>[Wiz! My &^$%# time/date stamps are back to normal!]<<<<< -- Cat Dancing <20:20:59/12-14-54> >>>>>[Diana, I'm sorry I haven't contacted you sooner, but the problems here in the Tir have escalated. The nobles I mentioned before are petitioning the Council to pass several very strange edicts. They are clearly exerting pressure (politically). Most of these laws and edicts are disasterous. In any case, meeting with you is more important than ever. I suggest "The Masterpiece". Its a small exquisite restaurant on the Center Promenade. I happen to know we will get special booths -- so our conversation will remain private. Please bring M.S. Baron along, his expertise might be invaluable. Lets say we meet at ***MEETXCI***. Please contact me as soon as possible.]<<<<< -- Prince Solarial (17:56:52/12.14.54) >>>>>[I.B.A, I don't appreciate your meddling in my affairs, especially when it involves a job. Even if you were at Agrigen (ya right), your insolent and arrogant attitude could get you into trouble in the future. In otherwords: FRAG OFF I.B.A!]<<<<< -- Bonejacker(20:16:20/12-14-54) >>>>>[ Ganz setup Doctor Doom! That is horrible. You must tell us everything you know about his situation, Hangtime. ]<<<<< -- Raven the Mage <18:28:30/12-14-54> >>>>>[ You heard Raven. Coff it up Hangtime. We can't help Doom if we don't know what they are framing him with. Ganz, your getting yourself into deeper and deeper trouble. ]<<<<< -- Nightstalker <18:29:32/12-14-54> >>>>>[ Sure, I.B.A., a direct of assault on the Corporate Court is my idea of a good plan. Why don't you go hangout with Solitaire for awhile. You seem to be getting her sucidial streak. ]<<<<< -- Nightstalker <18:31:57/12-14-54 >>>>>[You know, it's times like this that make me wonder. Okay, , just who the hell *are* you? I mean, yeah, I'm new around here, but your confusion isn't really that charming.]<<<<< -- Candace Lucille Sweetwater <17:04:45/12-14-54> >>>>>[Dante a thug? Not the last time I looked, and I should know, shouldn't I? ]<<<<< -- Marzhavasati Kali <17:10:23/12-14-54> >>>>>[Spice, the meeting was both more and less than I had hoped --- it gave us no new clues, but it did set us up with another useful team member. I'm glad you took the lead, he responded much better to you than to the rest of us. So now what ? Well we just keep going at it. Unfortunately, D. Beaumont will tell no tales. Still we got our job cut out for us. ***AGRICREWX*** How is N'Gase working out ? Well I hope. I'm trying a new tactic - I want to plant tracers on all the barrels. It will help us keep track of them . . . may even lead us to the toxix. I'm also looking into a possible connection with the Sage Lorist, he says he found some interesting coincidences in some of his Astrology and ESP books. I'll check it out. We should coordinate our efforts.***]<<<<< -- NightShade (19.18.31/12.14.54) >>>>>[Fragg !!! Am I happy your back online . . . Where did you disappear to ??? Well, we're at ***LOCALEJ*** outside the Tir. Get here on the double. Target J is still ok, but acting strangely. Mz. Eithne hasn't been in contact. Disturbing. Lets try to get our act together here. So here goes: Mz. Eithne, for the last time before we dump Journey out on the street. Give us a meet time and place . . if not he is a free 'runner]<<<<< -- Sun (19:22:12/12.14.54) >>>>>[Wonderful! I know many of the ones on that list, and probably a few you don't have(but maybe not) from my youth in Wales and Scotland. But are they scored for piano or for lyre? I can play the ones you named with my lyre, but converting them over to piano would be more difficult... Perhaps I should bring some of my piano music, if you like. And Ulliean pipes...I haven't heard them played in quite some time... Indeed, I believe that I shall bring my lyre. Just remind me not to use its more...arcane...uses while I play. That in itself has become almost second nature to me.]<<<<< -- Valentine(23:46:17/12-14-54) >>>>>[And your coming with us is not my decison to make, Little Dragon. But Cat Dancing seems to have given her permission for your attendance. And if I hear of you reading this tonight, I'll be upset. It's after your bed-time, and you know it!]<<<<< -- Valentine(23:48:15/12-14-54) >>>>>Of course. I'll be there. Will we have any difficulty getting into the Tir? Or will being with you ease this problem? Micheal will be coming too, if I can find him...]<<<<< -- Diana, Mistress of the Night(23:51:23/12-14-54) >>>>>[Ya, Miss, I'm here. I'll be there too, mister Solarial mon.]<<<<< -- The Baron(23:52:09/12-14-54) >>>>>[Sorry to interject, but are ye at all interested in American folk songs? I's found this system what calls itself Alice's Restaraunt... "You can get anything you want/at Alice's Restaraunt."]<<<<< -dementalBLOCK (00:55:13/12-15-54) >>>>>[ Okay, okay, guys...I was a little rushed earlier. Now that I've got the time, here's what I know: (Oh, and by the way, I.B.A.: You know the only reason you're saying that is because Doom isn't around to hear you...so ZIP IT.) Doom disappeared a few days after Thanksgiving Day (when he had dinner at the Morgan's...Sonic flew "air taxi" from the airport for him). To hear the countess tell it, he was doing some fairly routine--legit--Matrix work when suddenly the building is surrounded by police and gobs o' Aztech paramilitary guys--if any of you remember the commotion of a few weeks ago in down town? Press called it a fire mishap in one of those ritzy high-rise apartments-- bunch of fragging drek, that is. Aztechnology, under a directive by the Corporate Court, was sweeping the building. They apparently dragged most of the occupants away for "questioning." This was when he was taken. Doom's wife has been in contact with him since his being taken into custody. What he said to her was that he was charged with infiltrating the Corporate Court system. He was "duly questioned," and confessed. ( Those drek-heads fragging TORTURED HIM! ) Right now, he's awaiting trial in about a month from now. He says the information about his breaking in is rigged and the charges are trumped-up. ]<<<<< -- Hangtime <00:40:21/12-15-54> >>>>>[ I'll bet. ]<<<<< -- Mr. Fantastic <00:40:25/12-15-54> >>>>>[ FRAG OFF AND DIE, Fantastic! ]<<<<< -- Hangtime <00:40:31/12-15-54> >>>>>[ Calm down, lad. I know you're upset, don't lose it now...finish your report. ]<<<<< -- Jack Hack <00:40:42/12-15-54> >>>>>[ Sorry, Jack... Sorry, everyone...I'm just so FRUSTRATED. WELL, the worst part is that the Aztech creeps've got him locked in a node. Sortof a VR cell, no deck, no programs, no way out. Maze also said that he told her he was "suffering from severe sleep deprivation," so he's gotten at max a few hours over the last few weeks. EVEN WORSE is the fact that they NEVER let him out! By the time the trail rolls around, he'll be lucky if he can still walk for all that his muscles will atrophy. All of this just means he's going to be a wreck even if he gets off the hook. Is there hope? Well, the stuff he's got for evidence his wife didn't go into--we were kinda pressed for time--but she and his group are sure he's innocent. I'm sure he is. If Doom were there, he wouldn't have gotten caught, I know it. I've gotta go... Sorry guys. ]<<<<< -- Hangtime <00:41:45/12-15-54> >>>>>[ Hangtime's taking this pretty hard, as I'm sure you can all see. The kid just worshiped him... Still, it's important to note that Doom's not in Germany, he's in Seattle, in the Aztechnology building. But one thing, and his wife made this clear...given the good doctor's connections, no forced extractions should be attempted, 'cause there could be...ah, UNPLEASANT international effects. [ The drek will hit the fan BIG TIME, chummers! ] What we're trying to do right now, besides avoid Ganz, is work on getting some proof Doom's innocent. One thing before I go: Ganz's involvement is only guessed at right now. Hangtime's positive, but I'm no so sure. We'll relay more info as we get it, chummers. ]<<<<< -- Jack Hack <00:42:04/12-15-54> >>>>>[Yes IBA, I remember you. You took several files from our database. You may even have gotten a fair sum for them but I'm sure your employers were not overly happy with the results. The files you took were planted there just as an added security measure. No one has gotten to our RED5 files until recently. And Red, don't think our last encounter is indicative of our future.]<<<<< -- Lightspeed <04:16:20/15-15-54> >>>>>[Very well. However, my offer of assistance is still open if you need a message gotten to him or something.]<<<<< -- Moriarity(10:29:32/12-15-54) >>>>>[And if you still want the Corp Court run, I'm up for it still. It'll be much quieter than last time, I promise. With assassins after me for the last trip, I really don't want to make as much noise. Maybe from there we can see who filed the charges and then track it back to the source from there. Maybe it'll turn out to be on Moriarity's list of Illuminati agents...]<<<<< -- Solitaire(10:31:57/12-15-54) >>>>>[Chums, If ya ar' gonna be playin an' all, Ca' I join ya in singing 'em th' way they shou' be done. In Irish Gaelic of course. An maybe ev'n in Sperethial? I 'ope ya will le' me.]<<<<< -- STREETWOLF(Fire is an Elf's Best Friend)(11:12:29/12:15:54) >>>>>[ Ah it's so nice to see, everyone loves me from Nox@@, Cerise, Bonejacker, Lightspeed anyone else ? Ah well like I fragging care, oh and Lightspeed, get your facts straight I never took anything from the Agrigen computer I just thought I'd pop in to see what all the fuss was about, and as to your RED5 files, well I scanned those and left them as a piece of useless drek unless your into that type of research. Ah well, I don't give a frag. Lister chummer, you sound like ya need a break from things, 'ow about the two of us hit town tonight, my shout I need a real good piss up after the run in I had with this gal's pa last night. I'll be at lager house, I think you know the place I mean, see ya there chummer. ]<<<<< -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**) >>>>>[ Solitaire has assasins after her, hey, I didn't know that. Ah, well I can't run against the corp court tonight, I have to go and get pissed. ]<<<<< -I.B.A. (**:**:**/**.**.**) *****Encrypt Maurice MPCP***** >>>>>[According to our original employment contract, my work is done. It has been very rewarding to both of us and I hope to work for you again in the future. Until then...]<<<<< -- Reaper(14:20:25/12-15-54) >>>>>[Yep. Comes with the territory. I didn't have the luxury of stealth when my bosses butt was on the line, so I went in the front door and kinda, well, was a little too noisy and direct. I don't recommend that anyone do it the way I did that once. Frontal assults on a glacier are not good for the health, evceeven mine.]<<<<< >>>>>[ Wrong Dante, The Dante ya know is the owner of the inferno, This Dante is a different guy, and is wanted dead by a lot of nice people. Infact Ah think the REAL Dante wants him dead because he gives the name a bad rep and because he is such dweeb.]<<<<< -- Circuit Breaker >>>>>[Diana, Baron I have made arrangements. I shall be ready. We will have to discuss this situation in detail so be prepared for a long dinner.]<<<<< -- Prince Solarial (16:16:11/12.15.54) >>>>>[For those of you still looking for my sister, I ask you again to refrain from meddling in dangerous waters]<<<<< -- Prince Solarial (16:16:55/12/15/54) >>>>>[ Damn it! Ganz that fragger, all right, I guess I'll be assisting in trying to prove that the good doctor is innocent, now, where the drek am I gonna start ... Oh and Solariel, finding your sister may be dangerous to you, but not to me. 8P Oh, probably the best way I can help the good doctor is to find him somewhere to hide if he gets released. ]<<<<< -- NodeFaerie <18:12:49/12-15-54> >>>>>[ What the drek is this fixation you have about Solariel Nodie!]<<<<< -- SpotOn <18:26:03/12-15-54> >>>>>[ The guy is trash, he doesn't care about what he calls 'minor repercussions' of his actions. Hey, is it Ok if I come over, I'm connected via the box across the road! ]<<<<< -- NodeFaerie <18:30:52/12-15-54> >>>>>[ Sure, oh my god, what happened to you!!! ]<<<<< -- SpotOn <18:37:09/12-15-54> >>>>>[ Chopper pointed out to me that it was inapprioriate that identified my employer at this juncture ]<<<<< -- NodeFaerie <18:43:12/12-15-54> >>>>>[ Fenris get over here NOW!!!!! ]<<<<< -- SpotOn <18:45:52/12-15-54> >>>>>[ Damn that Ganz. I was hoping for a nice, peaceful Christmas. How am I going to explain to mom that I need to do some matrix running while Raven and I are over for the holidays. ]<<<<< -- Nightstalker <11:57:59/12-15-54> >>>>>[ Has anyone seen CRUSH lately on the streets? I am a little worried about him after he stormed out after seeing Dante's letter. The only thing that I have heard is from Dante (the Inferno's owner) and he said that CRUSH came to him to see if Dante knew anything about the other Dante. His reply was only that he would like to see the man dead, Dante doesn't like having the name defamed.]<<<<< -- Spirit >>>>>[ Don't worry Wendy, I've been keeping an eye on Craig. So far he has been looking for word of Dante on the street, rather roughly in some cases I might add. The worst case is when he roughed up the Bellevue Ball Busters for info when he heard that they had used Dante's services in the past. I'll keep an eye on him, but what I think he really needs is to let off some steam. I really don't want to see what would happen if CRUSH found Dante though, I would guess that the hat Dante wears would become a piece of sheetmetal, with the head still inside. I do believe though that the thug Decker is not in Seattle.]<<<<< -- Claw <14:20:49/12-16-54> >>>>>[ Thank you, thats a load off my mind. Now, Jack Hack and friends. Can you tell us when exactly he was supposed to have broken into the Corp Court system? Was it while he was in the biulding of was it different time. I do know that Ganz has tried other times to get rid of him, in fact we were disturbed over thanksgiving by people hunting Doom, Jaez and Nightstalker. It would be truly nice if the time was when we were having thanksgiving dinner. We wish you folks luck, and will help out in any way that we can.]<<<<< -- Spirit ***** Encrypt: Cerise MPCP only >>>>>[ Cerise. Respond immediately. Deathstroke is in trouble. ]<<<<< -- Wintergreen <19:37:12/12016-54> ***** Encrypt: Wintergreen MPCP only >>>>>[ What's the problem, old man. ]<<<<< -- Cerise <19:45:45/12-16-54> ***** Encrypt: Cerise MPCP only >>>>>[ Read the following file, find Deathstroke, and stop him from killing the wrong target. ***** Include: Abort Mission File. ]<<<<< -- Wintergreen <19:46:32/12-16-54> ***** Encrypt: Wintergreen MPCP only >>>>>[ Alright. But only because he's my friend. ]<<<<< -- Cerise <19:47:47/12-16-54> ***** Encrypt: Titan MPCP only >>>>>[ Titan, the mission is done. Meet Deathstroke at and bring the payment in the agreed to method. ]<<<<< -- Wintergreen <19:49:46/12-16-54> ***** Encrypt: Wintergreen MPCP only >>>>>[ Well, it's about time. I'll be there. ]<<<<< -- Titan <19:53:31/12-16-54> >>>>>[Cat: Thanks for the compliment. 'Gang.' You make running sound like a dime-a-dozen activity. I'm glad that 'real' shadowrunning isn't like that. In any case, your 'friend' sounds like he really needs some help. T. Tanaka could use his strings pulled -- I seem to recall we had something going on those offices before the Wyrm paid us that ungodly amount to eventually do nothing. Let us recall the string we had, find out.... hmm. Would one of our 'Eve' model infiltration/combat humano-cyberdrones be sufficient? If you can manage 100k, it would work very well.]<<<<< -- Mike and the Mechanic (4:37:34/12-17-54) >>>>>[ Out of curiosity, M&M, have you been watching old 20th c. flats recently? Specifically one put out around the late 80s? Or did you come up with the name "Eve" for such a drone all by your lonesomes?]<<<<< -- Silverflame <01:47:00/12-17-54> >>>>>[Heh heh heh. You seen that old Greg Hines film too, huh, Silverflame? No, no -- that's the labtechs over at KDI that named that one. I understand they had a friend that suggested most of the deadhead names to 'em. They say the 'friend' was a white sasquatch, by the name of 'Memorex', but y'know how wierd lab techs can get. Mike dragged me all over Hell's half-acre in order to find that flick, just so he could see what the hoo-rah was about. Some of my Eve's have some fairly nasty things, stuff them sci-fi writers'd never have thought about... Although nuclear capability is a .little. beyond me at this point.]<<<<< -- Mike and the Mechanic (5:02:17/12-17-54) >>>>>[ You're joking, right, M? Nuclear capability is a LITTLE beyond your abilities. I would think it would be a bit more. Would you mind an interested layman taking a look at your design specs? I'm always interested in what old friends may one day send as a "gift".... ]<<<<< -- Silverflame (02:30:00/12-17-54) >>>>>[ And next time Mike tries to drag you down to see a movie, leave a message here. I have a bit of a collection, old flats and early sims, even hardcopy if you like it. ]<<<<< -- Silverflame <02:34:00/12-17-54> >>>>>[I need people to assist me in getting rid of the annoyance that calls itself 'Nox'. Pay is good, transport.... well, taken care of. Large-scale vehicles may not be taken with, but if any rigger may have 'favorite' motorcycles, depending on other numbers as well as physical size, they may be able to be taken with. Contact me at ***LTG***.]<<<<< -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks) ))))){You wouldn't dare. The others will have your head.}((((( -- Nox@@ >>>>>[I already have. And if you hadn't noticed, your 'others' are busy, fighting for their existances. We have spoken, and, since I have had the last close contact with you.... you are my prey.]<<<<< -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks) ))))){To all and sundry: Any and all information leading to tracing of the 'decker' pseudo- identified as '' is desired. VERY high cash profit potential. Your choice of currencies.}((((( -- Nox@@ >>>>>[Silverflame, you ever see another flatvid flick, ummmm.... 'The Manhatten Project'?? Matthew Broderick, before he Elvised in '98? Theoretically, I could rip out certain of the onboard weapon systems, brush up on my nuclear physics and demolitions, and stuff a tac-nuke into one of the deadheads. It'd show up on geigers like you wouldn't believe, but still..... Even scarier, someone like Collossus could be easily modified in the same manner. Only problem is in getting pure enough plutonium. As for design specs, well.... if you don't mind, I'd rather keep them to myself. You .can. get the baseline specifications from Kronos Defense Industries, if you can crack their glacier. I can't, and wouldn't want to try.]<<<<< -- Mike and the Mechanic (5:45:00/12-17-54) ))))){To all and sundry II: Hiring for multiple wetwork. Large incentives, high bonuses for quick resolutions. Again, choices of currencies.}((((( -- Nox@@ >>>>>[ Yep, got that one. And as to perusing Kronos' records, there's more than one way to melt a glacier, as no doubt many here could inform you. And do me a favor? PLEASE don't work too hard on getting plutonium. Life is bad enough without, literally, a walking nuke.]<<<<< -- Silverflame <04:18:00/12/17/54> >>>>>[Stuff a nuke into me? NO THANK YOU! As if I didn't have enough problems....]<<<<< -- Collussus(10:28:28/12-17-54) >>>>>['ello Firewraith ! I got meself a new terminal with a flash satlink ! We're in a large mountain range full of large mountains and I'm sidekickin' for Bruce at the mo. *grin* The rigger was playin wiv 'er new baby and Bruce got a bit bored. So 'e started yakkin to the locals. This old bloke, shows 'im these old carvings and Bruce ges nuts. Shadowfox and Co. were too busy and so I get to watch the Doc *sigh* I'm now half way up a bleedin mountain on the back of a bleedin, er thingy, that smells and don't like me. Oops, the Bruce wants a word. What a way to spend Christmas, well at least we got snow 'ere *grin*]<<<<< -WHAT(17:11:45/12-17-54) >>>>>[Shadowfox, the radios are giving out, drekkin pieces of junk ! This deck WHAT's "obtained" is the only thing which I can talk through. I'lI post every day just to let you know where we're at. The first cave site is just an hour from here. Stop moaning WHAT, you'll enjoy this *grin* Just think, to rediscover a piece of the world's history ! This is too good a chance to miss, and we're going for it.]<<<<< -Doc Jones(17:12:22/12-17-54) >>>>>[Hur-bloody-ra ! Orf to find some old dead bloke and his bits.Lovely]<<<<< -WHAT(17:14:45/12-17-54) >>>>>[Doc Jones ? Did you do that ?is that some sort of a joke WHAT!]<<<<< -Doc Jones(17:20:56/12-17-54) >>>>>[Moi ? *grin* Wazz computa then boss ?]<<<<< -WHAT(17:21:44/12-17-54) >>>>>[Hey there, Boss! I got a question. After last night, should I add another "NDE" stamp on the good old deck case? I mean, I almost died and all. No big deal or nothing, but still. The only problem I have is that it wasn't a flatline as much as a near-assassination. Don't know if that should qualify for a place of honor on the case or not... Any ideas?]<<<<< -- Solitaire(14:52:27/12-17-54) >>>>>[Yep, get yourself another stamp and start putting stamps on the armor you wear for every assassination attempt. That way everyone will know just how hard it is to kill you. Although had Cerise not showed up last night we would not be having this conversation right now.]<<<<< -- Action Jackson(14:54:45/12-17-54) >>>>>[True statement, but no biggy. I've been dead several times and it never ceases to be an adventure. Especially when it's a different kind of IC that does you in. Every flatline is an adventure and it's never the same twice. And I never realized just how true that was. Guess Deathstroke was just another kind of IC, except he didn't get to flatline me... Wonder what that would have been like...]<<<<< -- Solitaire(14:57:22/12-17-54) >>>>>[You two are SICK! Solitaire, you almost died! And we would have been lucky to get the killer had Cerise not been there to stop him from killing you in the first place! And AJ, you drekhead! You off there encouraging her to go and get herself a new armored jacket just so she can hang mementoes off it for every time she's almost been killed by a hired assassin! She's not totally sane so I can understand it from her, but you!]<<<<< -- Silver(14:59:47/12-17-54) >>>>>[Oh, lighten up, Silver. Go off in your boat and blow up a Kraken or somethin. She isn't dead, she has to go back to work today, and you love her anyway, nuts or not. So don't complain. Fraggin-A, Cap. You keep tally how many boats you've sunk, FM keeps track of how many cops and mil-types she's "scragged", AJ and I keep track of how many runs we've been on and with whome we went. We all have our little fetishes. Solitaire's just happens to be that she puts a little EEG stamp with a flatline on it on her case every time she gets flatlined by Black IC. Honestly, I'd rather she didn't have any on her case, but that's my standards and concern for a friend. So chug a few, down a few shots, take a nap, and relax some. Dr's orders!]<<<<< -- Action Jackson(15:06:19/12-17-54) >>>>>[Well, the duty has fallen on me to tell you all just what happened last night(as Solitaire and AJ and Silver neglected to give any details...gripe). In a short word or two, Solitaire almost got killed, we got surprised, Cerise showed up and "saved the day", and we all left(relatively) unscathed, including the assassin. I showed up late and found battle already joined, so I'll cover what I got second hand from them first. AJ showed up first at the old abandoned parking lot where we had agreed to meet him. I guess he got out of the old Hudson that wasn't a Hudson(weird car..., but totally wiz) and just stood there waiting for Solitaire and Silver. They showed up shortly and got out of the car that Silver borrowed and I guess they all met and said "hey." I don't know for sure, I wasn't there yet. Well, they said that when they turned to hear my bike comin down the ramps some voice said "Well, Solitaire, you have led me on quite a chase. But it ends here." Kinda forboding, wouldn't ya say? Well, there was this tall elf, dressed really gaudy, with a staff of some kind, a katana and a pistol at his side. Well, as you can imagine, Silver knew who it was(or at least suspected) and Solitaire isn't any slouch in the brain department so she had a REALLY good idea too. Everybody's favorite assassin come a callin! This is where things started gettin a little...uh, hurried. Silver and Solitaire pulled guns and AJ just went after the guy. Good god was he fast. I saw him movin while I was comin in. AJ is a quick guy, as is Silver(for a big troll anyway..Sorry Silver, but it's true{weak grin}) but the assassin just moved like the wind. AJ was goin for the car at top speed, saw he wasn't gonna make it, and then popped his spurs and went after the guy. All the while they were closin, Silver and his built in cybergun SMG were sprayin the guy. Or tryin to anyway. Seems he was avoidin almost everything Silver sent his way. Then AJ and he were too close to risk hittin AJ. Oh, almost forgot(comes from not being there yet...sorry)! You know that staff I mentioned? Well, the dude used it to blind Solitaire and AJ(almost got Silver even through the cybereyes) and then later used it to blast AJ's pistol out of his hand when he was moving to the car and before he could fire it. That's the other reason he went for spurs. But when the guy and AJ closed, it was wild(I hear...I'm almost in the combat zone at this point...but not quite). Silver was draggin a still flash-blinded Solitaire off towards AJ's car, but never made it. AJ and the assassin were goin at it, spurs vs. that staff of the guy's...until AJ actually disarmed him of it. AJ says that it hurt like a son-of-a-slitch to do it too, but that's when thing's got not-so-hot for AJ as the guy was some sort of martial artist (big surprise...) and started using his ability here to toss AJ around and into a suddenly manifest Water Spirit. Splash and there went AJ, engulfed. This is where I came in. Well, I just had a call come in. I'll get back to this in a sec.]<<<<< -- Slash(15:28:52/12-17-54) >>>>>[Sorry about the break. Had a call I had to return. So where was I... Oh, that's right. I had just come in, the assassin was closing with Silver and Solitaire, and AJ was dealing with a Water elemental. Ok, what happened next was a surprise to Silver at least, and Solitaire told me later that she was shocked too. AJ had somehow broken out of the Elemental'sengulf and made it to the car where he always has his katana. With an annoyed elemental chasing him, and katana held high, he again came after the guy. Which was quite a surprise to him, I guess, because he and AJ went after each other again, this time with katanas instead of hands. There were even a few times where I was sure that AJ had hurt him, and AJ was sure that he had injured him with his spurs earlier(later confirmed), but the guy's skill was still better than AJ's. AJ is fraggin good with a katana, but this guy was better. Comes with being an assassin, I guess. Wouldn't know, myself... But then he disarmed AJ and again threw him into the elemental which had been patiently waiting for AJ to get away from it's "friend" before again engulfing him. Around now an Earth elemental just popped up from nowhere and blocked Silver and Solitaire from getting to AJ's car. This is about the time that I noticed a spectator sitting off watching VERY intently. With the well directed elemental assults I figured it to be a mage, which she was. So I took off in her general direction on my bike while drawing my Squirt(never leave home without it...) and aiming in her general direction. Lo and behold, the assassin suddenly slows down and gets a little clumsier(but not much, mind you) as I closed in and her attention snapped back to a little closer too home. Unfortunately for me, that is. That was about the time she decided to stop my bike cold. Luckily I jumped and rolled off it and came up well enough to get a few rounds off. But either my aim was off or she dodged really well or both and I missed(grumble-gripe-moan). Then she swept my legs out from under me and I fell, again trying to get my Squirt up and ready, but it was not to be. I fell, somehow taking her with me, and we began a struggle. That's the last I saw of the other battle until she went slack and we found everybody being perfectly polite and all, not fightin or tryin to kill each other anymore. Again, this is second hand, but I'll do my best. About the time I made contact with the mage and AJ got sucked up again, the assassin was pulling a sprayer from a pouch on him and sprayed some really nasty pepper chemical spray into Silver's face. Didn't blind so much as hurt really bad I hear(Silver offered to buy some and give me the experience if I liked...I declined) and then he found that the firing mechanism of the cyberSMG had literally been cut by a slice from the assassin's katana. About this time the guy took a solid, clean burst at point blank range from Solitaire, but it literally didn't phase the dude! Weird... Then the guy sidekicked the SMG out of Solitaire's hands and dealt with Silver, who had recovered enough to lunge at the guy. Well, it didn't work. Not even close. He used some throw or somethin and tossed Silver into the Earth elemental and stunned him some. But this gave Solitaire enough time to get out her monosword and start hacking it out with her prospective killer. But when she and AJ dueled, AJ always won. Easily. And the fact that AJ had lost to the assassin showed in just how easily he disarmed her. He then took her by the throat, threw her up against the wall, pulled back his fist, and.... Stopped. I mean you could literally see the power(arcane no doubt) glowing on his hands like blue fire, and he had her. And he just...stopped. Nothing I could see(actually hear, but that's just semantics) stopped him from doing his job. Until a had appeared, followed gradually by a body, a female body, with long blond hair(gorgeous...rivals Roxey, if you like blonds. I prefer..well, maybe that's not relevant here). Cerise had stopped the assassin from killing Solitaire, just in the nick of time too. When that happened, the mage I was subdueing just went slack. The guy was not happy and said somethin like "You'd better have a good reason for doing that, Cerise." to which she responded with "Wintergreen said for me to tell you that 'thing's are not always as they seem'". Guess that answered a question or two in the assassin's mind and he cursed, let Solitaire go, and literally apologised for almost killing her. Come to find out, she ended up not being the target. But after a long talk during which AJ took a look at several bullet wounds and a couple of long cuts on Deathstroke's body(guess that explains the skill with the Katana, huh?) we figured out just who hired him. But as I don't want to spoil DS's fun, I'll leave that for a while. But we did find out just who was responsible for the destruction of the off-line files on Mil Tech after Solitaire had nuked the on-line ones. An ex-stockholder of Mil Tech's that had been forced out by AJ and Moriarity and stockholder vote for breaching security and maintaining other corporate contacts. I remember him rather well...and will happily spit on his grave in a day or two, but that's DS's department{evil grin over the death of someone who ordered his friend killed}. The only thing that was kinda interesting was that AJ had succeeded in getting out of the elemental by destroying it in hand-to-hand. Him and his extra-large lungs kept him conscious and going long enough for him to get the trunk of the Hudson. I think that I was the only one who saw him(maybe the mage did, but I can't say for sure) sighting in on DS with the rifle. I got the distinct impression that had Solitiare died, DS would've been right behind. Why he didn't just get into the car and fire up its toys is beyond me(overkill maybe?) but I'm glad that it didn't happen. It was a long night.]<<<<< -- Slash(16:13:27/12-17-54) >>>>>[ Hey folks out there in ShadowLand, just come on to say bye for the Holiday season. I'm done with finals and stuff and will soon be off to Tir Na Nog so that I can visit relatives and possibly make a business deal or two. Hopefully I can stay out of the politics, though I am supposably one of those people who are 'Good canidates for improving our relations with our sister nation over the seas'. Have a joyious holiday season and may the coming New Year find you all in good health.]<<<<< -- Dimitri <16:12:16/12-17-54> *****Encrypt Utility: Confucious v8.2***** *****MPCP-only: Mario Greymist***** >>>>>[If you're looking for backup, you can count me in.]<<<<< -Yeoman <12:52:16/12-18-54> >>>>>[Yeoman: Send me your qualifications. I'll warn you now, she isn't an easy target, and you may see a few things that you'd rather not. Best have a will written out ahead of time.]<<<<< -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks) >>>>>[This is just a posting to all friends/acquaintances that I will be leaving, return unlikely. In four days I will be out of Seattle. Sierra has chosen to come with me. (don't ask me why) I feel awfully James Bond about all this, but I can't say why I'm leaving, or where I'm going. It's nothing Run related, though. Personal business. Anyway, thank you all for your support in the past. I'll miss this life. It's been pretty educational.]<<<<< -- Brandywine <00:26:59/20.12.54> >>>>>[ Gee, everyone's leaving, eh? Well, not I... Anyone want to fill me in on what's been happening the past 6 months? ]<<<<< -- CoHort <12-20-54/13::> >>>>>[Laddie, neither of us may have "won" as far as Cerise is concerned, but I will also point out that neither of us lost. The game is still on, my friend, should we choose to continue to play it. But a break would be kind of nice, give us both a chance to clear our own personal air without having to worry about others. It's the holidays, lad, and we should be celebrating and spending times with friends and loved ones. Speaking of which: to any of the lads and lasses I've come to know, I'm having a gathering Christmas afternoon, for those of us who left family far behind (like across the nation and the pond....sigh). Not a party, just a gathering (the party is New Years Eve!). You don't need to RSVP, just show up. I won't make a list: if you know me you're invited, if you want to bring friends, go ahead. No weapons, no fighting, just friends spending the day together.]<<<<< --Highlander (23:05:32/12-20-54)