>>>>>[ Hello, everyone.  I want to wish you all a happy and fruitful 2055.
I hope that your year will be full of love and joy. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <02:47:57/01-01-55>

>>>>>[ And I hope all of you chummers live to see 2056, because if you
lived throught it, it couldn't have been that bad. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <02:49:31/01-01-55>

))))){'It' is not appropriate, Psilent Knight.  And I can indeed do 'much
more to some of you.' It behooves me to hold my people, and my abilities,
back at this time.}(((((
        -- Nox@@

>>>>>['Behooves' is right.]<<<<<
        -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks)

>>>>>[ Should I be shivering in my armored booties, O Great and Powerful
Oz.. Nox@@, that is. Somehow, why do I get this feeling you're just a
little person behind a screen then? ]<<<<<
        -- Stormfalcon <14:43:02/01-03-55>

>>>>>[ Oh yeah, Psilent Knight is me or I him, haven't figured out which
yet... *grin* Tell me if you do. ]<<<<<
        -- Silverflame <14:46:23/01-03-55>

>>>>>[Stormfalcon/Silverflame/Psilent Knight/whatever -- shiver only if
you value your mind.  Judging by your attitude, I'd say you don't.  In any
case, if you don't believe me, go talk to the most suicidal of your kind
-- Solitaire.  Speak to her about the 'Cthulu' she saw, some weeks
ago..... and what she thought of the monstrosity.]<<<<<
        -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks)

))))){If you're all the same person, Falcon/Flame/Knight, I'm disappointed
-- there's only one of you for me to take.}(((((
        -- Nox@@

>>>>>[Sure you want to extend yourself??]<<<<<
        -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks)

))))){DAMN you, Feline!}(((((
        -- Nox@@

>>>>>[Unlikely.  The sentiment is appreciated, though. 

I repeat -- I .still. need people to spearhead the assault on Nox and her
base.  Volunteers and heros are preferred, but in the event that I can't
find any of that rare breed, I may pick and choose the best of those on
these boards....]<<<<<
        -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks)

>>>>>[ Mario Greymist, could you give me some information about Nox.  It
is possible that some friends of mine might be interested in assisting you
in your venture, but we need to know more. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <17:10:19/01-03-54>

>>>>>[ Don't we have enough on our table right now, Raven? ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <17:11:34/01-03-54>

>>>>>[ You have your purpose in live and I have mine.  There is a good
chance that Nox is the type of thing I am around for. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <17:12:39/01-03-54>

>>>>>[Good to hear, RtM.  Everyone should have a goal.... 

Nox is..... hmmmm.  It would not be stretching the imagination too far to
call her an unholy conglomeration of vampire, toxic spirit, and totem.  A
demon.... an evil goddess.  A Dark Lord.  Currently, she is 'enchained' --
bottled up, imprisoned.  Not destroyed, like she should be. 

She .can. get out -- there is no prison that is unbreakable.  In fact, my
brethren had to fashion a method for her to break her imprisonment. For
her..... *sigh* 200,000 souls must willingly sacrifice themselves via
immolation in a specially-prepared Circle of Power.  There must be at
least a few second's break in between each immolation, but the gap between
each sacrifice must be precise.  The last time, the gap between each death
was precisely twenty hours -- thus, 200,000 deaths would take just under
twenty-three years -- twenty-two years, nine months, three weeks, six
days, twenty hours. 

The (Dead) Wyrm Ouroboros, now truly dead as far as anyone (including
myself) knows, participated in the disruption of the last ritual.  At that
time, two years ago, Nox's ritual was in its twenty-second year,
three-some months from completion. 

If she .does. escape, she will be all but impossible to stop.  She is a
Dark Lord; Europe, at least, would most likely cease to exist as arable
land, and all life between Gibraltar and the Urals would most likely
disappear.  Down to microbes.  Viruses.  Everything.  The life of the land
itself.... ley lines would be drained dry.  Spirits would be utterly
destroyed as the land is ruined.... 

This is a scenario based on the concept that a) she escapes and b) I, or
one of my brethren, are there to stop her.  Otherwise.... well, let's just
say that Australia's manastorms wouldn't be a problem any more. 

She is totally, irredeemably evil.  She exists to devour, to destroy, to
bring 'Endless Night'.  I will do my best, with what help I can get, to
make sure she is not trying again to escape -- and to destroy her. 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.]<<<<<
        -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks)

>>>>>[ Well, I'd dearly like to help, Greymist, but right now I only have
enough time to keep up on events. I'm out of it for awhile, you know,
family problems? I blink and *POOF* I now have a family. And, trust me,
it's a problem *grin*

As to Nox or Nox@@, yes I am only a single poor individual. But then, I'm
somewhat of a coward, I'm told, who gets help from Daddy. And Father dear
isn't a pushover... ]<<<<<
        -- Silent Night <00:30:05/01-04-55>

>>>>>[ They Wrym is dead.  NOT!!!!!! ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <19:13:42/01-04-54>

>>>>>[ You make Nox sound more like some crazy nightmare than a magical
being, even one from the 4th World.  Would it be possible for you to give
me more extensive information on this creature.  A friend of mine says
that researching Nox would be a good project for himself. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <19:16:17/01-04-54>

>>>>>[ Mario, just and idea, but why don't you let those stupid Nox
cultist start there damn ritual again?  Wait a few years and disrupt it. 
It will keep the Nox cultist population down. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <19:19:49/01-04-54>

>>>>>[I'm not so sure, Nightstalker.  You see, even when he was killed
four years ago, I could still sense his energies -- 'soul', if you will --
abroad in the world.  Now..... now, I cannot.  As well, I think you should
do some quick division. 

The tightest I'd make a continual ritual like what Nox needs to have done
is five minutes.  200,000, five minute gap..... Nox went down two years
ago -- if she wanted to do this thing, and could make the circle within a
couple of months, she'll be getting out SOON.  I .have. waited a few
years, Nightstalker, and am growing uneasy. 

Raven/Mage, she IS some crazy nightmare.  She is .more. than a magical
being -- she is not far from being a God.  She is also most definitely
.not. from this world -- not the 6th World, not the 4th World, not any
World this planet has had to offer.  Her True Form, so to speak, is
hideous and beautiful all at the same time, like every other damne'd Dark
Lord.  Your friend can interview me, Luna, Gemini, or John Doe after I,
and whatever people I can persuade and/or pay to assist me, have finished
destroying her and her contingent. 

For now, I must go -- certain of her creatures are pursuing me.]<<<<<
        -- Mario Greymist (The Cat/Who Walks)

>>>>>[ Mario:  I've got it from a very reliable source that good old
Prince Solarial did not get the Wyrm's head.  That indicates that he is
alive. Besides, if Action Jackson survived the events of that night, you
can't believe that the Wyrm did not.  Remember that the entire thing was
Oroborous's tightly controlled event. ]<<<<<
        -- Nightstalker <22:00:59/01-04-54>

>>>>>[ I would have to disagree, Mario Greymist.  Nox has to come from
some place and time and she can not be a "god".  She must merely, well not
merely but, be a magical most-likely astral being of incredible power. 
Her force rating mag be off the scale of anything we are used to dealing
with, but so was the Great Ghost Dance.  The Wild Hunt also comes to mind. 

Regardless, my friend would like to talk to you before you try to destroy
Nox.  He is very much interested in assisting you, but he is not about to
go in without knowledge of the foe.  If you can convince him of the
threat, he can get you a considerable amount of help. ]<<<<<
        -- Raven the Mage <22:07:46/01-04-54>

>>>>>[I have finally returned from my long stay in London.  Aaah, how
lovely it is to be back in Seattle.  Any interesting developments pop up
while I was gone?]<<<<<
        --  RPM < Death comes naturally. >

>>>>>[Raven, I just read that you don't believe that there is a certain
possibility of Nox being a god. But shortly after that, you compare her
powers with the Wild Hunt. To inform you about the background of the Wild
Hunt: It derives from the Germanic, respectively Teutonic mythology, where
Odin respectively Wotan goes out to hunt with his undead huntsmen. And as
you ought to know, Odin, respec- tively Wotan is the highest god of the
Teutons. I would say that it is senseless, to discuss if Nox is a god or
not, because you would first have to define what a god is. And with all
her powers, Nox comes pretty close to what the human race has defined as
god for centuries. But on the other hand, any highly cybered street
samurai would be a god for the humans of the Middle Ages. As I said, a
fruitless discussion. But one thing is obvious: She poses a higher threat
to our world then any other living creature, we know.]<<<<<
        -- Armageddon <14:23:13/06-JAN-55>

>>>>>[I don't want to mess in matters I don't understand, but fighting a
god doesn't sound too fun to me.  I mean, if she can wipe out all of
Europe, how tough are five little guys with some HMGs?  Keep her locked
up, that's what I'd do.]<<<<<
       -- Necromancer <14:25:66/01-07-55>

>>>>>[ I have to say it. That was the general idea, I'd guess,
Necromancer. Just one prob.. 

TOO LATE, SHE'S ALREADY OUT!!! 

Ahem, that will do for now... ]<<<<<
        -- Silverflame <13:56:00/01-07-56>

>>>>>[What drekhead let her out then?  And why haven't I heard anything
about the loss of major European cities yet?  Hey...Do you think if she
eats Berlin, S-K will forget about my little journey through their
computers?]<<<<<
       -- Necromancer <15:10:56/01-07-55>